Dakota Legislature Elects C X Seward Speaker
The second South Dakota general assembly convened in Pierre. Independents and Democrats backed C X Seward of Watertown for speaker with 62 votes. R Buchanan of Sioux Falls trailed. Senate organization followed with officers elected and Gov Mellette presenting the inaugural message urging retrenchment and a stricter revenue code. The message details state finances, appropriations, and proposed reforms to public institutions and taxation.
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C. X. Seward
Watertown
Gov. Mellotte
Pierre
General Assembly
South Dakota
House
Landis
Beach
Clark
Kellini
Supreme Wench
R. Buchanan
Sioux Falls
OG. X. Seward
Forspeaker
Seward
Buchanan UI
Levery
Goddard
Fall River
Reese
Charles Mix
Sewird
Norton
Minnohiha
C. W.cone
Brule
Kippe
Brookings
W. W. Eastman
Beadle
Cone
Senate
Corson
Hoffman
Chaplain Brown
Melville
CG .N. Cooper
Dixon
Hamlin
L. H. Goodfellow
Cooper
Goodfellow
Schmid
Bon Homme
Horton
Campbell
Wickem
Sianson
J. R. Howell
Walworth
John I. Nolan
Hanson
Howell
Peterman
Turner
Hurches
Johns& Wells
Edmunds
Miller
P. J. Bentz
Sanborn
Henry Schhertz
Bill
Bentz
Mor
T. Box
Yankton
Mr. Wilson
Union
Box
EF. D. Powers
Davison
Daniel Carry
McCook
Powers
Frank Lillibridge
Hughes
Carl. ©. Graide
Minnehaha
D. Curtiss
Codington
Edward Brown
Wingsbury
John Brown
J. H. Waldron
Thad Fuller
Irwin Yarnell
Fertility of Iowa Yields 125 Bushels Per Acre in Jones County
Des Moines January 6 reports a Jones county farmer winning a prize for the greatest corn yield on an acre using only clover and barnyard manure. Thirty-eight entered, but severe drought reduced reports. eight finished with measurable bushels. J D Belknap of Jones county claimed 125 63 bu for first prize of 100 in gold and a thoroughbred bull. W R Knock of Smithfield Illinois took second with 876 7 bu and a high grade horned heifer.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jones County
Henry Wallace
Orient
Minnesota
Missouri
Illinois
J. D. Belknap
W. R. Knock
Fulton County
W. K. Scandrett
Pottawattamie County
John Bock
Jackson County
Loren Carlson
Shelby County
Towa
A. Lane
Boone County
W. E. Tisdale
Monona County
Jasper Grout
Smithfield
Free Delivery Affects Towns Over Five Thousand in Midwest
Washington report notes post offices receipts of five thousand or more trigger free delivery under a Senate approved bill. Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska towns listed with last fiscal year revenues include Atlantic Shenandoah Carroll Vinton Washington Cedar Falls Waverly Centerville Webster City Chariton Aberdeen Charles City Deadwood Mitchell Clarinda Pierre Emmetsburg Rapid City Bairfield Watertown Fort Dodge Yankton Grinnell Broken Bow Le Mars Chadron Lyons Columbus McGregor Crete Manchester Holdrege Marion McCook Norfolk Mount Pleasant Newton Plattsmouth Red Oak and others. The House committee expects quick action once hearings are secured.
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Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Washington
House Committee On
Post Offices
Senate
Bingham
House Committee
House
Postoffice Committee
Atlantic
Shenandoah Boone
Vinton
Carroll
Cedar Falls
Waverly
Centerville
Webster City
Chariton
Aberdeen
Charles City
Deadwood
Cherokee
Mitchell Clarinda
Pierre
Emmetsburg
Rapid City
Bairfield
Watertown
Fort Dodge
Yankton Grinnell
Broken Bow
LeMars
Chadron
Lyons
Columbus
McGregor
Crete
Manchester
Fairbury Maquarie
Holdredg
Marion
McCook Mason C
Norfolk
Mount Pie
North Pl
Newton
Plattsmouth
Red Oak
Kansas Crops In Fine Condition Reported
Kansas reports from nearly all counties indicate winter crops are in fine condition. Secretary Mohler notes a beneficial 20 percent boost from recent heavy snows, with Salina Reno McPherson etc. showing record averages. Western districts faced Hessian fly risk, but moisture now helps protect crops.
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VoreKa
Kan
Mohler
Agricultural Department
Kansas
Salina
Reno
McPherson
Montreal Millinery Firm Assigns Under Liabilities
The wholesale millinery house of J A Patterson and Co to be assigned in Montreal with liabilities around 25000 dollars and unknown assets as creditors are largely foreign. In Boston Nathan Schloss tobacconist also assigns with liabilities about 40000 dollars.
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Montreal
J.A. Patterson & Co
Boston
Nathan Schloss
Forsythe murder trial verdict in Macon Georgia
In Macon on January 6 the Forsythe murder trial jury found Luther A Hall Charles Clements and Wright Lancaster guilty of conspiracy and murder Louis Knight and John K Clark guilty of conspiracy James Moore found not guilty The jury recommended life imprisonment for the first three defendants In California the legislature continued in biennial session Saluting for United States senator will be on Wednesday
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Macon, Ga
Forsythe
Luther A. Hall
Charles Clements
Wright Lancaster
Louis Knight
John K. Clark
James Moore
California
Sacramento
United States
Exoduster plans big move toward Oklahoma heaven
Rev. H. T. Foster a colored auditor candidate travels from Kansas City with about 100 Mississippi colored evacuees aiming for Hen nessy Oklahoma. He predicts a large exodus within sixty days to a land offering political freedom and open labor lands with Cheyenne Arapahoe and Towa openings in February attracting migrants.
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Mississippi
Oklahoma
Toreka
Kan
H. T. Foster
Peoples’ Party
Kansas City
Kemper County
Miss
Hennessy
Foster
Cheyenne
Arapahoe
Towa
Emma Abbott Dies in Salt Lake City Morning
Col J T West reports Emma Abbott died in Salt Lake City this morning. Embalming planned and body to be sent to Chicago. Born in Chicago 1851 she pursued stage study from 1869, studied in New York Milan and Paris, debuted at Drury Lane London in 1873, and then performed in English opera in the U S for about fifteen years. Married 1875 to Charles Pratt, her manager until his death about two years ago. She appeared in about forty eight operas, notably Martha Miznon Rose of Castile and Faust.
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Salt Lake
Emma Abbott
Minneapolis
Dan
J.T. West
Emma Abbot
Salt Lake City
Chicago
New York
Milan
Paris
Drury Lane Theater
London
Mapelson
Europe
Chas. Pratt
Martha
Miznon
Faust
Bank Treasurer Steals Over Time In Stockbridge
Charles Willis, fifteen years treasurer of Stockbridge Savings Bank, defrauded the bank of at least $23,300, with losses potentially surpassing $25,000. He allegedly carried out regular small thefts for twelve to thirteen years, approving deposits of $500 as $400 on the books to cover up the scheme. Detective Band Examiner E P Chapin uncovered the fraud after Willis confessed. Willis will plead guilty and is bonded for $25,000. bondsmen Charles C Callender and J M Van Duesen bear any losses.
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Ife
Mount Showman
Solue Commission
State Insurance Department
Muking
Hinton Vo Uiese
Agricultural Society
Boards of Health
Board of Management
Gav. Mellette
Livingstone
Sioux Falls
Rich
Reform School
Leis
Hot Springs
University of Dakota
Madison Normal School
Spearfish Normal School
Black Hills
School of Mines
Ttia
Tate
State School For
Ulm
Unnt
Labor and Statistics
Friends of Temperance
Supreme Court of the
United States
Massachusetts Savings Bank
Stockbridge
Mass
Charles Willis
Stockbridge Savings Bank
Willis
E. P. Chapin
Springfield
Charles C. Callender
J. M. van Duesen
Southern Progress Growth in the South Past Ten Years
The Tradesman compiles official figures showing 19.9 percent population growth to 17,550,520 in the southern states over ten years. Whites rise 26.2 percent, colored 10 percent, with northern-born in the South at 475,930. Manufacturing totals, debt, and farm output detailed, including 334 cotton mills and $8,091,936,833 in cotton value. education for negros totals and school enrollment noted.
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Cnat Tanoogaa
Tenn
South
Maine Prison Run by Favored Inmate Stirs Outcry
A Maine state prison at Thomaston is described as controlled by W. E. Gould, a Portland defaulter once jailed for $180,000 embezzlement. Gould, once a church leader and Neal Dow son-in-law, now effectively manages accounts and writes reports as prison rules bend to his favor. In separate items, William S. Haynes’s pork and commission business faces assignment, and Delman & Co. appraisers place assets at $301,000 with liabilities around $1,040,000.
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Maine
Boston
Mass
Thomaston
W. E. Gould
Portland
Gould
Neal Dow
First National Bank
Bean
Col. Allen
Moses
New York
Wm. S. Haynes
J. A. Worth
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Meadville
Delman & Co
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