Fisher Was a Miser Treasures Were Pictures of Babies
Deadwood South Dakota November 28. Hidden in the basement of Max Wishel’s book store were found about 200 photographs taken in the early camp days. Most photos are 15 to 25 years old and many subjects are now living. The discovery drew visitors who identified youths they knew. Max Fishel, a loner, kept the pictures since 1892 when photographer Grabil left Hills. he bought the stock and hid it below. The triplets Sellers Bessie Bertha Belle are among the set. Bertha died, Belle married, Bessie with her parents near Sturgis.
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Deadwood
Can
Max Wishel
Max Fishel
Grabil
Fishel
Bessie
Bertha
Belle
Editor J K McKinley and wife vanish near Ottumwa
Ottumwa editor J K McKinley and his wife disappeared after leaving their claim toward Midland on a Saturday. He had started a paper in Ottumwa, faced minor debts, and announced plans to visit Midland. No trace of them has been found in route or at any stopping point, leaving relatives alarmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Ottumwa
Dakota "Cow-Puncher" Enters London Playhouse
Grindstone South Carolina reports a Sioux lands act to be staged in London at Crystal Palace. Arthur Runyan, famed western rider from South Dakota, joins a wild west vaudeville act with a rope thrower and a bucking broncho routine. Runyan sails from New York to London this week.
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Grindstone
S. C
Missouri River
Black Hills
Crystal Palace Theater
London
Arthur Runyan
South Dakota
Runyan
New York
Servant Girl Learns of $12,000 Inheritance Mystery
Daisy Baker a chambermaid in St. Louis nearly collapsed when attorney Claude Ellis of Grayville Illinois claimed she has $12,000 awaiting her from her late grandmother’s estate. She says her grandmother Hamboden owned property near Alexander, Illinois, but she never knew her relatives.
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St. Louis
Daisy Baker
Claude D,lls
Grayville
Worth Fourteenth Street
Alexander, Ill
Baker
Ellis
Hmboden
Alexander
Divorce ruling could void many BC marriages in Washington
Spokane reports Ernest B. Herald says a state supreme court decision striking down marriages by couples who evaded a six month rule in British Columbia will render thousands of unions invalid and illegitimate children affected. He urges legislative action to require citizenship and curb impact on property.
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Spokane
Ernest B. Herald
King County
Supreme Court
British Columbia
Washington
Uprising of Utes Attributed to Snakes by Interpreter
Rapid City dispatch reports an interpreter crediting rattlesnakes with fueling Ute rebellion on the Cheyenne reservation. Sixty-one men families and children winter on G. P. Bennett ranch and will work on the Crouch railroad while living in a government-provided camp.
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Rapid City
Crouch
G. P. Bennett
Thunder Butte
Capitalist Joins City High School Teaching Staff
J H Cross a prominent local capitalist and school board member has left his business to teach at the city high school after a vacancy arose. He will instruct through the end of the term if needed to avoid disruption, and farmers may bring grain samples to the school for pricing during recess. Arlington South Dakota November 27. Teachers Boy Kicked by a Horse. Barnard Baker near Hstelline was seriously injured by a kicking horse, suffering a deep neck gash from barbed wire fencing. a physician’s prompt care saved his life and he is expected to recover.
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J. H. Cross
Cross
Arlington
S. D
Barnard Baker
Hstelline
Former Dakotan Alexander Hughes Dies in Minneapolis
Alexander Hughes a longtime Dakota politics figure died at 62 in Kenwood Minneapolis. He helped move the Dakota capital from Yankton to Bismarck and served as territorial attorney general. Hughes later prospered in Minneapolis in the electrical business and built a Kenwood home.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Alexander Hughes
South Dakota
Kenwood
Dakota Bar
Yankton
Territory
Bismarck
Raise Water Level Near Lake Andes South Dakota
Lake Andes South Dakota November 27 reports artesian well work striking a flow of 800 gallons per minute at 750 feet. Workers aim to drill 50 feet deeper to reach water rock about 800 feet below the surface to raise the lake level for hunting and fishing recreation.
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Lake Andes
S. D
South Dakota
Young Groom Stabbed During Fistic Battle in Pool Hall
Fred Seguin and Jesse Winslow fought in Huntley Tucker’s pool hall near Elk Point. Winslow stabbed Seguin in the right breast with two wounds. Seguin, newly married, is recovering as Winslow awaits potential charges after medical notes on Seguin’s condition. Sheriff E E Sherman placed Winslow under arrest, jailed pending wound outcome.
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Elk Point
LL. D
Fred Seguin
Jesse Winslow
Huntley & Tucker
Seguin
Winslow
E. E. Sherman
Seguins
One Belle Fourche Man Votes Against School
Belle Fourche South Dakota November 27 A special election produced a lone vote against issuing 3000 bonds to finish the new public school building now under construction.
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Belle Fourche
S. D
Glover Refuses to Pay $8,000 Costs in Family Suit
George W. Glover declares he will not pay the $8,000 costs tied to the famous accounting suit over his mother Mary Baker Glover’s property. He asserts New Hampshire court rulings taxing costs on his daughter and himself are misrepresented and that he has lawyer advice absolving him of payment.
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George W.glover
Next Friends
Mary Baker Gladdy
Christian Science Leader
Newpapers
Glover
New Hampshire
East
Calvin Frye
Young Duck Hunter Drowns on Lake Pelican
In Watertown South Dakota Lake Pelican four miles up Lake Sylvester claimed a second victim when Chas Sylvester a seventeen year old high school senior went through the ice while duck hunting with a companion at 5 am. He became entangled in a reed and sank before surfacing again his body later recovered at noon. The Sylvester family moved from Flora Illinois a year ago with father G Fr Sylvester a traveling man currently on a trip through North Dakota.
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Watertown
S. D
Lake Pelican
Here
Chas. Sylvester
Lake Sylvester
Sylvester
Flora
Ila
G. Fr. Sylvester
North Dakota
South Dakota Cities Fight for Land Office
Two sections of western South Dakota push for a new land office in Aberdeen, splitting county lines and drawing stockman backing. Proponents argue a division eases business as settlement grows, while Rapid City seeks to keep the full district, citing costs of duplicating records and dispersed officials across Butte county townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Gurche
S&l. D
Butte County
Inge
Rapid City
Aberdeen
George EF. Lemmon
Lemmon
United States
Son of Prominent Family Suspected in Canova Bank Robbery
Reiley Hartwick, using the alias Ed Dunning, a Sioux Falls pioneer’s son, serves one year in the Sioux Falls penitentiary after a Hughes county grand larceny conviction. Authorities doubtable tied him to the Canova People's State Bank heist, though evidence was lacking. Hartwick, nicknamed Michigan, has a history of jail terms and near-pell notes.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Ed Dunning
Reiley Hartwick
Hughes County
Jiartwick
People’s State Bank
Canova
Michigan
Hartwick
Gregory to Build First Opera House and Large Catholic Church
Ground broken for Gregory's first opera house a $7 000 building on Sixth Street and Rosebud Avenue. Local capitalists back the project. Work also starts on St Josephs Catholic church. planned to be the fifth Gregory church and the largest in the region between the Missouri river and the Black Hills.
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Gregory, S. D
Gregory
Sixth Street
Rosebud Avenue
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
South Dakota
Missouri River
Black Hills
Postmaster Van der Werp Resigns to Become Stenographer
Harrison South Dakota November 26 1900 Postmaster Van der Werp will resign January 1 and return to Cincinnati where he has accepted a stenographer position Miss Mary Van der Werp his sister will be appointed as successor in the South Dakota post.
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Harrison, S. D
van der Werp
Cincinnati
South Dakota
Mary van der Werp
Blackleg Strikes Clark County Cattle in South Dakota
Blackleg has appeared again among Clark county cattle. Several farmers northeast of Clark have lost many animals in the last week and other herds show infection.
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South Dakota
Clark
S. D
Clark County
Griffin Cleared of Horse Stealing Charge
John Griffin was cleared after a hearing before Judge Dickey in Sioux Falls. He had been linked to James W. Milton, arrested on horse and buggy theft in Madison, sold later in Sioux Falls. Griffin, present at Milton’s arrest, was found in bad company but not involved. Milton pleads not guilty and faces trial in coming days.
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Griffin
Sioux Falls
Dickey
John Griffin
James W. Milton
Midison
S. D
Milton
Mission Hill
Wealthy stockman completes big boat for river traffic
Chamberlain South Dakota November 25 A wealthy Missouri river stock man Nic Ohman eight miles above Wheeler spent seventeen thousand dollars to build one of the finest upper Missouri boats for passenger and freight traffic The 135 foot long vessel has a one hundred ton capacity and a cabin for forty passengers It draws two and a half feet of water when loaded and can travel up to ninety miles per day upstream and one hundred fifty downstream The boat uses a modern gasoline engine It is planned to begin service in spring between Sioux City and Chamberlain Other plans for river traffic include a small class of boats and a successful trip with the Rosebud carrying flax for Sioux City Linseed Oil Company is cited as an indicator of growing regional effort to promote river commerce
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Chamberlain
S. C
Nic Ohman
Missouri River
Wheeler
Missouri
Ohlman
Washington
Sioux City
Wait
Western Governors to Meet on Forest Reserve Land Disputes
Governor Crawford summoned governors and land officials from North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington and Wyoming to Pierre South Dakota to meet with South Dakota officials and Interior Department representatives to resolve disputed titles to forest reserve lands in those states.
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Pierre
S. D
Crawford
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Wyoming
Department of the Interior
Riley Barber Held to Circuit Court
Elk Point South Dakota November 25 Sheriff E I Sherman returned from Harrisburg with W H Riley charged with maintaining a gambling house. Preliminary hearing bound over to the March term of the circuit court under eight thousand three hundred dollar bond. Riley ran a barber shop in the Guillaume building basement for six months and is said to have operated a gambling room in connection. Riley recently eloped with Rev Wilcox's daughter and married in Kansas City. John St Pierre brought from state penitentiary to be tried for the 1904 chillieu murder. St Pierre convicted of killing a brother and sentenced to four years. case may yield a lighter sentence if the Chillieu brothers attacked him first. L N Crill sold his grain elevator to Farmers Elevator Co for eight thousand dollars. Patrick Herrity president and Frank Wennel secretary.
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Elk Point
S. D
E. I. Sherman
Harrisburg
W. H. Riley
M. H. Baugh
Riley
Circuit Court
Guillaume Building
Wilcox
Kansas City
John St. Pierre
State Penitentiary
Sherman
Clarence Chillieu
St. Pierre
Chillieu
L. N. Crill
Farmers’ Elevator Company
Patrick Herrity
Frank Wennel
Wild cat guard protects chicken coop in Bijou Hills
Daniel Rough and Ralph Waylor captured a large fierce wild cat near the Missouri river and plan to use it as a guard for Rough’s chicken coops after recent raids by thieves. The cat, about the size of a dog, will be chained beside the coop to deter intruders.
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Bijou Hills
S. D
Daniel Rough
Ralph Waylor
Missouri River
Rough
Mine Owner Sues For Million Dollars In Damages
E C Johnson of Chicago sues W I L Moyer of Philadelphia for 1,000,000 damages over the loss of the Gertie tin mine near Hill City South Dakota. The Harney Peak Tin Mining holdings are involved with Moyes claiming a remaining one year option while Johnson cites injudicious handling. Local and Philadelphia attorneys represent Moyer.
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Rapid City
S. D
McGee
E. C. Johnson
Chicago
W. IL. Moyer
Philadelphia
Gertie Tin
Hill City
Harney Peak Tin Mining Company
Moyes
Johnson
Moyer
Doane Robinson Sums South Dakota Wealth Output
Doane Robinson, secretary of the South Dakota history department, reports the state's wealth production for the year totals 160,282,844.79 dollars. The breakdown covers crops, livestock, and miscellaneous assets with wheat, corn, oats, barley, potatoes, fruits, and other goods contributing to the record.
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Imetre
iMor
Doane Robinson
State Department of History
South Dakota
Weare
Supreme Court Bars Licenses in Saloon Prohibition Case
South Dakota Supreme Court declares liquor law absolute prohibition except where local votes authorize licenses. McKivenna license in Reliance invalid as Reliance hadn’t voted. Justice Carson reverses on Jackson case granting new trial over false entries as Clark State Bank president.
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Justice Carson
Carl Jackson
Jacksonn
Clark State
Supreme Court of Amouit
Thunder Butte A Natural Curiosity Of South Dakota
Thunder Butte, a prairie peak north of the Moreau in South Dakota, rises 600 feet from the plains with a flat top and sheer sides. The shale and rock strata are exposed, the area erodes from higher ground, and the butte is said to harbor many rattlesnakes. Indians fear the locality, adding to its legend.
Hartford Man Named as Revenue Collector
Damon Greatorex of Hartford has been appointed deputy internal revenue collector for South Dakota's southern district. He will move to Sioux Falls to establish headquarters, succeeding W. A. Simpson of Flandreau who resigned after two to three years in the post.
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Sioux Walls
S. D
Damon Greatorex
Hartford
Internal Revenue
Southern District
South Dakota
W. A. Simpson
Flandreau
Sioux Falls
Exciting chase ends with capture of horse rustler John Wilton
Sioux Falls, November 23. John Wilton, held in county jail, and accomplice James W. Griffin were arrested after a pursuit ending at Mission Hill. Wilton allegedly hired a horse and buggy to attend a Madison race meet then drove to Sioux Falls and sold the horse. Authorities later learned of horses on a Turner county farmer’s pasture before the arrest.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
John Wilton
James W. Griffin
Wilton
Mission Hill
Madison
Fair Grounds
Sioux Walls
Rankin
Centerville
Turner County
Nelson
Man fugitives with 206 dollar cash
Sioux Falls authorities seek Fred Malloy accused of fleeing with 206 dollars left for safekeeping. A night worker at Coroner Miller's livery, Malloy reportedly departed with his wife for St. Paul after transferring the money from Marion Wamsley. Police race to locate him.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Fred Malloy
Malloy
St. Paul
L. D. Miller
Miller
Marion Wamsley
Wamsley
Salesman Eli Stein Fears Persecution Claims Roosevelt Inquiry
Canton Iowa reports Eli Stein a traveling salesman vanished after a dispute with a boy he reportedly struck. Stein said he wrote to President Roosevelt and foreign ambassadors alleging persecution over his Jewish background. A jury had been impaneled but Stein failed to appear amid mounting costs and search efforts. Local authorities suspect worry over the case has unsettled him.
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Canton
Eli Stein
Stein
Dent Roosevelt
Sioux City
Eloquent Plea Secures Liberty for Indian Man
Rapid City, S D Nov 22 Through the eloquent pleading of his girl wife an Indian maiden educated in an English school who speaks the language fluently Elias Kills a Hundred a Sioux Indian arrested last week for intoxication and disturbance on the streets was discharged when his case came before Police Justice Scrib er To satisfy the law the court fined the aborigine 10 dollars and costs and then remitted the money on the promise of the Indian s wife that he would behave himself in the future.
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Rapid City
S. D
Elias Kills-a-Hundred
Justice
Otis Robinson Found Dead After Rat Attack And Cold
Otis Robinson once part owner of the Eagle cafe in Watertown South Dakota was found dead in a haymow above a livery stable with his face gnawed by rats. He had a history of drinking heavily after selling his interest and is believed to have frozen to death while sleeping off a drunken spell. He leaves a banker brother in Steel North Dakota and a married sister.
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Watertown
S. D
Otis Robinson
Eagle Cafe
Robinson
Steel
N. D
Estelline Plans Waterworks Bond Election
Estelline South Dakota votes to hold a special election on bonds up to six thousand dollars to finance a municipal waterworks system. Public sentiment favors issuing the bonds.
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Estelline
S. D
Four Year Old Girl Dies After Eating Matches
Longford South Dakota reports the death of Marie Aldine Lambertson age four the daughter of Mr and Mrs E K Lambertson from eating matches. Despite precautions and medical help the child swallowed a number of matches and died.
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Longford
S. D
Marie Aldine
E. K. Lambertson
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