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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
2
New York June 26 Justice Dowling grants Mrs Howard Gould a separation from her husband with alimony of 36000 for two years. He finds evidence favors Mrs Gould and notes alleged intoxication may stem from excitement. Meetings with Dustin Farnum explained as sincere and for theatrical discussion.
Washington June 23 Senate approved amendments from Senator Aldrich on a finance committee tariff bill. Duties set for salt petre zinc oxide Keene's cement iron steel glazed with vitreous glass asbestos and chromate of iron. Saltpetre retained at the house rate while other items see increases to match protective aims. Bristow objected to higher glass covered steel duties, but Aldrich said lower rates harmed the source materials.
Lincoln Nebraska June 26 The current issue of W J Bryans Commoner contains a long criticism of Governor Johnson of Minnesota for vetoing the tonnage tax. Bryan says the tax was opposed by corporations and suggests Johnson was swayed by such opposition. He notes the tax was endorsed by the Democratic platform and argues a platform is binding and Johnson should have repudiated it when adopted rather than after the legislature acted.
Six year old Heather Theodore Cecil Hopkins, twelve, was killed after a shooting in Modesto California. The older boy confessed to striking his brother with a public safety item and burying the body in a hog pen at their home after forcing his mouth full of sand. He gave no reason for the act.
Washington June 26 The Senate debated tariff schedules for the bill. Aldrich proposed boosting harness and dlery duties from 35 to 40 percent, still below the Dingley rate, and increased iron duties from 50 cents to 2.40 per ton to align with pig iron. Cummins proposed strikes and amendments were defeated. Wire nails duties were raised from a half to three quarters of a cent per pound after committee suggestion.
The American minister to Morocco reports that the sultan's forces were defeated by the old pretender Rushland near Fez, with rebels growing favors for other pretenders. Foreigners may depart Fez as governance falters. Dodge notes no US consular presence, while Tangier calls for protection for Americans.
Caracas June 26. Venezuelan congress adopts a joint resolution depriving Cipriano Castro of the title Restorer for his recent criminal indictment. The designation is deemed unconstitutional and Castro is censured for signing the Washington protocol of 1902.
New York on June 26 records three deaths and more than a dozen prostrations as a sustained heat spell returns, keeping the city in its grip for most of the week.
Missouri Senator Slone protests in the Senate over tariffs limiting a free list for agricultural implements. He cites Attorney General Major and testimony by George Perkins of Morgan & Co alleging consolidation and monopoly by the International Harvester company. The measure to place implements on the free list is rejected 26 to 45. finance committee paragraph prevailed.
Ten people died and forty injured in a Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend railroad wreck in Porter county after two electric cars collided head on. Motorman George A. Reed, who was killed, disobeyed orders to wait at Wilson for the westbound train to pass, according to General Manager H A Wallace. The collision reduced the cars to masses of wreckage.
Grand Lake Calc June 25 William J Bryan Jr and Miss Helen Virginia Berger of Milwaukee wed at Kinnikink lodge the summer home of Mr and Mrs F D Levering on the lake shore. Ceremony outdoors under pines. Rev H S Huntington of Crete Neb officiated. They plan a two year residence in Tucson after a September 1 honeymoon.
Evidence shows Leon Ling brought a trunk containing Elsie Sigel’s body to Newark on June 9 or 10 and tried to abandon it at a Chinese restaurant. A hackman later carried the trunk from the restaurant back to Ling’s New York room. Witnesses Li Ling and James Starstead provided accounts.
The senate approved the wood pulp and print paper schedules with Brown amendments. The plan provides free admission for mechanically ground pulp and sets duties for chemical pulp based on bleaching and discrimination. Additional duties apply if another country discriminates against pulp exports to the United States.
Scotland Yard officials say they treat the czar's visit with utmost anxiety and have ordered extraordinary precautions. While the Russian yacht lies off Cowes, no unauthorized person can approach. Torpedo destroyers and other small craft will guard the area to ensure safety during his majesty's stay.
Minneapolis wheat futures and grades list on track prices for July and September with Duluth and St Paul quotes. Cattle hogs and sheep markets in St Paul and Chicago show ranges for steers cows veal hogs and lambs with June 25 readings and July prices. corn and oats notes included.
Berlin June 29 Prince von Buelow announced his intention to retire as chancellor of the empire. He remains temporarily to push the pending finance reform bill through the Reichstag as consideration continues. The statement followed reports seeking to minimize the chancellor’s fate.
The article discusses potential successors to Chancellor von Buelow with Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg seen as the likely choice. It notes Bethmann Hollweg's long proximity to Emperor William, his roles as interior secretary and provincial president, and his cordial relations with the emperor.
The body of Edith May Thompson Woodill, 24, identified near Back River by St. Michaels, Maryland, points to murder. She lived in Los Angeles but visited McDaniel with foster father Captain Charles H. Thompson. State's Attorney Turner urged arrest of a man calling himself a newspaper correspondent. Woodill was socially prominent and counted Lyman J. Gage among friends.
On June 29 intense heat twisting rails caused two derailments near Denver. Eight injured in Se ddla incident as three coaches of Denver and Rio Grande No 6 left the track. Within hours a Colorado Midland engine and two coaches derailed inside Denver city limits. all aboard shaken but safe. In Caruthersville a double tragedy followed a love triangle, J W Head fatally shot Ottie Bush then killed himself after a buggy ride with Mrs Kelley. Six consecutive lines removed to fit.
W N Nickerson, the man who hanged the Haymarket rioters in Chicago, was found dead in his Floyd county home from apoplexy. The obituary notes coincidences with past Cook County officials and recalls his departure from Chicago in 1902 amid anarchist threats. The piece also recounts family lineage of his adopted daughter Pearl Witz and later adoption by the Thompsons in Minneapolis.
Sheriff Edwards and Mayor Sorenson confer with Governor Davidson about calling out the state militia to quell rioting street car strikers. No decision yet. Motorists are causing chaos on the North Side as tracks are blocked and conductors and motormen are removed by mobs. Local police struggle to control the growing unrest.
Teheran June 28 Russian reinforcements speed toward the capital from Northern Keralia in response to an urgent summons by Colonel Liakhof the shah’s forces as revolutionists close in. Fortifications are strong yet the defense is judged inadequate and Colonel Linkhoff’s Cossacks are the mainstay while his troops may desert at danger’s first sign. For weeks revolutionists have inched closer to the city.
In Muskegon on June 21, angler Bryan saved his guide John Conners from an involuntary ducking while fishing from a rowboat. Bryan, in town to lecture in a circus tent, was guest of a business party on the trip. Conners teetered overboard before Bryan seized him by the waist and hauled him back. A 22 pound pike, the season’s second largest, rewarded Bryan’s efforts.
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