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Newspaper
Huron Weekly World
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
8
An explosion at Diamondville No 1 mine Wyoming killed eighteen English miners who were at work 4000 feet underground. The blast knocked down coal for the day shift and left the doomed workers in a close cluster. Officials say mine workings are not seriously damaged and output resumes within four days.
Vienna correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says an international fleet has occupied Lemnos Island in Europe. London dispatch notes the seizure as part of a broader conflict in the region.
The steel steamer Ira H. Owen with nineteen crew members is declared lost after sightings near Outer Island and Michigan Island wreckage reports. Wreckage and life preservers marked S.8 Ira H. Owen were found, increasing storm losses to about a dozen vessels and over thirty lives. The article also notes indictments and legal actions related to the Lewis Publishing company and others, with trials set for March 5, 1906.
St Louis December 2. Two federal indictments returned by the grand jury charge Louis G Lewis president of a bank with fraudulent age of mails and conspiracy to defraud. List of counts details not provided. Indictments allege scheme to obtain funds through mail fraud and related conspiracy.
A Lake Preston Times excerpt describes a telegraph office mix up about a banner inscription for a Sunday school and a rumor the husband in New York may not return. It includes anecdotes on polite speech, word use, and light moral tales about language and manners with assorted exchanges.
A Washington backed move led by President Roosevelt to investigate the Standard Oil monopoly and allied interests is reported in New York financial circles. News confirms inquiries by prominent New York businessmen.
Minneapolis and Duluth report wheat futures and spot prices for December and May. No. 1 hard and Northern classes command mid to high eighties with No. 2 around eighty-three to eighty-five cents. Flax shows arrives quotes near one dollar with May futures near one dollar and four cents.
St Paul prices show cattle grading good to choice steers at 4.50 to 5.50, common to fair 3.75 to 4.25. Cows and heifers 3.50 to 4.25, young cattle 2.00 to 5.50. Hogs 4.20 to 4.80. Sheep include yearling wethers 5.00 to 5.75 and good to choice lambs 6.50 to 7.00.
Chicago market notes show cattle prices by category including cows and heifers at 1.25 for stockers and feeders at 2.20 and Western at 3.25. Hogs are mixed at 4.50 to 4.90 with various weights and grades. Sheep lambs bring around 4.40 with a wide range shown.
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