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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1889
Page
2
A compact world diary notes political gossip railroad rumblings personal mentions and reports of conflagrations accidents and crimes with brief mentions of armor events and notable occurrences across regions.
In Philadelphia Fairmount Park several pleasure boats crowded the river when one small craft carrying two young couples was pinned by the current. The boat was swept over the waterworks dam. all four occupants perished. The two women are believed to be visiting strangers to the city.
Two teenage boys Harry and William Jeser 15 and 17 die in a boiler explosion while attempting to power an ice cream freezer with a home made engine. William dies of skull fracture. Harry is killed instantly. Witness Henry Kniese is cut and Mrs Flora Kuiese is severely scalded.
The weather bulletin from the Signal Corps reports generally favorable growing conditions in the South except Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas where heavy rains damaged wheat and cotton. Minnesota and Dakota show improved crops after recent rains, while Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska see rapid corn growth. Michigan and Ohio have slowed corn due to persistent wet weather and North-Central harvesting of wheat, barley and clover is underway but hampered by rains.
Spokane won the first American Derby run in Chicago on the 2nd last, by a half length over Sorrento with Retrieve close third. Proctor Knott finished last. Time 2:41 24. Post odds 6 to 5 against Spokane, 3 to 1 against Sorrento for place. Jockey Riley rode Spokane before about thirty thousand spectators.
A Rome to London Standard dispatch reports Archbishop Feehan of Chicago received authority from the Vatican via Cardinal Simeoni to take measures to declare the Clan na Gael in opposition to the church. The Pope reportedly instructed the archbishop to act as he deems opportune after a lengthy report on the group’s criminal acts.
The Austrian emperor opened the session of the delegations admitting Europe’s unsafe situation and urged Austria to keep strengthening its defenses in case of hostilities. Dorchester residents marked the 200th anniversary of the first publicly funded school via direct taxation. Chicago relief funds for Johntown victims reached 124000 dollars. Mount Clare Maryland car wheel foundry permanently closed.
The president names Lucius Fairchild to the Sioux Commission, J B Agnew to run the Dead Letter Office at 2500 dollars, Royal A Johnson as Arizona Surveyor General, and multiple receivers collectors and consuls. Ex Governor Hartranft joins the Cherokee Commission and internal revenue collectors are appointed in Kentucky Louisiana and Arkansas.
K G Dun & Co weekly review reports improved sentiment with larger iron and wool transactions and better crop prospects. Rail rate demoralization persists with railway presidents agreeing but not curbing strife. Gold shipments surge, foreign trade remains heavy in deficit, and June exports from New York edge up 16 percent while failures total 220 versus 250 prior week.
Reports of heavy floods in Kansas describe river overflows on the Neosho and Walnut basins. Wheat worth millions destroyed, rails and bridges washed out, and several bridges carried away near Eldorado Augusta and Eldorado. Four farmers drowned north of Eldorado.
Ex pressman Martinson of Chicago positively identifies Martin Burke alias Delaney in Winnipeg as the man who hired him to haul Carlson cottage furniture from 117 Clark Street Chicago to the Carlson cottage in Lake View. The identification was complete and occurred after Burke was shown to a crowd of about one hundred observers.
The second section of the west bound fast mail on the Pittsburg Cincinnati and Birmingham St. Louis line wrecked at New Cumberland Junction near Steubenville Ohio. Two men killed instantly one fatally wounded eight others hurt. Train ran at about sixty miles per hour.
Five miles an hour proved deadly as three postal cars derailed on a sharp curve near a junction. Two were killed and many injured. Names of the dead include J. H. Payne of Indianapolis and John Rhinehart of Effingham. brakemen McFarland and Scheetz listed among the injured or dead. Rest were postal clerks.
Grand Jury in Chicago indicts Martin Burke alias Delaney for complicity in the Cronin murder. Hakon Mortensen, a Swedish expressman, provided key evidence after recognizing Burke in a Mount Olivet Cemetery group photo and its enlarged copy. Burke was arrested in Winnipeg on the charges.
Voters across 64 of 67 counties on the 18th lnst. rejected a constitutional amendment to ban manufacturing and sale of intoxicants by a margin of 164,165. Pending counties Carbon Clinton Elk. A separate poll tax repeal amendment was favored by 4,525 in 42 counties not including Allegheny, but rural districts mostly oppose it and the tax may stay.
The fifth amendment to Rhode Island’s Constitution repealing the prohibitory amendment passed by 28,449 to 9,853, beating the required three fifths by 5,469 votes. Official tally to be announced by July 20 after counting by July 15.
Martin Burke held at Wingipes as a key suspect in the Cronin murder. Chicago calibration ties his photo to Frank Williams the cottage renter on North Ashland Avenue and to Hakan Mortenson the expressman who hired him to move furniture from 117 South Clark Street to the cottage.
Stream study notes a wagon overturn fatality with Mrs Maple and two children drowned. In Syracuse, Christian Scientists file articles of incorporation under Syracuse Church of Christ amid reports of deaths among patients treated by Christian healers.
The drama The Tempest opened at McVickers Theater Chicago after a week of rehearsal under the theater’s veteran manager and will run for several weeks.
A strike by stitchers sole makers and cutters has closed Sampson's shoe factory in North Adams Massachusetts. Town fears the walkout may spread locally.
The Patriotic Order Sons of America in Washington decided to form colored camps of the order and placed the task in the hands of the executive committee.
Chicago police believe Patrick Cooney was the accomplice of Martin Burke in the Cronin murder. Cooney left Chicago after Dr Cronin's funeral and his current location is unknown.
A young Hebrew man believed to be Samuel Jakobson was arrested in Toronto for complicity in a Springfield Missouri clothing swindle. Extradition proceedings under the Weldon act will be pursued.
Raceland owned by August Belmont won the Suburban Handicap at Sheepshead Bay by a length, finishing the mile and a quarter in 2 4 5. Terra Cotta from the Chicago Stable ran second, with Gorgo owned by George Hearst in third.
In New York Supreme Court Judge Andrews discharged defendants Maroney and McDonnell, charged with complicity in the Cronin murder, citing insufficient evidence to hold them.
Clarence Turner was killed instantly when struck by lightning while driving with a companion near Springfield Missouri. The companion was severely shocked but survived.
The Interstate Commission orders criminal proceedings against the Minneapolis Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway over discriminatory rates, citing violations of interstate law.
Albert Fink, trunk line commissioner, has resigned his position amid reports that the Baltimore and Ohio Road refused to follow association rules, prompting his departure.
Judge Thomas T. Gault a prominent St. Louis citizen served as Judge Advocate General under McClellan and once presiding judge of the Court of Appeals he died at age 75.
John Gilbert a renowned actor died in Boston on the 17th inst. He had long stage experience and was acclaimed for his portrayals of "old men's" parts and regarded as one of the greatest in his profession.
Gen. Simon Cameron, veteran statesman and ex attorney general, lies critically ill at his Donegal Springs, Pennsylvania home with paralysis of the right arm and side. Wayne MacVeagh and wife, and Mrs. Haldeman, Cameron’s daughter, remain by his bedside.
Paymaster Smith pleads guilty to absenting himself without leave before a navy yard court martial. He disappeared from the United States ship Essex during centennial festivities.
The degree of LL D was conferred upon President Harrison and Secretary Noble by the trustees of Miami University at Oxford Ohio, of which institution they are both graduates.
A disastrous blaze at Heyer Bros fireworks establishment on Sumner and Hawley streets Boston left five people dead and one badly injured likely fatally. Fire crews battled intense flames as victims were recovered from the ruins.
Among 713 steerage passengers landed at Castle Garden on the steamer Wyoming were 345 Mormon proselytes guided by Elders Ellis and Anderson. They were moved to the Old Dominion line steamer for Utah via Norfolk, Virginia. The New Hampshire Senate and House separately elected W. E. Chandler as United States Senator. Senate vote Chandler 18 to Bingham 6. House vote Chandler 165 to Bingham 137 with minor entries.
Rivers overflowed in Meuse France flooding Bar le Duc and nearby regions. Many houses undermined or destroyed, crops and vineyards ruined, causing widespread damage across the area.
John Maple a farmer tried to ford Simonton Creek near North Manchester Indiana in a wagon with his wife and three children. Near the middle of the crossing the wagon was swept away by the current and all six occupants were lost.
Frank Woodruff under indictment in Chicago for Cronin’s murder claims a full confession. He recounts arrival March 26 at Chicago, work at 175 Southport, meeting Coughlin McDougall Melville and Sullivan, and guiding the trunk from the cottage to the lake shore. State's Attorney Longenecker supports the confession as largely true based on corroborating details.
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