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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1888
Page
2
A compiled wire summary pulls reports from every region of the country and several foreign lands. The brief items cover diverse topics, including political developments, economic updates, cultural notes, and notable events shaping the day.
Across Ireland on St Stephen s Day monster gatherings endorsed the Irish Catholic MPs stand against the Pope s rescript. William O Brien addressed Limerick as Dillon spoke in Kildare, and Michael Davitt in Bray urged independence from papal dictates while clergy sent apologies. Meetings in Waterford Wexford and Clonmel followed with resolutions backing the Irish leaders.
A historical note outlines the organization and listing of four associations clubs. It details member groups, affiliations, and roles within the wider sports or social network referenced by the periodical.
Advices from Bismarck Dak report Gov Church received a telegram warning of danger of an Indian outbreak at Oalrich. He notified the War Department and sent Col Thornby to investigate. Thornby found the scare was fueled by friendly Indians telling ranchers to flee. Women and children have left, town in wild excitement.
Julius Griswold, a Baltimore traveling salesman, visited Cambridge Maryland and drank heavily in the town. He later jumped into a river and drowned, using water as a final resort after consuming whisky Jamaica rum alcohol and bay rum.
A syndicate of Austrian speculators is said to control Hungary's corn market and have driven up prices. Germany delays retaliatory Russia customs until Austria joins the measure. Paris Exposition American exhibits are expected to be strong with Gen. Corse named Commissioner General. Allied forces boost frontiers with Galicia garrisons increased. Crown Prince emphasizes army for Germany but seeks peace. Egypt reports Osman Digna's camp burned by incendiaries forcing retreat with about two thousand followers perishing.
Telegraphic brief notes from New York record sea captains arriving after a fearful hurricane on May 21 and 22. Also, Boston Cors Bett, who killed John Wilkes Booth, has escaped from an asylum in Topeka Kansas and is at large and said to be dangerous.
In committee of the whole the House spent May 26 on the legislative and related appropriation bill. An amendment by Mr. McComas to add three Civil Service Commission clerks was approved 81 to 71, with raises and travel funds. Republicans caucused to back Blair education and tariff policy. the Senate was not in session.
Coup up to fifty thousand dollars for shipment by Kidder Peabody New York. A Philadelphia fire at Hackett's chair factory leveled the building and killed John Curley and David Hayton. Boss printers in New York consider price cuts provoking a possible strike. Methodist Conference elects bishops J H Vincent and J N Fitzgerald in New York. President Cleveland hosts Presbyterian assemblies, urging church unity. Temperance debate ends with a call for voluntary abstinence and prohibition. Other items include new bishops Newman and Goodsell, a Grattan Esmonde reception, and a rail bridge wreck near Randolph Point Missouri with multiple deaths.
Governor Martin of Kansas pardons Charles B. Rotrock of Ottawa County who killed his wife years ago while intoxicated. The pardon uniquely requires permanent abstinence from alcohol, a condition not previously used by a Kansas governor, with Iowa Supreme Court precedent cited on gubernatorial pardon power and revocation upon violation.
A Spring City dispatch says four black railroad laborers arrested for assault on Mrs. Jane Whitney and an attempted assault on her daughter were taken from jail by a mob and lynched. Tension runs high among local black residents amid threats of retaliation.
Milwaukee dispatch to the Chicago Herald notes George W. Peck as the Democratic front runner in Wisconsin. A humorist with practical sense, he has built a fortune and funds a modest life. His self description of not seeking office and naming others boosts his standing for possible acclamation at a state convention.
Delegates in Washington adopt a constitution forming The National Bar Association of the United States to unify state laws, study judicial systems, and consider international codes. Col James O Broadhead of St Louis elected President for the coming year. Pope Cardinal Gibbons leads Catholic University cornerstone ceremony with Bishop Spalding praising Mary Gwendolen Caldwell who gifts 300000 dollars and is named founding benefactor.
The item notes a solid gold coin about two inches in diameter sent to the Pope. The United States Treasury paid out nearly 15 million dollars in pensions in May, with May receipts surpassing expenditures by about 3 million. The Treasury surplus briefly dipped to 96 million, then rose above 100 million. Con A H Markland, once in charge of army mails under Grant, is dead.
The Boston Pilot cites a Rome correspondent denying Papal interference in Ireland. Archbishop Walsh received a private audience with Leo XIII and a special honor, amid Dublin tensions. Dublin officials read a Rome dated telegram insisting no Holy See meddling, while the National League backs the manifesto and Bishop O'Dwyer warns Catholics against Sunday League participation. The letter spurs wide reaction.
Reports from the Northwest say cold rains and frosts damaged crops. Sugar workers in Toronto strike for higher wages. Burlington road talks extend the strike. Treasury bonds of five million dollars are suspected forgery. Emperor of Brizol near death with paralysis. last rites given. Pension fund short by thirty thousand dollars. vouchers delayed without new appropriations. Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Road mortgaged five million for a double track. Northwest crops improve and Minnesota wheat recovers vigor.
The river and harbor bill moved to the Senate with amendments raising appropriations for Dunkirk and other sites. House and Senate actions included labor department plans, post office funding rises, and public building appropriations. Debates covered fisheries open doors, South Dakota statehood, and constitutional reform proposals.
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