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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1893
Page
1
M Booth advertises the largest assortment of carpets and window drapes in Central Dakota. The store buys direct from mills and offers only top brands with quality and price control guiding purchases. Booth invites inspection and gentle urging to select from the collection in Huron.
In the Mines and Mining building a gold plinth statue named Justice was unveiled before a large Montana crowd. Mrs. Governor Richards pulled the cord revealing a flag. Major Maginnis spoke, J. Quinn read, and dignitaries toured exhibits as officials estimate huge attendance at the fair with no precise counts.
In North Dakota the National Bank of North Dakota was closed by bank officials amid reports of a failure affecting Fargo and Lakota. Bank Examiner Brush administered the action as the closure unfolded in late May.
Memorial Day honors the nation’s dead as Grand Army of the Republic members remember veterans. Arlington and national cemeteries host services with floral tributes. departments and posts coordinate ceremonies at Oak Hill, Mount Olivet, Graceland, Congressional Cemetery, and nearby gravesites. The floral ship on Admiral Porter’s grave is renewed.
Veterans and friends conveyed to multiple cemeteries where memorial services were held. Graves of fallen heroes were decorated with laurels immortelles and forget me nots. At Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery the 16 000 union soldiers buried there, the services were unusually solemn and impressive.
Italian and Spanish sailors paraded in New York for Memorial Day week with the White Squadron and Italian and Spanish ships present. About 300 Italian and 600 Spanish sailors were armed and reviewed by Governor Flower and the Old Guard at Worth monument as crowds cheered along the streets.
Memorial Day events were held with public ceremonies in St. Paul at Oakland cemetery and in cemeteries across the Northwest. Parades and grave decorations occurred in nearly every town with schoolchildren playing a prominent role in honoring the fallen.
In Philadelphia on Memorial Day May 31 the weather was delightful and a general enthusiastic observance took place. Notably the Russian flagship Dimitri Konski, her consort Rynda, and five officers from the Austrian corvette Frundsburg participated in the exercises.
The Times Piedras Negras reports that Don Luis Caravanges of the Bank of Durango was killed by squatters at a ranch 400 miles from Durango as he tried to collect rent. Authorities captured sixteen of twenty two conspirators and shot them after a swift inquiry.
Memorial Day in Chicago saw unprecedented participation with widespread business closures and public transport crowded to cemeteries for flower layings. Veterans parades and decorations by G A R posts and local schoolchildren marked a grand observance in the new Memorial Hall and surrounding sites.
In St Louis a parade honored sixteen thousand Union veterans with a G A R post led march through principal streets. At the end trains boats and street cars carried participants and observers after the parade.
Pelican Rapids Minnesota May 31. L A Williams and Co hardware store entered by burglars during the night. The safe was opened but contents not taken. The thieves took six revolvers and several cases of cutlery.
In Elk River Minnesota on May 81 Mrs Le charge et far grin cen forged her husband's name to obtain a certificate of deposit loan for $205 from a Princeton lender. She used the funds to acquire money, leading to legal action.
An unclear early text fragment suggests concerns over bank deposits and depositors amid questions about the bank’s condition and solvency, with sparse details on dates or actions affecting customers.
A special train carrying Walter Main's circus cars derailed at Vail station on the Tyrone and Clearfield line. Six men were killed and 12 to 14 wounded as animals escaped and were recaptured. Thirteen cars and the locomotive were destroyed. one tiger valued at 7000 dollars was seized.
A severe cyclone struck South Spater on May 31 at 7 PM, destroying several houses on the Pope plantation and burying occupants under rubble who were miraculously unharmed. The storm damaged Boxsprings and skirted Chand Sonhaere Gate, with fatalities suspected at Chand Sonhaere Gate.
Reports from points east of Athens describe a severe cyclone that wrecked many houses. At Grey's Hill John Kinsley was killed and his wife badly injured. In Banks county George Dowdy was killed.
A fierce cyclone in the Bay of Bengal wrecked the steamer Germania with all 74 crew members lost. The British bar Rydalmere under Captain Bernard, sailing from Calcutta, was driven ashore near Diamond Harbour on the Hoogly River. The Glengarry under Captain Lindsay was abandoned at sea but the crew were rescued.
James Chamberlain a well known character in Orrumwa Iowa was found under the Wabash trestle and initially believed to have fallen. He later died and a medical examination confirmed foul play. The coroner will investigate the death.
The duplicate cable for the Central and South American Telegraph company has been laid by the steamer Silverton from Cruze to Chorillas Peru via San Juan del Sur and San Ecuador. The three sections total 2524 miles in length.
A U S marshal party pursuing moonshiners in Martin township Bull Frog Valley near Little Rock, Ark, was fired on. One man named Harrison, recently deputized, was killed and another wounded. Separately, the St Paul teachers exam committee set a state university exam date for August 23, four weeks after school ends.
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