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THE AEGUS, TTJJESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1903 5 C4 f! Are You Going to Housekeeping ? If you are, come to 'our store. We can fit you out with everything; furniture, carpets, rugs, curtains, stoves, etc., at prices that bear our reputation for low prices. Our goods are all dependable arid you can be'sure that you run no risk if you do your trading here. If, perhaps, you haven't quite the amount necessary to pay for all the goods you need, don't let that hinder you, but come anyway, we give you easy terns. BID IS ACCEPTED Council Orders Lot on Seven- teenth Street Scld to Mrs. Corcoran. THERE IS A BREAK DT OPPOSITION Ordinance Introduced to Create Board of Fire and Water works Commissioners. See our Line of Rattarv Furniture No larger Assortment Anywhere. 111! Ik 'TP CLEMANN & SALZMANN Corner 2d Ave. and 16th St. THE YA KNOW US TtklP ROCK ISLAND. ILL or O CKildreips otHinsC o o o For this week take your choice of any child's Suit or Overcoat, sizes from 3 to 16 years, at a discount of 25 per cent This opportunity will last but one week, and one week only. If you need anything for the boys get it now. the building. The report was ac- Know V You 20 per cent Discount on Men's Winter Over coats. 20 per cent Discount on Men's Winter Suits Aid. Bloehlinger did the business. One could have heard a pin drop in the council chamber last evening when,, and for some time after, he se renely voted "aye" on the proposi tion to sell the city's lot on Seven teenth street to Mrs. Anna Corcoran on her bid of $1,250 and the necessary three-fourths to legalize the sale was given. Aid. Kennedy brought the matter up the last thing before adjournment, as he had been doing at nearly every meeting s-.ince the bids were opened. He stated in doing sothat he would continue to movieVthe act eptawctf of the- highest bid-at every meeting till the question was settled. He then moved that the bid of Mrs. Corcoran be accepted. Aid. Birkel was ready with a copv of the city ordinances, from which he read to show that the question having been lost could not be taken up under the circumstances. Aid. Kennedy pointed out that while the bid had not been accepted, neither had it been re jeeted, and it was still before the council and would be till a majority vote rejected it. The city attorney took the same view of the matter when he was called upon to give hi interpretation of the rules. Accord ingly Mayor Knox ruled that the question as proposed was in order. Mr. Maucker Heard. W . L. Maueker, who was present. then asked to be heard and was pres ently given the opportunity to do so lie repeated his former assertions. that he stood ready to put up a $10, 000 building upon the lot and bring here a branch of the Am aon Pickling works if the lot were knocked off to him on his lower bid. lie also recall cd the occasion upon which the proj erty was previously advertised for sale and he was. the highest bidder, and questioned the sort of improve ment that his competitor would make on the land. Then upon an insinuation from Aid lenned,as to the motive that actu- ated : ivrtam : aldermen t in ; voting against the sale of the. lot to the highest bidder when thev had voted to advertise the same for sale in the first, place, there came two or three explanations aim the question was put to a vote. Then it was that Aid Iilochlmger broke from the minority and the vote stood 11 to 3, Aids. Bir- kel, flail and Naab voting against. Another motion was then put and carried authorizing Ihe city attorney and city clerk to prepare and execute a deed for the transfer of the lot. Fire and Waterworks Hoard Propnsod . Aid. Bloehlinger did something else, lie introduced an ordinance provid ing for establishing a board of fire ami Waterworks commissioners, a measure that is in every way com mendable. The board is to consist of the mayor and two reputable citizens to be appointed every two years by the chief executive, one from each of the principal political parties with the consent of the council. This board is to have entire charge of the appointing and discharging of all em ployes connected with the tire and water departments. Is is especially provided that no employe shall be removed for politi cal reasons, but that when it is de sired to remove a man the charges against , him must- be committed to writing and one copy filed with the board and another served .upon the objectionable incumbent. Then a hearing must be had in which the ac cused party shall have full chance to be heard. Then he would have, the privilege of appealing from the board to the city council, which body mnst take the matter up at the next regu lar meeting. Detailed records must be kept and the city clerk is to be made secretary of the board. "Ano ther job.' commented that overwork ed official when this clause vas read. The ordinance was referred to the ordinance, committee to report at the next meeting. Railway Ordinance Up Again. A mistake having been made in publishing the ordinance presented by Manager J. P. Bardner, of the Tri City Railway company, for the west half of the Longview line, another or dinance was reported from committee and passed last evening. The new one is n copy of the old one except thaV two or three details are altered and certain parts are elaborated upon to eliminate ambiguity. This was im mediately considered and passed. The work must be begun in three months and be finished in six. Aid. Birkel called up the question of improving Fifteenth street, for which a petition had been referred to the board of local improvements. He was informed by City Attorney Scott that the board of local improvements had met yesterday and adopted a res olution recommending the passage f an ordinance by the council for the carrying out of the work. The only reason that the ordinance was not presented last, evening was because the city engineer was out of town and it was impossible to secure the necessary data. The firdinancc was promised at the next council meeting. The .health committee reported the completion of the remodeling of IJiv erview hospital for the treatment of smallpox patients and tbe acceptance of cepted The park committee - reported the acceptance of the design for the con struction of a gateway as entrance to Longview park at Seventeenth street and Twelfth avenue presented by Aid. McCaskrin to be built by private sub scription. The recommendation that the work be done under the supervis ion of the park commissioner and the city engineer was adopted. Then Aid. McCaskrin moved that the citv clerk advertise for bids for the grading of the walks and drive ways in Longview parK, stating that he had assurance that there would be at least one bidder for the job and that therefore advertising would not be in vain as it was last fall. This carried. Xew Coaaralent Adopted. Prom the waterworks committee came a report upon tne tests maue of the new coagulent composed of sulphate of iron and lime that is used at Quincy with such good results. The committee had roiled water with the sediment taken from the filter basins at the reservoir and had thus gotten various degrees of turbidity. With the turbidity at 01, or about the state of the water in the spring of the year when the frostis leaving the ground, it was found that a complete precipitation could be effected with the use of the coagulent in two hours. There was some lime left in the wa ter, but nearly all of it was taken out bv filtering. Figures were sriven to show that a saving of from 30 to 50 per cent over tin cost or alum coula be effected. The committee's recom mendation that the new coagulent be adopted for intermittent use was adopted. A scheme for providing fire protec tion for the waterworks pumping sta tion, a thing that has not been pre viously looked after, presented from the waterworks committee, was ap proved. The work, which is to be done bv the employes of the system under the direction of Waterworks Supt. Bancroft, it is estimated will cost $250. Adjournment was taken till next Monday evening, when the remainder of the revised ordinances will proba bly be presented and the ordinance for the construction of the east half of the Longview line will be pre sented. C.A.ST0DDARDD1ES Well-Known Citizen Expires ter Protracted III . ness. Af- FOEMES GOVEENMEUT EMPLOYE Long Connected With Improvement of Mississippi River. PERSONAL POINTS. is in Spring- Paul Bartholomew left today for New Orleans, i A Id. C. W. McCaskrin field on business. Mrs. Mary Johnson, of Oltumwa is visiting friends in the city. . Hon. C. M. Osborn. of thicatro. is in the city on a business mission. (). K. Cramer, of Beaumont. Tex is calling on friends in the city. Thomas Harrison, .f Canton, was business caller in Bock Island yester- day.' , '.""I Edward Adrian, of Port Byron, was a business visitor in Bock Island to day. Worthy Dart departed today for New Orleans to attend the Mardi (Iras. .Mrs. Ida .Mel!ride. who has heen vN'ting with relatives here, has re turned to her home m Muscatine. C. Hansen has rr,ne for a trip to Xcw Orleans. While in the south he will visit with his son at Dayton Miss. Miss Carrie Ooldsmith left for Chi cago last night, from which place she will jro to New Orleans to attend the Mardi Ciras. Clement I Peterson, of Stratford Iowa, is the truest of his brother-in- law, Aid. A. (i. Anderson, of the An gustana book concern. County Llerk 11. 1;. lluhhard lias crone to Bloominjrton to attend the annual meeting of the county clerk and supervisors of the state. Miss Fannie Martindale, who hut been visiting with friends in this city and Moline. departed at noon via the Bock Island for Los Angeles, Mrs. r,. I . llart. of this citv. accom panied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. English, and sister. Miss Blanche English, of Atkinson, left last evening for a visit of several months in New Mexico Fred Haas and daughter, Mrs. Bob ert Hoffman, of Minneapolis, who left a few weeks ago for the Pacific coast have now concluded to visit- the Ha waiian islands, and will sail for Hon olulu Thursday of this week Kd P. Denkmann is giving a party of? six young ladies and gentlemen a delightful treat -in the way of s trip to New Orleans, the party start ing from Chicago by train last ev ening, in time to take in the Mard (iras and the sights of the capital at its most opportune time when spring has fairly burst on the south, and the vfvcej of the mockingbird Charles A. Stoddard, the well-known civil engineer, passed away at his home, 731 Nineteenth street, at 9:33 this morning after a long illness with cancer of the tongue. Though' he had been afflicted for about a year and had been confined to his home during: the creater part of the time since early last fall, his con dition did not become critical till luring the past few days. Death when it came was painless and was due to a gradual wasting of the tis sues of the body. ,. r- Deceased was a member of one of the oldest mid best, known families in Bock Island. He vasrborn in, this citv Nov. 4, 1S3G, and was the son of the late C. If. Stoddard. His early education was gained here and he was a member of the first class in the local high school. Look Employed ly Government. Leaving school he took up the studj- of civil engineering and followed that profession up till five years ago, when he retired. During the greater part of his career he was connected with government improvement of the up per river. Mr. Stoddard was one of the prom inent citizens of Kock Island and was closely identified with its progress, He was an active member of the Bock land Club and belonged nlso to the local lodge of the Knights of Pvthia He never married, but made his home through life at the old home stead. He is survived by two sisters Mrs. C. L. Walker, tf this city, and Mrs. II. M. Pettit. of New York City. The funeral announcement will ap pear later. Mr. Catherina Ihr'r. The remains of Mrs. Catherina Ihrig arrived last night from Bcrtraml, Neb., where she died last Friday of heart failure. Deceased was a for mer resident of Ihis city, being the widow of the. late Jacob Ihrig, who passed away several years, ago. She was 50 years of age. ! uneral occurs it 10 o'clock tomorrow morning from the Knox undertaking parlors' and the interment will be made at Chip piannock cemetery. and the smelf of roses are everywhere. The party includes Miss Sue Denkmann of Bock Island: Miss Mary Hill, of Moline; Miss Foster, of Denison Texas; Miss FYizette. of Cham-naie-n. together with Hred Beimers and Oeorge Sudlow, of Bock Island The party will spend two weeks in the south I.Ike FIndlnar Moner. Determined not to carry over any overcoats, Simon -. Mosenfelder se lected all small lots of mens aiu young men's overcoats and ulsters that sold up to $13..'0. and placed them on sale at. $7. A whole tableful of our best-sellinir coats, all sizes, in the lot. Stylish, well-made and good-fill ing coats. Of many lots there are but two or three of a kind. Some just one of a kind. If you find your size vou find a prize. . . SIMOXm MOSENFELDEB. SEXTON WILL OPPOSE A THIRD CLUB FOR CHICAGO M. II. Sexton, president of the Three-Kye and Western leagues, while enroute to New York yesterday called on James Hart, president of the Chi cago National league club. He and Hart discussed the new national agreement that is to be made. The latter announced that hr would vote against any agreement that gave Un American association territory in Chicago. " "I do not believe," said he. "that the territorial question should figure in the agreement at all. No one can tell what circumstances may arise in the baseball situation, and the major leagues would be foolish to agree to recognize any territory as belonging to a minor league. "All the national agreement should have to do with are the reservation of players, the rules, the respecting of contracts, punishments, and the drafting of players." Accompanied by President Ilickey. of the American association. Sexton left at I! o'clock in the afternoon for New York. re-ar- vs. vs. vs. Circuit Conrt The following trial list for the maindcr of the present week was ranged yesterday afternoon: Wednesday 07, Montgovery Montgomery; 00, B. it K. Mfg. Sturgeon: 101, U. B. company Biess; 102, Anderson vs. Bepublic Tron Sr Steel company. Thursday 110. U. B. company vs. Donahoo; IIS, Bobinson vs. Iord t Lord; 122, Koester vs. Cars-lens; 140, Jamieson s. Tri-City Bailway com pany. Friday 07, Hendricksen vs. Tri-City Bailway company: SO, Marshall vs. Walker; CD, Moore vs., Davenport, Bock Island & Northwestern Bailway company; 02. Bounds vs. Chicago, Bock Island Sr Pacific Bailway com pany; 141, Wainwright vs. Wain wright; 47v Holmes vs. MeKenna. . Ed Conert, the Moline man indicted by the present grand jury for at tempting to prevent a witness from testifying, before that body, was ar raigned in court yesterday afternoon and pleaded not guilty. He has re tained I. B. Ingelscn as his attorney. Police Point. George Bittner, the man claiming to hail from New Sharon, Iowa, who was found rambling about in a state of delirium by Officer Bergsten yes terday morning, was fined $2. by Magistrate Johnson on a charge of disorderly conduct and he was com mitted to jail to recuperate. ROCK ISLAND SKIRT Slakes Tailor COMPANY and Skirts to Made Salts Order. The women of the tri-eilies are now in position to have all their tailor made suits and skirts made to order, at the same price they have hereto fore been paying for ready-made suits and skirts. Call and see the styles at the Keck Island Skirt company, oppo site the postoffice. THIRD AYENUETHRQUCK-TO SECOND a FEBRUARY LSNEN SALE Pattern Cloths Over 200 in stock, Irish and Scotch weaves, damask of the high est grade yarns, beautiful designs, in all the popular sizes including round table cloths all with nap kins to match We quote special for this sale: Damask cloths, 2 yards square for Damask cloths, 2x2i vards long for. 1.75 1.87 95c Ta.ble Da.mask 72-inch Irish, Scotch and German satin damask in a great collection ol designs plain centers, festoon borders also ligured centers dou ble borders and allover designs- very superior qualities bought ex pressly lor tins saie ana priced special at Napkins to match. 72-inch Irish full bleached damask in newest natterns iriced at tti -i n it goIau aa UtlPl'l !M fit. vl """V " "I" X r I . here ncr vard 1 l y Napkins to match, per dozen, $2.50. Fine Irish damask, satin finished special for thi3 75 C Half bleached 72-inch, all pure linen damask, extra heavT, verv cheaD at vTo Here are three remarkable val ues 60 dozen full bleached napkins at 25 dozen full bleached napkins at 25 dozen full bleached 5 O it napkins at -l5 1.00 1.45 Table Felt. Extra heavy 54-inch table felt priced special for this sale y Ta.ble Tops 4 dozen table tops or .unhemmed damask lunch cloths. 36 inches square, choice patterns, Towels. Hundreds of dozens of towels, all the different styles huck, damask, birdseye and Turkish, hemstitched, fringed and hemmed. All kinds of prices, but note these: Hack. UitmiMk and Turkish Towels, llarffMln Lots 1.00 dozen, each 9c 1.40 dozen, each 12ic l.'Jo dozen, each 17ic 2.75 dozen, each 25c Napkins. and sizes, bleached and half bleached greatest napkin values in the tri-cities napkins, pi r dozen, from fl.75 to 3 napkins, per dozen, from QQq 82c Towelirvgs Plain and figured, huck and da mask, twilled and plain all widths: 1,000 yards natural finished "7lrt Bussia crash 2 P50 yards all linen plain Ol toweling '2' WX yards assorted, plain and r checked glass toweling Ul Extra Special 12 pieces 7-inch bleached and half bleached all linen table damask, one of the very best values we have ever seen and worth much more at jht yard.. 50c 25 o Discount on all Heavy vsreoat For Men, Boys and Children. 1804 Second Ave., Rock Island. 207 W Second St., Davenport First Notes of n 3k SPRING iVilLLINERV We are sounding the first correct notes of spring- styles in millinery. Wewish to call siK'cinl attention to the black muslin hats which we are making for early spring or immediate wear. Kvery lady recognizes the durability of this material and the light weight of the hat will go a great way toward making it the popular hat of the season. These smart hats are trimmed with pompons made of the narrow satin straw braid and scarf with the hemstitched muslin. Scarfs As scarfs arc going to be a strong feature of the millinery this sea son we have fortified ourselves with an unusually line stock Scarfs cm broideried, hemstitched and tucked; Scarfs in colors, including all the new shades of blue and black with appliquets of Scotch plaids, and Scarfs of all lengths. Brandenburg Millinery Store, CORNER TWENTIETH STREET AND FOURTH AVENUE. ft LOOK CLOSE You'll not see a sign of a sed iment or any other impurity in the whiskies and brandies pur chasable hero nothing but the pure, old stuff. But whisky and brandy are not the only things we sell wines and liquors anil cordials of every name and de scription worthy the name of "good goods" wet goods, of course. SIMON LEWIS Retail Liquor Store. Market Square, Corner Seven teenth Street and Third Avenue.