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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1897
Page
1
A festive booth will feature all the dainty treats for the holiday season. The display promises a charming centerpiece with abundant seasonal sweets and confections.
Philippine insurgent chief Aguinaldo and 36 leaders sail from Local for Kong Kong with Lieutenant Colonel Primo Rivera. They emigrate to China as part of peace conditions signed December 16 with Marshal Primo Rivera governing the Philippines.
Maprio Dec 20 Rivera arrives in Cadiz from Cuba and will be imprisoned in a fortress. In an interview he says Cuban independence will not be won through negotiation and justifies the killing of the Spanish peace envoy Lieutenant Colonel Ruiz. Also reported three injured when an electric car rammed a street hill and crashed into a building in Providence.
Helena report notes Louis P. Bowen, a Montana newspaper veteran of ten years, was killed when struck by a train at Sappington. He was the son of former U.S. Senator Thomas P. Bowen of Colorado.
Fall River Mass Dec 28 The strike feeling among operatives is as weak as last week. A conference committee of all textile unions met again to resume wage discussions. The group adjourned subject to the secretary's call and noted a new manufacturers proposition was proposed and unanimously adopted, details withheld.
Paris December 28 The will of Dr Thomas W Evans American dentist will likely be contested by relatives unsatisfied with its terms. He left 30 smaller bequests to family totaling 250 000 while the bulk of his estate worth millions goes to the Thomas W Evans museum and institute of Philadelphia.
London December 28 The ballot outcome from the engineers strike following the resumed conference shows an overwhelming rejection of the employers terms though official results await forthcoming days.
San Francisco reports Charles W. Richards, a Cleve land mechanical expert, arriving from Japan where he supervised a $250,000 wire nail plant at Tokyo. The facility, with capacity for 500 kegs of nails and 1,000 wooden kegs daily, reflects Japan's low skilled labor costs of 35 cents a day versus $1.50 here, signaling a drop in demand for American nails.
A Washington visitor laments the political climate, noting that striking workforce access is far tougher post election than prior campaigning. The Indianapolis Journal quotes the man, highlighting his grim view of post election employment prospects.
Judge Cant granted the St Paul National Bank a receiver for Leonidas Merritt after he failed to satisfy a judgment. Merritt, once linked to the Rockefeller case, testified he did not know the fate of Rockefeller funds or his share. The decision followed a referee’s report read in court.
A Grand Forks East business on Dec 29 was gutted by a late night blaze caused by the furnace. M Graham's clothing and grocery store with upstairs living quarters and lodge space is valued around 30000 dollars, with adjacent buildings saved by active firemen efforts.
San Francisco dispatch reports Eli T. Sheppard describing Kin Chau as a strategic walled city at the Gulf of Lan Tung head, commanding the Yaloo River mouth and regional railways. Russia's seizure signals control of Korea, Manchuria, and Lan Tung, alarming diplomats. London reports Chang Yin Huan handling Chinese negotiations for the emperor.
In Atlantic Iowa on December 29 John C Palmer a deaf mute from Oakland shot and killed Mrs D P Lenhart at her home where he had stayed since Thursday then killed himself with the same revolver falling dead at her feet She leaves a husband and four children aged 4 to 14 Coroner's inquest yields no explanation. Also reported two first class cruisers with extra marines ordered to join the Russian squadron in Chinese waters.
Deapwoop Iowa December 29 A contract is made with the Sioux City starch works to provide all waste material after starch extraction to be used by Mr Evans for fattening about 1000 head of cattle. The factory grinds about 1000 bushels of corn daily and the discarded nutritious portion is enough to feed 1000 cattle.
Des Moines report says robbers attacked aged Mrs. M. 8. Kimball at Mitchellville ten miles east of Des Moines. She lies unconscious and may die. Doors and walls show a brutal struggle with blood splatters. whether any loot was taken remains unknown.
Dan Shea of Appleton Wisconsin was murdered at Waters meet Michigan. He was about 26 years old and his parents live near Appleton. He had spent recent years in northern Wisconsin and his death remains unexplained.
Crepak Rapids Iowa December 29 It appears Frank Novak convicted of murdering Edward Murray will not secure the $18 000 bonds required while appealing to the supreme court The deadline expires at noon and no bonds have been filed.
Mrs Luna Farnum of Hillsgrove Rhode Island reports she weighed under 90 pounds before using Hood's Sarsaparilla for female troubles and throat illness. She credits the tonic with restoring health and weight to 103 pounds with a pure blood complexion.
Gibraltar December 29 The German warships Deutschland and Gefion commanded by Prince Henry of Prussia have arrived at Gibraltar on their voyage to China, signaling a strategic movement in the European naval theater.
Dec 29 report from Peterssure notes Russian forces have occupied Kin Chan, located north of Port Arthur, signaling advancing operations in the region.
Lord Salisbury, responding to U S proposals on the sealing question, declines to join an Anglo American Japanese Russian accord to stop sealing. He says Canada, with primary interest, is unwilling to participate and Britain, with limited stake, cannot accept the arrangement.
San Diego December 29 British cruiser Leander with destroyer Virigo arrived en route to Esquimalt. They left Portsmouth last August traveling twelve knots. Cruiser Phaeton with Sparrowhawk follows and is due in two weeks. The two pairs are sister ships linking Esquimalt squadron to form Britain’s strongest North Pacific fleet yet.
Paris on December 29 reports the public prosecutor abandoned charges against Gaillard Rigand Laisant and Boyer in the Panama canal intrigue case. He asked that adequate sentence be imposed on Arton St. Martin Maret and Plantean.
Yakob Sargis of Ooramiah Persia in Cincinnati received word from friends at home that raiders from Koordestan killed 800 inhabitants of a Christian town near Salmas Persia. The dispatch notes the massacre and situates it within ongoing Persian Armenian tensions as Sargis lectures on Persia and Armenia.
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