Burlington plans layoffs on Black Hills line and depot shift
Aug 8 notes Burlington airway company informs workers on the Black Hills and Fort Pierre line of layoff through Sept 1 as management restructures. Promotions move personnel to Alliance and Port Pierre. grade adjustments and curve removals are planned along the Pierre route.
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Burlington Airway Company
Black Hills
Dierre Road
Burlington Company
Homestake Py
Fort Pierre
Robert Tackun
Vermillion
Hay
Homestake
Geni
Port Pierre
Burling Company
Birdsell
Alliance
J.R. Phelan
Burlington System
B.S. Maritain
Burlington
Iack Hills
Wood
Burlington Pany
Pierre Road
McKinley Sends Condolences on German Empress Death
President McKinley offers heartfelt condolence to Emperor William I after the German Empress Frederick's death. Berlin orders six weeks mourning and suspends public amusements. Cronberg notes the dowager empress died peacefully. Emperor William to arrive for funeral arrangements. castle remains closed to strangers.
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Washington
McKinley
William
Berlin
Reichanzeiger
Frederick
Cronberg
Mainz
Townsites Announced for El Reno and Lawton Districts
Interior Department confirms townsites for El Reno and Lawton land districts in Oklahoma. Commissioner Hermann relayed approval from Secretary Juebesch directing reservation from homestead entry. Townsites consist of listed sections and townships. all lots to be sold tomorrow.
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Interior Department
Lawton
el Reno
Washington
Oklahoma
Hermann
Juebesch
North Range
Santos-Dumont Demonstrates Absolute Balloon Steerage
Paris reports M Santos-Dumont proved master of aerial navigation after a minor setback when a knot in the guide rope nearly tethered his balloon near the Bois de Boulogne. He started from St Cloud at 4 13 pm, charted a steady course toward the Eiffel Tower, then returned with applause. Witnesses included Aero club members and Prince Roland Bonaparte.
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Paris
M. Santos-Dumont
Bois de Boulogne
Mr. Deutsch
Parc d
St. Cloud
Santos-Dumonte
Liffel Tower
St. Cloud Foot Bridge
M. Emmanuel Aime
M. Wilfred de Fonvielle
M. Caillett
Mme. Deutsch
Arguments in the big railroad case in South Dakota
The U S senate appearance by A B Kittredge for the Milwaukee Road dominates a lengthy hearings before Judge Carland. The case centers on railroad rates and the master’s findings for 1894 to 1896. Commission counsel argue current rates are fair and profitable. Milwaukee contends fixed charges yield a deficit. George Peck observes proceedings as SD boards review real and personal property assessments with governors presiding.
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Sioux Falls
Carland
United States Court
South Dakota
Federal Supreme Court
Crofcot
Aberdeen
Milwaukee Railroad Company
A. B. Kittredse
State Railroad Commission
Master In Chancery
T. B. Martin
Railroad Commission
Mr. Kittredge
George Peck
Chicago
Milwaukee Railroad
State Board of Equalization
Pierre. Pierre
S. D
Herreld
Encouraging grain yields reported across South Dakota
Reports from many towns show wheat largely uninjured and yields commonly 15 to 20 bushels per acre with some near 30. Listed results include Canton Lennox Volin Woonsocket Leola Clark Worthing Hurley Scotland Aurora Flandreau Hartford Elk Point Centerville Beresford Parkston Viborg and Plankinton with oats and barley also noted in several cases.
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls
S. D
N. C. Shore
Canton
A. Nutbrook
Lennox
J. 8. Long
H. P. Volin
W. F. Lawrence
Fred Peifer
Volin
Ed Ashmore
Woonsocket
Brooke Howell
Leola
N. LeCount
Clark
Arthur Tate
Worthing
Frank Lane
Hurley
Fred Hausauer
Scotland
Alfred Brown
Henry Appleton
Iroquois
A. E. West
Aurora
John Harrington
Scatterwood Lake
Henry van Nice
Flandreau
Giles Pettigrew
Parkston
Thomas Mullivan
Plankinton
N.C. Christenson
Viborg
McLaurin Responds to South Carolina Democratic Letter
In Columbia on August 8 Senator McLaurin rejects the state Democratic Executive Committee’s demand for resignation. He says he answers to South Carolina voters, denounces Senator Tillman, and pledges to let the people decide his fate regarding his senate conduct and character. He blasts attempts to remove him and contrasts his record with Tillman’s, appealing to the public for judgment.
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McLaurin
South Carolina Democratic Committee
Columbia
D. C
Democratic State Executive Committee
Senator McLaurin
Senate
Democratic
South Carolina
B. R. Tillman
Democratic Party
Tillman
Curzon to Become Ambassador in Washington Post
London reports Lord Curzon, viceroy of India, will accept the Washington ambassadorship after his term. The move would raise Mrs. Lester’s prominence in Washington society and shift influence at the British embassy. A son is hoped for at Kedlestone as Curzon and Lady Curzon enjoy their holiday. Daisy and Nancy Leiter are awaiting cabled word from Geneva, N Y.
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London
Lord Curzon
India
Foreign Office
Lord Salisbury
Washington
Lord Pauncefote
Berlin
Paris
St. Petersburg
Mrs. Lester
Lady Curzon
Kednestone
Curzon
Daisy
Nancy Leiter
Geneva
N. Y
Girl Marshal of Lawton Chooses Lawton Post
Miss Mattie Tlelen Beals of Wichita, a former telephone girl who drew second choice of farms in Kiowa and Comanche country, accepted the newly created city marshal job in Lawton. She replaces Bat Carr and aims to keep peace without firing unless needed. Carr tested her nerve by firing at her. she returned fire, shooting his hat off, then they parted as friends.
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Miss Beals
Wichita
Kan
Mattie Tlelen Beals
Lawton
Bat Carr
Beals
That Graven Serpent Hoax Ties Sioux Falls Find to Cardiff Giant
In Binghamton New York residents believe the Sioux Falls serpent hoax mirrors the Cardiff giant. They claim George Hull of Port Crane fabricated both objects using plaster. Hull, age eight, reportedly worked in a shed with secretive concealment while neighbors recall wagons removing material after a broken window revealed a grayish serpent. The Sioux Falls serpent’s dimensions match the reported sighting.
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Sioux Falls
Cardiff
Binghampton
N. Y
Broome County
New York
Binghamton
George Hull
Hull
Port Crane
Saimu Raymond
Former Army Surgeon Personal Crisis Reports
Alameda California August 6 Dr. Chas. reports a personal crisis linked to medical service history. Details indicate a former Army surgeon facing personal difficulties affecting duties and public statement forthcoming.
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Alameda
Cal
Chas
Hampden Field
United States Army
Union Pacific Railway
Chas. Hampden Field
Smelter Gold Robbery Shocks San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco reports the Selby Smelting and Lead company vault robbed of about 280000 in gold bullion. Thieves tunneled from outside, loaded nearly 1200 pounds of gold onto a waiting boat in fog, leaving two bars valued at nearly 50000 behind. Officials say weeks of planning, no solid clues, and possible multiple culprits.
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San Francisco
Selby Smelting and Lead Company
Selby Works
Bay Shore
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay
Bay
Seymour
Vallejo
Cal
Selby Smelting Works
Maryland Republicans Nominate State Ticket in Baltimore
Maryland Republicans at their Baltimore convention adopted a platform stressing national issues, endorsing McKinley administration policies, denouncing Democratic election laws, and nominating Herman S. Platt for controller and Thomas Parran for clerk of the court of appeals while aiming to minimize the theme of negro domination in the campaign. Separate dispatches claim Maryland figures allege how John L. Cowen and Arthur P. Gorman maneuvered to control the Baltimore and Ohio and related rail interests through stock moves to align with the Pennsylvania system.
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Baltimore
Arthur Pue Gorman
United States Senate
Court of Appeals
Senator McComas
Phillip Lee Goldsborough
State Centre Committee
Wellington
McKinley
Smith
Herman
Platt
Thomas Parran
J. K. Cowen
Baltimore and Ohio
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ohio River Railroad
John Ix. Cowen
Maryland Democracy
Senator Gorman
Cowen
Pennsylvania
Loree
A Girl Kidnapper Secludes Rival in Albion Store
Miss Rena Bush of Albion was discharged by Police Judge Tucker after enticing rival Mary Newton to her home and locking her in a vacant store room for three days. The case drew village wide alarm and searching parties before Bush released the captive.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rena Bush
Albion
Tucker
Miss Bush
Mary Newton
Frank Miller
Albion High School
Renn
Mary
Luding's Veducation Stands in Lords Reading
London August 6 The third reading of the king's declaration bill revealed no division in the halls of the Lords. It is broadly believed no further effort will be made to pass the measure this session or the next.
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Luing
London
Hall of Lords
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Merree
International Oil Pipe Line Company
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Capital
I J Smith
George L. Main
L. Lens
Ifit Beach Consolidated Mining Company
Thomas S. Moffatt
James M. Lively
R. W. Stewart
Incorp Srrtors
Robert L. Slagle
James C.wison
T. P. Estes
Peerre
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L. A. Brimmer
Philip Lawrence
Jiymouth Rock Oil Company
Boston
M. D
Dick Lee
Lily, Mont
Ernest ‘Stoon
Mearnd
Beadle County
George W. Brown
Hm! Company
Armour
Feblio
Oenel
Insa
Adelmer M. Jews
Ton Standard
Mason City
White Lake
Lin! County
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Woodmen
Centerville
Elrod
Preston Milling Company
Armour Stuers
Mpany
Iseten
the United Congregations
Mkinley TO
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Santos
Maris
Malver
Manila
Chaffee
General Summer
Standard O11 Company
New Jersey
Ohio State Jourmaul
Berdie
South Dakota Railroad Commission
U.S
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Milwaukee Road
Lord Pauncefoto
Maryland
Republicans
Gorman
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