Steyn and DeWet War Stand and Immigration News
Pretoria reports unity between Steyn and the Transvaal mission remains unsettled as DeWet affects the stance toward Acting President Schalk-Burgers. Frank Sargent accepts immigration commissioner post, with others resigning or awaiting replacement. Miami Erie canal boats run by electric motor debut near Hamilton, Ohio, linking to Cincinnati. A heart wound patient survives after a bullet reached the heart, with 19 prior such cases known. Congress backs an eight hour government contract rule amid labor and defense industry tensions.
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Steyn
DeWet
Pretoria
Transvaal
Kroonstad
Steyr
Schbalk-Burger
Miami and Erie Canal
Hamilton
Ohio
Cincinnati
Port Wisen
Jlamiiton
Slaughter of Pigeons In Chicago Tournament
A trio of Chicago ministers traveled to Kansas City to observe live pigeon shooting and draft a report. They aim to rally public support to urge Illinois lawmakers to ban live birds as targets in shooting contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Committee of Chicago Mministers
Dlinois
Primogeniture Question Faces Minnesota Supreme Court
The case Bom-Way-Bin-Ness et al. vs Karn Lshelhy asks whether primogeniture can apply to land granted to Chief Moose Tongue of the Chippewas and later owned outright by his son, a point the U S Supreme Court ruled on, affecting the rights of Moose Tongue’s four other children and tribal heirs in Red Lake County. The court will consider the writ of prohibition preventing the district court from proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Karn Lshelhy
Moose Tongue
Thiet River Falls
Mshelby
Bem- Way-Bin-Ness
District Court
Eshelby
Supreme Court
District Court of
Red Lake County
Rush on the Reservation opens California land claims
In Riverside and San Jacinto forest lands California opened for entry. Only seven claimants appeared in Los Angeles after a two week wait. Nine hours before the proclamation, a crowd arrived by wagon horse and foot. Registered locals claimed “rushers” at the reservation, while squatters gain priority by being first on the ground. A long contest is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside County
California
San Jacinto Forest
Tayerside County
Los Angeles
Three Killed by Train Near Rossville Ki Bride-Wedding Couple Hurt
A Union Pacific westbound train struck a group at Bond's Crossing two miles west of Rossville Kansas killing Fred Smith Hib Ward Smith and Miss Minnie Mainey. Mrs Fred Smith may recover. Minnie Mainey was to wed Edward Smith next Sunday. All had been at St Mary's for a Woodmen's dance and were returning home. Both horses died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond's Crossing
Rossville
Union Pacific
Fred Smith
Hibward Smith
Minnie Mainey
St. Mary's
Ohio Brannock bill imposes electrocution on presidents
Ohio House passes the Brannock antiarchy bill to punish killing or assaulting the president and state officers with extreme penalties. The act prescribes electrocution for murder of a president or line of succession officer and cremation or secret disposal of the body, with life imprisonment for attempted killings.
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House of the
Ohio
United States
Corpse Found After Long Search in Prairie Clayhole
Patrick J. ONeill, a teamster, died in a quagmire near West 80th Street and Kedzie Avenue in Chicago while seeking solid footing for his team. After over a month of rescue attempts by divers and fire crews, a passerby spotted the body floating in the muck. Police and divers had worked with dynamite and pumping but could not reach him until the discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quagmire
Prairie
Chicago
Patrick J. O'Neill
West 80Th Street
Kedzie Avenue
Frank King
O'Neill
30Th Street
Blow-Out Explosion Kills Two at Illinois Steel Mills
A blast at the Illinois Steel Mills in South Chicago killed two workers and seriously injured several others. A named worker Monderek and an unidentified companion were engulfed by flame near the furnace tapping hole as molten metal sprayed. The incident left one body unidentifiable and burned, while others sustained non-fatal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Steel Mills
Ilinois
Chicago
Monderek
Manderek
Nome Natives Destitute Desperate in Winter Hardship
R T Chestnut reports harsh destitution among natives west of Cape Nome, chiefly women and children, with hunger and cold. Miners supply meals and some clothing as relief, but charity in short supply. Nome residents reiterate severe conditions and limited fish supplies, urging government aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Chestnut
Cape Nome
Mr. Chestnut
W. H. Francis
Nome
Ex-Cashier Tries to Die Rescued in St Louis
Everett G. Baker formerly of Harrisburg Illinois, and ex cashier at Harrisburg Bank, attempted suicide by jumping into the Mississippi River in St. Louis. He had moved to Terre Haute Indiana last November with his brother in law Charles Jones to run a restaurant in the Albert Hotel Building. They ran the business until January when Baker allegedly took firm funds from McKeen's Bank and vanished. His wife left him over heavy drinking, and Jones took no legal action. Baker previously worked as assistant cashier in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Ill
Everett G. Baker
Terre Haute
Ind
Bank of
Choctaw distress prompt appeal to Washington
Governor G W Dukes of the Choctaw Nation appeals to acting interior secretary Thomas Ryan for aid for 10,000 destitute Choctaw citizens. He describes poverty and near starvation and urges relief from federal authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dukes
Washington
G. W. Dukes
Thomas Ryan
Secretary of the Interior
Congress Debates Pension Bills and Revenue Measures
The House and Senate spent days debating private pension bills, the revenue cutter service, and the oleomargarine bill. Key actions included a unanimous approval to adjudicate Porto Rico duties, a major sundry civil appropriation bill, and votes on retirement pay and Chinese exclusion items.
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House
Court of Claims
Porto Rico
Supreme Court
Cannon
Committee On Appropriations
Ftop
Senate
Lodge
Cairman
Committee On
Philippines
Appropriations Committee
John Russell Bartlett
Navy
Woodland Cemetery
Quincy
United States
Spain
Messrs
Sulzer
New York
Bellamy
North Carolina
Ryan
Lessler
Goldfogle
Messrs. Loud
California
Crumpacker
Indiana
Loud
Congress
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Gribune
Denver
Alfred Wooley
Nene
Kaat
Sargent
Frank Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Powderly and
McSweeney
Joseph Murray
William Williams
Immigration Firehic
Jorkin
Trendelenbury
Leipsie
House Committee On Labor
Henry F. Preston
Toledo
Preston
Covington
J. R. Dunn
St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
Kan
Crum
Danny Rosenbecker
W Arthur Shantean
Yokdo
Rosenbecker
Shantean
Shanteau
New York Central
Anthonys's Nose
Peakeskill
Widd
George Busch
George Young
Trenton
Rock Island
Alma
Peru
Antwerp
Maryland House
Meysenberg
St. Louis
Douglas
Philip Mitchell
Prosser Hollow
Johnstown
Thomas Lloyd
Mountain Iove
Lloyd
J.P. Dunn
Clarksville
Ark
Powers
Ian
Nash
Ohio Tagislature
John O'Brien
Brooklyn
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Tron Company
Steve Russell
Indian Territory
Ohio Penitentiary
Roosevelt
Roscoe B. Morton
Joy B. Morton
Idaho Springs
Col
Fannie Towne Plamimer
Charles Plamimuer
Chicago and Alton
Western Passenger Association
Claypool
New
People’s Party
Louisville
Manitoba
Louis Richter
Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis Presbytery
Richter
Minneapolis Brewing Company
Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem, Pa
United States Steel Corporation
Charles T. Schoen
Pressed Steel Car Company
George Engle
Hin
Sierras
Corps of
Southern Pacific Surveyors and Engineers
Lhe
1&SU
Court of Civil Appeals
Waters Pierce Oil Company
Shippers’ Compress and Warehouse Company
Miss Morrison
Jessie Morrison
State Supreme Court
Olin Castle
el Dorado
William Small
Leavenworth
Manson A. Jonson
Anderson
Hot Springs
George de Keim Saddlery Company
Joe Baily Davis Company
Philadelphia
Hait
Kingston
Jamaica
Haiti
Eastern Resort
Atlantic City
N. J
Revenue Cutter Service
Mr. Sherman
Messrs. Minor
Wis
H. C. Smith
Mich
Messrs. Richardson
Ala
Little
Cochran
Mann
Miles
Burleson
Stewart
N. Y
Bartholdi
New York Harbor
Robinson
Bell
Colo
Pennsylvania
Committee On Rules
Grow Va
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