Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-07
MOLINE
Many App,y ter Posl.lon. = Sew

Many Apply fef tsosikton. - NoNS
that Moline's superintendsns Of
schools.-B. B. Jackson, had resigned,
circulated rapidly and the resignation
had hardly been accepted before the
fact that there was q vacancy here be-
came known in educational circles
throughout the middle west The re-
suit was that IA early as Thursday
Secretary r. W. Entridn Of the board
of education and other authorities here
received telephone queries and letters
from possible future applicants In Chi
cage and other points. The majority
of parties who have written asked for
clippings from local newspapers. IL evi-
IDENTIFY being their desire TO post them
selves ON the local situation before
making formal application for the va
cant position
Knife Used In IN Attack. - Swan
Benson gave an exhibition In the vi
cinity of Sixth avenue and Fourteenth
street that would have made q good
subject for an enterprising motion
picture firm. Report has It that Swan
has been INDUCING too freely OF late
and matters reached q climax when he
accused friend OF stealing $14 of his
money. A fight was brewing when
Officer Kearney approached. and with
the assistance Of an Interpreter he
learned the trouble. The oficer patch
ed the matter up, he thought, and sent
the two men on their way. Later. how
ever, Benson met his friend. and whip
ping out his pocket knife, he said:
Now, I'll get you" The remark was
signal for the friend to melt the snow,
and he began to "hotfoot," followed
closely by Benson. The pursued dodg-
ed in and out and around buildings,
but he couldn't outdistance Benson.
The fight was at its height when on
Ger Kearney again sighted the pair and
he arrested Benson Benson was sent
to Jail for five days to allow his heated
brain to cool.
Four Firenen Appointed.-Four new
f1remen have been appointed by Mayor
Andrew Olson to fill the vacancies
caused by the removal of four of the
old men to the new east end fire sta
ton. Those appointed are William
Coyle, Henry O'Brien, William Tim
norman. and Henry Doran. The FIRST
two mentioned have been acting as ex-
ira firemen, for the past few weeks.
Deere Omaha Block Damaged.-The
headquarters Of Deere & Co. In Moline
received word yesterday that hre had
broken out In the $500. 900 warehouse
of the John Deere branch house In
Omaha, which did considerable dam
age to stock contained therein. For
tunately the new warehouse, which, by
the way, is absolutely f1reproof, being
constructed Of concrete reinforced
with steel, was not damaged to amount
to anything. The blaze broke out in
the floor where the stock buggies were
stored and the stock Was practically a
total loss, but no other damage was
done. On account OF the construction
of the building. the firemen ware able
to confine the blaze to the one floor
Postal inerease.-Moline's postal re-
ceipts for the calendar year 1910 show
the largest gain for any IL months in
the history of the local postofiee. The
increase I'm business amounted to $23,-
1888. Total receipts for 1910 were
$142,e7435, but of this amount the
local ONCE does not get credit for $16,-
1882. representing stamps which were
sold al the Moline once to local fac,
tories for use in other cities. Bona flde |
receipts for the year for this reason are |
to sf26,35543.