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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1888
Page
3
Reports allege a plan to reinstate the Napoleonic dynasty with Gen Boulanger at the head or as chief executive. Sources claim 90,000 majority support, foreign loans, and Bonapartist funds aiding alleged agitation and a Paris garrison plot.
A Lille dispatch reports Boulanger securing a majority around 90,000 in the Department du Nord. The notice recalls Louis Napoleon’s 1848 contest in the same department under similar circumstances as Boulanger seeks a seat in the chamber of deputies.
Londox April 17 Matthew Arnold distinguished writer dies instantly of heart disease while walking with his sister in Liverpool awaiting his daughter's arrival from America. News of the death shocks the country as son-in-law steamer Aurania arrives at the port.
Kings county Republicans forecast a five vote bloc for Blaine at the Chicago convention with districts naming Ray Woodruff Beard Worth Williams and Williams as Blaine supporters while Bryan remains uncommitted. The total projection shows five for Blaine and eight uncommitted.
The signal service bureau begins érop bulletins for the season. The Washington Sunday Herald sees Democrats likely to win the senate in 1880. New York Consolidated Exchange building opened. American association championship games start with Baltimore vs Philadelphia and others. A baseball opera will be produced with the umpire as villain. Lake Superior towns expect boats by May 20. Blacksmith George Peters in Iowa arrested after injuring James Rankin. Rankin likely to die. St Paul Ice Palace sued for 20000 over Henry Malone death. Train wreck near Peach Springs injures several horses from Trucky Baldwin’s stables. In Chippewa Reservation, Gregory’s punishment favored but not dismissal. Von der Ahe claims world championship flag. Watkins disputes world title. St Louis club wins five of six. Oregon Railway and Navigation contracts two branch lines. work to start immediately.
An Iowa inventor pushes a new Grand Army badge design for sale in the West, raising questions of protection for the adopted emblem and possible infringement if he is a member of the order. Springfield commemorates Lincoln's death with services at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Ottawa plans to rescind a free list proclamation on natural products from the U S, affecting Canada imports.
April 16 quotations show Wheat No 1 hard at 78 bid No 1 northern 75 bid No 2 75c bid Corn No 2 cash and April 46c bid sample 46c asked Oats No 1 5 8 bid No 2 white 6c bid Barley No 2 60c bid No 3 5c bid Rye No 2 55c bid Ground Feed 17 75 bid 18 25 asked Bran Bulk 12 60 bid 18 00 asked Based Hay No 1 onlay prairie ay bid 11 00 asked No 1 9 50 bid 10 50 asked Timothy Hay 13 0 Seeds Flax 6c bid timothy 2 60 bid clover 8 50 bid Potatoes 75 M0 bid Eggs 13c bid 1940 onked
A collection of brief items lists figures from politics, literature, and society. It notes Count Von Moltke with a yellow wig, Wilde's thinning frame, St John in California, Walker in blue, a Kansas post office named for Col Dan Lamont, and Ruskin’s insistent insanity spells. It mentions Barnum’s $75000 Seaside Park mansion, Zanzibar’s late sultan’s many heirs, Wilhelm’s birthday holiday, and cool claims about James, Eliot, and the Prince of Wales. It also covers Hopkins chair donation to Mills College, Vanderbuilt’s $50000 gift, Stockbridge paying Stanford, McAllister’s poverty remark, and Lennox’s 22-year-old seat.
The Republican pledge to protect American industry and labor is described as essential to national prosperity. The speaker criticizes tariff reversal urged by Cleveland as harmful, arguing prosperity arises from protective duties and domestic production. He warns against cheapening wages and goods, asserting producers deserve fair living standards. Chicago Tribune report.
The New York Sun summarizes six key Democratic policies of President Cleveland as failures. Civil service reform ends in abandonment, silver suspension in relinquishment, extradition treaty collapses, fishery talks surrender, surplus-cut plan repudiated, and Pan Electric suit a disgrace.
The piece contrasts living costs and pauper ratios in England and Germany with U S conditions. It cites a Boston suspenders anecdote and argues Republicans should push tariff relief if given support. It notes Michigan farm mortgages at 20 percent and challenges free trade claims using English statistics.
A New York Sun item notes Chinese fears that fierce river monkeys could attack steamers by hurling rocks from mountains, while the real hurdle is about 20 000 junk men fearing loss of livelihood. A Chicago Herald item adds a quirky nickname for a Mitchell South Dakota woman.
A speaker denounces Democrats in sweeping charges linking the party to secession, slavery, draft resistance, arson, and attacks on Lincoln and the Union. The rhetoric frames opposition as treasonous and asserts the speaker’s Republican identity.
Senator Ingalls spoke before Kit Carson post G A R in Washington reiterating his defense of the organization in the senate. He displayed a cane from a Grand Army fair and praised defenders of the republic while denouncing misrepresentations and calumny. He pledged lifelong service to G A R and urged unity against attacks on veterans.
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports Dakota Democrats face a split over endorsing the Cleveland administration, amid party quarrels. The piece notes Democratic disunity as the key political issue and hints at future intra party turmoil and possible consequences for the fall elections.
The Detroit Free Press reports the most dangerous counterfeit in circulation is the ten dollar United States note known as the Webster head. It deceives experienced cashiers and is sold by a dealer ring with a crooked nose on Webster's vignette. The culprits allegedly printed 60 to 100 notes in New York and may move them to Chicago or another major city.
A Detroit Tribune editorial argues Democrats cannot rely on California’s support, noting California’s large wool production and its indifference to Democratic aims. The Kentucky Democratic Party is criticized for “dry rot” and windbags elevated to statesmen as cartoons of internal party decay.
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