Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-25
DAVENPORT

Argue Status of Grand Jury.-The
motion of Chamberlin & Petersen to
have the indictment against James Slo-
cum set aside on the ground that the
jury returning it had not been proper
ly selected, will be argued at o'clock
Monday morning. Jan. rs, before Judge
BoIlinger The fact that every men,
Der of the grand jury served as 4
judge of election last November, makes
the case unique, even in Iowa. County
Attorney Hamann will make the argu-
ment for the state.
Explains Depot DeIay.-Mayor Waldo
Becker is in receipt of a letter from E.
A. Howard of Chicago. real estate
agent for the c., B. & O. road, explain
ing the cause of delay in the matter
of the new union depot for this city
Mr.. Howard states the general man.
ayers of the interested roads are now
extremely busy in Chicago with dele
cation of engineers and trainmen
agreeing upon schedules and it viii be
hard for them to get away for some
little time.
Trio Hurt at Bettendorf.-Wednes
evening an accident occurred at the
Bettendorf Steel Car works that pain
fully injured one man. and bruised an
other. The men were assisting to load
car holsters when one slipped and fell
against them. Paul Paulscn. carpen-
ter whose home is at 707 Belle avenue,
sustained a broken leg. The injuries
to the others assisting at the work
were not serious.
Buried Under Rock; Lives. - Ed
Richleu had narrow escape yesterday
at the Linwood rock quarries. when he
was buried for an hour and half I'M
der nearly two tons of crushed rock.
He was standing on the load when il
caved in. and sent him TO the bottom.
where he was Immediately covered
from view The spout through which
the crushed rock poured into the car
beneath was right at his feet. how
ever. and his face was near enough %
this to enable him TO breathe. There
he stayed from 4:3O o'clock until q,
while the workmen were frantically
shoveling the crushed rock away
When they got him out he was none
the worse for his adventure
Obituary Record.-James NJ. Howe
a longtime resident and business man
of Davenport. died yesterday at his
home. 424 East Sixth street. Mr.. Howe
was born Feb. 6. 1888. in Danvillc. y. |
Y. He spent his early youth in RO-
chester. and moved to Davenport in |
I
TO Miss Emma Mitchell. daughter of II. |
F. Mitchell who conducted a general |
merchandise business here. The cOU- |
pie would have celebrated their 4Gth !
wedding anniversary next week. Ny. |
Howe established himself in the dry |
goods business. his first firm being the |
Howe Bros. His last business venture |
was sitsuated where the Wynes store |
now is In 1875 he moved Ia Gene |
SEQ, and returned two years later. He |
has been connected with the August |
Steffen company and other companies,
and retired from active business two
years ago.
Miss Lydia Mcdonald died Wednes
day at midnight at Mercy hospital.
where she has been for year.
August HagebOeck, Sr. died yester-
day at st. Luke's hospital. where he
has been for the past two days.
Mrs. Catherine Moeller died yester
day at the family home, 1909 Prairie
street following a long illness. She
was born in Germany April ,. 1857,
and was married in the year 1879 to
Carsten Moeller They came to Dav-