17 Oct 1895
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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1895
Page
1
M Booth of Huron promotes his fall selection as the town’s leading dry goods retailer offering stylish merchandise and strong values to customers seeking the best bargains this season.
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A compact classified ad touts a competition titled We Challenge, featuring special value in every line. It promotes a broad range of underwear products and a full assortment of high quality yarns offered by the seller. The text emphasizes variety and quality.
The Cloak Department asserts it has its largest, strongest lineup to date with accurate styles that can fit and satisfy a wide customer base. The firm emphasizes quality and broad appeal across all shoppers.
A business message emphasizes meeting a sizable trade demand through merit in offerings. It states values over credit, willingness to do business on small margins, and a continued hope to please the counterpart. The tone is polite and professional.
Northwestern farmers refrain from selling wheat due to low prices, shifting to coarser grains. Wheat receipts in DvLouTh show declines versus last year, while flax oats barley and rye receipts rise or stay high in early October, with flax September totals and October 11 day totals noted for context.
The Democratic territorial committee, meeting in Salt Lake City on October 16, voted unanimously to reconvene the territorial convention. The call states efforts to mislead voters about the church and declares the party’s independence from church influence, directing delegates from the original convention to reassemble in Salt Lake on Tuesday October 22 1895.
The week ahead promises deep cabinet focus on Cuban and Venezuelan issues. President and cabinet plan to examine recognition prospects, with Olney signaling insurgents’ limited progress as a factor.
In Atlanta on October 16 the Farmers National Congress voted down an amendment to a resolution urging Congress to preserve gold and silver parity and hold an international conference. The proposed clause would invite Congress to consider a 16 to 1 ratio. It failed 251 to 104 with delegates from western silver states supporting the measure.
Residents report a boatload of armed men near Pearl Harbor as Ezeta supporters allegedly lead a filibuster bid. Police and regular forces are mobilized, extra troops enlisted, and precautionary measures adopted amid cholera near 87 total cases in Honolulu.
George Hazzard of Custer Post G A R of Tacoma announced at a regular meeting that he will propose a five member committee to memorialize Congress for a law ending the distinction between Federal and Confederate veterans in admission to national soldiers homes. The move has sparked strong opposition among many members.
In Foo Chow the viceroy accepts sending to death 18 more accused murderers of missionaries. British consuls and taotai gain power to pass sentence locally without viceroy reference, pressured by five British warships present.
Atlanta October 16 Colonel A K McClure of the Philadelphia Times addressed the Iowa Press association at the exposition grounds on the importance of the press. The meeting elected Lafayette Young Des Moines as president A B Shaw Corning as secretary and C M Junkin Fairfield as vice president for the next year.
Brooklyn readers report an almost accepted rumor in The Eagle that William K. Vanderbilt and his wife may remarry after Consuelo Vanderbilt wed the Duke of Marlborough. The gossip notes a second ceremony could occur following Consuelo’s marriage.
Two Harbors October 16. The Duluth and Iron Range road placed an order for ten locomotives with Baldwin locomotive works Philadelphia. The engines will duplicate the 70s built this summer at the Schenectady works.
Boston October 16 The Massachusetts Man Suffrage association has opened headquarters in the city and plans an active campaign against woman suffrage in municipal politics.
In New York on October 16 Charles Day Rose of England formally accepted the challenge for the America's Cup.
Mrs John Grover of Laramie died after more than two months without nourishment aside from a glass of milk. She fell from 200 pounds to 75, with the alimentary canal not functioning for 10 weeks. Doctors deem the case extraordinary and speculate a brain disorder halted physical wasting, while she signaled with signs and showed no pain. She was a half sister of Sarah Althea Hill Sharon.
Medical authority confirms seven deaths from trichinosis after a wedding supper for John W. Taplin and Anna Gage on Sept 11. Dr. E R Le Count, after examining intestinal specimens, determines the ham served at the feast caused the illness and deaths, ending initial poisoning theories.
Informations sworn by the Comptroller accuse City Attorney W. C. Moreland and Assistant City Attorney W. C. House of abusing office. Each man bonded $9,000 for December term court appearance as three counts allege contracts with several banks to pay interest on city deposits totaling about 50 000. Conviction could bring a 1000 fine and at least three years imprisonment.
Farmers suffer heavy losses as a major prairie fire sweeps western and northwestern Griggs county. Thousands of bushels of grain in shock, hay, and feed are destroyed, with livestock burned in places. Total damage runs into thousands of dollars.
Half the town of Neihart has turned prospector after a gold vein three miles north of town yields assays from 100 to 3300 dollars per ton. Business is deserted and excitement runs high as arrivals confirm the strike. Vein width is not yet known.
Des Moines indictments led to the two year chase for Dr. W C Overton who fled to London and Rio Janeiro. He was arrested in Madison Wisconsin by Sheriff McGarraght to be brought to trial. Accomplices have already been convicted and imprisoned.
Chief of Police Barnes arrested Joe Miller in St Paul on a Montana mine swindling case. On the return trip Miller asked to use the toilet and escaped through a window leaping from the fast moving train.
A farm house owned by Andrew Hanson and occupied by Frank Jenney and family burned in the night. The Jenney family suffered burns escaping the blaze, and Hanson was arrested on charges of setting the fire.
The British cereal trade foresees a global wheat harvest in 1895 about 100,000,000 bushels smaller than 1894, according to the agricultural department's European agent in Europe.
Four bridge carpenters on the Northern Pacific line near Butte were struck by a falling timber from a high trestle. One man was killed and two were fatally injured while the others escaped serious harm.
A fierce wind and rain storm struck Boston shortly after 1 o'clock and intensified overnight, bringing the city its worst drenching in days. The storm spread along the New England coast north of Cape Cod with 44 mph winds and 5.22 inches of rain in 24 hours. Portland reports a severe day with winds up to 25 mph and torrential rain as harbor activity and heavy seas increased.
Ludwig Terrmann of a rural area near Sioux City blew out a hotel gas flame with his nightcap after keeping the gas burning to avoid city customs. He escaped unharmed but remains very ill from the incident.
The Oneida yacht carrying President Cleveland anchored at the New York Yacht Club anchorage near East Twenty-sixth Street. He went by carriage to Dr. Joseph Bryant’s home for dinner with the physician and his family, then returned to the pier and reboarded the Oneida at 3:30 p.m.
Four men Albert Peterson Albert Easton Ine Ingeson and G O Payne suffocated by gas and smoke in a Story City area coal mine two and a half miles from Story City Iowa. The accident occurred as an engineer left after igniting a large furnace fire and the timber near the furnace caught fire.
Delegates to the Episcopal convention will receive an invitation from J. J. Hill to a reception at his Summit avenue home in St. Paul. The event honors Bishop Whipple and will be extended to both houses of the convention and their ladies, promising one of the era’s most elaborate affairs.
Milwaukee marks its fifty year celebration with business houses and streets draped. Governors from Minnesota Illinois Iowa and Michigan will arrive with staff on Wednesday morning to participate in the jubilee events this week.
A private telegram from Boise announces Judge Beatty has extended M. W. Dickinson's jurisdiction as general manager over Northern Pacific property in Idaho. The decision expands Dickinson's authority within the district, affecting management of regional assets and operations.
Articles of incorporation filed for the Union stockyards in Sioux Falls tied to a new packing house. Capital stock set at 1,000,000 dollars.
An explosion of a converter at the Frankstown mill of Jones and Laughlin in PittspurG early today injured ten men and left three feared fatally burned.
Clarke says Hot Springs may see a fight but not a prize bout. He vows to use extreme measures if needed, citing 1891 law invalidity and 1888 law granting broad executive power to quell riots and rebellion. Governor could declare districts in revolt and remove all involved.
St. Louis reports from Hot Springs Arkansas that the big contest will occur October 31 under Arkansas law with limited rounds and a referee empowered to end a brutal exchange. Contestants will wear soft gloves. Corbett will present an exhibition with his company at the opera house Wednesday. Fitzsimmons’ training quarters are unsettled while Spring Lake is named for Corbett’s camp.
San Antonio report says Stanley Corbett received orders from W. A. Brady in Hot Springs to arrive at once as everything is fixed. Corbett plans to depart within 24 hours to proceed with the arrangement.
Don M Dickinson arrives in Washington with a Michigan mail service committee and declines to discuss the Cleveland cabinet dismissal incident. He rates Sir Lionel Sackville West as an infernal ass in a sharp personal critique, signaling tense diplomatic tones.
The joint convention of coal operators and miners adjourned after adopting the 1892 dead work scale and setting a 20 cent per ton differential at all mines with stores after January 1. The conference ended harmoniously, achieving more than expected by both sides.
The Times reports HMS Edgar is ordered to Chemulpo to land marines. A Pekin dispatch notes Mahammedan rebels seize Lan Chau, capital of Kansu province.
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