Ruef Says He Will Aid Bribery Prosecution in San Francisco
Abraham Ruef testified before the grand jury confirming he will turn states evidence in the United Railroads bribery case. He disclosed a $200,000 payoff for the franchise change with $50,000 to Mayor Schmitz and $89,000 to eighteen supervisors, including various payments to officials and a go‑between. Indictments reportedly considered for four URR officers and Schmitz.
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San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
Langdon
Henry
Burns
Schmitz
United Railroads
Burn
Grand Jury
Patrick Calhoun
Thornwell Mullaly
Tiry A. Ford
Wm. A. Abbott
Gallagher
Finance Committee
Printer Out of Jail for Bigamy Scandal in Sioux Falls
Charles A Lyons ex minister and printer was released after four years in the penitentiary for bigamy. He had married in Sioux Falls then vanished and records showed marriages in other towns. A jealous wife traced clues to Lyons via publishing plants and obtained a warrant leading to his arrest and guilty plea.
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Sioux Falls
Charles A. Lyons
Bigamist
Lyon
Lyons
Northwest
Minneapolis
Taft Western Trip Plans Include Several Speeches
Secretary Taft will depart Washington May 20 for St. Louis to address the National Millers Association on May 30 and return June 1. He then goes to Milwaukee June 10 for a Merchants and Manufacturers address, Davenport Iowa June 11 to tour Rock Island Arsenal, Iowa City June 12 for a university speech, Minneapolis June 14 for a Minnesota University event, St Paul to visit Fort Snelling and the Commercial Club, and Sioux Falls June 15 as guest of Senator Kittredge, before continuing westward.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Washington
St. Louis
National Millers’ Association
Milwaukee
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Davenport
Rock Island Arsenal
Tri-City Press Club
Iowa City
Iowa University
Minneapolis
Minnesota University
St. Paul
Fort Snelling
Commercial Club
Sioux Falls
S. BD
United States
Kittredge
U S Army Inspector Plans Stops at Fort Meade and Fort Leavenworth
A scheduled itinerary shows on Sunday June 16 the inspector will travel to Fort Meade D. D. to review Ute Indians conditions. He then goes to Fort Leavenworth on June 18 to inspect the post and will address the Ottawa Kan Chautauqua society on June 20.
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Fort Meade
D. D
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Ottawa, Kan
Trains Carry Shriner Victims After Horrific Wreck
Wreck scene yields tragic deaths of a bride and groom on their honeymoon and many Shriners injured. An excursion train trailing the wreck arrived late, with stories of brave acts and messages of love, as doctors and workers tend the injured. The sequence of trains crossing the same spot minutes apart is noted as a cruel twist of fate.
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San Francisco
Ware
Cincinnati
Ellenbogen
Miss
Los Angeles
Mystic Shrine
Islam Temple
Honda
Stagecoach fire in Death Valley swallows cash haul
The Death Valley stage near Ash Meadows burns after a driver Ed Love pats a cigar. A total of 15,000 dollars in bank bills and 135,000 dollars in registered mail are destroyed. The money was sent to a Green River bank.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Death Valley
Ash Meadows
Ed Love
Green River
Closed Smelters Halt Six Copper Plants At Bingham Junction
About twelve hundred U S Mining copper and lead smelter workers at Bingham Junction near Salt Lake walked out on May 18 after the company refused a 40 cent daily raise. Six copper smelters shut down while the firm plans furnace repairs and temporary jobs for some strikers. those who stay away face discharge when operations resume.
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Salt Lake
United States Mining
Bingham Junction
Bones and Bonds Unearthed in Cleveland Inn Ruins
In Cleveland on May 20 authorities found Erie railroad bonds totaling 116740 dollars and 475 in blackened coins inside a rusted tin box in a century old inn ruin. The box was opened after charred bones were discovered in a bricked fireplace. The treasure owner, George C. Morgan, vanished in 1874 and investigators suspect murder.
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Cleveland
Erie Railroad
Old City
George C. Morgan
Morgan
Beet Sugar Prospects Discussed by Western Sugar Official
Charles Bewick of Detroit, a Western Sugar Company executive and beet sugar authority, visited Belle Fourche to assess the irrigated sugar beet potential. He cautioned a factory is unlikely this season due to late water, high costs, and uncertain crops, stressing high grade beets and careful farming as key to future opportunities.
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Charles Bewick
Detroit
Mich
Western Sugar Company
United States
Helle Fourche
Belle Fourche
Bewick
America
Bbeet
Germany
Great Western Sugar Company
Bec
Walters
Jensen
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D
South Dakota Seeks Delegation to National Irrigation Congress
The state engineer aims to form a strong South Dakota delegation for the Fifteenth National Irrigation Congress to be held in Sacramento California on September 2 1907 Delegates will come from farmers clubs irrigation societies chambers of commerce and other organized bodies including cities counties and states The event includes a thousand mile tour through the great California valley to study irrigation and intensive farming with visits to San Francisco
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South Dakota
Sacramento
Cal
Farmers’ Clubs
Irrigation Societies
Chambers of Commerce
Great Valley
California
San
Congress to witness historic reconstruction work on geale
Railway companies urged to offer low round trip fares with liberal stopovers. Delegates from across the country will attend, including investors and homeseekers from the east. South Dakota aims for a strong delegation. Samuel H. Lea, state engineer, sits on the executive committee and attendees should contact him at Pierre.
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South Dakota
Samiuel HH. Lea
Pierre
Hurley business pioneer A F Elliott dies at Yankton insane hospital
A F Elliott prominent Hurley businessman and former state legislator died at the Yankton insane hospital after years of memory loss from an ice fall injury. He had run a hardwire business with C J Bach and was known in judge and social circles. Survived by wife and six children.
Soldier Brings Japanese Bride Home to Syracuse Family
Seattle dispatch reports Horace H. Lavine son of a Syracuse shoe merchant returns with a wealthy Japanese bride who does not speak English. Lavine served with the First Tennessee Volunteers and fought in the Boxer Troubles with the Ninth Infantry as he plans to tell his parents about the marriage.
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Syracuse
Seattle
Wash
Horace EH. Lavine
Lavine
Hirst
Tennessee Volunteers
Ninth Infantry
World milk record broken by Dolly Bloom cow
Dolly Bloom the Guernsey cow owned by F A Ames of Boston set a year long milk record with 17 207 pounds or about 2023 gallons according to Secretary William H Caldwell report at the Guernsey Cattle club annual meeting in New York on May 18.
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New York
G Guernsey
Dolly Bloom
William HH. Caldwell
Guernsey Cattle Club
F. ‘A. Ames
Raf
Boston
North Dakota Man Kills Sweetheart Then Takes Own Life
Alfred Thoreson, a 32 year old Epping businessman, shot and killed his 17 year old sweetheart Amy Willard before fatally shooting himself. The tragedy occurred in Grand Forks as Thoreson, described as prosperous, used a pistol to end both their lives.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Alfred Thoreson
Epping
Ward County
North Dakota
Amy Willard
Thoreson
Miss Willard
Thereson
Young girl claims Mabell Corey is mother in Aurora
In Aurora on May 20 a 15 year old West Aurora High student named Katherine Hillman asserts Mabell Gillman Corey, recently married to steel magnate, is her mother. Grandparents refuse to discuss the claim or release a letter allegedly received from the stepmother.
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Ghicago
Aurora
Katherine Hillman
West Aurora High School
Mabell Gillman Corey
Steel King
Joseph Hmillman
Democratic Donkey Brays The Faithful Invited to Assemble
In Schenectady on May 18 William J. Connors of Buffalo, chairman of the Democratic State Committee, announced a conference in New York mid November. United States senators and national committeemen, along with all Democratic state chairmen, are expected to attend.
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New York
Schenectady
N. Y
William J. Connors
Buffalo
Democratic State Committee
United States
Baptists Hold Ninth‑Twelfth Annual Session in Washington
The American Tipitat Missionary Union gathered in Washington D.C. for its ninth tyethird annual session and will continue meetings for three days. A preliminary session of the Women’s Baptist group preceded the general meeting with discussions set to continue.
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Baptists
Wasitington
D.C
American Tipitat Missionary Union
Women's Baptist For
Anomalous Report Outlines Missionary Receipts and Appropriations
The initial financial report indicates receipts from all sources and states that total annual appropriations were 000 410. The text is fragmented but centers on funding figures and sources for the mission.
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Iressurer
Spearfish Notes On Ranches Births And a Flowing Well
Spearfish residents hear updates on cattle interest. W V Duncan among ranchers. Dr Jones reports birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Fred Seals and Dr Ainsworth records twins for Mr and Mrs Robert Crawford and a daughter for Mr and Mrs J L Henson. John Harriman hits a flowing well on S B Hitzels ranch in Minnehaha lime rock producing fifteen gallons per minute at a depth of 10 feet. the well adds about 2000 dollars in value to the property. Werner Lickel’s wife died in Portland Oregon April 30 after an overland trip seeking improved health.
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Oucen City
R.obl Tighes
Grand River Ranch
W. V. Duncan
Dunecay
Bughes
Wood
Bear Lodge
Tre
Tele Fourche
Dr. Jones
Fred Seals
Ainsworth
Robert Crawford
Mer
J. L. Henson
J. M. Burgess
E Lickel
S. B. Hitzel
Minnehaha
Harriman
Hitzel
Witer
Mystery Estate Mixup in Deadwood Widow Bequest
A Deadwood widow with no relatives or will dies leaving a large estate to pass to South Dakota state for the school fund. A secret drawer in her house spurs a futile hunt for a will while life insurance and bank accounts are tied up by inheritance and tax laws.
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Deadwood
Sioux City Tribune
John R. Wilson
New York
South Dakota
Wilson
Tle
Matt
Harriman Dominates Great Railroad Combine Says New Inquiry
The interstate commerce commission report excerpted by the Evening Telegram claims Harriman controls a vast rail network area covering about one third of the United States. It accuses his contracts with Rock Island Southern Pacific Santa Fe Illinois Central and San Pedro of violating antitrust laws and calls for legal action. The study highlights stock manipulation in the Alton reorganization and notes a fruit traffic cartel with no real competition, followed by a 10 percent rate cut after public exposure. It states Harriman’s power blocks independent lines like the San Pedro and suppresses new routes.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Evening Teleloram
United States
San Pedro
Alton
Far West
Kellogg
Severance
Commission
Harriman
Illinois Central
Santa Fe
Union
Southern Pacific
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Great Empire
Fire in Homestake Mine Diminishes as Water Rises
Reporters note a calmer atmosphere in the city and business revival as the Homestake Mine fire is considered past. Water at the 400 foot level climbs to 33 feet above the 400 foot station while engineers inspect lower levels and plan large scale resumption of work.
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Uneder
Blackstone
Terraville
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Printer
Mr. Love
Black Hills
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Ilinois
Mabelle
Harriman Scored
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Great Combine
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