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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. FRIDAY, JAXUARY 7, 1910. RRAKFMAM KILLED . s i - J J. E. Staggner of East Moline Meets Instant Death at Sheffield. HAD RUN ON ROCK ISLAND Returning With His Train From Bu reau When- Fatality Occurs Leaves Wife and Children. j. ii ataggner, agea 3o. a ireigni "' brakeroan on the Rock Island road, " was run over and killed at 3 o'clock this afternoon at Sheffield. ' Staggner's run was between Silvis and Bureau. He was on tile return . trip with his train when the fatality oc curred. He was killed instantly. -The body will arrive in East Moline tonight, Leaves Wife and Children. Staggner leaves a wife and two : children, the latter aged 5 and 3 years I respectively in East Moline. SR. VON ENGEL GETS A LICENSE TO WED ..Davenport Practitioner . Is Married Here to Miss Caroline Duerr, of Germany. Dr. Carl Theron von Engel. a Daven jPort practitioner who figured in a sen sational prosecution in the police court in that city a week ago instituted by bis former wife, today was issued a .license by County Clerk Henry .8. Hubbard in this city to marry Miss Caroline Duerr of Germany. Von En (gel had been living with his divorced iwife in Davenport. They disagreed and Bhe swore out a warrant for his arrest, charging him with immoral re lations with various other women. She was unable to substantiate the allegations at a hearing, and the doctor I was dismissed. Yesterday von Enel applied for a license at the county 'clerk's office in Davenport for a license : to marry Miss Duerr, who recently ar rived from her home in Germany, but it .' was refused him bv the clerk, as he ! was not accompanied by a witness, :is required under the Iowa law. Dr. von Engel brought his fiance to Rock Isl and this morning and they were mar ried. OBITUARY. Miss Mary Lehnerer. Miss Mary Lehnerer, daughter of Mrs. Agnes Lehnerer, 90S Third ave nue, died this morning at 8:25 at St. Anthony's hospital of intestinal adhe sions. Deceased was operated upon yesterday morning for the fifth time in the past ten years. Miss Lehnerer was born in Rock Island May 1, 1874, and had lived here all her life. She was baptized and confirmed in the German Lutheran church. Besides her mother she is survived by a brother, George Lehner er, at home.. i ' Funeral of John E. Ryan, The funeral of John El Ryan, who died at Omaha last Sunday morning, was held this morning t 8:30 from the Wbeelan undertaking parlors with services at 9 o'clock at St. Josepus church. The services were conducted by Dean J, J. Quinn, pastor of the church. The pallbearers were V. J. Furlong, E. H. Hill, Fred Applequist, William Trefz, Harry Meanor and Thomas Gordon. Burial was in Cal vary cemetery. PERSONAL POINTS. F. B .Tyson of Danville is stopping at the New Harper. John C. Bauer of New York was :n the city today visiting with friends. Henry Beucus, manager of the M. & K. store in Sterling, is spending the day in Rock Island, Guy L Bowman of Kingfisher, Okla., a former resident of Rock Island, is stopping at the New Harper. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. B. Boos arrived here this morning from Oklahoma City, Okla, and are stopping at the New Harper. Mr. and Mrs. James Knowlton, aft;r a holiday visit here, departed last evening for their home in Morgan town, Va. Mr. and Mrs. George McEwen ar rived home last evening after a visit of two months through Mexico and the southern states. Mr. McEwen resumed his duties as city ticket agent at the Burlington today. H. D. Judson of Chicago, general superintendent of the Burlington, and S. H. Shults of Galesburg. division superintendent, arrived in Rock Island this morning in private car 80 to call on local officials. Dr. B. J, Lachner returned home this morning after spending the holidays at Baker City, Ore. Dr. Lachner re ports several days of 40 degrees below zero weather and trains running 36 hours late because of the heavy fall of snow. A. C. Miller of Des Moines, who ?s chairman of the Iowa committee on the conservation of natural resources, spent yesterday in the city in confer ence with Major C. S. Riche "at the gov ernment engineers' headquarters. He came to talk over proposed improve ments in navigation in the Des Moln s river. PAYING REBATE TO BE PARK DONATION Seventh Ward Owners About Agreed on Disposition of Money Com ing From Street Railway. ARSENAL RECEIVES COAL Expected That Full Force Will Re turn to Places Monday. Three carloads of coal were received this morning at Rock Island arsenal. Other cars are on the way, and it is hoped by Monday to have the shops working full force again. This morn ing the foremen of several of the shops returned to. their duties. Residents of the Seventh ward who were originally assessed for the Four teenth avenue pavement have about agreed among themselves to donate to the ward park and boulevard fund the $557.67 rebate that is coming from the Tri-City Railway company as a result of its having built additional tracks on the improved avenue. So many hold ers of property would share in the dis tribution, were It decided to apportion the same among those who are entitled to participate in the rebate, that the amount that any one person would re ceive would be too small for consider ation. However, the aggregate repre sents a sum that would come in handy in the improvement of the east end park or of the college boulevard,, and for this reason it is not expected there will be any opposition to the adoption of the proposition at a mass meeting of those interested which is soon to be called in the ward. as long as it is not prejudicial to the interests of the railroad, and still -receive their pension. MORE EMPLOYES ON THE PENSION ROLLS Several Additional Rock Island Men Retired Under Pension System Just Introduced. In addition to those already mention ed in The Argus, the following em ployes of the Rock Island have been pensioned under the new order of things the first of the year: James Fleming, crossing flagman, Rock Island. John Conway, crossing flagman, Davenport. Henry Empke, crossing flagman, Rock Island. Thomas Slattery, crossing flagman, Rock Island. James Feeney, crossing flagman, Davenport. George B. Swan, station master, Des Moines, Iowa. William H. Fisher, crossing flagman, Moline. M. H. Egan, crossing flagman, Dav enport. Howard Case, conductor, Iowa di vision. Fritz Straberg, section laborer, Brooklyn, Iowa. John Home, crossing flagman, Shef field, 111. Michael Payne, crossing flagman, Ottawa, 111. Luke Lee. engineer on the Nebraska division. Mr. Lee is residing with his brother. Robert Lee, in Rock Island. Under the pension system, while the men retired may no longer work for the Rock Island under the rules, they are permitted to do any kind of work EALES IS UNDER TRREST Alleged to Have Swindled James Lawson Out of $200. Peter Eales, who about a year ago furnished an office at 322 East Third street, Davenport, and started what he designated as a manufactory of olive bitters and who it is alleged inveigled James Lawson of Rock Island to enter partnership with him to the extent of $200, which Lawson lost, will be re turned to Davenport, according to in formation received from the police au thorities at Chicago. He is under ar rest in that cit on a minor charge and as soon as .he is released he will be sent to Davenport. The information of his apprehension came in a letter from the chief of police at Chicago, and word was immediately sent there that he was , wanted on a charge of false pretense and being a confidence man. Eales while in Davenport opened his shop at 322 East Third street and advertised for a partner, which adver tisement was answered by James Law son of Rock Island. According to the police, Lawson was asked to place the sum of $200 in the business, which was soon to net- him remunerative re turns. He could spare only $200, and this he sunk. After taking dinner with Eales and his wife at a Davenport ho tel, Lawson saw no more of his intend ed partner. He then went to the of fice, which was at once the headquar ters and the manufactory, and found on Eales' desk a note which stated that Eales had suddenly been called to Chicago, but would return within a few days. With him went Lawson's $200, and neither Eales nor the money has since been discovered. TO GIVE A . MEDAL Bill Before Senate Recognizing Heroism of Edwin Spencer, Rock Islander. IN LADY ELGIN DISASTER He and TVo Other . Northwestern Students Saved Many Lives at Cliicago 50 Years Ago. Washington, Jan. 7. Heroism dis ! pla'ed in saving life on the Great Lakes nearly half a century ago is to be officially recognized in the proposi tion embodied in Senator Flint's bill to give life-saving medals to Edwin Spencer, now living in California: Charles H. Fowler, until recently bish op of the Methodist Episcopal church at New York city, and Joseph C. Hart zell. The proposition has received the approval of the treasury department, should it become law. - I-h of l,kr IJInriKter. The proposed awards are an echo of the loss of the vessels Lady Elgin, on Sept. 8, 1SJ30, which was one of the most fatal disasters on the Great Lakes, and wreck of the Storm, lum ber laden, May 10, 18C4, on both of which occasions many -lives were saved. The three men named had as sisted in saving passengers from the Lady Elgin, while Hartzell also per formed valiant work at the wreck of the Storm, near Evanston, when all the crew except one man were saved. The three men were fellow students at the Northwestern university. terday on the charge of having struck Sylvester McEachron a blow in the face with his fist. The defendant plead guilty to the charge and paid a fine of $3 and costs. Last evening Philip Martine was ar rested on the charge of disorderly conduct. This morning he was taken before the police magistrate and fined $2 and costs, which he paid. TRIAL LIST FOR NEXT WEEK FIXED Interested Lawyers Gather in Circuit Court and Decide When to Try Their Cafes. ONCE LIVED HERE; IS NOW IN TROUBLE Frank Butler Taken from Chicago to ISufTalo, X. V., for Wife Abandonment. Springfield, 111., an. 7. (Special.) Governor Deneen today honored the requisition of the governor of New York for the return to Buffalo of Frank Butler, who is under arrest in Chicago, where he has been residing and who is charged by his wife, Nellie Butler, with abandoning her and her young children, v the youngest a babe of 11 months. Sept". 27, 1909. The couple were married Jan. 23, 1S35, in Buffalo and Mrs. Butler says they have lived there ever since, with the excep tion of from October, 1906, to October, 1907, when they resided in Rock Isl- j and. 111. Judge E. C. Graves arranged a trial list for next week this morning. The Interested attorneys met with he judge and agreed upon days in which to try their cases. The list of cases is as follows: Monday Karr vs. Orman; Tropp vs. Deere & Co. Tuesday Henderson vs. Gould; West.lin vs. Peters. Wednesday Berry vs. Farnham; People, for use of. East Moline vs. Hoesli; West Gum company vs. Arndt company. Thursday South vs. Bailey; Oberg vs. Paddock; Marquette vs. Nelson; Deere vs. D., R. I. & N. W. Railway company. Friday McFadden vs. C, R. I. & P Railway company; Ingelson vs. Erick son; Pollock vs. Dravo Contracting company. General Maxwell vs. Rock Jsland Plow company; Huesing vs. Looney; Swift vs. city of Rock Island; Ristau vs. Price; Smith vs. Johnson; Pollock vs. Clarke; Irvin vs. city of Rock Is land; Franing vs. Blakely; Abbot vs. Godfrey; Knabe vs. Rock Island Sa3h Locomotive milling Peoria Iasen-1 and Door works; Allemerseh vs. Re gcr Train Has Accident. j public Iron & Steele company; Wilbur Engine 419 of the Peoria passenger v-s. Baron, was derailed this morning at Twen- I J"T.Ilr:Jr!tfUER VAN STAPPEN it it finvr ait i L i nr it ha a. . onaivu, and it Is thought that the switch was either defective or not thrown right. The locomotive was . badly damaged and great difficulty was experienced in putting it back onto the tracks. It was necessary to take it to the roundhouse for repairs. Another engine was switched onto the coaches and left here at 11:45 for Peoria with the morn ing passenger train. ENGINE JUMPS THE TRACK 2 THE watch that cannot be depend ed on at all times is no more valuable than the friend who fails you at need. Reliability is the distinction of the Howard watch. Its fine ness is the fineness of multitude small perfections materials, de sign, finish, adjustment. Every Howard watch is ad justed in its case, priced at the factory, and a printed ticket at tached from $35.00 to $150.00. j. We are distributors for this dis tinctive watch. J. RAMSER, Watch Inspector for C, R. I. & P and C, B. A Q. railroads. Oppoaiti New Harper house. friends, and all will regret to see bin leave the city. IS SENT TO KEWANEE Succedetl in Pastorate of St. Paul's Church by Father Walters of A una wan. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy nev er disappoints those who use it for obstinate coughs, colds and irrita tions of the throat and lungs. It stands unrivalled as a remedy, for all throat and lung, diseases. Sold by all druggists. Licensed to Wed. Constant Vandervalle East Moline Mrs. Mary Stubbe East Moline William H. Delaney Davenport Miss Anna Battels Davenport Arnold G. Stallman Dubuque Miss Lyle M. Gibbons Dubuque Cafl Teron von Engel 1.. Davenport Miss Caroline Duerr Germany Peoria. 111., Jan. 7. Bishop E. M. Dunne of the Roman Catholic diocese I of Peoria today announced the trans j fer of Rev. Leon Van Stappen, pastor of St. Paul's church. Rock Island, to the pastorate of St. Joseph's church, Kewanee . Rev. Father Walters, pas tor at Annawan, is transferred to St. i Paul's church. Rock Island, and Rev. Father Barraz. pastor of St. Joseph'3 church, Kewanee, is appointed to suc ceed Father Walters at Annawan. STATE AID FOR POULTRY Illinois Association Ask Appropri tion for Kicriinent. Springfield, III., Jan, 7. The Illinoli State Poultry association last night formulated a request that the genera) association appropriate $10,000 foi founding a department of poultry hus bandry at the University of Illinois A committee was named to work for this purpose. Governor Deneen will be asked to encourage the work of the association by naming a commissioner from each congressional district. DEATH FOR AN ASSAULT Negro First to lie Hanged In 50 Years . at Willianisxrt. Kjr. Wllliamstown, Ky,, Jan. 7. The first hanging in this county in 50 years took place today when Early Thomp son, 'colored, was execute.! for a crim inal assault upon Mrs. Ransom Roberts last November. In the Police Court. A quarrel between neighbors resulted in a trial in the police court this morn ing Fred Hartwell was arrested yes- The changes are effective next Sun day. Father Van Stappen during h?s two years' stay here has won many Officers Reelected. At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Rock Island Brewing company this week all the cScers were reelected as follows: Robert Wagner, president; Julius G. Junge. vice president, and Otto Huber. secre tary and treasurer. All the news all the time The Argus. JANUARY UNLOAD s 1 It's the same old story, "The London never Carries Over Merchandise from One Season to the Other." These big re ductions and the cold weather will move the goods quickly. Get busy so that you will be in on the saving. You know THE LONDON carries the largest stock of of high class clothing and furnishing goods this side of Chicago. 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All Men's Trousers 20 Per cent discount. All Fancy Vests, 20 Per cent discount. All 50c Overalls (union made), 37c. All Men's leather faced Kittens, I7n. THE STORE THAT'S ON THE SQUARE YOU KNOW US THK h-t 1 If i If VI YOURS FOR A SQUARE DEAL t