Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-05

knights of Standish." The selection
dent, Ii. j.. Zeuch vice president. Al
fred Parsons secretary, and NJ. T.
Brown treasurer.
Leave us Fourth street, Main street.
Rock Island street. Fourteenth
street, High street and Kirkwood
boulevard, was the request which the
city council has decided to make of
the interurban street railway COM
panies that want TO come into Dav-
export. The aldermen and city of
ficials met in conference TO decide
on what streets il was desired to re-
serve from street car traffic. 1T
didn't take very long to dispose of
the question. 1t was reported that
protests were in circulation against
the use of numerous streets on which
one or the other of the proposed com
panies had asked the right To lay
tracks. and the mayor and aldermen
had some views on the matter of
their own. One was that it would
be unwise and against public policy
to give up the only east and west
driving street below the bluff to the
street car companies. or the only cen
trail north and south thoroughfare
that does not carry tracks at present,
so Fourth and Main streets were re-
served. Then. as the city is spending
$4,000 this year to widen Rock Is
land street. with large expenditure
still in sight for grading, it was de
cided that it would be Il matter of
extravaganza to give that street
away. Kirllwood boulevard was out
of the question, Il strong protest had
been heard from Fourteenth street.
and the long reach of High street out
toward Oakdale cemetery was decid-
ed to be too narrow to be cut in two.
One of the Iowa Telephone com
pany's helpers who has been working
as assistant to the electricians wir-
ing the large office buildings for the
new telephone system. came to grief
yesterday forenoon in the elevator
shaft in the NIcManus block. The
man was working on the fifth story
at the time. standing on Il step lad
der shaft with his head leaning over
the high iron railing. He did not
know that the elevator cage was
above him. and the elevator boy did
not know there was danger for any
one below. The cage descended and
the workman became aware of its
presence just as it was about TO
strike his head. driving his face upon
the sharp picket points of the high
steel Fail over which he was leaning.
One of these picket points pierced his
lower lip through to the teeth. but
with remarkable effort the man freed
himself. But Il second more and
horrible death would have been his.
The man was taken into the office of
DIR. McCandless. dentist. and after
surgical aid had been called and the
wound sewed up. he was able to walk
away from the building. 1t was un-
doubtedly the nearest approach to
death he will ever have until his time
actually comes. s-.
ID. Il. Maltby. the Clinton young
man indicted by the grand jury on Il
charge of murder in the first degree
was allowed to plead guilty yester-
day afternoon to the crime of man.
slaughter. me uaN Tor the passing
of sentence on him was postponed
until the latter part of next week at
the request of Judge W. j. Mccoy.
the prisoners attorney. Maltby. il
will be recalled, Killed James Me
Closlley in Il fight last fall.
Rev. Dwight w. Wylie, pastor of
the Second Presbyterian church of
this city, has notified the trustees of
the First Presbyterian church of Iowa
City that he accepts the call to that
According to the Preshy-
terrain usage it is necessary for the
presbytery to take action on the call
and to dissolve the relations between
Rev. Wylie and the Second Presby-
terrain church of this city. 1t is UNI
derstood that the young Davenport
minister will be ready to take up his
work in Iowa City next month.