South Dakota Legislature Ends Remarkable Session
The South Dakota legislature wrapped up after a record run with 297 bills introduced in the House and 282 in the Senate. Total appropriations reached about 1.875 million, with insurance and education laws among key outcomes and the Carroll bill lifting assessments.
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Carroll
Historical Society
Reform School
Northern Normal
Bennett
Spearfish
Emma Kemmerer
Oliver Gibbs
Schneider
Mellette
Eesesses
Redfield Asylum
Yankton Asylum
Weee
Firemen’s Tournament
Mary E. Kidd
School of Mines
Madison Normal
Springfield Normal
South Dakota
National Guard
Agricultural College
Srearfish Normal
Guilty verdict in sensational Deadwood trial
Jacob Mulch of Central City was found guilty of incident with intent to commit reported incident in circuit court. The case involved Amy Dotson, 14, as the witness, and ties to related incidents in Deer Lodge, Montana. Judge Rice also sentenced William S. Hall to three years and two months for bigamy amid a sprawling, widely watched case network.
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Jacob Mulch
Deadwood
Central City
Amy Dotson
Clinton Dotson
Crook City
Deer Lodge
Mont
Topeka
Kan
Legislature Proceedings at the South Dakota Capitol
The South Dakota Legislature reports a heated Thursday session with mining tax bills passing the house and a range of senate bills carried. Key figures include Ellen Moody leading support, with Hayes and Gross opposing. debates over Black Hills assessments and wolf bounty, plus measures on mining stocks, county salaries, and school funding. Friday shows limited remaining work on general appropriations and related bills.
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Pierre
Ellen
Moody
Hayes
Gross
Alllen
Black Hills
Bromley
Senate
House
Tobby Allen
Longstaff
Huron
Charles Mix
Roberts
Spearfish Normal School
State Penitentiary
S. D
South Dakota
Charles Mixtach
Allen
Sascusore
Sioux Falls
Ninth Judicial District
Spearfish Men Aim for Northwestern Extension talks
Spearfish business leaders plan to interview Marvin Hughitt president of the Northwestern railroad company as a Spearfish business club committee presses for the western extension to Spearfish. The Elkhorn project hopes fuse with Northwestern rails and gain realization.
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Spearfish
Northwestern
S. C
Marvin Hughitt
Northwestern Railroad Company
Spearfish Business Club
Speartish
Elkhorn
Death marred the South Dakota legislature closing
State Senator H. G. Boyland of Walworth County died of pneumonia Friday night as the eighth session of the South Dakota general assembly adjourned. He was 73, a resident of South Dakota for twenty years and serving a second term. Funeral held in Aberdeen with remains to New York for interment.
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Senate
H. G. Boyland
Walworth County
Boyland
South Dakota
Aberdeen
New York
Mecca for School Maams Hyde County Ranchmen Take Em Away
Miller reports in Hyde County on rural districts facing teacher shortages as marriages surge among female teachers. Directors blame young bachelors moving in for unsettled wages and rising matrimony. A district even posts a card seeking an old unattractive single teacher to deter wealthy suitors.
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Hyde County
Miller
S. D
Hyde
Burke Favored for Land Office by Senator Kittredge
South Dakota delegation reports L. P. Jenkins of Lead for the Deadwood assay office and John L. Burke of Hot Springs for the Rapid City land office. Kittredge preferred Burke for the land office while Jenkins was offered the assay post. Both offices pay about $2,000 annually.
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John L. Burke
Lead
S.D
United States
Senator Kittredge
South Dakota
L.P. Jenkins
Deadwood
Hot Springs
United States Land Office
Rapid City
Jenkins
Kittredge
Burke
Kelley to Enter Huron News Field in April
Charles A. Kelley Beadle county state’s attorney and real estate dealer will start a morning daily in Huron South Dakota. He bought a full plant with bindery and plans to be ready by early April. W E Holbein Brookings will run the mechanical department.
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Charles Kelley
Huron
S. C
Charles A. Kelley
Beadle County
Kelley
W. E. Holbein
Brookings
Darkest Minnesota Reveals Religion Crisis Across Counties
The Minnesota Sunday School association dispatches missionaries after reports of widespread religious neglect in Crow Wing Cass Atkin Hubbard Morrison and Mille Lacs counties. Young couples wed without ceremony and graves go unprayed over in Brainerd Sylvan Lake and Backus areas, with no local clergy to perform rites.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Crow Wing
Cass
Atkin
Hubbard
Morrison
Mille Lacs
Brainerd
Sylvan Lake
Backus
Minnesota Sunday School Association
Blockade Restored by Venezuela on Orinoco Ports
Washington reports a Caracas cablegram says Venezuela re established the June blockade of the Orinoco and Ports Carupano and Guanta on March 7. The move follows tensions with European powers and a suspended decree during allied operations. Conditions prior to the European complications are expected to resume.
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Washington
State Department
Charge Russell
Caracas
Orinoco
Carupano
Guanta
Venezuela
United States
Supreme Court Remands Elkins Act Interstate Case
The Supreme Court vacates the Missouri Pacific railroad v United States ruling and remands for retrial under the Elkins act. Justice White delivers the opinion noting the old law would not permit the proceeding, but the Elkins act requires a new trial.
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Supreme Court
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
United States
Justice White
Sioux City and Midwest Live Stock Markets Report
Receiving reports from Sioux City Chicago South Omaha and Kansas City show hog and cattle prices steady to higher. Hogs range mainly 6.80 to 7.65 with leaders near 7.40, cattle across regions steady to slight change, calves and stockers varying, and sheep demand rising modestly in some zones.
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Sioux City
Kansas City
Ikansas City
Texas
Grain Markets and Provisions Summary
Chicago cash quotations show quiet markets for flour and steady to firm prices for dairy and butter. Wheat ranges include No 2 spring 76 77 4c and No 2 red 72 78c, corn No 2 45 54c, oats 3374 84c, rye No 2 48 49c, barley 43 45c, flax No 1 1.00, No 1 Northwestern 1.10 1.11. Provisions list pork 1826 18 25, lard 10.03 10.07 4, short rib sides 9.75 9.90, dry salted shoulders 8.37 12 8.50, short clear sides 16.37 12 10.00, whisky 1.30. Butter 14 24c dairy, 18 27 4c creamery. Eggs 16 4c, cheese 12 12 13c. Minneapolis on wheat prices shows May 138 c and July 1416c. Duluth cash no 1 hard 74c, no 1 northern 34c, no 2 northern 71c. On track arrivals: no 1 northern 78c, no 2 northern 72c, May 72 4c, July 73c.
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Chicago
New Senators Are Sworn In Amid Senate Clash
Washington March 7 President Pro Tem Frye convened an extra session and swore in twenty six senators including Re elected Allison Clay Dillingham Fairbanks Foraker Hansborough Kit tredge McEmery Mallory Penrose Perkins Pettus Platt Spooner Teller and others Ankeny Clarke Gallinger Stone were not sworn Tillman spoke on Cannon speech questioning comity between houses Hoar urged postponing questions of qualifications and Hale Allison and Tillman clashed over the matter Roosevelt sent a message urging action on treaties with Colombia and Cuba and the session adjourned at 8 15 pm Civil service exams announced for March 31 and April 7 in Oklahoma with salaries of 400 and 600 dollars respectively
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Washington
Gorman
Smeet
Tillman
Pettus
Senate
Hoar
Massachusetts
Burrows
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Barnes
South Carolina
Mr. Cannon
Senator Tillman
House of Representatives
Cannon
Treasury
Hale
Maine
Congress
Mr. Can
Gannon
Havi
Allison
Conference
Haley
House
Allinson
Teller
Colorado
Conference Committee
Roosevelt
Republic of Colombia
United States
Republic of Cuba
Theodore Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Sioux City
Des Moines
Fort Madison
Mason City
Baker
Pawnee School
Oklahoma
Seger
Chicago Man Perjurer Fined In Divorce Case
Chicago March 7 Henry A Frey a church and Y M C A worker was found guilty of perjury to obtain a divorce from his wife. Judge Bren tano sentenced him to a 1000 fine and an indeterminate penitentiary term. Carl Larson and James F Johnson aided Frey and were fined 60 each.
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Chicago
Chicao
Henry A. Frey
Juage Brentano
Carl Larson
James F. Johnson
Frey
Canadians Face Tactical Disadvantages If War Comes
Colonel Kitson, former British attache and Sandhurst commandant, warned at a Canada club talk that Canadians would enter a campaign under great strategic disadvantages. He cited scarce ammunition in upper Canada, frontier raids by American regulars, and urged building an interior arsenal at Ottawa to supplement the Quebec arsenal at the frontier.
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New York
London
Kitson
Washington
Sandhurst Military College
Canada Club
Lord Strathdown
Upper Canada
Quebec
Lord Strathcona
Ottawa
Gorman Likely To Lead Democratic Caucus Chair
Washington reports indicate Senator Gorman will be asked to resume his former role as chair of the Democratic caucus. A question likely to be addressed is who should fill Bailey’s seat on the foreign relations committee, with Senator Clark of Montana favored by some but the caucus expected to decide. Vacancies on the steering committee will also be filled.
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Maryland
Washington
Gorman
Foreign Relations Committee
Bailey
Senate
Clark
Montana
Legislature Deliberates as to Dead or Alive Status
Chaos ruled in Dover as both houses planned to adjourn before 2 PM to seek guidance from legal authorities on whether the legislature is dead or alive after a Monday adjournment confusion tied to senatorial elections.
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Dover
Del
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