Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-09

street. winch II 40 ldcent 10 us place
of business. and which the plaintiff
believes will prove detrimental TO its
business.
Ensign Erb of the local Salvation
Army. rented a house located at ll2
Western avenue from Robert Bretsch-
er. the partner in the Bretscher d
FulscheT Touring store. and paid for
month in advance. He moved into
what he suppOs ed 10 he the house he
rented Monday and purchased carpets
~ fit the floors. Tuesday he appear
ed before his landlord and asked 10
have the water turned on. Mr.. Bretsch-
er declared that lie had no city water
in the house. II was then discovered
that the ensign had moved into the
wrong house. He had rented No. ll2
and had begun housekeeping at No.
100 Western avenue. The removal
was made Wednesday.
Henry Tagge. for some time con-
nected with local newspapers. has left
the city with his wife. nee Miss Car
RE Brady. for New York City. where
he will assume the duties of secre-
tary Of the Seacoast Mineral com
pany This concern was organized
five years ago with branch AT Pa
ducah. KY. where shelter for iron
ore was established. and only a year
ago the New York offices were open
ed. W. o. Brady. an old DavenpOrter.
now business manager of the Mcclure
Magazine company. j. president of the
corporation. which j. capitalized at
100000.
Fritz won Der Muck. Juergen Rel
mer Knud>en. Ludwig Buhrmann and
Fritz Hummel left Thursday for the
east and will sail ON the steamer
Penns yIvania. from New York Jan. ..
for Hamburg. Mr.. Hummel goes to
Germany To remain. and the others
for visit of few months.
Emily Shelter has filed an amend
ment to her original petition for
divorce from her husband. BeTtram
Shelter. wherein she asks temporary
aimCuN i'm the sum Of $1,000 and at
tOrneN's fees. Shelter j. now resi-
dent of Dubuque. where he j. opera
ting Il photograph gallery. An at
tachment has been issued against his
effects to secure the sum asked for.
The plaintiff was formerly Emily So
der. who came from good family and
married Shelter. who at the time was
ii professional wrestler. She alleged
in her original petition that her hus-
band had never contributed To her
support.
At ) o'clock Thursday afternoon. at
the parsonage of ~. JoSeph'S church.
Rev. y. Hermann officiating. occur
red the marriage of Eugene Adolph
Schwartz. clerk in the Louis Hansen
hardware store. and Miss Pauline
Siegfriedt. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John y. Siegfriedt. ~. The couple
will hold a reception at the home of
the brides parents. 1911 West Sixth
street. at > o'clock this evening. and
will make their new home in finely
furnished residence at 1922 West
Ninth street.
Mrs. William Dittmer. attempted To
commit suicide Thursday morning at
her home in the west end of the city.
She resides near the West End drug
store. II appears that she and her
husband have not been getting along
very pleasantly for some time. 1t II
reported that he came home in an in
toXicated condition early in the morn
ing and gave her Il beating after which
he fled from the house. going to Mo-
line. Mrs. Dittmer then secured 10
cents worth of bitter apple and Swal
lowed the whole of il. intending she
stated afterwHri. To commit suicide.
There j. one child in the family. IA.
boy about 10 years of age. Mrs. Dit
mer i about 80 years of age.
vt the home of her son. William
Heisterkamp. after a brief illness. at
Clinton. occurred the death of Mrs.
Franz HeisterkamP. in the list year
of her age Deceased was the mother
of Henry Heisterkamp. of this city.
The ambulance made hurried run
at 500 o'clock Thursday afternoon 10
the new Natatorium building. where
- workman named y. !. BurkeS had
fractured a leg and sustained other
painful bruises in a fall from a scat
folding through a distance of II feet.
The man aliShted heavily upon a pile
of bricks ON the south side of the
building. sustaining a compound frac-
tuTe Of the ankle. The man was re-
moved To his home. 1901 Carey avenue.
near Locust street. DR.. +. Bowman.
attended him. The fracture l. dis
tressingiy bad one. and may result in
the loss Of the foot.
Postmaster Lon BrySon had a hard
fall about o'clock Wednesday after
noon while walking on an icy side
walk on the 1t. AuthunN's church side
Of West Fourth street. He sustained
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