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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1898
Page
2
Daily service list shows Going East No 2 Mail and Express and No 4 Mix Scienai en g o agate with departures on Monday Wednesday and Friday. Going West No 3 Mail and Express and No 31 Freight with specific connection at Sioux Valley Junction for Watertown. Agent L H Jongs notes.
Reports from Rio Janeiro indicate martial law is extended for an indefinite period due to unsettled conditions. Senator Pinheiro Machado and other high officials have been arrested on charges of conspiring against President Moraes, sparking a strong reaction in the city.
In St Paul on December 17 the jury found Mr. Bickel not guilty. He was former vice president of the Minnesota Savings Bank and led the institution. The verdict relates to one of several indictments alleging a violation of state banking law.
Capitalists from New York have completed purchase of the noted San Xavier mine group from Boston owners. The seven mines, well developed, lie 16 miles south of Tucson, Arizona. Count Manfred von Matuschka of Silesia and Miss Eila Walker of Detroit were married in Detroit on Tuesday. Miss Walker is Hiram Walker’s granddaughter, founder of the Walkerville distillery in Ontario.
Fire in a Charleston tenement at 160 Church street cost nine lives. Residents on the third floor perished while attempts to rescue them were thwarted by flames. The first floor residents escaped unharmed as fire crews brought the blaze under control. Victims named Mrs Rebecca Knickmeyer and six children along with Albert and Caswell O Neal.
The Louisville branch American Tobacco plant suffered a massive day blaze destroying half a square block. Loss exceeds 350000 and is fully insured. Evacuations were chaotic as workers fled via fire escapes. Several on upper floors leaped from windows, two sustaining probable fatal injuries.
Maprio Feb 26 reports The Imparcial blasts government apathy toward Cuba and accuses Washington of duplicitous pacific talk while massing warships. It urges immediate mobilization, naming ships Pelayo Colon Carlos V Maria Teresa Almirante Oquenda Vizcaya to Cuban waters amid rising tensions. U S minister Woodford hosted a banquet for Spain's new minister in Washington.
The Havana court of inquiry held sessions as captains and witnesses from the Maine disaster testified. Chaplain Chadwick and the British dock captain gave personal experiences, while divers were examined daily. The court plans to sail to Key West to hear more officers and witnesses before returning to Havana.
T Estrada Palma returns to New York after weeks away including Washington and Key West. He says Cuba could gain independence soon as plans in Washington favor an immediate solution. In Key West the Cuban community mourns the Maine loss but remains hopeful. Officials restrict public remarks while court of inquiry reports are awaited. Wisconsin Sen Spooner argues for Corbett's seating in Oregon. Senate adjourns before Alaska bill action. Allen's Cuban situation committee proposal withdrawn.
Floods and avalanches have partly destroyed Monte Cristo in the Cascade mountains. The railroad to Everett is washed out, forcing the shutdown of the concentrator and part of Rockefeller mines owned by John D. Rockefeller.
Interstate Commerce Commission issues an order to suspend the long and short haul rule for passenger traffic on United States lines where in competition with Canadian Pacific railway and its connections. It forbids charging lower rates than those set by Canadian Pacific, covering all Atlantic to Pacific routes subject to CP competition.
State Superintendent Pendergast will oversee the semi annual apportionment of state school funds in St. Paul on March 7. The spring rate is about 80 cents per pupil, down from $1 last spring and $2.50 per pupil in October.
In San Francisco on February 28 Tommy Ryan defeated George Green after 18 rounds. The bout thrilled spectators with clever fighting as neither man showed signs of punishment at the end and the lead changed until Ryan wore down Green after the 13th round.
Milwaukee February 28 Judge Bunn at Madison refused to grant Endion Improvement company in Superior motion to block refunding. The original order for refunding 250000 dollars of bonds stands. This marks a victory for Superior in its effort to refund a total debt of 1000000 dollars.
A Daily Mail dispatch from Singapore cites Chinese sources in Hong Kong reporting a French force landing at Kwan-Chuen-Wan, about 240 miles southwest of Hong Kong, informing Chinese authorities of plans to erect buildings.
Galveston dispatches report the battleship Texas and the gunboat Nashville sailing from Galveston. Texas heads to rejoin Admiral RiCard's fleet while Nashville proceeds to Key West for orders. Maine Victims Cannot Be Exhumed In Spain the five year burial rule bars exhumation. friends of Maine disaster victims lose chance to bring bodies home.
A Madrid dispatch to The World reports the Spanish fleet will depart in three days for Cuba. Captain Villamil discusses the planned cruise with the queen at lunch. The squadron includes three torpedo destroyers Pluton Terror Furor and torpedo vessels Rayo Alcor Adzor plus the steamer City of Cadiz carrying coal and provisions. No rush to join Oquendo and Viscaya at Havana.
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