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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
13
The Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago on a Wednesday afternoon killed hundreds as an electrical grounding sparked flames. The disaster trapped patrons at exits and balconies. bodies lay in piles up to twelve feet high, with many not identified.
The annual meeting of the stock holders will be held at City Hall in Huron South Dakota on January 13 to elect officers including President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Marshall Assistant Marshall and General Superintendent with a board of eleven directors and other business as may come before the meeting. Dated at Huron December 30 1903. E M Tuomas Secretary.
Morris Fitch Fuller 71 died of heart failure while driving to fetch a load of hay. Born in 1832 in Monroe County New York he moved with his family to Michigan then to South Dakota before settling in Huron. He leaves a wife seven children and eight siblings with funeral set for Saturday at 10 AM conducted by Rev Youngman.
The Elks initiated four members from Pierre on Tuesday night but the Pierre group failed to attend. Names listed include George Jackson Pierre C G Swafford Iroquois Chas M Dwyer Miller and Arthur Howard Huron. Future initiations from Pierre and Huron are planned with about twelve Huron applicants signed. A new Elk home in Huron is to be built, with several outside-town members noted.
A Kansas City crowd at the union depot watched an elderly woman wear an alarm clock on a ribbon around her neck. At 9:15 the alarm rang and she began collecting her baggage as W. J. Curtis, Santa Fe passenger agent, guided her toward the Santasy train to Arkansas City.
Boston December 26 Rich ard Olney to be formally presented as Democratic presidential candidate by the Massachusetts state committee. William S McNary to offer the resolution with support sought from New England states, following a conference with John Sharpe Williams. Olney movement to spread through New England.
A Washington report notes a postoffice department inquiry into whether senators and representatives violated the anti contract with government statute. It highlights an apparent finding that Senator Warren of Wyoming rents post office premises at Cheyenne. Officials will not discuss potential legal action, deferring to proper officers.
Washington reports a long conference with Senator Warren of Wyoming cleared the matter about a government post office lease in Cheyenne. An agent, during the senator’s absence, signed a cheaper ten year lease saving the government about seven thousand dollars over ten years. The post office is likely to stay owned quarters until a new government building is ready by July.
Lady Josephine Beaumont Montague, an English noblewoman, was refused a marriage license by Ramsey county district court. She had just received a divorce decree in Sioux Falls and, with a British army officer fiancé, learned Minnesota law requires six months after divorce before remarriage. They left for a state with looser rules to wed and depart toward the Pacific coast.
Provo Utah December 26 Mary Peters eleven years old committed suicide at her home from grief after a teacher scolded her for whispering during class She mixed large amounts of strychnine with a salts dose and died within thirty minutes The coroner ruled death by her own action noting the child was morose and had threatened her life she was a brilliant scholar but resisted discipline
Washington December 26. Jerman Kehl a Chilean native was arrested after writing a letter to President Roosevelt viewed as potentially insane by White House officers. He carried a loaded revolver and steel knuckles and claimed to be an inventor with pending patents. Police surgeons deemed him insane and detained him at St Elizabeths asylum.
Ottawa iron producers meet the minister of finance to seek tariff changes to compete with cheaper U S steel billets rails and other products. They claim American prices are 20 to 25 percent lower than Canadian domestic market levels.
Washington reports aim to secure ratification of the Chinese commercial treaty and Minister Allen’s demands in Korea to grant the United States access to Manchuria ports Antung and Mukden and to Korean port Wiju. Officials fear a Russia Japan war could bar neutral nations from trade. Ratifications hoped within three months.
Rear Admiral Sterling reports the gunboat Vicksburg will sail from Shanghai to Chemulpo Korea in response to American minister Mr. Allen. Riots at Chemulpo endangered life and property, prompting a marine guard expansion. A company of marines from the Philippines will join the Vicksburg if needed to protect American interests.
Des Moines court action filed by W. W. Cassiday, Winterset merchant, seeks 5000 dollars from Mrs. Ernest C. Draeger and her husband for alleged alienation of his wife’s affections. Cassiday states his wife left Winterset last April to live with her parents in Des Moines.
William Kauffman fatally shot his cousin Rosa Kauffman and wounded his aunt Mrs Rega Kauffman during a Christmas presents dispute. He claimed an uncle shorted him on gifts and fired after a failed peace attempt. He escaped and remains at large.
The United States cruiser Olympia arrived at Colon with Mr. Beaupre the American minister to Colombia and Mrs. Beaupre on leave. They proceeded to New York later aboard the mail steamer Yucatan. Olympia’s Cartagena reception was friendly.
Connellsville Pa December 25 reports describe the Baltimore and Ohio Duquesne limited wreck where the engine struck timbers at sixty miles an hour on a curve. Sixty dead and many injured fill morgues and hospitals with unidentified foreigners mainly Italians and one Chinese among the dead.
Secretary Shaw sustains the board of general appraisers decision that certain silk ribbons are dutiable as trimmings not manufactured silk. The ruling raises the duty on the ribbons from 50 to 60 percent ad valorem.
Charles Kimball, known as the Sleepy Eye barber, was tried in New Ulm on December 26 for the September 8 shooting attempt on Mrs. Toomey. He was found guilty of assault in the first degree and sentenced to four and a half years in prison.
The cause was continued to December 19 1903 and again to January 1904 at 10 a m for service by publication before Justice of the Peace H A Van Datsem with December 24 to January 23 noting dates.
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