Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-30
DAVENPORT DOTS

Yesterday occurred the death of |
Frances Fern. the 1s-months-old |
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John III.
Fisher, 73I East Sixth street.
Word has been received by friends |
in this city of the death at Decker
town, \. j., of Mrs. Mary Adams, from |
pneumonia. For 20 years Mrs. Adams |
was resident of this city, living at
16S Bridge avenue until last March, |
when she accompanied her son Claude |
to New Jersey. where he entered the |
newspaper business with his uncle. |
Her husband, g. b. Adams, died sever
al years ago. During her residence in
this city she was prominent mem
Der of the Baptist church.
James j. kramback, a brakeman on
the c.. r. /. g. p, has filed a suit
against that corporation, wherein he
asks to be awarded the sum of $15,-
600 because of the injuries received on
the rail. The plaintiff that he was
brakeman riding on the head car of
a train when Oct l a collision occur
red between Odell and Centerville,
causing him to be thrown between the
tender and the first car of the train.
In the accident the plaintiff alleges
that he sustained a fracture of the
left leg. an injury to his foot, as also a
severe crushing of the abdomen and
bowels
Monday nights meeting of the Dav-
export Business Mems association en-
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development al this point and passed
resolutions approving the scheme and
instructing the secretary of the Dav-
export Water Power company to COM
municate TO the Iowa congressman
the action taken by the business men
here. at the same time urging them
to give all the assistance in their pow
er for the accomplishment of the great
purpose in view-the development of
the water power of the Mississippi
river at Davenport.
\ deal which has been in progress
for several days was closed Thursday
evening, according to which l.. p. Bill
Ter, the well known West Third street
department store proprietor, becomes
the owner of the property on Brady |
street between Second and Third in
which the w. Fl. Hender hardware
business is located. The property |
was bought by the Davenport LeadeC |
company from w. H. Hender last July. |
in connection with the building. next
TO it now occupied by the Leader com
pany and the Adams Express com- |
pany.
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year, no tuition fee will be charged |
the pupils attending st. Anthony's |
school in this city. As the expenses |
of the school must be met, however, |
collection will be taken for this pur-
pose on the third Sunday of every |
month. This plan has proved success
full in a number of parishes in the
larger cities and the pastor of ST.
Anthony's, Rev. ID. J. Flannery, be-
ieves in giving the innovation a trial
in this city.
There are PA saloons in Scott coun-
ty, or at least that number are assess
ed the mulct tax for the coming quar-
ter. This is an increase of four over
that of the previous three months.
The mulct tax for the last quarter is
due Jan. 1, and all of it must be paid
in by that time. The assessment on
the pa saloons amounts to $4,000,
and all of this is supposed to be in the
hands of Treasurer Rohlffs by Friday.
A suit for $1,000 was filed yesterday
afternoon by Ludwig Seibel against
William Rusch for alleged defamation
of character of SeibeI's three sons,
Louis. Fred and August. Rusch lives
near lie Claire, and it will be remem-
bered that his barn burned down in
November and that later the three
SeibeI boys were arrested charged
with being implicated. On an inquiry
into the case they were released, as
there was no evidence against them.
John Dillon has filed a petition for
damages against the Liability Assur
ance company and the Mueller Lum
Der company, and asks that he be
awarded $4,000 damages for alleged
injuries received. Dillon states that
he was employed in pushing logs up
the chute that carries them to the
saws and that one of the tables by
which they are carried up was showed
back rapidly when he had hold of the
other end and that his hand was
crushed so that finger had to be re-
moved and he was otherwise injured.
The preliminary hearing of Peter
Wunder and Mrs. Mary f. Miller, the
couple arrested Monday by Constable
Byron Rumsey. living at 50S1a Harri-
son street under the assumed names
of Mr.. and Mrs. johnson. was held
yesterday before Justice Hail. The
couple were charged with adultery by
the husband of the woman, John F.
Miller. Both were bound over to the
grand jury and their bonds placed at
$500 each In default of this amount
they were returned to Jail