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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
1
Parents witnessed the tragedy as the infant wandered from a sandpile where he had been playing and was struck by an interurban streetcar. The incident occurred as rescuers and bystanders rushed to aid the child at the scene.
A baby boy Mau rice Emil Englund, nearly two, was struck and killed by Mississippi Valley Traction Co. streetcar No. 6 on Fourth Avenue near his home. The incident occurred at 7:50 pm as he played with siblings on a sand pile. The car could not stop in time due to slippery rails after rain. Coroner and authorities investigated. the inquest heard testimony from the father, car crew, and doctors. The tragedy left the Englund family in deep grief.
Car number five eastbound of the Mississippi Valley Traction Co on Fourth avenue between twenty fourth and twenty eighth streets around 7 30 p m Tuesday June 27 was returned. The boy’s father is a foreman in the pattern department at D M Sechler Carriage Co shops. His wife is confined and the loss of her son has unnerved her.
United States District Attorney Northcott ruled the April Rock Island Arsenal homicide falls under federal jurisdiction. J D Hart, a Black laborer, allegedly struck Greek worker James Poppis with a pickax on government ground. Hart faces federal trial after the case was continued to the September term.
Mrs Clara Ful cher and Miss Nettle Winans visited Mrs Stella Wellman at Water town. Miss Entrikin gave her first singing lesson to a hopeful group. class meets Saturdays at 8 pm at the Methodist church. Charlie Coffin married Hulda Pregout in Rock Island. they plan to live there. A Fourth of July fund is raised for riverbank fireworks. call Mr Black. Rains damaged crops. corn stands submerged and fields must be replanted. bridge condition worsened. Epworth League report from Spencer Memorial church not yet given.
Watertown residents share a week of visits and arrivals from New Boston Illinois Ainsworth and Mendota Illinois notes include Grace Pearson hosting her mother and brother and several locals traveling or returning home Mrs B J Lesvers finishes hospital laundry work and goes to Peoria while Lena White and the Cralle family move nearby Local names appear in scattered fragments from June events.
A jury awarded Asa Knowlton $5000 in a Burlington railroad death suit arising from Sebastian Hammes who was struck by a switch engine in Rock Island near Nineteenth Street and First Avenue. Hammes, a former Moline resident visiting friends, died March 1904. He is survived by two sons Charles and Frank, and two daughters Mrs. Nels Grundall and Emma. Funeral services were set for 4 p.m. tomorrow.
Mrs. Martha P Barrett widow of Benjamin F Barrett former Rock Island mayor died in Chicago. Funeral in Chicago today at 4 pm, burial in Chippiannock Cemetery tomorrow. Barrett served as mayor in 1849 1850 and the Rock Island House proprietor. Remains buried at Chippiannock. Barrett chapter named for him. Also reports several local deaths: Margaret Duytschaever, Spencer L Johnson, Arthur D Hillstrom, Theophiel Coene, Patrick McKee, Frederick Beck, with ages, dates, and locations provided.
The will of Imte Andrew Lindgren of Moline was admitted to probate in the county court Friday. The provisions award all property to Mathilda Lindgren, the widow, as executrix of the estate.
The East Moline fire department and Root & Van Dervoort Engine Co plan a large Fourth of July celebration with an electric light display. Activities start at 10 AM with music, readings, addresses, and choral performances, dinner from noon to 2 PM, and dancing on a 48 foot platform. Various races and prizes are listed, including cash prizes for sprint events and novelty contests. Fat man race features prize cigars, and an elaborate fireworks display is promised.
Mollie Ellis and Alvin Van Blair receive a new marriage license after William H Ellis is granted a divorce. Ellis had been living apart from her husband who allegedly deserted her years ago while she lived with Van Blair. The dispute began with a circuit court divorce filing and cross bills over desertion.
Earnings for the Rock Island system in June exceed the prior year while expenses stay high. A road director says the right men are in place to run the railroad, noting added equipment including 100 locomotives and thousands of cars in the last year. The executive predicts strong results in 1906.
The Green River Special Drainage District awards the first and third sections and laterals to G A McWilliams of Walnut, Ohio, and the middle section to Central State Drainage Co of Marion, Ohio. Contracts and bonds await execution. Work starts after securing right of way. if not obtainable, condemnation suits will be used to acquire it.
Sixty five delegates from Christian Endeavor unions in the Rock Island district met at the First Congregational church. Officers were elected with B H Wasson as president and W Stange as vice president. The day included reports, a talk on Our Guide Book, and a closing address by S Hope Thompson on Judge Not. The next convention location will be announced.
A chaotic morning in Odessa sees rioters fire five steamer wharves and destroy merchandise valued at over two million dollars. Troops reply with gunfire, mutinous crew of the Kniaz Potemkin begins bombardment, and officials threaten to bombard Lodz if strikes persist.
Governor Deneen appoints four trustees to the western Illinois normal school at Macomb. New members are Louis H. Hanna Monmouth J F Mains Stronghurst John A Mead Augusta and J M Keefer Canton with Mead set to succeed himself. The six member board includes the state superintendent and Fred Jeliff Galesburg who holds over. The board elected Bayliss president and Mead secretary amid a hostile stance toward Professor Henninger over a feud with Lieutenant Governor Sherman.
Woodwart's Grove above Port Byron on the river will hold a Fourth of July celebration featuring a baseball game between Port Byron and Zume along with various attractions.
London reports from Odessa say riots have left hundreds shot and the port partially burned. Martial law is declared and order is restored, while British residents are safe. Petersburg notes the Odessa strike spreads with nearly all workers out and four hundred arrests. hospitals are crowded with wounded from street clashes.
Berlin reports a conspiracy among Russian guards officers thwarted by arrests. Grand Duke Vladimir blamed for reactionary policy. In Lodz General Marmusoff assassinated after rebels attacked his carriage. In Warsaw an attempt on Chief of Police Czeatstoda ends with a bomb blast injuring the coachman.
Executive committee of the Royal Arcanum in Boston heard protests from subordinate councils against Oct 1 assessment hikes but took no action. Ninety-eight of 170 councils signed a protest resolution during the meeting. A separate item notes F J Lewis purchasing the "Lotus" launch for relocation to White Lake Michigan after overhaul.
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