Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-03
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The six glass workers, who held out
when the others went to work 10
days ago, went back to their tables
at the Pittsburg Plate Glass COM
pany's plant yesterday. They return
ed at the request of Mr.. Graves who
is acting manager pending the arri-
val of j. p. Maxwell, of Milwaukee,
who succeeds Mr.. Field.
Next Tuesday at the Washington
garden the German Pioneers of Scott
county, will hold their second annual
festival. There are 10 charter MEM
bers, and at the meeting there will be
II large number initiated into the
cult, which requires for membership
that the applicant shall have settled
here prior to 1852.
Mrs. Adele Writes little son was
bitten in the face Sunday by vicious
dog, which that lady states has been
removed into the country instead of
being shot. The dog belongs to a
neighbor of Mrs. Writ who lives on
West Ninth street. The matter has
been reported to the police.
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John A. Feeney, the East Third
street grocer announces the theft of
a $40 harness from the barn at the
rear of his place of business. The
harness was in the barn yesterday
morning.
At :15 Tuesday evening westbound
street car jumped the track at Third
and Marquette streets. 1t had 40 pas
sengers on board, all of whom were
made merrily acquainted with the
fact by the series of ''hobbly-iibbly"
bumps over the brick on the pave
ment. No one was very greatly al
armed, however.
w H. Stegenmueller. who rooms in
the Dittoe block has reported to the
police the theft of suit of clothes
from his room Monday night, while
he was absent at a lodge meeting.
He returned at midnight and found his
door unlocked, and the clothing valued
at $50 gone.
Attorney Frank \. Cooper and f.
d. Let's will go to st. Louis this week
to take the testimony of j. i'll. Swartz
and H. +. Stocks in the matter of the
$4,000 damage suit brought by the
Ellsworth Leonidas estate against
the Diamond 10 line. 1t will be re-
membered that the case of the elder
Leonidas. Christopher, has been tried,
and that the jury returned verdict
i'm favor of the defendant company,
thus generating Mate Dan Breen
from the charge of shooting hastily.
The case of the younger Leonidas,
alias Taggert. will be tried during the
November term of court, and Messers.
Swartz and stocks dispositions are
desired for submission to the jury.
The quest for relatives of the miss
ing Hicks who was reported to have
died of starvation in the west has de-
veloped the fact that s. ID. Hicks,
father of the young survivor is in
constant communication with his son
and that like Magelssen he is as fine
as fiddle" There was nothing more
to the story than the Sherlock Holmes
methods of Marshal Kittilsen in find
ing the whereabouts of another party,
an associate of the absent Hicks.
Walter y. q. Ohlshausen, who was
recently brought here from FL PasO,
Tex, suffering from dementia, was eX-
amined by the insanity board yester-
day and committed as a private pa
tient to Mt. Pleasant
j. Z. Maxwell, who comes here from
Milwaukee to take charge of the Pitts
burg Plate Glass company's Daven-
port plant, has arrived here and took
up his work yesterday morning. The
Pittsburg company has had a number
of managers here, but they have al
ways been good ones, while the Dav-
export plant has always proved a
stepping stone for something higher.
The Lagomarcino-Grupe, and the
Martin Woods company have bought
out the Tri-City Fruit company, To-
Gated at 116-11s East Front street.
and have already taken possession.
jackson J. Buzzard. the former propri-
etor.w will leave the city. The Lagomarci-
no-Grupe company took the peanut,
lemon and orange stock, while the
Martin-Woods took the rest. No con'
sderation for the transfer has been
given.
The management of the West Min
strels at the Burtis opera house this
evening is considered by the manage
ment to be of sufficient Importance
to warrant the occasion being consid-
cred the opening of the local play
house for the season. 1t is conse-
qnently so ordered, and the people
win set the seal of their approval on