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Newspaper

Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1882

Page

2

Senate and House proceed on wide federal agenda

Senate debates Mississippi levee appropriation and education bills as well as retirement rules for officers in civil posts. House actions include printing funds, Utah contest, and tariff opposition. Additional items cover Indian salt manufacture, boundary talks with Mexico, and pensions. Postage and local trials feature court actions and a fatal train robbery attempt in New Mexico.

Senate Mississippi Garland Judiciary Committee United States Cuba House Hiscock Calkins Utah Kasson Guenther Allison Iowa Agricultural College Sherman Ohio Miller’ Reyrted Taylor and Blackburn Garfield Bliss Agnew Hamilton Reyburn Boynton Edson Steward Crump George Cannon Murray Campbell Harrodsburg Nebraska Kansas Government Mexico Tariff Commission Messrs Turnerby Townshend McKenzie King

Heaviest snow storm hits Michigan peninsula and more

The heaviest snow storm of the season prevails on the 19th in Michigan. The Iroquois steamer is dispatched from Mare Island to aid Arctic’s lost crew. Kansas reports prime crop prospects and robust cattle and sheep through winter. The Army of the Potomac meets in Detroit June 14 15. Boston readies for an international electrical exhibition next September.

Michigan United States Iroquois Mare Island Cal Rodgers Kansas Society of the Army of the Potomac Detroit Boston S. J. Gray Lexington Cincinnati Southern Railroad San Francisco Australia William Ripley Chicago Swing Durine New York Tur St. Joseph Register Ringo National Academy of Sciences Department of Agriculture Georgia Tropic Fayette County PitrspurGu United States Senate Navy Yard Charlestown Mass Samuel C. Holmes New

Women vote bill defeated by Massachusetts House

The Massachusetts House defeated a bill granting women the vote for Presidential Electors. News items include political testimony in Washington, court appearances in the Star route cases, and several political appointments and resignations in Maine, Colorado and abroad.

State redistricting moves amid special session calls

The Maine governor appoints a successor to Artemus Libby for justice. Nas holds a special legislative session to redraw districts, meeting at Lincoln on May 12. General William L. Burt, president of the Boston Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railway, dies at Saratoga on the 21st from paralysis. Illinois Senate approves bills to divide the state into congressional and legislative districts by a 30 to 14 vote.

Maine Artemus Libby Nas Lincoln William L. Burt Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western Railway Saratoga Illinois Senate

Foreign items spark diplomatic and political shocks worldwide

Reports from Valparaiso to Vienna detail arrests in Chilean letters cases, De Lesseps Sahara plan, MacLean acquittal on insanity grounds, parole notices in Kilmainham, Berlin blasphemy punishment, a large emigrant family, Redmond's suspension in Parliament, Darwin’s death, Nihilist arrests, Burmese executions, Irish self government plea, Lima minister’s fatal heart aneurysm, and Balta Jew outrages leaving two thousand families in poverty.

United States Valparaiso State Department la Paz de Lesseps Sahara Tunis Algeria Tripoli Roderick MacLean Queen Victoria Reading Parnell Kilmainham France Bismarck Berlin Gambetta Montreal Manitoba House of Commons Redmond Forster Charites Robert Darwin London Cacevatta Theebaw Burmah MacLean Ireland Hurlbut Lima New York Vienna Balta

Tornadoes and fires plague several towns in 1882 era

A tornado tore through Cairo Illinois damaging the colored Methodist Church and multiple buildings while other towns faced fires and collapse. The report also notes political votes regarding Canadian treaties and a large stock dealer bankruptcy in Buffalo. A shipwreck near Hannibal and a cyclone in Monticello add to a string of disasters and political actions.

Cairo Colored Methodiet Lake City Minn Dominion House of Commons Blake Canada Arabi Bey

Remarkable Northern Lights and Severe Telegraph Storm

The Chicago Herald notes an extraordinary aurora borealis display lasting into the early morning, rivaling the 1878 event, while a violent electric storm disabled telegraph lines from New York to Ogden. Wires burned, switchboards caught fire, and operators faced dangerous conditions as North-South lines carried power without batteries.

New York Ogden Chicago St. Paul Western Union Telegraph Company Western Union Telegraph Office Chicago Herald

Loss of the Jeannette details from Siberia dispatch

Dr H C Ledyard describes the Jeannette disaster to a friend in San Francisco. Lieutenant Danenhower recalls the ship trapped in ice, pumping for a year and a half, the floe tearing apart at dawn, 29 days retreating southward, Bennett Island detour, and the crew eventually reaching blue water before river passage failed.

San Francisco H. C. Ledyard Siberia Irkoutsk Ledyard Danenhower Herald Island Wil Bennett Island Lena River Melvynle

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