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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1887
Page
2
The Supreme Court refuses to grant the writ of error prayed for in the Chicago Anarchist Cases. This decision comes as Washington Special reports dated November 2, 1887.
The New York Graphic has been sold to a Republican syndicate and will become a Republican paper again with Thomas Nast expected to handle political cartoons.
Eliza J. Nicholson since taking ownership and editor role at the New Orleans Picayune has seen the paper lift a debt of $85,000 and enjoy rising prosperity each year.
A German resident in Berlin, reading Allied government notices, sent Secretary Fairchild a $1,000 Confederate bond by mail, stating the decision to part with it and request redemption.
J. R. Dodge of the Washington department of agriculture estimates the three leading cereals will total 2,550,000,000 bushels, with corn at 1,500,000,000, wheat at 450,000,000, and oats at 600,000,000.
R G Lowe, managing editor of the Galveston News and Dallas News, who was arrested for printing a Sunday edition of both papers, has been discharged. Judge Gustave Cook noted the legislature declared the newspaper a public necessity by enumerating it among such necessities.
A manufacturer proposed a Wichita plant to employ 500 people and sought 200000 in city aid. One citizen paid the full amount and others reimbursed him promptly. The deal was settled quickly, not taking a day.
Gen Greely’s annual report apologizes for imperfect bureau work noting 1510 storm signals ordered with 1084 verified, the lowest reliability in years. He cites assignment of young officers with inadequate instruction as the main cause.
Charles Dickens Jr tells a reporter in New York he aims to read reflections from his father's books and to prove he is worthy of American regard, aside from being his father's son. He lands in New York and asserts his own merit.
Lieutenant Finley doubts the efficiency of the Zalinsky dynamite gun noting shells split old wooden hulls but would have little effect on steel armor plates. He cites tests at Bandy Heck where armor was scored less, and says dynamite needs confinement to explode effectively.
The text notes about three million American women work for pay with 600000 in agriculture mainly cotton, 640000 in manufacturing, 530000 in low wage sectors with anti Chinese sentiment, 280000 as milliners, 200000 in tailoring like roles, and 690000 as sales, teachers, operators and more. It also states 2500 female physicians.
Washington items report the supreme court arguments in anarchist cases. Indemnity land buyers in Dakota may obtain patents by paying government prices. Secretary Whitney discusses a New York training school for servants with Miss Juliet Carson. John C. Horgan of Minneapolis promoted to 1400 dollars a year in the pension office. Indian police expansion sought for Lion reservation in Montana pending report. Northern Pacific land grant dispute resolved denying 57000 acres in Washington Territory as part of public domain. Pensions announced for Wisconsin and Minnesota veterans and widows with names and towns listed.
The marchioness de Mores departs this week with her mother for an extended India tour. In Chippewa Falls Vaseer Caulkins, a theological student, is ordained and installed as permanent pastor of the Baptist church. Judge Elisha Pike of Bayfield Wisconsin dies at home on Pike's creek leaving his widow and two children, Capt. R. D. Pike and Mrs. B. F. Bickster.
McGarigle, a Chicago fugitive boodler, is reported at Manitoba's capital. A. G. Gross of Cor rectionville Iowa is jailed for forgery. A jail design in Chicago suggests authorities foiled a plot. Ped Sheckley of Burlington Indiana killed his father in law James Carrey then died by his own hand. A Billings of Portage Wisconsin sues George F. Noble Kilbourne for 5000 dollars over false imprisonment. Noble, a justice of the peace, is implicated in a fatal clash with W. H. Reynolds editor of the Times in Ashland Ohio. Mason, brother of C. D. Mason, is charged in libel suits and Reynolds was shot during evidence gathering. Mason is jailed.
The propeller Vernon with twenty one aboard is lost north of Manitowoc on Take Michigan. At Mineral Point Ohio fires blaze at Cailers Holden brick works fatally scalding four and injuring five. Names of the fatally hurt include Frank Harper James Nichuard W Loutenlagle and a boy Graham. At St Louis Paine's Last Days of Pompeii ends in a deadly stage accident killing Antonio Infantes as a rope collapse and fiery debris cause fatal injuries.
Reports state President Grevy would resign if deputies pursue the Caffarel inquiry. A Dublin Times correspondent notes growing calls against Mr Blunt’s sentence, with loyalists and friends opposing it.
Earl Spencer warns against mixing Parnellites with dynamiters and calls for Liberal conciliation. He cites potential dangers if coercion continues and notes threats from O'Donovan Rossa’s circle and other extremists.
Several cities fear cholera arrivals from Italian steamers despite quarantine. Creditors of Newman and Farr and Niobrara Cattle Co. accept 45 cents on the dollar and release debtors. The Episcopal Church elected Abiel Leonard missionary bishop for Nevada and Utah and J S Johnson for Western Texas. Alaska is made a missionary jurisdiction with bishop election postponed.
Pioneer Press estimates the Minnesota and Dakota wheat crop based on reports from wheat counties. Minnesota averages 12.7 bushels per acre for about 8.046 million acres, Dakota about 15 1/2 bushels on 3.075 million acres, totaling roughly 85.7 million bushels. Dockage averages 3.5 pounds per bushel, a substantial farmer expense.
The Third National Bank of St Paul will go into voluntary liquidation and close its business after long falling short of paying obligations. It faced about 165000 in custom paper claims from Rood & Maxwell of Washburn, part of a 200000 creditor claim, with only roughly 75 percent recoverable. The bank’s prospects threaten stockholders as losses loom.
St Cloud Minnesota land office issues circular inviting applications for indemnity lands of the Northern Pacific within twenty miles of the railroad. Applications for homestead entry may be filed after November 7, 1887, with company objections noted. Settlement may date from August 15, 1887. No attorneys needed yet. notice of company objection will follow.
Police recount the 1878 theft of A. T. Stewart’s body from an underground vault at St. Mark’s churchyard. Private investigators tracked letters and a coffin plate from Boston to Canada while Judge Hilton and Gen. Jones pursued leads and sought a ransom, but negotiations collapsed and the body remained missing.
Robbers collect cash from a messenger then flee. A freight car carries a trunk with a man who slept in West Chester county. An empty coffin is placed in a cathedral vault beneath the dome and bones are moved from the trunk. A hidden spring would ring the town’s chimes if the vault is disturbed.
In Dublin spectators denounced the magistrate as William O'Brien's sentence was confirmed. A mob of thousands gathered in Midleton, clashed with police, and O'Brien resisted arrest before being jailed. Co-defendant Mr. Mandeville received two months for seditious language.
The Chicago Journal reports anarchist sympathizers resume anonymous threatening letters to Judge Gary and States Attorney Grinnell. Wives suffer as letters threaten kidnapping if seven men are not saved. Police bolster protection. officials pursue clemency efforts and identify enemies. A circulator’s unknown source fuels agitation among the sheriff and police.
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