Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-10

sicians of his city. and had been sad
~ overworked during what was prac-
tically AN epidemic of sickness there,
and fell Il victim to an attack that
commenced only last Sunday, after
spending his reserves of energy in
the endeayor TO save others. He was
well known in Davenport from fire.
quent visits here. About eight years
ago he was married To Lea Ida
Schlegel. Youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gust. Schlegel. of this city.
She is bereaved by his death Their
one child is a boy of six Mr.
Schlegel and another daughter. Mrs.
Julius fischer. left for St Charles
Tuesday night. and arrived there
shortly before the gloom of death
filled the home.
\ deplorable case came t6 light
Tuesday afternoon when Mrs. ID. d.
Pope. of 1S45 West Third street filed
a complaint against her husband. ID.
d. Pope. charging him with attempt
ing heinous crime against his H.
| year-old daughter. The compliant
was filed i'm Justice Halls court and
Constable Rumsey made the arrest af-
ter o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Pope was taken directly to Jail To
await the preliminary. Pope is the
father of II children. one of whom.
Ross Lincoln Pope. * now i'm the pen
itentiary serving out sentence for
| bigamy. lie came here from Iowa
| tlty about year ago. Yesterday
| Pope was brought before Justice
Hall. The information sworn 10 by
Mrs. ID. ID. Pope accusing one james
| Pope of assaulting n 13-year-old girl.
| Bessie Pope, was read to him. but he
was not asked To plead. The Justice
postponed the preliminary until Fri
lay and remanded him TO Jail i'm the
sum of $4,000 bail. vi the hearing
| Pope gave him his name as ID. Pope.
Justice Hall decided "A case in fore
ible entry and detainer Tuesday
which * of interest The former
wife of Baron Won SchaezIer and DR..
| +. +. Sutphin were the parties i'm lit
| CATION. From the testimony adj
duced il appeared that the lady had
| rented her home. furniture and all.
TO DR.. Sutphiu for SO per month. the
! LADY, to room and board with the doc
tors family and allow the cost of her
lodging to be applied 10 the rental.
| Bun ON March 3 the lady left the
| 1ouSe and moved down town. When
rent day came she demanded S3l.
for the premises, and the doctor ten
| Tered $3.50. which he thought was the
rental less board and lodgings. The
| lady sued. She was represented by
| Ely Il Bush. and the doctor by
! Heinz d Fisher. The Justice found
| for the doctor. The premises in
question is the old George McCIellanI
residence ON Seventeenth and Perry
streets.
Last evening NJ o'clock occurred
the wedding of Bernhardt Berg and
Miss Charlotte Willmaser, at their
new home. 1914 Ripley street. Mag
istrate Finger officiated in the pres
enoe of n large number of friends and
guests from the city and Rock Island.
Justice !. :. Altman was the offiei-
ating magistrate at the wedding of
II. b. Housman and Miss Minnie :.
Karg, which occurred last night
at the residence of the brides par
ents, POPS West Fifth street.
Friends of Miss Edna Lester. of
Council Bluffs, who spent a portion
of last summer in Davenport, are
grieved To learn of her death in her
home city Monday might at midnight
after an operation for the relief of
an attack of appendicitis. She was
beautiful young lady with many
graces and accomplishments and was
engaged to be married TO Sam Birch
ard, we'll known Davenport young
man. who is at present living in Coun-
ell Bluffs.
w. ]. Mccullough and j. f. Halli-
gan are in Dubuque as delegates of
Loras council. knights of Columbus,
to attend the meeting called for the
purpose of organizing Il state coun-
ell. There are now six councils of
the order i'm the state of Iowa.
! The Great Dismal swamp
IOf Virginia is a breeding ground of
malaria germs. So is low, wet or
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