Rock Island Argus., 1902-03-15
DAVENPORT DOINGs

William Hettig, who claims TO
hold $1,000 of the $4,000 capital
stock of the J. p. BoeppIe company.
bas complained to the distric. court
that he cannot secure proper ac-
counting of the affairs of the com
Pany, which Mr.. BoepPle reported at
the last annual meeting had been
conducted at a heavy loss; and he
asks the right, for himself or agent.
TO examine the books of the com
pany
Frank j. Cinadr asks a divorce from
Carrie Il. Cinadr. on account of GllcS-
ed unfaithfulness and desertion. Ed
ward y. Flynn also seeks divorce
from Della Flynn on account of
broken vows.
Vt the meeting of the Turner So
ciety the committee on this years
schauturnen. appointed by First
Speaker Ed fischer. was announce
as follows: Hugo KrOhn. chairman;
John Brockmann, c. Beck, John {,
Goettig. +. LembeTg, Hugo Schroeder
and William Wunder. 1t was decided
to observe the roth anniversary IF
the death of Goethe by an entertain
ment at Turner hall, at which Gustav
Donald will deliver an Grafton and
the singing sections of the Turner
society will take part. and scenes
from the plays of the great German
poet will be presented.
Yesterday occurred the death of
Mrs. Iohn Cass at the home OF her
daughter. Mrs. Michael Sweeney, 1880
Scott street. The deceased was born
in County Clare, Ireland. 20 years
ago. She has been a resident of thi<
city for - years. She is survived Oy
two sons and three daughters. John
and James and Mrs. Michael Swee-
ney. Sister Mary Carena of Emmets-
burg. and Sister Mary Judith of
Sioux City. Mrs. William DOughPrty
of this city is sister of the deceased.
The funeral will take place sunday
afternoon at = O'Clock from ST An
thOnv's church. Interment at St.
Mar2Ierite's cemetery.
Drs. Carl and Henry Matthey. with
Henry Matthey. Sr.. and Walter Mat
they. left this morning for Il 4-months
trip to Europe. Mrs. Henry Matthey
and Mrs. Carl Matthey accompany
them east for visits in Philadelphia.
Washington and New Yorl.. and will
bid the gentlemen bon voyage at the
latter port. They take the HOEen-
zoilern for Naples. and will visit
Rome, Venice. Milan, Florence. and
other Italian points of interest. =. inc
thence to- Switzerland. for stops at
Luzerne. Zurich and other cities.
Visits 10 Vienna. Munich, Dresden,
Berlin. and the old Matthey home in
WestPhalia. will follow, and then 4
"trip on the Rhine.
y company of clever amateurs of
this city. following the lead of two
good People of the regular theItrica
profession. will put ON ''Othello," the
familiar Shakespeare tragedy. in this
city in about a month. The profess
sionals named are Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward y. Hoyt. They have been here
for short time. They will bring To
this city the full equipment for
"OtheIIo." which belongs to him. and
Mr. Hoyt will be seen in the role of
"Othello.' and his wife will play
her favorite part. DesdomOna. He Will
he supported by the talented Daven-
port favorite. Edmond J. StackhOusc
as Iago. Wellington Martin will rem
der the part of Cassie. and L. c..
SusemihI will appear as Brabantio.
NJ ID. Mitchell was bound over in
Justice Halls court on the charge of
embezzlement and also on the charge
of forgery. His bail bond on each
charge was placed at $500, in default
of which he was sent to Jail to await
the action of the grand jury. Mitch
ell rs the man who was arrested on
complaint of the manager of the Up
to-Date Music company. He is said
to have converted to his own use Il
mandoIins entrusted to him as sales
man.
Before the last day of service for
the April term of court comes around
a damage suit will be filed i'm the
Scott county district court against
the Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann COM
Pany for causing the big fire in East
Davenport last July. The suit will
be one of series of six or eight
that will be begun against the com
pany upon the same ground. and the
future of which will be dependent
upon the fate that meets the first pc
tition for damages. The petition for
the suit is now being drawn up IL. he
office of Ely & Bush. who have been
who lost property in the fire. 1t is
alleged that the defendant lumber
company used criminal carelessness
in building a certain fire upon the
ratings for the purpose of setting
tires of wagon wheels and other
blacksmithing work and that the fire