The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
FORTY-TWO STARS.

That Is the Number the American Flag
Will Likely soon COntain-Isoth Houses
or Congress Pass the BiIl 10 Admit -
states North Dakota, south Dakota,
Washington and ontana-The President
Will In All Probability sign H-OCitinc
or the Measure.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2i-Onc necessity for
IN extra session Of the Fifty-frst Congress
vas disposed Of yesterday by the passage by
both houses of the conference report on the
Territorial bill.
haunted the friends Of the Territories Tues
lay has been entirely dissipated by the easy
triumph of the measure. The bill is COM
pletely engrossed, and will be signed
by the Speaker Of the Iouse and President
Of the Senate early this morning and sent
1t once to the President Mr.. Springer
makes no sort of doubt that he will sign it
without delay.
mission or North and South Dakota, Montana
and Washington. Dakota Is to be divided On
the 18th standard parallel, and the two eonsti
tutional conventions are ~ meet at Is s.
marck ard Sioux Falls. Delegates TO the con-
ventions Of each OF the two proposed States
are TO be elected on the first Monday In May
end are to meet on July4. II 5 provided that
ut the election for delegates in South Dakota
the electors shall vote for or against
the Sioux Falls constitution. II ma
jority OF the votes shall be for the con
Stitution the convention shall resubmlt to the
people OF South Dakota for ratification or re-
lection the cOnst tuition framed at Sioux Falls
and also the articles and ndrroposit;ons separate
ly submitted, including the question OF locating
q spat 0f
majority OF the woes cast on the ratification
shall be Tor tho constitution, irrespect-
tive OF the articles separately submitted, the
State CT South Dakota shall be admitted
under said constitutions; but the archives.
records and books Of the Territory Of Dakota
| shall remain at Bismarck, the capital OF North
Dakota, until an agreement in reference
thereto is reached by said States. But II al
the election for delegates q majority OF all the
votes cast shall be against the Sioux Falls con.
sttution it shall be the duty OF the convention
to form constitution as II that question had
not been subm tied to the lcoplc.
1t is made the duty Of the President to ad-
init the four new States by proclamation II the
constitutions formed ratified ut the elec-
ton to be held on the first Tuesday in October.
Each OF the new States shall be entitled TO
one representative In Congress, except South
Dakota, which shall be entitled to ,wo repre-
sentatives
All lands granted for school purposes are
exempted from entry under any OF the land
laws and can only be sold At public sale az not
less than SO an acre, the proceeds TO cons.i.
tute permanent school fund, the interest OF
which only can be used. Such lands may. how.
ever, be leased under leg slative restrictions.
| All mineral lands are exempted from the
! grants made by the act.
| Tho two Dakotas are to be added to Justice
! Miller's circuit tthe Eighth and Washington
and Montana to Justice Fields 1.-THE Nnthl.l
READY FOR THE PRESIDENTS ACTION.
WASHINGTON. Feb 3 The House hae
agreed to the conference report on the
Direct-Tax bill It now goes to the Presi-
| dent.
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2l.-The President has
signed the Nicaragnan Canal bill