Irrigation Commission Plans Thorough Artesian Investigation
South Dakota forms a new irrigation bureau under Col Richard J Hinton to study artesian wells. A field team led by Prof Robert Hay and Col Nettleton will map wells, collect data on depth cost flow geology and irrigation viability across the plains with field reports due mid June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irrigation Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Richard J. Hinton
Chamberlain
Wisconsin Atate University
Edwin Nettleton
United States Irrigation Survey
Robert Bay
Junction City
Kan
The
Dakotas
Louis M. Hicks
Lincoln
Nebraska
Wyoming
Foothills
E.T. Dumble
Austin
Tex
Texan
Fret
L. G. Carpenter
Ort Collins
Colorado
Meridian 103
New Mexico
East Line
Stephen Fi
Updyke
Brookings
South Dakota
Rey
Rapa City
Huron
Edwin 8. Nettleton
Robert Hay
Kanchielfeld
E.G. Culver
State University of Vermillion
North and
G. Updyke
Agricultural College At
F. #. B. Coffin
Bailey
Rapid City
Missouri River
J. B. Greenwell
Col. Nettleton
Hay
Mr. Greenwell
Parke
Culver
Nvar Coffin
Col. Hinton
Whils
Nettleton
Commission
Plains
Assistans
Willett
Rusk
Coppress
Department
Ith
Washington Telegraph
Northwest
Ruck
E. S. Nettleton
Kansae Board of Agriculture
Kangaa
Great Plains
van Deiat
Denver
Prof
Greenwell
North Dakota
Jamestown
Devils Lake
Manitoba
Col
Kansas
Texas
Woonsocket
Yankton
Hitchcock
Aberdeen
Texas Hurricane Trails Destruction Through Welle Point
A Texas hurricane struck Welle Point at 12 30 causing widespread ruin. Two towns reported fatalities including Mrs. Bowen and a 14 year old negro girl, with churches and schools demolished and most businesses unroofed. The storm also devastated Menquite, Thornton, and Terrell along its path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welle Point
Texas
Bowen
Tom Mitetelle
Menquite
Thornton
Terrell
A Husbands Peculiarities Arrives in Petersburg
Mrs Jennie Thorpe widow of G E Hubby, married in Fernanda Florida under sensational circumstances, has reached Petersburg Virginia and is staying with her sister Mrs Joseph Worth. Thorpe allegedly threatened to kill her if she left during his absence. She traveled forty miles with two of her father's friends to Callin Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Thorpe
G. EK. Hubby
Fernada
Fla
Petersburg
Joseph B. Worth
Thorpe
Hubby
Aha
Callin, Ga
Petersburg Shuffle Involving Mrs Thorpe and Threats
A Virginia woman, Mrs Thorpe, fled to Petersburg by train to avoid threats from her husband. She has hired counsel to pursue a marriage ceremony with Hubby, and a Salem resident engaged to Mrs Thorpe has traveled to Petersburg after learning of the match. Col Brink, father of Mrs Thorpe, is bedridden after a recent fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Hubby
Kentucky Senator Beck Drops Dead in Baltimore Station
Senator James B. Beck of Kentucky dies suddenly at Baltimore and Ohio Potomac depot on March 3 1895. He collapsed on the platform beside his daughter after alighting from the Limited from New York. Physicians certified death by heart paralysis. Beck, a Lexington resident, served four terms in Congress and was a longtime Democratic leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Washington
Benster Harris
Beck
Baltimore & Potomac
Harris
Senate
Gorman
Becks
Pitol
Blackburn
Beck's Colleague, Was Nod At Theapitol
James B. Beck
Baltimore & Ohi
Potomac
New York
Goodloe
Major Goodloe
United States Marine Corps
Chamberlain
Wella
Capitol
Breckenridge
Caruth
Stone
Ones
Lexington
Dumshrieashire
Scotland
Transylvania University
John W. Stevenson
March Sth
Twenty Feet of Ore In May & Edna Mine At Barker Mont
Despatch from Barker Montana reports a rich strike in the May and Edna mine with a solid carbonate vein extending twenty feet. Armington and Seims of St Paul previously owned the mine and have conducted work there. Kid Merrett returns from the carbonate district with ore samples as proof. Two locations on a vein six feet wide attract railroad workers and others to the camp five miles out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barken
Mont
May & Edna
Armington & Seims
St. Paul
Kid Merrett
Barker
Surveyors Reach Barker as Montana Central Advances
Railroad surveyors from the Montana Central have arrived at Barker amid elation and high excitement. Advances in mining, including a shipment of ten carloads of silver, are boosting prospects and the Great Falls silver smelter is expected to operate at full capacity soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Central Railroad
Barker
Great Falls
Wheat Reaches Dollar Mark Amid Northwest Dry Spell
A Chicago telegram reports a sharp rise in wheat prices due to continued dry weather in the Northwest. May and June contracts traded lightly. the near term surged as traders anticipated rain. Hutchinson is cited as driving much of the upside, with estimates of 1.1 to 2 million bushels bought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
3D Met
Hutchinson
Washington
Northwest
Dolpth
St. Paul
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Iowa
Milwaukee
Bie
Little
Bia
Dunham & Co
Edwards & Co
Bailey & Co
New York
Kemmler Writ Granted in Habeas Corpus Case
Judge Wallace of the United States circuit court grants a writ of habeas corpus returnable June 17 for William Kemmler. The writ orders Auburn prison warden Charles Durston to produce the prisoner before the district court in the Northern District of New York to show cause for detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
United States Circuit Court
Kemmler
United States
Charles
Durston
Auburn Prison
William Kenmler
William Kemmler
District Court of the United States
District of
New York
Odnendaigue
Witneas
Melville W. Buller
Indorse
Reprieve Delays Executions For William Kemmler
Keller Kemmler learns a reprieve has postponed his execution to June sixth after a day of nervous awaiting. Warden Durston informs the condemned man in his cell as news spreads through the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wallpace
United States Circuit Court
Kemmler
Warden Moreton
Kemmier
Danial McNaughton
Warden Durston
William
Irrigation Lands and Withdrawals Under the 1888 Act
The Senate will study how much public land has been withdrawn from entry under the Oct 2 1888 act for irrigation projects. Senator Teller seeks a full accounting from the Interior Department on withdrawals and authority related to the act and how many entries have been suspended. The Interior has referred the issue to the attorney general with possible new legislation to empower surveys for reservoir construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
United States
Teller
Secretary of the Interior
Department of the Interior
Irish land purchase and German colonial interests discussed
London conferences with the Irish land commission weigh the Balfour bill and Parnell proposals on land purchase in Ireland. Critics warn the plan may privilege tenants and depress landlord property. Separately German colonial moves in East Africa raise concerns for the British East Africa Company and call for stronger government reassurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balfour
Goschen
London
Irish Land Commission
House of Commons
Parnell
Ireland
Iriah
Germany
Emin Paaha
Dr. Krane
Herr Wissman
Zanzibar
British East Africa Company
Ita Sims
Leaped From Moving Train With Tied Hands
Escaped convict Vines Story, recaptured in Georgia, tried to escape again while en route to a penitentiary. Story, handcuffed and bound with a guard nearby, leapt from a moving train as it passed Edgefield County at about forty miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vines Story
Georgia
Story
Edgefield County
Prisoner Fleees Siege After Harsh Escape on Train
An hour alone in confinement ends when the prisoner leaps headfirst through an open window. The train halted at once and returned to the scene of the alleged trap, yet Story vanishes with no trace. The guard stayed behind to resume the search.
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup and Zululand News Reel
A fragment notes that Salvation Ojlahould is used to counter chronic neural diseases gout and poisoning in the blood. It mentions a path-destroyer dissolving poison in the blood and bringing relief when other remedies fail. The price is 3h cents and a Zululand report arrives by table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zululand
Dr. Bull
Deneston
Brimstone Bitters Promoted For Rheumatism And Consumption
An advertisement touts Hoetetter's Bronned Bitters as a remedy for rheumatism and joint pain. It claims the product cures fever, dyspepsia, and fever complaints and offers a mail order remedy for consumption with promises of rapid, guaranteed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoetetter
Death by suicide ends life of Detroit color ed man Lambert
William Lambert a wealthy Detroit black man died by hanging in his woodshed after a period of temporary insanity. Born in Trenton New Jersey in 72 years ago he aided the Underground Railroad guiding slaves to Canada during the war. He met John Brown in 1858 helping plan the Harper’s Ferry attack and was a longtime figure in local Black leadership and fraternal orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Lambert
Michigan
Detroit
Lambert
Trenton
N. 8
Canada
John Brown
Brown
Harper's Ferry
Fred Douglas
Jean Baptist
Catham
Fasque of Liberty
Syrup of Figs praised as a pleasant cleansing remedy
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs for its pleasant taste and early action on kidneys and bowels. It claims effectiveness against colds headaches fevers and habitual constipation. The piece promotes rapid delivery by druggists and lists California Fig Syrup Co as the maker with offices in San Francisco Louisville and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup CO
AW Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
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Oakes
Irrigation Commission
Huronite
Congress
Harrison
L. H. Hole
TN Huron
Atatistea
Inquiriea
Pussuer
Kemmiler
Rae Beirok
Rif
A Brewon
Peartweet
Wes Sith
Castorty
Ahe
Carmeia
Slita
tCaatoria
Ahabad
Cestaria
Couvua
Eta
Irice
P.M. Relnheimer
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