South Dakota Politics and Newspaper Notes 1891
A round-up of South Dakota political maneuvering, newspaper editorials, and endorsements from August 1891. It notes state board questions, fusion debates, and potential congressional candidates like Van Cise and Wheelock, with references to editorials from the Pioneer Press and local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Var
Arsir
Eican
South Dakota
Niblican State Committee
Uron
W.C. Allen
Frozon
Clause in Law Delays Public Buildings for Indefinite Period
Washington reports the first comptroller finds a law clause blocking acceptance of public building sites until state legislatures grant exclusive US jurisdiction. The supervising architect suspends work on sites at Mankato Sioux Falls Fargo Sioux City Fort Dodge and other locations. General Nettleton to seekAttorney General opinion to resolve future cases. Northwest projects await clarification and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the Treasury
United States
Mankato
Sioux Falls
Fargo
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Nettleton
Northwest
Insurgent Fleet Aims at Balmaceda Escape Route
Valparaiso dispatch reports Balmaceda seeking to flee aboard the Almirante Coadel off San Antonio. Esmeralda and Aconagua sail to intercept the Condel. Balmaceda may meet Imperial Cahuano to reach Montevideo. Hospitals crowded, 4,000 wounded. Balmaceda’s supporters face confiscation and bank inspections. Edwards rumored next Chilean president. British pressure over Balmaceda treasure in Valparaiso harbor remains unlikely to be delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Valparaiso
Balmaceda
San Antonio
Almirante Coadel
Montevideo
Congressionalist
Santiago
Canto
Valpaviso
Congressionalists
Leon Lavin
Jornal de Comercio
Lost Cause
Don Augustin Edwards
London
Paris
Chili
England
Europe
Edwards
British Foreign Office
Hippolyte Loses Hope Amid Haitian Revolution Fears
From Port au Prince on September 2 Hippolyte appears unable to stop a coming revolution and has sent his family to Cape Huaytien for safety. Fort National orders guns on the city if exiles return and overpower palace guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huytien
Port Au Prince
Hippolyte
Cape Huaytien
Fort National
Resignation Rumors Troubles Minnesota Exposition Board
In St Paul on September 2 rumors spread that Minnesota Columbian Exposition commissioners are discouraged. Colonel Monfort confirms the board questions the $50,000 appropriation and the secretary and possibly the chairman may resign, with a meeting planned for the 10th to decide next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pau
Pioneer Press
Monfort
C. McC. Reeve
Minnesota
Colonel Monfort
Reeve
Indian Loggers Need Outfits To Harvest Dead Timber
An Indian office inspector reports 40 to 50 million feet of dead timber burned on Lac du Flambeau reservation under La Pointe agency Wisconsin. Lacking funds the Indian bureau cannot outfit the Indians for logging to remove and market the timber this winter, though law requires Indians to dispose of dead and down timber. Acting Commissioner Belt asks Agent Leahy to arrange an outfit via a practical lumberman to enable winter logging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Office
Lac du Flambeau
la Pointe
Wisconsin
Indian Bureau
Belt
Leahy
Sullivan
Multipl e U S railroad wrecks claim many lives
A series of U S railroad and maritime accidents reported on Sept 2 include four killed and many burned in an Air Line Railroad wreck at Evansville Indiana with 13 injured. a Detroit river barge collision killed the captain’s wife and others. a crossing death in Cuarpon Ohio. and other incidents in Minnesota and New York.
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Indiana
Ohio
Minnesota
Detroit
Mich
Ballard’s Reef
Detroit River
Jenks
Lake Erie
George W. Morley
Morley
Air Line
Evansville
Ind
Cannelton
Troy
Princeton
Minn
Here
St. Paul
Young
Cardie
Colin Campbell
James Baker
Milaca
Cuarpon
Pittsburg and Western Railroad
Chamberlain's Crossing
South Main Street
Alanton Knox
E. A. McMahon
Staunton
Handra Sarsapati
Hood
N.B
C. I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Maus
Force faction shadows Missouri Alliance convention
The Warriors' Alliance at Warrensburg discusses a force faction pledged to use ballots or bullets to achieve aims. Ex-President Hall, claiming danger to his life, campaigns against the sub-treasury plan while calling for delegates to a national anti-sub-treasury meeting in St. Louis on September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan City
the Star
Warriors’ Alliance
Warrensburg
Force Party
Hall
St. Louis
Missouri Alliance
Sub-Treas Treasury
Anti-Sub-Treasury Brothers
Halls
Sub-Treasury
Tariff Testimony Discusses Investigation Scope
Senators Carlisle and Aldrich hear testimony from leading manufacturers at the Hotel Vendome in Boston. Carlisle says the inquiry is not about McKinley Act effects but covers tariff legislation globally and back to earlier periods, compiling data on commodities, wages, and transportation for the final report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Boston
Aldrich
Hotel Vendome
United Press
Injunction Bars Destruction of Telegrams in Graves Case
District Attorney Stevens secured a judge order restraining Western Union from destroying telegrams between Dr. T Thatcher Graves and Rhode Island contacts around the death of Mrs. Barnaby in Denver. The action seeks preservation of documents in the ongoing matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Stevens
Allen
Western Union Telegraph Company
T. Thatcher Graves
Rhode Island
Barnaby
Niagara Falls Tunnel Progress Update
Burrago New York September 2 The preliminary work on the Niagara Falls tunnel is finished and excavation of the 3500 foot tunnel has reached about 1175 feet with the main tunnel progressing rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hanley
Park Place
Niagara Falls
Burrago
N. Y
Puzzle Solved at 1889 Paris Exposition Highest Prize Awarded
The Universal Exposition of 1889 in Paris judged Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines best. The No 9 for home use and No 12 for manufacturing won the grand prize while the company president Nathaniel Wheeler received the Legion of Honor. Agents sought at 185 and 187 Wabash Avenue Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
America
Wheeler & Wilson
Nathaniel Wheeler
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Ance
Bridgewater Sbetn
Board of Equalization
State Board
Bret Loucks
Lently
Little Joe Bailey
Loucks
Andent
Dem
Argus-Leader
Fiat
Castalia Record
Republican
Chas
Mix County
Bailiwick
Minneapolis Tribune
Ator Moody
Edwin van Cise
Deadwood Congress
van Cise
Pioneer Press of
St.Paul
San Franciscoxaminer
Omaha Bee
Vwttornnes
Pioneer Press Enterprise
Alexandria Herald
The
Herald
R. W. Wheelock
Mivcaell Republican
Couevess
Wheelock
Yankton Journal
Democratic
R. H. Mae Bride
Mitchell Mail
Congress
Bob
Congressional
Pblic
Lac du Flambeau Reservation
Northwest News
Victoria
B. C
Charlotte G. Cox
Annie C. Moore
Borealis
Geneva
Cox
Moore
Behring Sea
Theresa
Hamilton Lewis
Alex McLein
Copper Island
Webster
Dan McLean
McLean
Union Ski
Gould
Sage
Dillon
Union Pacific
Vanderbilts
Union Pacific Railroad
J. Pierpont.Morgan
Louis
George C. Anderson
Madison
Bremen Street
Warren Colbett
Colbeth
Anderson
Barbara Neimeyer
Perry County
Cannough
Terry
Emma Schue
Jacob App
John Tolle
James Gordon
Statesville
N. C
Boston Bridge
Frederick Vanderbilt
Custom House
Glasgow
Roy Mersey Yacht Club
Youn Aname
Nan
Dod
Rilla Ac
Aneacey Ce
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. CO
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Crouse
Mitchett
Pere Marquette
Lake Michigan
Manitowoc
Milwaukee
Ludington
Michigan
Canada
Addraaa
D. Edwards
L Mer
Saginaw, Mich
H. Sheridan
St. Paul, Minn
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Champeny Bros. Ag’t
Church Directory
the Holy Family
George Sheehan
Holy Amily Branch
C. E. of A
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