United States to Assemble Record Navy at Jamestown Exposition
The United States plans a vast fleet display at Jamestown Virginia featuring sixteen first class battleships with armored cruisers and torpedo boats. Great Britain Germany and France will send squadrons to witness the power the government aims to project as an object lesson to foreign diplomats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Jamestown
Great Britain
Germany
France
United States
THAT JURY PRAYED Began Their Deliberations as They Might a Religious Meeting
New York April 15 A dramatic account describes jurors praying before deliberations with a Christian and a Jewish prayer. Rumors link Thaw case counsel disputes to the next trial and potential return to original counsel. The trial costs are estimated around 300000 dollars, with about 200000 borne by the Thaws.
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New York
Pfaff
Gerstman
Thaw
Daniel O Reilly
William Thaw
Black, Olcott, Gruber and Bonynge
Bishop Hare Seeks New York Operation May Prove Fatal
Bishop W H Hare of the South Dakota Episcopal diocese has gone to New York for a surgical operation. His leave from Sioux Falls follows nearly forty years of work there and his condition may be fatal, with physicians urging the operation. He recently returned from New York and Atlantic City to direct Easter services and to oversee church matters including the divorce law referendum campaign. Special prayers will be offered for his recovery and safe return.
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Hare
New York
Sioux Falls
S. D
W. H. Hare
South Dakota
East
Atlantic City
Dakota
Insane Patients 667 at Yankton State Hospital
Report from Yankton asylum superintendent shows a quarterly total of 667 patients, with 3 admissions, 16 discharges, 12 died, 4 recaptured, 2 returned, and 3 on trial. Large county contributions reduce local payments of $14 per month per patient.
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Pierre
S. D
Yankton
Counties Debate Cost of Caring for Insane In-County
Discussion centers on county responsibility for in county hospitals. Lawrence county faces 55 patients, Minnehaha 34, Buffalo none, Gregory 1. It’s doubtful that local care would be cheaper than state funding for physicians and attendants.
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Lawrence County
Minnehaha
Buffalo County
Gregory County
Pioneer Dead Husband Owned Ground Omaha Now Stands
Mrs. Catherine Simmons a Johnson county pioneer died Friday at age 81 after a long life that began in Kentucky She married David H. Simmons in 1841 and she and her husband pre empted land now occupied by Omaha Six children survive her and her husband died three years ago Born in Kentucky she lived in Kentucky Illinois Missouri and Nebraska before settling in the territory where Omaha later arose
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Omaha
Tecumseh
Catherine Simmons
Johnson County
Simmons
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
David H. Simmons
Trial of Mrs Kauffman in Sioux Falls Murder Case
The Minnehaha county April term begins in Sioux Falls on April 22. The high interest centers on Emma Kauffman charged with the murder of her 16 year old domestic Miss Agnes Poirers and is expected to be tried during the term, likely in May after civil cases are settled.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Minnehaha County
Emma Kauffman
Agnes Poirers
White's Paintings Sold at Auction in New York
Stanford White's modern paintings sold for 22,272 dollars at an American Art Association auction in New York. Notable sales included Inness Hassam Curran at high prices, while other works brought low figures. Gerome's Corneille and Moliere, earlier bought for 8,100, sold for 1,300 to Edmund Holbrook, the auction's record price of the evening.
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New York
Stanford White
American Art Association
Inness
Hassam
Curran
Corneille
Moliere
Gerome
A. T. Stewart
Edmund Holbrook
Family With Fourteen Children Moves West of the River
In Sully county, Iowa born Serbousek family travels to a Sully county farm purchased by Mr Serbousek. The mother arrives with twelve children. two children stay behind. The move hints at shifts in population and impacts school fund apportionment.
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Pierre
Joseph Serbousek
Iowa
Sully County
Serbousek
Picture Hangs in Omaha Club over Anti Roosevelt Speech
In Omaha the Fontenelle club displays former Senator John M. Thurston's portrait with his face turned to the wall. A newspaper clipping of his Philadelphia speech is pasted on the back of the frame.
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Omaha
Neb
John M. Thurston
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Fontenelle Club
Immigrant Train Arrives Near Owanka With Homes and Cattle
A special eleven car immigrant train from Nebraska reached Rapid City and continued to Owanka. It carried households farming gear cattle and horses and included a fully booked passenger coach. The newcomers seek homesteads as lands in Nebraska rise in value.
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Rapid City Journal
Northwestern
Points
Nebraska
Owanka
Denver Urged to Secure National Convention
Denver leaders back former Senator Patterson plan to host a national political convention next year. They pledge funds a large campaign account free hotels ample band music and rail trips to showcase Colorado. Patterson to start the fund with 1000 and double if needed.
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Denver
T. M. Patterson
Patterson
Threatened Carnegie Man Arrested Near Pittsburg Hotel
Frederick Staigel, 33, arrested in front of Hotel Schenley carrying an open knife partly concealed in a cuff. He sought to meet Andrew Carnegie over a patent sale for milking cows. Carnegie was not present as uniformed police and detectives surround prominent guests during the Carnegie Institute founders day events.
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Pittsburg
Frederick Staigel
Schenley
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Staigel
Carnegie Institute
William N. Drew
Board of Trustees
England
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
South America
Canada
United States
Guthrie
Plans Trip Kills Self in Blue Hill
J R Coon, 46, who lived near Rosemont for thirty years, hanged himself Wednesday ahead of a planned Oregon trip with his two daughters to visit two sons. His wife died three years ago. no motive is known.
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Blue Hill
Oregon
J. R. Coon
Rosemont
Mr. Coon
Triplets Add To Seventeen At Machal Home
Mrs Anton Machal wife of an Austrian packing house employe gave birth to triplets last night. Including prior stork visits the Machal family now totals seventeen children in Omaha.
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Omaha
Neb
Anton Machal
Machal
Agents to Remove Illegal Fences in Wyoming
Five general land office agents arrived in Cheyenne under Special Agent W. B. Pugh to locate illegal fences not removed per order. Owners found with illegal wire will be prosecuted without notice as Wyoming aims to clear fences once and for all.
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Chielenne
Wyo
General Land Office
Cheyenne
W. B. Pugh
Pugh
Wyoming
English investor examines Blue Cap mine near Casper
John McNeil of Denver representing English capital is examining the Blue Cap mine in the Casper Mountain district south of Casper. He plans to buy if the claims prove correct. The Blue Cap is touted as a gold and copper proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Casper
Wyo
John McNeil
Denver
Casper Mountain District
Wolf catcher claims state championship after two day kill spree
John Hays of near Dubois, a prominent cattleman, says he killed twenty two gray wolves and cubs in two days. Forest rangers under Zeph Jones report good work and found a den with eight gray wolf pups and their mother.
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Lander
Wyo
John Hays
Dubois
Forest Rangers
Zeph Jones
Wind River Division
Roberts and
Peterson
Sheridan Electric Plant Head Accused of Horse Cruelty
P H Stout formerly of Central City Colorado is to be arrested in Sheridan for killing a horse with 120 volts of electricity. Humane Society agents say he wired the bridle and cropper to force the animal to pull a heavy load. A post mortem found the animal cooked by the electricity. Stout says the horse was his to command.
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Sheridan
Wyo
H. Stout
Central City
Colo
Sheridan Electric Light
The
Humane Society
Charles Burgess
Stout
Contractors win canal project in Lovell Wyoming
Johnson Bros of Lovell has been awarded the contract to excavate 119 miles of canals under the Corbett tunnel division of the Shoshone irrigation project. Lovell will be the supply headquarters and about $200 000 will be spent locally, thrilling residents.
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Lovell
Wyo
Johnson Bros
Corbett Tunnel
Shoshone Irrigation Project
Wyoming Wool Growers Plan War on Sheep Raiders
The Wyoming Wool Growers Executive Committee met to raise 50000 for defense against raids on sheep camps and against land leasing and range-policy actions. They endorsed a Denver meeting of Western leaders to discuss range conditions and pledged to curb buyers and manufacturers who threaten growers.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming Wool Growers’ Committee
Waisner
Wyoming
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Forest Reserve
Roosevelt
Turner Dies at Casper Pioneer Railroad Contractor and Sheepman
A. G. Turner, one of Wyoming's wealthiest sheep men, died in Casper late last week at an advanced age. He built the Cheyenne & Northern line and lost a fortune on the F. E. L. M. V. project to the Black Hills while based in Sturgis. Turner later prospered in Wyoming's sheep industry and was the father of Eugene Turner, long a known figure.
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Western
A. G. Turner
Wyoming
Casper
Cheyenne & Northern
Black Hills
Turner
Sturgis
Eugene Turner
Water To Be Turned On 10000 Acres In Belle Fourche Project
Belle Fourche irrigation will supply 10 000 acres this summer with water from the inlet canal between the diversion dam and the reservoir. S R Robinson’s crew will finish paving the Crow Creek sluice this week and begin concrete work on the diversion dam. The work is expected to take 30 to 40 days, after which water will reach the canal and farms can begin irrigation by July 1, 1907. Additional details cover contractor camps, a narrow gauge railroad from the Snoma gravel pit to the dam site, and preparations by the reclamation service and engineers. The piece ends with a note contrasting land use laws in Nebraska and conditions for milk cows and landowners.
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S. R. Robinson
Crow Creek
Great Belle Fourche
Orman & Crook
Owl] Creek
Belle Fourche
Snoma
J. L. Mann
South Side Canal
Yale
O. T. Reed
Belle Fourche Syphon
Farming Continues Amid Winds and Good Weather Near Belle Fourche
In the Camp Crook vicinity farmers resume plowing under favorable weather though a disagreeable wind blows often with threatening rain. Grass grows green on slopes as many people work on dams and ditches for irrigation. Teams large enough to haul scrapers are in demand for sale.
Printer in Deadwood and the early telegraph line
The text notes a Deadwood printer and mentions a man named Mr. Turner who joined the party that built the first telegraph line across the plains. It describes the route along the Platte River through Nebraska and Wyoming and states the line was completed in 186s.
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Turner
Plains
Platte River
Nebraska
Wyoming
Democrats Debate Roosevelt Retirement in Missouri House
In Jefferson City on April 16 the Missouri house saw Republican Rep Stubbs introduce a resolution endorsing President Roosevelt“For his stand against manipulation of the wealth of the country.” Democrat Barker attacked the measure saying Roosevelt denounced leading men who differed with him. Democrat Oliver offered an amendment stating it was the sense of Republican members that Roosevelt
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Missouri
Roosevelt
Jefferson City
Stubbs
Barker
Oliver
Local Pine Bluff Enterprise Highlights Growth and Timber Ventures
SPEARFISH business notes share W. A. Campbell and sons plowing 100 acres of grain land and Andy cultivating 150 acres plus 60 acres of grass. H. E. Wood reports Bear Lodge timber holdings with 300000 feet stored and 75000 feet milled, a first carload shipped April 5. Harvey expands with a 30 by 40 commissary and living quarters, profiting from timber opportunities.
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W. A. Campbell
Andy
H. E. Wood
Alva
Harvey
Bear Lodge
Custer Chronicles A Rambling Local Roundup
Deadwood visits feature William Lovett and John Kollar with Kollar visiting his wife in St Josephs hospital. W W Challis returns to his Idaho home while Jeff McDermott departs for Nevada. Tom Patterson leaves for Goldfield Nevada. W F Strickland and family return from Minnesota after a year away.
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William Lovett
John Kollar
Deadwood
St. Joseph's Hospital
W. W. Challis
Hills
Custer
Idaho
Jeff McDermott
Alaska
Nevada
Jeff
Tom Patterson
New York
Goldfield
W. F. Strickland
Minnesota
Amendment Adopted Resolution Lauds Roosevelt Retirement
The measure to allow a third term ran its course with the amendment adopted. A resolution lauding Roosevelt passed and urged his speedy retirement to make room for Aryan, while the amended resolution was tabled.
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Ryan
Roosevelt
Unions Sign Five Year Mining Peace in Montana
Insured five years of peace as machinists, electrical workers and blacksmiths sign a five year sliding scale contract. The agreement covers Boston and Montana smelters and a Amalgamated Copper subsidiary mine in Butte with all workers returning to duties. The deal mirrors the prior settlement at Butte and ensures industrial harmony for Montana’s mining sector.
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Great Falls
Mont
Boston & Montana
Amalgamated Copper Company
Butte
Montana
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White
Wyoming News
Shoshone
Wool Growers
B. S. Bunch
Hulett, Wyo
Camp Croek Vicinity
Bryan
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