Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-12
MOLINE
SaIoonkeepers Fined Two of Mo

Saloonkeepers Fined Two of Mo-
| lines saloonkeepers were mulcted SIS |
and costs apiece yesterday by Police |
Magistrate Frank Gustafson for the |
| violation of the Sunday closing ordin |
ance They are: William Johnson, pro |
lprietor of the Haymarket saloon on
Market square, and Jack Stewart, pro-
prietOr of the saloon on Twenty-third |
street and Third avenue.
| Death from Alcoholism. - After a
night spent amid the disgusting fila
of his own barber shop, where he lay
Ion the floor partially dressed, without
covering and with only coat for Il
lpillOw, Reuben Lewis died yesterday of
heart failure caused by the excessive
use of intoxicating liquors. His shop
was on First avenue and Ninth street,
in East Moline, adjoining Fred Schlue
ter's butcher shop. Lewis had been i'll
for two years, the greater part of which
had been spent in East Moline, and
lmost of his trouble can be traced di-
lrectly to his craving for drink. 1t is
said that he had eaten nothing since
Hast Tuesday. and that when barber
in his employ Charles F. Farran, went
TO the shop at 10 o'clock Sunday night,
Lewis begged for drink. Farran says
he refused to give him anything and
Iasked Lewis if ne would not eat some
thing The man said he would like
lsome raw oysters. Farran was unable
to secure them, so bought some soft
boiled eggs and a cup of coffee. These
lwere scarcely touched by Lewis. Far
ran built up a fire and kept the place
warm during the night, which he spent
in sitting up with Lewis. According
10 the story which he told before a
Jury which Coroner Eckhart summoned
yesterday forenoon, he left the shop
; about I o'clock in the morning, and
when he returned a few minutes later
, Lewis was sitting on coal bucket.
When he asked Lewis how he was feel
ing, Lewis gave a grOan and pitched
t forward. Dr. George F. Johnson was
. summoned, and he responded to the
. call. He examined the man and found
t him dead. The cause, he affirmed, was
the excessive use of liquor, and this
: finding the jury used in its verdict
Reuben Lewis was born in Coal Valley
IS years ago, and had resided all his
life, with the exception of a short time
lspent in Gable, in Rock Island county
!. He was divorced from his wife.
Thirteen Fever Cases in Week.-The
q report of Health Commissioner R. c. ]
Meyer for the last week indicates q
still further falling off in the amount
of scarlet fever in the city, new cases
reported during that time being only
/ Is. DR.. Meyer says that everything
= is progressing favOrably. and that {
continued decrease may be expected
! Other new cases of contagiOn in the
l. city are four of diphtheria and one OF
measles.
Quarters for Strike Breakers. -
: Deere & Mansur company has made
arrangements to accommodate a large
force of strike breakers who wer,
brought here to take the place of tht
y strikers. Carpenters were employed il
. making temporary quarters for the i'm
ported men, it being the intention o
the company to keep them free from
9 interference just as is being done a
the Root e Vandervoort foundry il
East Moline. The Deere & Mansu
company has been badly handicapped
as practically its entire force of mold
'e erS went out.
Il Obituary Record. - Sophia. wife @
y. Max Bucholtz, died at the city hospita
v at p. M Saturday, following an opel
lie alton for the removal of gallstoneS
to She was AS years of age. born in Ho
70 stein, Germany, and a resident of thi
80 city since 1874
lie Aida J. DeCock, II years of age
a