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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
1
The season centers on new Fall shoes for dressy men with emphasis on style value and finish. A well fitting comfortable shoe enhances overall appearance, and the ad promotes examining buying and wearing this shoe for quality and satisfaction.
Houston reports say Galveston death list may exceed 1500 with millions in property loss. Burials begun as relief sought from President McKinley after Sayers appeal for tents and rations. City wrecked with churches, homes, and mills ruined. water famine feared and relief trains organized.
Richard Spillane reports a massive disaster in Galveston with an estimated 1000 dead and the city submerged. The storm and flood created total darkness, widespread ruin, and refugees as relief efforts begin and outside aid is sought. Additional fatalities and losses reach across Texas including Richmond Letitia and Eagle Lake.
An advertisement extols Royal Baking Powder for improving flavor and healthfulness of baked goods. It claims biscuits bread and cakes become more digestible and nutritious and notes the product is safe for delicate digestion. Printed by Royal Baking Powder Co. in New York.
Officials express a strong wish to extend to all parts of the state every possible assistance and to coordinate relief and development measures. Community leaders welcome the outreach and pledge to collaborate with agencies and partners.
Mayor James A. Reed calls a city mass meeting in Kansas City on September 12 to plan and coordinate assistance for Galveston disaster victims. The event seeks citizen participation and donor support.
London papers express broad sympathy for the United States over the Galveston disaster with editorials urging aid and solidarity.
The Choate Hollister furniture factory a three story brick building employing 60 workers burned to the ground with total loss including building machinery and stock estimated at eighty five thousand dollars and only partially insured.
The apostolic delegation has received the papal brief naming Most Rev. Dr. Keane formerly rector of the Catholic University as archbishop of Dubuque Iowa.
Officials weigh Li Hung Chang as plenipotentiary with full powers to negotiate peace with China. Dr Hill and the president discuss the edict and condition checks from August 22 and Aug 8 letters to Wu as prerequisites to any truce. Government readiness to invite other powers hinges on security in Beijing and China's demonstrated willingness to suspend hostilities.
Professor Willis Moore of the Weather Bureau reports the West Indies gale, which became a hurricane after striking the United States and caused severe Texas damage, centered in Oklahoma during the day. Oklahoma City records winds near 30 miles per hour as the storm wanes, likely to be remembered as a highly disastrous and peculiar storm.
A violent storm struck Richmont Texas on a Saturday night at 10 30 causing widespread destruction. Many buildings were ruined including the court house the Baptist church and the Methodist church. Three deaths occurred in the colored Baptist church and one at Booth with four more fatalities at Beasley.
A Saturday night storm destroyed three churches and many homes in Eade Lake Texas and wiped out East Barnard. Crops suffered near total ruin with losses around 250000 dollars. No deaths in Eade Lake. three people killed in East Barnard.
Denver chamber of commerce sent a message of sympathy to Governor Sayers of Texas for the stricken people. The note expresses condolences and solidarity amid the disaster or tragedy reported from Texas.
Shanghai reports from US Consul General John Goodnow show 93 American and British missionaries probably murdered during the uprising in China. Another 170 unaccounted for in Chi Li and Shan Li provinces may share the same fate. 22 Americans and 34 Britons have been proven killed with many more missing or unconfirmed, including clergy and foreign nationals.
Washington dispatch reports an imperial edict granting Li Hung Chang extraordinary authority to negotiate peace without imperial reference. The edict, dated two weeks prior, was delivered to the State Department by Minister Wu, signaling credentials to meet objections previously raised about his negotiating power.
General Chaffee reports that diplomatic relations are unlikely to resume soon. He notes the Russian legation will depart for Tien Tsin and fears no business can be transacted while the foreign army remains. He suggests Peking will remain a camp of foreign troops until powers settle elsewhere.
An official bulletin reports two more bubonic plague admissions at the Glasgow hospital and nine additional persons placed under observation as of September 11.
From Victoria British Columbia dated Sept 11 arrivals from the North report rich strikes in the Tanaana country. One miner reports the ground in places is paying $100 a day.
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