Pennington County Democratic Delegates Chosen for Sioux Falls
Pennington County holds a Democratic convention electing fourteen delegates for the state convention in Sioux Falls on March 30 1904. Chauncey L Wood chairs with James R Sharp secretary as delegates include Wood Wells Caster Collins Lynch Kelcher Clower Daly Borland Erickson Sisk Blerman Chadwick Tittle Jr. Delegation instructed to back William R Hearst as Democratic nominee and to support L Wood for national convention at St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
Pennington County
Sioux Falls
Chauncey L. Wood
James R. Sharp
George Wells
George Caster
W. J. Collins
Edward Lynch
John Ke
Freeman Knowles Predicts Socialist Vote Surge in South Dakota
Deadwood S D March 24 Tren Freeman Knowles socialist candidate for governor after returning from the Sioux Falls convention says socialists in the state will cast a larger vote than the democrats this year He predicts socialist success in county offices across several counties and in state legislative seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Deadwood
S. D
Sioux Falls
Tren
Freeman Knowles
Armour Captain Joins China's Imperial Guard as Drill Instructor
Captain C A Thomas of Armour South Dakota, formerly with the First South Dakota and later the United States cavalry, has accepted a post as drillmaster in the Imperial Reform Army of China. He plans to leave in May with transportation arranged. Meanwhile Reverend D E Evans of Armour faces a potential call to Mitchell Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Thomas
South Dakota
United States Cavalry
Army of
China
Congregational Church
D. E. Evans
Mitchell
Evans
Lawrence County Democrats Back Hearst Cousin for Delegate
Lawrence County Democrats pass a resolution pledging support for W. R. Hearst for the presidential nomination and name W. J. Whitman of Lead as district delegate to the national convention. Pettigrew is urged as delegate at large to the St. Louis convention. Whitman is Hearst’s cousin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Lead
W. R. Hearst
R. F. Pettigrew
St. Louis
W. J. Whitman
Hearst
Hyde County Republicans Instruct for Coe Crawford Governor
Hyde county Republican convention selects eight delegates to Sioux Falls and votes for Coe Crawford with a Roosevelt delegation to Chicago. The report notes support for leasing Rosebud Indian lands to fund roads and promote self sufficiency, predicting settlement expansion and closer integration with white society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highmore
S. D
Hyde County
Sioux Walls
H. C. Shober
A. N. Gerhart
H. C. Harris
F. M. Barnes
George Tesh
J. Dewitt
E. O. Evenson
Ole Lee
Coe I. Crawford
Roosevelt
Chicago
Early Sioux Falls to Colton Railroad Assured
Sioux Falls adapts to a new rail line with a Sioux Falls Colton route to Madison as an eastern trade corridor. Nineteen carloads of rails have already shipped east and will arrive soon, grading to start after frost ends with P F Sherman among leading backers driving the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Colton
Madison
South Dakota
P. F. Sherman
Howard Warren Wins Flanagan Prize Debate in Yankton
In Yankton South Carolina March 22 Howard Warren son of President Warren won first prize in the Flanagan prize debate to select debaters for the April 29 contest in Huron. R C Frisbie of Hudson took second place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. C
Huron
Howard Warren
Warren
R. C. Frisbie
Hudson
Canton Baseball Association Forms Ahead of Season 1904
Canton South Carolina forms the Canton Baseball Association to compete for the state championship in 1904. B M Johnston presides GC M Seely acts as secretary treasurer. business leaders serve as directors. About 1200 dollars in capital stock has been sold. season to start mid April or early May. In Deadwood South Dakota a memorial meeting honors Judge Gideon Curtis Moody with remarks by lawyers and resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
S. C
Canton Baseball Association
B. M. Johnston
GC. M. Seely
Seely
Moody Deadwood
Gideon Curtis Moody
Lawrence County Bar Association
Judge Moody
California
Pierre
S. D
Herreid
Jia Congress
Heyburn
Beadle County Marriages in the Past Week
Beadle county marriages consummated this week include Walter H. Gordon of Clifton and Lina M. Montague of Custer wed by Rev. Geo. H. Starling. James Jacobsen of Wessington and Della A. Fisher of Valley wed by Judge J. B. Geddis. Paul Dahlke of Emmett Texas and Cora Moltz of Broadland wed by Rev. J. C. Dobson.
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Beadle County
Huron
M. D
Walter H. Gordon
Clifton
Lina M. Montague
Custer
Geo. H. Starling
James Jacobsen
Wessington
Della A. Fisher
Valley
J. B. Geddis
Paul Dahlke
Emmett, Ta
Cora Moltz
Broadland
J. C. Dobson
Federal Jury Witnesses and Heirship Land For Sale Updates
Federal officials in Bonesteel and Sioux Falls pursue subpoenas before the grand jury set to convene in April while Sisseton leaders prepare a Rosebud reservation land sale opening on April 25 via sealed bids at the Rosebud agency. W. H. Stearns, prominent cattleman of Yankton, dies after a long illness. funeral at Congregational church tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonesteel
S. C
United States
Jerry Carlton
Porter
Sioux Falls
Marshal Carlton
Keller
SS. I. Lucas
Washington
Rosebud Reservation
Gregory County
Indian Department
Rosebud Agency
W. H. Stearns
Yankton
S. D
Stearns
Chamberlain and
Pierre
Congregational Church
Texas tick trial ends with $2000 verdict for plaintiff
Des Moines Iowa reports after a two week trial and three days of argument the jury awarded the Dorr Cattle company $2000 against the Chicago Great Western railway. The suit claimed cattle valued losses from three to four carloads placed in pens infected with the Texas tick due to alleged railway negligence. The defense offered alibi claiming plaintiff cattle were never in infected pens and that proper care was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dorr Cattle Company
Chicago Great Western Railway
Victim of Her Own Plot Says Police
Des Moines dispatch details Rena Nelson confessing she poisoned herself to frame Mrs. Sherman Dye for murder. County officials dispute the dying statement, noting poison candy, a corrosive tablet, and a planned marriage scheme with Dye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fran Pierre
Miss Nelson
Des Moines
Rena Nelson
C. M. Goodner
G. W. Laughlin
Pierre S. D
Sherman Dye
D! Boone
Dahoff & Co
Pierre
I Bere
Mr. Goodner
Tragic Child Killed by Illinois Central Train at Cherokee
In Cherokee Illinois Central flyer from Chicago strikes a 10-year-old girl on the depot platform as her family prepared to board a northbound train to Windom Minnesota. The head is severed. mother and siblings witness the horror. father travels from Windom to Cherokees to grieve. The Perrys were moving from a farm ten miles south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Perry
Chicago
Perry
Windom
Minn
Train Kills Burlington Man at Crossing
Burlington Iowa March 19 Joh Fitzpatrick an old resident was killed at a crossing by a fast mall train last night in a fatal accident report from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Joh. Fitzpatrick
Ex Senator Moody Dies in California at 71
Deadwood South Dakota flags at half staff after the death of ex Senator Gideon C Moody in Los Angeles California. Moody was among South Dakota’s first US senators, served one term, led the First Judicial District bench, and long practiced mining law for Homestake Mining Company. He helped codify the state’s laws and had lived in Deadwood for 26 years before spending years in Los Angeles for health reasons. He left a widow four sons and a married daughter.
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Deadwool
S. D
All Flags N Deadwood
Gideon C. Moody
Los Angeles
Cal
Moody
United States
South Dakota
Territory of
Dakota
Senate
Homestake Mining Company
Deadwoodwenty
City Pays Shaw 300 After Coal Suit Ends
Armour, S. D., March 19. The city reimbursed Alderman Shaw eight days after a court ruling in a coal bill dispute, paying him 300 dollars. The city had contested the claim tied to furnishing coal for an artesian well. A tubular well contract with Gerrett Fenenga & Co. follows, aiming to reach sandstone for soft water. The Main street livery barn changed hands, Sherman buying C. W. Kauffman’s stake for 2500 dollars.
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Armour
S. D
Shaw
Gerrett Fenenga & Co
Main Street
Kauffman & Sherman
Sherman
C. W. Kauffman
Kit Laing Ranch Sold Near Bridgewater
The Kit Laing ranch adjoining the town site on the north was transferred to J. H. Jones for 55.00 per acre, the highest price reported for land in the area.
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Kit Laing
Bridgewater
S. C
J. H. Jones
State Tennis Tournament Plans in Sioux Falls
Preliminary arrangements for the state tennis tournament to be held in Sioux Falls next July will be made at a Sioux Falls Tennis club meeting. New officers will be elected and four courts will be surveyed and improved. Many South Dakota towns report tennis clubs and expect to be represented at the first statewide event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. C
South Dakota
Glate
Degree of Honor Convention closes in Yankton South Dakota
The two day Degree of Honor district convention ended in Yankton with well attended sessions. Delegates came from Parker Canistota Emery Vermillion Sturgis Yankton and nearby towns as the event concluded with a banquet at the Merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
Parker
Canistota
Emery
Venterville
Vermillion
Sturgis
Brewer Holds The Control In Trust Cases
Washington dispatch says the Sherman anti trust law will be enforced against combinations in restraint of trade as evidence supports prosecutions. Justice Brewer’s narrow view prevails for testing illegality and future cases will hinge on each fact and the balance of the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewer
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
Justice Brewer
Congress
Harlan
Day, Brown
McKenna
Northern Securities Company
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
White
Fuller
Peckham
Holmes
United States Supreme Bench
Knox
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Justice
Roosevelt
W. W. Jermane
Young Mormons press polygamy law in Utah clash
Five hundred young Mormons unite to demand enforcement of anti polygamy pledges. They insist the law apply to Mormon hierarchy and threaten to leave the church if President Smith and other high priests do not comply. An affidavit by German immigrant Elizabeth Sempe alleges Mormon elders treachery and offers of polygamous marriage in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
Aind
Hottendorf
Hueffner
Salt Lake City
Beloit Flood and Fire Damage Rout City
Floods from Rock river and Turtle creek isolate Beloit Wisconsin with over 250000 dollars in losses. South Beloit is completely underwater trapping 500 residents. John Thompson and Sons gas engine shops burned causing about 60000 dollars in damage as firefighters fight to reach the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Wis
Rock River
Turtle Creek
John Thompson & Sons
Receivers Named for D. J. Sully & Company
New York reports David Miller and Henry Taft appointed receivers for D. J. Sully & Company, succeeding J. H. Hoadley as assignee after creditor objections. First prices on the cotton exchange fell about 18.48 points on rumors of an unfavorable Sully settlement, with heavy liquidation and feverish trading.
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New York
David Miller
Henry Taft
D. J. Sully & Company
J. H. Hoadley
Cotton Exchange
Sully
Aginst Sully & Co
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C. A. Thomas
Imperial Guard
Coe I
Crawford
NEW Railroad
Texas
Boone
Cherokee
Representative Martin
Black Hills
Martin
Black Hill
Rowles and Bailey
Omaha
Court House
M. C
Kansas City
Winnipeg
Gulf
Jackson
Caleb B. Jackson
Sisseton Agency
Kansas
Hoadley
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