Fragmentary Note Cites Gray Refusal to Help
Fragment reads that Gray will not help, with the line about standing by a will not share or fund support. the text is incomplete and lacks clear context or names.
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1894
Page
16
Fragment reads that Gray will not help, with the line about standing by a will not share or fund support. the text is incomplete and lacks clear context or names.
Ex-President Harrison tells the Commercial Advertiser he will address the Indiana campaign, prepare a careful tariff analysis, and speak two or three times. He refuses to criticize the current administration and notes New York harmony, Hawaii, and future lectures remain undecided.
Indiana farmer William Stanley of Pendleton plans to sue Congressman Bynum for 1500 dollars alleging a campaign pledge that wheat would reach 1.25 dollars per bushel led him to plant 2000 bushels. He says he had to sell at 45 to 50 cents a bushel. Judge Edward Martin dies near Duluth at 75. Japan seeks Chinese fleet. 17 ships patrol for battle. Oliver Erickson is nominated to run against Loren Fletcher in Minnesota’s Fifth District.
New York Aug 20 R G Dun weekly review says the signed tariff will set a firm basis for business with little further legislation possible until next year. Large improvement hoped as deferred business returns, though effects on some industries remain uncertain. Wool speculation cools while iron and steel continue to face price pressures. Corn activity fluctuates with price moves and varying regional injury reports. Western wheat receipts remain heavy and a forecast of 125 million bushels from Minnesota and Dakotas noted.
The Field prints a harsh English critique of the Vigilant, accusing it of breaking rules and using a questionable construction. It argues the America's Cup was defended by shifting ballast and a hull considered ineligible, with Norse and English crew aboard. The piece laments English pride and calls for adherence to traditional British yacht ideals.
Seoul reports a sign of the engagement between Chinese and Japanese troops at Ya shan shows Corea’s king sides with Japan as many Corean soldiers accompany the Japanese. The dispatch notes the political significance of Corea aligning with Japan.
The senate adopted Senator White of California to the finance committee and carried Murphy's tariff adjournment resolution 27 to 16. Manderson's amendment for McKinley bounty on raw sugars passed 21 to 20 amid quorum questions. Sherman delivered plain talk on tariff blunders and opposed free list additions for iron ore coal and barbed wire.
In Anamosa Iowa Ernest Dolph 22 was killed by a lightning strike while he and his brother John tented to guard a melon patch. A Bottan reported seven cattle killed by a lightning strike nearby. In San Francisco August 21 importers say a tariff bill blunder would tax copra 80 percent while coconut oil would enter duty free.
Rain finally provides drought relief in South Platte districts as Burlington and Union Pacific cut grain rates to help farmers feed stock. Reports tell of farmers killing horses rather than see them starve, with many cases noted and rails aiding distribution to ease losses.
Fall River workers decline strike after a vote. Other briefs report cholerine cases in Paris and a cholera death in Battersea. General Knox burned at New York dock. Pretoria jailings. Welsh tin plate mills set to resume. Vigilant likely to stay out of English waters.
The Republican Party of Davison county will hold a delegate convention at the courthouse in Mitchell on Thursday at 11 a.m. to nominate officers including senator, representative, treasurer, register of deeds, sheriff, clerk of the courts, auditor, states attorney, judge, superintendent of schools, surveyor, assessor, coroner and several justices and constables. A county central committee will be chosen and caucuses in precincts are urged for September 10 at 8 o'clock p.m. The notice includes other court and legal proceedings and a proposed constitutional amendment on voting for school officers by women.
Advertisements promote Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills with claims of health benefits and germ resistance. Castoria ads recount a child’s use and warnings, while Ely’s Cream Balm is praised for curing catarrh by users W. J. Hitchcock and Alfred W. Stevens. Prices cited for Castoria and Cream Balm.
Missouria August 18 Fred Nichols Robert Steele Charles Flynn McWalker and William Cahill were arraigned in district court on charges of placing dynamite under a passen ger train July 17 near the city. They asked for time to plead.
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