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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1888
Page
2
A broad intelligence roundup draws on reports from multiple continents detailing foreign affairs and notable domestic happenings. It surveys global events and daily life with emphasis on political, social, and economic developments shaping the civilized world.
S H Gilmore reports fresh Terry and Wagoner feud outbreaks in the Kings River District Northern Arkansas. Three Terry brothers and two Wagoners were killed last January. Recently Sam Meeks went to Indian Territory. John and Miles Terry pursued him and killed Meeks. The Wagoner side killed Miles Terry and wounded John. Curl Garrett was killed and Cyrus W Davis wounded.
A Portland west bound express on the Northern Pacific was wrecked at Crow Wing River after striking an open switch. The engine and tender, mail car, and two baggage cars plunged into the river. Engineer Swart and fireman Alex Brown died or were severely injured. Clinton Mayne of Company K Third Regiment was mortally injured. Passengers escaped with only miraculous luck.
Herman Baade a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy foreman, his wife Mrs Baade and two sons aged 7 and 13 were killed when a special train racing sixty miles an hour struck a hand-car four miles above East Dubuque Iowa. Baade and another man escaped. Mrs Baade saved her infant by tossing it down a 20 foot bank. Baade lived at Eagle Point and faced severe grief.
Four men halted train No. 752 on Tron Mountain Railroad near Diaz Arkansas and looted the express car of 2000. Sheriff Stephens with a Newport posse rushed toward the scene as the southbound train was halted. A separate St. Petersburg report notes a Kouban Cossack failed poisoning attempt while en route from Tiflis to the Black Sea.
William Bostwick, age ten, of Rochester New York, died after a horse he rode with companions bolted. The animal raced a quarter mile as the boy’s foot caught in the stirrup and was dragged. He suffered severe injuries before the horse could be checked.
Ex Queen Natalie of Servia refuses to receive the divorce notification sent to Bucharest by a special messenger. The decree will be conveyed through the Foreign Office. Archbishop of Carlovitz resigns due to ill health after approving the Milan Natalie divorce.
Judge William K. McAllister of the Chicago Appellate Court died at his Ravenswood home from heart trouble at age 70. He leaves a wife and three daughters and had lived in Chicago since 1854.
Fire swept two factories in Pittsburg Pennsylvania the Fariday carbon works and the Auburn and Ackerman axle factory causing an estimated loss of around 90000 dollars, fully insured.
Dun and Co reports a broad year over year rise in bank clearings outside New York about 12 percent. Boston shows a 20 percent surge due to stock speculation, while Philadelphia and San Francisco gain about 7 and 41 percent respectively. New York sees a 10 percent drop amid divergent speculative activity.
Chief Justice Fuller writes the court's first ruling in a Western Union Telegraphs case. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania taxed telegrams passing through the state, including interstate traffic. The Supreme Court reverses, holds taxes apply only to messages wholly within state borders, and remands for further proceedings.
London telegram reports the Parnell Commission opening as dull compared with September session. A large crowd attended but few celebrities. Sir Richard Webster's speech repeated familiar Times facts and warned the case could last a year if judges do not intervene. Fourteen hundred Times witnesses may extend proceedings to March next.
In Huntington County Indiana German Baptist members in Wabash and Huntington counties faced a shocking attack. During a Mishler neighborhood communion service soup was dosed with croton oil. Cooks removed some but about a quarter of the congregation fell violently ill with severe cramps and several were seriously sick.
Chief Justice Taylor in Winnipeg dissolves injunction in the case against the Provincial Road crossing. The Provincial Road will proceed as Canadian Pacific vows to resist. Attorney General Martin calls for loyal citizens to serve as sworn special police at the scene amid fears of rioting.
A Washington meeting of the Centennial and Expo Executive Committee decided to convene the National Board of Promotion in Washington on December 4. The board includes the governors of 38 states and territories, 53 mayors, 155 trade board presidents and secretaries, and officers of state granges and agricultural societies.
While five men unloaded a car of hay presses in Kansas City Missouri a Missouri Pacific Railway engine driven by Engineer Cook backed up at speed striking the car. William Fonda and George Leckerly were fatally crushed as their skulls were crushed. Frank Hull T B Strathborn and J H White were hurled against the presses and probably internally injured.
A tragic double death occurred in Colfax Wyoming Territory as David Yeater, a bartender, killed his wife and then took his own life. Local authorities reported the incident with few details available.
Yeater killed his wife during a dress fitting in a neighboring home then killed himself with a pistol. He left a letter to his employer expressing love for his wife and despair at her refusal to return it. Both died instantly.
David Sellers and his wife were killed in a farmhouse fire near Mt. Gilead Ohio. The daughter and hired man survived after waking to smoke. The man’s head was burned and the woman’s skull crushed. Police suspect burglars committed the crime.
The Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington directs the Southern Railway and Steamship Association to appear on December 18 for a general examination and investigation of their tariffs and classifications. The order follows tariff inspections and complaints alleging higher local charges for shorter distances, unlawful combination rates, and temporary single shipment tariffs.
Pradstreet's reports show 50 million bushels reserve wheat on June 30 1889 would exceed Atlantic exportable surplus. at 30 million only 16 024 million remain to go abroad. Pacific coast holds 5 million reserve with 26 78 million available for export by June 30 plus 11 244 million already shipped. US business failures last week 208 up from 195 prior week and 213 year ago. Canada failures 28 up from 31. Total US failures to date 8 074, vs 7 718 in 1887.
James Talmage son of the Jabash Railway’s late general manager and nephew of Rev. T Witt Talmage was found guilty in Keytesville Missouri of murder in the second degree for killing C. P. Tidd a Brunswick telegraph operator last January. The sentence was twenty one years in the penitentiary.
Survivors of Colonel Jonathan D. Stevenson's First Regiment New York Volunteers, mustered out at Monterey California forty years ago by First Lieutenant William Tecumseh Sherman, held a reunion dinner in New York. General W T Sherman and Colonel J D Stevenson sent letters of regret.
Surgeon General Moore reports the annual mean strength of the army for the last fiscal year at 23 841, including officers and both white and colored enlisted men. Of these, 21 601 were white and 2 240 were colored. Sick reports totaled 29 727 white and 26 600 colored, with 3 127 deaths from all causes.
The Northern Pacific Railroad, under Villard, plans to sell its unsold land grant east of the Missouri in Dakota. New York buyers, allied with Villard, seek about 2,000,000 acres believed to hold valuable futures.
A Louisville Kentucky meeting of passenger agents from the Southern and Southwestern railways discussed establishing a European immigrant business via New Orleans. The West India and Pacific Steamship Company would operate weekly steamers between Liverpool and New Orleans.
At a Richmond Virginia gathering of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers P M Arthur was re elected Chief. Mr Ingraham was named Secretary of the insurance order while G R Doherty of Massachusetts became Grand Chaplain and W B Hesky of Bloomington NL was chosen Grand Guide. Also reported is the nine month immigration tally showing 432 802 arrivals at US ports from principal foreign countries excluding Canada and Mexico up from 411 262 the previous year.
Mrs Angie F Newman spoke at the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union in New York about the condition of Mor.
Twelve men were sentenced at Dublin to six months with hard labor in Wicklow Jail for conspiring to force a farmer off his land. Two arrests were made in the Collooney murder case in County Sligo. Several policemen were injured at May during a clash between Orangemen and Nationalists.
Henry Shaffer, his sons Henry and Perci val, and stepson David Minik perished when a locomotive struck their wagon on the Fremont Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad at Omaha Nebraska. Passengers Thomas Rowe and A McLeaig were fatally injured in the crash.
The Berlin Post accuses M. Urusoff the Russian Minister at Brussels of forging a letter said to be from Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria to the Czar. The letter supposedly stirred the Czar’s doubt about Prince Bismarck’s unfriendly designs on Russia.
Albert A. Shaver once Clare County Michigan treasurer, found bound and gagged claiming a $4000 robbery on May 14 1884, is arrested for alleged misappropriation of county funds as his prior story is discredited.
A Spanish three masted brig Almoga var from Barcelona capsized in Buttermilk Channel and sank after wind driven damage. The vessel struck a passing tug but caused no loss of life. The incident occurred in New York Harbor with only material damage reported.
Walter Howard a negro porter for the Southern Express Company shot and seriously wounded Policeman J. E. Owen of Jackson Tennessee when police attempted to arrest him after a robbery at the express office. Howard fled the scene following the exchange of gunfire.
John Schaller and his wife were found in their Cincinnati rooms with throats cut from ear to ear. Schaller reportedly attacked his wife from behind, then killed her and as the authorities state, killed himself.
The Grand Jury of the District Court at Provo Utah returned 254 indictments for offenses against United States statutes. Nearly all charges arise from polygamy practices.
Brooklyn records 156 385 total registration, up from 130 090 in 1884 while Boston posts 71 881, about 6 831 more than in 1884. The figures highlight growth in urban voter rolls across the two cities.
Hugh Blackman, a Black man, was hanged at Toledo Arkansas after killing a man named Big Six in a craps quarrel two years earlier.
H. W. Oliver Sr father of H. W. Oliver Jr prominent citizen died in Pittsburg Pennsylvania from pneumonia. He was five years old.
Edward Gallup assistant general manager of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad died at his Cleveland home at age 46.
A group camping on Lake Nipissing sails seven miles to port as evening falls. An Irish guide rows them home while recalling a grandmother taught cure using balsams and herbs. The piece touts Warner's Log Cabin cough and consumption remedy as superior to old remedies.
A brief note from Orange California reports an apricot tree producing 1000 pounds of perfect fruit this season. The item is contrasted in tone with a Boston Courier exchange about calling someone an angel.
Dr. F. L. Pond reports wonderful success in cancer treatment at the Aurora Illinois cancer hospital. Numerous cures are claimed and urged for immediate treatment. For information contact Dr. F. L. Pond Aurora Illinois. You will get more comfort for 25e in Lyon's Hee stiffeners than in any other article you buy.
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