Man Dies by Poison After Scandal in South Dakota
Isaac Tribbitts of Portland township Deuel County takes rat poison after writing a farewell letter to his family. A granddaughter cared for the old man’s house while neighbors viewed the scandal with disapproval. The incident follows years of family conflict and a daughter left in care of relatives.
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Isaac Tribbitts
Deuel County
South Dakota
Clear Lake
S. D
Isaac Tibbitts
Portland Township
T Polson
Gibbitts
Periberties
Tis
Willard
Grace
Zi Goodby
Babe
Cora
Emporia Restricts Personal Crisis Reports Publication
Emporia Kansas public health officials ban publishing details of personal crisis reports or attempts as an epidemic of self violence spreads. Mayor Morse cites press liberty versus public health, with editors agreeing to withhold details until the situation improves. The rise follows the death of Charles Cross and seven recent cases in thirty days.
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Board of Health
Emporia
Kas
Morse
Charles Cross
Defense Opens Case in Lulu Kennedy Murder Trial
The Kansas City trial of Lulu Prince Kennedy continues as defense rests its case. Will Prince testifies he did not hypnotize his sister or partake in the murder plot while denying prior fighter claims. He places himself at home and later at his father’s business, with Mrs Kennedy following at 4 pm.
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Kansas City
Lulu Prince Kennedy
Phillip H. Kennedy
Will Prince
Kennedy
Thomas H. Ridge
Ridge Building
Emperor William and Empress Convert to Christian Science
Berlin reports claim Emperor William and the Empress have joined Christian Science. Court chaplains reportedly faced rebukes from the Kaiser for opposing the spread of the faith among the royal entourage. The article cites mysticism in the imperial lineage and a strong evangelistic piety shaping church building and religious revival at court.
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Germany
Berlin
William
Frederick William IV
Two Seymour Men Die After Lemon Extract Binge
In Ottumwa Iowa on June 18 Lor Wade and Thomas Wade cousins or relatives from Seymour drank ten cent bottles of lemon extract and perished within an hour in terrible agony according to local reports.
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Lon
Tom Wade
Ottumwa
Noted Counterfeiter Moses Robine Leaves Prison Life
Moses Robine, 78, released from Sioux Falls penitentiary after a three year term for counterfeiting, vows to reform. A veteran of the Mexican War and long-time kingpin of counterfeiting rings, he plans to live uprightly in Omaha where relatives will aid his retirement.
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Moses Robine
Sioux Falls
S. D
Robine
Omaha
United States
Secret Service
Slowx Fal'l
Quintet of New Companies File Incorporations at Pierre
Pierre South Dakota June 13 Articles of incorporation filed for Mexican Quicksilver Mining at Pierre with 200000 capital and L L Stephens Otto Fr Kadow and William Pate as incorporators Rossiter Cyanide at Deadwood 50000 capital Bryan E Rossiter James W Fowler and William L McLaughlin Daniel Boone Oil at Pierre 500000 capital C French B C Cook and W A J Seals Petroleum Queen Oil at Pierre 600000 capital E B Rabb C Y Roper and W A J Seals Huron Submarine Mining and Construction at Pierre 600000 capital Charles H Brown Stephen G Martin Abraham B Martin Harry S Anderson and Judson G Dunn.
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Pierre
S. D
Mexican Quicksilver Mining Company
L. L. Stephens
Otto Fr. Kadow
William Pate
Rossiter Cyanide Company
Deadwood
Bryan E. Rossiter
James W. Fowler
William L. McLaughlin
Daniel Boone Oil Company
Mr. C. French
B. C. Cook
W. A. J. Seals
Petroleum Queen Oil Company
Capital
I E. B. Rabb
C. Y. Roper
Huron Submarine Mining and Construction Company
Charles H. Brown
Stephen G. Martin
Abraham 8. Martin
Harry S. Anderson
Judson G. Dunn
Gulls Destroy Grasshoppers Saving Groton Wheat Field
Near Groton Iowa a flock of gulls swept through a grasshopper plague on C B Collins farm. After he hired a duo of dozers from Lugger plans the birds arrived and decimated the hoppers in a day, freeing about ten acres of wheat.
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Groton
Aberdeen
C. B. Collins
Salt Lake
Brigham Young
Collins
Professor Lugger
Judge to Appoint Receiver for Canton State Bank
Canton June 13 Judge Jones of Sioux Falls will appoint J V Conklin receiver for the failed Canton State Bank. Bond fixed at 35 000 dollars.
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Jourt
Canton State Bank
Canton
Jones
Sioux Falls
J. V. Conklin
Clara Mackay prize oratorical contest winners named
The State Normal school held its Clara G Mackay prize oratorical contest at the opera house in Madison on June 13. Seven contestants from across the state presented their speeches to a full house. First prize went to Lulu Patterson of Madison for Changes of Ideals. second to Mary McAlman of Volga. third to Mixel for Nobility of...
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Lulu Fatterson
Madison
Clara G. Mackay
State Normal School
Opera House
Normal School
J. E. Williamson
Dr. Files
Double suicide by own action in Chicago hotel
L Hartman and his wife were found dead in bed at the Great Northern Chicago after a June 6 registration from New York. The couple, described as stylish and possibly newlyweds, died from bullet wounds in the temple. no struggle was evident and a revolver was in the husband’s hand.
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L. Hartman
Great Northern Hotel
Chicago
Ill
Great Northern
New York
Rose Violet
Hartman
Porto Rico Free Trade Pressure Grows in San Juan
In San Juan June 5 the island press reports Governor Allen weighing free trade and a July 1 revenue act. Treasury Hollander notes island revenue sufficiency without tariffs. Legislature may be called for an extraordinary session after July 1, July 25 proposed.
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Anders
San Juan
P. R
Associated Press
Allen
Hollander
Porto Rico
United States
Santiago
Spain
Supreme Court
Machinists Strike Aid Plans and Finance Debate
Toronto delegates of the International Machinists association approved extending aid to non union strikers and seeking AFL funding. They noted over 4000 dollars distributed since May 20 and a 15000 dollar strike fund. The body also discussed headquarters move, and California firms granting shorter hours and higher pay.
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Toronto
International Machinists’ Association In Convention
O’connell
American Federation of Labor
Great Britain
O'Connell
Committee On Laws
Washington
Chicago
Cleveland
California
Bernhardt Visits the Commons in London
Sarah Bernhardt visited the house of commons where statesmen greeted her with royal-like deference. Arthur Balfour John Morley Herbert Asquith Joseph Chamberlain Lord Farquhar and Winston Churchill were introduced. Chamberlain bowed and spoke to her in French while she answered in English. She praised Parliament architecture and decor and observers estimated her age at 36.
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London
Sarah Bernhardt
House of Commons
Arthur Balfour
John Morley
Herbert Asquith
Joseph Chamberlain
Lord Farquhar
Winston Churchill
Mr. Chamberlain
Sarah
House of Parliament
Cuban Americans warn islanders on Platt amendment stop
Urgent telegrams from Cuban colonies in New York and Washington urge Havana leaders to act promptly on the Platt proposal to avoid loss of independence. They warn that delaying action before December could invite annexation and that conservatives seek delay while radicals shift toward accepting the amendment.
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Constitutional Convention
Washington
New York
Havana
Uncle Sam
Cuba
United States
Junta
Congress
Senor Moran Delmado
Trilby and Svengali analogues linked to Omaha girl and 70-year-old man
Myrtle Wood of Omaha accuses Richard Byrd, 70, of exerting a strange control over her. Denver police report the duo resemble Du Maurier's Trilby and Svengali, with Byrd now jailed and the girl in custody of a matron. Mrs. Jennie Wood recounted Byrd’s appearances around their Lawrence street rooming house.
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Omaha
Neb
Denver
Myrtle Wood
Richard Byrd
Jennie Wood
Lawrence Street
du Maurier
Trilby
Svengali
Central Station
Myrtle
Golden
Thirteenth Street
Unger and Brown Guilty in Insurance Conspiracy Case
Dr. August M. Unger and F Wayland Brown were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud insurance companies over Miss Marie Defenbachs death and sentenced to the penitentiary under the indeterminate law. Frank H Smiley pleaded guilty and may receive a night sentence.
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Chicago
August M. Unger
F. Wayland Brown
Marie Defenbach
Frank H. Smiley
Unger
Brown
Smiley
Miss Defenbach
John B. Weckler
Weckler
Tubbs Defends Self After Wesleyan University Dismissal
Saline Kansas June 12 Frank D Tubbs former chair of natural sciences at Wesleyan University defends his dismissal as not a heresy case. He argues he is evolution friendly and cites support from professors at leading universities while noting bishops approved his beliefs before reassignment. The Northwest Kansas conference splits between orthodox and liberal factions over the controversy.
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Kansas
Wesleyan University
Saline
Kan
Frank D. Tubbs
Natural Sciences
Wesleya University
Board of Trustees
Northwest Kansas Conference
America
England
Methodist Church
South America
Vincent
Tubbs
Northwest Kansas
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bloux Falls Teacher and Pupil Begin 1050 Mile Walk
Sioux Falls, June 12. John F. Lloyd, drawing and physical culture professor, and pupil Ned Estabrook left for the Buffalo exposition on foot. The pair aim to cover 1050 miles at about 50 miles daily, with roughly thirty days needed including rainy day delays.
Notes From Washington Bureau District: June 11
Federal items include Geach post office in Dickinson County Pennsylvania restored with J. Myerly as postmaster. National Park Bank of New York named eye agent for Commercial National Bank of Council Bluffs. Various pension origins listed with small sums and names.
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Canton
Ogten
Otto A. Ru
O. IX. Brown
County Bank
C. M. Seely
Sl Harlan
Fth
Lincoln
Northwestern
Washington
Geach
Dickinson County
Ojfenh I. Myerly
National Park Bank of New York
Commercial National Bank of Council
Tallimor
Interior Department
Adg
Muscatine
Sarah
Shannon City
Lantic
Henry & Ns
Tollowsyl
Tunis
Suchanan
Lambert
Green
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William Vy
Black Hills
Ted
McKinley
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William Milliam G. Anderson
Harsan
Robert Julius Howes
Oscar Nelson
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Stephen
A. J. Seals. Hi Company
Rapid City
Isaac M. John
McElroy
Johns Oil Company
R. L. Dar- Tep Ink Eliott
Phoebe Hearst
Uotarary and Reading Room
Udergarten
Mrs. Kennedy
Royal Christian Scientists
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M. D
John McClellan
Campbell
U. S. G. Cherry
James McClellan
Arkansas
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