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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
3
A collage of brief notes spans culture, science, and society. Topics include dining trends in America, shifts in sporting jargon, Vanderbilt’s expansion of Biltmore, Canadian military sentiment, animal behavior, urban oddities, and global trivia from Russia to France.
Belle Fourche South Dakota July 29 Harris Franklin a leading cattle owner in the northwest announces retirement from the range business due to congestion. The company will ship beef to Nebraska and reduce herds while acquiring land for summer pasture and winter feeding.
Jens Goodwin, a hired man for A. G. McFarling near Huron, became mentally deranged after months of strain. He was brought to town with two helpers, placed under sheriff care, and to be sent to Yankton asylum once an attendant arrives. Authorities seek his relatives as they assess his past life. Sunday brought heavy rain and a damaging storm in Beadle County. The Huron O E S elected Mrs John Milne as conductress replacing Mrs Fred Brary.
Roy Kirkley, 19, of Sioux Falls, was struck on the jugular vein by a pitched ball during a game and died four hours later from the injury. Earlier a miner Tsake Johnson, 40, was killed at the Homestake mine in Lead when rock fell on him at the 800 foot level.
Washington July 2. Miller, assistant foreman in the bookbindery of the government printing office, resumed his duties this morning. He took charge of the men who had engaged in a protest against him but the workers persisted under protest while no radical action was contemplated.
July 2 Rome. Cardinal Gibbons drawn no chance of pope election as conclave forms. Irish cardinal Logue predicts Leo XIII successor soon. Cardinals Moran and Celesia late, Humbert death commemorations set for Pantheon with King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Margherita expected in Rome.
In Spokane Washington July 23 a printer for the Review quit Sunday night causing no paper to be published yesterday morning for the first time in eleven years. The Evening Chronicle and Evening Bulletin were also affected as all three share the same composing room. Arbitration favored publishers but the printers refused an arbitrator proposed by the national board of arbitration and walked out.
July market listings show slow hog receipts and steady cattle at Chicago and Omaha with mixed grain prices and cash quotations for corn and wheat. Prices span hogs from 5.10 to 11.20 per hundredweight and cattle around 4.25 to 6.60, while barley and oats trade near set levels.
A July report from Inspector Johnson touring the state with a party of men notes crops look very promising. Wheat yield may reach 15 bushels per acre and total wheat output could exceed 43,976,023 bushels last year, with an expected rise to over 10,000,000 bushels this year. Corn remains strong, especially in Bead County, while potatoes show excellent promise and wheat prices hover around 75 cents per bushel.
Four libel actions totaling 40000 damages are filed against Seth R. Smith of Teac. Plaintiffs are John Barron Thomas F P Nichol Joseph Whitford and A McGill. Suit arises from a union officials purchase of a piano and a Daily Call published Smith’s claim that the union committee was bribed by McGill. Each case seeks 10000.
July 28 report from Sioux Falls notes Koplinic, sentenced for murder in Buffalo County, seeks habeas corpus release citing missing records on defendant's courtroom presence and flawed indictment. Koplinic hires counsel. judge Jones to hear in-city argument on August List Inst. Also mentions separate crimes in Deadwood and Spearfish.
Post Office Department sleuths and Navy Secretary Moody arrived at Oyster Bay and met with President Roosevelt. Samuel McCusick Lindalty Porto Rico education commissioner presented a department statement while Bristow and Williams joined luncheon and immigration official Dan Van Ingen accompanied from New York.
A long reminiscence outlines efforts by multiple presidents and senators to replace Minister Conger in Pekin. Barrett courted a China post. Japan opposed him. Rockhill emerged as Conger’s ideal successor. Conger’s effective handling of crises keeps him in place, with Rockhill poised for future transfer and Barrett reassigned to Argentina.
London scientists study radium emissions to identify ultra violet lines and new elements. They report traces of helium in spectra and suggest radium glows from a distinct element, the aregantellum, sparking speculation on artificial gold and silver production.
In St Louis on July 22 several convicts faced sentencing for bribery and perjury related to municipal franchise deals. Names include Jen A Sheridan Edward Lorry Hannigan Louis Decker Emil Hartman and Albright with sentences ranging up to five years and fines referenced in the court records.
New York July 2. E S Hooley & Co dominates block exchanges amid uneasy markets and rumors of a receiver action against Harriman interests in the Southern Pacific system. Talbot J Taylor & Co seeks legal restraint on stock voting and funds transfers tied to Union Pacific, Central Pacific, and Southern Pacific maneuvers.
A 16 year old girl in Farmington Iowa was assaulted near Medill by a colored man named Clark who fled as a posse pursued him. The mob pressed the chase through the day and night with several wounded victims and officials fear a lynching will occur.
Two workers are dead and others injured after a cylinder blew at an ammonia pump engine at the Jacob Ruprette ice plant in New York. Fumes spread through the building as firemen responded while employees were evacuated. Names Otto Smith and John Vincinsel are listed among the injured engineers.
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