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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1899
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR text from a South Dakota printing firm entry shows incomplete company name and location. The readable portion mentions Mitogele Printing Co and Pounasucr ce tte SLRS ETUEE, suggesting a local printing business or notice with garbled lines.
General Lawton led 1500 troops to seize Santa Cruz on Laguna de Bay in the Philippines. Rebels under a Chinaman named Pao Wah were driven into the mountains with sixty eight killed and many wounded. Americans report six wounded. A flotilla and gunboats supported the advance as a picturesque operation began near the river pass.
About 1,600 workers quit to strike on the United Railroads in Cuba. A strikers committee met Gov Gen Brooke in Havana to explain aims. The general warned against disturbing public order as mails and American troops may be moved while passenger and freight service stalls.
A riot in Pana Illinois on Monday afternoon involved deputies and white miners against black workers. Six men were killed and several injured as shots were fired and hundreds paraded armed. The mayor asked Gov. Tanner to send troops while the sheriff claimed the situation was under control. The violence began with a drunken colored miner shooting another miner and firing into the crowd.
President appoints Bartlett Tripp of Yankton South Dakota to represent the United States on the tripartite Samoan commission to settle island troubles. Tripp, a noted lawyer and former chief justice of Dakota Territory, previously served as minister to Austria and is described as a sound money Democrat, with his appointment linked to Senator Cushman K. Davis of Minnesota.
Eight to twelve victims reported after Yellowstone River ice overflow near Glendive. Ten bodies recovered. local rescue efforts ongoing as flood waters hamper search operations.
Justice Stephen J. Field of the United States Supreme Court died at his home on Capitol Hill Washington D C on Sunday evening from kidney complications. He had retired from the bench on December 1 1808 after a long career and aged health followed a recent cold that worsened. He regained momentarily on Thursday but relapsed and died at 6 30 p m Sunday after losing consciousness earlier that day.
Miss Minna Shelton of the W C T U reports the White House declined a direct interview with the President on the anti canteen interpretation by Attorney General Griggs. The President is too engaged this week and asks for a written statement to be presented for consideration.
The John K Speed a steam packet owned by Cincinnati and New Orleans Packet Co went down after leaving Louisville as passengers and crew were rescued. The craft struck the Kentucky riverbank rock bottom and flooded her hold but all aboard were saved with lifeboats and no injuries reported.
Dispatch from Manila reports Aguinaldo issued a decree making Spanish the official language across the Archipelago and opposing American efforts to impose English on natives who do not know it. The note catalogs several other items: Mexican Morphy arrest in Kansas City, bank embezzlement case, smelter restart orders at Boston and Montana mines, Park Hotel fire at Hannibal with injuries, and Major General Wood tightening control as bandits faced prison.
A Honolulu dispatch reports a March 26 clash between Japanese and Chinese laborers on Kahuka plantation. Japanese attackers armed with clubs and knives killed three Chinese and wounded many others before police halted the violence and martial law was imposed. Twenty three Japanese ringleaders and seven Chinese detainees were jailed.
R G Dun and Co reports first quarter 1899 failures total 2 772 down from 3 687 last year liabilities 27 152 081 vs 32 946 565 a 17 6 percent fall Geographically New England slight rise Southeast 18 percent central states 20 percent Pacific and southwestern 40 percent western 41 percent middle 48 percent Woolen trade steady at fine grades but weaker medium and lower grades Cotton mills strong demand and price stability but several large mills closed by strikes Wheat exports from Atlantic ports including flour total 2 074 740 bushels down from 2 240 172 last year receipts still higher than last year
Arkansas Attorney General asserts the anti trust statute covers labor organizations including unions and federations. He notes a coal operators may seek to apply the law to the United Mine Workers of America amid a Western Arkansas coal strike. If operative, the ban could affect any labor contract in the state. A separate report from Clinton, Illinois describes Matt Myers dying in a dynamite accident while stump blasting. Omdurman reports indicate removal of Anglo Egyptian troops due to meningitis.
Terrence Anderson of Plymouth, described as demented, died by his own action after leaping into an 800 foot shaft of the Delaware and Hudson mine near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania.
Commodity prices are listed for cattle hogs sheep and grains in markets from Indianapolis to New York. The notes cover No 2 red wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and other staples with varying price ranges by city and grade.
Articles of incorporation filed in Pierre establish the March Brothers Cattle Company with a $100,000 capital. The firm, rooted in Pierre cattle trade, lists F M March and G K March as leaders and plans to handle about 10,000 head this year with Minneapolis backers including N C Akeley and Egbert Cowles of Flour City National Bank.
George Olson of Piedmont let his cattle graze a field where frozen carrots were found in the ground. Nearly all the cattle fell ill and nineteen head died within twenty four hours.
The large Watertown memorial service at the Methodist Church honored Lieut Frank H Adams of Company I South Dakota Volunteers killed in Manila on March 28 189?. Attendees included Masons AOUW Modern Woodmen fire department and G A R members. A fundraising committee was formed to erect a monument for Adams and other fallen company members.
A major fire in Lead destroyed a block in the heart of town including Henry Jacobs hardware and other shops. Cohen Gambiner clothing suffered water damage, water pressure hampered efforts, and EE May’s wall spared the town. Loss estimated at 100000 with incendiary origin suspected.
Dr. Joseph Hartmann vanished from Huron last week. Friends aided his escape and fled town after habeas corpus was granted. A livery-team escrowed Slartmann to Volin then to the north by train toward Sioux Falls, with authorities in Cook County closing in on his trail. Rumor placed him in St Paul or Minneapolis as investigators pursue the case.
Frank M. Ziebach, formerly of Yankton and now in charge of the Wells Fargo Express business in Cuba with Havana headquarters, advanced from Yankton messenger to a top position in New York before taking the Cuba post.
Early morning fires gutted two rival mansions on Wirth Avenue in New York injuring and killing eleven. Wallace C. Andrews and his family perished. Mrs Mary Loughlin died in the Adams house fire. Sparks set the Adams residence ablaze, with two servants surviving by jumping from a fourth story window.
A dramatic stock market collapse sweeps Wall Street LaSalle Street and Chicago with vast losses. Traders rush to sell as bears hammer prices and bulls fail to stem the decline, sending industrial and railroad shares plunging in a demoralized, panicked session. The episode recalls the 1906 downturn in memory.
The cruiser Detroit rushed to Bluefields Nicaragua to safeguard American interests after Gen Vorres actions angered the United States. State Department orders pressed an energetic protest with the Nic araguan government. In Costa Rica, insurrectionary turmoil brings forced loans and double import duties on American businesses and residents.
Indianapolis wins its long battle for cheaper streetcar fares with a 25 cent full ride option and 20 tickets for 1 dollar, plus transfer privileges making the effective 4 cent fare. Single rides stay at 5 cents. The company also covers paving beside tracks and pays Indianapolis 1 160 000 dollars in cash over time.
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