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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1893
Page
2
Washington reports confirm 22 deaths in the Ford's Theatre disaster with 1 more death feared. Surviving clerks recount close escapes and discuss how others perished, while officials seek a formal inquiry into responsibility for the calamity.
Higgins' Western bank of Missoula shuts down with a formal suspension notice. Tight money market and looming litigation drove the collapse of the private institution.
The official note states the entire 27 million dollars in collateral trust notes subscriptions have been completed by the syndicate. Henry Willard along with his German and American associates have taken more than half.
June 12 report says President Cleveland contemplates a journey to the Pacific coast soon after a mental congress next year. He told a magnate he wishes to see Oregon if peppery oranges do not guard the state more than once.
The Massachusetts, a sister ship to an earlier Crampen design, is described with 18 inch armor, 15 knot trial speed, 9 000 horsepower, and 343 foot length. Built for the Cramps under a contract won Oct 1 1890 for eight million and twenty thousand dollars.
Posters in Dusque city announce a $500 reward from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for arrests and conviction of participants in a cowboy race from Action, Nebraska to Chicago. The sheriff received a governor letter urging arrests for cruelty but not for the racing act.
Brig. FinpLay June 13 report says Dr Itchell pastor of First Presbyterian Akron Ohio received a letter from Dr Briggs urging supporters to stay with the church and not countenance any schism nor leave the church.
The Caravels Santa Maria Nina and Pinta lie off the southern coast of Canso near Halifax in June. The citadel signals them and crew may coal or take on provisions at the Strait of Canso if needed.
In Minneapolis on June 12 a warrant was sworn for a Chicago Great Western conductor accused of knocking down fares on the Dubuque to Minneapolis run. An order to dismiss several other conductors was also issued.
Referee Fuller rules in favor of Edward E Stokes of the Hoffman House in the case Cassius H Read v Stokes. The balance he awards totals 304154 dollars.
Buckingham dispatch reports Mrs. W. Jackson, a week-old bride in Ottawa, dies crazed by fear upon learning that William Forde, who murdered her two sisters three years ago, may still be living.
A Vincennes special to The Sentinel reports army worms in Knox County and across the Wabash in Illinois destroying wheat corn and meadow grasses. Many fields stripped bare.
Chairman Midgley issues a call for a general meeting of Western freight lines and allied companies. The gatherings will be held on June 18 to focus mainly on technical matters.
The strike by line inspectors of the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company’s New Jersey division has been settled. The settlement ends labor dispute activity and resumes normal operations.
Reporters say more bodies are believed to be strikers while officials claim they were innocent amid troop deployment to the scene. Police held statements as crowds gathered and investigations continued into the unrest.
The Western Passenger Association discusses tentative excursion trains to the fair with Oct 1 as a possible date. The Atchison and Alton may operate before that time if roads remain free to act independently. Officials warn no tickets before May 3 and Aug 1 deadline looms.
Readable accounts describe strikers near Romeo claiming they were attacked while unarmed. Agents said they were pursued by armed Black workers, with 17 strikers captured and jailed in a box car after initial fire and a chaotic retreat across the road.
J D Spreckels says advices from the United States government indicate the deposed pen will be restored. He expects a new constitution and ministry, with business resuming and a new capital pouring in from all directions once the restoration occurs. He notes the next steamer will bring news of the reversal and rights being restored.
A fire swept through a small Oregon town damaging eight business buildings. Fire crews arrived from nearby areas and secured the scene as investigators began determining the cause and origin of the blaze.
Angered cattlemen and sheep herders clash over grazing rights as ranges are destroyed. A sheep man, Charles Kirk, was shot recently and events escalate with masked men ambushing a herder, killing about 800 head of stock. Crisis expected within days.
June 12 report details the first successful escape attempt at the Tombs prison in New York City. Inmate John Meyers allegedly tunneled from confinement, marking a historic breach in the 60 year old facility.
A man identified as Michael Costello was stabbed at 7 a.m. on June 12 near Commercial Street in the city. The assailant was a stranger. Costello sustained a four inch blade wound under the heart that penetrates the ribs. He is believed to be in grave danger.
Found Dr Fisher connected to a Canton incident. William Todd, an elderly man from Canton, had been searched for as a witness or accomplice. A sheriff-led pursuit confirmed the suspect in Donivheg, Massachusetts, but Fisher remained at large until the arrest.
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