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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1888
Page
2
A compact wire service style digest covers political gossip railroad notes and personal notices from around the world. Short items highlight ongoing events and lesser occurrences with brief summaries.
A Cuban fast mail train plunged from a trestle near Hurricane River seventy five miles south of Savannah Georgia. Twenty five people died and thirty five were seriously injured with some expected to die. President Wilbur of the Lehigh Valley and George Gould were aboard and injured. The rail broke under the baggage car causing the wreck, aid arrived quickly.
The Signal Service Bureau in Washington notes seasonally general backwardness but improving crops in the Mississippi valley. Freezing weather harmed fruit in the Gulf States and Tennessee, oats damaged by frost, and winter wheat in eastern states affected by freeze thaw cycles. heavy snows spared wheat in the Middle and Atlantic States.
A Berlin dispatch reports serious rumors about Emperor Frederick’s health. Despondency grows after the move from San Remo to Berlin with frost and deep snow. He can speak but his voice is thick and husky and pronunciation is imperfect, understood only by the Empress and Dr. Mackenzie.
In Omaha Judge Dundy rules in a Burlington vs Union Pacific injunction case that engineers may quit work but cannot conspire to abandon Union Pacific trains to block Burlington freight. Engineers cannot refuse to haul Burlington cars without risk of imprisonment.
The Santa Fe strike ended Sunday as engineers and firemen went back to posts following a notice from Mr. Conroe, Chairman of the General Grievance Committee, advising restoration of work and his trip to Chicago to settle misunderstandings. The notice was promptly obeyed.
The Illinois Central Railway its general agent and its freight agent at New Orleans were indicted for violating the interstate law by charging excessive freight for cotton and engaging in alleged discrimination.
A Kentucky family of six, Wilsons, living near Green River, dies after arsenic in pork used to kill wolves. All four children, a wife and husband perish from the poison.
Congress reports bills to the House on the seventeenth with items including public buildings at Jackson and Saginaw Michigan and arms for militia in Oregon. A resolution seeking return to terra cotta two cent stamps was reported adversely as the Senate was not in session.
A New York dispatch describes a historic blizzard paralyzing the city and surrounding region. Snowdrifts, impassable streets, and halted trains left New York isolated with shortages of milk coal meat and bread. Deaths and frostbite cases rise as rail lines and bridges fail under immense snowfall.
The Hopkinsville jail scene ends with John Henry Skinner alias Cox alias Reynolds hanged by an orderly mob near a cherry tree after the November 18, 1887 shooting of B. F. Forgueau. In Washington North Carolina a hanging body is found under a bridge with a placard reading Justice at last, identified as William A. Parker linked to the Gen. Bryan Grimes assassination, with no identification of the lynchers.
The Illinois Supreme Court finds the Hyde Park annexation unconstitutional, sending the case back to the lower court. Hyde Park reverts to village status, nullifying Chicago's ward redistricting and spring election registration. In Missouri, Dr. George M. Cox bonds for mayhem after assaulting Eftie Ellis linked to his son.
The House Committee on Public Lands at Washington votes to draft a general bill for forfeiture of unearned land grants. Illinois Democratic State Central Committee fixes May 23 for the Democratic State Convention in Springfield. Bradford Wyoming Republicans nominate Myron B Wright for Congress in Pennsylvania Fifteenth District. California Republicans plan a May Sacramento State convention. The Thirteenth Ohio District GOP Convention elected Sherman delegates to the National Convention. Indiana Prohibition State Convention at Indianapolis nominated Rev J Hughes for Governor and endorsed strict prohibition and woman suffrage. Electors at large and four WCTU members added to the State Central Committee.
Berlin dispatch reports regiments swore allegiance to Frederick III as William I lay in state. The funeral, held March 16, drew princes and dignitaries from across Europe, with a somber, ceremonial procession through Unter den Linden and a cathedral service.
The imperial funeral concluded with soldiers saluting over the coffin as mourners, while memorial services occurred globally. Washington held services at Concordia Lutheran Church attended by the President, cabinet, and foreign legation officials. London Windsor private chapel saw royal attendance. Czar, Czarina, Austrian Emperor, and archdukes observed similar honors in St Petersburg and Vienna. A Paris dispatch reports Gen Boulanger stripped of command for visiting Paris thrice without permission.
Judge Gresham’s decision in the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Wabash case grants the Q line power to compel freight interchange with rivals, holding Wabash as bound by common carrier laws via its receiver. Reports note Union chiefs claim the Burlington strike is lost to workers, while Atchison Topeka Santa Fe engineers walk out, triggering spread of strikes beyond Chicago and uncertainty across lines.
In Botetourt County Virginia Mormon elders accused of converting locals are told to depart or face lynching. A ULLIVAN purgilist claims future sparring exhibitions will suffice as he feels too old for the ring. Mitchells friends celebrate a recent victory as dispatches from Bis marck report aid offered to New York blizzard victims.
The House introduced a bill to create aTrusts commission and repeal protective tariffs for trust industries. Debates on President tariff measures continued in the Senate amid schedules for civil service inquiry. Other actions covered include pensions, land allotments to tribes, and a new Chinese treaty.
A Boston Transcript note reflects a childlike view on metamorphosis as a way to see change in people. It recalls stories of transforming into other roles, from daughters to grandmothers and sons to grandfathers, suggesting perspective shapes understanding.
A mother questions her son about Willie Wattles whipping a cat. Bobby defends Willie while admitting he held the cat, revealing moral innocence and reluctance to intervene in harm.
Visitors witness lace makers in Brussels as women of varying ages craft intricate patterns by hand. Each worker reportedly has a personal design passed down through generations. They sew on cushions with pins and bobbins or stitch with needles using ultra fine thread spun by hand in damp cellars to prevent breakage.
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