Opening of Constitutional Conventions in Sioux Falls
Seventy five delegates attended the first day in Sioux Falls with Judge A J Edgerton elected president and W Caldwell named temporary secretary. A five member rules committee was appointed to set the convention’s procedures and joint committee size with North Dakota was referred to the rules panel. The body adjourned until the next day.
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Sioux Fall
Thomas
Davies
Anderson
Clough
Coats
Deadwood
Tripp
Sioux Falls
A J. Edgerton
Spooner
van Buskirk
Take
W. Caldwell
Col. Jolly
Clay
Jolly
Wood
Humprey
Young
van Tassel
North Dakota
Committee On
Caldwell
Temporary Organization Elected For North Dakota Convention
In Bismarck on July 5 a grand parade preceded the constitutional convention opening. B. F. Fancher of Jamestown was chosen president of the temporary organization, with J. A. Rea of Bismarck secretary and R. M. Tuttle of Mandan as stenographer. The assembly adjourned to reconvene next morning.
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I. Fancher
Bismarck
North Dakota
Combine
State Capitol
Court House
Fancher
Jamestown
Yates
Lincoln
Maj
Powell
G. A. R. Post
Sitting Bull
Capitol
Richardson
Anderson
Bismark
B. F. Fancher
J. A. Rea
R. M. Tuttle
Mandan
Constitutional Conventions Open in Montana and Washington
In Olympia Washington the territorial secretary opened the convention with most delegates present. James Z Moore nominated for temporary chairman and elected unanimously. Allen Weir named temporary secretary. Messages from the Bismarck and Sioux Falls conventions read. In Helena Montana L A Walker opened the convention and 68 of 75 delegates answered roll. Joseph Toole elected temporary president with a strong speech. William H Todd chosen temporary clerk. Adjourned for day.
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Olympia
Wash
Capitol
P. Hoyt
Seattle
James Z. Moore
Spokane Falls
Allen Weir
Port Townsend
Fancher
Bismarck
Edgerton
Sioux Falls
Hemna
Mont
L. A. Walker
Territory
Joseph Toole
Helena
Congress
Toole
William H. Todd
Fort Benton
Various World and Local News Items Include Rail, Law and Society
Reading Ironworks sale to William P Bard for 150500, Parnell commission adjourns August 9 with closing speeches, Reading and railroad dealings, Postmaster General Wanamaker questions mail moves on Sunday, elevated trains cut as 80000 New Yorkers are away, Blaine party to Bar Harbor, Irish Land League leader sold railroad contracts to a Chicago syndicate, Cotton Seed Oil Co buys Texas mills, sailor fined in Liverpool for bogus seamen, Guatemala consul libel suit damages 50000, Czarevitch and Princess Maud of Wales marriage talked, Milwaukee replevin suit over goods worth 2258.68, Goodyear Rubber Co assigns, Manitoba subsidy request for Winnipeg and Southwestern Railway, Fourth of July accident in Madison injures veteran artilleryman, Pittsburg medal framing note for Governor Beaver, Burke extradition case proceedings in Winnipeg.
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Harrison
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St. Louis
Sturgis
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American Cotton Seed Oil Company of
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Texas
Secretary of State
Jacob Baiz
Guatemala
J. H. Holland
Edilof
Guatemala Star
Czarevitch
Princess Maud of Wales
Princess of Wales
Milwaukee
John F. Burnham
John Wanamaker
T. B. Wanamaker
Robert C. Ogden
Philadelphia
F. Steinkirchner
Smallest Wheat Supply In Years In Midwest Region
Special reports to Bradstreet's show 8 000 000 bushels of wheat at Minneapolis St Paul Milwaukee Duluth and interior elevators in Minnesota and Dakota compared with 10 750 000 a month ago 17 808 000 a year ago and 19 790 000 two years ago London Docks Destroyed London Russia dock and Thames docks were destroyed by fire including timber sheds timber and seven barges no loss is £60 000 Killed Sheriff and Deputy Kirbyville Mo July 8 During the Fourth celebration the Miles brothers shot and killed Sheriff O E Bronson and Deputy Ed Frink of Taney county The Miles brothers are under indictment for the murder of Capt Nat Kinney at Forsyth last August They were armed and fired when ordered to disarm Tramps Injure Officers Reading Pa July In a fight with tramps stealing a ride two special officers were badly hurt Saucher shot Wartman leg injury may cost him his mobility.
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Jim
O. E. Bronson
Taney County
Frink
Miles Boys
Nat Kinney
Forsyth
Reading
Moncacy Station
Joseph RK
Kaucher
George Wartman
Reading Railroad Company
Saucher
Wartman
Wartiman
Spirited North State Convention Ended in Alliance Victory
Sioux Falls July 8 delegates sworn in at last session with Judge Thomas of Deadwood abstaining. Republican officers elected. Democrats nominated party candidates. United States Constitution adopted as part of the state constitution. Price of Hyde urges commission to resolve two standard parallels with North Dakota to avoid future dispute.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Judge Thomas
Deadwood
Bismarck
N. D
Olympia
Wash
F. A. Burdick
Yankton
Jolby
Clay
Committee On
North Dakota
Price
Hyde
United States Government
Surveyor General's Office
Alliance and Republicans nominate Fancher for presidency
At Bismarck the constitutional convention chose Fancher of Jamestown as permanent president by a party vote 52 to 17 over Judge Carland with six absent. Fancher thanked the body and pledged help in framing a constitution. Other conventions met in Montana Idaho and Washington with modest agendas and statehood zeal. Norquay dies in Winnipeg heart disease ending a long political era.
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Carland
Bismarck
N. D
Fancher
Camp
Jamestown
Purcell
Richland
Alliance
Bartlett
Dickey
Messrs. Williams
Parsons
Turner
Allen
Stevens
Johnson
Committee of Rules
White Ghosts Friendly Stance Amid Sioux Bill Talks
Crow Creek Agency reports Chief White Ghost of the Crow Creek people is friendly to the Sioux bill though not yet pledging signature. Gen Crook held talks, council to begin Monday with relocation plans for Luther College debated in Decorah and St Paul. North Dakota Republicans set August 21 Fargo convention for state ticket nomination.
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White Ghost
Chamberlain
Crow Creek Agency
Gen. Crook
8. D
Sioux Commission
North Dakota
Bismarck
N. D
Republican Central Committee
Fargo
Unpleasant Entertainment on Mississippi Train Raid
Northern visitors aboard a Mobile and Ohio line train near Meridian suffered a fusillade as four black men, former Meridian residents now in St Louis, were seized by a lynch mob. Passengers were forced to lie on floors while shots shattered windows and the crowd removed the men at Meridian amid threats of lynching.
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Mississippi
New Orlans
Mobile and Ohio
Meridian
St. Louis
Meredian
Fourteen Prisoners Brought by Deputy Marshal to Fort Smith
Fort Smith Arkansas July 8 Deputy Marshal John Swayne arrived from the Chickasaw mountains with fourteen prisoners. Four are dead and another is near death. One victim Cornelius Walker had thirteen bullet wounds and killed a posse member named Williams who died the next day. Swayne returned fire and shot Walker thirteen times before he fell.
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Fort Smith
Ark
John Swayne
Chickasaw Mountains
Cornelius Walker
Paul's Alley
Williams
Swayne
Walker
World Sunday School Convention to Meet in America
The World Sunday school convention has decided to hold the next gathering in America in 1893. The exact location and date are to be determined by the committee.
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America
London
World Sunday School
Real Estate Boom Promised by State Changes and Rail Projects
Statehood and capital location, opening of the Sioux Reservation, and new railroad lines are predicted to raise land values rapidly. The notice urges buyers to act now and request a free map, pamphlet, and price list of lands for sale from James 5 Foster.
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Statehood
James 5
Foster
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