Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-07-15
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A leading democrat of New York
prophesies that Dakota territory will be-
divided by an east and west line into
two territorial governments, next
December. and that practically all local
democratic opposition to such division
will cease before that time.
Tho latest returns confirm the pre-.
vious estimates of the wheat crop of
California this year, that 1t will be the
largest ever harvested. The returns
furnished by the county assessors show
total yield of q fraction over 70, .OCO
bushels, which will leave from Ualifor.
MIA alone close on 80, 600, 900 bushels for
export.
Two hundred active republicans of
Massachusetts, in convention IN Boston.
adopted resolutions asserting that the
republican party in Massachusetts,
should declare it's uncompromising
antagonism to the liquor saloon, and
that the question of constitutional pro.
hibition should be submitted to the
people, and inviting men of all parties
to cooperate.
Some time ago Senator Van Wyck
offered an amendment to the river and
harbor bill to include Omaha, Nebraska
City, Brownsville and Plattsmouth IN
the list of points where improvements
of the Missouri river should bs made,
The committee on incorpor-
ated in the bill Omaha and Nebraska
City, but left out the other two cities.
Tuesday, during the discussion of the
bill, Mr.. Van Wyck moved to amend by
inserting Brownsville and Plattsmouth,
and his amendment was adopted.
Devils Lake special: Sterling S.
Smith, recently named by President
Cleveland as receiver OF the United
States land Office. is unknown here. The
present incumbent, A. o. Wlipple, sent
in his resignation in December, to take
charge of the First National bank here,
of which he is vice president. There were
a number of local applicants for the
office, and general dissapproval is e1-
pressed at the presidents course in ap-
pointing an outsider, contrary to the
principle of the democratic platform.
The property of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad was put up at auction in
Denver Monday and sold to George
Coppell, Arnold Marcus, Robert B. Men
turn, Theodore 81. A. Tromp and John
). Hadiger, a purchasing committee
acting under what has been known as
the Coppell reorganization. for $l5,-
100000. This bill was in reality nomi-
nal, as the property was purchased for
the benefit of the ~bondholders and stock
holders who came under the plan of re-
organization.
a Washington special is authority for
the statement that the telegraphers'
strike at Omaha is said by those in q
position TO know to be a commencement
OF strikes, that before the close of the
} year may include every larger Office in
the country. According to this authority
there will be no concerted movement in
the direction of a general strike, but
that on the contrary it will be the policy
of the operators to harass the company
as much as possible by combining the
strike to one Office at a time. AS soon
as che trouble at Omaha shall be ad-
!usted 1t is expected the Pacific slope
will come forward with a grievance,
which will p%recipitate another strike in
that locality, which will in turn be fol-
lowed by n at Chicago and 80 on
indefinitely.