Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-08
MOLINE

Home Damaged by Fire.-F1re at
2:3O yesterday afternoon caused loss
of $500 on the house at 1928 Fifteenth
street, owned by C. S. Brown and &C.
cupied by the family of George JAG
quin. Sparks from the kitchen chin
ney started the blaze and the damage
is confined chiefly to the roof The
house is of frame construction, seven
rooms. The owner, Mr.. Brown, is now
In Wagner, Okla He is particularly
unfortunate, another house owned by
him near Prospect park and occupied
by George Hager, having been damag-
ed by fire only a short time ago. the
loss being $500 Insurance was car
ried by Mr.. Brown protecting him
against both losses. The Joaquin fam
lily sustained a nominal loss on fur
niture, and no insurance is carried.
Obituary Record.-Mrs. D. A. Wealth
erhead has just received news of the
death of her brother-in-law, John But
Ter, which occurred at his home in Sac
ramento, Cal, Jan. %, after short ill.,
ness of pneumonia Mr.. Butler was
raised in Rock Island by the late Judge
Spencer and spent his early life there.
going west during the gold fever. He
will be remembered by many people.
He had gone to Los Angeles to spend
the holidays with the children of
Judge Spencer. and returned to his
northern home suffering with a slight
cold This developed into pneumonia
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Ter was about so years old. The flu
neral was held Jan. 81 from the home
in Sacramento. Surviving are the wi
dow and three children: John W. F
Butler a celebrated lawyer of Sacra-
mento, Drury and Mrs Myrtle Wilson,
all living near the parental home. The
many friends in Moline and Rock Is
land will sympathize with the widow
and children in their bereavement.
New Superintendent in Charge.-C.
H. MaXson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, new
city superintendent of schools has as
sumed his duties here. When Mr. Max
son was elected to the position here he
thought his work for the Houghton.
Miffiin company. would make it impos-
sible for him TO come till February IS,
but later he decided to discon tinue
work for the book publishers and come
10 Moline Immediately. The new super /
intendent's family will remain in Cedar
Rapids where his children are in school, I
until spring. Mr.. Maxson desires to
secure a home on the bluff and may |!
build. He intends to dispose of the |
residence he owns in Cedar Rapids.
Found Dead In Bed.-Mrs. Sallie !
Make. colored, was found dead in bed |
yesterday at her home, 3019 Eleventh |
avenue, by members of her family. She |
had been i'll for a number of weeks |
and only two weeks ago she removed |
from the city hospital to her home.
Heart trouble caused her death. She
was born in Kentucky, November IS,
1929. She was married February 10.
1861, to David Make, who died in
1866 She leaves two sons, Beecher
and William. Her daughter died just
a year ago.
City One Election DIstrIct-At a
meeting of the city council, held Mon
day evening, an ordinance was adopt
ed making the entire city Of Moline
an election district Wards are abol-
ished though voting places will re-
main unchanged. There will be seven
teen voting precincts. The old first h
precinct of the First ward will be Pre-
clint No. /; the second precinct of the
First ward will be Precinct No. 2;
the first precinct OF the Second ward
will be Precinct No. 3, etc, Precinct
No. az being the third precinct of the !
present Seventh ward. The council
also passed an ordinance naming ,
Judges and clerks for the coming pri- I
maries and the April election. I,