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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
7
M Hager the Swedish vice consul in Batum Transcaucasia was mortally wounded while driving and died at a hospital. His murderers escaped. Hager headed the Nobel naphtha works and is the second consular officer killed in recent months following American vice consul William E Stuart who was shot near his country home on May 20.
Salt Lake City reports Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church, arrested for living unlawfully with five wives. A Mormon deputy sheriff swore out the complaint, the warrant was issued by a Mormon sheriff, and the committing magistrate is a Mormon. Smith was arraigned, waived preliminary hearing, and was bound over on his own recognizance.
A mass meeting of Eureka leaders decided that twenty seven Chinese brought by the Tallant company of Astoria Oregon to work at a salmon cannery by the Eel river mouth must leave. The cannery operator threatens to seek militia aid from the governor if demonstrations arise.
Georgetown Kentucky reports that Caleb Powers, condemned for Goebel's 1900 assassination, will face the February term after three trials. He has previously been sentenced to life twice and to death once.
Judge Phillips of the common pleas court granted a divorce to Mrs. W. J. White wife of the American Chicle company president known as the chewing gum trust. Mrs. White charged her husband with desertion.
In Chicago on October 2 the Interstate Commerce Commission resumed hearings on a case against Peavey Elevator accused by the Chicago Great Western Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe of rebates. The railroads allege Union Pacific paid Peavey 1½ cents per hundredweight for grain handled. The grain involved was owned by the elevator company.
Willian H. Sufferns of Decatur testifies at the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on alleged release practices. He says Harris-Scotte and Rosenbaum & Co. received a 2 cent per hundredweight elevator allowance in New Orleans, plus a 12 cent export rate, with 2 cents going to exporters and the rest to railroads, hindering his ability to compete in European markets. New Orleans figures show the Illinois Central railway's export elevators and leases influencing the tariff.
Milwaukee dispatch reports that control of the Wisconsin Central railway is near a sale to a few hands and an official announcement may come soon. Fred D. Underwood of the Erie system met with Wisconsin Central President Whitcomb twice in three weeks, fueling talk of an Erie purchase while others suspect E. H. Harriman or J. J. Hill as potential controllers.
San Francisco reports Harriman backs a transcontinental line, with steamers to run from New Orleans to New York via the Sunset route. The Creole, first ship built, launched at Quincy Mass, praised as satisfactory. Two more vessels under construction with more to follow.
Unofficial reports indicate the Great Northern plans a new line across central North Dakota. The route would start at Ayr, run west through Willow Lake county, cross the Cheyenne, reach the Cooperstown Soo branch between Cooperstown and Rogers, then parallel the Soo main line to Minot.
The 1912 Bennett cup ended with Lt. Frank P. Lahm of the United States winning after the Britannia landed near Sandringham. Hon. C. S Rolls and Col. Capper finished fourth. Von Willer of Italy placed second and Count de la Vaulx of France third. Lahm flew 415 miles, Rolls earned the endurance medal, and the cup becomes Aero Club of America property with Lahm receiving 2900 dollars.
Thirty thousand pounds of decomposed poultry were condemned and seized by the city health department at two Chicago cold storage warehouses. The city chemist found the chickens were putrid and entirely unfit for consumption.
The fifteen member committee from the national conference of state governors attorneys general and insurance commissioners met in Washington to draft uniform insurance laws but adjourned without a conclusion and will reconvene in Chicago on November 15.
The Kentucky racing commission law has been declared constitutional by the United States circuit court of appeals.
Market quotations from Minneapolis report wheat futures with Dec at 24 74 cents and May at 78 4 cents. Cash grains on track show No 1 hard 76 cents No 1 Northern 75 cents No 2 Northern 73 cents No 3 Northern 72 7/8 cents.
Forty Lake Forest college students refuse to sign the faculty pledge against hazing and will be expelled, while sixty after a mass meeting accept the professors manifesto as stated by President Richard D. Harlan.
St Paul market notes on October 2 show cattle range from good to choice steers 5.50 to 6.25, cows and heifers 3.50 to 4.50, veals 4.50 to 5.50, hogs 5.90 to 6.45, ewes to lambs 4.59 to 5.25, and good to prime spring lambs 6.25 to 7.00.
Topeka Kans Oct 3 Suits filed in the supreme court to oust Standard Oil and International Harvester of America from Kansas under the state antitrust act. Attorney General Joleman noted the actions follow a lengthy investigation.
Portland Ore Oct 3 the dead body of Carey H Snyder wanted in the Hillsboro Bank robbery was found near Hillsboro Snyder was son of Robert H Snyder millionaire banker of Kansas City now under indictment in St Louis for alleged franchise bribery
Chicago reports prices for Wheat December 75 3 4 and May 79 3 4, Corn December 42 1 2 and May 43 1 2, Oats December 34 3 4 and May 35, Pork January 13 36 37, flax quiet, butter creameries 19 24 cents, dairies 17 1 2 cents, eggs 15 19 cents, poultry turkeys 13, chickens 11 cents, springs 1 cent.
Wheat and flax prices and delivery bids listed in Duluth on Oct 2 with prices for No 1 Northern and No 2 Northern wheat, hard and northern tracks, and flax for various months. Market bids include Oct Dec May dates and near term delivery figures.
Chicago markets show varied cattle quotes with cattle types listed including cows and heifers and stockers and feeders. Texans and Westerns appear with price ranges, though the text ends abruptly leaving several categories incomplete.
A fragmented report notes throat irritation and persistent coughing with reference to a cough mixture. Readers are urged to consider relief options as symptoms linger.
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