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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
1
A matter of health notes Royal Baking Powder makes food more digestible and wholesome. Physicians endorse and recommend this peculiarity of Royal. Royal Baking Powder Co. New York.
Prolonged discussion follows the cession of Article 7 of the Russo Japanese Peace Treaty. Lawmakers deliberate implications for transit rights and postwar borders as diplomats push for resolution and clarity on railway control.
At the Russo Japanese peace conference in Portsmouth Russia rejects the claim that the China Eastern railroad is wholly a government asset. Shares are held by the Russo Chinese bank, and Russia argues private ownership limits confiscation while signaling potential surrender with compensation. A broader crisis looms as talks hinge on Japan's gains and Chinese indemnities. Japan and Korea also finalize a fifteen year river navigation accord to regulate coastal and interior streams.
The article notes the surrender of Russian leases on Liaotung peninsula ports and islands as a significant development. It mentions the Japanese plenipotentiaries sending to Washington for treaty parchment, signaling formalization of terms amid debates on governance and open door principles.
Berlin reports that the British backed plan for Prince Charles of Denmark to take the Norwegian throne has collapsed. The expectation now is that Norway will establish a republic.
Burlington Vermont August 17 Vermonts state holiday marked by the dedication of a memorial tower to Ethan Allen with Vice President Fairbanks as principal speaker in Burlington.
Cory Pennsylvania August 17 The Pittsburg express on the Allegheny Valley railroad was derailed by a spreading rail near Hydetown. The rear engine and seven cars left the rails. Passengers escaped with narrow margins but two sustained only slight injuries.
The Census Bureau bulletin prepared by Professor Walter F. Wilcox of Cornell concludes there has been a persistent decline in the U S birth rate since 1860 The study focuses on the proportion of children to total population and to women of child bearing age showing a drop in the share of children under five per 1000 women aged 15 to 49 from 634 in 1860 toward 1900 and beyond The findings describe decade by decade changes in these proportions amid ongoing demographic shifts
In Ormrod Pennsylvania during a post rain quarry accident at Lehigh Portland Cement site a rock slide traps about thirty five workers all foreigners. Fifteen bodies recovered with twenty more feared dead as hospitals mobilize staff and resources for the injured.
St Paul August 17 President James J Hill of the Great Northern Railroad again refused to intervene in the telegraphers strike affecting the Great Northern and Northern Pacific systems. General Manager Ward said Hill did not want to get involved and referred the matter to the operating department. He added that operating conditions on the Great Northern are now practically normal.
Lars Peterson, a carpenter in Towa City, Iowa, killed himself by filling a coffin he ordered, connecting a gas jet hose to the lid, and entering the casket. His wife found him dead. he had been in ill health and acting strangely for some time.
A violent storm drenched Huntington West Virginia with five inches of rain in two and a half hours. Bridges and culverts failed on rural roads while rail lines suffered landslides. Crops were destroyed or washed away as residents fled to safety.
August 17 Elkins West Virginia reports nine Italian miners killed as a dynamite explosion rips through the Duslevy Brothers construction camp near Durbin. The blast destroys their hut and is linked to ongoing feuding in the area.
Dan McAvoy and Peter Beixers city dog catchers faced charges for selling counterfeit dog tags in police court. Police say McAvoy bought fifty bogus tags and only nineteen remained when arrested, with the remainder reportedly sold at one dollar each.
The report notes payments of three dollars a day by the city and two dollars to Beiz ers.
Harrisburg Pa Aug 17 Judge John Stewart of Chambersburg was nominated by the Democratic state convention as associate justice of the state supreme court. Stewart is the Republican nominee for this office and marks the first time the Democratic party in Pennsylvania has nominated a Republican candidate for a state office.
Judge Hunt of the United States court travels from Helena to Anaconda to inspect farms in Deer Lodge valley near the Great Washoe smelter. He will determine if smoke and fumes from the Amalgamated Copper company operation harm crops and hear evidence in the Bliss case seeking to stop smelting and damages.
Ambassador E. H. Conger arrived in Washington from Mexico and met with Acting Secretary Atlee. He planned to visit the president at Oyster Bay and said he did not intend to enter politics in Iowa.
Fresno reports details of a daring hold up by a highwayman who robbed two Yosemite Valley stages running between Raymond and Wanawa. The crimes occurred about three and a half miles above Grub Gulch as both stages were stopped one after another. Passengers were relieved of their money.
The national reciprocity conference begins with 600 delegates at the Illinois theater to discuss reciprocal trade relations, tariff revision, and related topics. Delegates include large Western stock and farm interests and Eastern manufacturers, with foreign consuls attending and speeches by Governor Deneen and Mayor Dunne.
All-Luther C. Thompece of Cleveland unveils a submarine he names after himself. He says he studied fish behavior for twenty five years and built the craft to sink like a fish using diving blades. He criticizes current steering gear as unsuitable for this vessel class.
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