Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03
MOLINE MENTION.


Injured BY Girder. George w.
Foster of this city, a freight conductor
for the Rock Island, running out of
Silvis, was seriously injured by a fall
two miles west of Tiffen, Johnson
| county, Iowa The huge girder was
being loaded onto fiat cars and when
raised a distance of nearly 20 feet one
of the hooks that held it Strengthened,
| letting the iron fall 1t struck Mr..
Fosters left foot, badly crushing it.
The force of the girder falling Knocked
him from the car to the ground badly
bruising the left shoulder and sprain-
ing the left wrist. He was taken to
| Iowa City. where his injuries were
dressed and in the afternoon brought
to Moline and taken to his home, 419
| Twenty-second street. Ii will be recess
/ sary to amputate the big toe. j. E.
| Hopping Of Valley Junction and Law
renee Newell of Des Moines, section
men. were also injured but not seri-
ousiv The men were working with
a + ock Island bridge gang and Orders
were being loaded. upon Fosters train
q be transported to another place. He
was standing ON a car watching the
proceedings when the accident oc-
Cured. The steel girder was so feet
Icing and weighed $4,000 pounds and
had it struck him squarely he would
nave hcen' crushed TO death.
Debate on Justices Term.-Accord-
| In To ho nf it,H h. 0o a
the debate at the high school Thursday
evening by teams in the Euepia Debat-
ing society. the supreme justice should
be appointed for life and not elected
once every four years On the winning
side in the debate were Fred Dewend,
Dave Freeman and Alec Hart. and the
negative was upheld by Charles McKin-
ley, David PalmQuist and Harlan Pier
son. In the business session il was
decided to have trial by jury at the
next meeting to adhere as closely as
possible to regular court procedure
Peoples Party Ticket. - Following
is the ticket nominated by the peoples
party convention: For police magis-
trate, Frank Gustafson; for treasurer,
F. E. Samuels: for collector, Edgar
Owens; for supervisors S. A Bartlett,
l.. Sonneville, George Reeves; for al
dermen: First ward, Henry Hansen;
ISecond ward. Ed Nelson; Third ward,
Joe Donald; Fourth ward. Ed Brown;
Fifth ward, Emil Johnson; Sixth ward,
Eli De Reu; Seventh ward, AL Douglas.
Il Republicans Voting. The republi-
can primary election is being held to-
day from II to 7 p. M, the following
ticket being voted on: For aldermen:
First ward, A. p Lundquist; Second
ward. Axel Sorting; Third ward, Frank
HI. Guessing; Fourth ward, E. H.
Sleight, S. S. Crompton, H. H. Haley;
Fifth ward, Henry J. Gripp, E A. Ed
len; Sixth ward, A. c. Stouffer; Sew
enth ward, Walker B. Kent; Police
magistrate. Harvey Williams; Super
visors, c. e. Shallberg, c. v. Swanson,
c. w. Heck, George Lovejoy.
/ Men Fine Hosts. Three hundred
people were served at the married
mems supper at the Unitarian church
Thursday evening. This supper is an
| annual affair, but for the last six years
the men have been in retirement and
| have allowed the ladies to do the serv-
ing. At this last supper however, the
men. attired in white aprons and white
serving jackets, proved themselves
most hospitable hosts
The best safeguard against head
ache. constipation and liver troubles is
DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Keep a
vial of these famous little pills in the
house and talxn q dose at hadfimo uharn