Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-29
DAVENPORT DOTS

The new Rockingham hotel erected
at Nahant, where the c. NJ. & St P
Yards are located. and which will be
known as the Mississippi hotel, will
be formerly dedicated and opened to
the public Saturday. The hotel was
erected of brick by the Independent
Mailing company for Simon Yam, who
will conduct the establishment. 1t
cotains 50 rooms. a large refectOry, a
saloon annex and dance hall.
At St. Lule's hospital Tuesday even
ing, occurred the death of Albert HOff-
mann son of Mr.. and Mrs. Christian
Hoffman,, of Fishertown, aged ii years
3 months and days. The boy had
been an inmate of the hospital for four
weeks and had undergone several OPP
erations.
Mrs. Lucy Noel of this city has re-
ceived word of the death of her father,
BENJAMIN S. Fellows, which occurred
at Kewanee, III.
Louis Pfannkuchen, whose name
means pancake, was arrested on COM
plant of Paul Wollner who charged
him with the theft of d shotgun worth
SIS. Pfannkuchen borrowed the gun
and then went and pawned it for 81.
He was arrested charged with petty
larceny. and upon trial was sent TO
Jail for 10 days.
The grand jury made a partial re-
port Tuesday afternoon at $50. re-
turning IL indictments and no bills in
six cases. The jury evidently has not
got around to the Smith cases. and APP
parently has passed over with
out action some other matters that
were taken before it.
Articles of incorporation of the Hen
nepin Coal Mining company company
have been filed with the recorder. The
corporation has succeeded to the bust
ness interests of the McCafferys on
the Hennepin canal and it's object will
be to do a general coal mining bust
ness, operate railway, a barge line
and traffic in coal lands, etc The as
sets of the company consist of several
hundred acres of valuable coal fields
in Illinois near the old Park & Hitler
mines on the Hennepin The incor-
porators are Jack McCaffrey Charles
w. Major and Henry S. McCaffrey.
The company is capitalized at $4,000
and is Differed as follows: President,
Henry s. McCaffrey; vice president,
Jack Mccartney; secretary and treas
urer. Charles. w. Major: Directors:
Henry S. Mccartney, Jack McCaffrey.
and Charles w. Major.
William Peterson, an expert electri-
clan employed at the plant of the Dav-
export Gas & Electric company on
Third and LeCIaire streets, was badly
shocked and burned about the hands
while at work.
The members of the Davenport city
council, and other city officials left
this morning over the Rock Island road
for Muscatine from which place they
proceeded TO a well-known club house
located on the river bank eight miles
below that city. There they are spend
ing the day in fishing and recreation and
will return TO the city tonight. The ar
TangementS are in the hands of Aid.
Louis Eckhart, which is a guaranty
that nothing will be lacking for the
comfort and enjoyment of the alder
men and other city officials who made
the trip. Instead of wrestling with
complicated ordinances and other mo-
mentous work devolving upon a mem
Der of the local city council, the al
dermen will throw aside all cares and
enjoy the day to their hearts content.
An abundance of refreshments were
ordered in advance to be in readiness
FTY ha oft Il IL .l,AY, that- univ Of
their destination. Each member of the
party according to the word passed
around is expected to take his own
bait and all other essentials will be
looked after by the committee N
charge.
Louis E. Smith, said to be a Daven-
porter employed in the construction
of the l. & |. interurban, was f1eeced
out of SIS at the Clinton end of the line
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