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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1888
Page
3
Washington July 31 The commerce committee studying trusts reports active existence of the Standard Oil and sugar trusts. It warns they harm consumers by higher prices and urges legislation to curb such organizations. The panel seeks continued inquiry during the recess and an appropriation for that purpose.
Washington July 31 petitions seek amendments to the interstate commerce law and wool industry protection. Bills favoring an extra U.S. judge for Wyoming, and land grant analyses, plus a public building grant for Sioux City Iowa. House and Senate actions include naval appropriation, trusts inquiry, and a commerce law reform bill to equalize oil rates and curb discrimination with a New Mexico archeological reserve proposal.
The tariff bill likely won’t be discussed until late next week or after, with adjournment hoped by September 10th to 15th. Congress normally adjourns between July 25 and Aug 10, and the war era late session lasted to Sept 30.
The Times begins a series exposing life for girls in Chicago workplaces. It reports girls earning sixteen cents daily in some jobs and notes a firm paying $15 in six months. The articles are described as sensational and reveal a troubling state of affairs in the city.
At the Grand Pacific Chicago a conference of Republican state chairmen from Indiana Wisconsin Michigan and Illinois discussed politics. Indiana Chairman J N Huston called the race hopeful and said Porter’s declination would not cause trouble. He named Will Cumback Governor Robertson Maj Steele and John M Butler as acceptable candidates and expressed confidence in carrying Indiana despite a Prohibition defection.
A Swedish excursion of about 400 from Minneapolis St Paul and Stillwater to Lake Vadnais ended in violence as gamblers losses triggered a confrontation with armed toughs. One man killed by a club, another stabbed and disemboweled, others bruised in the assault.
News from Woodsdale reports wild excitement after Sheriff Cross and posse were killed at Hugoton. Officials and citizens plan retaliation but cooler heads prevail. Residents have ordered 100 Winchesters and ammo, with sentries guarding the town to fire on any Hugoton passer.
July 31 report from Fond du Lac near Duluth details a murder inside a rail car. Seven tramps were riding, a quarrel with a tramp named Slimmy led to his throat being cut. the head nearly severed. The murderer and two witnesses were captured and brought to Duluth.
A passenger train on the Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis railroad near Hardy station, Kansas, saw a general fight in which brakeman Burkes was stabbed with a knife, causing almost instant death. Other items note a body found near Red Jacket depot, Chicago rioting with two killed, a bootblack stabbing, a fatal dance shooting, Sullivan knocked out in Boston, Boulangers and election talk, the steamer Bella View sinking with no deaths, a large Wis. plow works fire, and Billings to Cook City railroad work.
At St Paul a zephyr excursion steamer disaster kills the engineer and fireman while injuring many passengers. In Quincy Illinois a fast train collides with sidetracked box cars at Round Grove, wrecking mail and baggage cars and injuring several. reports say the engineer and fireman died as officials seek to suppress details.
In Providence on Saturday night the What Cheer steamer of the Continental line struck difficulty during departure as new crew members failed to heed orders. Mrs Annie Montgomery was caught by a hawser and her leg crushed to a jelly, later requiring amputation. Earlier a dock worker had a foot crushed in a tangled rope.
Reports from Lim Ohio describe the Rock nitro glycerine factory two miles south of the city being destroyed by fire. About 800 pounds of glycerine exploded, wrecking the building and cracking earth to twenty feet deep. One tramp is believed killed as a flesh fragment was found nearby. Other dispatches note accidents and mishaps from Minnesota to Chicago, including a fatal buggy overturn near White Bear, a cyclone at Plainview injuring several, a windstorm in St Paul with one fatality, a ship collision near Vineyard Haven, and a fatal wrestling incident in Cincinnati. Additional items cover a shooting death in Somerset Kentucky, a lightning fatality in Pt Mark, a building collapse in Chicago, a fire displacing six families, and a suspected child labor case in New York, with silk workers planning a national convention and a cable company probe in Chicago.
The Argus Leader questions Sioux Falls status as a manufacturing hub as idle mills and factories such as Queen Bee mill cracker factory carriage plow factory and packing house sit unused. It asks what this shift means for the city’s future and industrial identity.
The Bismarck Tribune reports Mr Ward argues insurance statements are regular legal notices to papers with broad circulation, while the Aberdeen Republican claims he publishes in a small local paper that charges low prices, alleging corruption in the insurance records tied to Governor Church and Ward.
The Rapid City Journal notes Omaha market signals show hog prices rising to $5.75 to $6 per hundred and argues Black Hills farmers should expand hog production. It highlights a shift from corn to hogs, predicts local pork demand, and warns money currently spent on eastern pork products should stay local as farmers surpass subsistence needs.
Anderson, trapped ten days in a wooden box prison at Johnstown Nebraska, is finally freed after being lowered through a hole in the boards. The town shows intense excitement and sympathy. Farmers and merchants left work to assist, and women provided food for workers.
The Danish squadron met the German fleet at 9 a m and royal figures greeted Kaiser Wilhelm and Prince Henry aboard the Hohenzollern. King Christian and the crown prince welcomed the visitors, then waves of people filled quays and housetops as the procession moved to the palace amid hearty salutations.
London reports the White Pasha of Bahr el Gazelle stirs alarm in the Soudan as El Mahdi massess forces. Advices from Kartoum say three steamers race to meet the invader, with about three thousand men mobilized and more en route. Congo dispatches hint the stranger may be Emin Bey. London notes Major Burttellot eyes Stanley with 900 Tippo-Tib helping. Vienna cites arrests of nineteen emigration agents at Cracow amid large bond holdings. further arrests at Brady and Czernowitz.
In Codington County the Watertown Courier-News endorses Judge Gifford for congress saying his work benefits Dakota despite a hostile house. It cites openings of the Sioux reservation and barrier breakdown in the Black Hills, plus a judge appointment, applauding his broad support, experience, and non confrontational style. The paper argues no other candidate could better serve Dakota’s interests and urges Gifford as his own successor.
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