Johnson seeks governor nomination as a Democrat in South Dakota
Yankton businessman ld S Johnson announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor, pledging a conscientious business administration if nominated and elected. A former Republican until 1896, he since aligned with Democrats, citing the Cull-Byrne affair as a factor. He has long ties in South Dakota from Douglas to Rapid City.
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Yankton, &. D
Ed S. Johnson
South Dakota
Commonwealth
Commonwealth.’ Id S. Johnson
Cull
Ld 5. Johnson
Yankton
U. S. Land Office
Johnson
Wyan
Douglas County
Armour
Rapid City
Johnson Bros. Land Company
Railroad officials order restored passenger service west of Watertown
State railroad commissioners met at Mellette and issued orders to the Minneapolis and St. Louis line to re establish passenger service on the stretch west from Watertown that had been abandoned, promising material improvements in local service.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Watertown
LeBeau
State Railroad Commissioners
Mellette
Minneapolis and St. Louis Company
Passenger Service Returns on the Route
After months of only an accommodation freight service, passengers will have daily train travel. The schedule will switch with passenger trains running west one day and returning the next, while freight follows the same alternating pattern.
Miners Demand Wages in Indiana Conference
In Indianapolis, miners and operators held a wage scale meeting. The miners demand coal be weighed before screening, a ten cent per ton mining advance, 20 percent day labor premium, a seven hour workday with five hours Saturday, weekly pay, and unlimited deductions for union organization. They propose a two year wage contract.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Richards Declares Gamble Beatens Not in Race
R. O. Richards issues a letter declaring his candidacy for the U S Senate in the June primaries. He cites survey results showing two to one opposition to Senator Gamble and strong support for his entry among progressives. He argues for open primary reform and a return to a clean spoils-free government.
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Huron
R. O. Richards
U. S. Senate
Gamble
Dean Sterling
Washington
Senator Gamble
Yankton
Crawford-Elliott-Gamble
City DA to probe butter and eggs price rise
New York City officials report District Attorney Whitman plans an inquiry into the recent surge in butter and egg prices to determine if a gentlemen’s agreement among dealers is structuring and controlling costs.
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New York City
Whitman
Two Gregory men found guilty of breaking land law
Gregory South Dakota men Phat Joe Baker and Logan Fain were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States government in a federal trial. Brice Herman was acquitted. A sentence hearing was set for Friday afternoon.
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Gregory
Sioux Falls
S. B
Phat Joe Baker
Logan Fain
United States
Brice Herman
T. C. Burns
Mitchell
Register of the Land Office
Herman
Baker
Fain
Wagner
I. R. Atkins
United States Penitentiary
Gregory Land District
Northwest
Logan Iain
Joe Baker
Anson Wagner
Jesse Mitchell
Rosebud
Governor Stubbs Backs Roosevelt at National Committee
Governor Stubbs of Kansas aligned with Roosevelt supporters at the Roosevelt committee headquarters and assured Secretary Sims that a majority backs Roosevelt. In Kansas City the state Republican committee pledged it would not thwart its meeting, and would not endorse Roosevelt or express a presidential preference before the convention session opened.
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Chicago
Goveror Stubbs
Kansas
Roosevelt
National Roosevelt Committee
Sims
Kansas City
State Republican Committee
Tournidea
Wolf bounty claims near record as fiscal year opens
Pierre, South Dakota. Buyers of wolf bounty certificates may be caught in the new fiscal year if the record of claims continues, indicating growing payouts and potential funding concerns.
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Fail River County
Sioux Falls Named Site for Elks Convention
The South Dakota Elks association executive committee selects Sioux Falls as the convention site for June 18 to 20. It is a social picnic event with light business, not a grand lodge meeting. Officers named include Lord Zietlow of Aberdeen president J G McFarland Watertown vice president C S McDonald Sioux Falls secretary and Coler Campbell Iduron treasurer.
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Aberdeen
J. G. McFarland
Watertown
C. S. McDonald
Sioux Fall
Coler Campbell
Iduron
Roosevelt is Favored by Governors in Push for Nomination
West Virginia's William J. Glasscock met Theodore Roosevelt in New York and predicted Roosevelt would be nominated, possibly with people asking him to accept. Other governors including Stubbs Hadley Osborn and Yort joined Roosevelt national committee. Garfield hinted he might vote Roosevelt. Hanna shifted to Roosevelt, while McFarland resigns to join a Roosevelt club.
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Glasscock
Roosevelt
Clark
Harmon
Wilson
Chicago
Stubbs
Iansas
Hadley
Missouri
Osborn
Michigan
Yort
New Jersey
Roosevelt National Committee
New York
Washington
Columbus
W. HH. McFarland
Franklin County
Progressive Republican League
la Follette
McFarland
Progressive League
Duke of Connaught Visits Washington in American Pace
The Duke of Connaught toured Washington with a stop at the British embassy and a White House call on President Taft and Mrs. Taft. He attended a dinner with diplomatic notables at the British embassy, visited the National Press Club, and departed for New York after a late-evening retinue. No official messages passed between Britain and the United States.
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Washington, D. C
Duke of Connnaught
White House
Taft
National Press Club
New York
England
Union Station
A. W. Butt
Pesident Taft
La Follette to Visit Midwest and Plains States
Senator La Follette plans a two week stumping tour through Illinois Iowa South Dakota Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma in February and March. Dates in South Dakota have not yet been fixed.
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Washington, D .C
Illinois
Iowa
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
la FolletTe
Dakota
Railroads Under Scrutiny for Freight Rebates Probes Ordered
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a broad investigation into railroad freight weighing amid complaints of underweighing to grant rebates. In London, Gaby Deslys wed Harry Pilcer, a former Winter Garden dancer in New York.
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Washington, W. C
Interstate Comerce Commission
London
England
Gaby Deslys
Manuel
Portugal
Harry Pilcer
Winter Garden Company
New York
Gaby
Daylight Robbery in Paris Nets $30,000 from Cashier
A man armed with revolvers and wearing false whiskers held up a Paris factory cashier on a busy street this morning and escaped with a satchel containing 150,000 francs about $30,000 after a brief confrontation with police.
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Paris
France
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