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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
3
Senator Hale introduced a senate resolution asking the State Department for full information on the British seizure of American flour near the Cape of Good Hope. The measure requests details of any protest, actions taken to recover the property, and British authority acknowledgments.
London reports the American flour seized off Delagoa Bay has been released after talks between US Ambassador Choate and British officials. The note states foodstuffs are not contraband unless intended for the enemy, with investigation to determine the true use of grain bound for Lourenzo Marques or the Transvaal. In Washington, Newlands of Nevada backs united action against Republicans, proposing a steering committee to guide Democratic policy on major legislation. A caucus approved a committee to oversee elections, with Newlands calling for unity among Democrats, Populists, and Silver factions.
Washington hearing notes the senate privileges and elections committee questioned ex State Senator Whiteside in the Clark senatorial election case. Faulkner pressed for exact dates and statements about money deposits for Whiteside and others, noting only two of the men known to Whiteside had voted for Clark.
In honor of Hobart the senate devoted time to the memory of the late vice president with speeches from Sewell Kane Daniel Depew Cockrell Callom Davis Morgan Chandler Lodge Caffery and Allen. Separate dispatches report Paris diplomacy says the reciprocity treaty with France faces a risky path and possible defeat in the French chambers.
William M. Gage, a cousin of Secretary of the Treasury William H. Gage, lies penniless and relies on charity for medical care in a ToLopo boarding house. The landlord has informed the secretary of his relative’s critical condition.
In Colombia, insurgents were defeated at Ceritos and Bucaramanga as government troops occupied San Jose de Cuceti. General Velez with 3,000 Antioquians is advancing toward Bogota.
At the annual meeting the state board of health in Springfield urged establishing a state sanitarium for consumptives in Illinois. The board acted by unanimous vote and outlined support for a centralized facility to treat tuberculosis patients statewide.
Washington January 12 Miss Ceceilia Sherman Miles daughter of the general commanding the army and Captain Samuel Reber U S N were married at noon at St John’s church
Washington January 11 The Senate session featured a maiden address by Indiana’s Beveridge urging permanent U S control of the Philippines. The young senator spoke with eloquence and force, drawing a large gallery audience and later eliciting a brief reply from Hoar who challenged some assertions and cited Otis reports on Filipino capacity for self government.
Washington January 11 The senate finance committee did not act on the nomination of Hon W D Bynum for general appraiser at New York facing Democratic opposition over his party designation and claims of falsity in linking him to the party.
Washington January 11. Senator Penrose introduced a bill appropriating five million dollars for constructing public roads in the United States. Funds would be distributed to states in proportion to their road mileage.
In Riptey Tennessee Marvin Durham and W D Turner officers are shot dead while on duty by two African American men. About 1500 people await the capture and possible lynching of the murderers. In Washington a formal order directs Major General Shafter to escort the remains of Major General Henry W Lawton from San Francisco to Washington.
St Louis January 11 Judge Adams of the United States circuit court sustained the Missouri oleomargarine law in the case of C Scheitlin a commission man fined for violating state statutes.
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