Spreckels Defends Graft Probe Clash With Seven Committee
Rudolph Spreckels discusses his stance on the graft investigation in San Francisco. He criticizes the committee of seven for interference, argues they act for corporate interests, and explains his focus on prosecuting bribery while resisting attempts to resign the board of supervisors. The piece notes the need for municipal reform without political manipulation.
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Spreckles
San Francisco
Cal
Rudolph Spreckles
Committee of Seven
Associated Press
Redolph Spreckels
Schmitz
Committee
Board of Supervisors
United Railroads
Herrin
Spreckels
Big Warehouses Aim To Stem Southern Cotton Losses
Memphis reports staggering losses for cotton growers and factors totaling up to 10 to 20 million dollars due to car shortages and exposure. Railroads and shipping lines plan massive storage warehouses to prevent a repeat, as bales rotted in streets and values plummeted with prices around 1 to 3 cents per pound.
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Memphis
Tenn
South
East
Middle West
United States Commissioner's Office
Soldiers Go Crazy in Alaska Two-Year Solitude
Captain Wildman at Fort Omaha details Alaska posts where two years of isolation drive many to insanity and death from freezing. Thirty-three men depart Fort Omaha for Alaska via Fort Lawton and Seattle, aiming to reach the north by July to repair telegraph lines under harsh, dry air and frigid conditions.
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Alaska
Omaha
Captain Wildman
Fort Omaha
Fort Lawton
Seattle
Wash
Town Takes Water In Salem As Franchise Battle Rages
Mayor Earle seized the Salem waterworks after the water was cut off by the company over franchise disputes. The plant was restarted following a mandatory injunction from Judge Roberts. Deputy sheriff delivered the order, and the water company complied.
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Salem
Ohio
Earle
A. R. Dow
Smith
Roberts
Lisbon
Band of armed raiders raid Wyoming sheep camp near Wind River
Fourteen disguised men raided the Shoshoni Sheep company camp on Wind River. They tied workers, ordered a six mile move, and U.S. deputy sheriff protection was promised after the attackers departed. Joe Chauvis identified a raider and was assaulted. A $1,000 reward was offered for arrests and conviction.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
Shoshoni Sheep Company
Upper
Wind River
Joe Chauvis
Chauvis
J. A. Delfelder
Durell Sentenced to Eighteen Years in Wyoming Case
In Cheyenne Judge R. N. Matson, sitting for Judge Parmalee, sentenced Joe Durell to eighteen years for criminally assaulting the 14 year old daughter of Atwood C. Thomas, Meeteetse publisher. The jury, after a 69 hour deliberation, found him guilty and recommended clemency. He faced possible life under the law.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
R. N. Matson
District Court
Basin
Big Horn County
Parmalee
Fourth Judicial District
Matson
Joe Durell
Atwood C. Thomas
Meeteetse
Durell
Shoshoni Elects Harmon Mayors and Councilmen
F A Harmon is elected mayor of Shoshoni with William Madden and William Tracy winning council seats by unanimous voice. A fire led to the abandonment of part of coal mine No 1 at Dietz and the section was sealed. Northwestern shearing pens busy as sheepmen plan ahead with several large wool reservations and buyers in town but no sales yet reported.
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F. A. Harmon
Shoshoni
William ‘Madden
William Tracy
Dietz
Ben Wheelock
Jake Jenne
Simms Brothers
Fred Winterstein
Reese & Rushert
Richards, Combs Company
L. W. Cleveland
Duncan McLaughlin Buys Yale Henry Tavern and Feed Stable
Duncan McLaughlin has purchased the Henry tavern and feed stable at Yale and took possession last Monday. Judge W G Rice has adjourned court from May 27 to June. Miss Alice Flavin travels to Rock Springs Wyo for her brother Maurice's wedding on June 6. Major McCullough returns to Fort Meade from Panama for temporary duty. Hospital Steward Funderberg is in solitary confinement awaiting court martial. Major McCullough will be a key witness.
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Sturgis
Duncan McLaughlin
Henry
Yale
W. G. Rice
Alice Flavin
Rock Springs
Wyo
Maurice
Major McCullough
Fort ‘Meade
Panama
Funderberg
McCullough
Steward Arrives to Lead Hot Springs Sanitarium
Joseph B. Spencer reports for duty as hospital steward at the National Sanitarium Hot Springs South Dakota where inmate numbers total about seventy five with forty more en route from Danville.
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Hot Springs
S. D
Joseph B. Spencer
Mountain Branch National
Johnson City
Tenn
National Sanitarium
Danyilla
Spearfish Doings Pack Travel Plans And Local News
Arthur Pike begins an overland trip to Yellowstone with hatchery companions. Miss Mattie Gibson and Miss Mable Gilbert plan summer study in Minneapolis and visits with friends. Mr. Moberly will tour Yellowstone and then travel west to Washington Oregon and California. Ferne Thornburg has a bookkeeper job at Rapid City Gas Co. Mrs. Frank Welch and Miss North Tummon attended Episcopal services in Belle Fourche. Nellie Warren will go to the National Educational Association meeting in Los Angeles and visit western points. H H Gibson holds a Durst Bros. saw mill foreman post in the southern hills earning four dollars daily plus board and lodging.
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Arthur Pike
Yellowstone National Park
Fish ‘Hatchery
Mattie Gibson
Mable Gilbert
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Mr. Moberly
Washington
Oregon
California
Ferne Thornburg
Rapid City
Rapid City Gas Company
Frank Welch
North Tummon
Belle Fourche
Gibson
Durst
Spearfish
Custer Chronicle Highlights Local Workers and Legal Matters
Clarence Wood and John Powton arrive from Lend for rest from deep mine work to cut ties for Mr Haywood. Johnson, a half breed Indian, jailed on assault and battery charges after allegedly beating an old man with a six shooter in Wyoming last fall. Ideal Mining president Van Camp and officers visit from Indianapolis to assess resources. Burt Howie Claude Howie and Louis Compton arrested for removing horses from a pasture and bond posted for next court term.
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Custer
Chronicle
Lend
Clarence Wood
John Powton
Mr. Haywood
Johnson
Wyoming
van Camp
Ideal Mining Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
Burt Howie
Claude Howie
Louis Compton
Walk to Exposition Two Pedestrians Start from St Louis
William A. Smith and Richard C. Beile begin a 2680 mile walk from St Louis toward the Jamestown exposition aiming for August 19. The race follows Iron Mountain road to Helena Arkansas crosses the Mississippi then southeast to Birmingham Atlanta the Carolinas and to Jamestown.
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St. Louis
Jamestown ST. Louis
William A. Smith
Richard C. Beile
Iron Mountain
Helena
Ark
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Carolinas
Jamestowns
Jamestown
Beile
St. Louisa
New York
Smith
Copper Mountain Miners Hit Hoodoo Creek Camp
Copper Mountain Miner reports Henry Baier a Spearfish merchant and associate Fred Johnson, arrived last week and settled at their old Hoodoo Creek camp. They boast promising property in the area and plan serious development this summer. Johnson is a known Black Hills assayer with equipment.
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Henry Baier
Spearfish
S. D
Fred Johnson
Copper Mountain
Hoodoo Creek
Mr. Johnson
Black Hills
Wyoming State Fair Plans Set For Douglas
State Fair commissioners set September 24 96 26 and 47 for the fair at Douglas with barns under construction and many trees being planted. Grandstand seating capacity will be doubled.
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State Fair Association
Douglas
Cloudburst Hits Lincoln County Farm Killing Man
A violent cloudburst near Lincoln Nebraska struck James Clark's farm nine miles north of the city Friday after 6 pm. Charles Schlitzner was killed by lightning as he stood by the barn. Clark's young son was knocked unconscious. Heavy rain washed out corn, damaged fields, and flooded Little Salt Creek. Telegraph lines failed and roads were blocked. Schlitzner was a stranger hired days earlier. the boy survived. The storm affected about four sections.
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Lincoln
Neb
James Clark
Charles Schlitzner
Clark Barn
Clark
Clark Farm
Little
Salt Creek
Schlitzner
Old Iowa Couple Arrives in Sioux Falls After Fire
An elderly Iowa couple Mr. James McKeon aged 104 and Mrs. McKeon aged 92 arrived in Sioux Falls from McGregor after their home burned. They seek shelter with their son J F McKeon and recall a life of frontier hardship in which the wife saved her husband from the blaze. A cache of coins and valuables survived the fire, indicating they distrusted banks.
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Iowa
James McKeon
Mcc-Gregor
Sioux Falls
J. F. McKeon
McKeon
Mr. McKeon
King’s County
Ireland
Queen’s County
America
New York
East 14Th Street
Pullman Rates Targeted by Interstate Commission
A formal move before the Interstate Commerce Commission seeks to cut Pullman sleeping car charges. Three complaints allege unjust and excessive rates, filed with co defendants including northwestern railroads. George S. Loftus of St Paul claims the fares hinder his business travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce’ Commission
Pullman Company
Commission
Northwestern Railroads
George S. Loftus
St. Paul, Minn
Loftus
Pat Crowe Acquitted in Council Bluffs Robberies
Pat Crowe was acquitted by a district court jury of holding up two street cars in Council Bluffs Iowa two years ago and robbing crews. A co defendant testified Crowe was not among the masked holdups, ending the last criminal charge against him.
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Council Bluff
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Pat Crowe
District Court
Crowe
Kidnapping Trial Note Tied to Omaha Figure
A passage recalls years ago the alleged kidnapper of E. A. Cudgahy’s son in Omaha. He was tried on the charge a year ago and acquitted.
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Ous
E. A. Cudgahy
Omaha
Brooklyn Fire? No, Jan 29 Murder Trial Verdict
John Bell, a Brooklyn trolley conductor, was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the January 29 shooting of Dr. Charles Wilmot Townsend in Richmond. Bell claimed poverty and innocence, but a half brother testified he confessed. Judge Abbott set an electrocuted sentence for the first Monday in July.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
John Bell
Brooklyn
Bell
Charles Wilmot Townsend
Staten Island
Richmond
Abbott
Popular Singer Weds Calgary Man in Dell Rapids
Miss Gina Albert Smith, noted musician and piano teacher at All Saints in Sioux Falls, married D. A. Campbell before about 100 guests in Dell Rapids. Campbell is a Calgary businessman. Home from Pierre, A. T. Adams reported the I O O F grand lodge met successfully in Spearfish and set Sioux Falls as next meeting site. The Odd Fellows and Orphans home fund stood at 18,201 dollars with officers elected for the year.
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Gina Smith
Dell Rapids
Calgary
S. D
Gina Albert Smith
D. A. Campbell
O. H. Smith
All Saints
Sioux Falls
Europe
Mr. Campbell
Northwest Territory
Pierre
A. T. Adams
Spearfish Valley
Spearfish
I. O. 1 O. F. Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge
Odd Fellows and Orphans Home
J. H M. McLaughlin
Fort Randall
C. B. Knott
Bristol
Geo. W. Ladd
Sturgis
Harvey J. Rice
Huron
George W. Snow
Springfield
Mrs Kaufman Trial Begins Monday in Sioux Falls
Mrs Emma Kaufman faces murder charges in the case of 16 year old Miss Agnes Poirers who was employed as a domestic. The state circuit court in Sioux Falls will hear the case next Monday.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Emma Kaufman
Agnes Poirers
Jealous of the Angels in Houston Post Tears
A Houston Post item notes a woman grieving after her husband’s death and reflects on angelic lore claiming most angels are women. The piece suggests her grief and superstition mingle with spiritual belief.
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Houston
Texas
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Wyoming State Fair
B. S. Bunch
Hulett, Wyo
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