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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1905
Page
2
Improved Farms advertises 76 000 acres of hardwood timber land near railroads markets and churches with ready to move into log houses priced 5 to 15 dollars per acre. Purchases require one quarter cash and five annual payments at six percent interest. Also seeks saw mills to cut hardwood timber and offers rail fare refunds to land purchasers with maps at 26th Cumberland Wisconsin.
C N W Ry schedules show trains arriving at Huron from the east and west and departing north and south. Passenger and freight services operate daily with various numbers and times including No 15, No 504, No 1, and No 601. Connections at Ok Valley and Redfield link points east.
The Chicago North Western announces one way second class rates to Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Black Hills Wyoming Manitoba Western Ontario wan and Assiniboia via the Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line. Tickets and full information available. Service operates on Tuesdays March 7 14 21 28 and April 4 11 18 25 1905.
Milwaukee banking crisis unfolds as Frank G. Bigelow, president of the First National Bank, admits a 1.5 million dollar defalcation from wheat speculation. Directors pledge 1.5 million capital and 1.2 million surplus plus 1.535 million in subscriptions to safeguard depositors. Assistant cashier Henry Goll removed amid fraud allegations. Controversy draws 500 depositors at closing time.
Chicago on April 25 saw the dissolution of Tracy & Co a brokerage house. Gordon Bigelow a son of the First National Bank Milwaukee president was named as no longer a member.
In Eveleth Minnesota on April 25 three men were killed and one injured in a hand car crash on the Duluth Missabe and Northern line between Zim and Norway Ridge. Gus Tieman, Norway Ridge foreman, and Charles Erickson are named among the deceased. Erickson’s body was brought from Virginia. A fourth man remained in hospital. the other two bodies were found in the morning.
Incoming Big Four freight train No 98 wrecked in North Indianapolis. The engineer and fireman were killed and a brakeman was injured.
A public meeting in the Chicago city council chamber launches a push for municipal ownership of gas works and street railways. Mayor Dunne and legislators join fifty citizens appointed to travel to Springfield to protest sidetracking of gas bills that would empower the city to fix gas prices and own plants.
Nan Patterson sits alone in court as Assistant District Attorney Rand outlines a new approach to prove her guilt in Caesar Young’s murder. He urges jurors to ignore prior coverage and keep an open, fair mind amid a sensational, sex-charged case. Patterson faints, then recovers in the Tombs.
Justice Gaynor in Brooklyn state supreme court denied the petition of J Morgan Smith and his wife for an order to compel District Attorney Jerome to return letters taken from the Smiths at their Cincinnati arrest. The couple faced conspiracy charges with Nan Patterson to extort money from Caesar Young.
St Petersburg April 25 an imperial decree authorizes the interior minister to appoint commissions in disturbed districts to trace culprits assess losses and collect damages from village communities whose property may be sold at auction. State loans are to be granted to landowners lacking funds to repair losses.
A La Crosse Wisconsin interurban street car on the La Crosse Onalaska line was struck by a freight train on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad near Onalaska. Ten people aboard were injured. two are listed as seriously hurt. The power failed as the car neared the crossing, leaving the car smashed and in pieces.
Pueblo announces that starting May 1 the 5,000 employees at the Colorado Fuel and Iron company plant in Pueblo will receive an advance in wages.
Report from St Petersburg on April 25 speaks of possible peace talks with the United States as intermediary. No confirmation from the AP and no word to the American embassy. Officials note President Roosevelt's return could influence any move, while a government faction favors opening negotiations once Admiral Rozestvensky is ready to act.
Kamraph Bay Indo China April 22 via Saigon April 25 The Russian squadron of fifty two ships left Kamranh bay at noon with the main force turning northward Sixteen vessels remained offing including Svietlata Orel and several transports Fishermen heard cannonading April 22 Admiral Rojestvensky reportedly ill and in pain Some observers doubt the fleet's efficiency ahead of a potential major engagement
Reports from Manchuria say Field Marshal Oyama awaits the sea fight result before operating further. If Admiral Rojestvensky reaches Vladivostok and Admiral Togo preserves Japanese lines, Japan is believed to move quickly to besiege Vladivostok, likening it to Port Arthur.
Tokio reports information awaited on Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron movements. It is believed the Russian ships will either push north from Kamranh Bay toward Chinese waters beyond territorial limits or enter the Pacific Ocean.
In St Petersburg on April 25 the printers suddenly struck, announcing they would refuse to work Sundays and holidays. Only the Russ and Novoe Vremya remained at work, reporting for duty Monday morning.
In St Petersburg on April 25 the congress of higher school representatives sent resolutions to the committee of ministers by registered mail and the packet was returned unopened.
Reports from Saigon April 25 say the Russian squadron is fifteen miles from the coast with vessels steering northward toward Vietnamese waters. The movement suggests a push along the coast as authorities monitor the fleet’s course.
May wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade fall sharply amid selling pressure linked to a Gates influence belief. Prices open 96 to 98 cents, dip to 93½ cents, then rally briefly to 97½, closing at 93, with July off 2 to 84½ cents due to distant deliveries. Armour & Co. credited with buying as much as 1,000,000 bushels during the session.
In Champaign county court Judge Wright dismissed a $10,000 damage suit over Ralph O Roberts a University of Illinois student killed when a railroad dining car derailed The defense argued Roberts had no dependents and was an expense to his parents The judge agreed the point was valid and the case was dismissed with an appeal likely.
New York April 25 Northern Securities fell sharply in trading slipping about 104 1/4 points to 156 3/4 amid ongoing market weakness as analysts monitor the securities companys troubled status and potential implications for the sector.
A week earlier the stock traded around 185, its peak. Following the Northern Securities slaughter, Northern Pacific hit the market and was mercilessly driven down.
Heavy fires burn around Frederick Wisconsin with nearly 200 men fighting the blazes. Dense smoke reduces visibility to a block, and the crackling flames and falling timber can be heard along the village streets.
A spring festival in Vladikavkaz North Caucasia on April 25 turned into a revolutionary demonstration as Cossacks and police dispersed the crowds with swords. Many people were injured including women and children but there were no reported deaths.
Four men died and three others were in dangerous condition after a gas main burst at the Edgar Thomson steel works in Pittsburg. The rescuers were among those injured or killed.
Anna Holo witzy, inmate at Milwaukee county hospital, threw her six month old child from a second floor window to the ground and then leaped after the infant. The child died. the woman may recover. Exhaustive inquiry underway.
Chicago April 22 State's Attorney Healy testified before the grand jury repeating a Ward & Co strike statement from a Chicago Employers' association committee. The jurors said they would limit publicity while preparing an exhaustive inquiry into the garment workers' dispute with Ward & Co.
Peter Ziolkowski admits murdering his father in Fergus Falls Minnesota citing no motive beyond wanting him out of the way. He is to be tried soon according to state charges.
A powerful wind storm swept over Philadelphia and surrounding areas on April 24, causing extensive damage. One woman died and many others were injured as roofs and walls collapsed and heavy rain accompanied the tempest.
Washington reports the State Department warns of a potential rupture between Chile and Peru over the Tacna Arica dispute. It notes the necessity for the immediate selection of an American minister to sit San A.
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