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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
4
In Deadwood South Dakota R E Grimshaw reports improved oil quality since the new law last month. Most consignments pass inspection though one carload nearly failed. kerosene flash 106 degrees gravity 47. Gasoline shows no water and burns more efficiently despite a slight price rise.
In Belle Fourche South Dakota Samuel Miller killed the largest trout ever taken in western South Dakota along Redwater creek. The eight pound one ounce fish measured 26½ inches long with a 13 inch girth. Miller stunned the fish with a club and landed it with his bare hands. The trout was skinning and stuffed for display.
Major James McLaughlin at Rosebud agency works to obtain signatures on an amended treaty to open 416 000 acres in Gregory county for settlement. Senator Gamble expects approval by Congress with no free homes provision and a price of 20 dollars per acre payable in installments to Indians.
A storm last Friday night and another on Sunday damaged standing grain around Ethan Dakota, but most grain is in shock. Barley yields reached sixty bushels per acre in some fields, fifteen above earlier estimates, while wheat may underperform due to blight. Corn looks promising if not spoiled by early frost.
Whitewood South Dakota August 4 The 21 year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Delaney of Centennial Prairie drowned in a rain water barrel at their home head first in eight inches of water The barrel was partly buried in the ground and the child was dead when found Mennonite girl crowns Sioux Falls August 8 A five year old girl from Mennonite parents in Hutchinson county drowned while bathing near a dam on Jim river and could not be rescued Board of Assessment Meets Pierce South Dakota August 5 The state board of equalization and assessment met to review real estate schedules showing a small overall rise concentrated in the Missouri slope and west of the river with a total increase of 12561279 bringing state total to 133000000 outside of corporate property
In Boston and other northern centers 2,000,000 spindles may idle in August due to high cotton prices and weak demand. Manufacturers consider a general shutdown or limited daily stoppages, but widespread contracts and on again off again plans deter action. About one third of River textile workers idle this week as 700,000 of 3,006,000 spindles face no work next week. Some New England mills will close two weeks, with hopes of market improvement after September advances.
A St Petersburg dispatch cites Russian authorities notifying Peking that foreigners will be prohibited in Manchuria for six more years while Russia restores order. after that period the region will be opened to foreigners for free commerce.
Port Arthur reports Russia has appropriated 6.5 million dollars for coastal fortifications from Port Arthur to Dalny, creating a continuous coastal line over 35 miles. a Peking journalist named Shenchin was executed for organizing the Hankow rebellion in 1900.
The London Spectator says the Roosevelt petition incident shows rising Jewish influence in American politics and deepening Russian-American public opinion splits. It notes a shift in perceptions of Russia from ally to distant power as China events reshape Pacific policy.
In Chicago area Windyville a widow named Mrs Pindras faced Anton Opello over whiskers. He testified she cut off about a foot of his facial hair with scissors during a dispute. Justice Callahan discharged her after admonishing the act as a crime but warned against future whisker meddling.
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Laurier states Canada must build a transcontinental government railway from Quebec to Moncton to reduce American influence on rail links to ocean ports. He argues access to ice-free ports requires a new rail corridor across New Brunswick amid bonding-privilege pressures.
Calamity Jane widely known frontier figure dies at Terry after long illness. She wished burial beside Wild Bill Hickok at Mt. Moriah Deadwood. Her husband lives in Denver and she has a North Dakota daughter whose name she kept private. Separately, a Geological Survey lead by Raymond F. Walter studies the Belle Fourche Project irrigation ditch to reclaim vast government and private lands over fifty miles.
Congress man E. W. Martin visits Rapid City on government business as the Rapid City Indian School undergoes improvements. Officials say $40,000 to $50,000 is being spent on new buildings. original plan targeted 300 pupils, but current expansion will provide space for about 225 students in total.
Huron and Pierre led the state golf tournament with E H Vance of Huron winning the individual title scoring 88. Pierre’s H G Freeman came second. Pierre won the team championship, earning a silver cup while Huron and Pierre fielded full teams. A drizzle and a wheel incident accompanied Friday’s events. Brookings defeated Huron 7 4 in a separate game. Also reported are marriages and legal actions against whites unlawfully occupying Indian allotments on the Bisceton reservation, with suits for ejectment and damages.
R J Chaney former Mobile and Ohio railroad employee and chairman of the strikers grievance committee was arrested at Murphysboro by a U S deputy marshal and jailed for allegedly violating Judge Humphreys injunction by interfering with train operations. He is accused of threatening road employees.
An interurban collision three miles south of Mooresville involved two specials traveling opposite directions. Frank Easterday and Mrs. Mary Strawburn died. over thirty others injured with varying injuries. Aid delayed until a Martinsville car arrived. Bethany Park served as the medical gathering point. The crash was blamed on a faulty telephone system delaying orders.
A head-on collision between two Queen and Crescent freight trains near Chamberlain Falls and Glenwood, Somerset, Kentucky, on Saturday night killed six men and injured others. Firemen Joseph Phillips Frank Fletcher Walter Walters and an unknown rider died. two unnamed brakemen are buried under debris. Forty cars wrecked. engineers Duke and Fitzgerald seriously injured. Klein and Haynesworth escaped.
California National Guardsmen and posse pursued five Folsom prison escapees after a Saturday night clash at Grand Victory mines seven miles from Placerville. Private Gill of Company H was fatally wounded, and two militiamen Festus Rutherford and W C Jones were killed. The fight drew in up to sixty armed locals as reports swirled of additional shots and possible deaths.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived in Cork aboard the royal yacht to a gun salute and cheers. The king presented colors to two Irish regiments at the race course as troops and blue jackets lined the streets. The Catholic bishop of Cork, invited to bless the colors, declined to take part, citing refusal to be part of a Protestant chaplain’s ceremony. The royal party then moved to Queenstown for a closing of their Ireland visit.
Chicago July 31 Roswell F Mundy of Riverside Golf Club defeated Walter Hyam of ex Moor in the final match for the Ravinoaks Cup on the Onwentsia Golf Club links by two up.
Judge Lochren dismissed the Minnesota suit against Northern Securities, ruling no violation of the state anti consolidation act occurred through ownership of Great Northern and Northern Pacific stocks. The ruling contrasts with the federal case, which the Supreme Court eventuates will be reviewed on appeal.
A resident of Oyster Bay named McCann directed profane and abusive language at President Roosevelt and his family as they drove to church. Secret Service agents moved to remove him. the president chose to refrain from action.
The state dairy and food commissioner reports Philadelphia grocers received canned tomatoes showing green tomatoes and red paint to imitate ripeness. Investigations found red paint used to color unripe fruit and other coloring agents to fake maturity across multiple canned vegetables.
A Washington man riding home on a train discovers his wife’s cousin Helen is aboard. The two share a pleasant dining car meal and light flirtation before a surprise reveal when Helen identifies the couple and jokes about their kin. The incident leaves the husband amused yet embarrassed as he faces his wife’s cousin in transit.
Harold, left by his parents in a distant country, misses his grandma. He digs a hole and burns a picture, then says he planted it to grow another grandma, revealing a child’s longing and imagination.
The article profiles Michael Kelly of Ville Illinois once a laborer with a pick and shovel who saved to buy a farm and found coal under his potato patch. Now Mike Kelly is worth 4 million dollars and the town is named after him. He plans to retire January 1 at age 65 as a leading citizen.
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