South Dakota Lands to be Allocated to Institutions under Interior Plan
Land Commissioner Parker states South Dakota will receive 640,000 acres of public domain for colleges and schools, including 160,000 acres to agricultural colleges and 40,000 acres to the state university. A committee will supervise land selection with education boards. Do Smet cheese factory burns. Mandamus case in Lawrence County orders Meade to pay $136,000. prairie fire and other brief items summarize state events and infrastructure.
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de Smet
Lawrence County
Parker
South Dakota
State University
School of Mines
Normal Schools
Interior Department
Board of School and Public Lands
A. E. Hitchcock
Mitchell
Brookings College
M. D.thompson
Vermillion
The
C.M. Howe
Mellette
Reform School
Plankinton
Rev. R. W. Hair
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
L. W. Valentine
Spearfish
Speartiss Normal
Don C. Needham
Crow Lake
Madison Normal
Meade County
Lawrence
Thomas
Linois
Lake Michigan
Art Gallery
Lake Front Grounds
Jackson Park
Gea Zsimons
Jd. T. Dousine
National Association of Afican Inventors
Illinois Central
Messrs
Fitzsimmons and
Dongine
Committee On
Preachers Crime Rocks Gordon County Killing Plot
A colored preacher W H Boone in Gordon County allegedly tried to poison a ten member family named Lally. Three victims are dead and the rest are injured. Boone and his wife are guarded in jail while conflicting statements assign blame to each other. The broader page discusses the Illinois World’s Fair land-reclamation scheme and a Wallace Idaho fire catastrophe with massive loss and widespread destruction.
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W. H. Boone
Gordon County
Lally
Boone
Lottery Misa Senate Post Offices Bill Action
President Harrison may urge Congress to act on legislation banning lottery mail transmissions if the House delays. A message detailing mail volumes tied to lotteries is being prepared at the Post Office Department under Postmaster General Wanamaker to accompany such a push.
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Harrison
House
Committee On Post Offices
Congress
Post Office Department
Wanamaker
Western Park Packing Sees Hog Prices Lift Amid Drought
The Cincinnati Price Current reports another week of liberal hog marketing due to drought. Western packing totals reach 305,000, up from last week and 160,000 above last year, with March 1 packing at 5,675,000 compared to 4,645,000 a year prior. Also notes a Mexican land purchase by a syndicate planning to settle 20,000 acres with U.S. Negro migrants, plus a St Louis incident where a veiled woman attacked lawyer John J. O Connor, claiming abandonment and infidelity. The drought worsens in Rocks County Kansas, risking a major fire as crops vanish and cattle dominate the landscape.
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Western Park
Cincinnati
Chicaro
Indianapolis
Cincinnat Milwauke
Wichita
Nebraska
Mexico
United States
J. M. Turner
John J. O'Connor
St. Louis
O'Connor
O. Brazleton
O’connor
Rocks County
Kansas
Indemnity Demanded Over Colima Seizure by Guatemala
The Pacific Mail Steamship Co. seeks 500000 in damages from Guatemala for the July 17 seizure of cargo from the Colima at San Jose de Guatemala. Rifles from San Francisco bound for Salvador were held. A formal demand went to President Barillas and to Washington. Also, an English syndicate plans 1500000 to develop Glasgow Virginia mines with Fitz Hugh Lee as president.
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New York Morning
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Republic of Guatemala
Colima
San Jose de Guatemala
San Francisco
Republic of Salvador
Barillas
Guatemala City
Washington
Virginia
Rock Bridge Company
Fitz Hugh Lee
Glasgow
W. A. Anderson
John R. Proctor
Kentucky
London
Trouble in Samoa Rumors from Enbeck Head to Sydney
Reports aboard the Enbeck arriving from Apia claim disorders in Samoan villages, urging the three powers England Germany and the United States to form a proper government for Samoa. United States Commissioner Morey has held Louis Hegman, an enumerator charged with failing to return census schedules, to the grand jury. Stevens and aes waived examination and were held on 2000 dollar bonds each.
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Samoa
Enbeck
Sydney
Apia
England
Germany
United States
Morey
Louis Hegman
Stevens
Aes
Pendik Turkish resort destroyed by fire
Short news notes report Pendik in Turkey burned to ashes with several people killed. Other items include New York Republican League calling its state convention for Saratoga Springs on Sept 4, a fatal shooting by Stephen B Browings in Eatontown New Jersey, an ante mortem statement withholding the cause, harsh New England heat followed by a severe thunderstorm causing damage, and a July public debt statement showing a $395,257 decrease.
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Pendik
Republican League
New York
Saratoga Springs
Stephen B. Browings
Eatontown
N. J
New England
Markets Dominate Sioux City Live Stock Summary
Sioux City markets report mixed cattle and hog tones with receipts across hogs and cattle turning lighter on Saturday. South Omaha and Chicago exchanges show varied prices and weak to dull trends for beef and veal while grain and provisions hold firm or rise slightly.
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Sioux City
South Omaha
Chicago
Arket
Beeves
Terrific hailstorm devastates Sioux Falls in 1890
A severe hail and wind storm struck Sioux Falls around 9 AM on Aug 8 1890, damaging nearly every building. Winddriven hail caused widespread glass loss, toppled signs and awnings, flooded streets, and halted business. Estimated city losses exceed 20000 dollars with protected panes and cathedral windows among the casualties.
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Sioux Falls
Masonic Temple
Syndicate
Reading
van Epps
Corps of
Western Union
Queen City
Pipestone
Minn
Big Sioux
Worthington
Illinois Central
McCrarrier
Avery
St. Augustine Cathedral
Haro
John Jacob Astor
Train Hold Up On Elkhorn Line Near Arabia
Passengers on the west bound Elkhorn line were robbed by two masked men between 9 and 10 pm near Arabia eighteen miles east of Valentine. They forced the conductor to surrender money, fired at a brakesman, and fled into moonlight after a bungled loading of a Winchester magazine. No injuries reported, train delayed briefly.
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Nelson
Original Packages at Deadwood Arrests and Alibi
A break in at an original package house in Deadwood led marshal and a trusted prisoner to arrest seventeen railroad graders. The crowd resisted as the trusted man struck several. The saloonkeeper later identified the group as beer sellers, their alibi accepted and the men released after gathering their wounded. A pure white gopher was captured near Ludden.
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Deadworth Deadwood
Tragic murder in Wolcottville as overseer slain by maniac
In Wolcottville a brutal killing followed efforts to move a son with presumed insanity to an asylum. Fred Schultz is slain by David Jago who then attacked his mother and Ferdinando. A mob gathers, authorities pursue, and the village braces under fear of lynching as a widow and seven children mourn.
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Wolcottville
Lockport
N. Y
Fred Schultz
Herman Brunner
Jay
David
Ferdinando
Shim
Jago
Brunner
Shultz
Schultz
Packard
Parched corn fields and trading in Chicago grain pits
The opening of the Chicago grain pits was driven by news of parched corn fields and scorching sun. September futures rose to 474c before heavy selling pulled it back to about 46 46c, while May reached 50Z 5ic. Wheat showed nervous but narrower moves, and oats fluctuated within two cents. Town Convict Sought Grace. Members of the St Josephs W C T U jailed for gardening near the weeds in jail, as Charles Johnson, a burglar, seized the moment to escape from a wheel cage and was recaptured after an hour with broad public effort.
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Do Smet
Chicago
Grace
St. Joseph's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Charles Johnson
Johnson
Frederick Douglass on Haiti and its future from Hayti interview
The New York Sun reports Frederick Douglass, U.S. minister to Haiti, returning from Port-au-Prince. He praises Haiti’s strong leadership under Hippolyte, notes an amiable but firm regime, and sees hope for the nation amid a tropical, industrious economy driven by coffee, mahogany, and logwood exports.
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New York Sun
Washington
Frederick Douglas
United States
Hayti
Douglass
Mayti
Jess
Ion
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Haytcan
Legitime
Hyppolite
America
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Pierre
South Dakota Agricultural College
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Wallace
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Union Pacffc
Tekoa
Wash
Ward
Wallaca
Union Pacific
Gardner
Holy, Mason, Marks & Co
Vailfing
Heiler House
White & Badler's General Store
McElroy & Vedder
McNabb & Livers
Telephone Exshangs
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Timothy Seud
Mooss Park
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