07 Aug 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1886
Page
1
The C O D Store advertises as the largest and cheapest grocery in the state offering fruits, melons, apples, tea, coffee, sugars, fish, canned goods, candies, nuts and more. It boasts own roasting of coffee and dry sugars by the carton with delivery free to any part of the city.
In San Francisco the Grand Army of the Republic elected ex Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin as commander in chief on the first ballot, with John W. Reynolds and other officers chosen. St Louis set as next year’s encampment site. The pension proposal for surviving Civil War veterans failed by vote, while the Woman’s Relief Corps also announced new leaders.
In Cartecued Mancelona Michigan a Friday morning blaze due to extreme dryness and water shortage wiped out 31 wooden storefronts half the town’s business district. Loss around 60 thousand with ~40 thousand insured. Nine families fled in night attire as police investigate possible arson.
Trade quiet but hopeful with rising activity and larger profits in week. Railways earnings for July totaled 817,000,138. bank clearings across twenty nine cities strong. iron demand rising in Pittsburg and Philadelphia. dry goods good, raw wool weak. Weather and crop notes temper expectations with drought damage easing and sugar prices at record lows amid ample supply.
Reports from New York and Washington describe the funeral arrangements for the dead statesman and the arrival of Secretary Manning and his wife. Telegrams from Lausanny and statements from President Cleveland note national mourning and plans for funeral attendance. Separate items cover regional political conventions, Indian agency travels, and Civil Service debates, with brief city and sports notes amid the headlines.
Testimony details a line of shooting claims at the Haymarket position as doctors and officers discuss bullets from police weapons. Witnesses include Dr John M Hiarlig and others recounting May 4 events, with cross examinations about where suspects were and what they did at McCormick’s factory and the Arbetiter Zeitung gathering.
Scattered notes recount a man shot by his wife after a quarrel in a Washington City return, with ensuing domestic drama at the Union station. Additional items cover hangings, court actions, and public notices across multiple states, including robberies, wills, and political appointments. The report weaves violent crime, legal outcomes, and local governance into a single era snapshot.
A lengthy dispatch details the murder of American citizen Juan Galiano by Mondragon in Mexicali and the fallout with U S authorities. It notes Galiano’s American citizenship, his arrest and discharge in Matamoros, and Mondragon’s execution order and alleged accomplices. Also covered are the U S editor A K Cutting’s Mexico case, Mexican authorities actions in Brownsville, and related frontier justice tensions.
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