Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-17
MOLINE

AUTOS kiit Do0S.-Ine uSFdSIdliOh
wrought by automobiles is keeping the
| inhabitants in the vicinity OF Twelfth
street and Fifth avenue following dog
| gle biers these glistening days. The
coroner of dogdom is alleged to be
| getting immensely wealthy, as violent
deaths in the dog world in that neigh
borhood are rapidly depopulating the
aristocratic canine club. Within the
| last two weeks autos, burning the
| streets under them as they phantomed
by, have been the direct cause of the
death of three doggies dear. The first
one, the second weekly anniversary of
whose death was celebrated Wednes-
day, was the property of G. A. Steph-
ems chauffeur Dog number two is al
legged to have landed alongside tele-
phone pole as if shot from blunder-
buss, while Wednesday evening, just as
the shades of twilight began to fall.
the third canine was struck by a car
and hurled violently into eternity.
Firemen and PatroImen Are Granted
Increases.-In meeting as a commit
tee of the whole the city council voted
to grant increases of SIS month to
patrolmen and firemen. This makes
the monthly pay for these city en-
ployes $40. There is an additional al
lowance of So a month for clothing.
The aldermen also voted to increase
the pay of Magnus Olson, superintend-
ent of the waterworks, from $125 to
$135 a month.
Bishop Buys Property-Bishop Ed
ward Dunno has purchased for Sacred
Heart church on the bluff the Gust
Ellstrom property back of the church,
and after some alterations have been
made in the excellent house already
on the property, the sisters will occu-
by 1t for a home. The two houses on
the original church property have been
sold to Louis Sonneville, and he will
remove them to property on Eigh-
mountaineering avenue and Tenth
street. A temporary building is being
put up in the rear of the church, the
three rooms of which will be used for
school purposes. Ultimately the pres
ent church edifice will be used for the
school, as the intention is to build
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Injured in Fall.-Falling from four
foot scaffold on the new Deere building
to the brick pavement, ]. E. Paulson of
Davenport was rendered unconscious for
over half an hour yesterday and was
taken home in the auto ambulance in
a bruised condition. No bones were
broken, however.
Obituary Reeord.--John \. Peterson
died at the city hospital after three
weeks illness. He residetk.at 1907 Fiji
teenth street. Mr. Peterson was born
Dec. z, 1913, in Sweden. He came to
America with his parents in 1851. They
lived in Boston a few months and then
removed to Burlington, finally settling
in New Sweden, Iowa. He was confirm
ed in the Swedish Lutheran church
and afterwards became a member In
1872 he was married to Miss Clara NJ
Samuelson in New Sweden. Mr.. and
Mrs. Peterson. came to Moline in 1879.
He is survived by his widow and three
children, Grant, Fremont and Cora, at
home. Other survivors are two sisters
Mrs. August Abrahamson of this city
and Mrs. Malcolm Nelson of Salina.
Iowa; two half-brothers, George and
Claus Lindquist of Salina, Iowa, and
half-sister, Mrs. Andrew Newman of
Chicago. Mr.. Peterson was a mem
Der of Abe Lincoln camp, NJ. w. A.
George Kapeotes, a Greek laborer of
East Moline, died at the city hospital
Wednesday. He had been in this coun-
try but 16 days, coming with his eldest