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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1887
Page
2
The article notes Premier Macdonald will order a general election next month for the Dominion Parliament’s lower house. It also reports many vacancies in Congress due to General Logan’s death, describing it as the thirteenth vacancy from that cause since the Forty-ninth Congress began.
Official figures indicate about 10 million dollars of silver dollar coins entered circulation each of the last two calendar years. At year end 1884 the circulation stood at 41,315,040 dollars, rising to 51,776,376 dollars by end of 1885 and 61,340,389 dollars by end of 1886.
In Quito, the unique equatorial city, the sun rises and sets at six o'clock all year, making the sun a reliable daily clock even if watches fail. The city on the equator never errs, marking night with a constant six o'clock.
Nine U S Senators and five Representatives own the property in Washington where they reside. Senators named are Van Wyck Edmunds Conger Beck McPherson Morrill Cameron Palmer and Sherman. The late General Logan also owned his residence. Representatives include William Walter Phelps Ben Butterworth ex Speaker Randall Mr Springer of Illinois and Mr Barber of Virginia.
The Troy Times argues that completing the original Albany capitol plan would have cost at most five million dollars, delivering a handsomer, more useful structure. It condemns current plans to spend seven to twenty million as an extravagant, absurd overrun.
An elderly New York reform leader argues that rising agitation for women’s rights has reduced courtesy toward women. She says the push for equality has changed social expectations and contributed to a decline in respectful treatment.
The Baltimore and Ohio disaster is described as one of the most awful incidents as an express train at sixty to sixty five miles per hour slammed into a freight train. Debris, fire, and trapped victims followed while the freight crew faced blame for failing to warn of the approaching danger.
Banks in New York City reported their heaviest deposits in March at 805 374 006 dollars and the following week saw discounts totaling 359 685 003 dollars. Over the year dry goods imports exceeded 115 million dollars, averaging over 342 thousand dollars daily.
The Century Magazine publishes for the first time Abraham Lincoln’s words to a young officer court martialed for quarrel. The Lincoln guidance urges avoiding personal contention and choosing higher aims, even yielding smaller rights to prevent conflict and temper loss.
Governor Pierce addresses the Dakota Territory legislature urging prompt use of the bond option to retire or refund maturing bonds. He notes a treasury surplus, calls for consolidating bonds, addresses capitol warrants and the capital commission, and praises rising educational and institutional spending while urging fiscal amendments.
A lengthy Dakota Territory annual message details immigration inquiries, railroad growth, education, prisons, and public works. It praises the railway commission, urges law amendments, outlines census results, and argues for statehood, warning against extralegal moves while urging timely congressional action.
A territorial official delivers a principled farewell address regretting any moves to exclude Dakota, defending inclusive suffrage, and praising territorial officers. He urges future leaders to honor public trust, cherish citizens, and uphold honesty as he passes executive duties to his successor with gratitude and blessing.
Archbishop Eder dismisses a Sun report that the Catholic church and Knights of Labor were united against Henry George. He says the article has no foundation and warns against attributing church plots to oppose George. He notes disputes over George’s doctrines and their practical implications for labor.
A state commission unanimously picks East St. Cloud in Sherburne County after hearing 22 towns. The 240 acre site near the Mississippi River will exploit granite resources and rail access via St Paul and Northern Pacific.
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