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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1903
Page
2
A large conservative corporation seeks a local agent and representative in this town to build a steady income with pleasant, easy work in spare time. No experience required, not all hours needed. Liberal cash pay and premium incentives offered. Apply to the undersigned.
Chicago detectives arrest Fred Hart, alleged boon companion of outlaw Harry Tracy, after a tense struggle. Hart, a street car motorman, and his wife resisted during confinement following a misidentification and a covert stakeout at their home and on a street car.
Deputy Sheriff Stayton tried to arrest a San Felino suspect in highway robbery. The bandit disarmed Stayton at gunpoint, forced him into a buggy, and rode to Bells Station on a borrowed horse. He took $200 and a watch, then released Stayton after a ten mile chase into the hills.
Collision occurred in the North River between the ferryboats New Jersey of the Pennsylvania line and Ridgewood of the Erie Railroad. Two New Jersey passengers, Julian Legert of Rutherford and William Hayes of Paterson, were badly hurt as the New Jersey struck the Ridgewood near the men’s cabin, causing a large hole. Ridgewood carried many passengers including several women.
Chattanooga Tenn March 2 The night rain storm assumed cloudburst proportions with tele graph lines down in several spots Washouts reported on all railroads Streams overflowed their banks and the Tennessee river rose rapidly.
A political brief outlines two new rules implemented with wide impact across government agencies. The first rule reorganizes oversight and expands audit powers, while the second strengthens transparency and public reporting requirements. Officials defend the changes as modernizing and accountable.
Washington February 28. The House committee on rules approved two special rules limiting minority obstruction. One allows immediate reconsideration of amendments to general appropriation bills and possible conference with the Senate. The second makes recess a privileged motion, extending the legislative day to March 4.
Reports from Cheyuen Peking dated February 28 say 500 imperial troops were ambushed February 26 in Yanguing pass by Kwangsi rebels. All were killed and rebels seized arms intended for the besieged garrison at Cheyuen. rebellion spreading to Hunan. viceroy sends troops to halt advance.
The House debated the displaceable financial bill as Mr. Aldrich, its author, moved the measure forward. An omnibus version was sidetracked by a 42 to 18 vote, delaying further action.
Reports from London and Vienna indicate suspicions of renewed hostilities in Macedonia while great powers tighten limits on Servia and Bulgaria. Russian pressure on Bulgaria grows after the sultan accepts reform proposals, with Austrian officers suspected on frontiers and Vienna and St Petersburg signaling caution amid uprisings feared.
Washington February 28, the house reopens for a tense session after a quorum dispute. Richardson accuses the chamber of acting without quorum while 267 members appear. Debates over the agricultural appropriation bill and veto matters unfold as party leaders push for references and roll calls.
H. P. Reigart of St. Joseph Missouri, a coal dealer and broker, filed in Superior Court a suit for 1 000 000 damages against Manufacturers Coal and Coke Company. He asserts a five year contract to supply 2 500 tons daily was breached during a recent coal shortage. Reigart is an railroad official supplying Western railroads with coal.
A Laflin and Rand powder plant press mill at Turck, eight miles south of Cherokee, exploded early today killing Sanford Reed Lee Patterson and Bert Carr. Fifteen others were injured, two fatally, including Lon Kyle and Jerome Cornell. This marks the fourth blast since the works began in 1889.
San Antonio Texas on February 28 faced partial submersion due to record rains. Property losses in city and county will reach about 50,000 with heavy railroad damage. Traffic is demoralized but no lives reported, despite several thrilling escapes.
E. T. Burdick, president of the Buffalo Envelope Works, was found dead in his room with a crushed skull. Police indicate burglars committed the murder as an open door and a broken window suggested forced entry. No theft was reported.
An explosion in the cellar of the imperial palace caused a brief scare in Vienna on February 28. Investigators ruled the blast an accidental ignition of sporting ammunition, injuring two workmen.
Reports from Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo indicate revolutionaries led by Arturo Zeno and Ramon Tavarez gain ground in the northeast while Zeno’s forces seize Guayubin and push toward Puerto Plata Generals Lasala Gratero and Bigriguez move on Santiago de los Caballeros La Vega and Santo Domingo with other leaders active across the eastern Dominca sector.
Steamship San Juan delivers reports from Panama and Central America. Passengers describe bands of fighters moving in multiple directions and widespread war preparations in Guatemala. R A Weiss notes Nicaraguan troops aiding Sierra. The New York cruiser signaled the fleet off Lizard Point on Feb 18.
Dispatch reports complete destruction of Port de Paix in Haiti by fire. Shipping and buildings were wiped out except for Verweis belonging to the Haitian company saved. Grasping the impact, the fire leaves the port unusable and affecting local trade.
Washington notes the House reconvenes to dispose of appropriation bills. After a quorum is established, the naval appropriation bill with Senate amendments is sent to conference by a 243 to 0 vote. The railroads safety appliance act amendment follows with 155 to 112 on the previous question and 247 to 3 on adoption. Conference reports on private corporations in Alaska are debated, adopted 181 to 10 with further roll calls.
President Roosevelt flags urgency in Senate for fast tariff reduction to aid Philippine islands. He cites Taft cable on looming sugar plantation sales and financial disaster, urging action as a humanitarian step to stabilize economic relations and prevent further calamities.
President Roosevelt and his party arrived in Washington at 7 20 a m on a special Pennsylvania railroad train from New York. The trip passed without incident and the party proceeded into the city.
Lexington, February 28. Benjamin I. Goodwin, seventy, reputed valued at about $300,000, a leading Central Kentucky farmer, shot himself in a Lexington saloon ending his life.
The sultan orders full application of the Austro-Russian plan of reforms in Macedonia across all six Roumelian vilayets. The state council begins drafting an organic statute to implement the reforms.
Butte Montana March 2 George Cole pleaded guilty and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment by Judge McClernand for a Burlington train robbery near Butte about three weeks ago.
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