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TH.B ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1904. SAD STORY OF GIRL Mabel Wright Tells of Her Two Weeks in Billy Allars' Blue Goose Resort. THE CALLS APPEAR FOR THE CAUCUSES Looking to the Coming Democratic County Conien-tion. TAKEN THERE BY A YOUNG MAN Hardwood Refrigerators. We're going to kD lata of them thi s-'ason. and to make sure of it we start off with some extraordinary of term. Von can bay a Refrigerator here sis little as SSJ2S. The ice chamber lioM., -10 pounds .f iy . iiux and see them. Gasoline Stoves. These Tin proved Jewel Gasoline Stoves arc sun- to make happiness in the home. They're especially desira ble in hotter weather, of course, but an of great ralue the year "round. We are making some very km prices oa then to aid to the other at tracts of the stores. Allen. Myers frCompanv Shows Receipt for a Fine Paid in Police Court a. Pauline Beneon. Opposite iiarper House. M e s OXFORDS are decidedly IT, and tan Russia calf is mtv popular for both men and wo men. A rery swagger ladies' tan oxford is No. 35, $3.50 a Pair. "Tokio," a New Tan Oxford tor young men; a rery with high military heel, right. .k for No. 104. nappy style, and strictly Price $4 a pair. THE BOSTON. 'Both Yhoncs. Roan Coat Special 50 Ram Coats Positively Worth $15.00 FOR $10 Fvill length. Latest Styles. All Colors, Can you in vest yovir money better? ROCK ISLAND ILL I . . 1 I H T -1 A . f. .nuuet "rij-m, i years u age, on ine witness stand in the eireuit -cour yesterday afternoon, related her perienees of two weeks while an i mate f the Blue (loose, a resort i Urst avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth street, of which BUhr Al i i i . hui ani um wiie v arrie are the pro prietors. The Aliars are onder Indid meat for harboring In a house of pro oui;oii a gin unuer in rears or aire .:iurs is confined to his bed with sciatic rheumatism. His wife is being tried separate;., the court refusia continuance. Male! testified that she was take to the Allars place bv a Rock Islam young man and left there by him. Th Following; day she was taken in ham by Mr.. Allars and remained there for two week-. m the second day she was fined in the police court. The fint was advanced for her by Mrs. Aliar . receipt sigmd b Magistrate G. A Johnson was offered in evidence. Th g;N gave the name of Pauline Benson to the magistrate. Mabel stated that after she had become an inmate at tin Allars resort she was ordered to r port at police headquarters, where she was told that she would have to pay a line or have town. It is under ..A 1 ll . . . biuw i ne ponce win testitv denying .!... l :i - . . . ion i ne pin was ever arrested i line t in lock isiana; tnat the t'aninu Benson was another woman. Sent to (ieoerii ilome. i .. i ... i i i . .M.iuei luio oecn maaing ncr nomc with her grandmother in Moline. Tin latter enlisted the aid of the Hock Is and police in searching for Mabel am Detective Iiiehard (arms located bet in the Allan resort. This was in No winner i last ear. when Mabel was but 15. She was committed by .ludjji B. K. Parmenter. of the county court to the (jeneva home for girls, where she has been since. She was accom ... ..!...! A- It 1 a m. . . . i-.iiiie i in hock isiami ior the trial i the superintendent of the home. i ne gin was reealletl to the witness stand this morning by the prosecution to gam enlightenment n further facts, s. U. Ken worthy, who is con ducting the defense, sought to im peach the testimony of the girl, she baring claimed thai only once daring the two week.- did not leave the Al lars place. Mr. Ken worthy stated h . ... would snow, it lie were permitted to. that Mabel, in those two weeks, had frequented divers resorts in Daven port, and that she was arrested in both Rock Island and Davenport. ROCK ISLAND FREIGHT CAR BROKEN INTO BY TRAMPS A freight car in the upper Rock Is! and yards was broken into Inst niglt. presumably by tramps. A box con wining a consignment ot shot - was opened, but none of the shoes was taken, the thieves having been scared ...r l r .. - . on oeiorc me completion o the (on pj switchmen employed in tin van Prank Crawford, Nat I.. ESdridj and May Eldridge, the Davenport tri- arrested yesterday afternoon while creating a disturbance on the viaduct on tVventy-fourtb street, each was fined .: and costs for disorderly con duct. Ida Fisk was taxed $10 ami Mamie Todea ." on disorderly charge-. TRAVELER FOUND IN ALLEY WITH A GASH IN HIS HEAD J. Keipliager, a Chicago traveling man, waa found prostrate lying at the east entrance of the alley back of the Mitchell A Lynde block between East and West Seventeenth streets at 11 o'clock last night bleeding pro fusely from a ga-h in the back of the head. Officer John Schmid escorted Keiplinger to the Roglc IslnrJ house, where he has been a gOCSt for two weeks, am! where his wound was bandaged. En nteriag the alley to make a short cut for the hotel Keipiinger stumbled and fed. his head striking against the curbing. . Calls for cam-uses under the an nounced actii n f the recent meeting of the democratic county eonimittte were received at The Argus office to day as follow s: The democratic r ten of the First ward are hereby notified that there will be a meeting of the democratic voters of the ri"st ward at William I'.eiswenger's barber shop on Fourth avenue, between fourth and Fifth streets, in the citj the evening of th 1904. between the S:3rt p. in., for the delcgatea to of Rock Island, on SOth of May. A. 1). hours of 7:::o and purpose of electing ittend the county con vention to be held at the Turner hall in the city of Rock Island on the l!Gth day of May. A. I. 1104. at o'clock p. in . CHARLES J. WEINBERGER, Kl MURPHY, ( i miiiit teeim n. The democrats of the Second ward are hereby notified that there will be a meeting of the democratic voters of the Second ward at the city barn on Sixth avenue, between Ninth am Tenth streets, in the city of Rock Isl and, between ihe hours if 7 and S o'clock p. rn.. Friday, May L'n. for the purpose if electing delegates to the county convention tO be held in Tur ner hall in the city of Rock Island oi the L'hth day of May. 1904. at 2 p. m. II. W. WARD, JAMES LAN N. Committeemen. Second Ward. The democrats of the Fifth ward arc hereby notified that there will be a meeting of the democratic voters t the Fifth ward at the hose house on Twenty-second street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, in the city of Rock Island, from the hours of 7 to 8 p. m.. Friday, May i!t). for the purpose of electing delegates to the count v con vention to be held at the Turner hall in the city of Rock Island on the u't'ith iy of May. A. 1). 1904, at o'clock p. m. John i i..m:;a. ( om mi 1 1 eema n . HEAD IS SEVERED Ceorge Sufkin Meets a Horrible Death on Rock Island Near Creen River STEALING A RIDE ON FREIGH He and Companions Start From Blue Inland to See World's Fair. The democrats of the Sixth war.: are berebv notified that there will be i meeting of the democratic voters ol the Sixth wan' at Ihe hose house on w en ty -sixth street. Monday evening, May 23, 1904, from 7 to 8 o'clock, for the election f delegates to the countv con vent ion to be held in the Turner hall Thursday. ..av l'i;. cJ04, at - p.m. GEORGE H. RIGHT, JOHN i. Hi A DINGER. f the exception of the Sixth e above notices w re given the f original appearance in the directed moraine? paper of to- With ward t nor Loonev y, and it was apparently the pur pose to make the announcements as bscure as possible In confining them to this source in in i i 1 1 -1 1 . but some the committeemen objected and rtified copies were sent to The ;vrirus omev. i ne sixth ward an- uncement, however, was broue-hl to Hie Argils office hv one of the codjr mitteemen from that ward. While it is crv evldcnnv doI the i ,ri of the committeemen to be pariv to Ihe desisn. there is readily to be seen i purpose on the part of Looney. who ontrols the majority of the commit teemen in the oitv. in not havinff ail ihe caucuses on the same niaht. as is stoma ry. Further than this, there is even a d-ilierence In the hours in which some of those to be held on the same night are to meet, tin- intention m this move being likewise i hvious. RI-CITY DRESSMAKERS FORM AN ORGANIZATION Many dressm s met at the nport, Monday ikers f the three cit St. James hotel. Dav evening to form a per- of ALLENDORF OUT ON BAIL: PR03BCUTI0N MAY DROP CASE narry .Miendort. tbe tormer ploye of Vonng v MeComba, wh held in jail at Waterloo. I inenl organization as a branch the International Society of Dress makers, which has its headefuarters it New York, Chicaso and St. Louis. The society will hold its meetings n the lir-t Monday of each month. the next to be held at the home of Miss Julia Battles. 1010 Second ave nue, this city. The officers elected are as lollows: President Mi Island. Vice President- -Mi son. Moline; Mrs. K. I. Island: Mrs. Fannie V port. Secretary and Treasurer nts Reapsch, Davenport. Oeorafe Sufkin. a vouna man not vet -l rears of acre, met a horribl death on the railroad a few miles wes ot ueneseo vesteroav. if is nead w as entirely severed from his body an his legs were cut off a short distance ab. e the ankles. At the time of hi death he was engaged in stealing rule on a freight train. Squire McAr thur was notified of the horrible acei dent, and in his official capacity a coroner he hastened to the scene. Tlu accident occurred about a mile and i half east ()f Green River. I h mangie a remains were picked up am taken in the caboose to Green IJiv station, where the inquest was held Two of the young acquaintances the youna; man told the st: rv of the accident to Coroner McArthur at th in nest. CompuDloo Describes 1 Ngi dr. neriiert tieimKe, j years 01 aae. re sidiniT in Hlue Island, told of the hor rible ending of his companion as fo lows: i was sngntiy acquainted with dt ceased. His name was George Sufkin and he resided in Blue Island. So far as I know he was 17 or IS years t aire. He was kffled in the morula about half past five on a freiirht train on the Rock Island road about on and a half miles east of Creen Rivei itation. He and I started last nigh about 8:23 for Rock Island, intend ing to tro from there to St. bonis. W had no money and intended to Btea rides on freight 1 rains to our place destination. We boarded a freight train al Hlue Island and stole a ri rrora mere to Ottawa. .t uitawa wi got on another freight train and rod; to the place where George was killed the last time I saw him alive was at ueneseo. lie was then standing on the ground alongside the train. I di not see him "ct aboard the train. When the (rain was about a mile and a half cast of Green river it parted in two places and came to a stop. Sonu of the boys that were on the train told me that a man was killed, and I with three more of the boys that wen beating their way, went back to set who it was. Mother In Hlue Island. "I recognized him at once as the boy that started with me from Blu isiana. m neaa was entirely severed from his body. The remains wert placed on the caboose and taken to Green River, where it is now lying; We had not been drinking, and neithei of u had a bottle. His father is dead and his mother lives in Hlue Island." The testimony of P. J. Farley teft juM how the accident happened. He was also bumming on the train, am says: "I was not acquainted with Sufkin, but we were bumming to Rock Islam'. While we were riding in a standing position between two of the freight cars the train parted when we were standing and Sufkin lost his hold ancl fell to the tracks. He wa horribly mangled!, and when his head was picked up it was ion feet from tin rest of his body." The Coroner's jury rendered a vcr diet in accordance with the facts. PERSONAL POINTS. Kh went to Minneapolis J. K. (lark ast night. Phil Mitchell is at the Coleman I-ake dub. Dunbar, Wis. R. P. Denkmann has returned from i southern business trip. President M. H. Sexton has departed league if the Western Julia Battles, R. ck Hilda John French. Rock Paine, Daven- -Mi-s Ag- em-has rx en held in tan at Waterloo. Iowa. Under bonds charged with burning his -Ti re at that place to secure the in- - lira net has lieen released, and the prospects are good tliat the ease igainst him will be dropped. Tin asc was to have conic up this week. !mt the attorneys It r the state asked i po-tponement. The defense refused mless the lnmd be reduced, and it was placed at $1,000. which waa furnished HARRY E. GILMORE AND MISS JOSEPHINE GREGG MARRIED Announcement i- made of the riage oi Harry and Miss Josephine K CagO. i he event took cago March 1 last. Th' :, resined m Uock Is! IMS llecti employ. to :i I' ll .. iLa ! ,re ... uiuuvir, i ' j . Gregg, of ( hj- p'ace in Chi- bridc forme r- ind. Mr. liilmore in the general of fice- of the Rock Island road at ( hi-cajro. Itllly Ktntsnan' GcortU Minstrels. The aeknowledged In-st show in the loath is P.illy Kenands' big eoh red minstrels, made up of genuine com edians, voca lists, dancers and clever specialty artists who will hold forth it the Illinois theatre Saturday night. With F.ilU Kersunods at the head of the iest colored talent on the stage, they will doubtless test the capacity if the house. Marsh Craig, coutor pinrtet and Cook and Jones, will ap-Xear. LABOR CONGRESS HAS FIRST NIGHT 8ESSI0N TOMORROW The Tri-City Labor congress will hold its first night session tomorrow evening at the Rock Island Industrial Home b lilding. Win q the congress decided to change from Sunday after noou to night meetings, the second and fourth Thur- lays wen- selected. It has been learned since that the hall was occupied by o titer bodies on both those evenings. Aceordinirlv the have been change i to the first third Thursdavs. and on a tour 1 ovt ris. Dr. R. F. Sweet, who has spent the winter in the south, is expected home thi- evening. Mrs. .1. L Fry and daughter C ra left today for Tyrone, Pa., where they will make an extended visit with rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Oon have as their guests Mrs. . J. Lawrence and son Bhaer and Mrs. M. O. EageU, ol Paxton. Chief of Police and Mrs. Phil Mi ler antl Jacob Miller leave tomorrow on the steamer Quincv for a visit at tin world's fair. Fred Bell and K. A. Kngier. of Du buque, arrived at Rock Island in their launch last evening and are spending day in the citv as aruests f Charles McHusdk. CoL W. T. ( hannon left last evening for St. Louis to hi gin the contract that his firm has for the installation of the plumbing and heating plant in the roundhouse the Rock Island road is having erected there. Prescott (Ariz.) Journal-Miner: II L. Dooley, if Rock island, II!.. and P. Federson. of Davenport, Iowa, whi are Interested rn the Cypress and II n r- ! lington mining properties, have Iwcn j in this county for several days, most I of which time ha leen spent at the I above named properties, it has bci-n I dtsddad to pat in quite an amount of i machinery, among which will be an I air c mpressor. This will be installed; at the Cjpreaa mine, which is only a short distance frfim the Burlington property, and a pine line w ill convey i the compressed air to the latter miner for running drills, etc. A Cut Price on foxing Men r S?uits and Boys9LongTantStiits on the above class of best of the situation. The late spring has not improved the sale: clothing. We don't mope over it. Make the Those with the readx money can make it easy by dressing up the boys at Slaughter Prices. All of oir $18. $16.50. $15 Lrd $12.50 Boys and Yoxing Men's Sviits this week For an even $10.00 Not a last seasons stock. suit in the SOMMERS & LA VELIE 1804 Second Ave.. R-ock Island. 'Gone Up in Smoke. 99 Many of our fondest dreams go up smoke, because we lack the cash, at the proper moment, to carrj out our plan.-. We would luce to furnish you cash when you need it. We know we will be able to supply money, without publicity, without delay or embarrass ment and without excessive cost to you. tk L. a t. t. t. M 9 9 9 9 M 9 Your furniture, piano, horses, Wagons or other personal pro perty will secure for you the ready cash you require. We do not remove the property from your possession nor dis turb it in any way. Amounts from $10 upwards. We ar range the time, the terms and the amount to suit yon. Write or telephone us. if you cannot call and we will send our confidential agento to see you. We'll be glad to give you more information. FIDELITY LOAN COMPANY, Mitchell A Lynde block, Room 88. Office hours m. &ua Saturday evenings. Telephone west 1514. 6011 8 a. m. to 6 p. New telephone I fe'tk .13. j IP. vJ . LICE, Dressy Papers There's n line of wall paper here that richly deserves that title. They will "dress up" th dingiest room and make it a thing of beauty. Simplicity Is one of the great est charms and low price their greatest attraction. We now offer new and beauti ful wall papers at low prices. Also a full line of paints, oils, glass, brushes, moldings, etc. 1 439-1431 Second Aveno.. Opposite Court, limine Economy Dental Parlors 1610J Second Avenue. DENTAL ECONOMY. Cheap dentistry is not economical dentistry. Pay LXS88 than we charge and you get less for your money. Pay MORE and you pay more than is enough. Our work is not expensive, yet it is not cheap. Our ork is Gvi r. re d to be strictly first-class. Call and see our samples of plates and crowns the largest in the tri-cities. Open evenings till 8 p. m. Sun days till noon. Old 'Phone Oreen SSI. e-rr n 4 -mtm4f4 99 Rhymes qf Robert Rexdale At All "BooK Stores Trice 1.00 Sarsaparilla We always put the best in it; you always get the best out of it. The kind all good doc tors order. J.C. C. AsrCo., wad. Ms...