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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
1
Shaw ex treasury official arrives in Kansas to speak on labor and politics. He denies aiming to block any presidential nominee and stresses personal friendships, business concerns, and alarm over unemployment as the nation faces hard times.
Mr Boutell of Illinois recalled Speaker Cannon's maiden address from thirty four years earlier in a tribute read to the House. He cited the long, productive career and applauded Cannon's posts as speaker, noting oats in his pocket and a rural roots message that earned broad respect.
President Roosevelt sent to Congress the 1907 commission report detailing basis for executive pay and clerical scales. It urged higher compensation for directive and technical roles and a path to moderate living salaries through diligence. Estimated total for departments and offices is 192,950 dollars, up 7.7 percent from prior year.
Port au Prince Feb 19 The leaders of the failed revolution led by General Antenor Firmin remain in foreign consulates at Gonaives refusing to surrender. The government protests and President Nord dismisses Foreign Minister Sanon for negligence as Sanon also seeks refuge at the French legation.
Birmingham reports resolutions endorsed Secretary Taft for president and praised the administration of President Taft, adopted by a local party meeting 30 to. The vote count appears incomplete in the record but confirms support for Taft from Alabama delegates.
Twenty eight miners were trapped in the Mid Valley colliery near Amickin Pennsylvania after a fall of coal blocked a passage. All but one were rescued as workers followed a ventilated gallery and heard signals from the entombed men who dug toward the rescuers.
A Neah Bay report states the six ton sloop Teklag crew found three living and one dead from the Emily wrecked off the Shalem River coast about 200 miles from Neah Bay. Survivors were in pitiful condition with swollen tongues and extreme thirst after days without water or food since the Reed wrecked Friday.
Feb. 19. The jury failed to reach a verdict in the Snell will contest case as court adjourned for a new trial at the lay term. The estate valued at $2,000,000 largely went to a trust with yearly additions until twenty years after the youngest grandchild’s death. Richard Snell sought to break the will claiming his father was insane about women.
A severe blizzard blankets the region with a foot of snow and thirty mile per hour winds. Traffic in the city stops, trains run one to eight hours late, streetcars and telegraph services disrupted across Des Moines and western Missouri.
Ephesh York reports that the steamer Saint Andrew bound from Antigua to Newfoundland was hit by a massive wave last Friday. The vessel was driven to a stop as water swept the deck, teetering toward foundering while lifeboats filled and cargo was tossed about in the raging sea.
A February opinion from the Attorney General discusses the treatment of saloons and corporations versus individuals when transfers occur. If a transfer happens within a reasonable time, property may not be reclassified.
A deadly blaze in near Johnstown Pennsylvania killed Mrs Edward Lutzenburg and badly injured her son Joseph as the fire spread from a home and threatened the town for a time. Fire crews battled the flames and fought to save surrounding structures. Authorities investigated the cause while residents stood by.
In Washington on February 19 Senator Stone of Missouri argued the financial panic partly stemmed from currency shortage and noted concentrated money supply at certain points. He described the Aldrich bill as a makeshift in addressing the crisis.
The Democratic state central committee in Columbus unanimously adopted resolutions endorsing William Jennings Bryan for the renomination, reflecting party support in Ohio.
A Senate judiciary panel reports a substitute resolution drawn by the Department of Justice. It urges the attorney general to prosecute land grant railroads in Oregon for noncompliance with grants terms, seeking to enforce U S rights tied to Southern Pacific and military wagon road grants in California Oregon. The measure mirrors authority questions and was placed on the calendar under objection.
In New York on February 19, wholesale monument dealers foresee a general strike by cutters and allied unions starting March 1. The dispute with quarry owners centers on wages and demands for year round Saturday work stoppages. A strike could halt New England marble and granite tombstone sales nationwide, as middlemen lack stock and quarries are highly unionized.
John Schtender dies and Rossi Morani lies dying in a hospital after a long-standing feud over the same woman. Morani and Schtender, once suitors in Italy, faced each other on a Brooklyn street as Schtender slashed Morani with a razor. Morani drew a revolver and killed his foe. Morani is mortally wounded.
In Clinton Iowa a dynamite blast damaged a Milwaukee Bridge derrick car seven miles away. Hypaite sticks failed to explode. nearby wreckage and disturbance on the superstructure were reported though no severe injuries were described. Police and workers investigated the incident.
A warrant was sworn out in El Reno Oklahoma for G W Bellamy lieutenant governor charging him with flourishing a revolver during a row at the Democratic county college event last Saturday. The case follows a volatile dispute and police involvement in a tense political gathering.
Trouble arises between Minnesota Elks and a colored Elks group over use of the title Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World. John K. Tener voices opposition while the grand lodge weighs action ahead of a Dallas meeting in July.
Port Jervis New York February 19. The head of To Whom It May Concern in the Deposit and Hancock says Bertha Crawford near the former village states she left Ford W. on ford's bed with his beard and dry toes and ginger snaps. She claims provocation when a man stores his men away in a trunk and a wife cares for horses while a husband spends old coins.
The Court of Appeals upheld the first degree murder conviction of Ch Gillette of Cortland for the July 11 1906 murder of Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake Adirondacks ordering execution by electric chair. The ruling sustains the death penalty from Herkimer County Supreme Court.
Winfield S Riblet a prosperous Erie businessman dies in a barn incident. Colonel Clinton W Ainsworth editor of the Oak Park Reporter Ap dies at seventy seven, a noted figure in reformist circles. Oscar Kirby a Springs Colorado grocer's son shoots and kills with a single weapon after living apart following his marriage.
Market quotes show varied cotton and grain figures with railroad and finance references. Prices include dollar values and percentage changes for commodities, notes on Nor wood products and Northern lines, reflecting a snapshot of market activity.
St Paul market notes show cattle trading with good to choice steers $4.75 to $5.50 and cows $3.25 to $4.25. Veals $3.75 to $5. Hogs $4.10 to $4.30. Sheep $4.75 to $5.10 and up to $6.55 for good to choice.
Wheat futures show No 1 hard at 1.00, No 2 at 0.97, May 1.00, July 0. if. Northern prices firm around 9 1/2 to 9 3/4 cents for No 1 Northern. Flax futures to arrive on track at 1.38 for May with 1.14 to 1.16 for July.
Chicago market quotes show cattle ranges from 3.60 to 6.00 for various classes including Texas cattle and Western stockers. Pigs bring around 3.60 to 4.25, while sheep fetch about 3.25 to 6.30 for yearlings and lambs.
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