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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1881
Page
2
The annual pension report shows as of June 30, 1581 there were 368 830 pensioners, up 1806 in the year. Total annual value of pensions is 28 759 967 while payments for pensions in the year reached 49 723 147 after arrears.
The Chicago Tribune reports singer Chara Levine Kellogg will marry a Mr Whitney after her current engagement, in New York. Kellogg remains one of only two American opera singers rated first class in Europe, with commentary on American prospects for future vocal greatness and a critique of Confederate bond values and a long-standing English deposit.
The text denounces Irish figures as the worst wronged in Christendom and accuses them of blundering under liberal and Conservative pressures. It cites English and Welsh election alignments and robs Robespierre's influence, claiming Irish leaders ruin their own revolutionary cause through action and factional mistakes.
The article notes ongoing unrest in Russia with Bolshevik style nihilists distributing socialist publications despite police actions. It mentions arrests in St Petersburg for preparing dangerous explosives and threats received by the Czar, illustrating persistent anti-government sentiment across society.
The item notes rumors that Columbia may gain a queen as Ches ter A. Arthur becomes engaged to Miss Frances E. Will and. At a Christian Temperance Union meeting in Washington she praised him as a true knightly gentleman who bore himself nobly in a national crisis and saluted the flag at Yorktown.
A lively exchange in Chicago likens the market to a zoo with bears and bulls, unsettling farmers holding grain while consumers gain patience. Wheat prices fall to around $1.25 and corn quotes linger near eight to six cents, with rumors of further declines and widespread attempts to exit positions.
A foggy dawn voyage near Lake Michigan yields a joke about Chicago’s odor. A passenger asks a sailor how far to the city and is told it seems about ten miles, the smell described as unmistakably fertilizing factory in origin.
A city youth received a letter from a prominent bank official stressing steady progress toward personal growth. The letter warns against rushing wealth and advises patience, disciplined habits, and honest means to advance, highlighting health and character as foundations for lasting influence.
The piece argues the Mississippi valley transfer mirrors a future St Lawrence conquest, claiming the mouth of the St Lawrence and the Northwest wheat belts require direct European outlet. It blames revenue fences and bonded warehouses, urging U S government river improvements to allow large steamers from Duluth and Chicago to Liverpool and Havre, asserting Canada cannot fund such works.
The piece urges unity and endurance for the country, praising the public spirit in supporting defenders of the Republic. It notes the government care for sick and wounded soldiers and highlights the record generosity of citizens, while citing an aggregate annual tension around 33 million dollars despite sixteen years since the war.
Observers note kinder mood among Spaniards, a shift from military rule to limited monarchy. Recent Madrid reports claim release of political prisoners and a move toward greater liberty, with progress sparking cautious optimism about the country’s path.
Lucretia A R Garfield writes to AS Sotomen praising the Garfield hospital memorial committee. She notes the October account of the committee’s actions and offers to contribute, calling the project a tribute to General Garfield and praising the high character of the participants.
Monday afternoon at 4 o clock the transit of Mercury will be observed. Mercury, about one third Earth’s diameter, orbits the sun at roughly 36 million miles. A playful weather metaphor suggests the planet serves as a celestial thermometer to calm Sol in summer and wake him in winter.
The piece argues the Democrats lag behind Republicans by four years and remain teachable, noting their shift since 1880 toward protectionism and free trade as a poor policy for America, with Voorhees delivering a memorized lesson on tariffs while others struggle to keep pace.
The week saw 139 failures, higher than usual, with Eastern States 17, Western 32, Southern 37, Middle 3, Pacific coast. The south shows week to week increases and analysts warn failures will be unusually frequent during the winter period.
In Washington on Friday the motion to set aside the criminal information in the Star Route cases was resumed with George Bliss arguing for the Government. He contends the Grand Jury was adjourned to October and key acts occurred October 1, 1878, justifying information under the three year statute, and that duty to the Government required action. The defense asserts no statute authorizes filing by information and questions the process, urging grand jury supremacy and proper common law procedures.
Paris author describes Sarah Bernhardt's Chicago tour with vivid contrasts. Iron city and vast streets reveal a mobile populace driven by commerce and spectacle. The Palmer House is a miniature city of services and elevators, while the showman’s praise for a Boston whale hints at commercial leverage over fame.
A narrator recalls a slaughteryard process where hogs are weighed killed scalded and cut for jams sausages and pork pies. The account notes the precision of the machinery and imagines reversing it to reconstruct the victims, highlighting a dark critique of industrial killing.
Friday evening a large passenger packet bound for Eagle collided with the Keokuk bridge as eddies drove it broadside. The crash broke a span and eight drowned. the boat valued at 40000 with insu rance about 25000. Captain Greug and clerk Alex Robinson provided how the disaster unfolded.
A leading attorney Colonel G M Murphy shot Geo Sadler at the Hot Springs City Hall after Sadler allegedly threatened him. Murphy pursued Sadler following a reported threat. Sadler was mortally wounded and dying hours later. Public tension runs high as witnesses dispute the threat claim and police monitor Murphy.
On Monday evening in Fremont Ohio near the depot Ed Sheehy fired a pistol at youths who had thrown corn at his door. The shot struck Katie DeLand 17 from the group of girls walking by, critically wounding her.
Mr and Mrs Indac Borst left their Bloomingdale area farmhouse in charge of their niece Miss Nannie Barton and returned to find her bound in a chair by ropes and half-died from exhaustion. She reported two men entered seized choked and tied her and robbed the house. near Clark and Madison streets Chicago nightlife hosts gambling dens and saloons. A 2 am assault on Keating from Scherer’s saloon left him mortally injured and he died next morning. Maverik urges locating a police officer near Gamblers’ Corner.
The defense describes Guiteau as deep in study and writing, reading Truth A Companion to the Bible with interest and ready to expound on its merits. Amber and two attorneys are mentioned as part of his legal proceedings in Indianapolis.
Government examiner reports the bank's assets total 2,035,252 with liabilities at 4,446,253, showing an actual deficiency of 2,411,000. Losses will be covered by assessments on stockholders and by reduced returns to depositors, who are estimated to recover 50 to 60 percent.
Charles Mapper, a divinity student at Heidelburt College in Tiffin Ohio, fatally shot Miss Phabe Bernard at midnight Friday after a marriage rejection. He hid in a lumber yard overnight and surrendered Saturday. Muad der’s Stark County home noted. Insanity claims surface among his friends.
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