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Newspaper
Le Mars Evening Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1885
Page
1
Edleman of Missouri chosen for Commissioner of Agriculture. Reports note changes in Grant's condition and ongoing political negotiations. Nominations and departmental appointments update Senate and executive actions. Weather outlook for Missouri Valley includes partly cloudy conditions and warmer highs.
In the Linois Senate a bill to establish game wardens, one per Supreme Court election district, with a 500 dollar annual salary and 50 dollars for travel, was introduced. The Citizens' solution bill to legalize primaries passed and the assembly met with 39 Senators and 95 Representatives present. only one vote was cast. In New York, Dr. Douglass reported General Grant's condition as improved. a quiet day with reduced pain and signs of rest, though a lump at the end of the tongue remained inactive and not yet dangerous.
United Kingdom forces dispatch British cavalry to verify Osman Digna has left Tanti and Ilasheen. Messengers carry a truce tag awaiting a reply. In Afghanistan, Russian forces mass near Urusi and Tashan as Turkey rejects overtures. Peace prospects firm on a swift Russo English resolution.
Adamost, a young man, jailed after stealing a stal lion from H. B. Caldwell near Sioux Falls. Sheriff Dickson and Sheriff Costigan traced him to a claim twenty miles south after a failed sale attempt in this city. Also reports of jail escape attempts, arrests for murder, a fatal quarrel, a jail inmate's suicide, a drunken shooting, a defaulter seized, and a murder-suicide in California.
McAllursven Indiana April 1 An explosion caused by powder and coal dust struck Mine No 7. Miners killed were James Aiken and son Jobe Williams and son Joseph Peel Jo Martin Robert Masterson John Gold A McKay W Peterson Joseph Cox. The disaste.
A sequence of calamities on April 1 includes A H Halmoid killed when dragged under his horse drawn carriage in Tacoma Washington Territory. Mrs P B Muir dies in a clothing fire in Lorrainville Kentucky. Ler son injured. Schumacher Ettinger lithographic firm destroyed in New York causing $350000 loss. Two freight trains collide near Honansau ro Ohio injuring two. Moe and Butting buildings burn at Byron Minnesota causing $15000 loss.
Markets show firmer tones in pork and dairy while grains soften. Wheat weakness drags wheat futures, cattle demand lingers, and butter and cheese hold steady. Milwaukee grain notes steady oats and moved rye higher. Sioux City reports feeding steers strong and corn slight gains amid mixed livestock demand.
A comic fragment set in a telegraph exchange where a doctor is dismissed for bizarre advice. A later scene follows two women in a cigar shop debating “choice” cigars at cheap prices, one planning a gift to surprise a man named Charlie. The piece blends farcical medical superstition with light social banter.
A fragmented note describes dispute over severed assets including a $500 sum and a $300 cloak. The text mentions a lawyer and a plea for fair division amid a troubled separation.
London dispatch reports rapid war preparations across England. Queen Victoria calls up 58 000 reserves and 140 000 militia for permanent service. Arsenal orders surge, coal contracts, and 100 000 uniforms fuel the armament drive while Ireland and Canada face troop shifts amid fears of a Russia England clash over Herat.
In a Commons reading of Lieut Col Irving’s Fort Carleton report Major Crozier’s police and civilian force retreated after rebels at Beardy’s Reserve opened fire. Ten civilians and two policemen were killed, four civilians and seven constables wounded. rebel deaths unknown. Names listed for the fallen and wounded. Fenian ties suspected. Ottawa seeks U S authorities’ confirmation. Dozens of detectives mobilized. Canadians abroad offer service. militia readiness noted. Imperial war authorities seek details.
Excitement over the Riel rebellion grows as rumors claim the government hid news of a rising more serious than publicly admitted. Riel, a noted commander, is said to command six American cannons and 1,560 entrenched men near Puck Lake, with hundreds of American Indians joining.
Neal, last Ashland murder suspect, was escorted from Mount Sterling by a sheriff and posse to Grayson where a large crowd witnessed his execution. He maintained innocence, asked for a minister, and delivered a final plea before the scaffold fell, with officials declaring him dead minutes later. No relatives were present.
A Chicago to Soudan correspondent describes an unnamed American Irishman who left Chicago in January to aid Soudanese against British forces. He sailed from New York, traveled to France then Ceylon, met Arabi Pasha, and received credentials commending him to El Mahdi and his followers. He has reached the camp of Osman Digna near Suakim.
The readable text references a Wyoming cattle ranch and million acres, a London official’s wife traveling to America for perfume, life insurance figures in the United States, Kaiser's wine linked to Maj. Von der Lochun, Lt General Grant’s cigars, Florida immigration aims, a pumpkin note, and Salvation Army obligations, all fragmentary and uncontextual.
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