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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1905
Page
2
C N W Ry announces daily MBabcia passage from the east at 2 p.m and 6 p.m Sunday. Westbound Osiongo Express runs daily except certain days. Northbound departures include 10:35 a.m and 5:45 a.m with connections at Sioux Valley Junction and Redfield for points east of L.8 Jonas.
A general strike by Berlin electrical workers disrupts power and streetcars as employers pull out staff and the municipal government assigns fifty fire brigade engineers to power houses. The War Ministry declines soldier mobilization for the electric firms, while 160 Kiel torpedo battalion engineers are planned. Guards are redeployed to Berlin to quell potential strike excesses.
Elihu Root formally took up the duties as secretary of state in Washington on October 3. He arrived early at the state department and introduced the new assistant secretary Bacon to Loomis, the retiring aide. French Ambassador Jusserand visited to present concerns over France Venezuela tensions related to the French Cable Company and Caracas relations. No crisis or action by the U.S. was indicated after the interview.
Chicago dispatch reports B S Casey traffic manager for Schwarzschild Sulzberger testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission on rebates given by railroads to packing houses. He cited average rebates of 2.50 a car justified as delay and damage payments and noted most Kansas City meat output moved east on 18 cent rates rather than the public 20 cent rate. Four other packing firms were subpoenaed as witnesses.
In Albany on October 3 ex Senator David B Hill asked the New York Court of Appeals to reargue Albert T Patrick's murder case. He stressed that Judge Gray's son Henry G Gray is an assistant district attorney who helped prosecute Patrick and argued that Gray should not have sat on the court. Hill said without Gray's vote the court would have been evenly divided and urged reconsideration on other grounds as well.
William B. Rankine vice president of the Niagara Falls Power company is dead at Franconia New Hampshire seeking health. Mindison Wisconsin council members cited to appear in court to show cause why a saloonkeeper license was not revoked. Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers association Seattle meeting votes to raise spruce lumber lists by 1 per 1000 and lath by 25 cents per 1000. Lord Curzon and Lady Curzon departure from India postponed as King Edward wants Curzon to remain to greet the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Thirty eight individuals facing 172 indictments from the last grand jury appeared before Judge Brazee and pleaded not guilty in Milwaukee municipal court. The list includes former and current public officials, reporters, a state senator, assemblyman, an alderman, and various business men. Arraignments ran late and immediate trials were requested by some. The lengthy docket is expected to take two to three years to resolve.
Dayton, October 3. Three hundred employees at the National Cash Register company were discharged after reporting for work. The action follows the union demand for an eight hour day in the printing department and the company ordered all workers to attend addresses on the labor situation in the assembly hall before closing time Saturday. Those discharged are those who failed to attend the meeting.
The federal grand jury issued new indictments in the cotton crop report leakage case involving Edwin S. Holmes, a five case assistant state statistician for the Agricultural Department, along with F. A. Peckham and Moses Haas of New York. The charges cover the same ground as earlier indictments but are deemed more specific and prepared with greater care, aided by former District Attorney Beach now serving as special attorney for the DOJ in the cotton leak matters.
Market report from Minneapolis dated Sept 30 shows wheat bids for September at 78 and a half cents, December at 80 and three quarters, May at 83 and three quarters. On track futures list No 1 hard at 81 and a half, No 1 Northern at 80 and a quarter, No 2 Northern at 77 and a half cents.
St Paul market prices list cattle from good to choice steers at 4.50 to 5.50, cows and heifers 3.25 to 4.25, sheep lambs and yearling wethers 4.50 to 5.50, hogs 5.05 to 5.50, with various grades shown for each category.
Joseph T. McAddon appeared in Bow Street extradition court and was remanded for a week on bail of 80,000 dollars. He furnished 10,000 dollars himself, with two sureties totaling 40,000 dollars. A bail bond was provided and he was released.
The Pioneer Town Site Company announces a new Wyoming town in Fremont County near the Wind River country and the Shoshone Reservation. Land will open for settlement June 1 1906 and sales occur during the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas from October 3 to 6, 1905. P Whitney, town site agent, will be in Douglas with maps and pricing information.
New York reports an assassination bid against President Palma by flooding a bridge with wedges. The plan would have tipped his car into water if not traveling at speed. Palma now travels slowly with secret service protection.
Detroit reports the tug Fap nie Tuthill was sunk in a collision with an unknown steamer in Lake St. Clair. All twelve crew members were rescued. Captain W A Reed of the Mariposa said two boats with seven crew were picked up.
An ad claims fatigue and insomnia relief with Hallister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It presents tea or tablets for 35 cents and is signed H. Wehfelser.
Henry A. Leonard, a clerk at Halle Stieglitz, confessed to stealing securities valued at 359000 from National City bank. He planned the act to show how easily bank schemes can be carried out and mailed 300000 worth of securities, while 59000 remained missing. The report also notes a separate tragic case in Rock Island where Clarence Markham killed his seven children and then himself.
A consolidation of the Cudahy and Cherokee Oil and Gas interests forms the Cudahy Pipe Line and Refining Company with 16 million capital. Plans include a 665 mile pipe line from Bartlesville to St Louis and a 6,000 barrel refinery at St Louis on a site already purchased.
Ottawa on October 3 reports the minister of justice has signed the extradition warrant for John F. Gaynor and Gb. D. Greene and forwarded it to the lieutenant governor of Quebec for action.
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