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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1881
Page
6
The Island of Scio in the Grecian Archipelago suffers a major quake causing widespread ruin. An estimated 6,000 killed and 30,000 homeless as destruction spread across towns, with numerous buildings collapsed and casualties including many women. Local governor and foreign naval officers aid relief efforts amid widespread distress.
The Agsatiles and Tur Nihilists indicted for the Czar’s assassination spoke freely in court. They admitted to links with the plot and to weapon stockpiles. The court ruled death by hanging for all prisoners after twenty four questions were reviewed. Sophie Picouski, noble birth, awaits Czar confirmation of her sentence.
The late Senator Carpenter reached Milwaukee in a special escort with Senators Cameron Conkling Cockrell Logan and Jones. The streets near the depot were packed as the body was taken to the court house then to the grave. Governor Smith and others spoke as Wisconsin honored the remembered senator with a grand civic and military procession. The ceremony at the grave followed Episcopal ritual with Dr Ashley officiating and a crowd praising the senator’s memory.
The Fort Wayne depot at Canal and Madison streets, Chicago, becomes the western Pennsylvanian hub and a stopping point for the Chicago and Alton Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Pittsburg Cincinnati and St. Louis and Chicago Burlington and Quincy lines. The latter plans to move to Canal street by month end, routing about seventy five passenger trains daily to destinations nationwide. The Journal calls the depot well arranged for officials and travelers and predicts a new era in western rail facilities.
United States Treasurer holds ninety million dollars in gold bullion at the New York assay office and the Philadelphia mint, an amount described as sufficient to employ the Philadelphia mint for several months. The note adds that vaporization of gold is being studied as part of the broader asset inventory.
The article notes New Orleans shipments via tow boats and barges from St Louis prove the barge system workable and economical. It cites nearly 1,000,000 bushels shipped since February 13 and highlights potential competition to rail rates, with river transport as a cheaper, natural corridor for Upper Mississippi grain to foreign markets.
A Yankton dispatch reports severe flood damage along the Missouri River with steamboats driven inland, railroad shops wrecked, government warehouses destroyed, and vast inundation from Yankton to Vermillion. Settlers face great suffering as houses shift, trains are abandoned, and bottoms become lakes.
A miniature bale of cotton was sent to GARFIELD by Thomas Shirgins of Fort Worth Texas. The note promises fast shipping and urges readers to back Texas in governing affairs, praising Texans’ ability to run the general government.
Davidavis writes to John Martin of Kansas City about political deadlock and claims monopolists control both Republicans and Democrats. He argues party reorganization as solution, saying Democratic disbanding would trigger Republican patronage disputes and end sectional strife. He asks Davin why he does not vote to end the deadlock and whether he is demagogue or statesman.
The Burlington Hawkeye notes porters are paid $15 monthly with mandatory clothing, caps, linen losses, and locks fees. They accuse the system of gouging passengers and industry practices, urging fair wages and calling for ending the Pullman monopoly.
Atlanta Constitution ownerMr Howell credits Jacksons success to drill discipline and methodical wagon handling during marches He notes Jackson was strict West Point trained and not an entertaining speaker He recalls a simple wagon tongue rule that kept trains moving and praises his orderly marches This passage links Jackson to Whitmans Barbara Frietchie poem and notes his enduring fame
Sir Julius Benedict, London composer and Jenny Lind’s accompanist on the 1850 American tour, writes a biographical paper on the Swedish nightingale for May Scribner's. It contrasts her with Mahler and contemporaries and includes an engraved portrait by Classon from an old daguerreotype. Benedict suggests a future piece on American musical conservatories.
In a time of peace Europe accelerates armaments. Krupp’s Essen foundry rushes orders from Roumania for 100 field pieces, Greece for 700 carriages, Sweden 50, Holland 150, and Italy 400 siege guns. Factory staff expanded. production runs day and night.
Washington rumor places Pennsylvania delegate Grier at the center of Garfield era appointments. The New York senators gripe over Garfield’s scheduling while the Army of Tennessee reunion in Cincinnati honors General McPherson with a statue unveiled for his grave. General Sherman, Sheridan, and ex President Hayes attended.
It is reported that Alex II Stephens of Georgia has fraternized with Mahone of Virginia and that their joint effort aims to bring about a political millenium in the South. We note the Mahone movement has gained a small but growing accession, though weak in strength.
A brief denunciation notes tobacco opium and whisky draining resources and driving paupers and the insane into public institutions. It argues these vices waste minds and destroy families, urging reform and stronger temperance measures.
Scribner Monthly expands its Peter the Great package with short novels by Mrs Schayer Mrs Burnett Mr Cable Mrs Howells I H Boyesen and the author of An Earnest Trip leer The May issue will start Madame Delphine while A Fearful Responsibility is set for June and midsummer issues aim to continue the serial collection.
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