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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1887
Page
2
The Paris Municipal Council voted censure against the Board of Education for permitting the name of the Deity to appear in school books.
The Providence journal argues war debt per capita fell from 78.25 to 19.84 and says the nation needs sturdy individuality and honest character. It urges self reliance through industry and economy rather than paternalism of government.
The source notes last month saw receipts exceed expenditures by over $7.2 million despite pension payments totaling $15.5 million. Daily intake averaged above $1 million, reaching $33,814,354, while critics say the surplus is unnecessarily drawn from taxpayers through various taxes.
The plan to dig a tunnel beneath the English Channel was again defeated in the House of Commons by 46 votes. Two years earlier it failed by 182 votes, signaling a political gain for proponents despite renewed opposition. Opponents warn of a covert French expedition seizing the English end and transporting troops through the tunnel for an invasion.
The article notes Roswell Beardsley of North Lansing New York appointed June 28 1828 during John Quincy Adams presidency has served over fifty nine years and remains capable. It adds several other postmasters received commissions more than fifty years ago and many have served thirty or forty years.
The extension of the national banking system in the West and South over the last two and a half years exceeded any similar period since the war. Banks in the South rose 37 percent and in the West 22 percent, while the region north of the Chesapeake and east of the Ohio grew under 3 percent. The rapid expansion supported by the increased demand for currency and credit reshapes regional financial balance.
The Illinois Supreme Court refuses a mandamus to compel the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad to restore safe tracks and adequate service. It says protection and facilities must be offered or the franchise forfeited, and affirms quo warranto as proper. A bankrupt railroad cannot be forced to perform actions requiring cash or credit.
The Iowa Democratic State Convention met in Des Moines with 619 delegates. Temporary chair Senator Dodge spoke, Cato Salis became permanent chair, and key ballots showed Maj. J. T. Anderson leading for governor while others trailed. The proceedings included nominations for lieutenant governor and superintendent and a strong platform call.
Attorney General Clapp served formal notice issued by Governor McGill terminating the prison labor contract effective Sept 1 1858. Board of Prison Inspectors signed the notice with Warden Swerdock. receivers and company officials named. The move follows last winter’s anti prison labor contract law requiring one year notice.
State Auditor Braden discusses a wave of land cases challenging the classification of public lands as swamp land. Settlers claim arable use while lists mark them swamp lands not eligible for homestead entry.
The second year of the Minneapolis Exposition opened with a formal program. President vashDoig presided, with addresses by himself, Mayor Ames, and Gov. McGill. Rev. Bishop Foss delivered an observance. Father McGorrick served as chaplain. A 200-strong choir and aCadet band performed.
About 10,000 people attended the first day and nearly as many on the second. Exhibits differ from last year with many interesting displays. The art galleries attract all eyes while the city’s evening illumination adds beauty to the scene.
Robert Garrett sells a controlling B and O stake to a syndicate of English and American financiers for ten million dollars. A. J. Cassatt is believed to be Garretts successor, with contracts to align B and O with Pennsylvannia and Reading railroads and suspend Philadelphia to New York construction. The deal would place operations under the Pennsylvania railroad influence and involve J. P. Morgan, Baring, and Drexel firms.
New York resident Bishop William Logan Harris of the Methodist church died at home after a month of heart trouble. Born November 1817 in Mansfield Ohio, he led Baldwin University and Delaware State University departments before becoming a bishop in 1872. An abolitionist and active missionary advocate, he circumnavigated the globe for church work.
The North Hudson Building and Loan association organized in 1875 with 100000 capital stock collapsed after 58000 was paid in. No articles of incorporation on file. Secretary F H Harvey handled payments for five years and died recently. Investigations found no books, only director reports, with a deficit over 12000 and efforts to refund cash subscriptions within two years.
The president approved the court martial findings against Captain Cyrus N Gray Twenty fifth Infantry for drinking while on duty. He is removed from service as a result. Gray, born in Indiana, had a long military career from enlistment to lieutenant to captain in the Twenty Third Regiment in 1869. Marie Chang a Chinese envoy and aides arrived regarding plans for a Chinese national bank and American style systems in China. Richard Emerson sixteen of Chicago died in Kenosha Wisconsin from an illness after a family tragedy. The boy’s wound was cauterized but madness followed later death not confirmed.
A survey of diverse items covers foreign relations with Britain over fisheries and Triangular diplomacy, a fatal shooting in Kentucky, mine death in Ishpeming, an Arizona posse raid, rail and bank interests, and local incidents in Dakota Territory including fires, suicides, assaults, and political developments.
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