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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1905
Page
6
Rail schedule for C N W Ry shows trains arriving from the east at 845 p.m and 6:00 p.m service. Westbound departures listed 8:10 a.m 140 p.m with daily operation except Sunday. Mail and Express service at 545 a.m and connections at Sioux Valley Junction and Redfield to points east of L H. Johnson noted.
An old advertisement claims a single day cure for a cold using LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. The copy promises a refund if the medicine fails to cure, citing a refund policy and provider details.
John C. Perkins notes premiums on risks written and losses incurred. The report shows total risks written and net amount of risks in force for the year, with reinsurance and paid losses figures.
Paris reports a Parisian belief that Japan seeks territorial gains in Indo China and will press for stronger defenses and large reinforcements in the Far East. Officials deny explicit aims but Paris and Tokyo observers expect France to harden defenses and prepare for possible conflict.
Nier outlines a chain of coastal defenses similar to those surrounding France. The admiral and army and colonial representatives will likely visit Indo China soon to personally inspect the requirements.
The May 15 dispatch from St Petersburg notes reduced danger of a French neutrality issue as Japan shows irritation over safeguarded interests. Britain’s influence nudges Tokyo toward pacific tones while Russia’s public hostility toward Britain deepens. Premier Balfour’s May 11 Commons speech on India defense is seen as poorly timed amid international tensions and American press reactions.
In Tokio on May 16 the Constitutionalist committee met Premier Katsura to discuss the French neutrality incident. Katsura said the government is exerting its best efforts for the nation and outlined the steps already taken.
The chamber of deputies withdraws the resolution proposing a boycott of French commerce citing recent developments and government stance. The move ends the push for economic sanctions and leaves the issue unresolved.
In St. Petersburg on May 15 an orderly shot and killed Vice Admiral Nazitoff in his room. Three shots from a revolver were fired by the disgruntled orderly who had just been dismissed and sent to the front.
Seventeen war ships were sighted in the evening of May 10 twelve miles off the Three Kings rocks near Van fong bay. Transports were seen in Hankohe bay, seventy five miles north of Kamranh bay, on the same day.
A Brightman shot and killed Mrs. Charles H. Gurney and then killed himself. Unrequited love said to be the motive. Mrs. Gurney aged nineteen, formerly Dona Vincent, came from Minneapolis with her mother a year ago and married C. H. Gurney, a newspaper man, after Brightman allegedly refused marriage.
St Petersburg May 15 The senate rejected the appeal of Ivan Kalieeff, who killed Grand Duke Sergius at Moscow, and confirmed the death sentence imposed on him.
Russian peasants in the Sergatel district of Nizhny Novgorod province have risen in revolt. Reports describe an uprising amid rural unrest and calls for relief from authorities. Local forces brace for confrontation as the movement gathers momentum.
In Mankato Minnesota on May 15 the murder case against Dr. George R. Koch of New Ulm ended arguments and the judge read a seventeen page charge. Koch, free on bail, was held in custody as the jury retired to deliberate after twenty four days of legal proceedings.
New Rochelle scene as Mr and Mrs Emer son Gould Jr ride at high speed. The car mounted a sidewalk and toppled down an embankment near a roadway. Both occupants escaped serious harm though shaken by the incident.
Mr Gould and his wife were pinned beneath their vehicle after it struck a mound and swerved onto the sidewalk. The car jumped a wall and toppled into an embankment. Both were extricated unconscious and rushed to Mount Vernon by ambulance.
In Budapest on May 15, twenty two miners were killed by a premature explosion during blasting at the Almaay coal mine. Rescue efforts and investigations followed as authorities reported the accident.
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