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Newspaper

Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1889

Page

3

Illinois Pensions Granted and Grange Actions Noted

The Illinois pensions list includes many original invalids and widows across towns such as Millstadt Danville Galesburg and Paris. The State Grange adjourned in Springfield condemning Gov Fifer and urged canal projects education reforms and a 1890 national census plan.

Illinois Dayton Hodge Holgar William Guckes Millstadt Peter H. Sillman Steeleville John B. Cary Donnelson Simon Worthem Ava Joseph HK. Robertson Milton Stephen A. Force Watseka Isaac Morgan Murphysboro James Neville Wauconda Increase Olner J. Burns Bidell Abel W. Payne Potomac Samuel EK Paine Xenia Allen Kelley Henry Cruse, Jr Lola John H. Speer Clay City Theodore Aldsinger Galesburg William Walnite Bremen Henry ©. Bear Penfield Thomas Heard Cate Ville Josiah Pope McKeen Charles F. Fleming Keithsburg Paschal T Rockton John Nicholas Seneca Amos Gray Walnut Hill Isaiah Watkins Paxton Bert W. Bayles Louisville Chas. Scheid Freeburg Jesse E. Denver Paris Gilbert R. Dodson Macoupin Frederick Cook Bible Grove John J. Wheeler Cuba Robert Miller Fountain Green John H. Hutchinson Stone Fort Wm. Gaskins Harrisburg Garrett de Haron State Grante Springfield Fifer Crim J. H. Vanarsdale Grange State Grange Lakes Mississippi River Illinois River Pawnee Sangamon County Committee Western Economical Association Dean Congress J. M. Thompson Will County O. C. Bower Coles Oliver Wilson Putnam J. J. Campbell Vermilion J. E. Siler Wabash C. H. Wells Sangamon George Ball Thomas Keedy J. L. Davis Jackson

Tariff and race at Boston merchants dinner debate

At the Boston Merchants' Association dinner President Lane and Henry Woodson Grady spoke on political ethics and the race problem. Grady argued the South must rely on educated, unified whites to guard the ballot, while warning against federal overreach and racial intimidation.

Boston Henry W. Grady Boston Merchants’ Association Boston Dispatch Lane Cleveland Community of Nations Henry Woodson Grady Georgia South Grady United States Congress New England Elisha Samaria Israel Virginia Iowa Massachusetts

Washington Rumors and Capitol Sidelights of 1889

Congressional inquiry finds no redress against the government or Leedom as Silcott defalcation prompts bills to fix disbursement duties. Pan American Congress plans New York and southern tours while talks of Noble’s retirement loom, Clarkson eyed for Interior post. Windom’s silver plan praised. tobacco tax defense and army officers retirement bill also noted.

Noble Windom Lhver Washington Dispatch Silcott Congress Leedom Payne House Senate United States Treasury Illinois Mills Texas pan-American Congress Blair New York Jersey City City Hall Grant Fifth Avenue Wilmington Del Richmond Charleston Savannah Jacksonville Pensacola Atlanta Birmingham Mobile New Orleans Memphis Nashville Harrison Interior Noble Interior Department J.S. Clarkson Iowa Clarkson Post Office Department Mint Leech

Man of Imagination Weeks Arrested for Larceny

Brooklyns journalist Hamilton 8 Weeks is charged with larceny after Dering Fosdick accuses him of obtaining 1000 from him claiming kinship to the American Land and Colonization company. The company is alleged to be mythical and not chartered by New York or New Jersey.

Hamilton Weeks Brooklyn Dering S. Fosdick American Land and Colonization Company New York New Jersey New West

Tribute to Jefferson Davis Funeral Draws Southwide Turnout

Thousands gather in New Orleans for the funeral of Jefferson Davis. Procession includes police, veterans, state officials, Masons, Knights of Pythias, and other groups as city hall and Lafayette Square mark the somber event. Emblems of mourning fill streets and offices.

South New Orleans Jefferson Davis Metaire Army of Northern Virginia John C. Calhoun Confederate Veterans’ Associations Cotton Exchange Danks City Hall Lafayette Square Gallaher Episcopal Dioceses Thompson Mississippi Markham Presbyterian Church Hubert Catholic Church Bakewell Martin Sullivan Davis Veterans’ Associations Louisiana Masonic Order Knights of Pythias Fire

Centennial Ceremonies Mark Washington Inauguration Anniversary

Washington dispatch reports Congress observed a centennial celebration of George Washingtons inauguration in the Hall of the House. Chief Justice Fuller delivered a nearly two hour address praising Washingtons cabinet and the Civil War era while urging a bold, optimistic path for the nations future.

Washington Dispatch Congress George Washington House of Representatives House Supreme Court George Bancroft Senate Army Navy Fuller New York City Washington

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