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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
1
Peking reports the Chinese government has promised United States Minister Conger to send the Chinese copy of the treaty to Washington for ratification. The required emperor’s seal must be obtained first. After ratification the opening of Mukden and Antung to world commerce will be pressed.
In Omaha on December 31 a Nebraska GOP meeting organized support for John I. Webster as vice presidential candidate. An executive committee of thirty top Nebraska Republicans will push Webster’s campaign across the Western states, with Roosevelt and Webster endorsements adopted unanimously. A five member panel will select the thirty.
Commissioner Richards reports the Minnesota Cass Lake sale of Chippewa timber a complete success with bids up to 12 dollars per 1000 for white pine and 10 dollars for Norway pine. Total bids reached 1,250,000 dollars, with a 640 acre section bringing 105,000 dollars.
Senator Burrows, chair of the privileges and elections committee, said the panel will likely meet Saturday January 9 to continue the Smoot of Utah investigation. If Smoot’s denial questions the information’s authenticity, a broad probe of LDS marriage and political practices may follow.
Washington reports Minister Squiers cuts his leave again and speeds to Havana arriving by year end. Pending congressional legislation seeks Cuban tariff changes sparking concerns over adherence to the reciprocity treaty.
Indiana Republicans from all sections attended the annual love feast in Indianapolis. Senator Charles W. Fairbanks praised President Roosevelt’s plan for the isthmian canal and insisted it would succeed without national dishonor despite serious embarrassments. Senator Beveridge also spoke.
Port of Spain dispatch dated Dec 30 reports Admiral Lamberton has ordered the cruiser Detroit to Santo Domingo to relieve the Scorpion, which was sent there on Tuesday to protect Americans.
Washington dated December 31 reports Senor Calvo Costa Rican minister met Acting Secretary Loomis and said his government formally extended recognition to the Panamanian government.
Washington reports three revolutions on the island with Jiminez forces near San Domingo city. Minister Powel urges an additional warship as danger escalates. The State Department orders another ship, and Moody cables Admiral Lamberton to dispatch a vessel to assist the Newport.
Reports from San Domingo detail a worsening civil conflict as General Pelletier’s provisional forces advance on the capital. Morales’s government faces ration difficulties while arrests rise and divisions split the island. American minister Powell has moved the legation inward amid growing tensions and anticipation of reinforced naval support.
Minister Lyon reports to Washington from Monrovia that on November 4 he sent a detailed affidavit about the massacre of white missionary John G Tate and his eighteen followers in a Liberian forest. The killings occurred March 15, 1901, and were learned from Doo tribesmen via Mrs Mary L Allen at Nema Kroo.
Washington reports that under President Roosevelt the State Department is actively inquiring into massacres of Jews in Kishineff. The Odessa consular agent cable says there will be no fresh outbreak at Kishineff as reported.
A Moscow dispatch to the Times reports a volunteer fleet transport is en route from Odessa to Port Arthur carrying over 2,000 picked recruits. The ship also carries several Black Sea naval officers a party of fifty naval gunners and engine room artificers.
New York December 28 The Journal of Commerce reports January payments by railroads industrials banks trusts and traction firms plus government debt interest will total 134 million dollars. This is about 2 million more than January 1903 but below July payments of 156 million, the record high.
In New Orleans on December 30 the cotton market fell sharply, sliding about 60 points in ten minutes and nearly $3 per bale before a partial rally. Bull leader Brown stabilized trading by bidding for 10 000 bale lots in May and March, with May and March gaps at 13.91 and 13.70 respectively.
In New York a dramatic late session drop hits May and July options, with about 1,000,000 bales on stop loss orders selling off. Brokers scramble in the pit as prices plunge, recover briefly, then settle 41 to 53 points lower on the day amid volatile, feverish trading and 1.5 million in sales.
Frederick Weyerhauser led a strong bidding surge at Cass Lake as a second sale set a new record for Chippewa pine stumpage. The Rock Island Lumber and Manufacturing Company raised the price from 5.84 to 6.80 per unit, with all eleven bidders strong, and Weyerhauser and partners now control about three quarters of the pine stumpage in Minnesota's reservation lands.
The Railway Age notes 1903 had the fewest foreclosure sales of bankrupt railroads in decades. Only 13 roads foreclosed, totaling 555 miles with bonds and stocks at 15.885 million, a stark drop from 1896’s 50 roads and 13 730 miles totaling 1.15 billion in securities.
In Cripple Creek Colorado on December 30 Att gathering crowd witnessed former Missouri congressman John M Glover barricade himself in his office and resist militia until surrendering after receiving a bullet wound in the arm Colonel Verdeckberg reports Glover denied the legality of the arms surrender order and said he had two guns in his office and challenged the militia to seize them.
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