Galena reports on fishery clash with Canada and its impact
The Galena inquiry details Canadian patrols near Hawkesbury and North Cape, noting limited interference with American fishermen mostly polite enforcement of rules. It cites the three mile limit, warnings against fishing in Chaleur bay, and losses from halted trade and scarce supplies. It also mentions a severe countywide wildfire causing widespread destruction and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Navy Department
Chester
Portland
Hawkesbury
North Cape
Ople Oe
Galena
Cascacumpegue
Mollie Adams
Chaleur Bay
Knights of Labor Hints at General Strike Over Timberline
Livingston Mont special dispatch reports J P Bailey of the Knights of Labor executive committee arriving from Philadelphia to press a Timberline labor dispute with Northern Pacific Coal and Railway. He says most Timberline workers are K of L members unknown to the company and warns that if a settlement is not reached a broad strike could follow along the Northern Pacific system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston, Mont
J.P. Bailey
General Assembly of Knights of Labor of
United States
Philadelphia
Timberline
Northern Pacific
Knights of Labor
Trade Mark Case Decides Against Churchill & Co in London
In the High Court chancery division Vice-Chancellor Bacon ruled for The Charles A. Vogeler Company of Baltimore against H. Churchill & Co. of Brisbane over the St Patricks Oil mark. Churchill & Co. cannot register and must pay costs. This marks the Vogeler Co. second such win in England within three years.
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London
England
Cable
High Court of Justice
Bacon
Charles A. Vogeler Company
Baltimore
Maryland
H. Churchill & Co
Brisbane
Queensland
Churchill & Co
Vogeler Co
Robbed of Thirty Thousand From Adams Express Safe
The Adams Express Company in Philadelphia reported a $32 608 loss two weeks earlier with $3,000 in silver. clerk Ralph Pratt and another clerk Heath were involved as the money was transported to Shamaker Pennsylvania for miners payroll. Pratt gave an unsatisfactory explanation, and the case centers on the missing cash from a securely sealed safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Express Company
Ralph Pratt
Philadelphia
The
Comeens
Pratt
Heath
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shamaker
Scere
Clark Pratt
Prairie fires devastate grain and hay stacks near Onida
The Sully County area suffers from a prairie fire that swept nine miles southwest of Onida damaging grain and hay stacks. Local residents report the blaze spread rapidly burning large stacks and threatening additional fields.
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Onida
Dak
Sully) County
Hastings and Dakota Railroad Relinquishment Appeal Denied
Secretary Lamar sustains the land office decision rejecting relinquishment of the west half of the northwest quarter in section 25 township 116 north range 32 Benson land district. The tract was within the grant ten mile limit but was excluded due to homestead entry No. 1,839 canceled in 1872. The company filed relinquishment in 1888, but it is not applicable. Reopening of the railroad homestead entry against George B. Pericoat was also refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings & Dakota Railroad Company
General Land Office
Range
Benson Land District
Lamar
Robert M. Sears
George B. Pericoat
Benson
Whitehall
River lows near Yankton last seen in 1858 records
The Missouri river at Yankton is lower than at any time since 1858. Frank Reed, jailed in Des Moines for Colorado murder, was freed on habeas corpus due to insufficient evidence. Watertown Dakota buzzes over Manitoba railroad, which will reach Tower and Norwich, with depots and rights of way funded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Yankton
Frank Reed
Des Moines
Colorado
Oak
Knights of Labor
Northern Pacific
Manitoba Railroad
Devil’s Lake
Tower
Mouse River
Berwick
Towner
Norwich
Denbigh
Granville
Daniel Spangler
Califawnee
New York
Sea Girt
N. J
Washington Parks
Philadelhia
Parks
Young Parks
California
Johns. Swift
Swift
China
United States
Bradstreet
First National Bank
Blair
Neb
Les & Brown
Sma
Mich
Mortimer M. Marbee
Gorge Poe
Fi Charles
Sippel
Dubuque
R. W. Conant
Bob Caeg
Sine Ben
Dakota Territorial News Highlights Fortunes and Disasters
Reports from Dakota Territory cover extreme heat at Devil's Lake and Aberdeen 110 degree day, new town layouts by the Aberdeen & Fergus Falls line, and a Riverside flour mill. Coal in Faulk county, bonds sold in Mitchell, lightning killed horses in Edgerton, drownings at Sioux Falls, and rail plans toward Jamestown. Civil cases, immigration, and fairs are noted along with fires, burglaries, and a fatal contractor shooting near Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 8. Voorhees
Washington Territory
Dakota
Hughes County
Faulk County
Brown County
Mitchell
William O. Cole & Co
Chicago
Konrad Luther
Edgerton
Immigration Commission
Dunlap
Farmer’s Alliance
Barnes County
Gottlieb Long
Devil’s Lake
North
South Dakota
James River Valley
Jamestown
Northern Pacific
la Moure
Sioux Falls
L. K. Church
Huron
Washington
Freeman
Kessler
Hucon
Aberdeen
W. P. Kingston
Warner
I Was Wrong to Judge My Parents Rich Life
Philander Russett reflects on his youth spent among pretentious city life and distant farm compares his strict father and loving family. He argues experience teaches toleration and that unpretentious homes can be a stronger virtue than wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father
Harry
Philander Russett
A Typical Mormon Settlement Exposed by a Utah Correspondent
A Newark Advertiser Utah correspondent portrays Cooksville as a site of oppression under Mormon leadership. He cites tithing coerced by bishops, wheat confiscation, and pockets of starvation while church officials profit. The piece condemns limited schooling and coerced obedience shaping poor peasants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Newark
Cooksville
White House
Cooperative Mercantile Institute
A Lesson in Hypocrisy From a Sunday School Exchange
A mother questions Bobby about his Sunday school lesson and he confidently claims understanding. The NYT quips Nash's wife becoming a salt pillar as a lesson example. A teacher asks the meaning of hypocrisy, and Bobby offers a hedged, clever reply with a peak into a child's view of virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Sve
Nash
New York Times
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Sparks
Dakota Territorial News
Fergus Falls
de Smet
Riverside
William B. Genung
Northwestern
Redfield
Roswell Station
Howard
J. F. Jordan
Leonard Bass
Guyestburgh
Highmore
S. M. Dodd
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