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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1889
Page
2
A sweeping Telegraph digest reviews major foreign and domestic events. Political shifts, criminal cases, accidents, and industrial developments are condensed into a rapid, kaleidoscopic look at the day’s noteworthy happenings.
War Department officials study rising desertions with 1,467 in six months of the current year, up from 1,209 the previous year. Most deserters are in their first year. experts urge reform of articles of war and reducing extra duties to address the issue.
The Signal Service weekly weather crop bulletin notes favorable harvest conditions in Minnesota and Dakota with threshing underway and strong yields in the north. Some hail damage in Minnesota and Nebraska. light frost in extreme north harmed vegetables slightly. Corn thrives in Ohio Indiana and Tennessee while cotton and tobacco face mixed results in the Carolinas and Kentucky. Arkansas and Texas expected heavy cotton if rain arrives.
L. C. Howard estimates annual crop losses in the United States from injurious insects at 300 million dollars. The Agricultural Department notes efforts to suppress pests, including imports of destructive beetles from abroad. Twelve thousand beetles were brought to California from Australia to combat the fluted scale attacking orange and lemon crops.
The Caldwell express on the Rock Island Road collided with a freight train on a curve two miles west of Topeka Kansas. The baggage and express cars and many freight cars and both engines were wrecked. Expressman Courter was crushed to death Fireman Pat Donovan was fatally injured and Lew Ball a brake man had one leg cut off and was otherwise injured. None of the passengers were injured.
President Harrison names Samuel F. Phillips of North Carolina as Commissioner under the Venezuela and United States treaty for claims. Charles G. Pope of Missouri becomes Consul at Toronto and Richard G. Lay of the District of Columbia is named Consul General at Ottawa.
Col W H Snodgrass dies near New Albany Indiana from blood poisoning at 57. He served in the 22d Indiana volunteer during the war and ended as lieutenant colonel. He later worked as assistant road master for the Jeffersonville Madison Indianapolis railroad, a previous prewar connection.
The President nominated a long list of appointments including Edward F. Hobart to Surveyor General of New Mexico, Calvin G. Townsend as Principal Clerk of Public Lands, Isaac R. Conwell as Principal Clerk on Private Land Claims, and William T. Harris as Commissioner of Education. Additional posts include various collectors, auditors, and officials for districts in Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, Louisiana, Florida, Ohio, and Illinois, plus a Navy officer, an associate justice in Arizona, and other federal roles.
Two explosions rocked the Cedar Ridge a naphtha launch at Ferry Street boathouse causing a blaze. Miss McLean 28 and Crocker’s children Leonard Ethel and others perished while bystander Charlotte 14 was rescued. Crocker survived as his wife graves in grief.
Bradstreet's weekly review cites larger trade volumes in major cities including Philadelphia Pittsburgh Louisville Cincinnati Kansas City Chicago and Galveston with a bright autumn outlook. Iron consumption peaks while breadstuff prices ease and business failures total 7032 to date with 173 failures this week.
J D King of Janesville Wis has been appointed Postoffice Inspector in charge of the Washington Division comprising the District of Columbia and Maryland Virginia North Carolina West Virginia and Delaware He succeeds Gen L G Estee King is a veteran inspector who has served mainly in the West including the Denver division and was removed from office in 1888 Other new appointments include Thomas W Blackburn Samuel L Target Frank M Lewis David I Finch John Wills N Bierkower John D Nash William H Baer Jasper Pearl and others in various districts and offices.
J Frank Collom, noted attorney, confessed forger used Blaisdell's name on nearly twenty thousand dollars of forged securities. Collom acted as Blaisdell's lawyer, negotiated drafts with banks and lenders, and hopes to repay the funds through real estate dealings.
A 30 inch natural gas main being tested at Pittsburg Virginia exploded when a cap blew off under 75 psi. Two men died instantly and two were fatally injured while about fifteen others sustained serious injuries among several hundred workers at nearby iron mills.
Eyewitnesses describe workers and spectators watching an experiment when debris and missiles struck. Two men were killed outright and about fifteen injured, with two fatally. The dead were sent home and the injured rushed to a hospital.
Dispatches from Toski Egypt claim documents found in Wad el N jumi camp and on sheiks show a wide conspiracy among Egyptian army officials and Cairo leaders. The invasion was to trigger treason, reasons for abandonment remain unclear as General Grenfell heads to Cairo. Cavalry pursue the last emir after a battle near Sarras.
A lone highwayman robbed a Wisconsin Central passenger train between Chippewa Falls and Abbotsford at 3 30 in the morning. He boarded a sleeping car, fired at the porter who woke passengers, and escaped after taking valuables from the conductor and a few riders. He appeared as a woodsman, carried a gun, and wore a large knife in his belt.
A small tornado crossed Kansas City Missouri from northwest to southeast tearing down chimneys and outbuildings but causing little city damage. It gathered force and size as it moved. A heavy electrical storm of rain then followed, raining in torrents for about half an hour and flooding streets, halting traffic.
The Brown Sequard elixir of life was applied with marked success at Missouri Pacific Hospital in St Louis by leading physicians on Dennis O'Brien a paralytic whose right side was useless The case has created a stir in medical circles and the patient is under close watch
A Zanzibar cable reports explorer Stanley heading for the coast with Emin Pasha and 9,000 men carrying a large ivory cargo. The arrival date remains uncertain. Germans are alleged to be fomenting trouble and a European uprising is deemed highly possible.
Judge William F. Bullock died at his son’s home near Shelbyville Kentucky He was born near Lexington in 1807 and educated at Transylvania University He began life as a lawyer at Lexington and was elected to the State Legislature where he served many years He helped found public schools in Kentucky presenting the first bill for their establishment He drafted in 1858 the bill creating the first school for the blind south of the Ohio River.
Henry H. Haynes of Ohio is appointed receiving clerk of the General Land Office replacing C. N. Douglass who is dismissed. Charles E. Baxter of Michigan resigns as post office inspector. Henry Brace of Pennsylvania and Cyrus A. Mosier of Washington Territory are appointed special agents in fraudulent land entry cases.
A cyclone passed south of Clear Water Kansas causing severe destruction. Two houses were demolished and occupant William Goode was fatally injured. Many animals were killed and the corn crop sustained $12,000 in damage. The cyclone’s path was a quarter mile wide and six miles long.
Nancy Hanks the bay filly by Happy Medium from Dictator in Hart Boswell’s ownership trots second heat in 2 24 over a half mile, surpassing the world record for a 3-year-old. Horsemen hail her as Kentucky’s top 3-year-old.
In Cincinnati Ohio detectives Jackson and Wappenstein captured George Webster a famed desperado after a struggle he was shot in the shoulder and arm Webster had been under death sentence in Missouri for the killing of a St Louis policeman following three trials he was sent to the penitentiary for two years
Ex Governor R B Hubbard former Texas official who served as Minister to Japan during the Cleveland era is noted in the ratification process. The report ties Hubbard to the historical treaty discussion and diplomatic ties between the United States and Japan.
Governor Hubbard receives a cablegram from Tokyo announcing that the treaty negotiated between the United States and Japan has been ratified by the Japanese Government and is now effective.
The marriage of Princess Militiza daughter of Prince Nicholas of Montenegro to Grand Duke Peter nephew of the Czar was solemnized in the chapel of the Peterhof palace at St. Petersburg. The imperial family and all ministers of state and foreign representatives attended.
At Pittsburg Pennsylvania coke firms Schoonmaker Co McClure Co and Cochran Co, three of the largest outside the Frick Company, have advanced the wages of their employes six and forty four cents per ton. The strikers demanded uniform wages and will probably accept the increase offered.
Rich oil seams are said to lie in Tabasco while coal deposits are reported in Guerrero. An engineer battalion excavates at Coyoacan, near Montezuma’s palace, seeking the Aztec King’s hidden treasure.
Latest Cherokee returns indicate a tight race between Downing and National parties for the Legislature. Both claim a majority, though preliminary results show the Downing party leading in five of nine districts.
A cablegram to the Japanese Legation in Washington reports a treaty with Russia concluded at Tokio. The accord mirrors recent treaties Japan has with the United States and Germany.
The Boston assignment of George W. Hollis of the Hollis Dressed Beef and Wool Company is announced after the collapse of Brown, Steese & Clark. Hollis faces embarrassment due to the firm’s failure.
The American Catholic Total Abstinence Union, meeting in Cleveland Ohio, elected Rev J M Cleary of Kenosha Wisconsin as president and Rev William McMahon of Cleveland Ohio as treasurer.
General Henry Dupont head of the Dupont gun powder firm in Wilmington Delaware died at 77. His fortune is estimated at 15 million dollars.
Mrs. Dr. H. K. Painter died in Lincoln Nebraska. She rose to prominence during the rebellion as a nurse and was highly esteemed by the Woman's Relief Corps and G. A. R. men.
Damaging storms hit England causing severe losses to wheat crops while official India harvest reports show a shortfall of 706000 tons below the average.
The State Farmers' Alliance of Alabama joins with Farmers' Wheel in a united front against the jute bagging trust and vows firm resistance. The two organizations coordinate efforts to oppose the monopoly and protect local farmers.
The Legitime Government delivers to the United States Minister in Hayti seven thousand five hundred pounds as compensation for the seizure and detention of the steamer Ozama.
The press in Germany calls for reform of penal institutions charged with operating independently and without a cohesive system under the empire.
The Topeka Kansas sugar works were destroyed by fire causing an estimated loss of 70000 dollars with 49000 dollars covered by insurance.
Brainerd Minnesota dispatch reports the Northwestern Indian commission secured the consent of the Gull Lake Chippewas to cede their reservation. The agreement adds more than 4 000 000 acres of farming land and timber to federal possession while allowing settlement for those leaving the reserve. The move follows earlier signings at Red Lake and White Earth as the commission advances toward Leech Lake and other headwater tribes.
In Cincinnati the saloon rebellion ends as amnesty is granted to offenders on attorney request. The trial of Jonn Warfinger progresses with defense claiming investors justified violations. Judge Ermston delays proceedings for thirty days if no further violations occur while upholding law enforcement. Attorney-General affirms civil-service rules favoring discharged sailors or soldiers when three names are certified, with appointing power retaining judgment on capability.
At the request of the Postmaster-General the Secretary of War directs the quartermaster-general to stop paying government telegraph bills until the Postmaster-General furnishes the new rates for government use.
Naples dispatch reports Cardinal William Massalae dead in the city. Born in 1809, he was elevated to the cardinalate in 1884 and was noted for extensive missionary work in Africa.
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