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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1896
Page
4
A fragment shows a printing house in Mitchell South Dakota related to a local newspaper issue. It references a publishing house and printing company involvement with community readers and distribution in the area.
Dispatches describe 25,000 insurrectos under Maceo advancing toward Havana and Pinar del Rio, raiding properties and tearing railways, with about 40 Spanish troops and several thousand loyalists guarding key points. Rebels are well armed, organized in bands, and press the island in a near crisis as Weyler’s forces respond.
A masked assailant entered Alyn M. Stone's farmhouse near Tallmadge Ohio and butchered the family in bed. Stone and his wife were killed, Ira Stillson and Emma Stone were left unconscious, Hattie and Flora Stone faced injuries but survived. Flora hid as Hattie alerted neighbors while Stillson’s condition remained dire.
A Kingston Jamaica dispatch to the New York World says the American schooner William Todd of Calais Maine was fired upon six miles south of the Isle of Pines by a Spanish gun boat. After three more shots a Spanish officer boarded to search for contraband. finding none, he departed and the vessel resumed its voyage to Mobile Alabama.
Philadelphia street railway dispute grows tense with the Amalgamated Association narrowly defeating a move to again shut down lines. A central board committee studied witnesses and affidavits showing limited company efforts to settle the feud and ongoing discharge of union members.
The President will proclaim opening of the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota to settlement on May 1. The White Earth Reservation will be opened by a later proclamation. The two reserves total about 1,000,000 acres of former Chippewa lands.
News from Paris reports President Hyppolyte of Haiti died of apoplexy. The Haytien Legation has no confirmation. Six men who had forced their way into the Central rail freight yards are involved in a separate incident.
A collision on a road near Elizabeth New Jersey resulted in multiple deaths and injuries after a train shifted and a broken coupling pin caused several cars to derail on a siding. Two workers were killed, one fatally injured, two slight, and another unaccounted for after the mishap involving migrants from Philadelphia.
An old Bertrand resident, W. I. Wiley, was warned to leave after making indecent proposals to a 15 year old girl. A mob of women, led by the girl's mother, seized him as he was taken to the constable, tied his hands, and whipped him in the street before authorities ordered dismissal. Wiley fled to Iowa with his children, leaving his wife in care of neighbors. He had previously served as a local justice of the peace and held city property.
A Boston Music Hall gathering of 2,202 delegates elects four delegates and alternates to the St. Louis national convention. A Reed for president bannered crowd cheers erupt whenever the Maine statesman’s name is spoken amid sea of flags and bunting.
The wife of J. J. Bowman perished when she fell through rafters and hung head downward during a house fire in Hennessey Oklahoma. Bowman, unable to reach her, watched helplessly as she burned.
Sioux City stockers and feeders trade $8.00 to $3.60 with hogs $8.55 to $3.60. Wheat 48¢ to 50¢, corn 1? 19¢, oats 14¢ to 18¢, rye 20¢ to 25¢, hay 4.50 to 5.00, butter 15¢ to 16¢. Chicago beef steers 3.25 to 4.00, stockers 2.75 to 3.85. logs 8.60 to 4.10. wheat 61¢ to 65¢, corn 28¢ to 29¢, oats 18.8¢, rye 35¢ to 46¢ tax. Kansas City cattle 3.00 to 4.15, logs 8.45 to 3.70. sheep 5.50 to 4.20. South Omaha cattle 3.25 to 3.90, hogs 3.50 to 3.65. St. Vanns cattle 8.00 to 5.30, hogs 2.00 to 8.75. Minneapolis grain wheat March 56 to 57 cents, May 58 to 58-1/2, July 60 to 60-1/2, No. 1 hard on track 58 cents.
Meagre next year appropriations prompt Vermilion State University officials to plan faculty cuts and other changes. Prof Lommen receives one year leave to study in Germany. Lennox case yields no evidence tying Green or Sly to the Bingener house incident. Green vows to clear his son's name.
Attorney General Crawford supervised sale of property of Taylor's bondsmen under execution at Red Gulden. Only real estate sold, totaling $7,666, all bids meeting the prior appraisement. Cash and prior recoveries bring the total credit on the shortage to $270,000. Attendees expected lower figures due to hard times, but no bids below appraised value. State plans to hold property for better times as all realty is desirable and should fetch higher prices with an upswing in affairs.
Mitchell reports the first spring rain at 7 o clock dropping about two inches in three hours aiding farmers. Yankton, Vermillion, Redfield, and Spearfish record rain or hail, with Spearfish noting the death of Daisy Louthan by self-inflicted gunshot after a troubled romance.
Governor sues Regents of Education Boucher Sheldon Smedley Coller and Adams after they attempted a meeting called by Shannon. An injunction blocked all business until Judge Campbell rules on Dr Coller’s case. Regents file notice of appeal to the supreme court.
Billy Handley of Sioux Falls and James McGraw of East Sioux Falls organize the Sioux Falls Jasper Stone Company to advance the granite industry. McGrath heads Jasper Minnesota quarries, Handley leads East Sioux Falls quarries. The firm already holds 31000 in contracts with more expected.
Sheriff John B. Satter of Clay County had arrested Perry Lattin as a suspect in the Akron raping case but he was taken to Elk Point for identification by Union County officers and discharged after matching some details. Lattin claimed relatives in Scotland and Chamberlain and was traveling from Dakota City toward Yankton. Charges with Hog Stealing involve T. L. Parke Geo Lowry jailed at Canton for hog theft from George Robinson. Parke and Lowry have prior trouble with law.
C. O. Knapp will begin erecting a creamery with capacity for milk from 600 cows and will operate a cheese factory to supply the local trade this season, continuing the prior arrangement.
Report covers horse thefts across Beadle and Sully Counties with about 190 horses stolen then moved to North Dakota. Suspects Frank McNutt and Charles Owens captured near Cando with fifteen horses. McNutt evaded later, seven more horses found. Other suspects include J. L. Fox and J. W. Gilpin. warrants issued. Also details the Mitchell Mail Office destruction and A O U W lodge charges against fourteen involved, Dr. R C Warne charged. Warne’s expulsion vote ends with defeat.
Sheriff Erb of Sully County cleared by U S Commissioner Pattison in Pierre after government fails to prove he sold liquor without a proper license. This marks a second dismissal on the same charge. Complainants were C H Viekerman Frank McNutt and J A Lee. Only Vickerman testified while McNutt fled across the border and Lee left to dodge liquor to Indians case. Prosecution labeled as spiteful and unfounded.
The South Dakota circuit of the Hague's Synod accepts George W. Byrnes gift of ten acres near Beresford to establish an orphans home. Appointed to handle finances are Rev. J. B. A. Dale, Rev. O. E. Torgerson, Rev. P. B. Strand, Rev. A. O. Mortvyedt, and several laymen from South Dakota and Iowa. Lundgren Found Guilty. The state court convicts A. T. Lundgren of assault with intent to commit rape on a child. judge may impose a light sentence. John Water of Worthing faces similar charges.
A force resumes work on Yankton’s Missouri River railroad bridge. Leavenworth Bridge Company reports funds provided and completion planned this season. The $600,000 structure will be bonded to an English syndicate and operated by the Great Northern Tests Lithographing Stone.
The South Dakota Republican state convention at Huron chose McKinley as the preferred standard bearer and instructed delegates for St. Louis while rejecting Senator Pettigrew for chair and any committee role. Delegates elected include L. B. French, R. F. Pettigrew, and others as per the party lineup. Pettigrew pledged to honor the majority toward McKinley and sound money.
A New York pedicure trend among fashionable women is described as increasing. It notes women with unhappy homes or no children prefer daily at home foot care and going barefoot indoors. The piece links foot care to health claiming no colds or fevers due to barefoot habits.
A newborn pup in Bellville Maryland displays extreme deformities with humanlike front feet lacking claws, a rabbit shaped head and ears, a rear with a rabbit foot and two dog paws. The mother killed the abnormal animal immediately.
The United States supplies a large share of global silver from Colorado Montana and Utah. It dominates world petroleum production with Russia as a distant competitor. Since 1835 the U S lead in lead production has grown markedly, expanding the world supply.
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