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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1883
Page
2
Reports on the Menominee River flooding describe damage above and below Menominee Wisconsin with submerged dams mills and destroyed property. Also noted are Arbor Day plantings in Nebraska and various national incidents including strikes and court cases.
A publicized list of charges alleges corruption extravagance and incompetence in the Washington office of the Supervising Architect with claims of a contractor ring taking fees and commissions. The report also notes political developments including Ohio liquor laws and other national items.
Reports indicate a devastating fire destroyed five hundred dwellings and other property at Katan Swanoske in Russia a few days earlier. Separate dispatches recount a severe flood in Yahuahia Mexico on the 18th causing six deaths and heavy losses. A Berlin paper hints monarchy's return to France could trigger war with Germany, while the Phenix Park murder trial in Dublin delivered a guilty verdict against Daniel on the 18th.
Reports describe Curley sentenced to be hanged on May 18 while Oakville near Toronto saw most of the village burned on the 18th. In Quebec Parliament buildings at Quebec City a fire destroyed upper stories and many public documents. Other items include nihilist trials in St Petersburg, dynamite plots in London, and a Liverpool emigration wave to Manitoba.
Reports from Paris state El Mahdi has been captured at Soudan and various global incidents are noted. Fire at Aurelia Iowa destroys twenty three business buildings value around one hundred thousand dollars. Pittsburgh steel magnate James Park dies at sixty three. A Spain dynamite factory disaster at Loperucca leaves seven dead. New Orleans officer Coffey shot by Alfred Gossett who is later killed. Iowa Supreme Court upholds Prohibitory amendment null. Nihilists executed in St Petersburg. Enfield armory explosion causes minor damage. Two Brothers schooner sinks near Bagra Bay with seven aboard. Jewett cooper shops burn in North Buffalo. Five drownings in Meadow Pond incident. Severe winds and snows strike Colorado Wyoming and Nebraska. President Arthur arrives in Washington in good health. Liverpool fire destroys shipchandlery worth ten thousand.
In Bow Street London eight men including Norman Dalton Wilson and Dr Gallagher face treason felony charges over a dynamite plot. Informer Lynch testifies he was sent from New York by Gallagher to incite violence in London, describing trips to Manhattan and Birmingham and stockpiling nitro glycerine in rubber bags.
Washington reports on April 20 outline five charge categories against Supervising Architect Hill. The list accuses a ring including Assistant Secretary French and others of corruption and overpayment at the office, favoritism toward contractors, unskilled hires, and contracts let above law. Witnesses named include Folger and Dawes along with several others.
Night watchman Fr Cantini was gagged as five burglars drilled into the vault of the Metropolitan Bank at Canal and Chartres. They looted deposit boxes, with losses estimated between 50 000 and 200 000, while witnesses lined the street. Police seek five assailants and a $2 000 reward stands.
In Philadelphia on April 19 Dora Hull of Reading, age 17, bled to death from a ruptured artery in her right arm above the elbow. The arm’s bone had grown over two and a half feet in circumference, weighing forty two pounds. Dr Gross at Jefferson College advised amputation last spring, but she refused. The bone had enlarged for two years.
The Civil Service Commission has not decided if the new law will admit women on equal terms with men in the public service. The matter hinges on President’s return and future rules. Some officials object to equality, while the Commission’s tendency appears to favor equal examination access for women.
In Stockton a feud between Henry Emil Johnson and James Donnelly over a wagon sale led to a fatal knife fight. Both men died from stab wounds after a drunken confrontation. Donnelly was 23 and unmarried, Johnson left a wife and two children.
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