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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
10
A passenger elevator fell from near the ninth floor at 202 Jackson Blvd, Edenheimer Stein Co. building, killing two and seriously injuring seven. The elevator conductor, Jacob Scramek, 22, died. Leo Considine, 21, was arrested as conductor.
Nome and the Seward peninsula are blanketed in fine volcanic ash swept from distant islands. The storm began days ago, reducing sledding and making breathing difficult as powder settles on floors and goods. Officials expect no serious harm despite widespread inconvenience.
Covington Louisiana December 2 a fire engulfed St Josephs academy convent monastery and church destroying the group of buildings and causing over 100000 in damage. The charred body of Rev Joseph Buck of the academy was found and a Covington firefighter missing after responding to the alarm.
Judge Hanford in Seattle issued an order restraining the Washington state railroad commission from enforcing its Sept 20 joint wheat order. It required Oregon Railroad and Navigation, Northern Pacific, and Great Northern to operate connecting lines hauling wheat to Puget Sound ports. The court ruled the order encroaches on interstate commerce regulation.
The Law and Order league plans extended action against Sunday liquor sales affecting clubs hotels dancing parties and social organizations. Notices at Greenville New Hampshire mills announce four day workweeks for an extended period amid industrial tension. In New York William R Montgomery fresh from Hamilton TM bank leadership receives threats from the Black Hand after a bank closure and resignation.
A quarrel between the Chicago Board of Trade and the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce over quotation tolls led to the Western Union Telegraph Co discontinuing Minneapolis prices on Chicago trading hall boards. Minneapolis threatened to stop paying half the tolls, disrupting wheat market reporting during a busy spring movement. Traders expect the move to push business back to Chicago as local firms reduce Northern exchange activity due to missing quotations.
Chicago December 4 Sol Westerfeld president of the Retail Merchants association explains the meat situation from the retailers perspective. He says there has been no material reduction in meat prices to dealers in recent weeks and that packers have postponed price cuts with promises of next week which never arrive. He notes beef and native cattle prices remain high, and wholesalers are not a factor as retailers work directly with Swift Armour and other packers whose daily prices stay the same.
Detroit reports Chelsea financier Frank P. Glazier's financial woes reduce public confidence. The Chelsea Savings bank is now under a banking commissioner and a private ally’s Commercial bank of Stocklidge closed with deposits estimated between 100 000 and 200 000. G H Gay says he shut the private bank to prevent a run and plans to pay depositors in full.
In Duluth on December 4 about 1500 men were locked out as nonunion workers won the steel work contract for a new office building. The Building Trades alliance threatened to eject all union men, while contractors locked out anyone who refused to renounce allegiance to the alliance. The clash targets the alliance, not the unions, with aims to break it up as arbitrary and unfair.
The supreme court declares the 1903 Torrens act constitutional, allowing real estate registration by the county recorder without formal abstract transfers. The ruling aligns with prior upholding of similar laws in Massachusetts Illinois and Minnesota.
Justice O Gorman rules that any form of Sunday stage entertainment is a clear violation of the law. The sweeping decision declares all Sunday theater activities unlawful with no appeal available if relief is not obtained.
Pittsburg dispatch reports fifty men entombed in the Naomi mine of United Coal company near Monongahela City Pennsylvania after a massive explosion. Rescue efforts reach the nineteenth entry with no sign of survivors amid toxic afterdamp. Mine Inspector Henry Loutitt notes gas unpredictability and fears thousands of tons of earth block progress as relatives crowd the pit mouth.
The president urges strong Atlantic and Pacific coastal defenses, a mobile battle fleet, and periodic transfers between oceans until the Isthmian canal eases movement. Sixteen battleships under Rear Admiral Evans head to the Pacific with others meeting in San Francisco for a historic voyage for peacetime training and readiness.
Smoke from the shaft trapped eleven workers in a California mine. Americans James Drew Joseph Manley Daniel O'Brien and L E Wilson are named among the victims with Italians and Australians among others. Rescue attempts failed as smoke and flame forced retreat. supervisors flooded the mine to smother the fire and dynamited bulkheads to gain access but conditions remained deadly.
A Russian destroyer with a mutinous crew is reported by the steamer Monteagie to be cruising in Far Eastern seas near Nagasaki. A German steamer also reports intercepting a Russian destroyer fifty miles north of Tsushima in the Sea of Japan, with seamen boarding the ship.
A jury in St. Paul acquitted Mrs Bradley in a trial, resulting in discharge of the prisoner. The case relief and remedy themes are present, with hints of a residence bargain and packaging language in the fragment.
Bank official E T Abels Pen dent of the City National Bank of Huron and Chicago banker L A Gopparp discuss support for government deposit insurance. The 1907 letter notes Bryan's public backing mirrors Abels long advocacy and cites Abels Sioux City talk endorsing depositor guarantees and a safety fund financed by a small tax.
An advertisement extols Cole's Carboli soap as absolutely pure antiseptic and healing. It targets dainty users with a lavender scent and linen freshness, promising a luxurious sense of cleanliness and coolness. The copy urges readers to get Cole's for the best that can be made.
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