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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1886
Page
3
The Hon. Samuel Jones Tilden died suddenly at his home on the Hudson after a gradual failure of the heart. The prominent figure passed away in his residence, marking the end of a storied career.
Samuel J. Tilden, former governor and presidential candidate, died at 8 50 am at Greystone Yonkers after a sudden heart stoppage following a brief illness. He passed quietly with Drs Simmons and Swift present, his body to be interred with funeral plans coordinated by Yonkers undertaker Franklin A Rigby.
The president approves the oleomargarine act, explains taxation rationale, defends its impact on farming and dairy interests, and asserts the need to protect consumers from fake substitutes while promising fair profit for manufacturers and dealers. The article also notes weather data from St. Paul, including temperatures and rainfall.
The signal officer at St Paul publishes a summary of last month. July was unusually sunny and dry, the only July on record without a fully cloudy day and among the driest on record. It was slightly warmer than average and warmer than any July since 1879, with prior six Julys averaging nearly one degree warmer than the July described. The average high at St Paul over fifteen years is 72 degrees.
Washington Special reports on the senate inquiry into the alleged detention of A K Cutting by Mexican authorities at El Paso De Norte. Secretary Bayard denies extraterritorial jurisdiction for Mexican law and expects Cutting’s release soon, while noting hopes for amicable adjustment of differing interests between the United States and Mexico.
Chicago special reports Thomas Finnican David Shannahan and Noyes Thompson arrested on charges linked to the Minneapolis postoffice stamps theft of about 15000. Pinkerton team trapped Wicks and Crandall while Thompson said he received stamps from Shanahan and Finnican acted as a handler. Finnican’s background noted as notorious.
Fire wrecks Christian and Co elevator at Fisher with 8000 bushels of wheat and a horse lost. Brayton house Ree Heights damaged about 3000 dollars with insurance. Prairie chickens shot near Edgerton. Drowning near Grand Forks. Iron Hill production tops 202 494 ounces by Aug 1. Lightning kills Standish near Colton. Flax yields impressively at Yankton. Huron School population large for territory. Hotel planned at Wessington Springs. Pierre jury coins new phrase for self harm death.
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