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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1882
Page
5
The Prohibitory amendment of Iowa is before the Iowa Supreme Court for final adjudication. A ruling could determine if the amendment is in effect or if new legislation is required, triggering a possible special session to authorize action by the Governor.
A Democratic majority in the Forty eighth Congress could supervise the Presidential vote count in November 1884. Republicans must push for Republican representatives nationwide to counter potential southern bourbon dominance. A short session in December may see a new electoral count law, but Democrats are expected to filibuster any such measure, especially if they gain the next House.
The Aledo Record argues Prohibitionists moved from moral reform to politics risking their movement. It warns of alienating allies and predicts defeat at the ballot box. The piece attacks New York and Pennsylvania sentiment and calls for counter measures, while condemning civil service reformers and bolters.
A letter to the New York Civil Service Association urges Republicans to oppose Judge Folger’s nomination, arguing it was secured by power, fraud, and patronage. The writer warns voters to resist the machine’s influence and predicts party defeat to rebuke corruption at the polls.
The United States Engineers board met in Chicago on the 8th to decide the location of the channel and to fix a plan for a general entry of the Calumet River at South.
Joseph Peter Danforth accuses Rock Islander editor J B Danforth of slander and extortion in a lengthy open letter. He claims inflated printing charges for political tickets and circulars, details past accounts, and demands publication of Democratic and Greenback party receipts while accusing the editor of coercive political schemes and perjury. He threatens legal action and pledges to expose alleged misdeeds before October 14.
A fragmentary letter discusses organizing posters, hiring a band, and displaying a vampiric persona as part of a scheme. It mentions Dr P L McKinnie depositing one thousand dollars in First National Bank of Molthe to be forfeited under stated conditions.
The Society of the Army of the Cumberland seeks funds for a Garfield Monument in the National Capitol. A bazaar and reception will run Nov 25 to Dec 3 1882 in the Capitol rotunda and adjacent halls to support the project. Local commissioners are named and urged to organize state and county participation with emphasis on needlework art and crafts.
A Topeka Commonwealth dispatch reports a collision at Salem. Engineers Westlake and Fisher, firemen, and baggageman Halliday die. Four passengers severely injured now at Nickerson. The switch was allegedly moved by a green brakeman who later surrendered. The wreck sparked a fire and bodies were scarcely recognizable. A funeral train bears the dead to Topeka for a city procession.
The Hartford Courant reports on Rev. W. F. Crafts of Brooklyn who wrote an Advance article titled Pauls Blunder arguing Paul erred by embracing the cross. The paper notes the editor replied angrily. The piece calls Crafts a blunderer and discusses a broader trend toward gospel emphasis on the cross.
Folger Washington special reports a New York political rift as District Attorney Woodford leaves the Folger faction. Allegations center on an attempted settlement in the Tilden income tax case involving special counsel Pierrepont, Van derpohl, and payments to suspend proceedings. Documents alleged to prove the scheme are kept in the Treasury files under tight guard.
The Grass Valley Tidings recounts a deadly mine incline cave near Idaho that killed Thomas Williams and seriously injured Frank Johns and Richard Johns. Miner Wm Magor risked his life to reach the injured, declaring We will have you all out, or we will die together as others joined in the perilous rescue up multiple shafts to reach the cage shaft.
The fifth Veiled Prophets parade in St Louis drew the largest crowd yet, with 21 floats depicting world voyages and nations, ending with Uncle Sam and the Prophet. A section of seating collapsed injuring several spectators, including W. T. Marcon and J. S. Love, who suffer leg injuries.
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