Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-31
So. a. Hampton. old settler.

aged -.
10. w 3. Han home, South Rock Is
land, reduced 10 ashes. loss $4,000.
u. Captain Roald Amundsen. discov-
erer OF south pole. visits Rock
Island and is rendered reception
By Augustana college students.
l3. Death of Dorothy A. f. Wray, old
resident, aged 81. at Foster.
"a. Miss Amelia Brandt Of Adair.
Iowa. dies OF asphyxistion al
home o. grandmother. Mrs. c. c.
Loptien. OF Moline
Is. Death OF Captain ". H whistler,
veteran river pilot, aged So.
Is Death OF Henry Wendt. aged 81.
as result OF injuries in fall down
stairs.
ls. p. {. Peterson. aged so. suicides
by hanging at Alpha
20 Death of Mrs. Z. 3. McKown.
aged 80.
p Fire at Tappendorf planning mill
results in $500 loss.
Death OF Mrs. Jemima Lambert OF
Milan. aged IS.
Death OF John Ira Hillman. former
resident OF Rock Island. aged IS.
at Chicago
p Rev. Marion Humphreys resigns
pastorate OF Central Presbyterian
church after eight yesr incum-
benCy
Death Of Mrs. Bridget Kane OF Dav-
export aged Sc.
q Court house burgiarized. $4,000 be
ing taken.
Death or r. J. Ellinwood. former
Rock Island resident. at Coal Val
joy aged So.
3 Death OF Mrs : : Kemble
& J. Smith and I'D Kittilsen are po-
lice magistrate nominees.
Death Of Lorenzo Hoover. pioneer
resident Of Rock Island. aged 50.
Carl J. Mauean named general agent
StrecSfus lines.
y. Sheriff o. l. Bruner indicted on
IS counts BY grand jury for alleg-
ed Walfeasance in office.
Death Of Mrs swan Grip. aged 20. .
Two wOrkwen. Erwin ID. Wilcox OF
Davenport. and Paul HarneviOus
OF Moline. killed at Silvis shops
when two cranes coliide-Five
others seriously injured.
G.. ". Seidel resigns superintendent
cy OF Silvis shops Men strike.
MARCH.
>. Moline commission adopts ordi- /.
nance fixing number of saloons !
at 81.
Sam Ryerson elected exalted ruler :
or Rock Island lodge, No. $50 3. p. .
O.E
Alert Peterson elected head Of tri- !
city musicians union.
Mrs John J. Ingram receives word .
or death OF her mother, Mrs. Lu- .
cretis W. Freeman, former resi- /
dent. aged as. at Denver
(. Offending cranes al Silvis shops .
removed Striking men return.
5. Frank y Connolly. dies as result .
OF injuries received from kick by (
horse
Death OF Leonard Gerard of Column .
bus Junction. former Rock Island .
resident. aged 76.
8, Judge Oimsted rules city not II ?
able for injuries TO riot victims. .
= Death OF Carol. 15-year-old son .
Of Mr. and Mrs. y. 4. Lamb Of .
Port Byron az result Of coastinG /
accident in which sled crashed in .
TO passenger train.
Death OF Hugh Stropes OF Taylor .
Ridge. aged 81.
g. Lindsay Brewer OF Versailles, Ill. ,
aged 80. found dead in room in .
Maucker house. Heart failure.
1. J. F. Egan. secretary to Head
Clerk G. W. Halves of the Modern
Woodmen for 10 years. resigns
position to go TO Equitable Life
Insurance company OF New York.
Ice goes out OF Mississippi al this
point
? Death OF Mrs. Elizabeth {. Chen
ey OF Rural. aged 80.
3 Walter Shears, aged p. kills wife.
aged %. at Cambridge and then
shoots self.
I n. = Molineaux of Topeka. Kan.
named superintendent OF Silvis
shops.
) Death Of Mrs. Eliza Motif. aged I5.
Death OF William 5. Ferguson OF
South Rock Island. aged rs.
Mrs. T h. Davis named first presi-
dent Rock Island WOman's club.
5 Miss Edna Scheithe. OF Geneseo.
aged %. suicides by hanging.
: Death OF J. Lee Crowder. Silyis
banker. as result OF beating from
Drank robbers. December :.
J, Edward Dewycke. Belgian hermit
found in lonely hut near oil cloth
works. dies of starvation
}, Tornado strikes tri-cities. creating
great havoc
Lulu Ellison OF Moline aged 81.
killed at Erie during storm when
building collapses.
$50. 600 paper stock at Woodman
Publication building flooded by
water.
!. Albert c. Schmacht. aged 81.
dies OF asphyxiation-
;. G. c. Blakslee. in photography bus
mess for Is years. -retires-
H w Horst lands contract for cree
ton OF buildings for Deere Har-
vester company. East Moline, in
volving se5O.00o.
Mayor Schrfver issues proclama-
tim asking cftizeuE 10 aid in re-