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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1882
Page
2
A busy legislative week covers the Senate and House actions on the River and Harbor bill veto, Sundry Civil Appropriation measures, a pension for disabled soldiers, and diplomatic moves with Persia. Nominations, party conventions, and state politics echo nationwide.
Domestic public debt totals 1 916 152 464 including interest 10 926 918 cash in Treasury 241 098 031 debt reserve 1 675 054 433 decrease July 13 860 027 faith cure camp at Old Orchard Beach Me reports remarkable healings. Salaries of 2 003 postmasters total 3 549 700. Interior notes Chilean incident. Public land sales Duluth and St Cloud districts planned December and early 1900s. Yellow fever case in New Orleans. Various court and land rulings. Train wreck Beloit Kansas fatal. Indianapolis sparring death. New Orleans pistol duel. Oil City coal-train wreck. 104 failures week end. Drowning at Chicago picnic. Four hangings recorded. Perry County water spout damages 100 000 and possible losses.
The House 122 to 59 and the Senate 41 to 16, each with over two thirds, passed the River and Harbor bill despite the President’s veto. The Iowa Republican State Convention met in Des Moines on the 24th and named J. A. T. Hull for Secretary of State J. L. Brown for Auditor Smith McPherson for Attorney General and E. H. Conger for State Treasurer. The platform reaffirms the 1880 Republican platform and praises Congress for its action on contested seats as vindication of an honest ballot.
Mexico reports revenues of 27 5 million dollars for the last fiscal year. Greece occupies the Turkish village of Tarta near the frontier and faces a Porte demand for explanation. Chieftain Cetrwayo arrives in England. Ladies' Land League of Ireland dissolves. Bar Harbor party robbed of 1209 dollars and watches by highwaymen. Two fishing boats from Peterhead reported missing. Engineer Melville arrives at Tobolsk and suspects Chipp party perished. Matamoros reports twenty two cases of yellow fever and seven deaths. New French Ministry formed with Leblond premier and justice minister.
Alexandria reports detail Arabi’s revolt with 1500 dollar bounties for Bey, arrests of 27 Pashas, and clashes as British forces withdraw from Mekis. Proclamations accuse the English, depose the Khedive, and massed Arab and Bedouin support threaten Cairo and Suez.
Reports from Alexandria describe a forceful recon in force with four infantry battalions cavalry and artillery driven from advance posts. Casualties were heavy as British troops withdrew. Meanwhile Turkey prepared to send thousands to Egypt and the Suez Canal issue saw officials confer Governor of the Isthmus powers. Other items include grants for government appropriations and various political incidents.
President Chester A. Arthur vetoes House Bill No. 6242 noting objections to local rather than national purposes. He cites constitutional limits and rising annual river harbor appropriations and suggests a compromise to fund one half of the bill and route expenditure through War Department directions. Public works debates continue with four months to reconsider.
Willie Woodhead, a fifteen year old son of Kelita Woodhead, vanished in mid June and was believed dead after a mistaken burial in Johnstown. He later appeared alive in Baltimore saying he had traveled through Philadelphia Newark Del Atlantic City Cincinnati before returning home, after a lengthy family and police led search.
The State Greenback convention met in Peoria on the 2d electing A. J. Streeter as Chairman. Daniel McLaughlin and Frank A. Hull were named for state offices. A long list of state central committee members was chosen and numerous resolutions endorsed the 1880 national platform, calling for debt payment, tax cuts, silver coinage, government paper money, fair elections, and opposition to monopolies. It also urged land reservation, alien land restrictions, and constitutional votes on prohibition and woman suffrage. The convention criticized England over Egypt and voiced sympathy for Russia’s nihilists and Arabi Bey’s anti-bondholder stance.
Cook County Sheriff received a governor sanctioned warrant for the arrest of William M. Scott, linked to a Newburg poker game loss of 150000 by a young man named Weed. Scott lay ill at Briggs House Chicago under deputy guard. Article lists other local items including births deaths fires and property values.
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