Wreck near Athol Leaves One Dead and Thirteen Hurt
A Chicago and Northwestern derailment near Athol, South Dakota, killed Fred B. Bopp of Hawkeye Iowa and seriously injured thirteen others including P B Cribs state legislator from Brown County T H Larribee Chicago P H Keely Aberdeen Milla Murray DeKalb Lillie Bustad Callendar Ja Charles Crow Aberdeen and James EB Blair Sioux City The smoker and a coach left the track and flipped into a ditch Bopp was seated in the rear car and was killed instantly Most seriously injured were taken to Redfield for treatment The cause is not known but suspected to be a broken rail
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Huron
S. C
Athol
Chicago and Northwestern
Fred B. Bopp
Hawkeye
P. B. Cribs
Brown County
T. H.e Larribee
Chicago
P. H. Keely
Aberdeen
Milla Murray
DeKalb
Lillie Bustad
Callendar
Charles Crow
T. H. Cameron
James EB. Blair
Sioux City
W. H. Ostwein
Winona
BE. L. Wendell
Centerville
W. Collier
Belvidere
Bert Mosher
Milford
Bopp
Redfield
Oil in Artesian Wells Near Miller S D
Reports say artesian wells east and west of Miller yield water with oil sheen or heavy gas. Observers believe oil and gas, possibly coal, lie beneath the area, while local Indians fear the waters as omens of evil or treasure.
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Miller
S. D
Supreme Court Rules Indian Lands Not Taxable in Roberts County
The U S Supreme Court in United States v Rickert held that lands held by allottees and their permanent improvements and personal property on Indian lands in Roberts County South Dakota are not subject to state or municipal taxation. Justice Harlan stated the United States owns the lands and Indians have no contract rights to them until patent.
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Kington
United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
United States
James A. Rickert
Treasuer
Roberts County
South Dapta
The
Frozen cream poisonous danger hits Fox family in Alexandria
In Alexandria South Dakota Feb 24 a family of Joseph Fox narrowly escaped after consuming frozen cream found to be tainted with pro gmatic poison. Mrs Fox and two others fell seriously ill before a doctor arrived and treated them with saline to save their lives.
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Joseph Fox
Alexandria
Death notices and local honors from Deadwood and nearby towns
Colonel L P Stone veteran hotel keeper and Lawrence county bar member dies in St Josephs hospital at 63. He came to the Black Hills in 1877 and his wifes murder in 1897 impacted his life. The Franklin hotel named for Norris Franklin will open June 1 for Masonic grand lodge event. John Key Ber longtime Pukwana Brule county resident dies aged 60. Frank Griepenbrog of Brookings pardoned after minor assault sentence served two years.
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Deadwood
S. D
Lawrence County
L. P. Stone
St. Joseph's Hospital
Black Hills
George Brown
Lin Stone
Khentucky
Olonel
Franklin
Ellding Committee
Norris Franklin
Masonic Grand Lodge
Griepenthrog
la Pierre
8. D
Hersid
Frank Griepenbrog
Brookings
Hairpin saves trolley car in snowbound ride
In Columbus on February 25, a stranded May street line car with icy rails and a blown fuse was kept moving by women passengers who supplied hairpins. The metal hairpins melted as they conducted current, letting the car travel four blocks per pin until reaching its stop.
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Qhip
Columbus
May Street
Buried 32 Years Leather Wing Bat Still Alive
A Baltimore building on Charles street yielded a live leather wing bat, sealed inside a brick wall since 1871. Found with its mate dried into a cloth-like form, the animal rose and fluttered, remaining alive after 32 years immured in a small cavity.
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Baltimore
Charles Street
Protest in Senate over Smoot credentials and protest filed
Washington February 25. In the senate the reading of Washington's farewell address drew a crowd including Daughters of the American Revolution. Kearns presented Senator elect Smoots credentials, read aloud as Smoot sat in the rear. Burrows stated a protest had been filed with the committee against Smoots admission. The credentials and protest were filed. In the house the railroad safety appliance act amendment bill went to conference with instructions to recede from the senate amendment. Consideration of the general deficiency appropriation bill began.
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Smoot
Senate
Kearns
Washington
Dubois
Idaho
Utah
Burrows
Michigan
Interstate Commission
Murder on Range near Pierre
Dakota man August Richa found slain seventy five miles west of Pierre with a bullet hole in the back. He was lured from his home and his body discovered two miles away the following morning, suggesting foul play by an unknown assailant.
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Pierre
August Richa
Here
Sioux City and Midwest Markets Report
Market results from Sioux City and Chicago show hogs higher in South Omaha and steady to firm cattle. Prices span cattle and hog categories with varied weights and regional quotes including Sioux City stockyards and Kansas City figures.
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South Omaha
Kansas City
Texas
Grain market notes from Chicago and Minneapolis
Grain and Provisions list shows steady flour, varied wheat quotes including No 2 red at 74 7 to 73 1 4, corn around 32 4, oats near 23 1 2, rye 48, and barley and seed quotes. Provisions price as mess pork 17.37 50, lard 9.75 with other salted meats, whisky 1.20, butter dairy and eggs noted. Minneapolis prices include No 1 hard wheat at 164, No 1 northern 164, No 2 northern 164, and arrivals of No 1 hard at 1.79, No 2 northern at 1.60.
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Chicago
Ste
K.i
Sli
Insurance Bills Dominate South Dakota Legislature Action
In Pierre on February 21 the anti compact insurance bill passed the house 74 to 6 with amendments to cover joint stock companies and allow mutuals to keep underwriter boards. The senate sent a major resolution on public funds and school loans, while bills on licensure, taxes, and state services moved through both chambers. The insurance lobby pressured for repeal of publishing requirements, and lawmakers adjourned for the week amid ongoing battles over the valued policy law and other measures.
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Pierre
S. D
Mutuals
Bromley
Brown
Sanborn
Longstaff
Gross
Lawson
Senate
House Joint
Congress
South Dakota
Abel
House
W. Fees Vail
Minneapolis
Bell Company
United States
Kennedy
Jothers
Judiciary
Berg
Egge
Goss
Potter
Meade
Pennington
Aittle
Innesburg
Dillon
Julian Bennett
State Historical Society
State Board of Agriculture
Yankton
Bryant
Stanley County
Aberdeen normal appropriation back as special order
The house convened after recess while the senate meets in the afternoon. Representative Kribs, injured in a railway wreck, was back in his seat and felt well. Hayes proposed a three member tax and revenue commission to draft a revenue code. The temperance bill returned from the judiciary committee with extensive amendments and no recommendation.
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Pierre
House
Senate
Kribs
Aberdeen
Hayes
Tax and Revenue Commission
Judiciary Committee
Tom Bishop Favored as New Commandant for Soldier Home
Vermillion D Dakota February 23 Despite exoneration of A V Lucas now slated for retirement in July Tom Bishop of Salem emerges as a leading contender for commandant of the state soldiers home at Hot Springs Republicans push his appointment with Gov Herreid weighing the move Vindication of Van Osdel and Gunderson is noted as they supported dismissing Lucas could influence the governor’s choice.
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Tom Bishop
Salem
Soldiers’ Home
Lucas
Palace Hotel to Reopen After Property Dispute
In Hot Springs Arkansas on February 25 the Palace hotel closure ends as Judge grants possession to Colonel A. N. McLennan who leased to W. A. Fenner. Fenner failed to meet contract terms. McLennan plans immediate reopening. Evans hotel roof update and early reopening noted. Architect Thomas R. Kimball stays briefly for sanitarium project planning with locals. A benefits event at the Episcopal church supported grounds work for the new church.
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Hot Springs
Palace
A. N. McLennan
W. A. Fenner
Fenner
Colonel McLen
Omaha
Nieler and Potter
Chicago
Kimball
It. Rooney
Howells
Opera House
Young People's Guild of
Episcopal Church of
And Mrs Ryan Came Back to Sioux Falls
Mrs Ryan returns to Sioux Falls from Davenport and resumes life with John Henry Ryan after a rushed Iowa marriage. She disputes a Davenport interview claiming she planned to stay away, calling the piece a fake and denying the quote.
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Mrs. Ryan
John Henry
Sioux Falls
John Henry Ryan
Davenport
Ryan
Iowa
Lown
Sioux Walls
Alaska Boundary Feud Sparks Questioning of Maps
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a heated exchange over Alaska’s border with Great Britain. The speaker claims Alaska borders Oregon to the north and accuses Britain of trying to push a three mile strip from Canada to the ocean, prompting indignation.
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Chicago Tribune
Great Britain
Alaska
Oregon
Canada
Corner Stone of War College Laid in Washington
In Washington today the corner stone of the Army War College was laid at Washington barracks with 1000 troops present. President Roosevelt and Secretary Root led ceremonies as dignitaries from government and foreign powers attended this milestone toward a centralized military education system. Secretary Root outlined aims to unite military instruction under one body with post graduate studies. Major General S B M Young, president of the war college, also spoke.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Army War College
Washington Barracks
Root
United States Army
War Service
Henry V. Satterlee
Roosevelt
Gillespie
United States
S. B. M. Young
The
War College
Iowa Man Seeks Slice of Eccentric Millionaire’s Fortune
A Delaware County Iowa man David Barr Thorpe seeks information on the death of Richard Tighe and the disposition of his 1897 estate. Court divisions left about a dozen heirs. Thorpe cites kinship to the deceased’s mother and is referred to the estate executrices.
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Iowa
New York
Hichard Tighe
Chamberlain Gould
David Barr Thorpe
Delaware County
Tighe
Thorpe
Death of last full-blood Shimscocks leader noted
New York Feb 21 John Waters chief of the Shimscocks and believed last full-blooded representative of the tribe has died at Little Neck Long Island.
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New York
John Waters
Trife
Little Neck
Long Island
Dissatisfaction Expressed With Omnibus Public Building Bill
Washington reports express dissatisfaction with the omnibus public building bill as Senate moves to strike out Mason City and Webster City. House members urge remonstrance while Senate acts on sundry civil appropriations and post office rate questions amid White House events and Cuba naval base arrangements.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Conner
Tenth Town
Mason City
Webster City
C Mercer
Henderson Ag
Nebraska
Iowa
Wyoming
South Dakota
Wind Cay
National Park
Secretary of the Interior
Dolliver
A. B. Cummins
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Hull
Cummins
White House
Bowen Proposes Czar Names Arbitrators for Preference Claims
Venezuela's plenipotentiary Bowen asks the czar of Russia to name three arbitrators who would join The Hague tribunal to decide preferential treatment claims. The proposal won state department approval as Bowen presented protocol copies to the allies and they were sent to the respective foreign offices.
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Bowen
Washington
Venezuela
Russia
Hague Tribunal
State Department
Toledo courtroom erupts as sister identifies suspect in Sullivan murder
In Toledo Ohio Kate Sullivan and a spinster companion were attacked and killed two years ago near the city. Johanna Sullivan faintly identified Al Wade in court as the man who killed Kate and robbed the home. The sensational trial opened with a packed courtroom and eager spectators.
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Toledo
Bar
Johanna Sullivan
al Wade
Kate Sullivan
Sullivan
Johanna
Wade
Racist mob drives black residents from Indiana town
Ten days after Sterling Aiken wounded Welton Thomas in Webrum, white residents forced about twenty black families to abandon the neighborhood. When refused, attackers razed their shacks with ropes and poles, sending the victims to ride a freight train toward Wintondale.
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Indiana
Sterling Aiken
Welton Thomas
Webrum
Aiken
Wintondale
New Orleans Carnival Draws Crowds in Ideal Weather
February 26 in New Orleans reports ideal weather fueling a crowded carnival scene. Miss Roosevelt Admiral Schley and General Wheeler were among spectators as pageants moved through densely packed avenues and attractions drew steady attention.
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New Orleans
Miss Roosevelt
Admiral Schley
General Wheeler
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