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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1889
Page
2
Foreign and domestic intelligence summarized in a wire service style, outlining political shifts, criminal cases, accidents, and industrial updates. The piece presents a broad, rapid view of notable daily events across regions.
President H H Porter and associates of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company and Indiana Coal Company met with Henry Vanderbilt allied powers in New York for weeks of talks. Reports say the Big Four led by Vanderbilt interests have closed negotiations to take over the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and hand its management to the company soon. The move would give the Big Four and Chesapeake and Ohio a direct Chicago inlet with prime terminal facilities in the city.
Sir Henry Parkes writes to Prime Ministers outlining a proposed federal convention. He details aims for a federal government modeled on Canada and the American Constitution, to form a federal parliament and address the obstacles to a federal army.
A south bound Santa Fe train derailed due to a broken rail south of Brownwood Texas. Five passengers died and eighteen were injured as the rear cars plunged down a 15 foot embankment and caught fire briefly. Names include T R Jones Belleville Ill Mrs Haney Mason Austin Texas Alexander George Friedland Texas and an unknown woman among the deceased.
Archbishop Satelli Papal Delegate to the Baltimore Catholic Centennial arrives in New York aboard the La Champagne. He travels with Father Howell an Englishman and Rev Dr Hebron a professor of Egyptology and Oriental science at the new Washington university.
A London cable reports Mr. MacKinnon organizing relief for Emin Pasha has a dispatch from Zanzibar. Stanley’s letters from Victoria Nyanza dated August 29 list Emin Casati Marco Osman Effendi Hassan a Tunisian apothecary Stairs Nelson Jephson Parke and Benny among eight hundred men moving toward Monapws all well. Stanley notes a delay caused by the mahdists.
President Harrison signed the admission proclamations completing the historic step for North Dakota and South Dakota. It marks the first time two states were admitted together in U.S. history.
Alexander Simpson, long time Kansas City Times reporter, has learned from London that he inherits his aunt's estate in Edinburgh, Scotland, valued at $200,000.
St Louis speculators reportedly lost about 1 million dollars last week due to drops in trust certificates, with the cotton oil trust being a favorite target of decline in that city.
Edison, the electric inventor, is experimenting with an underground propulsion system for street cars. The project aims at improving efficiency and reducing surface disruption, though success remains unproven.
Abelis a Pesth clothing merchant collapses with liabilities of 400000 dollars. Queen Victoria telegrams sympathy for Templeton carpet factory disaster sufferers. Prague brassworker Wunsche arrested for counterfeiting with 5000 five-mark pieces issued.
The record lists interest bearing debt including bonds at 4 and 6 percent and 4 percent refunding certificates totaling 859 million, plus debt on which interest has ceased since maturity and noninterest debt such as old notes and certificates. Net cash in Treasury is 45.3 million, yielding a debt deficit after cash.
President Harrison designates the last Thursday of November as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer. The proclamation urges nationwide worship, gratitude for divine providence, peace, harvests, and labor, with James G. Blaine as secretary of state and the date marked as November 1, 1889.
A London cable reports the sale of the Pillsbury and Washburn mills and related milling, elevator and water power properties to a newly formed Pillsbury Washburn Flour Mill Company. The board will include Ex Governor Pillsbury and Senator Washburn. The new company with English involvement plans major improvements and expanded exports. The total property sold includes mills A B Anchor and others, elevators, water powers, and a controlling interest in Atlantic Elevator Company. Capital stock is 5 million with debentures of 3.175 million. sale price 6.25 million.
A canvassing board is ordered to count Tunnel Precinct votes for McHatton. Judge Knowles appeals seeking a stay to take case to the Supreme Court. C E Irvin favors the ruling and does not appeal, while Hall wants to appeal. Jack is absent.
The State Canvassing Board has begun canvassing votes with all returns in including Silver Bow. On court decision the County Clerk added Tunnel Precinct votes. The decision and count will elect two Democratic Senators.
Ex Secretary Bayard and Miss Mary W. Clymer will wed on Thursday November 7 at the bride’s mother's residence on H street and will host a quiet ceremony. Afterward the couple will begin a Northern wedding journey ending at Delamere Place Wilmington Delaware.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers re elected P M Arthur to a fourth term as Grand Chief after a near unanimous vote at the Denver convention. George Vroman and Vedder were also named to top posts. Cleveland remains national HQ. New York Giants win 3 2 over Brooklyn to claim baseball title. Italian railroad workers seize a steam shovel over unpaid wages at Taners Corners New Jersey threatening to halt the line.
A Prague cable reports the committee on the young Czech memorial praying for Francis Joseph's coronation and Bohemia's autonomy. It recommends the Diet refuse to discuss the memorial, leaving the Emperor to decide the opportune time for the ceremony.
Peter Graff of Worthington, Pa presents $25 000 to Rev Dr McKnight president of the Pennsylvania College to establish the Dr Charles H Graff Professorship of Hygiene and Physical Culture in memory of his son who recently died in Duluth.
Gen O O Howard commanding the Atlantic division urges prompt defenses for seacoast cities and backs Americanite, an inexpensive explosive invention by a young Russian, as a practical coastal defense option.
Unusually cold weather spreads across Lake St John and the Lake St John Railway line in Canada with thermometers at zero in Chamberd and St Adacona. Club Lake freezes solid enough to support skaters across its surface.
Nick Schaeffer is convicted in Topeka Kansas of violating the state prohibitory law by selling hard cider. Judge Guthrie instructed the jury that selling any liquid containing up to 6 or 10 percent alcohol constitutes a violation.
The American brigs Alice and Romance arrived at Fortress Monroe Virginia with sixty four Navassa rioters. Fifty prisoners were formally arrested on warrants issued from the United States Court at Baltimore and placed in custody for transport to the city.
Boone Iowa delegate FE McCormick fell seriously ill crossing Marshall Pass while attending the Engineers Convention in Denver. The physician said he cannot live, citing heart trouble as the cause. The Canadian Northwest Legislature favors abolishing French as an official language in a response to perceived French aggression in Eastern Canada. Resolutions to be sent to Dominion Parliament.
The Comptroller of the Currency has authorized the Union National Bank of Louisville to operate under national banking status. This approval confirms the bank's compliance with federal banking standards and enables expanded statewide services and deposits.
Louisville Kentucky and the Rio Grande National Bank of Laredo Texas announce their official venture with capitals of 50000 dollars and 100000 dollars respectively to commence business activities.
The President names John Mahood for Galena Illinois port, William H Alexander for Omaha Nebraska port, Henry C McArthur for Lincoln Nebraska port, and William B Sheppard for the Apalachicola Florida district as customs officials.
The new Emporia stock yards in Kansas formally opened as shipments begin arriving. First cattle received were Texas stock, unloaded for feeding in the area for sale to eastern markets.
The Abilene Bank in Abilene Kansas collapses with liabilities of 400 000 dollars. Bank officers cite 600 000 dollars in assets including real estate and notes as the basis for the failure caused by depreciation after the 1884 boom.
A mass meeting in Cheyenne with 4,000 attendees heard Delegate Corey Governor Warren Attorney General Campbell and General Thompson urge adoption of the Constitution. They spoke on statehood and the path to statehood.
A paralytic named Edward Ebert aged 90 fell into a fire in Shinnston West Virginia and died from burns. He claimed in 1818 to have helped build the first house on the site of Chicago by white settlers.
The woolen and tailor trims firm Stiles & Co. of New York assigns, with partners Gilbert C. H. Stiles of Brooklyn and Leopold Gottlieb of Chicago. Liabilities are stated as under $30,000.
The Associated Brewers of St. Louis have completed a deal with a syndicate of Eastern and foreign capitalists to transfer all breweries controlled by the association for 12 350 000 dollars.
Lima Ohio reports E W Hewes foreman for Richards and Co railroad contractors has vanished taking 1500 dollars meant to pay workers. The firm seeks restitution and authorities investigate the sudden disappearance.
A fire at Emerado North Dakota destroyed the Minneapolis and Northern Elevator. About 25,000 bushels of wheat were burned. Loss estimated at 25,000 dollars and fully insured.
A boiler explosion on a thrashing machine near Grafton Dakota Territory killed one man and gravely injured two others. In other news Pittsburg window glass firms raise prices by five percent amid chemical cost hikes.
A Winnipeg dispatch reports the Northern Pacific Railroad will begin construction into the Souris district at once. About forty five miles are planned to be built this year.
Miss Georgiana Heckscher married George B. McClellan son of the late General McClellan in Newport Rhode Island on Wednesday. The ceremony joined a prominent family with ties to the Civil War general and the McClellan name.
Secretary Tracy accepts from the contractors the cruiser Charleston built at San Francisco.
Christopher Geiger a prominent iron-maker in Eastern Pennsylvania for many years died in Lancaster at age 81. He was well known for his work in the local iron trade and contributed to regional industry. His passing marks the end of a lengthy career in the iron manufacturing sector.
The President names John C Slocum of Florida to serve as Surveyor General of Florida in a formal executive appointment. Slocum succeeds prior officeholder and assumes duties overseeing land surveying and related administration for the state.
Assistant State's Attorney Baker and Lawyer Howell secure Gillette's account of Burke confessing to Cronin murder. The recollection details the Carlson cottage plan, the killers including Coughlin and Cooney, the mutilated body at the lake, the ransom like money, and Burke's alleged motive tied to a betrayed trust. TRELAND 1879 population figures noted.
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