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The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
MitchelI's turned Uniyersitv.

MITCHELL, OAK, March IA citi-
zens' meeting was held here last evening
for the purpose of taking steps toward
continuing the university shoot, which
was so painfully brought to IL close. 1t
was decided to provide a building at
once so hat the school could be con
tinued.
MITCHELL, OAK, March l2.-Memorial
services over the remains of Pitcher and
Parker, victims of the university fire,
We're held Sunday morning in the NJ. f.
church, which was packed. The form
er's body vas taken to Iowa for burial.
Parken was buried under the direction of
the mayor and council. The other in
jured are Still improving.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
THE w BILL SAFE.

tton Passed by the House.
WASHINGTON, March S.-The Sioux res
crvation bill passed the house Wednes-
day. The bill as passed has
the approval of Dawes, and will he called
from the table in the senate by him and
passed substantially az now. Slight dis
agreements will be fixed in conference
committee. The bill may be considered
as safely passed through q most crucial
test. 1t is believed by all that the sen
ate will pass the bill inside of ten days.
The president is said to be favorable to
the measure as it now stands.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.

Twenty-seven Out Of Thirty.Nine Hsrbor
H"ats Wrecked in New York
Many Per.ons Missing.
NEW YORK, March l4.-Of the thirty
line staunch boatsthat compose the har-
Dor fleet of New York twelve are safely
in port, having o%utridden the storm,
nine were wrecked Monday, and eighteen,
which were out OH the open sea, remain
utterly unheard of. In BROOKLYN ffty
eight people have inquired at police
headquarters for missing friends. None
OF the missing ones could be heard from,
and 1t is feared many have been lost.
Among these are several school children
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
NEWSOF THE NORTH WEST.
NORTHWEST LANDS.

Over So 900, 900 Acres to BE Thrown
Open to settlement This Season.
WASHINGTON, March !O.-In the house
Mr.. Nelson's bill was called up by unani-
nous consent and passed. The bill pro-
viIes for the allotment of lands in sew
crafty on the White Earth and Red Lake
reservations in Minnesota and the open
ing up to settlement of the
other reservations of those Indians
in that state. By the Mon
tana bill about 100000 acres are
opened. By the Dakota Sioux bill 49,
000, 900 are opened, and by the Minnesota
Chippewa bill 800, 900 are opened. The
house in two days has passed bills open
ing over 80, 900, 900 acres of public do
main in settlement.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Says 1t Was Blsckmail.

New YORK, March 19.-The Herald
publishes in advance a chapter of Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher's biography, touch
ing on the famous scandal. MIR. Beecher
makes out an apparent case CT pure
blaokmail against him, shows that every
pressure was brought upon him to extort
money, that he yielded on account of
sympathy with Tilton until he became
convinced that his feelings were being
imposed on.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17

IT is now declared 10y good autIlori-
authority that the nose is the sollrc,
of all our physical woes. this organ be-
ing largely responsible for headache.
cough, dyspepsia, c~araclc, neuralgia.
hay fever, etc. We NAV add that ii
is also the source Of many social troi,-
bles, by being poked into other reo-
pies business,
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
THE RATE WAR ENDED.

Northwestern Roads Agree to Restore
Freight Tariffs on the Goth.
the long continued war in Western
freight rates and fixing March &c as the
date for the restoration of the old
ing Of the managers of the railroads
in the West and Northwest. All lines
except the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
interests voted in the affirmative for the
resolution.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
The Dead Emperor.. WIN.

BERLIN, March 12.-The emperor's will
has been opened. It. directs that his
body shall be Inferred dressed in field
uniform, with Il gray military cloak over
the shoulders and n field cap on the head.
Upon the body are to he placed the deco
rations Of the orders of the Black Eagle
and Iron Cross, second class, the cross of
the Russian order of st. George. the wur
medals of lS14. 1864, 1866 and 1870, and
the HolenZollern medal Of lS40.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Funeral Services.

BERLIN, March 12-Funeral services
were held over the remains of Emperor
William in the mortuary chamber in the
palace Sunday evening. The body of the
emperor lay in the same position in
which he expired. A crucitix lay on his
breast and an ivory cross was in his right
hand.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Dakota.a so,d,er.. uom..

iANKToN, OAK, March rs. T..
Hammond, Of Ashton, n member of the
committee of the Dakota G.. A. II. to
chooss a location for the Dakota Soldiers
home, says that he will report favorably
for Hot Springs, Oak. The owners of the
town site offer to donate the springs and
land for the home.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
E~nu,neors Forh,dd.n.. Cell.

OMAHA, Neb., March 1O.-Judge DUN
ley has issued an injunction in favor Of
the Burlington against the Onion Pacific,
restraining them from refusing TO accept
freight. and also an injunction against
the engineers Of the Union Pacific for
bidding them to strike. The order is un-
precedented and if sustained is a most
important ruling on the strike question.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
SIOUX clrY's CORN PALACE.
Preparations for Making the Coming IIa,

Preparations for Making the Coming IIar-
vest Festival Il Grand One.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa. March ia citi-
zens' meeting was held last evening to
arrange for the corn palace of 'SS. 1t is
the intention that, owing to the success
OF the corn palace last year. a more sys-
tematic and better matured plan will he
adopted this year. The building will he
much larger han last year, and will be
waterproof and more comfortable gener-
ally. y longer time will be devoted to
ne eXhihltlon this year. likely from Sept.
Ii to Nov. /.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
A Dakota Stock company.

JAMESTOWN, OAK, March ia stock
company for the importation and pur-
chase of blooded horses has been formed
here by Stutsman county farmers, with
the following directors: J. J. Eddy, \.
S. Weld, a. w. Cunningham, l.. G. Wade
and Henry Sleight. The capital stock is
$4,000.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17

The soldiers of the German army took
the oath of allegiance to the new emperor
Saturday.
1t is believed the president will not dare
to veto the dependent pension bill if it
passes the house.
The United Labor party has issued it's
call for a national convention, to be held
IN Cincinnati, on May Is.
The marriage of Price Oscar of Sweden
to Miss Munck will take place at Bourne
mouth on Thursday next.
Members of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers and firemen in Boston
have sent severnl thousand dollars to
their striking brethren on the Chicago.
Burlington T. Quincy.
Judge f. C. Palmer, an old st. Paul
attorney, died at Jacksonville, Fla, on
Saturday.
Judge Mcconnell, of Dakota, will 20 to
Washington to aid the endangered dis
trict judges bill.
n superior Lumber company's saw
mill at Ashland started up Monday night
and will saw until the now low lumber
rates are raised.
In answer to n letter from Erwin Cald-
well, of Mexico, Mo-, Robert T. Lincoln
has again denied that he is Il candidate
Tor the presidential nomination.
\ horse became frightened at an cleo
trio car in Ithica, N Y, overturned his
driver md then ran into a house where
the family were at breakfast, and made
the inside look rs though struck by a cy-
clone.
The Iowa legislature will investigate
the state university.
Senator Carnot, father of the president
OF France, is dying
Ihe market place at Cabin, Hun gary,
has been destroyed by fire. Many per
sons persisted in the flames.
The house committee on Indian affairs
has completed the annual Indian appr,.
priation bill. 1t appropriatcs 81, l0s, 253.
being ss46.44 less than the estimates
Joe McAulife has accepted Glover's
challenge for a fight to take place in
California six weeks after signing arti-
Giles. Glover will leave Chicago at once
for the Pacific coast.
John Sauer, the old German, who
stabbed the Polander, Julius Eywert, In
Northeast Minneapolis on Feb. 81, was
found guilty Tuesday and sentenced to
four years in the Saltwater peniten-
tiarv.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Lyiaa. in State.

BERLIN, March l2,-The body of tn.
dead monarch will be exposed in the ca
thedral today and the public will be adj
mitted to view the remains ON Tuesday.
The soldiers took the oath of allegiance
to the new emperor Saturday. The court
has gone into mourning for three months
commencing last Friday.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
England Reioices.

LONDON, March 12.-Here In London
the anxiety rs to how long the new an
peror will live, is swallowed up in the
rejoicing that an English princess, the
best beloved of her whole race, is to be
empress of Germany, at least for a time.
Naturally. Jinglishmcn are delighted
with this, the more SO because Bismarck
opposed the alliance with "thoEe scrofu-
1oDa Cun1pbcN
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
THIRTY PERSONS WE'RE KILLED.

Big Loss of Life In a Steamship Explo-
sion in the West Indies.
New YORK, March N.-The steamship
Atlas which reached quarantine Thursday
from the West Indies reports that as she
was leaving the harbor of C~artagena
Feb. 20, the boiler of the steamer Rafael
Reyes exploded. Thirty were killed.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17

AT the time New York was snow
bound and the terrible blizzard reap.
ing its harvest of victims the wealth, L
i'll Dakota WAS warm and pleasant.
People freezing to death in the stree,
of New York shows the severity OF
the storm. a full report appears in
our telegraph columns.s
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Emicrution Increasing,

ST. PAUL, March 9-Three car loads
of emigrants were taken out by the
Northern Pacific Thursday morning en-
route for Washington Territory. Four
car loads were sent out the day before,
l36 of the passengers being booked for
Spokane Falls.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17

TIE latest reports from the eastern
states show. loss of life reaching
over IL hundred and the greatest
suffering ever known. The poor art
starving and hereafter it will not lac
the Dakota blizzard. but the New
York blizzard.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Cannot Close a Station.

ST. PAUL, March l2.-Citizens of Clith-
erall, n station on the Northern Pacific,
have applied to the railway commission
ers in the action Of the road in closing up
the station there. The commissioners
held that a railway when it has oncc es-
tablished a station and business men
have located there on the supposition
that the railway will maintain it, cannot
abandon the place.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Tho State of WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, March IA. - Senator
Stewart has been instructed by the SEN
ate committee OF territories to report a
bill for the admission of Washington ter
ritory and North Idaho as one STATE, pro
viding that no part Of Idaho be included
without the consent of a majority of the
electors of the part in question.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17

L"NpoN, March II Sporting Life
says: We never saw u man tigh, fairer
than Sullivan did: ven when he was in
tentionally spiked he only asked Mitch
ell to be more careful. lie has, we must
admit. fatirn from his high estate, but
his d%ethroncmcnt has made a man of
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
For Coast Defense.

WAshlSGToN,. March 9.-Atrer sew
eral weeks deliberations, the house com
mittee on military engineers has deter.
mined I" recommend for passage the
Cutcheon bill amended in one respecU
appropriating s1,45o,O 900 for the purpose
Of coast defense.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
FREDERICK Ill. IN BERLIN.

The Bsdy ~ the Late Emperor Con-
veyed to the Cathedral.
BERLIN, March 12.-Frederick III and
empress arrived in Berlin about midnight
Sunday. The body of the late emperor
was then conveyed to the cathedral amid
a dense throng. The bells tollcd until 9
O'Clock Monday morning, when the peo-
pie departed from the cathedral and the
emperor and empress repaired to the
palace. \ heavy snowstorm prevailed
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
THE READING STRIKE.

knights of Labor Give Up the Great
Struggle and Will Return tn Work 10
They Can.
PHILADELPHIA, March 14.-The long
II stubborn strike of the Reading en-
ployes was officially declared off by q
convention of delegates representing the
local assemblies in the Reading en-
ployes' convention, and the men were
given the right to apply for their old po-
Sitions as individuals.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
NEW Yo~ sNowBovNp.
A Terrific Blizzard Hlockades Ratlwa
and Wagon Roads,

u 1errlHc IsItzzhrd BIOckadea Railway
AMI Wagon Roads.
NEW York, March 12.-By far the
worst snowstorm of the season is raging
throughout the state and we'll into New
England. Telegraph wires are down and
roads are badly blockaded. No trains en-
the Erie, Delaware, L%ackawanna &;
Western, Pennsylvania, New Jersey Cen
tr@l or their branches arrived today. 70
street cars are running. No mali is be-
ing received at the postonice. 1t is the
worst blockade New York has expert
enced for forty wears.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
A FRIEND OF ANIMALS.

Henry Bersh. the Famous Philanthrouist.
Numbered With the bend.
NEW YORK, March II. Henry Bergh,
the famous philan,hrophist, the organ
izcr and secretary of the society for pre-
rention of cruelty to animals, died at )
O'Clock q M, at his residence Oh Fifth
avenue.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
MARKET REPORTS.
Following are the Prices for March IL.
st. Paul Grain and Produce.

Following are the Prices for March Il.
st. Paul Grain and Produce.
wheat-No. hard. 771sc bid: No. / north
er,. 751sc bid: No. .. .3c bid.
Corn-No. :. 44lac bid: 45c asked.
Oats-No. l. 2ac bid BE asked: March. a.ac
bid; April, Soc bid. Sic asked: May. BE asked:
No. . white. cash and March. Soc bid. Sic
asked.
Barley-No. 2. 6sc bid: No. ), 6Oc bid.
Rye-No. =. SAC bid.
Ground Feed-sl7 asked.
Corn Meal-Bolted. 81 asked; unbolted, $40
asked.
Bran-Bulk. sla.OO bid, sl3 asked
Baled Hay-No l,upland prairie, SS.5l asked:
No. l. $500 asked; timothy, Sl2.W bid. SIS OF
asked
Dressed Hogs-S5.15 bid.
S~ecds-Flax. sl.3s bid: timothy. S:.43 bid;
g.. asked; clover, $500 bid.
Potatocs-SJc b d. 3c asked.
Eggs-13c bid, lac ask Il.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Dakota Arbor Day,

EAST PIERRE, OAK, March lathe
arbor day committee Of the DAKOTA For
astry society urges that Gov. Church
designate April 25 as arbor day in South
Dakota, and May S in North Dakota.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Insurance of Liv. stock.

MINNEAroIlS. March IA few of the
wealthy citizens of st Paul and Mime
npolis, all Of whom are known as owners
of line stock, either of horses or cattle or
both, organized the American live Stock
Insurance company.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Pensions for Mintiamen.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Senators
Sawyer and Davis reported about thirty
pension cases each: and they were placed
on the calendar. Davis bill putting
militiamen on equal footing with regular
volunteers for pensions was favorably
reported.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Republicans for Gr..b.u,

PHILADELPHIA, March la.-The Daily
News prints interviews with nearly all
the leading Republicans OF the city, in.
Guiding delegates to the Chicago conyen.
ton. They are almost unanimous tos
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Cdl lOttu vi
ant supplies!

Dir. THOMAS W. BiCKNELL. presi
dent of the New England colony. in
H%ettinger county, is doing some good
work for Dakota down in New Eng
land. The Boston Globe of the I'd
inst. reports him as appearing at the
Mt. Bowdoin reading 10 and lee
turing on The Resources of Dakota"
1t says:
He spoke of the area OF the terrific.
make twenty states the size of Mass
achusetts. OF $50 the size Of Rhode
Island. The territory WAS once the
bed of a lake. and the alluvial depos-
it's are the basis of the great yield of
wheat. corn, flax and native GRASSES.
The alkalies-such us m%agnesia, soda.
lime, potash. allumina, etc. make
Dakota the best wheat producing
country in the world. AS soon as
broken. the soil shows its adoption to
cultivated grasses, cereals, all root
crops, and the ~treeless plains will soom
lie covered with heavy forests of tim.
Der, so rapid is the growth. In thu
absence of wood the people in the
western and northern sections find
vast quantities of excellent Ignite
coal for fuel, which can be supplied
in the market ut - per ton. The eli.
mate is less rigorous than that of New
England. Oh account of the dryness OF
the atmosphere and the great number
of clear days. The speaker closed
with All outline of the advantages OF
Dakota as u place of residence, espe
cially to man engaged in agricultural
pursuits.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
wntertown Is in III. World ,,..f,

"ATEETowN, Oak, March l3-r;.a
blockade is once more raised. Trains are
running on the roads running east, Yves,
and south. Mails are arriving in Lar.
quantities and the travelling public is be-
ing accommodated as of old.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17

IT seems only yesterday since Da-
kota WAS guessed off in the geogra-
phies as Il part of the Great Ameri.
can Desert" Yesterday Proctor
Knott called it "a vast terra incognita
the bleak Northwest" and Gen
Hazen officially declared it to he a
"frigid alkali desert, nninhabitable."
To-day Dakota is the home OF 10000
people-a perfect domain of agricul.
tural, pastoral and mineral resources.
Its growth has been without parallel,
and it may be we'll to present Il few
of the claims for admission into the
Union, either singly or us two states.
Singly it has area equal to West Vir.
ginia, Servia, Greece. Denmark, Bel
GUM, Maryland, Vermont. New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey. Massachusetts,
Saxony, Connecticut, Delaware and
Rhode Island.
The present population of the Unit
ed States could live within its borders
and not be as crowded as in Belgium.
The average population of states here.
tofore admitted. has been $4,000. and
North Dakota has double that num-.
Der, while South Dakota has 400, 900
people 1t pays more for school pur.
poses than any Southern state. II has
4,500 miles Of railroad, twelve states
only having more.
Its grain production last year was
equal to $50 bushels to each inhabit.
ant, Il per capita food supply for its
own people and enough left for each
Dakotan to support six other Ameri.
cans. And yet scarcely one acre in
fifty has been touched Ivy the plow.
The question is. will this congress
recognize the loud knocking at the
doorof the Union and give us II chance
In the national roundup Of '88!
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17

THE cattle trust of beaver. Col. has
closed Il contract with the E'rtnrl
government to supply the I'rrncl
army with l5O,Ou0 head of beef cattle
annually,
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Refuse Burlington Freight.

81. LOUIS, March 12.-All the railroads
terminating in East st. Louis stopped
handling Burlington freight at 8 o'clock
Sunday evening. This was due to a reso-
luton adopted at q meeting Of engineers,
tiremen and brakcmen.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Twenty Million. Int

NEW York, March 14.-An afternoon
paper estimates the business loss, CON
tingent loss and actual pecuniary outlay,
hic the storm will occasion in New
York city, at not less than 81, 600, 900,
ana loss to the states involved $50, OOO,-
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Ready to Commence the 500 Canal.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, March 49,
Everything is in readiness to proceed
with the work Of the 500 canal this
spring. The water in st. Marys canal is
four inches lower than last year, and will
impede navigation. The Edison electric
power canal will not start before spring.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17

THE Drayton Erho isl neatly piin'-
ed and we'll edited newspaper i,;.
started at Drayton. Pemhina county
May it echo and r"-erho t%hrou.hon'
all time.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

No. hard, cash and March, 7dl4c; April,
7'4c: May, 7sl4c: June. ,ellc: on track. SC
No. northern, cash and March ;4sie: .Auril
75s4c; May. ;Gs4c: June. 77s4c, on track. 7tlsc
No. 2 northern. cash and March. .: April
73c; May, 14c: June. ,5c. on track. 13c.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Favor Admitting Nur,h Dakota

WAslilNG1o:, March 1.-THE senate
committee OH territories has instructed
Senator Plat to report favorably an en-.
ublinS act for the admission of North
Dakota.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
The Iowa legislature will investig
the state university.
A Mig Surplus.

WASHINGTON, March st is stated at
the treasury department that owing to
me heavy receipts during the past few
months tbs surplus at the end of June,
1853. will probably reach 4b5.0DU,@.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, March 13.-Fifty
thousand dollars in bonds have been
voted 60 build two new school houses
here, and DIR. W. II. Smith and W. A.
Stevens We're elected school directors.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17

=. TIE great storm that visited New
Yoak and the Atlantic coast last
Monday lays IL Dakota blizzard in the
shade. Just think of people freezing
to death in the streets of New York
and business entirely suspended such
Il thing was never Known in this conli-
try, yet the average New Yorker has
Il great deal to say about Dakota hliZ.
yards. Why not send the sufferers Il
car load of provisions from our abund-
ant supplies!
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
In tho House,

~ASHlSGTOS, March S.-The house
bill appropriating SO, 900 for the pur-
chase of certain swords belonging to the
kate James Shields, of Missouri, was
passed. On motion of Mr.. Nelson, Of
Mlnnesota.a bill was passed for the allot-
ment OF lands in scveralty on the White
Earth and Red Lake reservations 10 the
Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, and for
opening up to settlement of the other
reservations of those Indians in that
state.
WAsHINGToN, March 9.-Mr. Herman,
Of Oregon, was excused from further
service on the committee on manufac-
lures, II was appointed on the commit
tee on Indian depreciation claims. The
house then proceeded to further consid-
Grafton of the omnibus war claim bill,
coming over from last Friday.
The bill was passed with an
amendment appropriating 500, 600 for
the relief of the Virginia theological SEM
mary. The remainder of the session was
consumed in the consideration of a few
private bills.
AT the evening session an order was
entered making the bills granting q pen
gan, and increasing the pension of the
widow of Gen. Blair, special orders for
two weeks from Fridny. T~lirty-four
pension bills were passed, including one
increasing the pension of the widow of
Gen. Robert Anderson, the hero of Fort
Sumter, to 800 n mouth.
WAsIlISGToN, March l2.-Cnder the
call of states Il large number of bills and
forred. among them the following:
To provide for the settlement of the debt
of the Central Pacific Railway
(the Huntington bilD: for the forfeiture
of the Hastings g. Dakota railroad land
grant in Minnesota: relating to tar ii and
internal taxation 1.-THE Randall bib: for
the loan of certain articles to the Column
bus, Ohio, exposition; providing for Il
commission to investigate trusts and for
the repeal of protective traiF on all in
GllStrles belonging to trusts. a senate
Joint resolution was passed for investi-
eating the practicahility of constructing
reservoirs for the storage of waters in the
regions of the United States.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-In the house
the following. among other bills, were
reported from committees and referred:
BY Mr.. Springer, Of Illinois: For the
admission into the Union of Dakota,
Montana, Washington and Mexico.
Bills for the erection of public build.
ings at Galesburg H., and Davenport,
Iowa, were reported and sent to the COM
mittee of the whole.
WAsHINGToH. March IA. - To day
Speaker Carlisle resumed his post of
duty and was greeted with a round of
applause.
Thu house passed the bill appropriate
ing $1,000 to enable the president to ex-
tend to the inhabitants of Taneashimc.
Japan, suitable recognition of the hui
name treatment of the survivors of the
American bark Cashmere.
The Dickinson press., 1888-03-17
Red Wing Militia.

RED Wing, Mimi. March ia move
ment is reported to be on foot here to
organize Il second state militia company
in this city. to be known as Company X,
Third regiment. 1t is said that nearly
forty young men have decided to enlist.