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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1904
Page
2
Train schedules show arrivals from the east and north at Huron with freight and passenger services. Times include 6:00 p m 7:30 p m 8:45 p m and daily mail and express trains. Details note connections at Sioux Valley Junction and Redfield for points east.
Northern Securities gp files formal answer in U S Supreme Court case with Harriman Pierce Oregon Short Line and Equitable Trust contesting plan of asset distribution. It claims transfer of stock on Nov 18 1901 was absolute with no agreement on return and that preferred stock was retired by Northern Pacific on Nov 13 1901. It denies US Supreme Court held stock held in trust and says all stock acquired for valuable consideration in belief it represented defendant assets.
President Will iam L. Jencks of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers says Manhattan and Bronx elevated line workers voted as a unit to strike if concessions fail. E P Bryan and Frank Hedley of Interborough Rapid Transit discuss police arrangements with Commissioner McAdoo as the vote occurs.
Indianapolis September 5 Farmers alliance issues bulletin fixing minimum wheat price at 1.20 a bushel for the season. It notes the 1904 winter crop was 100 million bushels short and urges farmers to hold as much grain as possible and not be stampeded by millers and traders.
Word from President Gompers of the AFL says he will not call a special meeting of the national executive council to push general sympathetic action for the packinghouse walkout. The request for a Chicago meeting by Edward N. Nickels of the Chicago federation was made last week.
Portland Oregon September 6 E W Wright a commercial editor of the Oregonian has finished a 2600 mile trip through Oregon Washington and Idaho wheat districts. He estimates the combined wheat crop of the three states at 45100000 bushels up from 34785000 last year.
An agreement signed in Helena on September 5 between Montana coal mine operators and United Mine Workers District 22 ends wage changes but sets new operating conditions for mines.
Judge J Rogers of the United States district court gives the first ruling on a Chinaman who shifts occupation after entering the United States. He initially entered as a merchant under the Chinese exclusion act which allows merchants but excludes laborers. Four years ago he became a laborer and faced deportation, but he argues that once legally in the country the government cannot remove him.
Senator Fairbanks toured Missouri during his eastward return from Kansas City. He greeted crowds at Lexington Junction Carrollton Marceline and La Plata with brief speeches at each stop and received cordial applause and large turnouts from supporters.
Montana agents for Chicago and Kansas City packers report letters urging them to recruit Japanese labor to fill strike vacancies. The plan aims to enlist federal government support to break the walkout, with Japan’s allegiance to the mikado cited as a factor for protection.
Police were told of an attempted shooting at 11 p.m. near Western Avenue station. Two bullets were fired through a window where James Reddick, Republican county chairman, and State Senator Joseph Hass sat. Glass shattered as the shots were fired. both men fear for their lives.
The British government considers reopening the case of Lord Barrington who awaits execution for the McCann killing. Weston Bascome, Britain’s local consul, was instructed by the English ambassador in Washington to review the facts and push for a rehearing.
A Hillsboro special reports Covington Texas population 1000 was hit by a tornado. Several people were severely injured with no fatalities known. Many houses were demolished or damaged and cotton fields were badly damaged by the storm.
Mortevi eoUruguay Sept 5 The government commander Joucha reports a decisive victory over insurgent leader avaia during the engagement. The tinist who commands troops states the forces defeated the rebels and secured the area.
Six full blooded Indians of the Turtle Mountain reservation were found dead in the morning from drinking wood alcohol or lemon extract, with four more dying. Officials conduct an investigation into the incident at Rolla, North Dakota, on September 5.
Minneapolis report says Grant Riggle editor of the Madea Tribune committed suicide by swallowing 100 morphine tablets from a prescription at the Golden West hotel. He suffered from an incurable disease affecting his legs and feared amputation.
A blaze and oil explosion in Yellow Creek Ohio killed six people including Mrs Henry Fling and two children and three unknown men. The fire started when a street lamp ignited the Fling house and set oil derrick and tank ablaze scattering burning oil over the residence. Firefighters subdued the blaze and recovered the bodies after the flames were brought under control.
Five people were killed when the Canadian Pacific westbound Imperial Limited collided with a freight train near Sintanita. Three bodies have been identified: Mrs. Dossett en route to Edmonton, Mrs. Warren of Sand Point, and Agnes M. Shirley of Ottawa. Injured include Mrs. J. Brett, Miss Golden, Miss Murray, la Ross, the porter L. P. Hart, and others whose names were not learned. The governor general Lord Minto and party were aboard but uninjured.
W George Reilly a Washington figure and former U S consul to Zanzibar Venezuela and Virginia diedThursday at a hospital from heat prostration. He was known for frequenting newspaper row and had held several Virginia public offices including judge on the Southern commission. He was appointed to consular posts by Republican presidents.
Eight people were injured by a tornado and lightning in southern La Crosse Wisconsin on September 3. Six were burned in one house by a lightning shock, two were struck in another residence by flying debris. All will recover. Several homes and outbuildings suffered, rail lines delayed by heavy rain.
While fishing in dories off Cape Race a French barkentine was sighted 170 miles east of St Johns Newfoundland. Only three of thirty four crew members remained after dories rescued, with the rest lost during Aug. 20 events.
A severe overnight electrical and wind storm damaged tents across Iowa. In Iowa City the Barnum & Bailey show tents were blown down just before the evening performance. No injuries occurred as people had been cleared from the tents prior to the storm.
Burglars conducted a nighttime raid on Linden Michigan nine stores and the post office. They rifled pouches and private boxes and dumped discarded mail into the river.
Worcester September 3 Senator George F Hoar remains in the same condition as the week with doctors reporting he is taking medicine as prescribed and his status is holding steady.
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