Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-03
DAVENPORT DOTS

INOA v E%kNI ON LIZ -
The report comes from st. Luke's
hospital that John Hentzelmann, who
was injured last week in an unfortun-
ate fall from wagon in Rock ISL
and, is getting along nicely and viii
soon be able to be removed to his
home.
Sunday evening at Lockport, n. Y.
| WHITTIER she had gone a short time
ago for the benefit of her health and
to revisit the old home, occurred the
| death of Mrs. Mary Banta. wife of
Louis \. Banta, an employe of the
Davenport Machine works on the
Rockingham road The deceased was
81 years of age. The funeral will be
held at Lockport, n. Y, whittier Mr..
Banta has gone to attend it.
| Hugo Toll, the violinist, has come
into possession of Gagliano instru-
ment. bearing the date 1770. thus be-
ing 1873 years old. The instrument has
full tone. and is invaluable. The vio-
| lin has been in the possession of a
wandering Italian musician who %
Years ago sold it for $50 to the man
who presented it to Mr.. Toll.
Friends of Mrs. Lille Kidder Hop
l<ins, a former Davenport young lady
who has been Il frequent visitor here
in later years, have been panied to
receive word from TT. Worth, Tex. of
the burning of the Hopkins home
| there. The house took fire from an
adjacent building, in the night time.
and the members of the family were
only able to escape with their lives.
in exceedingly light attire. and saved
nothing from the flames.
Monday afternoon Justice !. c. Hall
bound Ira Kennicutt over to the Sep
TENDER grand jury under bonds of
500 to answer to the charge of as
sauIt with intent to inflict great bodi-
| ly injury. Henry Krohn, the dyer is
the complaining witness. Kenncutt
waived the preliminary examination.
Krohn's story is that Kennicutt en-
tered his premises on Fifth and Scott
streets last Friday and during quar-
rel assaulted him. Krohn's collar bone
and several ribs were broken. Kehni-
cutt has not yet told his story.
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The meeting of the Davenport
Trades and Labor assembly. held at
that the lockout of the employees of
the Davenport Button company is
threatening to assume serious proper
tions. At the meeting the Federation
decided TO stand by the button work
ers. and voted them SO to assist them
in their fight with the company. The
Carpenters union also lent its aid by
pledging itself to use no more of the
Seiffert & Wiese lumber until the mat
ter of the lockout had been adjusted.
The steam filters and plumbers
unions have also pledged themselves
ID do-no sInore work for the button
company. until the present difference
has been adjusted. At the present
time there are about ~ operatives lock
ed out President Suhl says that the
fight viii be kept up, and that more
assistance from other unions is ex-
pected. Several of the big depart
ment stores will not handle the pro-
ducts of the factory until the matter
at issue is settled. At PAS yester-
day afternoon the button workers
union held a meeting to consider the
action of the federation and to hear
a report upon it.
The annual bicycle road race to be
given under the auspices of the Dav-
export Retail Bicycle Dealers asso-
citation. which was to have been given
tomorrow, has been postponed until
June % ON account of the present soft
condition of the country roads. 1t
now will be given upon the above
date, which is also carnival week