Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-26
MOLINE MENTION

NOAkNE MEN i ION
Rev. P. Vincentius has arrived from
Sweden to take up his pastoral duties
with the Mission Tabernacle congre-
CATION. He comes to succeed Rev. j.
NJ. Eggan, and the members of the
church held a reception for him at the
church Saturday evening. Pastor Vim
centius delivered his first sermon to
his new charge yesterday.
Moline factories do not propose to
be caught in a fire trap and announced
their intention of having built ten
inch water main along the tail-race
extending from Fifteenth street west
to the Velie Carriage works, to insure
an adequate protection. Since the Dim
ock. Gould & Co. fire they have been
working on some plan and have de-
cided upon one. The Moline Heating
& Construction company will con-
Struct a ten-inch water main which is
TO cost in the neighborhood of $4,000.
1t will be built along the south side of
the tracks on the fill of of the tail
race. Each factory will be provided
with a separate main and that will be
connected with the pumps. Another
feature will be the fact that the big
main will be provided with valves and
gates and at either end connections
will be made so that in case the city
may need more water to fight a large
fire the factory pumps can be set in
operation so that the pumping capacity
can be increased. The factories in
terested in this improvement are the
Moline Pillow company. Deere & Co,
Moline Wagon company, Williams,
White & Co, Wilson Buggy company.
Mutual Wheel works. Deere & Man
sur company, d. NJ. Sechler Carriage
company Velie Carriage company, and
the Peoples Power company.
Rev. c. A. Hemborg. of the First
Swedish Lutheran church, will bid his
congregation farewell after his ser
mon Sunday morning, Oct. 2. and will
depart in a few days from that time
will depart for his new church in
Stromsburg, Neb.
twenty-five of the young men Of the
west end of town met in their club
room, 312 Fourth avenue, Friday night
and discussed the projec- of a foot
ball team. Aid. John Day was present
and he is anxious for the boys to get
out on the gridiron. The boys are very
enthusiastic and think Lhey have some
very good material for ii football team.
The prospects are that i'll the near fu-
oil INn lot
ed and team organized. They have
enough money in the treasury 10 par
chase the necessary paraphernalia to
equip a football team and theE feel
that a team in the west end could DO
Supported.
At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Moline C1autlIqud asSOci-
alton it was derI led &c have the tEau-
tauqua next year between Jul! i and
"a. An entire new program IS being
arranged for an The ASSOCIATION will
take particular pains in not having
any one on the program who has
heretofore been heard in this city dur
| ing the two preceding sessions of the
chautauqua. Among the attractions
will be a band that will give a concert
twice day. Moving pictures of Uncle
Toms Cabin, the Great Train Robbery,
Life of Christ, mot the Passion play,
Hiawatha and many others. There will
be illustrated lectures. the boy choir,
fine magician, poets. The program will
in all cost upwards of $4,000. and every
number will be new. Richard S. Han
ey will have charge of the platform.
Albert Freeman's grocery, 1902 Fifth
avenue, was broken into Saturday and
| $1.61 in pennies was taken. At .
O'Clock neighbors in the vicinity look
ed out and saw a young man standing
in front of it. Suddenly he kicked out
the window in the door and then ran
| behind a fence to see if anyone had
heard the noise. No alarm was given
and then he crawled through the hole
and he soon emerged with q bundle
and departed. The person who saw
| him enter the store made no effort to
call the police but ran to the home
of Mr. Freeman and notified him. MI.
Freeman has not discovered anything
missing but the pennies.
Stanley Skinner and a party of
| friends who went to Geneseo Friday
met with an accident at Hereen hill,
on their way home. When near the
top of the incline the owner lost con-
troll of the machine and it ran back
ward to the bottom bringing up in the
ditch with sufficient damages to ne
cessitate the party stopping and spend
| ing the night at a farm house getting
the necessary repairs the next day.
Proposal for Bids.
The Rock Island Baseball associa-