Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-27

Anklf Is Broken.-Mike PappaS of
East Moline was seriously injured a..
Ninth street in the suburb yesterday
afternoon as a result of the falling Of
560-pound rail. Pappas was taken
to the Silvis shops and from there the
emergency train carried HON to Mo-
line.
Fire in Cars.-Fire yesterday practi.
cally consumed three cars occupied by
Greek laborers for the Rock Island
road and threatened to destroy IL
others, string set on siding tracks
north of the Silvis shops and used by
the Greeks for living quarters. The
fire department from the Silvis shops
responded to an alarm and laid two
/ lines of hose from the water tank 10
the cars, distance of 200 feet. Eff
ficient service was rendered and
though the car in which the fire start
ed and those on either side of it were
cars was prevented. After half an
! hour of work the fire was under con-
! troll.
| Holding an Election.-Today the
special election ordered by the school
board is taking place, the polls being
located in the Art gallery on Sixteenth
street. The proposition submitted 10
the voters is the proposed annexation
of all of the school districts known
as No. 3S to district No 40, which
is the city school district.
/ Damaged by Fire.-The building 1T
1906 Fifth avenue, owned by J. T
Browning and in which a meat market
is conducted by John Junge. was Wis
tied by fire yesterday for the second
time within a few months. The dam
age to the building was not very
heavy.
Resignation Not Accepted.-The
congregation of the Unitarian church
met Thursday evening TO consider the
resignation of Rev. Floyd Hardin. Nc
definite action was taken and the res
ignation was not accepted and will not
be until Rev Mr.. Hardin who is j.
Chicago. has been communicated with
by officials of the church.
Obituary Record-Harmon H Wood
worth, born and reared in Moline. died
Thursday at his home in haywood
Ill.,. of infiammatory rheumatism The
remains arrived in this city at 1:3f
p. m. yesterday over the Rock Island
and were met at the station By
Spanish-American war veterans o.
Moline and Rock Island, who acted IL
an escort and pallbearers. The body
was taken to Riverside and laid to res
Iby the side of Mr Woodworth's
mother Harmon Woodwork was fam
iliarly known to his friends in Moline
as "Hernie" Woodwork. He wa:
born July IA, 1876. His early life wa!
spent here where he attended the pub
lie schools. He also attended higi
school but did not complete his course
When the Spanish-American wa
broke out Mr.. Woodwork enlisted am
served as clerk in the paymaster'S de
partment. He was on the United
States flagship Lancaster and servet
four months. After his return fror
, the front his parents moved to Chi
cago. where they resided short time
, They returned to Moline, where Mrs
Woodwork died. Harmon Woodwork
married the daughter of the Sunda,
editor of the Chicago Record Herald
with which publication Mr.. Woodwork
was connected as reporter for three
or four years. At the time of hi
death Mr. Woodwork was employs
as advertising manager for the Auto
matte Electric company of Chicago
He is survived by his widow and {
son, Harmon, also by his father, Har
!. mon Woodwork, and sister in Cali