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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1888
Page
2
An omnibus summary highlights wire dispatches on accidents crimes politics religion commerce and crops across hemispheres. Brief items cover notable events along with minor affairs offering a snapshot of current happenings.
Mrs. Caroline Quantrell, mother of the guerrilla chief, meets Mrs. Samuels, mother of the James brothers, at the Samuels homestead near Kearney Missouri. Frank James and wife visit from Dallas to see Mrs. Quantrell, while Mrs. Jesse James and her son Jesse attend from Kansas City. Quantrell, age 67, visits his grave in St. Louis and plans a biography to portray him in a balanced light. The scene centers on the old house, surrounding flora, and a grave mound with flowers and forget me nots marking Jesse James’s resting place.
A Cincinnati express outbound from Washington collided with a freight train near Dickerson Maryland killing three trainmen and injuring six others. The wreck occurred a mile west of Dickerson Station in a deep cut where a sharp turn and heavy grade piled wreckage into a twenty foot high heap. The dead were postal clerk William H. Wiley of Fairmount West Virginia postal clerk John Casey of Washington and brakeman George Ridenbaugh of Berlin Maryland.
League clubs race for top spot as standings tighten across teams competing for first in the season. Strong hitters and pitching faces key tests across venues, with early pace setters seeking to extend lead and avoid slips.
A limited express train on the Pennsylvania Railroad collided with an accommodation train near Wall's Station fourteen miles east of Pittsburg. Fourteen people were hurt but none seriously. Passengers injured include Theodore Wallace of Chicago with shoulder bruises Samuel Forbes of Edinburgh with ankle sprain and John J Sackett of New York with a scalp wound. both enginemen also hurt.
Carl Reechster a Nebraskan farmer three miles from Ohiowa returned home intoxicated and toppled a lamp sparking a fatal house fire. He escaped unharmed but his wife a 38 year old child and the hired man perished in the blaze.
John J. Cornelison, whose horse whip toll led Judge Richard Reed in Louisville Kentucky to kill himself, has been granted a nine month respite from imprisonment by Governor Buckner on account of illness He will return to jail to complete a three year sentence after the respite expires
A recent strike by Chicago street-car workers disrupted service on the North Side. Low pay and long hours cited as the cause, affecting hundreds of riders and city pedestrians as lines halted.
Up to October 6 in Jacksonville Florida there were 282 deaths from yellow fever and 3 103 cases.
Roger Q. Mills was renominated for an eighth term in Congress by the Ninth Texas District at a Waco barbecue. The event drew over fifteen thousand attendees with delegations from every county and speeches by prominent Democratic leaders. Mills delivered the principal address and tariff bill advocate.
The report lists renominations and candidate actions across multiple states. Names include Edward W. Seymour, Robert Hamilton, Joseph H. ONeill, Gen. W. Cogswell, Chauncey M. Beasley, Henry Bacon, Dr. H. L. Donnelly, Rev. William A. Rankin, T. J. Duncan, and labor or party endorsements in various districts. Some entries note declines, endorsements, or party sponsorships for congressional races in districts spanning Connecticut to Louisiana.
New York sales of wheat reached 108 463 000 bushels, over triple the visible supply, with prices up 854 cents from the prior week. Corn rose two cents with 13 00,000 bushels sold. oats fraction. Cotton fell an eighth. interior reports were broadly favorable, money demand up, business expanded, and bank clearings rose 10.5 percent. Third quarter liabilities declined from 73,022,556 to 22,114,254. total weekly failures numbered 211.
The Union Pacific Company report for 1887 shows land disposal of 12 944 781 acres and total cash receipts from sales at 29 395 255 dollars. Average sale price per acre ranged 2.53 in the Union division 3.72 in Kansas and 4.24 in Denver. Bonds outstanding 115 508 639 dollars, net decrease 1 788 472. Revenue 25 129 515 expenditures 19 297 981 surplus 5 831 534. Total debt 222 169 431 dollars, capital stock 60 868 500. Net increase 1 801 183. Assets 266 451 137, up 8 848 316. Surplus up 7 057 132 for the year.
A fragment notes a range from twenty through thirty nine inclusive and is dated October 1, 1888, suggesting a ledger-like or archival reference. The readable portion centers on numeric bounds and a historical date without broader context or names.
Indiana Republican and Democratic state committees agree on cross party election board staffing. In precincts with a Democratic inspector a Republican judge and clerk will serve, and vice versa. A 145 member committee proposal aims to detect and punish fraud with 45 Democrats, 45 Republicans, and 10 Prohibitionists.
Two trains on the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg line derail near Hannibal station east of Oswego New York. Martin Slattery the engineer of the west bound extra was instantly killed.
Receiver Smith of the Traders' Bank in Chicago calls the failure bad. Joseph O. Rutter, the bank's late president, is dead. Settlement of bank affairs and related estate issues are tied to the late president's wealth, prompting rapid examination of the overall condition.
R G Dun Co reports 1888 third quarter US failures at 2 361 with liabilities just over 22 million. Nine months total failures 7 550 with liabilities over 90 million. Canada three months 384 failures with 3 679 million liabilities. nine months 1 256 failures with 11 482 million liabilities.
Passenger train No. 5 derailed near Mexico Missouri with seven cars off track. Seven people were injured including Mrs. Kate McCarthy J F Conway of Pittsburg and T B Humphrey of Jerome Kansas. no one killed. Wreck blamed on removed rail by parties with unsettled claims against the company.
Mary L. Garrett, convicted of murdering her two imbecile stepdaughters in Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced to hang on January 24, 1889. Evidence showed she killed the girls in the farmhouse and set the building on fire. she has a five week old baby born in jail that will accompany her to the penitentiary until execution.
A tabulated report shows the season's thrashing across eighty three counties yields a 40 percent drop from last year. The combined Minnesota Dakota crop totals 55 to 60 million bushels with poor quality in the Red River Valley and frost affected areas. No. 1 hard grain is scarce and many locales will reject grain. hundreds of acres remain unharvested. Corn and other crops mostly fare well with higher acreage.
A man named Hickman who lives in Boston shot and killed J. C. Booth, a visitor to the woman Hickman shared. A mob of about seventy five men seized Hickman from his home an hour later and lynched him.
Governor Gordon and all state officers were re-elected with no opposition in a quiet election. An amendment increasing Supreme Court judges from three to five was adopted, expanding the court.
John Edwards a Maryville attorney reportedly shot himself amid disappointment over not winning the Democratic nomination for Judge of the Court of Appeals at a Western Missouri District convention. The incident reflects frayed political pressures in the state.
The Philadelphia Baptist Association reports that humorist Robert J. Burdette has been licensed to preach the gospel. Born in Greensboro Pa forty four years ago, he lived in Peoria Ill before journalism, later editing the Burlington Hawkeye and settling at Bryn Mawr to write. He plans to retire from literature and lecturing and seek a church charge.
Levi P. Morton’s letter accepting the Republican nomination to the vice presidency is released. He endorses the national platform and argues for protection of American industries.
A man giving the name Houlihy was arrested by three Kingston officers on suspicion of being Tascott. Houlihy claims he works for a racing stud owner and calls the arrest absurd.
R G Dun & Co reports last week saw widespread price gains and a 10 percent rise in clearings. The period centered on wheat speculation with the September corner ending in heavy seller losses, yet lifting other options. December wheat at Chicago reached 1.18, with heavy selling and sharp reactions. cash wheat fetched higher at Chicago than Liverpool, with brief arbs from Antwerp.
A 24 year old Italian murderer Philip Palledoni was executed at Bridgeport Guenn the third capital punishment in Fairfield County history. He fainted on the trap, the fall did not break his neck and he slowly strangled to death as convulsions distorted his face while several in the crowd fainted.
J. W. Coates, attorney of Platt County Mo, carried $240000 in new county bonds to Jefferson City for registration. The bonds were recorded and placed in his valise at a hotel. In St. Louis he found twenty 5 percent funding bonds of $1000 each were missing after planning to dispose of them.
Congress debates appointments to negotiate with Chippewa and confirms ministerial posts, while bills on land, tariffs, and yellow fever aid proceed. House and Senate clash over quorum, public works, and public notices, with pension bills passing in the evening session.
A column notes that wise parents monitor their children's reading material while public figures show private humility. It discusses obituaries, celebrity vanity, tasteful restraint, and society’s views on wealth, fashion, and family disgrace with satirical tone. It cites the New York Mail.
A guide on proper table manners notes which foods are eaten with fingers. Strawberries with stems, olives without a fork, and celery placed on the table cloth are appropriate. Fruits other than melons and preserves are eaten with a spoon.
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