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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1888
Page
8
Paris reports violent strikes multiplying in the capital and departments. President Carnot resists army use, urging police action. Police clash with demonstrators, with plundering and injuries noted and over fifty arrests. Amiens under siege law, Lyons largely quiet as glass workers plan a Saturday walkout.
Serious trouble feared as troops mass on Paris streets for Gen Endes funeral. Communist mourners, striking workers, and discontented crowds fill the procession route with several disorderly scenes. A fight between marines and communists left injuries as police struggle to maintain order.
In New York City Aug. crowds gather as political clubs prepare to greet Mr. Blaine. The City of New York steamer may arrive tonight after delays from bad weather. Guests board party boats with Chicago and Kansas City delegations sailing to and from the bay.
In Washington the Senate moved to take up and pass the Chinese restriction bill. A joint resolution was adopted ordering 100,000 copies of the current tariff schedule and a Mills bill comparison for Congress. Evarts opposed the fisheries treaty, urging rejection for outsized negotiations. In the House Speaker Carlisle blocked the Columbus exposition bill as unfinished business. A privileged resolution proposes $50,000 from the contingent fund for the committee on manufactures to investigate manufacturing trusts.
Senators Alli son Sherman Hiscock and others with Representatives McKinley Burrows and more Republicans will take the evening train to New York for a tariff conference with non legislative leaders. Blaine is expected to arrive from Europe and participate in the talks. The group will bring a copy of their tariff bill as far as completed.
The Arlington site for Gen. Sheridan's grave was selected by a committee including Gen. Macfeeley Gen. Rucker and Maj. Jydecker. The spot lies on the open plateau on the crest of the hill near the old manor house.
In accordance with the new quarantine bill the secretary of the treasury has appointed boards to select sites for quarantine stations at Port Townsend Washington Key West Florida and San Diego California.
Mr Springer proposes consent for a bill to levy a 40 percent tax on treaty products. The record notes about 16 000 bills introduced in congress this year, up from 12 000 last year, and mentions Lighthouse Tillamook Rock in Oregon with wave height data and structural details of the lighthouse tower.
The Standard Oil line between Lima Ohio and South Chicago has been practically tested and found perfect. Oil has reached Takot on Indiana halfway along the route and the remaining section is being completed. If no leaks are found oil will reach South Chicago by Friday and an 80,000 barrel tank at One Hundredth street is ready. Pumping works at Lima will supply 8,000 barrels daily.
INDIANAPOLIS Aug 9 Gen Hovey has been nominated for governor at the Republican state convention in session here largest in years with crowds arriving and capacity reached A local option liquor law is endorsed and W H Calkins elected permanent chairman whose speech drew enthusiastic applause referencing Blaine and Harrison
Delegates in Indianapolis condemn postbellum fiscal policy and bonded debt, oppose laws shifting tax burdens to consumers, and refuse to back Republican presidential nominees. The Democratic party appears more successful in gaining federation influence through district Assemblies.
Indianapol is Aug 9 delegates from Tippecanoe and Vanderburgh counties joined Lafayette and Evansville crowds to greet Gen Harrison. About 2500 Indiana Republicans gathered at the park as Harrison spoke amid long applause during the state convention. Prohibitionists in Beadle County Dakota call mass meeting to oppose liquor local option at fall election.
In Philadelphia about 2,000 saloonkeepers barred by high license fees organize clubs to evade the license law. Members pay 25 cents, doors stay closed but members may admit friends with permission, as police move to suppress the scheme.
Odber M. Martt received 22160 of the fund Mayor Hewitt started for his behalf. The drive collected 2740, which the mayor says covers Hartt's loss. Hewitt distributed the rest to individuals impoverished by lockouts strikes or boycotts.
The national Bar association convened in Cleveland at 10 a.m. with hundreds of leading attorneys attending. More are expected in the evening as preliminary organization proceeds and Hon. James O. Broadhead of St. Louis delivers the inaugural address.
At the annual meeting in New York John W. Mackay was elected president and William C Van Ilorne named vice president of the Pacific Postal Telegraph company.
A labor dispute between brakemen and company officers on the Duluth and Iron Range railroad led to a strike, mainly at the Tower end of the line. The wage question is cited as central, with top officials everywhere rushing to settle the matter.
Early morning blaze at 1204 Avenue A traps Gustav Berg and his wife mother in law and 12 year old daughter perishing in their rooms. Other residents escape as flames rage and firefighters find victims suffocated and badly burned while the lone daughter remains unharmed.
At Valparaiso two large ships the English vessel with seventeen crew and a French ship with seven drown in a collision during a norther. Five more vessels wrecked ashore. A Santiago to week night train derailed with two engineers and a fireman drowned. Heavy rain and flood damage reported. In Wixona Minnesota a fisherman's flatboat drifted away in a storm, but Mrs Schlussinger and two children were rescued.
A Yonkers Statesman note claims 16 000 eggs found in a shad but bones mistaken for eggs. A Washington Territory man patents a clever telephone to detect dental flaws. Reports describe eager mining activity in metal and coal as trade with China begins.
In PivTsbury Pennsylvania during a storm William Graves and his wife were fatally injured when lightning struck their residence on Gossom Hill. The bolt allegedly traveled through the steel springs of the bed where they slept.
An outbreak of typhoid fever at the Carmel ite convent in Hochelaga prompts all postulants to return to their parents. One novice has died and four others are prostrated. In Chicago an elevator accident crushes Hank Schmidt at Libby’s packing house.
Spokane Falls Chronicle reports exclusive information on the Manitoba railway extension to the Pacific coast. The proposed path runs from Butte west through Anaconda Philipsburg and Missoula to Spokane Falls, where a junction would connect with the Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway plans a link with the Oregon Pacific at Boise. Crews are near Green River Wyoming about 300 miles east of Hailey and will reach the Wood River region next summer.
Fragmentary OCR text from Ohio dated August mentions a wife at home and a captain with seven, plus scattered words about sun and Europe. contains no discernible event or entities to summarize into a coherent news item.
MUUNISEAL residents report grasshopper infestation vanished after masses and processions by the faithful in St. Bartheleroi. Parish prayers credited with eradicating the plague in the vicinity.
Late news from Indian Territory reports a company of the Fifth United States cavalry engaged in ejecting non-citizens of the Chickasaw Nation who have resisted payment of the cattle tax.
Berlin reports Prince Bismarck is completely satisfied with the meeting between the emperor and the czar. The National Zeitung says the results are eminently fortunate and peace is assured for years.
Brooklys August 9 The committee investigating naval yard affairs finds 790 barrels of sugar issued for the steamship Vermont never reached the vessel The responsible party has not yet been fixed according to officials and records
Joggin's raft passed Vineyard Haven at 10 o'clock a.m. in good condition. With fair weather it is expected to arrive in New York Friday.
Capt Andrews and his tiny vessel The Dark Secret, sailing from Boston July 4, was sighted Aug 1 by the steamship India about 864 miles east of Boston, southwest of the Grand Banks. Captain James reports favorable weather and confidence the voyage to Queenstown continues safely as India notes three contact points with the craft.
In Cincinnati at Rockwood pottery on Mastern avenue an angered worker Ackland shot engineer James Freyer then killed foreman Joseph Bailey who tried to intervene before taking his own life. All three died in the incident following a picnic at Dansville.
In Dansville Illinois two men Elisha Allen and Niccum are accused of murdering John B. Smith after a dispute over two girls Della Conroy and Rachel Stucker who picnicked with Smith and William and John Vance. Allen shot Smith in the street after being deputized to arrest the men. The case Spurs public condemnation of Constable Hall’s deputation.
In Brooklyn on August 9 Mrs Mohan, attacked at Rockaway Beach, is dying from injuries after her eyes were torn out by her husband. The coroner was called to take her ante mortem statement and fear grows that the husband may be lynched if she dies.
Philadelphia August meeting of the American Association of Baseball Players faced delays as delegates gathered at noon. They planned to probe charges against Brooklyn club president Byrne and consider cutting admission from 50 to 25 cents, with Baltimore Louisville and St Louis likely to gain 25 cent pricing.
Reports from multiple leagues show New York defeating Indianapolis 6 to 4, Philadelphia beating Chicago 4 to 0, Washington beating Detroit 10 to 6, Boston beating Pittsburg 5 to U, and other results in American Association and Western Association games. Mud hindered play at Sioux City where St. Paul-Sioux City was not played, leaving St. Paul in second place.
A cablegram to the Police Gazette reports Larry Donovan aged 26 jumped from Hunderford bridge and drowned. Donovan, once noted for leaping from the Brooklyn bridge, was a printer by trade.
Authorities in Scotland Yard doubt the Hungerford bridge jumper at Charing Cross is Lawrence Nonovan of New York. The body has not been found and officials say the man appeared to have intended self harm.
Secretary Vilas overrules the land office decision canceling Mary E. Bailiff’s homestead entry in the Mitchell district Dakota. The reversal preserves Bailiff’s claim amid ongoing land policy disputes and administrative review.
A terrible accident occurred near Fairland on a Big Four branch in Illinois at 1 30 p m. Reports vary with estimates of fatalities from ten to thirty and about thirty wounded.
A European Union of Astronomers message from the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope confirms Enck's comet on its return. The sighting occurred Friday evening, with the discovery noted as the comet's current reappearance observable from Boston.
Thomas L. Johnson of Bau Came Wisconsin, about 50, in frail health, reportedly slept for a week since last night, alarming his family as he remains asleep.
In Broox.yy on Aug 9 the Crosstown Railroad confirms the end of a worker strike after agreeing to reinstate two employees discharged for moving a car ahead of schedule.
Toronto report shows Ontario welcomed 64 000 immigrants in the six months ending June. Of that total 40 000 proceeded to the United States.
A severe storm at the Palmer House saw lightning hit the roof flagstaff, smashing it to pieces. Guests were awakened by a loud crack and panicked briefly as workers and staff restored order and assessed damage.
At Standing Rock Dak Aug 9 Indian chiefs led by John Grass refuse to sign any paper with commissioners ending talks about Sioux reservation. They plan to return to farms and signal defeat to Cheyenne agency. The 11 000 000 acres will not open for settlement. Jamestown North Dakota also reports the North Dakota Pharmaceutical association session with officers elected and reforms planned.
Clear Lake Park Minnesota hosts a big festival as conductor C FE Leslie arrives with the Leslie Quartet and accompanist Mrs Lizzie B Ewings. The Mendelssohn Quartette from Chicago also attends along with elocutionists Lilian De Long of Janesville Wisconsin and Miss Maria Cope of Des Moines Iowa. A chorus of 500 voices is planned.
Valentine Nebraska August The Rosebud agency issue clerk H Dunbar and police chief J A Nebzer report that over 1000 Indians were asked in the past month about opening their reservation and not one favored it. Sixty chiefs pledge not to sign and to influence others to resist.
The Black Hills stock and shipments report notes fall shipments have started strongly and will exceed prior seasons. Much of the stock this season will be sent to Omaha, a new pattern for Black Hills shippers. Stock condition is better than any season since the area settled.
The Minnesota Farmers Institute board met in the office of Superintendent Kiehle. Officers elected for the ensuing year are President Wyman Elliott of Minneapolis, Secretary State Superintendent Kiehle, and Superintendent of Institutes O C Gregg.
The Northern Pacific and Manitoba railways launched an east bound live stock tariff to St Paul calculated from their through rates to Chicago. The move seeks to let St Paul packing houses and associated interests compete with Chicago by adjusting access and pricing in eastern shipments.
The Chickasaw Guards of Memphis Tennessee arrived in camp at Oconomowoc Wisconsin on August 9. They plan a three week training in the woods near the city and anticipate a pleasant and profitable drill period.
A stock company named The Advance Publishing Company has been formed to publish a Republican newspaper in Millbank. Henry Neill, formerly of The Big Stone Herald, will serve as editor.
Canadian Pacific surveyors are in the Battleford area spying out the land. While motives are not clear, it is generally believed the firm plans a branch from the main line to the North Saskatchewan region.
Crop reports from across Ontario indicate most crops will surpass average yield and quality this year, with spring wheat and hay as the notable exceptions. Provincial figures suggest favorable conditions and strong performance in several regions.
Vera Cruz corrs San Francisco Chronicle reports a belief among Mexican Tudlans that if a child is cursed a mother may perform a ritual using a swinging cradle and a water filled earthen pot to reveal an eye reflection in the water. If an eye appears the child is considered enchanted and requires treatment.
The Dakota and Minnesota sections urge support to elect Dunnell in Minnesota’s First district and Hall in the Third, arguing prior senators and representatives align with Dakota interests. They call for action by the proper committee to study the races and arrange services to aid Dakota-friendly candidates.
Reports of a 350000 shortage at Phenix Fire Insurance of Brooklyn are denied by home office acting secretary C Little and Chicago Western agent Jurches. Chicago agent W R Burch is absent. director W Hammond says rumor stems from a former employee misunderstanding and cites prior accurate statements.
In GELENA Illinois a Winslow Wisconsin elopement story unfolds about Julia Martin a wealthy border town girl and Bucher her father s hired man. The affair sparked anger from Mrs Martin and the couple fled first to Brownton Wisconsin evading pursuit.
Endorsed by merchants and physicians in Nebr and Blair, Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is touted as a life saver for summer complaints. Other products include Dr J J Mehan's Tar Wine Lung Balm and J H McLean preparations, with claims of cures for indigestion, urinary issues, and skin conditions. Compatibility with various ailments is advertised alongside price points.
An old physician, retired, claims a non prescription formula for curing consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung ailments plus nervous debility. He offers to mail free of charge the recipe in German French or English with usage directions to anyone send a self addressed stamped request to W A Noyes 149 Power’s Block Rochester NY.
The advertisement promises a powerful invigorator to restore vitality and energy for those in a vitiated blood state. It claims one bottle will renew a worn out system or cost nothing, urging readers to try Beggs' Blood purifier and blood maker.
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