Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-15
DAVENPORT DoTS

DAVENPORT DOTSI
Mayor Becker states that he will
go to ST. Louis Jan. II, to be present
at the trial of the Allen paving case,
which comes up ON that date in the
United States corcuit court of APP
peals. 1t viii be remembered that the
liability of the Allen heirs has been
assumed by the Mcclellan Land COM
ipapy. which, in addition to Judge Nc
Entire, will be represented by five
leading attorneys of St. Louis. 1t is
stated that these attorneys have TAX
en- the case of the land company upon
contingent fee of $1,000, which
means that III case they win they will
he allowed this amount. and in case
they lose they will get nothing for
their services. This arrangement
would seem To Indicate that the St.
Louis attorneys feel very secure in
their position. On the other hand, the
city will be represented by City At
torney Henry Tuenen, Jr., f. NJ. Sha-
ron and Lane & Waterman.
y judgment entry was made yester-
day against the Diamond 10 Steamer
company and Dan Breen in the Leoni-
das case. The Judgment was for ST.
900, the amount awarded by the jury,
and $136.10, the costs of the case.
Whether the defendants will pay up
or not remains to be seen. 1t will be
remembered that Il motion for a new
trial was denied a few days ago and
the only thing that remains for the
defendants to do at present is to take
an appeal to the higher court or to
pay the amount. The plaintiff can Sc
cure judgment against any property
the defendants hold unless the amount
is paid.
+. William Book. of 1925 Marquette
street. passed away at his home Sun
day. Deceased was born in Germany
in 1875, and came to this country sew
eral years ago. He was married last
spring to Miss SeebOde. and the bride
of less than year survives him. His
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Book, and
several brothers and sisters also sur
vive.
Mrs. Bertha Wiese, wife of Emil
Wiese. passed away at the home. 2134
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illness of about two weeks. Deceased
would have been 33 years of age Dec
24. and was born in Plymouth, Ind.
Her maiden name was Ruge. and she
was married to Mr.. Wiese II years
ago at her home in Indiana. Mr. Wiese
bringing his young wife Immediately
to Davenport. Besides the husband.
one little daughter year and half
old survives.
The cold weather resulted in Il num-
Der of fires Sunday and the depart
ment was kept hustling all day. At
ter the call to Northwest Davenport
in the night time the men had three
more runs during the day.
Mayor Becker has received an APP
peafing letter from party who signs
himself as W. p. Chaddock, 1927 West
Fourth street, this city. in which the
writer states that after providing for
his invalid wife for over year at a
local hospital, that after leaving that
institution she deserted him because
he was of different religious belief
and took his two children away with
her. The writer further adds that he
understands his wife is now at Ke-
vance. ILL.,. with the children, and
asks the assistance of the mayor in
recovering them.
The MethodiSts of Davenport Sun
day dedicated st. Johns church, just
completed at a cost of 100000. The
occasion brought together all the liv-
ing ex-pastors of the church. Revs. o.
b. Waite. II. o. Pratt. William Lease,
L. Il. Gilmer and Frank w. Luce, now
scattered over the Iowa and Illinois
conferences. Many c0ngratulatory
messages were read from former
members of the church and absent
friends. Rev. Joseph F. Berry. editor
of the Epworth Herald. preached the
morning sermon and Rev. Frank w.
Luce, of the Maple Avenue church, ST.
Louis, preached in the evening. JOS
eph w. Powell, of Buffalo. national or
ganizer of the Brotherhood of st.
Paul. delivered addresses at all the
meetings, as result of which the
needed $4,000 was raised to permit of
dedicating the church free of debt.
The trial of Michael Conroy, charg-
ed with participating in burglaries at
Clinton while living there as respect
able citizen, was begun yesterday on
a change of venue from Clinton. Will
liam Murphy has already been con-
victed as the ringleader of the gang,
and George Burrier, another member.
has been brought here from the state
prison to testify in Conroy's case. The
defense is in charge of Attorney Viii
liam Foster. of Chicago, and several
Davenport attorneys.