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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
5
Lawyers say the circuit court decision in the Missouri river rate cases will curb the Interstate Commerce Commission letting it act only on discrimination cases and preventing it from setting rates when no discrimination exists.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruling granting a permanent injunction in the Missouri River rate case is reviewed. Judges Grosscup Kohi sat Baker among the panel, upholding a challenge to a railroad joint rate structure affecting western shippers and Missouri river cities.
Judge Grosscup states the central issue is whether the commission’s principles, not just decisions, are within its power. He calls the orders a usurpation for imposing artificial regional advantages and enjoins them as beyond Congress’s intended scope.
Camden Neb Aug 26 The court martial for Corporal Lisle Crabtree regarding Captain John Raymond's death at Fort Des Moines heard that Crabtree overstayed leave due to a mistaken pass expiry and then attempted to resign his corporal duties before shooting began He wounded Corporal Such and First Sergeant Washburn and Captain Raymond died from the injuries Witnesses stated Crabtree was not intoxicated and he claimed the sergeant bore him ill will while praising Raymond as the best officer. Evidence was offered that Crabtree had no weapon the night before the shooting.
Washington reports say President Taft again turned the Cunningham coal land questions in Alaska over to Attorney General Wickersham. Secretary Ballinger’s handling draws criticism as efforts to rush patents grow and Guggenheim and other interests are accused of seeking control of the quarter billion worth property.
Lincoln three charged with abandoning a newborn baby found Sunday in a shoe box on St Elizabeths hospital steps. C E Combes the father traveling salesman, Dr G E Spear a physician, and Miss Anna Knorr a nurse were arrested after police investigations and the doctor confessed to leaving the infant to keep birth secret. The baby was born Saturday night.
Mrs Helen Gould obtained a final decree of divorce from Frank J Gould in New York Supreme Court Justice Giegerich. Interlocutory decree was signed May 20 this year. Custody of children Helen and Dorothy alternates six months each. Gould not allowed to remarry in New York while wife living. No alimony mentioned.
Rome August 26 The pope will present two lion whelps to President Taft. A lioness given to the pope by Emperor Menelik has produced six cubs. Two cubs will go to Taft and two to Kaiser Wilhelm, and two to Emperor Franz Joseph.
Acting Secretary of the Treasury Norton returned from a conference with President Taft and said crop moving matters received little attention. He stated the treasury is not concerned over crop moving, with interior banks in the West and South well supplied with money and no expected treasury action during the crop moving period.
Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot ruled against allowing sheep to range on settlers land within the Black Hills national forests at the South Dakota Wyoming boundary. He visited Deadwood to hear settlers and sheep owners, met both sides, and, after reviewing the ground, denied the flock owners’ request before departing for Seattle.
A petition signed by women from all classes to King Gustav seeks arbitration in the labor dispute now approaching a month. Sweden’s interior ministry orders local authorities to protect workers who have returned. German stevedores arrive from Travemunde to unload coal ships idle in the harbor.
In Mellette South Dakota on August 26 a boiler on George Wackerow's threshing machine exploded. Fireman Lions a Vermillion student was killed instantly. Wackerow sustained fatal injuries. Two other men were injured in the blast.
Sioux City market notes hogs heavy and butchered at 7.60 to 7.70, light and mixed 7.40 to 7.70, heavy packers 7.25 to 7.40. Cattle dressed beef steers 4.28, feeders 4.25 to 5.25, yearlings and calves 38.60 to 4.25, fat cows and cows 3.50 to 5.00, heifers 4.00 to 6.25, beef bulls 3.00 to 5.50, feeding cows and heifers 2.25 to 3.25, canners and cutters 2.00 to 3.25.
South Omaha Nebraska markets show steady to strong quotes across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle ranges include native steers four fifty to seven fifty, cows and heifers three to five, western and Texas steers around five, stockers and calves up to six fifty, with bulls and stags noted. Hogs market firm with heavy hogs seven twenty to seven ninety, sows and gilts similar, and overall bulk around seven forty to seven seventy. Sheep prices hold steady with yearlings four seventy five to six twenty five, wethers about four sixty five, ewes three sixty to four thirty five, lambs six fifty to seven forty.
Cattle market steady with steers 6.60 to 8.60, cows 3.50 to 5.26, heifers 3.50 to 6.00, bulls 3.00 to 4.85, calves 3.00 to 9.00, stockers 3.76 to 5.15. Hogs 5 to 10 cents higher with choice heavy 8.10 to 8.25, butchers 8.10 to 8.25, light mixed 7.80 to 8.00, choice light 8.00 to 8.25, packing 7.60 to 7.9, pigs 6.90, bulk 7.80 to 8.15. Sheep steady to 10 cents higher with sheep 4.00 to 5.50, lambs 6.25 to 7.75, yearlings 5.00 to 6.50.
Minneapolis grain report lists wheat varieties with on track and arrive prices, including No 1 hard at 1.0154 and No 1 northern at 1.001, oats and corn values, durum and velvet chaff notes, flax futures in Duluth, and flour patent prices. Prices shown for futures and immediate bids across cereals and by destination markets.
A historical price rundown from Sioux City Produce listing quantities and unit prices for hay timothy oat and wheat straw poultry butter eggs dry hides tallow green hides calf hides and horse hides with various classifications and packaging notes included. The itemized values reflect trading terms and branding such as western branded heavy and light.
Negotiations between Chicago street car companies and the Street Railway Employes union resume with no immediate prospect of a satisfactory agreement. The union opposes a graded wage scale seen as discriminatory to new workers. Both sides retain hope for a settlement, or the state board of arbitration may step in if talks deteriorate.
In Pittsburg two un exploded bombs were found on the battlefield debris. Two state troopers died in hospital from injuries believed serious at first. Trooper Williams, a Monterey California recruit, served as a scout under General Lawton. Apart from a physician being clubbed, no further violence occurred today.
Pittsburg reports a 12 hour riot at McKees Rocks between state county and company police and Pressed Steel Car workers. Casualties include several dead and many injured, with extensive property damage and mass searches as authorities vow shoot to kill if trouble returns.
A Spanish convoy near Sidimusa in Melilla was attacked by Moors. Seven Spaniards were wounded before the convoy was extricated. Reinforcements for the Moors were reported arriving in large numbers. An explosion at Geneva city gas works injured many and shattered windows within a one mile radius.
Strikers concentrate near the Indian mound as the strike zone attracts complaints from local corporations. Sheriff Gumbert calls 60 extra deputies amid rioting that damaged Pittsburg Railway cars and a Pittsburg and Lake Erie siding. Several dead and many injured, including 27 prisoners charged with aggravated assault and riot.
The federal court martial of Corporal Lisle Crabtree of Troop 8B, Second U S Cavalry, opened at Fort Crook near Omaha on August 25. The charge is killing his company commander, Captain John C. Raymond, at Fort Des Moines on June 19. The court is led by Colonel Gardner with Judge Advocate Captain F E Buchan. other officers include Lt Cols Glassford Banister and Bundy and Majors Blauvelt and Crimmins with several captains and lieutenants.
Spokane news reports that Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian lands will open in October. The vast area totals about 2,235,000 acres across South Dakota and North Dakota with registration set October 4 to 23 in Aberdeen Pierre Lemmon Mobridge and Bismarck.
Nairobi dispatch reports Theodore Roosevelt hunting in British East Africa when he shot a good bull elephant on Saturday. Edmund Heller and E J Cuningham take the trophy skin as Colonel Roosevelt hunts solo toward Mweru.
Mrs. Frank Dunkel, owner of the Dunkel hotel, slept on her veranda and woke to find her handbag and purse missing with nearly 600 dollars inside. Police have no clue about the theft.
Bubonic plague claimed 110 lives in Amoy in the fortnight ending Saturday, with 33 additional cholera deaths reported in the same period according to an official announcement.
Peking reports the throne orders estimates for building the assembly hall on the site of the former examination hall. Rules for governing China’s first national assembly are being drafted.
Pittsburg August 25 Miss Helen C Edwards famed actress has secured a large sum from Samuel W Riter after he refused to marry her following a New York to Pittsburg visit He was arrested for breach of promise but posted bail and the suit was settled and discontinued The Riter family objected to the marriage plans and the case draws on Thaw era notoriety fronts.
Halvor Swensen, an aged German pioneer of North Branch precinct in Nebraska City, hid over $1,200 in his home for safekeeping, then found the money missing after a few days. He cannot explain the disappearance and has previously missed other items.
Omaha Neb Aug 25. Mayor James C Dahlman posts a public order forbidding spooning in parks and public places. Several couples have been arrested for the act though police court records show no specific charge for spooning under city ordinances.
Washington officials rejected requests to halt seizures of bleached flour until a test case is decided. Wade Ellis acting attorney general and Dr H F Dunlop of the agricultural department announced the decision after a conference. Millers, led by firms in Iowa and Nebraska, had urged a pause pending legal ruling. Seizures will proceed despite the lack of a test case.
Bayard-Clement airship plunges into the Seine after a flight in Paris. Both aviators are rescued and unharmed.
Wichita Kansas August 25 John Marshall assistant attorney general arrives to investigate the carnival week after the lid was lifted. He notes most joints had closed by Saturday night and the new ordinance banning imitation beer sales under a gallon restored the lid.
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