Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-17

signed his position as chief clerk of
the Standard Oil company, effective
next month, and will then remove to
Washington. Iowa, where with his
brother, Fred Bragg. he will enter the
plumbing business.
Mrs. w. X. Jaffray is suffering from
the effects of a fall which she sustain
ed a day or two ago. in Rock Island.
slippery iron step was responsible
for broken arm, which is now con-
filming her to her home.
Sheriff Macarthur received a tele-
phone Thursday evening from Con-
stable Ryan, of LeClaire. stating that
Leon and Nettie Gentil and Lillian
Boswell, the children who appeared
before Judge Bollinger last week as
candidates for the reform school. had
been picked up in that city. 1t will
be remembered that at the hearing
last week Mesdames \. +. Cutter and
James +. Lardner appeared with
George w. Scott as friends of the
children. Mrs. Lardner took the two
Gentil children home with her pend
ing arrangements of the father to
send them to a relative in the east.
The Boswell children were let go upon
the promise of their parents to keep
them at home, out of bad company.
and send them to school. How the
children got to LeClaire is told by Con-
stable Ryan who brought the chill
dren here at noon yesterday. They
told him they were picking coal on
the railway right-of-way in East Dav-
export, when they were chased away
by man. They then got ride with
Il farmer who took them as far as
LeClaire, where they dismounted and
not long afterwards were picked up
by the constable. The sheriff notified
Judge Bollinger of the retention of
the children at LeClaire, and he in
structed the sheriff to have them
brought to this city. The Judge an
nounced also that if the Gentil were
not sent to their relatives in the east
by Sunday he would see that they
were committed to Eldora.
Another case of typhoid fever has
been reported from the home of Mo-
torman Rosenbaum, of the Tri-City
Railway company, on West Second
street. Ray Rosenbeum is the victim.
Davenport lodge, No. 80. IL. of p.
met at Columbia hall Thursday night
and installed its newly elected Off
GERS. Ranks two and three were con-
ferred. \ social session followed the
adjournment of the meeting.
James Carten. C.. II. !. &, p. brake
man, was injured about the head last
Saturday while making a coupling at
Dixon. and was taken to Wheatland.
and brought from there to this city.
where he is enjoying an enforced va
cation. His injuries are not at all
serious.
The Black Maria made Il trip to
the dawn-town section of the city
shortly before ; o'clock yesterday
afternoon and took smallpox pa
tient from 212H East Third street.
named Birker. to St. Roberts hospital.
The advent of the vehicle on the bust
ness streets created considerable com
ment. The man was found suffering
with the infection Yesterday morning
and DR.. Schmidt ordered him removed
to the pest house at once.
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Many friends will regret to learn
of the death of Henry Hasler. which
occurred quite suddenly at 12:15 yes
terday, as Il result of heart trouble
and dropsical affection from which
Mr.. Hasler has been suffering for
some time. While his advanced age
of 50 years and the illness mentioned
had confined Mr.. Hasler to his home,
this sad termination was not looked
for at once. it came shortly after
noon when Mr.. Hasler peacefully
dropped to sleep at his home at l+n,
West Third street. The deceased was
born in Maennedorf. Switzerland,
Sept. 90, 1920, was married there 81
years ago, and shortly afterwards
came to this country. He entered the
grocery business at Third and Fill
more streets about 1860. and in few
years removed his business to Third
and Division streets, where he pros
pered until 1883. In this year he re-
tired from active business life. The
surviving family consists of his wife
and one son. Julius {. Hasler, teller of
the Union Savings bank. \ brother
three years older than the deceased
still lives in Switzerland. The funeral
will be held at, > o'clock Sunday after
noon, from the home, with interment
in Oakdale.
At S o'clock Thursday evening, at
her home upon the St. Marguerite's
cemetery plat. where her husband, |
Laurence Doyle, is employed as sex
ton, occurred the death of Mrs. Lau-
renee Doyle, in the 57th year of her
age. The deceased was born in Green |
Bay. Wis. April Q, 1876, and came to
in 1865, in which year she |
was united in marriage to Laurence
Doyle. Thirteen children have bless
ed their union, nine of whom survive
with the husband. These are Mrs.