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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1888
Page
2
A concise digest covers politics, religion, commerce, industry and labor developments worldwide. The report highlights notable events and trends from diverse regions, signaling shifts in governance, markets, and social dynamics.
A car load of dynamite exploded on a freight train at Locust Gap Pennsylvania, killing seven and wounding about twenty five. Three may die. Twenty one houses were demolished and glass shattered for miles. Debris and charred remains scattered, with wheels thrown two hundred yards. Loss placed at seventy five thousand dollars.
Dispatches report that Delhi and Moradabad suffered deadly hailstorms with flat oval hailstones up to two pounds, claiming about 150 lives. In Raceball Bengal, hail killed twenty, wounded 200, and destroyed 2,000 houses.
Mr. Pendleton the United States Minister to Berlin has fully recovered. Limerick branches condemn papal rescript. A wax figure of Gen Boulanger in a Berlin shop window attracts crowds. Victorien Sarpov says the French Republic may soon break up. Reports claim Russia has three corps on its western frontier and London expects an aggressive eastern policy.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania WilliAm McCoy was convicted of murder in the second degree for the death of Thomas Brennan. Norman McDonato aged 110 died in Nova Scotia after emigrating in 1833 and fighting at Waterloo. An $41000 currency shipment to Washington was found converted to brown paper. Joan Dean was murdered at Helena Montana with the slayer undiscovered. Mrs M A Eckert confessed to her nurse how the crime was committed before she died.
A House fracas on the fifth as Nebraska’s Woodburn claims Abrams Hewitt apologized to the British minister for a prior resolution on an alleged judicial murder. Bryce and Brumw clash, fists raised, then sit and speak amicably as Hopkins questions if this is the Senate.
Connecticut milkman Samuel Stevens mourns ten cows hanged after stable floor collapse. An assailant attempted to kill Prosecuting Attorney Frank McClintock and family with two dynamite bombs. one exploded but harmed no one. General Schofield elected Commander of New York Commandery Loyal Legion. Massachusetts Court denies rehearing for Mrs Robinson the Somerville poisoner, she faces hanging unless commuted. New York elevated railways cases stress securing right of way. Manhattan settlements reflect damages for property and rents. Elgar Thompson Steel Works strike at Braddock, Pennsylvania, ends per Knights of Labor.
Gen Martin Beem shot himself at his father in law's ranch near Stanton Nebraska dying within minutes amid family troubles. Kit Carson affiliate Tobias boasted a bold capture of Espeñosas brothers. William Garland of Lafayette assigns assets of 7000 dollars. A storm in Lacona Iowa buries farmer Leonard Wilson in a two story store ruin. A charter for The Farmers' Federation of the Mississippi Valley is filed in Topeka with 20 million capital. Hoover and Allison fail in Xenia Ohio with bank suspensions. Contempt conviction of AuLand Myers in Columbus Ohio. A barn fire near Arlington Nebraska kills seven, a Los Angeles Cracker Co block burns with large losses. Fire damages in Laporte Indiana jury insanity and other fires in California and Kansas. President Cleveland nominates Melville W Fuller for Chief Justice. Fuller regarded highly by Republicans and Democrats.
The Senate has passed public building measures for Sterling Illinois Fort Dodge Iowa and Duluth Minnesota with funding levels to be determined by respective Senate and House bills including fifty thousand ten thousand and one hundred fifty thousand dollars.
Reports from Texas describe intense statewide rainfall hurting railroads and crops as Red River streams overflow. In Jackson Mississippi a deadly street duel ends with Gen Wirt Adams dead and editor John H. Martin killed. Elsewhere mobs hang Henry Pope a Black man spared by a governor, and two Alabama brothers fatally clash over Nevada real estate. A cyclone devastates eastern Ouachita County Arkansas with property damage reported.
Rumor suggests another Cardinal hat may move from Rome to America with Archbishop Feehan of Chicago or Bishop Ireland of St. Paul as potential honorees. Wheat and corn supplies stand at 32,473,243 and 8,539,511 bushels with recent changes of -160,175 and +342,088. Diaz opposition in Mexico brings Jose Maria Iglesias as candidate, though he may abstain. Grose Isle quarantine plan for cholera includes a new $120,000 fumigating apparatus. The Comptroller declares a sixth 5 percent dividend for Richmond National Bank creditors. Methodist bishops report four year growth to 2,093,935 members and defense of prohibition against high license.
Samuel admits he killed his brother in self defense as police examine a brutal skull fracture and bullet wound. In New Orleans the United States Grand Jury indicts C. W. Moore president H Y Mullen vice president and J W Quayle secretary treasurer of the spurious Honduras Mining Company for a fraud scheme.
A Berlin banquet honors Carl Schurz and Count Herbert Bismarck with other dignitaries in attendance. Queen Victoria may award Bismarck a decoration for gallantry shown during her Berlin visit. In Melbourne and Ireland, immigration and political cases draw attention as authorities act on crimes act charges and public debate continues over papal decrees. Emperor Frederick remains out of immediate danger after a fever spell with no further bulletins planned.
The Kansas senator Ingalls attacked Indiana's Voorhees as a foe of the Union, while Voorhees denounced the charges as false and slanderous. The exchange included lines about Lincoln dog taunts and a 1862 meeting remark. The Senate also passed a $100,000 Emporia building bill amid tense House committee hearings on rebates and telegraph issues.
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