Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-30

to permanently impair her health and
to make her unable TO work as she
had been accustomed to work. Miss
Daugherty was represented in the
trial of the case by w. j. Birchard
and W. VI. Chamberlin, her attorneys,
and the defendants appeared by Lane
& Waterman. Most of yesterday was
taken up with the closing arguments
of Mr.. Lane for the defense and Mr..
Chamberlin for the plaintiff. The
court instructed that warning in
presence was the same as a warning
in person. This referred to testi-
mony to the effect that an employe
of the store had warned another per-
son in n loud voice to look out for the
cellar door just before Miss Daugher-
ty sustained her fall. The jury was
out for about an hour and a half.
Creditors of the Northern Building
company met yesterday and received
reports showing that the concern
owed 100000. with no assets, except
possible profits on contracts on hand
in various cities of Iowa and Wiscon-
sin. These contracts amount to $780,
600. The creditors decided to carry
out the contracts.
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Mrs. o. u. Judd, of Omaha. is here
ON visit with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. IL. Harrison, of Grand avenue.
She will remain here for three or four
weeks prior to removing to San Fran
cisco. where Mr.. Judd goes to take an
advanced position with the Remming
ton typewriter people.
Edward l. Torbet. formerly with
the Hinrichs Crockery company of
this city. now assistant manager of
the big china factory at Syracuse, y.
y, is making a business trip through
the west. and came here from Chicago
for day or two with his parents
and handshake with old Davenport
friends.
News has reached Davenport
friends of the death, on Jan II. at Al
word. northwestern Iowa, of August
SchemeI, Il former Scott county resi-
dent, in the Goth year of his age. The
deceased was born i'm Bramstedt, Hol-
stein. and came to America in 1870,
and to Davenport in 1885. Later he
removed to Lyons county, where his
death occurred.
Victor Kieffert. who was one of the
victims of the boiler explosion at the
glucose plant on Thanksgiving night
two years ago. and who has been an
invalid ever since. is again confined to
his bed with an illness directly trace
able to. his hurts at that catastrophe.
George Swain. residing at 2l2H
Main street. is reported by DR.. Deck
err TO be Ill with the smallpox. This
is bringing the disease right into the
heart of the city Mr.. Swain has
been away from his place of duty, in
one of the downtown stores. for al
most two weeks. 50 there is no danger
that he has exposed others while
himself in the incipient stage of the
disease. He has been placed under
quarantine.
The ladies of the Maccabees are
counting upon Il great occasion next
Saturday evening. when they Will hold
public installati ton in Armory hall,
not of a single hive. as their lodges
are called. but a joint installation of
the officers of the two Davenport
hives and those of Muscatine, Rock
Island and Moline Mrs. Lillian NJ.
Hollster. supreme commander of the
world. is to be here from Detroit.
Mich. with Mrs. Tirzah y. Nelson.
state commander of Iowa. from Mar
shalltown. The presence of state and
national officers Will add much to the
importance of the occasion, and to
the attendance. 1t is to be n public
installation. to which all those inter
ested are invited. The drill and de-
gree teams of the local hives have
been preparing for the event for some
weeks. and il will be handsome OPP
portunity for those who are not ac-
quainted with the order to see some
| of its Interesting features.