Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
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Orphan sues Tor wages. An I'M
usual and interesting suit has been
brought in the district court by Attor-
neys Ely & Bush. The plaintiff is an
orphan who has lived with a certain
family and now that orphan seeks to
collect wages for the work he did while
so living with that family. Will Oed-
ing, also known as Will Peters, the
plaintiff, says that, in 1891 he was left
without home and was taken into
the family of Charles Peters, the de-
PENDANT. Mr.. Peters conducted dairy
and Will Oeding says that he lived
with him, helping him in his work,
from the time he was 10 years of age
until he was Is. The plaintiff says
that he was kept away from school and
forced to work from o'clock in the
morning until 8 or in the evening. He
says that he MIXED and attended to
the cows in the dairy This work, he
claims, was worth on an average of
$25 per month and that the defendant,
Charles Peters. is indebted to him in
the sum of $1,000.
Aid for Firemen's Families The
city council last evening referred an
ordinance providing for full pay for
firemen who are i'll or disabled, for
period of six months, and in case OF
death pay to go to the family for
period of one year This is result of
the death of Fireman Frank Siebke,
who was recently killed by being
thrown from truck while on the way
to a fire. His family needs assistance
Reject All Paving Bids.-At meet
ing of the city council last evening 1t
was decided TO reject all the bids open
ed Tuesday for paving various streets.
Outside bidders were in all cases the
lowest In the asphalt work the Bar
Der people underbid local concerns,
and in the brick the Concrete Con-
struction company of Rock Island had
the lowest offer, but failed to submit
samples of the brick to be used. New
bids will be advertised for.
Ex-LeClaireites to Banquet. - The
exLeClaireites of Davenport and other
PAaSCS, VII IOlu q lCuDlou anu
banquet at the st. James hotel in this
city. There are many former resi-
dents of LeClaire who have become
prominent citizens of Davenport. The
same condition prevails at other places
and an effort will be made to bring as
many of these together as possible. The
event will take place some time after
the middle of the present month, the
exact date to be determined shortly.
Ex-Gov Van SAINT of Minnesota has
been invited to be the POSTMASTER and
it is expected to have a large gathering
present. AT similar banquet and re-
union held two years ago, seven states
were represented in the gathering.
Musicians Elect. The Tri-City
Musicians union held its regular cleo
ton at Turner hall Tuesday afternoon
and evening. The polls were open
from o'clock in the afternoon until 8
O'Clock in the evening. During the in
tervening time, many ballots were
cast. The teilers worked until nearly
4 O'Clock yesterday morning, before
all the ballots had been counted A
Moline musician was chosen president,
with this one exception. Davenport Sc
cured all the important offices. The
complete list of officers elected is as
follows: President v e. Brown, Mo-
line; vice president-Gus Wilson, Dav-
export; secretary-Henry Harbeck, Jr.,
Davenport; treasurer Otto Eckhardt,
Davenport; ergeant-at-arms-Fe
and Seiffert, Davenport; executive
board-Hugo Stoeterau, Henry Sonn-
tag, NJ. Slot, Otto Lohrbeer and Fred
Otto Of Davenport, Alfred Freed of Mo-
line, and Edward Bleuer of Rock Is
land. Examining committee-Hugo
Toll, Ernst Otto and Otto Lorbeer of
Davenport. Auditing Communicable
cob Hebbeln. o. J. Rohlfs and Henry
Sonntag of Davenport. Delegates to
the Tri-City Labor Congress in Rock
Stroehle, Ed Bleuer, V.
e. Brown, Alfred Freed, Walter Week.
ell, Charles Mangold. Delegates to
Davenport Trades and Labor assembly
Fred Otto Henry Harbeck, Jr.,
Frank Brinkmann Gus Wilson, ". T..
Snyder, Ed Blesse. Delegates to Dav-
export Industrial Home association
Gus Wilson, Frank Brinkmann and
Charles Hartung. Delegates to Rock
Island Industrial Home association
George Stroehle. Joe Stroehle, Jr., and
Ed Bleuer. Delegates to Moline Indus
trial Home association-V. E. Brown,
Alfred Freed, A. E. Benson. Delegates
to American Federation of Music-V
E. Brown and Gus Wilson: alternates
George Stroehle and Carl lie BUM
Delegate to Iowa State Federation of
d. Hoeck alternate, Fer
dinand Seiffert