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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
2
News from Naples reports the Mount Vesuvius eruption now wields two lava streams toward Ottajano and Toro del Greco, threatening Boscotrecaz with 9,000 residents. The new crater lava has reached two and a half miles, with hot mud and caustic rain damaging vegetation.
Justice Joseph M. Devel must answer within ten days the removal application from the New York City court of special sessions. The move stems from the criminal libel trial of Norman Hapgood, editor of Collier's Weekly, and was decided public by the supreme court.
During trial the complainant was shown as a Town Topics stockholder. The justice objected to a specification claiming he ran other business while a justice. The court ruled he may engage in any business only by resigning. while in office he must comply with the statute.
Two men employed on Tidewater railroad construction near Roanoke were blown to pieces by the explosion of a bore quantity of dynamite. The incident occurred on April 7 as workers labored at the site, authorities reported.
New York reports a coroner's inquiry into the death of balloonist Paul Nocquet who perished in a Long Island salt marsh after landing from a risky ascent. Autopsy to determine cause. theory cites heart failure and mental distress from fearing a sea drift.
Berlin April 6 Chancellor von Buelow fainted during a Reichstag debate on Morocco and was carried to a committee room. Doctors determined the episode was a severe fainting spell from influenza with no paralysis. He had been working long hours for three months, causing the breakdown.
A Santo Domingo revolution is reported from Samana with the Dubuque present. Commander Southerland cables that American interests are not involved. Dominican minister Joubert sought news at the State Department but had none.
A morning fire in Duluth destroyed about 125 feet of the St. Paul and Duluth bridge linking West Duluth and Superior. Fire departments from both cities fought the blaze but could not save the bridge, which will be out of service for some time and require extensive repairs.
Budapest April 6 leaders of the coalition met under Francis Kossuth. It is intimated peace prospects improve. Premier Febervary told M Kossuth he may urge summoning Hungary’s lower house to discuss universal suffrage and writs for new elections. Emperor king reportedly approves, but Andrassy faction and clericals oppose.
In Chicago on April 6 Mrs John Alexander Dowie collapsed and feared stroke as factional strife over the reform of her husband’s church grew. A court ruling deprived Dowie of 530,000 from Frederick Sutton’s will, with Sutton heirs winning the suit on undue influence.
Secretary Root will extend his trip to include Rio de Janeiro and visits to Buenos Ayres Montevideo and Santiago de Chile with Lima. He hopes to add Bogota and La Paz but time and port routes hinder it. Accompanied by Mrs Root and Miss Root with personal staff, the voyage runs from early July to about October 1 ending in New York after crossing the Isthmus.
Claude Whisler, accused of killing Frank Ogden near Bloomfield on April 1, 1905, was found not guilty. He admitted shooting Ogden but claimed self defense after Ogden insulted his wife.
Washington April 6 The Republicans of the senate and the house met in joint caucus to plan the campaign and consider forthcoming legislation. Canton presided and urged careful business like economy and just appropriations. A committee was named with members from Iowa Michigan Minnesota Montana Nebraska New York Ohio South Dakota Wisconsin Wyoming and more. A meeting will be held soon as part of ongoing preparations.
In Albany on April 6 the joint special legislative committee's life insurance bills were set as special orders for the day in the senate committee of the whole. Debates and potential opposition loom as provisions await printing. action may be deferred to Tuesday if not finished.
In New York on April 6 a rush of activity pushed call money rates higher. By 2 45 p m quotes reached 30 percent as traders reacted to market movements.
A boiler exploded at a saw mill in Kyles Ford Tennessee killing three men and wounding five. Other items note workers striking in Chicago for 25 cent daily raise, Western Pacific ships service planned, Hallack Lumber plant fire in Denver costing 300000, typhoid outbreak in Pittsburgh, Seattle chosen for railway commission meeting in 1907, and US exports up 190 million dollars year to date.
Minneapolis on April 5 reports wheat May at 16% seven eighths? July 79% cents Sept 77% 77% on track No 1 hard 78% No 1 Northern 77% No 2 Northern 76%
In Duluth on April 5 prices were listed for wheat and flax futures. Northern No. 1 at 78 3/4 cents, Northern No. 2 at 76 3/4 cents, May 78 3/4, July 79, Sept 78 3/4. Flax futures showed May at $1.14?1/4, July $1.15, Sept $1.16, with May $1.15 and July $1.17 noted.
St Paul market notes from April 5 show cattle ranges for good to choice steers $4.50 to $5.50, cows and heifers $3.25 to $4.75, yearlings $2.00 to $6.75, hogs $6.20 to $6.35, and sheep lambs $5.25 to $6.50.
Chicago on April 5 reports cattle and calves at $1.65 to $6.25, stockers and feeders $2.75 to $4.80, Texans $3.75 to $4.60. Hogs list mixed and butchers $6.25 to $6.45, good heavy $6.35 to $6.55, rough heavy $6.20 to $6.?0, light $6.25 to $6.45. Sheep and lambs quoted at $3.65 to $6.25 and $4.40 to $6.65 respectively.
Chicago on April 4 reports May wheat at 78 18 per bushel with July at 77 178c, corn May 45c and July 45c, oats May 31 ¢ and July 29 ¢. Pork May 16.20 and July 16.17. Flax cash Northwestern 1.12 and Southwestern 1.06 with May 1.14. Butter creamery 16 26 4c and dairies 15 23c. Eggs 15c. Poultry prices see turkeys 12 ¢ and chickens 13 ¢.
In Nagold Germany April 6 the Stag hotel known as Zum Hirsen collapsed during lunch. Fifty two people died and seventy were seriously hurt as the Black Forest hotel fell.
Villagers flee as lava and ash reach Naples with saints’ images carried in processions praying for cessation. The city is dusted with cinders yet residents remain calm and hopeful for the arrival of King Edward and Queen Alexandra from Marseilles.
In Tuskegee Alabama on April 6 the twenty fifth anniversary of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute opened with a train delay. Secretary of War William H Taft Robert C Ogden and Edward Oswald Garrison Villard arrived to mingled with 1500 students alumni and faculty. Booker T Washington welcomed guests as Ogden Eliot and Taft spoke on uplift and race dynamics.
Mrs Emo Bardeleben of New York shot herself in a Palmer House room in Chicago. She died instantly. her husband Bardeleben claimed she was not his wife, then refused to name her. He said she was the divorced wife of an electrical engineer in Providence, R I.
John Burns also known as Frank McVey escaped Mantorville jail after being sentenced to life for second degree murder in the killing of Ole Havey, Hay Field marshal, on December 30, 1905. Burns remains at large.
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on April 6 a dynamite blast damaged steam pipes from the engine room to the Franklin mine of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company. Steam was shut off for repairs. Miner Thomas Green, recently reassigned from Drifton colliery near Hazleton, was assaulted on his way home.
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