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Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1882

Page

2

Protests over Dakota statehood and broad Senate actions

Congress debated a protest signed by Maine capitalists against admitting Dakota until bonds in Yankton County are purged of alleged repudiation. Western investments delays were cited. Amendments created a Life Saving pension roll and other measures passed including Mississippi bridge funds and fort reservations sales.

Hale Senate Maine Dakota Yankton County McMillan Military Academy Mississippi Minnesota Wisconsin Fort Abercrombie Otoe Missouri Pendleton United States Supreme Court Congress House Gibson New Orleans War Department Leedom Committee On Territories Messrs Mills and Richardson S. C Page

Biela Reports Dead Cod Frontier From Electric Storm

The steamship Biela passed a wide line of dead cod and ray fish for forty miles off Barnegat, the captain believes an electric storm killed them. Several flood and fire incidents also feature with powdery losses and aid efforts across the South.

Biela Barnegat Exper Morsan Mormon Church Cotton States Chattanooga Salt Lake Candera Tex Royal B. Conant Eliot National Bank of Boston Arthur Barnes & McGill Haw Tey Minn Tur Western Union Telegraph Company Boston Mass Lincoln Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas Philadelphia Vicksburg Lessie B Shreveport Supreme Court of Rhode Island Sprague Southland Texas Cleveland Tug Red Cross Society

Notable Mixed News From Washington and New York

Report covers Mrs Myra Crarg Gaines win in a Washington court over her son in law J Y Christmas. Denials by Dr Susan Epson about leaking sickroom news. Sinois Legislature meets in extra session on the 23rd. Peruvian investigation notes Henry W Blair as the senator hinted at. New Mex Marshal appointment for A L Morrison. Chinese Immigration bill votes listed in House. President signs Anti Polygamy bill. Soudkers reveals Garfield Rosecrans letter ownership. New York Assembly adopts Free Canal resolutions.

Myra Crarg Gaines New Orleans J. Y. Christmas Washington W. G. Whitney Gaines Susan Epson Sinois Jacob R. Shipherd Henry W. Blair New Hampshire Robertson New York Grace A. L. Morrison Chicago United States New Mexico National House of Representatives Senate Yeas—Aiken Aldrich Armfield Atkins Bayne Belford Belmont Berry Bingham Blackburn Blanchard Bliss Blount Brewer Brumm Buckner Burrows Money Morey Moulton Murch Mutchier O'Neill Pacheco Page Paul Payson Peelle Phelps Phister Pound Randall Reagan Rice Richardson Robinson Rosecrans Scranton Shallenberger Sherwin Simonton Singleton Miss Smith N. Y Wilson Wise W. A. Wood Ness Anderson Barr Bragg Briggs Browne Buck Camp Candler Carpenter Chase Crapo Cullen Dawes Deering Dingley Dunnell Dwight Farwell Grant Hall Hammond N. J Hardenbergh Harris Mass Haskell Hawk Henderson Hepburn Hooker Humphreys Jacobs Jones Joyce Kasson Ketcham Lord McCord Morse Norcross Orth Parker Ranney Rich Ritchie Russell Ryan Schultz Skinner Spooner Stone Taylor Thompson Tyler

Retirement Talks By Alexander H Stephens

Alexander H Stephens announces he will retire from public life at the end of his Congressional term. The report notes other items including a school desegregation ruling by Judge Neillson, Longfellow's death in Cambridge, and various legal and military updates from Washington to New York.

Alexander H. Stephens Congress Judge Neilson Brooklyn N. Y Henry Wansworth Lonerriow America Cambridge Mass Edith Anna Alice Ernest Charles Mr. Longfellow Portland Reak Apmiran Scott Navy New York City John W. Gurrrac Washington Lincoln Whittaker Military Academy United States Supreme Court Leddy Mason

Foreign. Goods and events around Europe and Britain

Reports from London note Don Philippe de Bourbon set to wed Miss Mackey, an American heiress. Other items include arrests of the Marquis of Huntley in London for swindling, a heavy annuity granted to Prince Leopold, and Russia resisting Jewish expulsion. Moody and Sankey invited to London for evangelical work. Irish Land Leagues oppose Cardinal McCabe praise. Dublin police seize a wounded informer. Manitoba’s chief justice faces inquiry.

William Germany Empire Londdon Don Philippe de Bourbon Miss Mackey Marquis of Huntley London House of Commons Prince Leopold Russia General Ignatieff St. Petersburg French National Assembly Moody and Sankey Great Britain Land Leaguers Ireland McCabe Porte Constantinople Paris United States Dublin KE. B. Ward Court of Queen's Bench Manitoba

Long Forgotten War News and Local Tragedies Reported Abroad

Secretary Text relays word from Lieutenant Harber of the Jeannette expedition about their safe arrival in Irkutsk. Reports detail drownings near Layton's Station Pennsylvania and levee breaks flooding Louisiana sugar districts, with widespread gloom from more floods. A Massachusetts man nearly beheads his wife. a Chesapeake & Ohio train wreck kills the engineer and fireman. Thirteen jailbreaks including Minnie Marx occur in Detroit. Henry W Longfellow noted as a national loss in London. Not guilty verdict on cotton futures gambling case in Memphis after four days.

Harber Jeannette Scheutze Irkoutsk Layton Louisiana Goodrich Dedham Mass John Sullivan Clifton Forge Dorsey Brady Washington Detroit Minnie Marx Henry W. Loncretton Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Appleton Chapel C. C. Everett Rexbury Laurel Run Wilkesbarre Chateaugay Plattshburg N. Y Lowell Wallenstein Ricu Momp Havre France London Globe Henry W. Longfellow England America Memphis Board of Trade Tennessee Brokerage Association

Search Plan for De Long Missing Companions

Secretary Hunt receives De Long expedition plan dated January 10 1882 outlining a multi depot search across Lena delta Belun Two Crosses Cath Centerie Provarnia No 6 18 Bucof and coastlines with three traveling parties to search from Belun cover letters by Gro. W. Menv ine P A Engineer U S N detailing crews hired and dates to commence March 1 1882 with provisions and sled transport by reindeer and Yakut dog sleds under General Tchenko supervision.

Trkoutsek Ee Secretary of the Navy Washington Lena Irkoutsk Belun Mount Jai Sisteranke Bulcour Cath Centerie Quivina River Alouek Upper Belun de Long Chipp Alouek Provarnia No. 6 Provarnia Provarnia No. 18 No. 18 Barkin Usterda Bucoff Bicht Bucol North Cape Bucolf Tana River Tana Tchenko Bukoboff Peter Kolenkin I. Siberikoff Guenbeck Lens Melville Guenbreck William C. F. Ninderman Bukohoff James H. Bartlett Kolenkin Lena Delta Tchenkoff Gro. W. Menvine P. A

Frightful Railroad Accident Near Mandan

A Mandan special to the Bismarck Tribune describes a deadly rail disaster at dusk on a westbound train. Eight men died, most instantly in a crash that toppled sleeping cars into a river and left four bent bridge supports shattered. Names of the killed include Ole Johnson and Thomas Wilson among five identified men.

Ole Johnson Thomas Wilson William Watson J. McCormick Thomas Grady

Death of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Remains Calmly Treasured

The Chicago Tribune reports the death of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at seventy five. The renowned poet was born in Portland Maine in 1807 and served as Harvard professor before living in Cambridge near Washington headquarters. His legacy includes celebrated translations and poems praised for purity and beauty.

Henry W. Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Portland Bowdoin College Bowdoin Europe Harvard Cambridge Oxford Washington Bruges Datte Chronicler Daily News Chicago

Whittaker Court-Martial Findings Reversed by President

Washington March 22 The Adjutant General issues a general order releasing Cadet Johnson C Whittaker United States Military Academy from arrest after the court martial found him guilty on two charges conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman and false swearing The President disapproved the findings and sentence and directed his release The President cited improper admission of handwriting samples used as standards and the related error in the trial as reasons for disapproval and inoperative sentences

Washington Adjutant-General’s Office Johnson C. Whittaker United States Military Academy Whittaker West Point United States

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