City Republican Convention Organizes and Nominates Local Officers
The Republican City Convention met at Peal's Hall, electing W J Entriken as temporary chairman and W F Cram as temporary secretary. Delegates from all five wards were chosen, with John Strombeck, N R Zeigler, Simon Hirsch, C O Nason and James McCord named to a credentials committee. Nominations were made for supervisor and assistants, with Viereich, McKinnie, and Kerns among the early names, and L F Kerns later declining office. Fish Shallene and Stevens were elected as assistant supervisors, and Waters and Huntoon as assessor and other posts, while 19 delegates to the county convention were selected by ward. The convention adjourned after appointing the city central committee chair C N Deere for the ensuing year.
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Peal’s Hall
W. J. Entriken
W. F. Cram
John Strombeck
R. Zeigler
Simon Hirsch
C O Nason
James McCord
Wamp
F. J. Savage
A. G Swanson
A. Shallene
George Oldcrest
N. R Ziegler
E B. Atkinson
R .H. Wilson
Peter Lind
A. Shallberg
Jacob Fromm
C. H. Deere
Lanner L. Wilson
Higl Ward
Simon Illregh
P Il Wetwel
WW Wells
L F Kerns
Isaac K Anderson
I A Seiffert
John
WF. Cram
C. LI. Deere
E DB Atkinson
Henry Viericch
J. T. Kerns
Dr. McKinonie
C F Grantz
McKinnie
Capt. McCord
McKinniie
C. F. Grantz
L.F. Kerns
Greenbackers
N.R. Zeigler
L. F. Kerns
Mr. Kerns
E. B. Atkinson
J. B Wheéélock
Tellers
Viereich
Stevens
Fish
Shallene
C. F. Hemenway
Sapher Wilson
L. E. Fish
John Wixon
W. E. Stevens
C.f.hemenway
Mr. Fish
Mr. Stevens
S. Wallace
C. C. Waters
Lanner Wilson
Jonathan Huntoon
Waters
Huntoon
W. W. Wells
House
Hi. B. Bélsey
John Taylor
John B. Kerns
Dr. Wessel
Kelsey
Kerns
W. F. Oram
W. J Entrikin
Perilous Ice Rescue On the Mississippi River
Monday evening reports recount men born to danger who saved logs from river ice near LeClaire last fall. Crowds on the levee and bridge watched as teams rode skiffs and boats through shifting ice and toward open water to reach safety and recover the logs.
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LeClaire
Rock Island
Government Bridge
Davenport
Iowa
Death of Samuel Bender in Rock Island
Samuel Bender born March 14, 1819 in Lancaster County Pennsylvania died at 11 45 yesterday morning at his family home on Fourth Avenue Rock Island. He moved to Rock Island in 1850 and was foreman of the wood working department at Barnard Leas Manufacturing for the past fifteen years. He leaves a widow and three children William and Ira Bender and Mrs Sadie Lidders. Barnard Leas will close the works for funeral attendance.
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Samuel Bender
Fourth Avenue
Rock Island
Mr. Bender
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Barnard & Leas Manufacturing Company
William and
Ira Benders
Sadie Lidders
James Lidders
OUR CHICAGO LETTER AND LOCAL ELECTION NOTES
A Chicago letter discusses ward politics for alderman assessor and collector with Logan opposition and debates over Republican support. It covers spring street work, St Patrick’s Day parade, theatre updates, new opera house plans, and local residents visiting from Rock Island and Moline. Delegates for city conventions are listed with ward by ward results and nominations for collector and alderman.
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Logan
John A. Logan
Yale
Harvard
Fitz John Porter
New York
Ohio
Vanderbilt
Gould
South America
Chicago
Arthur
Blaine
Primaries in Rock Island Elect Aldermen Nominations
Republican primaries for aldermen and delegates to the city convention were held in Rock Island wards last evening despite bad weather. Attendance was surprisingly large and nominations for aldermen were excellent across wards.
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Rock Island
The McGraw Case Advances in Chancery Proceedings
The long chancellery case titled The McGraw Case has concluded witness testimony and will be sent to Judge Smith for evaluation. John McGraw accuses his wife of secretly keeping a bank account with 1405 dollars deposited in her name, while she contends the funds are his.
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Smith
John McGraw
McGraw
Letter from Chicago cousin on H. M. Taylor’s condition
A Chicago cousin reports visiting H. M. Taylor yesterday. He appears more severely hurt due to facial swelling, though he is said to be doing well despite the look.
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E. EB. Cady
Chicago
H. M. Taylor
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C F. Grantz
Messrs. Savage
Atkinson
Wessel, Cram and Wheelock
J W Atkinson
A G Anderson
St H Wilson
EB Atkinson
C N Deere
S L Wilson
P If Wessel
W W Wells
J M Gould
W T Batl
W J Entrikin
C F Hemenway
J B Wheelock
C H Boman
J G Wells
Jas McCord
N. R&r
Southern Utah Times
Panaca
Charlie
Burlington
OUR
Tax Dispate
Hiberians
Haverley’s
London
Washington and
Clark Streets
Charles A. McLaughlin
Rock Island County
Galesburg
Lon Pearce
Moline
Wo. G. Morris
Wm. J. Gahegan
Geo BE
Lambert
D F. Krell
Gahegan
Krell
J M Beardsley
Hugh Warnock
L Schill
Thomas Smart
James Hardin William, Roth
John Bladel
Capt J M Beardsley
Geo Smith
Hugh Ralstyn
Fred Denkman
W J Quhegan
Scond Ward
David Hawes
J. H Southell
Leary Phillips
A Ho Hampton
S Gilmore
Geo E Lambert
Henry Curtis
E E Parmentar
Wm Ramekill
E D Folsom
I Guklentoph
J B Newton
Jackson Blackburn
Jash Cooke
Thurd Ward
Morris Rosenfield
J M. Montgomery
David Don
Lom Tartat
J F Krell
Collector
J A Johnson
J O Breed
W A Guthrie
Ed Lieberknecht
F EL m Moore
Alexander Steel
H C McConnell
Geo. E. Baily
Lamber
E D Sweeney
G EK Bailey
C H McConnell
T H Thomas
M E Sweeney
W Banchard
J W Stewart
J K Groom
Collins
Wip
L. F. Harson
J. F. Robinson
B. Frank Knox
A. B. Knox
W. B. Ferguson
Conrad Schneider
A. J. Cook
Geo Reaugh
W. J. Pratt
W.H. Jordon
Delegat&n
Wihderstood
Edward Wilcox
John Lahiff
Wm. Edwards
John J. Reimers
A. F. Fleming
W. A. Ross
Seventh Ward
A W Williamson
C W Foss
Wm. F Schroeder
F M Sinnet
C W, Foss
Wm Atkinson
H H Holland
W J Gamble
City Central Committee
F_A. BURGSTON & CO
Globe Bindery
J. Hasselquist
C. H. Boman
Wm. Clendenin’s
Drug and Book Store
Carmean & Co
Third Avenue
Keator
Swat
Boston
Memphis
James Thomas
Madison Street
Tonn
Benson
Providence
Thomas
St,seabury & Johnson, Chemists
J. T. Milton
Browning
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