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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
1
Senate moves to night sessions beginning 10 30 a m to 11 p m with a 2 half hour break as Aldrich seeks extended debate. He and Dolliver clash over replacing fixed rates with ad valorem duties on cotton cloth and thread with ministers arguing for public interest.
Stamford May 28 Dr William J Long former preacher and nature writer, once attacked by Roosevelt, gives an interview alleging the Africa reports brutalize American boys. He accuses Roosevelt of sending out killings stories, claims the trip will yield hunting yarns and more skins and bones.
In Cleveland on June 2, state arbitration board members from six states and Seth Low of the National Civic Federation pressed the Lake Carriers' Association to bargain with striking seamen on the Great Lakes. Strikers, claiming a welfare open shop policy, seek talks while vessels face crew shortages and reduced ore and coal movements. wages are not the issue. The Civic Federation intervention aims to secure a conference between carriers and unions to settle the dispute.
Mrs Ida Wells Barnett told a national negro conference in New York that 3284 people were lynched in the last quarter century and that the mob stands as a bulwark between southern women and crime. She urged a permanent bureau for investigation and publicity of lynchings as an effective safeguard.
Indianapolis June 2. Charged with criminal libel in articles on Panama Canal purchase, Delavan Smith and Charles R Williams of the Indianapolis News resisted federal move to transfer them to Washington for trial. Assistant U.S. Attorney McNamara outlined alleged syndicate profits from the canal deal and removal request. Ferdinand Winter, for defendants, challenged indictment and removal grounds.
Philadelphia June 2. Extraordinary efforts by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company aim to boost cars in operation as strike action by motormen and conductors continues. Less than half the fleet runs, police shield hundreds of new workers, and thousands walk citywide while Reading, Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads move over 90 percent of outlying traffic. No side seeks peaceful settlement.
Mrs A S Wilson of Los Angeles lost her footing while descending the Santa Anita trail with her husband. He braced to protect her but both plunged about sixty feet into a rock canyon. They were found unconscious and believed fatally injured.
The Birchwood Wisconsin post office was robbed when burglars forced a window entrance and opened the safe. They escaped with about $200 in currency and stamps in a third such robbery at Birchwood in three years.
Washington June 1 Senate consider amendment on lemons with a 1.5 cent per pound duty defended by Senator Flint and opposed by Senator Root. Vote 43 to 28 to sustain committee. Gore proposed 6 cent banan a duty claiming a trust controls the market. amendment defeated. Aldrich dried peas and other tariff adjustments noted amid debate.
Duluth resident Mrs George Shea visiting her sister Mrs John English at Air Point Seattle reported to police that she had 20000 in currency stolen. The money had been shipped from Duluth to invest in property locally and was meant to be placed in a bank soon.
A tornado struck Zephyr Texas, destroying about fifty homes and a business block. Thirty-eight bodies have been recovered, with over twenty injured admitted to Santa Fe hospital. The cyclone, width about 300 yards and path under a mile, followed a hall storm that woke residents as walls collapsed and fires broke out.
Berlin reports that American senators accusing Germany of supplying wage information to influence U S tariff debates have caused an uneasy reaction in government offices. The Interior and Foreign Offices object to the disclosures used by Washington, while German papers accuse Berlin of supplying trade secrets. Meanwhile Langdon relief funds reach twenty thousand dollars after a deadly tornado. In Dupont near Scranton a fire threatens a dozen buildings.
Seattle June 1 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition opens at 14 oclock Seattle time as Taft presses a key of Alaska turquois. Grounds are finished exhibits in place and the show keeps its motto the show that will be on time. Permanent buildings dry show no liquor sold and government buildings funded by volunteers. Alaska leads the Pacific Northwest future prospects and the fair emphasizes unknown potential rather than past events.
Washington June 1 Representative Davis reports a organized effort to repeal the oleomargarine law. He aims to defeat the repeal in favor of strengthening penalties. Dairymen groups push for sealed packages with government seal to reach consumers intact.
Topeka dispatch reports a westbound passenger train No 9 known as the California fare mail wrecked at Peabody. Kansas City postal clerk OC Thompson was killed. Details describe a fatal railroad accident with casualties.
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