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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1897
Page
7
The piece extols Syrup of Figs as a gentle effective laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co. It claims many illnesses stem from a precondition of the system and that the remedy promotes internal cleanliness without weakening organs. It warns buyers to ensure they get the genuine product from reputable druggists.
The crown prince of Japan is alive as Cecil Rhodes resumes travel to South Africa. Johannes Brahms, the Austrian composer, dies at 67. Lady Lascelles wife of Sir Franklin D. Lascelles the British ambassador to Germany dies. An iron ore pool forms for Gogebic and related ranges but Mesaba is excluded.
United States Consul Little reports from Tegucigalpa that a revolution has erupted in Honduras and the republic is now under martial law. The message, dated April 17 in Washington, notes a tense political crisis.
A. B. Evans, register of the land office at Des Moines, resigns to resume his law practice. High water on parts of the Missouri River has mysteriously disappeared, with scientists saying it flows into the great artesian basin.
An advertisement promises a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinuine Tablets with a money back guarantee if it fails. The price is 25 cents and druggists offer refunds.
President McKinley weighs Evans report on consolidating pension agencies issued by Cleveland. The plan proposes revoking the order and keeping agencies as if not issued. Sept. 1 had been the effective date, with a revocation likely within weeks and consolidation possibly later in one city.
In Washington on May 29 the Senate disposed of about ten tariff bill pages as votes passed with finance committee majorities from six to fifteen. The drug schedule drew technical debate but stayed concise, while the day opened after final conference on the sundry civil bill approving a March 1 suspension of executive orders creating large forest reserves.
Senate committee on interstate commerce has agreed on final amendments to the Foraker pooling bill and plans to report it at the committee’s next meeting. Amendments are numerous and aimed at securing favorable action despite Senator Chandler’s opposition who denounces railroad pools as trusts.
White law Reid, on a hurried Washington visit, accepted the honor of special ambassador for the United States to the queen's jubilee. He discussed the offer with President McKinley at the White House and plans to represent the United States at the event.
Representative Lewis tried to force the Cuban issue as a privileged question to recognize belligerency of Cuban insurgents. Speaker Reed ruled it out of order, and the House sustained the Speaker 91 to 57 on appeal. The House adjourned until Monday.
In Washington May 29 Representative Wheeler of Kentucky introduced a bill to tax various occupations. Petroleum companies would pay from 500 dollars on 100000 dollars to 25000 dollars on 5000000 dollars, with iron and steel railways banks stock exchanges and glass wool silk paper leather and sugar manufacturing also taxed.
The president sent to the senate on May 29 nominations for Brigadier General: Colonel James F. Wade Fifth Cavalry. Colonel John K. Mizener Tenth Cavalry. Colonel William M. Graham Fifth Artillery.
Albany May 29 The hearing on the railroad presidents request for a vacation of the attorney general order in the antitrust matter is postponed to 10 a m Tuesday June 8. The adjournment order delays the referee hearing until the appeal is decided.
Bradstreets reports the spring staple trade was disappointing with lower than expected distribution. Most Central Western and Southern centers show quiet activity as dry goods and cotton products struggle, while some improvement appears in woolen goods, shoes, leather, lumber, and regional demand in Savannah Memphis St. Louis Omaha Sioux Falls Minneapolis and St Paul.
Ex-Governor Northen of Atlanta has started organizing a large agricultural colony on 40,000 acres near Albany, Georgia. The plan divides land into 10 to 100 acre farms for fruit, melons, vegetables, grain, and pasture with a central 1,000 acre city and multiple villages to provide education and social advantages while residents farm.
Reporters from The Gaulois interview visitors in Paris during the 1900 Exposition. Many agree Emperor William I cannot visit while the Alsace Lorraine issue remains unsettled.
Chester H. Mc Laughlin, a member of the Valentine gang that forged checks across the United States and Canada, has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
Late market report from Milwaukee shows flour steady with grain prices listed. Wheat values range No 2 spring 72 cents and No 1 Northern 75 and 7/ cents, July 68 7/ cents. Corn No 4 23 cents and No 2 white oats 23 44 to 31 cents.
In Duluth May 238 wheat prices for cash and futures are listed. No. 1 hard trades at 734c and 724c for No. 1 Northern, with No. 2 Northern at 70c and No. 3 spring around 65144 6644c. Rejected bids 494 614c. Arrivals show No. 1 hard 734c and No. 1 Northern 724c. July No. 1 Northern at 71c and September No. 1 Northern at 65c.
In Minneapolis on May 28 the wheat market closed with May at 70 1/2 cents July at 69 3/4 cents and September at 62 1/2 cents. Track prices show No 1 hard 72 1/2 cents No 1 Northern 71 1/2 cents and No 2 Northern 69 cents.
Hog market active and steady with light, mixed, heavy, and rough hogs priced. Cattle market steady with beeves, cows and veals, Texas steers, stockers and feeders given ranges. Sheep market steady with native sheep, Western lambs, and lambs on offer. Closing prices list futures and grain values for May to December.
Harper's Magazine highlights for 1897 include fiction by Du Maurier Stockton Howell Twain Page Davis and Bangs with illustrations. science features on 19th century progress Williams Wilson. American features on Mexico by Lummis and Africa by Bigelow. western and eastern articles and the czar’s coronation story by Davis. Subscriptions posted $4.00 with free postage in the U S Canada and Mexico.
The North Western Line offers weekly Thursday trips to San Francisco and Los Angeles with modern sleeping cars and experienced conductors. Daily tourist sleeping car service runs between Council Bluffs and California. Full rate and details available from Chicago & North Western Railway agents. Also bound magazines at low prices.
Harper's Bazar enters its thirtieth volume in 1897 offering weekly Paris fashions from Katharine De Forest, New York fashion notes, pattern sheets, and designs by Sandoz Baude and Chapin. Serials include The Red Bridge Neighborhood and Father Quinnallion. noted authors present short stories. features cover health, music, embroidery, etiquette, society, and woman’s work. Subscriptions: 34.00 for one year to U S Canada Mexico. P O Box 959 New York City.
The magazine marks forty years of publication and outlines plans for 1897 including cartoons, serials by Mary E. Wilkins and E F Benson, a John Kendrick Bangs sequel, and features like This Busy World Amateur Sport Life and Letters. It pledges to continue world news, literary and artistic progress, and leading illustrated journalism.
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