Indignation in Fort Collins Over Chaffee Land Grant Move
The Larimer County edition attacks Senator Chaffee for a bill diverting the 1862 land grant to Colorado from agriculture to mining. It argues the act requires state acceptance and constitutional compliance, warns the Legislature has not acted, and claims the measure would deny farmers any portion of the grant while rewarding miners.
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Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Chaffee
Denver
Congress
Colorado
School of Mines
Larimer County
Larimer
Denver News and Tribune
Agricultural College
Julesburg
Las Animas
Statesmen and Politicians in Presidential Contest
A five member Senate, five House, and five Supreme Court judges commission will review all papers and evidence and issue a final ruling unless Congress dissents. The president favors the bill, and both Houses show large majorities, with the Senate voting 47 to 17. Some leading partisan papers oppose the measure.
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Senate
House
Supreme Court
Congress
Denver News and Tribune
Chaffee and Teller
From Partisanship to Statesmanship in a Time of Crisis
The piece urges speed and prudence in settling national affairs on a just basis. It argues politicians must become statesmen while partisan newspapers prove unfit for leadership during great danger. It notes plenty of good men exist, criticizes radical press, and predicts public support for Congress despite press failure.
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Congress
House
Senate
Reservoir irrigation debate spans ancient practices and modern costs
The piece weighs reservoirs versus direct river use for irrigation, citing India and Egypt as long standing examples. It notes Egyptian reliance on storage, a failed Nile dam near Cairo, and the vast scale of ancient tanks, while warning that labor costs and unknown rainfall hinder firm conclusions for Colorado.
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India
Egypt
Nile
Cairo
T. EE. Sickles
Colorado
Syria
Italy
Edmunds as a showman and the electric Senate
A Republican newspaper tongue lashes Edmunds as a brilliant outward showman and a capable strategist. It praises his self confidence, compares his lecturing style to Dos Quixote, and notes his rising influence in the commission debates on the electoral count.
Centen nial Board of Finance ruling on stockholders funds
District Attorney Valen tine appeals to the United States Supreme Court Curcase. The Washington special notes the President aims to send a message proposing legislation to hasten return to specie payments. A Bostonian highlights a trade surplus and gold influx. The 1868 law limits resumption by the Secretary. Dem caucus selects three House members for the electoral commission. The commission will include Senators Edmunds Morton Frelinghuysen Thurman Bayard and Representatives Payne Yon Abbott Garfield Hoar. Nasby backs the compromise bill saying Republicans stake even terms.
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Centennial Board of Finance
Stockhollers
Valentine
United States
United States Supreme Court
Curcase
the Tribune
Washington
United State
Washioton
Democratic
House
Electoral Commission
Messrs
Payne
Hunton
Abbott
Edmunds
Morten
Frelinghuysen
Thurman
Bayard
On- Yon
Garfield
Hoar
Supreme Court
Clifford
Strong
Miller
Field
Swayne
Davis
Bradley
Hunt
Missing men in Big Horn valley raise fears and rumors
Dr James Irwin reports in Wind River Valley that several hunters prospectors and traders are missing after Dull Knife killed James Lysight and others. He lists fifteen men, notes mounting gloom, and says spring snowmelt will be needed to search. Sheriff Carr captures cattle thief James Kelly near Laramie Peak. News pieces from Cheyenne Leader and Greeley Tribune wrap this dispatch.
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James Irwin
A. S. Indian
Wind River Valley
Laramie
Big Horn
James Lysight
Lysaght
KR. C. Anderson
David Datis
Gideon Walker
James Stoughton
James
Edward Velmer
Thos
B Cook
Wiliam Spencer
Edward Sloover
Frank Swirb
John Hubbie
Hhere
Skeokum Joe
James I
Jose Rooks
Hat Creek
Red Cloud
James Kelly
Kelly
Carr
Laramie Peak
Black Hills
Hoel de Carr
Young Men’s Library Association Forms for Greeley
A reading room is secured at the corner of Main and Madison streets in Greeley for the Young Men’s Library Association. Members contribute one dollar for a year, with open hours 9 am to 9 pm and access to magazines, papers, and books.
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Main
Madison Streets
Young Men's Library Association
Wm. S. Battelle
Src
Young Men's Library Association of
Greeley
Colorado
Snc
Busi
Maosgera
Ant Salt
Alwall
Readies
Tus Board of Managers
Local Notes Sketch Farming Plans and Church Activities
Mr. LaGrange plans to sow 200 acres of wheat while Max and Florace Cla are leading wheat buyers in pur ple. Regular services are set across several churches next Sunday and Rev. Yerkes begins a year as Baptist minister. A union meeting occurred last night at the Presbyterian church with another at Park church tomorrow evening. Services continue nightly at the Methodist church.
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Greeley
Julesburg
Yerkes
Baptist Church
Mareh
Presbyterian Church
Park Church
Methodist Church
Local notices and farm market cues from Lovurs region
Cattle in Weldon and Larimer counties assessed and taxed. Wheat market steady at 2.35 per bushel for large lots. Charles Eaton debuts a self acting gate. Captain Boyd to lecture at Park church for Ladies' Literary Association. Sledding fun and wagon rides among boys. cattle movement near Pi station. Colorado rail prospects via South Platte. Minnesota governor grants grasshopper relief. foreclosure worries hit farmers. whisky fraud pardoned in St. Paul. smallpox cases in Denver jail reported.
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Hunter
Weldon Larimer
Larimer
Charles Eaton
Seldo
Capt. Boyd
Park Church
T Ladies’ Literary Association
Boyd
Pi Station
Greeley
Gach & Perhape
Seer Course Lectures by Captain Boyd at Ps Chapel
Captain Daval Boyd scheduled to deliver third in the Seer Course of Lectures by The Ladies' Literary Society at Ps chapel on Saturday evening near February. A business meeting of the Society precedes the lecture. tickets 25 cents, seats at Monk Ingalsbe’s, Arion Quartet to perform.
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Daval Boyd
Ladies’ Literary Society
Fentuery
Boyd
Monk & Ingalsbe
Arion
Liecer B. Jouxsom
Kansas Pacific Railway Denver to Kansas City Express
Kansas Pacific trains depart Denver at 11 PM and arrive Kansas City next day at 4 15 PM. Connects to St Louis Chicago and other major points. Pullman Palace Cars and through tickets via New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington with one change. Describes fastest route and agents in Denver and Kansas City.
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Denver
Kansas City
Kansas
O Nets
St. Louis
Chicago
Union
Pullman's Palace
Kansas Ci
York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
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Schleimann
New York City
Times
Edmonds
Park Street Clothier
Edmuddd
Amile
Morton
Sherman
Certsim
Edwards
Commission
Eara
Minnesota
City of
Newark
New Jersey
Alexander J. Stephens
John A. Logan
Ilinois
Judge Davis
Parapeprita
Nasby
Republikios
Iailn
Leta
Greeley Tribune
Sin
Sone
Fernando Wood
Springfield
THE
Young Men’ Library Association
Home News
Denver News
South Platte Valley
Missouri
Kearney
Evans
Sr. Lovurs
Soh McDonald
Jo Terson City
Towa
Holloway's
Gresley
Cole
Kansas Pacific Railway
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