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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1896
Page
1
An elderly man reflects on lifelong digestion and pure blood as keys to health and warns germs can thrive in weak bodies. The piece touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as an infallible cure for all blood diseases and a medicine for the whole body.
Ottawa reports the house in session since Monday at 3 pm and may sit until Saturday. Clause six of the remedial bill with 112 clauses is under debate after Mc Neill moved to rise and report progress. With clauses three and four not yet disposed of, completion by the 24th seems unlikely.
Judges Brill Kelly and Otis dissolve Hastings injunction against hospital commission and Anoka. Anoka appears to have won the second battle to secure the location. Judge Kelly files a separate memorandum to explain why nothing remains for the writ to operate.
Private advices from Constantinople indicate the palace party is thwarting pledges made by the porte to Sir Philip Currie, the British ambassador, and to J W Riddle, the United States charge d affaires. Another organized massacre is feared.
An 1893 testimonial describes a neck eruption diagnosed as eczema by two physicians after eight months of treatment with no relief. The patient credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with curing blood diseases and urges others to try the remedy if sick and despairing.
A patient in a drug store seeking relief from a troubling neck condition hears a druggist endorse Hood's Sarsaparilla. Following the advice to take three bottles, the patient notes marked improvement after the first course and completes the treatment with further benefit.
In Washington on April 16 the Senate clash over the recent bond issue inquiry led to a postponement agreement. Silver and Populist senators resisted letting the resolution lapse and agreed to take it up after current speeches. Coast defense needs were urged by Representative Squire as Chandler spoke on Dupont.
The House approved the fortifications appropriation bill carrying 11,384,613 in expenditures and authorizations. Since 1886 Endicott plan for 27 seaports costs neared 100 million, averaging over 2 million yearly. Debate referenced foreign tensions and emergency prep with one dissenting voice from Mr. Berry who urged building ships over coastal forts.
Senate agriculture committee authorizes Senator Warren to report favorably on a recodification of animal and meat inspection laws. The bill places inspection, disease control, livestock transport, and disease export/import prevention under the Bureau of Animal Industry. It bans interstate shipping of infected stock and requires disinfection of cars or pens used for diseased cattle.
Vermont Senator Morrill turns 86 as Chaplain Milburn occasions remarks praising him as hale with clear intellect. Senators offer congratulations and the chamber records the chaplain’s prayer in tribute.
Advices from Gwelo report a dynamite explosion Friday at the Eagle reef store near Bulawayo injuring and killing about 200 Matabeles. The incident occurred in the Gwelo region, adding to clashes in the area.
Warren county Republican convention adopts resolutions for McKinley and elects William Schnorr as national delegate on April 15 in Warren Pennsylvania.
John Lehman, a West Chicago Street Railway driver, killed his three children and then himself after anxious thoughts that his savings would ruin the family. The family lived comfortably with $1,500 saved in a city bank, while wife, a stepson, and a daughter away or missing at the time.
Reports from Care Town dated April 16 describe natives arming and rising near the Transvaal border with imminent outbreaks in Northern Transvaal. Burgher panic grows as the Matabele threat jeopardizes wagon routes and supply lines to Mafeking, while settlers and missionaries seek safety in Bulawayo and Gwelo.
The April dispatches expose inconsistencies in Holmes’ confessed list of victims. Names like Mrs Havercamp in Hamilton and Miss Kate Durkee of Omaha are disputed, with local directories and house gas records failing to confirm them.
The Star received a letter supposedly from George Taylor the escaped Carrollton Missouri killer. He claims freedom and disguise saying he is uncatchable with $1000, weapons and poison to evade law enforcement. He writes from an unknown location in April.
A gala dinner at the Hofburg in Vienna honored the visiting German emperor and empress. Ten royal and distinguished figures joined the banquet as lively conversation flowed between the two rulers and guests.
John Kupp, former La Crosse banker in Wisconsin, charged with feloniously receiving money, was captured in San Diego by Chief Brenning and Sheriff Gunderson. The sheriff left immediately with the prisoner. Kupp’s family is remaining.
A westbound Missouri Pacific freight plunged through a middle span of the Gasconade river bridge at 1:30 a.m. The wreck may block the mainline for days. No lives are reported lost.
Sedalia dispatch says friends of Richard P. Bland seek a convention resolution endorsing him as Missouri’s free silver presidential candidate. Bland states he is not a candidate but would accept if nominated. convention is heavily pro free silver with 13 of 535 delegates as sound money.
In Kentucky 22 district delegates to St Louis are split with ten instructed for McKinley and ten for Bradley. Two Bradley-first and McKinley-second delegates, and potential contestes in the Third and Fifth districts, give Bradley a combined 16 delegate strength.
In Phoenix Arizona Territory April 16 two delegations are expected to travel to St Louis to contest seats at the convention over McKinley. Organizing bolts and rival claims have grown as McKinley gains supporters after recent successes.
Several hundred Populists met at Omaha to form an organization backing Senator William W. Allen for president. They propose sending a Nebraska delegation to St. Louis instructed to support him if feasible.
Secretary Smith and ex Speaker Charles F Crisp left for Washington after Crisp announced doctors warned him against further speaking due to threatened heart failure.
The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Association, comprising seven leading state colleges, has decided to hold its annual track meet in Marshalltown, Iowa on May 29.
William F. Harrity, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, endorses ex Governor Robert E Pattison of Pennsylvania for the presidency. Harrity highlights Pattison’s broad views and integrity, noting his strong Philadelphia electoral record and repeated victories as a Democratic governor candidate.
In Springfield the Illinois Prohibitionists in a state convention adopt a platform calling for female and male suffrage, civil service expansion, free public schools, Sabbath observance, a tariff commission, direct election of US senators, free coinage of silver, and prohibition of liquor. The financial plank narrowly passed 212 to 169, while endorsement of the People's party platform failed.
Reports from Minden Nebraska Fort Wayne Kentucky and Mississippi indicate Republican delegates chosen for the St Louis national convention. W E Andrews renominated by acclamation D A Black S A Christy elected delegates in Nebraska with McKinley instructions. George Denny N N Coombs chosen in Kentucky W F Elgin R D Littlejohn chosen in Mississippi with no resolutions, Canton Missouri notes protection reciprocity stance.
Lieutenant Glen and his wife resign from Ballington Booth's Volunteer movement in New York and request reinstatement in the Salvation Army in any capacity. The World notes Glen led Booth-Tucker's circle as a key recruit and right hand man.
Governor Jones of Nevada died at the Palace hotel in San Francisco after a several month illness. He had come to the city for medical treatment and passed away in the evening.
Ice on Lake Pepin shifts with a stiff wind. At the lake head two miles are ice free, promising early open water for navigation. Located in Maipen Rock Wisconsin, April 13 report notes movement of floes and potential for boats to begin passage soon.
A US Consul General Williams dispatch from Havana denies rumors he was killed and his body dragged through Havana streets. The claimed battle with 500 of Maceo's men is also dismissed, with no confirmation from the Spanish legation though troop movements are tracked.
A two story blaze at the corner of Muirson and Oregon streets in Cleveland started at 2 a m in a three story frame tenement house. The fire caused about 10000 dollars in damage. Fifteen families were forced to flee with all occupants on the upper floors reaching fire escapes safely except for Mary Cox who leaped from a third story window and was badly hurt.
An explosion at the St Lawrence mine near Butte Montana killed six miners named Don Lowney John Quinlan Ed Shields James Dyer J McVey and P O Rourke. The disaster follows a Basin mine tragedy where seven men died and another man perished while trying to reach colleagues in the shaft.
John Hoefs and his wife Mathilda were found dead in their beds on Booth Street Milwaukee. A post mortem confirmed arsenic poisoning likely from coffee. It remains unclear if death was accidental or intentional or a murder.
In Lincoln Nebraska on April 14, reports confirm Maxey Cobb former Lancaster county treasurer left a shortage of 36000 dollars at his death. An additional 10000 dollars is now found missing from the American National Bank account.
Ex United States Senator John Lt Ingalls is confined to his bed in Atchison Kansas with a severe cold contracted on a recent trip north. Friends are worried though family says nothing alarming is anticipated.
A World dispatch from Colon reports the steamer City of Dallas owned by New Orleans went down in about 2 fathoms of water some 40 miles northeast of Colon. Passengers were saved and the ship’s fate under investigation. Captain Raymond led the vessel to port.
Official denial issued here and worldwide statements confirm no cession of Port Arthur. The report alleges a secret alliance between major powers affecting military status, but authorities dispute the claim and call it misinformation or misinterpretation.
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