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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1896
Page
1
An advertisement touts Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a quick easy remedy for constipation. It claims the pellets are safe refined vegetable extracts and offer a free sample with 21 cents postage for mailing cost and a copy of the People’s Medical Adviser from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
Chairman Jones of the Democratic national committee begins campaign work in Faulkner's office. Senators Gorman and Stewart and Messrs Berret Norris join for a 30 minute session before planning a Capitol meeting at noon. No formal topics disclosed.
In Lincoln Nebraska on August 5 Mr. Bryan canceled plans for an interview amid Populist nomination rumors. He changed his Eastbound schedule leaving at 2 05 PM Friday by Rock Island reaching Des Moines around 9 PM for an overnight reception. The party includes Mr and Mrs Bryan Hon and Mrs R P Bland and press representatives.
Senator White of California delegates Governor Stone of Missouri to notify W. J. Bryan of his nomination for president at Madison Square Garden next Tuesday. Stone initially declines noting he is not on the notification committee, then accepts after a second telegram from Senator White.
The Soo Locks in Sault Ste Marie Michigan opened at 10 30 a m marking the completion of a major engineering feat. The 800 foot lock, begun in 1889, measures 806 feet between gates and 1100 feet overall, 43 feet high and 100 feet wide, able to handle vessels drawing up to 2 feet of water. The Andrew Johnson and Hancock assisted through the lock as part of the inaugural passage.
GREAT Fall Montana reports 1895 wool receipts totaling 8,100,000 pounds up from 5,200,000 last year. The market is the Northwest’s largest cash market for wool, though few bids and sales occurred. Prices ranged 5 to 10 cents, with 6 cents the top advance. the lowest in seven years, prompting many sheep owners to quit.
Acting Controller Coffin announces a 26 percent dividend to creditors of the Black Hills National Bank of Rapid City South Dakota on proven claims totaling 42,949 dollars.
The Moore Brothers fail after a vast Diamond Match and New York Biscuit stock scheme in Chicago collapses. The Chicago Stock Exchange adjourns indefinitely amid fears of further losses, with officials hoping a brief pause will ease panic and stabilize markets.
At 1 a m residents awoke to a powerful blast that wrecked C A Seibert the grocer's house in Berea Ohio a charge placed under the residence by an unknown person. Seibert who refused strikebound quarrymen credit said he did not sympathize with the workers. No injuries were reported.
John Cushman of Brooklyn was arrested in Atlanta by self styled detective R A Smith who claims Cushman killed Mrs O Donnell and two daughters on July 2 at 82 Green Point Avenue Brooklyn. A reward of 1500 dollars was offered for Cushman. Smith said he had followed Cushman since the crime date.
In Cleveland on August 5 militia units stood in multiple city sections after Brown strikers and supporters drifted back to work. Master Workman James O Connell claimed a misinterpretation of the pact between Brown company and strikers while warning of self preservation amid mayor police and militia tension.
Savatt Ste. Marie reports extensive fires in Gladys and Brimley Michigan with Gladys wiped out and residents fleeing. The South Shore line halted as heat and smoke forced the train back. No rain for weeks leaves timber tinder dry and threatens further destruction.
Horace Kimball named receiver for fourteen big insurers doing business in Washington. He will collect their funds and assets to satisfy judgments against them in the Spokane Mercantile case after a fire led to fraud defenses and court defeats. The companies include National Fire, Transatlantic Globe, Northern Assurance, Hanover Fire, Aetna, Sun, Lancaster, Scottish Union, Commercial, Union, Queen, and North British Mercantile.
A hot engagement near Guapmas and Melones in Manzanillo district, Santiago de Cuba province, left Spanish troops greatly outweighed. Official figures show 100 Spaniards against 1,000 insurgents, with Lieutenants Gonzales and Pintador and 50 privates killed.
Nine gallons of ice cream made by an Italian vendor caused violent illness in the western part of Sioux City Iowa. Several worst cases threaten death though no fatalities have yet occurred.
A cyclone struck near Grafton North Dakota at 1 30 a m damaging several buildings about a mile south of the city Peter Petersons house was entirely destroyed with nine people inside but only two injured most occupants took shelter in the cellar during the storm spectral warning and emergency response details are not provided.
A wind storm at San Luis demolishes barracks killing two guerrillas outright and burying seven others. Five people die from electricity. An epidemic of smallpox prevails at Guanabacoa and spreads.
An August 5 electrical storm struck Winona Minnesota shortly after 8 PM bringing a very heavy rainfall. Nearby Bethany suffered significant flax damage from hail during the same weather event.
Des Moines reports rivers rising three to seven feet after recent heavy rains. The Des Moines River over its banks destroys many fields and portions of the Keokuk and Western railroad bridge over the Racoon in the city were washed out overnight.
In Topeka report, Santa Fe passenger No. 1 bound for Topeka collided with eastbound local No. 18 near Dean Lake Missouri. One person was killed and eight injured in the crash.
Montgomery report shows slow counting under a new ballot law but indicates a decisive Democratic win in Alabama. Johnston targets a 40 000 to 50 000 majority with two thirds of the legislature likely Democratic, while counties in the black belt sustain large margins and key counties swing toward Democrats though some doubt remains in Populist strongholds.
William Vaughan, chairman of the Republican state central committee, says early returns suggest Joseph F. Johnston will win the Alabama governorship by about 20,000 votes. He alleges a count-out to defeat A. T. Goodwin and predicts Democrats will control the state legislature, with Goodwin’s ticket carrying white-majority counties and Democrats carrying black counties.
CuicaGo August 5 All records at live third or any trap shooting are eclipsed in preliminary day of the Dupont world championship tournament. The shooting is described as very high order with 49 ties for first money in the first event and 29 in the second.
SeaTTL e Washington Aug 5 Hon W A Newall of Olympia has been tendered the Republican nomination for governor. A former congressman from New Jersey, he is a physician who was on the house floor when John Quincy Adams fell ill in February 1848 and attended him.
Dallas residents endure record heat as thermometers hit 107 degrees in several city sections. Elder locals with forty years in the area say they have never seen temperatures this high.
London obituary notes the death of Sir William Grove born July 11, 18m. He made several important discoveries in electricity and optics.
In Bessemer Michigan the Til den mine ends day and night shifts at No 9 shaft, completing a Rockefeller mine shutdown. Shafts 6 through 10 barely keep water out, pumps removed, Gogebic range mines largely idle. Fewer than 1,000 workers remain from a peak of over 8,000, threatening destitution for many families as funds and food supplies dwindle.
Daniel Clough of Darling Minnesota was shot and killed by Eckman, a Darling resident, while Eckman and two companions were en route to a schoolhouse. Eckman claimed Clough owed him for prior work, and a revolver was used, the bullet entering above the heart.
Aug 4 in La Crosse Wisconsin Henry Hendrickson Anna Amsrud and Lizzie Oldstad drowned in the Mississippi River just below the city after their boat capsized near swift current. The craft was pulled under barges and the trio could not swim or handle the boat.
Edward E. Barney, 54, president of the Virginia Navigation company, shot himself at his James River home in Richmond and died from the wound. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he built a fortune and acquired Hog Island and other James River properties. He leaves a widow and several children.
A dispatch from Montreal to the Toronto World says Sir Charles Tupper will succeed Lord Aberdeen as governor general of Canada. It notes Joseph Chamberlain backing Canada's late premier and Lord Salisbury weighing the matter, though the report is discredited locally.
In Washington on August 4 the president named Macgrane Coxe of New York as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Guatemala and Honduras to succeed the late Pierce M. B. Young who died in New York while on leave.
A reported reliable source says Brown strike strikers have formed a company of about 40 men, elected a captain, and bought revolvers. The group drilled last Saturday to avenge two earlier shootings between union and non union workers. Four militia companies guard the works and police will join in the morning to prevent trouble as non union workers return.
Annie Housel withdrew her divorce suit against Thomas Housel after learning he was hospitalized in critical condition from a sunstroke. She promptly nursed him at the city hospital and reconciled, saving the marriage and removing the case from the docket.
In New York on August 4 a large, enthusiastic tailors meeting convened at the Windsor theater. Speakers included Meyer Sch and Joseph Barondess. At the contractors’ headquarters, Leader Benjamin Dueson asserted most strikers would return to work this week and warned that warrants would be issued for rioting strikers.
Dispatches from Damascus describe renewed clashes in the Hauran province between Turkish forces and Druses. Turkish sources claim a victory while independent reports say the outcome was doubtful with heavy casualties on both sides.
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