Commissioner Sparks Revises Homestead and Preemption Rules
Washington November 22 Commissioner Sparks rules that combining homestead with preemption is illegal when the settler has used preemption. He argues Congress intended to provide a 160 acre option for limited means settlers and to curb land speculation by requiring five years of residence. The ruling would limit double benefits but not completely bar use of both laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks
Congress
Gen
Staud
Gen. S Parks
St. Paul
H. B. Strait
Morrison
Ralph 8. Marble
Register of the Land Office
Duluth
Manton Marble
The
New York World
England
Germany
France
Young Marble
Sarah M. Sherman
Nathan E. Sherman
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Freeborn County
Supreme Court
Gilfillan
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Political Dispatches From Washington On Appointments And Diplomacy
The report outlines Senator Miller's absence from Congress, a range of diplomatic shifts including Austria’s ministerial retirement, and President actions. It notes the resignation of U.S. Attorney D B Searle in Minnesota, Garland backing Wharton's opinion on Alabama claims, and Porter defending ministerial staff appointments in Constantinople amid Democratic criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Califo Ani
Atkins
Porter
Tenn
D. H. Hill
Washington
Sheridan
Arizona
D. B. Searle
United States
District of Minnesota
Garland
Bagan
Court of Alabama Claims
State Department
Francis Wharton
Keily
Dor
Ellery
Gen. Porter
Lee
Legation
Constantinople
Cox
Notable 19th Century Figures and Events Highlight Seasonable News
Marie Prescott takes champagne before a stage appearance. Robert L. Ream dies. he is Vinnie Ream Hoxie’s father. George W. Cable active in Northampton Sunday school. H B Claflin’s estate once reached 50 900 000 dollars. Commander Brown engaged to the daughter of ex Senator Davis. Bishop McLaren, Chicago diocese, formerly Cleveland reporter. Butler expected to run as independent for Congress in Lowell and Lawrence District on protection platform. Lieut Augur’s marriage to Edith Hutchinson. Augur is son of Gen. Augur. Owatonna hosts the season’s social event of 35th anniversary for M H Dunnell. Lieut Greely lectured in Edinburgh before the Scottish Geographical Society with 2000 attendees. Earl of Rosebery presided. expedition history discussed and Britannica dispute noted.
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Marie Prescott
Robert L. Ream
Vinnie Ream Hoxie
George W. Cable
Northampton
Mass
H. B. Claflin
New York
Brown
U.S. N
Davis
West Virginia
McLaren
Chi- Ago
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Boston
Benjamin F. Butler
Congress
Lowell and
Lawrence
A. A. Angur
Newton
Ohio
Edith E. Hutchinson
G. Hutchinson
Cavalry
Augur
C. C. Augur
Owatonna
M. H. Dunnell
Lieut. Greely
Edinburgh
Scottish Geographical Society
Earl of Rosebery
Encyclopedia Britannica
Record of Casualties in Philippine Island Clash
A clash in the Philippine islands leaves twenty two dead as eight thousand builds are wed. The report notes a dramatic and deadly encounter with significant casualties and conflagration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
Maryland men die in Baltimore hotel gas suffocation
C A Thorpe of Md and J White of Frenchtown died of suffocation after returning to their hotel room in Baltimore and blowing out the gas. Hotel staff discovered the rooms had been lit unknowingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Thorpe
J. White
Frenchtown
Baltimore
Violent Crimes Reported Across Several States
A collage of incidents includes Jack Lee killing his wife in Washington, a Maryland widow attempting suicide after a court official’s death, Irvine Grabb hanged in Tex, and a bank cashier absconding in Oxford. Other items note murders, shootings, retaliations, and a teacher punished for a student’s death, with several criminal sentences in Kansas and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lee
Washington
Stephenville
Tarantum
Edward Turner
Nicholas Welsh
Joseph Groblewiski
Brooklyn
Foreign News and Political Maneuvers Across Nations
Dispatches report Sir John Macdonald traveling to England to discuss reciprocity. A Pekin dispatch claims France and China resolved all differences and resumed talks. The Gaulois notes Grevy may seek amnesty for political offenders if reelected. Rumors place the duke of Cambridge retiring as commander and the duke of Conanaght succeeding. Calcutta reports 5090 drowned and 150 villages submerged by a cyclone in Orissa, with 1241 square miles devastated. Parnellite manifesto aims to block Gladstone by allying Home Rule with the Torys and suppress Liberal gains. Dublin plans broad circulation and rallies. The Irish National League issued …
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Macdonald
England
Pekinsaye
France
China
Gaulois
Grevy
Duke of Cambridge
Duke of Conanaght
Calcutta
Orissa
Mooshedabad
Huddon
T. O'Conner
Justin McCarthy
Moss Sexton
Healy
Redmond
O'Kelly
Biggar
Home Rule Party
Parnellites
Gladstone
House of Commons
Dublin
Ireland
Irish National League
Miscellaneous News Highlights From Various States
Nebraska Irishmen subscribe 2500 dollars for Parnell's cause. Baltimore & Ohio plans independent entrance into New York. Bank of Luverne raises capital from 35000 to 50000. Sage Female College founder endows 60000. Minnesota railroad rates tied to distance. Dakota Democrats seek funds for daily paper opposing 46th parallel. Mrs Damon Y Kilgore denied bar in Philadelphia. Hunter's Hot Springs Montana sold to Northern Pacific for 26000, possession May 1. Emily Miltner divorces Charles J. T. Miltner in Milwaukee. G A R encampment to be in San Francisco next year between July 25 and August. Iowa fish culture yields no harvest from 7007500 distributed. Ohio engineer plots canal 60 feet long using lakes bed for under 100000. Janesville jury awards Thomas Hemmingway 10000 for hand injury. T. E. Brown of Des Moines resolves Memphis indebtedness to funding board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sage Female College
Cornell University
Minnesota Railroad Commissioners
Dakota Democrats
Damon Y. Kilgore
Common Pleas Court
Philadelphia
Hunter's
Montana
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee
Emily Miltner
Charles J. T. Miltner
Europe
Burdett
National Council
San Francisco
Iowa
Ohio
Lakes of
Stone
Traverse
Janesville
Wis
Thomas Hemmingway
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Hemmingway
T. E. Brown
Des Moines
Memphisia
D. F. Hadder
Mem
Revenue report details Northwestern receipts and tobacco spirits data
The annual report of the internal revenue commissioner covers the year ended June 30 1885 and early current fiscal year data. It lists Northwestern district receipts by state with named collectors Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota Montana and totals 112 421 121 dollars and outlines tobacco factory output spirits interceptions and proposed salary adjustments for collectors. It notes 864 illicit stills seized mostly in Georgia North Carolina and Tennessee and a Wisconsin seizure in the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Commissioner
United States
Iowa
M.green
J. W. Burdette
Minnesota
William Bickel
District of Mont
T. 2. Fuller
Wisconsin
I. L. Bean
E. C. Wall
Wis
Henry Harmen
H. M. Kutchix
Leonard Dutritge
Georgia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Northwest
Montana
Towa
Perri Seastaichenestokcetcestesomonsink
Kentucky
Bremen
United States Porta
Town
Nebraska
How Elections in England Are Conducted
English general elections span about two weeks with county and borough polling days set by local officers. Writs return on December 4. nominations and polls proceed across the kingdom with detailed dates and a new franchise law increasing MPs to 670, abolishing many rotten boroughs and shaping fairer lines, though still restrictive against corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Daily News
Sutherland and
Ross
Sutherlandshire
Howell fatally wounds Pope in depot dispute
Col Albert Howell, brother of Evan P. Howell of the Daily Constitution, is mortally wounded after a quarrel with Henry C. Pope at a union depot. Pope fires after a challenge to meet, a special policeman arrests Pope, Howell is treated by Dr Dan Howell, and faces potential fatal hemorrhage. Also note Bartlett Tripp named chief justice of Dakota Territory, praised for law skill and statehood advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Albert Howel
Henry C. Pope
Union
Col. Howell
Evan P. Howell
The
Daily Constitution
Pope
State Road
Howell
Dan Howell
McCormick Named Secretary of Dakota Territory
Capt. McCormick of Grand Forks is appointed secretary of Dakota to succeed T. H. Teller. The role pays 1800 annually versus the marshalship at 8000 to 9000 and carries more patronage. McCormick, about fifty five, longtime Democratic advocate, former Fargo mayor, and Chicago convention delegate, resigns Teller’s term with two years left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capt. McCormick
Grand Forks
Dakota
Teller
T. H. Teller
Ohio
McCormick
Maratta
Territory
Fargo
Chicago
Clevelanc
John N Baxter Named U S Attorney for Minnesota District
The Faribault resident John N Baxter is appointed to serve as attorney of the United States for the district of Minnesota. He moved to Faribault fifteen years ago as a bricklayer and began studying law with Batchellor Buckle about three years later. His rapid progress included terms as county attorney and multiple mayoral terms in Faribault. He prosecuted the Younger brothers to conviction. He has held various public offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Kan
Clinton Morrie
Thomas Win
Morrison
Win
Minnie Tumey
Somerville
Mass
Minnie
Sandy Walker
Santos
Cherokee Nation
Sam Fulsom
Lewis Lucas
Sandy
John Lyons
Charlies O'Brien
Rawlins
Wio
O’brien
John Lavin
Lyons
John Laver
Omaha
Cleveland
P. R. Ter
Eva Lauer
Benjamin H. Longnecker
The
Poor
Lancaster County
Los Angeles County
Cal
Longnecker
Ipswich
Dak
Jourbert
la Crosse
Charles Bender
William Lee
James Kelly
Henry Carter
Frederick Chesley
Col
Watson B. Smith
United States District Court
Nebraska Penitentiary
Washington Rice
Troy
Ohio
Joseph Porter
Minois
Py. J. Davis
Rock Island County
Iil
Carlin Cliff
Rock Island
Davis
Sharp Selvis
John N. Baxter
Faribault
U. S
District of Minnesota
Baxter
Batchellor & Buckle
Ofaribault
W. P. Christensen
Register of the
Reedwood Falls
Olivia
Hkenville County
St. Charles
F. L. Patterson
Mankato
Sumner
Jellings
Aaron Moses
Battle Lake
United States
Ira B. Mills
Moorhead
Perham
Detroit
Meyers
Waupaca
Wis
G. B. Pratt
St. Luke’s Church
Hastings
Oak Park
Chicago
Halvor Boxrud
Boxrud Brothers
Red Wing
Goodhue County
Goodhue
J. H. Sandberg
University of Sweden
Lund
Minnesota
J. P. Sward
Vasa
St. Paul
John Wall
Wall
Company H
Tenth Minnesota Infantry
Joseph Wagner
Cambria
Blue Earth Co
Mead
St. Peter
Wagner
Crookston
Sheppard
A. Nelson
Aldal
August Hellemand
Knute
Ada
White Earth
Hong Wong Wah
Brill
Mary Schroeder
Ordance
Alexander McLaren
Brownsville
Controller Roche
Farmington
Charles Crego
Fred Strickner
Lake Benton
George Brown
Prestor
Rochester
Faribault Voters Expected to Back Local School Board Pick
A local figure described as about forty, a family man and lifelong Democrat, is expected to receive near unanimous support from Faribault residents for a school board appointment. He served as a state delegate to the 1884 Chicago convention. Gordon E. Cole forecasts broad approval for the selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gordon E. Cole
Faribault
Jury verdict voided after intoxicated juror in Pettigrew case
In the district court Ole and Gunder Thompson sued J A Pettigrew over damages from the St Olaf mill dam. After a three day trial the jury returned a sealed verdict but one member was found to have consumed liquor. The judge set aside the verdict and scolded the juror. The case, previously appealed to the supreme court, faces another costly trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigus Pelly
Ole
Gunder Thompson
J. A. Pettigrew
Supreme Court
Feee
District Court
St. Olaf
John P. Hopp
Akron
Sioux Falls
Helen Wolfe
David City
Neb
Nebraska
Ohio
Sherman
Senate
Judge reduces damages in Washburn & Moon vs Grinnell Barbed Wire
Judge Brewer of the United States district court in Des Moines sustains the Glidden patent and plaintiffs control while reducing damages from 41 550 to about 24 000. He fixes future royalties at a level to adequately compensate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewer
United States District Court At
Des Moines
Washburn & Moon
Grinnell Barbed Wire Company
Master In Chancery
Cruel Stepmother Sentenced at Delaware Ohio
Mrs William Dunlap once in good society was jailed sixty days and fined 100 dollars for cruelty to her stepchildren. Trial evidence described soft soap water baths, a broom scrub, and a boy suspended in a deep well. Humane society testimony supported the charges and 300 spectators jeered at the jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Ohio
William Dunlap
Humane Society
McCormack
Grand Forks
Dakota
Atlantic
Irish Parliament Fund Association
New York
Parnell
Dunlap
Gen. Grant
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Milan
Austria
Servia
Sarageorgevics
R. Holt
Indianapolis
Vice President Hendricks Dies Suddenly in Indianapolis
The vice president Thomas A. Hendricks died at his Indianapolis home at 4 45 PM after a brief illness described as paralysis of the brain His death prompts presidential succession talk and Cabinet action including a proclamation and prompts to pass a definite line of succession bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendricks
Indianapolis
Ispranapolis
Ind
Thomas A Hendricks
United States
Chicago
Mrs. Hendricks
John J. Cooper
Mr. Hendricks
Mr. Morgan
Eliza
Cleveland
Baltimore & Ohio
Grover Cleveland
Edmunds
Senate
Bayard
Congress
Lamar
South
Washington, D. C
Thomas A. Hendricks
United
Fisg
Washington
Guover Cleveland
T. F. Bayard
Wasninotoy
Justice Miller
United States Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Career of Thomas A. Hendricks details early life
The obituary outlines Hendricks born September 7 1819 on a farm near Zanesville Ohio and his family move to Madison Indiana. It tracks his rise from Hanover College educated lawyer to Indiana state legislator congressman land office commissioner U S senator and Indiana governor with vote margins and opponents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Hendricks
Zanesville
Muskingum County
Ohio
Maj
John Hendricks
Thomas
Madison
Ind
Hendricks
Shelby County
Shelbyville
Hanover College
Mare
West
Congress
General Land Office
United States
Indiana
Gov. Williams
Henry Lane
Mr. Lincoln
Judge Douglas
Conrad Baker
Gen. Grant
Gov. Seymour
Thomas M. Browne
Mr. Greeley
Gov. Hen
Hendricks and the 1880s presidential struggle
In 1877 Hendricks returned to private life and law practice after serving as governor. He was a formidable lawyer, noted for quick, precise handling of law and fact, and remained active in politics, influencing campaigns and remaining a central figure in the Democratic party despite opposition from Western rivals and the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
Hendricks
Chambersburg
Thomson
McDonald
West
Cincinnati
Hancock
McJon
Chicago
Edmunds
Washigton
Senate
United States
Arthur
Garfield
Cleveland
David Davis
Sherman
Logan
Conger
Judiciary Committee
Colonel Lazelle Arrives to Report on British Maneuvers in India
Col H M Lazelle detailed to witness British army maneuvers in India arrives at the Ebbett house from Fort Vancouver to report to the adjutant general on observations. England eyes a strong Afghanistan demonstration next spring and Lazelle with Capt Mills may accompany troops bound for Russia to observe operations. Capt Green previously accompanied Gen Skobeloff in the Russo Turkish war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Lazelle
India
Ebbett House
Fort Vancouver
England
Afhanistan
Col. Lazelle
Mills
Dilke Threats Voters With Imprisonment Amid Canvass
In a Chelsea speech Sir Charles Dilke warned a powerful lady of influence about a year of hard labor for intimidating voters. He did not name her, but reference was to Lady Cadogan wife of Earl Cadogan, under secretary for the colonies and Conservative president. Dilke's committee says a women’s canvassing group has used the case of his divorce to spread infamous untruths to sway voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalsea
Charles Dilke
Lady Cadogan
Earl Cadogan
Conservative Association
Dilke
Diphtheria Strikes 16 in Pennsylvania Family
A Pennsylvania family of sixteen contracted diphtheria with seven deaths reported and the remaining members not expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Speculative wheat gamble ends in bank certificate loss
A Detroit Free Press note recalls a man who made 10000 in wheat this fall and his wife who inherited the same sum. She entrusted it to her husband for wheat investments but he placed the entire amount in a bank instead. He now carries the certificate of deposit, illustrating a wary story of speculative spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Wisconsin to See Major Railroad Buildout in 1886
A statewide forecast shows about 650 miles of new rail lines in 1886 with several extensions totaling near 1,000 miles when Northwestern and Milwaukee & St. Paul lines extend. Projects include Milwaukee & Northwestern through Michigan, Dalrymple Road to Stillwater, Merrill to Abbotsford, Milwaukee Peoria to Westeri, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Milwaukee & Northwestern
Michigan
Forest Junction
Sturgeon Bay
Dalrymple
Bayfield
Indian Reservation
Stillwater
Merrill & Abbotsford
Abbotsford
Merrill
Milwaukee
Peoria
Westerri
Delevan
Minneapolis
Sault Ste. Marie
Menomonee Falls & Western
Northwestern
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Canvassers declare Dakota constitution and prohibition results
The state board of canvassers in Yankton opened county returns on the Dakota constitution and related issues. Majorities favored the constitution by 1 861 and prohibition by 334, with scattered results for minority representation and other measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton, Dak
State Board of Canvassers
of Dakota
Hugh J. Campbell
Yankton
H. M. Reed
Sully County
E. C. Beebe
Sioux Falls
John Cain
Huron
S. G. Updyke
Codington County
J. R. Hansen
Yankton County
Joseph H. Teller
Dakota
A. J. Edgerton
D. Frank Etter
Dakota Insane Asylum
Aes
HUTOD
Alexandria
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Public Lands
Washington Gas LS
Baltamore & Ohio Railroad
Bank of Luverne
Internal Revenue Commissioner's Report
Honah
Bartlett Tripp
Pettigrew
U.S. Attorney
Bailie
Thomas W. Harris
Bitter Root Valley
Maj. Owen
Flizar Wright
Garrison
Phillips
M. Martin
Denmark
Liverpool
Montreal
H. T. Allen
Alaska
Dan Conner
Bismarck
Prussia
Galicia
Paris
Berlin
Porte
Russia
King Theeban
Vienna
William A. Beach
Twenty-first
George W. Miller
Western
Ellijah Gales
Missouri
Benjamin F. Ledbetter
Louisiana
Jessie Porter
Salem
Minnesota Revenue District
E. B. Fredericks
Winslow
Lena
Monroe
Frank M. Wright
John Rosser & Co
Lafayette
Kansas
Topeka
William Jackson
Americus
Booth
Texas
California
Los Angeles
A. J. Rodman
Delavan
Freeport
Ill
Charles Bedel
Darien
Rodman
Bede
Superior
Thompson
WaAsumeTon
Kelser
White House
John Sherman
Fifth Avenue
House
Episcopal
Democratic Party
Ndricks
Thurman
Morton
King
Pierce
Strong
Inc Cmin Congress
Mich
Lake Superior
Algoma
Rock Harbor
Winnipeg
Northwestern News
Special
Iowa Railway Commissioners
Rease
Sioux City & Pacific
Lowa
Ec Teal
Net
Dpashanissicessesen N
WEPC
Iowa Central
Srbensoat
Burlington
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Dubuque & Dakota
Iillinois Central
Iowa Northern
St. Louis
O. W. Wiliams
Norwalk
Angus Cameron
Mr. Day
Ziebach
Webster City
Vincent Kolatzki
C. Hemmy
Beaver Dam
Mary Hartel
Westford
Kolatzki
Randolph
Bridges
Cumberledge & Smith
Athol
Oak
Washburn
D. M. Kelly
Rush City
Oliver T
Evans
Minnesota State News
Baptist Academy
Owaonna
Pillsbury
Cyrus Thomas
Baptist School
Iva Crosby
Worthington
Joseph Griffith
John Cronin
John Murphy
A. W. Millard
Western Association of Architects
Buffington
Col. West
C. M. Starr
Frank Springer
Fred Knox
Thomas Murphy
Joseph Thomas
Michael Kinney
James Handley
Thomas Casey
Frank Carlisle
Jeremiah Sylvan
Knox
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