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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1885
Page
2
A Chicago paper touts the city as a religious center while St. Louis newspapers and other observers challenge the assertion, casting doubt on Chicago’s prominence in religious leadership.
The enfranchisement of a vast number of new voters in England makes the coming election of great interest. Both parties aim to capture them and have adopted American electioneering methods in every direction.
US immigration fell in August 1885 and for the eight months ending August 31, 1885 versus the prior year. Scotland saw a slight rise in both periods, while Ireland declined and Italy showed increased arrivals.
The grand jury at St Paul indicted several gamblers and warns public gambling may be dangerous for a time. Experts doubt the vice will be exterminated as lotteries pool selling raffles and grain options have taken deep root.
English and Welsh coal miners returning from the United States complain of unemployment driven by Poles and Slavs. Some grants are miners, some farmers, and some skilled artisans who find it harder to earn a living in the United States than in Europe.
West ranchers plan for the National Cattle Growers Convention in St Louis on November 23. Last year’s meeting drew many cattlemen as topics included thief detection and dispute settlement. A grand cattle trail proposal saw little progress due to lack of approval from Congress and states. Chicago hosts a competing cattle convention on October 19, signaling regional rivalry.
The late French election surprise worries Americans as Conservatives gain, with Monarchist factions inclining to Comte de Paris or Bonaparte. Republicans and Moderates back the current ministry led by Brisson and De Freycinet, while Liberals rally behind Jules Ferry. Radicals look to Clemenceau, seeking a move away from republican governance.
State Veterinarian H. T. Atkinson presents his first annual report to Governor Rusk covering April 21, 1885 to September 1885. He notes pleura pneumonia absent and no immediate danger of its introduction, but lists widespread glanders in many counties and cases of horse trading across state lines. Hog cholera, cattle ergot, scab in sheep, and rare tuberculosis concerns are reported with limited losses and local outbreak origins.
Washington reports General Terry endorses the Army's papers on removing the Dakota department headquarters to St Paul but he protests the plan as impractical and extravagant and urges keeping headquarters at a military reservation with staff near stations for optimal service.
A Washington gossip column notes John Hay’s new palace style and several clerks organizing state associations. It mentions Plummer a Philadelphia naval officer worth about 3 million, retirees Layton and Ekinsbury, reporting delays in bureau funds, and Emmett’s judicial candidacy in New Mexico. It also covers Charles Foster’s postings, Gen Curley’s clerk duties and Wisconsin link, a contested Winona site for a new building, and Manning’s commission ground report.
Senators Butler and Hampton of South Carolina are described with two wooden legs though the disability is hardly noticeable. Senator Stanford campaigns to raise 250000 for a Grant monument in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Dr Kellogg from Alleghe ny City Theological seminary is called to St James Square Church in Toronto. Alice Lane travels from Port Washington to her brother’s home near the village. Mrs Lane, now a widow, recalls a romance linked to a rebel soldier and a Texas marriage as family tensions surface.
A fire disaster report notes ten buildings burned in Chippewa Falls causing about $15 000 in losses. Northern Nebraska suffers extensive prairie fires with great damage. Flandreau Dakota area prairie fires estimated over $100 000. Prank Hudson killed at Trieh and Hulbert’s sawmill in Washburn Wisconsin by a flying bolt of lightning.
C B Morse 24 convicted at Beatrice Neb for poisoning his young wife. Syverson robbed and beaten after meeting men in Webster Dak during grain run. G H Robbins Medina Wis pleads guilty to forging mortgage satisfaction for 38500 and gets four years. Rock Island city marshall arrests Edward Little and Samuel Crag over horse theft. A stylish young swindler at Mason City Pena seduced several local girls then fled. Peter Butterly sixteen kills Joseph Hogan in Norfolk township after threats during threshing dispute. Hogan intoxicated earlier and Butterly acted in self defense.
Reported effort by a vigilance committee to stop horse stealing around Steele and Oak counties amid a rise in theft concerns. Apples rot on Connecticut farms as harvests glut markets with surplus fruit and low prices. Officials press for accountability as reforms target a Milwaukee asylum superintendent over alleged immorality. Garfield monument contract awarded in Cleveland sets fall foundation work at Lake View cemetery. An accident at Philadelphia ends in a man’s death after an elephant attack at Forepaugh’s menagerie. Potential legal action looms in Helena as county commissioners pursue 40000 bond recovery from a former treasurer who misappropriated 57000. Prosecution plans involve Gov Hauser and others in a high-stakes suit.
Cardinal John McCloskey died at 12 50 a.m. in New York, after a long public career in the Catholic Church. He was born in Brooklyn March 10 1810, educated in Maryland and Europe, and served as priest and bishop before becoming the first American cardinal. He passed peacefully with family and clergy at his bedside.
The Flood Rock mass of nine acres was shattered by 300000 pounds of explosives at 11 16 am on Saturday the 10th, opening a clear passage from the East River to Long Island Sound. No surrounding property damage, but a citywide tremor was felt. Miss Mary Newton activated the blast, and Gen. Newton and Lieut. Berry expect the channel cleared within six months.
The cardinal is gravely ill and weakened over two days with little hope of recovery. Rev. Preston administers last rites while the cardinal received viaticum and made his profession of faith. Archbishop Corrigan and local clergy attended and a papal dispatch offered sorrow and apostolic blessing.
Washington letter notes Chief Justice Waite gained insight from a three month abroad trip. He avoided excitement per doctors orders, spent time in London and rural England and Scotland, and observed English court practices. England soothes decisions are swift and concise, unlike the lengthy American process.
History of the costly Jones county calf case concludes in Waterloo circuit court. Robert Johnson sued E. V. Miller and six others for malicious prose cution after calves stolen from Jones county farmer Foreman were traced to Johnson. Verdicts ranged from 3 000 to 7 500 with a final jury award of 7 060 and total litigation costs exceeding 20 000.
Secretary Endicott will not grant exceptions to the order sending back to regiments all officers absent for four years or more on detached or staff duty. General Sheridan submitted but was refused, with Maj. T. W. Benteen and Capt. Stanhope Blunt replacing past aides and salaries readjusted accordingly.
Judge Theodore R. Westbrook was found dead in bed at his room in the Troy house, Troy, New York. He rose to prominence through the Tweed suit seeking to recover $6,000,000 stolen from the city.
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