Proclamation Opens Oklahoma Territory Forty Days Away
The president signed the Oklahoma proclamation, opening the territory to settlement in about thirty days. State department officials say the text will be public tomorrow. Boomers who vanished from claims have returned as soldiers withdraw, flooding Purcell and the border with hopeful settlers and prospectors amid tense crowds and widespread anticipation.
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Washington
Oklahoma
State Department
Wichita
Kan
Oklahoma City
Purcell
Harrison
Secret League of Boomers Threatens Informers
Wichita Kansas, March 25. Prospec tors who have recently arrived take names of those who violated land filing rules and plan to appear against them to defeat claims. An old man says nearly 1000 old boomers form a band and will kill informants who try to dispossess them. The league is secret, growing, and serious.
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Wichita
Kan
Hyppolite's War Steamer Evades Capture En Route to Hayti
Off New York March 25 the gunboat Conserva, formerly the American Madrid, sailed in fog and fled unseen. Report says Leoncio Julia, the Dominican consul, funded by Gen Hyppolite, bought the vessel for Haytien insurgents. If afloat, she may reach Samana in about a week carrying coal ballast and no cargo, with guns to be loaded later.
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Hyppolite
Hayti
New York
Conserva
Madrid
Preston
Leoncio Julia
Haytien
Samana
Bamana
Cleveland Ex President Enthusiastically Welcomed at Key West
Ex President Cleveland and party arrived from Tampa on the Oli vette in Key West to an enthusiastic reception. The mayor and citizens greeted them ashore as cannons boomed and bands played. The visitors toured the island and attended a public reception at a hotel before sailing for Havana.
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Key West
Fla
Cleveland
Tampa
Olivette
Havana
Flags returned to former Civil War veterans after transfer
Senator Quay announced the return of battle banners to the former proprietors of the regiment, to be received with gratitude by survivors. Meanwhile Berlin issued a white book on Samoan affairs noting Consul Knappe acted contrary to the Emperor's policy, lacking authority to declare war and sparking questions about annexation and international conduct.
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Senator Quay
Quar
Knappe
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Herr Steb
Apia
Bismarck
Samoa
England
America
Notable Generals and Speakers Gather for Ingersoll Talk
Notable array of generals and Civil War figures including Sherman, Porter, Schofield, Rosecrans, Sigel, Howard, Pleasanton, Schurz, Johnston, Beauregard, Early, Hampton, and Longstreet are listed as likely attendees at Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll's benefit lecture for the Confederate Soldiers' Home in Austin Texas.
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New York
W. T. Sherman
Porter
Schofield
Rosecrans
Sigel
Howard Newton
Pleasanton
Schurz
Johnston
Beauregard
Early
Hampton
Longstreet
Robert G. Ingersoll
Academy of Music
Austin
Tex
Farmer Horace Palmer Dies After Shooting Self in Concord
In Sutton, New Hampshire, 80 year old farmer Horace Palmer halted a Concord and Tamworth Railroad passenger train by signaling with his hands yesterday. He then shot himself in the head with a revolver and died instantly.
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Concord
N. H
Horace Palmer
Sutton
Concord and Tamworth
Asylum trustees accept buildings after injunction
Yankton South Dakota March 25 Judge Tripp dissolved the injunction restraining the asylum trustees from accepting the completed buildings The board then accepted the buildings and issued certificates to Contractor Pattee for 8000 Governor Mellette has removed this board of trustees in his first official act Trustee Gale receives 5000 from the proceeds There are unpaid bills totaling about 10000 for labor and material which will remain unpaid
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Yankton
Dak
Tripp
Pattee
Gale
Mellette
Incorporation Bill Passes for Superior and West Superior
A special bill to incorporate Superior and West Superior has passed both houses at Madison. The charter creates seven wards with two aldermen per ward, covering territory from St Louis Bay to the Nemaji River, five miles wide and seven miles long.
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Superior
Suverion
Wis
West Superior
Madion
St. Louis Bay
Nemaji River
Unusually long list of nominations from the President
The president sent to the Senate a long slate of nominations including James Tanner for pensions commissioner James Shackelford for the U S court in the Indian territory Zachariah Waltrond for U S attorney in the Indian territory Thomas Needles for U S marshal and numerous naval officers and state appointments plus a Behring Sea proclamation warning against fur bearing animals in Alaska waters and seizing vessels used in violations The stock market and grain trends are noted with mixed signals and a few weekly declines offset by signs of recovery and better trade outlooks
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Washington
Senate
James Tanner
Brooklyn
N. Y
James Shackelford
Indiana
United States Court For
Indian Territory
Zachariah T. Waltrond
Kansas
Thomas B. Needles
Illinois
The
Walter B. Corbett
Georgia
United States
Edwin Willits
Michigan
David B. Harmony
Francis M. Ramsay
William T. Sampson
R. B. Bradford
H. C. Leutze
Charles M. McCartney
John G. Quinby
George A. Converse
F. P. Gilmore
Frank E. Beatty
Thomas $. Rogers
Manley F. Gates
Pennsylvania
Albert A. Burleigh
Maine
Aroostook
J. E. Wakefield
Bath
Charles G. Edwards
Minnesota
George W. McBride
Charles M. Bradshaw
Washington Territory
Puget Sound
Oregon
Territory of
Harrison
Alaska
Behring Sea
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Benjamin Harrison
Condolence Letters for Justice Matthews Death
President Harrison and Interior Secretary send sympathy to Mrs. Matthews upon the death of Justice Matthews. Notices also name Corporal Tanner and William H. Calkins for official posts. Mrs. Harrison Walker remains ill as White House sanitary conditions worsen. Jay Gould rebuts interstate law changes aiming to uniform rates, predicting consolidation.
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Matthews
Harrison
Washington
United States
Justice Matthews
Benjamin Harrison
Secretary of the Interior
John Noble
House
White House
Legitimate Trade Rising Amid Gloomy Speculation
R G Dun Co reports March 23 The weekly review notes speculative departments remain generally gloomy yet interior reports show substantial improvement in goods distribution. Paris heavy failures and the fear of a worst remakes temper optimism in trade outlook.
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R. G. Dun & Co
New York
Review of
Paris
Temple high license bill returns to house actions
Minnesota and Wisconsin briefs report several state legislative moves. In Minnesota the high license bill was placed on general orders after a failed motion to table. a plan to consolidate Traverse and Big Stone into Harrison county was defeated. a joint resolution congratulating Mr. Parnell on a Times victory passed. reapportionment was set as a special order for Wednesday. senators worriedly adjourned after a rocky night. In Wisconsin Mayville and Superior city incorporations advance. local poll tax and term limits debated. Taylor railroad bill discussions paused pending vote. International notes include Austria resignations of Taafe and Kalnoky over Greece dispute and Germany agreeing to France for transfer of Carnot and Marceau remains.
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Minnesota
St. Pau
Temple High
Traverse
Big Stone
Harrinson County
Parnell
London Times
Mavison
Wis
Senate
Assembly
Mayville
Superior
Taylor
Chisago Grain and Provisions Market Prices
Wheat futures for March to July quoted from 1.024 to 1.013 per bushel with various months. Corn and oats show bids and asks in cents per bushel, with rye, barley and flax seed listed. Live stock at Chicago market reports hogs receipts around 6,500 with price ranges from 4.05 to 5.00, cattle receipts about 2,000 with bid ranges up to 3.20 per cwt.
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Chisago
Chicago
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Samoa Times
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Miss Jeannette
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Lord Roseberry
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Wade Hampton
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Joe Lannon
Ashton
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George W. Allen
E. A. Yoonan
Natchez
Natchez, Miss
Father Healm
Rome
Janssens
Holy City
Hawaii
Claus Spreckles
Mr. Spreckles
Boston
Meigs Elevated Railroad Company
Cambridge
J. H. O'Neil
F. E. Gregory
B. F. Butler
Joe V. Meigs
Henry Dobbins
John P. Wyman
A. C. Drinkwater
W. §. Butler
Marblehead
Mass
Harris & Sons
Lasters’ Protective Union
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Nellie Grant Sartoris
Gen. Grant
Cunard
Servia
Behrings Sea
Dakota
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Treasury
Canada
Corporal Tanenr
Pension Bureau
W.H. Calkins
Land Office
Tracy
Corporal Tanner
William H. Calkins
General Land Office
Gould
Legislative Proceedings
Vienna
Count Taafe
Austrian Council
Count Kalnoky
Austria
Greece
Carnot
Germany
France
Marceau
St. Paul Grain and Provisions
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Gzoonge A. Pace
Watertown
J. Hood & CO
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Musa
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Jacobs Oil
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Franciaville
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A. H. Cunningham
Perryopolis
Charles A. Vogeler
W.A. Rogers
AETNA
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Cermar-American
Liverpool
London & Globe Fhenix
Hartford
Springfield
First National Bank
K. C. West
S. H. Bcallin
Mitchell, D. T
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Scallin
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Yeaman
N. Grant
Main Street
the Security Bank
M. HW. Rowley
Pree
R. N. Kratz
Geo
H. Rathman Cash
Frank Weller
Rowley
Mitchell National Bank
Pipactors
W.G. Davison
N. L. Davison
Cashier
L.N. Seaman
H. G. Chandler
J. 8. Terwilliger
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