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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
1
A local retailer advertises fur coats and sheepskin lined coats at prices described as absurdly low, challenging other clothing houses in Huron and surrounding areas to match the quotes.
London Dec 9 Herbert Spencer the famous author died at his Brighton home after months of illness. Born 1820 he was called the last of the Victorian great thinkers and his synthetic philosophy drew from mathematics biology psychology and anthropology. His death ends a bold evolutionary approach that shaped liberal theology and science in the era.
Rev John Lanahan a leading Methodist Episcopal minister and nestor of the Baltimore conference died at his Baltimore residence aged eighty eight after a long illness. Licensed to preach in 1838 he once preached to Presidents Hayes and McKinley then Congress and was a close friend of Lincoln who summoned him to Washington for counsel. He gained national fame years ago for exposing frauds in a noted case.
Russian troops defeated a band of Chun Chuses at Tachiao, killing 200 and wounding many. After an earlier clash on Nov. 28 that left five Russians dead and nine wounded, Russians pursued the fugitives to the Liau river and hemmed them in, with a Port Arthur dispatch attributing the mass loss to panic among the Chun Chuses.
An unidentified woman carrying $1,500 in gold and bank notes hidden in bags around her neck and under her skirts was struck and killed by the Pittsfield express at the Mount Vernon station on the New York and Harlem railroad.
Rumor says about 3000 Colombian troops advance on Colon to retake the city and force Panama to submit to Colombia. American warships patrol the coast and will aid if trouble arises. The Dixie has landed marines under Captain Wirt McCreary to Empire to establish a camp and support future shore detachments.
In Alexandretta, Asiatic Turkey, a U S consul was insulted and assaulted by police while escorting an Armenian native to leave the country. The American flag was hauled down as Consul Davies resigned, leaving the post to a vice consul.
The state department received a cable from Consul Davies in Alexandretta reporting trouble with local police and departure for Beirut. Minister Leishman in Constantinople will be asked to conduct a full inquiry and report to the foreign office. The navy has not yet dispatched warships. The incident is not expected to cause serious trouble.
Reports from Washington state Colombian troops moving toward the Isthmus with possible naval participation. Authorities caution on reliability and note the landing point may lie near the Panama Colombia border, awaiting Bogota instructions via General Reyes and commissioners Jiminez and Blanco.
New York dispatch from Bogota reports Dec 5 that the national electoral committee rejects Reyes withdrawal from Barranquilla and proclaims Reyes as the presidential choice while Gonzales Valencia is the vice presidential pick. President Marroquin in Washington says any negotiation not tied to Panama's return will be useless.
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