Bloody end at last after Sitting Bull conflict
Fort Yates North Dakota December 15 Sitting Bull is dead and about six of his braves perished with similar losses among police. A clash followed the arrest attempt as Black Bird urged a rescue bid. Cavalry reinforcement arrived, body recaptured, band fled toward Grand river with about 150 warriors possibly growing.
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Red
Stacial Eee
Fort Yates
N. D
Sitting Bull
Standing Rock
Grand River
Little Missouri
Pretty Buttes
Casey
Adams
First Cavalry
Powder River Range
Box Alder Creek
Fountains
Eighth Cavalry
White Buttes
Caeser
Broux
Sitting Bull and Sioux Warfare Narrative in Dakota
A report outlines Sitting Bull born 1837 in Dakota as a fierce Sioux leader who opposed government treaties. It notes 1862 Minnesota massacre, 1868 treaty terms, continued depredations, and 1874 clashes that drove Crows from their reserve. The author previews travel plans and cautions on discussing unfolding events.
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Sitting Bull
Jumping Bull
Dakota
Minnesota
Missouri River
Platte
Indiana
A Visit to the Camp Ghost Dancers Surprise Army Officer
A report to Assistant Adjutant General Corbin details a white man's visit to Sitting Bull's camp before today’s tragedy. The narrative sheds light on the old Chief’s wit and character amid a surprising confrontation with an Army officer.
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Chicago
Sitting Bull
Corbin
Crazy Horse’s End in 1890s News Recalled
The article recounts Crazy Horse’s resistance to U S authority, his surrender attempt, and the downfall of his people. It notes his removal orders, march to a reservation, and eventual death amid a history of conflict with the U S government and white settlers.
Indian Leader Sitting Bull Killed in Camp Fight
Washington dispatch reports the War Department has no information on the battle at Sitting Bull's camp where Sitting Bull, his son, and other Indians were killed. General Schofield and Secretary Proctor declined to discuss details, hoping for a settlement of the Northwest Indian troubles and a clearer division between friendly and hostile tribes.
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Little Big Horn River
Custer
Terry
Sitting Bull
Dominion
Standing Rock
Oak
Washinoton
War Department
Northwest
Schofield
Proctor
Bull
General Miles Heads West Amid Indian Troubles
General Nelson A. Miles, commander of the Missouri division, arrived in St Paul and met with General Burger to discuss Indian troubles. He declined to discuss the matter further, noting his return to the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pawn
Nelson A. Miles
Missouri
St Paul
Burger
Miles
Dispatch
Eyan
Tme
Report on Ghost Dance at Sitting Bull’s Camp
US Indian Agent James McLaughlin reports from Standing Rock after a surprise visit to Sitting Bull’s camp near Grand River. He describes about 200 spectators and participants including many youths from Grand River, says the ghost dance craze risks government amnesty, education, and progress, and recounts Sitting Bull’s obstinacy and a proposed journey to verify the Messiah story.
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Morgan
United States Indian
James McLaughlin
Standing Rock
Grand River District
Sitting Bull
Grand River
Indian Service
Louis Primeau
Henry Bull Head
Bronx
Force Billiga-Jonal. Caucus fails to frame financial program
Washington December 15. The Senate caucus at McMillan's residence ended without reaching a plan. A proposed package to cut bank bond deposits, buy silver bullion, and adjust national bank circulation was set aside for another caucus. Secretary Windom backed silver purchases and bond reductions, guiding a Sherman bill draft.
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McMillan
Finance Committee
Grayple
Hoar
Edmunds
Evarts
Senate
Republican Senatorial Caucus Committee
Windom
Leech
Mint
United States
Capitol
Sherman
Allison
Aldrich
Anto
Ex Postmaster Button Nomination Stalled in Senate Fight
Washington reports the nomination of ex Postmaster Button of Corry for postmaster stalled in the Senate at Senator Quay s request amid a bitter opposition. The Post Office Committee reviews charges including alleged irregular campaign fund handling paid by Griswold and Culbertson benefiting the rival candidates. Additional unspecified accusations are mentioned.
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Button
Washington
Corry
Senate
Quay
Griswold
Steamship Company Capital Stock Galveston Office Plans
Authorities plan to buy construct lease operate and maintain steamships vessels and watercraft to navigate globally and on rivers. They will own warehousing docks and wharves and carry freight and passengers. Capital stock fixed at 310,000,000 with principal office in Galveston Texas to operate from there.
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Globe
Exchange
Galveston
Tex
Unclaimed Office Articles Auction Draws Bidders
The annual sale of unclaimed items from the Dead Letter Office opened in Washington with lively bidding. About 4,817 items, including 1,396 books and 163 jewelry pieces, were cataloged for auction, with prices mostly 25 to 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PROM
Washington
Indy
Marm
The Agony of Succi Fasting Exhibition Ends Day Forty
Succi endures a brutal fast reaching forty days with no nourishment beyond simple drag diet as observers witness a display of extreme willpower and discomfort defying conventional endurance limits.
Pension eligibility for a Confederate soldier later in Union service
A Pension Bureau official reports to the Interior Secretary on whether a Confederate veteran who later served in the U S Army may obtain a pension under the 1890 act. The key finding is that prior Confederate service does not bar pension status, provided the disabilities arose in the later service or are proven by at least 90 days of service and an honorable discharge.
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Wasuketos
Raum
Pension Bureau
Secretary of the Interior
Bussey
United States
Succci
Succi
Aquarium
London
St. Patrick’s Day
Lucci
Pase Nors Logy Signor
Signor
Senate Debate Echoes Against Elections Bill
In Washington the Senate heard Colquitt oppose the elections bill urging end to sectionalism. He warned patriots should not back such a measure. Senators Wilson and Vance spoke against it and a vote on Gray’s amendment to strike the house to house clause followed Hoar’s opposition before executive session and adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
Colquitt
West
South
Wilson
Vance
Gray
Hoar
Settlement Ends Sensational Carty Estate Case
Ella Carty formerly Ella Goodwin of St. Joseph Missouri accepts 5000 in hand from Helen Carty Ranch to relinquish all rights to lands of the late John Carty Jr. This follows a famed dispute over the sizable estate and a claimed marriage to John Carty Jr. by Ella Goodwin.
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LextneTos
Ella Carty
Ella Goodwin
St. Joseph
Helen Carty
John Carty, Jr
Mfo
Ranck
Investigation into Syndicates Harbors Import of Foreign Capital
Washington announces the Joint Committee on Immigration will start hearings on December 22 to probe the purchase of American industries by foreign capitalists and its impact on American workers. Witnesses include Charles A. Pillabury of Minneapolis Flour Mills and J W Hanson and Frank Jones of Portsmouth breweries, whose interests are said to have passed to English hands.
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Washington
Joint Committee On Immigration
Chandler
Owen
Charles A. Pillabury
Minneapolis
J. W. Hanson
Frank Jones
Portsmouth
N. H
Justice Miller Remembered by Supreme Court Bar
The bar of the Supreme Court presented resolutions on Justice Samuel F. Miller's death, noting the loss to the court and the nation. Attorney General Miller read brief eulogies while Chief Justice Fuller delivered praise of the jurist's high character and duty.
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Washinotos
Supreme Court
Samuel F. Miller
Miller
Fules
Clemency pleas heard in two liquor and homicide cases
Ex Representative Robertson speaks for Amandus Bosau of Pittsburg seeking executive clemency after a liquor selling without license conviction in a club room. In Greensburg, Mr McCormick asks the board to act tomorrow on Absalom Bowser convicted of killing Haymaker in the Murraysville oil field.
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Hargispuaeg
Robertson
Amandus Bosau
Pittsburg
Board of Pardons
Bosan
McCormick
Greensburg
Absalom Bowser
Haymaker
Murraysville
Burglar Arrest and New Suspect in Ballston Safe Heists
In Ballston a jeweler N M Knickerbocker was captured after Richard Cunningham found him hiding in the Henry Knickerbocker Ax and Scythe Works office. Authorities hold an arsenal of tools and a dark lantern, with risk he cracked multiple village safes.
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George West
Basi Qly
Richard Cunningham
Henry Knickerbocker Ax and Scythe Works
Bloodville
Ballston
N. M. Roickerbocker
Knickerbocker
New York Arabs Plan Silk Growers Syndicate
Wealthy New York citizens back a plan to form a silk growing and fruit raising syndicate to attract Arab immigrants. Lawyer Townsend Scudder will inspect land in Pennsylvania and Arizona to gauge feasibility. Armenian residents and wealthy Syrians are urged to join, with land terms offering half price for one year and eventual deeded ownership.
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New York
Washington Street
Townsend Scudder
Pennsylvania
Arizona
United States
Peculiar Murder Case Opens Across State Line
Hayes Saunders and Harry Trogdon, both Illinois residents, fought over road tax in Indiana. Trogdon shot Saunders, with the fatal shot fired near the state boundary, creating jurisdiction confusion and Vigo county’s trial responsibility.
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Tener Havre, Inc
Hayes Saunders
Harry Trogdon
Illinois
Saunders
Trogdon
Ilinois
Indiana Line
Vigo County
Englewood Church Trial Ends With Ongoing Feud
CuHicaco December 15 The Englewood Church trial concluded after months of ministerial dispute. Pastor Rev H W Williams faced the elders Drys dale Lunn Verbryck Kishler as Presbytery admonished. Indications suggest the feud will intensify with possible resignations next Monday.
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CuHicaco
Englewood
Chicago
H. W. Williams
Messrs
Drysdale
Lunn
Verbryck
Kishler
Oldest Couple Celebrates 103rd Birthday in Lac Qur Pare
Mr. Daniel Salisbury aged 103 and his wife nearing 101 marked their long marriage in Lac Qur Pare on December 15. They will have been wed 80 years on January 12, previously living alone in a log house on the Yellow Bank river.
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Daniel Salisbury
United States
Salisbury
Yellow Bank River
Flower resolution extends bonded period to Oct 1 1891
The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved a favorable report on extending the bonded period for imported goods from February 1 to July 1, 1891, advancing the measure to the full House.
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Washington
House Committee On Ways and Means
House
Lottery Law Writ Compels State Secretary to Act
John A. Morris of New York, through lawyers, secured a mandamus against Secretary of State L. F. Nason to compel promulgation of the Legislature’s lottery bill within 20 days after January 1, 1891, and to amend provisions for officers and enforcement at the transshipment station.
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Batoxe Rover
John A. Morris
New York
L. F. Nason
Pan American Transportation Company Incorporated Proposed
Washington December 15 a bill was introduced in the House by Mr Mason of Illinois to incorporate the Pan American Transportation Company. The measure proposes creation of a new firm to operate across routes and services as part of a broader Pan American commerce initiative.
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Washington
Mason
Illinois
Pan-American Transportation Company
Actor Subdues Critic During Theater Performance
A well dressed man in the front row interrupted a show at Havilin's Theater with loud criticisms. He faced restraint as the crowd grew tense and the incident drew attention from patrons and theater staff.
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Havilin
Parquette
Charles
Syrian Colony Project Plans New Damascus Town Site
New Damascus projectors aim to buy several thousand acres for a Syrian immigrant town in Pennsylvania or Arizona. Townsend Scudder is engaged to select a suitable site and oversee the venture. The plan promises a thriving, self contained community with ample housing and work opportunities.
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New York
New Damascus
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Townsend Scudder
Stanley After Emin A Graphic and Weird Story of a Trip Across the Dark Continent
Henry M. Stanley, famed African explorer, arrived in Pittsburg after touring the Dark Continent. He lectured at Old City Hall to a packed Pittsburg Press Club audience, wore a gentlemanly suit, and spoke of peril surmounted and the trialed journey while Mrs. Stanley visited local glasshouses.
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Henry M. Stanley
Pittsburg
Beotckman
Mrs. Stanley
Monongahela House
Water Street
Mt Washington Bluffs
Rome; Ke
Italy
Explorer
Old City Hall
Terra
Stanley
Kings
Africa
Mr. Stanley
Pittsburg Press Clu
Stanley's Long Tramp Across Africa Described in Detail
The article recounts Stanley's 6000 mile equatorial trek seeking Emin Pasha and the boy Saati. It notes 987 days spent in Africa with 100 days through dense forest before reaching the Mountains of the Moon. He criticizes Emin and contrasts with Livingston and others while detailing travel by steamer and through Yambays rapids.
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Africa
Emin
Equatorial
Stanley
Emin Pasha
Saati
Weeeer
Livingston
Gordon
Los
Zanzibar
Arawimi Sce
Yambays
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Sitting Boll
St. Paul
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Treasury
Lightner
A. Gardner
Gardner
Mia. Gardner
Crute
Twenty-second Street
Charles J. Ts
Elections Bill Oratory
The
Kentucky
Legr
JB Diefatch
Justice Miller
the Supreme Court
Louisiana
Pan-American Company
Great Explorer
Lieut. Jephson
Monongshela House
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