Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-27
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MOLINE

| Engine Hits Carload of Ice.-Traffic
on the Burlington road through this
city was blocked for a time yesterday
afternoon, as a result of smashup on
the main tracks between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets, when a local
switch engine crashed into a boxcar
loaded with ice. Neither the engine
nor the car left the rails, but there
was some wreckage to clear away.
One end of the boxcar was caved in,
and the engine will have to be sent
to the shop for repairs The smoke
stack was demolished, the headlight
broken, and the stepboard and other
minor parts Of the engine were broken.
The engine was westbound, and the
engineer did not notice the string of
cars-of which the car filed with ice
was one-till it was too late to avert
the collision. No one was injured.
Horse Is killed.-A horse belonging
to Lundahl Bros, coal dealers, was
struck by the projecting door of a box
car near the Rock Island freight depot
Tuesday, and the animals right hip
was broken. 1t was necessary to shoot
the horse.
Saloonkeepers Fined.-Oscar Bufe,
proprietor of a saloon at 557 Eigh-
teenth avenue. and Edward Waelvart.
who conducts saloon at $50 Seven
teenth avenue, We're each fined $3.50
yesterday for violation of the ordl-
ne I1+i II, -
on Sunday. The arrest of the saloon
keepers was brought about by the
chief of police, as result of evidence
introduced in a police court assault
and battery trial. Julius and AlOis
Vervoecke were arrested on charges
of assault and battery. the complain
ant being Oscar Bruynooghe. Bruy-
nooghe charged that the brothers at
tackled him Sunday evening. The two
men stood trial, and witnesses testi-
fed that the quarrel between the three
men occurred in the Bufe and Wael-
vart saloons. As soon as the chief
learned this fact he swore out war
rants against the saloonkeepers. The
Vervoecke brothers were each fined
SASS.
Approval of Court on Settlement
Sought.-As another step forward 20
the end that the affairs of the Moline
Building. Savings and Loan associa-
ton may be wound UP, attorneys fol
the stockholders, the patent nOtehOld-
ers and the receiver will go into court
next week and submit the proposed
plan of settlement. One by one the
perplexing problems that have con
fronted those who have been working
for a settlement without further re-
course to the courts are being solved.
Some of the stockholders and some
of the noteholders have not yet af-
fixed their signatures to documents
endorsing the proposed plan of settle
ment, but the number is not large.
The majority Of those holding out ap
pear to be waiting merely to see what
action friends will take. Announce
ment on the part of some of the hold
outs that they are now ready to en-
dose the plan means that others who
have not expressed themselves will
also sign for the settlement Two
suits to recover on stock loans will
be filed in the county court next week
by attorneys for the receiver. Mr..
Kerns is convinced that in these cases
it is useless to argue longer. Stock
in the association is the collateral that
was offered to secure the two loans
IN question, and permission of the
court to offer the collateral for sale
at public auction to satisfy the loans
will be asked