South State News Highlights Local Happenings
Pierre to complete pontoon bridge at once. May 5 start for Britton cheese factory. Black Hills crop outlook strong. Pierre posts免费 delivery receipt supports free service. Lyman County starts new paper The Lyman Journal. Baltic anti-swearing group dissolves. Locomotive calf in Raymond gains fame. New Huron town formed in Stanley County by Beadle farmers. Day County farmers accused of seed wheat theft. No June school election. officers hold over. Knights Templar delegates receive tin souvenirs from Black Hills mines. Port Pierre to hear trial of Eli Spotted Bear case. Deadwood Chinaman Chong Goay leaves for Hong Kong. Fort Pierre builds a new association. Goddard post office discontinued. See increased corn acreage in Charles Mix. Black Hills bullion total for mid-April at 150,000. Three-foot rattler killed near Forest City. Hand County Y T U meets in Miller. New town of New Jerusalem straddles SD and Wyoming. Wheat acreage up in Hughes and Sully. Benrson burned helping prairie fire. American Swindhired moving to Chicago. Pierre ferrymen wage rate war. river toll cuts. Sherman site now Chief Left-Hand-Thunder’s property. South Yankton to be laid out on Nebraska side. Survey work on M T Woolley upper Cheyenne river. August Jorgenson, Union County, in coma after horse kick. Alcohol can explosion damages White Lake residence. Coal vein found on reservation near Sterling County. Inca to vote on incorporation. Plans to put gleamer on Cheyenne river between Pierre and Cheyenne town.
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Pierre
Tax Britton
Black Hills
Lyman County Journal
Lyman
Baltic
Clark County
Raymond
Beadle County
Bad River
Stanley County
New Huron
Schoonl
Prixkuhamm
Knights Templar
South Dakota
North Dakota
Grand Lodge of
Odd Tellows
Deadwood
Louis Deconra
Port Pierre
Ellen White Forse
Eli Spotted Bear
Chong Goay
State Department
Hong Kong
Fort Pieris
Goddard
Sully County
Charles Mix County
Alexandria
Chicago
Farafor
Sherman
Lyman County
Nebraska
South
Yankton
M. T. Woolley
Cheyenne River
August Jorgenson
Richland
Union County
John Goeres
White Lake
Cheyenne
Vierre
Chey
May Day Parade Under Gompers Joins Labor Power
The May Day parade led by Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor showcased labor strength and the push for an eight hour day. Reports from Chicago say participation was widespread though a full strike could not be measured, with carpenters pursuing arbitration and stockyard actions largely failing to unify.
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Gompers
Samuel J. Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Labor Organizations of America
Relic Canteen Linked to Gen McPherson Death
Frank O'Brien of Atlanta presents a canteen claimed to have been on General McPherson when he was killed. The artifact bears an imprint of the bullet and is vouched as authentic. O'Brien plans to present it to the McPherson Society of New York.
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Frank O'Brien
Atlanta
Gen. McPherson
O'Brien
McPherson Society of
New York
Strikes Spread Over Eight Hour Demand Across Cities
Milwaukee carpenters back an eight hour day without higher wages, many union members pledging to abide while the Contracting Carpenters Association backs individual choice. Boston reports a two thousand carpenters strike, Detroit sees about two thousand out with rapid resume anticipated, and Pesth violence mars a labor demo. Philadelphia notes three thousand journeymen strike for nine hours and higher pay. Crowfoot the Blackfeet chief dies after brief illness.
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Milwaukee
Milwauke
Carpenters
Contracting Carpenters’ Association
Boston
Boston Dispatch
Master Builders’ Association
Windom Pressed to Tighten Contract Labor Imports
Secretary Windom faces mounting complaints from labor unions over lax enforcement of immigration laws. He orders strict scrutiny of steerage cargoes at New York Harbor, with potential personal supervision by Windom, as pressure mounts from plasterers, stonemasons, musicians and other unions. President Harrison is reportedly alarmed by the free importation of contract labor.
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Windom
New York City
Board of State Immigration
Erhart
Colonel Webber
Federal
New York
Harrison
Weather crop bulletin notes widespread favorable conditions
The week brought especially favorable weather for farm work in the Northwest and Midwest. Seeding ends in South Dakota and southern Minnesota. corn planting continues in Iowa Nebraska Illinois. crops up in southern Kansas. crops generally good in Ohio Valley Michigan and Tennessee though frost hurts some fruit and tobacco outlooks vary. Heavy rains hurt Arkansas Texas and Louisiana. cotton and rice damaged in overflow areas. uplands in Louisiana and Mississippi improve. New York needs rain. New England seeks moisture. Oregon wheat and seedings near completion. warships Chicago Yorktown Boston and Atlanta sail from Malta to Algiers. Canadian mills sale contemplated. political elections planned. several crime notes and market summaries follow.
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Great Northwest
Northwest
Missouri
Upper
Mississippi
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Kansas
Ohio Valley
Michigan
Tennessee
Indiana
Kentucky
Inennessee
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Arkansas
Texas
Louuisiana
Louisiana
South Atlantic
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Middle Atlantic
New York
New Jersey
New England
Oregon
Death of Senator James Beck in Baltimore Station
Senator James B. Beck of Kentucky died at the Baltimore & Potomac station at 4 PM after arriving from New York. He collapsed mid platform with his daughter and private secretary present, death attributed to heart paralysis. His body was moved to Kentucky. funeral arrangements await delegation approval.
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James B. Beck
Kentucky
Baltimore & Potomac
New York
Goodloe
Major Goodloe
United States Marine Corps
Capitol
Breckinridge
Caruth
Stone
Beck
Senate
Allison
Senator Beck
House of Representative
Breckenride
Mas
Mrs. Goodloe
Blackburn
D Blackburn
Harris
Vance
Kenna
Dawes
Evarts
Manderson
House of
Breach of Promise Case Discontinued in Milwaukee
Miss Elizabeth Carter versus George Thies ends by mutual consent with no costs. The suit, filed in New London, claimed $25,000 for breach of promise and alleged seduction and abandonment by George Hiles, a Wisconsin magnate. Carter reportedly receives $10,000 as part of the compromise.
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Elizabeth Carter
George Thies
Milwaukee
Supreme Court
George Hiles
Wisconsin
Miss Carter
New London
Wis
Hiles
Stege Company Profit Sharing Plan Faces Worker Doubts
Joliet steel plant employees resist a proposed 4 percent quarterly wage bonus and 4 percent semiannual premium, claiming it binds workers to the company and skirts municipal taxes. They cite Chicago Burlington & Quincy strike memories and fear of undermining solidarity while the plant reportedly nets about 1.5 million yearly.
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Ofer
Tllinois Stege Company
Joliet
Chicago
Michigan
Burlington & Quincy
Amalgamated Association
Chinese Smuggling Into U S Faces Legal Push
California inspector D E Coon reports pervasive Chinese smuggling from Mexico into the United States. He notes many crossing routes, heavy profits, and international links via San Francisco, with plans for direct landings from China. He urges treaties with Mexico and Britain to curb the trade and advocates swift expulsion to China as the surest punishment.
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California
Secretary of the Treasury
D. E. Coon
San Diego
Cal
United States
Mexico
Tinjuanna
Monument At
Sea
San Francisco
China
Chinamer Uie
Ensenada
Mr. Coon
Canada
Congress
Rich May and Edna mine yields rapid stake rush
A Larker dispatch reports one of the richest strikes in the May and Edna mine with night crews uncovering solid carbonates and galena. Two vein locations are noted with a six foot width as workers from Barker race in while Montana Central surveyors arrive. The silver market rises on a 10 cent advance and Great Falls smelter readiness signals full operation forthcoming.
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Montana
Larker
May & Edna
Armington & Seims
St. Paul
Kid Merrett
Barker
Montana Central Railroad
Great Falls
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Charles Lawrence
Sparkey County
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Watson
Samuel I. Gompers
Detroit
Detroit Dispatch
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Weather Crop Bulletin
Short Blesse News
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Samuel J. Randall
Cnuvin Myrons
Covington
Edward Hathway
Peter Geelet
Sioux City
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