Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-25
AGED LADY DEAD
Mrs. Emma Mcdonald, Who
Comes to County az
Years Ago.
SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA
Funerals of William Jahns and James
! -. o. Moses Are Held
Today.

Mrs Emma Mcdonald. pioneer set
tier of Moline. died this morning al
9 O'Clock at her home. 1915 Tenth ave
nue., that city, of pneumonia. Born in
Nov. 90, 1922, she came with her hus-
band to Moline IS years ago. Her
husband died in 1871 There are left
surviving. six children: Mrs. Claus
Anderson. Mrs. Dan Fisher. Mrs. Vii
tlian1 Coates and Mrs. Dan Clark. of
Moline; John Mcdonald. of Davenport.
and Mrs. \. r. Smith, of Dallas Center,
Iowa. Hon. William jackson, of this
city. is brother of deceased. The
funeral has been set for Friday.
Funeral of ). O. Moses.
The funeral of James 0. Moses was
held this morning at 10 O'Clock from
the First Baptist church. the services
being conducted by the pastor, Rev.
II. w. Reed. Interment was made at
Chippiannock. A number of intimate
friends of the unfortunate victim OF
the collision at Beardstown were in
the city to attend the funeral. and be-
sides his immediate family, W. E.
Moses OF Denar. and Mrs. Eliza Moses,
and Mrs. Patterson, OF Monmouth,
were present. \ large gathering of
friends attended the impressive ser
vices at the church. and a long cor
tege escorted the remains TO the GENE
terry.
The Rushvilie Daily Citizen prints
the following from its Beardstown
correspondent on the accident i'll
which Mr. Moses was killed: Mr.
Moses was a conductor in the extra
list and had just come in on No. ~
a through freight. When the train
arrived in Beardstown at EOS a. m,
IL was late and had but 10 minutes 10
clear the main track for a passenger
train. On The long train was a green
brakeman who was on the head end
Mr. Moses was standing on top of
box car and gave the new man a slow
back-up signal The new brakeman
misunderstood the signal and the cars
came together with such force that
six cars were derailed. Mr.. Moses
was hurled from the car and was bur
led beneath one OF the heavy loaded
freight cars, where he met instant
death Mr.. Moses was well known and
favorite among all trainmen, hence
his nickname. Happy He leaves
wife and four or five children"
william jain. at Rest.
The funeral of William Jahns was
held this afternoon at = O'Clock from
the home. ST. Twenty-second street.
The services were conducted by Rev.
W. s. Marquis. pastor of Broadway
Presbyterian church. The services
were attended by Company a. of which
Mr.. Jahns was the acting first ser
geant at the time of his death.
quartet composed of Mrs. J. X. Scott,
Mrs. Paul Hamilton. Robert Hoffman
and John Stewart. rendered two
hymns. The following members of
Compan \ served as pallbearers:
Jesse Scott. James Stewart. William
Duckworth. Robert Hoffman, Herman
Ehrhorn and Frank Tindall. AT Chip
piannock. where burial was made. the
members of the company fired the mix
itary salute over the grave. The ser
vices at the grave were brief. a short
prayer and n few remarks by Rev.
Marquis being followed by selection
by the quartet.
Miss CIars I'Iummcr Dead.
The death of Miss Clara Plummer.
long a resident of this city. occurred
this afternoon at Mercy hospital, in
Davenport. Miss Plummer was in her
51th year.
Al ATul CT1H n1llR