Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-22

that vic nifty at the present time The
match is to take place between H.
Roeh and Al Crammer, two well
known fruit farmers who live in that
vicinity ami the purse is the largest
that has been hung up in a two men
match for some time. The shoot is
for - targets.
The death Of Herman y. j. Loppe
occurred Saturday at his residence.
2222 BUwditch street. at o'clock. The
deceased had been assistant shipping
clerk at the Glucose works for the past
few years. and for 10 years previous
was an employe of the Stearns Paint
Manufacturing company. He was a
native Of Germany and was born Feb.
%. 1866. He came to this country in
1876. settling ut Moscow. la. After
four years residence there he removed
to this city. He was married to Miss
Caroline Lahl shortly after coming to
Davenport. and besides her he leaves
two sons and three Gau9hters-Her-
man ~. and Carl H.. Margaret c..
Esther T.. and Hulda V.
Al her home. 1908 West Sixth street
Friday. occurred the death of Mrs.
Marie Desc. in the Gath year of her
age. Deceased was born in Germany,
July -. 1910. and came to America
settling in Davenport. Sept. 10. 1899
Death was caused by Il cancer of the
stomach, from which the deceased had
suffered for years.
\ reunion Of the four-co-ordinate
bodies of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry will be
held i'm the Masonic temple in this city
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday,
and the occasion will assemble a large
number of eminent Masona from out
side of Davenport. During the ses-
sion the degrees of the Rite from the
fourth to the 32nd will be eXemplified.
The officers of the different bodies
hope to make this one of the most
instructive and interesting meetings
ever held here.
In the case Of {. w. Neal, admins
traitor of the estate Of the late Jos
eph c. Frew ~. C., Il. |. d p, the
defendant company, through its attor-
neys. Cook & Dodge. has filed mo-
ton to set aside the verdict of the
Jury. which awarded the administra-
tor the sum of $500. and to grant a
new trial for the defendant. The
grounds cited are those of alleged err
ror in the rulings and instructions of
the court.
The park commission i feeling hap
Ply over the arrival Of brand new ac-
QUESTION to the managerial depart
mert of the public parks. 1t is a
were brought here from the west a
year or so ago and placed in Fejer-
vary park. One of them has given
birth to a young one and it and the
mother were taken To Central park
Friday and housed in section of
the nursery on account of the accom-
moGations at Feiervary park being
too cold. The little one is doing well.
II will doubtless be an object of much
to the children of the city
as soon as warm weather comes, and
ii can be seen daily at the park.
o
\. r. RoSenthal. general sales mana
ger for the Davenport Locomotive !
company. who recently removed here |
from Chicago, has secured contracts |
for five more locomotives, four for Pc |
rue. South America and one for Mexi- |
co. Davenport'S locomotive factory |
has shipped engines to British Column |
Oia already. but this is the most impor-
tant export order il has shipped thus |
far II was obtained in coInDetitiou
with the big American. German and /
English makers. The four to be sent /
to Peru go to Corro de Pasco GOO /