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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1887
Page
2
The paper notes St Louis is not planning additions beyond its five mile limit but enjoys steady growth and prosperity that booming cities might imitate. Senator Stanford has ruled his California university buildings shall be single story not threatened by quake.
Judge Hoadly informs the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette that he cannot accept the vacancy on the supreme court citing a preference for a southern appointee. He notes the south lacks representation on the bench and the appointment should go to a southern candidate.
A late issue writer argues the Southern farmer is not as well off as a decade ago due to wrong headedness and wasteful one crop Debt and un systematic methods. He urges a shift in agriculture to prevent the North from gaining control of Southern lands.
Lieut. John J. Shawty U S A obtained pay nineteen times on a single voucher and vanished. He wrote from London offering resignation and the secretary of war declined to accept it and ordered Shaw's name dropped from the army register, noting likely detection and disgrace.
The 1886 production of gold and silver in the United States totaled 35 million and 51 million dollars respectively, with silver from the old ball valued at 124 million. Colorado leads the states in precious metals, followed by Montana and California, and last year Colorado added over twenty million dollars to global wealth in this sector.
Massachusetts supreme court strikes down a state rule denying voter registration to naturalized citizens within 30 days of naturalization. The case arose when a foreign-born applicant sued the Cambridge city registers for refusal to register. The court holds naturalized citizens have equal rights to native-born citizens in the legislature and voting access.
The New Orleans Times reports 46 000 acres of government pine lands south of the Red River at Natchitoches were sold to western lumbermen. It notes northern capitalists own most plots and say the vast timber domain will yield large returns once markets open.
Washington Special reports a full parade reviewed by the president from the camp on Seventeenth Street. The head of the column arrived at noon, the stand seated about three hundred guests, with Mrs Cleveland and Govs Lee Minnesota and others in attendance. The president bowed to saluting troops as they passed.
The commission in Washington adopts rules for practice before it. Hearings for petitions and complaints begin at 11 a.m. daily on weekdays in Washington. Applications to charge different rates must be filed by an agent or officer with a petition and two newspapers notice for at least ten days. Hearings will be scheduled after petition presentation. Complaints against carriers require an attested petition with copies for each carrier and the complainant’s address. Carriers must answer within twenty days. failure allows the commission to proceed with proof and issue an order. If a carrier finds the complaint insufficient, it may foreclose by notifying readiness to hear, admitting facts, and setting a hearing time unless otherwise ordered. The hearing location is the commission’s Washington office unless stated otherwise.
The Michigan legislature passed the Rogers bill regulating state commerce with penalties up to 15600 for favoritism in rates and with a state railroad commission investigation method. Relief funds for Lake Linden sufferers total about 40. H J Ramedell, noted Washington newspaper figure and Blaine biographer, died suddenly. President and Mrs Cleveland left for Saranac Lake. Col Lamont accompanies them. Secretary Lagier and Hawkins depart for home. routine work continues in other departments. Bondholders in Amsterdam and London pursue Jay Gould and Russell Sage for 5 million. Detroit Kennel Club show awards go to Wacouta kennels of St Paul. Commission for ALD postmaster at Litch- eange signed. McDonald request to prepare band. References to Blaine divorce and other uncertain details present.
A compilation of 1884 85 items covers Lacombe's reappointment and possible departure, Presbyterian assembly actions on marriage clauses, Commodore Davidson's death, a Belt stables fire destroying 1600 horses and 75 buildings with losses around 1 million, New York Union Club membership rejection for actors, Albany grocers George S Birch & Co assignment with 68500 preferred claims, postmaster appointments in several states, release of Father Ryan and Father Slattery tied to the plan of campaign, a Dub lin unionist club drive, Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin postmaster commissions, the Nixon marriage in New Orleans Times Democra t, Paris theater fire with many deaths, Loneman's Manitoba trial, Manitoba railway bill debates in Ottawa, Steedman statue dedication in Toledo, Platt petition to Gov Hill, Pope Me n all excommunication notes, Des Moines jailing of Frank Pierce over beer seizure, Pierce perjury charge. Additional notes on Capt Meyers, Blanche Ramer prodigy, Illinois Central rail expansion, Davenport session host, and a Pennsylvnia rail incident.
The Dakota Territorial News reports a large Watertown gathering of an association on the 24th and 25th with welcome from Mayor Donaldson. William Powell urged that Minneapolis and St Paul will soon distribute currency for the wheat country, and officers were elected for the next year.
Reports from Grand Forks Canton Fargo and Huron detail local appointments bank openings new rail and oil projects and a domestic incident. Committees celebrate Fourth of July in Grand Forks. Henry Reese dies in a Salem box car crash. A Brinks suit in Pierre excites social circles. A Blunt syndicate forms to exploit local gas. Christian & Co. plans 20 30 Dakota elevators. Harthornesons and a De Smet incident. Groundbreaking for a Fargo Standard Oil tank station. Grand Forks gas works contract let. Grace Episcopal church hires Rev Potter in Huron. Dakota Guarantee Savings Bank opens in Fargo. A playful domestic water prank ends with a soaked suitor and a broken mood.
A New York press item notes financier Jay Gould’s habit of early afternoon snail deliveries. Each brown paper parcel holds about a quart of French snails, imported by steamship agents for friends. Gould’s method cooks them in shell, browns and roasts, served like roasted clams, with a bold taste that astonishes onlookers.
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