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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
1
A Zacatecas market house fire and collapse claim forty five lives with over twenty injured. Fifteen bodies recovered. many feared buried beneath wreckage as rescuers, hampered by heat and poor water supply, work through the ruins. Names of victims unavailable as effort continues.
Four members of John Ashbaughs family perished when a farmhouse three miles from Summerville Jefferson County burned in the early hours. One child and two others were seriously burned and a parent suffered severe burns after escaping through a lower window. Mrs Ashbaugh jumped to safety with a broken leg and internal injuries.
A basement fire in a five story sweat shop on Clinton street killed Isaac Gill, 52, a tailor, and an unidentified man. Four workers were injured and about 40 were inside when the blaze cut off escapes and forced many to jump from windows. Names of others were not learned.
Buenos Ayres reports General Mitri will approve Argentina’s recall of Senor Portela as Chile accuses Buenos Aires of abandoning territory. Public rifle ranges attract crowds with 35 gratis Mauser cartridges each. Chilean minister Concha Subercazana meets General Roca after a sharp, forceful conference.
Senor Portela the Argentine minister will depart Valparaiso Wednesday. Negotiations between Chile and Argentina likely to proceed via Secretary Blanco or shift to Buenos Ayres. Public indifference greeted Portelas retirement. Calm persists as a proclamation calls another Chilean national guard contingent.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew told AP that if M Hutin had offered to sell the canal for 40 million dollars the United States would likely have bought it and that the Panama company’s decision on Saturday came too late.
Paris dispatch to the Associated Press dated Dec 21 reports shareholders adopted a plan to use the isthmian commission conclusions as the basis for negotiating with the United States. It calls for granting the canal company mandate to close talks by proposing a fixed price.
General R A Alger former secretary of war underwent gall bladder surgery to remove gall stones. Surgeons reported a complicated outbreak with adhesions but said he rallied well and recovered closer to normal, though the condition remained serious as the gall bladder was opened and drained.
The Daily Telegraph Cairo report says after two years at Geb el Geit near Suez operators for the petroleum syndicate struck petroleum in the sand at 2115 feet. A gas surge caused an explosion wrecking the boring plants and blocking the well. The find suggests oil fields may exist in Egypt.
Green Bay men Napoleon Delaria and Louis Gilmette were killed in a rear end collision of two southbound freight trains on the Northwestern railway at Little Suamico early Sunday. Brakeman E. J. Barney was injured and survived after escaping the burning wreck. eight cars and the caboose burned beyond recognition.
In Ludington Michigan during a heavy southerly gale the Pere Marquette car ferry struck a bar disabling machinery and a main steam pipe. Thirty three crewmen were rescued after a nine hour ordeal with Taft killed by scalding and several others badly burned. The life saving crew used cannon lines and breeches buoy to pull all aboard amid freezing seas and ice.
Washington reports two dispatches from Venezuela detailing a rebellion against President Castro. A United States war vessel will be kept within reach to protect American interests, with the Indiana possibly dispatched though orders had not yet been issued.
Washington reports Rear Admiral Sampson in better condition and hoping to resume outdoor exercise if cold weather moderates. Captain Francis A. Cook, former Brooklyn commanding officer at Santiago, is also improving though he remains ill with stomach and heart trouble.
United States Senator William J. Sewell remains resting at his Camden home. Doctors report slight improvement and that he can take more nourishment, indicating better condition than in recent days.
Insurgents concede to authorities on Bohol Island after a brief confrontation, signaling a peaceful end to the standoff. Filipino security forces report no casualties and begin processing surrendering fighters for demobilization.
Manila December 26 reports the surrender of Filipino insurgent chiefs on Bohol with cannons and guns. Senor Lopez, held for treasonable contact with rebels, is hanged a brother of Aguinaldo’s European representative Sixto Lopez. Colonel Dougherty pursues a sweep of Laguna province and Subig Bay prison is reestablished.
Secretary Long discharged Edgar Stanton Maclay from his position as a skilled laborer at the Brooklyn navy yard after he refused to resign. The act follows a White House meeting and a letter from Maclay explaining he could not be removed without charges and an opportunity to answer. The president, acting on prerogative, directed the removal and officials say the matter is settled.
Des Moines reports Governor Leslie M. Shaw said no formal tender for the secretary of the treasury had been made. He would consider the offer if presented and decide without delay. Those close to him think he would accept if formally offered.
Chicago notes Rev. Isaac Line barger pastor of the Elsden Methodist Episcopal church and Beloit College's oldest alumnus passes away at Wesley hospital from pneumonia after three days illness He was a longtime figure in the Rock River conference and known across Illinois and Wisconsin.
Berlin reports an ultimatum to Venezuela from Germany, though officials call it premature. Cologne Volks Zeitung argues Germany bows to the Monroe doctrine and notes European acclimation to U.S. tutelage in South America, while questioning permission to demand 3,000,000 marks.
New York observers report Wall Street firms allotted cash bonuses as Christmas presents. J Pierpont Morgan gave ten trusted staff a $5000 gold certificate plus half their yearly salary. The First National Bank matched annual salary for each employee, with exchanges and many banks following similar generosity.
In Mattocen Illinois on December 26 engineer William White of the Southwestern Limited, the Big Four fastest passenger train, faced disaster near Kansas Edgar county. With eight heavily laden coaches at 60 miles per hour he saw a herd of 200 cattle on the track. He opened the throttle and struck the cattle mid engine, grinding ten animals. The engine suffered heavy damage and the train splashed in blood but no wreck occurred.
United States Consul Boyle in Liverpool reports Britain fears losing share to the United States and Germany. He notes Britain's declining carrying trade and rising support for fair trade or reciprocity, while opposition cites entrenched free trade norms and slower worker adaptation compared to Americans.
A special meeting of the General Managers association in Chicago initiated a drive to raise wages for trainmen enginemen firemen and switchmen on major eastern railroads. The coal shortage and traffic congestion prompted the request led by the Pennsylvania company with several hundred thousand workers in view. Managers were urged to approve increases to boost incentive and service.
Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles returned to Washington from New York and refused to discuss the reprimand he received from the secretary of war over his remarks on the court of inquiry verdict in the Schley case. He stated he had no statement to make and called rumors of seeking a court of inquiry entirely unauthorized.
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