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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
1
The Hague reports Secretary Root has left Venezuela to Congress without action. The United States expects no pre conceived punitive measures with a foreign country. It favors peaceful settlement and possible consultation with the Dutch on future steps toward Castro.
In Blocton near Birmingham on August 11 a passenger train carrying nonunion workers was fired upon by striking miners. Three men died instantly and eleven were injured, two fatally. A conductor deputy sheriff and a nonunion man were killed. two soldiers were badly wounded. three deputy sheriffs shot in the back. three strike breakers seriously wounded. The train windows were shattered and dogs led authorities to union headquarters. Eight Negroes were arrested.
New York Aug 8 Federal grand jury indicts C W Morse and A H Curtis for making false entries in National Bank of North America books They face trial with old bonds in play and arguments set for Sept 12.
Janesville Ohio August 8. While placing a noose about his neck to commit suicide farmer James Loreniger near Janesville dropped dead. Death attributed to apoplexy brought on by excitement per the coroner.
A fiery head on crash of two Western Ohio Traction limited suburban cars near Piqua results in three deaths and about forty injuries. The two late trains were speeding to regain lost time at a siding near Sidney while the southbound car is obliterated. Survivors suffer cuts and broken glass as coaches lock and derail amid splinters.
Fifty more nonunion workers were hired at the Winnipeg Canadian Pacific Railway shops, with arrangements to feed and house 1,000 in the yards. The strike is seen as a temporary inconvenience by the company, while workers remain confident of success. The dispute involves operating department unions, with police and picketing at key points East and West. Officials and clerks in Winnipeg’s general offices are joining the yard labor in overalls performing striker tasks.
In Philadelphia on August 10 a mob of foreigners attacked police trying to lynch Joseph Green alias Joseph Finestein after an assault on Nellie Wiener a three year old girl. Mrs Wiener led the mob to a barber shop where Green hid police forced the door and after a struggle with the crowd he was taken to a police station.
In Winnipeg Aug 11 stones were thrown at a passenger train near St Boniface breaking most windows as it moved. Twelve nonunion workers walked out from the shops telling strikers they would not be imprisoned like convicts.
In Philadelphia on August 8 a will allocates half a million dollars from the estate of Mrs. Annie L. Lowry to charity. Fifty thousand dollars are to be invested, with income paid to Violet Peark for the care of Mrs. Lowry’s cats and parrots. The pets share the income equally, and upon their death the trust funds revert to other heirs.
A Des Moines committee appointed by the Commercial club directors will probe Burlington Railroad mergers in Southern Iowa from several years ago to judge whether dissolution action is advisable.
Willemstad Curacao Aug 12 colonial government readies for possible clash with Venezuela. A wireless station is installed and Gelderland sails to Aruba with rifles and ammunition as Aruba lacks protection. A Maracaibo port report notes Felix troop movement toward Maracaibo bay head. Jacob Van Heemskerk sails for Caribbean waters and Friesland returns from Norway to relieve Gelderland.
Northern Pacific train No. 2 the North Coast limited wrecked twelve miles west of Glendive Montana. Fireman A B Matthews and an unknown tramp were killed and twenty persons injured many not seriously. Engineer Litch applied emergency brakes but the train fell toward a chasm. rescue crews cared for the injured.
The steamer Minnesota has arrived from the Orient bringing 1,899 bases of silk, one of the largest silk cargoes ever landed in America, valued at about $1,000,000.
The fragment mentions Kodol and a doctor or druggist but the text is garbled. It hints at using Kodol when ill and obtaining it from a druggist while stressing honesty and availability.
Washington reports Mehmed Ali Bey the Turkish minister has been recalled and Mundji Bey named charge d affaires in Washington. The move follows a Turkish cabinet change and signals replacements by officials aligned with the new order. Mehmed Ali Bey is about thirty five, cultured, and previously a foreign office counsellor.
Constantinople Aug 12 the sultan announced he would defray the entire cost of building a new house of parliament and ordered plans prepared. He said every man in Turkey is a member of the union and progress committee and he is their president.
The Great Northern ore docks remain closed in Superior Wisconsin as a strike by ore handlers continues. Officials expected workers to return but no show led to about half of the ore train crews being laid off. The workers are reported as orderly with no trouble at the docks.
Ty Cobb of the Detroit American League club married Charlotte Marion Lombard daughter of Augusta’s wealthiest citizens in Augusta Georgia on August 7. The ceremony linked the star outfielder to a local socialite family, strengthening ties between baseball and Southern society.
The Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion in Huron announces the arrival and installation of Rev. Alfred from Deerfield Wisconsin as resident pastor. After two years without a regular pastor the congregation welcomes his leadership and English language service reflecting the Augsburg Confession. Rev. Bredeson praised for leadership and credentials.
A basket picnic will be held on the college campus at 6 30 PM on Friday. Everyone in Huron is invited to bring supper in baskets and enjoy a pleasant outdoor evening and a campus visit. Tables will be ready and lights on after supper for building tours.
Mrs. M. M. Davison of San Jose California praises Electric Bitters as a superior family remedy for headache biliousness and torpor of liver and bowels. She asserts a bottle provides more digestive health than any other remedy. Sold under guarantee at H Wheeler's drug store for 5 cents.
An ad explains the Red Cross Cream Company pays twenty and twenty five cents for cream weekly, while Marshall Sanborn company offers seventeen and eighteen. It claims this incentivizes higher butter production when dash is desired.
Local ad touts a can of Pgrma-Lac for coating small furniture pieces. It claims a permanent, beautiful finish and notes availability from Geb R. McBride.
Five year old Bradley Vrooman paint jobs outshine two year applications with other paints. Geo. R. McBride offers the paint.
Chicago reports late returns confirm C. S. Deneen's Republican governor nomination and Albert J. Hopkins's Senate endorsement. Hopkins leads Foss in the Senate race by about 18 000 votes with incomplete totals. Foss claims to carry a majority of senator districts and seeks legislative influence. Stringer wins Democratic Senate endorsement. Adlai E. Stevenson nominated for governor.
State Timothy L. Woodruff announces that the Republican rank and file will decide if Charles B Hughes is renominated for New York governor. Woodruff says the party will be guided by the voters and that Elihu Root or Joseph H Choate may lead the convention as temporary and permanent chairmen.
The Prussian ministry of public health says Asiatic cholera is epidemic in the eastern and southern districts of European Russia. A central health office order calls for strict medical inspection at the Russian frontier, focusing on river traffic on the Vistula and the Oder.
In St. Louis on a day of high excitement Rube Waddell hit a home run in the Browns versus Boston game causing four fans to faint in the grandstand and reverent cheers followed as the crowd reacted.
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