President avoids immediate action on southern withdrawal plans
Washington reports no assurances of troop withdrawal from Baton Rouge or Columbia. The President seeks caution and invited Governors Chamberlain and Hampton to Washington to discuss a conciliatory, legal path to restore governance and address Southern rights.
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New York
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Connecticut
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Deadwood Postmaster Appointment Sparks Regional Fight
The Deadwood post office clash ends as Richard O. Adams, recently appointed postmaster, repels charges and receives his commission. He leaves Washington for Deadwood, arriving Sunday to assume charge of the mails routed from Cheyenne through Fort Laramie and Hat Creek to Custer City and Deadwood.
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Yankton
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Richard O. Adams
Deadwood City
Adams
Washington
Deadwood
Cheyenne
Cattle Runoff Recovered. Sioux and Cheyenne Surrender Near Tongue River
Capt Heinsheimer recovers 29 cattle and 24 ponies after a two day pursuit. Two Sioux surrender on Feb 18 and 20. 20 more follow for agency guard. Army notes 50 warriors killed at Wolf Mountain. A town near Yellowstone surveyed. Bozeman crowds grow as river traffic starts. Cheyenne surrender bring 32 cattle from 46 run off earlier.
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Tongue River
Heinsheimer
Miles
Wolf Mountain
Yellowstone River
Bozeman
The Coming Railroad Suits Settled and Plans Ahead
The Union Pacific and Colorado Central settle all lawsuits by mutual understanding. Colorado Central stays under current management with minor board changes to satisfy eastern stockholders. A Longmont to Cheyenne survey should finish by Saturday night, plan to build at ten thousand dollars per mile.
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Loveland
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Denver
Capture of Horse Thieves and Black Hills Fever
A special dispatch from Custer City reports 30 Fourth Cavalry soldiers and 25 Arapahoe Indians under Lt. Callahan capturing three noted horse-thieves amid possession of six horses. The thieves named Fly Speck Billy, Rattling Jack and George Smith. A Chicago telegram notes rising gold fever with 75 to 100 volunteers forming to go west in April and shipments of mill machinery to Deadwood.
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Callahan
Custer
Fly Speck Billy
Jack
George Smith
Black Hills
Chicago
Michigan
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