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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1892
Page
1
Helena reports Advancing troops were asked by Agent Simons to Washington after several Indian soldiers were wounded and one killed. The incident sparked defense of the accused shooter, with rumors of further unrest among tribes. Also noted is debate over Idaho diamond discoveries and their limited yield.
Dispatches confirm an Indian outbreak at Fort Assiniboine. Big Mouth was killed by a fellow Assiniboine, who then with friends fortified a cabin. Agent Simons led a posse to the scene, was wounded, and Alone Horse was killed as white men besiege the cabin. About a dozen Indians refuse capture.
Certificates of election for president and vice president arrived from Texas North Carolina Alabama Illinois and Maine. Bills listed include immigration suspension and interstate commerce law amendments. Wests joint resolution on allotment with civilized tribes in Indian Territory was discussed, Jones of Arkansas urged referring it to Indian affairs. Senate resumed debate at 2 p m on the anti option bill with a substitute being argued.
A major early morning fire on December 14 at the Alexander Brown cotton warehouse on Bond and Thames streets destroyed six large buildings storing 17,202 bales of cotton valued around 850 thousand dollars. Most of the stock is believed a total loss, with many bales drifting into the harbor.
Cincinnati December reports show a presbytery committee proposing a rebuke for Professor Smith. The majority report was signed by Rev. A. Ritchie Rev. M. Maxwell and Elder O. W. Sprall. The minority urged suspension.
The interstate commerce commission will soon decide the Miller case in favor of Minneapolis. The modification would allow allowances for distance differences from initial points to Duluth and Minneapolis, shaping railroad rate adjustments.
Paris reports intense reaction as M. Rouvier resigns from the ministry and a government minister is summoned amid a wave of excitement and political turbulence.
Mrs M Kelley receives affirmation of a four thousand dollar verdict against the Illinois Central Railway Company for damages after her husband died years ago when he fell from an unprotected trestle near Dubuque Iowa.
Two masked men attempted a midnight robbery on a Chesapeake and Ohio train near Huntington. A Chicago passenger named Tuck was killed after a struggle. another passenger Peter Drake was wounded. The robbers fled after a scalping fight and a posse pursued them in Guyandotte.
Two masked gunmen rode into Gillette Wyoming at dusk raiding Tony Christensen's saloon stealing 450 dollars and four pistols. They robbed a post office, another saloon and a grocery store, held up eight to ten citizens, then rode off south with shots fired, leaving the town shaken after about thirty minutes.
President Cleveland will press the button at the Washington ceremony opening the world’s fair May 1. National committee members and state representatives discuss awards, bronze medals, diplomas, and the jury system amid talks of continuing displays and fair funding.
Labor Commissioner Powers reports statewide foreclosure activity, excluding town lots, showing about a percent increase in foreclosure sales from 1881 to 1891 while assessed acreage climbed 70 percent, yielding roughly a 60 percent drop in mortgage foreclosures in 1891.
On Sunday 1060 immigrants arrived at Ellis Island landing bureau. Ships listed include Polaria 148 crew from Stettin La Bourgogne 547 from Havre Russia 205 from Hamburg and Kaiser Wilhelm II 365 from Genoa with arrivals recorded at New York harbor.
H G Hourn forced entry at Mrs Hoff’s First avenue home and found Mrs Hoff unconscious and Dr C Boorge dead in a room off the dining area. G P Hage of Jensen and Hage lay in the adjacent room gasping with heavy breathing as the gas poisoning tragedy unfolded.
Reliable reports indicate Northern capitalists plan a railroad from Uvalde to kaolin mines on the Frio River in Edwards County, about forty miles north. The kaolin is praised as finest in America for porcelain, with iron ore along the route also noted.
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