21 Sep 1893
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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1893
Page
1
The readable fragments describe a clothing shop offering boys and children's garments. The item mentions a store name variation and dates, but specifics are unclear due to damaged text. The piece resembles a small retail notice or advertisement in a historical newspaper.
To close stock Woolens Huron South Dakota offers suits made to order at 25 27 and 30 dollars. This fall and winter buyers get double value for their dollars in a local shop sale.
Washington dispatch notes administration intent to push the silver repeal bill in the Senate despite possible defeat. Chairman Voorhees holds the unconditional repeal. administration favors a continuous session or closure motion to force a vote. Silver opponents demand a binding promise on policy beyond demonetization before compromise talks proceed.
The Ways and Means Committee delays start of work on a McKinley Act replacement. Regular meetings begin Friday after hearings, but printing of testimony and study push back detailed work. Chairman Wilson and colleagues aim to have the bill ready for the House by November 1.
The House resolves that subjects for investigation by the subcommittee in charge may be examined. The time for allotments is fully occupied, making it impossible to grant more requests. Several inquiries are likely as the tariff bill is prepared.
President nominates W B Hornblower of New York to the supreme court as associate justice replacing the late Samuel Blatchford. Rhode Island's James J Van Alen named ambassador to Italy. William J Baxter elevated to naval constructor. Abram Frakes named register of the Wakeeney land office Kansas. Allen B Briscoe named receiver of public moneys at Wakeeney Kansas. Twenty six recess postmaster appointments announced.
Washington Sept 20 The senate committee on public lands agrees to favorably report a bill prohibiting registers and receivers from hearing or deciding cases in which they have an interest through prior legal work or personal ties The commissioner of the general land office would appoint a substitute to act for the conflicted official.
Secretary Carlisle appoints James A. Newell of Minnesota as chief of division in the second auditor's office, replacing Thomas Rathbone who resigns by request after 80 years of service.
A blaze in Owingsville Kentucky at 4 a m gutted Reed and Hazelrigg’s livery stable on Henry street, destroying the building and 15 to 20 horses. Several adjacent structures were lost and the town faced widespread damage.
A large fraud plot tied to Southern Minnesota Express agents is unraveling with fourteen arrests and more expected. The ring used a trunk linked to Mrs. Chelliew then moved money through Hancock and Houghton behind a pacer named Champ K, ending at Corbellie's saloon in East Houghton. La Liberte, who rode the same train, opened the trunk at Marquette and carried parts of the loot to Shea's, while Butler remains sought in Memphis. A. H. Cunningham allegedly posed as an American Express auditor to extort funds from agents at Utica, Stockin, Byron, and other stations. Police say the gang pressed for immediate cash during hard times, with authorities pursuing leads across multiple towns.
A swindler in Minnesota poses as a traveling auditor using an assumed name. No victims or locations beyond the state and general deception are specified in the fragment.
Doutouth Minnesota Sept 20 F E Krayenbuhl leader of a trio of graveyard insurance swindlers and the only one of the three who escaped arrest has been seen on the St Paul and Duluth road toward St Paul. A drummer for a St Paul wholesale house who knew the fugitive spoke with him. Krayenbuhl said he was penniless and had walked from Duluth and sent messages to his wife here. It is expected he will be captured.
Washington reports show the House nearly reached a quorum on the federal election bill as Democrats trailed by five votes, continuing filibuster. In the Senate, Mr Squire announced a substitute for the repeal bill allowing owners to deposit silver bullion for coinage into standard silver dollars up to four million dollars monthly.
The text discusses a total of up to 200 million dollars and states that the dollars are legal tender with no certificates to be issued. No names, dates, or places are provided.
Washington dispatch reports a Democratic caucus was called to convene immediately after the house adjourned and is now in session.
The Republicans of the senate and house have agreed to caucus after dissatisfaction with prior procedure. Chairman Sherman of the senate and Henderson of Illinois issued the call. It is expected to seek a unified line on policy and concentrate on pending questions of importance.
Grain shipments from Duluth and Superior last week reached 1,000,000 bushels with receipts of 1,500,000 bushels, totaling 2,840,000 bushels across the bay. Active export demand persists as exporting houses move cargo. Iron ore shipments totaled 700,000 tons and lumber shipments hit 6,000,000 feet.
London police inform all banks that a gang of American forgers is en route. The criminals reportedly hold the skill to erase handwriting from checks. Authorities urge bank officials to stay vigilant against possible attempts to defraud.
A small Whitechapel house in London burned at dawn revealing the bodies of a man and four women among the ruins. Fire investigators think the occupants were asleep and suffocated by smoke before escape was possible.
New York reports national banks flooded with money from country banks. Cash scarcity flipped to surplus within weeks as banks struggle to decide on the best use for the funds.
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