17 Aug 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1886
Page
1
The C O D Store markets itself as the largest and cheapest in the state offering seasonal fruits by the quart can or carload. It features fresh weekly melons, apples by peck barrel or carload, green or roasted coffee, sugars by earload, salted fish, canned goods, candies and nuts, and drug store items. Free citywide delivery is not offered.
A grand ceremony in Annapolis marks the unveiling of a statue to Baron DeKalb. Secretary Bayard and the Turkish minister attend with 4,000 onlookers in a pageant featuring Masonic rites, military units, and clergy. Ephraim Keiner’s sculpture is dedicated amid calls to civic virtue and republican devotion.
The article recounts the DeKalb monument ceremony with Secretary Bayard and remarks by Professor Howitt and Thomas Sobart. It notes the monument’s dimensions, base inscription, and site near Maryland’s Town House, plus related political news from New York, including Irish delegates and labor and draft horse show updates.
The report outlines Attorney General Garland's response in the Supreme Court to a suit over the Pan Electric Telephone Company partnership. It details alleged breaches of contract by Rogers, Garland's withdrawal from joint stock sales, and his offer to place stock back in the court for a final settlement. It also notes related statements from political figures and a separate Washington City dispatch on patent reinstatement discussions for Professor Gray.
A brief lists several private relief and pension bills, plus a public building erosion bill at Annapolis, all left with the president at adjournment. A surplus resolution memo says its passage could endanger treasury operations and erode public confidence in finance management. The Holdeman pension case is noted for its dubious military ties and questionable payment proposal.
Mr Sedgwick, commissioned to go to Mexico, leaves Washington to investigate the Cutting case. He will show that the evidence and records support the demand for Cutting's release, that justice would have been harsher without US pressure, and that US government position was known to Mexican authorities. Secretary Bayard fears US documents may prejudice public opinion.
Horrific account from the city of Bronxville and Castlion describing two men John King and Charly Walteiigg as principal suspects in a murder. Police guarded the scene while officers pursue the conspirators, with early claims that the pair were central to the plot and identified by witnesses.
A severe windstorm with heavy rain and lightning swept multiple states on Aug 1, tearing down brick and frame buildings, uprooting trees, and causing property damage. In Chicago area Ravenswood to Evanston, extensive destruction and frightened residents were reported, including the Culver family. Other towns in Indiana and Wisconsin reported hail, lightning strikes, and crop losses with scattered damage to barns and grain stores.
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