Rock Island Argus., 1906-03-22
DAVENPORT DOTS.

Fair Store Practically New.-Messrs.
Topp & Parker, the new owners of the
Fair store, have made it practically a
! new store Visitors to the store since
its opening yesterday morning were
astonished at the change which has
taken place during the past few weeks.
thoroughly cleaned and renovated.
| The stock has been rearranged and in
creased with new goods, and decora-
| tions have been put up TO give the
store bright and CHEEKY aspect. Ev-
| cry one Of the 15 departments is in the
hands of experienced salespeople AMI
every effort will be made to make pur-
| chasing at this store pleasure.
Started an Engine.-Al Berry is now
being held at the police station charg-
| ed with mounting an engine and start
| ing 1t off down the track. The offenSe
| is serious one and punishable with
| Imprisonment in the penitentiary for
10 years, a fine of $4,000, or both. The
trouble occurred at Nahant yards west
of the city between and 8 o'clock
Tuesday evening. A switch engine of
the tracks, facing toward the city. The
crew had completed their days work
and c. y. Johnson. the engineer, had
gone into the switch house, leaving
Roy Ehni, the fireman, in charge of the
engine. The fireman stepped away
from the engine to water tank near
by to get a drink of water. While he
was there he saw the engine start up
and Immediately ran toward it. How
ever, before he could reach it, it was
going full speed eastward on the track
The engine had been standing on "a
switch-lead track, which was used by
the road in switching in order to avoid
using the main tracks for this work
1t ends suddenly at the edge of a gully
little over a mile nearer town. The
engine ran down this track and into
the gully, where it lay until Wednes-
day morning, when the wrecEing der
rick arrived and pulled it out. The
man who ran away with the engine is
believed to have jumped from it about
quarter of a mile from the end of
the track, where a cap was found later
This cap was identified as mis- by AL
Berry. Berry. talking as though well
under the influence of liquor, walked
into the switch shanty, hatless. The
men entered into conversation with
him, and, becoming suspicious, tele-
phoned to the station for the patrol
which brought the man TO the city hall.
where he is now safely locked in
cell
Start Hotel by April Chris Neipp
and Architects Temple, Burrows & Nc
Lane announce that all the contracts
for the erection of the new hotel at
Fourth and Main streets have been
new hotel in this city at a total cost
of $215,000 is now a certainty. Ac-
cording to the terms of the contract,
work is to begin by April 1 of the pres
ent year and be completed by July /.
1907. The total will be six stories in
height with commOdiouS and we'll
lighted basement. The structure will
be 103 by $50 feet in dimensions. 1t
will face 103 feet on Fourth street and
$50 feet on Main street The exterior
will be built of Galesburg paving brick
and Bedford stone trimmings 1t will
be of steel construction, concrete floors
and fireproof. The main entrance will
be on Main street. 1t will contain $50
guest rooms so of which will be sup
piled with bath. The building will be
'U" shaped, with a court extending
from the Main street side through the
building above the second story. The
office, barroom, barber shop, dining
ground floor. The dining room will be
30 by rs feet in dimensions, and will
be free of all posts, the upper portion
of the building being carried on a steel
structure. The rotunda, which will be
40 feet wide, will be carried the same
way.
Schools Have Vacation-The schools