German Reichstag Debates Over Representative Government Begin December
Radical and socialist motions seek to make the chancellor and ministers answer to parliament and grant the Reichstag sole power to declare war. The Bundesrat and state-backed monarchies block change, with 14 votes needed for amendment. Radicals foresee a 1912 campaign unless dissolution intervenes.
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German Empire
Germany
Hamburg
Bremen
Ubeck
Tates
Prussia
New Counterfeit $5 Notes Surface in Circulation
Secret Service chief William Wilkie reports two counterfeit five dollar United States notes circulating. One imitates the 1899 Indian head design with a crosseyed portrait and rough blue seal, detected in Providence and linked to a 1886 act era issue. The other imitates a 1907 Jackson portrait note with altered seal and color, using a straight photograph and green back.
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Wilkie
Secret Service
Providence
Onepapa
United States
Jackson
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Saturday's Sioux City live stock market quotes list top beeves at 4.00 dollars and top hogs at 5.75 dollars.
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Sioux City
Kansas City Banks Unite In Absorption Deal
Union National Bank with deposits of 13 million absorbs Bank of Commerce of Kansas City. The combined institution will boast about 31.5 million in deposits.
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Kansas City
Union National Bank
Co Bank of Commerce
Bank of Commerce
Collision injures two men during Savannah training
Dehose umechanic and John Juhaz driver were badly injured when their automobile struck a telegraph pole during training in Savannah Georgia. Both men were reported in serious condition at a local hospital. The incident prompted nearby responders to assist at the scene.
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Dehose
Umechanic
Andohn Juhaz
Savannah
Gas Explosion Destroys Gold Street in Brooklyn Massive Losses Reported
A gas main leak caused a huge explosion on Gold Street Brooklyn fracturing street and burying at least fifteen workers with ten others missing. Officials fear the death toll will rise as rescuers sift fifty feet of earth and debris to reach entombed laborers. Samuel Trout perished while attempting to rescue a woman. a boy saved the woman.
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Gold Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
York
Front Streets
Samuel Trout
Trout
Gmelich Narrowly Edges Paynter for Missouri Lieutenant Governor
Joseph L. Gmelich Republican defeats William Paynter Democrat by two votes in Missouri lieutenant governor race. Secretary of State Swanger revises the count amid disputed county clerk supplemental returns. Total lieutenant governor votes reach 695,214 while Taft leads Missouri statewide by 1,026 in official returns, with possible changes on remaining electors.
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Joseph L. Gmelich
William Paynter
Missouri
Post-Dispatch
Jefferson City
Swanger
Paynter
William H. Taft
Folk
Farmers' 8 Billion Harvest Shocks Government Budget
The 8 000 000 000 dollars farmers earned from crops last year would fund eight years of government operations. Value of crops reached 7 500 000 000 with better weather and higher prices boosting farmer prosperity.
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James Wilson
Auto Plunge Into River Claims Two Lives In Chicago
An automobile speeding toward Chicago swerved at a bridge over the Calumet river and plunged into the water Friday. Two people drowned and six others were rescued from the river.
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Chicago
Calumet River
Coat Nets Save Eleven Children From Fire Evacuation
A Williamsburg tenement fire forced mothers to drop children from windows. Police caught eleven children including a baby in coats used as life nets. One ten year old boy died in the blaze.
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New York
Williamsburg
Steel armour contracts awarded for Florida and Utah battleships
Contracts for about 10 000 tons of steel armour have been awarded by the secretary of the navy. Bethlehem Carnegie and Midville companies each submit roughly one third of the total.
Robbers Hold Citizens During Attica Safe Heist
Robbers held several residents at bay in Attica Indiana early Friday while they blew open and robbed the Renninger and Silcox cash escrow of six thousand dollars. The suspects fled the scene.
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Attica
Ind
Renniger & Silcox
Conde Runs Aground In Corsican Storm
The French cruiser Conde went ashore on rocks off the Corsican coast during a heavy storm. Her position is described as critical with no loss of life reported.
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Conde
Ite
Cleveland Mayor Loses Fortune Moves From Grand Home
Mayor Jom Johsom of Cleveland Ohio declares bankruptcy of his vast fortune after years managing his late brother Albert’s traction empire. He plans to downsize to a cottage, relinquish luxuries, and continue in public life despite threats from political enemies. He says he remains determined and ready for further battles ahead.
Chicago financier Vlissengen becomes convict No 603
Peter Vlissengen of Chicago confessed to fraud exceeding 700000 dollars. He was moved to Joliet prison as convict No 603. Fearing self harm, authorities removed him early from jail and he hid his face with a newspaper when leaving. A crowd of 200 to 300 gathered at the depot but no demonstration occurred.
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Peter van Vlissengen
Joliet
Peter Vlissengen
Chicago
Union Depot
Seek Rabbit Find $3600 Hidden by Old Farmer
Lumbermen Edward Woods and Thomas Dickinson near Oil City Pennsylvania uncovered an iron kettle containing 3600 in gold coins while digging a rabbit hole. Residents say the money was buried by John Caldwell an eccentric farmer who died in an insane asylum about thirty years ago.
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Edward Woods
Thomas Dickinson
Oil City
John Caldwell
New Pool Champion Crowned in St Louis Match
Thomas A. Hueston of St. Louis won the world continuous pool title from Alfred De Oro of Havana by 600 to 436. De Oro had held the championship almost continuously for twenty years, playing ninety two championship games in that span.
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Thomas A. Hueston
St. Louis
Alfred de Oro
Havana
Cuba
de Oro
Mine Cage Collapses At Kerns-Donald Coal Mine
Two loaded cages in the Kerns-Donald coal mine nine miles north of Edwardsville Illinois collapsed dragging hoisting apparatus to the mine bottom. Two hundred men were inside at the time but all escaped injury.
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Kerns-Donnewald
Edwardsville
Ill
Johnsons Wealth Gone Shocks City Leader
Mayor Tom L Johnson announced his entire fortune had been lost after years of rumors he was a millionaire several times over. He said much of the wealth was spent trying to save properties left by his late brother Albert.
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Tom L. Johnson
Albert
Silverman Not Quilty Verdict in Farmer's Deposit Bank Case
The jury acquitted Harry Sil verman of Pittsburg, a manager for Miller & Co. in New York, of conspiracy to defraud the Farmer's Deposit National Bank. The verdict was delivered Thursday in the conspiracy case.
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Harry Silverman
Pittsburg
Miller & Co
New York
Farmer’s Deposit National Bank
Millis Farmer Dies in Corn Shredder Accident
Sebastian C. Cromer, a farmer from Eola Junction, Illinois, was killed when caught in a corn shredder. His body suffered multiple broken bones in the incident.
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Sebastian C. Cromer
Eola Junction
Ill
Former Dallas Commissioner Pleads Guilty in Sioux Falls Case
Anson Wagar, ex United States commissioner at Dallas, pleads guilty to using his postage frank on private postal cards. Judge Carland fines him 300 dollars, pays the fine, and dismisses the case after the plea and bond arrangements. The offense related to registration for Tripp county lands and led to his removal from office.
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Anson Wagar
United States
Dallas
Carland
United States Court
Sioux Falls
Tripp
Wagar
Conway
Harbour Convicted in Rapid City Murder Trial
A jury in Rapid City found Mrs. Mary Harbour guilty of manslaughter in the second degree for the death of her foster daughter Rose Adams last March. The verdict followed a trial of more than fifteen hours with limited rebuttal testimony and arguments spanning Wednesday into Thursday afternoon. The penalty ranges up to four years in the penitentiary. The State emphasized lack of care after the girl fell, absence of the husband’s testimony, and the impossibility of the girl firing the revolver in the claimed manner.
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Harbour
Rapid City
Mary Harbour
Rose Adams
Chauncey L. Wood
Bangs
Gardner
Kaufmann Opinion Grants New Trial Reversed for Prosecutor Error
Supreme Court grants a new trial in the Kaufmann case but reverses on error by special prosecutor Geo W Egan. The court finds repeated improper conduct including intimating the defendant did not testify, unsupported statements to the jury, and prejudicial remarks. The opinion sites a dramatic opening attempt to sway sentiment against the defense as a key fault.
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Supreme Court
Kaufmann
Geo. W. Egan
Three Pioneers Die in Brown County
Three Brown County pioneers died on Thursday. Mrs Catherine Neiger of Warner aged 85 wife of J H Neiger Julius Hasse aged 72 at his farm northeast of Warner and Mrs John Gaskin wife of a well known Columbia merchant. Each had lived in Brown County over twenty five years.
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Brown County
Catherine Neiger
Warner
J. H. Neiger
Julius Hasse
John Gaskin
Columbia
Three Die in Hospital in Pierre
Three deaths occurred in the hospital in Pierre Thursday night. The deceased are Max Brunhofer a young printer who recently moved to Pierre from Wisconsin W C Scheffmeyer of Ash Creek whose body was shipped to Omaha for burial and Peter Pershey of Cottonwood whose body was shipped to Sioux City for burial.
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Pierre
Max Brunhofer
Wisconsin
W. C. Scheffmeyer
Ash Creek
Omaha
Peter Pershey
Cottonwood
Sioux City
Governor Frees Pardoe One Month Early
Governor Crawford shortens the penitentiary sentence of Richard Pardoe on a burglary charge by one month on recommendation of the state board of charities and corrections. Pardoe’s term now ends December 9 instead of January 6, allowing him to spend Christmas at liberty.
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Richard Pardoe
Crawford
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Pardoe
Christams In Freedom
Geddes Gets Modern Water Tank and Tower
A Minneapolis man awarded the contract has begun building a new water tank and tower at Geddes. The project will render Geddes water works one of the state’s most complete systems with improved supply and reliability.
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Geddes
Minneapolis
Rushmore Girl Takes Laudanum In Pierre Depot
Miss Nettie Perry of Rushmore Minnesota attempted suicide by taking laudanum in the toilet at the Northwestern depot in Pierre. She was found on the floor with a note on bottles in hand, rescued after hard work, partially recovered, and taken to hospital where she remains in danger.
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Nettie Perry
Rushmore
Minn
Northwestern Depot
Pierre
Loomis Welcomes Eastern Capitalists Farm Implement Plant
An Iowa capital group buys eighty acres beside Loomis seven miles north of Mitchell to build a farm implements plant. Three buildings 60 by 100 feet will be erected. Land at 85 dollars per acre funds the venture, with a 100000 dollar corporate capital. Galloway company figures as major stockholder. Ground laid out by crews, concrete foundations under way.
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Towa
Loomis
Iowa
Mitchell
William Galloway
W. R. Lytle
Galloway Company
Waterloo
Geo. A. Johnston
Whiting Named to Supreme Bench to Fill Fuller Vacancy
Gov. Crawford appoints Charles E. Whiting of DeSmet to the Dakota supreme bench replacing the late Howard G. Fuller. Whiting, 45, serves as judge of the Ninth judicial circuit and has long held the office of state's attorney in Kingsbury County. His background includes study at Rochester High School, University of Minnesota, and University of Michigan law, with early career in Dakota territory. The bar of the state approves the appointment.
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Bar of State
Charles 8. Whiting
Crawford
Supreme Bench
Howard G. Fuller
DeSmet
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Olmstead County
Minn
Rochester
University of Minnesota
Ann Arbor Law School
Dakota Territory
Kingsbury County
Bullet Near Miss Hits Roy Benson in Stanley County
A hunter firing at an unseen target struck Roy Benson beside Grindstone creek. He and friend Howard Church heard no report or saw anyone nearby as the bullet entered behind his left ear and exited near the temple, suggesting a missed shot from an unseen hunter.
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Roy Benson
A. G. Benson
Stanley County
Howard Church
Grindstone Creek
Benson
Near Drowning Incident in 125-Foot Well
T A Abbott known as Miller recalls a near fatal encounter while loosening a rock at the bottom of a 125 foot well. Water rushed in as the rock moved and Abbott signaled for help. Attendants at the top checked with a glass and saw water above his head before pulling him out as water surged up sixty feet.
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Miller
T. A. Abbott
Dakotan Slechta Visits Relatives After Brazil Service
Joseph P. Slechta deputy consul general to Brazil with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro for two years is visiting relatives in Vermillion for a few days. He is among twenty six called to Washington by President Roosevelt for an examination that could place them in line for better appointments if successful.
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Brazil
Joseph P. Slechta
Rio de Janeiro
Vermillion
Slechta
Washington
Roosevelt
Cottonwood Chosen For State Experimental Station
The state board of regents located the state experimental station for Stanley and Lyman counties at Cottonwood. Philip Presho Kadoka Midland and other towns were in the run. It is expected the state will spend 5000 to 10000 dollars annually on the farm.
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Cottonwood
State Board of Regents
Stanley
Lyman
Philip
Presho
Kadoka
Midland
Rescued From Cistern Tragedy In Yard Accident
Young girl Mabel Holstrom daughter of Howard People fell through a cistern cover into a water filled cistern. Neighbors heard cries for help and summoned aid. she was seen motionless but rescue was organized and responders worked to save her.
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Mabel Holstrom
Third Lead Fire Victim Dies After Amputation
Mrs. Fdna Connor, the third victim of the recent Lead fire at the resort, died Tuesday at Homestake hospital after her leg was amputated as a last resort. She had been severely injured by jumping from the burning building.
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Lead
Fdna Connor
Homestake Hospital
State Board Re-elects Campbell President at Meeting
Dakota State Fair report states J. W. Campbell of Huron was re-elected president and W. S. Hill of Aberdeen chosen as vice president at the annual board of agriculture meeting.
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Dakota
State Board of Agriculture
J. W. Campbell
Huron
W. 8. Hill
Aberdeen
Milltons Mennonite colony thriving near Menno
The Milltown colony, owner of thousands of sheep, bills of branch colony in Buffalo county with 4,480 acres, 100 horses and 500 cattle, cost over $80,000. They produced 15,000 bushels of corn and 6,000 bushels of small grain, including 3,000 oats and 900 barley and spelts. The group runs a mill, feeds pigeons with mill screenings, and reports biennial state audit figures and new county divisions Perkins and Harding.
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Milltons Mennonite
Menno
Buffalo County
Milltown
Damage suit against Capital Journal filed by state official
The Capital Journal of Pierre faces a damage action brought by State Superintendent Ustrud. The case centers on alleged injuries from reported misstatements in connection with public education matters. Legal proceedings proceed as recorded by local authorities.
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Pierre
Ustrud
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