Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-04
DAY IN DAVENPORT

| lived for many years. Scott county is
bequeathed $4,000 for the erection of
fountain with statues in the court
| house square at Davenport, "a spot
associated with pleasant memories of
my early life and professional and jul
dicial labors." The sum may, in the
discretion of the trustees, be increased
to $4,000, and if the erection of the
proposed fountain is impractical $40,
900 may be devoted to the sick and
poor of Davenport. Iowa State uni
versity, where Judge Dillon was edu.
Gated, receives $4,000 with the under
standing that 5000 a year is to go to
prizes on legal topics. Other requests
are Disciples of Christ church, $1,000;
James Grant Library association, DAY.
export, $1,000, and Iowa college at
Grinnell, Iowa, and Cornell college at
Mt. Vernon, Iowa, $1,000 each. The
residue of the estate is left to relatives.
Hiram p. Dillon, a son, receives half
of the proceeds from trust fund in
Guiding property in Far Hills, N. J., |
and in Texas, and three-eights of the |
income from securities. Two grand !
children, Milton and Dorothy of 1 !
West Seventy-second street, receive |
one-quarter each from the trust fund !
and three-eighths divided from the Sc
curities. The remaining one-fourth of
the securities and the principal of the
fund for Hiram P. Dillon goes eventual
ly to the grandchildren. Another trust
of $4,000 is left for Gerard Warmer. +
Licensed to Wed-Chris Hansen and
Maggie Wiese. Davenport; Edward
and Francis NJ. Lamp, Ell
bridge; James E. Mosley and Jennie
Pittsburgh, Pa; Frank Nc
Aninch and Bessie Streeter, Daven-
port; Clarence r. Randolph and Lii
liam H. Litscher. McCausland; Gustav
A. Flemming and Margaret Barkman,
Davenport; Blaine Linton, Cedar Rap
IDS and Georgiana Bunnell of Canton,
H.; Everett Davis and Nellie Behold,
Bert c. Holmes and Lila
George, Muscatine.
Women Use Stove Poker in Battle
Since time immemorial it has been the
custom of belligerent females to set
lie their differences with hat pins and
stunts, but two Davenport
,attlers established an innovation.
ellen Roy and Essie Harvey, residing
t East Fourth and Rock Island streets,
'ecame engaged in a wordy setto.
some pet names were called and final
y war was declared. Here's where the
lew stuff was pulled. Ellen spurned
he hat pin and Selling a stove poker
rought it down upon Essie's couture
With deadly effect The police were
oil nd nd he hns %,I- I
o custody.
$500 Pledged by church-By deposit
1g S400 cash in a local bank the con-
of the Third Baptist church,
olored. has now fulfilled its part of
ne agreement according to which sub
criptions for a debut raising campaign
n the church building have been
olicited.
Waterloo Girl Joins Carnival
iring OF the toll and drudgery i'm
osed by her duties as waitress in
'aterloo restaurant. Agnes Wright,
sed IA, ran away from her home and
ined the Allen shows in Davenport.
Il have always wanted to travel {
'out the country with a show.
anted to see the world and get a ,
ste OF real life." was her explana-
IN to the police when she was nab
ID. The Davenport police received
legram from the Waterloo authori-
ss, asking them to arrest the Wright @
RI as fugitive. A description was e
ven and Detectives Kinney and a
'ady apprehended their party. The p
RI was selling tickets for the Mind q
,ading" show, and at first strenuous
denied that she was the party :,
ught. She claimed her name was =.
and that her home was b