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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
6
London reports on March 21 note parliamentary papers delaying negotiations between Lord Kitchener and General Botha. Botha rejects peace terms, easing British pressures. The Daily Mail calls for continued war and no more negotiations, urging reinforced forces if needed.
London March 21 General Botha has rejected the peace terms offered by General Kitchener. In a letter to Kitchener Botha said he was not disposed to recommend the terms to his government. He added his government and officers fully concur with his view and Chamberlain said papers connected with negotiations would be laid on the table.
London notes from the House of Commons where late discussions on estimates featured a strong attack by Burdette-Coutts on the South African hospital commission. He labeled the report partial and incomplete and accused medical service officials of "cooking" evidence and concealing truth from the public.
Cape Town reports five fresh bubonic plague cases, three European and two colored, during the day. A steamer from Cape Town arrived at Durban with a plague case aboard. Military authorities approve a Maxim gun mounted on a motor car for immediate use.
Advices from Moscow say Count Leo Tolstoi accepted the news of his excommunication without complaint. His wife wrote a striking letter to the procurator of the holy synod and metropolitan bishops protesting the synod action. She condemns a secret order forbidding priests to perform rites if the count dies.
A freight train on the Central railroad wrecked on a trestle near Chipley Georgia. Engineer W. A. Wright and Fireman Joseph Key, both of Columbus, were killed. Several were injured.
At Lansing state shaft, fifteen guards were held hostage as convicts seized the mine Monday. Hunger forced talks, the warden refused conditional surrender, and a rescue attempt led to a heavy fusilade. Guards recaptured leaders. others surrendered as the mutiny collapsed.
Doctors use Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil for rheumatism linked to digestion. If digestion is the cause, it may cure. if not, it will do no harm. The genuine product bears the picture on the label. Free sample offered, price $1.00, Scott & Bowne, 409 Pearl St., New York.
An advertisement touts S S S as a blood purifier and tonic for cancer scrofula rheumatism chronic sores eczema psoriasis and contagious blood poison. It cites fifty years of cures with a nationwide appeal from Atlanta GA and invites readers to consult their physicians at no charge.
Washington reports a War Department order directs the Porto Rican volunteer regiment to muster out on or before June 30 under the July 1 expiration rule for volunteer enlistments. It notes officers and men may be retained if they wish, with a new native Porto Rican regiment to be formed under conditions like the regular army.
Corry Pennsylvania March 21 A fortune for seven dollars came to Peter Greenhalgh of Venango Crawford county when Jacob Blystone’s old safe sold for seven dollars. The buyer examined the safe and discovered four thousand two hundred fifty dollars in gold and paper money inside.
Chinese Minister to the United States Wu Ting-fang spoke at the University of Chicago convocation in Studebaker theater on March 21, defending Chinese civilization and comparing it with Western progress before a full faculty and audience.
New York dated March 21 reports Hudson county grand jury indicts Thomas G. Barker for the February 8 attack on Rev. John Keller at Arlington. Three counts include atrocious assault, assault with intent to kill, and simple assault.
The Times reports a potential general strike of about ten to twelve thousand cloakmakers despite a prior anti strike pledge. The executive committee says manufacturers cut prices while many smaller strikes occurred, and a wage scale for late spring and summer faces potential enforcement by a first general cloakmakers strike if refused.
German official circles say British and Russian guards remain at the Tien Tsin land under dispute and expect a satisfactory adjustment. The press sees Great Britain yielding and warns a local clash could embolden Chinese resistance. Germany and the United States favor joint Chinese damages as the solution.
The British send 90 marines to replace Indian guards at Tien Tsin amid fears of Russo-British land clashes and potential French provocations. General Baillaud left Peking to investigate French troop disorders in the city.
London reports General Wogack rejects Count von Waldersee's arbitration and demands withdrawal and apology for removing the Russian flag. General Barrow and the British government refuse and back him. British reinforcements are dispatched. Russian Korea actions are described as aggressive with likely further demands related to Ma San Pho.
The Russian press dismisses the Tien Tsin affair as unimportant. A Novoe Vremya London correspondent says the dispute is minor and a French diplomat notes an Anglo Russian war is impossible. Russia would merely threaten support for the Boers to bring Britain to its knees.
At a special directors meeting Clinton L Rossiter resigned as president and director of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Brooklyn Heights Railway. J L Greatsinger, president of the Duluth and Iron Range railway, was elected to fill the vacancies.
Senator William P. Frye of Maine sailed on the Cherokee bound for San Domingo. He declined to discuss Cuba, saying he was much in need of rest and would take a five weeks' vacation, with no further remarks.
A large black funnel cloud swept over Rock Falls on March 22 from the southwest. It wrecked the African Methodist Episcopal church, Woodman hall, and numerous barns about four miles south of town.
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