Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-15
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/ FIRE Loss Adjusted. - Announce
meDt Is made that the four companies
with which the new Arp building on
Sixth avenue was insured against fire
less have adjusted the damage on the
building to the satisfaction of DR.. Arp,
owner. The companies have agreed to
replace the damaged walls, restoring.
the building to a condition similar to
that before the fire Friday, Aug. 5. 1t
VIII be necessary to tear out part Of
the east wall. The companies have let
the contract for the repairs to A. J.
Endter of Rock Island, general con-
tractor, who is erecting the building
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| Held to Grand Jury.-FTed Morris,
colored, was held to the grand jury in.
$1,000 bonds on a charge of burglary
and larceny. He was charged with
taking SIS from Ned Dunn at whose
house he has been rooming. Dunn tes-
titled that he had the money in a glass
in drawer Thursday night and that
Saturday morning 1t was gone. He sus-
lpected Morris, whose actions were
wetched. Morris spent money freely in
saloons and Saturday morning he was
arrested. He entered a plea of guilty
to the charge. He was unable to fur
1llsh bail and was taken to jail.
Wars Shortage 3o,oOo.-Receiver
Charles s. Kerns of the Moline Build
ing, Loan and Savings association
states that ]. w. Wars shortage
amounted to about $4,000 at the time
it was discovered. AS convict No. 1922
he served in Joliet on the technical
Charge of embezzling $4,000. War;
went to Massac, ILL.,, after Warden E.
j. Murphy paroled him from prison on
Jolly Is. There he is assisting his son,
William E., who is editor of the Massac
epublican-Journal Until his parole
period ends it will be necessary for Mr..
War; to remain within the bounds of
Illinois, but after that time it is ex-
pected he will go to the home where
his wife and his daughter Miss Bertha,
are living in the vicinity of Los An
gcies. One of his sons, Norman, is al
SO in California, and he has assisted in
caring for his mother since prison |
doors closed on the head of the family. |
Warden Murphy's official confirmation |
% the report OF Wars parole did mot |
contain a statement of the ground on |
which the release was made. 1t is |
thought the cause of the release was |
good behavior as. allowing for all |
good time" possible, the man could |
not have been released before Nov. 16,
1910. Though Wars original sentence /
was for an interdeterminate time the
beard of pardons decided in 1905 that /
War; should serve the maximum per
iod, which is fixed by law at ten
years for such offenses at Wars. The II
opinion here is that the Intervention
OF the son, Will, finally secured Mr..
Vars parole. Mr.. Kerns visited the
prisoner two or three months ago and
at that time Mr.. War; was of the
opinion that It would be necessary for
aim to serve until Nov. 10. Since Mr..
t<erns' visit word has come that VIII
War; was working for his fathers re-
case. On July 10 last Mr. War; had
reached the age of Go years, 10 months
md 26 days He was sent to the peni-
entiary on his Goth birthday. Though
War; was sentenced in 1904 distribu-
ion of a second dividend to the War;
creditors has just been completed.
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Obituary Record.-Mrs. Anna Me
~ne. wife of John Melene, died at the
iome of her daughter, Mrs. Chris Jor-
1S45 Twenty-third avenue.
Death, due to stomach trouble. follow
ii an Illness of ten days. She was 20
ears old and was born in Sweden. She
anne to America thirty-five years ago
ud settled in this city. She was
nc mber of the Mission Tabernacle.
Ter husband, one daughter and four
survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. George
lick were held yesterday afternoon at