07 Sep 1887
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1887
Page
1
New York Worlds correspondent reports President Cleveland defended renomination, praised veterans, and discussed portrait displays along the Grand Army route. Other items note indemnity land restoration guidance, a reception at the president’s mansion, and tariff conference updates.
William N. Gromwell faced the New York Superior Court on a report regarding H. S. Ivon & Co. The sprawling document details assets of 11,127,016.76 and liabilities of 81% 608 175.10 with majority tied to railroad stocks. Debtors include Albert Nattor 140,000 and unsecured creditors tied to Indianapolis and Cincinnati rail lines. The assignor warns large equity could vanish if creditors do not forbear, while loans are being demanded and securities offered for payment.
In a landmark decision Judge Phelps ruled for the Reform league, upholding the right of watchdogs at the register of wills office. Charles M Roberts of the Reform league faced habeas corpus in the Raform launo case, with release ordered for Roberts and Bishop Harris' remains returned to burial. Also covered: a village fire near Rawdon destroying multiple buildings and tens of thousands in losses, plus various brief items from New York and Annapolis.
A farmer Sylvester and his sons face deadly strife after a daughter is allegedly harmed and a gun is fired during a night of violence at a rural home. Albert and Sylvester Bassett are drawn into a brutal family confrontation that ends with a brother dying and Sylvester in jail on murder charges. The事件 spans a tense, sorrowful scene with a disordered household and a mother distressed by the casualties.
New York dispatch says Mrs Cleveland replies to New York officials that she will not attend a public ceremony with the president in September and declines delivering flags for the fire department, citing her role as wife of the president and desire to avoid propriety in public events. The letter, in Mrs Cleveland’s handwriting, expresses appreciation for the invitation but remains firm in nonparticipation. In other news, a romantic marriage via telegram at Starke Station joins Harris and Miss Ella Phillipa, and L F Newall’s Sunday arrest case is withdrawn with no violation.
A scattered dispatch from various U S locations reports political turmoil and violent incidents. Ann Arbor announces a city treasurer removal amid financial irregularities while Belvidere, Tennessee marks a wedding anniversary. Stolen rings near Cardinal Gibbons and a doctor’s death after a medical procedure raise concern. A grain thresher explosion injures several near Mount Vernon Indiana and Milwaukee searches for a missing man involved in lottery fraud. Railroads adjust fares as labor strikes ripple Wisconsin and Illinois. The Chicago anarchist case dominates legal news as Supreme Court justices meet in secret consultation ahead of a landmark ruling. An artist in Tapranavornis, Illinois unveils a bronze bust study of Hendricka for a planned monument, costing about twenty thousand dollars. Local labor disputes flare over Ironworkers National charter. A dramatic fire at a New York Casino prompts evacuations and police caution.
An OCR collection reports Pat Shandy’s terse remarks about rival John Sullivan plus notes on Detroit baseball arbitration granting Beatin and Kinslow rights, along with suspensions for chronic poor play. Dispatches from Winnipeg, Boston, and New Orleans cover Canadian ministerial views on Alaska fishery disputes, Irish affairs, and a New Orleans strike among longshoremen, with ore discoveries in Indiana and looming labor tensions in Louisiana.
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