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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Dakota, State of (search)
Catholic Sioux congress opens at Cheyenne agency; 6,000 Sioux Indians present......July 3, 1892 C. H. Sheldon, Republican, elected governor......1892 Board of medical examiners created and practice of medicine regulated......1893 Election of railroad commissioners provided for......1893 C. H. Sheldon, Republican, elected governor......1894 Prize-fighting in the State prohibited......1895 Andrew E. Lee, Populist, elected governor......1896 United States Circuit Judge A. J. Edgerton dies......Aug. 10, 1896 [John A. Garland appointed successor.] The board of regents of education according to amendment of State constitution controlling all State educational institutions, Charles N. Herreid, Robert H. Haira, H. H. Blair, H. L. Hough, and F. A. Spafford appointed......1897 James H. Kyle elected United States Senator......1897 Constitutional amendment providing for a State dispensary system adopted......1898 First Regiment mustered into the United Stat
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e number of isolated cases where men were killed is fifteen. In Jackson parish the number killed is twenty; and in Catahoula parish the number of isolated cases reported where men were killed is fifty; and most of the country parishes throughout the State will show a corresponding state of affairs. The following statement will illustrate the character and kind of these outrages. On Aug. 29, 1874, in Red River parish, six State and parish officers, named Twitchell, Divers, Holland, Howell, Edgerton, and Willis, were taken, together with four negroes, under guard, to be carried out of the State, and were deliberately murdered on Aug. 30, 1874. The White League tried, sentenced, and hanged two negroes on Aug. 28, 1874. Three negroes were shot and killed at Brownsville, just before the arrival of the United States troops in the parish. Two White Leaguers rode up to a negro cabin and called for a drink of water. When the old colored man turned to draw it, they shot him in the back and