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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1890
Page
6
Curvetano Ohio reports 5 000 grippe cases in Cleveland with no fatalities yet. New York records 220 deaths for today up from 125, with pneumonia bronchitis and consumption rising. Police sickness hits 857 as grippe drives higher daily death totals.
Land Commissioner Groff reversed an Aberdeen land office decision cancelling Lars S. Monson's entry to the northwest quarter of section 4 township 127 range 64. The evidence shows Monson was a bona fide resident on the land when claimant Hiram Davis began the action.
A boiler explosion at a Green River saw mill in Curnicorte Missouri killed William Hughes and John Runkle instantly. The workers were on site when the boiler burst today.
In Lili Dois Station Indiana January 2 Mannie Rogers dies after being run over by a train. He confesses on his death bed to killing Dr. J. M. Pyle and Mrs. William Kerr in 1886 Cherokee nation. Rogers says he acted alone and was hired by an enemy. John Stephenson had been convicted and hanged for the same murders.
Colomel 8 C January 3 report: a meeting of leading colored men from 26 of 30 counties condemns lynching, urges law vindication, and calls on Negroes to stay quiet. Resolutions praise wartime loyalty to whites, denounce segregation talk, deny Negro insurrection, and urge migration from Barnwell and other lawless areas to states with observed laws.
Italian steamer Persia runs aground on Corsica with 139 aboard. Six rescued. fate of remaining passengers uncertain as boats on shore attempt to render aid.
On January 2 the Sioux Chiefs Jno Grass and Mad Bear told Commissioner Morgan that the 1868 treaty promises of schools oxen wagons and farming instruction were unfulfilled. They said teachers cannot communicate and insist reservations need schools so they can learn farming and English.
The Sioux delegation in Washington has arranged a conference with the House committee on Indian affairs next Tuesday. They expect to depart for home on Wednesday.
Surveyor George Nix arrived in Sioux Falls from the Pacific coast to announce a preliminary survey line from Sioux Falls to Puget Sound. He says the Midland Pacific route is about 200 miles shorter than any competing path to the Pacific coast.
Heavy rains disrupted electric wires in St Louis causing multiple accidents. Four people were knocked senseless after a wire fell to the ground at Seventh and Morgan streets. Horses were killed in different city areas by stepping on live wires.
Helena Montana January 2 Judge Hunt of the district circuit has ruled that Representative Roberts is entitled to his salary and mileage as a member of the legislature.
Duke Simpson ex county treasurer was arrested for embezzling county funds. The shortage is estimated at 88000 dollars.
South Dakota discusses Omnibus and Sioux Reservation provisions limiting grants of sections 16 and 36 for school use. The text clarifies that open land may be reserved or restored to public domain and squatter rights on unsurveyed lands are perilous.
Wyatt Eaton observes Millet’s method of relying on memory and observation rather than direct nature studies. He notes Millet’s sketches, such as wheat ricks, capture essential form through light, shadow, and contour, while texture comes from painting memory and experience. The painter’s topographic outlines reveal precise proportion and construction.
A disputed New York report misquotes Gov Mellette about state finances. The governor insists receipts will cover expenses with economy, denying assertions that South Dakota will shut institutions or face bankruptcy. He promises legislative support to maintain public services and uphold the state's credit.
In Boothby a long lived resident recalls a nephew from Bristol who boasted about his knowledge of farming. The storyteller and his wife Jerusha outsmart him with jokes and a prank involving bed bugs and lobsters, ending with the nephew meeting his fate and the old man’s bemused triumph.
A rate phonography device records each engine whistle and its exact moment, aiding railroads against trespassers on tracks. The note recalls Emerson predicting Edison’s sun pains as early as 1851.
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