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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1896
Page
1
A speaker urges husbands to guide wives to Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, claiming it has cured hundreds after doctors failed. The ad casts the medicine as a sure remedy for women's derangements, weaknesses, irregularities and displacements, in use for thirty years.
James T. Turner tells county officials that about a dozen patients from Clarinda Iowa insane asylum were transported to Chicago by Iowa authorities. He says he and eleven companions were moved to the Chicago Union depot with attendants Peterson Johnson and superintendent Applegate, dropped from the train en route to Chicago. The incident is under investigation for possible further action.
New York reports at least 400 of 2,000 Italian immigrants landed on Sunday and Monday at Ellis Island will be deported due to lack of $30 or a relative in America required for admission. The law mandates a cash amount or a sponsoring relative to be admitted.
Versailles Kentucky March 30 The Deposit Bank of Midway assigns assets to director John Wise after allegations that cashier William Schipp and assistant cashier Charles Stone embezzled nearly $20,000.
In Warsaw New York William Plucker is convicted of murder in the first degree for shooting Hilas Martin and is sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week of May 20.
Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for nervous weakness and fatigue during trying times. Claims many women have found renewed blood strength and health, cautioning against false hope while presenting testimonials.
An early 20th century style advertisement urges readers to use Hood's Sarsaparilla as a reliable blood purifier and tonic. It claims to restore strength and appetite after years of nervous illness and poor health, describing personal improvement through tonic use.
In Decatur Illinois on April 2 the Seventeenth district backing Senator Shelby M. Cullom indorsed McKinley for president and urged Illinois delegates to unite behind him. Delegates Joshua Humphrey and Hugh Crea were named after accepting instructions. J. A. Connolly was renominated for Congress. The Cullom camp blamed Logan county quarrels for his defeat prospects.
New Hampshire Republicans at Concord held their state convention selecting delegates to the St. Louis national convention. Senator Chandler presided as resolutions urged protection sound money and reciprocity. The party endorsed Thomas B Reed of Maine and William McKinley of Ohio as preferred nominees while pledging NH electoral support to any worthy platform candidate.
The April 2 Augusta confrontation between Hoke Smith advocating sound money and Charles F Crisp favoring free coinage drew huge crowds. Smith and Crisp held morning receptions at the Arlington hotel and toured area roads. The Grand Opera House, seating 2,200, overfilled with officials, the governor, and 600 leading citizens from the city and state.
The Nineteenth district congressional convention met in Mattoon Illinois on April 2. Resolutions were offered endorsing McKinley for president but a motion to table them was carried.
William T. Baker of Chicago the board of trade and Civic Federation is charged in a U S circuit court bill by Henry M. Clews and Charles M. Foster with violating a business confidence and defrauding them of 20000 dollars in the 1882 First National Bank reorganization.
A letter read before New York's Thirteen club claiming to be from Sir Francis Knollys accepting election in the club is found to be forged. The hoax related to the club's Cuba stance.
London reports reveal Matabele forces gathering in the Matapo hills threatening communication with the south. Cape Colony governor Sir Hercules Robinson notes a month of provisions at Bulawayo but a shortage of arms for volunteers. Natives are said to be well supplied with guns and officials press for regular troops from Britain or India.
Cape Town reports the Mata bele rebellion expanding with increased gravity as forces sent to quell the uprising fail to gain ground. Officials admit their forge and equipment are inadequate to quell the revolt.
A report from Priktoria claims the Transvaal government will offer England Boer forces to suppress the Matabele uprising, asserting the assistance is on reliable authority.
In Havana on April 2 five Cubans were executed by garrote in a bungling display. The first victim died slowly by strangulation as the executioner faltered, while the remaining four met similar painful ends amid cries and distress.
A Havana dispatch says the captain general has completed the investigation of Walter Grant Dygert of Greenwood Indiana and will hold him in prison at Gaines. He has notified Consul General Williams of the decision.
Signs of activity in Toulon indicate preparations for possible war. Orders to ready several warships for service, overhaul stores and ammunition, and recall furloughed officers suggest precaution rather than imminent hostilities. The French Mediterranean squadron will be strengthened as Cecille sails to Africa.
The town of Woopstock Eng greeted the Duke of Marlborough and his bride Consuelo Vanderbilt in holiday attire. Flowers evergreens and bunting lined the streets as residents hailed the couple, hoping for good times for Blenheim.
State Auditor Dunn and Attorney General Childs spent the afternoon in conference on how to establish Minnesota's claims to swamp lands in the Red Lake Indian reservation. The case, decided against the state by Hoke Smith, will go to the courts with over two million dollars at stake.
Ottawa April 2 Sir Hector Langevin reports Winnipeg dispatch says Dominion commissioners and provincial authorities cannot agree, prompting push for the remedial bill. The commission has left for Ottawa.
Reports from Minnesota North and South Dakota and Wisconsin describe a major late storm with seven inches in St Paul and up to 18 inches in the north. Accompanying high winds caused traffic disruption, telegraph and telephone outages, and widespread train delays across the region.
West Superior Wisconsin endures a deadly April blizzard that blocks rail and streetcar lines and disrupts telegraph and telephone service. Two lumberjacks walking 45 miles from Iron River were found unconscious near Cutter Station. Ten woodsmen en route to Blueberry Station wandered for hours before a passenger train saved them. two may not recover.
Omaha April 2 reports a severe blizzard across Nebraska with rapidly dropping temperatures and driving snow and sleet. Agriculturists note excellent winter crop conditions and no major damage is reported yet despite the terrible gale.
A Cumberland Wisconsin dispatch reports eighteen inches of damp snow sweeping Northern Wisconsin. Businesses are practically suspended and officials call it the worst storm of the year.
A harsh late winter storm sweeps Yankton and statewide areas with hours of rain turning to snow and a blizzard. Snow encumbers travel and accumulates as winds drive visibility low and utilities feel the strain.
WignireG April 2 report states the Greenway government offers the federal delegates a secular Manitoba school framework plus optional after hours religious instruction for children of all parents. The move is unlikely to be accepted and could end the bargaining. Delegates vow total secrecy on proceedings except conclusions.
Commander Ballington Booth and Mrs Booth appeared in Philadelphia to a large, enthusiastic audience marking the first return since the Army break. At the meeting 200 people joined the Defenders' league.
Washington April 1 Secretary Smith approves Northern Pacific railroad list No 32 covering 114 968 acres and list No 33 covering 131 979 acres in Bis marck North Dakota land district as basis for patent.
CuicaGco April 1 report states a street car collided with a heavy wagon, killing one man instantly and seriously injuring five others.
Secretary of war releases survey on a Lake Superior to Mississippi canal. Estimated costs range from 7.05 million to 30 million with two routes studied: Allouez bay Brule and St Croix rivers and the St Louis East Savanna Prairie rivers route. Allouez bay route deemed most feasible with 4 year to complete versus 10 years for the alternative.
Ed Pardridge, a board of trade plurger, purchased 4 million bushels of wheat and announced retirement from the market. The day’s activity pushed prices from 6 37/8 to 6 45, then down to 6 31/4 as brokers pressed for the short wheat he had already sold.
OsHkosH Wis April 1 The Neenah and Menasha Water Power company organized with capital stock of 500000 to control and regulate water power along the Fox river. The new company will own the power rights and may influence the pending US government purchase of the Neenah dam, suggesting negotiations will resume.
The court reversed the lower court decision in Russ versus Telmer regarding title to 1,160,320 acres in Paso County Texas and remanded the case for a new trial.
The steamer Labrador arrives from the sealing grounds with 17,000 seals. Reports from the fleet list Nep tune 20,000 Walrus 9,000 Kite 9,000 and Leopard 1,000 seals.
News from Florida reports Judge Edgerton’s condition is very serious as of April 1. Sioux Fats notes the developing status and asks for updates on his health.
United States should not mix in the argument between Venezuela and British Guiana as explained by Ed ward J. Phelps at the Brooklyn Institute. He argued no valid boundary line existed and urged peaceful arbitration between Great Britain and Venezuela.
Report from Wilmington describes strong supposition that Ambassador Bayard intends to resign amid dissatisfaction with Congress and financial strain of his diplomatic post. No official confirmation, but indications point to a return to the United States for an indefinite period.
Justice Shiras delivers the high court ruling in the Texas Pacific railroad versus the Interstate Commerce Commission case. The court reverses the circuit court and upholds discrimination in favor of foreign shippers by allowing lower import rates than domestic charges.
Washington reports show the anti McKinley coalition claiming over 457 votes to defeat the Ohio man. General Grosvenor lists 255 delegates for McKinley while Joseph H Manley concedes 162 delegates so far, including 18 from Minnesota, and predicts anti McKinley strength to exceed 600 votes at St Louis.
Charles E a longtime printer has been named superintendent of the Chi Drexs printers home in Colorado Springs to replace Seaman who held the post amid charges of incompetence.
A religious group from Kamii near Wanatah Indiana plans a mass emigration to North Dakota. A new colony is forming at Cando with a broad exodus from Northern Indiana. About five hundred families from the Wabash region have already left for the colony’s area.
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