Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-16
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Constable. Fined for >Crueity.-Con-
stable Sam Peterson learned that it is
a costly practice to abuse a dumb ami
mai. and his case may be an example
10 others who do not give their horses
proper care. Peterson was arrested on
complaint of Edward Greim, but if'Mr,
Greim hadn't filed the complaint some
other farmer would have acted, so thor
oil ghly incensed were all the farmers
within the vicinity of Peterson's place.
Peterson was arrested, but he had dis
posed of the horse before an officer
could serve warrant on him. After
hearing the evidence, Police Magis-
trate Gustafson fined Peterson $15.45.
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Reunion of Latter Day Saints
There is now in progress in Prospect
park, the second annual camp meet
ing, or reunion of the Kewanee and
Eastern Iowa districts, Reorganized
Church OF Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints. The reunion began Friday and
Will continue over Sunday, Aug 81.
The camp of the organization is made
up Of group of thirty-one tents, occu-
the beautiful Rock river valley. Lead
ers of-the reorganized church in the To-
cal districts are here, and daily meet
liIgs in Prospect park pavilion consti-
tute the program. The following have
Been elected officers of the reunion as
sociation: President, Amos BerVe,
Davenport; secretary, Miss Clara John
son, Rock Island; treasurer, C. G.
Dykes, Muscatine; press committee,
NJ. H. Siegfried, Nauvoo, ILL.,, l.. e.
E15js, Marion Iowa, and Miss Clara
Johnson of Rock Island.
WiPfiI There After Evidence.-Jo-
seph Wiphl of this city, who charges
his wife with kidnapping her own child,
aTrit ed Saturday in Denver, and de-
nIahded that the police of that city sur
render to him his 4-year-old son, Jo-
seph, who, with his mother, is in Gus
tody of the police matron. Wipfil says
that if his. wife will give up the boy he
Will not prosecute her. Mrs. Wipfil de- |
ciares her husbands charges are false
and that she will return to this city, !
where she can get a fair trial" She /
sGyS she will return to her husbands |
home if he will treat her well, but that |
in no case will she surrender the Gus |
to1y of her son. Judge Ben Lindsey |
has become interested in the case. He |
has ordered the boy sent to the juve-
nile home and the case will be heard |
SEPT. % in Denver. Wipfil returned /
yesterday TO this city and will get afr
davits to prove that August Hellwick,
with whom his wife is said to have |
eloped, and Mrs. Wipfil lived here as
m&n and wife. When Wipfl arrived in
Denver he found that his wife had en-
gagged an attorney and had started ha-
hCas corpus proceedings against Chief
OF Police Gardner compelling him to re-
IL ase her. Wipfl found his wife liv-
Ing with Hellwick above a saloon,
where he tended bar. 1t was after
habeas corpus proceedings that Judge
Lindsey was appealed to.
Mccoy Under Bond.-Forrest Mccoy,
a barber, who served term in Jail last
for burglarizing the A j.
BEACH dwelling on Third avenue and
Eighteenth street, is again in the tolls
cf the law. This time he is charged
with breaking into the Hub clothing
store and robbinig the proprietors,
Hoimgren & Lage, of goods valued at
more than $50. He is under $1,000
bond to the grand jury.
Obituary Record.-Mrs. Mary Burg
5ton died Saturday at her home in
Ieneseo at the age of 6S years. She
vas born in Sweden and had lived in
his county about forty years. She is
survived by four children in this city;
fred Burgston, employed in the Boston
store, Mrs. Lena Berlin, Charles Burg
iton and Mrs. C. Brown The funeral
service was at yesterday afternoon.