Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-27
DAVENPORT DOTS

2:45 Saturday afternoon at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. S. A. Wood, 2O2s
Ripley street. Mrs. Cotant was born
in Ulster county, \. Y, Dec. 10, 1898.
She has made her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Wood, since the death
of her husband which occurred in
New Hampton. Ia, about Is years ago.
tTwo daughters and one SON are left
to mourn her. The remains will be
taken to New Hampton for burial.
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Friday at Morbonia hospital, where
she has been an an inmate for two
weeks, occurred the death of Viii
helmina Paulsen, wife of Hans raul
sen. in the 2Sth year of her age. The
deceased was born in this city May
l26, 1876, and was reared and educat-
led here. There survive the husband
and three children, William. Henry
land Lille, besioes her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Benin. and the fol-
flowing brothers and sisters: Henry,
William. Augusta. George, Louisa,
Meta, Edward and Rudolph Benin.
At her home in Sheridan town
Iship. 21R miles northeast of Eldridge.
Friday occurred the death of Clara
Peters, in the 25th year of her age.
The deceased was born and raised in
lSheridan township, and succumed to
Iperitonitis after a six weeks illness,
Besides her parents three brothers
and five sisters survive.
Saturday at the home of her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Hans j. Hebbelin,
1910 Taylor street. the life of baby
lOdele Hebbeln went out after brief
duration of one year, months and
II days. Besides the parents, sister
Anna and a grandmother Mrs. Sophie
Hennings survive the child.
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Saturday at his home PA West Six
teenth street, in the 61st year of his
age. occurred the death of Henry
Wiese, since 1857. resident of Scott
county and of Davenport. He was
born in Krambeck. Probstei, Holstein
and came to America in 1857, and di-
rectly to Scott county, Nine years
later, in 1866, he was married to Miss
Maria Gertz, who now survives him
with eight children, four boys and
four girls, all grown up.
Saturday in East Davenport. a new
launch was rolled into the water bear
ing the name "Chaperone." The boat
is one that has occupied a great deal
: of the time of the owners, Kuhner
Hartman and Nogt, who built the
boat. except the hull. Ii is 20 feet
long. and gave the young men great
satisfaction when they got it into
the water and started the engine. il
is neat craft. to say the least.
John t. May has arrived in the cit Y and
stated that he will be here a week OF
ten days. looking after his interur
ban interests. Mr.. May states thai
Mrs Alice NJ. Buffers interest in the
franchise which stands in his name
as trustee. has been bought. From
this statement it is inferred that Mrs
Buffers prohibition of the city coun
ell having anything more to do with
Mr.. May will ,e raised.
Joseph r. Remer. who lives at 22l
Brown street, called at the police sta
ton Saturday night and reported the
mysterious disappearance of his wife
from her home last WEDNESDAY. He
saws he was married last November
and had lived happily with his wife
While he was at his work Wednesday
his wife went away. She was dressed
in her usual street garb, but did not
take a single thing with her. He
thought nothing of it that night but
grew uneasy when she did not appear
Thursday or Friday. He searched
every where for her without result
and now fears that probably she has
done away with herself.
At the ST. Ambrose college grounds
Saturday afternoon the high school
baseball team defeated the college
team by a score of 10 to 9.
The authorities have refused to al
low George Hoyt. the man who re-
Gently escaped from the Mt. Pleasant
asylum, to remain at home with his
family at jamestown. 1t is impossi-
BILE to parole him, since he forfeited
that right by escaping. He will have
to GO back to the hospital. The fam
lily, however. is determined to keep
him at home, and therefore some in
teresting developments are possible.
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Mrs. \. y. Hotz, whose saloon at 731
West Third street the old Dewdrop
corner of unsavory memory, was clos
ed Thursday afternoon, Mayor Becker
having ordered her license revoked,
has reopened the saloon upon the adj
vice of her attorney, Charles i. Coop
er, and says she is going to give the
mayors authority and the Davenport
ordinances test. She also intimates
that she will follow this up by going
after people who have circulated re-
lports derogatory to her character. 1t
looks as if there was a lively fight in
prospect.
The death of little Claudio Huggins,
1.-THE 2-year and 2-months-old son of