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THE ARGUS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1908. TRAFEIP. flWCR THE illllll lV WIUI I III. Ul I I UIIIUUUV IS TO BE FREE DURING EXPOSITION Council Removes Toll for First Time, at Company's v Request. LICENSE QUESTION IS UP Fee of $1,000 fop Saloons Proposed Again Ordinance Regulating Thea ters Is Introduced Alsov BUSISKSS OK CITY fOlXCIl,, , t - City bridges over Rock river are made free for week of Rock Island exposition, Sept. 28 to Oct. 3. Council officially endorses ex position, and urges business houses to decorate buildings dur ing exposition week. Ordinance for $1,000 saloon li cense is again introduced by Al derman Tuckis. Ordinance for paving Twenty fifth street from Third to Fifth avenue is adopted. Watermain on Thirty-sixth street from Fourteenth to Twelfth avenue is provided for by ordi nance. Grades of streets west of Ninth street between Fiftn and Seventh avenues are lowered a foot. Another Moline Stone company ordinance is introduced, but action on it is deferred. Provision is made for strong representation at Upper Missis sippi River Improvement associa tion convention at Clinton;, also representation at conventions of League of American Municipalities and National Association of Comp trollers and Accounting Officers. Ordinance making rules for pub lic protection from tire in theaters and public halls is again intro duced by Alderman Tuckis. The city council last evening granted the request of the Rock Is land Exposition company, presented by Hon. T. J. Medill and John V Parker, and . voted unanimously tu make the city bridges over Rock river free during the we?k of the Rock Island exposition. The raising of thu toll for the week is significant. Fo: one thing this will be the first time since., the state legislature granted I ho rtvh 4 vnct imi rf Kvi1 rrra it 1840, that traffic without '.he payment of toll has been possible. And the time was when the toll was 50 cents for each team. Kxponitlon Kxplainrd. Iii presenting the request of the exposition company last evening, Mr. Medill not only explain ?d the organi zation, aim. and enterprise" under taken by the company, but took occa sion to briefly discuss the question of free bridges, and recount the his tory of the city bridges. In speaking of the exposition, Mr. Medill stated that the company-was organised for the purpose of advanc ing the interests of tha city, rather lhan for profit. Us capitalization is $10,000. the 100 shares of $100 each being distributed only one to a per son. The directors are 12 in number, and the board is divided into com mittees of . three each, these commit tees being now engaged in the work of preparation for the first annual ex iwsition, to be held Sept. 2S to Oct. 3, inclusive. Mr. Medill explained that Ihe company has advertised the event extensively In the territory within a radius of between 50 and fio miles, in Illinois and Iowa, and if the weather la . favorable, the exposition will at tract here one of the largest crowds that the city has ever entertained. Mr. Medill referred to the arrange ments for the political days, the demo cratic day and the republican day. "I like to trade here. You've always treated me all rignt and everything I've gotten of you has always been 6atisfac " lory." , . It's a story of greatest value and voices the proven worth .and effectiveness of this store. .Are you coming this way? SAFETY BLDC Rock Island. Ill - 'MTV RRinOEQ official kioksi:me.t of the exposition. "Resolved, By the city council of the city of Rock Island, That we cordially endorse the ap proaching Rock Island Exposi tion as an enterprise destined to benefit the commercial interests of the city, and recommend the decoration cf all store and office windows during the exposition week commencing Sept. 28; and be it also further "Resolved, That we hereby extend a cordial invitation to all 'the residents of the cities and country surrounding us to visit Rock Island at that time and participate in the occasion. "Resolved, That the mayor and city clerk be authorized to have the city hall appropriately decorated." Adopted by council last even ing. and the speakers secured for these occasions. An to Toll Qurtttion. In discussing the toll question, Mr. Medill put the matter as the request of a favor, statincr two reasons, the ood of the city generally, and the opportunity to test the arguments in favor of raising the toll permanently He stated that the indications are that thousands of people are coming to the city from the nearby -Country, and many from as far as Cambridge and Galva will drive to Rock Island. The political days, with their great pyrotechnic displays, will be among the chief features, and Mr. Medill in cidentally stated that the fireworks will be the greatest pyrotechnic dis plays' ever seen in this locality. The question of free bridge traffic has been given consideration for years, oy the council, "and the commercial and retail merchants organizations. In view of these, Mr. Medill suggested that an accurate record of the traffic be kept, and that when a percentage is allowed for the traffic originated by the exposition,' the city can esti mate the result of raising, the tolls, from a practical standpoint. Never Kree Before. The exposition representative told how his grandfather, in 1840. walked to Springfield and secured from the legislature the grant of the right to construct the bridges. These rights were acquired later bv the Rock Is land .and ."..Camden - -Bridge, company, and the 'toll was fixed at 50 cent's for each team. Later, in the 50's, the bridges were acquired by the city of Rock Island, and the toll reduced to 25 cents and later to 20 cents. About 20 years ago the toil was reduced to 10 cents. Mr. Medill being one of those who urged the proposition to the council, of which Mayor Schaffer was a member. For years there has been agitation for raising the toll, but so far as is known, the city has never allowed free traffic over the bridges since it acquired them, and free traffic was not allowed by the original own ers of the bridge rights. It was be cause of great public agitation of the matter that the city first secured the structures and the Ninth street road rights in the first place. Mr. Medill. in passing, stated that he approved of a 10 cent toll as a means of keep ing up a fund to keep the bridges in repair, but ho argued that as there is wide difference of opinion on the subject, a practical test would be of value to the city in considering the matter. As he stated, the raising ot the tolls for the week will advance the interests of the company the aim of which Is to advance the interests of the city in general. Thus It will prove a direct benefit to the business men and citizens generally, besides furnish ing interesting figures for comparisons as to the traffic when toll is charged, and when the bridges are free. Ilnn No OpponlUon. . Dr. Ostrom, who offered the motion to grant the company's request, stated that In his opinion this action was not conferring a favor on the men composing the Exposition company, but was a real duty of the council. "I think the council stiouid regard it as an honor to raise the bridge tolls, if the trffic is made free only for a week," he said. - He relerred briefly to the considerable work of the com pany in preparing for the exposition and of the expense incurred. His motion carried by a unanimous voH of the alderman. City Is Advertised, John W. Parker thanked the council on behalf of the Exposition company for-this action, and spoke regarding the advertising of ; the city by the publicity committee in connec tion with the exposition. There are 130 newspapers within a radius of about 60 miles that have once each week for six weeks had something to say-of Rock Island and the expos! V "' id in 50 of these display ad- tnents have appeared also. It t-tth be seen that the city is being advertised. At Cedar Rapids, where such an exposition is an annual event it is stated that between 75,000 and 100,000 strangers were in the city dur ing the last exposition, and the bank deposits during that, week increased sjoo.ooo over the preceding year. Mr. Parker asked, the official en dorsement of the exposition project by the council, and also requested that a proclamation be issued urging the houses and merchants to decorate suitably during the week. He also asked that the city buildings be prop: erly decorated for the week. - ' In Officially Kndomnl. Alderman Tuckis offered a resolu tion, which was unanimoin.ly adopted, endorsingxthe exposition company and the exposition project, and urging the decoration of business houses. during the week. The resolution also pro vided for the decoration of city build ings during the exposition. The f 1.000 l.lee-.He. That the movement for the $t,000 saloon license is not dead was shown when Alderman Tuckis last evening introduced - once more the ordinance defeated in the spring, to double the present license fee of $500. The ordi nance introduced last eveniug is the same one that was before the council, and the copy read by Alderman Tuckis is the same as read by Alder man Ostrom when the measure was up in April. No action was taken on the ordinance, further than to con sider it. According to the usual pro cedure, the ordinance should come up again next Monday for adoption. The $1,000 license agitation began a year ago. when an ordinance was introduced to submit the question to a vote of the people. At once there was a protest from both the liquor interests and the churches, and with both sides united against that meas ure, the council dropped the matter. After the spring election, the ordi nance brought in last evening was up, but the council voted the measure down, 9 to 5. As soon as the ordi nance was formally up for considera tion, Alderman Smith moved it lay over, and under the rules action was deferred. Provide for ravins;. The ordinance for the paving of Twenty-fifth street from Third to Fifth avenge was called up for a vote by Alderman Lawler, and was adopted. The improvement is to provide a brick street, 30 feet wide, at an estimated cost of $4,333.10. A six-inch water main on Thirty-sixth street from the Fourteenth avenue main to Twelfth avenue was provided for by an ordinance introduced by Alderman Lawler, and adopted by unanimous vote. The work is to be done by special assessment, the cost, estimated at $1,120, being rebated in water rent to the property owners. The First street watermain and sewer are to be constructed by pri vate contracts. Two ordinances au thorizing F. C. Denkmann. Swain Pear son and Valentine Nold to do the work in this way were adopted. The cost of the watermain will be rebated in water rent, as In the case of con struction by special assessment. (iniilr In Lowered. Alderman Blochlinger called up the ordinance, lowering the grades of streets - west- of-.Ninth. - street and be tween Fifth and Seventh avenues, and moved its adoption. The ordinance carried by unanimous vote. The grade is dropped one foot. The council was urged to take this action by property owners who objected to the higher grade because it made filling for side walk improvement necessary. Accord ing to the city engineer the grade was already too low from an engineering point of view, judging from the stand ard stages of water in the Missis sippi. Mr. Treichier nredicts that the city will have difficulty as a result of ti.e adoptioti of the ordinance. In one or two cases the sidewalki'have been laid according to' the old grade, and it will be up to the city to stand the expense of taking up these walks and relaying them according to the new grade. The city engineer estimated the cost of this work at $500 or more The Quarry Controversy. The ordinance committee, through its chairman. Alderman Lawler. sub mitted another ordinance relating to the Moline Stone company quarry con troversy. The ordinance contemplates granting permission to the company to operate the quarry on its property or property it may acquire in the ter ritory bounded by Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth streets, and Second and '1 hird avenues. The company is to be required to place a substantial fence about the entire block. Options have been secured for 60 days for the purchase of the adjoining property by the company, and a bond to cover these options is to be posted before the council acts on the ordinance to vacate the alley involved in the con troversy. The vacation of the alley causes J to revert to the original owner, Mr. SInuett, and the company will have to secure it from him. The council did hot care to take any ac tion until the property owners and tne company reach definite terms, bo the ordinance was laid over until next week. - Convention Representation The council made provision for strong representation at the coming convention of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association at Clinton. On motion of Alderman Smith the mayor nam;d the delega tion, appointing as members all of the al derman. City Engineer Wallace Treich ler, Captain George Lament and James G. Britton. The mayor will also be one of the delegation. The council authorized City Clerk M. T. Rudgren to attend the conven tion of the National Association of Comptrollers and Accounting Officers at Louisville, Ky, Sept. 22 to 25, a the city's expense. A motion that the mayor and as many aldermen as pos sible attend the convention of the League of American Municipalities at Omaha, Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, was. adopt ed. Mayor Schaffer is to have a place cn. the program of the convention, his subject being the regulation: ot the saloon in cities. '- '' ' - i ' f Relative f o the waterways meeting, REV, SCHULTZE TO LEAVE CITY Is Assigned to a Muscatine Church at German M. E. Con- ference at Quincy. SUCCESSOR IS SELECTED Rev. William Shoenig of Nashville is Appointed Qhange Advances Local Pastor. The meeting of the St. Louis Ger man conference ot the Methodist church closed yesterday noon after be- in session since, Wednesday at Quincy, 111. Rev. W. C. Schultze, pastor of the German Methodist church of this city, REV. W. C. SCULTZE, Who Goes to Muscatine Church. was transferred by Bishop J. L. Luel- sen of this district to the First Meth odist church at. Muscatine, Iowa. He will conduct his farewell services next Sunday and take up his duties in Mus catine next week. He will be succeed ed here by Rev. William Shoenig of Nashville, 111., who will take up his work here also next wee-R, arriving in the city Wednesday. Axkod It el urn Here. The return of Rev. Mr. Schultze to the local church was asked by the members of the congregation whom he has served as pastor for three years. His transfer, however, will be quite an advancement, the church at Muscatine having a membership of about 230 and good church property. The church has lately been completely remodeled and repaired and is in excellent condition. Since Mr. Schultzc's connection with the local church t nV membership has been increased and" everything is in the best of condition. Other ( Iihdk-h Made. Rev. E. C. Baumgarten, who has been stationed at Muscatine, was transfer red to the Iowa : conference and will engage in the Engtish work and be stationed at West Chester, Iowa. Rev. J. C. Behrens of the German Methodist church of Davenport was transferred to Mt. Pleasant and will there have charge of the church and also teach in the German college there. He will be succeeded by Rev. A. J. Luebbers, who has just graduated from the Iowa Wesleyan college, this being his first charge. Mayor Schaffer spoke strongly in favor of a big representation from the city. He commented briefly on the benefit of the movement to Rock Is land, the headquarters of the United States engineers in charge of the up per river, and. of ..the jmportance of taking an active part in the move ment. At his suggestion he was au thorized to appoint a delegation, and Captain Lamont and Mr. Britton were named because of their interest in the river improvement project, Regulation of Thratera. Alderman Tuckis brought up again his ordinance to provide certain rules and regulations for the protection of the public from fire in buildings used as theaters and public halls. This ordinance, which is a copy of the Mo line ordinance, has been before the council before, but the question has been given no consideration for some time. There was but little discussion of it last evening. Chief Hastings of the . fire department staced that he does not approve the j ection provid ing that the chief of the fire depart ment shall detail a member of . the iepjjrtmenr. to each theater when, the building is open to the public, the theaters paying for the services of the man so designated. The chief sug gests that he be authorized to desig nate some competent person as fire man In each building. This could be done without increasing the expense of the theaters, as the stage manager would be competent to act as a fire- roan. Aldermen Thompson and Smith were loud in their protests againet the measure, and both, declared that it would be a hardship on the "little va-ideville houses," and . would drive the theaters out of business here. But the council will look into the matter and see what parts of the ordinance are required for the protection of the public. '' ." Auk for Bid Again. : The council authorized the-clerk to again advertise for bid3 for the pro posed new pumping engine and motor at the reservoir station. No bids, were received, although. Frank D. Shumate, representing r the wortuington pump manufacturers," wa present with a bid. Mr.rShumats stated that it was because- of : a ;mlstraderszanding as to the date of recaiving the bids that his had. not been presented in time. The bids are to be opened at the first meeting in October. PERSONAL POINTS. .Morris Cook left today to enter Cor nell college at Mt. Vernon, Iowa: i Mrs. Mary A. Rodman has returned after a visit with her son Frank at Cen- tralia, 111. Jesse Barns of Chicago, formerly of this city, wag here on a short visit j ending today. I Mrs. Belle Richards will leave night for California, where she will! spend a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Reimers and Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Reimers of Fort Worth, Tex., are visiting relatives In the city. Miss Edna . Smith returned to her home in Muscatine yesterday after a short visit with her cousin, Mrs. H. A. Fulmer. . . . ' . Clarence. Ficken left Grinnell, vu, v niu i-uut-1 mence a college course at the opening of the term. I Mrs. C. Wessendorf and daughter, I Miss Marie of Memphis, left for Chica- go this morning on their way home after a brief visit here. The Misses Adelia and Bertha Fricklyear were elected as follows: leave tomorrow morning for Denver I and other points of interest in the I west . They will spend several weeks I on their vaaction trip. I Miss Katharine Shean of Omaha. who has hppn. visiting with roiativos I , . o -- in Rock Island and vicinity, departed this morning for Chicago, where she will visit for a few weeks. Miss Laura Davis left today for Grinnell, Iowa, to enter upon a four years course in college. Miss Davis graduated from ' high school last spring and was awarded a scholar ship for high average in her class. which scholarship she now takes ad vantage of. WENT TO THEATER Woman Ha Called Wifa Leaving Him Led to Suicide of Robert Nabstedt. FORMER DAVENPORT MAN Real Wife From Whom He Has Never Been Divorced, and His Daughter Living Here. The Chicago . Inter-Ocean today prints the following account of the suicide of Robert Nabstedt, formerly of Davenport and son of Jacob Nab stedt, mention of which was made in yesterday's Argus: "Robert Nabstedt, 35 years old, a department manager of the Hammond Glue company at West Hammond, 111. hung, himself in a coal shed at the rear of his home because his wife re fused to stay at home with him Sun day night and went to the theater in stead.! "Mrs. Nabstedt found the dead body of her husband yesterday morning. The roof of the coal shed was so low that Nabstedt hanged himself in a sitting posture. The rope he used was only three feet long. "Nabstedt and his wife quarreled over the trip to th,e theater Sunday night. Mrs. Nabstedt begged her hus band to go. He refused and she de clared she would go alone if wouldn't go with her. - nc ' "She attended the play alone. When she came home her husband was no where to be found. She waited two hours for him, thinking he had' gone off in a huff and that he would return. At midnight she ended her vigil and went to bed. -Find ihe Body. "Early yesterday morning Mrs. Nab stedt began a search for her husband. She opened the door of the little coal house at the rear of their home, 605 West Hammond street, and found the body. Mrs. Nabstedt was Miss " Martha Brown, a famoss beauty of Davenport, She married Nabstedt there four years ago. and the two came to West Ham - mond shortly afterwards. She is 30 years old. : . "In a hysterical condition Mrs. Nab - stedt ran to the home of neighbors and fainted, after she told them of her husband's suicide. She was placed in the care of physicians and last night had recovered, from the shock sum - ciently to talk about the suicide. I quarreled with Robert about going to the show,' she sold. I like to go and he did not. He generally refused. when t asked him. Finally I told him if he did not take me 1 would go alone, and that I did not care how many in the playhouse knew 1 had : to go alone. I ' never dreamed that the quarrel wduld lead to his death. But we have had trouble be - fore. He liked to staz at home. 1 like to go. - - ; - ift Note to Parents. No one thought to look for a note from the suicide until yesterday after - noon, when a farewell message to hisltery- parents and brothers And sisters, mak- ing no mention of his wife, was found tn his coat pocket. . It read: ' I Dear Father, Mother. ' Brothers and Sisters: I bid you. a last good-by. I have ruined your happiness. , I be - Ileve this is best for us 'all; I love you alL Good-by. . ROBERT.' Employers at the -Hammond glue plant said last night -that Nabstedt J was proficient and capable, but that ARE THE JAIL DOORS BECAUSE THE domestic troubles had several times interfered with his work." From the story it is evident that the dead man had - been living with a woman at West Hammond claiming her hi8 wife. n realitv he has a wife and daughter in Davenport No divorce was ever secured. This fact to-(throws some light upon the suicide's last note. The body will bo brought to Davenport for burial. SOCIAL AFFAIRS Society news, written or telephoned to the society editor of The Argus, will be gladly received and published. But in either oaae the identitv of the sender yesterday forlmust be made Known, to insure relia nature and aauress. i Daughters of Covenant Elect. The Daughters of the Covenant of the First Methodist church met last evening at the home of Mrs. Norman Griffiths, 729 Seventeenth street. . Officers for the President Miss Amy Henderson First Vice President Miss Claire Van Galder. Second Vice President Miss Jennie Collins. inira vice rresiaeni miss irene Biehl. Recording Secretary Miss Golda Eiford. . Corresponding Secretary Miss Bea trice Ostrom. Treasurer Miss Ina Stone. During the past.year the society has collected about $211 which is used for foreign missions. ; .The society has a membership of about 60. Mrs. J. F. Robinson gave an inter esting talk on the girls' school at Rome which she visited during the past sum mer. Tri-City Social Service Club. The first fall meeting of the Tri-City So cial Service club will be held tomor row afternoon and evening at the Sol diers-' Orphans' home on Eastern ave nue, Davenport. There will be a bas ket picnic in the afternxm with sup per at 5 o clock. The ousmess meet ing will be held in the' chapel at 7:30. At this meeting Miss Clara Lunbeck will read a paper on "Some Phases of Child Saving." A disension on "The Care of Dependent Children State or Private Orphanages" will also be held and - music will be fuTnished by the Orphanage band. Dinner Party for Bride-Elect. Mrs, C.'E. Nicholas at her home, 2907 Sev: enth avenue, la evening gave a din ner party as a courtesy for Miss Emma C. Shuey, whose marriage to Walter Brunger takes place this week. Covers were laid for 12. The house was pret tily decorated in hearts, bells and asters carrying out a color scheme of rose and white, the wedding colors. Will "" Celebrate Wedding Anniver sary Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Byrns of Ishpeming, Mich., will tomorrow eel J ebrater the 25th anniversary of their marriage at their home. Mr. Byrns is a director of the Modern Woodmen and is attending the meeting of the directors in the city today. Thirty Club Dance. The last of the summer series' of dancing parties of the Thirty club was held last evening at the Watch Tower and was attended by a large number of couples. Will Give Benefit Card Party. Rock Island Tribune, No. 1, will give a card party for the benefit of the visiting nurse fund this evening at Odd Fel lows hall. OBITUARY. Drake, Word has come from Denver of the I death of Pascal D. Drake, at one time J part owner and connected with the I management of The Argus. Mr. Drake I passed away at the home of his daugh- j ter .with whom he had been making I his home since suffering a stroke of 1 paralysis several weeks ago. He was J born .ln Franklin county, N. Y., July 125. 1847. .His first newspaper connec 1 tionlnthe-three cities was with the I Davenport Democrat. 1 Later he joined j with, his brother, J. S. Drake, and the I two purchased . and lor . a time . pub- I lished The 'Argus..- Since leaving this 1 city he has engaged . m newspaper I work at various places, being till re cently in charge of circulation and I advertising -. on the Cripple Creek I Times. J. S. Drake, the brother, now I lives In. California. Mrs. J. B. Young 1 of Davenport is a sister. Another I brother, ' Ira, and a second sister. 1 Ahce, live in the state of New York, I DeGear Funeral, l The funeral of Benjamin; DeGear 1 will be held . tomorrow morning at 10 I o clock from ; the Knox undertaking I rooms. . The services will be conduct- led by Rev.. H. W. Reed. Burial will j take-place at the Davenport city cerae- t AlCIIU ftKlIT rKATlUniSc I May 15, 1309,. Date Set for Operation I ' of Mollne-Bettendorf Service. 1 The Moline city council last evening j granted an extension of the Van Pat I tea .ferry franchise to May 15. 1909 I The ferry to Bettendorf is to be In op I eration by that time. .The tax levy jordinance was adopted. : - TO BE OPENED COUNTY IS BROKE? No Money to Pay Jurors, Yet Charges Must be Heard This Term. NO PANELS TO BE DRAWN One Already Selected Is Notified Not to Report County Court Runs on Credit Basis. Will the courts of Rock Island county be compelled to turn loose on the community the men 'vho are in jail charged with various crimes be cause the county has not the money to pay the expenses of providing a trial for these men? Are the jail . doors to be opened? These are questions that arc con-' fronting the county authorities new. The county is "broke," as every one knows. There is not money enough even to pay the jurors their fee of $2 a day. Jurors are serving now in the county court, but they will not get any money for their services. . AH they will receive will be assurance that at some uncertain date in the future the county will give them $2 for each day they served. " In' the circuit court a jury panel . was drawn to report the second week of the September term, but as a re sult of a conference with the judge. Circuit Clerk George W. Gamble has decided to send out notice to the men drawn on the panel that their services will not be required. It is under stood that no juries will be drawn un til after election, and it may be that there will be no jury during the Sep tember terra. - - Trial May Be ' Demanded. ' One of the provisions of the la" w- Is that a man. charged with crime must be given trial at a term beginning within four months, of the date of his arrest. ,There is no alternative, : he must be given a trial. If not. habeas corpus proceedings are certain to se cure his release, as has been shown in various past caseg in this county. Without jurors, there can be no trials, and if there are no trials, the circuit judge will be compelled to turn loose the men now held in jail because of alleged offenses and violations ' of state laws. i Should this condition exist long, the community would no doubt become infested with every known kind of criminal, and the police would ' be powerless. Mont Have Grand Jnry. The circuit court is in a predica ment also in regard to the September grand jury, because of the county's financial difficulties. There is no money to pay the grand jurors, but there is, no way of dispensing with the meeting. Accordingly it is under stood the jury will be summoned and empanelled, and the jurors will be frankly informed that they will have to waify for their pay. The session will probably not be ets long a one as some in the past. More Anticipated Orders r There is a report now that the board of supervisors will authorize the issue of orders against anticipated tax re ceipts. It is said that his action was not taken at the last meeting because of the desire to make the situation as bad as possible as a means of In fluencing a favorable vote on the ques tion of a 5ft cent tax for county pur poses, but that at the December meet tog the orders will be authorized. The tax levy was provided for at the meet ing last week, and the orders might have been authorized then and the way paved for transacting the necessary business of the courts. As Jt is there probably will be no jury trial In the circuit court till after the board au thorizes these orders or until the taxes are paid in in the spring. ROCK ISLAND TRAIN ON BURNING BRIDGE Passengers on Way to Peoria Have Close Call Between Toulon and Wyoming. A Wyoming, III., dispatch tells of a thrilling experience which happened to the Rock Island train for Peoria which left this city yesterday after- noon. Engineer Dalzell was at the throttle. " Between Toulon and Wyom ing while the train was running down grade it sped around a curve upon burning bridge. The engineer saw. It and attempted to stop, but soon saw that he' would only bring the train to a standstill upon the structure, so be put on full steam and dashed over, it. Then a stop was made and it was found that there were no less than 1? ties completely burned in two. U0THER FREED FR0;J CLAUE Coroner's Jury Holds Death of Deising . ' . Child Accident. Fay Deising, the Dayenport colored woman arrested on the charge of caus ing the death of her 6-month-old babe which was found dead in bed early yesterday morning, was released after the coroner's jury had returned a ver- - S diet of death by suffocation last even- ling. No evidence was introduced on which the woman could be held, . ,