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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1898
Page
5
Chapter I introduces Amelia Butterworth, famed detective, recruited by Mr. Gryce to investigate disappearances in a village. She infiltrates the Knollys family, a former friend’s brood, to uncover clues and start the case. The text sets up her method and resolve for the investigation.
A narrator visits the home of Miss Bodterworth’s family entering a dim hall. Locetta, the daughter, appears refined yet unsettled by unseen dangers as the narrator probes the family’s poverty and the ominous atmosphere of the old house.
The fragment hints at a tense moment between sisters as one rushes from a room after a remark. Their exchanged gaze suggests unspoken significance, leading to a cliffhanger with a note indicating the scene will continue.
A man identified as Henry Garvey shot and killed Miss May Thomas, a popular Clare area teacher, after she refused his advances. Garvey then fatally shot himself. both were found near the district school two miles from Clare, Iowa.
Rev Sam Small arraigns army chaplains as a waste claiming officers replace sermons with ritual and soldiers lack spiritual tools. He argues issuing chaplains to 1200 troops is a poor substitute for true spiritual warfare before Cuba bound units.
President James H. Canfield of Ohio State University urged a broad and unified education system to elevate intelligent citizenship. He called for greater teacher quality and superintendent leadership to improve community life. The session also nominated Albert C. Lane for president and Joel M. Bowlby for secretary.
Dr J B Hamilton was buried at Graceland cemetery after a public funeral at Fourth Baptist church. The body arrived from Espin in the morning tram and many people attended the services and viewing. Attending were Mrs Harrison and numerous state and county officials, medical professionals, and Rush Medical College students.
The funeral of Senator Morrill Washington of Vermont is set for Saturday noon in the senate chamber. Rev E Bradford Leavitt of All Souls' Unitarian church will lead the service, assisted by Rev Dr Mlburn, the senate chaplain, with Morrill once affiliated with the church.
Carlinville Ill Dec 29 The unle miners in the employ of Carlin Coal company quit work claiming topman weighed coal with plug weights causing each miner to lose 150 pounds per ton, totaling about one dollar weekly per miner. The union demands discharge of the topman and management refused.
Columbus police suspect Harry Church is James C. Dunham, wanted in San Jose California for the murder of his wife and other family members two years ago. Church denies the identification and jokingly offers to confess if officials pay his travel expenses to California where he says he wishes to go.
Gov. Tanner left his sick bed in Springfield and went to the state house to welcome educators attending the fifth annual session of the State Teachers Association. He spoke at representative hall to the gathered Illinois educators, marking his public appearance despite illness.
The standing committee of the Nebras diocese refuses its canonical consent to the consecration of Dr. Monon as bishop of Iows, announced in Omaha on December 29.
New York reports the clearance of 808,656 bushels of wheat yesterday, a record in the history of the produce exchange.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases about horses and training. No clear names, dates, places, organizations, or outcomes are readable. Summary limits prevent reliable reconstruction from the incomplete data.
Officials weigh cables about Iloilo where Otis reports insurgents take the city after Spanish evacuations. Potter sent to communicate with Aguinaldo, Spanish forces retreat to Mindanao, while prospects for freeing Spanish prisoners remain uncertain amid stalled cable links. Muster-out plans proceed with the 31st Michigan among likely regiments.
Washington reports William W. Hill testifying to the commission about canned and refrigerated beef for volunteers. He said early canned beef was lean and dry, later improved, while refrigerated beef appeared uncooked and safe, though overfeeding or undercooking may have affected perceptions. The panel set a hearing date with Swift Beef Co. for January 4.
Major General Brooke will not recognize the Cuban army and aims to force its disbandment through tact and judgment. He favors voluntary police work but will not encourage Cuban provincial commanders. Cuban assistance offers are politely declined and Cuban press will be monitored for incitement.
In Havana on December 29 a crowd attacked Fernandez a Spaniard and municipal police member. Surrounded in Bombay street he was forced to shout Viva Cuba Libre and was stabbed exposing the conflict between pro Spanish and pro Cuban factions. Several shots fired wounded a Spanish marine and a soldier with reports of deaths.
The article explains silkworms require cocoon processing before silk is unwound, while Frahoe uses a spider silk method. Eight spiders are aligned to a reel. their threads are joined and drawn from a captive spider, yielding 20 to 40 yards per spider before release.
Colonel W. J. Bryan arrived in Lincoln from Chicago to attend a banquet hosted by the Lincoln Traveling Men's club tomorrow evening. He said his remarks would inaugurate his anti-expansion campaign, noting he began that campaign the day he left the army.
Eight stores burned in Leitchfield Kentucky causing an estimated loss of 100000. Russia negotiates a 1650 million loan with the Rothschilds. In Chicago a sale stables fire suffocates seven horses and a dog. Chicago Board of Education faces a 500000 deficit. Pennsylvania Railroad to award 105000 tons of steel rails for 1899 delivery. Lord Salisbury proposes a Franco British frontier commission for Africa. Dupuy de Lome to be Spain's foreign minister if Sagasta's successor chosen. German beet sugar crop deficit pegged at 350000 tons by US Consul Diederich. Mexican Ambassador Romero operated on for appendicitis in Washington. A journalist in Budapest referred to as M. Horanaz Kenedi’s son-in-law involved in a patient case. Swords used in a confrontation leaving two wounded. Theodore Keil of Bement Wisconsin nets 110 from a horse deal. Confidence men exploit Keil in Chicago hours later. Notes claim an attempt to value gold in the Rand district touches off race-related tensions.
The incident centers on Mrs. Adams who died after ingesting a cyanide tainted mixture prepared by Cornish. Doctors concluded the poison likely cyanide of potassium with premeditated murder suspected. Authorities placed guards and conducted formal inquests as detectives questioned a key witness.
Washington reports that after ratification of the peace treaty the president will urge Congress to settle American claims for damages in Cuba, Puerto Rico and other Spanish possessions. About 26 million dollars have been filed with the State Department, including depredations by Cuban insurgents and unsubmitted large claims. The treaty assigns liability for depredations to the United States and for Spanish claims against it, though prior to war no U S claim was filed.
Eastbound California Limited No 4 wrecked eleven miles east of Trinidad Colorado as rails spread. Four cars left tracks and burned after gas fire. twelve injured including Conductor Boucher and Brakeman S Bope. A body for Philadelphia cremated in the blaze. Also report St Louis death of Charles Orthwein from cancer of the liver.
Madison Wis Dec 25 Governor Rose selected Albert L Saltiday of Watertown Wis to succeed Oscar B Zweitutch who resigned as quartermaster general of the Wisconsin National Guard Saltiday who served as lieutenant colonel of the Second Wisconsin during the Spanish American War steps into the post expected to draw on his wartime leadership and state guard experience.
Madrid reports Senor Sagasta, previously ill with pneumonia, much better and out of danger. Senator Emilio Castellar, Republican orator and statesman, confined by serious pulmonary catarrh, is also improving after a period of illness.
Milwaukee December 29 The Iron River mine at Stambaugh Michigan will resume operations next spring after more than five years idle. An eastern company is organizing to run the property and expects full capacity production.
Madrid and St Petersburg are the target postings for two proposed diplomats. General Lew Wallace of Indiana is mentioned for Madrid while former Minnesota Governor W R Merriam is linked to St Petersburg as the president prepares to fill the vacant diplomatic offices.
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