Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-18
MOLINE: MENTION

Frank Whittier. of 1891 Seventh
avenue. may believe himself 10 be
victim of the hoodoo IS" that ill
omened number occurring twice in
his house number, as may be seen. At
any rate. Mr.. Whittier, who formerly
was employed as a driver for the d.
NJ. Sechler Carriage company, is now
out of a job and being unable 10 lind
work grew respondent, his despond-
ency yesterday resulting in an at
tempt TO commit suicide by swallow
ing carbolic acid. Mr.. Whittier walk
ed into the room where his wife and
a number of neighbOrs were seated,
drew a phial from his pocket and. re-
marking We'll. l might as we'll die
now as any time" tried to swallow
the contents of the bottle. In the
scramble that ensued the bottle was
wrested from him, but its contents
were spilled upon several people who
received bad burns from the acid.
Charles Erickson, who resides near
Mineral Springs. met with a very
painful accident yesterday. He was
Telling trees near his home, when in
some way he caught his foot and a
tree fell on him. breaking the member
in three places and crushing it very
badly near the ankle. The ambulance
was summoned and the unfortunate
man taken to the city hospital. DR..
West was called, and with the assist
ance of DR.. Wyland amputated the leg
below the knee.
All the male voters assembled at
the church Thursday evening TO make
their selection of a pastor to succeed
Rev. c. A. Hemborg. DR.. l.. A. John
son, OF st. Paul, was named and the
vote was unanimous in favor of eX-
tending a call to him. DR.. Johnson is
we'll known to the members of the
church, they having had the pleasure
of hearing him speak at the AuguStana
graduation exercises this spring. He
is considered to be one of the ablest
ministers in the United States who
breaches the Swedish Lutheran doc
trine. He speaks the Swedish. and Eng
fish languages very fluently and this
is one of the many reasons why the
congregation in this city wants him TO
come here. DR.. Johnson has been
pastor of the Lutheran church in St.
Paul for 10 years, and if he accepts
the local church will feel highly graf
flied.
Moline paid homage to a king and
queen Thursday afternoon and last
evening. But rather than suppEance
TO royalty. the gala event on the
Stephens lawn was a tribute to the
beauty of childhood. Incidentally it
was to raise money for the Union
mission and the results of the two
days entertainment show a goodly
sum Melted to this worthy institution.
Tri-City Florist club met with Viii
| liam Knees Thursday and decided to
hold a picnic for members and famil-
| les in July, probably at Campbell's isl
and. T. Ewoldt of Davenport furnish
| cd a strawberry treat from his beds.
J. T. Temple of Davenport brought
over a basket of many varieties of
! peonies and they were examined
closely for the florists believe that
this is one of the coming flowers of
| the day.
A lad from LaSalle and two COM
panions from Streator, the eldest not
more than II years of age, drifted into
| Moline yesterday. The three have left
| their homes and are having a bum -
The LaSalle youngster entered the
home of a Thirty-fourth street resi-
dent opposite Natick Y. NJ. c. A. and
finding only two little children at
home. cut for himself and his two
pals" a feast of bread and ham. He
left a pair of scissors. evidently in
payment. The housewife returned
from a neighbor's a few moments
later, and on being told what the boys
had done, telephoned to the police.