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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1888
Page
2
The House, in a morning session, defeated the Senate mail subsidy amendment to the post office bill. The vote to concur with the Senate version as amended by Bingham failed 56 to 1 and 41 to 57, prompting a new conference. The day continued with tariff talks on the wool clause and evening private bills.
Victoria reports rising violence after the Skeena River incident. The steamer Caribou Fly reached port with news that Clifford of Hazelton and a Victoria constable were murdered by Indians. They threaten to exterminate whites. Troops have been dispatched to the area.
A London telegram reports Sir John Henry Brand, born Cape Town December 6 1823, has died. He served as President of the Orange Free State from 1863 and was knighted in 1882, with multiple five year reappointments and a legal career at the Cape of Good Hope.
A battery of eight gas tanks at Ludlow Kentucky exploded sending naphtha gas into the railroad shops and Mann Boudoir Company stock room. Twelve men were injured and four fatally including Frank Collins Michael Welch George Madison and David Harris. Others injured were James Sullivan Peter Litchenfield Charles Gould Richard Curran George Griffin Goodwin and two unnamed men.
Six persons three men and three women drowned crossing the Arkansas River near Fort Smith Arkansas. The victims were John Logan Jess Morris Tom Davis Sallie Jackson Mary Pettis and Carrie Davis. They were returning from a dance when the boat overturned in midstream.
George Stevenson, postmaster and station agent at St. Glamio, Arizona, was murdered in a robbery attempt. Pedero Jones, a Mexican youth about 15, confessed to the crime, which he committed to obtain money.
A Berwin dispatch states Empress Victoria asked Dr. Mackenzie to prepare a true history of the late Emperor Frederick's illness to counter German doctors' assertions. It is unclear if the Empress will publish the report.
France's Prime Minister M Floquet and General Boulanger dueled with swords at Count Dillon's Neuilly estate near Paris. Boulanger was wounded in the throat ending the fight. Floquet suffered minor scratches. Floquet later spoke at Gambetta statue unveiling praising Gambetta's war leadership.
George M. Rider was hanged at Marshall Missouri for the murder of R P Tallant. The drop occurred at 11 01 am and he died within twenty four minutes. Rider claimed self defense saying Tallant attacked with an ax after alleged infidelity. He entered service at 16 and was 44 at death. he had a history of prior killings and marriages.
A historic freshet near Wheeling West Virginia devastates property from Wheeling to Clarksburg and Grafton. The Monongahela River rose for twelve hours carrying houses and debris, with estimated losses near two million dollars and at least three fatalities. Floods reach Pittsburgh and surrounding areas inundating farms and towns.
A massive blast at D. R. Armstrong & Co paint works near Haymarket Square Chicago gutted a three story building at Fulton street and Lydia street. A worker, Alexander Johnson, was found dead in the rear amid raging flames. The tank held twenty three barrels of naphtha benzine and mineral paint, with losses estimated over sixty thousand dollars.
Fred Remington, a Harper's Weekly artist, came to Trinidad Colorado to sketch. He befriended Miss White, a milliner, whom authorities say jilted him driving him to take morphine and die. He left a will leaving Miss White four thousand dollars and two hundred to the Journalists' Home.
Ebenezer Stangard, Mahoning County murderer, was put to death in the Ohio Penitentiary annex at Columbus at 1 15 this morning for killing his sweet heart.
Alice Hancock of Youngstown wins a grim trial history dated March 24 1887 as rival Wilbert Knox faces two insanity defense trials and a death sentence. Knox met his end with reckless bravado leaving a final statement of innocence while Stangard’s scaffold demeanor mocked any humane appeal. Knox played an accordion tune before the trap.
Judge Phelps of Burlington District Court rules that the injunction under Iowa prohibitory law remains in effect, requiring saloons to close. The ruling supports continued enforcement after appeals to state and federal courts, signaling widespread compliance and less tolerance for resisting the measure.
A flood on the ninth across central Illinois inundated about twenty thousand acres of corn in Douglas County and damaged the oat crop beyond harvest value. Fifteen Tuscola families fled three feet of water in homes, several miles of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad submerged, and trains rerouted via the Wabash at Westville Crossing. Overall damage estimated at five hundred thousand dollars.
A. L. Hunt alias John Hall was arrested in McGregor Iowa with a car-load cattle bill from William Smith Rockwell. He confessed and named W. J. Wright as immediate accomplice, aiding a gang active across western Iowa northern Kansas and eastern Nebraska.
Edward A. Deacons was executed by hanging in Rochester New York for the murder of Mrs Ada Stone at East Rochester on August 16 1887. He confessed before trial and offered no emotion as the drop ended his life ten minutes later. The victim’s husband found her body in the cellar with a flour sack around her neck.
In Marion Arkansas white residents escorted the county officials to trains after warnings to not return. The County Judge fled the night before and the County Clerk was ordered to settle his books within 24 hours. The dispatch claims negro rule since 1870 with whites warned to leave while blacks outnumber whites seven to one.
The Republican National Committee chose M. B. Quay of Pennsylvania as Chairman and J. B. Fassett of New York as Secretary, with both also appointed to the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee includes M. H. De Young of California, Samuel Fessenden of Connecticut, George R. Davis of Illinois, John C. New of Indiana, J. B. Clarkson of Iowa, W. C. Goodloe of Kentucky, J. Manchester Haynes of Maine, Garrett A. Hobart of New Jersey, and A. L. Conger of Ohio.
A Black man named William Smith allegedly feloniously harmed a respected Pulaski County woman who died from the injuries. Fearing public danger locals moved him to Lynchburg for safety, but last night a mob overpowered the sheriff and dragged the prisoner into nearby woods where he was shot and killed at the tree.
Hon. William H. Barnum as National Democratic Committee chair appoints William L. Scott of Pennsylvania as campaign committee chairman with Arthur P. named among others. The announcement outlines continued membership for Mr. Gorman.
A roster of figures including Gorman of Maryland, Matt W. Ransom of North Carolina, Calvin Brice of Ohio, John S. Barbour of Virginia, Hermann Oelrichs of New York, Miles Ross of New Jersey, Arthur Sewall of Maine, and Erskine M. Phelps of Illinois appears in the text.
William M Morrissey, young attorney and administrator of Mary E Brinkerhoff estate valued at 300000, disappeared from Syracuse amid complications and an apparent 35000 deficit in his accounts causing a sensational scandal.
Farmers along the Lake Erie and Western Railway in Indiana report Texas fever in cattle. A car load of Texas cattle died en route and were buried in Tipton County. Ten head near Tipton have died and Kokomo cows show a similar illness. Farmers fear a widespread outbreak.
Bernard Krugg of Chiowa Neb suffered fatal wounds in a battle with his wife during a farm dispute. He was struck multiple times with hoes and collapsed. Mrs Kragg fled to the house and is now jailed.
A man feigning the name Mr Remington, an artist for Harper's Weekly, died by his own action at Trini Dad Col. The deceased is identified as George F. Raymond, a morphine eater, with unknown former residence and only twenty cents on him. He used the alias to create a sensation.
Advices from Honolulu say Rev Alfred Snelling and his wife from Chicago have reached Honolulu and will sail soon on a missionary steamer to the Gilbert Islands to dedicate the remainder of their lives to missionary service with no plans to return to American soil.
Mrs Norton, who eloped from St. Louis with Henry Moore, accuses her husband Norton of cruelty and refuses to return. Mrs Moore has gone back to St. Louis and is overwhelmed with grief and shame, planning to move to her Philadelphia home.
The National Council of the National Educational Association met in San Francisco with President J. L. Pickard of Iowa City, Iowa presiding.
The Western Distillers Association will erect an elevator with a capacity of 300000 bushels in Omaha Nebraska. In Alliance Ohio the first trial under the prohibition law ended in a conviction and the closing of the last saloon. A dead unknown man was found in the Louisville river with throat cut and a stone weight. Actor George William Stoddart died at his Highlands New Jersey home. Frederick Fairbairn Plymouth Pennsylvania gas and oil superintendent has been missing since June 27 and is believed recent to be in Canada. his shortage is $5000.
Senate approves Cullom bill with an amendment granting U S Courts jurisdiction over violations of the act upon petition by individuals or firms and allowing peremptory writs. Other amendments, to reach express and rail carriers and Pacific coast versus Denver, are withdrawn for next session. House tariff debates, fisheries treaty opposition, and postoffice funding items also feature in a day of congressional action.
A fragment from the Omaha World quotes George remarking on popularity versus isolation and Gus admitting a mistaken belief, revealing he has been struggling to borrow five dollars this morning in their shared city life.
A collection of quip about undressed rehearsals and a practical tip for hog farming. The clover pasture guidance recommends sowing large red clover in spring a year before use, one acre supports seven hogs, ringed hogs prevent rooting, and after two years the land can be turned to corn for greater benefit than fertilizers.
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