Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11

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lold building that is being vacated by
the Boepple Button company. at 1875
West Fifth street, is to be occupied
as soon as il can be adapted to the
purpose. by W. \. Fischer, till recent
| ly of the Pittsburg Plate Glass com
pany, with an art glass factory.
The county will open the newly
granted highway connecting the
town of Bettendorf with the Lost
Grove road, as soon as the surveying
can be done and few jobs of grading
lattended to.
Alphonso Aschermann, son of Fred
1Aschermann, has been wounded in
the forefinger of his left hand by the
accidental discharge of his rifle. The
injury is painful rather than serious.
Morbonia hospital will soon have
new operating room 5OX60 feet in
size, which is now being erected add
jacent To its present building on sum
init avenue and Spring street in East
Davenport.
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Jones. who were arrested Thursday
for alleged violation of the game
laws. under information sworn to by
II. L. Jasper, the deputy game ward
en-. for the alleged killing of squir-
rels out of season on Mi. Ida near
Fourth avenue residence. were not
tried before Justice Hall yesterday
morning. Owing to the presence of
Messrs. fischer and Lane d Water
man al the Carroll vs.. Koch jury
case in the district court. the hearing
was set for this afternoon. Accord
ing to the deputy game warden, the
merits of the case are simply that
the two boys killed nine or IL squir
rels," and that lat least two of them
were ruthlessly slain during July of
this year" The reason why prose-
cution was delayed until October is
not clear. 1t appears from the state
ments which the defense will make
that Mrs. George a. Shaw, wife of
the late lumber magnate, and who
owns residence property on Fourth
and College avenues, had been annoy
ed by the squirrels. which had been
destroying her fruit trees. The po-
sance and she was told to abate il.
Not being as expert a shot as her
grandson, the Des Lescailles lad, the
lady deputized him to act as guard
ian of her preserves against the
poaching rodents. and he vigorously
did so. He took into his service y
companion named {. Jones and soon
there was a dearth of long-taile
poachers in that pear orchard. 1t is
a question. therefore. between the
right to abate nuisance and the
right of the state To compel respect
for the lives of squirrels that destroy
property. Therefore the hearing of
the case will be an interesting one
On April 1 of this year Il change was
made in the game laws regarding
squirrels. The new law enacted
makes il illegal to kill them except
between Sept. l and April Is. The
penalty is so per squirrel. Under
the new law. which became effective
April l, on the date of publication.
the closed season for squirrels is
from April Is to Sept. 1. This change
makes the lads amenable to the law.
After several years of invaldism
Judge Rufus Linderman, an eminent
jurist in former days, passed away
yesterday morning about , O'Clock at
his home on Perry and Third streets
Paralysis was the cause of death.
Judge Linderman would have been
IS years old had he lived until next
February. He was native of New
York. He was twice married. and
his second wife with one son and one
daughter by his first wife survive
him. the son, Charles. living i'm Col
orado and the daughter, Sarah, in
the east. \ brother. Hon. Charles
Linderman. of Clarinda, Iowa. also
survives.