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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1904
Page
1
Severe drought grips Kentucky with creeks and ponds drying up and pastures turning to parched ground. Farmers report dwindling water supplies and shrinking forage for livestock as hot winds continue. Local authorities urge conservation and water restrictions amid the heat.
Drouth in Central Kentucky is the worst in state history. Pastures that stood twenty years will need resowing as roots dry up. Creeks wells and stock water vanish forcing railroads and farmers to buy and haul water to survive. Lexington reservoir remains a rare relief while stock and wheat suffer widespread ruin.
New Orleans December 1 two girls died from injuries after an explosion and fire at the Swiss laundry. Georgiana Beecher age nineteen and Mary Nelson age twenty six among thirty treated. six expected to die. Fire Marshal Haggerty and police investigate while cause remains undetermined.
An explosion of a can of blasting powder near Sharon Pennsylvania kills one man and injures five others reported today. The blast occurred during daytime operations, causing casualties and drawing emergency response to the scene. Local authorities began inquiries into the incident and the condition of the wounded is being monitored.
A blast during rock cutting on a model highway near Keelridge badly injures three foreign workers. One or two may die from injuries. Sparks from blasting caused the explosion in an apparently accidental incident three miles east of town.
In Detroit on December 1 a switchman derailed a Michigan Central freight to avoid a collision with a Pere Marquette passenger train seven miles from Windsor Ontario. Engineer Bruce Little and Fireman John Matthews were fatally scalded while Brakeman Thomas Stewart was seriously crushed. all were hospitalized in Windsor.
New York February 1 Mrs Cassie L Chadwick the Cleveland woman facing sensational suits over large loans from bankers is seriously ill at Holyland House and near a nervous breakdown due to publicity from the legal action to recover almost $200 000 filed by Herbert D Newton of Brookline Massachusetts.
Dr James R Gurnow a leading San Jose physician has become hopelessly insane suffering paresis from nervous depression He is considered dangerous to be at large and there is no hope of recovery He recently began studying the insane and continued research impaired his mind.
An explosion at the Goes powder works five miles north of Xenia Ohio injures three and kills one man. The workers were in the mill area when the blast occurred in the morning. Rescue teams rushed to the scene as investigators began work.
A massive blast blew apart a building after several thousand pounds of powder detonated, destroying the structure and all contents. Emergency crews arrived to secure the site as investigators reviewed the scene for causes and potential hazards.
Joseph Leiter and his attorney Henry R Platte are named in a three count indictment for bringing armed men into Illinois. The Perry county grand jury returned the charges November 12 with witnesses including union miners and railroad men. The case, connected to guards and transport near Zeigler, carries penalties of one to five years in prison with no fine option.
A serious prairie fire on the Rosebud reservation in Nebraska has scorched nearly 100 square miles between Bonesteel and St Elmo and continues to burn. Bonesteel city narrowly escaped destruction as several thousand tons of hay and ranch buildings were destroyed.
Minnesota State Agricultural School owned Clear Lake Jute, an Aberdeen-Angus two year old steer, captures first and greatest prize grand champion of his class at the international livestock show in Chicago.
Former Milwaukee Alderman William Murphy of the Third ward was sentenced by Judge Tarrant to one year at hard labor in the Milwaukee County House of Correction. Murphy was found guilty of soliciting and accepting a bribe related to a sidetrack ordinance during his common council tenure.
Ex detective Daniel Kipley nephew of late Chicago police chief Joseph Kipley was sentenced to the penitentiary for the murder of Joseph Hopkins in a quarrel over a woman. Hopkins was a safecracker in Chicago and a respected churchgoer in a suburb. Counsel for Kipley will seek a writ of supersedeas.
In Pike county near Shelby Kentucky Sloan a farmer returns home drunk and shoots his wife and four young children before taking his own life. The tragedy leaves no survivors in the family.
The Citizens' Industrial association met in New York with speakers including Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport executive agent of the American Anti Boycott association. Davenport spoke on the aims and work of the anti boycott group while Frederick W. Job urged returning to the national employment bureau as the path to settlement for both sides. The resolutions committee reaffirmed the association's aims as set at Chicago and Indianapolis.
Washington reports 32000 rural free delivery routes will operate by July 1, 1905 with a cost just over 21 million dollars. In the following fiscal year 6000 more routes will be added, totaling 36000, with an estimated 26 million dollars for extension and maintenance. Four thousand petitions for routes are pending in the post office department.
Duquoin Ill Dec 1 no disturbance reported at Zeigler during the night. Telegraph reports from Zeigler Coal Company say militia presence produced the desired effect with no shots fired. Militiamen patrolled the stockade and town, with duties limited to walking beats.
Denver December 1 reports the Western Federation of Miners canceled strikes in Telluride and Ophir following Governor Peabody's withdrawal from the governor race. The same move is expected in other mining camps.
Assault leads to control of the southeastern portion of 203-metre Hill as Japanese forces press their advance. Report notes fierce fighting with allied units regrouping nearby. No exact dates or units specified in readable text.
Tokio dispatch reports continued fighting at Port Arthur with Japanese forces assaulting and holding the southeastern portion of the 203-Metre hill. General Nog directs large concentrations against the Russian stronghold as daylong operations unfold.
Chinese evacuees arriving in Chefoo report ongoing fighting at Port Arthur. They heard artillery fire at sea on November 29 and helped carry Japanese wounded to hospitals while counting a thousand. They say the Japanese appear low in spirits.
London dispatch reports Japanese forces under General Nogi press the Russian defenses at Port Arthur with mounting casualties. The decisive action is pledged regardless of cost as the fortress is said to be near collapse within twenty one days.
In Tokio the emperor formally opens the second war diet. He rides in a state coach through crowds, escorted by lancers, with the crown prince and officials, to the house of parliament. In the chamber he reads an address announcing the opening and outlines the session’s aims.
Philadelphia November 30 delegates from all sections attend the early session of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention. The evangelistic house was composed by Miss W. Girecuncos Gilew Lok.
Officials submit a plan to meet wartime needs and a budget for the thirty-eighth year of Meiji. The message claims expeditionary forces have won battles and urges loyal cooperation to advance the war objectives.
General Kuropatkin says the Japanese evacuated Tsinkhetchen and moved to a new position near the village of Saidan seven and a half miles southeast. Japanese wounded were taken away as Russians resumed the offensive toward Saidan, engaging heavy artillery by midday. Elsewhere in the theater, conditions were quiet.
The Korean prefect of Songjin reports 500 artillerymen with seven heavy guns moved south for Pukcheng in early November. He says Russians told him another artillery force was coming from Vladivostok to hold Pukcheng at all costs.
From General Oku's headquarters at Fu san on December 1 the two armies remain in place with no major combat. Outpost scouting and occasional Russian bombardments continue but go unanswered as no side shows movement or change in position.
Vienna December 1 It is reported by the Shanghai correspondent that three Japanese cruisers and fifteen torpedo boats left Sasebo under secret orders. They took a southerly course and are believed to be heading to meet the Baltic.
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