Moline Illinois Weekly Entry October 6 1882
Publication notice records entry for Moline Illinois edition dated Friday October 6 1882 with front office filing and second class matter designation.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1882
Page
7
Publication notice records entry for Moline Illinois edition dated Friday October 6 1882 with front office filing and second class matter designation.
Diamonds and valuable jewelry valued at twelve thousand dollars were stolen from the Exposition Building after doors opened. The C Oskamp exhibit showed a showcase locked with two padlocks and left unguarded. A visitor observed two men unlock and take items, then depart ten minutes later before the theft was discovered.
The Tariff Commission faces rising costs with estimates near 840,000 to date and total outlays possibly around 100,000 including the forthcoming volume. About 140 witnesses have been examined at roughly 280,000 in government costs. Three commissioners are in New York preparing the majority and minority reports with Porter's letter stirring activity. The majority favors simplified tariffs and modest protection for certain industries, while the minority leans toward tariff for revenue only. Daily expenses run from 500 to 800 dollars in successive sections.
Reported at Grenada Cotdant night two armed men boarded the westbound Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe train as it paused for eastbound traffic. They robbed the express car of 5500 in money and emptied a safe of 10000 dollars, then fled on horses pursued by a citizen posse.
Pinkerton detectives tracked Tot J Dunkle from Minnesota to the plains after a Kewanee bank robbery. Dunkle, a traveling salesman for Brown & Wannamaker, abducted then fled with robbers, struck a cashier, and seized stolen money. A frontier chase covered 300 miles before Dunkle was captured and fifteen hundred dollars recovered. The detective declined to name his employer but praised the agent's skill.
A reflective piece laments declining congregational singing in Methodism. It questions whether modern worship, especially in family settings, has displaced traditional psalmody and urges revival of old, hearty praise within homes and among the young.
Fragmentary text appears to reference a dress or fashion item with unclear wording and missing context. No clear persons, places, or organizations are identifiable.
Gen. Woodford, U S District Attorney for the region, urges plain speaking on fraud alleged in the Baraltoga Republican nomination. He condemns tissue ballots and forgery, calls for Judge Folger to refuse the nominating acceptance, and cites broader risks to party integrity in New York.
The Rev Arthur Ritchie, pastor of the Church of the Ascension in Chicago, is criticized as an extreme ritualist. A planned heart of Saint Michael service with high mass drew Bishop McLaren and ensuing debate over church allegiance. Cornerstone ceremony for a new church featured high ritualism with Latin rites and English hymnody, but Bishop McLaren was absent.
The Inter Ocean reports John S. Davenport spent 23 months tracing the Morey letter forgery. It alleges Hadley, a Democratic National Committee aide, forged Garfield’s signature with studied handwriting and old paper. Davenport supposedly possesses Hadley’s confession, practice sheets, and the final copy used for a facsimile.
A report notes 192 trains use Grand Central depot in New York from five in the morning to midnight. Trains pass through a tunnel and a recent accident has public awareness of rail movement, highlighting dangers of close scheduling in dark smoky tunnels and the limits of locomotive smoke control.
A Chicago paper links a romance inspired crime to the arrest of Walter HI Chase. He lured Mrs Hewitt from Oaklumt Illinois to Chicago, fled with $100 and jewelry, then hid with a brother before surrendering. he asserts the wife pursued him and blames the couple for the scandal.
Jurge Folger's letter accepts the Republican nomination for governor. He notes earnest party canvassing, orderly primaries, and a fair convention, while acknowledging concerns about improper influence but arguing withdrawal would collapse the party before a key election.
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