Senate Passes House Two Cent Rate Measure
Pierre February 3 Senate refuses to remove the emergency clause from the house two cent cent passenger fare bill and moves it to final passage. A state wide railroad and business delegation heard in house committee but failed to alter terms. House also passes bulk sale fraud bill and capitol appropriation and votes on a senatesupported constitutional amendment granting woman suffrage to taxpayers.
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House
Senate
House Wellen
Polley
Rlal
Capitol
Ash Pan Safety Bill Debates Highlight Huron Figure
Huron residents recall the push for automatic ash pans on US locomotives. A fireman from the Dakota Central division, A M Urquhart, helped secure passage and testified in Washington. The law mandates installation by July 1 1910 with effect from January 1 1909, aiming to curb deaths and injuries during ash cleaning on the Chicago and Northwestern line.
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Huron
South Dakota
United States
Wheele Wee
A.M. Urquhart
Dakota Central
Chicago & Northwestern
Washington
Goose hunting in South Dakota midwinter shocks nimrods
Dukwana reports temperatures 10 to 20 below zero but sportsmen still hunt geese on the prairies. Ted Gefr and Albert Baatz brought in five Canada geese as proof, while about 200 geese had been feeding in nearby corn fields, with many now moving south.
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Dukwana
LL. D
South Dakota
Red Lake
Ted Gefr
Albert Baatz
Prospector Relinquishes Hidden Treasure Quest Near Burning Bluff
Sidney Rudd a 76 year old prospector formerly of Harrison county Iowa failed to locate a gold mine near the burning bluff on the Missouri river opposite Wheeler and sought aid from local authorities under stress.
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Wheeler
Sidney Rudd
Harrison County
Iowa
Missouri River
Weather Observer Transferred From Yankton to Des Moines
Weather observer D. P. McCallum, after almost five years at Yankton station, is ordered to Des Moines to swap posts with W. O. Cavanagh. He will depart immediately.
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Iowa
Yankton
D. P. McCallum
Des Moines
W.O. Cavanagh
Foresters and Michigan insurer withdraw from state
Pierre South Dakota reports that the United Order of Foresters of Milwaukee and the Northern Assurance Company of Michigan at Detroit have notified the state insurance department of their withdrawal from business in this state.
Bank of Wayland Incorporation Filed in Hand County
Articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state establish the Bank of Wayland in Hand county between St. Lawrence and Wessington. The capital is $6,000. Incorporators include J. T. McCullen Miller Otto G. Shamber John McVay W. F. Pautsch Wayland and Adolph Shamber Britten.
Canistota Debates Fire Protection Plan
Canistota citizens plan to meet with the town council to discuss establishing a fire protection system. Preliminary steps will be taken with the aim of installing waterworks for a reliable municipal defense.
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Canistota
S. D
Snow Storm Triggers Cincinnati Street Car Disaster
A College Hill street car with 37 passengers derailed on Clifton Avenue due to a snow storm and icy tracks, plunging into a ravine. Several killed and over twenty injured, with Motorman Joseph Mulligan believed dying. Chief Poppe assisted as the car left the rails.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
College 11Ill
Clifton Avenue
Joseph I. Mulligan
Poppe
Commandant of Soldiers' Home Dies SuddenlY
Hot Springs S W Feb 2 Colonel B L Dudley commandant of the South Dakota soldiers home is dead after a two days illness of pneumonia He was appointed commander in October 1907 and had given universal satisfaction He formerly lived at Canistota and was father of George Dudley rep in state legislature from McCook county and I A Dudley deputy state examiner He was 66 a Civil War veteran burial will take place at Canistota.
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Hot Springs
S. W
B. L. Dudley
South Dakota
Dudley
Canistota
George Dudley
McCook County
I. A. Dudley
Father Fined for Unattended Children in South Dakota
In Mll Point on February 2 Judge Jerome Manzan found R G Varve guilty of neglect for not sending his children to school. The county superintendent, as truancy officer, filed the complaint. Varcoe will appeal to the circuit court, fined $10 plus costs.
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Mll Point
S. D
Jerome Man- Zan
R. G. Vareve
Varcoe
Circuit Court
Harding County seat goes to Buffalo
Messengers from the new Harding County in the extreme northwest arrived with ballot boxes and returns from Tuesday’s election. Buffalo won the county seat fight against Camp Crook by 250 votes in a 600 vote total. A full nonpartisan county ticket was elected.
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Harding
Buffalo Deadwood
S. C
Buffalo
Camp Crook
Horse Thief Captured by Miner County Sheriff
Howard South Dakota Feb 2 Deputy Sheriff Clark tracked a thief near DeSmet early this week and recovered the stolen horse for its owners in Sioux Falls, then jailed the suspect in Miner county. The horse was taken from the Parker Lee company in Sioux Falls.
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Howard
S. D
Clark
DeSmet
Sioux Falls
Miner County
Parker Lee Company
Dakota Magazine Suspends Publication
Watertown reports Dakota Magazine will move to the Twin Cities or suspend publication due to a limited field. Promoter C. J. Bailey led the venture, noted as one of the state’s most pretentious magazine initiatives.
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Huron
S. D
Watertown
Twin Cities
C. J. Bailey
Fate of Greece as Warning to America
Boston sentry remark links Greece crisis to U S fate at National Reform association meeting. Rev Luther Townsend warns democracy may slide toward oligarchy and dictatorial rule if the God Idea is abandoned, citing Greece as a parallel and California politics as a caution.
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Greece
America
Boston
United States
Luther T. Townsend
Brookline
National Reform Association
Park Street
Townsend
California
Fraud Order Snares New York Shoe and Bank Schemes
The attorney general and post office chief move against Joseph N. Svarger using The Progress Company and The Croatian Manufacturing Company to sell three year guaranteed shoes and a burglar-proof bank by mail. Purchases reportedly resold at higher price with claims of special heat and cold protection. The order targets Svarger and associates at 440 East One Hundred Twentieth Street and 1270 First Avenue.
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Washington
Joseph N. Svarger
Progress Company
Croatian Manufacturing Company
One Hundred and Twentieth St
First Ave
New York City
Post Office Department
Svarger
Oil Inspector for Southern Dakota Parkston
Governor Vessey appoints J B Peckham editor of Parkston Advance as oil inspector for Southern Dakota. Peckham, 36, has lived in the state since 1879 and is a prominent local figure.
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Parkston
S. T
Vessey
J. B. Peckham
Parkston Advance
Peckham
Hollow Horn Bear In Washington Seeks Annuity Delays
In Washington Hollow Horn Bear the Rosebud Sioux orator visits the Indian Bureau seeking distribution of about 300000 owed to his tribe for lands on the Rosebud reservation. He aims to pocket around 50000 in photo copies and travels with a Sioux delegation including Chief Good Voice and Colombe who owns extensive land and a car.
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Washington
Hollow Horn Bear
South Dakota
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Rosebud Reservation
Chief
Reuben Quick Bear
High Pipe
John Colombe
Eagle Horse
Stranger Horse
Colombe
House Defeats Equal Suffrage Bill for Second Time
Pierre South Dakota February 3 The House again killed the equal suffrage amendment that passed the Senate by a close vote 54 to 57 after a split among members. The Senate narrowly accepted Andrew Carnegie's library donation bill, with a vote change reversed to save the measure. Four railroad bills also cleared the Senate demanding reporting of wrecks and facilities, court appearances by commissioners, and rest room mandates.
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Senate
Railroad Commission
Senate Bills Introduced in Pierre South Dakota
The South Dakota senate in Pierre adjourned after 3 pm. Bills discussed include Senate Bill 78 for settling accounts among Butte Perkins and Harding counties, recalled for correction. Senate Bill 105 postponed a week. A resolution sets February 15 as last day for introducing bills excluding committee bills. Hitchcock named education regent to succeed Spafford. Several bills proposed by Amsden and Dillon cover ethics for architects, grain dealer caring, legislative staff cuts, and journal and record-keeping reforms.
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Senate
Dillon
A. I. Hitchcock
Mitchell
H. A. Spafford
Amsden
Secretary of State
House
Wolves Drive Sheep Away From Home
In one day of cold weather Palmer and Hart of Climax lost one hundred sheep to wolves. The wolves chased the flock singly, drove stragglers, and finally overtook the frightened animals in the Bad River bottoms. Stockmen plan an extensive hunt as wolves are reported worse than usual this winter.
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Philip. S. D
Palmer & Hart
Climax
Crawford's Home People Plan Big Reception
Huron South Dakota June 80 This city the home of Senator elect Crawford is readying a reception before his departure for Washington to assume duties. The function will resemble a state gathering with many prominent state men expected to attend.
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Huron
S. B
Crawford
Manning
Washington
Farmer Invents Wireless Planter
Armour S D Jan 30 Joe Stickney of Charles Mix county a regular city visitor is an inventive farmer whose workshop holds many labor saving devices. His latest wireless corn planter nearing completion will be ready for exhibition by April 1 and aims to revolutionize corn planting and broaden Stickney's independence.
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Armour, S. D
Joe Stickney
Charles Mix County
Engineer defends Cromwell over Panama railroad deal
Randolph G. Ward, a civil engineer linked to Panama work, writes to refute Congressman Rainey’s claim that William Nelson Cromwell and others were tied to an infamous railroad proposal. Ward says he alone submitted the plan to Panama and exonerates Cromwell and named individuals, challenging Rainey to present a better alternative.
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New York
Randolph G. Ward
Isthmus
Panama
Ruainey
William Nelson Cromwell
Republic of Panama
Cromwell
Rainey
Republic of
Panavia
Man with $12,000 Vanishes in Sioux Falls
Hans Hanson, about 50, reportedly carrying $12,000 in cash and drafts, disappeared from his boarding house after last being seen at a water break. His bed was found unoccupied, raising fears of foul play aimed at seizing the money. The missing man had funds sent from abroad and drafts from Minot, North Dakota, converted to cash except the $1,600 draft.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Hans Hanson
Sioux
Hanson
Old Country
Minot
N. D
Tyndall Citizen Bound Over in Mail Fraud Case
Sioux Falls Jan 29 P T Unruh former Tyndall postmaster bound over in federal court after being charged with attempting to defraud Mennonite Aid Plan via mail. He mailed a 1908 letter from Emmett Nebraska to Mountain Lake Minnesota seeking to cheat the mutual insurance group. witnesses include J A Tracy Jerry Carleton and David Ewert. Bond set at 1000 dollars.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
P. T. Unruh
Tyndall
United States
Mennonite Aid Plan
Unruh
Emmett
Neb
David Ewert
Mountain Lake
Minn
Mutual Association
J. A. Tracy
Sioux City
Jerry Carleton
White
Uitruh
Egan Appeal Case Heard by Supreme Court
In Pierre South Dakota the Egan case appeal was heard by the Supreme Court this morning with George W Heron appearing for himself and Danforth who ran against him in the June primaries and later attacked Bean's eligibility appearing in court as his own representative. The decision is reserved.
President Roosevelt backs alien land ownership bill to California
President Theodore Roosevelt informs Governor Gillett that the only proper anti-Japanese bill is one restricting land ownership by aliens not eligible for citizenship with Root amendments. He praises California's stance and promises a full letter outlining reasons for postponing legislative action.
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Sacramento
Cal
Gillett
Roosevelt
Root
California
Theodore Roosevelt
Tokio Scandal Shocks Imperial Japan Over Betrothal
The Tokio correspondent reports Count Todo who divorced a English wife after returning from England where he married Princess Take from a collateral branch. The emperor retracted consent to the betrothal and struck Todo’s nobility after newspapers published the affair.
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London
The
Standard
Imperial House
Count Todd
England
Japan
Take
Todos
Count Todo
Tokio
Nobles Disciplinary Council
Evelyn Thaw Not Coming to Sioux Falls
Ar gus-Leader reports two Sioux Falls editors searched trains and hotel registers for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw after a tip she would arrive. She did not come, traveling instead to Spokane with a plan to reunite with her husband once he is released from the asylum.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Sioux Falls
St. Paul
South Dakota Legislature Considers Key Bills
After a six day recess the South Dakota legislature weighs bank deposit guarantees an increased supreme court bench pure drug and food bills and a permanent tax commission. Debate centers on voluntary deposit insurance through a 500000 cap and a one mill tax while the court expansion gains broad support.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Supreme Court
Permanent Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Crawford
Byrne
Senate
Isenhuth
House
Arneson
Hamlin
Wheaton
Basford
Aberdeen
Lfe
Grandmother Mothered 13 Children and Grand Totals
Mrs. Jacob Haar of Menno South Dakota died at age 70. She was the mother of 13 children and 96 grandchildren plus 81 great grandchildren, having lived in the county 32 years.
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Menno
S. D
Jacob Haar
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Hand County
Dakota Magazine
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J. W. Peckham, Parkston, S. D
Indian Bureau
Hitchcock
Spafford
Regents Board
Farmer
Peter Unruh
Egan
Evelyn Thaw
Sioux Falls, S. D
Gus
Legislature
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