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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1904
Page
2
Daily mail express from Sioux Valley Junction connects east of Redfield with 83 at Redfield. Mo 16 mail express runs daily except Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Accommodation also daily except Sunday at 6:00 a.m. Connection at Redfield via East of. L. H. Jonas, Agent.
Round trip tickets are on sale daily during the winter months to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo at reduced rates via the Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line. Good on fast through trains with high class service. For maps booklets and lists of Colorado hotels with rates apply to ticket cuts Chicago and North Western By.
Three men robbed Peoria National Bank at 1 20 pm seizing about 500 dollars and silver. They fled through a crowded center in slouch hats firing revolvers to disperse onlookers, chased by pedestrians and automobiles down Washington Fulton and Madison streets.
Dr. George R. Koch a New Ulm dentist was arrested on a murder charge in the L A Gebhardt case from Nov 1 1904. The arrest inflames a heated factional dispute between Koch supporters and his accusers as his trial looms with noted attorneys and a grand jury pending.
William McGee claims to be the sole survivor of Custer's command and is jailed for homicide after a kitchen knife fight with Frank Mitchell in Mitchell's flat over kidney stew. Mitchell died within a day from his wounds. McGee says Mitchell struck first and cites past service with Custer.
Two masked men robbed the Leshey Coal office in a Masonic temple. they bound gagged and struck clerk William Ale and escaped with $2000. Paymaster John Leahy was away at lunch. Robbers listened for the Black Liberal Movement amid the disruption in Petesbore.
In Denver on December 12 the supreme court sentenced four election officials of Precinct 6 Ward 5 after finding them guilty of permitting fraudulent proceedings at the late election. The ruling marks a rare disciplinary action against local election staff.
Portland officials plan to press remaining government land fraud cases in the circuit court this term. Special Inspector A. E. Green has gathered new evidence, with indictments expected for prominent figures. Subpoenas were issued for Senator John H. Mitchell and Congressman Binger Hermann to testify, but they cannot attend due to official duties.
In Reinbeck Iowa during the night robbers entered the post office and stole 2500 dollars. A posse of citizens exchanged shots with the robbers as they fled on a handcar. Six miles out two were captured. 1300 dollars recovered on one man named James Roach who claimed to be a railroad man. The other robber was caught at Beeman. a third remains at large.
James Delatto, 32, an Italian felled by typhoid fever, stood naked and armed with an axe in the Fifth Reformed Dutch church in Grand Rapids for two hours. He climbed the organ while officers crawled from above to subdue him. Three policemen were wounded, Delatto shot in the head, and damage reached about 1500 dollars.
St Cloud Minnesota December 13 The county attorney authorized the arrest of C A Bernick deputy county treasurer on embezzlement charges. Bernick is said to have a shortage of about 3000 dollars with potential for larger totals as inquiry continues. Nine hundred acres of land in the county are in Bernick's name and he seeks settlement but the prosecutor will pursue the case.
A violent clash at the Witwatersrand mine near Johannesburg left three Kaffirs and one Chinese dead and eight Kaffirs and twenty five Chinese wounded. The fighting broke out Sunday when Chinese workers reportedly attacked Kaffirs, with authorities later restoring order.
Frank Van Dyke, imprisoned in Duluth County Jail, killed his cellmate Erick Lindberg by striking him over the head with an iron cuspider. Lindberg died before regaining consciousness. Van Dyke said they had quarreled.
The ferryboat Amelia A. carrying forty passengers while crossing from Bellaire to Benwood was crushed by ice in the middle of the Ohio River and sank. Passengers escaped onto the ice and were rescued nearly dead from exposure as the vessel was declared a total loss.
Helena Montana December 18 Ruby Warren eight and Bernice Warren nine daughters of rancher Richard Wacsten near Billings drowned when ice broke under them while skating.
In Bonapah Nebraska a gambling house was robbed Saturday night of $1,000. An unidentified man crawled 200 feet under the building and bored a hole in the floor with a large auger to reach the money from beneath a lookout chair.
St. Petersburg December 13 Captain Clado arrested December 9 for criticizing Grand Duke Alexis and the admiralty demands a trial by court martial. He says his arrest on distorted facts is a stain on honor.
President Roosevelt announced there will be no extraordinary session of Congress in the spring for tariff revision. The fall session remains possible but not yet decided, and next fall is under consideration.
John Nelson, hotel proprietor, cared for elderly ill Charles Madden in his hotel room. Madden died and left Nelson as sole heir. Hidden in Madden’s sparse room were certificates of deposit and a bank book from Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Minneapolis totaling more than $22,000.
Halifax Nova Scotia December 12 Earl Grey was officially installed as governor general of Canada at the provincial government building. Addresses were presented by representatives of the provincial government and city of Halifax. He was later formally received by Lieutenant Governor Jones at Government House.
Fire damaged the Henry H. Sheip Manufacturing plant in Philadelphia destroying part of the woodshop and cigars boxes line. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars. The firm employs about sixty men and is a leading national maker of cigar boxes.
James T. Lunn of Sioux Falls South Dakota, aged sixty three, committed death by his own action in a Flint Michigan sanitarium. He formed a loop with a handkerchief tied with a knot and slipped it over his head. A folded newspaper was threaded through the loop and twisted to strangulate himself while a patient for months.
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