Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-07

Work on the Davenport public IL
brary i now almost completed. ana
everything but the finishing touches
Is now done.
Joe Borman. the Russian who was
taken TO st. Luke's hospital suffering
with lung fever from the police sta
ton, where he had gone for nights
lodging, died Saturday after months
illness. His remains have been re-
moved to the Runrc d Peterson
morgue. from where they will be TAX
en- to Iowa City. unless identified.
Borman was . native of Russia. from
which country he had come but two
years ago in the hope Of employment
and Il better home. He had encounter
ed hard luck during the first part of
his stay in the United States and be-
gan Il tour Of the country as a tramp
in search Of work He arrived in
Davenport one cold night i'm February.
and. going To the police station, where
he asked for bed. he was seized with
lung fever. lie was found in the
morning by the officers i'm Il very weak
condition ana taken to the hospital.
The viii of Michael Rush, filed Sat
urCtay in the Office Of the county clerk
contains but 4 few minor requests
to near relatives and leaves the larger
bulk of his fortune variously estimaf-
ed from 100000 To 100000 to be di
vided among his heirs at law accord
ing to the laws Of Iowa.
Saturday night at 1890 occurred
the death Of Frank W. Dittman, an old
settler Of Davenport and veteran of
the civil war. He was born in Ger
many Nov. 10, 1899, and removed to
America in 1853 with his parents,
coming to Davenport the April of 1861.
He Unlisted in. and was member of
August Wentz company in the 21st
Iowa volunteer regiment formed at
Camp Mcclellan. He served through
the term Of his first enlistment as a
sergeant and re-inlisted later serving
through the civil war. He leaves to
mourn his death. his wife and three
daughters-Misses Paulina, Ida and
Mrs. F. y. Parmele
Mrs Freda Gertz. wife of Gustav
Gertz. died Saturday evening at $3.50
o'clock at Mercy hospital. Deceased
was 10 years old, and the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Jensen. She was
married to her husband in June, 1903.
She is survived by two sisters. Anna
House and Silvia Jensen. and two
brothers, Harry and John Jensen.
The North Davenport Lincoln club
is the name of the new club organized
by the republicans of that district.
The club viii meet Thursday evenings.
Officers elected were: President. Otto
Steckel; vice president, Charles
Bluhm; secretary, Fred Meier; treas
liam Culton.
W. c. Putnam has received a cable
gram from his brother, George II.
Putnam, stating he has received
vacation and left Manila Saturday,
to arrive in San Francisco in about
a month. Mr.. Putnam has had charge
of the United States coast survey of
the Philippine islands and has been
there for several years.
o
August Wentz post, of the g. y. r..
met Saturday evening in q. \. Il. hall
on East Third street. and adopted
resolutions favoring the purchase of
Camp Mcclellan for use as park site.
\ committee of three. composed of
c. ". Neal, George Metzger and Henry
Karwath was appointed to draft a
letter to the other posts of the state.
asking that they use their influence
in having the bill passed in the legis-
lature 4 Des Moines. for the appropri-
alton of money by the state for the
purchase of the camp.
4 representative of the forthcom-
ing exposition IT st. Louis was in the
city the past week urging the Daven-
port Academy OF Sciences to exhibit