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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1882
Page
3
Report states Kirkwood plans to leave the cabinet within two weeks and seek another post, with a prospect of a reshuffle among certain congressmen. Significant developments are anticipated as the timing and substitutions are unsettled.
Mason reached Albany prison on Thursday as officials seek the authority used to commit him during a pending case. The article also questions whether anyone attempted to deprive him of the writ of habeas corpus.
Tas Rairoul Commissioners approve a revised classification to address merchant and shipper complaints. The change will take effect on April 10th and aims to remedy defects in the current system as deemed well-founded by the commissioners.
Snow storms cause avalanches and peril in Genoa Nev where a Mr and Mrs Nimrod Wen and Miss Borlin D are reported dead. An emigrant train bound west is blocked at Blue Canon for four days and Central Pacific snow shells suffer extensive damage.
The Garfield monument committee aims to raise 250000 to fund a worthy national monument. Cleveland has contributed 75000 and Ohio may add to 125000, leaving 125000 to be apportioned among states and territories. Arrangements are being perfected to organize systematic subscriptions.
Democrats voice strong opposition to Gen Rose Crans as chair of the Congressional campaign committee fearing his age harms the party and alienates Garfield allies while stoking anti Catholic sentiment. Senator Farley declined to serve and Grover and McPherson also refused positions.
A reader letter argues for an assessor over a collector, claiming collection rate and fairness matter more than who collects. It urges selecting an assessor who fairly values property and enforces taxes to prevent wealthier areas from bearing less burden.
A correspondent voices the Distarce feeling on Mason duty and the case of guarding a notorious felon. Military law demands strict, swift action, leaving no sentiment in its processes and pressing for severe punishment where duty is violated.
A garbled Inter Ocean report asserts a key exchange between James Garfield and William Rosecrans. It alleges that Horace Greeley proposed to Rosecrans a presidential bid and urged restraint after Stone River, with Garfield pressing immediate action and noting various inquiries were reviewed. The piece implies collated correspondence and evolving positions in the 1862 political struggle.
The Board of Supervisors passed resolutions commending the virtue of the Union and Rock Islanders after amending them with a clause distancing from current Argus management. An amendment to include the Disraton was voted down, marking a record of public suspicion toward Dispatch over alleged large-scale thefts by Ballard Zimmerman & Co.
The article argues Mason should not receive a pardon for his actions. It calls his act cowardly and unworthy of a soldier’s chevrons, suggests madness may have driven him, and condemns his writings as hateful. It warns public sympathy could dangerous and recommends a cooling-off period of about a year.
The Inter Ocean reports a monster convention in Springfield on the 15th with about 100 attendees. Resolutions condemn rail passes, press for strict railroad law enforcement, and call for reducing passenger rates to two cents per mile while criticizing the Board of Commissioners as too pro railroad.
The Rock Islander reports a costly Ballard county treasury probe, saying nearly $4,000 was spent with little gain beyond a claim against D. O. Reid and an unsuccessful suit against Sam Porter. It accuses Republicans of using a Chicago expert to inflame vendetta while discrediting prior editorials and officials.
A congressional committee weighs how far federal power should reach in regulating food and medicines. The report urges public health protection while limiting interference with commerce, noting dangers from adulterated glucose and the impact on the poor.
Hubbard introduces a vast two volume work claiming 2,592 pages and over thirty four thousand newspapers plus twenty thousand banks worldwide. The directory includes the history of printing, type samples, portraits of publishers, and multilingual facsimile pages, with Hubbard as project editor and New Haven publisher H P Hubbard.
The State Board of Health moved toward vaccinating school children despite opposition. Officials directed the secretary to take necessary steps to complete the program, aiming to extend the protective measure to every pupil in public schools.
During a fourteen year period Chicago required vaccination certificates for all public schoolchildren. In the current epidemic six thousand smallpox and varioloid cases occurred citywide, a predicted 550 to 600 cases among schoolchildren, yet only seven occurred and no schools were closed.
Readers urged clemency for Sergeant Mason who shot at Guiteau while on duty. The article contrasts punishment with public petitions, noting eight years at hard labor, calls for presidential or court pardon, and questions the justice of such a harsh sentence amid wartime discipline and national stability.
The Government relief steamer Anita, led by Captain Lee and with St. Clair Arnold of the Quartermaster’s Department, arrived at Greenville Mississippi and will distribute about 109 tons of supplies up the Yazoo river to destitute residents. The plan to move people from their homes was abandoned due to vast need, with aid to be delivered from depots and through boats along the river while some accounts report drownings during river travel.
Five youths aged 8 to 17 were digging a hillside tunnel near Bt Joe when earth collapsed trapping and killing two boys and leaving Gur rish as the only survivor, with others rescued from the mound as crowds gathered. The victims, from well to do families, included Mike Garrish 17 Allen Failes 9 Sam Montgomery 8 Jack Montgomery 14 Nicholas Kell 13. Gur rish showed a brief life sign before dying.
The Madison Square Theater company tests newspaper advertising versus posters. Manager McGeachy says full page newspaper ads reach parlors and hotels while avoiding cheap handbills, claiming newspapers deliver neater, costlier campaigns through news dealers and mail distribution.
In the lower House Townshend of Illinois accused Gov Cullom of neglecting to call on state citizens to aid flood sufferers in Ohio river counties. Cullom replied that local authorities gave no such request and preferred to handle relief themselves, sometimes protesting any suggestion of seeking state charity.
Fragmentary notes claim counsel found points in the record that would invalidate the indictment and defense. The text is poorly legible, offering limited details on the court inquiry and potential implications for the case.
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