Opened Dakota lands unlock vast mineral frontier
The Sioux reservation sale will open about 11 million acres in Dakota for settlement and reveal rich mineral prospects in the Black Hills. Tin deposits near Martneys Peak attract investors as railroads near the region, with major firms and English capital taking interest and a new Oklahoma rush predicted. Leaders foresee rail access transforming mining and agriculture as development accelerates.
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Jack Hills
Custer
Black Hills
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Jenny
Sioux Reservation
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Missouri Valley Railroad
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Jlarney’s Peak
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Cornwall
England
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George Kret
Henry Clausen
Samuel Untermeyer
W York
Oklahoma
Chicago Geer Mills Sold to English Capital Syndicate
The Evening Sun reports Chicago brewery interests sold to a syndicate of English capitalists in a secret deal worth millions. Details remain known only to directly interested Chicago parties. The item sits amid other late August notices and races across several cities.
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Chicago
Cherokee Commission Halts Work Aug 19 Plans to Resume Sept 10
The Cherokee commission pauses operations until about Sept 10 to begin negotiations with the Chickasaws. Gen. Fairchild, chairman, travels to Milwaukee for the Grand Army encampment while Judge Wilson visits the Chickasaws and Chickasaws to study laws and customs. Expectation of November return to Cherokees for national council reply to government proposal.
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Musicoil
Chickasaws
Fairchild
Milwaukee
Grand Army of the Republic
Wilson
Arkansis
National Council
Explosion in Grand Street crockery store kills and injures
At 8 o'clock p m an escaped gas explosion in Thomas J Mc Cabe’s crockery store at 409 Grand Street New York killed one man and injured a dozen men women and children. Pieces of crockery and glass wounded bystanders including Morris Jacobs aged 17 who was near the shop.
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New York
Thomas J. McCabe
Grand Street
Morris Jacobs
Downpours and wrecks disrupt rail lines nationwide
Reports describe heavy washouts severing connection to Camden from Charleston South Carolina and damage along the Wilmington Augusta line. Wrecks in Ohio and Minneapolis cause injuries. Gashed crops and ruined rice threaten the Santee region while Dun’s Weekly notes trade and crop prospects improving with steady money, high earnings, and ongoing railroad strain.
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S. C
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Camden
Wilmington, Columbus
Augusta
Santee
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
North Dakota Constitutional Convention Adopts Public Institutions Article
In Bismarck on August 17 the convention approved the article locating public institutions and the capital in the constitution. Supporters clashed with filibusters but the measure passed 45 to 28 as crowds applauded. Other articles on waterways, wife property rights, public lands, and taxation were adopted or amended. Washington also reports brief adjournment and budget actions.
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N. D
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Wahpeton
Bartlett
Griggs
Johnson
Lakota
Ifenena, Mon
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Congress
Milwaukee Encampment Message From Pension Commissioner
Pension Commissioner Tanner writes to Commander Weissert about the national encampment expressing, I have not a doubt of the entire success and I shall certainly be there. The note is dated Milwaukee Wis August 19.
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Tanner
Weissert
Enlargement of the White House bill eyed by Cameron
Washington reports note Senator Cameron's push for expanding the White House influence and bringing chiefs of divisions under civil service classification. Observers expect the president to act favorably. Other items include harvest wage bids in Oregon, a 310 foot tree cut in Washington, and crop estimates for Minnesota and Dakota.
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Washington
United Press
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Executive Departments
Classification Service
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Iowa and Minnesota Dispatches Mix News in Briefs
Reports from Council Bluffs Lays out Crocker’s Iowa brigade plans for a September reunion at home. Mason City notes a Sandbagging of landowner O Harrow. Lis nonchalant robbers fled, he is gravely hurt. St Paul railroad cases urge Fond du Lac rail access. Lance Casey linked to Kracy burglary. Mary Lawler dies on Manitoba train. Dakota rifle contest results include executions of Lakes Cuarnes, Demerest, and Miller. Boston cruiser damage minor. Congressman Laird dies at 40. Salvation Army arrested in Valuna for street music without permit.
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O’harrow
Vincent
Tie
Lis
O'Harrow
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Marshall
James Casey
Chris Larson
Kracy
St. Paul
Mary Lawler
Eleventh Street
Minneapolis
Manitoba
Como
Department of Dakota
Proposed West and East Wings for White House Expansion
Senator Cameron plans to introduce a bill to extend the White House with east and west wings to enlarge family living space while preserving the building's historic exterior. The proposal lacks detailed plans and would follow Mrs. Harrison's preferences for design.
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Harrison
Laird death mystery and naval trial news items
Autopsy on late congressman Laird shows brain remains healthy. Death attributed by physicians to blood poisoning after recent operation, with cause still unclear. Cruiser Charleston undergoes a nonofficial trial off San Francisco with revised machinery settings. officials call it satisfactory. Randall confined to bed by rheumatism but improving at Wallingford home. Minnesota editorial excursion ends in St Paul as party returns from Chicago. Walter Asburg, known as Berram, lynched near Pooler Georgia for assault on 17 year old Lulu Kissman.
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Here
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