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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1896
Page
2
New York reports a flood of applicants to join the Cuban army at the junta offices. By December 17 nearly 800 men sought enlistment in 24 hours, but officials refused all due to a prohibition on serving in foreign armies. Mail responses added to the rush.
Officials report growing reports of men enlisting to join Cuban insurgents against Spain. Violations carry fines up to 2000 dollars and three years in prison for serving or accepting commissions. The Justice Department may issue instructions to enforce the neutrality laws. Ten inches of snow paralyzes Conn railroad and trolley traffic. roads into Milford are blocked.
Maprio December 17 reports surface indications that Captain General Weyler will soon be relieved of command in Cuba. Government organs show discontent and favoritism toward General Marin, former governor of Porto Rico, as Weyler’s replacement. Marin, about 50, has long fought with Campos and Weyler in Cuba.
Des Moines reports George P. Guiot a Union depot ticket agent has organized a Cuban war company in Iowa. He plans to equip 50 men with 28 already listed and readiness to depart once belligerent rights are recognized. Guiot, Iowa National Guards chief of engineers, notes further Iowa companies forming after Maceo's assassination.
In Jacksonville Florida on December 17 crowds filled the streets for a torchlight parade and mass meeting in support of Cuba. Ex Mayor Fletcher State Senator Hartridge and other prominent citizens spoke to the vast throngs.
Richard Rowe, found guilty in Grinnell district court as an accessory to looting the county treasury, was sentenced by Judge Ryan to three years in the state prison at hard labor.
A 50 mph gale drove snow and blizzardlike conditions across New York, piling drifts and closing roads. About eight inches of snow fell by night with a low of 23 degrees. The storm disrupted surface transport but damaged little shipping. three deaths were reported.
The 3 masted schooner Ulrica from Hillsboro New Brunswick bound for Hoboken with plaster rock ran aground on Nantasket beach near Hull Massachusetts just before noon. Captain John Patterson and six crewmen were rescued in exhausted condition after a terrible ordeal.
In Barcelona the court martial for anarchists involved in the Corpus Christi bombing near Santa Maria Delmar has finished. Sentences remain secret though reports suggest 28 death penalties and 459 penal servitude. The attack during the religious procession killed six and wounded sixty.
A United States grand jury indicted Erastus D Edgerton George H Hill and T D Beattie of the defunct First National bank of this city. Edgerton as receiver faces charges of misdirection of funds misappropriation of credits false entries and false reports to the comptroller of the currency. Bond set at 5000 for Edgerton and Hill. Beattie was released to the East awaiting return.
Carl Schepke, a Wisconsin Central railway employee, was boiled to death in a homemade Turkish bath. He was rubbed with turpentine and wrapped in wool blankets that ignited, then placed in a hot water barrel with clover blossoms for curing. He died when the cover was removed.
The Wisconsin Odd Fellows Mutual Insurance Company has begun suits against members who defaulted on policies to recover about $100,000. A heavy death rate led members to refuse to pay assessments, and suits have begun in nearly every city and village in the state.
A blast in the Holy Cross mine tunnel near Rep Curr Colo on December 18 caused a massive earth fall. Six men are believed killed by the collapse, though some may be trapped and could still be rescued.
In Farse on December 18 Detective M B Bresnan of the Great Northern arrested three thieves linked to a road crime spree. They stole 200 dollars worth of cigars from the company. Two pleaded guilty and each received one year in the penitentiary.
Disturbances broke out along the Hamburg docks as strikers clashed with police. Several injuries were reported and numerous arrests made as strikers attacked and burned the Stevecores' association public house.
A Weyler effigy was hung at 6 30 am at Main and Fourteenth with many participants. Cuban sympathizers hold nightly meetings in the city as part of ongoing demonstrations reported by The Times Star from Wheeling West Virginia.
A Georgia resident describes a dramatic cancer recovery after using S S S a plant based remedy. The account claims initial malignant cancer was cured and urges readers to request the Swift Specific treatise on cancer and blood diseases.
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