Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-21
MOLINE MENTION

| The annual picnic of the First Bap- |
fist church and Sunday school is. ne
ing held ut Black Hawk Tower today. |
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At the meeting of Camp 3S, NJ. w. |
A., last evening, the committee 'hav-
ing in charge the picnic of last
| Thursday made glad the hearts of
the members by reporting that each
camp which had contributed to the
expense fund would be reimbursed
in full amount with 100 per cent. in
terest. The big affair had proven
great success and there was enough
of balance to warrant such sub
stantiaI remuneration to each camp
and refund to refreshment places
here so that the donation of each
would amount to S.. 1t was decid-
ed to send committee of two to
Galesburg Friday to meet officials of
the Burlington road and of the Full
ton County Woodmen Picnic associa-
ton in the effort to sift down the re-
sponsibility for the roads failure to
unload the eXcursionists here.
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In preparation of the school year
which begins Sept. l, the teachers
committee and the superintendent of
schools have issued the annual ros-
ter of teachers for the high and grad
ed school corps. 1t will be noticed
from the roster that the Miss
es Esther j. Palmquist and Edna
b. Reed have been appointed TO fill
the vacancies caused by the resigna-
ton Of Miss Estella Mccarthy and
other teachers. Miss Florence \.
Mccarthy has been appointed libra
rian for another year in the high
school, vice Miss Fannie Entril1in, re-
signed. Walter ID. Baker, who sue
ceeds Mr.. Drake as teacher of chem
istry and physics in the high school
arrived from Chicago this morning.
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| Florence. 5-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Otto johnson, of 112O
Fifth avenue, Tuesday jumped off
porch railing at her home and caught
her tongue between her teeth, biting
it so badly that several stitches were
necessary to close the cut.
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| Harry Fox, lineman, knows now
what it would feel like to be killed by
an electric current. At any rate he
has a quite approximate idea of the
sensations experienced by man in
the electric chair. About o'clock
| Tuesday afternoon Harry Fox, who
has been employ ed by the Peoples
Power company only a few days, was
put to work by = ON Burchell ON a
pole at Fourth street and Third ave-
nue., his duty being to transfer the
wires. Two other employees of the
company were at work upon the
same job. Suddenly Fox was seen to
draw himself up, his muscles becom-
ing contracted. There was Il faint
sizzle where the wires touched him,
and il was seen by his fellow-labOrers
that in his right hand he grasped
one wire while another wire touched
his left shoulder. As the current of
$500 volts passed through his body
the muscles were greatly contracted.
Quick action was necessary in order
| to save his life. One of the workmen
promptly ran to the power station
and ordered the current shut off
from the wires from which Fox was
hanging. The other workmen tied Il
rope around the body of the injured
man to prevent it from falling to the
ground when the current was switch
| ed off. Fox was unconscious at the
time. When the muscles again re-
Taxed, indicating the cessation of the
current, the body was lowered to the
ground by the rope and doctor
summoned. Then it was found Fox
was suffering from severe burns both
on his right hand and left shoulder,
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tThe fact that his shirt was wet with
perspiration and consequently dis
| tributed the current over a large
area probably accounts for his being
alive today, as the shock was more
than was necessary TO produce death.
The injured man was taken to the
city hospital.
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\ missing diamond belonging to
Mrs. August Paulsen and the circum-
stances attending its disappearance
and recovery yesterday unfolds a
story which has the modern melo-
drama clearly in the shade except
for the romance. The story develop
ed i'm the police court late yesterday
afternoon when Frank EARL, the ball
player. was charged with the theft
of the ring. EARL was easily cleared
and it later developed that George
Bell, who had testified against EARL,
for whom he professed friendship,
was the real thief and was also guilty
of perjury in his evidence against
the accused. Bell was connected
with the carnival company which
showed here last week, and during
that time he had been rooming at
the Paulsen home. He had made
the acquaintance of Frank EARL and