Rail extensions eyed northward from Spearfish to Sundance
Spearfish area may gain rail links as contractors review possible extension of the Northwestern from Whitewood to Sundance. The Spearfish Mall reports interest in a Northwestern connection, noting a prior Whitewood to Spearfish survey and urging the local commercial club to pursue talks with the Northwestern Railway for a potential new line.
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Northwestern
Whitewood
Sundance
Spearfish Mall
Burlington
Spearfish
The
Mail
Commercial Club
Appeal of Labor Leaders in U S Supreme Court
The American Federation of Labor officials filed an appeal in the U S Supreme Court in the Buck Slave and Range injunction case. It marks the fourth appeal arising from contempt sentences against Gompers Mitchell and Morrison in the proceeding.
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U. & Supreme Court
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Buck Slave and Range Company
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Sheep Dollar a Head in Wyoming Reported
Cheyenne Wyoming reports that ranchers face heavy losses as weather and blizzards reduce flocks. Despite recent chinooks offering some relief, thousands of sheep have perished or are in dire condition across central and northern Wyoming, with many prices at a dollar a head to curb holdings.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Winter drives rail shipments to save fields amid grain shortages
Railroads rush hay and grain shipments to essential points as winter worsens conditions. Property rights are being disregarded to move feed where the need is most acute, with flockmasters aiding deliveries regardless of ownership to save imperiled flocks.
Woman Indicted for Blackmail in Warriner Case
Cincinnati December 30 The grand jury returned a second indictment against Mrs Jennette Ford known as the woman in the Warriner case The charge accuses her of blackmailing Charles L Warriner the deposed Big Four treasurer
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Cincinnati
Jennette Ford
Warriner
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four
Big Four Telegraphers and Officials Reach Agreement
Cincinnati December 30. A conference of Big Four telegraphers and road officials ended with terms of agreement. It was announced at noon that there will be no strike.
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Cincinnati
Tafts Travel to New York for Niece Laurie Taft’s Wedding
President Taft his daughter Helen and son Robert depart Washington for New York to attend the wedding of Laurie Taft to George H. Snowden of Seattle. Mrs Taft remains ill and did not accompany them.
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Washington
Dec. C
Taft
Helen
Robert
New York
Laurie Taft
George H. Snowden
Seattle
Severe Freeze Deaths Reported in Chicago Weather
Chicago reports six below at dawn with four people dead from the cold overnight. Snow ended but trains run late on western routes. In Indianapolis grim conditions persist as ocean winds push temperatures to eight below.
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Chicago
Many Mismated Indians Imitate White Brothers
Mitchell, 8. D., Dec. 30. At the circuit court term in Oacoma Lyman county the divorce docket set a record with fifteen couples filing for divorce amid mostly desertion complaints. Five applicants were Indians and most divorces were granted though only about half the jurors attended due to blocked roads.
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Mitchell
Oacoma
Lyman County
Sioux Falls
Mexican ambassador cites Zelaya resignation and asylum as path to peace
Washington reports Terrel the Mexican special ambassador says his mission is complete. He claims Zelaya's resignation prevents a second revolution and praises Mexico's asylum grant as lawful. He expects continued U S Mexican cooperation to stabilize Central America.
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Washington
Terrel
Zelaya
Mexico
Law of Nations
United States
Madine
Central America
Estrada Demands Election to End Hostilities in Nicaragua
Estrada issues an ultimatum to Madriz proposing a suspension of hostilities only if a revolutionist president is elected or a general election is held while revolutionists retain arms. Commander at Acoyapo switches to Estrada, boosting chances Estrada can push toward Managua and compel Madriz to yield.
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Managua
Estrada
Madriz
San Juan
del Sur
Acoyapo
Will Select a Site for Rapid Creek Summer Resort
FF Pascoe and a party of capitalists have chosen today to tour the canyon and pick a site for a hotel to be built near the mouth of Slate Creek. The rustic log structure aims to blend with the surroundings.
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Rapid Creek
Rapid City Journal
FF. W. Pascoe
Slate Creek
W F O M Seeks Bond Payment for 60000 Claim
The Western Federation of Miners, via its lawyers, has filed a brief with the state auditing board arguing the board may issue bonds to cover the $60,000 claim. The federation contends the war bond issue of $1,000,000 permits paying this claim like other mine owner claims. A board meeting to decide is planned in a few days.
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Denver
Western Federation of Minera
State Auditing Board
Rescued From Mine After Twenty Two Hours
Oklahoma City December 30 James Brown the mine superintendent who went into the McAlester mine to rescue a shot firer after the explosion was brought out alive after twenty two hours. He was unconscious but revived and will probably live though unable to speak at present.
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Oklahoma City
James Brown
McAlester
Probing Chicago Milk Trust Begins as Subpoenas Issued
Subpoenas were issued for many large milk buyers in Chicago as investigators open a probe into an alleged milk trust. A federal grand jury may indict several parties for anti trust violations and railroads for secret interstate rates tied to a milk price rise from seven to eight cents. Several trust members operate dairies in Wisconsin and Indiana with interstate business.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Indiana
Turkish Ambassadors Moves Hint Turkish Faction Rift
Constantinople December 20 A Rome dispatch reports Hakki Bey the Turkish ambassador to Italy has accepted the grand vizier post and will return to organize a new cabinet He is not allied with the Young Turks and the factions show mutual distrust
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Constantinople
Rome
Hakki Bey
Italy
Hakki
Young Turks’ Party
Range stock thin from severe weather in Douglas
Reports from Douglas Wyoming say range stock are thin due to severe weather but no losses yet. Immediate moderation could keep losses light as a trainload of corn and large quantities of hay are being hauled out to feed sheep and cattle.
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Douglas
Wyo
Murder sparks renewed tong war over Hoon killing
New York reports the tong war reignites after the murder of A. H. Hoon, a noted Chinese actor. The crime is stated as vengeance for Low Fung, treasurer of the Four Brothers tong. Hoon had left the Four Brothers to join the Leong Tong.
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New York
A. H. Hoon
Low Fung
May Become First Lady of Nicaragua
New Orleans, Dec 30 Mrs Louia F Corea daughter of Robert T Fleming of Atlanta and heir to millions may become first lady of Nicaragua Her husband Louis F Corea former Nicaraguan minister to the United States is slated to be the next president if Zelaya is defeated Her debut in Washington society sparked attention and she has influenced her husband’s political path aiding the Nicaraguan revolutionists.
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New Orleans
Louia F. Corea
Robert T. Fleming
Atlanta
Nicaragua
Louis F. Corea
United States
Zelaya
Cotton Fire Ravages Galveston Warehouses
A large blaze in Galveston Texas threatens vast cotton stocks stored in local warehouses. The estimated loss up to now is a quarter of a million dollars.
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Galveston
Tex
Chinese Ex-Minister Warns Americans in Farewell
Wuting Fang former Chinese minister to America departs New York for Europe aboard the Lusitania and quips that Americans eat too much work and play too hard. He adds he will return fifty years hence to reform them while smiling about the Chinese exclusion question and his luggage.
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New York
Wunting Fang
America
Europe
Moroccans on the Warpath Renew Hostilities at Alhuzmas
Madrid reports that Moroccan troops have resumed fighting General Marinas forces. Spanish troops attack the town of Alhuzmas, where the fortress stands, amid renewed aggression and military action.
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Madrid
Morocco
Marinas
Alhuzmas
Relief bill for homesteaders amid severe winter
Representative Martin of South Dakota introduces a measure granting homestead entrymen in South Dakota North Dakota Montana and Wyoming an extension of residence requirement under interior department rules from December 1909 and January through April 1910 to May 1 1910 due to the hard winter.
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Washington
Martin
South Dakota
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
North Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Interior Department
Spokane Teachers Seek Twelve Month Pay Rise
Spokane grade school teachers prepare to demand a shift from nine to twelve months payment and a 20 percent raise. The 375 members of the Spokane Grade Teachers Association back the plan with a citywide petition in January. They insist on improved pay due to the higher cost of living and will not accept current salaries.
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Spokane
Wash
Spokane Grade Teachers’ Association
Association
Pa‘penta
Tragedy in Newton Saloon Ends with Keaton Death
In the lower Yellowstone valley near Newton about 60 miles from Glendive J W Olinger shot and killed Daniel Keaton in Olinger's saloon Keaton had been released from county jail two days earlier after a disorderly house conviction Bad blood between the men preceded the shooting Olinger previously faced grand larceny accusations and is a longtime local resident known in the Black Hills prior to Montana arrival
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Glendive
Decy
Newton
Yellowstone Valley
J. W. Olinger
Danell Keaton
Olinger
Keaton
Black Hills
Montana
Schooners Foundered on Nova Scotia Coast Disaster
Houston dispatch reports about a severe storm causing the loss of about a dozen vessels off the Newfoundland and Nova Scotia coasts with around fifty feared dead and several rescued.
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Nova Scotia
Houston
New Foundland
Land Wanted Relinquishments and Decades Near Railroad
Fisher Land Loan and Insurance Agency Hedfield seeks land purchases and deeded land exchanges. Purchasers offer reasonable prices for homestead relinquishments and decades near the railroad, and income paying residences may be exchanged for land.
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Fisher Land, Loan and Insurance Agency
Hedfield
Patrol Keepdowns Timber Loss in National Forests Declines
In the district including Colorado and parts of Wyoming and Nebraska, 244 fires were extinguished this season with only 2500 dollars in Amber loss. Patrols prevented widespread damage, despite railroads and campers being common fire starters. the Black Hills fire accounted for most losses. The timber value in national forests reaches 90 million dollars, making the loss about four ten-thousandths of a percent.
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Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
Dnkota
Kingaa
Nebraska
Weet
Uncle Sam
Black Hills
South Dakota
Bison Faces Coal Shortage Amid Switchman Strike
Aberdeen December 6 The small county seat of Perkins in northwestern South Dakota may remain in darkness while the switchman strike delays coal shipments. Bison merchants had a tiny coal stock and cannot secure more, risking total exhaustion before shipments resume. The town lies off the railroad with Lemmon as the nearest shipping point.
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Aberdeen, & D
Bison
Perkins
South Dakota
Lemmon, S. D
French duelist dies from injuries in Paris area
Paris December 30 Earl Percy under secretary of state of England died today in the hotel near the Northern railway station while en route to Paris for holiday celebrations. It is rumored he died from a duel with an Englishman Saturday near Paris. Authorities say he died of pleurisy.
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Paris
Earl Percy
England
Sinking of Three Warship Launches in Arctic Ice
Three launches from the battleships Wisconsin Minnesota and Kansas sank after battling ice and snow to reach ships’ crews. Five Wisconsin crewmen were thrown overboard and rescued. Minnesota lost its propeller and drifted. craft from others saved men after exposure. Kansas launch stove in, men leaped between icebergs and all injured were hospitalized.
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New York
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas
Fee
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Howly
Pte Klid
Welle
Neidelorrg Medical Institute
Tafts
Indianapolis
Terel
Nate
Chicago Milk Trust
Lucab
Anthon, Iowa
Terma
P.O
EY & CO
Toledo
Pernony
FURS
D.bergman & CO
Paul, Minn
Lotta
Kmas
Black Hiller
Daniel Keaton
Yelowstone Valley
LAND
Perkins County
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