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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1894
Page
5
Local notes cover forest fire warnings and river flooding in British Columbia, along with social events in Huron such as a well attended dance at Dan McCoy's. Entries mention Shriners hospitality, political activity in Mitchell, Redfield meetings, and visits from figures like Rev. Daley and Deputy State Auditor Schwartz.
W L Brockman brings evergreen trials on Mrs Whitney yard in Huron. Shriners return from Huron pilgrimage with a grand time though camel travel crowded and warm. Watertown reports Mrs C H Newcombe visits. Iroquois notes eight superintendent candidates. Centerville recalls Mystic Shrine event in Huron with big desert parade and 300 attendees.
Wessington Times reports mistakes from The Advocate denying any pursuit of office. Shrinerz C N Curtis and A Blake helped E H Vance at a Huron meeting. Ed Vance returned alive. Charles Dickinson of Henderson NY visited J P Cooper and wife, schoolmates long apart. R H Reed of Huron issues a prohibition convention call for June 20 to nominate a full county ticket.
List of names including Mrs A W Anderson Arthur F Taney W C Hagg F McDonald Ottie Kindlespire J B Smith C F Tango J Willson J B Coan P M. Recipients asked to advertise in the HuRonITE, state publication date, and pay one cent at stamp window.
In Chicago on June 12, Judge Payne refused to grant a continuance in the Prendergast insanity case. The adjournment had been agreed to until September after the Monday trial, but with Judge Chetlain absent from the criminal court, the matter was postponed pending further orders.
Tangier reports confirm the death of Sultan Muley Hassan while traveling between the capital and Rabat. Rumor says his son Mulai Abdul Aziz has been proclaimed sultan of Morocco. London confirms a dispatch suggesting foul play in the sultan’s death.
Giles Otis Pearce a metallurgist from Colorado Springs was jailed five days in Denver after a note threatened him as an anarchist for openly supporting Cripple Creek miners.
Reliable returns from Portland indicate Herman wins First district with a 9087 plurality and Ellis takes Second district by 9320. Legislature stands Senate Republicans 19, Democrats 4, Populists 8. House Republicans 57, Democrats 1, Populists 7. Republican majority on joint ballot 52.
Four desperate thieves with coal lumps assaulted a Reading rail freight train at noon in Philadelphia. A desperate fight with the train crew and a following crew, aided by police, repulsed them. Two robbers were captured.
Representative Kiefer introduced a resolution calling on the chief of engineers for information on Minnesota River improvement from Chaska to the mouth. The banks are reportedly caving in and riprap walls may be needed along the river.
A Canadian Pacific express train traveling from Fort William to Winnipeg plunged into a burning bridge over the Mattawa River, 28 miles west of Fort William. The wreck killed one woman, Mrs. Barker of Elkhorn, and likely claims the life of express messenger M. Brown of Toronto. other passengers escaped as cars were consumed by fire.
Four American workmen seized by a foreign band on Saturday were rescued at Fairchance and taken home to Leisenring No. 8 after authorities located them. They bore chalk marks and blackleg placards, and officials say many strikers were involved in the kidnapping and assault that led to Sunday's fatal clash. A coroner’s inquest is called for John Mokaff. several injured are expected to die.
Miss Laura Wheelwright wed George Herbert Windler in Kings Chapel as a suicide letter from Benjamin F. Cox surfaced. Cox, a Harvard 1887 graduate and Boston social figure, killed himself the same day, his unrequited love for the bride reportedly undisclosed by friends.
The Ohio militia camp near Wheeling Creek faced rifle fire from hills with no reported injuries. Miners burned 144 feet of a wooden bridge at Goshen blocking coal movement. Three West Virginia militia companies moved to Moundsville to address a miner blockade. one man, Charles Davis, was arrested.
Delegates from all district mines hold secret session at Pomeroy Ohio to arrange a 2 p.m. conference with operators. They expect to demand last year’s mining price and report all operators are present for the talks.
Deputies broke camp at 9 a m and moved toward Colorado Springs under an agreement with General Brooks and Sheriff Bowers. Mines to be reopened with militia guard as long as needed. mine owners to pay eight dollars for eight hours of protection.
A bridge on the Linton branch of the Louisville and Nashville railroad burned Sunday near Birmingham. It marks the third railroad bridge fire in four days, suspected to be incendiary with miners as the likely instigators.
Miners and operators met in Kansas City on June 12 but failed to reach a deal. The conference adjourned subject to President McGregor's call, and it is unlikely further conferences will occur.
Two masked men robbed the Fort Gibson railroad station and express office around 11:30 p.m. The exact haul is not known but believed large as cash shipments to Cherokees at Tahlequah were involved. Six hundred dollars in cash was recovered, including $100 belonging to the Kansas and Arkansas Valley railroad.
A midnight street brawl after a Polish Bohemian dance in Huron Beadle County ends with two men dead Peter Getz stabbed in heart and Frank Gobineski stabbed through the lungs. A crowd of 15 to 20 confronted onlookers as they left the hall at Forty eighth and Goodspeed streets.
Alfred Johnson of Delano in a fit of despondency over loss of land and property cut his wife’s throat with a razor and then killed himself. He died. His wife survived the attack and was recovering.
A large stake in the Oliver mine is said to be purchased by the Carnegie Steel Company of Pittsburgh. With Carnegie and the Oliver Iron and Steel Company as owners, the Oliver mine may yield much more output than the Norrie did.
The Civil Service Reform association has appointed a committee to erect a suitable memorial for the late George William Curtis in Curtis, New York, dated June 12.
The Walnut river at Augusta Kansas ran out of banks on June 12 causing extensive crop damage. Wheat shocks were swept downstream, fences and bridges were washed away, and the St Louis and San Francisco rail line was submerged for a quarter mile while the Santa Fe bridge was washed out.
In BrisBaNe Queensland a mother gave carbolic acid to her five children then took poison herself. By the time doctors arrived the woman and four children were dead. The tragedy occurred at Maryborough, chief town of March County, in this colony.
On June 12 Metropolis Illinois Kellys contingent of commonwealers left the Cairo neighborhood and crossed the Ohio River to Paducah aboard the steamer Bettie Owens. They found no welcome at Paducah and landed nowhere.
Revised estimates put Saturday night fire losses at 400000 dollars with 300000 dollars covered by insurance. Lumber burned totals up to 25000000 feet. Rain has ended the threat of spread to surrounding property.
Beart Wisconsin June 12 Henry P Hay of Plattville and C H Hazeman Beloit college graduates drowned while bathing at Lauderdale lake.
Omaha reports the Missouri river rising for days and within four feet of danger at noon. Current damages farm lands both above and below the city. Northwestern Nebraska experiences a terrific rain.
John W Alderson and Anna B Alderson owe 451.44 plus 7 percent interest from June 11 1894. A decree directs sale of the south halves of the SW quarter 29 and the S half of the quarter 30 in township 111N range 65W, Beadle County SD. Sale at Beadle County courthouse steps on June 21 1894 at 2 p.m. to satisfy the judgment.
Beadle County South Dakota files a complaint against Mianda Sherman Rockford Sherman Mrs Rockford Sherman Charles Sherman Minnie Brister Charles Brister William Sherman Mrs William Sherman Myrtle Sherman and Charles Brister as executor for Al Sherman in a circuit court action. Plaintiffs Bailey and Voorhees state the defendants must answer within thirty days of summons served in Sioux Falls.
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