Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-03


held i'll the last week of October, and
on five nights which will be Tuesday, |
Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and
Saturday evenings and probably in
the afternoons. The whole of the In
dustrial home building has been rent
ed for the purpose. The large hall
will be used for the bazaar proper.
where the merchants Will be invited
to display their goods and erect some
booths while the women of the so
ciety will also have small trinkets for
sale.
The Reliable Gas & Manufacturing
company, is the outgrowth or plant
which has been operated on Third
street in this city. The company has
capital stock of $4,000 limited to
$4,000 and will locate on the corner
of Fourth and Ripley streets. Daven-
port. The officers are: President. Her
man Walther; secretary and treasur-
err, +. X. Wernentin.
The Fifth street and Third ave
nue. ball players are in training for
their game next Sunday forenoon at
the athletic field The game will be
umpired by Mayor Skinner and any
back talk will be cause FOR removal
from the municipal map.
Will Dimock, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Dimock. had narrow escape
from drowning yesterday. and that he
is not now a subject for the coroner
is due solely to the effort of William
Shelley. who was unloading sand at the
landing. Young Dimock fell from the
Bed>T Wood barge at the foot of
Eighteenth street about 10 o'clock. He
went down in at least feet of water
and Shelley seized him by the hair as
he was sinking and pulled him out on
to the barge.
To relieve the crowded condition of
the Grant school building the board
of education has empowered the
buildings and grounds committee to
secure the chapel II Twenty-siXth
street and Fifth avenue for school
purposes. The probabilities are that
the fourth grade of the Grant build
ing will occupy the chapel, but def
mite decision as to this has been left
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and the principal of the Grant build
ing. The board has also decided to
change the shorthand system now be-
ing taught in the commercial course
at the high school, and hereafter the
Gregg system Will be followed.
1t has been decided by the Retail
Merchants association to promote an
excursion either one or two days to
the Joslin fair two weeks hence.
DIR. Edwards has succeeded Mrs.
Mary +. Metzgar, who has been pres
ident of the local w. c. T. L. Mrs.
Mctzgar declined reelection owing to
her protracted absence from the city.
The full list of new officers is: Presi-
dent, Dr. Maria Edwards; honorary
president, Mrs. Mary f. Metzgar;
vice president, Mrs. James w. Atkin-
son; recording secretary, Mrs. Allie
Il. Lancashire; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. w. +. Crane; treasurer,
Mrs. Robinson Nye.
John Campbell, third vice president
of the Molders' International union,
was IN the city Tuesday evening for
la conference with the strike commit
tee of the local union, but his visit is
explained to have been no more than
call while in this vicinity that he
might report the status of the strike
here TO national headquarters.
4 telegram has been received by
! Charles and Archie Wittick ANNOUNCE
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Wittick. in Texas. He was bitten by
a snake several days ago and death
resulted from the poisoning which
followed. The sons have departed for
Texas and they will bring the body to
Moline for burial, arriving here Fri
day. Two other sons, Claude and
George, survive their father, but their
present whereabouts are not known.
| The widow and one other son, Roy.
are in Minneapolis. and they will be
here for the funeral. Archie Wittick
is photographer for the Deere & Man
sur company, Roy is a high school
graduate here, and the entire family
is well Known TO MOliners. especially
in the west end. Mr.. Wittick for
many years conducted a photograph
gallery on Third street; he had
wealth of relics collected by him on
western trips. For the last 10 or II
years he had spent most of his time
away from Moline. He wore long hair
which fell over his shoulders. He was
between 50 and 90 years of age. His
father was killed in Rock Island some
years ago by ruffians. Mr.. Wittick
had the distinction of being the first
white man permitted to photograph
the Indian sun dance during his trav-
els in Colorado and New Mexico.
Mrs. Jerry Busey, an aged colored
woman. was hit by Rock Island en-
CINE while crossing the tracks at Fiji
teenth street and Fourth avenue this
morning, but fortunately escaped seri-
Gus injury. She was thrown out of
harms way by the cow-catcher. Her
only, burf was a Dash in the held