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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1904
Page
2
Snippet shows mixed timetable notes for trains moving north south east and west with times around 8:05 to 8:19 and references to connections at Sioux Valley Junction and Redfield for points east. Mentions daily except Sundays and an agent named L. H. Jowns.
San Francisco reports fires in the Santa Cruz mountains endangering Big Basin redwood timber and threatening Santa Cruz. Marin county fire is checked after 14 000 acres burned. From Tehama Butte and other areas flames devastate mountains with no confirmed human fatalities so far.
Thousands of former yard workers queued for rehire at Chicago stock yards while police stood by to prevent clashes between union and nonunion men. At Armour and Morris plants workers were phased back, with the Sheep Butchers' union demanding full reinstatement for all members. Four teamsters began work but were later called out.
Sixty five men under Captain Smith arrived by special train from Pittsburgh to work in Carnegie company steel hoop mills in Youngstown. About a third were Black. Ten later deserted and three Black strike breakers were beaten outside the mills. Carnegie officials announced they would pay the current puddling rate of 5.25 per ton for sixteen months.
A four mile stretch of Central Pacific snow sheds at Blue Canyon, Sacramento, suffers a disastrous fire. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars. Forest fires threaten the area as nearly all nearby land is ablaze. Overland trains delayed and eastbound Knights Templar stalled with downed wires.
Rev. William Francis former state Y M C A secretary and five year assistant at the First Baptist church died of ptomaine poisoning after his family ate what they believed were mushrooms. The family including the wife and three children are seriously ill. the mushrooms were later identified as highly poisonous toadstools.
A Southern railway wreck on the Birmingham and Selma division between Dogwood and Wilton Friday killed engineer W. H. Cherry and brakeman Will Ivey, with fireman N. L. Snow seriously injured. The engine jumped the track at thirty miles an hour and overturned, crushing the engineer beneath it. Several other employees suffered minor injuries.
A threshing outfit crossing a culvert near Rush schoolhouse six miles southeast of Crookston Minnesota crashed through a bridge. Rockestad and Estenson owned the outfit. Rockestad was trapped under debris with one leg severed and another badly fractured. John Holum was killed when caught between machinery. One other man injured. Rescue delayed for hours awaiting city help.
Seattle Sept 12 The total salmon pack in Southeast Alaska through Sept 1 reached 393000 cases as reported by local houses. Many canneries did not match their prior year totals, signaling a lighter overall season.
In Seattle on September 12 a disaster of missing text, 150 passengers including heavy operators from mining districts across the Southend and Klondike Treasure region arrived from Southeastern Alaska. The Cottage City carried a gold shipment of 225000 dollars and the Dolphin carried 275000 dollars.
Hezekiah Parker, possibly the oldest Black man in the city and maybe the state, died at age 95 in the Morning at the home of the Little Sisters of the Poor where he had resided for two months. He was the son of Frederick D. Parker of the Appeal.
John Eiland president of the Bank of Portales returns to Fort Worth after twenty four days held by Mexican outlaws in the mountains. He was bound with ropes and fed on meal, losing about forty to fifty pounds. He escaped at night by rubbing thongs on rocks until they broke and then seized a weapon to flee on a horse.
In Shreveport on September 12 Jim Lee a 30 year old Black man admits to at least eleven killings over nine years. He cites an irresistible urge for blood and names four recent victims James Johnson a white camp foreman in Concordia Parish La the Lyons Buddet t and May Seabrooke all local to the region within about 100 miles of Donaldsonville. He was arrested after killing Johnson in daylight before witnesses.
Fraudulent bills of lading totaling nearly 500000 were issued from St Joseph and moved through banks and trust companies in Chicago Omaha Kansas City St Louis and New York over the past six months authorities say.
A fifteen year old, described as the superintendent of a brass foundry, stole cash and notes then fled to St. Louis. He has returned the money and is traveling home to face the robbed party. Norther surrendered and returned voluntarily.
Pomeroy Sept 12 authorities press on with investigation into the county treasurer robbery. Treasurer Chase remains greatly prostrated by the incident as detectives seek a definite crew or suspects.
The British Antarctic expedition steamer Discovery reached Plymouth at 3 30 p m on Sept 12 and was warmly greeted by nearby warship crews. Officers aboard the Discovery appeared in good spirits as crowds cheered in the harbor.
An official statement from Rosemount, issued by Arthur McCausland, says Judge Parker will not go to New York to take charge of the canvass or assist the committees. He praises both national and state committees for working harmoniously and effectively and notes a possible short trip after his acceptance letter.
The protected cruiser Milwaukee was launched at Union Iron Works in San Francisco at 11 50 am amid a large crowd. Miss Janet Mitchell of Milwaukee christened the ship as she slid into the bay, marking a 642 foot keel and 9700 ton displacement with a 22 knot speed target and a crew of 671.
The Catholic University of America, in an answer signed by Cardinal Gibbons, contests petitions by Waggaman creditors in district court. It denies that a deed of trust to university trustees to land was an act to prefer the university as a creditor. It asserts Waggaman was worth over 1,000,000 and that the conveyance was not intended to favor the university.
Louise Zettler sixteen a Stratford area resident accuses H J Cordell a Marshfield picture agent of assaulting her She fled into an adjoining room and Cordell followed She fired a shotgun striking him in the arm requiring elbow amputation He was arrested and taken to Wausau for a preliminary hearing.
Pittsburg Sept 12 Two firemen were fatally injured when a smokestack collapsed at the Harbison Walker Refractory plant at Haysprough near the city. Nine coke dolines were destroyed and four damaged. Pending rebuilding 600 workers will be out of work. Property loss not to exceed 50000.
The steamer Longfellow sailing from Wilmington Delaware to Lake Superior with dynamite on board sank off Highland Light Massachusetts after a bad leak developed in the night. All sixteen crew members were saved. The disaster occurred when the vessel foundered at sea.
Chillicothe Ohio September 12 Passenger train No 12 on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railway collided with a freight train near Greenfield. Engineer Manuel was crushed to death. The crash halted service and rescue crews worked at once to recover victims and clear the track.
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