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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1905
Page
2
We have purchased 76 000 acres of hardwood timber land near railroads, towns, schools and creameries. Each land purchase includes a move in log house 18 by 26 feet with roof, floor and windows, offered at 5 to 15 dollars per acre with one fourth cash and the rest in five annual payments at six percent interest.
Saw mills wanted to cut one hundred million feet hard wood timber. Chance for a man with a small portable mill to buy a small tract and do custom sawing for neighbors. We own several thousand acres of timber cutting 7 to 10 thousand feet per… Buy tickets to Cable on C N W Ry. Low rates to land seekers, rail fare refunded to land purchaser. For maps and details address 26tn.
C N W Ry schedules show daily passenger trains from the east and west with freight and accommodation services. Midwest routes list No 15 freight, No 16 Mail and Express, and connections at Sioux Valley Junction and Redfield for points east of L. H. Jowms.
Nan Patterson's trial for the murder of Caesar Young was postponed for a week on prosecution request. The delay aims to compel J Morgan Smith and his wife, in Cincinnati on conspiracy charges, to testify. Abraham Levy opposed the delay as unnecessary for defendant or public justice. Patterson was absent. her father and Caesar Young's partner John Mellin attended the proceedings.
J Morgan Smith and wife will start for New York from Cincinnati on April 11 to drop all opposition to extradition, agreeing to answer only to conspiracy charges under the terms of the arrangement.
Matt C. Gannon, chairman of Spooner town board in Beaudette Minnesota, was fatally shot by a mob from Spooner after a townsite feud tied to gambling and saloons. He died hours later, after naming those involved in a dying statement.
A major hail storm swept Pittsburg on April 11 with two inch hailstones damaging skylights at Schenley Park Phipps conservatory and private greenhouses of H C Frick and A R Peacock. Plate glass shattered in the business district and horses were frightened but no serious injuries were reported.
Ebenezer Runyan was fatally shot during his initiation into the Knights of Pythias in Feisenthal Arkansas. Officer Charles Filler, who officiated, allegedly used a revolver believed loaded though intended for blanks. Runyan died instantly, the lodge dissolved in shock.
Scranton April 11 A D Pierson a leading wholesale merchant jailed here on charges by young girls shot himself in his cell during the day Pierson is sixty years old
London April 11 Budget day drew MPs and visitors to the House of Commons. Chancellor Austen Chamberlain announced that 1904-05 revenues exceeded estimates by about 15 million dollars, with a projected 1905-06 expenditure of 705.16 million and revenue of 720.02 million, creating a 14.86 million surplus. The tea tax will fall by four cents from July 1 when the current duty ends. No income tax cut.
Chief Engineer Wallace of the canal commission met with Secretary Taft to discuss canal conditions. The commission awaits Attorney General Moody’s ruling on whether it may hire workers beyond eight hours daily, warning that strict eight hour limits would hinder canal construction.
John D. Rockefeller proposed a second 100000 gift to the American Baptist Missionary Union during the day at its Boston headquarters. The union had already received 100000 on Saturday as Rockefeller's annual donation, to support foreign mission work rather than running expenses or salaries.
James R. Garfield commissioner of corporations arrived in Topeka to open a Campbell resolution inquiry into crude and refined oil prices in Kansas fields. He planned consultations with Governor Hoch to study the situation and outline a thorough fact finding plan.
Washington plans a two day reunion for Union and Confederate veterans who faced each other in the 1860s. The May 11 and 12 event will feature more than thirty speeches including a welcome by General C. H. Grosvenor of Ohio and remarks from General Chase Captain Griffith and General Rosser.
The U S Supreme Court held that the Alaska code’s six member jury provision is unconstitutional. Justice White wrote the opinion, ruling Alaska is part of the United States in full territorial sense.
Delphus Battles, a prominent labor leader and Socialist mayoral candidate, shot and seriously wounded Patrick Finnegan at Finnegan's Findlay Ohio home. Battles is president of the Socialist organization.
Chicago April 11 police guarding Montgomery Ward & Co. freight caravans are doubled amid a boycott by striking teamsters and garment workers. A wagon drive triggers violence with youths driving away a wagon under police eyes, followed by police clubbing to clear routes at Lake Shore freighthouse, Polk and La Salle streets, Washington and Market, and Canal Street.
The Em ploying Printers' association of the Southwest was organized at a special meeting called by the Typothetae of Kansas City and St. Louis. About 200 delegates from Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi attended. HQ will be in St Louis. Delegates favored resisting further contracts with organized labor and opposed the eight hour day. Further action will be taken before adjournment.
A severe wind storm crossed the Lawton area overnight from Frederick causing minor damage to tents with no injuries. Report notes Roosevelt and party were not in the storm line as they departed Frederick. later messages say only light rain near the president's camp with no damage.
Laporte Indiana April 11 mayor Lemuel Darrow city attorney Herman Worden and attorney John W Talbott of South Bend are named defendants in disbarment proceedings in Laporte circuit court. They are accused of conspiring to deceive the circuit court and jury in the Stella Lula theft trial, which allegedly led to Lula's acquittal.
Louisville report states State Representative Howard was killed in Clay County as reported by an Evening Post special from London Kentucky. The incident occurred on the day preceding the dispatch.
St. Petersburg reports the annual Horse Guards parade held with the emperor and court absent for the first time. Nicholas II and the empress remain at Tsarskoe-Selo while Grand Dukes travel sparingly amid heightened security due to terrorist activity and the Immaculate Conception holiday. Extra precautions include mounted gendarmes and restricted crowds.
Reports from St. Petersburg on April 8 describe widespread suffering among widows and families of front line soldiers. Local charities are exhausted and provincial papers recount starving mothers and children begging in the streets, with Nizhni Novgorod residents besieging the governor’s palace for bread as a commission is promised. The Viedemosti criticized endless commissions while urgent aid is needed.
Reports from St. Petersburg on April 8 say Japan’s insistence on indemnity rather than a willingness to end hostilities disrupted attempts to renew negotiations. French and English diplomats pursue alternative routes to peace.
Tokio dispatch notes main Russian action shifting northward as Allied observers monitor movements. Early reports indicate sizable concentrations and possible strategic redeployment, with limited confirmation on unit composition and exact locations amid ongoing battlefield uncertainty.
Haytian minister Mr Leger called on Secretary Taft to protest the report by American Minister Powell that serious trouble was expected at Port au Prince. He said the report embarrassed Haitian officials in loan negotiations and did not demand Powell's removal.
Two children of Byron Sweeny, a farmer, died in a bed fire in Marshalltown Iowa. The blaze started while the parents were at the barn and destroyed the home.
Paris reports indicate secret police investigations into arms and uniforms seized near Paris. Deputy Rabier received warning letters about a possible surprise movement led by a prominent general with deputies and a former cabinet minister. Police activities reportedly halted the plot, with sensational speculation surrounding Marchand and other officials.
Oregon assigns title to the government for the entire route of the The Dalles Cecilia canal, clearing final legal barriers and paving the way for early construction. The project spans the Columbia River east of Portland with a system of locks and a great undertaking. The piece mentions a crop yield of wheat in eastern Washington and a related year’s harvest.
Snow has fallen intermittently over Europe for two days, with deep accumulation in the mountains of Silesia. Freezing temperatures are reported in much of Germany and Austria.
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