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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1886
Page
2
The New York Graphic reports that new trade statistics fully justify predictions of an exceptional season of commercial and business activity, signaling renewed vigor for Warner Weekly Sin OTA markets.
Francis A. Walker chief of the census and nation’s top statistician estimates the 1900 U S population near 80 million but his figure is challenged as an exaggeration by critics and observers.
Attorney General plans to present test cases from Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas counties out of order to hasten the ruling on the Dow liquor law constitutionality. The move aims to settle the vexed issue as quickly as possible.
Europe maintains 12,500,000 soldiers at a cost exceeding £160,000,000. War debts generate annual interest around £203,000,000. If idle, these troops could earn £108,000,000 in productive work, yet Christian Europe spends about £471,000,000 yearly on peacekeeping military idleness.
The London World reports ongoing unease in India with Russian agents active in the Punjaub and Northwest Provinces. It notes Sikh discontent and a provocative proclamation from Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, while top authorities foresee a war with Russia within twenty months and a drop in public spirits.
The commissioner of the land office reports the 1885 86 fiscal year saw the largest influx of agricultural immigrants to Dakota with over five million in-flow. Colorado California Oregon Washington Territory Wyoming each exceed one million, while Montana nears another million.
The new oleomargarine law will start in November. Retail dealers must pay a $48 license, wholesalers $480, and manufacturers $600. All sales require stamped packages. Manufacturers in New York City fear few retailers will obtain licenses as oleomargarine faces scrutiny. butter producers warn of health concerns.
Secretary Whitney has sent out notices inviting bids for all work on the contemplated program including steam engines, bail fair, and a second cruiser of 609 tons. The cruisers must be completed within fourteen months and nine gunboats within twelve months.
Long letter from Jefferson Davis at Beauvoir to Col. I. J. Scharff in Baltimore responds to Gen Sherman’s 1884 report, denying charges, defending his Civil War actions, and arguing the senate's endorsement of Sherman’s slander harms the history of the Confederate leadership. Includes unrelated items on Indian bricks fraud, Chicago labor strife, and various 19th century political notes.
Capt. Leo Vogel of the Palatka describes the sea quake felt 50 miles offshore as the Charleston area faced a devastating earthquake. He details a half minute fore shock, the sea’s rebound, and Charleston’s near destruction, plus the emotional toll on families and residents.
Washington dispatch details the Agriculture Bureau plan to extirpate contagious pleuro pneumonia with state cooperation. New rules authorize inspectors, quarantines, slaughter and secure locks to enforce herd isolation for at least ninety days.
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