Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-05

Joseph Harry Belken. another of
the early settlers of this community.
passed away Sunday afternoon at
o'clock at his home. 2123 Brady street.
after an extended illness. Deceased
was born near GAINESVILLE. Ohio, March
80. 1899. and was therefore in his 65th
year.
At his home. 743 East Sixth street,
at > o'clock Yesterday morning occur
red the death of Jeremiah +. Lynch,
a resident of this city since 1866. and
at the age of 10 years and s months.
Deceased was born at Boston, Mass.
and came west in 1866.
There has been another Injunction
case started in the Scott county
court wherein a saloon located in the
Davenport & Rogers addition in lie
Claire. in what i known as the mill
lot" is involved. The action is
brought under the Iowa mulct law by
Neal d Neal. attorneys for Mrs. Win
fired Kylor. wife of 5. W. Kylor. who
has brought suit to recover on checks
given in a gambling house to pay for
gaming debts The allegations of
maintaining a nuisance contrary to
the laws of he state are made. The
defendants are Herman and Louis
Zuber. both of lie Claire
Harry Brooks. who was arrested
Saturday at Numa. the small station
on the Rock Island road. for doping
a Greek and aftcrward robbing him,
was brought into Justice Halls court
Yesterday for preliminary hearing.
He was represented by Attorney Wal
ter Petersen. of the firm of Chamber
lin q Petersen. and waived examina-
ton Detectives Morweiser and
Howe. who arrested Brooks. were
also present The court fixed Brooks
bond at $1,000. and he was taken to
Jail. 1t i stated that Brooks real
name is Briggs. He is regarded by
the Rock Island detectives who ar
rested him as one of the worst type
of criminals captured in Iowa this
year.
F. w Ellis. secretary of the /. &; l.
company. and W. p. Boright, chief
| engineer for the same company. were
in the city yesterday from Clinton
upon business for the company. Mr..
Ellis stated that the extensive con-
itru. ton work would be resumed as
soon as the weather settled. The com
pany has just let a contract to Barnes
| Bros. for five miles of additional
grading. This space extends from
Shafftcn Station on the line of the D.,
Il. |. & y. W. in Clinton county north
| -, Il. ,4ira.tsA,, % Clinton
The winners in the bowling tourna-
ment held last week at the alleys of
the Davenport Bowling & Supply
company have received their prizes
and the tournament wound up in a
| very successful manner. The four
winners in the individual handicap
were as follows: {. Sass. handicap
75.64s: p. Petersen. handicap 1868;
Mr.. Pratt. handicap $3.50; Henry
Herzberg. handicap 51,571. In the
two-man team matches. Lorr2inc ano
Johnson. with a handicap of 156. were
tied with Herzbcrg and Sass. whose
handicap was 1876. both teams making
a total score of 1.153. Casey anC
Pratt. with Il handicap of III. finished
second. and W. Sass and p. Petersen
with a handicap of 81. finished in thirC
place. The teams entered in the hand
leap matches were the Tigers. Pr
ates and Colts. who finished in the or
der named. The Tigers. who made {
total score of 2.SS7. were composed 81
Mast. Gates. Bennett. Herzberg anC
W. Sass. The Pirates were composed
of i. Petersen, Slender. Platt. Carson
and Vincent. The Colts were com
posed of y. Petersen. Lorraine. Swain
johnson and Neal. In the picked
| team match between Davenport anC
Rock Island bowlers. the latter woI
with score of 1880 against that O
2.S72 made by the Davenport team