Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-29

where DIR. Cooper will enter upon the
practice of his profession. Mrs. j. /.
Cooper and Frank \. Cooper were
present at the ceremony.
\ large attendance, all that could
be seated in the Griswold annex, at
tended the challenge debate between
the Athenaen society and the high
school students not belonging to the
debating club, Tuesday evening. The
question was: "Is the private owner
ship and operation of the street rail
ways in the city of Chicago preferable
to municipal ownership and opera
tion?'
At o'clock last evening Pastor y.
ID. Greif united in marriage Henry f..
Lipsins and Miss Clara Alvin Stem.
The groom is a brewer for the Rock
Island Brewing company. and the
bride is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Matthias Stems, of the Rockingham
road.
At s o'clock last evening at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. =. j. Paulsen, on Seventh and
Main streets. S. \. Finger, justice of
the peace, united in marriage Ed Slew
ers, of Everett, Wash, and Miss Adele
Paulsen, of this city. The groom is
an old Davenport boy now engaged as
manager of the Seiffert Lumber inter
ests in Washington.
Creditors of the Northern Building
company will assemble here for a
meeting today that promises sensa-
tional developments. 1t is said J. L.
Mason, of Minneapolis, who was APP
parently the whole company. has
notes out for over 100000. Unpaid
bills on various contracts may raise
this Indebtedness to over $150,000
Much of the paper is afioat among
country banks in Iowa and Minneso-
ia. the bank at Lancaster, Iowa, being
said to have $4,000 of it. At the time
of its failure the Northern Building
company was engaged in erecting Il
SIS 600 court house at Lancaster
Wis, court house at Orange City
Iowa, Il Carnegie library at Fort
Dodge and a $4,000 library and $780,
600 school house in Davenport.
Cal Harris, the promoter of fistiC
carnivals, the manager of the last
pugilistic entertainment in the city
at Claus Groth hall early this month
and the manager of the wrestling
match advertised to occur this even
| ing at the Iowa theatre. was arrested
last evening at 1880 o'clock by Chief
Martens on the charge of vagrancy
He was taken to the police station
and spent the night in a cell there
Harris has been in the three cities
for year or more and pulled off {
number of glove contests, some under
the auspices of his Triangle club 81
Rock Island and at least one under
the auspices of the American Athletic
associa ton of Davenport. Most O
these affairs were not successes finan
cially aud the business of promoting
did not net Mr.. Harris much of ;
profit But he thought he might re
trieve his shattered fortunes by an
other go in Davenport. The plac
was fixed at the Iowa theatre ant
the time tonight. And then the mora
wave struck the city, with the resul
another match at Northwest Daven
port Turner hall was prevented. HaT
ris then changed his attraction to
boxing match and broadsword eXhi
bition. also announced for this even
ing. Clay Woodward, the proprieto
of the Iowa. is said to have an inter
est in the entertainment this evenin:
and to be about to carry it through
having consulted an attorney and he
ing advised there was no law agains
such an exhibition. He was at tn
police station last night trying t
find out whether he would be inter
fered with or not.