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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1888
Page
1
John M. Fogerty emerges as a leading merchant of the era while Parker new ventures advance in a progressing market. The fragment hints at business leadership and upcoming developments in commerce.
The Daily announces publication in the afternoon except Sunday with six months to six months rates and one month one week options. It lists legal rates ten cents per line for notices and offers book printing and briefs in approved style. Shannon and Longstaff sign as editors and proprietors.
Nebraska Orry July 14 Burlington officials claim to have unearthed a plot by striking engineers to blow up the new bridge over the Missouri with dynamite. The dynamite has been located and the parties in possession of it are under surveillance and will be arrested when evidence is adduced. Officers also claim dynamite was shipped to Plattsmouth for similar purposes.
Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and Levi P. Morton of New York are presented as the presidential and vice presidential candidates respectively in the party platform. The ticket seeks support across states and markets around the nation.
The text lists delegations for Beadle Sanborn and Jerauld counties with 12 7 and 5 delegates respectively. It mentions a committee and chair positions but the precise names and actions are unclear due to OCR defects.
Randall rests quietly with improved condition and no hemorrhage. Gen son showing strain effects. Dr Jameson reports overwork and cold as causes. National Republican meet in New York elected Quay chairman and Fassett secretary. focus on permanent headquarters. Cowboy bank robbery reported in Hourcammion Kansas. President commutes McKee sentence and pardons Kavanaugh. Boy drowns at Howard ditch. race among bathers cited. Wool duty debate resurfaces with tariff views from Anderson and others.
The territorial Republican convention to select a delegate for congress will meet in Watertown on Wednesday August 22 1888. It will be called to order at 1 o'clock p m by the Republican central committee chairman. One delegate is allocated for every votes or major fraction thereof from the 1886 delegate to congress vote. Counties not voting then get one delegate on certificate from their organization’s officers. The convention will consist of delegates chosen from listed counties.
Inquiry shows over 800 dollars, half of February's tax from the Northwestern railway company on Brown county lands, not remitted to County Treasurer Williams. A late circular to county treasurers asks remittance and requests receipts for the railway tax, warning funds may be retained from the era’s collections.
Bowles has reportedly confessed a share in the Burlington road conspiracy. Testimony given yesterday points to further disclosures by noon today. The chairmen Hoge and Murphy case was postponed for a week as prosecutors expect more facts from Bowles.
Frank Newton of Henry county, recently sentenced to three years in the territorial penitentiary for mortgage fraud, was found dead in his county jail cell in Watertows. Authorities deem it likely a self-inflicted death and an investigation will follow.
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader cheers Badia Howard advance celebrating a dense paragraph praised as a standout moment, likening it to a Chicago convention for emphasis.
Reported July 16 an alleged attempted rape occurred five miles north of town at Meyers farm. A tramp entered seeking food, confronted the woman of the house, who defended herself with a stone striking him between the eyes, leaving him insensible before Meyers could summon her husband.
A worker was seen in a field some distance from the house when he took his leave. The report notes his location and timing as he exited the area.
The Lane Express notes native wheat prices rising 6d to 1s with buyers facing higher rates. Last week English wheat sales reached 29,289 quarters at 6d, up from 20,248 quarters at 34s the prior year. Crops look promising, wheat bulk has increased, corn dearer, oats in good demand.
J H Tennant of nine miles south of Cavour sent the first hog car from the station to St Paul. The ten month old hogs weighed an average 296 pounds and netted about $5.10 per cwt above expenses. He asserts pork raising pays in Dakota.
The House moved to a committee of the whole to consider the tariff bill focusing on the wool schedule. A vote on the free wool clause was set for 1 o'clock amid opposition from Mr. Adams and concerns raised by Mr. Jackson about Philadelphia wool manufacturers.
Inspector Banfield thwarted a plan to blow up a Chicago area courthouse and later arrests exposed a long standing anarchist conspiracy linked to Haymarket eraists. Bombs revolvers and a knife were seized as authorities questioned suspects, with plans aimed at Judge Gary Justice Grinn.
Wasumeroy July 16. The Fuller case was reached in the senate in secret session. Some committee members said there is no one in the committee to postpone action, noting unfinished business and that the case is not yet charged. Adjournment followed with business pending.
The terse fragment notes alleged double dealing involving a man and a platform in Dakota at James. Specific names, dates, or organizations are not provided in the readable text.
A fragmented wire of items reports on anarchist plots halted in Chicago, general Fremont’s Senate vote on retirement as Major General, and unrelated notices about diphtheria in Aberdeen and liquor cases in Fargo. It also mentions local clubs, Spink County happenings, and political alignments amid a murky jumble of topics.
Nearly one hundred delegates gathered at Redfield as Alpheus Boyd was nominated for county officer with Hoyt and Reisinger as secretaries. George Boyce Ashton and W S Craig Frankfort named as sheriff. rules endorse continued prohibition and enforce laws. Ballot to be filled at farmer convention on the 24th. possible third party split noted. Redfield baseball victory 16 to 5 excites crowd.
In Washington on July 16 a sundry and appropriation bill moves through the calendar. The bill to place John C. Fremont on the retired list of the army is debated and passes 29 yeas to 21 nays after discussion.
Aberdeen July 17 thieves secured a quantity of clothing and railway tickets but failed to obtain the agent’s stamp. The stam dale was opened but the thieves could not complete the theft.
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