Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-31
DAVENPORT

Still Need $4,00o.-It was a happy |
gathering of over 100 members of the
Cutting club, that enjoyed dinner at the
clubs weekly informal assembly
Wednesday evening, a large numbe"
afterward participating in the meeting
of the committee of thirty, which has
the task of securing the 100000 I'M
subscriptions to a holding company
which will place the club free of deh-
and start it out on prosperous ca
reer. The reports to the meeting
showed over $4,000 in sight and the
committee will keep up its good work
and meet again, in response to call, as
its task draws nearer its close.
May Have Starch Factory.-The
Corn Products Manufacturing company
is erecting two immense new stee,
storage tanks for the storage of corn
and grain at its big plant, the glucose
works in West Davenport. Two of the
original four tanks will also be moved
to new foundations north of their pres
ent locations. to give more room be
tween the tanks and the engine room
Reports are also current that other eX
tensive additions are to be made to the
plant-possibly a starch factory.
keokuk Boy Wins Honors. The
10th annual contest in eloCution, at st.
Ambrose college Wednesday evening.
attracted an audience that filled the
hall. and that included Bishop James
Davis and many of the local and Wis
iting clergy The contest brought
nearly a dozen of the best deClaimerS
of the college onto the platform, and
left to the judges a difficult and deli
cate task in deciding which was the
best out of so much that was good The
award of honors of the evening aud
the gold medal was however. made to
Carl Henry A. Meinburg of Keokuk
while the second prize was given H.
Edmund John COrridan of Sioux City.
Watson Now Wanted.-The Daven
port police have received word to ar
rest Frank p. Watson, the man ar
rested in Rock Island Tuesday an
brought to Davenport by United States
secret service men on suspicion of be
ing connected with the robbery of the
United States sub-tTeasury in Chicago
He was held but short time in Dav-
export and then released. Now tha,
he is again at large. he is being sough;
for but so far has concealed his where
abouts and it is very evident he has
left the city. After satisfying them
selves that Watson had no connection
with the sub-treasury robbery. the de
tectiveS wired to the county attOrnCy
at Peoria to know if Watson was want
ed in that city. The answer came n,
and the man was then released.
Obituary Record-C H Grape. {
longtime resident of Davenport, died
at l O'Clock yesterday afternoon at St
Luke's hospital. aged "A years. His
home was at 229 Bridge avenue witt
his brOther-in-law William X. Haighr
Mr.. Grape was born in Albany ant
coming to Davenport he Travelled TO
some time for the Haight & Scar
company, now the Sears & Frizzel
company. Retiring later from thi
work he has since made his home wit.
Mr.. Haight, who is the only relative il
this city.
Under the burden of his 81 year
and the bereavement that he suffere'
in the death of his wife a fortnight az,
Juergen II. LuCht quietly found hi
rest at his home, 915 West Fifth street
yesterday. Juergen Heinrich Luch
was born Jan. Is. 1928 at Langwede
near Kill, Germany. AT 10 he learne
the stOnemason's trade. In 1880 h
served in the war against Denmark
taking part in the battle of Idstedt an
several minor battles, and in 1850 be
ing imprisoned for six months at Coz
enhagen. He emigrated to the Unite
States in the spring of 1857, arriving i
Davenport so years ago last Saturda,
From 1857 until 1893 he was activei
at work here, doing the masonry wor
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