Mitchell to Pierre railway money in sight
Promoters and directors of the Mitchell to Pierre Railway Project announce readiness to raise 150000 dollars toward a 1 million dollar line. Al W Ewert of Pierre, president, says the line is a near certainty and negotiations with investors continue as landowners, Mitchell, Pierre, and Blunt back the plan. The project aims to connect Mitchell and Pierre, extending to markets and easing grain and farm produce transport.
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di- Seta
Sioux City
Pierre
Ener Berg
Epcort
Mitchell
A. W. Ewe Awas
Suis
Commercial Club
Blunt
Ompany
New Japanese ruler calls extra session to push reforms
Tokio reports Mikado Yochijito ordered an extra parliamentary session. He told subordinates his aim is to advance the nation through continued modernization of Japan.
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Tokio
Japan
Mikado Yochijito
Califf Clarifies Stand as Trial Resumes
As the trial resumes, Califf-When Clar faces the court and the defense urges his credibility. The defense leans on Clar’s statements to challenge the case and outline their strategy for the proceedings.
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Califf
Clarf
Roosevelt not to draw color line stance cited
New York City reports a committee that interviewed Col Roosevelt on race questions expressed satisfaction with his position. He will not countenance drawing the color line but will not interfere with regulations the Progressive Party may enact in southern states.
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New York City
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
New Progressive Party
Supreme Court Justices H hearing primary case in Kansas
Representative Olmstead of Pennsylvania filed to review the Kansas presidential primary ruling with Justice Pitney. Pitney declined immediate action and will await Governor Stubbs input before deciding. Arguments are set for Thursday. ballots may be delayed if Taft interests are not assured.
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Morristown
N. J
Justice Pitney
United States Supreme Court
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Kansas
Pitney
Stubbs
Roosevelt to Speak at Progressive Convention Opening
Chicago reports Col Roosevelt accepted an invitation to address a special session after daily sessions. Attendees invited include President Taft and Gov. Marshall with Wilson as Democratic VP nominee. Decorations and seat distribution plans underway for the August 5 opening. McCormick notes near full delegation participation.
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Taft
Chicago
Ralph C. Otis
Col. Roosevelt
Otis
Sherman
Woodrow Wilson
Gov. Marshall
Indiana
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Medville McCormick
Progressive conventions across multiple states seek Chicago delegates
Kansas City Missouri and St Louis leaders push for Roosevelt aligned delegates at the national convention. Connecticut New Haven and Roanoke Virginia hold state meetings electing delegates while St Paul Minnesota plans town hall style proceedings with Roosevelt supporters guiding the effort.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Chicago
St. Louis
Col.w. R
Connecticut
Roanoke
Thomas Lee Moore
Progressive National Committee
Virginia
Beveridge Heads to New York to Confer With Roosevelt
Indianapolis ex senator Albert J Beveridge leaves for New York to confer with Theodore Roosevelt after delivering his Chicago convention speech as temporary chairman of the new progressive party.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Albert J. Beveridge
Chicago
New Progressive Party
New York
Roosevelt
Progressive convention to open at Monday noon
Chicago reports the Progressive national convention opens at noon Monday with Temporary Chairman Beveridge presiding. Speeches will follow by Comptroller Pendergast of New York City Gov Hiram Johnson of California and other speakers.
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Chicago
Beveridge
Pendergast
New York City
Hiram Johnson
California
State Debt Drops to 58 881 93 Under Cash Basis Practice
The July 1 treasurer’s report shows the net state debt at 58 881 93, down from 370 153 03 a year earlier. Outstanding funding warrants total 500 000 due April 1, with 441 168 07 cash on hand. Statehood bonds of a million dollars have been cleared, and future reports may show higher debt until October tax collections begin.
Two Sets of Electors Proposed in South Dakota
A meeting of the Republican state central committee in Huron aims to plan campaign work. Some members favor resigning the electors formed at the state convention and placing two slates on the ballot one for Roosevelt and one for Taft, letting voters choose. The move could prompt R O Richards and allied stalwarts to call a convention for Roosevelt delegates in Chicago on August 5.
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R. O. Richards
Chicago
Fines total $200000 in sugar fraud settlement
Washington DC and Philadelphia report nearly 250000 dollars paid to settle alleged sugar import duty frauds. Treasury Secretary MacVeagh and Attorney General Wickersham say the nationwide inquiry is nearing conclusions with New York and New Orleans cases closing. Philadelphia settlements list payments of 100, and 124338.29 dollars by W J McCahan Sugar Refining and Franklin Sugar Refining tied to Spreckles Refining as a single controlled group.
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Washington
D. C
Philadelphia
W .J. McCahan Sugar Refining Company
Franklin Sugar Refining Company
Spreckles Refining Company
Go Called Trust
Miners oppose 10 private detectives in Paint Creek area
In Charleston West Virginia miners threaten to march against private detectives guarding the valley as 800 national guardsmen are deployed by Adjutant General Fillett. Operators refuse to discharge detectives without state assurances of protection when work resumes.
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Charleston
W. Va
Paint Creek
Fillett
Glasscock
Aatartivac
Beckett Linked to Rosenthal Murder in Grand Jury Hearings
New York City grand jury revisits confession tying Police lieutenant Charles Beckett to the Rosenthal killing. Jack Rose claims Becker ordered the murder after Rosenthal exposed police-gambler conspiracies, naming assailants Harry Horowitz Frank Muller Louis Rosenweig and Frank Cicofici.
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New York City
Jack Rose
Webber
Harry Wallon
Herman Rosenthal
Charles Beckett
Whitman
Rose
Lieut
Becker
Rosenthal
Harry Horowitz
Frank Muller
Louis Rosenweig
Frank Cicofici
Watford Marshall
Jack Sullivan
Grand Jury
Sullivan
Lieutenant Becker Indicted in Metropole Murder Case
Grand jury accuses Police Lieutenant Charles Becker of first degree murder in the Herman Rosenthal killing near the Hotel Metropole. Becker pleads not guilty and is remanded without bail to the Tombs as gamblers fear retaliation and request protection during testimony.
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Rose
Becker
East Side
Rosenthal
Webber
Wallon
Jack” Selig
Jack Selig
Metropole
Times
Becker Rose
Murray Hill
Vallon
Harry Pollock
New York City
Grand
Jack” Rose
Harry Wallon
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Court of General Sessions
Criminal Courts
Dr Kings New Life Pills Offer Strength And Cheer
An advertisement promises new strength, fine complexion, pure breath, and cheerful spirits for men. It touts safety and low price as 25 cents, from Diehl & Brown, urging readers to avoid weakness and foul breath.
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Dr. King
Diehl & Brown
Railophone claims safer railways with automatic braking
London reports on Von Kramer and Professor Kapp demoing a railophone that enables telephonic in-motion train communication and automatic braking. The device can restore signals to danger positions, log forgetfulness, and allow distant signalmen to stop trains. American railroads and British officials show interest.
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London
England
von Kramer
Kapp
Birmingham University
Professor Kapp
Europe
United States
Taft Resists Hanford Resignation over Impeachment Debate
Washington D C President Taft refuses to accept Federal Judge Hanford of Washington's resignation. Observers say Taft aims to use the Seattle judge as an object lesson supporting impeachment over recall while investigations by Congress continue.
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Taft
Seattle
Washington, D. C
Hanford
Washington
Congress
Deaths and arrests reported in Huron and Deadwood
In Huron South Dakota Raymond Abbott Hinckley 25 died suddenly from heart trouble after childhood rheumatism. Burial will be in Huron. In Colone South Dakota O L Bowersox and O L Bowersox associates were arrested on fraud indictments tied to homestead entries in Tripp county. Tokio Japan Mutushito mikado died after nine years kidney trouble born 1852 ascended 1867.
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Huron
S. D
Raymond Abbott Hinckley
Lydia Hinckley
Henry C. Hinckley
Lyman C. Hinckley
Carl Jones
D. E. MecMoines
Colone
O. IL. Bowersox
Bi-Metallic Bank
A. D. Shepherd
South Dakota Loan and Trust Company
Ivy Shepard
D. B. Bowersox
United States
Marshall Carlton
Sioux Falls
Deadwood
Tripp
Eatries
Tokio
Japan
Cardinal Cavallari Attacks Modest Dress in Venice
In Venice Cardinal Cavallari denounces present day fashions as immodest, saying immodesty disgusts virtuous men and vowing to bar women wearing such attire from Sunday Communions at his home. Pius X approves the clergyman’s stance in a personal letter.
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Cardinal Cavallari
Venice
Pius X
Adriatic
Italy
St. Peter
Naples
Plunges in High Finance Man Arrested in South Dakota
George Knittel, alias R H Tapper, fled to western Canada after a spree of forged mortgages and check fraud in Bonesteel and Geddes. He was captured near Leola, South Dakota, on state vehicle fraud charges and faces possible penitentiary time if convicted.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
George Knittel
Platte
Canada
South Dakota
Leola
McPherson County
Bonesteel
Field
Tripp County
Knittel
R. H. Tapper
Clearfield
Frank Nunemaker
Nunemaker
Geddes
Child in the Machine Drives Toward Canadian Line Captured
A youth attempted to flee north toward the Canadian border in a self driven act but was captured and returned to the scene of his alleged crimes. He remains in Platte jail on a $2,000 bond.
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Platte
Fire extinguisher saves big loss at Austin plumbing shop
A gasolene line stove explosion in rooms above the Austin plumbing shop endangering Hank Lewis's quarters was stopped by a chemical fire extinguisher wielded by Mr. Austin. With water off for mains work, the quick actions prevented a large fire amid frame buildings in the Austin block.
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Austin Plumbing
Hank Lewis
Lewis
Mr. Austin
Austin
State coal barons meet in August in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls is chosen as the meeting place for South Dakota coal dealers who plan a gathering early in August. The purpose is to form a state trade organization and begin organizing steps at the meeting.
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Sioux Falls
Abstractors to Meet in Aberdeen South Dakota
The South Dakota Abstractors Association will gather in Aberdeen August 27 and 28 to plan affiliating with the American Association of Title Men which meets in Galveston Texas this fall. Local organizer K J Gieson promises an excellent program with national members and top speakers. State officers named include President J C Sorthwick Watertown Vice President R L Grisby Parker Secretary C B Neel Highmore and board members C Bryant Huron G M Bailey Redfield H J Gieson Aberdeen.
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Aberdeen
S. D
South Dakota Abstractors’ Association
American Association of Titlemen
Galveston
Tex
K. J. Gieson
Northwest
J. C. Southwick
Watertown
R. L. Grisby
Parker
C. B. Neel
Highmore
C. ®. Bryant
Huron
G. M. Baily
Redfield
H. J. Gieson
Nineteen Year Old Grace Janke Dies of Ptomaine Poisoning
In Aberdeen, Grace Janke, 19, a Brookings native and Brookings High School graduate, died after a short illness from ptomaine poisoning while visiting a sister Mrs Harry Harding in Aberdeen. The report notes her parents Mr. and Mrs C A Janke of Brookings.
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Grace Janke
Brookings
Aberdeen
S. D
Harry Harding
C. A. Janke
Brookings High School
Insect bite costs leg in Boston man case
A Boston man lost his leg two years after an insect bite. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is advised to kill poison and prevent inflammation, with claims it reduces swelling and pain and heals burns and boils.
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Boston
Bucklen
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