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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1902
Page
6
A water blockage on the Pacific line at North Fc held trains for a week then subsided quickly. The channel released, exposing tracks and allowing several trains to cross. Officials say the waters are not expected to rise again.
Lawrence Kansas April 3 twenty eight members of the freshmen and sophomore classes have been suspended for thirty days for taking part in the recent contest over class colors. Several other students had threatened to quit but had not yet done so by noon.
Washington on April 3 reports the president has designated Brigadier General R. P. Hughes a major general and Colonel Isaac D. de Russy Colonel Andrew S. Burt and Colonel M V Sheridan to brigadier generals in the regular army to fill vacancies caused by retirements.
Twaukee April 3 Complete election returns show David S. Ross Democrat with 29 votes and Charles H. Anson Republican at 20,743. Tuttle Social Democrat 8,373 and Rose 8,288. The slate suggests a Democratic lead in the common council race.
London reports that natural gas thought scarce in England is now being exploited by American capitalists. An American engineer leads a project at Heathfield to illuminate the railway station and hotel, with plans to light the village using local gas richer in hydrocarbon than the American sample.
United States minister in Stockholm William S. Thomas Jr reports over 50000 dollars raised among Sweden and Norway diplomatic corps and friends for the Canton Ohio memorial to President McKinley. The note accompanies other items about a shipwreck survivors and a South Dakota estate notice.
A House naval affairs committee hearing in Washington focused on building warships in government yards. James OConnell, president of the Machinists Association, led the main presentation arguing government plants should be used for construction and repair. He dismissed wage-equality concerns raised by Admiral Bowles, stressing public benefit and labor interests.
Mayor Low voiced full confidence in Police Commissioner Partridge and praised his policy as strengthening legal action against police blackmail. He cited joint efforts with the district attorney and the mayor to ensure officers are not harmed for doing their duty amid a revolt by patrolmen at the Thirty-seventh Street station who vowed to enforce all laws.
Senator McCumber reports favorably the Hansbrough Pure Food bill to prevent adulteration misbranding and imitation of foods beverages confections drugs and condiments It creates a division of foods and drugs in the Bureau of Chemistry within the Agriculture Department and assigns inspection duties to that division.
A notice invites readers to subscribe to the WEEKLY HURONITE for $1 per year.
An old advertisement touts Scott’s Emulsion as a cure all for malnourished and ill children. It claims the product can improve appetite, color, and growth, asserting results for a pale or flat-chested child and promising a free sample from Scott & Bowne, chemists in New York.
One way colonist tickets offered at very low rates during March and April to Colorado Utah Montana Nevada Idaho Oregon Washington California Victoria Vancouver New Westminster Nelson Rossland and other points in the Kootenay district. Also special round trip homeseekers tickets on the first and third Tuesdays in March April and May. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents for full particulars.
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