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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1889
Page
2
Intelligence notes from across the world and domestic affairs highlight key events this week. Foreign developments, political moves, and notable social or economic items are sketched in concise form for quick reading.
In Bakersfield California a massive blaze destroyed thirteen business blocks and forty dwellings with losses estimated around 1.9 million dollars with only about one third insured. The fire consumed hotels banks express offices newspaper offices and stores as townspeople recall Haggin land boomed the area recently with East buyers driving rapid improvements.
Striking laborers at Duluth Minnesota attacked nonstriking workers guarded by police in a sewer trench. Fire exchanged from both sides after an initial shot, lasting about thirty minutes until Company K aided police. Casualties listed include dead Ed Johnson and wounded Tom Fitzsimmons George Peterson along with numerous others and several officers.
Hiel D. Miller, cashier of the Malta National Bank, is charged with embezzling up to 50 000 over years by stealing bank discounts daily and fled after a minor injury left him crutches. He is believed to be in Oregon.
W L Eagleson a Kansas colored politician heads an immigration scheme to move Southern colored people to Oklahoma. He forms an immigration company with Kansas leaders and will deploy agents in Southern cities. He says daily inquiries confirm interest and targets 100000 arrivals by next July.
A Frankfort express derailed into an empty sidetrack train near Rochemoos Germany after a switchman left a switch open. Eight people were killed instantly and eleven were injured in the crash.
A Geneva Ohio blaze caused by a defective flue destroyed eight business places before being brought under control. Property losses total about 25000 dollars with the Post Office among the burned buildings.
George C. Jones, chairman of the National Greenback party executive committee, issues a call for a party convention to meet in Cincinnati on September 12.
Financial account showing interest bearing debt totals and reductions in the U S Treasury. It lists bonds at various rates including Navy pension fund and Pacific Railroad, plus certificates and currency categories. It notes net cash balance, available funds for debt reduction, and recent appointments in federal offices.
An east bound Norfolk and Western express near Thaxton Va wrecked after a washout. Seventy passengers and crew faced injuries with at least seven confirmed dead and fears the death toll could reach thirty or more. Committed names include Charles Bruce Nathan Cohen Patrick Donovan A B Francis J W Lirsay Dennis Melon W C Stead L B Summers J W Dubarry J C Cassell J J Rose John Kilpatrick Conductor Johnson Bishop Wilson Ashmere Mrs Judge Thompson Maj J C Cassel and Baggagemaster Ford among the injured.
A grand stand collapse during Independence Day events in Oklahoma City injured many and buried hundreds. Officials report no immediate deaths, but nine may be fatally hurt including a child of Dr. J. A. Ryan. Troops assisted in rescue and orderly removal as the crowd reacted with anger toward contractor Aubrey.
The foreman, blamed for the disaster, ignored men’s warnings that the stand lacked proper bracing. He told the workers to mind their own business and proceeded with construction.
R G Dun reports steady trade with gradual improvement in key industries. June saw unusually large transactions. commodity prices fell about 2 percent overall, while some sectors rise. Interior reports favorable. failures up 28 percent in New England, 4 percent in the trans Mississippi, 4 percent in the Middle States, 5 percent near the Mississippi, 34 percent in the South. Wheat up due to drought and heat in the Dakotas and Minnesota. wool up about one cent per pound. cotton up three sixteenths. Leather steady. dairy prices low due to heavy supply. Iron remains strong. Business failures: 202 this week vs 215 prior. last year 214.
A massive blaze in Ellensburg Washington destroyed ten blocks of the business district from Pine to Pearl and Third to Fifth streets, sparing only a few buildings. The fire, fed by strong northeast winds, left over one hundred families homeless and caused losses running into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Help was sent from nearby towns but arrived too late to prevent extensive devastation.
Theodore Dwight Woolsey former president of Yale College died in New Haven Connecticut on the first day of January aged eighty three. He was a leading American thinker and educator in his era.
Thomas Ewing Sherman, eldest son of General William Tecumseh Sherman, has been ordained a Catholic priest in Philadelphia. The ceremony marks a notable religious milestone for the Sherman family amid Civil War era public life.
The article tracks Boston, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington as the pennant race tightens. It notes New York weathering injuries while reshaping grounds on Manhattan Island for a future home park to be ready by July 8. It reports umpire changes and player movements including Delehanty, Burlinton, and Peters Wood, plus George Shoch joining the Western League and George released by New York.
A Chicago dispatch reports the Cronin grand jury has indicted seven men for murder or conspiracy. Named are John F Beggs Dan Coughlin Martin Burke Patrick Cooney Pp O Sullivan Frank Woodruff and John Kunze. Alexander Sullivan escaped indictment as jurors found no sufficient evidence to return a true bill. State's Attorney Longenscher said no disconcertion over the Sullivan omission.
Dr John McInerny, linked to Clan na Gael figures Cronin Devoy and McCahey, vanished in April after receiving a telegram offering a position in Omaha. Friends fear murder, with theories of lured death or internal treachery within Irish revolutionary networks.
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