Uniform Cable Code Adopted After January First
An international effort will mandate a single uniform code for cable and telegraph usage by January 1. US traders and foreign firms will be required to use the Berne standard, with a 250 100 word vocabulary in seven languages. The US cable companies have not yet accepted it.
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America
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Represer Veroments
Paris
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Budapest
United States
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Internstions Uni
Solons Guard Senate Vacancy Amidst Assembly Clash
In the rotunda on March 2, 1897, only one Senate seat will be filled until January 1, 1899 when the next Legislature may convene. The newly installed Republican in the House, Dunisy, failed to qualify, and Republicans used quorum-breaking tactics. Lieut Gov Worthingoon ruled that seventy members are needed for a valid Senate quorum, excluding certain members.
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Frank
Senate
Hill on the Cuban War Senate clash over intervention
New York Senator Hill denounced resolutions as mercenary and urged against pretended aims of protecting legitimate interests. Senator Sherman defended the measures as Spain faced renewed criticism amid the ongoing Cuban debate in the Senate. The session opened with routine matters before Hill challenged the conference report and the language about protecting citizens by intervention.
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New York
Senate
Sherman
Hill
Spain
Wergler
United d
Buncombe
Mr. Hill
New York Passes Raines Excise Bill Restricting Liquor Traffic
The Raines excise bill moves liquor control to the state, abolishes local licenses, creates a state commission with inspectors, and sets new license rates. Night sales and Sunday liquor sales are banned except in hotels with meals, with strict location limits near churches and schools. Revenue share favors the state, with anticipated saloon reductions and higher state revenue.
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New York
Albarr
Te GH
New York City
Brooklin
Raines
Renee Bill
Protesters condemn statue removal in Cuba case
The report describes protests and legal actions related to a statue incident. Prosecutors have indicted individuals with key counts and a focus on national symbols and government reception. The conflict centers on authorities and demonstrators in a charged political dispute.
Knutson challenges well deed as unconstitutional act
Brule County officials sought a deed to land with Torrey Lake town’s shallow artesian well. Knutson claims ownership of the well and vows to irrigate his farm, while county judge Dewey refused title transfer, citing unconstitutionality. A separate tragedy reports a two year old boy’s death by fire after an accidental stove incident at a Centerville area home.
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Brule
Mr. Knutson
Som
Merman Kropnenske
Centerville
Safe Cracked at Mar Field Grain and Lumber Office
Burglars drilled a hole in front of the safe combination and opened it with a paper, taking about 1.18 in pennies and a few papers. The money was all in the safe and there was no bank nearby. Investigators have no clues yet.
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Marfield Grain and Lumber Office
Timber Culture Entries Rule Changes at Mitchell
A land office ruling from Washington states timber culture entries after September 15, 3677 must be proved like homestead filings, excluding entries prior to that date. Separately, H S Woodworth, jailed in Hot Springs after an Ardmore arrest, advertised a fraudulent mail system for playing cards. In Brookings, students fired a cannon in salute to Prof. Shepard, expressing goodwill upon his return from abroad.
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Land Office
Mitchell
General Land Office
Washington
H. Ss. Woodworth
United States
Omaha
Ardmore
Bray
Hot Springs
Woodworth
Wind Cave Contest Seeks Agricultural or Mineral Entry
A land office dispute at Rapid City hinges on how the Wind Cave property seven miles north of Hot Springs should be entered. The South Dakota Mining and Milling Company sues Jesse D. McDonald over the land classification in a contest case. The outcome will determine the land’s designation as agricultural or mineral.
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Wind Cave
Hot Springs
United States Land Office
Rapid City
South Dakota Mining and Milling Company
Agaist
Jesse D. McDonald
Tax Indian Allotments Bill Faces Favorable Committee Report
Representative Gambie wins committee support for his bill to tax lands allotted to Indians equal to nearby settlers with the state covering tax for twenty five years. McBride Brings Suit against Mitchell residents over Mail Office destruction seeking 325000 in damages. Thirty days granted to answer. Colonel Holt, famed temperance lecturer, egged by town youths after harsh remarks at Eik Point.
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Gambie
McBride
Miller
Plankinton
Aurora County
Mitchell
Sher
Colonel Holt
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Coryell Seeks Pay for Russian Thistle Extermination Plan
A. Coryell of Rolla Missouri writes the secretary of state claiming a certain and never failing plan to exterminate Russian thistle. He offers to reveal the method for a price and has tried to sell it to the states post. The notice mentions a fiery incident with an elevator burned and a grain loss in unclear context.
Burleigh Pioneer Politician Dies in Yankton
W A Burleigh a prominent pioneer politician died in Yankton at 76 after a paralytic illness of over three years. He served two terms in Congress with Lincoln era figures and helped shape Dakota and Montana governance while also owning a steamboat and acting as a government contractor.
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W. A. Burleigh
Yankton
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Schuster Colfax
Ben Wade
Zach Chandler
Simon Cameron
Roscoe Conkling
Thaddeus Levens
John Coyveda
John Shermen
Dr. Burleigh
Dakota
Lincoln
Montana
Scotland Fair Association elects officers in SD
At a Scotland meeting of the Southern South Dakota Fair Reeosnue directors, E. T. Sweet was chosen president, Frank Burkenbine vice president, A. P. Bliss Starr, J. H. Spannarel general superintendent, C. C. Kin treasurer. No date fixed for the fair. monthly summer entertainments are planned starting likely in May.
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Scotland
Steamer Last Chance Released by Federal Court
By order of the federal court at Chamberlain the steamer Last Chance has been released from U S marshal custody. The action by the county treasurer against the steamer owners for delinquent taxes will be submitted for trial and settlement before Judge Smith at the June term of court.
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Chamberlain
Died at Sioux City E Bullock prominent Madison citizen
E Bullock a prominent Madison citizen died at the Exchange Hotel in Sioux City from dropsy at age 7 years He left Madison weeks ago intending to go south and stayed over Sunday for treatment He was uncle of Mrs W W Jones of the Exchange Hotel
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Sioux City
E. Bullock
Exchange Hotel
Discovery of Large Fuller’s Earth Deposit Near Rapid City
A significant find of Fuller’s earth was reported three and a half miles south of Rapid City. The formation extends over five feet in thickness and appears superior in quality. Fuller’s earth is used to clarify fats and oils and has a commercial value around a dollar per ton.
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Seabury
Calkins
Spruce Gulch
Rapid City
Racing Accident Near Elx Point Leaves Rider Critical
Two racing bays south of Elx Point collided when a horse fell, throwing the rider son of John P. Smith to the ground unconscious and in critical condition. Attending physician hopes for a favorable result. James O Connor arrested at Edgemont by Deputy U S Marshal Bray for sending obscene matter through the mails. O Connor described as a notorious crook with prior penitentiary time in Illinois and Wyong.
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Elx Point
John P. Smith
James O'Connor
United States
Bray
Edgemont
O'Connor
Lllinois
Wyong Penitentiaries
Various World A notices and oddities from 19th century papers
A collage of short items reports New York debt interest, a Moscow library search, giant cattle horns, pneumatic ship propulsion ideas, a Paris society prize, a 90 year old groom in Meriden, evaporated potatoes, a Hungary millennium tower plan, Vienna bike exams, Elizabeth town civic patriotism, and a London Chronicle metaphor find.
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New York
Blackwater
New Convo
Marshall
Baltimore
Brooklyn
United States
Paci
Ma Eade
Riverlead
Lewis Gorsline
Ithaca
Michigan
Gorsline
Kremlin
Moscow
Ivan IV
the Terrible
Providence
R. I
Fleu
Paris
Dubufe
Rohes
Yvette Guilbert
Atrique
Metropolitan Opera-House
Admiralty
Chatham
England
Meriden
Conn
Minnesota
Hungary
Albert Huss
Buda Pes
Vienna
Austria
Elizabethtown
The
London Chronicle
France in crisis and a noted art scene described
The piece surveys France amid crisis, mentions M. Pej and a Northern gallery, notes Dosso’s work and a Jester photograph, and cites a Ry census showing high male voting but low turnout. It discusses Maine lumber, logs, bark, and winter logistics with a hint of snow impact on crops.
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France
Ini
Angthey
M. Pej
Couts Zens
Modeng Yy
Herson
Ferra
Pying Si
Dosso
Jos
Tograph
Maine
Cannibal Plants Show Differing Diet Effects
A Cincinnati Enquirer summary notes experiments on Venus flytraps and related carnivorous plants. One group fed meat juice produced 168 fruits across across varieties, while another group with standard diet yielded 74, suggesting diet influences plant development. The piece discusses Darwinian ideas and contrasts meat-fed and normal plants.
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Darwin
Yeman
Cinnati Enquirer
Two Famous Men and a Scottish Interlude
The Rev. Thomas Alexander, a Chelsea based Presbyterian minister, sought access to Carlyle. In King's Road he met the philosopher and greeted him. They became friends. Alexander later asked Carlyle for a subscription to a ward school building fund, Carlyle refused, and Alexander threatened to sell his poetry to a publisher if five pounds were not sent.
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Thomas Alexander
Chelsea
Scot
Carlyle
King’s Road
Ul Sage
Thomas
Alexander
Lyle
Fragmented Social Bulletin Story of Barber and Doctors
An odd Social Bulletin piece recalls a barber tale about a medical staffer who jokes during a procedure about busts of doctors. The narrative weaves a memory of past fashions and lines, ending with a mother recounting stories about her baby and reactions.
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Marple
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Beadle County
Redmond & Fitzgerald
Nathan Johnsons
Sherif Strinff
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Oraoce
Dakota University
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Ed. S. Whittaker
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James Smith
Fiandis
Andrew Erickson
Partus Lareengen
Joe Smith
Charles Mix County
Yas Lion
Geo. Fry
Fry
Helen Smith
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