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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1899
Page
3
London reports from a Daily Chronicle correspondent that the Orange Free State road has unanimously resolved to assist the Transvaal against British aggression in response to Steyn's anti English speech.
London reports the government has cabled Sir Alfred Milner protesting a Conyngham Green accusation while delaying active steps to dispatch troops. Preparations for a large Buller army proceed if Kruger rejects compromise, with Parliament likely to be convened next month and Johannesburg noting possible arrests of journalists and outlander leaders.
Pretoria reports President Kruger in telegraphic talks with Steyn as the road of the Orange Free State awaits the decision. Danes Germans French Hollanders and Americans volunteer for Commandant General Joubert in case of war. Reitz tells outlanders they may remain in Johannesburg if they wish. Joubert says journalist travel requests are premature.
In Cape Town President Kruger warns things are serious yet aims for peace. Word says Berkshire battalion may be moved from King Williams Town to the Orange Free State border. Premier Schreiner envisions a volunteer force uniting English and Dutch for colony defense and independence from imperial troops.
Russian newspapers express support for the Transvaal as war with Britain seems likely. Novoe Vremya questions keeping the Suez Canal as international waterway if East Africa becomes a British colony from Cairo to the Cape. Novosti condemns England's grab policy and warns war would not be a triumphal march.
A London dispatch to The Tribune reports that leading financiers in Lombard Street believe war is unavoidable as neither President Kruger nor Mr. Chamberlain can retreat with honor. Both sides are said to have gone too far to back down, leaving only forceful confrontation.
In San Francisco on Sept 25 the former senator was reported dangerously ill at the Palace hotel and suffered a severe pulmonary hemorrhage. He had just returned from a country trip and was too feeble to rise from bed.
An electric car carrying passengers ran off the track at Prince's Curve near Carthage, rolling over and injuring twenty people. Rescue and medical teams responded to the scene as investigators began work on the cause.
A violent, disorderly Massachusetts Democratic state convention in Boston erupted over the State Committee’s list of delegates to the national convention. Congressman John E. Fitzgerald faced near removal as factions clashed for hours, ending with the committee’s reports adopted and Robert Treat Paine Jr. and John H. Mack leading the delegates. The state ticket was Paine Jr. for governor, Mack for lieutenant governor, Morrison for attorney general, Ramsdell for auditor, Harry Lloyd for secretary of state, and Flynn for treasurer, with Chicago platform endorsed.
The Omaha state Republican convention nominated M. B. Reese of Lincoln for supreme judge on the first ballot. E. G. McMilton of Omaha and William B. Ely of Ainsworth were named for regents of the state university on the first ballot. The platform favors the gold standard and supports U S policy following the Paris treaty and the army and navy victory.
Governors from Arkansas, Tennessee, Michigan, Missouri, Colorado and Iowa along with attorneys general and officials from Montana through Washington meet in St. Louis at the Planters hotel to debate remedies for trusts. Speakers clash on expansion, regulation, and potential annihilation as views diverge on state and federal laws.
Senator Mc Comber and Representative Spaulding urged the president at the White House to extend his Western trip to North Dakota as volunteers return. The president took the invitation under advisement, seeking feasibility before accepting.
Governor Shaw Kay received a cablegram from Colonel Lopez of the Fifty-first Regiment stating the unit will sail and stay in San Francisco, arriving around October 24. Senator confirms the port call and confirms the voyage timing via the tran document.
New York Sept 21 John D Long secretary of the navy has written to the Dewey expedition committee declining the invitation to be present His declination completes the list of cabinet officers all of whom have declined training the attendance impact on the event remains unclear
An old magazine blurb touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the solution for early disease signs like pimples headaches and weak digestion. The ad claims the remedy regulates the whole system and never disappoints, with Hood's Pills as the preferred family laxative.
The Senate and Chamber of Deputies in joint session unanimously granted President Diaz 21 days leave of absence to visit Chicago. The action occurred in Mexico City on September 22.
Des Moines reports a serious insurance war with Eastern and foreign company representatives warning they will send men to cut rates in the city unless local Des Moines agencies halt rate cutting. Iowa companies and local agencies face an unsustainable pricing challenge.
Traffic along the Duluth waterfront stalls as flour sheds fill and every lake shipment line holds cars on tracks. Officials report the worst flour congestion yet at the head of the lakes.
A shipload of war munitions departed New Orleans during the morning bound for Cerumiet Island. From there the Mexican government will distribute them to suppress the Yaqui uprising in Yucatan.
Washington officials from the war navy and treasure departments elect Captain Robley Evans to assume general direction of arrangements for policing the Columbia Shamrock racecourse.
May Fay an extra dividend 1 percent on common stock considered by Northern Pacific directors meeting in New York the executive committee instructed to study feasibility for February payment.
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