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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1899
Page
2
A man finds his son Harry in a stable with a slate and pencil writing a composition about a horse. The father asks why in the stable, and the boy replies that the teacher told him to write a composition on a horse.
A compact quotation discusses three excesses and three deficiencies as warnings. It contrasts speaking much with knowing little, spending much with having little, and presuming much with being worth little, attributed to Cervantes.
L. E. Booker ex-treasurer of North Dakota and president of the defunct Grand Forks National Bank is back from British Columbia. Indicted for misappropriating bank funds and fled before his trial, he plans to surrender to the U S district court at the upcoming session, promising a state wide sensation.
Fargo North Dakota March 18 Josephine Balke a Norwegian woman about 40 attempted death by taking carbolic acid on the street in the presence of Carl Rudd an employee of the Fargo candy factory. She accused him of seducing her and said he must marry her or she would kill herself. She drank the poison and fell before him and it is expected she will not recover. Rudd has been arrested.
Denver dispatch reports Hinsdale County sheriff wiring Governor Thomas for troops as rioters seize control at Henson near Lake City late at night. A red glare signaled arson threats. Governor approves at once and orders Company B First Regiment Infantry and Troops B and C Cavalry under Captains Smith and Hill to march. Colonel Macarey commands the force.
Joseph Medill editor of the Chicago Tribune died in San Antonio Texas at 10 30 am from heart failure after three days bed confinement He was born in New Brunswick in 1823 spent youth in Ohio moved to Chicago and became Tribune owner and editor in chief later serving as mayor of Chicago in 1875
United States military authorities order that rations for Cuban poor after stock runs out be charged to the province customs receipts. Monthly requisitions continue, with US supplies buying sugar and rice in Cuban markets if advantageous, and the remainder purchased in the United States.
State Auditor Dunn reports the leading lumber interests oppose a sale this season due to Indian demonstrations and inflated timber values. He notes the minimum price of three dollars per thousand feet is too high for Norway pine, prompting calls to delay.
Parliament opened in Ottawa on March 18 with the customary ceremony. The attendance was larger than in many years and a number of American ladies occupied seats on the floor of the senate chamber.
A Buffalo resident recounts suffering from dropsy for three years with swollen eyes and limbs. After trying Dodd's Kidney Pills, he reports swelling subsided and he was cured after using four boxes. The ad claims the pills cure kidney related diseases and rheumatism. Pills sold for 50 cents a box or six for 2.50 by Dodd's Medicine Co. Buffalo NY.
General Wheaton's column clashes with rebels near Pa teros and Taguigas forcing plan change. Cav alry attacks a jungle stronghold driving foes toward Pateros as Scott's battery shells city and woods. Two Oregon infantry companies clear river right bank, with three wounded. Washington volunteers push rebels back toward Pateros. Pasig town fires during the night.
Washington reports a cable from General Otis noting operations since Caloocan show minor actions, with Wheaton's forces driving back a large enemy group, taking the Pasig line. Two improvised gunboats captured property, insurgent losses were heavy, American casualties minor. The insurgents offered no determined stand.
Mania March 16 Brigadier General Wheaton's column moved beyond Pasig to Laguna de Bay, sweeping rebels from the area. The insurgent line north and south is closed, an American cordon stretching over a mile from river to lake. Rebels hold Pateros and Taguig. two wounded from Monday, Private Stewart of Company B Twentieth Regiment and Private Munson of Company K Twenty second Regiment, died.
Worcester mass March 17 a car on the Wilbury division of the Worcester and Suburban railway ran off the track at McGowans bridge and plunged into the Blackstone river three occupants of the car were penned up in the vestibule and drowned.
A tornado wrecked a dozen or more dwellings and three churches and unroofed several factories at Avondale and Woodlawn in Birmingham suburbs. No injuries are reported as far as is known. The March 17 event affected multiple neighborhoods during a local storm.
An old advert claims Awe Of the people suffer from a humor causing diseases. Hood's Sarsaparilla allegedly expels the humor and cures scrofula salt rheum boils and eruptions. Hood's Pills are billed as a gentle reliable family cathartic and liver tonic.
Five men die and a sixth is fatally wounded in a street gunfight linked to a Hot Springs mayoral contest. Police chief Thomas Toler detective J E Hart sergeant Thomas Goslee sheriff Williams and driver Louis Hinkle killed. Sheriff Williams and son John later wounded. judge L D Belding named chief. The city quieted after arrests.
In Palmetto Georgia an early morning mob stormed a jail house and shot nine black men. Four died instantly and five were seriously wounded as the town endures repeated fires since January. Capital City guards from Atlanta arrived to guard key areas as citizens fear a black uprising.
In a dispute over candidates at Grand avenue and Natural Bridge road, Bud Price a Black man and Edward Osterhide were shot and killed almost instantly. Ex detective Jack Williams is alleged to have fired the shots in this fatal row.
Sugar trading in New York surged with blocks of 1,000 shares exchanging hands and prices swinging from 148 at midday to 172 briefly, then slipping to 151 before recovering to 158. Short sellers panic as Glucose Sugar Refinery rose nine points on rumor but pared gains later.
Joe Walcott defeated Billy Edwards of Australia at the Broadway Athletic Club in New York. The planned 20 round bout ended in the 18th, with Walcott favored in betting and the fighters coming in at 148 pounds.
The first Denver train since February 21 arrives at Como at 4 p m after a week covering 23 miles. Rail officials anticipate reaching Breckenridge in about ten days and Leadville in four to five weeks.
London March 18 G A Birt missing chairman and director of Milwell Dock company, whose disappearance in February uncovered a deficit exceeding one million dollars in the firm’s accounts, has been arrested in London.
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