Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-18
DAVENPORT DOTS

DAVENPORT DOTS
Promptly at o'clock Saturday
night every gambling house in Daven-
port turned its clientele into the
streets and locked its doors as re-
suit of an official order TO close issued
by Mayor Becker and impaired to the
various keepers If the. places during
Saturday. No hour of limitation was
expressed in the order. but by mutua!
agreement the gamblers decided to
suspend at the same hour-6 O'Clock
being set. The agreement was car
Tied out to the letter. Mayor Becker
stated that no special significance i
attached to the order. He said: Il
simply learned that gambling was GO
ing on, and | wanted it stopped at
once. My order merely includes the
regular gambling houses which / un-
derstand have been running. The po-I
lice understand il and if infringe-'
ments are made they will arrest the
parties who are guilty
The funeral services for John I.
Cook were held this afternoon at ,
o'clock at Grace cathedral. Rev. Y. =
Stephens officated. Interment was
at UakdaIe cemetery.
The divorce mill was set in motion
by Judge BolIingcr Saturday and dur
ing the days session Of court five de-
crees were granted and two other
eases heard the decisions Of which
were reserved by the court. The ma
jiOrity of the cases went b. default.
the defendants not appearing to de-
fend the actions. The following j. the
days record: Byron Weston ". Han
nah Weston. decree: Hubbell d Hub
bell appearing for plaintiff; ;. {. Bur
chard. DEGREES a. prayed; y. p. Me-
Guirk. attorney; Olof Dahlquist ~.
Gladys DahIquist. decree: f.. J. Dahms.
attorney: Myrtle Griffith -. George
Griffith decree and So expenses;
Chamberlain 4 Petersen: Eliza Mes
senger ~. William Messenger. decree;
W. 6. Mott attorney.
The total costs Of the trial of Mi
chael j. Conroy in Scott county have
been compiled and the bills have been
forwarded /" Clinton county which
Will he compelled to stand for the eN-
penditure>. While the exact amount
could not be a>certained Sheriff Me-
Arthur announces that it viii run
close To $1,000.
Harry Bell. coIured. was arrested
Saturday afternoon for the theft of a
harness from Charles Martin at the
rear nf the Rcupkc u Martin real
estate office IN Third and Main
streets. The harness was taken from
"A horse belonging to Mr.. Martin in
81 particularly bold way. The horse
was standing i'm the shed during the
afternoon when the alleged purloiner
entered and removed the harness.
taking it to the Sanders pawnshop.
where il was sold for 81. When the
theft was noticed il was reported to
the police. who at once located the |
stolen property and. by means of evil !
dence furnished by the proprietor ar
rested Bell "a the thief.
Two of Scott county's most valuable
and best farms were sold Saturday
through Charles Maher. The old Ma
gonie homestead. situated about two
miles west of the town of Princeton
was sold to Joe Ackley by +. j.
Duugherty for Il consideration of S16.-
WV. ''t AlhpttN lsi III VI i'' fiNlNHs
located about two miles this side of
the Magonie farm. and better known
"a the old Morris place. was sold To
his brother William Hupley for con-
Sideration of $1,000 The two deeds
break the record at the county recOr-
dcrS Office for the year 1904.
\. Il. Rambo. Of HOS Perry street
has filed Il suit for $1,000 damages
against the Tri-CitN Railway company
alleging that the defendant through
negligence of its employees was re>pon-
sible for his having been permanently
injured on the evening OF May -, last.
In the petition Mr.. RambO states that
while crossing Brady street. on
Twelfth street last May. he was
struck 10y Brady street ear which a
the time was running at an unlawful !
rate Of speed and that he was thrown |
violently To the pavement. causing |
his left leg to he broken. bTuiSing his
right leg and iniuring his head. He |
alleges that the motormau failed to
sound the proper warning and that he |
was not aware of the approach of
the car.
The short but bitterly fought three |
Cornered war. between saloon men at
Second and Brady streets was ended |
Saturday with conference held i'm /
the offices of Chamberlain n Petersen |
and the peace dove now hovers over
that section OF the city. Gustav Beck |
er'S Pickwick saloon will not be en- |
Joined and the temporary injunction |
issued against the opening of Carl |
Muxfeldt's saloon at I2l Brady street |
will be dismissed and he will he per- |
mitted to open his place Of business. |
Sunday. Feb. ~ and the Monday fol- |