Dakota Legislature Begins with Governor Pierce Address
The Dakota Legislature opens with Council and House sessions. George C. Crose wins the speakership after multiple ballots. Governor Pierce delivers a lengthy address, urging fair policy and promising cooperation. Bills促 proposed include tax reform, railroad regulation, and public examiner offices.
Trial of Bishop Farr for polygamy in Ogden Utah
Chicago Times correspondent details the Ogden federal court polygamy trial of Bishop Lorin Farr who faced five wives and five children. The account notes Farr's appearance and wives, jury deliberations lasting seven hours, an unexpected not guilty verdict, and a posttrial suppers funded by Farr himself.
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Bishop Farr
Chicago Times
Ogden
Utah
Federal Court Room
Lorin Farr
Farr
County
Kerry
New England
Tribunal of Justice
Joseph Smith
Henderson
John R. McLean's Joke and Debt Payoff
John McLean of the Cincinnati Enquirer plays a joke on an impoverished Irishman in New York by paying back a quarter he owed. The trick backfires as the man quips about being owed more, and the editor learns not to repay debts on the spot unless demanded.
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Howard
Benham
Francis
Sheldon
Day
George A. Matthews
Cain
Frank J. Washabaugh
Matthews
Washabaugh
Foster
T. A. Kingsbury
Watertown
Robert E. Wallow
Jamestown
C. W. Starling
Aberdeen
O. A. Southmaydr
Burleigh County
W. B.troy
Wahpeton
Ben Ham
Bismarck
M. W. Spalding
Grand Forks
Donovan
Campbell
Hillman
Valley City
Tomes Little
Henry Newton Pages
Dr. Collins
J. G. Hamilton
House
Stewart
Fall River
George C. Crose
Hyde County
Adams
E. B. Williams
Burleigh
Ruggles
John Hobart
Moody
Green
John Ely
Rolette
Crose
Bogart
Pruitt
Sullivan
Hamilton
Williams
House of Representatives
Seventeenth Legislatesars
Aiken
Dodd
Tonackow
Williams of
McCumber
Aikens
Grigsby
Cody
Gov
Pierce
Judge Church
Council
General Assembly
Territory of Dakota
Gilbert A. Pierce
Stoke
Sethi
Lerill
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Collins
Board of
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Pioneer Press
Fifteenth General Assembly
North Dakota University
Mr. Mead
Dawes Sioux
Sioux Falls
Mr. Hughes
Tax Commission
Hughes
Caldwell
Gilbert
Miltmore
Elliott
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Fletcher
Committee On Rules
Committee On
Temperance
Railroad Commission
Southern
Northern
Dakota
Burnham
Dodds
Mr. Dodds
Hawk
Sixth
Fellows
Roe Bayey
Capitol
Galloway
Congress
Boards of Education
Lorens
Farmers’ Alliance
John R. McLean
John McLean
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Twenty-ninth Street
New York
Fourth Avenue
Hibernian
John
McLean
Wax
The Lecturers Pay And Western Demand
The Boston letters note Ohio tops for lecturer pay with $30 to $100 per show and Western demand for Eastern men like Chauncey M. Depew Daniel Dougherty and General Horace Porter. Frederick A Ober reports strong Western bookings this season. Dr Chapins remark about fifty dollars plus expenses reflects typical compensation for a good lecturer.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Texas
Arkansas
Chauncey M. Depew
Daniel Dougherty
Horace Porter
Frederick A. Ober
Boston
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Walsh
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Lawrence
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Millimore
Nelson County Commissioners
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