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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1894
Page
2
Madison Wis Sept 10 Governor Peck states Wisconsin will handle fire sufferers within state lines and asks Acting Mayor McClellan of New York not to issue an aid appeal. The Minnesota State Relief Board prepares a public address to this effect.
St Paul and Duluth reports say Barnum and Cloquet danger is past and lines through Hinckley Duluth Mission Creek are being rebuilt. A temporary depot is in place, trains run between Hinckley and Duluth, and Kettle River bridge work nears completion. New depots planned at Sandstone Partridge and Hinckley.
In West Superior Wisconsin on September 10 D J Fitzgerald of Brule appeals for help for settlers facing starvation due to forest fires that destroyed crops. Homesteaders fight fires day and night sleeping in ground holes as they defend houses. The Musser Sauntry Lumber Co loses camps logging gear and thousands in standing timber along Moose River.
Governor Nelson and the Minnesota relief board surveyed Hinckley and Pine City to plan aid for about 800 families after assisting 1,200 people. They estimate 400 are single men and note substantial funds and labor are needed. Minnesota relief cash totals $13,152. Archbishop Ireland ordered Catholic churches statewide to donate mass collections to relief committees.
Forty men and their families will travel by special train to Sandstone to begin rebuilding the burned town. Families stay in care of the relief society until new homes are ready. Two Harbors sent a notable relief fund of $943, about $1 per resident. Refugees are housed at Bethel after church aid.
Minnesota state relief commission will issue a public address detailing efforts for the needy in Hinckley and nearby fire district towns and inviting further assistance. Twenty five German and Russian Jewish refugees from Hinckley are housed in a store building with cooking furniture bedding and food provided.
The Hinckley fire search of the mill pond found no bodies and suggested fatalities will total under 400. Rescue teams continue to assess the scene and confirm missing workers.
The Comte de Paris Louis Albert Phillipe dOrleans, claimant to the French throne and Civil War veteran, died at Stowe House in London after stomach cancer. He served on General McClellan’s staff and wrote a history of the war. Burial planned in Weybridge, Surrey. date unannounced.
Secretary Carlisle releases an official circular clarifying section 5 of the new tariff law. It notes a key difference from the McKinley act by requiring quantity statements and delaying delivery until proper marking. Enforcement will apply to goods shipped from abroad after August 28, 1894.
The Duluth beach body found August 21 is Lena Olson a Minneapolis domestic of four to five years. She left with a man known as A. A. Austin from Los Angeles and there is belief he killed her to seize about 900 dollars she carried. Olson was born near Decorah Iowa.
Fire started by lightning destroyed the business portion of Malta, a village of 600. The loss is $50,000. Rockford reported three lightning fires. Northwestern railway track for 800 feet at Trout Park washed out.
The Milwaukee Chicago and St. Paul Railway annual report for the year ended June 30, 1894 shows gross earnings of 31 327 950 dollars, operating expenses 20 114 332 dollars, net earnings 11 213 618 dollars, fixed charges 7 503 747 dollars, and a balance above fixed charges of 3 714 732 dollars.
F H Farrell drew a razor in Peter Lovato's Argusville gambling joint during a craps dispute and severed Lovato's windpipe. Lovato is hospitalized and likely to die. Farrell is under arrest.
In Cumberland Wisconsin on Sept 10 rain halted forest fires easing fears. Relief committee notes new destitution cases from rural districts amid dire conditions. In Escanaba Michigan on Sept 8 a long threatened blaze was put out by steady rain since midnight.
James A. Younger, 23, of St. Louis, is taken to Kansas City to face charges of rifling mail. A member of the Younger family once famous for robbery and murder, he stole a letter containing money at Slater, Missouri, last March.
The Duluth relief report lists cash merchandise and service gifts totaling 26 703 dollars and 79 cents. Twelve public relief quarters are currently in operation.
Secretary Hoke Smith addressed a large Democratic mass meeting in Atlanta criticizing the Populist party and warning Georgia to reject wild third party theories. He argued Waite and other leaders showed danger in Populist platforms. Speaker Crisp praised Democratic measures including repealing the McKinley tariff and tax reductions.
William A Brady and Tom O Rourke meet Ed Lloyd representing the Sioux City club over a world title bout between James J Corbett and Peter Jackson. The contract rewards the winner $25 000 and guarantees contenders $2 500 if police bar the fight, with venue to be near Sioux City between May 15 and June 15, 1895.
Governor McKinley spoke to a large audience in a grove near Banner Missouri on a Saturday afternoon. The crowd drew attendees from nearby towns and beyond. He called the speech among his greatest efforts and declined requests to begin campaigns in Indiana and other states to defend tariff policies in the state associated with Tom Reed as a presidential possibility.
Coxey's bid for Congress opened in Maysville Ohio with a two o'clock rally in a tent and an evening program. Supporters passed reform literature and contributions were collected at the entrance. The planned parade was scrapped due to safety concerns leaving 20 of 40 required horses, decorations on wagons were noted, and Browne's antics drew newfound disgust from Coxey's friends.
Governor Matthews and Congressman W D By num opened the Democratic campaign in Anderson Indiana with long speeches. A street parade drew about 3000 people through the city as part of the event.
Mankato Minnesota September 10 General J H Baker was unanimously nominated for Congress by the Second district Democratic convention here.
In Portland Oregon on September 10 Judge Bellinger issued a decision in the Oregon Railway and Navigation wage case reversing Judge Caldwell in the Union Pacific wage dispute. The issue is whether a receiver may cut employee wages without court consent, with Bellinger stating the court cannot follow every receiver’s minute actions.
Mandan sheriff takes Myron R. Kent into custody in Minneapolis over a wife shooting staged months ago by their hired man. Kent seeks to prove his innocence while authorities pursue charges of instigation to murder.
Charles Kunzie a leading Modern Woodman member fell to 125 feet when a bucket dropped during maintenance on Eau Claire Wis East Side hill. His head was severed by the bucket and he left a $4 000 lodge life insurance.
North Dakota farmers burn 500000 to 1000000 tons of prime wheat and oat straw to clear fields. A new effort aims to bale and ship the straw to feed stock in states facing shortages, turning waste into usable fodder.
The Burlington announces in Omaha that when its line reaches Billings on Oct 1 there will be a close traffic arrangement with the Northern Pacific. The deal was completed at St Paul Thursday and will shorten competition for Pacific coast business.
Shanghai dispatch reports from Korea that Chinese and Japanese forces are now separated only by the Injin river, which is impassable due to floods. In Wisconsin a grist mill, warehouse and grain burned in Downing with losses under five thousand dollars and suspected arson. In Baltimore a British steamer Tyzack crew member dies of yellow fever, second engineer Cornelius Watson, with two other sick aboard improving.
In Sioux City, Iowa, on September 10, Michael Sobowsky and George Hills argued over Sobowsky's daughter. The dispute escalated as Sobowsky shot Hills and then killed himself in a suicide.
Reports from St. Pretzersspure note cholera raging in Nijni Novgorod town and province. In Russian Poland the disease brings 5000 fresh cases and 2500 deaths weekly on average.
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