Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22
MOLINE
City is Enjoined.-Judge Humphrey,

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City is Enjoined.-Judge Humphrey,
in the supreme court at Peoria, grant
ed a temporary injunction to the Inter
national Text Book company in the
case instituted by that concern against
the city of Moline. City Attorney Shall
berg was appraised of the fact by letter,
in which it stated that the judge would
be in this city tomorrow and the matter
could be discussed with him. The in II
junction holds good until a final hear
ing can be had. when the legality OF
the city ordinance can be tested. 1t
will be remembered that this suit was
brought by the text book people to test 1
the bill-distributing ordinance of this
city Two men, Bert Bamberg and /
Robert T. Williams, employed by the
company in distributing pamphlets, II
we're arrested in Moline March II for
doing such without a license. The men i
were given d hearing and found guilty i
| by the city court, but they communica- I
| red with headquarters and word came
back that the case would be appealed.
| The case came up before Judge Hum i
phrey the fore part of last week and |
| the text book company held that it was !,
not violating the Understanding ordin- \
ance upon the grounds that it is engag- i
ed in interstate commerce. Ii is thought /,
that after the court found it had juris /
diction over the case it granted the in !
| junction as a matter of course. No /
date for the final hearing has been set. /
Endorse Johnson.-Dr. G. F. Johnson
was practically elected mayor of East
Moline by the action of the caucus of
the peoples party held Friday evening.
The head of the peoples ticket was left
blank. and DR.. Johnson, who last Tues
day was nominated for mayor al the
citizens caucus. was endorsed. His
election is now conceded. and interest
centers in the fight over aldermen and
the other city officers. The office of
lefty attorney was also left blank on
the peoples ticket. w. G.. Baker is the
citizens nominee for that office, and
/ this leaves him without organized oppO-
/ sitiOn. y. B. Johnson, his opponent in
the fight for the citizens nomination,
. will run Independently, it is understood
John l.. Greer clerk in Clendcnin's
; drug store, was nominated for city
= clerk to run against T. L. CavcTly. the
present village clerk. Z. d. Aldich was
nominated for the office of city treasur-
? er to run against Walter zimmerman.
: who is now president of the village
r Fred Hoesli, the present incumbent,
was nominated for police magistrate.
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5 Great Iconhonee Coming.-Word has
, been received from Topeka, Kan, from
| Nv \. S. Bird. great IcOnhOnee Of the
national organization of Red Men. 10
1.-THE effect that he would visit Moline
on the evening of May 6. prior to the
Estate convention which is to be in SEES
: Ision May and in Moline. On that
Ievening an entertained will be given
lat the Moline for the redskins, and the
highest officer in the national tribe
: will be here to make short talk
! Obituary Record.-A. G. BurEston
long time and respected citizen of Mo
, line died at , o'clock Saturday after
noon as the result of a stroke of apo
, IpleXy sustained Thursday morning
4 When Mr.. Burgston was rising from
bed he was stricken. and he had been
, unconscious almost TO the end. He
| had been failing in health for the last
few years, having retired from active
, employment. His family was at his
, bedside at the time of his death. mar
, ried daughter now living in Arizona
having prolonged a visit here in fear
that her father was nearing the end.
He was &c years of age. having been
! born in Sweden in 1S41 He was mar
:. lried in that country and came to the
] United States with his wife in 1863,
: settling in Moline. For % years he was
! employed at the Moline Wagon COM
= pany. being foreman of the wOOdshop
t there on his retirement a few years ago.
$ He is survived by his widow, one son,
r William of Moline, and three daugh-
t tiers, Mrs. o. T. Setterdahl of Arizona,
, Mrs. Y. Erickson of South Moline, and
t Mrs. Oscar RybeTg. at home
e Louis Peter Leaf. former MOlner
I died at the city hospital in this city
E Friday of cancer of the stomach. Mr..
Leaf resided on a farm three miles