Illegal seiners fight officers near Fairview
In Fairview South Dakota on May 20 deputy game warden Frank L. Nims and city marshal L B Stabin confronted a large party of fishermen seining in the Sioux river near Fairview. The group resisted demanding the seizure and a bloody fight ensued with the officers outnumbered and severely beaten before overpowering the lawbreakers. Warrants are issued for the guilty parties and arrests will follow. Deputy Nims vows to stop illegal fishing on the river.
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Fairview
S. D
Frank L. Nims
L. B. Stabin
Sioux River
Nims
Sioux
Educators Adjourn After Adopting South Dakota High School Course
South Dakota educators in Canton adjourned after approving a uniform high school course of study for the state. The plan, nearly unanimously adopted, sets four years with Latin English science and mathematics as core, plus electives and required subjects. It also confirms the Close law on board elections and salary rules during epidemics.
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South Dakota
Canton
S. D
Raber
Milbank
Beadle
Young
Vermillion
Dunlavey
Pierre
Cochran
Aberdeen
Grace
Miller
French
Eli Point
Lawrence
Flandreau
Manuel
Huron
Chamberlain Gears Up for State Firemen Tournament
Chamberlain is hosting the South Dakota firemen’s tournament on June 25 with high attendance expected. The event will feature amusements and over 2000 dollars in purses, including a $100 first prize and a $75 second prize in the band contest.
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Chamberlain
South Dakota
Farrington Bound Over On Hog Theft Charge
W J Farrington a well known Watertown stock buyer was bound over to the circuit court on a charge of stealing eight hogs from a car on the Minneapolis and St. Louis siding. An out of town buyer reported the loss leading detectives to Farrington who was arrested after the road filed a claim.
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Watertown
W. J. Farrington
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Farrington
Beresford Man Kicked by Horse In Critical Condition
Frank Velin of Beresford was kicked over the heart while hitching his team and is reported in very critical condition. The incident occurred in Beresford, Dakota Territory, on May 20.
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Frank Velin
Beresford
Frank Vélin
Noted Frontiersman Caribou Brown Dies in Arizona
Henry F. Brown known as Caribou Brown a storied gambler and frontiersman dies in Tucson at 87. An Irish native from County Limerick he spent decades in the southwest gambling world earning fame for his honesty amid a life of fortunes won and lost.
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Caribou Brown
Tucson
Ariz
Great
Southwest
Henry F. Brown
County Limerick
Ireland
Dismissal of Kisheneff Governor Von Raaben by Czar
May 21 report confirms Lieutenant General von Raaben the governor of Kisheneff Belgarabia has been dismissed by the czar. An imperial ukase dated May 17 announces the action. Authorities suppress Volny and ban Nosvosti street sales for press regulation violations.
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von Raaben
Kisheneff
St. Petersburg
Belgarabia
Ukase
Volny
Novosti
Argentina plans August Arctic Nordenskjold expedition
Argentina informs Sweden it will equip an August search expedition for the Nordenskjold Antarctic expedition. News from Buenos Ayres recalls the 1902 voyage of the Antarctic from Gothenburg and its earlier sightings near Snow Hill Louis Philippe Land.
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Argentina
Copenhagen
Sweden
Nordenskjold
Buenos Ayres
Otto Nordenskjold
Baron Nordenskjold
Gothenburg
Montevideo
Uruguay
Snow Hill
Louis Philipple Land
London Share and Debenture Company Organizes Investor Guard
New York May 21 report says the London Share and Debenture Company with 2 million capital handles all English share and bond business in its early stage. It lists over half a million English investors and tens of thousands in France and other regions. A U S Investors Surety Company is planned in Wall Street to issue prospectuses and guard against bogus concerns with about 9,000 lawyers.
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Bureau of Information
New York
London
England
France
Asia
London Corporation
Wall Street
United States
Iowa
Sioux City
Jett Held in Breathitt murder case in Kentucky
Curtis Jett charged with the murder of J B Marcum was held in circuit court at Winchester on a habeas corpus motion. The judge ruled Jett must remain in custody awaiting Breathitt grand jury action with a June 4 hearing to decide if further exam is needed.
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Lexington
Curtis Jett
J. B. Marcum
Winchester
Jaller Boone
Jett
Jackson
Breathitt
Benton
Cotton Market Surges With Bright Opening Prices
New York May 21 The cotton market opened 4 to 9 points higher with July at 11.36 August 11.02 and September 9.73 as shorts cover. Profit taking pulled prices back 8 to 23 points before midday then a weather report spurred another sharp advance as covering intensified.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Kelley Evades Press in Quebec Hotel Amid Legal Troubles
Daniel J. Kelley, sought in St. Louis over an alum scandal tied to the Royal Baking Powder trust, hides from reporters in the Chateau Frontenac Quebec suite with his wife. He has engaged counsel for a possible legal fight and plans a fishing trip to Lake St John, staying near Col John F. Gaynor.
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Quebec
Daniel J. Kelley
St. Louis
Kelley
Royal Baking Powder Trust
Dufferin Terrace
Chateau Frontenac
John F. Gaynor
River DuLoup
United States
Lake St. John
Grand Jury Indicts Police Officials in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs May 21 a district court grand jury discharged after presenting many indictments and a sensational report accusing the police department of corruption incompetence and protecting criminals Additional indictments were returned against Chief of Police Vincent King and Detective Joel Atkinson for secreting witnesses and against other public officials
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Grand Jury
Colorado Springs
Colo
Cunningham
Police Department
Vincent King
Joel Atkinson
Rowdies Seize Train After Coney Island Incident
Merry makers on a May 21 train from Coney Island terrorized passengers and fought police. Eight men were jailed at Bath Beach on disorderly conduct charges, one held for assault after a fierce confrontation with officers.
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Coney Island
Merry-Makers
New York
Bath Beach
Cullen
Ryder
Throng to Los Angeles for Presbyterian General Assembly
Los Angeles May 21 Arrangements for the Presbyterian general assembly to meet here Thursday for a two weeks session are nearly complete. About 700 commissioners are enrolled with half being laymen. A large contingent from east of the Mississippi and 400 from Pittsburgh will attend alongside Western cities. Creed revision reports loom large as 220 of 240 Presbyteries have voted in favor. The opening sermon by Rev Dr Henry Van Dyke will set the tone for the assembly.
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General Assembly of
Presbyterians
Los Angeles
Presbyterian General Assembly
Mississippi
Pittsburg
General Assembly
Henry van Dyke
van Dyke
Church
Settlement in light of labor strife on Union Pacific
President Burt and Union Pacific officials meet with road labor reps in New York as a strike in Omaha nears an amicable settlement. Details are unavailable but officials expect differences to be resolved.
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New York
Burt
Union Pacific
Omaha
President Roosevelt weighs U S response to Russian Jewish outrages
Washington reports Roosevelt deeply concerned by anti Jewish killings in Kisheneff and seeking guidance from the State Department on possible U S action. The president may dispatch a formal note to Russia, though officials expect no official protest. Count Cassini faces threats as the toll lists 235 dead and 358 wounded.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
State Department
United States
St. Petersburg
Kisheneffff
Cassini
Bucharest
Kisheneff
Chicago Worries Over Labor Troubles Threaten Industry
Chicago business leaders warn that ongoing strikes and labor disputes over the past three months threaten local industry. The Frazer-Chalmers Co halted a planned million dollar plant expansion as employers brace for shifts while other states attract firms.
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Chicago
Frazer-Chalmers Company
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Payne cites completed post office probes and subofficial responsibility
Postmaster General Payne says investigations at Milwaukee New York and Washington post offices are finished and accounts found straight. Ex cashier Tulloch contests claims, alleging Porto Rico audit overlap and abuses in payroll padding to cover deficits under directive of higher officials.
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Porto Rico
Washington
Payne
Milwaukee
Tracewell
New York Postoffice
Postoffice
Washington Postoffice
Civil Service Commission
Postoffice Department
Tulloch
Heath
New Haven High Students Form Union Demanding Shorter Hours
In New Haven Connecticut on May 21 the city’s high school boys formed a union and issued a demand to the superintendent for shorter school hours.
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New Haven
Conn
New York Man Driven From Home After Crank Seeks Miss Edgar
Newbold Edgar, of East Thirty-ninth Street, called police to remove Dombarie Kurrain, a would-be suitor who arrived in a green suit and demanded to marry Miss Edgar. Kurrain, claiming to be a watercolor artist, was taken to the West Thirteenth Street station and later to Bellevue Hospital for mental examination.
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New York
Dombarie Kurrain
Newbold Edgar
East Thirty-ninth ,Street
Edgar
Dombarie
Mrs. Edgar
Julia
Caroline
Mr. Edgar
West Thirteenth Street
Kurrain
Miss Edgar
Florida
Putnam House
Bellevue Hospital
A Royal Scandal Drives Princess Eulalia From Spain
Madrid May 21 The queen mother orders Princess Eulalia out of Spain after deserting her husband. The princess remains popular with the public and once charmed Americans during a 1893 Chicago visit.
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Eulalia
Spain
Madrid
Chicago
America
National Banks Circulation Tops 400 Million
National banks in the United States report a record circulation surpassing 400 million dollars. By December 31 it stood at about 384.83 million and by yesterday’s close reached 400.03 million. The per capita money supply also hit a record high amid silver price gains and Philippine coinage purchases. Analysts warn new currency legislation may face tougher odds in the next Congress.
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Washington
National Banks
United States
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Department
Warning to Children About Dogs and Cats
Chicago School Board posts notices in every city school warning children not to fondle dogs and cats. Authorities cite rising hydrophobia and germs carried by cats as reasons for the advisory issued in Chicago on May 21.
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Chicago
Board of Education
Dreamer Walter Vrooman’s co operative schemes fail in Missouri
Walter Vrooman founder of the People’s Trust and other ventures faced a divorce suit filed in Trenton Missouri by his wife Anne who had given him about 250000 dollars to fund his cooperative plans. The piece outlines his rapid expansion from Trenton to Kansas City and Wyandotte and details warnings of deception, the couple’s estrangement, and the collapse of their socialistic venture.
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Walter Vrooman
People’s Trust
Rope’s End
Kansas City
Western Co-operative Company
Trenton
Vrooman
England
Missouri
Baltimore Avenue
Seventh Street
Century
Baltimore
Ruskin College
America
Martin Irons
Bellamy
Ax Landle
Merchants Co-Operative
Kansan City
Century Theater
Eleventh Street
Railroad Wins Right of Way Veto Against Western Union
Federal court affirms Pennsylvania Railroad has the legal right to remove poles and wires from along its right of way. The lower court decision denying injunction against the railroad is upheld, ending Western Union's challenge in Philadelphia.
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Pennsylvania
Western Union
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Western Union Telegraph J Company
Lowe
Telegraph
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Oes
Kentucky
Posible Lega Fight
Licht
Crank
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