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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1905
Page
1
An advertisement extols Royal Baking Powder from New York as the supreme aid for baking muffins and daily goods, claiming it outshines ready-made foods from shops or grocers.
Oslo reports conscription classes mobilized as tensions rise in Norway amid talks with Sweden on dissolving the union. Karlstad delegates resume negotiations in secrecy with limited sessions and adjournments planned for Sept 15. In Youngstown area a decades old murder note surfaces as Herzig dies by suicide after a chilling confession.
Stockholm dispatch reports political circles disavow any wish to oppose Norway on arbitration but say only preliminary negotiations on form and content are possible now. A treaty can only be concluded after Norway accepts Sweden's conditions and recognizes Norway as an independent sovereign state. Sweden's intentions are described as wholly pacific.
The body of Charles Herzig, who confessed to a murder, was found near Minot North Dakota. Police say the death appears self inflicted as the investigation continues.
A trailer attached to a car on the Homestead division of Pittsburg Street Railway near Glenwood bridge toppled on a steep grade. Sixty people suffered injuries, with eighteen taken to Nameopathic hospital and three to Mercy hospital. Brakes failed as cars descended toward Hays Junction, causing the trailer to derail at the curve.
Berlin reports fifteen new cholera cases and four deaths in the past twenty four hours per the official bulletin issued today.
Advices at the state department indicate the Shanghai boycott is easing while Canton shows growing anti foreign sentiment. The trend targets foreign countries broadly rather than just the United States, reflecting regional tension in China.
President Roosevelt condemns a Petit Parisienne report as utterly false. He states the correspondent used false pretenses to gain audience at Sagamore Hill and did not discuss peace terms with him. The telegram to Gaston Richard calls the claimed interview a complete fabrication and dishonorable.
Sheriff Woodson McCord saved Samuel Hisle from mob violence at Lexington jail. Hisle, held on assault charges against Mrs. Mary Case, was brought for examination. A furious mob formed. McCord, unarmed, informed them deputies were armed and that the law would run its course.
A Japanese dispatch reports General Madrikoff with about three regiments attacked Sushan from Hsingching on Monday September 11 but was repulsed by Japanese forces. Madrikoff’s force reportedly included bandits. In Warsaw a notable arrest, astronomer M Kowalczyk and his family, were detained after police found revolvers ammunition and daggers in his flat.
Washington reports the board of consulting engineers urged to finish their canal plan study quickly. The president asked for timely, candid reports on the best method, avoiding technical bias and stating opinions clearly. Most engineers have returned to Washington. next meeting date pending.
Prompt action by the sheriff at Winchester Kentucky on September 14 thwarted a planned lynching. Residents reported a volatile crowd gathered near the public square, but law enforcement moved quickly to secure the area and detain the principals, preventing violence.
Executive officers of the Freight Handlers union met to plan responses to railroad wage demands of 10 percent. Managers indicated possible negotiations while rail, shippers, and business groups brace for a potential walkout. Over 1,000 Chicago firms, via the Employers' association, pledge aid to railroads. Hiring agencies authorize mobilization of nonunion workers and guards as housing plans for nonunionists in freight sheds are considered.
Three physicians treating Baron Komura, chief of the Japanese peace envoys, say he has typhoid fever with a 102 degree temperature. His return to Japan via Seattle is postponed. part of the mission will depart while Takahira stays.
New Orleans reports fourteen new yellow fever cases in eighteen hours bringing total to 2384 with two deaths raising the death toll to 321. Dr White of the Marine Hospital Corps says the outbreak is under control. Additional cases in Hamburg Mississippi are diagnosed as yellow fever.
Cambridge Minnesota Sept 14 Mrs Margareta Danielson aged 104 years 18 days is reported as the oldest person in the state according to census returns She was born Aug 24 1801 enjoyed good health until recently when she fell breaking her hip
A steam cooker exploded at the Gilman Canning company plant in Gilman Iowa injuring four workers one likely fatally. The cooker showed only two and a half pounds of steam pressure though. It was filled with corn during the canning process and the cause remains unknown.
The Bureau of Naval Intelligence reports from Tokyo via the American naval attache that 256 are killed or missing on the battleship Mikasa and 243 wounded. The cause of the accident remains undetermined as of now.
Conflicting reports say the Mikasa disaster lacks a clear timeline as details emerge. Admiral Togo is not aboard at the moment of the incident, leaving question marks over leadership and responsibility during the crisis.
Batavia reports Palopo, capital of Prince Loewee on Celebes, was captured by Dutch forces after intense combat. The garrison offered strong resistance before the town fell, ending Dutch troubles in the area.
A blast at the Salem oil field in Clarksburg West Virginia on September 14 killed David M McKay and his wife instantly. Forty quarts of merin nitroglycerin exploded sending their wagon and team to atoms leaving only the wagon axle.
Des Moines reports on September 14 that two trains collided on the Rock Island line east of Neola. Engineer Ed Fick of Valley Junction was crushed between the engines. His fireman suffered a triple leg fracture. Hundreds of cattle and hogs died in the wreck.
At Shaboth station north of Chanfutzu General Fukushima for Fight Marshal Oyama and General nae oveki for General Lineviteh meet at 10 a m to arrange an armistice. They expect several days to finalize details.
Baron Rosen the Russian ambassador and plenipotentiary at Portsmouth joined President and Mrs. Roosevelt for luncheon at Oyster Bay on Sept 14. The request originated from Rosen and the mission’s details were not disclosed.
Mrs. C. W. Morell, daughter of E. C. Converse of New York and an officer of the United States Steel company, was shot at her Greenwich home when a burglar invaded early today. The bullet fractured her jaw and lodged in her shoulder.
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