Congress Debates Land Entries and Public Works Intrigue
A Senate report favors a bill confirming entries of public lands with good faith protections and fraud safeguards. Other measures authorize Fort Dodge building, homestead patent rules, and use of Pacific railroad funds for branch lines. Grants for a Grant monument and a New Orleans exhibit were debated or tabled amid party lines, with urgent questions over executive versus legislative powers and the impeachment call against the treasury secretary referenced in the Record.
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Morgan
Judiciary Committee
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Pacific Railroad
Gen. Grant
Washington
Mesers
Gray
Plumb
Mr. Call
United States
van Wyck
Senate Committee On Public Lands
General Land Office
Sparks
Houst
Treasury
Montana
Cinnabar & Clark Railroad Company
New Orleans
Atlantic & Pacific Company
Bingham
House Committee On Post Offices
Senate and House Action on Banks and Canals
Senate approves a two thirds shareholder vote to rename relocate or adjust capital with a 30 mile relocation limit. An amendment to a Japan site offer proposes a 25000 grant for a Tokio legal building. Blair educational bill debate resumes as Des Moines river title quieting and Idaho territory annexation bills pass in the House. The half gallon spirits tax from bonded warehouses passes. The Hennepin canal bill seeking about 9000000 for Illinois and Michigan canal work is debated in the House with Mr Murphy of Iowa presenting a map-supported case.
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Senate
Controller of the Treasury
Morgan
Government of
Japan
Tokio
House
Des Moines
Iowa
Idaho
Washington Territory
Hennepin Canal
Ilinois & Michigan Canal
Murphy
Dawes Indian land allotment bill advances in Senate
Senate pass Dawes bill to allot lands in severalty to Indians on various reservations and extend legal protection. Excludes Cherokees Creeks Choctaws Chickasaws Seminoles and Seneca lands. Also discussed were Edmunds meat inspection bill and tariffs related to foreign trade. Adjourned until Monday.
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Aenate
Dawes
Senate
Indian Territory
New York
Edmunds
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Mr. Edmunds
Judiciary Committee
Senator Voorhees
Military Academy
Murphy E
Random Clippings Highlight School Fashion and Satire
A collage of quips and jokes on attire for youths in knickerbockers and long stockings, satire on religious and civic figures, and brief anecdotes about Elixir de Milan and a hopping market. The samples mix humor and social commentary, referencing Peck’s Sun, Chicago Inter Ocean, and Boston Transcript.
London Trial Sparks Sensation in Dyson Bartlett Case
Testimony from a servant fuels sensational coverage of Rev. Dyson and Mrs. Adelaide Bartlett amid murder allegations. Prosecution says Bartlett was forced from wife to Dyson and killed by chloroform on New Year’s Eve. Dyson and Bartlett deny criminal intent.
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London
Dyson
Adelaide Bartlett
Edward T. Bartlett
Pimlico
Bartlett
Washington News Summary
Secretary Lamar orders suits to be brought against timber trespassers in Washington Territory. A swindler ring molested Washington society until police intervention. The House pension committee plans to widen the claims filing window. Postmasters appointed in several states. Allegations against Lieut. J. F. McBlain threaten his nomination and may trigger court martial. Commissioner Black proposes two and a half day monthly clerk vacations with fixed schedules. The president's reception for army and navy guests drew high attendance and elegant dress.
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Lamar
Washington Territory
Washington
House Committee On
House
Dakota
Robey
N. Duster
Minnesota
Champlin
H. G. Hostly
Glenwood
T. Schwieger
Kimberly
Army
Navy
Cleveland
Manning
Endicott
Whitney
Vilas
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Congress
Department
Personal Mention: Watterson Convalescent and Johnson Ill
Henry Watterson is convalescent while Elder J A Johnson of Dubuque suffers apoplexy. Mackins A Lewis general manager of the fast freight lines dies at Indianapolis.
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Henry Watterson
J. A. Johnson
Dubuque
Mpkins A. Lewis
Ese
Indianapolis
Casualty Record of Fires and Losses Across Cities
A roundup reports Cypress Hills Railway damage from a fire costing 100 000 dollars. An 80 year old woman, Mrs Green, was fatally run over near Chippewa Falls. Joseph Solomon’s dry goods store in Chicago burned for 21 000 dollars insured. Troy New Yorks Vallambrosa rink and other buildings burned with 5 000 dollars loss insured 25 000. Dutch Hall Wis Joseph Plummer found dead with team intact next morning. Baltimore fires hit Charles Weiller & Sons 80 000 dollars Hats and Johnson Bros building 150 000 insured. Atlantic Ironworks Sharon Pa mill wrecked by flying band wheel damage 10 000. A lifeboat drifted from a steamer in Long Island Sound. seven men described by name perished.
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Teo
Cypress Hills Railway Company
Wis
Baltimore
Charles Weiller & Sons
Howsey
Johnson Bros
Atlantic Ironworks
Sharon
Long Island Sound
Judson Abbot
Fish Senet
Bridgeport
Ernest Judson
Idlewild
Ernest Ladd
J. H. Long
J. Reardon
Glencove
L. 1
Fred Warner
New York
Foreign Gossip on Stockholm Economy and Prisoner Release
The article notes an unmatched 1857 level of commercial gravity in Stockholm and urges the dominion government to halt sending the flying column to the Northwest to avoid a possible outbreak. It mentions the potential immediate release of Poundmaker and the half bred prisoners.
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Stockholm
Dominion
Scandals and arrests linked to British aristocracy and banks
A review notes scandals in British society including Viscount Hinton’s escapade and fraud charges against judges Dichearme Nicolle and De Gruchy of Jersey Bank. They were bailed at £5,000 each and face loss of judgeships. Also reports hissing at a queen’s toast and a dispute among Masons over Illinois and Quebec lodges with England’s grand lodge urged to sever ties with Illinois.
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Stoney Mountain
Viscount Hinton
Earl Pauiett
Dichearme
Nicolle and de Gruchy
Island of
Jersey
Jersey Banking Company
Post
London
Broadhurst
Charles Russell
Grand Masonic Lodge of
England
Colonial Board
Grand Lodge of
Illinois
Quebec
Grand Lodge
Illinois Lodge
Noted horse thief arrested in Ellendale report
The Criminal Calendar notes Bill Cummings, a noted horse thief, arrested at Ellendale Oak after arriving with fifty or sixty stolen horses. Detective A A Chapman of Montana aided in the capture and Cummings had disposed of several horses to local farmers amid strong public indignation.
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Bill Cummings
Ellendale
Oak
Fosnaugh
Huron
Frank Burgel
Cynthia Burgel
Massilon
Ohio
van Fleet
Huron County
William Warrena
Rensalear
Miscellaneous Items From The Day’s Dispatches
The charity ball in Chicago raised about 8000 dollars and the Hancock memorial fund in New York totals 31740 dollars. Cholera unlikely to gain a foothold in America this year, per Surgeon General Hamilton. Ohio supreme court upholds Gov Foraker in ousting Cincinnati police commission. Des Moines reports prohibition costs of 120000 over the last nineteen months. In Bismarck Gov Pierce denies planning a Minneapolis newspaper. Ex Reverend Downs sues Rev Johnston for 10000 dollars over a slander case. Pittsburg reels from a gas supply failure after a recent boom in fear and a public inquiry will probe the cause. Elevators at Flandrau Ohio attacked by William Deering in a grain mortgage deal. McCormick of Chicago says labor troubles resolved though socialists doubt it. Fred Foote convicted of first degree murder in the January killing of Andrew Brink. Dubuque snowstorm deepest of the season with fifteen inches and drifts up to eight feet. Senate delays action on W M Campbell for Minnesota marshal amid opposition. Mrs. R C Mitchell died suddenly of apoplexy at nearly eighty. Northern Pacific lowers through rate on agricultural implements to Portland. Six day type setting contest ends with Miss Kenni leading. New England winter storm delivers heavy snow and high winds across New Hampshire Vermont Boston and New York blocking roads and wires.
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Chicago
Hancock Memorial Fund
New York
Hamilton
America
Ohio Supreme Court
Gov Foraker
Cincinnati Police Commission
Des Moines
Bismarck
Pierce
Minneapolis
Downs
Boston
Franklin Johnston
Pittsburg
Flandrau
Oak
William Deering
McCormick
Fred Foote
Andrew J. Brink
Fenton
Mich
Flint
Murden
Dubuque
Washington
Senate
W. M. Campbell
United States
Minnesota
Hatchurd
Duluth
Mra
R. C. Mitchell
Fev
Northern Pacific
Portland
Dakota Territory News Briefs Highlight Local Trials and Developments
Judge J L McKee, former probate judge of McCook County, jailed in Chicago on charges of obtaining goods by deception. Redfield finds limestone rivaling national quality. Fall River and Custer County court segregation ordered. Pat O Leary of Brookings claimed 111 years old. Dakota G A R encampment at Watertown March 24. Norwegian Lutheran conference to meet in Belmont Trail County next June with 150-200 ministers and 600 delegates. Madison votes on $25,000 bond for normal school building completion. Superior bituminous coal found near Minnesota toward De Mores. Water from a Dakota City medicinal spring analyzed as valuable. Efforts to pardon A M Flagg in Sioux Falls embezzlement case. Devil’s Lake supports Irwin bail denial. Duffack’s block fire in Yankton damages J B Ketchum stock. loss $5,000. Rev G L Hunt obtains divorce. wife seeks New Jersey divorce. Webster Day County to host Sisseton reservation opening meeting March 11. A Wilmot girl dies after seminum ingestion. Hans Medboe dies after Park River shooting. Brown County wins liquor license suit against Aberdeen. Elk Point killing acquittals on Geneer Adams manslaughter. Reisdorf barn fire at Becker Township. losses include livestock. Stebbins block arson attempt in Steele. three arrested. Beadle County custody case for John Nieacott. Tobias Gilbertson hanged himself near Gras Forks. Sioux Falls Bank attachment vs First National dissolved post check dispute. Jamestown brewery destroyed. loss up to thousands. George Contin charged with arson. County assessor controversy: af county board declares home base in Detroit. pensions wintering, details unclear.
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Norwegian Lutheran Conference
Red River Valley
Belmont Trail County
Wth
Madison
Minnesota
de Mores
Benjamin
Reisdorf
Becker Township
Grant County
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Leman
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