Montana's Row Opens With Quorum Fight In Legislature
Helena reports a chaotic Montana House session as Democrats withdraw leaving no quorum. Auditor Cook refuses to swear in Hamilton amid a competing writ, while Republicans elect temporary officers and adjourn. Democrats aim to form a 28 member majority with Hamilton sworn later.
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Helena
Mon
Montana
House
Hamilton
Chateau
Supreme Court
Hammilton
Leech
Cook
Colorado Legislature Faces Row Over Organization
Denver reports indicate a partisan clash as Republicans hold a slim House majority while Populists and Democrats cite pledges to organize the chamber when called to order. Senate power dynamics promise sharp contest with rumors of cross-party combinations and possible Democratic alignment. Minister Hannibal Price dies in New York at 51 after typhoid relapse. In Tennessee, the legislature convenes with a heated race for U.S. senator and Governor Turner’s inauguration pending.
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Denver
House
Senate
Minister Price
New York
Hannibal Price
Lafayette
Brooklyn
Price Wasl¢n
Hayt End
Lhe
Bute Nasuvier
Tenn
Turner
Unite States
Acce
Wiliam B. Bate
Bate
Relali
Rover L. Taylor
Prosperity Shown The North Dakota Agriculture and Labor Report
The biennial report shows $2 322 000 worth of raw material used by manufacturers to produce $8 134 000 of finished goods with flour mills making about four fifths of these amounts. It notes $1 400 000 invested in the industry, mills paying $356 000 to 1 000 workers, average daily wages of $2.27, and 15 000 farm hands employed costing about $3 500 000 plus female labor paid $340 000. Wheat yields in 1891 were 58 800 000 bushels with an estimated 35 800 000 for 1892, and average yields listed. Insurance shows fire risks $1 511.80 cost $67 464.15 premiums with $36 163.01 losses paid. life and other policies carried $5 714 728 in coverage, $261 213 in premiums, and $92 125 paid to beneficiaries.
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Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor
Bismarck
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North Dakota
Commissioner of Insurance
Train wreck near Buckley ends with no fatalities
West bound Northern Pacific passenger engine jumped the track a mile below Buckley Washington rolled down a forty foot embankment. Express and mail cars followed. no lives were lost and the mail was saved. Also reported December coinage totals and a note on former prime minister Abbott's worsening health in Europe.
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Northern Pacitc
Tacoma
Wash
Northern Pacific
Buckley
Cascade Junction
Des Moines Census Shows Rural Decline and Urban Rise
Iowa figures from state labor department contrast with federal counts, noting a statewide shift to urban living. Most counties report rural population drops while urban residents grow. Johnson county is the lone exception showing city decline.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Porter
National Census Bureau
Towa
Sovereign
Johnson County
Trouble Brews Over Land Dispute and Local Incidents
Briefs report Shoshone Arapaho tensions in Northern Wyoming with no anticipated trouble. A lynching overpowers a sheriff in Tennessee, and Rochester faction names Edward Murphy Jr. as senator. Inkster and Conway wheat shipments surge. advertisements promote Hood's Sarsaparilla and Castoria products.
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Wyoming
Lander, Wy
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