South Dakota and North Dakota Seek Internal Revenue Chief
In Washington the South Dakota and North Dakota delegations wrestle over the internal revenue district collector post. Five candidates are named with Collins of Groton and Ellerman of Yankton favored by different senators. Aberdeen is favored for the office location, with a decision expected after further talks.
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Washington
North
South Dakota
Tach
Internal Revenue District
Dakotas
la Fayette Park
Hanna
Collins
Groton
Sl. D
Kyle
McCumber
North Dakota
Herman Illerman
Yankton
S. D
Gamble
Hansbrough
Marshall
Martin
Burke
Senate
Kartin
Inashington
Ellerman
Aberdeen
Ex-Senator Pettigrew Accused of Stock Exchange Winds
In Sioux Falls on April 25 the claim that ex-Senator R F Pettigrew earned over 100000 dollars in thirty days on New York stock speculation is corroborated. He reportedly told close friends he kept to secrecy and may have earned more, allegedly using tips from President Hill of the Great Northern Railway.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
R. F. Pettigrew
New York Stock Exchange
Pettigrew
President Hill
Great Northern Road
New Sioux Falls Area Firms Form Incorporations
Articles of incorporation filed include Bank of Davis in Davis township, capital 6000. State Bank of Gary with 15000. Southern Kernel company at Pierre capital 300000. Buffalo Burrows Light company of Buffalo New York at Pierre capital 250100. Highland Park Oil company at Pierre capital 500000. Incorporators listed for each entity.
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Pierre
S. D
Bank of Davis
Davis
Turner County
Wm. DeNoma
E. D. Julius
F. T. Miller
Mark Miller
State Bank of
Gary
J. G. Lund
W. 5. Lund
S. J. Forbes
Ed. Huffman
Capital
J. D. Ward
O. A. Lane
W. A. J. Seals
Smallpox Widespread in Aurora County South Dakota
April reports confirm smallpox in Aurora County with O D Anderson and John Stolt families infected and most of the southern county exposed. Health authorities urge strong quarantine as frontier areas like Cherry Creek on Cheyenne River report Indian cases and two deaths.
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Ape. Pierre
S. D
Marshal Strayer
Cheyenne R River
Cherry Creek
Cheyenne River Agency
Cheyeune River
Girl Wins Lover By Church Debt Checker Match
In Birmingham New York on April 25 Rev Samuel Jones a Tioga County preacher played a two hour checker match with Henry Waters to win his daughter Miss Jones and raise church funds. Miss Jones signaled a winning move and the minister won the match and the engagement. He said the game was for the church and defended it as fundraising like church fairs.
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Birmingham
N. Y
Samuel Jones
Tioga
Anoka County
Minnesota
Racine County
Wisconsin
Henry Waters
Mr. Jones
Miss Jones
Walters
Steffen Held for Murder in LeMars Iowa
Coroner's jury returning verdict finds Henry Steffen killed John Jessen eight miles west of LeMars. William Beaver and Peter Peterson named accessories. Jessen buried in LeMars. he had possible German heirs and a forthcoming inheritance. Wounds included a fatal heart wound and a thigh wound from a rifle. shooter undisclosed. Three men arrested received preliminary hearings. witnesses examined with few new facts disclosed.
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LeMars
John Jessen
Jessen
Henry Steffen
William Beaver
Peter Peterson
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
United States
Cuba's Decreasing Trade in Early 1900s
War department data show Cuba's customs receipts fell by 226000 for January and February versus the prior year. The report notes a broad drop in Cuba's external trade, with declines in imports and exports for the first three quarters of 1900, and a sharp fall in U S trade as well.
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Washington
Cuba
War Department
Department
United States
Tenements Submerged As River Rises In Cincinnati
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 55.1 feet at 6 PM and climbed toward a forecast 68 feet. Sausage row along the riverfront saw first floor flooding over 10 feet, while main warehouses and yards in the lower city submerged. Barges have sunk. many craft damaged despite weather warnings.
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Cincinnati
O’colck
Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Fifth Street
Cuban independence urged as Wood arrives in New York
The Cuban constitutional committee arrives in Jacksonville then heads to Washington while Gen. Rafael Portuondo states ninety nine percent of Cubans demand absolute independence and end of U S military occupation. Gen. Leonard Wood arrives in New York to brief President McKinley and discuss the Platt amendment and electoral law with Cuban delegates.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Cuban Constitutional Committee
Washington
Rafael Portuondo
Cuba
United States
Wood
New York
Leonard A. Wood
Eos
Morro Castle
Havana
McKinley
Pacific Coast
Special Commission On Foreign Relations
Congress
Subang
Rathburne-Neely
Porto Rican Problems Progress Reported by Rowe
Commissioner Rowe arrives from San Juan with the president’s code commission report. He notes a fully organized government and growing participation, reforms in taxation, and steps toward solving coffee and tobacco issues and expanding the fruit trade. He cites three rapid political changes and urges patience as roads and farm loans develop.
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Rowe
New York
S. 8
Porto Rican Code Commission
San Juan
Code Commission
Allen
Porto Rico
Sage urges return to honest values amid Wall Street speculation
Russell Sage warns the market is driven by reckless speculation and inflated values. He urges prudence, lower prices, and adherence to common sense and honesty to avoid losses or panic, saying properties are overvalued and stocks are not worth double their duplicable price. Mrs. Sage supports caution amid inflation and drifting financial methods.
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Russell Sage
Wall Street
New York
Sage
Mr. Sage
Mrs. Sage
Disastrous Winfred Fire Destroys Local Businesses
Fire swept through Winfred South Dakota damaging many shops including a drug store two groceries and two dry goods stores plus the post office and Women’s hall. Origin traced to an oil house where small boys started the blaze. Loss estimated near 50 000.
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South Dakota
Winfred
S. D
Woomen's Hall
Callahan in Court Heir Apparent Kidnapper Trial Opens
James Callahan, alleged abductor of Edward Cudahy Jr., stood trial in Omaha on robbery charges linked to the $25,000 ransom paid for the boy's return. The morning session focused on jury selection.
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Young Cudahy
Omaha
Neb
James Callahan
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Cudahy
Sold Oil Lands for a Song in Beaumont Sale
Rome Campbell of Ouray recalls 1880 Beaumont land deal selling 9,000 acres at 50 cents an acre to Weiss Bros. of Galveston. Fort Worth dispatch notes Campbell says oil gushers later on that land, with Judge Columbus Garrett handling the trade and the total value pegged at about 1,000,000,600 dollars for 4,500 dollars in tax-avoidant exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome Campbell
Beaumont
Fort Worth
Tex
Ouray
Weiss Bros
Galveston
Columbus Garrett
American Troops Urged to Remain in China After Guard Dispute
Chinese petitioners appeal to Mr Rockhill and Gen Chaffee to keep American troops in China until all powers withdraw. Field Marshal von Waldersee asks German guards for the Forbidden City gate after U S troops depart, while Gen Chaffee insists Americans continue guarding. Diplomatic representations threatened if stance persists.
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Peking
Mr. Rockhill
Gen. Chaffee
China
Marshal von Waldersee
Forbidden City
Chaffee
United States
Legation Guards
London Report Denied on New Chinese Complications
Berlin officials deny London cables claiming new Chinese issues and talks among Washington London and Berlin. The Cologne paper cites a Chinese mission stating Boxers in Pechili plan a new uprising in Kuang Ping Fu Nai Hing Fu as famine fuels unrest. Washington says U S seeks to restrain bloodshed and Peking pledges protection for foreigners if foreign troops are withdrawn. Li Hung Chang faces censure for failing to block German moves toward Chinese boundaries with edict warning of consequences.
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London
China
Berlin
Washington
Cologne Volks-Zeitung
Pechili
Kuang Ping Fu
Nai Hing Fu
United States
State Department
Peking
Rockhill
Li Hung Chang
Millionaire Miner on Trial for Damages in Mine Explosion
Sam Strong the Denver mine owner faces a $300,000 lawsuit over the 1894 explosion and fire at the Strong mine shaft at Victor Colorado. Plaintiffs led by William Lennox Edward Giddings and E A Colburn claim Strong instigated the blast to disrupt lessees Cripple Creek operators. John E Allen testimony alleges a $1,000 payoff to blow up the mine and clears two convicted strikers.
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Denver
Sam Strong
Victor
Colo
Palmer
Wm. Lennox
Edward Giddings
E. A. Colburn
Colorado Springs
N. B. Scott
Wheeling
W. Va
Dell Kearney
New Mexico
Strong
Cripple Creek
Nicholas Tully
Robert Lyons
John E. Allen
Tully
Lyons
Eastman on Trial for the Murder of Brother-In-Law Grogan
Harvard astronomer Charles R. Eastman, a Cambridge resident and Harvard PhD, stands accused of fatally shooting Richard R. Grogan Jr. on July 4 in Grogan’s yard. Prosecution claims Eastman threatened and then killed Grogan after a dispute over Grogan’s control of the Clark lens business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Charles R. Eastman
Richard R. Grogan, Jr
Grogan
Eastman
Parkman-Webster
Parkman
Webster
New England
Eastman-Grogan
Richard H. Grogan
Grogans
Eastmans
Walter B. Titus
Titus
Charlie Eastman
Clark
Almy
Agassiz Museum
Mastman
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Aurora County
Steffen
Sausage Row
Ston In
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With Waldersee
Allies
Mary E. Miller
Alvan Clark
Iown
Cedar Rapids
Munich
Harvard Inn
Indies
Caroline
Eidest
Mark
Tis
Washington Star
Mr. Dolan
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