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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
7
Doctors claim a juice made from vegetables including potatoes and beets can cure consumption and render people immune to tubercle bacilli. Eleven cured patients are reported, with fifty more under treatment and improving progress. Two physicians are cited as observers, urging further work.
New Orleans reports gradual fall in fever cases with 44 new infections in the last twenty four hours and seven deaths bringing the total to 226 since the outbreak began. Authorities target freeing the city from fever by October 1 as August 26 dispatch notes German authorities and civil measures.
An August Manila outbreak linked to Hongkong green vegetables claims several deaths among natives and an American woman. Two soldiers die at Camp McKinley, which is quarantined as surgeons from the board of health vow to control the disease.
A race riot in Carlisle Indiana left the Negro Baptist church destroyed by dynamite placed under the altar. Bloodhounds are on the dynamiters’ trail and threats of mass expulsion of Black residents are reported if arrests are made.
Advices from Honduras indicate a severe yellow fever outbreak affecting the country. Reports describe widespread illness with emphasis on public health concerns and urgent containment needs.
In Duluth on August 26 a nurse from Milwaukee named George Roberts suffered a fractured skull after being attacked by two highwaymen. They knocked him senseless, robbed him of $30 and a gold watch, then fled, leaving him lying in a lonely street and now he hovers on the brink of death at St. Luke's hospital.
Moses Haas turned himself in to a U S marshal in New York after a federal grand jury issued a warrant in the cotton teak scandal. He was informed of the warrant days earlier and arrested in Saratoga along with Frederic Peckham.
At First Baptist in Minneapolis on August 29 Dr W R Owen of Sublette Illinois shot himself in the heart as services ended. He died in the church aisle. a note and bank card found on him suggested his identity. He had spent Saturday night at the Nicollet hotel and told the sheriff he feared for his life.
West Side residents in Chicago ask Mayor Dunne to suppress murders burglaries and hold ups forthwith. They cite rising crime and crowding at Bridewell and the jail while praising police for active arrests and questioning laxity.
In Albany New York a five year old boy and a six month old baby were abandoned at the Ten Eyck hotel by a couple registering as John W Rogers and wife of San Francisco The incident began as a desertion but grew into a police mystery with potential foul play. The children were placed in local institutions after the hotel reported the matter Monday Police cite no conclusive evidence yet.
A terrace sixteen feet above the Metropole theater stage collapsed during a rehearsal in Berlin. Twenty people were injured as thirty performers were on the terrace and the crowded stage panicked into the streets in their attire. Four are feared dead, including popular comic singer Max Steiden. most injured are young girls.
Toulon France August 29 The French naval authorities have been ordered to hold two cruisers in readiness to sail to Morocco if the sultan's reply to French demands concerning the imprisonment of Bouzain the French Algerian merchant is unsatisfactory.
In New Orleans on August 29 the fifth week of yellow fever containment shows 189 patients under treatment with many mild cases. Daily reports indicate a declining number of new infections, and measures include disinfection of churches and targeted combat in affected areas. The chief concern remains the impact on commerce and panics in outside communities.
A Manila dispatch reports leaders urge at least a 25 percent tariff cut or free trade for island products, plus creation of a government postal bank and an agricultural bank. Railroads are cited as key to solving the Philippine question as Taft and the Roosevelt party return from the south.
Minister Rockhill reports that the anti American boycott on American piece goods is about to be lifted. Shanghai merchants dealing in piece goods oppose the boycott and are taking steps likely to break it for piece goods.
Mazatlan August 29 Twenty Mexican laborers died and several were injured when dynamite prematurely exploded at the Manzanillo port works. Families of the victims have been indemnified by Colonel Edgar K. Smoot, the contractor in charge.
Rensselaer Indiana August 29 Joseph Fagot a well known Remington business man was killed in an automobile accident while returning home after a visit to Rensselaer He lost control crossing a bridge and the car went over an eight foot embankment pinning him beneath this is a tragic local fatality with no further details provided about others involved.
Edwin 8 Holmes Jr former associate statistician of the agricultural department surrendered to the United States marshal in Washington as part of the cotton leak investigation. The indictment names him in connection with the case, and the surrender came as authorities pursue further charges.
Chicago August 29 Having planned to raise funds for a strike in effect by daybreak a general sympathy strike is planned across major cities from Ohio to Missouri and Minnesota to halt non union labor. The Chicago Typothetae aims to resist open shop rules as union members defend six local shops while twenty seven others face action with ten more firms expected to join.
In Logansport Indiana on August 29 a collision or derailment in the South yards of the Pennsylvania line left one man dead and another fatally injured with a third passenger seriously hurt. Fireman Walter Eversole of Richmond was killed pinned under his engine. Engineer Grady was thrown beneath his engine and both legs were severed, with recovery deemed impossible.
The Reichs Anzeiger reports seven cholera cases in the Weichsel district since August 16 with three deaths. Measures include medical and police control of river traffic, tightened authority, more river stations, and precautions urged for local families as authorities monitor illness and water use.
Complaint filed with the interstate commerce commission by H C Barlow of Gwinner North Dakota accusing the Northern Pacific of favoring Leeds and Lisbon North Dakota in rail rates for wheat and potatoes to Superior Wisconsin alleging longer hauls from Leeds and Lisbon and that shipments from Gwinner are smaller and thus penalized.
The ministry plans to amend the 1884 university statutes. A meeting of 34 professors decided to continue participation in the university until a new order is established and people receive full civil rights, with universities granted full academic autonomy.
United States Assayer Fred Wing reports Nome will produce about $10,000,000 in gold for 1906, a season record and $2,000,000 above last year. The estimate reflects gold shipped from Nome up to this year.
A collective note from six embassies announced the appointment of commissioners to oversee Macedonia's finances. The notice was presented to the porte during the day.
President Roosevelt rode the submarine torpedo boat Plunger on Long Island Sound, spending about three hours aboard and enduring a fifty minute dive. He praised the vessel and its handling after a briefing by Lieutenant Nelson, noting the safety of submarine travel compared to a city subway ride.
Leon Stevens of Baldwin Airship challenges A Roy Knabenshue to a city race over New York. Knabenshue accepts the challenge, leaving only race conditions to be set as August 28 reports. Separately in La Crosse Chicago printers seek nonunion workers for an eight hour day clash with the Typothetae.
Madison Wis Aug 26 Senator J J McGillivray of Black River Falls announced he would enter the state contest. He is the oldest member of the legislature in years of service and friends say he could not refuse.
Fire swept the entire business section of Lotts near Muscatine Iowa on August 26 causing an estimated loss of 30000 dollars. The blaze was helped by a weak water supply and the origin remains unknown.
The steamer Banes which went ashore at Jones beach on Thursday has been floated and towed up to the city under her own power following the mishap.
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