Maxwell land grant fraud claim sparks federal stance
Governor Waite called the Maxwell land grant honey combed with fraud. Secretary Hoke Smith replies the interior department has no jurisdiction after patent issuance. Supreme Court sustains the grant and patent issued May 19, 1879, ending further challenge to its validity.
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Smith
Supreme Court
Denver
Colo
Waite
Hoke Smith
Secretary of the Interior
Maxwell Land
Aga
General Land Office
O. P. McMains
Beaubien and
Miranda
Colorado
McMains
Pueblo
Congress
Circuit Court of the United States
District of
Supreme Court of the United States
Maxwell
St. Vrain
Carter
Stone
Land Department
McMaine
Maxwell” Grant
Department
Beaubil
United States
Judicial Department
Interstate Land Company
Maxwell Land Company
Beanbin
Mexico
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Virgil and St. Vrain
McMaina
United States Supreme Court
Ex Governor Biggs Dead in Philadelphia Notice
Ex Governor Biggs of Delaware, formerly at Middleton, Del, is reported dead in Philadelphia on December 26. The brief item notes his previous position and ties him to the Middleton area in Delaware.
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Biggs
Philadelphia
Delaware
Middleton
Del
Tamble
Gloucester
Athens County
Frank James
Jake Harris
Andrew Loveland
Cincinnati
Urbana
A.S. Platt
Platt
West Liberty
Grant Jackson
Jackson
Don Platt
Smith & Wesson
Liege
Brussels
Delchef
Coffin
Iowa
Drs Moines
Fort Dodge
Hon. L
United States
Burdensome Tramps At Governor Lewelling Office
Reports of depredations by tramps spread across the state with gangs roaming eastern and southern borders. Freight crews face threats on trains, and tramps beg at the governor’s office for food, leading to curbs on aid. A church break-in adds to unrest as public printers’ succession talks resume in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewelling
Topeka
Methodist
Waite Proclaims Special Colorado Legislature Session
Governor Waite calls a January 10 1884 session to address 30 plus topics. He argues Congress and federal policy unjustly attack mining interests and urges repealing creditor relief in Colorado. Proposes legal tender for silver dollars and new small denomination certificates for public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Waite
Goven
Congress
Governor Pennoyer's Christmas Epistle to Cleveland
Saem, Oregon, December 21 Governor Pennoyer writes to President Cleveland about severe national hard times. He cites widespread unemployment and poverty in Oregon, criticizes gold standard constraints on currency, and urges Congress to convene a special session to restore both gold and silver as money. He appeals for federal action to revive business and protect families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Saem
Ore
Pennoyer
Oregon
Congress
Senate
Untitled plea urges faithful pledge fulfillment to aid families
A passionate indictment describes children suffering from hunger and cold due to harsh laws. It calls readers to uphold party pledges for a “con filing people,” promising divine and national approval if action is taken.
Short-Lived Strike At Santa Fe Yards Over Due Pay
In Kansas City area, a brief stoppage by switchmen at the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe lines occurred Friday in Topeka and Argentine. Five men quit without union order over pay checks due on the 15th. After a two hour conference with Superintendent Roraback and a three member committee, the men returned to duty. The union dispute prompted cautions that a strike would hurt the company’s ability to settle payments.
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Santa Fe
Kansas Orry
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Argentine
Rorabach
Roraback
Reinhart
San Francisco Blaze Destroys Historic Brick Block
Fire swept a block bounded by Clay Commercial Sansome and Leiderdorff in San Francisco destroying old brick buildings housing Call and Bulletin offices and several firms. Fire chiefs say loss around 500000 with half insured, two hours to control. portions of the block left wrecked andPrinting plants damaged while papers plan to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco
San Francisco
Clay
Commercial
Sansome
Leiderdorfff
Call and Bulletin
Francis Valentine & Co
Bosque Printing and Engraving Company
Blake Moffitt and Towne
Bulletin
Call
Omaha land case adds 20 acres to city wealth
A Supreme Court decision in favor of Hugh Ward affirms title to a 20 acre Omaha addition once foreclosed by Seth Ward. The land, worth over 100000 in current markets, lies in a dense Omaha district. Cochran claimed adverse possession, with Thurst on and Connell among his advocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Shiras
Kansas City
Hugh ©. Ward
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Seth II. Ward
Ward
Seth Ward
Boyd
Nebraska
Elmer G. Cochran
Supreme Court
John M. Thurston
Union Pacific Railway
W. J. Connell
Mr. Ward
James Wagerman
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Patton
Elect Hopkins
Chicago
McCabe
Wm. Hyde
St. Louis Republic
Mound City
Benedict
New York
John Coz
Baltimore
Victor Baughman
Frederick
Ionas
Crear Raping
Joseph Ulch
West
Iowa Columbian Commission
Tacoma
Wash
J. Harshman
Olympia
Minsch
Harshman
Rochester
Ian
Carl Korth
Pierce County
Korth
Weester City
Ynan
Illinois Central Road
Blairsburg
Ironwood
Mich
Dac
SAN Francisco Blaze
Stevenson
Battivore
Misa Frances Ewing
Judge Ewing
B. Bayliss Beecher
Memphis
St. Peter’s Protestant Episcopal Church
F. KE. Clampin
William Paret
Maryland
Julia Stevenson
Washineaton
Courtney
Caruise
Carlisle
Crawroansville
Ind
Lewis Paquet
Worthle
Logansport
Danville
Boston
Magoun
Peabody
Kidder, Peabody &Co
Lena Listman
Lafayette Street
C. M. Noble
Curtis Street
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
First Avenue
Seventeenth Street
New York City
Minneapolis
Northwestern
Superior
Duluth
Brennan
C. F. Brennan
Dan’ Arata
Burns
Pittsburg
Pittgburg
Captain Boynton
Boynton
Brazil
Admiral Mello
Herbert
Boong
Birmingham & Keating
Des Moines
William Palmer
London
Pernambuco
Peixoto
Rio de Janeiro
Beatrice
Neb
Dec
Bretz
Indiana
Montague & Co
Spangler & Brllington
Atlantic
Tli
Catile
Glose
Yentering
China Hall
C. W. Brown
Crockery
Chinaware
China Line
W. Brown
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