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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
2
Reports from Cape Town dated March 16 show four European and eight colored bubonic plague cases with total deaths reaching 37. Wholesale inoculation has begun and 2,000 natives were treated, as the disease appears at Malmesbury. Boer raiders in Albany seized horses but paid for some supplies.
Kritsinger's commando is reported marching northward in Cape Colony on Wednesday March 13 and has eluded three pursuing British columns as it passed through Adelaide. Local officials note the rapid movement and continued mobility of the force as it heads inland.
In Pietermaritzburg on March 16 the trial of De Jager, a leading rebel, concluded with five years imprisonment and a £5,000 fine. His defense claimed a Transvaal burgher court ruled he owed no allegiance to Natal despite not being a naturalized burgher.
In San Juan March 16 two Porto Rico regiment members Beltram and Arroyo committed suicide. Beltram, reprimanded for untidiness and ordered to kitchen duty, shot himself. While Beltram was being buried Arroyo, a close friend, killed himself in the same manner. Seven personal crisis reports have occurred in the native regiment over six months.
The Tri-Weekly Tribune publishes every other day with latest news, foreign and domestic correspondence, short stories, illustrations, humorous notes, industrial information, fashion, agriculture, and reliable market reports. Regular price is $1.50 per year. Tuk Huron-TE edition offered at $2.00 per year.
The Weekly Tribune is a Thursday published paper known for sixty years as a top National Family Newspaper. It offers general news from The Daily Tribune up to press time, an Agricultural Department, entertaining reading for all ages, and market reports trusted by farmers and country merchants. Subscriptions are $1.00 per year, or $1.25 with The Horonire.
Washington reports a War Department order directs General Chaffee to evacuate China by end April leaving a legation guard of 150 troops. The Ninth Infantry four cavalry troops and a light battery will sail to Manila via Taku. MacArthur notified. stores disposed, division supplies guard.
Peking reports Russian minister M. de Giers will not consent to further executions. American envoy Mr. Rockhill says leniency is needed where possible but high officials in provinces commit barbarous crimes. Indemnities for American claims will be paid, with arrangements seen as fair for Chinese and foreigners.
March 18 dispatches report Russian troops seizing the railway siding at Tien Tsin with armed sentries guarding it. British General Barrow hesitates to act without General Gasalee as Sir Ernest Satow discusses the situation. Russians celebrate as entrenchment continues with Hong Kong regiment and Madras pioneers in reserve awaiting orders.
Protocols signed at the state department by Lord Pauncefote and Secretary Hay extend the ratification period by one year for four reciprocal treaties in the British West Indies Jamaica Bermuda Guiana and Turks and Caicos Islands.
Mobile reports say a camp housing sixty workers perished in a blaze set by three discharged at Baldwin county. One survivor Frank C. Prissler docked at Mobile describes escaping through burning logs and turpentine sheds as search parties scour the region.
A seven story granite front building in Newspaper Row in Boston burned killing three proof readers James R. Sr Walter Luscombe and Judson Cramp. Nearly a dozen injured and extensive property damage reported as fire started in the pressroom and spread rapidly through the elevator well.]*(Note: S trimmed to fit)
Former British military attache Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Hamilton Lee told the house of commons that American recruits excel in physique and intelligence. He noted the three year enlistment with optional re-enlistment, high pay, and a 20 percent wartime pay increase.
Judge George B. Baldwin of Canton a lifelong friend of the president has received word he will be appointed consul to Nuremberg Bavaria to succeed Dr Webber of Cleveland. The appointment takes effect June 1 with a salary of 3500 dollars a year plus fees.
In Salt Lake City the Utah Senate rescheduled the governor’s veto on the Evans bill. A motion on passing despite the veto tied 9 to 9 after an initial 11 to 5 passage.
St. Petersburg reports Minister of Public Instruction M. Bologoipoff died from wounds after being shot during a February 27 reception. The assailant was Peter Karpovich, formerly a University of Moscow student.
London dispatch notes Lord Kitchener silent on peace negotiations. The report, dated Pretoria March 14, cites Dewet moving toward Senekal and methuen guiding prisoners and cattle. French’s movements imply ongoing hostilities. Weather delays columns and reports of Boer casualties and captured supplies accompany the update.
Cape Town on March 18 reported seven new bubonic plague cases including one European victim. Authorities moved Kaffirs to a reservation outside the city and Malays held a mass meeting resolving to eviction by force if needed amid the outbreak. Everal thousand are now here.
The Dai Ly Mail notes a sharp rise in desertions at Aldershot, chiefly among the cavalry, blamed on low pay. It cites yeomanry earning five shillings daily versus one shilling for the cavalry, fueling resentment.
The war office states no further troops will be landed at Cape Town until bubonic plague subsides. Transports are ordered to embark troops at Port Elizabeth East London and Port Elizabeth in South Africa.
A dispatch from Fallspruit reported to The Times that Generals Botha Delarey and Dewet will meet on March 18 to discuss the current situation.
Andrew Carnegie, retired from steel, plans another major library grant. He offers $5.2 million to establish 65 branch libraries in New York City, provided the city provides sites and ongoing maintenance. The proposal was sent in a letter to Dr. John S. Billings, director of the New York Public Library.
Twelve of 288 convicts confined after a prison fire climbed through a ventilator to the roof, prepared to descend by rope when they spotted militia below. They stayed on the roof all night and were found in the morning.
Advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine for nervous people. It claims the tonic tones the whole system and perfects digestion, boosting stamina and nerve strength for those who tire easily.
In Indianapolis on March 16 a message from President and Mrs. McKinley arrived at the late President Harrison’s home on North Delaware Street. The message expressed national mourning for General Harrison and offered heartfelt sympathy in this hour of overwhelming sorrow.
Chief quartermaster Charles F. Humphrey, previously with General Chaffee, now in Chicago, has been ordered to the Philippines. He will tour the islands and posts, returning to Manila by June 1 to relieve Major Miller in the duties as chief quartermaster there.
Jessie Morrison, charged with the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle, was committed to jail in default of 5000 bail after her first trial ended without a verdict. The case is set for the June term. While free, she had been clerking in a nearby town store.
A historical note compares a rescued starving dog’s gratitude to its owner with a warning about human behavior. The passage suggests loyalty comes from kindness and care rather than fear or coercion.
Die the October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months in which to try stock speculation. The others are July, January, September, August, December, February, April, March, June, November and May.
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