Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-03
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Wiley In Charge
Frank Wiley, who wa pay "p
pointed steward of t|.s pO e,,
farm to 81 cceed JohTfA' wv"
charge of L is duties When
asked If b intended Tfgn IRON
the city co neil. Mr.. '-tateo Ina
MS furnitu 2 was still Moiine
and East oline was ne. 1t IL
believed, b viewer, th,1n,tAey uoes
not intend % remain fforncil' as
the matte, brought EfY A-oeriiaii
McDowall at the euns mas
since been settled ~ dove OF
peace seen . to be - over tne
entire council since furf OF Dr'
Johnson, the mayo WiNey III
tends to seci1re the ) of thea pest
assistant steward a that he ean
find. n!
VIII Be Laid Vi h.-Edward
Johnson. a worknsa oyed by the
Lewis Roofing conpa ad an almost
miraculous escape frobfatn While at
work at the cornpany pant John-
son was engaged In Iang up a new
smokestack and was ectlhg der
rick composed OF teFaph poles to
raise the stack IN >hDlng 10 the
top Of the derrick ttCtach a tackle
and pulley. Jobnson Il his hold and
fell a distance OF 4fset INTO a pile
of pipes. Fellow wfnnen rushed TO
his side expectirp tohd him crushed
to death, but were Tprlsed TO ind
him conscious. He ii; picked up and
carried into the cor,any's Office and
a doctor was callej Upon examina-
ton he found thaf hnson was suffer
ing from a sevare dslocation of his
right foot. a broke llkle and bruises.
The injured man rs placed in the
police ambuIanee nd taken to his
nome at Thirtieth street and Eigh-
eenth avenue, Roc Island. The doc
or stated that be would probably be
aid up for month by his injuries.
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Spree Ends; seEoestruction.-John
\. Gearhart. bhcEsrith employed by
Deere & Co, omitted suicide Sat
Irday by hangit 6 himself in a barn at
is home on Fhlrth avenue and Forty
econd street. i His lifeless body was
iscovered by lis son Eugene early in
lie afternoon. Gearhart had been dead
everal hours. No motive for killing
lmself is known, but it is understood
lat he had been drinking to excess
II several days During this time he
Id not been working. He came home
te Friday night and retired. Mem
RS OF his family heard him arise
.rly In the morning and leave his
me, and it was supposed that he
me to town. His absence caused no
an arm. sno went to the barn
, y ! w si,eI = |als g.Unlocking the
~. snd saw his
Their ha, y iops
at a " was knd notffied his moth
= -. 80 e coroner was no
;ad II r planned his self-de-
liberation. After I'M
- % vi door he went inside
a rdiES par window. He then
49, an6tJW locked the barn door
= .syNRvnin through the win
:, one and a half /
NV Il Adearhart stood on
I Oh and fastened one
= ~ -after. After adj |
IT, round his neck, he sat |
mn gled 70 death. Gear /
!: :. !. :. !.
TT rao1d her - ahiy from |
'arn 1tar CT ears ago,
was 10 yea IS survived
his widow IL 'rsn' hu-
le and Tres NJ
-ac4orIss ri kMo. j'rk OF Aoli- |
Mine Loo ~ are 81 otsy
+ tbev onsfay - plants New
re 10. sctivftis = Faried-in some |
he ni.n+ all depa ments were op-
tod u;tt, apacity rees, in others, |
,b1v r. ytelie Mo- r Vehicle COM
" and tha velie Carriage company,
, marital sprces We at work. The
cries that operated Deere & Man
comnanvt Williams-White & Co,
" CooneJ Saddlery Hardware COM
Y veIie Carriage com pany, Velie
or yebic1e company, Moline Auto
lie conn Iany, Midland Motor Car
many Wright Carriage Body COM
: and Union Mallaable Iron COM
A vel par ago there was but one
Deere & Hansur company
at foun 1t neces5 ary to operate
Jew yebr's day. The large num-
hat fail Fed to heed the holiday re-
the dded prosperity that has
ii the city. Except for the fact
tbav re buried under avalanches
.ders nearly All Of the officials
! nraf pr to close their plants for
law I'D for no other reason than
.bev Re facing a shortage of coal.