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Newspaper
Huron Weekly World
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1905
Page
3
A London and South Western Railway steamer, the Hilda, went ashore near the French coast during a severe snowstorm. Boilers exploded on impact, leaving 128 dead including 21 saloon passengers 80 onion sellers and 27 crew.
Reports from Paris describe the wreck of the steamship Hilda from Southampton to St. Malo. Striking Les Portes reef near Jardin lighthouse, the steamer tore in two as boilers exploded, killing over 100. Seven bodies washed ashore near St. Cast while wreckage and cattle fray the coast.
Washington November 21 The board of consulting engineers has decided in favor of a sea level canal but Engineer Stevens says that building locks remains favored by some. The dispute centers on the preferred method for the canal project with ongoing debates among officials and engineers.
The Norwegian parliament unanimously elected Prince Charles of Denmark as king with 116 members present. A royal salute of forty two guns fired at the fortress to honor the new king. The French cabinet decided ministers should refrain from active participation in electoral campaigns to avoid disorder.
United States Senator Thomas Platt reveals Equitable and Mutual Life Insurance companies paid about ten thousand dollars annually to New York’s Republican campaign fund. He says contributions were unsolicited and he was not asked to influence hostile legislation. The inquiry names Manning as the “rantankerous friend” and details payments to deter Manning from exposing information.
In Kiel bay during night maneuvers torpedo boat 126 collided with cruiser Undine near Bluek. The 126 sank within four minutes. one officer and thirty-two seamen are missing, likely all killed or drowned. Several wounded were rescued as tugs and divers head to the scene amid a driving snow storm.
Dr Walter W Webb president of Naghotah college was unanimously elected bishop coadjutor to Bishop Isaac Lea Nichol in the Milwaukee Episcopal diocese on the first formal ballot.
Des Moines reports a mother, Floy Anderson, ran from her Polk City home at dawn and leaped into a well to drown, despite her mother’s frantic rescue attempt that failed to save her.
Glasgow report details a devastating blaze in Watson street lodging house for men. In this fourth floor fire 39 men died and 32 were injured while 330 residents fled amid flames and smoke. Firefighters faced near naked evacuation as workers battled to escape.
A Norwegian steamer named Turbin, with captain and about sixteen crew, is believed lost after striking Black Rock ledge off Nova Scotia during a ferocious gale last Friday. The Edna R brought word that the vessel struck the ledge around 6 pm, then disappeared in heavy seas. locals on the island could not launch a boat due to the immense surf.
An eye witness arriving in Nagasaki reports that nearly half of Vladivostok was burned in the recent riot and that six hundred soldiers were killed. The account details the extent of the destruction and the casualties.
Claims say 600 garrison troops killed and the jail opened. General Kappek is missing and damage is estimated at 25 million dollars. Soldiers from Harbin reportedly joined the rioters.
Secretary of War William H. Taft at the Commercial club banquet declares the Philippine islands are ours and must be ours for more than a generation. He notes future legislators may not see a separation that serves the Philippines, spoken at a banquet marking the John Jay treaty anniversary with 600 plates set at the Midland hotel ballroom.
Anna Katz sister of Marcus Katz of Chicago and Martha Peterson pleaded guilty in U S district court to charges of perjury from two years ago. They were alleged to have custody of bankrupt assets and to have concealed them in testimony. Judge Quarles will sentence them this week.
Berlin reports Lieutenant General von Trotha confirms the death of Hendrik Witbol, head of the Hottentot revolt, from a severe wound on October 29 while attacking a German supply train. He is succeeded by his son Isaak.
Thomas W. Lawdon is held to the December superior court session on a charge of criminal libel filed by Clarence W. Barron. Bond set at $3,000 and posted immediately.
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