Local Turmoil In South Dakota Notices Rail Disaster and Murky Incidents
A fragmented South Dakota page reports a Rock Island train collision near White killing Mrs. Gus Berndt and two daughters, with other lines noting a suicide by Roy Forgueon of Canby and various local crimes and civic developments. It mentions bank construction, drainage bond vote, a Mitchell loan company, railway surveys, Eagles' picnics near Riverside Park, liquor arrest waves, shootings, and a farmer’s suicide at Milbank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisseton
South Dakota
Gus Berndt
White
West
Win
William Burkhart
Bly
Ralph Hallies
James Laferty
Dat Thor
Dia
Justi
Pree Elie
Webbery
Mindhwey
Butte Thy Tron
Cherohes
Wallis
Edmunl Mailer
Hin
Elizabeth McVittle
Albert R. King
New York
Waulsey Corwin
District Attorney's Office
Corwin
Charles Hartman
Troy
Mont
Kootenai River
Snyder
Edward Walker
Bernard
Walker
Fort Washakie
Wyo
News of the Week At the Capital
The Milwaukee cruiser proved a wonder in rough seas during preliminary trim to claim a 2290 title. A dispatch from Rome notes complications in the Anna De Castellne divorce case and other global updates. Local and national briefs cover accidents, crimes, fires, and political shifts with a flurry of names, places, and numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Navy
New- Derry
Ashe Navy
Anna de
Paria Temps
Rome
Holt Hess
Bodmin
Cornwall
Thomas Charles “Robartes
Freeman Thomas
Berlin
Free Evangelical Church of Believing Christians
Revolt in Southern Russia Raises Tense Alarm and Arrests
Reports describe machine guns used against rebels in Polotsk and mass arrests amid a riot. Loyal troops seized arms and imprisoned prisoners while crowds paraded in defiance. News from St Petersburg says details are scarce as authorities suppress dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mito
Tujy
Pivat Ballallahy
Tillon
Poltavai
Pires
St. Votersburg
Polans
Safe Crackers Loot Pohl Grain Elevator in Hampton
In Hampton Iowa on July 31 safe crackers blew open the Pohl grain elevator safe. The office was wrecked and the safe door blown off. Notes and valuable papers were taken but later recovered in the Chicago Great Western yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Iowa
Pohl
Chicago
To Rebuild Ruined Palace Hotel in San Francisco
San Francisco July 31 The Palace hotel ruined by the earthquake and fire will be pulled down and rebuilt at a cost of 3 500 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Palace Hotel
Despondent Worker Slays Self After Discharge
Tim Burke a forty five year old man from Illinois, working on the Rock Island grade near Oskaloosa Iowa, killed himself with a butcher knife shortly after being discharged and died within five minutes authorities stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Tim Burke
Ilinois
New Rock Island
King and Queen Set Sail for English Ports on Royal Yacht
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria embark from here aboard the royal yacht Gefeld for a cruise to England. They plan to visit San Sebastian in Spain on July 1 and expect to stop at English ports along the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
San Sebastian
Spain
Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Gifeld
Bitter Contest Foreshadows Illinois Primary Fallout
Shelby M. Cullom, senior U S senator from Illinois, faces a tense finish to the Illinois primary race. Republicans and Democrats weigh factional power and 1908 presidential campaign influence. In Cook County the senatorial vote is pivotal, with Dineen allies predicting a large Yates tally and Cullom supporters forecasting a sweeping win across most Cook County districts.
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Shelby M. Cullom
United States
Illinois
Illlnois
Cook County
United States Senate
Dineen
Yates
Cullom
Keeps Up Strenuous Pace Hon Francis M Cockerell
Hon Francis M Cockerell, former Missouri senator and longtime public servant, now Interstate Commerce Commission member, works through heat and vacation to implement the new railroad rate law. He arrives early, leaves late, and survives on two apples and milk, with decades of service shaping his relentless pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Cockerell
Francis Marion Cockrell
Missouri
Interstate Commerce Commission
House of Congress
Senator Cockerell
Senate
Cockerell
Commissioner Cockerell
Cockrell
Thumb Prints in the Army Adopt Galton system for recruits
The army plans to use Galton thumb prints for new recruits with the navy to follow to identify dead and wounded and capture deserters. Reenlistments will bring personnel under the regulation, but not yet for existing soldiers. A large barred owl was captured near Rock Creek and donated to Ottawa University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Earl Watkins
Ottawa Republic
Rock Creek
Watking Hall
Obitawa University
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. C. Knappen
Roy Forgueon
Canby
Minn
Sieur Falls
Ing Putron
Red
Bevo Butte
Tee
Tycerlidia
Denitiv
Storesford
AMM
Thie Law Fortes Ranch
Stirsie
Teuel Eninty
Chir
Ateapnder Johnson
Alexandria
Yantctos
Miller
First National
White Lake
Mitchell
Mitchell Loan, Trust and Savings Company
William M. Smith
J. M. Ferris
Thomas Fullerton
D. M. Miller
E. J. Quigley
Clare A. Davidson
Yankton
Sioux City
Wakonda
Olivet
Yankton County
Walshtown
Hanson
Eagles
Union County
Sioux River
Riverside Park
Arle
Rik Point
Herbert of Mitchell
Stockyuards
H. T. Williams
Herman Vey
Dutch
Jack
C. W. Burke
Victor Putzer
W. F. Barnes
Vey
Williams
Henry Steel
Milbank
Hewayne
News of
Casuzaides
Mehmning
Caperton Ranch
Louisville
Jesse O. McClain
Robertsdale
Huntingdon County
Burlington Garde
Billings
L. D. Shandy
Oren
George A. Clark
Carteraville
Town
Havre
Bart Ridgeway
Company D
Second
United States Cavalry
Standard Chain Works
St. Mary's
Ohio
Columbus
William Zinn
Paul Claton
Butte, Mont
C. B. King
Illinois Central
Duncombe
Myery
Peoria
Elk Horn
Man
Laura
May Turner
Agnes Martinsen
Helen
Hilda Linden
Manistique
Two Bridges
Mont. Charles
Dillon
New Orleans
Havana
Edmund M. Rice
Wakefield
Mass
Texas
J. J. Bates
Massachusetts
Boston
Curtis Gould
American Surety Company
Kansas
Missouri Pacific Railway
Pacific Express Company
David Tent
Kansas City
Beatrice
Neb
Col. J. C. Greenman
Kyle
Ishpeming
Mich
Pittsburg
Southern Pacific Company
MUTI
Russia
Shusha
Caucasus
Tiflis
St. Petersburg
Council of Workmen’s Deputies
Teriiki
Trepoff
Associated Preas
Gen. Trepoff
John D. Rockefeller
France
Mr. Rockefeller
Richard Yates
Mlllinois
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