Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13

While in Springfield on the exeur-
sion q. Adamson, Gust Friberg and
Erick Eden attended the Methodist
church Sunday morning. Gov. Yates
who was present, noticed their badges
and speaking to them, took them to
the mansion and showed them through
it.
The ladies' of Kate Collier camp
were the entertainers on delightful
moonlight excursion Tuesday evening.
The Barnard and barge in charge of
Capt. james Pearson, left Sixteenth
street about $3.50 for trip up
river. Hampton was reached and then
the return was made, the boat landing
here at midnight. There was mando-
lin and guitar music throughout the
evening and some of. those present
awaited themselves of the opportunity
to dance. Refreshments were served
o
Robert Allison, on a charge of
drunkenness, disorderly conduct and
yagrancy, was given Is days at his
hearing i'll police court yesterday
Allison was working the residents of
the east end with the cripple dodge
and he had a pretty little piece of
poetry to hand out, on the order of
"help the blind" His crippled arm is
supposed to be bogus. and as he adj
mitted that he had been drunk CON
tinuOusly, the sentence committing
him TO the care of Sheriff Heider was
passed.
Charles Wilson, arrested Monday
pending an investigation of his char
acter, was chased from town. Wilson
before his arrest had collected $14
from the implement and business men
of the city on the strength of a sub
scriptiOn paper which he was circulat-
ing. He carried a letter signed by DR..
\. II. Arp which set forth that he
was "A cripple and the papers asked fl
nancial aid that he might secure him
self an artificial arm.
\. j. Peterson met with serious
accident Tuesday noon while alight-
ing from an interurban car at Twen-
ty-fifth street and Fourth avenue.
Mr.. Peterson, who is a molder, had
been to East Moline in search of
work, and returning home he stepped
from the car at the point stated. just
ahead of him another man alighted
and Peterson stepped from the car at
just such time that he stumbled
against the man who was first off in
such manner that he was thrown to
the ground. Peterson's shoulder was
broken.
J. ID. Metzgar has rendered his res
.ignation as chairman of the executive
committee of the Moline Y. NJ. {. y.
to take effect at once. This step Mr..
Metzgar considers necessary owing to
the fact that it is his intention to be
absent from the city for the balance
of the summer. Mr.. Metzgar departs
for Banning, Cal. where for some
time his family have been located for
the benefit of Mrs. Metzgar's health.
Attorney w. \. Meese left yester-
day morning to participate in a de-
bate in the afternoon at the Dixon
Chautauqua session with Hon. Oliver
0. Stewart. of Chicago. Mr.. Meese
took the affirmative side of the ques-
ton, Resolved. That Il Prohibitory
law is not Il cure fer the evils of the
liquor traffic and not the best man
ner of curing the vice of intemper-
ance or promoting the cause of tenn
perance in this country" Mr.. Stewart
is the only prohibition member of the
state legislature.
The meeting of the Retail Mer-
IaI
Tuesday evening. The manuscript of
the rating book is finished. 1t gives
more than 10000 reports on about H.
600 persons. 1t is very complete and
will be an excellent guide TO the mer-
chants of the city in doing a credit
business.
The ice business of the Mississippi
Ice company has been merged into
that of the Twin-City company. pur-
chased from Christian j. Schleuter,
the proprietor of the Mississippi Ice
company. Mr.. Schleuter may go into
the meat business in East Moline.
Still another resignation has been
made in the faculty of the high
school, Secretary Entrikin having re-
ceived a letter enclosing the resigna-
ton of Miss Eva Curtis Stockly. who
has held the chair of mathematics and
grammar for the past two years. This
makes two places to fill i'm the faculty
and neither has been decided upon
the later having not been before the
board.
Thursday, Aug. 20, the Moline Regu-
| lars baseball team will cross bats
with the Oliver baseball team of
Woodstock, ILL.,, which team has a
good amateur record, having defeated
nearly all corners.