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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1888
Page
1
A boy named Ed Vanness was shot in the leg by Mrs J J Mintouye after being told to leave her yard to recover a lost canary. The wound is serious but not likely fatal. The incident occurred July 6 in Eddyville.
Senate passes river and harbor bill after extensions and amendments. Sherman backs Hennepin Canal stance, Missouri River Commission abolition fails. In House, McKinley rows over bar iron duties, tariff debates continue with Breckenridge urging broader cuts. President vetoes Mary Ann Doherty pension bill. various conference reports approved.
Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers returned from New Orleans and commented on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy strike and the alleged dynamite plot. He said the Brotherhood has taken no action yet and would expel members if guilty, while denying involvement by high officials and asserting a peaceful past.
A Times dispatch from Wichita, Kansas, details the murder of Ed Fraley, H Holliday, and J Merwood, all under 20 from Springfield Illinois, on the Red Fork of the Arkansas river in Indian Territory. After they accused Evans of stealing money, Evans was killed and the three youths vanished. Evans' pursuers later killed the three boys in a shelter. no trace of the gang has been found.
People harmed by quack doctors or Medical Institutes of Omaha are urged to write full particulars to Geo. A Joslyn, Treasurer of the Western Newspaper Union, to receive free services and recover money.
Mason City July 5 A severe storm swept 100 miles along the C M and St Paul Railway striking Ruthven Emmetsburg Calendar Whitmore Meservey Belmond and other towns. Farms and barns were wrecked homes damaged and crops damaged with losses estimated around 1000000. Route Agent Elliot reported $100000 in crop damage along the line.
Samuel M. Henderson shot his estranged wife in Trafalgar before killing himself. The 65 year old farmer had separated, divorced and remarried, then returned to his home across from his first wife. No motive is known for the deadly act and the village remains in shock.
Near Newbergh in the county three tramps provoked a pursuit by William Green and neighbors. Green, armed with a shotgun, shot two men in the back and heart, killing one identified only as Jack. The surviving pair, James Blake and Peter Schraum, were jailed for petty larceny.
A compilation details numerous incidents from July including fatal carriage runaway in Chicago after a firecracker spooked horses, major fires in Marysville California Lake City Michigan and Reading Pennsylvania, drownings near St Paul and Elmira, Ohio train deaths, a grandstand collapse at Memphis Fair, Mount Hood illumination, a double murder attempt in Lockland Ohio, and a bank disappearance in Atlanta Georgia.
Congressman Anderson of Iowa argues the Chicago convention must anchor on protective tariff relief for consumers, not a cosmetic Mills bill. He warns Thurston as temporary chair naively empowers corporate influence, urging Northwest Republicans to reconsider allegiance to a drifting party.
A major blaze in Paragon Arkansas destroyed twenty two business houses and residences, causing losses around 62000 dollars with only a small amount covered by insurance. In Illinois local aeronaut Woods ascended in a hot air balloon at Springfield on July 4 and at about six hundred feet the balloon burst, yet he landed safely.
The Centennial Exposition of the North West opens July fourth in Cincinnati after months of prep work. It promises to surpass Philadelphia 1876 with an art display costing over a million dollars, new spectaculars in the 8 000 seat Music Hall, and comprehensive visitor satisfaction for both esthetic and utilitarian guests.
The St Louis convention endorses Grover Cleveland for a second term, presenting a broad principle of honest public conduct as the core issue. It condemns Republican spoils systems and war-time taxes, arguing Cleveland’s administration upheld integrity within executive limits while Congress bears responsibility for broader policy.
The Philadelphia Times analyzes Dougherty's convention speech praising its simple, emphatic style. It argues Cleveland is not a fireworks candidate but a realized leader whose name aroused unprecedented party enthusiasm, reflecting genuine popular support rather than official control or mere accident of office.
The piece argues that on election days Republicans and Black voters cooperate, but outside those days they know little of each other. It notes distrust between white Republicans and Black citizens and suggests that in trouble or doubt Black people seek Democratic help.
A controversial line from a Chicago story remarks on a white woman who eloped with a Black man, calling attention to racial attitudes of the era and the shock to social norms.
The piece denounces the Republican platform as a tax campaign favoring high duties while preserving taxes on necessities. It condemns subsidies, naval spending, and pensions, urging workers to oppose the administration and resist the platform, noting opposition within the party and calling for restraint on tariff increases.
The Des Moines Leader notes the Republican convention ended with Benjamin Harrison nominated on the eighth ballot and Levi P Morton chosen for vice president. It praises Morton as the stronger statesman yet argues the ticket remains weak and likely to lose New York. It criticizes the platform and predicts a Democratic victory given the bungled convention.
Pittsburg millionaire John Dunlap argues for revenue reform citing fifty years as a businessman. He faults 35 percent duties on tin plate and urges changes to end fretful tariff agitation. He says such reform would mean just, equitable laws benefiting industry and consumers alike.
A young woman in Beloit Kansas received the bounty offered for the scalps of young wolves she captured while herd ing cattle, illustrating frontier livestock protection efforts.
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