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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1897
Page
2
Great Northern Railway announces Paro 7pment Joe Time Rock Purase Observation Cars with dining sleepers and lunch cars. Trains leave Huron Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 7 a.m connecting at Benson. arrive Monday Wednesday and Friday at 5 30 p.m. E Van Amburg, Ticket Agent, Huron.
Laursday reports available cash balance of 217 218 981 dollars and gold reserve of 146 051 138 dollars. In Springfield Mass Jimmy Michael set an American record for 10 miles with 18 minutes 27 and 4 fifths seconds, surpassing the former 18 minutes 33 and 1 fifth seconds.
Castoria reports New York capitalists have closed the purchase of a seven mine group near Tucson Arizona from Boston owners. The mines are extensively developed and lie about 16 miles south of Tucson. Also noting a marriage in Detroit Michigan Count Manfred von Matuschka of Silesia wed Miss Ella Walker granddaughter of Hiram Walker founder of Walkerville distillery.
The British foreign office published the official account of July talks among Britain France and the United States on restoring international bimetallism. Key proposals urged opening Indian mints silver coinage and expanding legal tender limits, but India and Britain rejected reopening India mints. France urged reopening French mints to silver with a 15 4 ratio, while Britain refused unlimited silver coinage.
Items report a bank closure in Asheville and wage cuts for Western League players. Obituaries note Harvard librarian Justin Winsor dead, while I B Britton dies of yellow fever in New Orleans. Earthquake tremors hit Southwest Virginia with no damage, and New York silk dealer W G Hitchcock & Co. faces a $1 million-plus liabilities.
The steamer Tokoa departed Vancouver Oct 26 for Liverpool carrying 111,785 cases of canned salmon valued at 44,481 dollars and weighing 3,900 tons. The shipment includes frozen and salted salmon and British Columbia ore, the largest single-vessel BC cargo on record.
Judge Powell in Omaha ruled the Bartley bondsmen bond invalid after three weeks of trial. The decision leaves the state with only an appeal to the supreme court.
Washington October 25 The monetary commission has adjourned till November 2. A practical agreement is seen on the outlines of a currency reform plan and a public statement will follow. Julius Guthridge long time Washington newspaper correspondent named general secretary of the commission.
General Superintendent Kimball reports 699 disasters within lifesaving service during the year, higher than any previous year. Vessels totally lost totaled 53, down from 67 in 1896 and 75 in 1895.
A Leyte dispatch reports the island nearly devastated by a cyclone destroying Tagloban and Hernani and wiping out towns at Carigara and Burgo. Up to 400 reported dead with an immense inland wave and widespread village loss. Samar island also struck. overall toll and extent uncertain.
A museum car touring Houiacate Ohio displayed 400 snakes in a glass and wire cage. The crowd crushed the cage, releasing the reptiles. Black diamond rattlesnakes measuring 5 to 11 feet caused bites to several people as doctors treated the injured.
Omaha reports that Judge Cunningham R. Scott of the district court is cited to appear before the Nebraska Supreme Court on November 3 over conduct related to recent restraining orders. The court notes he disbarred an attorney last Friday and regretted he could not disbar Judges Baker and Powell while overturning a supreme court decree.
Beardstown Illinois October 23 Congressman Hinrichson will introduce a bill in congress to create a ship canal connecting Lake Michigan with the Gulf of Mexico. The project is estimated to cost twenty six million dollars and stems from the Illinois River Valley association convention.
Oscoda Mich Oct 23 A prominent young lady ready to wed a man from England faced an abrupt halt as a woman with a child appeared claiming the bridegroom as her husband. The ceremony was postponed and the bride is prostrated.
The steamship Alameda docked in San Francisco with passengers including Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson and her daughter Mrs. Isabella Strong, who had traveled from Apia, Samoa via Sydney and Honolulu.
Janesville Wisconsin October 23 Fred Mc Adams accused of murdering William Ewing discharged the jury finds there is not enough evidence to convict.
Kansas City post office charges filed in Washington accuse Postmaster Homer Reed and Assistant Postmaster N Seidlitz of inefficiency. Inspector McGinnis returned from investigation and will file a report. The probe also includes Thomas Walker, mails superintendent.
An advertisement warns against weak foundations in health and architecture and extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy to purify blood. It claims the tonic acts gently, improves vitality, and serves as a safe cure for sickness through a purer blood state.
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