Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-31


Byi@ the - ult of kick by horse.
Death or Fgbsrr rson, 60.
Company .-xicans 'linois. gives an
nuaI ball. eyed
80. Death of OLAF nderson, Sc.
May
1. Tri-City Press club entertains
distinguished Chicago newspaper
men at Dewey day banquet.
United christian party holds ma
tional convention at Black Hawk
Watch Tower.
Death of Henry Moeller, Ga, Edging-
ton
Three-I league season opens with
Rock Island at Decatur; rain pre-
vents game.
,. Benjamin Dull, 50. dies of injur-
les received in fall from street
ear.
4. Heavy rains do damage.
Z. Death of William Baker. former
resident, aged 81, at Cedar Rap
ids
sociation formed.
Death of w. NJ. Lucas, IL
In. John Hartman falls under street
car and receives injuries that la
ter prove fatal.
| 13. Woodmen issue membership
statement showing passage of
100000 mark.
| IA. Official opening of baseball sea-
son in Rock Island; Evansville de-
feated by home team 10 to o.
16. Death of Mrs. Bertha Pfafflin, Il.
Il. Negotiations closed securing
western plant of Table Oilcloth
company for Rock Island.
| 10. Death of James Estes. II.
| 20. Thirty-siNth annual encampment
of Illinois q. y. Il. opens in Rock
Island.
21. Big &. \. II. parade in Rock Isl
and, with 1000 men. including
three governors and stats, in line.
30. Death of Mrs. b. +. Swami, 81.
%. Death of James f. Robinson, So.
Death of Mrs. Letitia NJ. Payne, So,
Hampton.
Death of Mrs. Catharine Rinck, So.
%. Death of Ernest Strate, 73.
Death of Mrs. Mary Carlson, 50, Coe.
20. Gov. Richard Yates speaks at Au-
gustana college.
30. Congressman \. j. Hopkins de
Rock Island.
Death of DIR. John Reiter, 20, in os
borne.
>. Death of Mrs Mary Cavanaugh.
so.
4. Mary Bredar, aged I, run over and
killed by city garbage wagon.
). Rock Island d Peoria road direc-
tors accept proposition TO merge
with c., II. 1. & p. road.
Fifth avenue passenger station of
the Rock Island occupied.
Death of Mrs. Joseph Kerr, 60.
6. Rock Island public schools close
for vacation. High school grad
yates largest class in its history.
Q. II. f. Casteel elected president of
Rock Island National and Central
Trust d Savings banks as success
sor to late j. +. Robinson.
Lancashire Marshall Organ COM
pany decides to remove from Mo
line to Rock Island.
II. Democrats of county hold con
vention, w. II. Moore being in
dorsed as candidate for minority.
representative on 65th ballot.
Is. Longview Park improvement as
sociation organized.
49, Death of Mrs. Hannah Butler, 80.
NJ. \. Patterson appointed assistant
general freight agent of the Rock
Island. II. IL. Hudson appointed
assistant auditor of same road.
II. Miss Ellen BreSnehan, of Rock
Island. fatally burned at Mercy
hospital. Davenport.
Death of Andrew Peterson, 20, Big
island.
20. Death of Mrs. Samuel Broomhall
90.
Remains of Ben Lanfier, IS, found
lower end of county.
21. Death of Mrs. j. NJ. Spur, 40.
Local camp of Spanish-American
War Veterans formed.
p. Diamond 10 Packet company de-
cides to resume landing of steam
ers at Rock Island.
Death of Mrs. Honora Padden, %.
%. Mrs. J. F. Pfeiffer, 10, suicides
with carbolic acid.
III. p. Greenough appointed superin-
tendent of Choctaw road.
20. John Miller. 20. fatally kicked by
horse in Coe township.
| 30. Death of Mrs r. C. Downs, 65.
JULY.
4. Emil and Edgar LindbeIg, aged
Is and IL, drowned IN pond in
Thirty-eighth street.
Charles Nessler, of Rock Island, ar
rested for supposed connection
with holdup of passenger train
at Dupont, but is proven innocent.
5. Body of unknown man found in
river. Hn
Z. Death of Samuel Sampson, 60.
Rock Island Plow company plans
important extension. rr
Village of Milan objects to paying
toll over Rick river bridges and
questions right of CITY to collect