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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1885
Page
3
Delegate Gifford tells Washington he will present Dakota claims to President Cleveland and seek fair, intelligent treatment in Congress. He expects Congress to act this winter, with possible enabling act, but Dakota may not join before next March.
Commissioner Carroll D. Wright outlines the Labor Bureau policy of independence from politics and factions. The investigations cover industrial low mood, cost of living, machinery impact, and wage pressures across countries. Twenty agents were appointed, with fifteen in the U S and five in Europe, gathering data for the first annual report due next year.
Reports from Washington mention President Cleveland memorizing the Shorter Presbyterian catechism, Yellowstone Park seeking 150000 for next year, and William E. Smith named assistant secretary of the treasury. Notes cover coinage values, gender restrictions in the treasury, and various appointments, resignations, and investigations affecting officials and contractors.
The article describes President Cleveland, an old soldier, wounded with a shot through the left lung. It notes his health fears, advice to live longer with moderate stimulants, and his start of drinking. For two months he has been under liquor influence and unable to perform his official duties.
Dr. Noah Porter resigns Yale presidency. Col. Fred Grant pays Dr. Douglas’s $7,000 fee. Nasby, fifty two, earns 100000 yearly, worth 1 million. Lorillards buy land near New York for a game preserve. Dr. Sunderland denounces newspaper men. Canon Farrar christens Harold Farrar at Cyrus W Field’s Dobbs Ferry home. Nevada’s Lt Governor Laughton loses income as state librarian vacancy declared. salary cut to 300.
John Long and neighbor Sneider were buried in a well while digging for water on a Greensburg Pennsylvania farm. A lamp ignited an explosion at a depth of thirty one feet causing severe burns to both men.
Charles Collins killed during a street car robbery in Omaha. A Middletown New Jersey farmer lost five valuable horses to a fatal stab in his stables. Francis L White jailed in Boston for embezzling 25000 dollars in hides from Hiram Leonard and Co. Lieut Thurston killed Thomas Collins in self defense at Fort McIntosh Texas and was released on nominal bail. Geologist Leo Lesquereaux sentenced to three months in county jail after Milwaukee arrest for stealing books from a state normal school professor.
Reports from Victoria British Columbia describe the murder and robbery of an Englishman named Hicks by two highwaymen. European news covers the Prussian diet election where 960 Conservatives and 170 National Liberals are elected, the rest being New German Liberals, and a Berlin banker's collapse linked to Paris banker Premsel. Cardinal Manning and British bishops oppose mixed education. A Times letter attributed to Lord Bramwell criticizes rebels including Louis Riel.
Florida lodging industry anticipates 200 000 Northern visitors this winter. The piece notes corporate moves by Standard Oil toward absorbing Pennsylvania Natural Gas, and cites Gen John Newton urging Congress to address coastal defenses. It also covers the Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen convention outcomes and leadership, plus temperance union activities and headquarters move discussions.
Gov. Pierce presents a Dakota division and statehood argument noting a population of 416,600 and a 1885 crop surge. He urges liberal federal support, highlights Indian reservations' issues, and cites a $568,200 bonded debt with recent bond sale gains. Immigration and Northern Pacific land sales rise as he praises President Hill of the Manitoba road.
The report notes rising manufacturing in Cass Grand Forks Walsh Stutsman Billings Minnehaha and Yanktor with 2 6 million invested. Medora hosts Marquis de Mores abattoir at 395000 and Milwaukee Brewing in Bismarck spent 100000. Governor cites prosperity across crops prices and rail lines with small grain yields up year. Immigration expands, death rate 5 45 per 1090, marking one of the nation’s lowest.
William Denny of Martinsdale Meagher county Montana died forty hours after a rapidly revolving pulley burst and fragments struck his face and head while he was cutting down the pulley. The item lists multiple state and local legal cases and civil matters across Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Dakota, noting pardons settlements and arrests.
A digest of events from the Dakotas includes Deming McClotchie tied by cars near Mt Vernort, Pierre Recorder suspension and transport to Janesville Wis, Larimore grainary destroyed by fire, Minto fire losses, Sully county district court convening, a surveyor shooting bears, tree losses from prairie fires, Mateer Bros wheat yield, Huron Gazette editorial change, a Casselton assault arrest, Gray injured after Indian trail encounter, district court clerks appointed, gun posse arrests, settlers proving up land at Wilmot, and several fires destroying stores in Canova and De Smet.
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