Dakota Legislature begins active session with broad bills
The Dakota Legislature opens with extensive committee work and many bills filed in both chambers. Council and House consider taxes, bonds, liquor regulation, veterans homes, and highway issues while debating horsekeeping and county governance. A strong push to tax utilities and fund public services emerges as sessions proceed.
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Patten
Miner
Bidlake
Roger
Miltime
Williams
Grant
Adams
Sullivan
Burleigh
Stewart
Walsh and White
Government and Church Confirmation in Dakota Governor Race
Senate and territorial committee maneuvers surround Judge Church’s Dakota governorship bid. Telegrams from Gov Pierce and Senators Platt Cullom request or deny confirmation as Church seeks to answer alleged intemperance charges by mail. Pressure mounts to confirm while public questions linger about the charges' basis and witnesses.
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Gov. Church
Washington
Judge Church
St. Paul
Supreme Court
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Pierce
Church
Platt
Cullom
Gov. Pierce
Gifford
Dakota
Committee On Territories
Culom
Senate
Friends of
Day Church
W. A. Smith
the Treasury
Smith
Tso
Jecy
Clureh
Dinger
Lepubiean
Democraticoversi
Home stead entry of Samuel Wild upheld on limited residence
Special Telegram reports the interior secretary overruled the general land office cancelation of Samuel Wild’s homestead in Mitchell Dakota. Wild and his son operated a tailor shop and lived intermittently on the forty acre claim to support a livelihood. The decision accepts noncontinuous residence due to livelihood needs and notes potential wider effects on homestead rights for poorer settlers.
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Secretary of the Interior
General, Land Office
Samuel Wild
Range
Mitchell
Dak
Wild
Oe Land Office
Boat Land
General Land Office
Ieee
An Unexpected Pleasure Between Two Dudes
Two men greet warmly with playful frontier dialect, exchanging hearty welcomes and expressions of gladness as they meet and shake hands in a humorous, informal banter. The scene emphasizes camaraderie and lighthearted bravado between buddies.
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Charley
Chappie
Dakota Territorial News Highlights Land Entries and Local Incidents
Judge Spencer plans to arrive in Huron in February to begin duties. Aberdeen land office data shows 445 original entries covering 70 300.76 acres and 580 final entries covering 87 899.22 acres, receipts $106 726.45. Henry Perkins found frozen to death west of Aberdeen. mail disruption at Gary. At Devils Lake Mrs. Olson assigned property to F. Prosser. liabilities $7 000. stock and real estate valued at $5 000. Surveyor general seeks $3 000 more for clerk hire. contracts in Dakota total $23 370. current year estimate inadequate. Antelope seen near Jamestown and La Moure County. Yankton temperance revival leads to potential temperance ticket in April. W. W. Goddard named territorial auditor. Steele in Washington promoting non explosive car heating apparatus. Artesian well near Jamestown hits water at ~1 200 feet. Northern Pacific snow clearance costly but trains to run on schedule. no extended blockade. Bottineau Pioneer lists 48 single ladies with land claims. county offers incentives to young men. In Moody County land transfer involving Alfred Brown and Timothy Young from Sioux Indian ownership, with later title secured. land valued at $10 000.
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Devils Lake
Olson
F. Prosser
Surveyor General of
Dakota
Jamestown
la Moure County
Altered The Gase Entirely Arkansas Traveller
A dialect sketch shows Colonel Billings accusing Sandy of theft over wood. Sandy denies and deflects, claiming he never stole and accusing the colonel of suspicion. The exchange satirizes accusations and racial tensions in a rural setting.
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Arkansas
Billings
Old Sandy
Sandy
Gettysburg Panorama at Sixth and St Peter Finds Stir
St Paul Dispatch extols the Gettysburg panorama exhibition, praising its realism and dramatic depiction of the July 3, 1863 fight. The 20 000 square foot canvas blends foreground life with authentic troop maneuvers and a vivid Pickett charge scene, inviting visitors into a recreated Pennsylvania valley.
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St Paul
Sixth
St. Peter
Gettysburg Field
Koceneetvae
Pennsylvania
Rosa Bonheur
General Pickett
Manis
Eos
Seeree
Colvill
Pais
Red Wing
Visa Jain Rg
Sao Marshatterman
Minnesota
Mecene
Tts
Minnesota Growth Sparks Population Forecast
The Washington Post reports Minnesota’s real estate values up over 80 percent since 1880 and overall growth above 50 percent. Population may reach about 2,000,000 by 1890 with Saint Paul and Minneapolis over 400,000. Immigrants, especially Scandinavians, are described as industrious and thrifty.
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Washington Post
Minnesota
Paul
Minneapolis
North Star State
Second Storming At St Paul Toe Palace Draws Massive Crowd
The Prenade crowd reached 25 000 during the storming on the 27th while over 100 000 watched from afar. St Paul set a new attendance record as the scene drew unprecedented public attention.
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St. Paul Toe Palace
Prenade
St. Paul
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