Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-31

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go arrives TO investigate Looney /.
publication.
Word received Of death OF Mrs. Ann |
Frey. aged 20.
Death of Schiller Hosford of Deere & |
Co. at New York.
6. Woodrow Wilson delivers two
speeches in Moline.
Alfred Mueller reelected mayor in
Davenport municipal election.
q. Death Of Grin Bartlett, one of
Geneseo's founders, at Aledo.
s.. Body of NJ. P. Borgeson of Moline
found in Sylvan slough, Moline;
suicided.'
John F. Larson, 439 Forty-fourth
street, suicides by inhaling gas.
8. Primary election; Clark, Dunno,
Roosevelt and Deneen carry state;
McCaskrin and Thompson nomina-
ted for states attorney; Tavenner
and Searle for congress.
10. Frederick Munroe of Muscatine,
aged AZ, killed in auto smashup on
government island; other occu-
pants 4 car badly injured.
IL. Little fame structure, hangout for
early river pilots, torn down and
removed from site, lis Seven
teenth street.
UnknGwn man killed by train at
East Moline.
IL. Martial law in Rock Island is
lifted
Dea.h of Samuel F. Donaldson, aged
IA.
Death of Patrick Cannon, South
Rock Island, aged SO.
Death of Mrs. Agnes Nicholson of
Cable, aged o.
IA. Green Menter fatally stabs NJ Rag
Ter at Rock Island club; both col
ored.
Floater, thought to be Thomas Muir
ply, found opposite boat yards in
Mississippi at noon.
Is. Democrats hold county meeting
and name state delegates.
Word received Of death of Mrs Sar-
ah Stanley at Kansas City, for
mer tr;-city resident, aged 70.
Death of Howell Williams, ST., at
Williamsburg Iowa, former Gable
resident, aged 81.
16. Archie Burlingame of Moline, pa
tent at WATERFOWL hospital, sui
cides with razor.
II. Snowfall in city; depth, 7.s inches
Remains Of Perry Weymouth, killed
in bridge disaster at WFencoe, Ida
no, March 10, arrive in city.
49, Death of Alem H. Hampton, aged
SO.
Word received Of death of David G..
Lindsay, Sullivan. IL, aged n.
10. Word received of death of Charles
E. Dodge of Galesburg, pioneer
merchant of Rock Island, aged 76.
| Arbor day exercises held in public
schools.
20. Special riot grand jury makes final
! report; Z. H. Gardner, Harry Nc
Caskrin and P. H. Wells indicted,
charged with assault with intent
} to commit murder
Three-year-old Burkhahn child dies
as result of poisoning, when she
falls on lead pencil.
81. Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Clark OF
| Port Byron, aged 78.
%. Death, of John Rieverts of Coe
aged &c.
%. George Richmond of South Rock
/ Island again named head Of board
of supervisors.
/ $4,000 raised in six-day campaign
for new Masonic home.
/ Colfa& Payne, colored, wounds sweet
heart and kills self with revolver
"a. Anna Kilduff OF Davenport found
guilty of manslaughter by jury.
Death of Mrs. Elizabeth King, aged
i 81.
Unknown man killed by Burlington
Strain at Twenty-fourth street.
Death of Mrs. Margaret Rosene, aged
81.
25. Cottage Of E. Wilson Robinson
South Rock Island, destroyed By
flames; loss $1,000.
20. County RECEIVERS $500, amount o
David Lyons shortage, after ST,
years of litigation.
81. l.. A. Schmidt, veteran Rock Is
land druggist, dies at hospital al
result of injuries sustained in fall
aged 81.
%. David Rodman dies suddenly a
Billy Rice saloon, 2107 Fourth ay
enue.
Colonel W. T. Channon asks to b.
. retired from service in state nj
Iitia
St Joseph parish school assure
with securing of $1s,500.
90. Death of John L. Smith, aged 81.
, 80. City lets contract for paving O
Second, Fourth and Sixth avenues
and laying OF wafer mains /
southwestern part of town.
Death of Mrs Katherine E. whitney
aged 70.
. MAY.
l. Site for new Y. NJ. c. A., at soutl
west corner of Twentieth stree
and Fifth avenue, purchased.
Death of John W. Sullivan, Sprinl
field. H., former resident, aged Il
Death of Otto Klug, Jr., Davenport
aged A.
l Death of Miss Ellen 8. Andrew
aged IS.
Death Of Albert wicker, Preeml
D ton, aged II.
T g Deal of ". ". Eggieston at Rocl
ford, former Rock Island residen