Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-03

stored in the attic, suffered loss of
5000 with insurance of only $500.
Ed Kittilsen, of Moline, has entered
the republican shrievalty race. Frank
Andrews, another of the candidates,
has his picture printed in yesterdays
Union. Il should serve as a great
vote getter. +. II. Caldwell, of Milan,
has come out for treasurer. There
are still others to be heard from.
Upper Ten, a journal devoted TO So
ciety, literature and the stage. made
its initial appearance last Saturday
The office of publication is in Moline
The first number is well edited and
is geographically neat. Its columns
are filled with gossip interesting to
the smart set. 1t will come out
weekly.
Letters have come to the Argus and
Coroner Eckhart from Wittrup, Kas.,
relating TO the escapades of Henry
Bastian. the murderer and suicide.
and making sensational allegations
that. it appears, should be referred
for Investigation TO the Wittrup au-
thorities rather than those of Rock
Island county.
On account of the runaway which
came so near proving disastrous to
Mrs. Julia Rosenfield while driving
in her carriage near the police sta
ton Saturday afternoon, Mayor
Knox Saturday evening issued an or
der prohibiting racing matiDees on
Third avenue and the rule was en-
forced yesterday much TO the chag-
rim of a number Of horsemen.
J. W. Scherrer, for some time past
bOokkeeper at the head offices of
ed to take charge of the Moline
Bottling works. which he has pur-
chased from T. c. Hoffman, taking
possession today. Mr.. Scherrer will
remove his family to Moline. VIII
Carse has succeeded to the position
in the .Fraternal Tribunes' office.
Mayor b. F. Knox. it is understood,
has been about convinced that he
Will not do as a republican senatorial
candidate. To spare him embarrass-
ment it is understood he has been
given certain time by the powers
that be TO withdraw from the race.
The articles of incorporation of the
Tri-City Transfer q Fuel company
We're recorded in the circuit clerks
office Saturday afternoon. The capt.
tai stock is placed at $4,000 divided
into shares of 500 each and the gen
tlemen at the head of the company
are Carsten y. Peterson. George \.
Darling and Robert Bennett. Jr. The
first board of directors is composed !
of Carsten y. Peterson. George y. |
Darling and Stephen NJ. Darling.
\ foreigner with an unpronOunc-
able name. while laboring beneath |
a load a trifie too heavy yesterday. !
slipped on the sidewalk at the cor
ner of Fourth avenue and Seven |
tecnth street and fell. The back of I
his head came in contact with the /
pavement with such impact that he |
was partially stunned and in this |
condition he was led to the police |
station. In a short time lump lar |
ger than his fist had made its APP
pearance but after enjoying a snooze |
in cell No. 1 the man was able to |
take himself home.
Observer in. Smeriers meteorolog- |
zeal summary for the month of Jan |
uary shows the mean atmospheric |
pressure to have been 3O.1S. the high |
est 3O.91 on the 2Sth and the lowest |
29.61 on the 18th. The mean temper !
ature was p. the highest 81 on the |
9th and the lowest Is below on the |
eth. The total precipitation was
O.6O inches. The average precipita- |
ton for this month for 81 years was |
l sc inches, showing a deficiency of |
Los inches in the past month. The |
number of clear days was Is, of part
ly cloudy S and of cloudy 5. The |
direction of the wind was
west.
PcrItaDS,