Witnesses Describe Tragic Shooting at Spearfish in Turbulent Trial
Testimony recounts autopsies of Fred Samuelson showing a 32 caliber bullet entering from the back and passing through the heart. Passages describe the body found on George Schaar farm near a corral as neighbors recall the night, including Lena Schaar’s account of Bill Dunn firing the final shot and threatening the family.
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E. A. Jones
Spearfish
Howe
Fred Samuelson
Jones
Samuelson
George Hull
George Schaar
Corral
Mr. Hull
Hull
Harry Wilson
Marsh McClendon
Schaar
Fred Moss
Lena Schaar
Emma
Lena
Fried Samuelson
Bill Dunn
Dunn
Burglar Encounter Awakens Emery Resident
An Emery resident awoke to find a burglar standing beside her in the bedroom in a Sept. 3 incident. Police are investigating and seeking information from potential witnesses.
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Emery
Robber Breaks In On Mrs Taylor’s Awakening
In a southCounty farm home, a burglar touched Mrs Fr Taylor and vanished after a struggle with her father Chas Majerus. Police found and captured Andrew Smith of St Paul Minnesota at a straw stack with only a cap missing.
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Fr. Taylor
Parmer
Ths Place
Andrew Smith
St. Paul, Minn
Burns Wins Again In Melbourne Heavyweight Bout
American heavyweight Tommy Burns defeated Billy Lang of Australia in six rounds in Melbourne. Burns led most rounds after a close start, flooring Lang in the second and multiple times in the third before the finish. A separate notice mentions Squire’s challenge to Burns and the Sitting Bull tribe medicine dance at city park on September 16 with housing concerns for teachers.
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Pug
Melbourne
Australia
Tommy Burns
Billy Lang
Lang
Burns
Burnes
Squires
Sitting Bull Tribe No
Supt. Bigelow
Miss Voigt
West wants duty free lumber coal iron in tariff plan
Sonaton McCumber of North Dakota after visiting Roosevelt and Taft forecast a long extra session after next March to wrestle with tariff schedules. He said the West will push freeing articles in the protected list such as lumber coal and iron while Eastern manufacturers push to drop wool and hides and the West will resist.
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Washington
Sonaton McCumber
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Raft
Congress
McCumber
IceCumber
Bryan to Attack Taft in the East Over Labor and Tariff
In Lincoln on September 4 Bryan announced a Chicago conference of Democratic leaders to outline a campaign plan. He pledged to attack Taft in the East on labor issues tariffs trusts and bank deposits while speaking at the state fair and a local institution dedication. Norman Kidder reports all gold and Cleveland democrats will back Bryan and a private car is arranged for a likely September 9 eastward start.
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Lincoln
Chicago
Bryan
Taft
Fairview
Norman Kidder
The
Staats Ziehung
New York
Gold Democrats
Cleveland Democrats
Spirits Talk to Her: Ingersoll Widow Seeks Seance
The widow of Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll in New York on September 4 expressed desire to communicate with his departed spirit and is aiding a medium. She denied conversion to spiritualism but hopes the soul life of her husband can be proven. Colonel Ingersoll, known for his religious views, died July 21, 1899.
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Robert G. Ingersoll
New York
Death of L B Weeks Chief Engineer of Burlington Lines
Lincoln mourns the death of Weeks, chief engineer of the Burlington lines west of the Missouri, who died at his home after a long illness. Born Nantucket May 1847, he studied at MIT and led major expansions from 1885 onward, overseeing miles grown from 1,500 to about 4,000 and work under high pressure including 1,075 miles built in 1886 1887.
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J. $. P. Weeks
Burlington Lines
Missouri River
Lincoln
Mr. Weeks
Nantucket
Mass
Barritable
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nebraska
Colonel Doane
The
Hurlington
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Ocean
Salt Lake City Chosen For Next Grand Army Encampment
Salt Lake City was selected as the next host city for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment with 461 votes against Washington's 104. The report places the decision in Salt Lake City.
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Grand Army
Toledo
Ohio
Salt Lake City
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake
Washington
Murder Claim Casts Doubt on Police Probe in Omaha
In Omaha on September 4 a physician named Dr Austin was found dead in his home hallway. Autopsy statements declare murder and suggest police enthusiasm is lacking. The will of the physician remains sealed.
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Omaha
Neb
Austin
Itip al Ingeod
Nome Millionaire Plans Short Alaska Vacation
A Nome Alaska millionaire announces a brief leave from business, planning a pew weeks away in Sirtes after a sensational city notice. The announcement arrives as Nome residents digest the planned vacation and its implications.
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Nome
Sirtes
Seattle
Alaska
John Grosth Plans Alaska Exposition Visit 1900
The article profiles John Grosth a Nome pioneer turned millionaire who, though lavishly wealthy, continues frugal living. It notes his intended trip to Seattle for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition from June 1 to October 16, 1900, to witness the event as the U S President opens the exposition with a gold button.
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John Grosth
Seattle
Hit
America
Alaska
Nome
New Jerusalem
Solomon River
Grosth
United States
Earth
Nome City
Northland
Forty-one standpatters demand Cummins withdraw
In Des Moines on September 4, forty one standpatters issued an ultimatum to Governor Cummins to quit the race for the short term United States senator. They warned they will bolt the caucus and oppose him on the floor if he does not withdraw. Cummins refused, warning they must accept the result. A deadlock over the senatorial vacancy looms.
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United States
Des Moines
Cummins
Sesson
Wreck of Firfield Schooner Off Point Aranas
A four masted schooner named Firfield of the Firfield Lumber company ran ashore in thick fog at Point Aranas about one hundred miles north of San Francisco. All aboard are believed lost. Life savers search the coast for survivors with no word yet.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Point Aranas Beach
Firfield
Firfield Lumber Company
Emanuel Mandel Dies at 14 in Mandel Brothers Founder
Chicago report states Emanuel Mandel 14 a leading merchant and founder of Mandel Brothers died suddenly at his summer residence from paralysis. The teen prodigy was noted as a premier western merchant and firm pioneer.
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Chicago
Emanuel Mandel
West
Mandel Brothers Firm
Paralysls
Indiana Politics Shaken as Governor Calls Extra Session
Indianapolis Sept 4 Governor Hanley plunged Indiana into a political stir by calling an extra legislative session for September 11. His term ends next year and reforms are sought. Watson supporters vowed to back reforms if Hanley endorses Watson, but doubts arose as friends laughed at the pledge. Republicans face splits as Hitchcock meets Fairbanks. A lineup of speakers from Fairbanks to Cannon and Hoch is announced for a Midwest tour with Beveridge scheduling a Northwestern itinerary.
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Indianapolis
Hanley
Indiana
Jas W. Watson
Watson
Hitchcock
Fairbanks
Middle West
Fairbank
Root
Sherman
Strauss
Garfield
Dolliver
la Follette
Borah
Nelson
Smith
Burrows
Bradley
Burkett
Cannon and Hoch
Kansas
Beveridge
Immigration Commissioner Frank P Sargent Dies in Washington
Frank P. Sargent United States commissioner of immigration died in Washington this morning after a fall and subsequent paralytic stroke two months earlier. Former chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Grand Master Hannrahan of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen sent sympathy and summoned all past grand and vice grand masters to attend the funeral.
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United States Commissioner of Immigration
Washingto
Frank P. Sargeant
United States
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Peoria
Jil
Hannrahan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Sargent
Trunk Murder Arrest In Somerville Home
Chester Jordan, a Somerville actor, is held on murder charges after confessing to killing his wife Jordan and dismembering the body. Parts were found in a Somerville house trunk and other remains seen at the kitchen range. Police traced the crime after a hackman reported weight in a trunk suspected of containing valuables.
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Chester Jordan
Somerville
Jordan
Harvard
New York
Hackman
Boston
Suspect Jordan aids police in crime details at hearing
Jordan was willing to tell all about the case and spent hours with police. He appeared dazed about the crime yet his clear account suggested premeditation and planned concealment. Gordon answered Judge Wentworth’s questions at the Somerville police court preliminary hearing with stoic composure. Jes. L. Livermore, a New York broker and brother-in-law of Jordan, retained William S. Scharton as counsel.
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Anid
Jordan
Gordon
Wentwort
Somerville
Jes. L. Livermore
Jordi
William S$. Scharton
Murder of Innocents Near Cemetery Discovery
A man in Leail reported finding infant bones near the northwest cemetery fence. The coroner investigated and linked the case to a recent similar incident. The bones were buried and police will monitor for further inquiries.
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Dan
South Lead
Leail
Lawrence County Fair Directors Postpone Floral Hall This Year
Lawrence County fair directors decide against building a floral hall due to time constraints. Agricultural exhibits will be in a vacant Matthews block space near Irwin's store. Grounds include a three sided board fence, fifty box stalls for horses, fifty open stalls for cattle sheep and hogs, a new poultry building, and a promising track though slow from rock removal. Grand and judges stands to be completed before Sept 23 24 25. Premium list being prepared by Deadwood Telegram.
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Vas
Lawrence County
Irwin
Association
Spearfish
Deadwood Telegram Printing House
Missing Sioux Falls Girl Found After Receipt of Letter
A two year mystery ended when Miss Etta Alvord of Minneapolis wrote to Mrs. J. E. Stevenson to retrieve a trunk and clothing left when she vanished from Sioux Falls. Police had searched without result before the letter revealed her location.
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Oux Falls
Sioux Falls
J. E. Stevenson
Etta Alvord
Minneapolis
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Wikes
California
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