Reorganization Talk for Grigsby’s Rough Riders and Light Cavalry
In state and national circles there is discussion of reactivating Grigsby’s Rough Riders with James Stewart of the Third Volunteer noting the War Department’s inquiry on availability. Ei F English of Yankton offers a light cavalry regiment for the Philippines to be recruited across multiple states in anticipation of Senate bill 4687.
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Washington
Grigsby
Rough Riders
Laj. Stewart
War Department
State Senate
Ei. F. English
Yankton
Philippines
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Wyoming
North
South Dakota
Heirs to Unclaimed Idaho Estate Found in Midwest
W J Keating of Sioux Falls and James Keating of Janesville with Ned Keating of Watertown and a Denver sister win proof they are heirs of an Idaho uncle who died six years ago. estate valued around 16090 would have gone to the state school fund had heirs not surfaced. Also notes arrest of Webber for perjury and a bold Deadwood attempted robbery where two suspects were arrested after a struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
W.J. Keating
Sioux Falls
James ¥. Keating
Janesville
Wis
Ned Keating
Watertown
Denver
Lost River
Idaho
James F. Keating
Lost River Country
Idah U
Keating
City
Ido
Keatings
Sherif Donahoe
Webbar
Deadwood
Webber
Sioux
Secret Service
Omaha
Webber Created A Sensation In Vant
Bert Miller
Miller
Acetylene Plant Blast Injures Sturgis Man
W. W. Hopecroft of Sturgis was badly injured when an acetylene gas plant exploded near his saloon after he started it for the night. He was found unconscious about ten feet from the entrance. head injuries raise fears of internal damage.
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W. W. Hopecroft
Sturgis
Hopecroft
Gov Lee cites costs and fire risk at Yankton Asylum blaze
Gov. Lee presented to the Legislature on February 16 a message blaming the Yankton Asylum fire on lint and steam coils. He notes state losses of 168000 over twelve years and 75000 plus twenty four lives losses in the last year at Plankinton and Yankton. He urges funding for fireproofing and insurance plans, endorsing higher appropriations and a 100000 fund for fire losses if private insurers are not desired.
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Gov. Lee
Yankton Asylum
Ile
Plankinton
Yankton
Board of Charities and Corrections
Name Not Recognized and County Seat Case Decision
The casualty list omits Private William Lewis of Company I who died in Manila while others from Keystone are misattributed. Judge Campbell rules Sisseton wins the Roberts County seat case against Wilmot, deeming the 1808 vote unconstitutional. Incorporation papers filed for Olson & Detlie Carriage at Sioux Falls and Climax Mining at Hill City.
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William Lewis
Company I
Custer
Manila
Fred K. Green
Company 1
Keystone
A. Haskell
Lewis
Sioux Falls
San Francisco
Roberts
Wilmot
Sisseton
Campbell
Aberdeen
Olson
Fred Green
Pipestone
Minn
Two Story County Fairs Hold Meetings This Year
Story County Fair directors in Nevada adopted a resolution to hold two meetings this year. The first horse meet runs June 27 to 29, and the second, an agricultural fair, airs August 15 to 18.
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Nevada
Doings at Pierre Impartial Record of the Session
The Dakota legislature notes Tuesday February 14 items. The House passed a salary cap for county treasurers at 1000 dollars, debated Deaf and Dumb School heating funds, and killed an education qualification for superintendents. The Senate advanced rail and tax bills, dozens of appropriations, and a blind asylum bill, with many measures carried over or postponed to Wednesday.
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House
Minnehaha
Brown
Lawrence
Deaf and Dumb
Friends
Senate
Varnum
Gunderson
Hanten
Court of the Railroad Commission
Gary
State Board of Assessment
Board of Pardons
Gregory
Board of Pharmacy
Board of Public Health
Congress
Board of Charities and Correction
Mercantile Fire Insurance Companies
Col. Lee
Phillips
Judiciary Committee
Black Mills
Board of Charities and Corrections
Yankton Asylum
Supreme Court
Reform School
Holdridge
Deaf and Dumb School
Agricultural College
Appropriations Committee
Dwight
Gundarson
Clark County
Railroad Committee
Railroad Commission
Glass
Taylor
Clay County
Granthan
Packard
State University
Republican Caucus
Philips
Wilson
Second Judicial Court
Cigele
Aberdeen
Handsome Pensions and Notable Beneficiaries Revealed
A report on pensions lists ex Senator Pal mer as a beneficiary proposal with others receiving 5 000 dollars annually for two widows Grant and Gar field and 2 500 dollars for Mrs Sheridan. The 2 000 dollar group includes Mrs John Cremont Logan and Mrs George B McClellan. Dozens receive 1 200 dollars yearly and 100 dollars per month recipients include McClernand Thayer Sigel and Black. The list covers veterans with the loss of both hands and others across many states. The article also notes armor thicknesses on modern warships with side belts 16 1/4 to 9 1/4 inches and turrets 15 to 17 inches.
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John M. Palmer
Grant
Garfield
Sheridan
John Cremont
Logan
George B. McClellan
N. P. Banks
John B. Corse
Walter Q. Gresham
George A. Custer
Doubleday
Hartranft
Robert Anderson
Casey
Gibbon
Kilpatrick
Mower
Paul
Ricketts
Warren
Rousseau
Admiral Wilkes
John A. McClernand
Illinois
John M. Thayer
Lincoln
Neb
Franz Sigel
New York
John C. Black
Chicago
George W. Warner
New Haven
Conn
Lewis A. Horton
Boston
John W. January
Dell Rapids
S. D
Thomas Riley
Cresco
Vallejo
Cal
Joseph A. Cooper
St. John
Kan
Frank Mark
St. Louis
Michael Casey
Philadelphia
Samuel Decker
Washington, D. C
William B. Denney
Thomas Dennis
Washington, D.C
Emily J. Stannard
Burlington, Vt
Henrietta O. Whitaker
Lexington, Ky
Laura L. Wallen
Narragansett Pier
R. J
Mary H. Nicholson
New York City
William 4. Curtis
Chicago Record
Boston Plans Modernization of Faneuil Hall
Old Faneuil Hall in Boston is to be modernized with iron and steel to suit modern needs, including insurance company requirements, while preserving its historic character in a reverential spirit.
Faneuil Hall to Undergo Interior Reconstruction
Faneuil Hall, built in 1742 and enlarged in 1806, faces interior reconstruction to replace wood with steel and brick. The plan preserves original finish above the street floor while adding slate and steel roofing and fireproof interior walls. Total cost is estimated at $125,000 to make the building fireproof without erasing its historic detail.
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Faneuil Hall
Monument Erected for Russian Fallen at Constantinople
Grand Duke Nicholas unveils a gray granite monument near Constantinople honoring Russian soldiers who died fighting Turkey. The site covers six acres with a crenellated wall, towers, Christ and Vladimir depictions, and a base charnel house holding the bones. Building began in 1883 under Col. Peshkoff.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Nicholas
Russia
Christ
Vladimir
Alexander Nevsky
Sol
Col. Peshkoff
Senate Debates War Bills and Canal Fight Dominate Session
Lawmakers advanced the army appropriation and civil bills while a stark Senate split over the McEnery Philippines policy and the Nicaragua canal dominated the day. The House adjourned amid partisan maneuvers and pension considerations.
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Senate
United States
Spain
McEnery
Blizyard
McDowell
Grosvenor
Rep
Payne
New York
House
Dem
Philippines
Hepburn
Town
Hopkins
Deep Waterways Commission
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Helen Miller Gould
Naval Academy
Oscar W. Deignan
Merrimac
Secretary of the Navy
United States Navy Yards
Hale
Gallinger
Washington
Atlanta
New Orleans
Kansas City
Newton
Kan
Iowa
Navy Department
Army appropriation plan seeks eighty million dollars
Current notes report the army appropriation bill proposed for the year totals 80 million dollars. Genera l Brooke proposes transferring tax collection in Cuba from the Bank of Havana. New Hampshire lawmakers pass a dissection ban for honored veterans. Peter Holt of Dickinson County Tennessee is fatally shot in his yard in an ambush.
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Brooke
Cuba
Havana
New Hampshire
United States
Peter Holt
Dickinson County
Tenn
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Elk Point
Pierre
Marion Walmsley
Lee
Comptroller of the Currency
National Bank of the Republic of Chicago
Pierre National Bank
Otto Webber
Woodmen's Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge
Woodmen
C. F E. Smith
Custer City
George Johnson
Nevada School Board
Scarletina
Howard
Peter Olson
Helen
J. H. Radcliff
Homestake
Homestake Mining Company
Cradle OF Liberty
Indianapolis Journal
Mantegazza
Czar’s
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