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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
6
Readable fragments describe a local event in progress with names and places obscured by OCR errors. The piece hints at a community meeting or notice involving residents and a local group, but essential details remain unclear due to damaged text and missing context.
A candidate named Sen makes a bid for office amid a turbulent campaign season. Local observers note party affiliation and regional impact as debates unfold and voter outreach intensifies.
Local business note appears garbled with partial words and names. Readable fragments reference a company and services but lack clear events or dates to form a full item.
The U S Department of State released the U S reply to Wu’s overture regarding negotiations with China. The document confirms that Li Hung Chang is appointed envoy plenipotentiary to negotiate with the powers and states that the United States will support peaceful delivery. It states that a relief force may enter Pekin with escort for foreign ministers, and that an arrangement will be made to permit the relief expedition and protect officials.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler saved 12 year old William Jennings Bryan Jr. from a fatal fall after the boy used a chair caster and rubber band device to bounce a metal piece near a window. The general, focused on tasks, glanced up in time to grab the boy by the legs and keep him from plunging to the sidewalk below. The rescuer believes Bryan was within an inch of death.
In New York Judge Lacombe denies a writ of extradition to Cuba for Charles F Neely. The court notes an appeal granted by Wallace in habeas corpus proceedings. Judge doubts the appeal’s understanding of the case and suggests the supreme court could deny the application in its current form.
A Shanghai dispatch reports a grave misfire by Russian artillery strikes hitting American troops at Lake Yak Tsun. Casualties include soldiers killed and wounded as the fog of war prompts corrective measures.
R H Ferrell, a 22 year old former Adams Express worker, was arrested in Columbus for the murder of Express Messenger Lane and the robbery of the Pennsylvlia eastbound train safe Friday night. One thousand dollars recovered. Ferrell said the motive was money for his upcoming marriage to Miss Lillian Costlow. He confessed after being confronted with his deception.
Washington reports indicate China desires a peaceful settlement of the anti foreign uprising. Emperor Kwang Hsu appoints Earl Li Hung Chang as envoy plenipotentiary to negotiate an immediate cessation of hostilities. The move suggests imperial approval of any terms reached with the powers.
Dispatch from Manila reports General Grassa surrendered command to Col. Freeman of the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry near Tayug on August 12. The force included one major, six captains, six lieutenants, 169 men, 10 rifles and 50 bolas.
Eleven killed and eleven seriously injured when a Lehigh and New England passenger train collided with a bus near Slatington Pennsylvania. All casualties occurred aboard the bus. only three aboard escaped uninjured. Other brief items report local shootings and strikes.
An Italian visitor identified as Prof. Figuccia Felucca arrived at the White House with a heavy brass projectile and a long wire claiming to wish to present the device to the president. He spoke no English and, after questions, was sent to the Italian embassy for recognition while the secret service was alerted.
St Louis police believe they have the murderer of John Robson. Frank Peyton, a well-known safeblower with aliases, confessed to burglarizing several Sioux City businesses in December 1899. He claims a Dec 29 1899 safe burglary near the police station involved a struck man, possibly seriously injured, and fled to Nebraska after taking $100. Peyton is about 5 feet 11 1 2 inches tall, heavy, dark complexioned.
The Kansas crop was officially 54 percent complete as of August 4. Drought and heat have cut corn to near half a crop, while the wheat yield reached 78,081,000 bushels, the largest ever grown in any American state, with harvest completed and figures deemed correct.
In New York on August tenth Bob Fitzsimmons fought Gus Ruhlin at Madison Square Garden and stopped the Ohioan in the sixth round. The bout had been scheduled for twenty five rounds. In Peoria the Ingersoll Memorial Association spells a bronze heroic statue on a granite base for the agnostic’s memory as contributions rise. In Rome King Emanuel took a constitutional oath before parliament, as mourning drapes and crowds marked the ceremony with an ovation.
A compiled table lists market quotes for cattle hogs sheep and grains across cities including Sioux City Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more It records price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and various grain components such as wheat corn oats and rye with specific No 2 grades and creamery butter as shipped in each market The data showcases regional price dispersion and commodity levels across the sector in one period.
An unseen hand guides engine No. 5 from Burlington station in Council Bluffs at forty mph. Thick smoke and sparks fly as the spectral locomotive races south, reaching Island Park where it enters the roundhouse. Engineers assert they shut off steam. no crew found aboard.
State Executive Council sets the state tax levy at 2.6 mills total general and special state levy 6.8 mills with two tenths for educational institutions, down from last year’s 2.9 mills. It estimates valuations for telephone telegraph and express companies at 185124 and 1134213 dollars, total state property value 5896730 dollars, an increase of 19042 dollars.
Knights of Pythias grand lodge met at Waterloo with officers elected for the coming year. The meeting covered finances including charter fees and total receipts of the grand master of exchequer. The lodge voted down the per capita tax for the National Pythian sanitarium and named officers such as Bernard Murphy and G A Higgins to key posts.
The decision to open Sundays at the State Fair rests with fair association president Robert Johnson of Humboldt. Secretary Van Houten will vote with Johnson, as will the executive committee and treasurer. Milwaukee Railway seeks to bring 20 000 visitors for the Sunday Aug 26 event.
Thomas Cook of Osceola, long troubled by his children and recent divorce from his wife who died months earlier, shot himself at her grave in the cemetery. He had been confined to Clarinda asylum and returned home only last week, leaving a mournful act driven by grief. In Sioux City a Chinese laundryman Lee-Sing was assaulted during an anti Chinese demonstration when his shop was vandalized and Orville Lower attacked Chinamen with scissors, causing minor wounds before arrest.
The state board of control released bid specifications for 10 000 barrels of flour for state institutions for the year starting October 1. Last year the board paid 3 per barrel. during the contract flour rose to 4 50, saving about 5000 by purchasing the entire contract at once. Flour now sits at a lower price, and bidding is expected to be favorable.
In Creston, a demented Mrs. Mary Scales killed her 2 year old daughter by laudanum and contemplated harming her 6 year old son. The child escaped and alerted others while Scales claimed God called for the baby's life. She is confined in an asylum. Separately, laborer Silas Palmer with a gravel gang on the Illinois Central road bed was struck by lightning near Parkersburg.
A Union Pacific train robbery east of Hugo Colorado led to a posse siege near Goodland Kansas. Two bandits were killed, one by gunfire and the other burned in a kitchen fire as the pursuers pressed the confrontation. Posee members J B Riggs and George Cullins were wounded, with others sustaining injuries.
The August crop report from the Agriculture Department presents condition averages as of Aug 1 for corn 87.5, spring wheat 50.4, oats 85.0, barley 71.6, spring rye 76.0, buckwheat 87.9, potatoes 88.2, timothy hay 79.9, with regional changes in July. States listed include Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and others, noting declines in corn and spring wheat and mixed gains in some regions alongside declines in cotton and other crops.
Discovery of a Boer conspiracy to seize General Roberts and shoot British officers in Pretoria led to arrest of ten men. About fifteen conspirators planned to burn western houses to draw troops and then enter British officer homes to kill occupants. Ringleaders named for arrest. link to Johannesburg rising noted. General De Wet reportedly crossed the Vaal with much of his force reaching Buffels Hoek as British cordons held.
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