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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1907
Page
5
East Carroll parish readies for the president and party with eleven tents near the Tensas river. Five tents host white members while two house negro servants. The camp includes a kitchen dining tent and horse spread, with game hunts planned for the larder. The site lies ten miles from a railroad in a quiet, woodless area.
St. Paul report notes James Manahan's reticence on talks with Bryan after a Lincoln visit. Frank A. Day says Bryan told Manahan he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Day predicts Minnesota delegates may back Governor Johnson if his nomination seems feasible.
Kametaro Sagamoto, owner of a Chicago Japanese store, opened a booth at a Milwaukee amusement resort, met cashier Sadie J. Lynch, and announced plans to wed on October 28.
Several printing and publishing firms from Chicago St Louis New York and Massachusetts with national officers of the United Typothetae sue in Cincinnati federal court seeking an injunction against the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants union of America for alleged breach of the 1907 eight hour day agreement dated January 1 1907.
Exeter October 8 1923 report says Booker T Washington Jr son of the educator and J E Gomez son of a Cuban general were said to be expelled due to race prejudice. Principal Dr Harlan P Ames denied the claim stating old students left voluntarily rather than face discipline.
Railway Commissioner Williams, after an inspection of Missouri Pacific tracks in Nebraska, declares the road bed unsafe. He urges passenger trains run at twenty five miles an hour, freight trains at twenty, and heavy freight trains at fifteen.
On account of leaving the city I offer for sale at my residence 466 Utah street all of my household goods including piano 4 stoves 2 bedroom suites parlor and dining room furniture Singer sewing machine rugs carpets curtains etc 1 kitchen cabinet and many other articles Excellent bargains for piano buyers All items in first class condition many new Jas Keenne Red 149 466 Utah St Huron.
Long distance telephone offer invites customers to call central for a rate of $1 to the Twin Cities. The notice also promises connections to all points in North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Iowa Nebraska and as far east as Chicago.
A Cadell resident Earl Shamberg recalls a harsh drought era and severe coughing nights. He reports relief after using Dr King’s New Discovery, noting one bottle brought healing and renewed hope.
New York oct 8 reports tension in the New York Lubricating Oil companys dispute with the Standard Oil group. Galena Signal Oil a Standard subsidiary pressed President Milton Smith of Louisville and Nashville railroad to award contracts at higher rates, amid claims of rebates and favored Galena contracts with Central of Georgia and others. Witness Kellogg notes Galena agents pressured Smith despite his refusal to rebate. Former Judge Ferris ruled Harrison not a defendant and thus not entitled to counsel.
Charles Sloane of the company says the denial comes as a surprise and no information on charges has been provided. He notes the contract demanded a uniform paper grade used by Holyoke mills of American Writing Paper and Whiting Paper, inspected generally by the government but not chemically analyzed. The accusation claims the coin benefited the hiring of the last four.
Pittsburg delegates returning from Memphis dispute President Roosevelt’s statement about no danger during the deep waterways trip. Pilot C L Nichols of the Hartweg and Captain Moren defend the Mississippi voyage, asserting no accident or risk occurred under the Hartweg’s watch.
In a long Sunday sequence the veteran preacher, at 79, spoke in three services totaling about six hours in the Auditorium. He addressed about 8,000 listeners and remained as fresh at the end as his younger officers.
Battle Creek Michigan October eight opening session of the National Citizens' Industrial association gathers about fifty of the planned two hundred delegates. President C W Post denounces labor unions and the closed shop and calls for public prosecution against disruptions to travel and shipments. He urges restoring Citizen associations with arbitration to resolve industrial disputes.
Honolulu October 8. Lorrine Andrews representing the American merchants of Shanghai sailed on the steamer Manchuria for Lan to reach Washington to see the impeachment of L. A. Wi of the United States court China on charges of oath violation. Seven grounds for impeachment are alleged.
Five men, who sailed Sunday afternoon from Long Branch New Jersey to lobster pots ten miles off, have not returned. The missing crew may have had an accident, and search efforts are underway.
A gang of twenty-two convicts attacked guards during transport from Tyumen to Tobolsk in Eastern Siberia. Guards fired, killing all twenty-two rebels. eleven prisoners were armed during the melee that followed.
New York October 8 the directors of the Great Northern Railway declare an extra dividend of 1 percent. Funds for the dividend come from Lake Superior Company not ore lands leased to United States Steel but from other holdings including coal lands and express companies stock.
Three unidentified men drowned at Therese on the Chambly canal after a buggy incident. The three occupants perished when the canal boatmen failed to rescue them and the identities remain unknown.
Washington reports no foundation for rumor that Robert Bacon or Ambassador Tower plan to retire. No word has been received indicating any change in Berlin postings.
Washington October report indicates Secretary Taft will ask Congress for a large appropriation to fund military clothing for the next year. The Quartermaster General estimates the current stock is depleted with few ready replenishment options.
Indianapolis reports UMWA president John Mitchell showing marked health improvement yet still unable to attend national leadership duties. The brief notes his condition and ongoing recovery as October 8 reports.
New York senator Platt contests Mae C Wood's divorce claim alleging a 1901 marriage. He says she claimed marriage in 1906 after extortion threats and cites prior Omaha suits as conflicts. He dismisses a forged marriage certificate and asserts letters were used to coerce payment.
New York October 5 reports a tacit understanding between the International Salt company and independent manufacturers to regulate evaporated salt prices. The move follows higher labor and supply costs and overproduction, with prices up 60 cents to $1 per ton from recent lows. Retrenchment and workforce reductions are noted.
An explosion of gas at Tennessee Coal and Iron Railway mine No 7 in Pratt City Birmingham area triggered a roof fall. Four acting bosses and several workers remain unaccounted with authorities unsure of the number trapped or injured.
New York October 7 wireless waves sweep the Atlantic for news of an elopement by a rich American heiress and her English groom. The bride Miss Hele Maloney daughter of Martin Maloney shipped to London and New York, after secretly marrying George Samantha Clare son of an English family. Parents fear they have sailed for Europe as wireless and cable messages scatter to steamers and London.
Ambassador Tower seeks retirement after nearly eleven years abroad to establish a home in the United States for his sons who will soon enter Harvard. His Berlin lease ends next year and he will depart from the diplomatic list, with Mrs Tower and their two young daughters currently in Baden Baden.
An attempted abduction near Florence failed when two men arrived at the Toselli villa claiming to bring puppies for the young princess Anne Monica Pia, spouse of Enrico Toselli. The servants thwarted the ruse and secured the doors, with the couple away at the time.
Mayor Whitlock refuses the Democratic mayor nomination after the city convention failed to endorse Independent party principles. All other independent candidates endorsed by Democrats decline to place their names on the Democratic ticket.
Two tramps were killed in a Northern Pacific freight wreck near Weston. Fireman Gilbert Ernest of Tacoma is missing and believed dead, while Engineer F N Myers of San Francisco and Brakeman Thames sustained serious injuries. The westbound train comprised thirty cars of hay grain and liver, plus a caboose and an en route set of cars.
In Milwaukee on Oct 9 a resolution called for clergy who use tobacco to be barred from preaching and licensed to preach only if they quit. The measure passed without opposition and moved to the revision committee for consideration.
On the African coast Malaga Spain reports deep mud in many streets, two and a half feet on average, with flood victims still being found buried as rescue work proceeds.
New York October 6 W W Tarbell treasurer of Pure Oil and United States Pipe Line testified in the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil. He said Standard fought the United States Pipe Line to block seaboard access and that independents were driven to give up by price cuts and discriminatory practices favoring Standard Oil.
Miss Iva Wagoner, seventeen, daughter of a local minister, is arrested in Rochester Indiana on a charge of attempting to wreck a Lake Erie and Western passenger train endangering forty to fifty lives. Authorities allege the plan aimed to see her sweetheart employed by the railroad, who would have been called to the scene. Railroad detectives say they stopped further prosecutions if the daughter could be placed in treatment.
In Atlanta on October 8 delegates from cotton farming and textile manufacturing met in an international conference to discuss questions vital to growers and consumers. The aim is to prompt actions that could radically alter handling methods of cotton.
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