Seton News Of Week Highlights World Events
A compilation from Seton South Dakota covers multiple items. It notes North Carolina senator Overman proposing a tariff amendment and a $12 head tax on entrants. Brooklyn’s George W. Gibbs sues Britain over a Cuba fugitive case and seeks $100,000 from Washington. Interior orders restoration of surplus Minnesota lands near the Superior forest reserve. President Taft’s West travel plans and a proposed $27 million budget for travel expenses are discussed. Several naval, scientific, and civic appointments and deaths are listed, including Rear Admiral Miller and Charles K. Sky, with Carnegie donations and other memorials. World items mention earthquakes, ship incidents, mutiny aboard a French warship, and deaths of Heiney Conried and Olive Logan.
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Overman
North Carolina
Senate
United States
George W. Gibba
Brooklyn
Cuba
Georgetown
Brilish
Guinea
Hag
State Department
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Minnesota
Superior Forest Reserve
Simmer
Chaipman Tawney
Tall
Sins and Sinners Tale of Murders and Heists Across America
Irvin e Kentucky jurists convict Beach Hargis for murdering his father Judge James Hargis in Breathitt County. Denver federal agents arrest Frank Bruzzel over counterfeit bills. In Keokuk Iowa a boy named George Jones fatally shoots a man during a play dispute. A pair of youths in Omaha Nebraska plead guilty to stealing jewelry and face twenty years after a jail escape. San Francisco clerk Eugene Pearson is charged with embezzling 1145 dollars from army transport funds.
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Beach Hargis
Irvine, Ky
James
Hargis
Breathitt
Bruzzel
Wee
Federal
Secret Service
Denver
Colorado
George Jones
Charles Alexander
Keokuk
Iowa
Jones
Lena Hammond
Lloyd Allen
Fred de Rand
Onawa
Laws
Goold
Eugene Pearson
Army Transport Advice
San Francisco
Disaster on Great Lakes Claims Heavy Losses
Reports from Detroit dated May 4 describe twin storms sweeping the Great Lakes. Ships and crews are lost or stranded on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan with several vessels sunk or damaged. Across the South, storms have left about 200 dead, 700 injured, and property losses in the millions as Tennessee bears the heaviest toll.
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Detroit
Great Lakes
George Nester
Memphis
Tenn
Lowa
Tennesse
Cas
Favors Roads in Commodities Case
Government loses on most points in the Commodities clause ruling. The decision upholds railroad stock ownership in commodity firms only to the extent allowed by law, enabling railroads to ship products they own via subsidiaries. The ruling signals potential congressional action to widen the act’s scope.
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Weeting
Uited
Whevest Ag
Miinifestvl
Eldlen Caens
Justien White
Ottich
Phila Tphin
Poly
Tustice Tekan
Congrese
Congress
Fire and wind devastate towns and properties across the Midwest
A Chicago storage house fire at Boynton Wool Scouring causes 70000 dollars in damage with one death. A tornado wrecks much of Douglas Kansas. The Husted Milling elevator at Huffalo burned destroying 200000 bushels of grain and triggering a 500000 dollar insurance covered loan. A Ridge Building fire in Kansas City incurs 300000 dollar loss as embers spark multiple blazes. A Washington jury returns a not guilty verdict in John A. Benson bribery case. A Sioux City exhibit incident sees W A Wallace survive a three story elevator fall into chinaware.
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Boynton Wool
Chicago
Douglas
Kan
Husted Milling Company
Huffalo
Washington
John A. Benson
Milionaire
California
Te General Lang
Ridge
Kansas City
Masonic Lodges
Baptism rite ends with pastor's sudden death at Big Rapids
Rev. FE G Franck, pastor of the German Lutheran church in Big Rapids Michigan, collapsed and died while administering a child’s baptism. The incident shocks a local congregation and raises questions about safety protocols during ceremonies.
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FE. G. Franck
Big Rapids
Mich
Illinois
Minnesota
Florida
House
Senate
Samuel Dempster
Pittsburg
William D. Mann
Town Topics
Chisholm
Iowa
H. 0. Company
Townsend Sails 1000 Tons Iron From Duluth to Cleveland
The E L Townsend departed Duluth last evening carrying 1000 tons of iron ore mined by the Mahoning mine of the Cambria Steel company at Hibbing. It is the first ore carrier to leave the Head of the Lake and more ships will follow in a few days. Receipts at the docks show Duluth loading 15000 tons and Allegheny 100,000 tons.
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E. L. Townsend
Duluth
L .Townsend
Cleveland
Mahoning
Cambria Steel Company
Hibbing
Townsend
Alleuey
Illinois Central Fights Iowa Anti Pass Law in Court
Des Moines May 4 The Illinois Central railroad challenged the Iowa anti pass law in the Iowa Supreme Court filing a brief by Judge W S Kenyon general counsel in Iowa attacking the provision requiring attorneys to devote full time to railroad work to receive passes. Also Minot May 4 a gambling offender Ted dy Brunner rearrested after a $10 fine in city court on a state warrant and Waterloo May 4 Theodore Duffy 24 found shot in leg with two highwaymen allegedly robbing him of $6. police pursue theory of an attack nearby.
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Illinois Central Fights Act
Des Moines
Illinois Central Railroad
Iowa
W. S. Kenyon
Iowa Supreme Court
Minot
N. D
Teddy Brunner
Waterloo
Theodore Duffy
Duffy
Boat Capsize Kills Four in Tuscarawas River Incident
In Coshocton Ohio on May 4 the swollen Tuscarawas River capsized a motor boat carrying six men. Four men perished and the others were rescued after being exhausted.
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Coshocton
Ohio
Tuscarawas River
Missouri Man Seeks Impeachment Of Two Federal Judges
Representative A R McPherson of Missouri introduces charges against Federal Judges Smit McPherson and John J Phillips of the Western District alleging improper conduct during a state railroad dispute. A special five member committee is named to investigate with impeachment in view. Since no committee exists, the charges carry over to the December session.
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McPherson
Philips
Washington
Missouriaws
von Yasterday
A. Rmphy
Missouri
Smit McPherson
John J. Phillips
Gnesta
St Thie Association
Welk Judement
Cort
Woman and Child Killed by Electric Car in Elyton
W. E. Leadford of Powderly was killed instantly and her child fatally injured when struck by a Bessemer electric car yesterday in Elyton, Birmingham. Authorities filed no further details.
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Birmingham
Ate
Nis
E. Leadford
Powderly
Bessemer
Elyton
Warden Seizes Over a Ton of Pike in Rainey River Case
Bemidji Minn May 5 A warden of the state game and fish commission reports a seizure of more than a ton of wall eyed pike illegally caught by residents of Long Sault on the Rainey river west of International Falls. The fishers were arrested and fined heavily.
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Bemidji
Minn
International Falls
G. W. Loman
State Game and Fish Commission
Long Sault
Rainey River
Turmoil in Constantinople as Young Turks plot change
Reports from Constantinople claim Mehmed Vo’s rise weakens Kiamil Pasha and the Young Turks discuss a ruler change. Executions begin for Jaartrouth uprising leaders while hangings, photographed reluctantly, shock the city as police suppress images. Evidence ties Hamid to the Adana upheaval via palace guards.
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Constantinople
Mehmed Vo
Tupken
Kiamil Pasha
Young Turks
Alwady
Jaartrouth
Consiien
Hnd
Usher Avidence
Mbit Hamid
Adana
Nieres
Wright Brothers Receive British Gold Medal in London
In London the Aeronautical Society awarded Wilbur and Orville Wright the first gold medals after a formal demonstration at the Institution of Civil Engineers. The brothers received warm tributes from scientists and guests, with a Ritz hotel dinner to follow and a prolonged round of questions for autographs.
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London
Aaeronauten
Gr Britain
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Aeroplatsts
Dayton
Ohio
Katherine Wright
Maximi
Baden-Powel
Fos. Cody
Willy
Orville Wight
Ritz
The
Aeronautical Society
Roosevelt's aim saves lives on lion hunt in Africa
Col Roosevelt shoots a lion that lunged at two beaters near Natobi. The successful shot spared the men, while Roosevelt remarked the lion was a glorious target. The party rested at Wami and planned to hunt giraffe next.
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Lion
Natobi
East Africa
Col
Roosevelt
Maseles
Col. Roosevelt
Wami
Kap
Gospel Shelter Collapses In Indiana Revival Work
Elkhart Indiana May 5 Fifty professionals and business leaders joined a revival campaign led by Ora S Gray of Massachusetts to build a church hall for 3 500 worshippers. A roof section collapsed injuring worker Orlando J Hall late in the afternoon.
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Indiana
Elkhart
Ind
Ora S. Gray
Massachusetts
Orlando J. Hall
Alleged Bigamist Located in Ohio Arrest
Arthur C. Raymond, alleged bigamist who wed Pearl Friend in October, was arrested by Sheriff George Freer in Toledo, Ohio. Raymond’s other wife, said to live in Minneapolis, is involved in the case.
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Blue Earth
Minn
Arthur C. Raymond
Pearl
George Freer
Toledo
Ohio
Raymond
Minneapolis
Bert Russell Sought for Fatal Wounding of Wife in Waubay
Bert Russell, arrested at Waubay yesterday on suspicion of beating his wife in Aberdeen and inflicting likely fatal injuries, escaped custody, then slashed his own throat and died instantly. The incident occurred May 5 in Kit's Self, Aberdeen, South Dakota.
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Kit
Aberdeen
S. D
Bert Russell
Waubay
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