Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-05

| DctNetu hoch IStSnU anu Moline To
carry of the honors. Edward RAM
ser captured the prize amid tremen-
duous applause, with A. c. Walker,
of Moline, second. 1t was a bitter
pill for the enthusiasts of our sister
city.
| Time, Winners and Prizes
The gong was sounded at O'Clock,
when the riders lined up for open
ing contest. The judges were: L..
S. McCabe. Rock Island; Walter
Chambers, Davenport, and W. ID.
Wiman, Moline. NJ. S. Heagy acted
as clerk of course. Paul Ramser as
starter. Paul A. Keller as referee. and
Arthur Burial and j. C. Barnhart,
Of Rock Island, and ii. embrecht, of
Davenport, timers. Lieut.. Ruthers
announced the results.
| One-mile Novice-C. c. Miller and
Edward Nickerson, of Davenport.
and c. o. Nelms and w. ii. Hyde. OF
Rock Island, started, HYDE winning
with time Of 4:25l. helms was sec
end and Nickerson third. The
prizes were: Bicycle shoes, sweater
and luggage carrier and mud guards
One-fourth Mile Open-E. Ramser,
NJ. A. Steele and Hyde, OF Rock
Island: A. G. Walker. of Moline. and
c. I. Boyschau. of Chicago, started.
Boy schau won in 81 seconds, with
Walker second and Steele third.
Prizes: Rocking chair, box 10-cent
cigars and sweater.
One-half Mile Open-Steele, Boys
chau. +. W. Brookman, Walter
Hynes, Z. o. Nelms, Hyde and Ram.
ser started, Boyschau winning in
1903. Steele and Hyde took second
and third places. Prizes: Silk UNI
brella. framed etching and bicycle
shoes.
One Mile Open-Steelc, Boyschau.
Brookman, Walker. Hyde and Ram
ser started. Boyschau won in 2:0SI
with Walker second and Hyde third.
Prizes: Sterling sweater. box
1O-cent cigars, 100 Jackson's best
cigars.
Two Mile municipalities were
~ entries, but Ramser. Hynes. Wal
ker. Steele and Boyschau were the
only starters, the latter being hand
icapped from 100 to $50 yards.
Boyschau won with time of 4:25I.
| Walker was second and HYDE third
Prizes: Diamond link cuff button.
mcerschaum pipe and box of cigars.
Boys 1-mile-W. Ebelins. of Rock
Island. and Eddie Nickerson and
Bert Mast, of Davenport, started,
Nickerson winning in 2:l945. Mast
came in second, and Ebeling third.
Prizes: Gold cuff buttons, sweater,
pearl handled knife and bicycle lock.
| One-mile County Championship
Steele. Nelms, Walker, Hyde and
Ramser were the starters. Ramser
finished in $50 with Walker second
and helms third. Prizes: Gold
medal, Stetson hat. and Spaulding
cyclometer.
Fiye-mile Handicap-Nelms, RAM
ser. Hynes. Steele, Walker, Hyde and
Boyschau started, the latter handi-
capped by from 225 to $50 yards
Hynes won with time OF 1859. Boy
schau was second and Hyde third.
Prizes: Gold medal, tailor made
pants, goth century lantern, etching
and frame. and box of tar soap.
The prizes will he distributed at
the Cycle clubs headquarters this
evening.
a pleasant feature of the event was
the fancy and trick riding of Adel-
bert Head between the races. He is
indeed very clever.
Accidents anil Fires.
Happily no, fatal accident &C.
Cured from the use of firearms yes
terday, although there were numer-
Gus mishaps and a number of fire
alarms.
| A 14-vear-old son of John Harring-
ton, of Sinnet's addition, will proba-
bly, lose the sight of both eyes, which
together with his face, were severely
burned Yesterday morning by the ex-
p'osion of Il toy cannon.
Frank Goettsche, Moline young
man. will lose the sight of one eye.
He got too close to a toy cannon,
which exploded and filled hts face
and eyes with powder.
Herman Nicholas little boy, resid-
ing at S22 Second avenue, was play
ing with a cannon in the morning,
when it exploded and scorched his
face. His injuries are slight.
Miss Mary Lee, of 739 Fourteenth
and-a-haif street. while attending a
picnic back of Davenport, fell from n
hammock in the afternoon and had
her back sprained. She was taken
home in buggy. and nothing seri-
Gus will follow.
Ernst Letter, OF 1924 Fourth street.
had his face burned by powder from
small cannon, which went off too
soon.
The Rock Island fire department
was called out five times Yesterday.
only one of the blazes requiring the
application OF water. In the morn
ing the awning of c. c. Taylor,s
store was caught from iirecracker;
some rubbish-in an alley near Twen-
ty-second street originated similar
ly, and about Z o'clock in the
evening fire was discovered in an
otfal barrel at George Mitchem's