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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
7
A severe drought has drying rivers and fields across Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and West Virginia for over two months. Forest fires burn vast areas while industries shut down riverside coal shipments suspended and navigation halted.
Philadelphia reports one of the worst droughts in years with no rain in over two months east of the Alleghenies. Rivers run low, powering plants idle, forests blaze, and crops face ruin without rain. Water scarce in Shenandoah raises prices as farmers haul water. mines halt due to power shortages. Susquehanna at Duncannon at century lows. Schuylkill in Philadelphia at depths unseen since 1869 with canal boats stranded.
Prices on the stock exchange showed market weakness as a late selling wave wiped out morning gains. By the final half hour losses of two points or more hit all active issues amid heavy selling of Road, Po Union, Pacific and Southern Pa.
Creditors of A. Booth & Co. fish firm, recently placed under a receiver, filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States district court in Chicago on September 19. The action seeks relief under federal bankruptcy law and names the firm as debtor.
A violent clash among Montenegrins at the McKinley mine location in Binabik Minnesota left one man dead and two others critically injured. About sixty shots were fired and several victims suffered severe wounds including a groin stab and facial injuries. A petition circulates urging the Steel corporation to bar Montenegrins from employment.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana selected for an extensive tour to answer William J. Bryan. The itinerary starts in New York on September 25 and includes Terre Haute and moves toward the Northwest with speeches planned in St. Paul and Minneapolis on October 1. The schedule then covers the Dakotas and Montana.
President Roosevelt orders a large land reservation of about 7000 acres along the Oregon California line for propagation and protection of American native birds. The area is described as possibly the world's greatest breeding ground for waterfowl and will safeguard native species.
Bodies of George Bradbury aged nineteen and Noah Priest aged eighteen were found beside the road three miles from Alpena with bullets through their hearts. It is supposed they were murdered.
Davenport Iowa September 21 Judge Smith McPherson of the United States circuit court rules the Iowa mulct law system illegal and says no liquor license has existed in Iowa for twenty five years. The decision in United Breweries Company of Chicago versus Civic Federation of Davenport states saloon keepers cannot lawfully sell liquor as a beverage and that compliance with the mulct provisions merely enables escape from prosecution.
Washington reports W C Haskell former United States marshal at Cleveland and now sealer of weights and measures for the District of Columbia denies any connection with the Standard Oil Company or its officers. He says Governor Haskell is mistaken and he has no recollection of a related case while serving as marshal from 1892 to 1896.
News from Sydney confirms 600 mail bags saved as the British steamship Aeon, overdue since July 6 from San Francisco to Apia, is near Christmas Island in the Pacific. Passengers include Mrs Patrick wife of a navy chaplain, a child, a nurse, Captain Ruddel his wife and three children bound for Pago Pago. The steamship Manuka from Vancouver to Sydney will pick them up, due at Fanning Island Tuesday.
The Interparliamentary Union in session at Berlin accepted Canada's invitation for a 1909 meeting in Quebec. The permanent office will be kept by a paid secretary in Berne Switzerland until the carn...
The Minnesota state board of control ordered the discharge of all girls from the Red Wing training school who have reached eighteen, including 103 girls from the Twin Cities. About twenty-five will be discharged immediately, with hundreds more indirectly affected from country districts. The move follows an opinion from the state legal department after Judge Williston ordered release in a related case.
New York report shows late party campaign activity as national leaders say delays were intentional. Hitchcock notes New Jersey convention未 held and other state conventions late due to primaries. Some states require an aggressive push, with New York identified as one.
Bishop Carmichael of the Church of England in Montreal dies of heart failure.
An ad explains Kodol as a liquid digestive aid that mimics stomach juices to start digestion instantly. It claims to help digest food, support health, and relieve dyspepsia, produced by E C DeWitt Co in Chicago and safe for occasional use.
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