South Dakota News of the Week Highlights National and World Events
A digest from Washington notes George B. Grigsby nominated as U S attorney for Alaska and a bill to raise subsidies on steamship routes to South America and the Philippines. Senate actions include reforms on Indian veterans pensions and promoting Maj Gen Howard to lieutenant general. Obituaries cover many notable figures, from lawyers to theater managers, with multiple fire and disaster reports across North America and Europe.
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Washington
Senate
George B. Grigsby
United States
Alaska
Gallinger
Committee On Commerce
South America
Philippines
Australasia
Utah
Colorado
Minnesota
Idaho
O. C. Howard
Howard
Congress
Night Riders Burn Tobacco Warehouse in Kentucky
Two hundred masked riders attacked Dycusburg Kentucky burning Bennett's tobacco warehouse and distillery causing about forty thousand dollars in losses.
Accidental Hoopers? Fire destroys Berlin apartment house
A blaze wiped out the largest apartment building in Berlin New Hampshire causing $75000 in losses. In Cincinnati a Licking rolling mill suffered near total destruction with $200000 damage. A worker at Sterling depot was struck by a locomotive and died an hour later. Carl Bukhorst, former Presbyterian minister, died after a sermon incident.
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Berlin
N. H
Tre
Licking
Cincin Ball
Rockabrand
Carl Bukhorst
Werneies
From Other Shores and Royal Disputes Across Europe
A jumble of short items notes Japan increases sugar tax and kerosene prices, Prince Ernest of Sachsen Altenberg dies, Johannesburg boycott movement against Asiatic traders, a major Antwerp naptha reservoir blast with no casualties, Stockholm banks secure a 45 million crown loan, Rev Buckley vindicated over church loyalty charges, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz seeks divorce, pope excommunicates Prof Schnitzer, Munich lectures banned, Hanover College appoints Mills, $70,000 bank irregularities, Pittsburgh typhoid cost, Quaker City Ladies endowment for Garrtson hospital, Stockton bans Sunday sales, Utah summer school physical culture, Columbia appoints MacRae, Pittsburgh coal shipments advance, Sunday School convention plans, Columbia lifeguard program, and a large unnamed tank project.
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Prince Ernest
Sachsen Altenberg
Johannesburg
Antwerp
American Petrolean Company
Stockholm
Belgium
J. M. Buckley
The
Christian Advocate
George A. Scooke
Brandon
Mayrie
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Mecklenburg- Strelitz
George Jametel
Hanover College
Madison
Ind
W. A. Mills
J. G. McClaim
People's Bank of California
Pittaburg
Garrtson
Philadelphia
Quaker City Ladies’ Motor Club
Stockton
Cal
University of Utah
PAY TRIBUTE 10 DEAD. KING VIEWED BY THOUSANDS
Frightful crush at church in Lisbon mars day of mourning for Portugal’s king and crown prince. Thousands of mourners filed past the fallen monarch’s bier while the city wore mourning symbols. A child was killed in the crowd as officials guarded the church and surrounding streets. Coronation plans for King Manuel likely postponed for months amid republican tensions and cautious calm following the tragedy.
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Listion
Podias
Lisbon
Portugal
San Vicente
Theields
Jehila
Manuel
Hughes Expected to Seek Kelsey Removal as Insurance Chief
Albany observers anticipate Gov. Hughes will again urge the Senate to remove Otto Kelsey from the state superintendent of insurance post on grounds of inefficiency. The governor plans no public comment on the matter, though chatter of a resignation to avert a clash persists without solid footing.
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Hughes
Albany
N. Y
Gov.Hughes
Senate
Otto Kelsey
Kelsey
Famine in Copperdom Ends as 25 Carloads Reach City
A famine in fresh meat fruit and vegetables in Copperdom ended Saturday when twenty five carloads of perishable goods arrived in Houghton after being storm bound in Milwaukee and Chicago since Tuesday night. The shortage had stretched through the Copperdom area, with rail delays hampering supply.
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Houghton
Mich
Copperdam
Milwaukee
Chicago
Fatal blast at Duluth tunnel work injures five
Five men were injured in a premature dynamite explosion at a tunnel work site in Duluth Wisconsin yesterday. One foreman Napoleon Perron died from his injuries. Others named include Albart Mwersy and Freyr who were severely injured. The accident occurred during terminals construction. The report notes the casualties and ongoing conditions of the injured workers.
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Mary Sherry
Brocton
N. Y
Andrew Jackson
H. Laidley
St. Louis
Wisconsin Central
Duluth
Napoleon Perron
Galbart
Mwersy
Freyr
Midnight raid by night riders shocks Kentucky town
Night riders invaded Fredonia in Critteny county at midnight. They pried into a tobacco business, blew up Alfred H. Cardin's tobacco factory with 26 000 pounds of tobacco, destroyed his barn holding 10 000 pounds, and freed prisoners after firing volleys. Eighty percent of Arkadelphia county farmers joined the Society of Equity. Cardin not a member. Planters' Association has no organization there.
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View
Alfred HH. Cardin
Mr. Cardin
Fredonia
Arittepdon County
Society of Equity
Cardin Ia
The
Planters’ Association
Publisher and Postmaster Indicted for Mail Fraud
George Filovick Terry general manager of Sawyer Publishing at Waterville and Harry Bashan former Waterville postmaster were indicted by a U S district court on two counts of conspiracy to defraud the government of postage. The government alleges losses of tens of thousands yearly with alleged false returns and misstatement of circulation for Sawyer’s magazines. The publishing company issues five magazines and sample copies allegedly exceeded allowed circulation.
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Portland
George Filovick Terry
Sawyer Publishing Company
Waterville
Harry Wo Bashan
Ammmber
United States District Court
Poste
Tt 8
Terry
Boshan
Sawyer's
Post Office Department
It Ie
Receiver Named for Cahokia Village in Illinois
In Belleville on February 11 Judge B R Burroughs granted the Federal Union Security Company of Indiana a injunction restraining George Lepeich from acting as supervisor of Cahokia village and from collecting rents on 600 acres. Frederick B Morrill was appointed receiver as officials readjust the tangled village affairs. The Cahokia supervisor office dates to 1722 and continues under laws from Louis XIV.
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Illinois
Louis XIV
France
Belleville
B. R. Burroughs
Federal Union Security Company of
Indiana
George Lepeich
Cahokia
Frederick B. Morrill
Indian Burned To Death Near Campfire In Wisconsin
Michi gabee, a Pottawattamie Indian from near Wabeno Wisconsin, burned to death after alcohol-soaked clothes ignited when a bottle broke in his pouch. He and his father Curly Jack had halted by a roadside campfire when nightfell. The incident occurred in Forest County near Menominee on February 11.
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Menominee
Mich
Michigabee
Wabeno
Forest County
Wisconsin
Curly Jack
Michi- Raden
Michi Raben
Saloon Keepers Fined for Sunday Openings in Winona
Winona Minn Feb 11 The law against Sunday saloon openings is enforced. Anton Pellowski was fined 20 dollars and costs for keeping his saloon open last Sunday. Customers entered through a back door and bought beer and alcohol, then reported to police. Pellowski is the fourth saloon keeper fined since the lid went on.
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Winona
Minn
Anton Pellowski
Pellowski
Presidents to Receive 10 Percent Salary Cut on Railroads
Cincinnati February 11 The management of the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific railway and the Alabama Great Southern railroad announced a 10 percent reduction in the monthly salaries of the president and vice presidents effective March 1 1908. The action affects salaries of 869250 and over.
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Cincinnati
Murphy
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Costine Mogthy Nan
Arbitration Treaty Ties U S France To Hague Accord
Washington reports Secretary Root and Ambassador firm about a realty for arbitration of disputes between France and America. The treaty must pass both Senate and French executive approvals before effect. Details kept secret pending ratification, with parallels drawn to failed Britain talks. Paris papers report surprise at progress with little detail.
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Root
Fusser
Yas Terday
France
Alerter
United States
Senate
Phi
Worms
Digney
Lord Painee
America
Great Britain
United States Senate
Dratta of Freatick
South and
Central America
Paris
Morse Indicted Twice by New York County Grand Jury
New York Feb 12 The New York County grand jury returned five indictments against Charles W Morse organizer of the American Tea Company and Consolidated Steamship, with three liquor tax counts and two grand larceny charges. Morse sailed for Liverpool on the Campania and is en route back aboard the Cunarder Etruria. The panel also considered other banking related indictments including a 200000 note transaction. The federal grand jury postponed indictments today.
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New York County
New York
Charles W. Morse
American Tea Company J
Consolidated Steamship Company
Jerome
Europe
Liverpool
Campania
Morse
Grand Jury
Federal Grand Jury
Engagement rumor denied as Davis and Ashford unfold
Washington reports a claimed engagement termination between Henry Gaguaway Davis and Miss Ashford. She denies the report while Davis declines to discuss the matter. Also notes suffragists planning a monster parade along Fifth Avenue from Union Square to Central Park next Sunday.
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Miss Ashford
Gassaway
Washington
Henry Gaguaway Davis
New York
Fifth Avenue
Union ] Square
Central Park
Austrian Attacked by Highwayman Near Pueblo
Joseph Ruse and six Austrian companions were robbed by a lone highwayman near Pueblo. Ruse was killed by a pistol shot. the assailant used a revolver. The incident occurred last night as the travelers moved through the area on February 12. Police are investigating the motive and identity of the shooter.
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Pueblo
Colo
Joseph Ruse
Brookhaven Lynching Attempt Jolts Mississippi Troops
Brookhaven residents clash with a mob after a Black man accused of assault is captured from a telegraph pole pass. Jackson soldiers escort the suspect. deputies and locals surge, five mob members wounded, corporal Arie badly hurt. Militia from nearby towns joins Brookhaven unit, totaling fifty eight men.
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Miss
Bii Pizut
Severi
Pigot
Frank Greer
Light Munis
Noelo Propeokhe Negro
Negro Alighel
Coll
Imule
Jackson
Jick Solentry
Lealle Arie
Cig
Albert Fuller
Bodies of King Carlos and Prince Luiz Philippe Laid Away
The bodies of King Carlos and Prince Luiz Philippe were laid beside royal ancestors in the Pantheon. Thousands gathered outside San Vicente Cathedral to view the bodies before doors closed amid a near disaster. Police, Royal Archers, and cavalry dispersed the crowd as women and children were injured in the crush. The entombment ceremony proceeded after the doors shut.
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Carlos
Luis Philippi
Ligbon
Feh
Luiz Philippe
San Vicente
50 000 Persons Destitute Relied On Kensington Mill District
Philadelphia February 12. The Central Labor Union heard a plea from textile workers for aid to destitute men women and children in the Kensington district. The union formed a committee to act on the delegation request for relief in one of the world’s great industrial centers.
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Kensington Mill
Central Labor Union
Kensington District
Lynch Threat Arises After Train Kills Aged Man
Special from Prestonsburg Floyd County reports Engineer William Artup of the local railroad in charge of a train that struck and killed an elderly man named Burks. Artup was dragged from his engine cab and hustled toward a bluff as residents threaten lynching.
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Lexington
Prestonsburg
Floyd County
William Artup
Burks
Tall
Nelson With Dying Son in Colorado Springs
Senator Nelson of Minnesota has arrived in Colorado Springs to be with his son Henry who is dying of tuberculosis. The senator has given up hope of recovery and will remain until the end. Henry has been failing since he was brought here last March from Everett Washington.
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Minnesota
Colorado
Denver
Nelson
Colorado Springs
Henry
Everett
Wash
Seven Die In Fire At New Liskard Home
A New Liskard Ontario carpenter Lawrence Haacke home burned in the early morning blaze killing seven people. His wife and six children aged infant to eleven perished as they slept before help could reach the scene.
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New Liskard
Ont
Lawrence Haacke
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