Sioux Chiefs Oppose Opening of Sioux Reservation
From WasumeTon Oct 15 Sioux leaders led by Sitting Bull and John Grass objected to opening the Sioux reservation. Grass demanded fulfillment of 1868 and 1876 treaty obligations, fair land allotment, and that young families and women receive lands proportional to men. The secretary promised to record speeches and announce a decision Wednesday. Adjourned.
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WasumeTon
Vilets
Interior Department
Vilas
Dee
Kull
John Grass
Black Hills
Dakota Territory
Sioux
al Craw Cotek
Indiana
Historic battlefield gathering honors protector of rights
Thousands gathered at a historic battlefield site for a reverent tribute to a great protector of rights. Distinguished speakers including Blaine, General Alger, and General Gibson attended as a brass band played and cannon boomed drawing a massive crowd.
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la Fayette
Mr. Blaine
Alger
Gibson
Tabernacle
Blaine
Dick Thompson
General Alger
Chicago
Battleground
Monon Jing
Appeal for Eastern Burleigh County Representation in County Board
A letter from Driscoll dated October 14 1888 denounces political manipulation in Burleigh County urging Eastern residents near the Second district to back local neighbor Mr Skinner over Mr Healy. The writer laments biased influence by Bismarck based elites, notes east ward taxation and juror service, and argues for fair regional representation against party gains. The appeal stresses geographic fairness and local enterprise interests.
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Epiron Trunvye
Bismarck
Green House
Burleigh County
Healy
Skinner
Neal
Johnson
Henryiam
Lismarck
Petroleum explosion sinks Ville de Calais at Calais
The Ville de Calais, arrived October 10 from Philadelphia, suffered a massive petroleum explosion that tore away the forward side, sank the vessel, and sparked a fire. Authorities fear heavy loss of life as debris and scattered body parts from the wreckage litters the quays.
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Calais
Ville de Calais
Philadelphia
Fife
Voyage of mixed grip car crews sparks city unrest in Chicago
In Chicago on October 16, the North division grip car shift caused turmoil as inexperienced new gripmen let cables snap and 20 cars stalled in the LaSalle tunnel. Rioting on North avenue and Halsted left several passengers injured while two horse cars escaped being stoned. Old workers accused new hires of disrupting service after a date strike.
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Choago
North Division
LaSalle Street
Pla
North Avenue
Halsted Street
Paca
Newaurau
N.Y
West Shore
Weehawken
West Point
President Proposes Amended Treaty With Sioux Chiefs
The president read proposed amendments to Congress after meeting Sioux chiefs in Washington on October 17. Key changes include land sale credits, per acre payments, non taxable allotments for 25 years, and improved provisions for Sioux families. Chiefs will report back with acceptance or rejection tomorrow. further notes cover a tunnel collapse near West Point and local protest over Yerkes railway staffing.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Immigrant arrivals and civic events reported from Oct 17
Reports from Ratningd With Hants New York and other cities describe destitute immigrants sent by the Duke of Buckingham, a banquet for President Oakes and VP Prescott in Tacoma, riot case outcomes in Grand Forks, and rail rate harmonization in Duluth. Also notes polo match results in New York and a pennant bid by Boston in 1889.
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New York
Spain
Duke of Buckingham
England
Alek
Magone
Oakes
Tacoma
T. F. Oakes
C.H. Prescott
Chamber of Commerce
Rice
St Paul
Grand Forks
Boston
Philadelphia
Millionaire Flood of California is dead and more
A garbled 19th century digest reports a flood of sensational items. It notes the death of a California millionaire and mentions political shifts in San Francisco with Charles K. Storey as a mayoral candidate. Immigrant arrivals, counterfeiting cases, infant deaths, suicides, and a string of crimes are listed alongside political figures, railway rights, and naval concerns. The jumble mentions Ward elections, lynching, and various domestic incidents across multiple cities.
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Knights of Labor
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Minneapolis & St. Louis
Northwestern Passenger Association
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Hotles
Aieapolis & St. Louis
Hewitt
Tai
Mde
Citizens’ Mass
Tammany
Citizens’ Committee
Tammany Hall
Blaine Sr
James G. Blaine Jr
Associated Press
James G. Blaine Sr
Pittsburg
Powderly
Thomas Barry
Knights of Labor Executive Board
District Assembly of
Toronto
Barty
Litelman
Ravenue
Laraverré, Inc
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France
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Thompson
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Corneliua Vanderbilt
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St. Louis
Indianapolis
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Brothertioon of Locomotive Engineers
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Protection
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Judge Thurman
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Youtern
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Pennsylvania
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Brazil
Hendrick’s Club
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Fargo
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Yankttox
Methodist Episcopal Conference
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Long Jobe" Wentworth
Cmcaco
John Wentworth
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Otter Taj County
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Pioneer “Press
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Minneapolis
Col. J. 8. Dickerson
Helena
Abel Olson
Ellsworth
Wis
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Lacy Greenwald
Fy Smith
Maine
Carrie Miller
Lexington
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Duluth & Winnipeg Railway Company
Fondu Lac
Joseph W. McCann
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Frank Wise
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