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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1889
Page
2
STANDING NECK AGENCY Aug 6 final council ends as commissioners say goodbye to the Indians. They depart for Bismarck tomorrow after securing ratification of the treaty opening the big Sioux reservation. Sitting Bull is still out.
Reported by the committee on public institutions to the North Deketa convention endorses locating major educational and charitable sites in Bis mark and nearby cities including the capital, Grand Forks, Margo, Valley City, Devils Lake, Mandan, Mayville, and Jamestown with others to follow as needed. A separate note from HerENA Montana covers regional tax and governance debates and a tragic two-incident night in Mappison Indiana with two gun deaths and a fleeing suspect.
The special train with President Harrison reached Jersey City at 3 30 p m. The party boarded a tug and sailed offshore to the narrows then returned to the Fall River line pier. Salutes of twenty one guns from Castle William and Forts Wadsworth and Slamiston fired as the president’s party disembarked. No cheers from bystanders as he bowed and entered the steamer’s cabin.
In Gurmint Oklahoma on Aug 6, Townsley of Townsley and Winters wholesale grocers shot twice at Stevens during a quarrel over a town lot. One bullet hit Stevens near the heart, killing him instantly. Townsley surrendered to soldiers at the garrison amid talk of lynching. First Guthrie murder since Oklahoma opening.
Aug 6 CucAGco report says Mayor Creiger met Burke for about 45 minutes. No details of the discussion have been learned, and the exact topic remains unclear.
At Salem meeting of McKean & Appleton creditors a statement shows direct liabilities at 5000 dollars and contingent liabilities at 11000 with assets totaling 32000. The firm offered 40 cents on the dollar and a committee of investigation was appointed.
In Pirrspure on August 6 three major coke firms Schoonmaker McClure Co and Cochran Co boosted employee wages by six and more details follow.
Private dispatches from the coke region report ovens idle this morning. Strikers say there has been no riot and leaders pledge no force to break peace or coerce workers to quit.
New York The Times reports from Port-au-Prince July 28 that Legitime executed eight prisoners in the market in retaliation for alleged prisoner killings by Hippolyte. Hippolyte presses toward the capital as Legitime’s troops falter under fear and surrender offers vanish. Market carnage and anticipated entry into the city mark a deteriorating situation.
The Riverside and Oswego Mills Company worsted mills in Oswego Falls were closed by sheriff on attachment for 412000 in a case against Juliard McKenzie Equity Dry Goods Merchants of New York City. The defendant is a foreign corporation based in Providence Rhode Island with about one million in capital stock. The action seeks the balance of money loaned to the defendant.
A Utica dispatch reports a day in New York hop country showing widespread blight on late varieties reducing yields and making harvesting unprofitable in many yards. The Humphrey early variety, however, still yields well.
Sensational dispatches from Carthage Illinois claim an epidemic of bloody flux in Warsaw Illinois and at this place. Warsaw reports several cases while J M Shaper, board of health physician of this city, states there is not a single case in Keokuk nor has there been one.
Louisville August 6 reports indicate Stephen G. Sharpe Democratic candidate for state office won by about 4000 votes, with Democrats overall gaining in the district.
Local report states Andy Williams allegedly attacked William Melutehou and his wife in a Birmingham room with a public safety item, fatally injuring all parties. The assailant then fled the scene, leaving investigators to probe motive and connection.
S F Queen a prominent attorney hanged himself today by wire wire financial troubles blamed. He leaves a widow and six children.
Buffalo August 6 E B Wilber was expelled from the Buffalo Merchants Exchange on charges of appropriating grain after it had been sold.
Western Association game in Minneapolis yields a 9 0 win for St Joseph after crowd trouble. Rikard, a sporting correspondent, is ejected for improper remarks as a melee erupts and McDermott awards the win to St Joseph. Other scores noted: Milwaukee 3 Omaha. Des Moines 14 Sioux City. St Paul 6 Denver 9. Cleveland 1 Washington 8. Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 7. Chicago vs New York 17.
MWITCHELY A historical list argues Mitchell as ideal state capital citing central population, top rail access on C M and St Paul and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul lines, direct rail to Black Hills, superior drainage, healthfulness, two public halls, educational prospects and snow-free highways, plus many accessible routes and fair experiences.
Washington reports a sharp interview between John S Wise of New York and the president over the Richmond postmaster choice. Clarkson noted Wise spoke heatedly, claiming a Grubb appointment was part of a political compromise. The administration doubts Grubb’s suitability and Wise may not be further consulted. Death and destruction follow a cyclone in Indiana. Newburg suffers major damage including a demolished furniture factory and unroofed homes. several deaths possible. Cincinnati fire destroys Lackman’s brewery ice house and sheds, losses likely over 60,000. Quebec seeks steamship subsidy to link Canada with Chile, Montreal and Quebec to serve new line. Wilkie Collins in London suffers a relapse from illness.
The Kaiser viewing the British fleet aboard Hohenzollern as flags and banners decked ships in three parallel lines. Admiral Commerell received the emperor before fleet inspection amid repeated salutes and a display of British and German ensigns. A second item reports Morris Downer, 70, found roasted to death in bed after a pipe left burning clothes, in Rockford Illinois.
A fight with pistols and razors broke out during a black community picnic at Walton Kentucky Saturday night, resulting in the deaths of Rube Farrall James Robinson and Bailey Carson and leaving many others severely shot or cut.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the mucus lining the Eustachian tube and offers Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy. It states nine of ten cases are catarrh related and pledges $100 for any incurable case, inviting readers to request free circulars from J. Henry & Co in Toledo, Ohio.
The Northwestern Line offers round trip excursion tickets from Chicago and St Paul to a wide range of western points on August 6 20 September 10 24 and October 8. Tickets start on sale day and return within thirty days with stopovers west of the Missouri river. Excursion fares apply from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth and Wisconsin to southwestern Minnesota and Dakota on the same dates. For rates and details contact Northwestern line agents or General Passenger Agent T W Teasdale in St Paul Minnesota.
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