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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1892
Page
1
The piece notes heavy rains hurting unthreshed wheat in North Dakota while outlining political chatter. Major Pickler pledges another run for Congress, Carl G. Sherwood is rumored for the Watertown land office registry, and A Beveridge surfaces as a Sioux Falls mayoral hopeful.
Senator Pettigrew joins the national congressional committee while Representative Pickler is named to the Indian Affairs panel. Jolley is noted as a possible governor candidate, and Gov. McKinley rejects a presidential bid though hints a future boom may rise around him.
Senator Pettigrew urges passage of an act allowing timber culture claimants to prove up after eight years regardless of securing the required number of trees. The measure would relieve settlers who have spent time and money on claims and lost stands to drought or fire just as they prepared to prove up.
Minneapolis businessman S. E. Olson tells a Republican State League meeting that McKinley tariff raises no prices and even lowers some costs, calling the bill a bridge over turbulent times and a boon to the party.
The Sioux Falls Gazette critiques the Democratic race highlighting Hill as the logical yet troubled nominee. It argues Hill represents forceful party tactics and office holding, but his star fades amid alleged frankness and controversial methods.
Clare R. Tinan celebrates ten years of the Kimball Graphic noting growth and current prosperity. The Graphic evolved from the Kimball Enterprise and began in the Mitchell Republican office during Stanbery and Wheelock era. Under Tinan the paper grew into an independent, original weekly run on business principles, providing both pleasure and profit to its owner and editor.
A Kansas cyclone struck Cherryvale amid floods and hail from Burlington to Emporia with eight inch hailstones. Deaths include Mrs. E. B. Lawson and others. towns faced ruined barns, torn roofs and widespread damage. Illinois Iowa reports describe heavy rains, flooded rivers, wrecked bridges, and barns wiped out with no or few fatalities.
Floods from recent rains swell area creeks to historic highs. Charles Frey drowned on his Clinton area farm while attempting to clear a stream of drift.
A catastrophic blast at a St Peters burg smokeless powder factory kills nine workers in a freak accident involving five tons of gun cotton. Reports from across the country note a pattern of unrest and violent crime as courts and police respond to cases in OskaLoosa Decatur Houston and New York.
Washington April 4. A successor to the late Charles G Williams in the Watertown land office will be appointed before April 15 when the Sisseton agency opens for settlement. Governor Mellette recommends Frank Phillips with about one hundred telegraph inquiries in the interior department. The post is expected to be lucrative for two to three years, prompting a scramble by applicants and a wary search by the South Dakota delegation for a non‑connected appointee.
In San Antonio Garza the alleged Mexican revolutionist is reported to be in the city. He reportedly claims most uprising dispatches about him were faked by sensationalists. He allegedly led smugglers on the border but left them a year ago and was never a revolutionary commander.
Four persons were killed in a Sterling dynamite factory blast at Bessemer near Birmingham. The explosion occurred in the packing area and left a six by fifteen foot hole. The cause is unknown, with suspicion that a worker struck a blow while packing.
A huge dynamite blast in Birmingham shook houses up to twelve and fifteen miles away. A severed foot was identified among many flesh fragments found within a quarter mile radius, indicating a deadly blast with extensive debris.
A highwayman held up North street cable car conductor George Phillips as he registered in a shanty at the eastern end of the road. The robber forced him to surrender money, fired at the gripman when he reentered for a drink, and escaped. Phillips was shot in the thigh and gravely injured.
April 4. Senator Morgan leads a Georgia Democratic caucus demanding Senator Hill declare his position on the silver issue before Georgia can grant a delegate. Hill finds Washington strong men ready to challenge the boss and insist he state his views.
An on the floor employee claims free silver supporters have signatures to invoke cloture but delay presenting the petition until after the Rhode Island vote. They fear passing a free silver bill now would hurt Democratic prospects in the upcoming election.
Horace Anthony cashier of the First National bank in Kasson Minnesota died from a self inflicted gunshot believed caused by poor health. He was described as an exemplary young man with many friends.
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