27 Apr 1894
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1894
Page
1
The piece notes level headed Democratic papers accept Reed's vindication and praise reform, while the Sioux City Tribune rails against policies. It mentions editor Ziebach appointed Alaska seal fisheries assistant agent and comments on Wilson bill reception and McKinley era comparisons.
Harper's Magazine May presents the fifth Trilby installment and a Kentucky life tale by James Lane Allen. It includes six short stories by Meyers, King, Wilcox, Davis, Wister, and Clarkson. The May Ladies Home Journal hosts The Womanly Side of Victoria for Queen Victoria's seventy fifth birthday with new pictures, and Frank R. Stockton offers two more Pomona installments.
Senator Mills of Texas spoke on the tariff bill marking the last day of debate in the Senate. He indicated possible amendments but said he would vote for the bill if rejected and urged Democrats to back the party measure. He criticized protection and advocated reducing obstacles to labor, with efforts to aid domestic employment and rework tariff policy.
William McGarrahan, celebrated claimant to the New Indiaa mine, died at Providence hospital in Washington on April 26 at 11:45 PM. He was a familiar Capitol figure and well known to many senators and members. Congress had passed bills for a trial of his case in the court of claims, but President Harrison vetoed. Numerous other bills had advanced in either house, with many committees reporting favorably on his claim.
Washington April 25. The House appropriation committee will review a $10 000 request for a survey of a canal route linking Lake Superior with the Mississippi River. Representative Kiefer of Minnesota will present the measure aided by a partial survey done under the Minnesota geological survey.
Indiana politics report from Indianapolis April 25 describes the 1715 delegate Republican state convention as the largest in the state's history. Ex President Harrison expected to address national issues. The piece notes contesting candidates for clerk of the supreme court, auditorship, attorney general, and secretary of state, with a large field and two speeches planned.
Oxford university boat club president reports no US race proposal received and says any match would require a contingent challenge from Yale or Harvard. Other sources say a Yale or Harvard challenge could prompt an Oxford appearance if sent promptly.
Frank Hatton, editor and proprietor of the Washington Post, was stricken with total paralysis at his desk in Washington. He was rushed to Emergency Hospital where doctors say the attack is very serious though he regained consciousness and the hemorrhage of the brain was checked.
May wheat on the Chicago board of trade fell to 57 1 4 cents, the lowest price ever recorded amid a three week market decline. Traders recall no similar drop and some foresee further lows to 50 cents a bushel or less.
Major J L Rathbone ex consul general to Paris reports a $100000 check for his Mexican copper mine at Tepesal Agua Calientes. The buyers are L Goughenheim and Sons, owners of smelting works at Monterey and Pueblo. The report notes Theosophists visiting San Francisco later.
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