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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1888
Page
2
Free List Completes Tariff Changes and Army Bill Debate
The House finishes its free list of the tariff and removes certain art items while adding primuline for cotton goods. Mr Reed criticizes the Ways and Means Committee over bill effects, and a conference is ordered on the District of Columbia bill. The Senate considers the army appropriation and assigns conference committees on several bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Ways and Means Committee
House
District of Columbia
Senate
Strike Widening As Iron Workers Rally At Pittsburg
Over 100000 men are involved as the iron workers strike at Pittsburg Pa intensifies. The Wage Committees of the Amalgamated Association and Iron Manufacturers met briefly and decisively. Workers voted to reject a proposed wage reduction. manufacturers refused to pay current wages. Amalgamated members will present their scale to the firms for signing or rejection. News says Laughlin and Junction Steel Companies in Mingo Ohio have signed the steel scale. If mills shut, about 100000 workers would be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association and Iron Manufacturers
Amalgamated Association
Laughlin and
Junction Steel Companies
Mingo
Ohio
Death of Gen Elliott Former VP Dies in San Francisco Office
Gen Washington L Elliott aged about 60 died suddenly of heart disease in the Safe Deposit and Trust Company in San Francisco where he served as Vice President. He was born in Pennsylvania and began his career at West Point. He fought in the Mexican War and Civil War where he became Brevet Major General of volunteers. He re entered the regular army after the war and retired in March 1879 as Colonel of the Third Cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington L. Elliott
Safe Deposit and Trust Company of
San Francisco
Elliott
Pennsylvania
United States Military Academy
Third Cavalry
State Ticket Nominated at Marshalltown by Union Labor
The Union Labor State Convention in Marshalltown Iowa nominated J B Vincent for Secretary of State E M Farnsworth for Auditor James Rice for Treasurer J M Williamson for Attorney General and named presidential electors and endorsed Congressmen Weaver and Anderson for re election About fifty delegates attended Hon A J Streeter of Illinois spoke to the convention
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Labor State Convention
Marshalltown
Iowa
J. B. Vincent
E. M. Farnsworth
James Rice
J. M. Williamson
Weaver
Anderson
A.J. Streeter
Illinois
In Jail for Rifling Letters Ford Admits Theft to Support Family
Justin O. Ford, 19, a mail carrier at Macon Missouri, is jailed on a rifling letters charge. He pleads guilty and says poverty drove him to steal to send money to his father. Mary A. Brooks of College Mound reports losses between 50 and 100 dollars from Ford's thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justin O. Ford
Macon
Mary A. Brooks
College Mound
Ford
Tragedy in South Bend Clay Bank Collapse
John McCullough a Black man was crushed when a clay bank caved in at a South Bend Indiana location. The incident details describe a fatal cave-in affecting workers at a mining or construction site. Authorities investigate the cause and safety failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCullough
South Bend
Ind
Coal firms raise interior and Western ton rates by 25 cents
New York coal companies announce a 25 cent per ton increase on interior and Western business. The Republican State Central Committee of Iowa sets a state convention for August 22 in Des Moines to nominate a state ticket and presidential electors. Wendell Whitcomb at his Marly Tennessee home fires at rats with a shotgun and accidentally kills one daughter and fatally wounds another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Companies
New York
Republican State Central Committee
Iowa
Des Moines
Marly
Tenn
Wendell Whitcomb
Watery Graves in Mexico Claims Fifteen Hundred Lives
A massive flood along the Mexican Central Railway between Leon and Silao caused extensive destruction. Forty miles of rivers overflowed, 325 houses toppled, and about 1,500 people died with 1,000 bodies recovered. Leon, a 100,000 population city, suffered widespread ruin and an estimated $2,000,000 in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Leon
Silao
Zacatecas
LYNCHED FOR HIS CRIME IN SYRACUSE KAN
Wallace Mitchell returned to Syracuse Kansas from Trinidad Colorado where he fled after killing Oscar Johnson age 12 and wounding Oscar's father August Johnson during a robbery attempt. He pleaded guilty and described the murder with calm detachment before the court. After remand to jail for the September term, a mob of about 100 armed men seized him at midnight and hanged him from a telegraph pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Mitchell
Syracuse
Kan
Trinidad
Col
Oscar Johnson
August Johnson
Celebrated 100 Years of Life Daniel Bartlett County
Daniel Bartlett of Crawford County Ohio has turned 100, living in the same home for 64 years. He remains active, feeds two pigs and one cow, and notes ancestors who lived to 110 and 111. His two brothers reached 105 and 108, a sister in Maryland could be about 102. Bartlett enjoys good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Bartlett
Crawford County
Ohio
Mr. Bartlett
Maryland
Tragic Minneapolis Triple Murder Suicide
Silas Robinson, a six foot bartender, shoots and kills his wife and Nick Weis before turning the gun on himself. Weis, 22, had been dating Mrs. Robinson, who supported herself as a confectionery clerk. Robinson confronted the couple and opened fire, then killed himself after wounding his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph
Minneapolis
Minn
Silas Robinson
Robinson
Wells
West
Pleasure yacht Enid sinks after collision near Newburg
Eight people rode the small yacht Enid when it was struck by the steamer James W Baldwin a mile north of Newburg New York. Two women Miss Anna Miller and Mrs Benjamin Odell Jr were drowned while the others were rescued. Miss Miller was the daughter of David Miller of New York and Mrs Odell the wife of a Republican State committeeman in the Fifteenth District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
James W. Baldwin
Newburg
N. Y
Anna Miller
Benjamin Odell, Jr
Conductor Marshall Lafferty Charged with Railroad Embezzlement
Marshall Lafferty a conductor on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad bound over to the Grand Jury in Cincinnati Ohio on $5000 bond for embezzling tickets. Testimony shows he took up passenger tickets and kept them or failed to cancel them or return them to the proper officer. The amount is described as considerable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Lafferty
Ohio
Providence Bank Teller Absconds With Large Sum
A Union Bank teller in Providence R 1 named Cc. A. Pitcher fled with valuables from the bank vault. He reportedly stole about half a million dollars in bonds and all the cash, including pennies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. A. Pitcher
Union Bank
Providence
R. 1
Iowa Railroad Commission Cited to Court Over Freight Rates
The Iowa Railroad Commission is temporarily enjoined by Judge Brewer from enforcing the latest maximum freight rate schedule and ordered to appear before the Federal Court to show cause why.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Railroad Commission
Iowa Railroad Commissioners
Brewer
Chicago rail firms seek injunction against permanent order
The Chicago and Northwestern, Chicago Burlington and Quincy, and Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Companies are the plaintiffs asking a court to stop any order from becoming permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago
Burlington and Quincey
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Brown County finds gold along Bean Blossom Creek
In Brown County Indiana residents report a rich gold discovery along Bean Blossom Creek near Columbus. Many people are washing sand for gold, while some neglect crops to pursue the new fortune as mining has not yet begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown County
Ind
Bean Blossom Creek
Columbus
Premature Gun Explosion Kills Hunter Near Marion Indiana
Arthur Erskin, ten miles east of Marion, Indiana, died after a hunting accident when his gun discharged as he slipped from a timber he stood on. The blast struck his groin and bowels, and he succumbed after hours of agony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Erskin
Marion
Ind
Erskin
Death of Judge Trunkey in London
Judge Trunkey of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania died in London after a day of church attendance. He was seized by a heavy chill and fever that night and never recovered. His embalmed body was shipped back to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trunkey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
London
America
Vermont and other state conventions nominate candidates
The Vermont Republicans met in Montpelier and nominated W. P. Dillingham for Governor Urban Woodbury for Lieutenant Governor W H Dubois for State Treasurer Charles W Porter for Secretary of State and E H Powell for Auditor The New York Prohibition convention at Syracuse nominated W Martin Jones for Governor and adopted a radical platform The Michigan Prohibition convention in Detroit with 760 delegates endorsed National Convention resolutions A B Cheney was nominated for Governor Stewart B Williams for Lieutenant Governor Peter M Hagel for Secretary of State Alfred Wise for Treasurer Samuel Clute for Attorney General and D A Waterman for Auditor General A fatal shooting occurred in Seymour Indiana when Bully Crabb shot Elijah Jones in a political dispute Crabb fled and faces possible lynching if captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Montpelier
W. P. Dillingham
Urban Woodbury
W. H. Dubois
Charles W. Porter
E. H. Powell
Chicago
New York
A. B. Cheney Sa
Stewart B. Williams
Peter M. Hagel
Alfred Wise
Samuel Clute
D. A. Waterman
Irish Farmer Mooney Evicted After Barricade Standoff
Near Rathdrum Ireland farmer Mooney resisted a 100 strong constabulary eviction barricading his home with friends. He and others threw porridge and missiles during the clash. Ten arrests were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooney
Rathdrum
Ireland
Fireworks Blaze Destroys Rondout Store
Three explosions of fireworks gutted Henry Rice's variety store in Rondout New York. Rice's mother, 92, died after being unable to escape her upstairs room as the house burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Rice
Rondout
N. Y
Mr. Rice
Oregon vote tally for Congressman race announced
In Oregon the congressional race results show For Hermann (Rep) with 32 820 votes, J M Gearin (Dem) with 25 413, G M Miller (Pro) with 1 974, giving Hermann a plurality of 7 407.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Hermann
J. M. Gearin
G. M. Miller
Cleveland Receives Democratic Nomination Notification
June 27 Washington report on the St. Louis committee and National Democratic Committee notifying President Grover Cleveland at the White House of his renomination for the next four years. Mrs. Cleveland and Cabinet members in attendance. Paragraphs detail the formal letter of notification and Cleveland’s accepting remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
St. Louis
Cleveland
National Democratic Committee
White House
Patrick A. Collins
United States
Charles D. Jacobs
Kentucky
Grover Cleveland
New York
Democratic Party
Thomas
Pettit
National Democracy
O— Party
Feeding Turkeys for Better Market Prices
Farmers are advised to confine turkeys for one to two weeks and provide abundant food. A diet of cornmeal and sweet potatoes cooked together boosts weight quickly and improves meat flavor for sales.
National lawmakers wrangle over Portland port building bill
After a long House struggle over the Portland Oregon building project a $200000 appropriation was set by amendment but a quorum could not be reached. The Senate moved on routine work and debates over land bills, tariffs, and river improvements with amendments adopted or rejected as lawmakers pressed routine business into late June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Public Buildings Committee
Biddle
South Carolina
Senate
Portland
Ore
Congress
PuLuMs
Kansas
Washington
Edmunds
Allison
Holman
Mills
Kelley
Pennsylvania
Ouachita River
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Nebraska City
Neb
Columbia River
Oregon
Washington Territory
Parkville
Ocaquan
Clinton
Barnum’s Cistern Flight Sparks Early Romance Tale
A humorous reminiscence recalls Phineas T Barnum as a young suitor in Newtown. He enters via a cistern window and exits by hanging from the ledge, then drops to rain water below. A visiting friend distracts the scene as Barnum completes his stealthy moonlit courtship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Barnum
Phineas
Newtown
Barnum
Mr. Barnum
A Roumanian Spider Runs in Southern Europe
Nature reports on a tarantula like spider in Southern Europe. It builds vertical ground holes ten inches deep with web lined mouths and a hidden lateral tube for ambush. The spider reveals bright eyes when tenanted and can strike with its legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Herr Beck
Nature
Bucharest
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Gen. Elliott
Pacific Coast
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St. Pauleeeeeneee
Detroit
Teeenneeee
Boston
Omaha
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Chicago Ly
Pittsburgh
Labor Party
Streeter
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Indiana
Seymour
Crabb
Elijah Jones
Indianapolis
Jones
Tate
Oss
Toledo
Dan Seeunee
East Liberty
Grover
National Lawmakers
Davis
Committee On Pensions
Plaster of Paris
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