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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1898
Page
5
Republicans lead in elected congressmen with about 180 held by AP tallies plus 165 for Democrats and others. Twelve districts remain doubtful as of Nov 10. Babock predicts a Republican majority. Democrats still confident they can organize the next House.
Kerr says Republicans likely hold 163 seats with 183 for Democrats and 11 districts still in doubt. He cites New York 21 seats, Pennsylvania 9 or 10, Kansas 4, Nebraska 4, North Carolina 9, California 2 or 3 as part of a still slow, close count.
Pennsylvania will send 20 Republicans and 10 Democrats to the next Congress, a Democratic gain of seven. The current delegation is 27 Republicans and 3 Democrats, with gains in the Eighth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth districts. McAleer, a re-elected Democrat in the Third, is described as a sound money candidate. In Philadelphia the statewide tally shows Stone leading by over 122,000 with four counties missing.
New York voters show Roosevelt with about a 10 000 plurality state wide. Van Wyck carries only ten counties in the state, all near large cities. GOP vote decline statewide and in Greater New York favors Van Wyck by about 2060 in Harlem and surrounding areas. Democrats win nineteen of their candidates. Republicans fifteen in the state assembly. Greater New York returns all Democratic candidates. Senate remains Republican by four and assembly by twenty. Aspirants for the Senate post emerge with no clear candidate yet.
Returns show a Republican statewide victory with a split in Cook County. John Humphreys wins state Senate by about 1,500 over rivals, while the city leans Republican with two Superior Court judges' races undecided. Republicans gain fifteen House seats to seven for Democrats, but lose eight Senate seats and six representatives in the legislature as results trickle in.
Early returns suggest Republicans may win the Nebraska state ticket while aiming for a Republican legislature. Indiana shows a strong GOP majority with a likely Republican legislature and scattered close contests, amid fusion pressure in Spokane and Washington results.
An advertisement touts Aerial Medication as a cure for deafness and ear catarrh. The signer, Miss Edna Char Om of Cogan House, Pa, claims six weeks of treatment restored hearing and overall health. The text includes garbled follow ups and a doctor’s name and address in Cincinnati.
John Lind silver Republican with Democratic and Populist endorsements will win Minnesota by at least 10,000 over Eustis. Democratic chair Rossing claims 15,000 to 20,000. All seven Republican congressmen elected. Morris defeats Towne in the Sixth. California results show Gage leading for governor with about 9,600 counted votes and likely a 20,000 margin. Republicans appear to sweep state tickets barring secretary of state and two supreme court judges.
Early returns indicate Republicans winning two West Virginia congress seats with Dovener and Freer claiming leads, while Wisconsin shows a solid GOP delegation and Iowa reports large Republican majorities. North Dakota and Des Moines results favor Republicans with gains in state legislatures.
In Christian county the Democratic ticket won decisively after a hard fought race for sheriff. Deputy Sheriff W. P. Barnett, from the Springside Coal Mining shaft, was assaulted near Leuhrman’s saloon, receiving a knife wound to the neck and other injuries. his condition is reported as serious.
Columbus Ohio November 10 The only continued interest in Ohio election returns concerns the Third and Seventh districts. Analysts expect Republican Weaver to win the Seventh by 71 votes and Democrat Brenner to be re elected in the Third by around 7, leaving Ohio with fifteen Republicans and ten Democrats in congress. Unofficial returns from all but one county place Kinney Republican for secretary of state with a 56 000 plurality.
Topeka November 16 latest returns show Stanley Republican governor candidate likely to gain a large plurality. Populist state chairman Riddle concedes defeats of Vincent in the Fifth and Jerry Simpson in the Seventh. Ridgely appears lone Populist in the Third district. Republicans expected to hold a joint-ballot legislature majority of two.
Raleigh November 10 late returns show the Democrats have won all nine congressmen seats. The update signals a complete party victory in the congressional races reflecting broad support across the state.
Guthrie O T Nov 10 Republicans victorious in Oklahoma with Dennis T Flynn elected to Congress by about 6000. Republicans secure both territorial legislature chambers and statewide ticket, including forty four of fifty state senators and ninety five of one hundred twenty representatives.
Boise Idaho November 10 Only forty seven precincts in the state embracing one eighth of the vote have reported but the fusion ticket is elected by pluralities ranging from six thousand to eight thousand The legislature will be controlled by the fusionists.
Sioux Falls voters show almost complete returns with the Republican ticket winning statewide. The two Republican congressmen and the legislature are set to have a Republican majority.
In Syracuse a conference between Wind Glass Cutters League of North America wage committees and northern district window glass manufacturers adopted a wage scale with an 8 to 4 percent advance. The agreement, paired with the August 11 deal with gatherers and blowers, aligns wages across the district and will lead to factory negotiations.
In a townhouse laundry dispute a nervous resident clashes with neighbors over rotating laundry days. The maid reports a confrontation where Mr ID pressures Mrs A to yield to his nervous wife, while the maid quips she is the most nervous lady on the block and fears consequences if crossed.
The Chicago Times-Herald notes exposed coal loses heat quickly. One ton left in the open loses about 47 percent while the same amount kept under a shed loses about 25 percent after a month. Dry, covered storage minimizes loss and preserves volatile constituents.
London reports that music hall singer Lottie Collins attempted suicide by cutting her throat and wrist with a knife. She was taken to hospital, then returned home as doctors deemed her injuries not serious. Domestic troubles were cited as the motive.
Inols gol diers who cannot attend the muster out of their commands may, according to Captain R. P. Page Wainwright, chief pegsmaster for Wnols, present a surgeon's certificate and be granted an additional furlough. They may also receive pay until final discharge. This ruling has been sustained by the sealar department.
A reader presents a riddle where six apples are divided between a boy and his sister. The sister asks for equal shares, but Bobby replies none, since his mother gave the apples to his sister. The outcome hinges on who holds the apples.
Associate Justice Silas A. Pinney of the Wisconsin Supreme Court submitted his resignation to Governor Scofield yesterday. Report says ill health prompted the decision, ending Pinney's tenure on the state high court.
The rd Illinois arrives in New York from Porto Rico and heads to Illinois. P W Weber of the Pullman company is killed on the Illinois Central Railroad in Chicago. Democrats in Wilmington, North Carolina exile Editor Manly, a Republican African American, from town. Paul Brown, a mulatto, is sentenced in Winnipeg to be hanged for murders near Wilbur. A fire destroys the Cleveland theater during a return election night. Large crowd witnesses the blaze but escapes harm.
London November 10. At the Guild Hall banquet the Marquis of Salisbury did not announce a British protectorate over Egypt and urged readiness for all eventualities. He warned of a new European factor in politics, noted US influence, and stressed wartime precautions were temporary.
Lord Salisbury warns that Britain must uphold naval and military defenses or risk toppling the empire. The Guild Hall banquet and Eastbourne procession reflect tense public anticipation, with officials stressing strength over pacific assurances amid broader imperial questions.
The Market Report lists Hour-Eastimated receipts at 41,000 for pigs and cattle receipts of 22,000 with varied price bands from $2.40 to $5.40 for cattle and $3.20 to $4.75 for mixed lots. Sheep and lambs show 18,000 receipts with westerns at $3.25 to $4.66 and natives at $2.75 to $4.66. Milwaukee grain notes Wheat No 1 northern at 7?c, oats dull at 28-27c, rye steady, barley dull with No 2 at 47c.
Master in Chancery Elwin E Parmenter will sell at public vendue on November 12, 1898, at the east door of Rock Island Court House to satisfy two decrees. Parcels include Lot 1 in Block K and Lots 6 7 in Block I Edgewood Park Rock Island. Lot 2 in Block 2 Fairmount addition Mol ine.
In Toulon torpedo boats assemble at once and vessels are prepared for action while arsenals and shipyards were worked all night. Separate dispatches from Cairo say Major Chand and Captain Baratter set to evacuate Fashoda, retreating via Abyssinia to Jibatil on a six months journey.
Word reached Santiago de Cuba that after a long search the body of General Vera del Rey was found near El Caney. A procession escorted the body toward Santiago and reached the city outskirts where four companies of the Fifth United States Infantry and a band joined the honor march. The coffin was carried through the streets as the dead march from Saul played, surprising many Cubans who questioned American honors for a Spaniard.
Augusta Ga reports an attack in Phoenix South Carolina where a white election judge was shot dead while guarding a ballot box. Four black men were lynched by about 100 whites and a white man and his daughter were hit by gunfire. one child died. Italy and Britain accepted Russia’s proposal to appoint Prince George of Greece as high commissioner in Crete.
Rock Island residents tout Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble with Mrs Huthmaker of 927 Twenty-first Street sharing a long endorsement. She notes relief after two boxes and urges others to try the remedy at local druggists like Wm Clendenin in Moline.
The executrix of Detiof Besenberg late of Rock Island county Illinois announces a Rock Island County court appearance at the January term in Island City. All claims must be presented and creditors asked to settle promptly. Executrix named October 24 1908.
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