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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1904
Page
7
Former Senator John L Mitchell dies in Milwaukee after a lingering illness. He was near death for ten days with his family by his bedside. He recently resigned from the national board of soldiers homes due to declining health. successor appointed at the last session of Congress.
July 1 report from New York says forty three firemen were overcome by smoke and gas at a five story brick building fire at 353 Broadway extending to Mercer Street. Four firefighters died and about fifty workers were driven from the building. Damage is listed at 120000. The fire was worsened by a gas main rupture filling the structure with gas that hindered operations.
A afternoon tornado in Moscow killed forty five people and injured thirteen, with two nearby villages destroyed. Telegraph and rail lines were disrupted, hailstones weighed about three quarters of a pound, and one 250 acre grove lost all but one tree.
An atrocious murder occurred near Twin Lakes seven miles west of Little Falls Minnesota during the night. Frank Winger was killed with a club. His young wife claims tramps who called for food committed the deed. The couple had been married three months. The husband was reportedly age forty three and the wife twenty five. Mrs. Winger is in jail.
In Carlyle Illinois during July into August Tyberendt family faces death and serious illness after paint from a freshly painted house contaminated the roof gutter and cistern water. Henry Tyberendt wife and three children are affected as authorities report white lead exposure from the tainted supply.
In Birmingham on July 1 at Harwick's camp along the Seaboard Air Line two white men Matt Bunn and Walker Wheeler were fatally hurt. Sam mel Bunn was hurt by Will Williams, a Black desperado who fled as a posse pursued him. Another Black man believed involved was arrested.
Two children were perhaps fatally injured and several others hurt when a schoolhouse five miles north of Hastings Michigan collapsed during the day. The incident occurred on July 1 and responders rushed to the scene.
Chicago reports Colonel Jacob H. Plain, cashier at the German American Bank of Aurora, has been arrested on charges of misappropriating $65,000 over three years. Authorities say the alleged concealment spanned a lengthy period as investigators review records and accounts.
The Gloucester Massachusetts fishing schooner Harry G French was sunk after a collision with the Hamburg American liner Deutschland about ten miles west of Nantucket Lightship. Captain McKay and his sixteen man crew were rescued and brought to safety aboard the Deutschland.
A description of a grand circus in a vast venue features a band of about 50 musicians led by a 68 stop pipe organ, plus a superb choir and pedal display. The show promises acrobats jugglers riders gymnasts aerial wonders and a vast Hippodrome arena with diverse acts from around the world.
In Manchuria and Liaoyang on July 2 the real rainy season disables roads and washes out rails. Many march casualties occur as Ts divisions cross swollen streams while Kuroki Oku forces threaten Haicheng Kaichou, with Russian withdrawal pressing to avoid encirclement.
Reports from Mukden claim no major Russian ships were damaged by Japanese torpedo boat attacks on June 23 and 24. Port Arthur losses for Japan cited as about a thousand in land fighting. Liaoyang also reports Major General Mistchenko recaptured Dalin from Japanese forces.
Newchwang reports German sources say General Kuropatkin will not fight at Tatchekiao or Haicheng but retreats from Tatchekiao begun June 28. Small detachments remain south to slow Japanese advance while the Russian withdrawal proceeds. Japanese control of passes may prevent Liaoyang approach, risking cut Russian lines of communication. Also, torpedo boat destroyer Lieutenant Burakoff arrived Port Arthur June 29 and ran aground near Helen Bay but was freed in two hours. Japanese torpedo boats were sighted afterward.
Official testimony from multiple sources notes the rainy season has begun in Southern Manchuria. It suggests heavy transport difficulties for the Japanese due to distant bases and poor road conditions, risking a critical strategic position and possible halt to major military operations without a general engagement.
A Russian military critic, well informed and quoted from St. Petersburg, argues against a large battle before the end of the rainy season. He says Japan seeks only to secure the Liaotung Peninsula and Kaichou, forcing Nenwang’s evacuation and enabling landings on the West coast. He views Japanese northward moves as a diversion to Kaichou and warns Kaichou will not surrender easily.
The critic expects General Kuropatkin to withdraw north to Liaoyang and wait for the rainy season to end. He assumes the Japanese plan will succeed by uniting the First and Third armies and isolating the peninsula.
Report from Liaoyang says a Japanese army is within 35 miles of the city after driving Russians on the Liu yen road. General Mistchenko notes Japanese lyddite shells impact his cavalry as heavy fighting ends. A separate note mentions a gasoline launch explosion and a university rowing race where Harvard edged Yale by a late sprint.
In Tonka Bay on Lake Minnetonka George Christian and George Upton, noted Minneapolis society men, were severely injured in the blast of Christian’s launch The Eleanor caused by a gasoline tank leak. Six others, including Mrs. William P. Devereaux, were badly hurt as the boat burned to the water.
Yale won the premier varsity race at the New London regatta by seven lengths, leading from the start and never headed. Harvard, rowed by its top crew, failed to challenge as Yale held a clear early and sustained advantage.
George Frederick Watts dies in London from bronchitis. Census Bureau reports 8,840,789 negro residents in the United States. Monastic houses closed in Nantes after fierce resistance. Mayor Harrison invites Swedish royal visit to Chicago. Dan Emmett funeral held at Mount Vernon Colorado. Cyclist Busby Walthour in critical condition after a fall. Attempt to wreck the world’s largest organ at Festival Hall. Mayor Jones of Toledo’s condition remains critical. Alaskan gold output surpasses prior season. year-end projection uncertain.
A thirteen year old, Alexander Johnson, hanged himself at the home of Frederick K. Allen, Pelham Manor village president, after his sister who worked as a maid in the family ordered him to retire early. President Roosevelt has ordered Colonel Theodore A. Bingham to be promoted to brigadier general. Bingham long served as superintendent of public buildings and grounds in Washington.
Glencoe Minnesota July 2. H Burton Strait of Jordan and the Twin Cities has been found guilty by a jury on the charge of receiving a deposit in his bank at Jordan knowing it was insolvent. The trial was moved here on a change of venue from Scott county.
Colonel Edward Butler, linked to Charles A Gutke and Charles F Kelly, former delegates convicted of bribery, surrendered their bonds and said he will withdraw from bonds of other convicted or awaiting trial delegates.
Reports from Gensan detail minor injuries to two Koreans and two Japanese, with two dwellings set ablaze by the Russian Vladivostok Squadron. The Japanese consulate suffered a shell hit but with limited damage as residents fled toward hills amid rain obscuring departures. In Wisconsin a 75-year-old engineer died in a collision with a fast stock train near Onalaska on the Burlington line.
Record crowd gathered at the St Louis fairgrounds on Monday for speeches by William Jennings Bryan and a Des Moines editor, despite threatening thunder showers. The event featured Bryan and the Young editor addressing the audience at the farm system foot platform.
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