South Dakota Senate Delays Anti Treaty Bill Amid Political Strife
In Mierre on February 14 the Senate deferred the anti-treating bill to Wednesday amid predicted House defeat. Dillon proposed a bill barring heads of state institutions from campaign contributions or appointments, aiming to strip politics from institutions. The House defeated Van Osdel’s nepotism resolution and passed a clerk salary cut.
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Mierre
S. D
Senate
House
Dillon
van Osdel
Gamble
Supreme Court
First Registrants Under New Anti Lobby Law
Pierre S D Feb 14 The first three registrants under the anti lobby law include J L W Yeithow Aberdeen president of Dakota Central Telephone who seeks passage of three senate bills and one house bill affecting telephone interests Burn side Sioux Falls Hartwell Yankton and others will work through him Secretary D D Wipf registers to push higher corporate charter fees Ben P Hoover Milwaukee legislative agent plans to register with attention to weather and the thaw. Hoover known for political maneuvering may focus on weather in this period
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Pierre
S. D
J. L. W. Yeithow
Aberdeen
Dakota Central Telephone System
Senate
Burnside
Sioux Falls
Hartwell
Yankton
Hoover
Government Observatory
House
Carroll
Glass
Browne
Price
Board of Charities
Secretary of State
Congress
Tripp
Sioux Indian Charged With Criminal Assault
Abel Thomas a Yanktonsi Sioux Indian about 21 jailed in Geddes on the charge of criminal assault. The complaining witness is Lizzie St Pierre 13 daughter of Louie St Pierre an early settler near Green Woo.
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Geddes
S. D
Abel Thomas
Lizzie St. Pierre
Louie St. Pierre
Green- Woo
Students steal chairs spoil Lincoln speech at USD
Vermillion S D students remove 450 chairs from the college chapel to prevent President Gault from delivering a Lincoln day convocation address. The missing seats forced the talk to the armory where Gault spoke on authentic manhood as an investigation begins into the prank.
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Vermillion
S. 1
College Chapel
Gault
University of South Dakota
Lincoln
Armory
Freight train passes over man in miracle survival
C Willie, a brakeman on a dump train, slipped on an incline and was run over by every car, yet survived with a scalp wound, several broken ribs, and a dislocated hip. He is in a local hospital and expected to recover in a few weeks.
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Belle Rourche
LL. D
C. Willie
Governors picks delegates to highway congress
Pierre S D Feb 14 Governor Crawford names delegates to the National Congress of Highway Commissioners to meet in Pittsburg Pa on March 12 and 13. Delegates are A J Plowman Deadwood R O Richards Huron FE A Sherman Sioux Falls I A Keith Lake Preston and E Robertson Conde.
Death by Own Action Buried With Masonic Honors
Sioux Falls, Feb 14 reports HW H Dow of Sioux Falls died by his own hand in Manchester Michigan. Officials state he was insane at the time. Unity lodge No 130 A F and A M conducted the funeral at the Masonic temple with Dr George Cornell delivering the sermon. Interment followed at Mt Pleasant cemetery.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
HW. H. Dow
Manchester
Mich
Masonic Temple
Unity Lodge
No. 130
A. F
A. M
George Cornell
Sioux City
Calvary Cathedral
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Bride of Three Months Dies in Huron South Dakota
Mrs Clyde Parkhurst wife of the Daily Huronite city editor died suddenly Sunday from heart failure in Huron South Dakota. The Aberdeen native had married less than three months earlier and the remains were taken to Mitchell for interment.
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Huron
S. D
Clyde Parkhurst
Huronite
Mitchell
Parkhurst
Aberdeen
Milwaukee Man Aged 61 Claims Never Kissed Anyone
William Bartel, 61, testified under oath in Milwaukee that he has never been kissed by a woman nor kissed anyone. The remark came during testimony in a case in which a saloon was raided as a disorderly house.
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Milwaukee
Wis
William Bartel
Ex Lieutenant Sidney S Burbank Released From Army Penitentiary
Leavenworth Washington February 14 Ex Lieutenant Sidney S Burbank who was court martialed for embezzling army funds and marrying a Filipino woman then deserting, was released after nearly fifteen months in prison He blamed officers and said a sensational statement would shock army circles.
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Leavenworth
Was
Sidney S&s. Burbank
Kansas
Burbank
Parted at Dock Reunited After Immigration Aid
Russian émigré M Atofsky and son sought help from Commissioner Sargent as his wife and child were detained in Baltimore due to an abscess. Senator Gamble helped secure action, reuniting the family after delays in Bremen and New York. The mother and sick child were located and expected to depart for South Dakota soon.
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Washington
ID. C
M. Atofsky
George Heather
Bridgewater
S. D
Sargent
Atofsky
Germany
Bremen
Baltimore
New York
South Dakota
Henry Heather
WalUng
West
Senator Gamble
Heather
Lawmaker from Brown County Opposes Wife Voting
A South Dakota Republican lawmaker from Brown County refuses to endorse women's suffrage. When asked by an equal suffrage lobbyist if he wanted his wife to vote, he replied with a sharp quip that she is a Democrat, signaling his stance on the issue.
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South Dakota
Brown County
Equal Suffrage
Summer Resort at Lake Andes Trolley Line
Residents of Charles Mix county plan Lake Andes as a modern summer resort on the lake famed for game fish and artesian wells. W. T. McFarland buys 275 acres to develop facilities as talks continue on a trolley line between Lake Andes and Wagner to serve visitors and capitalists.
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Lake Andes
S. D
Charles Mix County
W. T. McFarland
Struble
Wagner
Senate OKs Legal Holidays in Pierre South Dakota
The senate passed the house bill designating legal holidays to be observed in the state. The Fourth of July was inserted by the senate after the house had left it out, preserving the holiday for future generations while aiming to honor Lincoln and Washington.
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Pierre
S. D
Senate
House
Lincoln
Washington
Post Offices in South Dakota Get New Heads
The first batch of South Dakota post office appointments went to the senate for offices not tied to patronage contention. Names include John H. Dobson Alexandria I J Edwards Bowdle J B Long Kimball I FE Gilmore Lennox J W Walsh Montrose J N Fulford Oacoma D Griffin Selby C A Stanley Volga. A remaining twenty offices face contest between factions with further action planned after a Roosevelt consultation.
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Washington, D. C
South Dakota
Senate
John H. Dobson
Alexandria
I. J. Edwards
Bowdle
J. B. Long
Kimball
I. FE. Gilmore
Lennox
J. W. Walsh
Montrose
J. N. Fulford
Oacoma
D. Griffin
Selby
C. A. Stanley
Volga
Gamble
Roosevelt
Sallet Replies to First Wife in Divorce Case
Sioux Falls report quotes F W Sallet of Yankton denying airing private matters in the press. He says he will meet all affidavits in court and asks the public to wait for hearings. He details payments to his wife and children and accuses others of pressuring his divorce.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Daily Press
F. W. Sallet
Yankton
Gustav Schaeffer
Indianapolis
Prisons Cost and Population Across South Dakota Counties
The 1904–1906 biennial Sioux Falls penitentiary report details daily maintenance costs at 0.678 dollars and yearly 247.50 dollars, prisoner flow figures, and 43 counties sending inmates led by Brown 16, Meade 14, and Lawrence 18. Most inmates were jailed for grand larceny, with 30 burglary in the third degree and four murder convictions among new prisoners.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
H. T. Parmley
Sioux Falls Penitentiary
Parmley
South Dakota
Brown
Meade County
Lawrence
Butte
Minnehaha
Bon Homme
Yankton
Day
Davison
Coddington
Kingsbury
Lyman
Pennington
Roberts
Union
Beadle
Hughes
Hand
Brookings
Custer
Clay
Fall River
Gregory
Grant
Moner
Spink
Stanley
Aurora
Brule
Hanson
Mamlin
Tuffalo
Charles Mix
Clark
Edmunds
Lake
Lincoln
Marshall
Moody
Potter
Sanborn
Sully
Turner
Miss Daisy Gerton Resigns to Wed and Sail for Japan
Miss Daisy Gerton history teacher at the state normal school resigns to marry in Madison on February 27 and then sail to Japan to make her home. She was a popular instructor and received many gifts from teachers and students.
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Japan
S. D
Daisy Gerton
State Normal School
Madison
Gerton
Legislative wrangling over anti pass laws and rail bills
South Dakota legislature halves session with anti lobby and anti pass measures advancing while railroad rate debates rule the floor. Bills pass and stall as lawmakers push harmonization and later conference work.
Hills Hearing Leads South Dakota Rail Rates Review
H. Smith of Miller, chairman of the state railroad board, reports progress on preparing a new freight schedule for South Dakota after meetings in Lead and Deadwood. Disparities in interstate and commodity rates prompt plans to present data to the Interstate Commerce Commission, with a final hearing in Sioux Falls on February 15.
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of Miller
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Sioux Falls
Black Hills
South Dakota
Lead
Deadwood
Hills
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pierre
W. G. Smith
W. H.stanley
Northwestern cancels 6 o'clock morning train to Deadwood Lead
Deadwood South Dakota February 11 the Northwestern Railway has cut another service due to strike related business slowdown removing the 6 am train between Deadwood and Lead.
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Deadwood
S. D
Northwestern
Lead
Elevator Burns and Snow Saves the Town
The elevator belonging to Larkin & Thompson of Madison, South Dakota burned. Snow on building roofs aided in saving the town. Loss included a building valued at 5000 dollars, 5000 bushels of wheat 3000 bushels of oats 1000 bushels of flax 1000 bushels of barley and 250 sacks of patent flour, with partial insurance coverage.
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Lily
S. D
Larkin & Thompson
Madison
Insurance Policy in Overalls Pocket
Pierre South Dakota February 11 one overall factory sought to place a $200 one year accident policy in the pocket of every garment and charge a small extra to cover the policy. They were told to place themselves under state insurance laws like other firms and no further word has come of the plan.
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Joint Investigating Committee
Herrer
Elrod
Fence law ruled unconstitutional west of Missouri River
Attorney General Clark, in response to Lyman county, holds that the fence law operating west of the Missouri River is unconstitutional. The opinion states the law could only be effective if statewide or county optional, making it legal only if a county votes for it. Herd law is deemed equally in force on both sides of the river.
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Pierre
Clark
Lyman
Missouri River
Special Train Rushes Alfred Johnson for Appendicitis
Lead S. D. reports a special Piedmont line run to transport Alfred Johnson Homestake foreman in acute appendicitis to Homestake hospital. The record time trip saved his life. he rests easily and is to be operated on today at the hospital.
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Lead
S. D
Piedmont Line
Alfred Johnson
Homestake
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Birod
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Prie
Crawford
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Pittsburg
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H. Smith
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