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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
2
C N W Ry lists daily and Sunday service details for arrivals at Huron with accommodation trains and mail and express options. Eastbound departures include the passenger and express services with stated times.
Train times list Going West at 9:05 p m and Going North at 3 e night daily except Sundays. Mail and Express service available with connections at Sioux Valley Junction to Redfield for points east. Agent L H Jowns notes this schedule and accommodations priced at 55 dollars per month.
In Sulphur Springs Texas on August 12 a negro named Tom Williams was captured by a mob after attempting to assault a widow’s fourteen year old daughter. He was chained to a stake in the courthouse square and burned before a large crowd as officers offered little resistance.
Twenty firemen were burned and two unconscious after a blaze at W. H. Daggitt's Sons soap factory on West Twelfth Street. Explosions released 70 000 gallons of soap fats. six men were hospitalized and damage was estimated at 50 000 dollars. Firefighter O Neill sustained the worst injuries. others escaped, though exhausted.
Edward Peterson and M. E. Colby, residents of Sisseton South Dakota, were shot dead by Zack Flute an Indian at Flute’s farm nine miles south of town. Flute killed Colby instantly then pursued Peterson who was killed after a brief chase. A posse is forming to lynch Flute though he surrendered to authorities.
London August 14. The entente cordial honored with a luncheon in the house of commons for Vice Admiral Caillard and about 130 officers. Around 500 dined while 300 to 400 ladies filled the galleries. Premier Balfour and cabinet members hosted as toasts celebrated the Franco British fleet friendship with the Marseillaise echoing in the hall.
Detroit August 12 the dispute between the Typographical union and job printing employers over open shop notices spread to twenty five shops as 200 printers walked out after employers refused to meet with the union executive committee. The firing of nonunion men in three large shops sparked the walkouts.
In Harrodsburg Kentucky on Thursday legislator Sam Black Policeman William Britton and saloonkeeper Walter Stolts exchanged gunfire on Main Street Black was shot through the head and killed instantly Britton was shot in the jaw and Stolts wounded in the abdomen both men were reported dying with the motive described as an old grudge.
Chicago August 12 The case of Bluebeard Johann Hoch may not be appealed and a second reprieve may fail. The Illinois supreme court rules require printing abstracts and briefs, with funds still short. The $400 raised by subscription in St Louis has reportedly been returned to donors.
San Francisco merchants including the Merchants' Exchange have begun a drive to lift the boycott on American goods by Chinese merchants. They petition President Roosevelt to seek reasons for the boycott and to take prompt action to restore trade and protect U S commerce.
North Western Line offers excursion tickets from all stations to Portland Tacoma and Seattle daily and to California points on specific August and September dates with favorable return limits for meetings. Two fast trains to the Pacific Coast daily The Overland Limited electric lighted nonstop under three days. California Express offers drawing room and tourist sleeping cars. Rates and tickets via Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Advertises daily round trip rates to Portland via the North Western Line for the Lewis and Clark Exposition with direct and indirect routes through San Francisco and Los Angeles. Offers an illustrated folder for two cent stamp and mentions low rate side trips to Yellowstone and Alaska.
On account of the annual encampment G A R at Denver September 4 to 7 the B N W RY will run a special first class Pullman sleeper Huron to Denver via Omaha and Union Pacific. Leaving Huron September 1 at 10 35 am the sleeper joins the through train at Omaha and travels to Denver stopping at Cheyenne for the wild west show. Round trip rate 16 20 sleeper 5 00 per double birth. Reserve early L H Jones Agent.
Mrs Dubois wife of Idaho Senator Fred T Dubois in Taft party injured in a Manila carriage accident and taken to hospital unconscious for hours. Her condition described as not life threatening but likely ends participation in the southern voyage with Taft Roosevelt and others.
Starting Sunday May 28 the Colorado Special westbound arrives Denver at 9 30 p m instead of 10 00 p m reducing travel time by a half hour Eastbound No 12 leaves Denver at 4 35 p m up from 4 20 p m. no changes to train Nos 3 and 6 on the Chicago and North Western line or leaving times
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