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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1891
Page
2
The law allowing women to vote in Echoo elections is called a blunder as it limits voting to certain classes and excludes women not in those groups. Experts say only a constitutional amendment can grant women suffrage, and a test case may reach the supreme court before the county superintendent election in Cook County.
John Bayliss, charged in June with keeping a gambling house, returned to town and was confronted by Bailiff Bisant at the C W Johnson saloon. He was seized and jailed in the county facility with bail set at 300 dollars as of 3 PM.
The Evening Dispatch reports Soldiers Day drew a large crowd at the fair with a 126th Illinois Regiment reunion. Thirty eight members attended including Judge Searle and chaplains Perego and Jerego. ten were from Company F. Speakers included Judge Searle and Perego. a campfire program followed with tales and speeches.
Davenport Tribune reports on street railway consolidation across Davenport Moline and Rock Island. The syndicate plans forty four mile system funding bonds and equipment with annual earnings projected but questioned as to real profit. critics warn funds are needed soon for vast improvements nationwide rail network.
The Illinois Conference of Augustana Synod closes with forenoon talks on caring for Swedish American youth, a free picnic on the college grounds with a grand dinner, spicy speeches, and a 7:50 pm choir concert followed by a moonlight serenade. Oregon, Illinois, and Moline connections noted.
Forty five million Methodists will be represented at a wider Ecumenical council in Washington starting in October. Delegates total 600 with 300 from America and 260 from the rest of the world, a deliberative body discussing broad issues including women’s creation, labor and capital, temperance, and church thought.
The Burlington route C B and Q KR At will sell harvest excursion tickets from principal stations on Aug 25 Sep 15 and Sep 20 at low rates to principal cities and farming regions in the west southwest and northwest. For tickets and information contact nearest C B Q ticket agent or I S Eustis Gwen's Pass and Ticket Agent Chicago IL.
The Davenport congregation announces Rabbi Samuel Freuder, 30, resigned after saying he renounces Judaism due to disbelief in the faith. He had served about fourteen months in Davenport after stints in St Paul and San Diego. The reform rabbi faced criticism over conduct and lectures, with contract terms noted and discussions of leaving already in motion.
Harris & Co advertise strong earnings for Davenport and Rock Island Railway Co citing annual gross of 1,211,538.50, expenses 135,267.62 and net 74,215 6s, claiming 6 percent return on cost of 1,300,000 with bonds of 000,000. They praise first class equipment, thorough reconstruction, and growing travel as three cities prosper.
John Bayliss pleaded guilty to the first count of an information filed by Mrs Metzgar for keeping a gambling house. Judge Adams assessed $100 and costs. other counts were nolled. He paid $19 to Sil and was released from jail. Freon Monday evening. Ir atated WooA Meese today completed ar rangements for Milton Colwell’s bail. A bond signed by local citizens. Also mentions Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertisement and a verdict for Mueller vs Rock Island & Pacific with damages.
Coroner Hawes held an inquest Saturday over a male infant found smothered in a cornfield about a mile above Port Byron. Mrs. Victor Johnson and Mrs. Albertina Larson reporteddreamt finding the body and blamed a local unmarried woman Lena Dumstrandt, though the jury returned that the death was by suffocation unknown to them. Further developments were anticipated.
Rock Island line offers low roundtrip rates to Iowa Missouri Kansas Indian Territory Colorado Nebraska Minnesota and the Dakotas. Tickets available September 15 22 with a thirty day limit through Chicago Rock Island Pacific route. Inquiries to K E Palmer Peoria Illinois.
A Graham Post crew conducted a raid on Davenport led by August Wentz Post. Attendees included John Gamble Sam Bennett John E Pierce John W Melvberson KB A Blackman M A Gould and J W Dewrose. Augnar Wentz capitulated and the visitors were graciously hosted.
Prof Wor Troubl undertook a balloon ascent at the Coe fair last Friday. the craft rose and drifted with the wind while he searched the upper county for it. A separate note reports a Davenport man, 66, who died by hanging at home, believed suicide amid heat and temporary insanity.
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