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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1889
Page
2
Local news item from Dixon Illinois dated May 15 1889 reports community updates and notices. Prominent names and specifics are limited by OCR readability but reflect typical weekly reporting style of small town papers.
A compact survey of international events includes diplomatic moves, regional conflicts, and notable incidents abroad. Officials from multiple nations report on security, economics, and cultural affairs shaping global affairs today.
The Secretary of the Navy will solicit proposals for three identical protected cruisers costing up to 700000 dollars each. Each ship will be 257 feet long, 37 feet beam, 19.6 feet depth, 14.6 feet draft, 2000 tons displacement, 5400 horsepower, and a guaranteed speed of eighteen knots with a crew of 185. Power comes from two triple expansion engines. Coal load is 200 tons with bunkers holding 435 tons, and the design includes an oval conning tower, a wooden pilot-house, and an electric light plant.
The three week revival in Richmond, Virginia records 300 baptisms in the river as 20 000 to 30 000 observers watch. Ministers stand in the water guiding penitents as crowds shout and groan with religious ecstasy. Women wear white robes and some attendees don Directoire gowns.
The Agricultural Department report from Washington notes the Northwest is twenty days ahead. Across Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, northwest Missouri and northern Illinois, past week weather aided crop conditions with some replanting required due to high winds. Corn planting is progressing across the belt with Dakota noting large acreage. fruit crops show encouraging prospects.
Thousands rush to rich placer diggings about forty miles from Deadwood Dakota Territory. Prospecting over the last year showed gold in quantity, secret kept until spring when word spread. Men come on horseback and with teams, bringing tents and mining outfits. Returns report abundant gold dust and extensive diggings worth 60 to 70 cents per pan.
The steamship Rugia, sailing from New York to Hamburg May 2, while at Plymouth due to spontaneous cotton combustion in the after-hold, caused fires fed by nearby lard. Passengers endured 48 hours on deck as bulkhead doors opened. Steam later flooded the fire area to extinguish the blaze.
Lyman K. Bass died in New York of heart failure at age 54. Born in Erie County, he was a partner of ex President Cleveland in Buffalo in the law firm Bass Cleveland and Bissell. They were warm friends and political enemies. Bass served as a Republican Congressman from 1871 to 1875.
The President announced appointments across government roles including Public Printer Frank W. Palmer. Civil Service Commissioners Theodore Roosevelt and Hugh B. Thompson. Utah Governor Arthur L. Thomas and Secretary Elijah Sells. Utah Surveyor General Ellsworth Daggett. land office posts in Blackfoot Idaho and Crookston Minnesota. US Attorneys for Missouri and Virginia. US Marshals in Idaho Virginia. collectors in Pennsylvania and Illinois. receivers and registrars in multiple states. and special agents for the General Land Office. Matthews named First Comptroller of the Treasury. Loveland named Pension Agent in New York. Wright to head Carson City Mint. Caldwell and De Lambert named Special Agents.
The Dun and Co assessment notes uneven commercial activity nationwide with some sectors strong while others weaken. Iron output declines, prices dip in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, wool softens, dry goods sluggish, cotton manufacture thriving, and bread, sugar, and oil markets fluctuating amid nationwide crop prospects and a rise in business failures to 227 from 214.
A cage carrying ten miners at Kaska William colliery near Milfordport Pennsylvania was struck by an empty car pushed over the shaft by two Hungarian laborers. The collision wrecked the cage at about sixteen feet up and killed all occupants instantly. Victims include Michael Boyle and Hugh Carlin among eight others. The cage fell into the sump and bodies were recovered later. Alliance Coal Company operates the old mine with a 500 foot shaft.
A West Main street crossing collision with a switch engine near Michigan Central Railroad in Kalamazoo Michigan left ten passengers aboard a street car dead or injured. Eight women and two men were aboard the car with several fatalities and multiple serious injuries including Mrs Alexander Haddock and Miss Gertrude Tillotson among the dead and Mrs M E Wateles and Mrs George Smiley among the injured. The driver escaped unhurt and the male passengers survived.
The State Grange of Illinois through its Executive Committee offers $10,000 for an invention that attaches to or works with reapers to bind wheat and oats with straw. The device may bind straw as it is cut or operate as a separate mechanism.
A project offers a machine to twist straw and wind it on large spools for reeling to smaller spools by farmers and installable in a reaper. $10,000 payment to the inventor upon proven success. If multiple claims arise, the committee will pick the most practical. Patent rights go to Illinois State Grange and transfer is required. Goods held until July 8, 1889.
Archbishop Fabre issues circular summarizing Quebec Seventh Council decrees approved by the Pope. It condemns bazaars concerts excursions and dining for religious fundraising and bans blasphemy and amusements such as theaters circuses and amateur theatricals while promoting temperance and separate schools.
J E McCormick of Tacoma aimed to secure funds by asking William Squires of Seattle to endorse a note for 87500 at the Pacific National Bank. McCormick drew the money and departed by train for New York, leaving creditors facing over forty thousand dollars plus the 50000 he took.
Secretary Noble overrules prior department decisions on James Hair of Kirwin Kansas. He finds timber culture land entries should not be denied merely for a few trees, adopting a practical interpretation that prairie land is devoid of timber only if substantially timberless. The act aims to encourage timber culture rather than deny occupants benefits over minimal tree presence.
The body of Sydney Bolton an 11 year old boy exhumed at Deptford England revealed arsenical traces. He boarded with Mrs Winter who forged the mother’s name on an insurance receipt earning £20. Since 1585 Winter insured 27 relatives with five deaths. authorities suspect intentional poisoning planning to kill more.
The Paris World Fair opens with President Carnot delivering the formal address and pressing the button to start the machinery. About 1,500 attended the inside ceremony while around 250,000 entered on tickets for the grand event and crowd.
Illinois man George Dennison has been appointed a special land agent. Assistant Attorney General Shields rules that census act appointments fall outside civil service rules. Maj. George B. Davis chosen to lead the commission publishing the rebellion records, succeeding Col. Laselle.
Germany would consent to reinstating Malietoa as Samoa’s king if the United States government buys German plantations or guarantees payment if Samoans purchase them. Germany would waive punishment for Mataafa if German relatives’ deaths are adequately compensated and would not seek political preponderance.
Andrew Mitchell died in City Hospital Baltimore after refusing help for relatives. A few hours after burial, discovery showed his parents died in New Haven two years earlier leaving him 1,000,090 dollars, revealing a hidden fortune.
Reports from Jamestown Dakota describe a cyclonic cloud that hovered over the city and vanished abruptly, followed by a shower of frogs covering the main street. Residents speculate the cloud drew the amphibians from a nearby pond.
At the stockholders meeting of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad held in Topeka Kansas 621811 shares were represented. Wm B Strong of Bos
A resolution transfers the President’s office from Boston to Chicago after Ton was re elected President of the system.
Mrs. Royal E. Fox died at her Syracuse home reportedly from a faith cure denial of medical help. She had endured bilious attacks for years and friends refused physicians during her final illness, insisting faith alone would heal.
Lincoln Curtis, chief salesman for Cong don and Aylsworth of Providence Rhode Island, was arrested on charges of embezzling $12,000. He allegedly shipped goods to New York and other cities without recording them on the company books.
Bud Tinnel and Theodore Redman, both farmers in Woodford Chickasaw Nation, quarreled leading to Tinnel visiting Redman. Redman fired a buckshot loaded gun, killing Tinnel instantly before the week ended.
John Pondar Saulsbury Delaware Secretary of State died at his Dover home. He was the eldest son of Chancellor W Saulsbury who served as United States Senator from Delaware during the war.
A boiler in A. A. Foster’s Racine Wisconsin box factory exploded, wrecking the building and seriously injuring Andrew Johnson. Foster himself was slightly hurt. Loss estimated around $10 000 with no insurance.
Consul Crowell at Amoy China reports this year's crop of Amoy colong tea is very inferior dirty and adulterated Most of the bad tea is shipped to New York where honest inspection would prevent its landing
Evansville Indiana report says young druggist Castle mistakenly put belladonna in a prescription for an elderly woman. Her condition is critical. if she dies, Castle will be arrested.
Mrs. Catherine Harkins of Holidayburg Pennsylvania was burned to death when her night clothes caught fire from a coal oil lamp explosion. Her husband died of injuries suffered while trying to extinguish the flames.
The stables near Cyn thiana Kentucky belonging to Captain Moore were destroyed by fire. Fifteen valuable horses died in the blaze, including one valued at 15009 dollars and another at 10000 dollars. No insurance is mentioned.
The American Bible Society in New York held its seventy third annual meeting. Cash receipts totaled 499,823 dollars while disbursements reached 555,989 dollars.
At the annual stockholders meeting the Secretary reported net earnings of 242002 dollars, reflecting the railroad's financial performance for the year.
Three of the latter were killed in a fight between cowboys and Indians near Fort Wingate New Mexico. The cowboys were arrested.
Gen William Selby Harney veteran of Black Hawk and Mexican wars dies in Orlands Florida in the 88th year of his age. The obituary notes his service and status as a distinguished military figure.
A blaze in Payne Ohio consumed Bender and Company stave factory and five adjacent buildings, inflicting about twelve thousand dollars in damages. Fire crews battled the flames but could not save the structures.
A blaze in Waldron consumed a large portion of the town's business district causing about 60000 dollars in losses. Firefighters battled the flames but the entire commercial area suffered extensive damage.
A new suspension bridge at Lockport New York has been opened. The opening marks a key river crossing improvement for the area and will facilitate local transportation and commerce.
The Sioux Commission instructions move to open 9 3 million acres in southern Dakota for settlement. The land lies along the Nebraska border and will be sold at government prices with staged payments and increased cash allotments to Indians. The plan aims to attract thrifty settlers while reserving school sections for public use and ensuring Sioux consent before open bidding.
Gen William Selby Harney oldest officer on the retired army list died in Orlando Florida. Born August 22 1800 in Tennessee he served from 1818 onward including the Battle with Lafitte Black Hawk War Seminole War and Mexican War He rose to Brigadier General in 1847 and Major General in 1863 retiring the same year He amassed a large fortune and recently married his housekeeper despite family opposition.
The world quadrennial conference of the United Brethren Church met in New York City. Bishop Weaver reported a past quadrennial gain of about 40,000 members, 143 organized societies, nearly $200,000 in benevolent funds, over $500,000 in church property, and 57,000 Sunday school attendees. Mission contributions reached £309,460, up $101,000 from prior years. A minority report from Bishop Wright of Ohio opposed the non prohibition clause regarding secret societies.
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