Destructive Faulkton Fire Destroys Block and Homes
A morning blaze in Faulkton South Dakota 2 o clock destroyed nearly one city block in the business district and two residences. Losses total 54525 with 27000 insured. Damages stem from the J H Hays meat market and various shops and homes. Authorities suspect incendiary origin.
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Faulkton
J. H. Hays
Dean & Whitlock
O. ‘M. Moe
P. H. O'Neil
John Hansel
R. M. Armstrong Co
Armstrong & O'Neil
Oulton & Reed
Eugene Brown
Chas Elliot
Amos Pond
Merchants Bank
Morse Bros
Jom. Lockey
GG. Moulton
Belle F. McCoy
Meade County Democrats Name Delegates for Sioux Falls Convention
Sturgis Meade County Democrats met at the court house to name delegates for the state convention at Sioux Falls on March 20. Delegates include Jesse Brown Wesley A Stuart John Bedllard MM Cooper T H Sinclair W V Doyle Wm Galvin S H Martin B N Oliver Geo B McPher son with alternates Dr J H McSloy and C F Runkel. Hearst backed for president and Pet tigrew to head the South Dakota delegation. A resolution praised Hearst as the primary conduit for voter sovereignty and criticized Roosevelt era tactics from the anti Hearst stance.
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Sturgis
S. D
Meade County
Court House
William Randolph Hearst
R. P F. Pettigrew
South Dakota
St. Louis
E.8. Johnson
Armour
Sioux Falls
Jesse Brown
Wesley A. Stuart
John Bedllard
MM. Cooper
T. H. Sinclair
W. V. Doyle
Wm. Galvin
H. Martin
B. N. Oliver
Geo. B. McPherson
J.H. McSloy
C. FE. Runkel
Mr. Hearst
Hhe
United States
Hamiltonixan
Theodore Roosevelt
County Caucus Hails E. S. Johnson Victory
Geddes March 23 E. S. Johnson carried the county caucuses unanimously and the delegation was instructed for him. The result signals strong support for Johnson within the county GOP ranks.
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E. S. Johnson
Geddes
School Land Leases Bring Record Rents in Brown County
Aberdeen South Dakota March 23 leasing of school and public lands in Brown county on Saturday yielded the highest rate in the county. Pasture and hay lands brought 50 to 60 cents an acre per year for five year leases with some parcels at 1.05. Land sales the day before by State Commissioner Bach averaged just over 33 dollars per acre. Cash purchasers paid a 6 percent bonus to settle all cash.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Brown County
Bach
Electric Line Snowbound on Main Street in Lead
The Burling ton Railroad company cannot use its electric line along Main street in Lead for months due to snow and ice. Winter efforts to keep the line open failed as street and sidewalk blockages would occur on both sides of the track, making full snow removal too costly.
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Lead
Burlington Railroad Company
Main Street
Faulk County Committee Sets Date for Convention Delegates
Faulkton D. D. March 23. The Faulk County central committee calls a meeting for next Saturday March 26 to fix the county convention date. Delegates will be chosen to attend the state convention in Sioux Falls on May 4.
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Faulk
Faulkton
D. D
Sioux Falls
Death of Wm Morrow in Aberdeen
Aberdeen D March 23 Wm Morrow an old and well known citizen died in Los Angeles Cal He lived here and for several years was in the mercantile business at Britton His body will reach here tonight for burial
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Wm. Morrow
Aberdeen
8. D
Britton
Los Angeles
Cal
Obituary Notice of J. E. Kintigh’s Death in Oakteen County
J E Kintigh chief of sheriff of Oakteen county died Saturday from heart disease aged ten years. The report notes he had been ill for some time and references Peete and Sheriff Kintigh in the county.
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Peete
Kintigh
Ethan
J. E. Kintigh
Criff
Oakteen
Burke Men Control Lincoln County Democrats Name Delee Gates
Lincoln County Democrats select Burke allies for state convention in Sioux Falls on March 30. S L Tyler presided, A C Raig secretary. Delegates pledged to back Thomas H. Burke for national convention election and praised W R Hearst. Pettigrew faction absent. Burke expected to win delegate seat.
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Lincoln County
Delee Gates
Canton
S. C
Fairview
Burke
Friends
St. Louis
Thomas H. Burke
W. R. Hearst
New York
Pettigrew
Bully County Republicans Endorse Crawford at Mass Convention
In Sully county Onida March 22 a mass Republican convention elected delegates and alternates to the state convention in Sioux Falls May 4. The body endorsed President Roosevelt, urged Crawford’s gubernatorial nomination, backed renomination of current state officers, and instructed delegates to vote as a unit on all questions at Sioux Falls.
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Bully County
Onida
Sully County
Court House
Sioux Falls
David Hall
C. R. Garner
M. J. Haverly
W. H. Green
William Floyd
J. H. Gropengeiser
John Jane
M. Leon French
Walker
R. J. Courtney
Thomas Crawford
Claud Garner
Roosevelt
Coe I. Crawford
South Dakota
Stand For Martin Focuses Lawrence County GOP Fight
Lawrence County Republicans plan a Deadwood meeting to set the time and place for the county convention that will choose delegates to the state convention in Sioux Falls on May 4. Primaries are expected April 16 and the county gathering April 23, highlighting a bitter contest over Congressman Martin’s candidacy.
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Deadwoo
S. D
George V. Ayres
Lawrence County
Republican Central Committee
Deadwood
Sioux Falls
Lawrence
Reg
Martin
Mrr
Suspended sentence for Pluma postoffice robbery youth
August Porth a 15 year old who robbed Pluma post office was given probation after a county court hearing. His father requested leniency and vows to place him at St Morton's Academy Sturgis for supervision. The stolen items were recovered.
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Lead
S. D
Porth
Pluma
St. Morton's Academy
Sturgis
Justice Court
Commissioner Bach Sells Brown County Lands In Aberdeen
C J Bach commissioner of school and public lands of South Dakota conducted a sale of Brown county lands in Aberdeen on March 22. Forty acre tracts sold at prices from 22 to 37 dollars per acre, all bought by landowners adding to their farms, with some acquiring several tracts and adjoining parcels. Leasing of unsold lands continues today.
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Aberdeen
C. J. Bach
South Dakota
Brown County
Republican Central Committee Sets Judge Nomination Meeting
At Webster, the Republican central committee of the Fifth judicial circuit called a convention to nominate a candidate for judge. The meeting is set for April 27 with no opposition to the renomination of Judge H. McCoy.
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Republican Central Committee
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Aberdeen
Webster
H. McCoy
Mrs Xavier Dies at Sioux Falls Lutheran School
Mrs. Xavier wife of Professor Xavier of the Lutheran Norwegian school in Sioux Falls S D died at the family residence from consumption. The remains were shipped to Decorah Iowa for funeral services and interment.
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Sioux ,Falls
Xavier
Lutheran Norwegian School
Decorah
Pela
Stock Dividend Plan Adopted by Northern Securities
Northern Securities announces a stock dividend of 99 percent to reduce capital stock. Each surrendered share will receive 39.27 Northern Pacific and 30.17 Great Northern Railway shares, with treasury assets to be distributed later. The meeting sets April 21 for stockholder action in Hoboken.
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New York
Northern Securities Company
Securities Company
Northern Securities
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Great Northern Railway Company
Hill
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Great Northern Railway
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Fuller
Edward D. White
Rufus W. Peckham
Oliver Wendell Hobmes
Northern
Northern Railway Company
New Jersey
Hoboken
Pacifics
Union Pacific
Stock Exchange
Union Pacific Common
Hill-Morgan Party
Southern Pacific
Great Northern Preferred
Oregon
Burlington
Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Messrs
Harriman
Morgan Banking House
Mr. Morgan
Describing Port Arthur Battle From Pleiades Letter
Purser Fairweather of the steamship Pleiades recounts the first attack on Port Arthur's Russian fleet. Japanese torpedo boats penetrated the harbor, disabled ships, and the Russians later pulled in wounded vessels as shells rained around the deck. He notes evacuating 300 Chinese women after the action.
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Port Arthur
Tacoma
Wash
Tacoma News
Purser
Fairweather
Pleiades
Spit
Wholesale Murder in Seoul Prison Sparks Fearful Outcry
A Seoul dispatch reported by the New York Herald says the supreme court is clearing the Seoul prison with a spree of executions. Six prisoners were decapitated in three nights and thirty eight hanged, including former students in Japan and various criminals. Bodies were carried out tied in groups, prompting fears of foreign intervention and possible prison break attempts. The facility remains heavily guarded amid concerns the peddlers guild may try to free inmates.
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New York
Supreme Court
Seoul
Herald
Japan
German Consul warns German residents at New Chwang
The German Consul from Tien Tsin advised German citizens in New Chwang to stay at their own risk. He said recovery of property losses would be doubtful if Russia is defeated, possibly longer, but may be sooner if Japan is defeated. British residents plan protests over ships not arriving at New Chiang.
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Yin Kow
Tien Tsin
New Chwang
Russia
Japan
New Chiang
Associated Press
Port Arthur
Dalny
Satow
Pekin
Shanghai
Yuan
Chung King
China
Japan Drops Salt Monopoly Plan and Silk Tax Revision
In Tokyo officials say the government will abandon a salt monopoly and a silk tax, and defer a large land tax increase. Cabinet and party leaders hold talks on war tax impact, aiming for measures acceptable to the public. The plan favors bond issues to spread war costs over years.
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Japan
Tokio
Russians Question Reported Yalu Victory Feasibility
At St Petersburg military headquarters officials deem the claimed Russian triumph on the Yalu River nearly impossible. They say achieving a crushing defeat of Japan would have required a far greater Russian numerical superiority in Korea, which they say does not exist.
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St. Petersburg
Yalu
Korea
Officers Die by Own Action as Port Arthur Falls
A Shanghai World dispatch reports several Port Arthur garrison officers, driven by bombardment stress from Japanese artillery, killed themselves. The town’s total casualties reach 265 to date.
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New York
Port Arthur
Shanghai
Port of London Bill Cash Purchase Clause Protest
A deputation led by Lord Rothschild pressed Gerald Balfour on the clause in the port of London bill that would require cash payment to the dock company for its property. They warned the cash demand of about 185 million dollars could destabilize the London money market if not altered.
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London
Port of London
Board of Trade
Gerald Balfour
Lord Rothschild
Port Arthur Attacked Again. Russian Crew Reports
St. Petersburg reports another Japanese fleet assault on Port Arthur with torpedo boats and a later battleship bombardment. Five soldiers killed and ten wounded, one Japanese vessel reportedly hit, Russian forces shelter and retaliate from the harbor as Togo’s squadron shells the town.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Alexieff
Makaroff
Alexios
Maikaroff
Bobrat
Otvazuy
Askold
Liao ‘Shin
Russian Port Arthur bombardment report from March 21 22
The dispatches describe Japanese torpedo boats detected by searchlights and attacked by Russian guardships and batteries ending with the Japanese fleet withdrawing by early afternoon. The reports name positions near Liao Tishin Golubinaila bay and Port Arthur with multiple battleships and cruisers involved.
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London
Reuter
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Jiao Tishin
Alexieff
Stossel
Liao Tishin
Stoessel
Golubinaila Bay
Pigeon Bay
Retvizan
Scandal in Japan Affects Diet Monopolies Probe
Tokio reports a legislative scandal tied to government plan for monopolies. Diet members allegedly backed higher compensation to manufacturers, aiming for four years income. Police investigate while other dispatches describe gun practice near New Chwang and refugee movements.
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Occidentals
Tokio
Diet
Russians in Bad Shape Arrivals Hit Harbin Hospitals
A Harbin telegraph reports about 20 000 Russian troops reached the area in the last forty days with 4 000 sent to Niuch Wang Port Arthur and Mukden and 2 000 to Vladivostok. Many arrived in wretched condition and hospitals hold a large portion of the forces.
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Manchuria
Rome
Harbin
Niuch Wang
Port Arthur
Mukden
Vladivostok
Thar Tu Junction
Buried Alive Amid General Rejoicing In Tien Tsin
A Japanese merchant named Kataoka reported as a Russian spy has been murdered in Tien Tsin and buried alive. Japanese residents express universal joy at the punishment. Japanese officials deny knowledge of the assassins.
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New York
Daily Mail
Tien Tsin
China
Kataoka
Receivers Named for Sully & Company in Cotton Market Turmoil
New York reports David Miller and Henry Taft named receivers for the suspended D. J. Sully & Company, replacing J. H. Hoadley. First prices on the cotton exchange fell 13.48 points on rumors of an unf favorable settlement. Liquidation was heavy and market feverish as involuntary bankruptcy proceedings were filed March 22, extending declines 57 to 66 points before partial rally.
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New York
David Miller
Henry Taft
D. J. Sully & Company
J. H. Hoadley
Cotton Exchange
Sully
Aginst Sully & Co
Indictment in Western Public Land Fraud Case
Washington dispatch from Portland reports Charles Cunningham, a millionaire stockman of eastern Oregon, and six homesteaders he procured were indicted today for conspiracy in a public land fraud investigation. The Interior Department released the development as the latest in the west wide probe.
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Washington
Interior Department
Portland
Ore
Charles Cunningham
Oregon
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Hearst
Meade County Democrats
Charles MIX
Democrats
Crawford
August Porth
Rothchild
Togo
Oute
Czar
Jas
Hoadley
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