Curfew, deaths, and civic notes ripple through Beadle county
A curfew ordinance at Bik Point requires youths off streets by 9 pm. A fatal accident near Miller claims a young man. J L Neggle to retire April 15 after 15 years with railways. Carnegie library in Milbank opened with mayor and state librarian present. Fire district and city appointments confirmed in Salem. Hyde county drills artesian wells with dozens more planned. Elk Point displays a hunter’s mount. Gowdy buys land to plant flax and operate a large steam plow. Custer school chief L W Jackson moves to Big Timber Montana. Viborg volunteer fire department elects L P Peterson as chief and shows solid finances.
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Eurio
Beadle County
McCook County Veterans’ Asocia Finnive
Spencer
Salem
L. §. Tyler
A.C. Biernstrkt
F. H. Putnam
Daniel Hoy
Fred Olson
W. C. Sweinhart
W. E. Lane
W. R. Holly
McCook County
Sacramento
Cit
Hyde County
South Dakota
News of the Week Notes From Washington
President Roosevelt signs a congress bill for a Alaska delegate. Reports cover famine in Hankow Hunan China typhoid in Mexico City assassinations in Ekaterine Slav and political turmoil in France and San Domingo. Local incidents include suicides mob justice jail strikes and accidents across the United States with multiple fatalities and damages.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
State Department
Hunan Province
Navy Department
Harrington
Navy Yard
Norfolk
York Spit
YorWoch
Pantha Canal Commission
Eitver
Fyench Company
Multiple Gruesome Crimes Reported Across States
A jagged string of incidents includes Rev. C Stewart Bain jailed in Waterloo New York for church arson claims a Jekyll Hyde motive. In Mississippi a lynching follows a capture of Sam Sims after a fatal clash with Constable Lamar Hendricks. Edwin W Clark of New York commits suicide amid wealth and cotton trade ties. In Indiana Pleasant Land dies and brother Winfield dies later after a gunfight. In Ohio Isaac Mackey kills his brother then dies by suicide. the other man dies later. Over 300 Franklin county Miss citizens and sheriff face Whitecap intimidation charges with fines. Garfield A Williams and William Hare imprisoned after a drunken quarrel in Greensburg.
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Waterloo
N. Y
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New Point
Ind
Pleasant Land
Winfield Land
Jeff Williams
Garfield A. Williams
William Hare
Greensburg
Franklin County
Miss
Niles
Preble
Ohio
Isaac Mackey
David Mackey
Long life, plagues, and railway trades headline mixed notices
A string of diverse 19th century items includes J Bryan quarantined near Suez over bubonic plague, Betsy Ware aged 137 in Virginia, Chicago freight workers seeking wage gains from June 15, and a 250000 jubilee gift appeal for Christianizing India. Also noted are deaths of Shakespearean actor William Owen and 114 year old Elizabeth Gates, a Lincoln plot participant Smoot, a canal master builder appointment in Panama, irrigation progress near Whalen Oregon, and a wheat market move by Everitt seedmen.
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Suez
Betsy Ware
Spottsylvania County
Chicago
Board of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
America
Brunswick
R. M. Smoot
Abraham Lincoln
John Surratt
Potomac
Fort Smith
Ark
C. H. Mead
Iowa Central Railway
Marshalltown
Iowa
Panama Canal Zone
George D. Brook
FIND BODY OF FATHER GAPON
The fate of Father Gapon appears resolved as authorities report the body has been found, ending lingering uncertainty about his disappearance. Efforts by search crews recovered the remains, bringing closure to the case and relief to his family.
Mystery of Father Gapon’s Fate Appears Solved
A body found hanging in a villa near Ozerki Finland is identified as Father Gapon. Police note the corpse resembles the priest and suits the missing labor leader’s clothing. Death may have occurred elsewhere before his body was moved to the villa.
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Gapon
Ozerki
Finland
Bulmer
Gajon
Berlin
Witness accuses Standard Oil of dirty trade to crush rivals
In Chicago on May 1 the Interstate Commerce Commission heard former Standard Oil employee Wibbe describe bribery rebates and inferior oil as tactics used to defeat competitors. He named towns in Illinois and recounted a fake order scheme to trigger cash gifts from Standard Oil agents. Other witnesses testified bribery of railroad and mill workers and sabotage of independent suppliers.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oil Company
Cleveland
Wibbe
Peoria
Inllinois
Btandara Company
Standard Oiil Company
Monnett
Dave
Uribe
Standard of
Miller
Hibbs
Indiana
Ambassador posts shift as Hayashi to London
Reports from Tokio say Viscount Hayashi accepts the British ambassadorship and Baron Komura also to London. No official announcement yet awaiting Premier Salonil’s return from Manchuria to Tokyo today.
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Tokio
Viscount Hayashi
Great Britain
Foreign Ministry
Baron Komura
London
Salonil
Manchuria
San Francisco Water Breaks Halt City Supply
San Francisco officials toured the peninsula to inspect the Spring Valley Water Company mains after breaks cut the city’s water supply. Reservoirs were found safe and most connections re established, easing domestic needs. Police calm prevailed after unrelated arrest of an officer.
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San Francisco
Schmita
Schusseter
Spring Villey Water Company
Crystal Springs
W Vooney
Free Fight at Dowie Meeting Turns Violent
A Dowie meeting in Zion City ended in a melee as hecklers from the Voliva faction charged the platform. Dowie labeled the Voliva overseers thieves and robbers while guards struggled to control the disturbance.
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DOWIE
Voliva
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zid City
Gio
Tabah Evacuated by Turks and Frontier Delimitation
Turkish troops evacuated Tabah by sultan order as the porte offered a plan for boundary delimitation. Sir Nicholas O Connor seeks an Anglo Turkish commission and full satisfaction before the British deadline. The note aims to restore Sinai status quo with frontier delimitation by local Turkish and Egyptian officials.
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Nicholas O’conor
London
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Nicholas O'Conor
Turkey
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Death of Johannes Holder Found Hanging Near Fergus Falls
The body of Johannes Holder, a prominent farmer, was found hanging in woods near the state hospital at Fergus Falls Minnesota on May 15. Insane men out for exercise discovered him and authorities classified it as death by own action. he had been missing since Wednesday with no known motive.
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Savas
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Nicholas Toms
Mexico City
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Rome
Walter Wellman
Norway
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Killen
August Brawn
Germany
Eltven
Cincinnati
Braun
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Wowie
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Deacon Vington
Qriet
Dowle
Fergus Falls
Minn
Johannes Holder
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Tots Perish in Flames at Clifton Residence
In Pittsburg on May 15 a fire destroyed the home of Marcus A Woodward at Clifton. Two children, Margaret, twenty one months, and Marcus, eight months old, were burned to death. Charred bodies found in the ruins after a bucket brigade failed to reach them.
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Pittsburg
Marcus A Woodward
Clifton
Margaret
Marcus
Senate debates Elkins amendment and railroad rate bill
Washington reports detail a week of senate activity on the Elkins amendment barring carriers from coal and other competition with shippers and on the railroad rate bill. House work centers on naval appropriations with open market purchases for shells and cordage.
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House
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McCumber
Navy Department
Bureau of Ordnance
Appropriations Committee
Tawney
Minnesota
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