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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1875
Page
1
The Bismarck Tribune is identified as a Republican publication issued tri weekly and weekly. The text references format and edition labels but provides no further event details or action.
Citizens press for rapid link from Bismarck to the Black Hills with a pony express trial during winter. Public meeting at Merchants Hotel backs regular round trips and fundraising, while local leaders and boosters pledge action and subscriptions.
A fragmentary nib of the Congressional scene shows references to the McDonald matter, the Pembina Territory project, and calls to vote against a third term and subsidies. It hints at entanglements of graveyard imagery with policy, and of present and past administrations. The text mentions Bismarck NE geographic center and Black Hills nuggets as backdrop.
Washington reports a dynamite related incident and lingering questions of insurance money. Nominations were sent to the Senate including H W Blake and Thomas H Pressnell with confirmations for Soren Listoe G B Folsom and Luke Marvin. Debates cover subsidies state rights and terms for the army and Freemen affairs.
Bread riots loom as unemployed workers in Monrogar and other cities threaten action over bread shortages. Authorities plan public works jobs to quell unrest while reports detail dynamite plots and political moves shaping crisis across North America.
Speaker Kerr outlines chairmen for Ways and Means Appropriations Banking and Currency Pacific Railroad Judiciary. Ohio Valley states favored. Fernando Wood not elevated. Lamar again chairs Pacific Railroad. subsidy clash looms for Northern bloc. Hall stars in new play Crucible. Grant not seeking a third term, Gazette reports. Babcock delays in indictment case. Hall receives stage reception. review of Thompson confession on infernal machine aboard Sailor voyage.
A meeting at Merchant's Hotel discussed creating a pony express from the city to the Black Hills. Mayor McLean outlined benefits while E R B Collins and others proposed an express route and formed a five member committee to solicit proposals and organize conveyance of mail and express matter.
Mayor McLean and a group including ex mayor Hackett and John A. Stovell led a public meeting advocating a Bis marck to Black Hills route. A subscription fund was opened with receipts only, to 7 PM tomorrow. L N Guilin, White and J Browning named to collect funds. McLean treasurer and H M Davis secretary.
A North Dakota gathering reports on five men and a party leaving for the Black Hills to prospect for gold. The group includes Col Wilson and W B Shaw, with Ed Hackett’s son joining, and others from Fargo Moorhead Breckinridge Auoke and Manitoba expected to follow. Congress pressured to act soon.
A 1876 letter from Bismarck discusses open Black Hills diggings. It notes a wagon road from Bismarck, a 200 mile distance, and rapid round trips of 12 to 15 days by express. The writer favors Montana access by river mackinacs to Bismarck and plans to report further after Sutherland returns.
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