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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1904
Page
2
OCR text shows a damaged transit notice with times and connections. Mentions 6:00 a.m departure, No. 502, No. 83, Seas Valley, Jendeen, and Redfield. Details are unclear but indicate a daily schedule with connections eastward.
President Roosevelt orders the removal of John H. Hall from the Oregon district attorney post amid land fraud investigations. Attorney General Moody cited obstruction of justice and shielding prominent men, with special assistant Oliver E. Hagin dispatched to aid prosecutors in Portland.
A seven story Cash Buyers union building on West Van Buren street in Chicago burned rapidly. the blaze, driven by a high gale, gutted adjacent structures including the Zeno Manufacturing company and the Peninsular Store, with $600000 in property loss and injuries to fireman Fred Blockin.
A man returns to Cleveland declaring innocence and stating he knows nothing about the alleged crime. He says he was not detained or arrested and asserts his lack of involvement.
In a Nebraskan blaze near Elgin Mrs. Joseph Reuss was fatally burned after saving her children. She jumped into a water tank to extinguish flames, her clothes burning away, and died from the burns later.
The Baku strike spreads across Bibiejbat and surrounding towns in Transcaucasia. Rail service halted, electric lines cut, and newspapers stopped as strikers damage telephones and naphtha plant machinery. No clashes with police or troops reported so far.
A. R. Hemphill and his wife, ages 39 and 38, were killed four miles north of Carbondale, Illinois, when Hemphill dragged his wife to the railroad track and held her as a fast passenger train on the Illinois Central went over them after a bout of heavy drinking. They had lived in the city only ten days.
Oakwood lockup blown to pieces after dynamite theft from a hardware store. Suspects include several men tied to a Sunday saloon crackdown led by the mayor and marshal. The wreck leaves citizens startled and a $1.50 note found at the scene.
Menominee Michigan January 2 after thirty six hours at sea the Ann Arbor car ferry No 3 came to port badly battered and passengers near collapse. The vessel left Frankfort in fair weather then faced a violent gale that loosened cars on the deck and snapped a twenty five ton casting smashing the smokestack and exhaust pipe. Everyone aboard helped secure the dangerous mass to prevent a catastrophe.
Washington January 2 1904 treasury report shows calendar receipts of 540 million expenditures 562 million including the Paris payment creating a 22 million deficit. Grand Jury report from District of Columbia recommends whipping post district court reform.
RF ienw ails Rilee, Jan, 2.-P. y. Deuster, age? so,onty two years,a former con gress a. died during the day after a finge.ullness. Mr. Deuster served three to 3 in congress and was consul to Crefeis, Germany, under President Cleve an. He was publisher of the Milwau:. ce Seebote, a prominent Ger man 'ail, newspaper in this city for a long time, and at times conducted several other publications. Mr. Deuster was one of the best known Germans in the country.
Mrs Chadwick wept in the county jail corridor as Associated Press dispatches read of Dr L S Chadwick being taken into custody by Sheriff Barry on charges. She declared his innocence and cried out for her husband, later fainting. her son and nurse were admitted.
Milwaukee January 2 Hans Fritchler saloonkeeper at 515 East Water Street found dead in his saloon with many cuts to head and neck a broken chair nearby Robbery is supposed to be the motive.
A daytime fire in Sandusky bay destroyed 150 feet of the Lake Shore railway double track bridge forcing all trains to divert via the Southern division between Cleveland and Toledo. The loss triggers traffic disruption along the line.
In Cleveland on January 2 Judge Tilden set Dr Chadwick bail at $10,000 in the criminal case. Attorney Dawley said a bond for the amount would likely be ready when the defendant arrives.
Berlin reports a violent storm in North Germany causing wall collapses that killed four people and injured several others. Emergency crews rushed to affected towns as search and rescue operations continued through the night.
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