Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-06


thought. accept the proposition.
Word has been received by Lane &
Waterman and George W. Scott. at
torneys for the Peoples Construction
company. from Judge House at Ma
quoketaN notifying them that the
court had returned verdict i'm favor
IF the Peoples Construction company
in the sum of $3.769.3O. The suit was
brought by the Peoples Construction
company. composed of John Crowley.
Dan Keller and Herman Diehn.
against the Union Electric Telephone
q Telegraph company a. part pay
ment for the construction work per-
formed by the plaintiff company in
the laying of the underground con-
Quits. etc.
In the case of the johnson County
Telephone company ". the Union
Electric Telephone & Telegraph com
pany. Judge Bollinger has rendered
decision fer the plaintiff. The case
is one wherein the plaintiff asked an
injunction restraining the defendant
from cutting out the service arrang-
Worthman were the owners of the de-
PENDANTS franchise. The rate then
for services rendered was made five
cents. and the present owner of the
franchise contends that this i not
sufficient to pay the actual cost of
transmission Last fall the defend
ant company severed connections and
the plaintiff sued out an Injunction.
which was granted.
The Irrawadi Canoe club has held
its annual meeting. \ number of
improvements and general repairs of
the canoe house were decided upon.
and Charles Long and Spier Whit
aker were elected to membership.
The annual election of officers result
ed a. follows: Commodore. DR.. j. w.
Wetzek: vice commodore. {. j. Won
Maur: secretary and treasurer, 5. b.
Latferty.
Art Ninall broke two worlds rec
ords at the Third street bowling al
IeyS Sunday afternoon. He rolled his
18th 900 games. The best previous
which stood as the worlds record
was 10 300 game. In Is games he av-
craged 247 4-13. In three games he
had score of 800. 24S and PSI an av-
erage of 27S -. which i also "a
worlds record.
Next Monday evening at Weast's
theatre i'm Peoria William and Grover
Donald. the Donald brothers. will
commence Is weeks tour of the
vaudeville circuit to which that thea
tire belongs. For many years the
brothers have been identified with the
Burtis.
Rev. II. =. Seccombe has rendered
his resignation a. pastor of the Beth
lehem congregational church To take
effect May l. to the great regret of
his people. He expects to go to Neth-
erford. Okla. where he will become
pastor of the First Congregational
church. one of the leading churches
of the territory.
The announcement j. made that
Commander Booth-Tucker. of New
York City. who has charge of all the
Salvation Army corps i'm America.
will visit Davenport Tuesday. April
%. In the evening he will deliver his
celebrated lecture entitled Love and
SORROW" at the BurtiS opera house.
The lecture will be given for the ben
eft of the local Salvation Army corps. |
The hearing of Henry Jehu. the |
farm hand who had been living on the |
Max Sachau dairy farm for the past |
year. and who was arrested on the |
charge of insanity last Saturday. was
held before the commissioners yes
terday. and the man was committed |
TO Mercy hospital as public patient. |
Iehu came here from Germany in |
1901. landing in Baltimore. whence he |
\ ent To PittSburg and thence to Scott |
county. He believes that Prince Henry /
came 10 see him when he was at Wal !
colt. and also has the haIlucinatiOn |
that the doctors on several occasions |
have tried to poison him. His mental /
condition i peculiar. since he i well /
RouriShed. sleeps well. and only at |
times does he show deficient mental
ity. He was before the commissioners |
once before. at which time he was LET |
go a. not being dangerously dement,
ed