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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1904
Page
1
An advertisement extols Royal Baking Powder as purest and strongest, free from alum and adulterants, claiming it makes the best and most wholesome food. Royal Baking Powder Co. located at 100 William St New York.
M Sormons, editor of the HouRONITE, defends his tenure as States Attorney against an unsigned Journal-World critique. He claims the piece misrepresents his actions regarding Col King and local resorts, denies improper influence, and asserts prosecutions were pursued when complaints were sworn. He seeks space to correct the alleged false statements.
Count Tolgtoi is dead. he is brother to Count Leo. The pope met Cayetano Arellano, chief justice of the Philippine islands, in private. France’s agriculture minister estimates wheat output at 104,623,453 decaliters this year, down from 128,385,630 last year. John R. Wise of Wisconsin, a third class clerk in the Indian bureau, is appointed assistant superintendent of the Indian School at Carlisle, Pa., effective Oct 1. The Mobile, Alabama police chief discusses an alleged shortage amid ongoing investigations.
A Grand Trunk collision caused four trainmen deaths and one more fatal injury. Investigators reported the wreck after two freight trains collided head on near a junction, with emergency crews rushing to the scene.
An eastbound Grand Trunk freight train crashed into a second freight near Eastwood Ontario. Several cars were demolished. Engineers Kirkland and Heron, Conductor Falls, and Brakeman Benedict were killed. Fireman Cameron was severely burned. An open switch is believed to have caused the disaster.
A rear end collision between two Great Northern stock trains in Osakis Minnesota at 6 am left fireman Peter Neutzling of St. Cloud seriously injured with both legs broken and killed about thirty cattle. Dense fog hid signals as the rear engine plunged ten feet off an embankment wrecking three cars and the caboose.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on September 29 a miner named Paul Skayera brought a naked lamp into an old Mount Jessup shaft near Peckville. The blast killed Skayera and John Paneski and seriously burned nine others, with five feared beyond recovery as rescuers rush injured men to hospitals.
Madison September 29 the supreme court holds the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of America is not a benevolent organization and its property is not exempt from taxation under state law. The decision follows a suit brought by the trustees of the Green Bay lodge.
Yokohama reports Lafcadio Hearn a renowned author died in Tokio on September 26 from heart trouble. His funeral is set for September 30 and a Japanese sentiment expresses no real regret at his passing.
Reports from Chefoo say Japanese losses in the Port Arthur assault began Sept. 19 reached 7,000, with Russian losses 500 to 600. Japanese were forced from three forts after days of heavy fighting, burial parties under fire, and claims of Japanese efforts to undermine Russian health. Russian ships did not participate. a new fort is planned on Liaoti promontory with five large guns.
A Japanese front reports ongoing fighting with Oyama not yet ready to press his attack on Mukden, indicating a cautious advance and strong enemy resistance as battles continue in the region.
A Herald dispatch from Seoul reports 2,500 troops arriving at Chemulpo in ten days with more expected. Gensan authorities collect 4,000 pack ponies for east coast operations toward Vladivostok as Japanese advance. Hamyeung sees 1,600 troops with machine guns, ponies, and Coolies. An engagement near Hamyeung leaves ten dead and seventeen wounded while Russians reinforce from Kap San to join at Pukchien.
Paris dispatch reports Russia has negotiated for eleven torpedo boat destroyers by Compagnie des Forges at Chantiers de la Mediterranee. Four begin in Normandy and Havre yards, three at La Heyne. Construction to take fifteen months, with additional cruiser orders likely, including Bayan type ships.
Report from St. Petersburg on September 29 indicates Wu Ting Fang, former Chinese minister to the United States, will be sent on a special mission to Europe and America. He will consult neutral powers about protecting China's interests in the peace talks ending the war, not coordinate with Japan and Russia.
The British steamer Loyalist bound for London from Halifax ran aground at Sealey Bay near Cape Race in dense fog. She will be a total wreck, but part of the cargo may be saved. The crew made their escape.
General Kuropatkin reports near continuous fighting with Japanese forces north of Mukden. Japanese aim to cut off his retreat to Harbin or Tiebass as they close on Mukden. Russian recon confirms main Japanese forces along the Yen tai mines branch line with constant contact and occasional clashes. Samsonoff's troops report frequent engagements with light casualties while the Japanese build pontoon bridges over the Taitse river at Bensihu.
A dispatch from General Kuropatkin notes numerous skirmishes along the Russian front with the Japanese mostly holding positions east of the railroad and mounting outpost attacks to the north. Reconnaissances report frequent encounters with few Russian casualties, and Russian forces claim to have captured Japanese cattle and horses.
Sept 29 dispatches report no clear Japanese flanking breakthrough east and west of Mukden. Oyama has not begun pressing from Lianchan or the Liao River valley. Russian scouts indicate main forces still near Yentai and Pontoon crossings at Bensihu. Port Arthur blockade is now effective and ships are diverted to Port Dalny, raising concerns over morale.
Tokyo reports the Japanese government will issue a 40 million dollar domestic loan at five percent with an issue price of 92. The finance minister will meet bankers in Tokyo Thursday and in Osaka Nagoya Saturday to discuss the financing. A possible law amendment would extend the reserve service to seventeen years and five months.
Berlin reports that Japanese refugees in Russian Territory at the war’s outbreak will be sent to Japan via the German frontier on October 1. The group mainly includes merchants and laborers from East Siberia who have been kept under surveillance since hostilities began, with the Russian government not opposing their return home.
Madison September 29 the Wisconsin supreme court did not hand down a decision in the La Follette case this morning. Indications suggested the decision might not come this week. Judge Cassaday has not yet seated. Judge Winslow presided in the court.
The state ibeneere has completed preliminaries to collect collateral inheritance tax from the late James Callahan estate, valued at about $10,000,000. The state will recover roughly half a million in taxes.
Russian military expert notes a large turning movement by Japanese forces toward the east near Mukden. He says the approach favors mountain warfare but risks unit disconnection, with the outcome hinging on Kuropatkin’s assessment of the Se retreat and potential clash at Mukden or continued retreat to Tie Pass.
In Pittsboro Indiana Faught a veteran of the Mexican war aged eighty four killed himself during the night. He was found lying in the front yard of his home.
The dispatch from Tientsin reports a large force of bandits near Mukden preparing to cut the railroad. Authorities in St. Petersburg and at the war office believe the Suarde will protect the line, though undisciplined Chinese bands are numerous and pose a challenge.
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