Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-16
DAVENPORT DOTS


Judge Wolfe's opinion in the case
of Benjamin Barr, ct al. VS.. The Dav-
export National bank, which has been
out of business for two years past, in
which a receiver was asked, was re-
ceived by the clerk of the district
court yesterday morning. In il Judge
Wolfe refuses to appoint a receiver.
His opinion is brief, and contains
nothing material beyond the fact of
his holding.
julius Schlichting, of West Locust
street, is confined to his bed. He was
taken suddenly i'll while at work at
the Rock Island arsenal several days
ago and had to be taken home.
Charles Becker has grievance.
He says he got an option from George
Mengel for the purchase of the south
east corner of Fourth and Harrison
street for $4,000, and paid down
$4,000 on it. Monday Mr.. Mengel sold
his undivided interest in the property
for $4,000 TO p. T. Walsh, who in turn
conveyed it to Ernst Zoller. Mr.. Beck
er is getting ready to go having.
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Saturday evening at Tops hall in
Green Tree the opening gun of the
democratic campaign in Davenport
township will be fired. Messers. Wal
do Becker, f. NJ. Sharon. y. ID. Ely,
Fred and Henry Follmer, Fred c.
Naeve, NJ. F. Donegan. William Il.
Mains and others are primed for the
occasion.
Joseph Harding, a broth of a boy
with a liking for yivalves, stole g.
gallon bucket of oysters from the II.
II. Nogt depot Wednesday afternoon,
and was later arrested by Detective
Mullane. He was sentenced to 10
days in Jail for the offense. Joe May
not be stewed over his predicament,
but he certainly landed out of the fry
ingpan into the fire.
Charles Clark, chief deputy mar
shall of Kansas City, came to the city
yesterday for Ed Bright, the negro re-
Gently arrested by Detective Mullane.
He is here awaiting the requisition
from the governor of Iowa and the
:
shaven gentleman with a headful of
knowledge. He even knew Charles
Garland who told him he once was in
business in Kansas City. Mr.. Clark
says that Bright had been sentenced
to the Kansas City Jail, on a petit lar
ceny charge, which had been scaled
down from that of grand larceny, on a
sentence of several months. He man
aged TO break Jail, and therefore he
is wanted. Bright, when arrested.
said he came from Denver, and had
once been arrested here for receiving
stolen goods. He denied at the time
that he had been in Kansas City, but
when Clark came before him he ac-
knOwledged the Jail breaking and was
ready to go back. Mr.. Clark says the
man is wanted in Chicago, as well as
in Kansas City. and thinks that he
will be taken back to Chicago to ans
wer to n more serious charge. Eve
have the Bertillion system down
there, and we will put it on the ne
gro" said Mr.. Clark, IF he isn't wan
ted there for a crime for which the
Kansas City people want him, his next
place of exhibition will be the peniten-
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Wednesday at the parsonage of st.
Pauls Lutheran church Rev. w. II.
Blancl1e married Herman Hunt Meyer
and Miss Martha L. Foster, both of
this city. The affair was private. The
couple will reside at 72S East Tenth
street.
Bishop Morrison returned last even
ing from Dubuque, where he has been
attending the convocation of the Wa
verify deanery of the Episcopal dio-
cese of Iowa The business session
was held yesterday morning, at which
the missionary meetings for the year
were appointed. Wednesday evening
the Fellowship club rendered a large
banquet to Bishop Morrison, Bishop
Keator, of the diocese of Olympia, the
members of the Waverly deanery of