Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-26
MOLINE

For Resident Pastor.-Emanuel Swe-
dish Lutheran church at Walker Sta
ton may soon have a permanent pas
tor. The petition from members of
the church. presented to the Rock Is
land district of the Illinois conference,
was acted on favorably at the meeting
of that body Monday. The district
sent the petition to the mission board
of Augustana synod with the recon-
mendation that the board assist the
Emanuel church in supportIN resi-
dent pastor. The East Moline field is
growing rapidly and it was felt that
minister is needed to devote all his
time to the work. At present DIR. c. A.
Blomgren, PROFESSOR in Augustana
seminary, is acting as pastor in the
Emanuel church.
$4,000 for Armory Here-Represen-
tative Thomas Campbell yesterday at
Springfield introduced a bill in the
house making an appropriation of $780,
900 for an armory at Moline. Effort
to- secure an armory for this city has
extended over a period of years. Pros
poets of the appropriation being made
by the legislature this year appear
very bright. Several months ago the
rent charged for quarters now used by
Company F and the Moline division of
naval reserves in Skinner annex was
advanced, and this fact will have
weight with the legislature, it is ar
gued.
Upsala Students to Sing Here.-It is
announced today that the world-famed
choir of Upsala university, Sweden, is
booked to appear in Moline in June I'M
der the auspices of the Olive Male
chorus of this city. The event will be
one of prime Importance, not in the
Swedish-American world alone, but
among music lovers throughout this
section of the United States. Prelim-
mary arrangements were made by a
representative of the Upsala singers,
who accompanied the Svenska Nation
al-Truppen on its last visit to Moline.
This representative found that the
Swedish-American world is anxious to
hear the Upsala singers. and 1t has
therefore been decided that the choir, !
so strong, shall tour America during
the summer of 1911. A definite rout- |
ing has not been made, and 1t is there !
fore impossible at this time to an
nounce the exact date for the Moline |
concert. The present Upsala singing |
is composed of the sons
and grandsons of those Upsala stu |
dents who, in 1867, went to Paris and |
the international singing COM |
petition, carrying off first honors, much |
to the surprise of a great audience in /
Upsala university is the |
most famous and the oldest of Swe-
den's institutions Of higher learning. /
1t has always been renowned for the |
exceptional singers in its student body /.
and the claim that there has not been /
since that proud day in
1867.
Obituary Record.-News has been re-
ceived in Moline of the death of George
Washington Smith, formerly of Rock
Island and Moline MI Smith was the
son of Jere Smith, well known tailor
of the twin-cities. He was born in
Rock Island in 1854 and moved to the
south some few years ago, and his
death occurred at Jacksonville, Fla.
last Thursday, after brief illness of
Bright's disease. He leaves widow
in the south. Mrs, Katie Hegarty,
Mrs. Louisa Williamson and William
Smith of Moline are cousins.
Edward Watt man without home.
died yesterday in the city hospital. He
the institution Jan. II and he
was suffering from typhoid fever. Be
fore he died he told the head nurse
that he had a sister somewhere, but
he didn't know her address. He was