South Dakota election results show Republican gains
Falls South Dakota November 6 returns from parts of the state creep in slowly. Early tallies favor Republicans Bennett in Watertown district and ScGee in the Seventh Rapid district while fusion candidate McCoy trails. Frank Washburn defeats Smith in Deadwood but only by a small margin. Yankton backs Smith, Vermilion township favors Runyan by one vote.
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Judge Bennett
Watertown
ScGee
Hhe
Huron
McCoy
God of
Smith
Yankton
Majorrmillion City
Runyan
Vermillion Township
Falls Votes to Own Its Waterworks in Bond Issue
Falls, S. D. voters approve issuing bonds to take over the waterworks, total 1,497 cast with 1,? in favor. City may offer to purchase present plant. water company plans legal action. Judge J. W. Jones wins local Republican bid with 1,105 votes. P. W. Scanlon garners 311. Sioux Falls results noted.
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Water Company
Olls
Lary
J. W. Jones
Epublican
Sedgwick Leads Nebraska Supreme Court Race by 10,000
Nebraska returns show Sedgwick, a Republican, leading for supreme court by about 1,000 in key precincts with overall state expectations around a 5,600 to 10,000 margin. Marsh trails with Svoboda and Hollen figures in flux as Lincoln and Omaha precincts report early tallies. Lancaster and Colfax offer stronger Sedgwick support than anticipated.
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Sedgwick
Neb
Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha
Sedgick
Supreme Judge
Hollenfusion
Marsh
Svoboda
Aining
Swick
Lipton's Troubles Stirring Labor Rift in London Warehouses
London Nov 7 Sir Thomas Lipton faces a threatened boycott by warehouse unskilled labor and their supporters. A circulated circular disputes charity and yacht funding, demanding fair pay and hours. Unskilled workers average 55 hours weekly earning about 4.50 to 5.40 pounds for men, 1.75 for girls, with calls for justice over treatment and wage rivalries with Lipton stores.
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London
Sid Thomas Lipton
Inngland
Sir Thomas
Lipton
America
T. J. Lipton
Jubilee Dinner Fund
Alexandria Trust Fund
Shamrock
Tea
Jewels for His Bride Snagged by Customs Officers
Englishman Penrhyn Neville landed from the Timbria with a diamond necklace a wedding ring and a three leaf ornament hidden near his ankle. Customs inspectors seized the $2,000 jewelry while Neville claimed he stored it on his person for safekeeping before returning to Chicago to marry Lena M. Vail. He said he intended to hand it to her on arrival in the United States and depart for England after. An inspector noted Neville admitted buying the jewels for his Chicago sweetheart.
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New York
Penrhyn Neville
Lena M. Vail
Chicago
Timbria
Neville
Donahue
America
England
Miss Stone Alive Safe, Bulgarian Captives Reported
New York dispatch says Miss Stone and Mrs. Tsilka were seen recently by emissaries from American agent Mr. Dickinson in Sofia. Goth captives are safe and well, and their release is expected to be arranged soon.
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New York
Samakov
Bulgaria
Miss Stone
Caillard Seizes Islands Ports in Eastern Campaign
An official dispatch from Paris reports Admiral Caillard’s squadron moving to the island of Mitylene to seize customs at Midilli and another port. Caillard has occupied the three principal ports of Nitylene.
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Caillard
Turkish Port
Mitylene Island
Paris
Mitylene
Midilli
Nitylene
Bidders Plent y at Tax Sale in Sioux Falls
Minnehaha county tax sale drew smaller lists and lower rates. Local buyers purchased all offered properties as bids dropped to 6 percent, a new low for the state. A scavenger sale will follow with bids limited to face tax amounts. An attorney offered to buy all remaining property in a bundle, but the law barred it. Most parcels are outside city lots now worth more than the assessed taxes.
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Sioux Falls
Minnehaha County
Capital of $10,000,000 in new Pierre filings noted
A Pierre notice lists several business incorporations with large capitalizations. Globe company with $500,000. Sioux Falls Business Men's League with $2,500. Chicago-Green River Oil with $1,000,000. Gold Dollar Mine Development at Gann Valley with $10,000,000 split into 100,000,000 shares of 10 cents. Mexican-American Gold Mining at Pierre with $600,000. Colonial Oil at Pierre with $1,750,000. Standard American Proprietary Medicine at Pierre with $250,000. Trent Cemetery Association at Trent Moody County. Woodstock Mining at Huron with $1,000,000. Incorporators named alongside each entity.
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Gold Dollar Mini Company
Pierre
Globe Company
Albert F. Peek
Herbert A. Booth
T. P. Estes
Sioux Falls Business Men's League
H. M. Jones
W. H. Ramsey
W.T. Doolittle
John Emake
U. 8
Standard American Proprietary Medicine Company
Thomas H. Greenough August Remsen
J. B. Evans
Trent Cemetery Association
Trent
Moody County
L. A. Beal
W. J H. Loucks
A. W. Plats
Woodstock Mining Company
Huron
Philip Lawrence
Benj. F. Bledsoe
W.A. Mansen
W. A. Linning
Monte -Aliin
M. H. Lawrence
Four New Banks Raise Dakota National Figures
Washington reports the number of national banks in South Dakota rose from thirty to thirty four between July 15 and September 30. Total resources grew from 10,896,066 to 11,700,896 with loans and discounts increasing from 5,881,883 to 7,573,358 and cash reserves from 195,180 to 734,134. Gold holdings fell from 301,820 to 278,087, while individual deposits climbed from 7,393,251 to 7,891,204 and the average reserve dropped from 20.67 to 29.05 percent.
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South Dakota
Washington
Insane in Jail After Tar and Feather Attempt
Reports from Highmore say Isaac Alley is crazy in jail following the tar and feather scare here. The last participants in the affair have been arrested and fined.
Ward Gries Over It. Man Sentenced for Murder Declares His Innocence
In Deadwood South Dakota on November 6 the case of W H Ward convicted of murder in the first degree is set for a second trial. Ward insists on his innocence and plans to appeal from the county jail claiming the Shepard brothers will yet return.
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Wcence
Deadwood
W. H. Ward
Ward
Shepard Brothers
Widow Jane Chester Dies After Long Illness In Solux Falls
Mrs. Jane Chester aged 64, mother of Mrs. P. Bates, died at her daughter’s home in Solux Falls after ten years of bronchitis. She had been bedridden for six months. She was found to have died Sunday night. funeral scheduled for this afternoon.
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Solux Falls
Jane Chester
P. Bates
Hail Prevention by Cannon Denounced by Ag Secretary
Washington November 6 Professor Willis L Moore acting secretary of agriculture says hailstorm suppression by cannons and explosives is a popular delusion He cites France Italy experiments and notes that most thunderstorms do not produce hail He warns against wasteful bombardment efforts and argues nature’s energy far exceeds man made forces He recalls past rainmaking failures and urges disbelief in hail prevention claims.
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Moore
Washington
Willis L. Moore
France
Italy
America
Europe
United States
Hurance
Mail Service Report Urges Fast Pacific Mail Links
Washington November 6 The annual report of Second Assistant Postmaster General William Shallenberger urges direct fast mail service between the Pacific coast and the Orient and the reestablishment of pneumatic tube service. It notes no current contract for direct Pacific coast to Philippines mail and outlines possible contracts with steamship lines to improve delivery. The report lists 267357 miles of steamer routes and 183358 miles of railroad routes, with rising mail transportation costs and plans for new steamer mail contracts starting next July.
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Washington
William Shallenberger
Pacific Coast
Orient
General Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Philippines
Hong Kong
Manila
Steamship Company
Threatened Hanging and Local Lynching Incident in Iowa
Reports from Miller South Dakota detail Isaac Alley being jailed after a mob sought lynching or tar and feathering for an attempted assault on 9 year old Anna Fenton. Ten to twelve men were arrested for interfering. In Aberdeen a man named Fred Pierce hanged himself after fears of cancer. Linden Neill, seven, fell and suffered an eye injury from a broken chimney piece.
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Miller
S. D
Isaac Alley
Highmore
Anna Fenton
Alley
Fred Pierce
Aberdeen
C. A. Shumway
Northville
Mr. Shumway
Iowa
Linden Neill
Warner
Pierre Must Pay Writs Over City Bond Judgments
Judge Carland issues peremptory writs of mandamus forcing Pierre South Dakota to levy a special tax in 1901 1902 and 1908 to pay $60 000 in judgments on bonds from the capital fight. Bonds held by eastern parties led to federal judgments after default. The dispute has climbed to the circuit court of appeals in Washington. National Committeeman Green requests Charles Clayton be dismissed from Lower Brule agency service. Agent Somers backs the dismissal and charges against Clayton are under investigation by School Supervisor Wright who was instructed to verify facts. Somers says Clayton is a disturbing influence at Lower Brule.
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Sioux Faille
S. D
Carland
United States Court
Pierre
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
National
Green
South Dakota
Charles Clayton
Lower Brule
LL. D
Somers
Clayton
Wright
State Treasurers Bond Surrender and Land Patents
State Treasurer Schamber arranged Cortland Savings bank to surrender 10000 of state bonds not due for nine years, cutting interest. The land department issued eighty seven land patents to final-pay purchasers. Largest county patents went to Union and Moody with thirteen each. Lincoln and Codington ten. Hamlin nine. Brookings Turner six. Lake five. Yankton four. Hutchinson Minnehaha McCook three. Deuel Kingsbury one. A government draft for 3500 for Soldiers Home aid arrived. Calls for permanent school fund were light. 2998 this week, Grant county 1598, Hyde county 1400.
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South Dakota
Pierre
S. D
Schamber
Cortland Savings Bank of
Cortland
State Land Department
Union and
Moody
Lincoln
Codington
Hamlin
Brookings
Turner
Lake
Yankton
Hutchinson
Minnehaha
McCook
Deuel
Kingsbury
Grant County
Hyde County
Suitor's crime shocks Amsterdam apartment murder
Freder ick Bankert gained entry by rope ladder and killed William Green with a revolver and hatchet then wounded Mrs Green and fatally injured her. He shot himself dead. Bankert, a former suitor, had a history of violence and was released from state prison about six months ago. Mrs Green, 26, was an amateur actress. Green was 22.
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Ters
Amsterdam
N. Y
Frederick Bankert
William Green
Green
Bankert
Illinois Tax Case Grants Mandamus Against Equalization
In the Langemon circuit court Judge Owen P Thompson allowed the Chicago teachers case against the state board of equalization to be redocketed and granted a writ of mandamus compelling the board to assess the capital stock of twenty one Chicago corporations named in the writ. The writ is returnable Thursday November 21 and will be served by the San gamon county sheriff when the board meets in regular session Wednesday.
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Springfield
Langemon
Owen P. Thompson
Chicago
State Board of Equalization
Sangamon County
Promises Won’t Go Sultan Will Have to Show France
Paris reports that France demands compensation for the Lorando claims and enforcement of sultan trade obligations. M Delecasse directs a note to Tewfik Pasha via Constantinople, while Admiral Caillard’s squadron proceeds south with reinforcements and readiness along the Mediterranean.
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France
Paris
M. Delecasse
M. Baptist
Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha
Turkey
Caillard
Foreign Office
Mediterranean
Bonifacio
Corsica
Strait of Messina
Massive Temperature Plunge Sweeps Indian Territory
Muskogee I T November 6 severe weather brought a 60 degree drop in temperature within twelve hours across Indian Territory. a fierce wind and rain storm preceded the chill.
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Indian Territory
Muskogee
I. T
The Markets Across Cities Nov 5 Hogs and Cattle Prices
Sioux City and Chicago market notes show hogs mixed to strong with lighter receipts and steady to higher values. cattle receipts steady, with steers and cows trading in narrow ranges. Kansas City and Minneapolis report similar trends in beef, pork, and grain prices, alongside cash quotients for wheat, corn, oats and dairy goods.
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Sioux City
Chicago
South Omaha
Sogead
Kansas City
Texas
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