Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-12
DAVENPORT DOTS

Rudolph Lage, driver for Schick. is
wearing his left hand in a sling be-
cause of an accident which happened
to him last Friday between the two
bridges on the arsenal property. Mr..
Lage was thrown from his lofty seat
by the horses suddenly turning out
of the street car tracks. The wheel
of the heavy truck passed over his
hand.
40
Emma Ganson, of 2214 Fulton ave-
nue.. is missing. The police have been
asked to look for her. To them it
was reported that she left her home
and her husband Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock, leaving a letter on the
table addressed to her husband stat
ing that she had left and would not
return. The woman carried away
with her Johnson revolver of - cal
ibre. Her description has been given
to the department with the request
that the officers look her up.
EAQ
Peter Goritzer, the unfortunate
Greek who was run over by a train
at West Liberty Saturday night, as
reported, and who was brought here
to St. Luke's hospital for treatment,
died there from the result of his in
juries.
The Drake Furniture company, of
this city, has secured the contract
award of furnishing the new Lothar
Harms hotel in Rock Island with fur
niture, curtains and carpets. The
contract was awarded over bids Of
fered by Carson. Perie & Scott and j.
V. Farwell of Chicago. representative
houses in that line. There will be 60
rooms, cafe, Hobbies, corridors, etc,
TO furnish under the contract, and
the bill of expense to Mr.. Harms will
be quite large.
George Seeser, formerly a chef at
the Kimball house, accompanied by
his wife, arrived in the city Friday
from Streator, ILL.,, on bicycles, en-
route for Chicago. They are visiting
with Mr.. Seeser's father-in-law in
the way.
The appointment of Judge Nath
French as administrator of the es-
tate of George Demery has been not
ed in this column. II is now learned
that Mr.. Demery had purchased
railway ticket here to Hartford,
Conn, and after he left here with his
trunk was never heard from after
wards. Weeks after he left a tracer
and detectives were sent to look him
up. His trunk went To its destina-
ton all right. having been received
at the Hartford. Conn. depot. but
his ticket was only used to Toledo,
Ohio. There all trace of him was
lost. He had ON his person about $50
when he left here besides his round
trip ticket TO Hartford, whittier he
was going to visit sister. Mr.. Hass,
his attorney. stated that he did not
have more than 500, and therefore
is mystified at his disappearance, not
believing that anyone would do muir
der for a paltry 500. Nevertheless
Demery is missing since 1897. and no
clew either to his death, natural or
otherwise, has been discovered.
Hence the appointment of an admin
istrator. to look after his estate,
which will not exceed $1,000. He has
two sisters, one in Hartford. Conn,
and the other in the northern part of
Ireland. These will be benefciaries
of his estate. Mr.. Demery used to
live on Iowa street Immediately
north of the First Presbyterian
church. For years he was in the en-
ploy of the father of Judge French,
the administrator, Hon. George IL.
French.
The property on the northeast
corner of Fourteenth and Harrison