Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-05
DAVENPORT

Asks $4,000 for Death.-The Corn
Products company, successor to the
Glucose Sugar Refining company, is |
called upon to defend suit for $780,
000 brought against it by Dan Maker. |
administrator Of the estate of Joe |
Storm, through Attorneys Ely < Bush. |
Mr. Storm was employed as white |
washer at the Glucose plant and on
Jan % was struck by falling pile OF
iron, crushing both his legs and feet
and otherwise bruising and injurinS
him so severely that he died a few
hours later
Walsh and Mccarthy Not Sore.-l.
ruled by public sentiment and tho
press dispatches from Washington. p.
r. Walsh and p F. Mccarthy OF Day-
export would be two very bitter men
when the matter of the Panama cana,
contract and how it was turned down
by the government was approached .
them. But it is quite the reverse witt
them. They are as calm and good M
tured as ever and have no bitter com
plant 10 make. While they must Ger
square deal. they are not complaining
at all in this direction and display no
bitterness towards any Of the several
parties who evidently were responsible
for them failing to secure the big con
tract after it had been practically as
'sured them.
DaVenporters Get Mine Optior.-Thc
Maple Block Coal company. owned by
the Shutters OF Davenport, have secur,
ed an option on the big mine owned
by the Carpenter interests at Madrid.
Iowa. II is understood that the option
price is but little under S200, coo. The
mine is one OF the biggest in the state,
and if the deal goes through, it Will be
the biggest of the year.
Another Vaudeville House.. 5. 50.
DIM, the vaudeville man who has been
organizing Il circuit Of vaudeville the
atCrs has secured a lease Ola the Pete.
sen property on Third Between Brady
and Main streets. and within q short
time Davenport viii have another yau-
deville house. Plans have been COM
pleted in the Office Of Architects Hans
sen q Harfst and bids will be called
for soon. The new play house viii BE-
IA brick structure and will be capable
OF seating about 1900 people. In Ii
mansions it Will be G&x150 feet. This
makes ample room for a store location
on each side occupying the Third
street end of the building and in enter.
ing the theater one Will pass through
handsome lobby.
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Files Claim for $to,OO0.-A. /. Stone
administrator Of the estate Of Grace
Reed. who was shot and killed BY
Harry Drenter at Summit on Sept. ,
has filed a claim Of $4,000 againsi
John NJ. Drenter. administrator III
Harry DTenter's estate SJTubIe & Sti
ger of Toledo. Iowa. and c. T. KEN
merer Of Davenport. are attorneys for
the Reed estate
Obituary Record.-Philip Reinbrcch
one of the old time residents of Buf
falo. died Sunday morning at the hons
of his son. Philip. in Sunbury. afte
a brief illness with heart trouble. Mr.
Reinbrecht had been visiting his sOr
for the past two months. and had no
been feeling well lately. though he wa
not taken seriously i'll until Saturda!
morning. his death following "A hour
later. Nh Reinbrecht had lived in But
falo since 1874. He was born in b
denhausen Germany, and came t
America in 1873. first locating in Ey
ansville, Ind. The following year h
came to Buffalo and established hin
self as a wagon maker. For over ,
years he followed the trade, retirin
about 10 years ago. The widow an