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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1899
Page
2
A nurse wartime era style testimonial piece touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for womb trouble and female weakness. Letters from Mrs Gro Bainbridge Susie Weaver M Baumann praise relief from leucorrhoea painful menstruation and bearing down, claiming improved health and urging others to use the product.
Navy report lists gunboats Marietta and Machias as active units with other vessels unnamed. Detailing ship roles and statuses, the notice highlights ongoing operations and planned additions to the fleet.
The president orders immediate naval reinforcement to the Philippines, designating the Brooklyn Marietta and Machias for Asiatic service following Admiral Dewey's briefing on the Philippine situation. The move aims to hasten the end of hostilities and strengthen the Asiatic squadron. The Leona, a Mallory line steamer, burned and sunk at a New York wharf with cargo losses estimated at 250000 to 300000 dollars. Prairie fires near Pana threaten hundreds of acres of meadow and crops as firefighting efforts continue.
Several hundred insurgents have reoccupied Porac after its capture by General MacArthur on Sept. 28. They push toward Mexico southeast of Angeles to outflank the Manila garrison. Reconnaissance from Mexico shows insurgents at Santa Ana and Arayat. US casualties include an American private killed at Santa Ana and three sailors wounded near Bacoor. Two Calamba attacks leave the commanding officer and 60 Filipinos dead.
Fire in Clark South Dakota at about 2 a m destroys nine business buildings including the post office. Investigators suspect incendiary origin as cause.
Berlin dispatch notes a Deutscher Kolonial Zeitung editorial predicting Liberia will soon cease to exist and be divided between France England and Germany. It argues Liberia’s value to Germany, especially the Cameroon region, and warns Germany must secure a share or lose the whole.
The Carnegie Steel company will start two new blast furnaces at Rankin each 100 tons per day larger than any at Duquesne. Additions at Duquesne include open hearth steel plant and a reversible blooming mill. Total cost eyed at 7.5 to 8 million dollars, boosting capacity over 100 percent within a year.
Minneapolis mills ground 22 905 barrels of flour last week, down from 330 725 the prior week and 356 975 the year before. Superior Duluth mills produced 61 910 barrels, up from 29 325 and 91 160 the year prior. Overall flour market improved though buyers held to old quotations.
Articles of the Virginia and Ely road were filed in St Paul. The line will extend from Virginia in the iron district through a rich field, with Great Northern reportedly handling the matter. The railroad has already extended from Hibbing to Virginia.
Burglars entered the Commercial bank in Riprey Iowa at 4 a.m. and blew the safe with nitro glycerine. The cashier says the loss was $1,500 while others report as much as $5,000 in cash and valuables.
Mantua reports Captain Cornwell’s force bombarded Orani river, recovered the hull of the gunboat Urdaneta at Cavite. One prisoner was taken. Lieutenant Franklin of the Laguna de Bay gun boat guided the expedition. No casualties occurred.
The archbishop of Manila informed General Otis of a plot to burn the governor general and archbishop residences along with government buildings and banks. The plan failed to materialize, likely due to a show of force. Initial reports about Paranagua were greatly exaggerated.
St Paul lines plan heavy traffic for Oct 12 when President McKinley will visit and the Thirteenth regiment returns from Manila. Low fares and special trains expected to draw large crowds, the largest since the G A R encampment. The same date features extra coaches on regular trains. In boxing news, Casper Leon and Steve Flanagan fought to a 20 round draw for the bantamweight title with hard, at times vicious, exchanges.
Frank Walker and his bride were murdered by Charles Rankin a disappointed lover who then killed himself. A child was seriously wounded by the gunfire. All victims were prominent Montgomery county residents.
Rapid City dispatch says Captain Medbery of Company M telegraphed Professor H B Larrabee in San Francisco that his son Wayne is in bad condition and believed to be sick with smallpox.
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