06 Jul 1885
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Newspaper
Le Mars Evening Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1885
Page
1
Commissioner Atkins expresses strong opinions on the Arizona Indian issue in the latest wire dispatches. The report outlines policy implications and potential actions by federal authorities shaping regional governance and native affairs amid ongoing territorial concerns.
Ex congressman A F E Stevenson named First Assistant Postmaster General to replace Malcom Hay. Judge Lambert Tree of Illinois named Minister Resident to Belgium. Thomas E Nash of Wisconsin becomes Chief Clerk of the Post Office Department. Other appointments include appraisers for the Omaha Indian Reservation and several U S Attorneys and a Montana Governor designate.
Washington July 6 ex delegate Ouray of Arizona and Mr Hughes of that Territory urged the disarming of Indians on the San Carlos Reservation to avert a clash with whites. Commissioner Atkins outlined his views at length saying cowboys should not carry arms once Indians are disarmed and that no person should roam the country armed with Winchester rifles and army revolvers.
Assistant Secretary Muldrow of the Interior Department has declined to review the decision of ex Secretary Teller refusing to issue patents for the Renault land grant in the Kaskaskia District Illinois.
Topeka Kan July 6 The Kansas Board of Agriculture reports for the month ending June 30 1885 an increased winter wheat area about 2 600 000 acres with average yield 11 08 bushels per acre and a statewide harvest of 127 006 000 bushels about 21 72 percent of the 1684 harvest. Corn covers about 4 922 000 acres up 20 000 from last month and 877 000 over 1884 with a probable product of 169 176 000 bushels about 21 700 000 short of last year.
A Cleveland and Pittsburg Railway freight train fractured near Salinaville Ohio with seventeen cars and the engine derailed. The night express to Pittsburg was diverted to another line, then struck an empty emigrant train near Latonic, injuring the engineer fireman brakemen and baggageman. The Salem operator reportedly let the express pass without orders.
Thacher of New York has been named receiver of the Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa Railway. The appointment was made by Judge Love in Kroxon Iowa on July 6. The case involves the M N and 3 Road line and its operations across three states.
In Federal Court the receiver appointed H F Clark to oversee operations as Thacher Miles is ordered to take immediate possession and succeed Augur. Miles expected to command the Missouri department, relieving Augur who retires. Miles may address Cheyenne unrest and join the field promptly. The article also notes the transfer of Maxwell to New Zealand and McCullough’s progressive paralysis.
The New York weekly bank statement notes a reserve decrease of two million dollars. Banks now hold sixty two million dollars in excess of legal requirements.
Cyrus W Field hosted a July 4 dinner for Minister Phelps at the Buckingham Palace Hotel in London. Attendees included Senator Edmunds, Consul General Walter, Duke of Argyle, Lords Houghton and North, John Bright, and other notable English figures. Field sent a telegram to President Cleveland expressing gratitude and shared patriotic hopes as Americans abroad celebrate the nation's independence.
News from the Atlantic coast says government forces control Barranquilla and Savanilla while revolutionists retreat upriver. The capital Bogota seems vulnerable though no decisive power remains nearby. Some expect rebels to head toward Santander and Antioquia to recruit. Admiral Jouett stays at Savannah seeking peace. Illness persists on the Iethinus.
A father explains a Kirmess as a charitable fair and festival while a boy mishears it as a dog fight. Separately, a humor piece warns housekeepers to store baking powder away from arsenic to prevent accidental poisoning, and a tramp notes high rents as he borrows a pin. Also a remark extols porcupines for their abundance of quills.
The Regents of the Iowa State University aim to petition the next Legislature for 156000 to build equipment and establish a permanent income tax to elevate the university. Regents criticize faculty aiding Temperance Alliance prosecutions as improper and likely to hinder the appropriation. Prof. Ennichs shifts to medical and pharmaceutical work. In Clarksville a 17 year old schoolteacher Shaffer was whipped by neighbor Forneys with a rawhide, several injuries reported and assailants jailed. Prof Shippey and family boat incident on the Des Moines River ends with Mrs Shippey and child dead. Shippey rescued and known to hail from Bascom, Seneca County, Ohio.
Beoit County claims five million bushels of grain in 1884. Work begins on a new Roman Catholic College at Davenport. Rev. David O. Mears of Worcester Mass. elected president of Iowa College. Sioux City census shows 18680 people, up 151 percent since 1880. Lightning strikes a Decorah schoolhouse with twenty five students present, few injured. W K Prankard of Des Moines injured in Cedar Rapids carriage crash. John Maybower shoots thigh wound from pistol pocket. dangerous. Davenport steam fire engine Fire King sold to Galesburg. Eagle Grove Methodist Church destroyed in the storm. fundraising for rebuilding underway. Cerro Gordo Sheriff returns to Mason City with Roger McDevitt, previously captured in Wyoming, tied to attempted rape case. H A Fritz elopes with local woman, stealing company funds. Des Moines gossip on Frank Cunningham marrying his aunt through odd family ties. Joseph Bedford, 17, arrested in Davenport for firing woolen mill. to Grand Jury. Iowa State University faculty feud leads to Gustav Heinrichs reassigned. Silk culture seen as future industry at Chariton.
A Omaha Zee correspondent recalls Nebraska’s push for statehood and predicts rapid growth. Data show Nebraska paid 1.5 million in federal revenue in 1884, ranking fifteenth, with projections that population will exceed one million after the next census.
Adam Kase Jr of Papillion area has been missing since Sunday June 7 after a party near Sarpy mills. He was last seen on the Papio riverbank heading home and did not arrive, with his disappearance sparking worry his family describes as mysterious. A separate case reports Armstrong of Howard County forging notes for 265 and 225 dollars, detained in St Paul after attempting to cash them. $800 team purchase and wagon deal connected. money recovered and suspect jailed awaiting district court action.
Sarpy County population hits 6000 while Hastings police kill a drunken cavalryman resisting arrest. Judge Gardner of Falls City to forward bond for Surveyor General post. Nebraska City residents cheer river channel shift. Logan River drowning during railway bridge workers bath. Fremont to sink eight foot wells for fire protection. Hastings City Council eyes electric franchise and a $60,000 new hotel in Hastings.
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