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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1884
Page
9
A sweeping miscellany of 1904 events reports declines for Nebraska bishopric and various political moves. Ohio and California figures named for offices. violent deaths and accidents occur in Illinois New York and Indiana. Rail bridges wash away El Paso, and crime trials in Cambridge Maryland and Ohio proceed.
The report covers shifting delegates at a national convention after initial backing of the old ticket, a late decision allowing state representatives to vote their judgment, and mentions Governor Hubbard and UD figures. It also details a string of tragedy and oddities from train fatalities in Pennsylvania to a lightning strike at a Minneapolis festival, and a mixed marriage case in East St. Louis. The piece closes with financial panic in West Virginia and flood damage along the Allegheny valley, including the destruction of the St Paul Union Depot.
The Cobb county cyclone appears as a huge globe with rotary motion and black smoke, vivid lightning flashing from it. A stem rises to the globe and returns, seemingly increasing force, while a surrounding crimson cloud adds grind and beauty. The noise resembles a coal-burner engine.
Art advances in New York as painters produce three genuine oil paintings measuring three by two feet in about twenty minutes. The works are created primarily for the American market.
The German minister to the United States presented recall offers to the president on Wednesday. Senators discuss postal telegraph and Utah bills while relief efforts in the Mississippi Valley continue via the Red Cross. The House debates electoral count provisions and the Hennepin canal appropriation is rejected amid party contention.
Members jeered a weak explanation for backing a canal policy saying the government would commit to building and maintaining a canal only if a separate bill allowed full debate. The Hennepin bill, favorably reported by the railways committee, will wait on the calendar likely until next winter.
The senate discussed California land proceeds, removal of political disabilities, and the Mexican war pension bill with several amendments tabled. June 10 saw a memorial for land for veterans and secret deliberations on consular funds. June 12 concluded with passage of the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill amid debate on the Mexican pension measure.
June reports from the house show progress on river and harbor legislation with votes on the bill, canal clauses, and appropriations. Measures include telegraphing repeal ideas, tax changes, and junctions for harbor improvements across Willamette and Little Kanawha, plus confirmation of a June 30 adjournment.
Cairo reports that Egyptian rebels killed the Berber garrison and many European traders. British dispatches cite 10,000 butchered, with 1,000 garrison soldiers and 2,000 women and children among the dead and survivors.
A prosperous man quotes a maxim about self-made fortune while his friend答 notes the architect’s plans often falter. The exchange juxtaposes ambition with the reality of flawed outcomes.
The piece notes the top orange county butter sold in New York markets originates from Illinois with Iowa next as a leading butter producer. It mentions New York lagging in cheese making and seeking improvement.
A New York Sun report on cases of homicidal and suicidal impulses in business and professional men. Doctors describe sudden urges to kill or harm as a common nervous disorder, noting nine current patients and detailing incidents from a Brooklyn ferry to a Hudson Valley residence. The article cites Dr Ordronnaux’s claim that one in a hundred walks the streets as potentially murderous.
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