General Land Office Aims and Fraud Concerns Clarified
The General Land Office's commissioner informs banker W R Green that laws will be followed for entry confirmations and patent issuance. Fraudulent entries may be canceled while honest entries are patented. Settlers in Dakota are told to avoid duplicate proofs and to seek refunds of improper charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Land Office
W. R. Green
Bangor, Dak
Teller
C. P. Cogswell
L. D
Dakota
Sparks
Aberdeen
Secrets of Grant Halleck Rivalry Unearthed From Civil War Papers
Army officers say McClellan's private Civil War papers will reveal a deep hostility between generals Grant and Halleck. The documents show Grant's 1862 Fort Donelson surrender and Halleck's curt reply about Grants whereabouts, with McClellan keeping originals and later copies made for the navy department. Grant later learned of the dispatches years after they existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Grant
Gen. Halleck
Halleck
St. Louis
McClellen
Grant
George B McClellen
George B. McClellen
Washington
H.w.haileck
McClellan
Nashville
Naw Department
Land law reform plan to protect Western settlers
Maj Strait and Judge Edgerton lead a Dakota contingent in a push to fix public land laws. The proposal strengthens final proof rules, requires six weeks notice and witnesses, and shifts appeals to a judiciary within the interior department, with a high quality tribunal to replace clerk decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maj. Strait
Edgerton
General Land Office
Dakota
Lamar
Jenks
Land Office
Suboena
Secretary of the Interior
District Court of the United States
Interior Department
Montreal Herald: U S Army Captain Denies Batoche Scalping Charge
Captain A L Howard of New Haven arrives in Montreal with his wife and rejects accusations printed in a city paper that he sent a dead Indian from Batoche. He describes taking a scalp as a trophy from the Sioux youth White Cap after the battle, comparing it to taking hair mementos from fallen friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal Herald
A. L. Howard
New Haven
Batoche
Poe White Cap
Old White Cap
Saskatoon
Minnesota
Northwestern Nominations Confirmed by Senate
The senate confirmed nominees including Thomas E. Heenan of Minnesota as consul at Odessa Bartlett Tripp as chief justice and William B. McConnell as associate justice of the Dakota court Postmasters N E Ives Marion Iowa Paul Dowlin Greenfield Iowa L S Childs Atlantic Iowa F S Brokawa Mount Vernon Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Thomas E. Heenan
Minnesota
Odessa
Bartlett Tripp
William B. McConnell
Oapevone Court of Dakota
N. E. Ives
Marion
Lowa
Paul Dowlin
Greenfield
Iowa
L. Childs
Atlantic
Brokawa Mount Vernon
List of officials and collectors across several states
The document lists individuals from Iowa Oregon Washington North Dakota South Dakota Montana and Wisconsin with titles including collectors of customs appraisers receivers of public moneys and district officials. It names Annie Brennock Dunlap J Bak Red Oak Charles W Rong Portland Join C Bell Astoria Daniel Stewart Walla Walla Bevins Dayton Thomas Watertown Slattery Bismarck Pratt Ipswich Laskell Larimore Carr Woonsocket Wharton Lisbon Carr Sioux Falls Ryan Anaconda Hobson Flannigan Scheneck Townsend Jones and others serving in federal posts in their respective districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Brennock
Dunlap
Iowa
J. Bak
Red Oak
Charles W. Rong
Portland
C. Bell
Astoria
Daniel Stewart
Walla Walla
Wash
J. T. Bevins
Dayton
L. M. Thomas
Watertown
Oak
M. P. Slattery
Bismarck
Dak
J. D. Pratt
Ipswich
G. T. Laskell
Larim
C. Scheneck
Oregon
Willamette
William M. Townsend
Lakeview
C. Jones
Rosenburg
Harrison Proposes Amendment on Crow Creek and Winnebago Land Claims
In Washington a Senate amendment to the Dakota bill would grant a 90 day reentry right to homesteaders who entered Crow Creek and Winnebago lands between Feb 27 and Apr 17, 1885. It sets up a special interior inquiry, details losses, and directs the interior secretary to report to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Washington
Senate
Great Sioux
Missouri River
Crow Creek and
Winnebago
Secretary of the Interior
Crow Creek
Congress
General Land Office
Washington Territory
New Tacoma
New Sub-Treasurer Charles Cando Named for New Post
Charles J. Cando, aged forty eight and a native of France, becomes sub-treasurer in New York. He came to America as an infant and worked in banking before serving as private secretary to W. B. Ogden then president of the Northwestern railway. Cando aided in forming New Yorks elevated transit system and since then has reorganized western railroads including the Toledo and Ohio Central. He has mining interests with S J Tilden and acted as treasurer for the national democratic committee in the last presidential campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Cando
France
W. B.ogden
Northwestern Railway
Ogden
8. J. Tilden
Odgen
Cando
Tilden
New York City
Ohio Central Railroad
Toledo & Ohio Central
J. Tilden
National Democratic Committee
Parnell thanks American Irish movement treasurer
Charles Stewart Parnell writes to Rev. Charles O'Reilly thanking the Irish Nation League of America for daily funds aiding the election campaign. He notes strong support across the Union and Canada and expresses hope for rapid legislative independence for Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O'Reilly
League of America
Charles Stewart Parnell
America
Union
Canada
Ireland
O'Reilly
Cuares
Parnell
Credit to His Conscience: Mutilated 2500 in US notes mailed
A secretary of a meet received a postmarked New York envelope containing 2500 in large denomination US notes cut in two with inner portions removed and canceled. The accompanying note claimed the money would be paid to the government and warned of reaping what one sows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Smallett
United State
Senate seating and nominations update from telegraphic flashes
Jones of Nevada returns to his senate seat on the 20th. The president sent nominations for Charles J. Canda New York as assistant treasurer and Peter Gallagher Virginia as Fort Hallie gany Indian agent in Idaho. Lieut James W Graydon US Navy claims to have invention
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Jones
Nevada
Senate
Charles J. Canda
New York
United States
Peter Gallagher
Virginia
Fort Hallegany
Idaho
James W. Graydon
United States Navy
Patchwork of 19th Century News and Disparate Incidents
A wide-ranging chronicle lists inventions and political maneuvers, crimes, trials, accidents, and social events. Entries include a dynamite projectile invention, civil service repeal debate, royal and diplomatic notices, executions, murders, bank failures, robberies, smallpox outbreaks, elections, and cultural notes from across the United States and Canada.
Supreme Court Rebukes State License Tax on Interstate Liquor Sales
The U S Supreme Court rules a Michigan tax on out of state liquor sales to be discriminatory, blocking state regulation of commerce. It states no state may discriminate against citizens or products of other states even for health and morality aims. The ruling reverses Michigan and remands, affecting drummers who trade across state lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the
United States
Samuel A. Walling
Michigan
W Alling
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cavanagh & Co
Chicago
Supreme Court of Michigan
Walling
Bradley
Congress of
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
New Inter State Commerce Bill Reported by Senator Collom
Senator Collom of Illinois reports a bill to regulate inter state commerce with a detailed abstract. The measure aims to curb unjust discrimination, require tariffs to be filed and published, and establish a five member commission with salaries of 7500 dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collom
Ilinois
Senate
Swyx
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Burglary and Assault Spark Crime Flurry and Trials
Several incidents unfold across states including a fatal assault in Falls City Nebraska after a man attacked Bert Bowers for an insult letter to Mrs Stetler. A New York case involves a man elrobbing his wife for alleged provocation by song. Other items report a cash and debt theft in Newcastle Pennsylvania, a postal theft case in Chicago, and a Chinaman’s California estate valued at 100000. Notable values include the Lippincott estate at seven million dollars and Yale geologist J H Dana lecturing on Evolution challenging creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grettana Apistle
New York
Hartman
Newcastle
Thomas F. Gault
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Adsit
Hoyne
Chicago
Amos Stetler
Bert Bowers
Falls City
Neb
J. H. Dana
Yale College
J. B. Lippincott
Dakota Territorial News Roundup From Frontier Reports
Judge Moody press briefing on admission fees. Governor Pierce travels to Chicago likely for a month. Reynolds of Herman handles Thollefson estate in Grand Forks. estate valued about 1000 dollars. Schoenfeld scalped by Indians in Montana. details scarce. Dorsett arrested after leaving Devil Lake for the East. Bismarck to electrify streets with Neere Bete capital and lights. Julia Peronta alleges coercion in Fargo estate dispute after marriage in Grand Forks. Milwaukee and Northwestern withdraw from Yankton. right of way tensions ease. Sioux Falls bank dispute with First National to continue. examiner from St Paul arrives. Sioux Falls railroad fund reaches 40000 dollars. Fancher arrested at Yankton for seduction under promise. Deadwood grand jury indicts Sheriff Garland and others on false evidences. Nelson residence near Bridgewater burned. occupant Rasmusson dies later. Park River man murdered. coroner called. Sioux Falls treasurer Howard resigns. Norton appointed. Ozone printing office at Steele burned. prior losses. Hollister of Moline Plow charged with perjury in attachment. Deller City named in Aurora county. Greenfield township plagued by hog cholera. Mandan residence of Alex Helmsworth burned. losses 2500 dollars. Grand Forks Gilbert Walker reports 45 million feet lumber. Plan to connect La Moure to Ellendale via rail. Dickey O Brien murder defense insanity. Dakota loses about fifteen townships under new Sioux reservation bill. Fargo Argus editor quips about matching 10000 girls with husbands in nine days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Fancher
Chicago
Yankton
Deadwood
Garland
Col. Tracy
John McCarthy
L. C. Nelson
Bridgewater
Rasmussen
C. K. Howard
Charles L. Norton
Firlt Yaveny
Norton
Sioux Falls. National Bank
Howard
Ozone Printing Office
At Steele Oeeers
W. M. Hollister
Moline Plow Company
Summers & Vamora
Deller City
Aurora County
Greenfield Township
Clay County
Mandan
Alex Helmsworth
Gilbert Walker
Grand Forks
Dakota
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The
Northwestern
House Committee On Reform
Pulitzer
Seney
Ohio
Clements
Spooner
Rhode Island
Ees
O. B. Dorsett
Devils Lake
East
George Wilson
Mike Kurtz
Sheeney Mike
William Porter
Troy
N. Y
Europe
Kurtz
Florida
Jacksonville
Holly Epps
Vincennes
Ind
Court House
Newark
John Douglass
Delph Williams
Waynesboro
Stephen Campbell
Danville
Vermillion County
Tobias Epstein
Toronto
Mme
Patti
Grandines
Oan
St. Timothe
Lovett
Quebec
Cape St. Ignace
St. Thomas de Montmorny
R. O O. Watthall
J. F. Gee
U. S
Mississippi
Strator Gorman
Maryland
Maj. Armstrong
Cleveland Plaindeale
Tex
Seattle
Columbia and
Puget Sound
Middleville
D. T. Finch & Sons
Jiioia Supreme Court
Academy of Music
Emma Juci
Miss Juci
the Nations Supreme Court
Dakota Territorial News
Moody
House
Gov. Pierce
Reynolds
Herman, Minn
Thollefson
Swenson
Herman
Helmuth Schoenfeld
Montana
Leorn
Dorsett
Devil Lake
Neere Bete
Julia Peronta
Milwaukee
North- Western
First National
United States Bank
Taylor
St. Paul
First National Bank
Park River
Melville
Hans Midboe
Gunlick C. Midboe
Vesta Township
Grafton
Core
Fargo Argus
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