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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1881
Page
2
Nominations for speaker proceed with ballots in the Republican caucus culminating on a sixteenth ballot with Hiscock Kasson Reed and others gaining support. Simultaneously Iowa gentlemen launch a state Free Trade League in Des Moines, organizing three membership classes to promote nonpartisan advocacy for free grade.
The Itstf National Convention in Chicago adopted a resolution to form a seven member committee to plan a future convention and coordinate with Irish groups to advance Irish rights. Subscriptions totaled 27 409 dollars in varied amounts as leaders pledged support for sending aid and pressuring action to free American prisoners held by Britain.
The piece mocks Guiteau's self serving biography and claims his conduct toward bills and authorities is depraved. It notes Chester is illuminated by electric lights with five 60 foot poles and a $750 cost, and reports authorities plan to light up the area similarly.
A crowded hall hears reports from Pooyan Paris and St Louis as delegates discuss rental refusals under the Land League. A long telegram from Patrick Egan details Ireland's woes and American aid. A theft at Commercial National Bank Cleveland nets bonds totaling 117000 in value. suspect described as short and stout with cropped whiskers.
The telegrams from this morning indicate a Republican caucus today will likely determine the Speakership. General Reiter of Springfield Ohio remains a strong candidate, not a Stalwart, but backed by them as a compromise, while Kasson’s prospects dwindle and Orth is not mentioned. Don Cameron leads the Stalwarts in support of Reiter amid shifting loyalties.
A marble tablet placed in the ladies waiting room at the Baltimore and Potomac depot marks the Garfield death spot. The American statuary marble sculpture rests on a sill with corbels, flanked by pilasters and arc fasces, with two draped flags above the inscription in gold letters. It commemorates James Abram Garfield, President of the United States, died July 2, 1881, surmounted by an eagle in flight holding rose and laurel.
Secretary Hunt urges Congress to act on the Navy’s neglected condition or risk dwindling to insignificance. He endorses bureau reports and cites a proposed $20,013,716 budget for the department for the year ending June 16, 1883.
Candidates grow more confident as Pennsylvania weighs support for Hiscock in a clash of regional influence. President Arthur urges healing of Republican dissensions and avoidance of factional fights, calling for a single good man to be elected without commentary on nominees.
The statement shows a November debt decrease of 72491 dollars and 26 cents. Cash in treasury 24504280 dollars, gold certificates 5207920, silver certificates 66637830, refunding certificates 57250, legal tenders outstanding 346681016, fractional currency 79931282. Debt decreased since June 1, 1881 by 6233471 dollars.
A Wapello Iowa Republican piece outlines the Mississippi Washington Northwestern Railroad Co. plans and predicts cars might run between Keithsburg and What Cheer via Wapello and Washington by January 1 1883, noting likelier things have happened.
Miss Exsa Von Lamar of Pittsburg starts a six day milesjon bicycle endurance in which she aimed to ride miles across a route. By Tuesday she had completed 325 miles with a fastest mile of 6 minutes 33 seconds.
The note details Captain Haverstick selling his Union interest in 1874 and purchasing Rock Island Pottery Works. It recounts his life as published by The Rock Islander editor, including anecdotes, education, and career, plus various local notices about deaths, crimes, meetings, and developments in Illinois towns and institutions from that era.
A Sunday morning blaze in Minneapolis destroyed the Pillsbury mill and the Excelsior Mill along with the Empire Mill. Three lives were lost and multiple injuries occurred as flames spread to a cotton mill. Damages totaled 558000 with 207175 insured. The event followed by calls for congressional action on electoral law.
A note indicates the President's tax message was likely sent to the Capitol today. The editors plan to print a synopsis later, awaiting a fuller version before publication.
A report notes Verdi has finished a new opera titled Othello. Other items include Union Pacific as a preferred railway for a parial trip and various local and national incidents such as a Yazog boiler explosion injuring seven and four fatally, a Scranton fire killing an elderly woman, and a canal project favored by the Seine council.
Reports detail a murder scene near Geneva where bodies were found eight hours after the event. Fires destroyed Barns of Maxwell Brox on the Bennett farm, killing many cattle horses and hogs with losses near $50,000 attributed to incendiary causes. The text also notes railroad rivals planning freight class actions and a mining camp riot at Tur Gold Park after a fatal clash involving Harry Watson and Bagley men.
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