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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1895
Page
6
London reports Thursday results showing Conservatives and Liberal Unionists combining for 305 unionists to 138 opposition. John Morley loses his seat after a bitter campaign, with riots in Newcastle as supporters clash with police and mobs attack Unionist targets.
Sofia reports former Bulgarian premier M. Stambouloff died at 9 35 am after four assailants stabbed him on Monday night. He lapsed into meningitis and did not regain recognition. A funeral plan is pending with no state funeral yet. The government offers 10000 francs reward for the killers.
Ex Senator Farwell dismisses the Potter Lovell company suit over 12 40 million dollars of bonds as waste paper. He says bonds were conveyed a year before Boston company failed and offered to hand over the paper if an express wagon delivered it.
In Harrison Hudson County two men were killed two seriously injured and three badly hurt when a sewer trench caved in. Contractor Thomas J. Regan headed the street work and had been warned after a prior accident to shore up earth. Authorities claim proper shoring was not performed.
From Washineron July 20 the Venezuelan legation denies recent revolution reports. Latest advices dated this month indicate general quiet and peace throughout the country.
The Association of Swedish singers plans a Europe tour of 600 performers to sing American songs in Sweden Norway England and France. Star Spangled Banner and Way Down Upon the Swanee River are predicted as crowd favorites.
In Iron Mountain Michigan on July 20 workers continue digging to rescue entombed miners. They have reportedly heard voices and Superintendent Brown is in the mine predicting contact with the miners sometime during the night.
Minneapolis July 23 The board of trade moves to improve Minnesota live stock industry by organizing stock raisers and seeking co operation with boards of trade and chambers of commerce to promote Northwest stock raising and legal protection from outsiders. Focus includes sheep raising and a future convention for growers to express opinions.
Charles E. Courtney, Cornell Henley crew trainer, arrived on the steamer New York from Southampton and said the defeat was deserved. He blamed a crab for Finnell and noted their crew faced criticism for a walkover earlier, but insisted the team did what they could under the circumstances.
After a Sunday baseball game in Quincy Illinois a crowd tried to lynch Umpire Frank Heath of Pontiac Illinois. Police and a sheriff with a posse intervened to rescue him claiming he robbed the Quincy nine of games on Saturday and Sunday. He was rough handled before guards moved him to safety.
London reports the English mockery of M. F. Dwyer as his American stable again faces criticism after another poor selling race. Don Alonzo was in a veterinarian's hands before the race and doubts arise over why he was permitted to run, with observers suggesting a deliberate loss.
A San Francisco report says Lady Sholto Douglass inherits £500,000. Tailor William Mooney, father of the actress who wed the Marquis of Queensbury’s younger son, has learned he is heir to a large Ontario estate and plans to share his fortune with his daughter. Lady Douglass will partake of the £500,000.
Coal companies at the head of the lakes and in the Twin Cities organized the Northern Coal storage company under Wisconsin law. The firm has just begun operations with A S A Kemp, longtime agent of the Eastern Minnesota flour docks at Superior, as manager, based in Superior.
At the Third and Fourth districts editorial meetings the two associations merged to form the Northeastern Iowa association. Clifford Ham of the Dubuque Herald was elected president D G Griffith of Eskader vice president Sam Sloan of Charles City secretary and treasurer.
In Negaunee Michigan on July 24 striking Ishpem ing and Negaunee miners have formed a secret organization and sworn fealty to the movement. Only the Champion and Republic mines remain active in the Marquette range and will be forcibly stopped. The miners show firm resolve.
A commission has arrived to take testimony from mining practitioners on cyanide gold extraction patents. Requested by South African courts for the MacArthur Forest patents, the inquiry seeks practical expert views on the process.
Advertisers claim Hood's Sarsaparilla cures illnesses by purifying blood and keeping organs healthy. Praises from users highlight preventive benefits and widespread approval. Hood's Pills are billed as a favorite cathartic, priced at 25 cents per box.
The Italian steamers Ortigia and Maria P collided near Isela del Pint at Genoa Gulf entrance. Maria P sank in three minutes with 148 drowned from a crew of 17 and 173 passengers. Ortigia rescued 14 crew and 28 passengers. inquiry ordered. Both captains were asleep. collision occurred at dawn with both ships reporting lights.
A small cyclone struck Deer Creek Minnesota on July 23 demolishing multiple structures. A windmill owned by C N Benjamin and a nearby barn were destroyed. A D Baker’s store was wrecked trapping clerks, Frank Lodon and family escaped. W H Hammond’s barn collapsed injuring him. George Labargh’s house failed, seven Labargh children escaped. Dan Anderson’s house ruined with no injuries.
A large force of Black Flags attacked Japanese troops on Tokoham island Formosa. The Japanese, saved by discipline, finally retreated before the Chinese assault. Black Flags moved to Teckham as another battle loomed.
Farmers in this region rush to store and ship hay after strong grain outputs. L A Perkins received an order from Southern Wisconsin for 30 carloads. Hay sells for $22 a ton in Chicago as preparations begin to meet demand eastward.
Four men were instantly killed when a cov ered carriage was struck by a westbound Fitchburg express two miles from Williamstown Massachusetts. Two others escaped by jumping, identified as Clarence Prindle and Edward White, both of Williamstown. The deceased are Oliver Dudley Nelson Trudeau Peter Rocke and Joseph Trayon.
Maria Barberi received a death sentence by electric chair for the April 26 murder of Dominco Cataldo a bootblack she had lived with The execution date was set for the week beginning August 19 in New York City the case attracted attention for its brutal intent and gender of the offender.
At Brooklyn on July 23 William Lunstedt and Fred and Frank Lunbiem with Mrs Fred Lunbiem and two others went sailing. A late afternoon storm capsized their boat at 9 15 leaving five drowned except Lunstedt. The tug John Temple recovered the bodies.
A London paper that first published the claim that jockey Willie Simms drove a horse to death in a race from Newmarket to Cambridge and back has apologized to Richard Croker and Simms.
A tornado struck a grove west of Zanesville Ohio during a camp meeting. The wind toppled large trees and crushed the auditorium. Mrs Clem Wilson and Mrs George Deselm were killed by flying debris.
A remarkable sinking of the earth at Brevx Bohemia on July 23 collapsed 18 houses and damaged property valued at one and a half million crowns.
The Pioneer Press reports a Northwest crop estimate for the Dakotas and Minnesota totaling about 130,000,000 bushels with an anticipated 70 cent average price. The region will likely yield its largest crop since 1891, aided by diversified farming and shifts from wheat to rye, barley, flax, corn, oats, and potatoes.
In Scranton Mississippi Andrew Thomas a colored man who recently assaulted Mrs Vice an elderly 76 year old woman near Moss Point was lynched on Thursday. In Trenton New Jersey the jury convicted Collins a negro of second degree murder in the case of Princeton student Fred P Ohl with the verdict reached at 11 45.
Harpers Magazine announces ongoing serials and features. The Simpletons by Thomas Hardy begins in December 1804 and continues through November 1895. Recollections of Joan of Arc by Louis De Conte appears. A illustrated paper on Charleston and the Carolinas starts in January. Northern Africa articles and Chinese Life stories are planned. A Three Part Novelette by Richard da Davis begins, with short stories continuing. Subscriptions start with current issue and cloth binding cases are offered.
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