Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-22
MOLINE

Walking to Michigan.-Two Moline .
young men are spending these fine
June days in long walk, extending
from here to Jackson, Mimi,
distance of 800 miles. The boys are
David Hamler, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hamler, and Albert Erickson
of the east end, and they are taking
this plan for an outing.
Active on Fight CircIes-In the
fourth round of what was to have been |
a six round boxing match Thursday |
night George Diapers seconds threw /,
the towel into the ring, and Stuart |
Kent was declared the winner by Ref |
cree Ben Weber The exhibition
took place at Central park hall before
a large crowd under the auspices of
/ the Ling boys club. The Moline Ath-
letic club is making arrangements tOI
, hold boxing exhibition on the after
noon of July at the Wagner opera
house. Articles are being drawn up
, for Harry Trenell of st. Louis and
John Reagan of Brooklyn to box 10
rounds. The men are to weigh in the
afternoon of the go at 122 pounds.
/ Young Mahoney of this city has ac-
cepted the challenge issued by Kid
Arnold of Rock Island and will weigh
in at 124 pounds at 3 o'clock. Other
good preliminaries will be put on.
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Back to Free Lunch.-Free lunch in
local saloons will soon be doing bust
ness at the old stand it is predicted.
as a result of the break in the plan to
bind all the saloon men under forfeit
to cut out this concession to their
trade. One saloon on Third avenue
between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets has already announced it will
continue TO serve lunch as in the past
and that 81 600 license or no, the Gus
toners will get what they have been
accustomed TO.
Riggs-Berglund-M Miss Esther Berg
lund was married Thursday afternoon
at 4:S0 O'Clock TO Warren J. Riggs. the
wedding taking place at the home Of
the brides brother. Fred Berglund. III
Fourteenth street. Rev. B. F. Martin
of the First Baptist church performel
the ceremony.
Suicide Lived Here.-Miss Cora
Miller, who was found dead in the
arms of her lover, George Bullock
Wednesday on the shores of Triangle
lake. near Bellevile, ILL.,. as stated in
The Argus press dispatches. formerly
resided in this city. She was born in
Hampton and her mother. Mrs. Lena
Miller resides on a farm there. She
also has a sister, Mrs. Martin Kill
guard, residing on Campbells island.
The Miller girl resided here for a
year or more and was employed at the
Wainwright boarding house in the
east part of the city When the board
ing house discontinued business she
| returned to her home. and last March
went to Bellevillc to- keep house fo1
her brother, Henry Miller. While there
she met George Bullock. a former sol
der, and although he was 50 years old
| and married, and she but Is they fell
; i'll love with each other. Her brother
bitterly opposed her association with
: Bullock, but they were known to meet
1 near this lake. Finding that they
$ could not wed each other they entered
i into death compact which was car
ried out. Both were shot through the
4 foreheads. Miss Miller left the follow
ing note I'VE will die together | will
Y shoot myself and then George vii
a shoot himself | want to be burie.
with him.
I. Runaway on Sidewalk.-Martin Pet
ersOn of South Moline. and A. John
son. 1905 Fourth street, figured in al
: exciting runaway yesterday on Fiji
? teenth street. The horse getting ava,
from the men whirIed around the coz
: ner at Fourth avenue onto the side
walk in front of Mullane's. 1t con
tinued up the walk, several pedeS
trains narrowly escaped being run
down. At the alley by Fisk G Loos
ley's, the buggy lodged against a tele
e phone post. the horse Continuin.
N min1Is the harnocc