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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1886
Page
7
A dated digest notes New York aldermen in jail amid labor unrest and reform talks. It covers senate executive sessions, Iowa Soldiers Home location, Balvini in St Paul, and reactions to open sessions. It references The Reporter March issue with land decisions and cites Belgian striker calm versus American patience amid provocation.
The Alexandria Herald notes the retirement of C. T. McCoy from the Aberdeen land office and quips that only a lasting retiring disposition could win South Dakota voters’ forgiveness for his past actions as a traitor, a matter settled only after his death.
Marion Register quotes Capt Rathbun condemning cheap newspaper value and rewarding ignorance. An aside notes a Tennessee exchange between Representatives Houck and McMillan mocking each other as if in parliament.
The Secretary of the Interior reverses Commissioner Sparks in the James Brittin exparte case, a move seen as aligning with longstanding interpretation of public domain rights. The piece stresses the decision’s limited practical impact and frames Sparks as having erred in a capricious, cranky approach.
Delegates in Washington say Delegate Gifford of Dakota expresses confidence the territory will be divided and a southern portion admitted. Hill’s division plan targets the seventh parallel, echoing a path similar to the forty sixth parallel. Democratic support is forming. seventeen votes could pass the measure next week as Dakota operatives press for gains. In Sioux City, Deputy Marshal John Foster and a suspect named Jones arrive with a horse-stealing case tied to Maj. A J Carrier at Crow Creek reservation.
New York Times reports about 28,000 Sioux in Dakota Territory, facing a bill by Sen Dawes to cede about 11 million acres in exchange for 20 years of education, cattle grants, and a permanent fund. The plan aims to open the land to settlers while preserving some provisions for the Indians. The Indian Rights Association supports the measure, warning civilizational pressures threaten the reservation.
A note explains heavy job work this week forces omission of interesting news matter. The paragraph states the apology is not for the work but to keep delinquent subscribers by year end.
James T. Brand a retail grocer of Redfield assigned this evening. The assets and liabilities are not yet known. In Aberdeen, F. H. Hagerty shipped from Springboro Pennsylvania a car of blooded stock including four Clydesdale stallions imported from France. Kellie townsite planned in Edmunds county by C M and St P railroad terminus to H D extension from Ipswich. A syndicate led by S H Jumper Geo L Cadwell and C Downing buys 400 acres to plat a town with bank stores. This may hurt Bangor.
D Warner proprietor of the Kimball townsite died at ten this morning from heart neuralgia at age sixty three after returning from Ohio. He arrived in good health midweek, fell ill Thursday, and died Friday. He will be buried in Painesville Ohio. his son F D Warner and C R Tinan attended him. Warner came to Dakota in 1881 and helped develop Kimball. he leaves a wife in Painesville and one son.
A dispute over a pony on the Sioux reservation led to a deadly clash between Jumping Elk and The-Man-Who-Falls-Flat. One man struck with a tomahawk, Elk died, and United States Deputy Marshal Harris arrested the killer.
New York report says William C. Ackerman of Hardin Iowa attempted suicide at the Grand Union Hotel this morning. He reportedly took a fatal dose of laudanum and is not expected to recover.
Huron Democrats nominate a straight party ticket. Vilas Dramatic club presents Out in the Streets at Ferguson's Opera House Howard on Monday evening April 5. Northwestern Insurance of Wahpeton reports first loss after recent organization. Judge Bartlett Tripp to hold court in Howard starting May 4. first Miner county term.
Fire at the Planters House in St Louis on April 3 destroyed the laundry and drying rooms and claimed the lives of four young hotel employees found on the fourth floor. Guests were awakened and escaped as crews battled flames from 3:50 to 5:30 AM. Bodies identified as Kate Cassidy, Mary Burnin, Mary Cooney and another unidentified woman were removed to the morgue.
Taunton Massachusetts workers strike for higher pay, mills shut down leaving about 1500 rooms and 1300 employees idle. In Kansas City Missouri Pacific trains run with some strikers back. Ottawa unrest ends with guards and threats as trains reach Cherry Vale. Illinois bonding firm failures threaten Hoyt company, while New York indicts aldermen in bribery probe.
Sioux City reports a $6000 drive for the Defiance branch. Other items include a predicted resignation of Secretary Manning, a major snow cover through Illinois Wisconsin Indiana, and a 314 087 884 March debt reduction.
Cui1caGo April 3 the box manufacturers union and Maxwell Bros have agreed on a basis of settlement. The firm will take back all the older workers who were employed at the time of the four month old strike.
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