30 Dec 1887
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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1887
Page
1
A Reading railroad strike saga unfolds with crews quitting at Port Richmond amid Pinkerton protection and loyalist guards. Reports from Reading and surrounding towns describe mass discontent, orders, conventions, and potential action as coal and labor factions react to disruptions and possible settlements.
Boston December 29 James Russell Lowell receives enthusiastic applause as he praises President Cleveland in a tariff banquet speech. Dr William Everett Jr leads cheers for Cleveland while Lowell insists the event honors a capable leader, not a party, and celebrates a man in the chair who speaks with weight. In Dakota a saloon brawl ends fatally for Reynolds with Donovan and Head shot and beaten.
An unknown man entered the Eau Claire Meat company store in Wasupuri Wisconsin early this morning under pretense of changing a $6 bill. He felled Mr Bonesyard as he opened the safe and escaped with $600 in gold and silver.
Smith replies to Sullivan's challenge that he is ready to fight Sullivan after his match with Mitchell for any amount of money Sullivan names. Albany dispatch notes Gov Hill removed John Jay and Henry A Richmond from the state civil service board replacing them with Daniel Bickles James H Manning and George Treadwell amid reshaping the board. A letter dated yesterday explains the board's advisory role to the governor as reforms proceed. Northwest Territory matters report Senator Schultz named Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and Joseph Royal elected to provincial duties amid Red River Valley rail construction updates.
State railroad commissioners issued a peremptory order that beginning January 1 upper berths in sleeping cars operated in this state must remain closed when not occupied by a passenger, until a later occupant uses the berth. Dispatches report Cherokee Nation council deadlock over contested seats as nationals push partisan seating. Interviews with saloon men indicate many will close when licenses expire January 1, awaiting court outcomes. Governor Marmaduke’s funeral will be held at the state mansion with services at Sinem Toorshouse.
The Dec 29 weather bulletin reports extreme cold across Minnesota and the northwest, with St Paul at 22 below and other cities from Moorhead to Winnipeg well below zero. A Texas death from freezing and a Canadian snow storm further color the era of severe winter conditions.
In Washington gossip weighs the Dakota statehood question with Utah, noting political maneuvering and the Mormon influence. The piece also mocks Dr Mary Walker's gender disguise, visits the Lincoln assassination site, and recalls commemorations at Ford's Theatre, the Smithsonian, and other federal landmarks.
John Crosby of Washburn Crosby & Co dies at 2 am from heart paralysis. Eunice Pee Taylor wife of Rep E Taylor of Ohio dies of apoplexy. A fire gutted a high school building in Fruous FAs with strong winds hindering firefighting. Nenor Leon Torrese released by bandits after ransom of 880, probable delay in pay. Hadley Minn has a Pioneer Press special from A. Abram...
Midwestern railroad reports two fatalities and many injuries after a Wisconsin Central passenger train wrecked by a broken rail between Ifield and Phillips near Milwaukee. The six-car wreck left sleepers and coaches derailed, with Conductor Greenfield among the injured. A separate Minnesota and Northwestern incident near German Valley caused no deaths despite heavy damage and dozens hurt.
A railway accident near German Valley Wisconsin caused multiple injuries and two deaths. The rails spread, leading to a fatal derailment as cars slid into a house. Rescue workers found victims in a dying condition while one woman was reported to have died earlier. The railroad company faces heavy losses from the incident.
In Washington this week Congress stalls over holidays with focus on immigration reforms and tariff debates. Lawmakers debate certificates of moral worth for immigrants, internal whisky revenue, and the practicality of a tariff revision, while legal professionals' business handling is questioned for statesmanship. Names and dates omitted due to readability.
Reports say the Sloane Maternity Hospital and the Vanderbilt clinic beside the College of Physicians and Surgeons on Binementht Street and Tenth Avenue have formally merged. The event drew attention from William D. Ruane and Vanderbilt’s daughter amid ceremonies and a public reception.
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