Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-16


ford, Ill.
Edward Oldefest departed yester-
day for Champaign to enter the state
university.
\ break in the furnace caused the
suspension of classes in the high
school yesterday.
Mrs. Z. b. Keator and daughters,
Mary and Harriet, have arrived home
from MichilIinda, Mich.
Mrs. f. \. Wilson, of 1911 Twelfth |
avenue, has returned from three
weeks visit in Sterling.
Miss Luella Jones and Miss Grace |
Tunnicliff departed yesterday for Mt.
Vernon, Iowa, to enter Cornell college.
Mrs. J. j. Poole. of Earlville. and |
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. W. y. |
Jones.
Miss Elizabeth Barnard departed
yesterday for Smith college. Mrs. |
Barnard accompanied her as far as
Chicago.
William Reimers. Charles Peterson,
Albert Zimmerman and Al Ostlund
have departed for Chicago to spend
two weeks.
Homer Hemenway, of Colorado
Springs. Colo, is in the city visiting
his brother, c. +. Hemenway, and
other relatives.
Mrs. S. ID. Poole has returned from
months outing at Saginaw, Bay
Point and Mason City, Mich, where
she visited her brothers.
Mrs. Will Lawrence entertains
Saturday afternoon from to 81
o'clock thimble party for Miss Mae
Lawrence, who is visiting here.
st. Mary's Catholic church will give
fair in the near future, for which
arrangements have been made and
for which plans are continually going
forward. The fair will be given in the
new hall in the church, from Oct. 30
to 20. The fair Will not differ essen
tally from any other church fair,
but an attempt will be made to make
it more interesting.
Frank Clendenin received Il tele-
gram yesterday stating that Curtis o.
Shaw was killed in a railroad acct
dent at Orange, y. J.. near Newark.
Curtis Shaw went with Company F to
Springfield to be mustered into the
service during the Spanish-American
war, but at Springfield he was musr
cred into the company from Morrison,
III. His home is in Davenport.
o.
Martha Morris, colored girl about
twenty years of age, is under arrest
and the coroner and police are max
| ing an investigation of a case of in
fanticide in which she is supposed to
be the principal. The arrest was
made at the instance of Oscar Hull
burt, whose suspicious were aroused
| by the girls actions. \ foetus has
been found and the supposed mother
refuses to talk.
| d. II. Dean. of California, who is
visiting his sister. Mrs. John LusN,
| 1906 Fourth avenue. while pushing
wheelbarrow across the Fourth ave-
nue. tracks of the Tri-City Railway
company. was run into by street car
and Knocked down. Luckily he rolled
out of the way from the wheels,
but he had several ribs broken in
his left side and was also severely
bruised. He is 76 years of age which
makes the injuries serious.
! O.
| Anton Roberts, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Nyberg. died at o'clock
| yesterday morning at the home, 143S
Eleventh street. after an illness of
four months with heart trouble and
droPsy. He was born in this city
April 20. 1888, and leaves beside his
parents. two brothers and one sister,
who are Esther. Carl and Edgar. The
funeral will be held from the home
at $3.50 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. Bennett Erickson officiating.
At the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
+. Schofer. in South Moline Sunday,
took place the reunion of all of the
Schofer family. there being nine
brothers and sisters present. 1t was
in honor of John \. Schofer, of Green
vile, Pa. who has been visiting here
for several weeks with his relatives.
The families of the brothers and sis
tiers were also present, so that there
were forty people in attendance. An
elaborate SUPPER was served. The
following of the family were present:
John \. Schofer, GreenviIle, Pa; l.. E.
Schofer, John NJ. Schofer, both OF
Moline; y. IL. Schofer. of Rock Isl
and; Mrs. ]. \. Peterson and Mrs.
Swan Johnson, of Walkers Station:
Frank b. Schofer, of this city, and
Roy Schofer, of Rock Island.