Drift of a Pioneer and an Indian Chief in the Dakotas
In the Jim Valley of Dakota Territory a lone cattleman, Henry Wil son, clashes with Drifting Crane, a Sioux chief, over land as surveyors foresee a railroad town. The two men stand as emblems of opposing forces civilization and tribal life, each right in his stance, yet powerless to halt the coming change. The meeting ends with a mutual resignation and a vow to part ways, leaving the valley to a destiny shaped by Uncle Sam.
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Boomtown
Henry Wilton
Jim Valley
Baster County
Wileon
Dakota
Sisseton Indian Reserve
Coteaux Orrang
Wilson
Crane
Hile
Dritting Crane
Washington
Inez Wilson
Billa
Great Northern Railroad
Amile
Judge" Balser
Wettler
Uncle 8Am
Drifting Crane
Sherettlen
New Ulm
Apa
Sol
Sam
Hamlire Garland
Harper's Weekly
Duel in St Louis Cemetery Sees Saunders Wounded
A Kentucky duel in the St Louis cemetery ends with Charles Saunders wounded in the chest and arm after a pistol exchange with Thomas Overby. Overby fires three shots, Saunders two, with seconds and a surgeon present. Saunders is taken to New Albany to recover. both men leave Louisville.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Louis
Kentucky
Thomas Overby
Charles Saunders
Evansville
Ind
Saunders
Misa Emma Zenor
Overby
Alexander Hotel
Overay
Frank Lattrall
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Harry Thomas
James White
Courier-Journal
St. Louis
Princate
White
New Albany
Evanaville
Mystery Body Found In New Britain Reservoir
The body of a beautiful woman lay at the New Britain morgue awaiting identification after being pulled from Walnut Hill Reservoir on Saturday evening. A girl had been seen near the reservoir earlier acting suspiciously. Eyewitness Eddy Chan reported hearing two cries, saw a woman sink, and a hat, shoe, and cloak floated nearby. Police and divers searched the reservoir and recovered the body within an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Conn
Walnut Hill
Chan
Edi
Eddy
Cleowl
Unknown Woman Found Dead Mystery Leaves Child Uncertain
City residents report frequent sight of a woman whose name and background remain unknown. Investigators cannot confirm whether the death was self inflicted or a homicide, and the fate of the accompanying child is also unclear.
Northwest bills and calendars on statehood and public works
The house calendar lists 155 general bills plus 186 awaiting committee action on the state of the Union, with unfinished business and two contested elections. Montana and the Dakotas push toward statehood, while Washington and North Dakota push rivers, harbors, lighthouses, and land matters.
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House
Gianca
Northwest
Dakotas
Washington
Montana
Messares
Knoxville Deputy Marshal Kills Distiller in Campbell County
Reports from Knoxville Tennessee say deputy U S marshal Bud Lindsay shot and killed Kilts a distiller after a dispute over a liquor sale Lindsay allegedly threatened Kilts and after a rock was thrown by Kilts 14 year old son Lindsay fired twice killing Kilts and wounding a girl Lindsay later surrendered to the county sheriff and is described as a desperate character with a prior murder claim of self defense and no witnesses The killing occurred twenty five miles from telegraph station.
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Lindsay
Kilts
Campbell County
Atahon
Money for Indians and General Indian Appropriation Bill
The house committees on Indian affairs completed study of the general Indian appropriation bill. It funds education for Indians at $722,000 for day and industrial schools and $108,000 for new school buildings. It includes a revised Indian agents salary list and a total near $8 million, slightly below the current year. An additional $40,000 enables hiring practical farmers to aid agency farmers in promoting self support among Indians. The act also provides $50,000 to execute land allotment provisions of the 1887 act. Northwest states allocations cover agent salaries, treaty annuities, clothing, and implements across various tribes in Washington, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and related missions and institutions.
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Dakotas
North
South Dakota
Aberdeen
Secretary of the Interior
Per Bone
Crow Creek
Winnebago
Minnesota
Comstock
Senate
Duluth, Red Wing & Southern
Red Wing
Mississippi
St. Paul
House
Landa
Washington
Umatilla
Noah Bay
Lima
Colville
Tup
Puyallup
Columbine
Colvilles
Snohomish
Walla
Fort Belknap
Port Peck
Inci Dentals
St. Junatus
Jacques Reservation
Chippewas
Pillagera
Lake Superior
Red Lake
Pine Ridge
Rowebud
Yankton Sioux
Pierre
Night Cloudburst Destroys Loveland Village in Missouri Valley Telegram
A Missouri Valley telegram recounts the Loveland cloudburst that wrecked the village near the Boyer River. Eight miles away, the flood reached three to ten feet, sweeping homes and washing Mrs Sayles to her death as Lake Sayles, his wife, and their 22 year old son fled the back door into the torrent. The elder Sayles and son clung to bushes and survived.
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Missouri Valley
Lows
Loveland
Boyer River
Lake Sayles
Sayle
Quita
Chinese Arrivals Reported By U S Consuls At Guaymas And Victoria
A Willard letter to the senate reports 111 more Chinese arriving at Mazatlan and two dozen smuggled Chinamen into the United States by the steamer North Star. The men left Guaymas for Sopora near the border and await chances to cross. Levi W Meyers notes the North Star’s quiet midnight importation and the Canadian collector’s role.
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A. Willard
United States
Guaymas
Mex
Senate
Mazatland
Willard
Sopora
Levi W. Meyers
Victoria
B. C
North Star
Smuggling Opium Suspected Near Harbor Meeting
Eyewitness accounts describe a vessel fleeing harbor pursued by a tug while authorities discuss stopping a $20 per head smuggling operation. Mr Meyers Baye warns that if unchecked, more cuttars and spies will be used to aid Canadian authorities. The speaker asserts significant opium smuggling from the port and sees reciprocal lawlessness.
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Meyers Baye
Death of a Roumanian youth found in St. Lawrence River
Montreal papers report Arthur Mitrany a Romanian youth of small means who arrived in fall with New York credentials. He secured work at Windsor Extract Co. and lived at 167 McGill, but disappeared March 10. His body was found March 2 and identified March 3. Initial theory of self destruction was rejected. his father, a wealthy Roumanian nobleman, had sent an ambassador to bring him home.
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Nabiemarn
Montreal
r+ thur & Mitrany
Pointe Aux Trembies
Arthur
Murany
New York
Lee Harris
Warrin
Windsor Extract Company
Craig Street
McGilletrest
Mitrany
Gallager
Laprairie
Roumania
McGill Street
Arthur 5
St. Lawrence
Seven Belgian Glass Blowers Brought to New York
Seven Belgian glass blowers were landed from the Cunard steamer Umbria after agents and customs officers clashed over their landing. The group and their families were placed on the ship, then towed to the barge office, where authorities refused to allow them ashore citing that they were at sea. Tug Pulver then ferried them back toward port as Agent Brown sought Collector Erhardt.
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New York City
Cunard
Phelps
Law Division
Agenta of
Line
Agenta
Custom House
Pulver
Cunard Company
Sete Sonneene Agente
High Sea
Agent Brown
Erhardt
Fatal Tenement Fire at 1623 Franklin Avenue
A blaze on June 2 at 1623 Franklin Avenue St. Louis erupted on the second floor of a tenement housing several families. George Wolf and family and Charles Houste and family were trapped before firefighters rescued them. The elderly Wolf father and two young children were badly burned but expected to recover. Mrs Houste and her 7 year old son were burned but also likely to survive. Property damage estimated at 10,000.
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Franklin Avenue
St. Louis
George Wolf
Charles Houste
Charles Ho
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Northwest Bills
Montana Mineral Railway Company
Cook City
Yellowstone
North Head
Cape Disappointment
Washington State
Port Angeles
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Puget Sound
North Dakota
Bertholf
Indiana
Turtle Mountain
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