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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1882
Page
3
The piece notes no warning from the weather bureau about the Ohio cyclone. A Chicago court decides a wife’s estate is liable for family expenses including children's education. Reports of German dissatisfaction prompt emigration concerns as Germans weigh ties to their republic.
General Crook directs department officers to gradually establish civil government among reservation Indians. He stresses strict justice in all dealings and promises officers will be held to a strict account for their actions.
Final returns show Hart Republican winning Twelfth District by ten votes and McKinley Republican taking Eighteenth District by a small margin. Republicans gain eight seats while Democrats hold thirteen in Congress.
Gov. Foster of Ohio congratulates himself on a “square, honest, and open tight” for liquor taxation and Sunday saloon closures. He notes allied Democrats, Prohibitionists, and saloon keepers defeating Republicans on this issue and invites supporters to crow.
The journal notes the Republican gains in Maine during September, plus new seats in West Virginia and Ohio in October, offset by a net loss, with potential recovery in November. It forecasts two Illinois seats and cautions Democrats not to boast while trees remain in peril.
A mob in Evansville killed a brother of the murdered woman and wounded four others after a man beat and shot his young wife to death. Authorities protected the suspect, while the mob likely faces severe retaliation as two of its members are believed dead.
In the Cuwaco Journal Illinois urges strong Republican organization to elect many Congressmen and a legislature that will pick a U S Senator to replace David Davis. It argues for a decisive Republican gain and warns Illinois must not follow Ohio’s surrender, calling for persistent effort.
The Western Union Telegraph Co held its annual meeting in New York. The capital stood at 80 million with 20 thousand in the treasury. The year ends show about 6 million in loaned debt and a surplus after dividends and charges of 1.852 million. Beginning surplus was 1.278 million, with 315 thousand spent on new lines and wires, leaving a June 30 1882 surplus of 1.861 million.
The prohibition engineers who nominated a county ticket chose Deacon Edwards for sheriff but he declined. He said he would aid the temperance cause if it furthered banning alcohol but would not run, believing liquor fuels crime and misery. He thanked supporters and urged patience for the right action.
The magnate repudiates quotes reported by a Chicago Herald interview accusing him of anti monopoly and Nickel Plate language. He says he never used such terms or expressed those views and asserts misreporting by reporters. Rumors say editors may distort quotes for Wall Street deals.
In Rock Island 1882 two dozen prohibitionists nominate officials, prompting a reply from Fleming Southwell and Hawes. They state they have accepted Republican nominations and oppose cross party endorsations while urging equal access to telegraph wires to all newspapers at non-discriminating rates.
Committee members weigh the sequence of events and potential agendas as a discussion stalls over unclear motives and public interest. Details remain tentative as officials seek clarity on roles and objectives.
Col Robert G Ingersoll announces a Post interview with affidavits from jurors and DOJ employees alleging attempts to corrupt the Star Route jury. Brown and Foot describe payments and bribe offers tied to Dorsey and Brady. Cameron Brewster Fall and Holmead figure in a plotted scheme to influence or intimidate jurors.
Passengers and crew of the steamer Herder reach St Johns by the Neptune after the wreck. Only two steerage passengers suffer illness needing hospital care. The vessel is demolished and cargo washed ashore, with authorities pursuing misconduct aboard. American and German consuls investigate. two U.S. passengers prepare depositions.
A locomotive left the Forty second street station at 7 AM and ran away after it passed the Fourteenth street stop. It sped toward Ninth street at about sixteen miles per hour, alarming station crews and passengers. The train was slowed only when the hand brakes were used, preventing a collision with the ahead engine. The conductor blamed the incident on the engine slipping away, while an onlooker warned that unbraked runaways could reach twenty miles per hour and cause a wreck.
Deputy Sheriff Metord returns Jim Bailey, alleged cattle thief, after a hand to hand struggle at Gen Meens stock farm, 26 miles from Harrisburg Virginia. Bailey shot three times but not seriously hurt, linked to a large cattle theft stretching to Chicago and Hancock county. Preliminary examination pending as he offers evasive excuses.
A Symacusx preacher's son hunted on Sunday and fired a shot that hit a small animal but was not fatal. The report notes no accidental context but notes a sharp dispute over responsibility. If the son had not gone hunting the incident would not have occurred.
L McKinnie of Moline accuses Col J B Danforth of selling out the Greenbackers to the Prohibition party in a fiery Oct 16 1882 open letter. He cites alleged forfeit demands, defamatory charges, and disputed ticket practices, urging Greenbackers to nominate a straight Greenbacker and oppose Danforth’s alleged manipulation.
Official returns indicate the Democratic lead in Ohio will not exceed a near flat margin with 14 Democrats to 7 Republicans in Congress if key Seventh and Twelfth districts stay Democratic. Early tallies cite Follett Johnson Schultz Le Fever plus others as probable members with McKinley and Hunt winning in separate districts.
Fragmentary text indicates a matter involving the firm of A Vogeler & Co manufacturers of proprietary medicines. It mentions Mr Christian Devries and references the Devries firm and new managers, with notes on a widow and succession.
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