Draw Lots for Rosebud Homestead at Chamberlain SD
William McCormick of Lancaster County Nebraska, a Spanish War veteran, drew first choice for a Rosebud homestead in Chamberlain South Dakota. More than 106000 names were placed in envelopes and a government clerk drew McCormick first among 999 others. The drawing will continue until all envelopes are drawn with 2500 to 2600 claims granted. Over 1000 spectators watched as envelopes were opened and the list of first seventy five drawn names announced.
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Lucky” Sommers
Richards
William McCormick
Lancaster County
Nebraska
Talus Aoege
H. Wesley Brown
Dakota City
Milton’ Dotson
Sprague
Charles
J. McCormick
Forest
Thomas Parkinson
Knoxville
T—lee Brewer
Grafton
Frank J. Beebe
Platte
Henry J. Rickert
Turner
County
George WF. Fiitehar
St. Louis
Edward J. Walker
Willow Lake
Jesse C. Morgan
Gravity
Lucius Nokes
Lake City
Huber
Smith
Omaha
Neb
Grant Hicks
Sioux Walls
George W. Dye
Macedonia
Andrew J. Holtberger
Rockford
C. Lemonson
Valley Springs
J. T. Whitman
Council Bluffs
Geo. W. Wainwright
Lawton
Okla
Blanke
Kitton
S. D
Alex. Chapman
Harrison County
Ryan A. Kidner
Lynn
Minn
Anna M. Adden
Dentonville
Kan
Clinton TR
Nash
Sioux City
Anna Berockford
Uilman
Frank Pyke
Tyndall
Albert 2
Muneke
Pilger
Ole M. Olesen
Cumberland
James J.calvin
Leavenworth
Rao
Martin C. Buck
Unionville
Julia Crutfer
Creston
Andrew J. Peffer
Woodbine
Anna Wuertz
Yankton
William A. Brody
Brainard
Irwin W. Pappe
Berlin
Sanford Tolls
St. James
Arthur
M. Huff
Wetmore
Theodore G. Johnson
Kansas City
Charles Werner
Bowles
John Jackson
Vermillion
S&s. D
John JT. Peterson
Spencer
B. Perrine
Wisner
Allen F. Lewis
Flandreau
Lester A. Chatial
John G. Turrock
Lesterville
George Longheart
Bolone
Harry Dow
Gibson, Lawten Co
Charles W. Brady
Clarence Guldhelll
Lawrence
Niward Wonderseeg
Atkinson
John S
W—Walda T. Seldell
M—Osccar T. Miller
Pearl City
Tewis J. Warning
Winfield
William L. Teare
Lunch
Neh
Cnassus
Cake
Charles FR. Kiplinger
Martial Law Planned in Bonesteel Amid Filing Period
Sheriff Taylor requests troops and Governor Herreid approves. Bonesteel will be under martial law from August 8 to September 10 with militia on duty during filing. Guards with Winchesters protect daily $300,000 cash as residents are screened at town gates. Grand Forks gears up for Fort Totten land drawing with Aug 8–20 registration.
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Herreild
Bonesteel
Taylor
Herreid
Grand Forks
N. D
Fort Totten
Attorneys win first round in Victor jail bail case
In Cripple Creek Colorado on July 30 attorneys for the Western Federation of Miners scored the initial victory in the fight over 46 prisoners charged with complicity in the Independence disaster and the Victor street riot of June 6. No initial bailholders were released, but several bail amounts were cut in half or more with bonds set totaling 108500 dollars to free all defendants.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Western Federation of Miners
Independence
Victor
The civilized savage quote cited by Weber
A brief quotation notes that civilized savagery is the worst form of savagery, attributed to Weber.
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Weber
Funeral of Von Plehve Held in St Petersburg
Impressive services for M J M von Plehve the interior minister killed Thursday. Emperor Nicholas and the dowager empress assisted the widow who fainted. The body was buried at Novodevisky cemetery near M Sipiaguine. Police move the assassin to Vyborg prison amid questions of identity. Reports confirm a plot by anarchists in Paris and Vienna.
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St. One
St. Petersburg
Aug
J.-M. von Plehve
Is Interior
Empire
Ministry of the Interior
Nicholas
Novodevisky
Russia
M. Sipiaguine
M. von Plehve
Vyborgesky
Paris
Vienna
Pleasure Trains Collide in New York Injuring Dozens
Fifty passengers were injured in a head-on collision between a Mount Vernon trolley car and a Yonkers car at Woodlawn. Motorman Matthew Crawfield was gravely injured, buried beneath wreckage as cars derailed and splintered into a ditch. Many passengers sought hospital care while others went home.
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New York
Germany Issues Ultimatum Over Venezuela Protos
Willemstad Curacao Aug 1 reports German minister in Caracas Herr Pellham delivered an ultimatum to the Vene zuelan government demanding immediate payment of interest on the award owed Germany under 1903 protocols signed by Herbert Bowen for Venezuela. If unpaid the minister would depart Caracas Aug 4.
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Germany
Willemstad
Curacao
Herr Pellham
Caracas
Herbert W. Bowen
Venezuela
Final Award in Venezuela Claims
Washington Aug 1 Jackson H Ralston signs his final award as umpire of the Italian Venezuelan commission completing the labors of all recent Venezuelan mixed commissions About 360 claims aggregating 6000000 were filed with the Italian commission with many Italian claimants and total awards about 600000
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Venezuela
Washington
Jackson H. Ralston
British protest over Venezuelan seizure of Guanaco asphalt lake
Port of Spain reports the British minister to Caracas protested to Venezuela in the name of English bondholders. The seizure of the Guanaco asphalt lake, owned by the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company, threatens bondholder interests and demands immediate restoration of the lake to the company.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Caracas
Guanaco
New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company
Tornadoes and heavy rains hit Kansas and Oklahoma
A small tornado and heavy rains swept parts of Kansas and Oklahoma on Aug 1. Ten miles north of Norton, Kansas, the tornado destroyed farm buildings near the Nebraska line and killed livestock. no injuries reported. Near Salina and Wellington Kansas and Alva Oklahoma, about two inches of rain fell, likely helping grain.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Norton
Kan
Nebraska Line
Salina
Wellington
Alva
Okla
Ex Senator George G Vest in Sweet Springs Condition Stable
Sweet Springs Mo Aug 1 Ex Senator George G Vest passed a good night and his condition is practically unchanged.
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Vest
Sweet Springs
George G. Vest
Trade review for the week shows cautious improvement
Confidence returns despite labor unrest in New York and rising unemployment. The review notes adverse labor disturbances limiting output and dampening demand, but wheat and cotton move beyond danger as crops mature. Manufacturing faces raw material constraints, textiles and shoes stagger, dry goods remain quiet, and July railway freight for furthest voyages runs 2.7 percent below last year.
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Bor
New York
Guy Jo
R. G. Low & Cos
Biik
Deported Miners Seek Injunction Against Interference
Denver August 1 Attorneys Hawk Ins and Murphy for the Western Federation of Miners plan to file in federal court for an injunction to stop the Citizens Alliance and mine owners from hindering deported Cripple Creek miners from returning home. Teller County Sheriff Bell cautions against reopening union stores or allowing deportees to return, citing possible violence.
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Denver
Hawk Ins and
Murphy
Western Federation of Miners
Cripple Creek
Federal
Allance
Bell
Teller County
Excursion Steamer J. S. Arrives After Storm Near Andalusia
The excursion steamer J. S. arrived at Davenport after a nightlong storm that drove it against the Illinois bank at Andalusia. Captain Streckfus’s crew saw trees torn up by roots and the boat ran seven hours late, fueling a vigil by relatives in heavy rain as rumors swirled.
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Davenport
J. S
Illinois
Andalusia
Streckfus Saga
Boy Fatally Scalded in Mill Ash Dump Incident
John Boyle's ten year old son died after beingscalded when ashes from the Homestake mill were dumped into a chute he was playing near. He fell fifteen feet, broke an arm, and suffered fatal burns during the trough cleaning with boiling water.
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John Boyle
Dynamite Explosion Injures Several in Brownstown Fire
A large quantity of dynamite stored in a burning building exploded during a fire in Brownstown Indiana on August 1. The blast shattered windows and doors miles away. A piece of iron from a blacksmith shop pierced the neck of John Boehr, who was fatally injured.
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Brownstown
Ind
John Boehr
Democrats Gather in Houston for State Convention
Texas delegates fill Houston for the Democratic state convention opening tomorrow. One ticket contest remains after primaries. W. C. Wear of Hillsboro is expected to withdraw today and if so S. V. Davidson of Galveston will likely be nominated for attorney general.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
W. C. Wear
Hillsboro
S. V. Davidson
Galveston
First Degree Murder Sentences Mrs Hicks in Indianapolis
Judge Alford sentences Mrs. Ella Hicks to life imprisonment for the murder of Joseph Adings. Hicks showed no emotion as she was ordered to the state women's prison to serve the term.
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Indianapolis
Alford
Criminal Court
Ella Hicks
Joseph Adings
Newton Brothers Arrested in King Farm Murder
Medicine Lodge Kansas August 1 Ed and Morris Newton brothers were arrested about twenty five miles south of town where they camped with Patrick King’s wagon and horses. King a wealthy farmer was found dead near the Jerry Simpson ranch. The brothers confessed to King’s murder after arrest.
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Medicine Lodge
Kan
Morris Newton
Here
Patrick King
Jerry Simpson
King
Indictments in Slocum Disaster Case in New York
Captain Van Schaick and Federal Inspector Fleming and former inspector Lundberg indicted by federal grand jury over the June 15 General Slocum disaster that claimed nearly 1 000 lives. Van Schaick commanded the Slocum.
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New York
van Schaick
Fleming
Lundberg
Federal Grand Jury
Death on scaffold at Holt's ranch claims two lives
Abilene, August 1. A scaffold fell at Holt's ranch near here causing four injuries. The dead are W. R. Stockton and Jim Griff. Abdon Holt and W. P. Chastian were severely injured but expected to recover.
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Abilene
Tex
Holt
W. R. Stockton
Jim Griff
Abdon Holt
W. P. Chastian
Summer Reading at Tribune Store Offers Wide Range
New paper covered novels priced from 100 to 350 fill summer days of dull business and social inaction. Readers can call at the Tribune store to inspect the titles by standard writers detectives and light literature. Voanr J W and E Bull are listed as President and Gen Mgr and Vice President respectively.
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Tribune
Overland Service Aboard From San Francisco to Chicago
C8 Williams, commercial agent for the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway, announces a new overland service via Union Pacific and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul system. Agent office listed at 106 W Second South St Salt Lake City.
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San Francisco
Chicago
Union Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Williams
Milwaukee & St
Faul Ra
Second South St
Salt Lake City
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