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

Word received Of death Of Mrs. E. |
NJ. Cook al Minneapolis, former
resident.
Death of Mrs. Margaretha Frohboes,
aged "a.
Rock Island baseball franchise given
TO Decatur at Chicago meeting.
-. Death Of Oscar Prescott, pioneer
Milan resident, aged ca.
-. Body Of Christopher Roberg, her
NIT cobbler, found in his shanty,
aged SIS.
MARCH.
2 Governor Woodrow Wilson guest
of honor at Davenport Commercial
club.
Ernest Schrader found not guilty in
Geneseo murder of Ignatz Schmidt.
Thomas Crawford killed by train at
East Moline
3. Dedication of Central Presbyter-
ian church.
Death of William ]. Nichols, South
Rock Island, aged rs.
4. Residence of John Miner, 1920
Thirty-hfth street, destroyed by
fire.
Death of Peter Durson of Andalusia,
aged y.
Z. Death of Mrs. Priscilla Sattizahn,
aged "a, due to break in gas main.
Death Of r. A. Smith, Moline, aged
rs.
Death Of Mrs. George Kendall, Ca
noe Creek, aged 81,
9. Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones,
aged 80.
IL. Control OF Tri-City utilities passes
into Chicago hands.
Death Of William H Durant, Cordo-
va, aged IS.
San Antonio, former resident,
aged 50.
IA. Word received of death of T. ].
Bromley, former resident Of Mo
line, at Manitou, Colo, aged e.
Is. August Redman, aged 20, Lynn,
H., killed by train.
Grocery clerks organize union.
16. Death of August G. Schwartz,
aged 20.
John Buehanen, a plasterer, found
dead in Holzapple rooming house,
1861 Second avenue.
IS. Mill creek overfiows banks, food
ing Milan.
Charles Sass, Jr., Of Sherrard kicked
to death by mule.
Death of L. F. Baker, Hampton,
aged So
20. Death of William Beiswenger,
Rock Islands heaviest man, aged
81
%. Death of George Stroehle at Den
=, yer, former resident, aged "a
o. John Looney chastised by Mayor
H. NJ. Schriver in police station,
as result OF libelous attack in
Looney's Rock Island newspaper.
Sale of paper stopped
Body of ]. J. McMullen of Daven-
port found frozen in ice in Mis-
sissippi at foot of Mill street.
News received of death in Florida
of Benjamin Stickney, former
Rock Island resident, aged II.
"a. Death of Erhardt Fickenscher
aged 81.
%. Business men of city launch new
Y. NJ. C. A. movement.
H. NJ McCaskrin and e. H. Gardner
make inflammatory speeches on
Market square. Fire depar ;ment
called to dispense crowd in front
of News Office
Body of John d. Potts, Muscatine
found in Billburg hallway.
26. One dead, nine wounded in riot
City placed under martial law
Police fire on crowd which bonn
bards city hall, following speech
es delivered on Market square b.
Wells, Gardner and McCaskrin.
Death of Patrick Ahern, aged 80.
81. 5 1000 raised for Y NJ. C. A. fund
Soldiers arrive and patrol dowI
town streets, many arrests.
Special riot grand Jury ordered
Death of Frank J. Steele.
Death Of Samuel Ramsey, Rura
township. aged 81.
%. Raymond Swingle, second rio
victim, dies at hospital.
Ice breaks from river channel.
Decomposed body of John Busl
found in room, 2231s Seventeenth
street.
Body Of Nicholas Leberman fount
dead in bed.
l Hugh Roff, tri-city newspaper mar
suicides by jumping on viaduc
into Mississippi. Poor healu
cause
80. Inquest over riot victims begun
Grand jury begins work.
New Moline Y. NJ. c. A. opened Z
the public.
West end Of city partly inundated.
Word received of death Of Mrs. S
E. Mattison, IT., of jamestown, \
D., former resident, aged 20.
Word received of death of j. S. pal
l. rah. Seattle, Wash, former Roc
Island resident
Murder of Rufus Phoenix, colore
chauffeur, in Lincoln club.
Ben Rice, GalesbUrg, badly beate
and robbed on downtown streets.
Mrs. G. G. Craig thrown out Of ri
and seriously injured in collisio
with street car.
APRIL.
! l. Nine out OF ~ companies OF St
regiment leave city for the
homes.