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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1888
Page
6
A special dispatch reports a Democratic committee plans charges against Gov. Church for caucus packing veto intimidation improper appointments and misused fees. Affidavits back the accusations as Vermillion primaries tilt the delegation.
In Vermillion on Sept 8 a Republican township caucus drew over 300 votes in a fierce race. White delegates were elected in Burdick's district by a solid majority.
Reports from northern New York state indicate extensive frost damage from yesterday. In some areas half of late crops are estimated to be beyond recovery.
Preliminary pleadings are completed in two lawsuits to break up the sugar trust and to annul the charter of the North River Sugar Refining Co. The case names and exact parties are not fully listed in the available text.
At Hedfield township caucus on Sept 8 ten delegates were chosen for the republican delegation to sit at Worcester. Nelson 8 Brewley for attorney and Benj Goodwin for deeds led the ticket against seven opposing candidates in a mixed slate contest.
From Highmore special telegram to the Honourrs Aionwons Dak Sept 10 the em democratic legislative convention for this the 11th district meets here on the 22d inst Hyde county has had no term of part since October 1886 More than cases are on the calendar and a thems is badly needed.
The streets toward the union depot are busy as attendees arrive for the Grand Army encampment. Officials expect large traffic, with railroads carrying about 225 000 strangers by Tuesday noon. Commander Rea and staff are due at 8 10 Monday morning.
Grand Forks Sept 10 Chairman Bierly announced the committee will publish the documents later but states the charges against Gov Church include violating the presidents order of July 1, 1886 by attempting to pack caucuses and the territorial democratic convention. He allegedly wrote to government officers and used veto power to influence passage of bills. Affidavits are cited in support.
The document accuses the governor of misusing stock indemnity funds from a territorial tax on livestock. Receipts total 6022.50 while indemnity paid is 6150.59, leaving livestock owners in infected districts without protection. Also charged with appointing unfit officials, wrongful treasury withdrawals, and corruption in law compilation, supported by affidavits.
Capt Pratt of the Sioux commission traveled east to seek approval for allowing certain chiefs to visit Washington. The chiefs favor a Washington audience before signing, and success here could remove a major obstacle to opening. Pratt remaining colleagues will continue the work.
Washington reports a drop in the treasury surplus from 110 million dollars to 108.95 million after a heavy last week bond buy. The decline reflects increased government securities holdings and liquidity shifts in the national finances.
The crowds at the G A R reunion swell as trains bring many attendees. Miss Nelsie Sheridan, niece of the late General, presents a flag to the Sheridan battalion. The flag was specially woven by the gallant Phil’s elderly mother.
A notice found on a bank door explains the bank closed for lack of lands and that Tryner left for Huron but would return. It says assets are about $45 000, liabilities about $29 000 including $20 000 in deposits, and that depositors may recover about fifty cents on the dollar.
The Pioneer Press Washington correspondent denounces Grover Cleveland's acceptance letter as weak and muddled noting it arrives over ninety days after the St. Louis convention. The piece accuses Cleveland of veering from audacity to vague free trade rhetoric and appealing to labor without clarity on policy.
The New York Herald reports efforts in Cleveland to gain harmony by forcing the subject to nominate himself. The piece notes strategic moves, political pressure, and the implications for party unity as candidates maneuver for control.
The author warns that Hill risking a gubernatorial candidacy could make him a traitor to the Democratic Party if Cleveland loses New York. It argues a future career requires prudent choice and that Hill’s only path lies through Cleveland’s success, urging him to avoid a perilous nomination.
Augustine Davis bids farewell to his old home at the September Press Association meeting and moves to Chicago to head the National Journalist Publishing Company office. Herbert E. Crouch, recently a partner in Huronics, London and Huron, assists with books and advertising. Editors and visitors to Chicago are invited to visit the new office.
The piece notes doubt over whether candidate Mathews voted for moving the capital to Bismarck or Huron. Wheelock-5 Mitchell, secretary of the coffee club, to hear today on the subject. Mathews voted for Huron to the end, Mitchell supporters testify. Voters who backed Bismarck on the last ballot included McKenzie Aleck Hughes and DeLong John P. Belding from Hills. Spaulding for Redfield and Myers for a Mitchell faction, Mathews for Huron.
A San Francisco paper claims to be the only genuine democratic evening sheet. The St Paul Globe notes minor errors and says California trades unionists largely oppose Grover Cleveland.
Westward passenger traffic shifts as George Larry of Aurora becomes Lake Benton office operator. J B Burke arrives from Hawarden as bridge inspections proceed on the Dakota division. Green moves to Miller. Jones fills his former office post. Whitman Hallenbeck Burtt arrive from the south and depart west by special car.
A lengthy list of property transfers recorded by Beadle Corinth Abstract Company includes numerous deeds in Huron and nearby townships. Listings feature buyers and sellers such as Goon to Milton A. Colman, Mary L. Fisher executrix to Robert Fisher, and many sheriff and executor deeds, with parcels across blocks and town lots, plus references to regional real estate activity and a town meeting notice.
A detailed, step by step description explains tying corn bundles at shock time. It references using a tach cord and a large hook with a sharp pointed rod to secure the cord while a crank device holds the tie, showing methods in figure 3 for binding stalks and stacking straw.
Freight shipments over the Huron to Watertown line rise daily as Manitoba surveyors return to St Paul after completing work in the area. Chief engineer J E Turner and party head to Wilmar to assist on the Sioux Falls and Wilmar branch. Station agent Amundson pending orderly operations to handle more business.
The Chi and North Western Railway Co plans harvest excursion trips inviting friends to visit the region for settlement and investment. Excursion tickets priced at four seventy five cents will be sold at Chicago venues east of Sa on snot e 2ist, ber lith, S 25th in October, with return thirty days from date. Full details from E P Wilson General Manager Agent N W Ry Chicago Ill.
Instructional note lists pruning and spacing for berries with Blackberries four feet Gooseberries three feet apart Currants three feet apart. Advises against fresh mulch around vine tops and suggests applying treatment on the soil or base rather than foliage.
Reading fragment discusses Buhach exposure and its relation to obtaining a thesis. It references method and context, but details are incomplete. The item suggests an academic or medical discussion but lacks full facts or chronology.
Dialogue about farming methods appears in a truncated note. A farmers institute is referenced as meeting monthly at a northern grade location, with unclear details about crops and practices. The fragment hints at a field, stalks, and a peaceful aim but lacks concrete facts.
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