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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1904
Page
7
Via the Northwestern Line excursion tickets are offered at greatly reduced rates of sale. Full particulars apply to agents of the Chicago Northwestern Railway.
Nickel Plate Road sells round trip tickets August 12 13 14 from Chicago with stops at Niagara Falls and Chautauque Lake, 17.75. a 20.70 option via New York City and Boat. Through trains include a special Chicago 8 AM August 13 departure. Final return September 30. Meals in Nickel Plate dining cars 5c to 41.00. Write John Y Calahan General Agent 113 Adam St room 298 Chicago for berths and details.
The notice lists round trip fares from Chicago to Boston on Nickel Plate routes. $20.70 for a round trip via New York with several stopovers and a return limit around late August, plus $17.75 direct return via another route. Tickets good on all trains with through sleeping or service and dining cars. meals optional. John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St Chicago.
Paris reports the rupture after Foreign Minister Delcasse informs the papal nuncio that the mission in Paris has no object. The Holy See’s reply is courteous but firm on the concordat, with France and Vatican to withdraw ambassadors and its nunciature pending new bishop appointments.
Washington Aug. 1 The battle ship squadron under Admiral Barker sailed from Fiume for Gibraltar. A satisfactory exchange of views with the sultan at Constantinople is reported, making further Turkish waters unnecessary. If negotiations stall the European squadron stays in the Mediterranean and ships may return via Gibraltar toward New York around Sept 10.
The North western Saengerbund festival in Milwaukee draws an estimated 35,000 visitors as matinee and evening concerts fill the exposition building. Governor La Follette attends in a box as delegates name Theodore Behrens of Chicago to succeed Charles R. Richter, who declines another term after six years.
In St Louis on July 30 Packers on both sides of the river claim they have nearly enough men to resume work. East packinghouses report many strikers have returned or will within days, though striker representatives deny this.
Bradstreet reports modest activity in western centers with fall trade slow to form as crop results and industrial disturbances settle. Fall shipments rise, winter wheat moves, and currency flows to aid crop needs while eastern markets stay quiet and major strikes loom.
Two tramps entered the home of Mrs. Albert Brazier near Elk River Minnesota bound and gagged her and committed a criminal assault. They took rings from her fingers and some food before fleeing. About five hours later a passerby noticed the woman and released her. Authorities search for the suspects.
Mr and Mrs Edward C Wall of Milwaukee received an invitation from Judge Alton B Parker to visit Rosemount at the Parker residence. Wall was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination at the national convention in St Louis.
In Portage Portage County, Charles Hays, a Puritan Coal driver, died from 37 buckshot wounds after a trio of robbers fired on a buggy carrying about $3,000 for pay. Paymaster Patrick Campbell was fatally wounded, hospitalized in Altoona with fifteen bullet wounds. Armed posses scour the area as townsfolk vow lynching.
Five thousand people crowded Cooper Union to cheer the assassin of Russian interior minister Von Plehve. Archists waved red bandanas and shouted approval as the killer was mentioned, reflecting public zeal amid the mob frenzy.
In a public gathering leaders tried to keep anarchists away but about 600 anarchists slipped in, the police estimated. The intrusion occurred as the revolutionist leaders faced a discreet, crowded room.
Martial Winchesters to guard a $300,000 shipment to Bonesteel, with a secure safe to protect the funds. Adjutant General Conklin, at a Hot Springs encampment with the Third battalion, reports soldiers have agreed to take charge.
An unoccupied grain elevator owned by the New York New Haven and Hartford company at Chandler and Berkeley streets in Back Bay was destroyed by fire. The loss on the elevator property is valued at one million dollars.
Several carloads of nonunion men arrived in Omaha today and were assigned to different packing plants. Pickets observed the arrival but made no dramatic protest.
Aggregate damages reach 22 million as Feas agents file another suit against Montana Ore Purchasing and F Augustus Heinze. Complaint seeks 5.2 million for alleged ore theft from the Pennsylvania mine and injunction to stop further looting of noted mines including Little Mina Michael Davitt Piccolo Gambetta Colusa.
In Wilmington New Jersey Judge Bradford refused to frame a temporary injunction decree allowing a dividend or stock distribution by Northern Securities. The decree will bar such payments except as tied to the case. A bond of 2 million dollars was required from Harriman and others, with a decree to be filed in Trenton soon.
Mobile Alabama July 1 officers and passengers aboard the fruit steamer Helen Puerto Cortez report Bonilla keeps martial law in effect while congress meets. It is said he seeks a competent artillery instructor in the United States.
Thieves robbed the Pawnshop of John Agrant in downtown Sioux Falls during the proprietor’s absence. Watches and other jewelry worth 1600 dollars plus 100 dollars in cash were stolen.
Fall River Mass August 1 the first week of the cotton mill strike ends with no change 26000 workers across eighty one mills remain firm while manufacturers demand a 12 percent wage cut and operatives refuse to accept it quiet conditions prevail with no resumption in sight strike leaders estimate a $20000 weekly cost to continue the strike but expect funds to cover it.
South Dakota G A R explains the Boston national encampment in mid August. It notes a low travel rate under one cent per mile and a $17.75 Chicago to Boston round trip. Boston hosts and ships will entertain. trips include visits to New York Albany Niagara Falls Chicago Cleveland and the St. Louis world’s fair.
Excursion tickets offered August 11 12 and 13 with return until September 30 due to G A R Encampment. Apply to Chicago North Western agents for details and sale extensions.
Frank M Brown acts as agent for Deering Harvester Company and handles binding twine sales and distribution. He represents the firm in dealings with farmers and hardware stores, promoting equipment and supplies.
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