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Newspaper

Dixon Sun

Location

Dixon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1882

Page

2

Strikes End Amid Wage Loss and City News

The June 1 Pittsburgh strike by the Amalgamated Iron and Steel Association ends on the 19th with workers returning to old pay, costing over eight million in wages. A Newburg Ontario storm, a bright new comet near perihelion, and a vanished granite pier in Marcus Hook are also noted.

Pittsburgh Amalgamated Iron and Steel Association Newburg Ont Naval Observatory Washington Lewis Swift Warner Observatory Marcus Hook Delaware River Santa Crus Cal Oklahoma Payne Fort Reno Fort Smith Taylor Ninth Cavalry Indian Territory Henrietta Tex District Court Army of the Cumberland Milwaukee John Gibbon E. S.S. Bragg L. Fairchill J. A. Kellogg J. A. Watrous Otto Schorse W. W. Dudley W. W. Robinson M. A. Morrill C. 8. Hamilton Hollan Richardson Thomas Kerr Burguard C. E. Smith & Co North Attleboro Mass West Branch Wilkesbarre Henry Weiner Carondelet United Presbyterian Synod Mercures James G. Sands & Co New York Pensacola Fla Brownsville Bigelow Mason United States Circuit Court Buffalo N. Y Coxe Utica United States General Grant Trescott Mexico Home Insurance Company of Columbus Hudson River France Browneville Pensacola Fla

Feud Participants Execute Quick Six Man Ruse

The text describes two parties each selecting six men placed fifty feet apart. Initial rounds killed four of the six. A modification or plan was proposed, leading to an equal exchange of cattle and the dead being buried.

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Political filings and nominations across states on the 20th 21st and 22nd

Reports from Missouri New York Connecticut Wisconsin and other states detail nominations for governor lieutenant governor and Congress along with party platforms calling for civil rights tariff reform anti liquor measures and free ballot proposals. Notable items include Garfield memorials and Arthur administration support as well as court actions and a hot Springs shooting incident.

Jefferson City David Wagner Garfield New York Rochester Connecticut New Haven William H. Bulkeley Lincoln Arthur Wisconsin B. W. Jones Andrew Habin New Jersey John Ryle Lowa William Mackey Minnesota F. A. Bohrer Kentucky P. B. Thompson, Jr Tennessee CoLone Isaac O. Eaton National Democratic Committee Leavenworth Kan Saratoga Charles J. Folger B. Platt Carpenter Court of Appeals Charles A. Andrews A. B. Hepburn Michigan W. C. Maybury Nebraska John S. Redick New Hampshire Martin A. Haynes Alabama M. A. Howsee Washington Territory Thomas H. Brents D. Hastings Trade Assembly George B. Goodwin Omaha J. W. Dawes A. W. Agee Denver James B. Grant John R. Powers National Convention of Distillers Cincinnati Syracuse Grover Cleveland David P. Hill William C. Ruger Henry W. Slocum Republican Party Hot Springs Ark Charles Matthews The Hornet Fordyce Rugg Ohio A. B. Clark Illinois J. L. Ticknor Colorado J. Wallace Oklahoma Payne Fort Smith United States Court B. F. Butter Dorseys

Explosion in German mine kills twenty near Dortmund

A fire damp explosion in a Westphalian mine near Dortmund on the 18th kills twenty workers. Other items note Irish ejectment decrees in Mayo against tenants on Lord Dillon's estate, and a Portuguese plan to lay a Lisbon to US telegraph cable via the Azores. Reports mention Manila cholera deaths and Havre coffee merchants failing after a downturn.

Dortmund Westphalia Swineford County Mayo Ireland Lord Dillon Lisbon United States Azores Manila Phillipine Islands Havre Pase

International News Digest Sparks and Disasters

A Turkish newspaper urges confiscation of rebel property to aid pillage victims. The Viceroy's party reached Victoria B C on the 19th. Russia and Montenegro form an offensive alliance per a London telegram dated the 20th. A lightning strike in Concordia Mexico kills five in a church, with many injured in the scramble. Havana gold prices surge to 197. A Breslau clergyman pays 200 marks for libel against Bismarck. A ferry boiler explodes at La Chine Canada on the 21st, four killed. The last Irish suspect released on the 21st. Tyrol floods devastate four towns. 26 bodies recovered. Patrick Walsh hanged at Galway for murder. London meetings urge banning Chinese labor. Swiss snow disrupts traffic and crops. Sydney Industrial Exposition burns down.

Constantinople al Jawaid Khedive Victoria B. C London Russia Montenegro Concordia Mexico Havana Catuo Breslau Bismarck Lachine Canada Trieste Austria Tyrol Patrick Watsh Galway Ireland Martin Leyden Switzerland City of Sydney New South Wales

Egyptian Revolt Submissions Rise as War Continues

Up to 23 000 Egyptians surrendered to the Khedive. Disturbances hit interior Egypt with looting and arson against European property. Damietta garrison laid down arms. Port Said works abandoned. Damietta and damages prompt mass confiscation in Alexandria to cover massacres. Arabi supporters face court martial.

Egypt Alexandria Cairo Arabi Abdellah Pasha Damietta Kafr el- Dwar Porte Ramleh Port Said Wood

Global unrest and disasters fill late news columns

Reports from Damietta to Washington detail Abdel al Pasha’s surrender andArab unrest, rail accidents in Kentucky and New York fatalities, finance calls from Secretary Joan C. New, and fires in Susanville Fort Smith Watford and Rosenberg. Yellow fever cases rise in Pensacola while eastern rainstorms flood Paterson Princeton Trenton and other cities.

Woop Damietta Abdellal Pasha Alexandria Cairo Constantinople Greece Kentucky George M. Adams Pennsylvania William Mittchler Greenback Illinois Bainridge N. Dean Lancaster Fourth Avenue New York Joan C. New Drave Susanville Cal Busiess Fort Smith Ark Watford, Ont Rosenberg Tex New Jersey Paterson Princeton Trenton Hoboken Hackensack Bordentown Plainfield Brunswick Waterbury

Inquest Details of Asia Wreck Survivor Testimony

Parry Sound Ontario in September hear testimony from Asia survivor Christey Ann Morrison about the wreck of the Asia and the harrowing voyage of passengers and crew. She recounts lifeboat hopping, deaths aboard, and the effort to reach Parry Sound as the storm eased.

Strange cattle duel ends in massacre on plains

Denver special to Chicago Times reports a duel between twelve cowboys over a cattle mix up north of Trinidad Colorado. Six from each side opened fire. four men died instantly including George L Hester of Kellys party and a Howard man. The parties buried the dead and resumed separate journeys after settling the cattle dispute.

George Howard John Kelly Arizona Trinidad Col Howard Kansas City Kelly Denver Kily Chicago Times

Wreck of the Asia Survivors Arrive with Dreadful Tale

D. A. Tinkis and Chrissie Ann Morrison claim to be the only survivors of the steamer Asia wreck near Owen Sound. The vessel crowded with passengers foundered after a storm at sea around 11:30 p.m. all hands below deck clung to wreckage as the ship rolled. Eight men survived in the first boat. Captain Savage and others perished. Bodies were laid out, and only Miss Morrison and Mr. Tinkis reached shore with the wreckage washed ashore near Point au Barri e. The Northern Belle collected the bodies for burial with ice and coffins.

Presque Isle Mr. Takis John Savage John McDonald Parry Sound Ldy Point Au Berrie Bying Inlet MNGW D. A. Tinkis Chrissie Ann Morrison Asia Tinkis Nea Owen Sound J. H. Tinkis H. B. Gallagher Mantou French River Mor John McDougall McDougall Captain Savage John Little Sault Ste. Marie McDonald Point Au Barrie Miss Morrison Mr. Tinkis Derrick Indan Northern Belle The

Engineer Melville's Wife In Tow Asylum Case Stirs City

Philadelphia reports Mrs. Henrietta B. Melville, wife of Engineer George W. Melville, was taken to the State Asylum for the Insane at Norristown after a certificate by Dr. M. Fisher Longstreth and Dr. Samuel P. Barthson. Melville explains his wife’s insanity dates from marriage and grew violent. he describes their finances and a naval salary allotment used for household needs.

Philadelphia Henrietta B. Melville George W. Melville Sharon Hill State Asylum For the Norristown M. Fisher Longstreth Samuel P. Barthson Clfton Alffa'r George Anoth Risa Rem Able Navy Melville d Asiatic Squadron Secretary of the Treasury P.tual

Sister Bravely Tries to Rescue Brother from Fire Tragedy

In Baltimore on September 18 a Belair Maryland residence burned killing Charlie Ostercamp. His sister, fifteen, dragged him from a bed and begged him to jump from a second story window but he fainted. She leaped to safety though badly burned while tragically the boy died.

Baltimore E. J. Ostercamp Belair Avaitor Wes

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