Christmas Story Denied in Islands Sale Claim
Jr. McKinley states he met a Danish agent casually and never discussed selling the islands. Colonel W. C. Brown, a representative, confirms the denial of the deal.
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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1902
Page
2
Jr. McKinley states he met a Danish agent casually and never discussed selling the islands. Colonel W. C. Brown, a representative, confirms the denial of the deal.
Representative Gardner and Carl Fisher Hansen testify as Congress probes Danish West Indies negotiations. McKinley, Brown, and Hansen describe casual encounters with Captain Christmas and deny substantive talks. Hansen recalls Christmas 1899 discussion of selling the islands to the United States.
Four hundred ewes with lambs in first class condition and a heavy wool grow. Also five Ramboulet bucks. Sale available part time with good security. Inquiries to John H E Miller in Huron, 8 D.
James P. Davis offers 250 bushels of Siberian millet seed for sale at his place near Lake Byron. Samples available at F. R. Bramwell's or Union Land and Loan company office in Huron.
Dr Doran announces a monthly tour with a free health clinic at the Depot Hotel in Huron South Dakotza on Saturday April 12 from 9:00 A M to 6:00 P M He has cured thousands and will return each month and offer opportunities for consultation during the visit
The February grand jury’s final report to Judge O Neil Ryan details a decade of corruption in St Louis municipal government. It cites organized “combines” delaying legislation until bribes were paid, with valuable franchises being sold for personal gain. Indicted: Robert N. Snyder Edward Butler John Becker George J Cobush.
The Danish Landsthing held an all day session on a treaty to sell the Danish West Indian islands to the United States with no decision. It is expected to reject the pact unless a plebiscite clause is added, as reports from Washington about members furnishing materials to Congressman Richardson provoke indignation and talk of impeachment for leaking state secrets.
The old city council completed its last session by unanimously approving the Burlington track elevation ordinance requiring 88.53 miles of track to be raised by six railroads at an estimated cost of 2,000,000 dollars. The roads must accept the plans within 90 days and finish by December 31, 1908.
Tommy Horn Keth known as Tommy White died in the afternoon at Presbyterian hospital after being knocked unconscious on March 29 in a fight with Tommy Markey at the Knickerbocker Athletic club.
An advertisement for Dr. Doran of Minneapolis claims no superior in diagnosing diseases. It promises $50 for any case where the disease and location cannot be identified in five minutes. It enumerates extensive treatments and claims a bloodless injection cure for many conditions.
Beatrice Nebraska reports the Ruskin state bank robbed at midnight of 16000 dollars. Five robbers cut in via a window, drilled doors, used nitroglycerin to blow safes, and fled west riding horses. Bloodhounds tracked three to a spot west of Ruskin before following a second trail southwest. It is suspected they aimed for the Burlington line toward Denver.
Twenty eight local bodies representing about eight thousand saloon keepers in New York city and vicinity join the Liquor Dealers Association to compel police enforcement of all blue laws next Sunday. They aim to close saloons and shut down any store or business open contrary to law in retaliation for swift police action against saloon operators.
Reports from Uskup indicate Albanian groups surrounded government offices in Ipek and seized officials, then telegraphed to the Yildiz palace demanding the release of Albanians held in Constantinople. Two Turkish infantry battalions were sent to Ipek.
A Rio Janeiro dispatch reports plague reappeared in Rio and in Pernambuco Brazil with five cases in one day and no deaths. Four fatal cases occurred in Pernambuco including Senor Albuquerque Salles editor in chief of The Diario de Pernambuco.
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