Kittredge heads to Washington amid postmaster row in Sioux Falls
Senator A B Kittredge leaves Sioux Falls for Washington with Joseph M Greene as national committeeman to attend events including a wedding in Chicago. He says there will be no move to block George Schlosser's reappointment as Sioux Falls postmaster, citing pre existing post office battles.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
A. B. Kittredge
Washington
Joseph M. Greene
Chamberlain
South Dakota
Kittredge
Chicago
George Peck
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
South
N. EE. Phillips
Phillips
National Capital
George Schlosser
Schlosser
Congress
Mr. Kittredge
Lodge Vows Fight Over State Tax Charge
The A. O. U. W. lodge in Pierre South Dakota says it will contest state tax collection claimed for several years. The amount cited ranges from 312,000 to 15,000 dollars, with the Modern Woodmen as the other major tax dispute. The A. O. U. W. head office is in South Dakota, while the lodge’s headquarters are in another state.
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Pierre
S. D
A. O. U. W. Lodge
State Insurance Department
Department of State
South Dakota
Homesteaders Face Forfeiture Over Commutation Costs
The Yankton reservation homesteaders received notice demanding $582 within 60 days to cover additional land commuting costs. Proofs were made before the exact amount was known, leaving many in hardship as some land has changed hands or been mortgaged since proof. In Yankton John Horan pleaded guilty to rape of his 14 year old stepdaughter and received a five year sentence. John Prichard, Palace saloon owner, was found guilty of selling liquor to a habitual drunkard after notice, fined $100 plus costs.
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Armour
Yankton Reservation
Devil
Deep Sea
Washington
Yankton
S. D
John Horan
John Prichard
Palace
United States
Cuba
Atlantic
Gas Explosion Injures B. C. McCrossan Manager
Harry M. Jones, manager of the B. C. McCrossan fruit and commission house in Sioux Falls D, suffered severe burns yesterday after striking a match in a gas filled vault. The fire caused by the blast singed his face head hands and one arm. he is under a doctor’s care and expected to be laid up for several days. No further damage to the building beyond shattered lights.
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Sioux Falls
Harry M. Jones
B. C. McCrossan Fruit and Commission House
Democratic Senatorial Hopeful Emerges in Douglas County
Armour D Telling from Armour 8 D Nov 27 Douglas county may nominate a United States senator with Hon E S Johnson a leading Democrat. Johnson, a wealthy banker, could succeed A B Kittredge if the party wins the legislature and had once been considered for congress on a fusion ticket with Moore of the Black Hills.
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E. S. Johnson
Kittredge
Armour
Douglas County
United States
A. B. Kittredge
Sr. Johnson
Congress
God of
Moore
Black Hills
Supreme court rules against write-in names on ballots in Chamberlain v Alley
The South Dakota Supreme Court in Chamberlain vs Alley from Brown county rules that only officially certified names may be voted for and write ins are not legally counted. Justice Carson writes for the majority. Judge Fuller dissents, affirming constitutional right to cast a ballot for whomever.
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South Dakota
Pierre
Supreme Court
Chamberlain
Alley
Brown County
Carson
Fuller
Stock Buyer Killed By Train Near Tulare South Dakota
E K Tomlinson a stock buyer from Tulare was struck and killed instantly by a Milwaukee train while crossing tracks north of Tulare. The body was placed on the train and brought to Redfield. Tomlinson had lived in Spink county for years and formerly owned a Tulare hotel.
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E. K. Tomlinson
Spink County
Redfield
S. D
Tulare
Mr. Tomlinson
A Preacher Resigns Over Vaccination Beliefs
Rev. T. J. Dent resigns from the Congregational church in Aberdeen South Dakota and plans to move after declaring he does not believe in vaccination and will not vaccinate his family. The school board requires vaccination for pupils.
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Aberdeen
S. D
T. J. Dent
Congregational Church
Board of Education
Dent
Congressman Martin Aims National Sanitarium at Hot Springs
Congressman E W Martin visited Hot Springs to advocate a national sanitarium for veterans. He plans to introduce the bill in Congress and expects swift passage this term, highlighting support from Deadwood and Navy interests.
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Martin
Hot Springs
Deadwood
S. D. Navy
E. W. Martin
Washington
Congress
Mathews Sells Last Armour Holdings Moves to Sioux City
G W Mathews former Armour Herald editor sold his Armour residence for 3000 dollars. He plans to move to Sioux City and join a wholesale and retail concern. His departure leaves a vacancy on the Armour city council.
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G. W. Mathews
Simcur
Armour
Armour Herald
Sioux City
Ownership Changes at Mining Review Deadwood
W W Kelley and Frank W Bower purchased the Mining Review and its goodwill from A W Merrick in Deadwood. Kelley will run the business while Bower handles editorial work and copy. Wetley will contribute halftone illustrations of Black Hills mining figures. Also notes include the death of Mrs Peter Hurtig in Centerville and a smallpox case at Volin Siding.
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W. W. Kelley
F. W. Bowers
Mining Review
Deadwood News
Black Hills
A. W. Merrick
Frank W. Bower
Deadwood
the Hills
Mr. Kelley
Bower
Kelley
Wetley
Hurtig
Centerville
Peter Hurtig
G. Norgren
Komstad
Volin Siding
B. Carr
Burglars Crack Three Safes at New Zanesville
In New Zanesville Ohio on November 28 masked robbers bound the night operator of the Cincinnati and Muskogee Valley railroad and ignited the safes of that company the Adams and United States Express firms. They escaped with little money. At South Bend Indiana on November 26 Clem Studebaker was reported gravely ill.
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New Zanesville
Zanesville
New Lerington
Cincinati and Muskogeen Valley Railroad
Adams and
United States Express
Abolition of Canteen and War Secretary Report
The War Secretary reports a 3,253 officers and 70,084 enlisted in the regular army with hospital corps and provisional regiments. He notes low death rates, discusses post exchanges, transport changes, and urges reciprocal tariff deals with Cuba to aid its sugar and tobacco industries and US prosperity.
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Washington
Philippines
Porto Rico
United States
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Hawaiian Islands
China
Alaska
Hospital Corps
Regular Army
Medical Department
Tropics
Gulf States
Pacific
Army
Navy
Congress
Roosevelt Names Army and Navy Appointments
President Roosevelt announced new officer selections for the War Department and the Navy. Army captains include Clinton Burnside Bolles Ovenshine Eames Field Hartshorne Goodale Keewin Evans Tebbetts Langdon Burt Pickering Nolan Russell Lewis Stewart Purdy. Navy adds John Buchanan and Edgar Thompson as lieutenant junior grade officers and passed assistant surgeon.
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Roosevelt
Washington
James W. Clinton
William A. Burnside
Frank C. Bolles
Alexander T. Ovenshine
Henry N. Eames
Robert Field
Benjamin M. Hartshorne, Jr
George S. Goodale
Arthur O. Keewin
Houston V. Evans
Henry E. Tebbetts
Russell C. Langdon
Reynolds J. Burt
James N. Pickering
Dennis E. Nolan
Charles E. Russell
Frederick W. Lewis
Merch B. Stewart
Clarence N. Purdy
Navy
John R. Buchanan
Edgar Thompson
High Mass for Filipinos and Boers Victims Planned
Rev. Joseph F. Mendi of Montclair N J to celebrate a high mass for Filipinos who died for their country and Catholics slain in the Boer war as a protest against American and British actions. Also notes the death of James Fletcher US consul in Genoa on November 26.
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New York
Nnov
Joseph F. Mendi
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Mont Clair
N. J
South Africa
Father Mendi
Genoa
James Fletcher
United States
Boiler Explosion Kills 26 at Detroit Plant
A Penberthy Injector plant boiler exploded at Abbott street and Brooklyn avenue, killing 26 workers and injuring 24. The rear three story building collapsed, trapping many employees, with unidentified bodies among the dead and search ongoing by electric light.
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Detroit
Mich
Penberthy
Abbott Street
Brooklyn Avenue
Samuel Riley
A. T. Gidday
John Hofflein
John Klinevit
Herman Goldner
Ek Tony Walker
John Vogt
James Nall
Sol Graupe
Gert Dickson
John Dingal
Julius Liebeten
Edward Lieben
George Kelsey
Stephen Nachtigel
A. Brock
Gus Galley
Wm. Knapp
Bert Martin
T. D. Crowley
Louis Miller
Mike Deranger
Wm. Ager
Bonine Case Opens With Key Witness Testimony
Washington November 28 The Bonine murder trial hears morgue keeper William Shoenberger describe handling Ayres body and autopsy findings including powder burns and underarm mark. Attorney Geo Gardner reports Mrs Bonine confessed May 15 and claimed Ayres assaulted her with a pistol during a drunken confrontation.
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Washington
Lolanda Bonine
James Seymour Ayres, Jr
William Shoenberger
Ayres
Kenmore Hotel
Geo. B. Gardner
Interior Department
Boniies
Kenmore
Switchmen's Union Strike Hits Pittsburg Area
A widespread strike began in Pittsburg and surrounding towns as switchmen from the Switchmen's Union of North America demand a standard wage scale. Officials report involvement across roads into Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis with 600 to 1,000 members in the local unit. Traffic officials expect coping measures but yards are crowded and trains run over time to move cars.
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Pittsburg
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
McKee's Rocks
McKeesport
Braddock
Striking Miners Halt Efforts at Nortonville Camp
Madisonville Kentucky November 28 reports say about fifty armed men occupy the Nortonville strike camp with evident resolve to resist any attempt by authorities to disperse them.
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Madisonville
Nortonville
Fatal Shooting in Sheridan Livery Stable
Frank Mc Laughlin, superintendent of Nickel Mining and Milling, was shot and killed by his partner Lew Hartsough in a Sheridan livery stable after a quarrel over business management. Hartsough is in custody. The mining company operates at Cloud's Peak near Dayton, Wyoming.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Frank McLaughlin
Lew Hartsough
Hartsough
Cutody
McLaughlin
Nickel Mining and Milling Company
Cloud’s Peak
Dayton
New York Man Charged With Arson in Crowded Tenement
Abraham Ploser, a restaurant proprietor on the ground floor, was arrested and booked for arson after allegedly setting fire to a Greenwich Street tenement where six two people were asleep. Tenants escaped unharmed.
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New York
Abraham Ploser
Greenwich Street
Ploser
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Lodge
Homesteaders
H. M. Jones
Eisision
Clear Lake
Andrew Oxnard
Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Clem Studebaker
the War Secretary
Mr. Root
McKinley
Buffalo
Spain
Army and Navy
Penberthy Injector Co
Gardner
Switchmen’s Strike
Kentucky
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