Secretary of Dakota Michael L McCormack A Grand Forks Leader
Michael L McCormack, born November 26 1847 in Susquehanna County Pennsylvania, rose to prominence in Grand Forks since 1871. He captained the steamer Alpha for Red River Transportation, then led Griggs Walsh Co and later founded Grand Forks Roller Mills. He presided as Grand Forks Bank president, served as mayor in 1882 84 and sought Congress in 1880 as a Democratic nominee.
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Michael L. McCormack
Dakota
Susquehanna County
Penn
Grand Forks
Alpha
Red River Transportation Company
Northwest
Red River
Moorhead
Fargo
Capt. McCormack
Griggs, Walsh & Co
North Dakota
Democratic Territorial Central Committee
Dakota Legislature Proclaimed to Assemble in Huron
The Dakota constitutional committee calls the state legislature to assemble in Huron Beadle County on Monday December 14 1885 at noon to organize as the new state governing body under the freshly adopted constitution. The proclamation follows the November 1885 election ratifying the Dakota constitution and designates Huron as temporary seat of government.
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State of
Dakota
City of
Huron
Sioux Falls
Beadle
Constitutional Committee
Hugh J. ‘Campbell
E. P. Beebee
Steven G. Updyke
John Cain
J. R. Hanson
Simmons
Hugh J. Mobell
R. Hanson
P. Beebe
A. J. Summerh Ward
John
Stephen
Upyke
Bartlett Tripp Named Dakota Chief Justice at Forty six
Hon Bartlett Tripp is appointed chief justice of Dakota at age forty six. He comes from New England stock, with a Maine minister father. Tripp grew up in Maine and spent much of his youth teaching and attending school before entering college.
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Bartlett Tripp
Dakota
New England
Maine
Mr. Tripp
L. K. Church
Equity
Milbank
Territory
Lawyer Union leader enters congress race in 1878
In 1866 he entered Albany Law School and after graduation formed a practice with Eben F. Pillsbury of Augusta, Maine, before moving to Yankton in 1869. He ran as the Democratic candidate for delegate to Congress in 1878, defeating the Republican Bennett by a few thousand votes as Bennett’s majority fell under 2,000.
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Albany
N. Y
Eben F. Pillsbury
Augusta
Yankton
Congress
G. G. Bennett
Bennett
Growth and events mark Dakota’s evolving towns and institutions
A new Grand Army of the Republic post forms at Tower City and other towns quicken their civic life. Edgerton and Galena see new leaderships, Rapid City hires Blake to lead its School of Mines, and Roscoe organizes a strong literary society. Pugilists Makee and McDonald spar in Larimore, while districts report bank and safe robberies, court actions, and railroad plans toward Deadwood’s upcoming grand demonstration.
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G. A. R. Post
Tower City
Charles W. Pratt
Edgerton
John Beahan
Galena
School of Mines of
Rapid City
William ©. Blake
New Haven
Roscoe
Central Dakota
Makee
McDonald
Dakota
Larimore
Egan
Flandrau
John Hobart
John Paul
Devils Lake
Huron
A. Huronite
W. H. Day
Day
Ziebach
Lamar
Washington
County of Stutsman
Mansfield
Glaspell
Redfield
Briggs & Brown
Pension Payments Report on Government Pensions
Commissioner Gen John C Black reports for the year ended June 30 1885 at the Pension Bureau. Net pensioners rose to 345125 with 22369 net gain and average annual pension value 110.36 dollars while total annual pensions reached 38090985 dollars. New pensioners 37839 first payments 27115912 dollars due 2243567. Disability and death claims filed total 521029 with 521029 allowed 300204 and 220825. Claims filed since 1861 968840 with 580897 allowed. Pension payments since 1861 total 744040541 dollars. Recommends higher deafness pensions and extending 1855 act benefits to disabled service members. Addresses disputed section 2 of the 1879 act and ongoing fraud purging efforts.
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Secretary of the Interior
John C. Black
Penwions
Gen
Black
Eight Indians Hanged for Frog Lake Massacre at Battleford
Eight Indigenous men including Wandering Spirit were executed publicly at Battleford Northwest Territories for crimes tied to the Frog Lake massacre. The ceremony featured priests, death songs, and a chilling display as the eight traps released, leaving the men dangling until death. White residents welcomed the sentences, viewing them as justice and a warning to others.
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Dominion
British Northwest
Battleford
Frog Lake
Wandering
Reget
Uyan Iself
Miserablean
Han Nh
Resignations and appointments in federal education and geology circles
John Eaton resigns as commissioner of education to become college president. Charles Woodbury, a Chippewa chief, is a candidate for a geology survey post. The cabinet met. the president’s message was read and praised. Garland will urge federal judiciary reform in his annual report. Deserters arrest policy and Oregon land patent disputes are noted.
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John Eaton
Garland
United States Supreme Court
Charles Woodbury
Hole-in-the-Day
Cleveland
West Point
Geological Survey
J. A. Walker
New York
Treasury Smith
Walker
Navy Department
Indianapolis News
Washington
Everyman
Union
Gov
Moody
Oregon
John Mullen
Lamar
General Land Office
Supreme Court of the District
Luther Harrison
Secretary of the Interior
Harrison
Land Office
Dakota
Edgerton
Charles W. Pratt
Galens
John B. Sheahan
Iowa
Alta
OC. E. Cameron
Cleves
George Bleeker
Conesville
Richard R. Wofford
Delaware
Clara Hefner
Dexter
J. L. Meeka
Gurnsey
Maggie McBurney
Guss
Margaret Bush
Hudson
Samuel L. Wilson
Maple River
John Geiss
Swan Creek
Ned Mulroney
Templeton
Peter New
Ute
EB. G. Bo
Montana
Idaho
Notable Personalities and Property Deals Across Regions
George W. Cable sells a New Orleans home for 5500. Ex-Gov. Packard of Louisiana pays 75000 for a farm near Marshalltown Iowa. A deed records Sherman’s transfer of land to A M Hoyt for 99573 on Boundary Street. John E Mason of King George VA marries Kate Henry at St Johns in Washington. Ada M Sweet of Illinois weds J Berdine Carter at Babylon LI. multiple obituaries note Elizur Wright, Samuel Jennings, Isaac Caldwell. Capt Cyrus L Roberts ordered to Fort Bowie as acting aid to Gen. Crook.
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George W. Cable
New Orleans
Elizur Wright
Moody and
Sankey
Packard
Louisiana
Marshalltown
Iowa
Cyrus L. Roberts
Seventeenth Infantry
Department of Arizona
Fort Bowie
Crook
Samuel Jennings
Baltimore
Isaac Palmer Caldwell
Louisville
United States Senate
Caldwell
Sherman
A. M. Hoyt
Columbia Heights
Boundary Street
Eleventh
Fourteenth
John E. Mason
King George County
Thomas Jefferson
St. John's Church
Washington
Kate K. Henry
J. M. Henry
Ada M. Sweet
Illinois
J. Berdine Carter
Sammis
Babylon
L. I
George Carter
New York
Carter
Cedaraea
Record of Casualties and Railroad Collision Report
A demented North Carolina historian Col John H Sloan is reported missing from Baltimore. A 15 year old boy Snyder near Cabely Illinois was killed and eaten on Meg while sleeping on a straw stack. A Helena Montana Herald special covers a Northern Pacific derailment thirteen miles east of Missoula West bound freight No 3 collided with a tea train from the Pacific coast traveling twenty five mph. The wreck destroyed ten cars with several killed and many injured. Names of the..
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John H. Sloan
North Carolina
Baltimore
Snyder
Cabely
Ill
Meg
Father
Helena, Montana
Missoula
Northern Pacific
Pacific Coast
Untitled fragment notes casualties unclear
A fragmentary report states that the number of killed and wounded could not be ascertained at this time. The brief lacks names, locations, or dates, offering only the uncertainty surrounding casualties.
Multiple arrests and convictions reported across states
Desertion, forgery, and burglary cases stretch from Fort Lincoln to Canton. Court actions include a Chicago man convicted for conspiracy, a Brookings man charged with forgery, a Illinois killer given fifteen years, and a woman jailed for suspected poisoning. A Galveston mayor and a Montana official are cited in violent disputes and adultery charges, with theft losses totaling thousands and partnerships ending amid new lawsuits.
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Jesse Riley
Fort Lincoln
Chicago
C. C. Nichols
Brookings
Dakota
John B. Leganard
Omaha
John Mosier
Illinois Penitentiary
Mosier
Ed. Vanderlinde
Bismarck
Dak
Ekke Vanderhack
Muskegon
Mich
William Smith
Clarke
Oshkosh
Fulton
Galveston
Col
R. G. Lowe
Galveston News
Lowe
Dr. Riley
Canton
Tex
D. L. Riley
Meredith
T. L. Riley
D. G. Stanton
H. Higgins
Timber Line
Montana
John Hanley
Livingston
Higgins
Hanley
Minister Stalle Presents Credentials as King Receives Envoy
Foreign news notes Judge Stalle, the new American minister, presenting his credentials to King Humbert of Italy. British conservatives gain seats in multiple constituencies while Liberals win in Newcastle under Lyme. Tory gains total ten. Burmese campaign shows health among troops, captives cared for, and villagers returning home as British reach Mingyore and Silemyo.
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Judge Stalle
King Humbert
Italy
Bury
St. Edmunds
Warrington
Rochester
Stalybridge
Exeter
Colchester
Blackburn
Cambridge
Bath
Cheltenham
Newcastle
Lyme
Burmah
Mingyore
Theebaw
Silemyo
Unclear mixed reports on laws and local events
A jumble of 19th century items notes life insurance for a Vermont governor, Prohibitionist wins in Atlanta, Wyoming fence building on government land, a Plymouth Wisconsin mill owner failing, and various political and economic snippets.
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Vermont
Atlanta
Wyoming
Puhlmann
Plymouth
Wis
Oregon
Supreme Court
Silver Islet
Lake Superior
H. Higgins
Montana
Hanley
Livingston
Long”ave
Philadelphia
Christ
Thomas C. Lewis
James Lewis
Joseph Kennedy
Lewis Bros. & Kennedy
Dry Good
New York
Philadelphia Times
Elizabeth
N.J
Washington Territory
Norwich
Conn
Jeremiahs of
New London
Imacco
Simon Siebler
Ists Tehchien Tern
One
Secretary of the Interior
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Iowa & Minnesota
Iowa & Southern Minnesota
Sioux City & Dakota
James Riverling
Montana Improvement Company
Sainte Cit Scoeehly
Delergate Toole
Runni Saa
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M.lm
Gormmak
Dakota State Legislature
Chief Justice
Tripp
the Agricultural College
Board of Regents
W. Riley
Big Reddy
Jamestown
Richard A. Jones
Francis
Sixth Judicial District
Worthington
Tom Riley
A. E. Maine
Submeey
B. F. Cooley
The
Episcopal Church At
Commissioner Black
Wandering Spirit
Washington Gossip
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