Northwestern Stock Growers Convention Opens in April
The Northwestern Stock Growers association, the western algebra of cattle interests, will hold its third annual convention in the city April 13 to 15. Officers include President Russell A Uhler of Addin Wyoming Vice President T J Ackelige from Belle Fourche Secretary George A Ross Ree Fourche and Treasurer David Sans Belle Fourche. The program features open air exhibitions horse racing tag events boxing matches and speeches on stock industry issues by notable speakers from Denver and Omaha. The gathering aims to attract large crowds from major ranches across the Great Cattle Country.
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Sea Northwest
Stakowers’ ’Association
Ares
Oftlivers
Russell A. Uhler
Addin
Wyo
T. J. Ackeinige
Belle Pourche
George A’ Ross
Ree Fourche
David
S. Wo
Hh Dex
Han. A. DeRicques
Denver
Ito
Murdo Mackenzie
Keoghhid
Cole
Mets
Issed
Ho Stock Prowers
United States
Northwestern
Tireeweers’ Association
Yoapbrell Hace
Sorry Mustain
Bell Pourche
Geo.ie
Omaha
Neb
Bell
New Road to Hills Sparks Rapid City Railroad Talk
Circulators from Cleveland claim a railroad from Rapid City to Mystic and west into Wyoming coal fields with 7 million dollar bonds. The plan envisions a smelter restart to utilize cheaper coke and Wyoming copper, with 175 tons daily capacity and heavy material haul. Iron ore deposits and power water plans spark speculation as Rapid City pushes for Milwaukee Railway access via a new Commercial Club effort.
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SL. D
Pleveland
Mystic
Pee Coal Fields
Rapid City
Rapid Hy
Asethery Outfit
Tooget
Milwaukee
Parra SOND Bond Forfeiture in Liquor Case
Cyrus B. Cook forfeited bond after indictment for unlawfully introducing liquor to the Rosebud Indian reservation. The $1,000 bond followed three call procedures and the case sparked a cattlemen versus cowboys clash in Siouxalls.
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Cyrus B. Cook
Siouxalls
S. C
Tom Ouf
United States
Cook
Chicago Commission
Rosebud Reservation
William Rain- Suit
Massive Indian earthquake strikes multiple cities causing structural damage
A sequence of severe shocks across Mussarre Debra Dun and Raja pur regions and other cities like Lahore Silma Delhi Calcutta Agra caused widespread property loss. Buildings collapsed including Savoy hotel wing and Wazir Khan mosque with casualties reported and many inhabitants evacuated.
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Mussarre
India
Savoy Hotel
Debra Dun
Rajapur
Lahore
Den
Wazir Khan
Delhi
Lhce
Calcutta
Agworth
Agra
Torelock
Explosion Kills Three At Union Merditeur Dry House
An explosion at the Union Merditeur dry house killed three workers and injured others as a fire followed. May have involved primer caps on steam pipes. woman worker Julie Meare died after being blown from the building. Two helpers Michael Hurley and William Basliss were also killed. total property and lives lost estimated near 200 dollars.
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Bridggeprecht
Coun
Union Merditeur
Joli Meare
Michael Hurley
William Basliss
Noted Couple Weds Wealthy Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit
Wealthy Harry Thaw quietly marries Evelyn Nesbit at the home of Rev. William J. Meffin in Pittsburgh. Nesbit is a well known figure in society circles and Thaw’s father William Thaw was a prominent mill owner and railroad developer in Pennsylvania.
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Harry Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Harry
Evelyat Plorence
William J. Mefiwan
Third Presbyterian Church
William Thaw
Pittsburg
Thaw
Penneylvania
Miss Nesbit
Pilistore Societe
Woman Burns Herself to Death in Oregon Melodrama
In Porthind Oregon on April 5 Mrs Charles Heimmers an elderly farmer's wife set fire to magazines and papers near her home at Orient. She saturated her clothes with kerosene and ignited them deliberately dying from self immolation after suffering melancholia.
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Oregon
Porthind
Ore
Orient
Charles Heimmers
Vom
Thornton co operative elevator fight pits merchants against farmers
In Thornton, Iowa, merchants and farmers clash over a proposed co operative elevator. Merchants seek 41 percent stock and control to protect trade, while farmers demand governing interest, claiming to avoid merchandise competition yet fear future price hikes if merchant successors gain power. The dispute centers on who runs the elevator and what goods will be bought and sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Thornton
Stove Polish Explosion Injures Cherokee Woman
In Cherokee Missouri April 1 Magpie Piggott a domestic of Dr Sherman suffered severe burns when a stove polish containing gasoline exploded while she was applying it to a hot stove. The fire set her clothing ablaze until J A Sinkey helped extinguish the flames with her apron.
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Magpie Piggott
Dr. Sherman
Miss Piggott
J. A. Sinkey
Sioux Falls Wins Sweeping Victory Over Water Company
City Attorney Sweish announced a federal circuit court of appeals decision in St Paul granting Sioux Falls the right to finish and operate a municipal water system. The ruling dissolves an injunction and dismisses the water company's suit, with costs to the company. The case involves a $750,000 municipal water works project and the city’s former $210,090 voter-approved funding.
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Sioux Talla
S. D
Weith
Sioux Walls
South Dakota Water Company
Water Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Sweish
Riner
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Paul
Dairying Lifts the Mortgages in South Dakota
South Dakota dairy industry grows through creameries boosting farmer fortunes. State ranks twelfth in production but leads in butter quality due to grasses and high churn temperatures. Desmet creamery leads with large milk purchases and payments to patrons nearing $500,000 since inception.
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Sioux Falls
LL. D
South Dakota
Northwest
P. Sherwood
Food and Dairy
Dairy Commissioners
Sherwood
DeSmet Creamery
Mitchell
Armour
Madison
Clark
Andover
Clear Lake
Iroquoise
Ennox
Millbank
Webster
Cities protest fire tax fund split over late reports
From Pierre South Dakota April 1 towns left out of the state auditor fire tax fund complain they did not file reports on time and now seek a remedy Deadwood leads protests claiming their report was sent but not received leaving them short of funds and asking what can be done.
Drowned on a Pleasure Trip Saddens Arlington
Arlington South Carolina April 5. Word received today states that D. W. McCaskell an electrician by trade was drowned while riding a steamboat along the White river in Arkansas. He was on a pleasure trip when the accident occurred.
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Arlington
S. C
D. W. McCaskell
Aspis “Place
South
Ing
White River
Arkansas
McCaskell
Good Roads Train Sets Path for National Tour
A Good Roads special train, organized by the National Food Roads association and Burlington and Northern Pacific officials, will depart Chicago on May 3. The Lewis and Clark Good Roads journey will visit 45 to 50 key cities from Chicago to the Pacific to promote road improvement, paving, and municipal education with government experts aboard. The itinerary begins in Illinois and moves through Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, Washington, and Oregon.
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Chicago
National Food Roads Association
Burlington and
Northern Pacific Roads
Northern Pacific
Lewis and Clark
Pacific
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Washington
Oregon
Jokers stage fake hold up ends with vault rescue
In Chicago at 286 LaSalle Street J W O Beirne’s saloon is the scene of a staged theft gone wrong. Six business men plan a fake holdup and trap the owner in a vault. A Pinkerton guard and police secure the scene while a lawyer and crook seek a real safe blower. After hours of effort the vault is opened and O Beirne is found unconscious. He regains consciousness with medical aid.
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Chicago
J. W. O' Beirne
LaSalle Street
O'Beirne
Sie
Pinkerton
Salle
Berne
Sand
O' Beirne
Cameron
Board Trade
West Side
Carrie Nation and supporters jailed after bond posting
Wichita April 6 Carrie Nation Myra McHenry Liddie Munts and Lucy Wilbert temperance crusaders awaiting trial for wrecking a liquor house front voluntarily turned themselves in to jail to release a thousand dollar bond provided by Mrs Nation who planned to loan the money to them
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Wichita
Swan
Carrie Nation
Myra McHenry
Liddie Munts
Lucy Wilbert
Temperance Crusaders
Michigan Central v State of Michigan tax suit begins
In U S circuit court at Grand Rapids Michigan Central Railroad company sues State of Michigan over ad valorem railroad taxes. The case, binding on all Michigan roads, involves tax claims totaling 1 500 000 dollars.
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Rand Rapids, Mich
United States
Michigan Central Railroad Company
State of
Michigan
Whiteside hotel at Morrison destroyed by fire
Morrison fire ruins the Whiteside hotel causing an estimated loss of 50000 dollars. Sleeping guests narrowly escaped the blaze.
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Sterling
Whiteside
Morrison
Greater Pittsburg bill passes in state House
Look Out There reports that the Greater Pittsburg bill to consolidate Pittsburg and Allegheny counties cleared the house of representatives on April 4 in Harrisburg. The measure aims to unify the two municipalities under a single government.
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Karrisburg
Pittsburg
Allegheny
House of Representatives
Sullivan the Winner
Tacoma, Washington reports in the ninth round of a twenty round bout that Jack Sullivan defeats Young Fitzsimmons, alias Charles Jost, of Portland.
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Sullivan
Tacoma
Wash
Young Fitzsimmons
Charles Jost
Portland
Jack
Twin
New Marshalltown Mayor Sets Police Reform Rules
Marshalltown Iowa April 4 1900s mayor L Ingledue plans strict police discipline. Changes include no officer entering saloons on duty except in line of duty and a ban on smoking while on duty.
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Marshalltown
L. Ingledue
County Auditors Meet at Pierre Discuss Tax Assessments
Pierre South Dakota April 4 nearly all county auditors attended a conference with Governor Elrod State Auditor Halladay and Treasurer Collins. They discussed equitable assessments and methods to avoid extreme value variations and how to target underassessed personal property.
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Elrod
Halladay
Collins
Halladiy
State Board
Tragic Death in South Dakota Child Suspected Foul Play
In Flandreau South Dakota the four year old daughter of Mrs Ave Hayes died after drinking lye. Postmortem showed lye damaged the esophagus and softened food near the lungs. An inquest failed to reach a verdict amid testimony that the child was in the sister's custody while the mother and sister were bitter enemies.
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Flandreauu
S. D
Ave Hayes
New Electric Car Line Incorporated In Sioux Falls Area
Articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state reveal City Railway Company of Sioux Falls with $500,000 capital. Incorporators include J. R. Sheel ey Osceola Ia G W Rhine and ore Tiegen Sioux Falls. Plan is a twenty mile electric line and power supply extending into Minnehaha McCook Turner Lake and Moody counties in SD Rock in Minnesota and Lyon in Iowa.
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Pirre
S. D
City Railway Company
Sioux Falls
J. R. Sheeley
Osceola
G. W. Rhine
Ore Tiegen
Sioux Walls
Minnehaha
McCook
Turner, Lake and Moody
South Dakota
Rock
Minnesota
Lyon
Iowa
Grane County Telephone Company
Milbank
Brandt
Devel County
C. J. Kjenstad
L. C. Kjenstad
H. O
Hansson de I. Welber
Peterson
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Association of the Northwest
Belle Fourche
Parra Sond
Bridgeport
Connecticut
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal
Sity
Old Water Company
United States Court
Lerber
John H. Carkind
Warrer TH. Williams
Pracy-Pierre
Chicago and Northwestern
Mutils
Fetter
Brookings
DeSimiet
First Bank
State Bank
DeSimet
Post Office
Williams
George HW. Drake
Minneapolis
Collies
Aberdeen
Josnes
Collier
Drake
Tracy
Pierre
Childre
Minn
Tracey
Watertown
Coe 1 Crawford
Huron
Sadie Ford
Hill City
Black Hills
United States Court of South Dakota
John Dugan
Burke
Rosebud Indian Reservation
Rosebud
Moses Annet
Jeanroe
Annet
Good Roads
Northern Securities Road
Cracksman
Carrie
Mrs. Nation
Tax Law
St. Louis
Flandreau
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