15 Jan 1883
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Newspaper
Dakota Daily Leader
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1883
Page
1
Washington reports the House approved the fortification appropriation bill totaling 325000 dollars. A separate small appropriation follows, while pension funds of 85000000 dollars are allocated for defenders. Other updates include Dakota land district creation discussed without action and Gambetta remains arriving in Nice with funeral planned.
Washington dispatch reports orders from the secretary of war to remove fences built by white settlers in the Indian Territory. Separate items note a relief bill for Ben Holliday and Senate discussion on railroad transportation. A Des Moines fire damages the Clapp block with $300,000 loss. A Senate motion on Utah conditions did not pass.
Rumor suggests Vanderbilt weighs buying the Illinois Central to run Nickel Plate trains into Chicago’s central depot via the I C line.
Washington The House judicial committee by a bare majority tables Knott's resolution for future Northern Pacific land grants, ending the measure for the current session. Milwaukee Bodies found in Newhall house debris rise to five more charred victims with thirty nine still missing. coroner's jury appointed to investigate.
In the Senate today Senator Ingalls introduced a bill providing for appointment by the President of seven commissioners to consider and adjust civil bills.
In Rome detectives detained 125 suspects and seized 62 revolutionary accounts about Overdank emphasizing his life and martyrdom, signaling a broad crackdown on seditious material.
In Moscow the cold intensifies with bodies found daily in frozen conditions while people walk the streets. The harsh temperatures threaten residents as subfreezing winds persist through the city.
Washington report says the post office committee backs a House bill to issue postal receipts for transmission through the mails. For payments under five dollars the fee would be three cents per note.
In Cairo Illinois on the Wabash line a passenger train derailed near Olmstead. Two coaches caught fire and were burned. Forty people were injured, four seriously, in the crash and blaze.
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