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...convene until October 1. Sixteen cases were left undecided and must await action until Fall. They include four on the alien land laws of California and Washington, three on the taxability of the " Massachusetts trusts," North Dakota's claim against Minnesota for flood damages on the Bois de Sioux River, and others. Among the cases to come up in the Autumn is also the Government's appeal for an injunction to prevent the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange from dealing in sugar futures...
Richard Franklin Pettigrew, of Sioux Falls, was elected to the United States Senate in 1889. He remained there until 1902 when Mark Hanna "raised a vast sum of money to corrupt the voters of South Dakota...
IOWA: An ice jam eleven miles long is holding back the waters of' the Missouri River at Sioux City. Floods in various quarters are already noted, and people in the lowlands down stream are fleeing to escape the flood which is expected when the jam breaks...
...York, B. M. & P. I. J. (Whatever that means). If the movies appeal to him, he can make a great hit with the French public, who never tire of Wild West films, by donning his official Indian regalia and assuming the role of Watakpech Wakiya, the title the Sioux have bestowed on him. If he chooses to found a menagerie, his guinea-pig and wildcat will make a suitable beginning; but no doubt the jewelry business would prove still more profitable...
...nearly as much as we expected to. Miss Willard, as Lady Teazle, and Miss Standing, as Maria, are endowed with a pulchritude which, enhanced by the natural grace and finish of their acting, add much to the enjoyment of the play. Beauty at the Copley is like artichokes in Sioux City,--the more to be enjoyed because unexpected. Charles and Joseph Surface, played by Mr. Johnson and Mr. Joy respectively, were as different as brothers usually are, and were acted indifferently well. Mr. Johnson is so vigorous in his acting and has such good lungs that we could not help...