Legislature in North Dakota Opens with Sworn In Officers
The first North Dakota legislature organized with the swearing in of house members by Judge Lauder and senate members by Judge Winchester. Prayers were offered, committees formed, and tentative chairs proposed. The two houses adjourned to meet in joint session tomorrow to hear the governor's message. Pierce nominated for U S senator by Republican caucus. others considered for various posts as sessions proceed.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
W. 8. Lauder
Wahpeton
Winchester
Hamilton
House
Anderson
Wallace
Territorial Council
Senate
Father Parratt
Mandan
Barlow
Dickey
George B.winship
Jud la Moore
Roger Allin
Dr. Swanston
John M Haggart
Dodds
Little
Judiciary Committee
Andrew Slotten
Richland
Rowe
Casselton
Temperance
House of Representatives
Stevens
Hoyt and Diems
Williams
Burleigh
Gilbert A. Pierce
Rawson
Cole
Pierce
Winship
Walsh
Grand Forks
Johnson
Lakota
McCumber
Spencer
Ordway
Walsh County
Welter Muir
Col. Plummer
Cass County
Worst
Emmons
Lilly
McIntosh
Reed
Towner
Belden
Logan
Murral
Plummer
McCormack
United States Senate
Walter Muir
Hankinson
Proclamation by Brazil’s Provisional Government
The provisional government of Brazil announces the fall of the imperial dynasty and the dissolution of the senate and chamber of deputies. It vows to maintain order liberty and the rights of citizens while safeguarding life and property and respecting existing contracts and foreign accords. Dom Pedro I departs for Europe amid mixed reactions and offers of support from Portugal.
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Rio
Janeiro
Sinerey
Oaty
Department of Justice
Senate
State Council
Chamber of Deputies
Deroporo Fonstea
Dom Pedro
Europe
Pepro
Alcantara
Senor Campos Salles
Supreme Tribunal
Order of Things
Rallaneae
Count D'Eu
New York Exchange
Candido Oliveira
Portugal
Lisbon
Heavy Rains In the East Damage Rail Traffic and Bridges
New York and New Jersey flood damage halts Erie and other rail lines. Washouts near Elmira cut traffic on the Erie while the Northern Central is blocked by landslides. Bridges washed away around Elmira and Hornellsville. Canisteo rises flooding Cannisteo area. Long Branch coast battered with damaged bulkheads. Eastern Pennsylvania roads idle as bridges fail. A coal train briefly held a Pennsylvania bridge before it gave way. lumber losses are reported. A weather front keeps the Sandy Hook squadron inside the harbor with winds up to 58 mph. high surf near Asbury Park. A schooner runs ashore between Sandy Hook and Seabright.
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New York
New Jersey
Erie Railroad
Elmira
Northern Central Railroad
Hornellsville
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Canisteo
Jersey
Long Branch
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Juniata
Schuylkill
Milton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sandy Hook Bar
Sandy Hook
Asbury Park
N. J
Ghastly discovery near Pierre seven bodies found by workmen
Workmen digging a cellar about a mile above Fort Pierre found seven badly decomposed bodies, four soldiers and three Indians. A sword and U S uniforms were unearthed, and a pocket book with the name Lawrence W Chandler was deciphered. Coroner and authorities investigated. bodies likely placed six months ago. Fort Bennett authorities to help identify the dead.
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Pierre
Fort Pierre
United States
Lawrence W. Chandler
Fort Bennett
P. P. Robie
Deacon Richardson Faces Brooklyn Street Car Strike
Street car workers on Richardson’s four Brooklyn lines walk out after eight Knights of Labor members were dismissed last week. Managers refused reinstatement, prompting widespread discontent and a mass refusal to operate. Police presence increases as tensions rise yet no major clashes occur.
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Deacon Richardson
Brooklyn
New York
Deacon” Richardson
Knights of Labor
Richardson
Atlantic Avenue
Guardians of the Peace
Butler Avenue
St. Mark's Place
Washington Avenue
Few incidents of crime and death across Minnesota in 19th century notices
A wide spread roundup shows burglaries in Montrose and Cokato with stolen revolvers cash and goods valued around $75 to $200. Five deaths from natural causes in Winona mark a record day. Skeletal and political intrigue surface in Rochester Faribault Minneapolis and Sioux Falls. A man accused of forging notes and horse thefts faces major investigations.
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Fred Klott
Montrose
Winona
Robert Allen
G. T. Gustitus
Little Falls
Gustitus
Ole Mutson
Rochester
Citizens Bank of
Montevideo
Will Roth
Rev
A. Roth
S. Ramage
Northfield
St. Paul
Frank Wood
Hector
F. E. Clark
Boston
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Society
M. E
Minneapolis
Dr. Ames
Arthur Bergstrom
Prof
Nordenskjold
Asia
Long Lake
E. G. Kirsch
Patrick Connors
Springfield
William Roth
Robert Ramage
la Crescent
Winona County
Roth
Faribault
Cokato
Mattson & Paulgon
Hamburg
L. K. Nevens
Pepin
Lake City
Estes
Lake Johanna
Hop Gee
Pipestone
Melbca
Dakota news roundup hints voter leverage and local incidents
The dispatch notes varied items from the Dakotas including a Milwaukee coal donation to Roscoe settlers and a scarcity of female help in Rapid City. Pat Carey sits in Columbia jail for burglary in Hecla. A Deadwood clerk loses $20 left on his desk. Dakota City, Box Elder reservation town, and Chicago growth scenes are mentioned. A Pat Carey burglary case, a premature Minnesota official, and elopement near Appomattox are listed among other local notes.
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Milwaukee Company
Roscoe
Rapid City
Pat Carey
Columbia
Fred Tyson
Hecla
Deadwood
Dakotas
H. J. Saalgard
St. Paul
Norway
Sweden
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
J. A. Hurd
Woonsocket
Frank C. Neill
Brookings
Geo. F. Duck
Lehigh University
Bethleham
Dean Carpenter
School of Mines
Dakota City
Box Elder
Chicago
Guthrie
Frank
August Polzin
Oak Lake Township
Brookings County
August
Maggie Murphy
Grand Forks
Maggie
John Schneider
Ramsey County
Frank Shinn
Milwaukee Track
W. D. Olney
Bowdle
Appomattox
Jennie Brooks
Redfield
Wright
Wisconsin News Briefs From Various Counties
Wisconsin items report six thousand dollars paid to Indians at Necedah in checks. Green Bay denies plans to open a Chicago office with ex congressman Hudd. Multiple accidents, crimes, and local notices include a fatal shooting case, a tannery explosion in Jefferson, a coroner's jury on Lucinda Richard, a boy's near-drowning rescue, and a man who slashed his throat after a graphic episode at a La Crosse tavern.
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J. H.M. Wigman
Green Bay
Hudd
Chicago
H. Chamberlain
Schullsburg
Darlington
Stoughton
C. Bareuther & Co
Jefferson
John Metcalf
Isabelle Everson
Edgerton
Janesville
Lucinda Richard
Sparta
Eddie Lawrence
Chipmunk Cooley
la Crosse County
Coon
Mary Solmes
Belgium
Ozaukee County
Ashland
Green Bay Trombone Band
Albion
Mich
Tragic Shotgun Accident Claims 9-Year-Old at Lake Edwards
A 9-year-old boy injured by a shotgun misfire at Lake Edwards dies within minutes. The incident raises concerns over gun safety and household handling of firearms in rural communities. Officials offered no further details on the immediate cause or guardianship.
Salted Country of the River Chai Described by Bouvalot
Popular Science Monthly reports Gabriel Bouvalot describes Central Asia under salt by the River Chai where walls and rivers glow with salinity. Saltpetermen roughwork in seasonal camps using earth vats, ovens, and sun drying to boil and evaporate brine. An average laborer makes about 50 pounds daily and sells it for a penny, with families keeping the trade through generations.
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Chai
Central Asia
Gabriel Bouvalot
Popular Science Monthly
Curious Arizona Seed Provides Cool Drink and Laxative Effect
A report from the Arizona territory notes the Chilla seed found by Indians growing wild and sold house to house. When dropped into clear water it swells into a thick fluid producing a cooling drink with mild laxative action. When moistened it becomes slipperier than flaxseed.
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Arizon
San Francisco Chronicle
Robbing the pillars in coal mines leads to deadly roof falls
A Scranton correspondent reports rising collapse in Lackawanna Valley mines as pillars are mined to extract coal. Fatal roof falls followed workers abandoning the mine amid feared disasters. Rats in mines forewarn of danger, a local belief tied to past Carbondale ruin. The piece also recalls Archbishop Corrigan of New York, born 1840, detailing his education and rising clerical career.
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Scanton
New York Times
Archbald
Lackawanna Valley
Carbondale
Astronomer Tells North Adams Why He Visited
A New York astronomer vacationing in North Adams Mass slept by day and prospected by night alarming locals who feared a burglar. The selectmen questioned him. he revealed he had been sentenced in New York to six months in Sing Sing or two weeks in North Adams and planned to return to New York to serve six months.
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New York
North Adams
Mass
New York City
Sing Sin State Prison
Nort Adams
Sing Sing
The Laborers' Houses of Berlin
A Pall Mall Gazette report cited at a morality conference in Berlin details dire housing and social issues. One room dwellings house up to fifteen people, with cellar and attic sleeping for over 100000, and some homes crowded with as many as 2000 occupants. ILLEGITIMATE births reach 16 percent, and high rents push many of Berlin’s 20000 prostitutes to lodger status within families.
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Societies For the Promotion of Morality
Berlin
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Lucky Neeley wins Louisiana Lottery prize in Columbia Tenn
The Columbia Herald reports that T H Neeley of Bigbyville won one twentieth of ticket 63856 which drew the $300000 capital prize in the Louisiana State Lottery drawing held on the 15th. Neeley, a young farmer, deposited the ticket with Columbia Banking Co aided by a New Orleans agent.
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Columbia Banking Co
Herald
Lucius Frierson
T. H. Neeley
Bigbyville
Neely
Louisiana State Lottery Company
New Orleans
Louisana National Bank
Neeley
Columbia (Tenn
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, Prominent American Lawyer and Governor
Benjamin Franklin Butler known as Ben Butler is highlighted as a leading American lawyer. Born 1818 in New Hampshire, he studied at Waterville College and practiced in Lowell Massachusetts. He served in the Massachusetts legislature, the Democratic National Convention, and rose to Brigadier and Major General during the Civil War with key roles in New Orleans and later Governor of Massachusetts elected in 1882.
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Ben” Butler
America
Butler
New Hampshire
Waterville College
Lowell
Mass
Massachusetts House of Representatives
State Senate
Charleston
Baltimore
New Orleans
Congress
Massachusetts
Tramps Outwit Farmer as Bow-Wow Patrol Detains Them
Wayne county farmer recalls hiring two tramps for a day labor task. They sat to lunch, dogs released, and the men bolted for the highway as dogs pursued. Police were not summoned and the chase ended with the dogs toying with the suspects’ belongings.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Detroit Free Press
Proper care for clothes pins to avoid dust on garments
Observes that pins and line collect dust and soil clothes. Recommends boiling pins with water and a tablespoon ammonia per pail, stirring, rinsing, and drying in sun. Store pins in a clean bag to reduce washing frequency.
Two Pennsylvanian Nitroglycerin Pranks End in Disaster
A New York Sun account recalls two oil drillers in Pennsylvania who flaunted nitro glycerin, tossing two pound cans during lunch. Boss warned them, bets were placed, a blast obliterated the derrick and shack, leaving a deep hole where a cottage could be dumped. The foreman laments his missed bet.
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Pennsylvania
New York Sun
Brave Little Sailor Garfield Slocum Tours the Seas Abroad
Washington correspondent reports seven year old Garfield Slocum son of Capt Slocum aboard the Libertad a 35 foot craft on a 7000 mile voyage from South America. He has logged about 275000 miles touching three Americas Europe Asia Africa and numerous islands while his family endured 2000 mile stretches from land. Garfield born 1881 in Hong Kong has sailed with his parents and elder brother and shows bold sea lore despite the small boat and storms.
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Washington
Garfield Slocum
Capt
Slocum
South America
Garfield
Hong Kong
China
Col. Mosby
Americas
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Libertad
Cor
Chicago News
Forgery Suspect Escapes Trial Then Appeals
Abad man in Hlinoishas fled during a forgery trial and was convicted with a six year penitentiary sentence. The sheriff later captured him. His appeal argued irregular proceedings as he was not present for sentencing. The supreme court ruled the sentence informal and ordered proper sentencing, noting eight months already served as a loss to him.
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M. D. L. Fuller
Carthaus and Witte
Supreme Court
Gilson
Sheboygan
Evans
Plymouth
Racine
Oshkosh
la Crosse
George Kalb
Abad
Hlinoishas
Exposition receipts boost 1892 world fair plans
The continuation of the French Exposition reports Eiffel Tower receipts at 6 500 000 francs about 1 300 000 dollars. The figure is expected to stimulate many ambitious ventures linked to the proposed world’s fair in 1892.
Faithful Town Man Seeks Golden Medical Discovery
A local man relies on Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery each spring to purify blood, tone the system, and enrich his health. He promotes it to friends and trusts it as the sole remedy, declaring a motto to prove all things and hold fast to what is good.
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Dr. Pierce
Hood
E. M. Lixcey
Chambers St
Boston
C. J. Hood &Co
Apothecaries
Lowell
Masa
The Youth's Companion Offer for Free to January 1
The Youth's Companion boasts a weekly circulation of 430000 and appeals to families nationwide. Publishers offer a one year subscription for 1.75 dollars with free delivery to January 1 of the next year when subscribing now by mail to Boston Massachusetts.
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Youth’s Companion
Youth's Companion
Tue Yovra'’s Companion
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