South Dakota Legislature Faces Busy Session
South Dakota lawmakers head into a busy session with resubmission of the capital location, the Kittredge senatorial choice, possible repeal of the free range law, and debates on insurance, football prohibition, and tax-raising reforms. The coming session also considers codification, reapportionment, and facility needs at penal and charitable institutions.
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Kittredge
Sioux Falls Penitentiary
South Dakota
James M. Brown
Eureka
Bartlett Tripp
Yankton
G. C. Moody
Deadwood
H. C. Shober
United States
Missouri River
David Eastman
Free Range
Lories
Struggie
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Secretary of State
Sioux Falls Tops SD in Public and Private Improvements
Figures by the Argus-Leader show Sioux Falls leads South Dakota cities in total improvements for the year with a value of 1 159 227. Expenditures include 614 for new blocks and buildings 404 750 for residences 23 650 for minor improvements and 104 417 for municipal works. Twelve miles of cement sidewalks cost 40 000. The city added 156 new dwellings and 18 new business blocks. Postoffice receipts rose by 5 450 91 and local deposits reached 2 900 307 75.
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls, & D
Argus-Leader
Sioux Falls
Durme
Suffering on Reservation among Swift Bear Sioux Band
Bonesteel, Jan 6. The Swift Bear band on Ponca creek near here faces severe distress. Smallpox quarantine lingers, families starve on half rations, wages and cattle pay overdue, and stores at Neper inaccessible. Restless Indians blame the boss farmer, fearing a Tayloe murder repeat.
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Swift Bear
Bonesteel
Ponca Creek
Here
Thomas Red Horse
Red Horse
Neper
Tayloe
Naper
Will Call It Tinton
Nigger Hill residents petition to rename the Nigger Hill post office near the Wyoming Mine to Tinton. Congressman E W Martin carries the Washington request naming Moses H Lyon as postmaster as eastern interests develop the district. Residents currently receive mail at Welcome, Wy with weekly service.
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Nigger Hill
Spearfish
S. D
Wyoming Hine
Tinton
Washington
E. W. Martin
Moses H. Lyon
Welcome
St A
Frozen on Prairie Tragedy Strands Young Man in Cold
William Rheinhart, a young man from Huron, left a farmer to brave the cold prairie at night. He trudged many miles in freezing conditions, spent daylight wandering, and was rescued by Mr. Simpson. Doctors in Virgil fear he will lose one foot, perhaps both, due to frostbite.
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Wiliam Rheinhart
Huron
William Rheinh
Virgil
Senator Hoar Tackles Trusts and Anti Trust Bill
Washington Jan 7 Senator Hoar of Massachusetts spoke on his anti trust bill detailing dangers of corporate control. He warned vast fortunes may concentrate power and threaten republican liberty while praising certain strong firms but urging cautious steps. He outlined bill provisions including publicity. corporate dissolution power. strict penalties. and personal liability for officers if laws are violated.
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Washington
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Senate
Hoar
Boar
Pierpont Morgan
Europe
Supreme Court
Northwest
South
Congress
Knox
Pittsburg
Britain Protest Over Russian Trawler Passage Through Dardanelles
Great Britain protests to the Turkish government against four unarmed Russian torpedo boat destroyers granted passage through the Dardanelles into the Black Sea under the Russian commercial flag. Britain says the move violates treaties and reserves the right to seek a similar concession if allowed. Russian irritation and Turkish concern follow.
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Constantinople
Great Britain
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Russia
Chicago laborer refuses $10000 check as too small
Charles Dittman of Chicago refuses a $10,000 certified check sent from Hamburg by the American consul. He says the sum is only a fifth of the expected legacy from his mother and returns the check, drawn on the Bank of Hamburg via the First National Bank of Chicago.
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Chicago
Charles Dittman
Hamburg
Dittman
Haymarket Square
Bank of Hamburg
First National Bank of Chicago
Germany
Weddell House Sale In Cleveland Mortgage Foreclosure
The Weddell house, Cleveland’s premier hotel, was sold at auction in mortgage foreclosure by John D. Rockefeller. The mortgage stood at nearly 400000, with the hotel fetching 353335, about two thirds of its appraised value, bid in by the Cleveland Trust Company for Mr. Rockefeller.
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Weddell House
Cleveland
Congress Meets After Holiday Rest in a Busy Session
The Senate opened with notices to address anti trust measures and a resolution to compile state laws on trusts. Bills were introduced to suspend coal import duties and to grant temporary operation of unoperated coal mines with a receiver. A plan for free anthracite duties failed amid debate. A statehood bill and Philippine railroad proposals dominated the afternoon.
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Washington
Senate
Hoar
Massachusetts
Lodge
United States
Mason
United States Court
Culbertson
Platt
W. R. Hearst
Nelson
Minnesota
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Stewart
Nevada
Secretary of War
Philippine Islands
Army
General Staff Bill Moves With No Quorum
Washington January 7 the house convened after holiday recess with few members present Dewitt C Flanagan took the oath to replace the late Salmon Hull chair of military affairs sought unanimous consent for a general staff bill Richardson opposed Hull moved passage under suspension of rules after forty minutes of debate roll calls showed no quorum and the house adjourned at three o'clock.
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Washington
House
Dewitt C. Flanagan
Representative Salmon
Hull
Richardson
Tennessee
Nominations for Postmasters and Customs Surveyors
The president sent to the Senate today nominations for postmasters in Iowa including W F Laidley Ban croft Nettie J Dill Battle Creek Arthur S Colby Hawarden Spencer H Cerr Ireton Edwin M Parker Newell Moses D Mosier Remsen William Hy McClure Fontanelle Simon J Mak In woot Asahel B Chrysier Lake Parn Daniel P Ellsworth Lohrville Francis H Farley Sloan Thomas J Hoffman Vail Nebraska Ira E K Tass Alliance Will A Needham Bloomfield James E H Logan Ponca John A Anderson Wahoo Wim A Rodgers Gibbon surveyors of customs Thomas E Elliott Cairo Illinois Richard W Burt Peoria
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Washington
Senate
Iowa
W. F. Laidley
Bancroft
Nettie J. Dill
Battle Creek
Arthur S. Colby
Hawarden
Spencer H. Cerr
Ireton
Edwin M. Parker
Newell
Moses D. Mosier
Remsen
William Hy
McClure
Fontanelle
Simon J. Mak
Inwoot
Asahel B. Chrysier
Lake Parn
Preacher's Son Knocks Out Man in Church Fight
In Galveston Ind on Sunday night Isaac Studebaker clashed with Frank Cripe son of the pastor during a Dunkard church service. After an initial scuffle Studebaker was forced out but returned for a second bout. Cripe delivered a knockout and Studebaker was carried home unconscious.
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Galveston
Ind
Dunkard
Deer Creek
Here
Isaac Studebaker
Frank Cripe
Studebaker
Cullom Sees Early Action on Cuban Reciprocity Treaty
Senator Cullom, head of the foreign relations committee, held a long talk with President Roosevelt about the Cuban reciprocity treaty. He plans a Wednesday committee meeting and hopes for Senate action by week’s end or early next week. He believes ratification will occur despite some opposition, with Beet Sugar interests easing their stance.
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Cullom
Washington
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Roosevelt
Adams as Possible Colorado Senator Turns on Allen
Denver reports a shifting senatorial fight in Colorado as Alva Adams emerges as a potential rival to Wolcott and Teller. Adams allegedly plans to force Democrats to join him, risking a political stalemate that could decide control of the house and Senate. A pair of Adams allies may sway the caucuses, with implications for speaker selection and committee power.
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Oiex
Alva Adams
Teller
Colorado
Denver
Colo
Jan
Adams
State
Wolcott
Senate
House
Mittees
Conejos
Archuleta
Louis ¢ Riley
Celestino Garcia
Aqda
House Caucus
Riley
Democra
Self
Garcia
Walcott
Markets Report From Sioux City and Midwest Grain Prices
Sioux City live stock and grain figures show hogs mixed to steady with strong firm bids in Chicago and South Omaha. Cattle and sheep face varied demand across Kansas City and Duluth, while cash grain quotes list wheat, corn, oats, and flax with modest shifts in price across the market centers.
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Sioux City
Jane
Chicago
South Omaha
Kansas City
Duluth
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Pierre
Kyle
A. B. Kittredge
B. H. Levi
Harry Jordan
Sioux F
A. H. Whittemore
Vermillion
George Whephart
Beresford
Kearndine
China
Turkey
Jars the Sultan
Billy Mason
Tmasters
Dubuque
Marygan
Grain Markets
Suluth
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