Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-07
MOLINE MENTION

The annual picnic of the Iron Mold
ers' union was held yesterday at Con-
cordia park and Il large crowd was in
attendance. At $3.50 the union formed
in front of Industrial Home hall and
marched around to Fifteenth street
up to the park. The long line of men
was headed by the Light Guard Ma
rine band with 20 pieces, with Bert
Malcolm as marshal of the day. The
carriage with the speakers of the day
followed directly after the band.
There were $50 men in line.
Charles Hedin, the well-known Sew
enth ward politician living at 1922
Fifth avenue, while in conversation
with some friends Saturday evening.
put his hand against a telegraph pole.
The index finger came in contact with
a live wire, and; burned off the flesh
Of the finger to the bone. Some line
man had been working on the wire
and in leaving his work had carelessly
let the wire hang down where it could
be reached.
Henry Ahren, of 1410 Seventeenth
avenue, in jumping from an Elm
street car Sunday evening at Seven
teenth avenue and Tenth street, fell
in such manner that his face struck
the ground first. He suffered a com
pound fracture of the nose. His face
was also badly cut, and seven stitches
had TO be taken on each side of the
nose to close up one of the wounds.
He was taken to the hospital, where
he is resting easily.
\ tablespoonful of gasoline left in
cup by Mrs. Harry McWilliams, of
Gig Forty-siXth street, was found by
her 17-months-old daughter Gladys,
who picked up the cup and drank the
contents. Mrs. McWiliams had been
using the gasoline in cleaning her
purse. The child went into convul-
sions. y hasty call for DIR. \. r. Beal
was made and after the successful
using of emetics the child recovered,
but il was very close call.
s. Leon, who has seen s. years.
and who lives at Observation-Disclosures
street and Eighteenth-and-a-ha ave
nue., while on his way to bed Sunday
cellar doorway and he fell headlong
down the steps. The top of his head
struck sharp object. laying bare the
scalp. An ugly wound five inches in
length on the top of his head had to
be sewed up. He came very near be
ing Scalped- DIR. Kerns, who sewed up
the wound. says that the old gentle
man stood the ordeal with a bravery
that is seldom found in much younger
men.
Jim Connolly. charged with the
theft of a pocletbook containing SIS.
was tried before Justice Kerns yes
terday afternoon. Assistant States
Attorney Olmsted appearing for the
state and w. \. MeeSe for the defend
ant Connolly was in Bogart's sa-
loon on Railroad avenue the morning
of the Fourth, and it was there that
the pocketbooI was taken from a Gus
toner. Constable Herman Milde at
tempted the arrest and was resisted.
Miltle now nurses a black eye and
Connolly is charged with resisting an
officer.
The alarm from box 73 at 1870
o'clock yesterday morning called the
department to a discarded box car in
the yards this side of Natick. The
car was one which had been taken
off the trucks and used at one time
as an oil house. consequently it burn
ed fiercely. The blaze did not extend
to other cars and the loss is small.
\ secret which it was intended
should be kept for some time leaked
out yesterday, and pretty little ro-
nance is spoiled. As a result it is
now known that Miss Fay Lovejoy is
Mrs. Alfred Olson. and Miss Vida
Weaver is Mrs. William Wager. 1t
all happened at Clinton on the Fourth
The four young people took the ex-
curSion steamer Winona thither and
secured their licenses at the court
house, and were then married by a
minister, whose name seems to be of
no importance. as they have already
forgotten il. Miss Lovejoy is the II
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
George \. Loveioy, of 1916 Fifth ave
nue.. and her husband is employed as
tailor for August Schultz. Miss Love
| JOYS parents had no objection to the
match, but thought they should wait
on account of the brides tender age.
Miss Vida Weaver is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Weaver, of
| Third avenue and Twenty-fifth street,
, and William Wager is an employe of
the Mueller Lumber company.
No Pity Shown.
"'For years fate was after me con-
ltinuously," writes F. a. Gulledge, Yer