South Dakota Irrigation Plans Progress Report
South Dakota irrigation projects to reclaim thousands of acres are under study by reclamation engineers in Washington. Raymond Walker reports surveys since May 1903, with Belle Fourche as the key site and several streams examined for reservoir potential and water supply feasibility.
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Washington
South Dakota
Raymond
Walter
Reclamation Service
Reclamation
Hitchcock
Belle Wourche
Black Hills
Belle Fourche
Red Water River
Waller
Cheyenne River
Rapid Creek
Box Elder Shed
Beaver Creek
Buffalo Up
French Creek
Battle Creek
Whist League to Meet in Sioux Falls This Week
Sioux Falls S D February 10 The Commercial and Acetah clubs prepare for the Central Whist league annual meeting to be held Friday and Saturday in Sioux Falls with twenty cities represented. Seven clubs will compete for the Richards trophy currently held by the Kansas City Athletic club and include Sioux Falls Commercial and Dacotah, Council Bluffs Omaha Topeka Yankton and Hawkeye of Sioux City. Aberdeen Garretson and Pierre also send representatives but are not league members so not considered for the prize.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Kansas City
Omaha
Marshalltown
Sioux City
Commercial
Sioux Yalls
Topeka
Yankton
Lincoln
St. Joseph
Athletic Club of
Dacotah
Hawkeye
Aberdeen
Garretson
Pierre
Retract controversy erupts over Dakota Forum slander claim
Sioux Falls saw uproar after the Dakota Forum alleged a meeting of Burnside supporters planned to shutter seven local gambling houses for 1400 dollars as hush money to the Argus Leader. M Levinger offered 500 dollars for the Forum representative’s identity and A B Sessions, Forum editor, retracted the charge.
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Sioux Falls
300Th
Dakota Forum
G. W. Burnside
Yilligor
Argus Leader
Forum
Krebs-Willis wed in Onawa marriage rites
Nicolaus Krebs Salem marshal and street commissioner united in marriage to Mrs Florence C Willis at her Onawa Iowa home by Rev Zekefoose of First Congregational church. They departed immediately for a wedding tour in the south and east.
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Onawa
Salem
S. D
Nicolaus Krebs
Florence C. Willis
Zekefoose
First Congregational Church
Krebs
Early Pioneers and the Pierre Frontier Then and Now
A South Dakota column contrasts Pierre’s 1880 winter siege and the famed frontier era with modern progress. It recalls Arkansas and Calamity Jane and honors leaders like McClure Hilger Ledwick Ward Campbell Kinkaid Drew, noting a shift to orderly development. In Canton, the grand jury reports eight indictments mainly against liquor sellers, plus convictions for Westby and Riley and Metz for related crimes.
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Pierre
S. D
South Dakota
Arkansas
Jane
Tom
Missouri
P. F. McClure
Anson Hilger
John Hilger
Ledwick
S. M. Ward
Campbell
South Carolina
Hampton
Moses Kinkaid
O’neill City
Neb
George Drew
Commonwealth
Canton
Fter
Sesson
Cal Tyler
John Westby
Commercial House
Vars Bills
S.limmons
Crawford Address Draws Huge Centerville Crowd
Hon. Coe I Crawford spoke in Centerville on Friday under Crawford club auspices. Nearly 400 filled the opera house as farmers rode 12 to 14 miles to hear him. A Viborg Crawford club and band attended, marking the most enthusiastic Centerville gathering since 1896. He spoke for an hour and a quarter with steady applause, and future meetings were planned for Viborg and Parker.
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Opera
Centerville
Crawford
Centervillie
Coe I
Crawford *B
Izens
Pera
Viborg
Parker
Only One Tree Claim Left in District
Aberdeen South Dakota February 9 an examination of United States land office records shows only one tree claim remains in the district where final proof has not been made. District includes Brown McPherson Edmunds Walworth and Campbell counties. Charles Kuntz of Aberdeen arrested at Milbank on theft charge from a friend of the accused man. Kuntz a plumber was said to be bound for the east when detained. Summer camp meeting dates set Tacoma park June 27 to July 4 with many attractions already booked.
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Aberdeen
S. D
United States Land Office
Brown
McPherson
Edmunds
Walworth
Campbell
Charles Kuntz
Milbank
Kuntz
Tacoma Park
Thessembly
Successful Farmers' Institute at Canton South Dakota
Canton South Dakota February 9 The Lincol County Farmers institute closed after a highly engaging session led by Hon M F Greely and Professor J S Cole. A grain contest highlighted the event with farmers entering for 1903 corn quality John Cederstrom won first in wheat T J Fergusson first in oats Paul Bankson and J B Bankson second in wheat Albert Millett and U S Sandow second in oats Hans Jonson won third in wheat and John Cederstrom third in oats.
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Farmers’ Institute
Canton
S. D
Lincol County Farmers’ Institute
M. F. Greely
Dakota Farmer
J. S. Cole
Brookings Agricultural College
John Cederstrom
T. J. Fergusson
Paul Bankson
J. B. Bankson
Albert Millett
U. S. Sandow
Hans Jonson
John Tederstrom
Lorena Schneider Attempted Suicide In Mitchell
S. D. Mitchell Feb 8 Lorena Schneider a German man over 70 attempted to take his life by firing a bullet into his head just above the eye around noon yesterday Doctors were called and said recovery unlikely due to age Family troubles cited as motive for the act
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Mitchell
S. D
Lorena Schneider
Schneider
Premature Plant Blast Kills James Delaney at Horseshoe
Terry S D February 6 A premature plant at the Horseshoe mir last night instantly killed James Delaney age 27 He was hurled over fifty feet into the air and his skull was broken
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Terry
S. D
Horseshoe Mir
James Delaney
Japanese Fleet Torpedoes Port Arthur Ships
Port Arthur reports say Japanese torpedo boats attacked the Russian squadron near the fortress, disabling two battleships and a cruiser. The flotilla escaped unharmed, martial law proclaimed, and turmoil follows as officials relay conflicting casualty tallies and a fire-ravaged port.
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Port Arthur
Russia Declares War After Port Arthur Torpedo Attack
St Petersburg reports Japan has repeated its opening tactics in the China-Japanese war with a torpedo strike on Russian ships near Port Arthur. The czar and ministers prepare for war as a manifesto declaring state of war is expected. War preparations surge in ministries. Red Cross and Sisters of Mercy mobilize 2000 personnel to the east.
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St. Petersburg
Admira Alexieff
Port Arthur
Retyizian and
Sesarevitch
Pallada
Japan
Russian Red Cross Society
Sisters of Mercy
Russians Roused by Port Arthur News in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg crowds surged to the general staff offices after Port Arthur news. Naval reserves are called out as Russians denounce Japan for attacking the Russian fleet without war declaration. The action inspires patriotism rather than discouragement, with aroused sentiment spreading from European Russia centers as negotiations break off.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Russia
Machen Denies Allegations On Stand In Postal Trial
Washington Feb 11 August W Machen former rural free delivery chief testified he took responsibility for acts of his chief clerk Miss Liebhardt who wrote letters in the division He described the oil deal noting a 25000 payment from Lorenz as a bona fide sale He said Groff fasteners were reviewed before his appointment and denied prior suspicions or influence by Lorenz or the Groffs in orders or actions.
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Washington
August W. Machen
Department
Lorenz
Bedford Murder Arrest Shocks Bedford Ind
James McDonald a Bedford teamster arrested for the murder of Miss Schafer near the site of the Bedford crime. Detectives allege circumstantial evidence tying him to the crime motivated by robbery and assault. He was taken to Jeffersonville reformatory to avert possible lynching and has previously appeared before the board of inquiry.
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Bedford
Ind
James McDonald
Board of Inquiry
Reed
McDonald
Court of Inquiry
Bedford Coal and Mining Company
Fire in Chicago Lumber District Destroys Several Plants
A blaze at 1 am in Chicago’s twenty first and Albert streets lumber yard rapidly engulfed the Wilce Lumber Chicago Table factory and spread to J J Wintermeyer box works. The fire extended to Chicago Picture Backing and Schultz yard. Loss expected around 350000 with two firemen injured and one mortally, as a second collapse injured five more.
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Chicago
Wilce Lumber Company
Chicago Table Company
Twenty-first
Albert Streets
Albert Street
Throop Street
J. J. Wintermeyer
Wintermeyer Company
Chicago Picture Backing Company
H. C. Schultz
N. ©. Marggraf
Wintermeyer Factory
Fatal Canadian Pacific wreck reported at Sand Point
Ottawa reports a collision on the Canadian Pacific railway at Sand Point with nine killed and several injured. The dead include Engineer Jackson and express messengers Robert Son and Thompson, news agent M Mullen, and five passengers. Two brakemen and six passengers injured. accident blamed on failure to observe orders.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sand Point
Jackson
Robertson
Thompson
M'Mullen
Cotton futures turn nervous after census ginning data
New York traders reacted to a census report showing 9,859,277 bales ginned in 1903 through January 16, 1904 with 30,171 active ginneries. Prices opened 10 to 13 points higher, zigzagging as March advanced and May July rose, then dropped sharply before a partial rebound.
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New York
Census Bureau
Washington
Buchanan is Home. United States minister returns questionably
New York Feb. W I Buchanan United States minister to Panama arrived today from Colon He said he probably will not return to Panama as representative of this country American fashion plates are used in German tailor shops.
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Buchanan
New York
W. I. Buchanan
United States
Panama
Colon
Japanese Destroy Russian Fleet at Chemulpo Harbor
London February 10 Japanese confirmation from Tokyo reports the destruction at Chemulpo of the Russian first class cruiser Varing and third class cruiser Korietz after a flank assault and harbor engagement. Russians sought refuge on a French warship. Japanese losses are reported as none and minimal Russian damage. A Port Arthur dispatch notes further Japanese bombardment before withdrawal.
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Port Arthur ii
Vussiain
Victor
Che Foo
Polatava
Czarevitch
Boyaim
Japan
Varing
Koretz
Chemulpo
Viadivostok
Togo
Shikishima
Yashima
Iwate
Mikasa
Asahi
Fuji
Iwashima
Kikashima
Hatsusa
Tatsuma
Kamimura
Idsumo
Yakima
Asama
Foo Chow
Secretary Hay seeks European support on China amid Russo Japanese hostilities
Washington February 9 Secretary Hay has sent a note to several European powers asking if they will join in notifying Russia and Japan that during hostilities and afterward the neutrality and integrity of China must be recognized. Replies are awaited while Rear Admiral Evans is ordered to move a cruiser squadron to Chinese waters to observe naval operations with the battleship squadron kept in Philippine waters during the conflict.
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Daily Telegraph
Russia
the Times
Japan
Hay
China
Fiials
The
Times
Che Foo
Stable Employes Strike for Higher Wages in Chicago
Four hundred members of the Stable Employes union at the stock yards struck today seeking a wage rise from 45 to 55 dollars a month. The strike is said to pose little risk of spreading to other trades.
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Chicago
Heb
Britain notes Japains seizing sea command at Port Arthur
London dispatches report British papers deem Viceroy Alexieff’s dispatches understated about Japanese fleet damage and momentum. Che Foo account describes the battle near Port Arthur with torpedoes, ships beached, and Japanese cruisers and battleships maneuvering against Russian forces led by Vice Admiral Togo.
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London
Alexieff
Japan
Che Foo
Columbia
Port Arthur
Danny
Foo Chow
Nominations Sent After Appropriation Bill Passage
Washington February 9 the senate passed the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill without debate. The president sent to the senate nominations for naval officer of customs Thomas W Jamieson Chicago and surveyor of customs Jonah M Lanahan part of Dyougue.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas W. Jamiessu
Chicago
Jona M. Lanehan
Dyougue
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Raymond F. Walker
Sion Falls
Port Arthur Harbof
Paris
Foreign Office
Retvizan
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Shanghai
Shang Tung Peninsula
Machen
Miss Schafer
Canada
Chemulor
Czar
Hav
Ister
Ation
Tokio
Sian
Chemulpa
Cramps
Philadelphia
Ernoon
U. 8
Victor Guaranty
Sation
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Alliance
New Orleans
Raleigh
Cincinnati
Subic Bay
Chi
Ron
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