Northwest Growth and Indian War Grounds in Dakota Territory
The article surveys the Northwest expansion by rail, noting the Northern Pacific reach to Bismarck and Mandan, the rise of towns along the Missouri, and proximity to historic battlefields. It recounts Fort Abraham Lincoln, Sitting Bull’s camping grounds, and the Bad Lands as symbol of westward progress and shifting native policy under Secretary Teller.
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Northwest
Northern Pacific
Abraham Lincoln
Bismarck
Terry
Custer
Hart River
Green River Station
Yellowstone River
Sitting Bull
Billings
Montana
Baker
Sturgis
Nez Perces
Fargo
Glendive
Valley City
Jamestown
Mandan
Missouri
Dakota
Wame
Camp Houston
Union Pacific
Scandinavia
Germany
Russia
Teller
Indian Warning Signals Bannocks Readied For Warpath
Indian Agent Mayhugh reports 300 plus Indians at the reservation near Fort Hall Idaho in good health and well supplied. Three scouts Charley Buck and George Washington report Bannocks near Fort Wall Idaho agitated and preparing for a spring raid. Tension grows between Bannocks and Shoshones over a burned flour mill and raids on isolated ranches and cattle ranges. Washington dispatches alert to Washington.
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Mayhagh
Tuscarora
Elko Free Press
Fort Hall
Idaho
Judge Maybugh
Fort Wall
Charley
Buck
George Washington
Mayhugh
Weeklyevada State Journal Published in San Francisco
Saturday morning issue edited by C Powning with publisher duties. Subscription terms list one year by mail and six months. Carrier delivery in Reno at 50 cents per month. Advertising agent L P Fisher at 21 Merchants Exchange San Francisco authorized to receive ads for columns.
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Teno
L. P. Fisher
Merchant’s Exchange
San Francisco
Legislative clash over lieutenant governor pay and aging Tennessee senator
The House fights over a bill to raise the Lieutenant Governor’s pay by assigning prison warden duties, while constitutional limits loom. Hon. Isham G. Harris, 66, is re-elected U S Senator from Tennessee saying it will be his last office, with a lengthy record as governor and senator. Hon. John E. Kenna, 35, newly elected U S Senator from West Virginia, is described as a rising, influential figure in Congress after a rapid rise from farmer to congressman.
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State Senate
Isham G. Harris
United States
Tennessee
Harris
Congress
District of Columbia
John E. Kenna
West Virginia
Senate
Kanowa
Frank Bell
C. Powning
Vermont Marble Industry Surges Since 1570
Vermont leads marble production with a yearly output of 1,000,000 cubic feet valued above 2,000,000 dollars. Over 2,300 workers are employed in quarries and mills, with 10,000 cars used to transport the marble. Quarry owners have paid nearly 1,000,000 dollars in labor wages.
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Vermont
Humboldt Bay Harbor Described and San Francisco Garfield Memorial
Humboldt Bay on the Pacific coast is highlighted as a prime harbor, sixteen miles long and up to five miles wide with twenty one feet of water on the bar. The entry is a narrow channel under 300 feet wide, yet ships are safe inside. San Francisco prepares a Garfield memorial statue to be completed in about a year and a half. Artist Happersberger sails to Europe for models and bronze casting in Munich.
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Potosi
Morgan and Hearst
San Francisco
Calville
Grand Gulch
el Dorado Canyon
Lincoln County
South Western Silver Mining Co
Lincoln Silver Mining Co
Arizona
Golden Basin
New York
Folger
Keifer
Sub- Treasury
sub-Treasury
Treasury
Congress
Humboldt Bay
Pacific
Garfield
Happersberger
Europe
Munich
Pickens County Dearly Overtaxed Land Auction Notes
Pickens county Alabama faces severe debt with land and timber assets selling at low prices. A 365 acre timber tract and a mill recently brought only 210 dollars, highlighting the financial strain. Judge Boardman praised for efficiency, while reports note growing attrition among Gen Winfield Scott's body servants and California farmers cheering rain.
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Pickens County
Alabama
Bowen Named Colorado's New Senator by Republican Caucus
Thos M Bowen has been selected by the Republican caucus to serve as Colorado's new senator. The move follows internal party deliberations and sets Bowen to assume the chamber seat. He is expected to bring the party's agenda to the upper house.
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Ction. Thos. M. Bowen
Republican Caucus
Colorado
Poem Tied to Arthur Teachings Found in Albia Manor
Dr Ala G Stillman of Albia New York possesses a poem once written by President Arthur in 1851 while Arthur was a schoolteacher in North Rownal Vermont. The poem was created to help Stillman learn a recitation, and Stillman later named his two sons Chester Arthur Stillman and Roseas Conkling Stillman. Chester now recited the verses at Pawling Avenue Methodist Church Sunday school.
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Ala. G. Stillman
Albia
N.Y
Arthur
North Rownal
United States
Stillman
Dr. Stillman
Chester Arthur Stillman
Roseas Conkling Stillman
Pawling Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
New Explosive Sebastine Sparks Swedish Trials
A new explosive called sebastine, based on nitro glycerine, is drawing attention in Sweden. It is safer and cheaper than dynamite, absorbing explosive oil in charcoal and binding ingredients. In mines it detonates with fuse. trials suggest it surpasses dynamite and rivals English gun cotton in torpedoes. The Reno Journal opposes raising the Lieutenant Governor’s salary to 3000 a year, noting California paid per diem while acting as Senate President. Austin Reveille questions abolishing the office. Gov. Newell of Washington Territory pushes for statehood. may seek passage at the capital.
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Sweden
Reno Journal
California
Senate
Nevada
Austin Reveille
Bullion Railway Manual Promises New Statistics
The Bullion journal in New York prepares a new Railway Manual to rival Poor's. It will cover railroad earnings, securities prices, and railroad impact on citizens, aiming to improve quality of railway statistics in months ahead. The work is set for February publication.
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United States
Poor’s
San Francisco Bulletin
Bullion
New York
Portland Business Growth and Political Notes in Oregon
Fair report on Portland area business growth with Mercantile Agency data showing more than four hundred new business names in Washington Territory and Oregon as of November 1. Oregon failures last year under 7 percent, firm growth over 40 percent. notes on Lieutenant Governor's limited veto power, Oregon short line nearing Wood River Junction, and Republicans caucus plans to reduce tariff duties from twenty to twenty five percent.
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Portland
Washington Territory
Oregon
Wood ‘River
Wealthy Californian sheep-raiser finds long-lost niece in Burlington
A California sheep-raiser, in town for a month, reunites with his sole living relative a niece whose whereabouts had been unknown. She worked in a Burlington mill and has since joined him to California, ending years of hardship. The meeting is described as pleasant for both, marking a new path to affluence.
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Burlington
Vermont
Free Press
California
Hunger in Fort McDermit Indians prompts relief aid
Fort McDermit reports record cold from to 23 below zero as Indians suffer hunger and exposure. Local citizens led by McGuire form a relief subscription. military aid is pledged while urging Congress to provide rations. The Silver State notes Piute numbers and warns of possible stock killings if relief delays persist.
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Fort McDermit
Silver State
Dute
Rangi Ug
McGuire
Congress
Bilver
Dave
Wadsworth
Powell
McDermit
Mcvonnell
Hardin
Washington
Carson
Arizona Territory Resources and Governance Highlighted
The governor Frederick A Tous of Arizona Territory publishes a pamphlet detailing resource wealth and diverse agriculture. It argues against the grazing mining sole view and lists mining as leading, with many minerals found within. Recommendations include stocking rivers, reimbursing Cochise county contributors, funding Apache depredation defense, creating an Attorney General, and promoting timber culture.
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Fredrick A. Tous
Anzons Territory
Pamphet
Arizona
Trinoie
Iowa
Cochise County
Prison Removal Sparks Ormsby Washoe County Debate
A Carson Index item outlines the Ormsby delegation facing potential loss of the State Prison. Reno Journal’s stance suggests cost reductions and possible elimination of state appropriations. Washoe County supporters urge territorial realignment, despite local opposition, with a correspondent challenging Gallagher’s plan to appoint the Lieutenant Governor as ex officio Warden.
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Ormsby
Reno
Ormsby County
Washoe County
Parker
Washoe Valley
Reno Jounxan
Gillagher
A Quele Tunnel Remnant Near Virginia City
Dan De Quille of the Enterprise recounts a tunnel in Castle District about five miles north of Virginia City. Originally forty feet long, it faced floods of soft clay and refused to stay intact as miners retreated. The clay from the tunnel’s mouth has toppled down the hill, piling hundreds of tons as the site stubbornly degrades, yet the tunnel still leans on, gaining about four feet in its struggle.
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Dan de Quille
The
Enterprise
Castle District
Virginia City
Beng
Colorado river improvement resolution seeks federal funding
Hon Eugene Howell of Lincoln county introduces a resolution urging Congress to appropriate 3125 600 for Colorado river improvements. The measure argues the river is navigable about 100 miles along the state boundary in spring and, with the grant, could support year round navigation, power development, and regional prosperity benefiting Nevada's western portion as well.
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Carson
Virginia Chronicle
Congress
Colorado River
Howell
Lincoln
Lincoln County
Nevada
Territory
Arizona
California
Rioville
Rio Virgen
Colorado
Utah
Lyon County
Eugene Howell
Cassidy
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Evada State. Journal
C. C. Powning
Boardman
Winfield Scott
John Scott
Montgomery
Newspapera Prive
Newell
Railroad Statistics
Carson Tribune
Robert Collin Clark
Sacramento
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Humboldt River
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Indiana
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Walker
Commissioner-General of the Land Office
Ogden Hiles
Storey County
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Quele
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