South Dakota ad for admission and state progress highlighted
Condensed report details South Dakota’s early state government efficiency, debt refinancing, school growth, land endowment, and natural resources. It notes population, teachers, school buildings, and lands, plus public health measures and drought irrigation. A New York Suns excerpt follows a Nebraskan populist defection, recounting a long property dispute involving Gen. Van Wyck and the Davises culminating in a verdict awarding $1,440.
Van Wyck Must Pay Back in Nebraska Case
Ex congressman and ex governor candidate Charles H. Van Wyck faced a village court in Bloomingburg, New York, over a decades old business dispute tied to William Davis and the Davis Hotel. The lawsuit arose from loans and a store purchase connected to old stagecoach era dealings and a mortgage on hotel property.
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Nebraska
Goshen, Inc
United States
Charles H. van Wyck
Brown
Davis Hotel
Bloomingburg
Sullivan County
William Davis
van Wyck
Davis
Depositors likely to be paid in full at Capital National bank
Bradstreet's Agency at Omaha reports the Capital National bank of Lincoln can probably meet all depositor claims but stockholders must cover 25 to 50 percent. Also notes deaths and criminal cases including Col. Jonathan Kimball's passing, Mrs Nettie Grace's murder charge, a National party meeting in New York, and a collision near Eagle Gorge with one death.
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Bradstreet
Lincoln Bank
Omaha
Capital National Bank of Lincoln
Adverse actions in Congress and Indian affairs
Washington January 25. The house committee on Military affairs ordered an adverse report on a bill to grant the Fort Randall military reservation to South Dakota. Senator Pettigrew was authorized to favorably report a bill moving Lower Brule Indians to Rosebud agency. Also: Roowoop Far, Minnesota, reports voluntary assignment by G M Brand & Bros dry goods of Fairfax. Assets expected to exceed liabilities, blamed on creditors after Bank of Fairfax failure.
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Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
Fort Randall
South Dakota
Senator Pettigrew
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Lower Brule
Rosebud
Roowoop
Sunday Opening Yet Unclear for World Fair
The World’s Columbian Exposition committee debated Sunday opening for hours without securing a clear majority. Some members support partial Sunday access to art galleries and religious services, while others resist risking religious opposition and revenue loss. A week adjournment followed amid ongoing, close-cut votes and letters from supporters and opponents. The scene included figures like Rep Houk and mentions of a possible bias toward modified opening.
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Congress
Durborrow
Houk
Ohio
Higginbotham
Fred Douglass
Franklin congressman Goodnight gravely ill in Kentucky
Franklin Ky Jan 23 state congressman L H Goodnight from the Third district is very ill and doctors fear he cannot recover. He returned from Washington last summer in poor health and has been ill since. A sudden relapse Saturday limits visitors as he suffers an enlarged liver.
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Franklin, Ky
L.H. Goodnight
Mr. Goodnight
Washington
Diphtheria Rages Through Champion County Townships
Diphtheria has gained a terrible foothold in the upper end of Champion county with sixty cases and a dozen deaths reported. Public funerals are noted as the disease spreads through several townships in Bethlehem area.
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Bethlehem
Champion County
Mr Blaine’s Worsening Health Dims Recovery Hopes
Washington January 25 Dr Johnston reports Mr Blaine remains largely unconscious after a week. He slept well but showed no strength gain or sign of recovery. A family relative says he has not spoken in a week yet his condition is not deemed critical and there is no immediate dissolution feared.
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Washington
Blaine
Dr. Johnston
Mr. Blaine
Only Yields to Force The Khedive Response to Cromer Threat
The Cairo dispatch says the khedive shows no sign of yielding to British pressure, replying that he yields to force. Deputations from provinces bolster opposition to England, flattering the khedive. In Paris the British action in Egypt spurs calls to vindicate French rights and oppose occupation.
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Lord Cromer
London
Cairo
England
Paris
Egypt
Great Britain
France
War seems imminent says German statesman in Berlin
During a budget debate Robert von Kendall, once ambassador to Italy, argued that Caprivi's utterances and power relations indicate war is more imminent now than in the past twenty years. He warned that the conflict could not be deferred much beyond 1894.
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Berlin
Robert von Kendall
Italy
von Caprivi
Skeletons Unearthed Near Idaho Line Reveal 1879 Immigrant Mass
From Missouri, Mont on January 25 a report states that remains of whites and Indians found near the Idaho line belong to a 1879 emigrant party killed by the Nez Perces. The Ohio travelers were en route to a Montana placer field. Convicts uncovered the bones, now held by state authorities as investigations continue.
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Missoula
Mont
Idaho Line
Nez Perces
Ohio
Placer
Bayard likely secretary of state in Cleveland cabinet
New York dispatches report Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware being approached to serve as secretary of state in Mr. Cleveland's forthcoming administration. The Press notes Cleveland aims to reform the tariff, needing trusted aides to handle foreign affairs, with Bayard favored for quick entry. The Sun adds Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland met W. C. Whitney to patch Montana Democrats over a split that could jeopardize a seat.
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New York
Thomas F. Bayard
Lakewood
Cleveland
Delaware
Bayard
the Sun
Washington
Capitol
The
Evening Sun
Arthur P. Gorman
Maryland
Senate
W. C. Whitney
Montana
Silver State
Gorman
England plans full channel squadron for Columbian fair
The Times reports official naval circles indicate England would send the entire channel squadron to accompany the Prince of Wales if he visits the Columbian fair. The plan aims to showcase naval strength at the Columbian naval review.
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London
the Times
England
Separate votes for senator in Republican and Populist houses
In Topeka Kansas the legislature held a noon ballot for United States senator. Republican and Populist houses split the roll call with Ady leading the Republican caucus, while Populists backed Breidenthal and Doster, and the senate totals show Populist strength. All candidates are Populists.
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Torrka
Kan
United States
Republican House
Joseph W. Ady
Republican Caucus
B. W. Perkins
Edward Carroll
Edward O'Brien
Senate
Ady
John W. Martin
McCleverty
King
Doster
Breidenthal
Beridenthal
Martin
Scattering
Democrats at Madison Fail To Pick US Senator In Cacus
Madison Wis Jan 25 No ballot for United States senator was taken at the morning session of the legislature a recess was taken until after the Democratic caucus at 2 30 The caucus met and at once got into a tangle which is not likely to be straightened out for some time
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Madison
Wis
United States
Death of Justice Lamar Shocks Court in Washington
The Supreme Court adjourned after announcing the death of Associate Justice Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar in Macon Georgia. The long serving statesman and jurist had a storied career from Mississippi politics to the U S Senate and secretary of the interior before his appointment to the high court. He had recently seemed to be improving before his passing.
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Supreme Court
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Gray
Brown
Lamar
South
Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Lamar
Justice Lamar
Georgia
Putnam County
Oxford
Miss
Emory College
Macon
Mississippi University
Covington
Mr. Lamar
Mississippi
Lafayette
Congress
Nineteenth
Russia
University of Mississippi
United States
Senate
Interior
Cleveland
L. Q. C. Lamar
Woods
Longstreet
Williams. Holt
Bright
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