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THE "ARGUS, FRIDAY. JAXITARY 24. 1008. ! ' 1 1 V. NEW CAPITAL INTERESTED III ROCK ISLAND PLOW GO. Rumored Changes in In dustry Control Are Fin ally Verified. BIG GAIN FOR THE CITY Heavy Capitalists Acquire Stock-'-Mitchell Still at Head. Rumors that have been afloat for some time of important developments affecting the control of the Rock Is land Plow company were today veri fied by The Argus. Extensive hold ings of stock in the corporation have passed into new hands by pur chase, with the consequent prospect of changes in the board of directors at a meeting to be held in the near future. tiik i:v s r iisoi.ii:ns. The new stockholders are John P. Weyerhaeuser, Fred C. Dcnkmann, S. S. Davis, T. B. Davis and W. H. Mar shall, the other principal owners re maining as heretofore Phil Mitchell, F. H. Griggs, I. S. White and the J. F. Robinson estate. From these taken as a- whole the incoming directors will br chosen itt a few days. . Phil Mitchell is expected to remain as president of tne coenpany, his name .heading the list of stockholders. The capital stock remains as heretofore, $600,000. The lecal managers and superintend ents are not to be changed, the only statement which could be obtained from the company today being that the business will be continued as hereto fore, and that the factory will be rush ed with increased vigor to fill orders. MKWS u (11. 1 While those in a position to speak for the company decline to discuss for publication any of the plans, it is known that the reorganization means much for Rock Island. It promises the strength ening of the company's hands by the in. teresting of idded capital and energy, and it promises the broadening not only of its output and the opportuni ties for development, but the widen ing of its commercial field throughout the country. ' m m:si; possum. rni:s. Information which, altnough not fully authenticated, seems to be not without NO MO 10RJ v All bur 50c underwear, boys' caps, children's sweaters, men's $1.50 sweaters, and stiff bosom shirts at HALF PRICE foundation, has been gained to the ef fect that the future will develop en largement of the plant on a scale that will not confine its output to plows and other agricultural implements, but that its products may assume a much more extended scope. Further, so the current story goes, not the least important -of the conse quences of the enterprise now so hap pily consummated, will be the full real ization of the promised development of the Rock river water power with its limitless possibilities for the develop ment of the industrial territory in the west end and to the south of the city, an end toward which the Rock Island Industrial commission has been so earnestly working. x aiito;hk.ti:krk k isi.axd. As a matter of course, it remains for time to disclose the full signifi !cance of what the enlistment of tho new interests in what is one of Rock Island's most important and most wide ly known industries involves, but it is safe to say right here that it will in sure for Rock Island's advancement more than -many people dream of now, It will be the greatest possible ele ment in the making of a Greater Rock Island. OBITUARY. McMaster Funeral. funeral services were conducted I his morning at 10 o'clock over the remains of Sylvester V. McMaster Rock Island's old and respected resi d-:ir who passed away WcdllCUllV ivorning when within a few months i of his !)7th i year. A large! assemblage of friends and relatives gathered at the home, KI.'IO Twentieth street, to pay their last tribute to the former time-honored citizen. Rev. V. S. Marquis delivered the funeral ser mon, dwelling in las remarks upon the long life which Mr. McMaster had been permitted to live and upon his long residence in this locality, enabling him to familiarize himself closely with the history of the region during the last century. Miss Hattie Larkin gave two ocal selections. Burial took place at Chippiannock cemetery, the services there being pri vate. The pallbearers were C. R. Chamberlin. C. C. Truesdale, John R. Warner. C. K. Mixler and W. M. Reck of this city, and A. T. Foster of Moline. The floral . offerings included one lrom the teachers and pupils of the Longfellow school and one from the Moline lodge of Elks, of which his son. George McMaster. is a member, and many tributes from friends.. . Lodge. The -weeks-old child of Mr. and j Mrs. W. H. Lodge, 113 Third avenue, BLACKS AT ONLY ONE DAY MORE The Four Big Saving Opportunities at the M. & K. will close Saturday night. Hundreds have feasted on these unprecedented offerings and pronounced them by far the greatest in the tri-cities. Remember every article in the store is selling at a saving price. Every articlepurchased means a substantial saving. died last evening at the home of the parents after a short sickness with whooping cough. Burial took place this afternoon at Chippiannock ceme tery, following brief services at 3 o'clock at the heme in charge of Rev. G. H. Sherwood. Biggs Funeral. ' Short funeral services over the re mains of Mrs. Susan Biggs were held at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the home of the daughter, Mrs. Sarah J. Lutz. 109 Third avenue, following which the remains were taken oyer the Burling ton to Fort Madison. Iowa, where burial will take place tomorrow. COIN THIEF IS ARRESTED Man Who Broke Into Moline tigar Store Caught by Local Police. -Ed Plunkett, the man alleged to have robbed C. D. "Woodyatfs Fif teenth street cigar store in Moline Monday night, securing about $50 worth of old coins, was arrested by the Rock Island police today on Second avenue and was this afternoon deliv ered to the Moline authorities. Plunkett was noticed Tuesday even ing on a street car between this city and Moline by a Moline dentist de scribing to a friend an old coin. The Incident was reiorted and the clew led to Plunkett's arrest. He lives in Moline. Harry; Davis, arrested Jan. 10, charged with vagrancy, today took a change of venue from v Magistrate Elliott's court to Justice G. Albert Johnson, where he is having a hearing on the charge this afternoon. ICE CREAM PLANT PROPOSED Plans on Foot for Establishing a Wholesale Concern Here. Plans are materializing for the es- ' aajuuuy u:e crraui piain eitner in ;uoiine or me east end of this city, L. Z. Emery being the pro moter of the project. Mr. Emery is proprietor of the milk depot at C24 Fourth avenue, Moline. It is thought the concern, which would conduct a wholesale business, would be a paying proposition, and a number of men have become interested in the project. SPECIAL SALE. Will Posotively End Tomorrow, Jan. 25. "We are giving with every 50 cent purchase of tea, coffee, spice, extracts and baking powder all kinds of china and granite ware, free, as follows: tea pots, tea kettles, salads, blue and white enameled kettles, etc. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea company, "2S Twentieth street. It 13 very important and in fact it is absolutely necessary to health that we give relief to the stomach promptly at the first signs of trouble. Take something once in a while; especially after meals; something like Kodol for dyspepsia and indigestion. It will en able your stomach to do its work prop- I erly. Sold by all druggists n GLAD IT IS OVER Young Man in Pleading Guilty to Check Operations Tells Story in Court. L. MILLER IS SENTENCED Goes to Penitentiary for Swindling Ho tels with Bad Paper Squander ed His Savings. L. Miller, the young man brought back here from Sheboygan, Wis., to answer to a charge of obtaining money by means of a confidence game, plead guilty in the circuit court today and was sentenced to the penitentiary by Judge E. C. Graves. The young man was charged with passing a bogus check for $50 at the Harp r house, and it was through Charles McHugh's ef forts that he was located, arrested ami brought here through extradition pa pers. Telia Hi Story. The young inan in entering his plea today told his story to the court. He was born in Austria, and was educated there, becoming a civil engineer. He came to the United States and became a traveling salesman. He had saved about $1,500, when a few months ago he started in to spend his money. He found himself in it short lime without any money. Then be started down. He began check operations which ex tended through Illiniiis, Iowa and Wis consin, and finally led lo his capture and arrest. He stated to the judge1 that he was glad ite had been arrest ed and his career of dishonesty check. ed. He said that he intends, after paying the penalty for his offense, to start over on the tight track and lead an honest life. Rene Steele plead guiliy in the comi ty court to a larceny charge, and was lined $15 and costs. Ben Galley, charged with stealing C4 pounds of brass scraps, plead guilty in the. county court and was lined $1 and costs. THE DRUGGISTS TO BANQUET County Association Will Hold Annual Meeting at Hotel Harms. The Rock Island County Retail Drug gists will hold a banquet at the Hotel Harms this evening at f o'clock, to be followed with toasts and a social session. It is the annual meeting and the election of officers will take place. The druggists will close iheir stores early in the evening to permit their presence at the meeting. " 13 ON BOTH . PLANS NOW Commercial Hotel Equipped With Din ing Room Conveniences.. J. P. Sexton, proprietor of the Com mercial hotel, has equipped a pretty i IES j c Mi 1? dining room in the hostelry. Tht? new feature, occupying the apartment for merly the bar room, was. opened yes terday. The hall is 20x4G feet and has room for 12 tables. The kitchen, lo cated south of the dining room, is neat ly and conveniently equipped, and i;ood service is afforded. Mr. Sexton will hereafter conduct the hotel on both the American and European systems. REV. C. C. SMITH WILL TALK IS Speaker for Boys' Meeting at Y. M. C. A. Sunday Afternoon. Evangelist C. C. Smith of Chicago) who last evening opened a series of re vival meetings at the First Methodist church, will give an illustrated talk to the boys' meeting at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon. Mr. Smith is a forceful speaker, and made a favorable impression when present in the city during the Y. M. C. A. convention last October, and will undoubtedly be greet ed by a large audience. At the men s meat ins Sundav Rev. C. D. Mayew. pastor of the Baptist church at Silvis, will talk. FRACTURES MAN'S SKULL Fight in Davenport Results Disastrous v ' ly for One Participant. Ed Hackett, colored, is at St. Luke's hospital, Davenport, with a fractured skull as a result of a fight with Otto Buttenschuerr yesterday afternoon working on the new. gas plant being constructed by the McCarthy Improve ment company, by whom they are em ployed, in the west end t( Davenport. Buttenschuerr hit " Hackett with a spade, knocking him off a 20 foot foun dation and fracturing his skull. But lenschuerr gave bonds for $:ltio for his appearance for a hearing. MOVES OFFICE FROM STATE Eight-Hour Law Not Liked, Building Goes Across the- Border. St. Paul, Jan. 24. There is a sta tion on the Northwestern railroad at State Line, Wis., the depot beinc built (ai the boundary line between Wiscon sin and Michigan, a white stripe down the side of the building showing the division. The station stood mostly on Badger soil, and the town has been credited to Wisconsin. Since the pas sage of the? Wisconsin eight-hour law the company has moved the, depot into Michigan. Th? postolliee desig nated as State Line, Wis.,' is. not in Wisconsin, and the agent-operator. baggageman, express agent, postmas ter has to put in more than eight hours' service. ' PERSONAL POINTS. Johnny Wanner left for Geneseo, his home,' this noon, after a few days' visit iu the city. Saloon Notice. Rabbit lunch Saturday night ar.Deis enroth's 'place. 1501 "Fourth" avenue. Raked oysters at Joe Parker's Saiur day night. 1430 Fourth avenue. CES AFTER. TOMORROW ONE Black and blue suits $ 9.38 $11.25 $13.50 $15.00 $16.50 $18.75 TWO White and fancy shirts 75 cts $1.13 $1.22 $1.88 $2.25 THREE White and fancy, vests 67 cts $1.00 $1.33 $1.6 $2.13 FOUR. Articles 4' half price J. GASH FOR BREAKS Jury Allows Seitz Estate $1,200 Damages in Suit Against Mining Company FOR INJURY TO SURFACE, Case Was Based on Formation of Fis sures, Alleged to Result from Removal of Coal Underneath. The jury in the circuit court which has for two weeks being hearing the case of Frederick Seitz, executor, against the Coal Valley Mining com pany, returned a verdict in court this morning finding that the excavation of coal under the Seitz property had caused, damage to the surface of the I land to the amount of SL200. The damages. A verdict was agreed on last night, but not returned till this morning. Cracka In' Surfiire. The company held a coal lease, and under this, in 1 902. carried on its mine operations. 125 to 150 feet below the surface. The evidence went to show that the ground was cracked in various directions, with enormous fissures One of these was claimed to be so large that a dead horse was let down into it and the animal dropped out of sight. .It was claimed that a number of cracks appeared in the ceilar of tin- residence, and that the foundation was damaged. fhe defense of the company was that it was not due to the mining of the coal that the surface was damaged. and an effort was also made to show that if the mine operations had caused tho cracks, it was more likely opera tions not mentioned in the bill of the plaintiff, rather than those under the Seitz property. The suit was begun a little over live years ago, nrst appearing on tne docket in the January term. UtOH. Haas & Weld represented the plain tiff, and G. H. McKinley, Jr.. and E. If. Stafford, both of Jackson. Hurst & Stafford, appeared for the defendant company. COMPOSER MACDOWELL DIES Succumbs from Nervous Disorders in New York Hospital. New York, Jan. 21. Edward Alex ander MacDowell. who has been rec ognized as America's foremost com poser, died at the Westminster hospi tal at S o'clock las night. He was 4C years old. In the spring of 19oG he suffered a nervous collapse from which he failed to recover. Mr. Mac Dowell was born in this city Dec. 18. ISfil. He studied - in Paris and at Frankfort on Main, anfl taught the piano at Darmstadt conservatory and at Weisbaden. He returned to this Black and Blue Suits. ......FOR OUR $12.50 VALUES FOR OUR $15.00 VALUES FOR OUR $18.00 VALUES i FOR OUR $20.00 VALUES FOR OUR $22.00 VALUES FOR OUR $25.00 VALUES White and fancy shirts. .' FOR OUR $1.00 VALUES FOR OUR $1.50 VALUES ,.' FOR OUR $2.00 VALUES ... FOR OUR $2.50 VALUES FOR OUR $3.00 VALUES White and fancy vests. FOR OUR $1.00 VALUES .V FOR OUR $1.50 VALUES t FOR OUR $2.00 VALUES FOR OUR $2.50 VALUES FOR OUR $3.50 VALUES Articles half price. 50c Underwear. Boys Caps. Stitf bosom Shirts. Men's $1.00' Sweaters. Children's Sweaters. Men's pants, gloves and mittens, wool under wear and flannel shirts at ONE-FOURTH OFF ELF1 Of the Reliable Sort Only at Our Opticaf Department ' ' If you needv spectacles, eye glasses, opera or field glasses, eye glass clips, chain guards, or expert repairing don't "hunt up a bargain counter it's, time and money wasted Buy of our reliable kinds and get an nonest return, tor your money! '' Full line of automobiles and auto cycle goggles here. - Fred Bleuer, 1702 Second Avenue, g OOOOCX)OOQOOOOOOOnQOOOOOOd PATWT TRADE - MARKS, UVl.M, LABELS. Send for my froe book; "Hew to Oft I'lifin." Invent something' useful. Thera is money in lrac-tu-:il inventions, wh.-lli-T large or small, tii-iul ili-srriplioii for free opinion to p:it-nt;iliiliy. JOSHUA R. H. POTTS, Lawyer, HO Dearborn St., hienito. 3)6 Ninth St.. Washington. 92 Oh tnut St.. Philadelphia. countVy in lSStf and took up his 'home in Ilcston. In lXItO he became profes sor of music at Columbia conserva tory and held the posiiion :rtil 1!H)4. In IWiT-ftS he was president of the American Society of Musicians anl Composers. Wireless Telegraphy Record. While testing new receiving cones at one of the' stations In Nova Scotia recently tiAoperaior picked up a mes sage from the Philippine islands, a dis tance of nearly Vl,m miles. The mes sage put all previous records far in the rear. Among medicines. Hostetter's Stomach Hitters occupies a similar po sition. During Jtie past 51 years it has made so' many cures of stomach, liver, kidney and bowel complaints that it has put all former records in the rear. If you have, been experimenting with other remedies stop at once and get a bottle of this celebrated medi cine from the druggist, grocer or gen eral dealer. It will tone the digestive system, regulate the bowels, and thus enre and prevent poor appetite, heart-, burn, -pour risings, sick headache, bil iousness, dyspepsia, indigestion, female ills, colds, grippe and malaria, fever and ague. 2555 Off 25 Off 33 Off 50 Off EH