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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1909
Page
5
Constantinople reports serious revolutionary disturbances with mutinous troops surrounding the parliament building and demanding removal of key officials. London and Vienna relay claims of a grave upheaval as the Young Turks clash with liberal factions amid political turmoil.
In a Pittsburg riot at a mining settlement early today six foreign suitors for Lizzie Mozeka’s hand were seriously injured, three with daggers and revolvers. The father proposed drawing lots to decide the dispute. Chanso won, sparking a for all brawl. Eight suspects are in custody.
A sweeping Rochester fire began in the Electro Surgical Implant Manufacturing building on East Main Street and spread rapidly. Dozens of houses, the Berith Kodesh temple, and other structures were destroyed or threatened as militia was deployed to guard districts. One girl missing, a woman driven insane, and several churches burned. The Selden building, St Peter's church, and the B rith Kodesh temple faced ruin as flames reached multiple streets. Community members evacuated en masse while firefighting limited by available crews.
Woodward Okla April 15 The third fire in a week at the Oklahoma state insane asylum at Fort Supply 26 miles NW of here destroyed the main hospital. No lives were lost but 56 of 59 patients were carried from the burning building.
Sioux City Iowa April 15 three members of the Kolpin family dead and three others near death after eating trichinosis infected pork from summer sausage. Father John Kolpin dies, wife and son Herbert already buried, three children Cora Lester Florence critically ill.
President Taft will meet with the executive council of the American Federation of Labor at the White House next Friday afternoon to discuss issues affecting organized labor. The AFL began its sessions in Washington yesterday with AFL President Gompers arranging the gathering.
Washington reports the Payne tariff bill passed the House 217 to 161 after lively session. The vote followed weeks of debate with GOP victory cheers as amendments shifted duties and free imports, including petroleum on the free list, and the bill adjourned after a Monday Thursday meeting limit was set.
Chicago April 13 James A Patten the new king of the wheat market earns about a million dollars daily from his five month campaign selling roughly eight million bushels a day He claims no corner yet controls the market by buying and storing wheat for delivery while prices top 1 25 a bushel His workers confirm short term demand and his plans to take profits as settlement day nears.
Carrie Nation is in St Louis with her niece Carrie Moore of Kansas City. Moore, 23, says she is Nation’s pupil and aims to carry on the crusade when she is older. She plans to use Nation’s hatchet methods in saloon reform.
Mrs. Georgian Allyn Sampson was acquitted after a Monday start to trial for the shooting death of husband Harry Sampson in Lyons New York. Jurors delivered the verdict at night as she trembled then smiled and embraced relatives while thanking her lawyers jurors and reporters. District Attorney Joseph Gilbert who prosecuted the case said he was satisfied with the result.
Tekamah Nebraska an April 13 R B Hennen delivered a letter written by Iowa senator Cummins grandmother in 1887 The note required 18 cents postage to travel from Pennsylvania to Ohio at that time.
The article details Patten's stance after a deluxe book swindle affair where two swindlers were imprisoned. Patten, previously a grain inspector and later a grain buyer, explains he does not aim to corner markets, just buys when he believes prices are undervalued. He asserts wheat should be worth at least a dollar per bushel, noting current conditions justify $1.50 or more.
Governor Charles N. Haskell and six other Oklahoma figures avoid trial after Judge John A. Marshall upholds quashing of 15 indictments. Ruling cites grand jury composition under federal versus Arkansas law at time of alleged Muskogee town lot frauds. Wealth of defendants listed as over $2 million.
Sioux City live stock notes hogs at 6.90 to 7.00 for butcher and heavy, cattle mostly 3.00 to 7.00 for vealers and calves, canners and cutters 2.00 to 3.26 while Chicago market shows steers 5.00 to 7.00, hogs 7.10 to 7.25, sheep 5.50 to 6.75. receipts 10 000 hogs and 12 000 sheep with steady to higher tone.
South Omaha notes cattle markets steady to easier with varied price ranges for steers cows heifers and calves. Hogs rise slightly with mixed and high prices noted. Sheep steady to easier with lambs and yearlings quoted. Sioux City reports butter eggs poultry hides and byproducts prices and hay straw values amid context of market liquidity.
Closing market prices from Minneapolis show wheat at No 1 hard 1.71 and northern around 1.16 with arrivals noted. No 3 yellow corn about 0.61. oats No 32 white around 0.50. rye around 0.72. flax futures at 1.64 with Duluth bids May 1.64 July 1.64 October 1.46. flour mixed patent and clear values. bran bulk at 23.00 to 23.50.
The Duke of Abruzzi arrived from Marseilles at Sombay on April 13 and immediately set out northward toward his Himalayan expedition.
Norman E B Mack, chairman of the national Democratic committee, announces the National Monthly will begin May 1. The magazine will focus on Democratic party interests nationwide, featuring contributors from United States Senators representatives governors and other prominent Democrats.
In St Louis on April 12 the Standard Oil defense argued that profits cited by Special Attorney General Kellogg are overstated. Milburn contends accumulated value from compound interest explains growth, says government method is unsound. Watson then Rosenthal prepare to continue with the defense focusing on case facts.
New York April 12 Dr Quackenbos famed for curing women drunkards with hypnosis says the society class is the most hopeless, because it falls off the water wagon more easily than hoi polloi. The doctor lands hard knocks on boozing fair ones.
Hassan Fehint Effendi editor of the Liberal Serbesti was shot dead as he entered his office. A government official accompanying him was wounded. The killing is suspected political, tied to Serbesti's opposition to the Committee of Union and Progress.
Dr Do W Stith of the U S Public Health Service told Tulane Medical College last night that figures show typhoid fever follows the negro. He cited 14 of 15 states with above average typhoid death rates among negroes and claimed a disparity of 795 to 438 as contributors to the disease.
A six year old named Fred Bell sits in Union county jail on a murder charge. Officials say he shot an eight year old boy named Thomas and the child allegedly tried to hide the body to cover up the tragedy.
Vera reached Mexico City with news of a vast gold discovery in Oaxaca state. The fields span 22 000 acres, 45 miles from Sierra Blanca, near the Vera Cruz and Pacific railway. I B Incle reportedly made the discovery. Kansas State University analyzed samples and called it the richest ever sent there.
The report notes electric heating devices are used to brand F SUcceRAS cigars, describing a method to apply branding marks with controlled heat. It outlines implications for production efficiency and product differentiation in the cigar industry.
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