Soaking Rain Eases Range Losses for Franklin Cattle
A South Dakota storm brought heavy rain and snow on higher ground, reviving grass and water sources. Cattle losses on the Franklin Cattle Company range were minimal, while Nebraska feed ranches reported about ten of every hundred cattle lost, highlighting contrasting outcomes between open ranges and feeding operations.
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Franklin Cattle Company
Nebraska
Deadwood
N. D
South Dakota
Black Hills
Little
Missouri
Term of Court Ends in Ninth District Circuit
The March term of circuit court in Huron South Dakota ended Friday after beginning March 24, marking the longest session in years. Judge Whiting led with prompt decisions and impartial rulings, clearing long-standing cases and earning respect from bar and litigants. A chamber session is set for June 10.
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Ninth District Circuit
Huron
S. C
Whiting
Riley Hartwick
Sioux Falls
P. H. Dunning
Huron Bar
H. Aplin
W. A. Lynch
K. W.wheeler
H. 8. Mouser
H. C. Hinckley
L. C. Kemp
T. M. Simmons
A. W. Wild
Petit Jurors Drawn For Regular Term at Aberdeen
Petit jury for a United States court term to be held in Aberdeen next month is drawn. Clerk Olivers Pendar and jury commissioner D S Glidden report the panel includes A G Young Brookings Charles Johnson Beresford Harry Eller Yankton N Arntz Aberdeen William Cobb Scotland W W Forney Oelrichs and many others from Sioux Falls Yankton Pierre and beyond. Grand jury deemed unnecessary due to no important cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
S. D
A. G. Young
Brookings
Charles
Johnson
Beresford
Harry Eller
Yankston
N. Arntz
William Cobb
Scotland
W. W. Forney
Oelrichs
Ye Soesbe
Kennedy
Louis Kehr
jPierre
D. McCully
Yankton
E. F.gifford
Pierre
Benjamin Bussey
Yfyndall
Edmund Clark
Marindahl
William Sogaman
Freeman
Ivan Davis
Armour
H. C. Douglass
Iroquois
J.C. Laughlin
Madison
John Me.Charites
Huron
Thomas Bussey
Tynsdall
W.S. Small
Gettysburg
William Richardson
Terry
William Glendenning
Watertown
John H. Wooley
Highmore
J. H. Donahoe
C. Bryant
Vermillion
Cathedral site plans premium structure in Spearfish
Lead, D., April 21. A site for the proposed new Catholic cathedral near the present church and sisters' school has been purchased for $8,000. Bishop J N Stakha envisions a modern, substantial structure with a new residence for the bishop and a large school, with improvements starting after his installation last winter. Spearfish couples celebrate six weddings in a week as J Russell Warren and Olive Packard, O D Ticknor and Orili Smith, Norval H Hand and Mabel Adams wed. Warren and Ticknor relocate to Spearfish, while Warren’s family moves to Denver.
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John Mascovitch
Wmr
Mascovitch
J. N. Stakha
Copien
Bull
Wiyl
Spearfish
Elkins Sued for 500000 Over Railroad Information Fees
Senator Stephen B Elkins of West Virginia is named defendant in a $500000 suit filed in district court by Robert Burton and George A Dubruell. The claim says the plaintiffs were hired in 1901 to obtain information plans data and legal opinions to help Elkins gain a controlling stake in Western Maryland Railroad. They allege he promised payment but refused after the deal closed, despite his profits from the railroad acquisition.
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Washington
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
District Supreme Court
Robert Burton
George A. Dubruell
Senator Elkins
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Benator Elkins
Goulds
Maryland
Messrs
Burton and
Dubruet
Both Drown Together After Street Quarrel
New York April 22. Frank Feely and his wife quarreled on the street and within an hour both bodies were recovered from the North river. Police believe the wife killed herself and the husband drowned while attempting to rescue her. The couple had quarreled in their apartments and the wife left a suicide note. Feely read the note, rushed out, and again confronted his wife as she leaped in. A policeman intervened. both were drowned beneath debris.
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New York
Frank Feely
North River
Feely
Remarkable impostor footman weds divorced countess in London
William Brown a footman was remanded in Portsmouth on charges of a false registry entry in December last. He married Countess Russell who had divorced her husband Earl Russell for bigamy after a United States marriage to Mrs Somerville. Countess Russell born Mabel Edith Scott, daughter of the late Sir Claude Edward Scott. In Brantford Ontario inmates escaped from the Indian Institute fire without injury.
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London
William Brown
Portsmouth
Arcrobald Stuart de Modena
Countess Russell
Earl Russell
Somerville
United States
Mabel Edith Scott
Sir Claude Edward Scott
Markets Report From Sioux City and Chicago Prices
Sioux City and Chicago tee markets show hogs flat to firm with mixed grades, cattle steady to lower, and lambs variable. Omaha and Kansas City notes indicate cattle strength and calf gains, while grain and provisions list mixed futures and staple commodities with notable price ranges across hogs, cattle, and sheep. The round of reports covers receipts, weights, and regional price spreads for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Omaha
Omaha
School for Cripples Petitioned by Chicago Federation of Labor
Chicago April 22 The Chicago Federation of Labor petitions the board of education to build a new school for crippled children in a central location. They assert the Tilden wheel is unsanitary and ask for the previously appropriated $18,000 to be used for construction at a suitable site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Federation of Labor
Chicago
Board of Educann
Federation of Labor
Court allows dividend payments under Northern Securities decree
In St Paul on April 22 the United States circuit judge Sanborn heard Northern Securities and railways plead for limited relief to pay regular May dividends. The government opposed any modification, arguing the decree enjoins law violations. The court granted the petition, noting the US has no sanitary interest in dividends and appeals will guide final outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Securities Company and
Reilroads
Supreme Court
Haupt
Northern Securities Company and Railroads
United States
Roosevelt near finish of Yellowstone tour in April dispatch
President Roosevelt nears completion of a Yellowstone park visit after stops at Firehole and Norris Geyser basins and a planned stop at the Grand Canyon. The itinerary includes a likely return to post headquarters Friday afternoon and a potential joiner from the train party in Cinndaar on Thursday. A separate Billings report notes a shift to a one hour stay in Edgemont, S C, for a reception, with Superintendent Phelan guiding the pilot train over the Burlington through Nebraska.
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Cinnabar
Mont
Roosevelt
Yellowstone Park
Firehole Geyser Basin
Norris Geyser Basin
Grand Canyon
Falll
Ade
Cinnadaar
Butte
Billings
Edegmont
S. C
Black Hills
Phelan
Alliance
Burlington
Nebraska
Clerks Organize International Railway Clerks Union
The convention to form an international union of railway clerks finished at the Briggs House with a banquet. The International Association of Railway Clerks will be formed with 22 delegates from 14 unions. Dan W. Richmond of Chicago is named president.
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International Association
Chicago
Ill
International Union of
Briggs House
Inernational Association of
Frank L.rist
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Dan W. Hichmond
Denied New Trial for Lena Lillie in Husbands Murder
In David City Nebraska on April 21 Judge Good overruled Lena M. Lillie’s motion for a new trial and sentenced her to life imprisonment with hard labor for the murder of her husband Harvey Lillie. She declared her innocence and protested the trial, while her mother cried in the courtroom. The case, rooted in life insurance motives and circumstantial evidence, was appealed to the Nebraska Supreme Court.
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Lillie Se
David City
Neb
Good Saturday
Lena M. Lillie
Lillie
United States
Nebraska
Lincoln
Supreme Court
Harvey Lillie
Lille
Bishop blames divorce for family decline in sermon
Washington April 21 Bishop Satterlee of the Episcopal church warned that divorce and loosened marriage vows threaten the family and civilization. He said men bear responsibility for the home’s decline and urged action to halt what he called the great evil of this age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Satterlee
Episcopal Church
Wild trolley car wreck in Pittsburg injures many
A Pittsburg Railway trolley lost braking power on Federal Street Allegheny and ran out of control. It struck a carriage, slammed through railroad safety gates, derailed cars in a moving freight train, and broke apart. Forty five aboard were hurt, one fatally, H Hirsch.
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Pittsburg
Western Avenue
Pittsburg Railway Company
Federal Street
Allegheny
Fort Wayne
H. Hirsch
Stockton Avenue
Harry Catlin
New Cruiser Launched at Newport News West Virginia
Newport News April 21 The new cruiser West Virginia was launched this afternoon with Miss Catherine Vaughan, daughter of Governor White, as sponsor. The armored ship of 14 000 tons displacement spans 502 feet in length with a 691/4 foot beam and speed of 22 knots. Crew includes 47 officers 383 seamen and marines. Guns comprise 4 8 inch breech loaders 14 6 inch rapid fire 18 3 inch 12 3 pounders 4 1 pounders automatic 4 1 pounder rapid fire 6 Colt automatic 2 machine guns and 2 3 inch field guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Newport News
Catherine Vaughan
Governor White
California
Pennsylvania
New Cherokee County Telephone Company Takes Over
The Cherokee and Correctionville telephone exchange and toll line were sold to a new firm, the Cherokee County Telephone company. Controlled by the New State company, it operates about 600 miles of toll lines and numerous exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee and
Correctionville
Cherokee
Cherokee and Correctionville
Cherokee County Telephone Company
New State Company
Dowie Loses Fight Over Zion City Rail Route
In Waukegan a circuit court battle ends with Alexander Clark securing a ruling favoring the North Shore railroad through Zion City. Dowie had denounced the plan as visionary and harmful to his model town and promised to seek an alternative route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Ata Waukegan
Alexander Clark
North Shore Railroad
Zion City
Dowle
Desperate Outlaw James McKinney Killed in Bakersfield
Outlaw James McKinney, once famed for multiple killings, is shot dead in a fortified Chinese joss house in Bakersfield Cal. Deputy Sheriff Tibbetts and Constable Packard are killed or fatally wounded as sheriff’s deputies, city officers, and guards close in. McKinney mocked surrender before firepower ended his flight, Hut Hulse surrendered and was jailed, while an arson set the final scene. The man’s violent career spanned Tulare, Kern, and nearby towns with prior murders and escapes, culminating in the Bakersfield confrontation that closed a violent chapter.
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Bakersfield
Cal
James McKinney
Tibbets
Packard
Kelly
Kerns
Collins
Tulare
Leavin
Arizona
Will
Burt Tibbetts
Guarda Tower
McKinney
Will Tibbetts
Hut Hulse
Hulse
California
Tulare County
Hermosillo
Mex
Kingman, Ariz
Charles Blakey
Roy Winchester
Bank Burglary Battle Leaves One Dead in Wampum
In Wampum Pennsylvania two burglars tried to rob the First National Bank early today. Henry Willoughby a baker, surprised them on their way to work. He was seriously wounded and a burglar was killed after both men fired. Willoughby had been passing the bank when confronted by a robber with a revolver who ordered silence.
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Wampum
First National Bank
Henry Willoughby
Willoughby
Robbers Wreck Allen Bank and Escape With Cash
Bandits blasted the Allen State Bank in Allen, Kansas, early today, escaping with 2700 dollars after an explosion damaged the building. The nearby Admire post office was also broken into with a small sum stolen.
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Allen Bank
Emporia
Kan
Allen State Bank
Allen
Here
Admire
Not the Right Face for Roosevelt Portraits
Washington April 20 A local photographer who specializes in President Roosevelt portraits says there is no demand for them, selling far fewer Roosevelt photos than McKinley ones. He blames the taste of households that keep God Bless Our Home plus a family Bible and Lincoln and Washington pictures, suggesting Roosevelt is too sporty for these patrons.
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Washington
Roosevelt
McKinley
President McKinley
Lincoln
Venezuela Stirs Warm Feelings Toward United States
New York April 21 Minister Augusto F. P. Pulido who just returned from Caracas reports a notable shift in popular sentiment in Venezuela toward the United States. He met with President Castro to discuss negotiations with the allies and to secure Castro's approval of a reference to The Hague.
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United States
New York
Augusto FP. Pulido
Caracas
Castro
Hague
Rise of Big Gus Machen in the Postal Service highlighted
Cleveland context and Washington reports spotlight A W Machen as a growing force in the post office department. From a 22 year in public service to head of rural and city free delivery, Machen oversees vast changes. Carrier numbers surge from 54 to 15,506 rural and 19,500 city by next July. Revenue in cities doubles to 96 million. Machen’s influence crosses party lines, underpinning routes for constituents nationwide.
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Washington
Cleveland
Cam R
Toledo
Machen
Bevernor
W Campbell
Mr. Machen
Wwe
Sera
Sxauhen
Kow
Public Service
Big Gus
United v] ‘Es
Post Office Department
Bureau of Free Delivery
Payne
New York
Philadelphia
Nashville
Tenn
Marietta
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Denver
San Francisco
Chicago
United States
A. W. Machen
Post Office Administration
Vanderbilt May Wed. Father of Duchess to Marry Widow
Paris April 22 It is reported that William K. Vanderbilt will marry quietly on Wednesday to a young American widow living in Paris. The bride’s name is kept secret. Vanderbilt, head of the Vanderbilt line, is father of Consuelo Duchess of Marlborough. The Belmont affair years ago shook New York society and led to a separation settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of Marlborough
Paris
William K. Vanderbilt
Wm. K. Vanderbilt
House of Vanderbilt
Consucla
Blockades Feared As Railroads Brace For Record Crops
Chicago April 22 government forecast of the biggest winter wheat crop and a large spring crop raises railroads officials worry over possible traffic congestion. Traffic managers remain hopeful that a repeat of last winter’s disruption will not occur, noting freight demand is uncertain and any congestion would be temporary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Man Found Dead in Barrel Identified as Buffalo Resident
New York report says Police Inspector McCluskey believes the body found in a barrel last Tuesday is Maduena Benedetto, 40, of 47 Trenton Avenue, Buffalo. Identification was confirmed by Joseph DePrima, Benedetto’s brother-in-law, who is imprisoned at Bing Sing.
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New York
McCluskey
Maduena Benedetto
Trenton Avenue
Buffalo
Joseph DePrima
Benedetto
Bing Sing
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Ont
The
Indian Institute
Sioux City
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He. Harley
Iveuvisions
Arket
School For Cripples
Sanborn
Government
Stock Exchange
Northern Securities
Bishop Satterlee
NEW Phone Company
Dowie
Kansas
Venezuela
Cleveland State, Hi
Vanderbilt
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