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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1904
Page
2
A fragmented timetable lists passenger and freight services on the Minnesota and Dakota route with north and south bound trains. It notes daily departures westbound and eastbound connections at Sioux Valley Junction and Redfield for intertown and eastern points.
An explosion in a large sewer on Thirty-ninth Street in Chicago kills four men, including City Engineer Miltimore. Sewer gas and possible petroleum leakage caused the blast, entombing the victims as a frame building nearby is demolished and the street torn up. Rescue efforts take hours.
A bloody street fight at Elk Texas, ten miles north of Waco, over a public school teaching post left R B Torrence dead and several others wounded. Participants include Rivers Torrence, J McAden, Dr Holton, and Prof G W Perkins. shots from shotguns and pistols were fired. authorities moved to the scene.
Sheriff Adams reports a posse of about 100 deputies surrounding the Denver and Rio Grande robbers in brush at the east side of Divide creek and Grand river junction. The robbers face a near half mile wide river with a strong current and scarce food, likely starving.
London announces Earl Greylord lieutenant of Northumberland is named to succeed the Earl of Minto as Governor General of Canada. Grey is Lord Mintos brother in law, but the official announcement awaits Mintos October term end.
Abner McKinley brother of the late president was found dead in a chair at his home in Somerset Pennsylvania at 8 a.m. Brights' disease was named as the cause after he had sought various physicians and climates since his brother's death three years earlier. He had recently returned from Tampa Florida and had driven with his wife the day before.
Windom Minnesota on June 13 Henry Trautfether shot and killed Earnest Cords near Oaks lake in Southbrook township then killed himself. Cords had been committed for insanity after assaulting Trautfether’s wife and was recently released by court order.
New Haven banks announce new rules requiring annual vacations and a midday lunch break for tellers bookkeepers and clerks as a precaution following embezzlement charges. The State Bank association supports the policy urging banks to observe these safeguards after a teller confessed to embezzling seventy thousand dollars by staying at his desk without lunch for years.
President Livingston announced Cleveland that the Lake Carriers association now has eighty steamers in commission and will increase to one hundred by midnight, with owners optimistic about rapid improvement. District Captain Howell of the Masters and Pilots' association reported forty eight desertions to date.
News from Guayaquil dated June 13 states bubonic plague has hit Paita Peru near the Ecuador border. Ten people died within three hours on June 30. Health authorities act quickly with port closures and sanitary cordons to stop spread.
A June 13 blaze on Broome Street in the wholesale district started in a five story building. The fire threatened the structure and prompted alarms as sixty people remained inside when the elevator stopped functioning. They escaped to safety via fire escapes.
Washington reports United States charge at Buenos Ayres states Argentina has removed its prohibition on importing cattle from the United States after stamping out foot and mouth disease. The move follows U S disease eradication efforts and allows resumed cattle trade between the two nations.
Washington June 11 Speaker Cannon stated at the Chicago convention he would decline the nomination if offered as Roosevelts running mate. He said he would be permanent chairman and could order roll call repeats. The national guard has been on duty across the state since 1903 with substantial costs tied to mining losses and troop deployment.
General Sherman M Bell plans to drive out Western Federation of Miners supporters in Teller county Cripple Creek. Mines resume with nonunion workers as owners tighten card requirements and pending deportations reduce strikers numbers under sheriff Edward Bell.
Harrisburg reports Governor Pennypacker will appoint Philander C Knox to the U S Senate to fill the unexpired Quay term ending March 4, 1905, and will not call an extra session. Philadelphia notes Knox says his cabinet retirement won’t alter Roosevelt era policy or campaign dynamics.
Escanaba Mich June 13 Fire broke out in a Nahma boardinghouse and spread to eighteen buildings in the village thirty five miles east of Escanaba. Loss is estimated at forty thousand dollars fully insured and about two hundred people are left homeless.
Emporia Kansas reports the Cottonwood River still rising on June 13, with flood levels near last year's peak. Last week numerous farms in the area were inundated as water covered lower lands and threatened property.
St. Louis reports Governor Willis J. Lailey of Kansas spoke on the Colorado miners deportation rumor. He said Kansas would welcome peaceful law abiding workers, but would deal with any lawless incursion and enforce state laws if needed.
Judge Auraulto convicts Artemio Ricarte, former Filipino leader, of concealed weapons carrying to one year in prison. He also receives six years and a $5,000 fine for conspiracy against the United States government.
Denver reports the cost of strikes in Colorado over the last sixteen months at 23 036 000 dollars. The state spent 636 000 dollars for troops in the field while losses to strikers and employers reach about 22 400 2 with the creation of a few bris'
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling banning sale of colored oleomargarine without labels. The suit by the Iowa dairy commission against Armour Packing argued natural coloring. the court ruled that any color oleomargarine must bear a label, regardless of production method.
In Mason City Indiana on June 11 a rail line wreck injured about thirty people. The Grand Army Relief Corps and Posts of Veterans, about 100 bystanders, were in two motor cars and five trailers. A rear trailer left the track on a curve and plunged down an embankment. Injuries are mainly broken bones and internal damage.
Fire in Nogales Arizona destroys the federal customhouse and the Southern Pacific and Sonora railroad depots. Wells Fargo express office gutted. Many freight cars burned. Total loss estimated at 100000 dollars.
Will K. Stavelly chief deputy U S marshal for Indiana dies at home in Wabash. Roosevelt names William E. Cochran purchasing agent of the post office department. Olympia returns from Tangier after coal and provisions run to Gibraltar. Illinois Central buys Indianapolis Southern railway to reach Indiana coal fields. A C Jenkins of Norton Kansas kills wife then is shot by his 11 year old daughter. Jenkins is said to be insane. Captain William A. Mercer Indian agent at Uintah agency Utah succeeds Richard Pratt as Indian school official. Nickel Plate railroad disputes with Chicago boilermakers noted.
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