McClellan Estate Case Moves to Federal Court in Sioux Falls
In Sioux Falls on December 24 the McClellan heirs suit to prove sole surviving heirs of John McClellan and compel an accounting and distribution from Special Administrator Blackman. Defendants include George T. Blackman and the state as intervenor, the latter arguing no legal heirs exist.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
John McClellan
State Supreme Court
United States Court
Carland
John C
James S
William S
Walter
Edmund
United States
Blackman
George T. Blackman
South Dakota
Watertown man clings to live wire as building moves
In Watertown South Dakota this morning a two story building being moved down Maple and Second streets left A C Firemark perched on its roof to shield wires. He slipped and grabbed an electric light wire 35 feet above ground saving himself as a fire ladder arrived and he was rescued.
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Watertown
S. D
A. C. Firemark
Maplend Second Streets
Libel Suit Decided Against Former Publisher in Watertown
In Watertown South Carolina Charles H. Schull States attorney won a libel suit over damages to personal character. The case against H L Fumpkins a former publisher and now real estate dealer involved $10 000 in damages sought from the late primary campaign. The verdict awarded $ ? to Schull.
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Watertown
S. C
Charles H. Schull
H. L. Fmupkins
Mr. Schull
Millers Protest Flour Freight Rates Between Minneapolis and East
Forty two Minnesota milling firms filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint against the Great Northern and twenty seven other interstate carriers. They allege flour rates from Minneapolis to the Atlantic seaboard are excessive and discriminatory and ask the commission to set a fair rate to end the alleged bias in favor of eastern millers.
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Washington
Minneapolis
Vicinity
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Northern Railway
Atlantic Seaboard
Marie Corelli Ill but Continues to Write at Bedside
London dispatch reports novelist Marie Corelli is bedridden at Stratford-on-Avon due to illness yet she persists in writing voluminously. A shooting attempt linked to readers disturbed by her works is cited as a distant cause but her health remains fragile.
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London
Marie Corelli
Stratford-on- Avon
Post Dispatch
Dispatches
Corelli
Southern cities invite Judge Taft to visit
Judge Taft's notable interest in the South has spurred a wave of invitations from the region. Thirty Texas cities have submitted formal parchment invitations expressing cordial desire for the president-elect's presence, with many more Southern towns following suit as the mail invitation effort intensifies.
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Augusta
Taft
South
Texas
Firebugs Infest Brandon Town With Two Fire Incidents
Sioux Falls reports Brandon, a small town 12 miles northeast, has two attempted store fires by unknown arsonists. Graff & Co. store resisted two blazes and a third attempt was aborted as the culprits fled. Authorities, including ex-Sioux Falls chief Jack Tracey, monitor the area for arrests within days.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Canton
Brandon
Brandon Firebugs
Rascals
Graff & Co
Graff
Jack Tracey
Chicago
Are bondsmen liable for a bonded person's suicide
Dallas Dec. 23. States Attorney Donahue sues to determine if bondsmen are liable when a bonded person commits suicide. Miss Bessie Sinkular, under indictment for arson, killed herself while on bond. case to be decided in circuit court.
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Dallas
S. D
P. J. Donahue
Bessie Sinkular
Grain Co Operative Formed At Mayo City New Town
A Farmers Co-Operative Grain association with $25,000 capitalization is organized at Mayo City between Wagner and Avon. It plans an elevator once switching is ready, aims to handle grain and livestock and sell coal, with officers Kostal Steckman and Pigsley and directors Kostal Hakl Kuca Campbell.
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John Steckman
Cr. Pigsley
Frank Kostal
Frank Hakl
Joseph Kuca
Charles Campbell
Fire at Ashton destroys multiple buildings in Spink county
A dawn blaze in Ashton Spink county Aberdeen South Dakota destroyed $15 000 worth of property including the OConnell and Fielder buildings George Smalls hardware and furniture store and the Hamm Brewing company saloon The fire began in the OConnell building around 1 oclock with no wind aiding spread and the cause remains unknown
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Aberdeen
S. D
Ashton
Spink County
O'Connell
Fielder
George Small
Hamm Brewing Company
O’connell
Two men in South Dakota hang themselves in separate incidents
In Wolsey Edward Buck 50 a Wesnington butcher shop operator hanged himself using banana-crate cords. In Huron Edward Prue 35 a representative of Northwestern Insurance in Pierre hanged himself with a bedstrap at a hotel. Prue has relatives in Massachusetts.
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Huron
S. D
Wolsey
Edward Buck
Wessington
Edward Prue
Pierre
Northwestern Insurance Company
Massachusetts
King Edward Ends Parliament Session in London
London content reports King Edward ended the current parliament session with a brief prorogation ceremony. The king noted the American battleship fleet visit to Australian waters as a cordial gesture and expressed gratification for his government. The speech cited Balkan tensions and urged conciliatory counsel toward a peaceful settlement under the Berlin treaty.
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London
Edward
Australian
Balkans
New Public School Building Dedicated in Wessington Springs
The new Wessington Springs public school building costing 28000 dollars was dedicated with Dakota Wesleyan University President Terfoot delivering the address.
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Wessington Springs
Presidenterfoot
Dakota Wesleyan University
Old Indian claim allowed gives 10 red men 698 thousand
Washington December 22 allocates 698 866 to Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux from a court of claims judgment. 4 440 members across several agencies will receive about 157.40 each, with some at 167.41. Payments start after Christmas, led by Major James McLaughlin, in St Paul MN.
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Washington
Court of Claims
Gamble
Minnesota
Sisseton Agency
S. J
St. Paul
Wisconsin
Georgia
South Dakota
James McLaughlin
SD legislature eyed for forced family separation measure
Sioux Falls report states former Superintendent W B Sherrard proposes a bill for the coming session to forcibly separate families where a parent is proved degenerate idiotic or incompetent. The aim is to prevent the propagation of descendants from such classes.
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Sioux Walls
S. D
W. B. Sherrard
South Dakota Children’s Home
Judge sentences seven firebrands in Cantonsburg case
In Canton yesterday Judge Jones, in special session, sentenced six laborers to the state penitentiary twine plant and one to the state reform school for burglary and arson tied to the Mutual Lumber Company fires. Sentences range from three to five years, with multiple terms for arson and burglary. An underage youth was placed in juvenile care until age twenty one.
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Canton
Clinton
State Penitentiary
State Reform School
Jones
Mutual Lumber Company
Archie Hemstock
Joe Anderson
George Dunn
Mervin Stanley
Will True
Lou Hemstock
Aruba
Depois
Central Lumber Co Found Guilty of Discrimination
A South Dakota circuit court jury found Central Lumber Company guilty of violating the anti discrimination law and fined $200. The company plans an appeal to the state supreme court, arguing the law is unconstitutional. Evidence showed higher prices for similar lumber grades at Ipswich compared with Leola despite similar freight charges.
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Leda. S. D
Central Lumber Company
State Supreme Court
Mitchell Lumber Company
Boutcher
Ipswich
Leola
Defendaant Company
Judge Expert on Woman's Clothes Praises Local Judge
Chicago December report details Municipal Judge Walker evaluating two misfit dresses in open court. Mrs Victoria G Cray of 2032 Michigan Ave testified she sought possession and $22 damages from George Gansky, a tailor. The judge remarked on length and waist size, then ruled in favor of Cray.
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Chicago
Walker
Victoria G. Cray
Michigan Ave
George Gansky
Chamberlain School Closed After Building Settling
The Chamberlain city school was shut down by the school board after the brick building showed increasing cracks and settling. An architect will investigate the cause, with artesian well seepage on Reservoir hill suspected. The structure is a large brick building valued around $40,000.
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Chamberlain
Chamberlain City
Reservoir Hill
Ogallala Chief American Horse Dies at Pine Ridge
Chief American Horse a noted Ogallala Sioux leader dies at 76 on Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Since 1868 he aided the government in subduing Sioux and other hostile tribes and helped quell a renegade Ute band in Wyoming two years ago.
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Dakota Reservation
Pine Ridge
S. D
American Horse
Pine Ridge Reservation
War Department
Wyoming
New town started in Harding County
Belle Fourche South Dakota Dec. 21 F M Gilbert owner of a large sheep ranch north of here announced a new town will be started at the center of Harding county where the Black Hills trail crosses Grand river A store and a bank will be built and a newspaper started with an active county seat campaign The Gilbert brothers say Camp Crook is too far west and the site offers coal and shallow workable coal seams
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Harding County
Belle Fourche
S. D
F. M. Gilbert
Here
Black Hills
Grand River
O. R. Gilbert
Gilbert
Camp Crook
Wulftr
Prisoner Increases Term With Murderous Assault
Robert Ames already serving 20 years for manslaughter in Charles Mix county pled guilty to an assault with intent to kill on Steward Gill of the penitentiary staff in Sioux Falls. Judge Jones scheduled sentencing for Saturday. Ames faces about 14 more years after completing his current term. Gill was stabbed five times during the 1907 escape attempt.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Jones
Robert Ames
Charles Mix County
Steward Gill
Ames
Gill
Circuit Court
W. G. Porter
United States
South Dakota
Indemnity Lands Selections Made in Tripp County
N M Hanson filings in Chamberlain South Dakota list state indemnity lands chosen on the Rosebud in Tripp County. The selections cover numerous sections across townships 96 to 101 and ranges 74 to 78, awaiting interior secretary approval before validity.
US Attorney General Seeks Right of Appeal to Supreme Court
Bonaparte urges Congress to grant the United States a right of appeal to the Supreme Court as a matter of course when a defendant’s conviction is reversed on appeal to the circuit court. He notes a recent case involving a $29,900,000 fine and calls for reform, including empowering U S marshals to arrest and remove corporations to trial districts and allowing nationwide execution of warrants. He urges authority for federal search warrants to seize stolen government property and misappropriated U S assets to combat sanctuary districts for offenders.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
C Circuit Court of Appeals
Bonaparte
Congress
Supreme Court
Fife
Girl Hangs Self From Window Sill Near Pukwana
In Charles Mix county near Pukwana South Dakota on December 21 9 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Shu bert was found hanged by the neck from a school window outside the building. The sash closed trapping her leaving her body suspended for hours before discovery.
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Pukwana
Charles Mix County
John Shubert
Sully Widow in Land Contest with Heirs at Rosebud
In Dallas South Dakota on December 21 a land dispute unfolds over 59 quarter sections on the Rosebud Indian reservation in Tripp County valued over 200000 dollars. The widow and her heirs sue for apportionment while United States District Attorney Wagner represents the government and Geo A Jeffers speaks for the Sullys. The widow was once married to Jack Sully the cattle thief. The couple had several educated children and one daughter abducted as a child, found recently in Chicago married to a Japanese merchant.
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Dallas
S. D
Sully
Tripp County
Rosebud
United States
Wagner
Geo. A. Jeffers
Sullys
Chamberlain Indian School to Be Closed
Indian Commissioner Leupp recommends discontinuing the Chamberlain Indian school in S D and selling the buildings and grounds. The current year may be the last unless Congress funds its continuation. Advents negotiating to buy the property for an Advent school with a $26,000 bid on file.
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Chamberlain
S. D
Leupp
Chamberlain Indian School
Rockefeller Sues American For Libel
New York December 21 John D Rockefeller Jr filed a criminal libel complaint against S H Carvalho president of Star company publishers of William R Hearsts New York American The charge stems from a December 17 Chicago dated article headlining that Rockefeller originated peonage in stockade and aimed to harm his reputation and credit Rockefeller appeared with counsel Murphy in Jerome's District Attorney office.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
S. H. Carvalho
Star Company
William R. Hearst
New York American
Finn
Rockefeller
Murphy
Jerome
Chicago
South Dakota Man Found Dead in Sioux City Hotel
A H Scott a Phillip South Dakota stockman was found dead in his room at the Monda min hotel in Sioux City at 2 45 pm on December 19. He had 176 dollars in his pockets along with medicine and a spoon suggesting illness. Coroner Robbins viewed the body and deemed apoplexy the likely cause. He was about 55 years old.
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Sioux City
A. H. Scott
Phillip
S. D
Mondamin Hotel
Scott
Omaha
Robbins
Westrott
Scote
Dying Man Surrenders Claim of Murder
In Boston on December 19 William M Watts aged 31 in failing health walked to Dorchester police and said he would surrender on a murder charge He claimed self defense in shooting Charles Rock a former soldier at the Battle Mountain sanitarium Hot Springs South Dakota during a drunken brawl in a saloon
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Boston
Dropey
William M. Watts
Dorcester
Charles Rock
Battle Mountain Sanitarium
Hot Springs
S. D
Scaffold Collapse Kills Carpenter in Aberdeen
Fred Barr of Lamon, South Dakota, was instantly killed and H. Ethington of Aberdeen badly injured when scaffolding collapsed at the new Methodist church store in Aberdeen. They were working in snow and water, both married, as the scaffold fell to the frozen ground.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Fred Barr
Lammon
H. Ethington
New Methodist
South Dakota Church Federation Formed Amid Unity Drive
In Huron South Dakota five denominations the Presbyterian Congregational Methodist Baptist and Evangelical association formed a church federation inviting all state churches to join. The body aims to unite evangelical work and avoid overchurching new towns with three organizations in one under one pastor. The federation plans arbitration and an executive committee with Rev Duane Rifenbark as president Rev J E Booth as secretary and a treasurer plus three vice presidents.
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Huron, &. D
Presbyterian
Congregational
Methodist
The
Baptist
Evangelical Association
Churches of
South Dakota
Tmlav
Federation Council of the Churches of Christ
Duane Rifenbark
Huron
S. D
J. E. Booth
DeSmet
8. D
Venezuela Declares State of War Reported from Caracas
A telegram dated the 14th from Caracas to Bogota reports that the head of the Venezuelan government has declared a state of war. The message is conveyed by Paxton Hibben, American secretary of the legation at Bogota.
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Caracas
Washington
Paxton Hibben
Bogota
Colombia
Ware
Castro denies Venezuela uprising reports in Caracas dispatches
In Berlin on December 1 President Castro of Venezuela remains calm about alarming Caracas reports. He says he had dispatches from Caracas this morning that mention nothing of an uprising or attacks on his supporters and the city. He declares I dont believe it.
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Castro
Man OF Destiny
Berlin
Venezeula
Canacas
Caracas
Turkey Makes Historic Debut as Constitutional Monarchy
Constantinople, Dec. 19. Turkey opened its first parliament under a new constitution with a general holiday declared. The Ottoman assembly marked a historic bow to constitutional monarchy as the sultan led the opening, with most of Constantinople in the streets and garrison regiments along the route. Cheers greeted the event amid rare disorder.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Abdul’ Hamid
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