Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-15
DAVENPORT DOTS


morning. The congregation of the
Second church is enthusiastic over
the prospect of keeping Rev. Saw
yers this winter, the attractions of
the work here and at Bettendorf,
where he has been conducting such
successful meetings, having led him
to refuse offers to lecture under the
management of the lyceum bureaus.
as he has for several winters past.
Mr.. Sawyers has several fine lectures
that have been in demand in the east,
and his Davenport friends are to have
the opportunity of hearing one or
more of them in a short time.
Trainmaster Fred NJ. Jones. of the
Rock Island, has received word of the
transfer of his headquarters from
Davenport to Des Moines, change
that will be generally regretted by
his many friends here. He Will con-
tinue in charge of the same territory,
the main line from Des Moines to
Rock Island, that he has had for
some time, and the change is made
on account of the convenience offer
ed by the division dispatcher's Office,
located at Des Moines.
Mrs. J. +. Priest and children will
leave for the west over the Rock Isl
and Friday morning to join Mr..
Priest in San Francisco and make
their future home in the Golden state
Rev. j. W. Weddell is off to Detroit.
where he is to spend the week in at
tendance upon the annual convention
of the Michigan State Baptist asso-
citation. He is billed for an address
before that body.
Arthur Josetti, of Chicago, who
was at the head of the Saengerbund
in Is9S. when Davenport scored her
successful record as an entertainer.
is in the city. the guest of the sing
erS and Turner's.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Alden and their
son. Harry F. Alden. on account of
the poor health of the latter. expect
to leave the last of this month for
San Diego. Cal, where they will
spend the winter.
The names of the two tramps who
were crushed beneath the wheels of
the Knights of Columbus coach as it
was leaving Clinton on the return
trip home early Monday morning, are
Michael Spellmann and Richard Te-
man. The men are still alive. but t
is not thought that they can long
survive the frightful injuries they re
ceived.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hoyt are enter
tanning Mr.. Hoyt's brother. Hon. Il.
II. Hoyt. of Greenfield, Mass. NJ. T.
Poole. brother of Mrs. Hoyt. and his
wife and daughter left for their homo
in Ithaca. y. Y. yesterday noon, after
week.
r. \. \. Siegfrietlt. one of the Dav-
EXPORT young men who in recent
years have followed Horace Greeley's
advice and gone west, is now a men,
Der of the firm of j. Il. Lucas tS Co.,
real estate, loans and insurance, at
Ballard, Wash.
At a meeting of the directors OF
the Turner hall club last night the
matter of the management of the
hall was taken up. Fred Kuehl, the
present manager. was called in, and
after a discussion of the situation
with the board and i'm accordance
with the unanimous wish of the di-
rectors he reconsidered his resigna-
ton.
Henry Wohlert. a young man who
recently returned from the Philip
pines. where he was a soldier, died
last night at 9:3O o'clock at St. Luke's
hospital shortly after being taken to
that institution.
Secretary /. L. Sears. of the Daven
port Mile Track association, received
a telegram yesterday afternoon from
Myron Z. McHenry, driver of Dan
Patch, stating that he would arrive
in the city with the great PAGER at
1880 o'clock this afternoon over the
Rock Island road. The car will be
taken directly to the mile track sid
ing to be unloaded and before sun
down Dan viii be gliding around the
track that made his sire famous. II
will get no fast work today. simply
enough exercise to stretch his sturdy
limbs and to acquaint himself with
the turns of the track for tomorrow
The Lutheran SYNOD: of Iowa open
ed its 4Sth annual session very pleas
antly last evening at st. Paul's Luth-
eran church and will continue in ses.
sion today and tomorrow. The at,