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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
8
A fragmented excerpt notes that on July Fourth more fools die than on other days, suggesting a statistical quip about the holiday. It claims a share of the year and implies national rhetoric on safety and folly.
A quip lists October among months deemed peculiarly dangerous for stock speculation. The line imitates a product caption about Castoria and suggests caution by naming all months as risky. The cartoonish warning frames October as especially perilous for speculation moves.
Washington April 23. The house struck out provisions allowing the secretary of the navy to contract for Krupp armor for the Maine Ohio and Missouri and repeal the $300 per ton limit. Debate and a filibuster followed as fights over shipbuilding and armor costs stalled final action on the naval appropriation bill.
A day fire in Epinsurcu N D leveled the city business area causing $400,000 in losses. Two women died Mrs Jacob Lindall and Mrs B Byerson. Dozens homeless with food shortages as Domsted Co drug store stock lumber yard and five stores two hotels and other buildings burned. Rail line tracks destroyed delaying trains.
The Senate debated the Hawaiian civil government conference report with sharp criticism and postponed final action for a day. Senator Callum explained changes while the Alaskan civil code bill drew brief attention as Senator Bate spoke against a Hansbrough amendment on alien miners. The chamber also honored Lorenzo Danford with a memorial resolution.
The House Committee on Commerce substituted the Sherman bill for the Pacific cable plan in place of the Senate measure. The Sherman version would have private construction under government supervision, while the Senate bill calls for garment construction and operation.
Hale introduces a bill to buy about 1800 acres near Pearl Harbor Hawaii for naval use with a proposed appropriation of 150000 dollars. The measure seeks federal purchase of land for military purposes and outlines the funding amount.
London April 23 The Daily Mail reports an arrangement near completion that would make Viscount Hinton the Earl of Pulet The organ grinder would relinquish his claim to the title but receive an annuity from the estate.
Secretary of State Rose grants articles of incorporation to C. F. Merry B. S. White and C. C. Ingraham of Chicago for the Equitable Tax Association of America, an outgrowth of the Anti-Trust Conference Cuicanco.
James Francis Smith, a teen courier from Philadelphia and New York schoolboys, has reached Paris to convey a sympathy message to President Kruger. He plans to sail from Marseilles on April 26 after an interview with Dr Leyds at The e.
Dreyfus reached Geneva at noon accompanied by his nephew M. Paul. The caption notes his arrival in Switzerland on April 28 as crowds gather and interest mounts in the ongoing case.
A dynamite works packinghouse near Kawkawlin explodes injuring three men and tearing apart trees and buildings. Victims William Weaver Edward Halligan and William Van Viassar leave families behind. Owner H. H. Thomas estimates minor financial loss. cause suspected from dropped dynamite in seven year series of blasts.
Attorney Richard Crowley filed petitions to bring two Chinese exclusion cases to the Supreme Court. Pin Kwen and Bing Yik, merchants in Buffalo, were arrested after 17 months under Griggs ruling that Chinese traders are laborers under exclusion laws. The case will decide if the 1888 exclusion act remains in operation.
Assistant Secretary Taylor received a telegram from the Port Townsend immigration inspector reporting 1,000 Japanese immigrants landed on Thursday and 2,200 more expected to arrive that day. He asks for authority to hire extra examiners, and Mr. Taylor authorized three emergency assistants for the task.
Sioux City hosts the Northwestern Teachers association with about 1000 teachers in attendance from Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska. Papers of interest are read at the meetings as trains bring crowds into town.
Machine miners in Terre Haute Indiana resume work after quitting over a fair scale adjustment. The miners union will settle the dispute among the men as they await a settlement to the difficulty.
Evening Wisconsin report from Grand Rapids says the John Edwards paper plant pulp mill has closed due to high water. The closure may force other mills to shut down by night.
In Boston on April 23 twelve sacks of mail addressed to Francis Truth the divine healer were seized by the United States government as part of a fraud case. Truth was recently arrested on fraud charges.
April 20 reports a heated naval appropriation debate under the five minute rule. Grosvenor of Ohio and Williams of Mississippi clashed over remarks and parliamentary language. Some progress was made on the bill but key points were postponed. A motion to strike the navy department’s $500,000 contingent fund failed and a point of order on $350,000 for the Annapolis naval academy remained unresolved.
Representative Grosvenor introduced a bill to authorize the president to appoint three volunteer officers—General Joseph Wheeler General Fitzhugh Lee and General James H. Wilson—as brigadier generals in the regular service and then retire them.
Washington April 20 The Alaskan civil code bill occupied nearly the entire senate session. Senator Stewart of Nevada spoke almost three hours on U S mining laws and their relation to Hansbroughs proposed amendment on alien locator rights. Senators Nelson Carter and Teller spoke at length, with Teller and Nelson vociferously opposing the amendment.
Judge Mc Gee sustains city in Northwestern Telephone Exchange v Minneapolis ruling. He holds the company only held a revokable license to use streets and public grounds, with no franchise or vested rights. The council may revoke the permit at will.
Milwaukee dispatch notes the Wisconsin river at the northern stretch has hit a twenty year peak. Bridges face washouts and rails are submerged in many spots as authorities urge protective measures to shield millions in funds and property.
Bloemfontein reports a 30 foot Caledon flood rising while Modder drifts remain impassable. Rail ballast washed out and carts cannot reach town as heavy rain gives way to improving weather but roads lack. Army transport reshuffles amid Boer grain district holds to starve British forces.
April 21 Mastro Basutoland reports Boer forces encircling Wepener from multiple directions. Desultory shelling and sniping persist with minimal response from Colonel Dalgety. Caledon river level rose, causing Boer unease over potential split as reinforcements, arriving on donkeys, push toward Thaba N'Chu.
From Johannesburg dated April 18 The Times reports British position easing with a majority of enemy forces heading to intercept the relief column leaving 1 gun and about 1000 men on the west to block cooperation. Allied casualties total about 150 with no word yet on the relief column.
The Times dispatch from Bloemfontein states Major General Prettyman is appointed military governor of the entire Free State territory to preserve law and order. The arrest of suspected Free Staters continues as authority expands.
The commissioner of internal revenue ruled that brewers must pay a special tax as malt liquor dealers for every location selling bottled beer and must obtain a separate special tax stamp for each distinct selling place.
The Democratic State Central committee in St Paul decides to hold the state convention in Minneapolis on June 20. A plan to reorganize the central committee to include one member from each county, instead of per judicial district, will be submitted to the convention.
Only 40 men report for work at Croton Landing New York on April 23 amid a strike, far short of what is needed to continue the project. Most strikers have left to seek other employment.
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