Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-09
MOLINE

! Pastor Rssigns.-At the meeting of
the church board of the Swedish Free
Evangelical church last evening, Rev.
A. F. Nelson presented his resigna-
ton to take effect June 1, when his
term expires. 1t is Mr.. Nelson's IN
tention to go into the evangelistic
work again, which he followed for
years before he located in Moline five
years ago. He came to Moline Oct
1, 1908. and through his efforts the
church has enjoyed much prosperity
Net Car Robber.-Fred Kendall of
Carbon Cliff, who was arrested Sat
urday afternoon in Moline suspected
OF holding up C. w. Jones, AN inter-
urban conductor, the night of January
in Silvis, was given his freedom
after trial before Justice Mapes yes
terday afternoon. Kendall was sue
lcessful in proving an alibi. He had
nine witnesses in court who swore
where he was at the exact hour the
robbery was committed. Not one q
them could say where he was the
night before or the night after the
robbery. The night of the re bbery
they were positive as to where he was.
Patents Coal Chute.-An automatic
coal chute, the invention of Moline
man and manufactured by a Moline
concern, is being given test by the
Frisco system at tort Smith. Ark.
with view to adoption over the
entire system. The Fort Smith chute
Is the first one of this kind ever built
and the heads of all the large railway
systems are interested in its success.
Inc chute was built by Williams.
| white & Co., and the patentee is G.
w. Freeland of this city, the well
known contractor, who superintendent
its construction It's capacity is 300
tons and it will coal four engines at
the same time. its cost is $4,000.
| Nearly Caught BurgIar.-The home
of K. l. Willis, 2129 Seventh avenue.
was burglarized Saturday evening be-
tween and s o'clock. Mr.. Willis
came very near nabbing the bur-
glar, but he slipped on a small rug in
the hall near the front door, giving
Mr.. Burglar the opportunity to escape.
The loot taken away was gold brace
let worth probably dozen dollars, the
property of a nice OF Mr.. Willis. Had
the burglar had little more time he
might have gotten more.
| Testing Waterworks.-A test of the
motor and automatic starter at the
East Moline waterworks was made
yesterday afternoon The work of in
stalling was completed yesterday
morning by the Electric Construction
| company of Moline The United Light
and Power company will furnish power
for the test. Should the machinery
prove satisfactory, everything at the
pumping station, with the exception
of the large cog wheel on the pump
which connects the motor, will be COM
pleted.
oeikers Gets Place.. c. Oelkers
of Davenport, treasurer of the Fam
lily theater company, has assumed the
managership of the theater in Moline
that is under the companys control.
Since the retirement of Harry Beneke,
the house has practically been with
out manager, different officers of
the company alternating in attending
to its business. 1t was practically set
tied last week to place Joe Quinn man.
ager of the Family theater in Rock
Island, in charge of the local house
The Rock Island patrons raised such
a storm of protests against the move
of this kind that the plan was aband-
oned. Then the officers of the COM
pany decided that Mr.. Oelkers was
the right man for the place.
Turner's Boost PIaygrounds.-Turn.
lers from Muscatine, Davenport and
lClinton met with the local Turner's at
Turner hall in this city Sunday morn.
ing, afternoon and evening. Rock Is
land is also member of this circle
of Turner's, but they did not take part
in the meeting. The morning from 10
o'clock until noon was devoted to ex.
ercises, drills and work on the horizon
J tai bars while the afternoon WAS given
over to business and sociability. Al
the business meeting in the afternoon
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