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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1899
Page
8
A fragment notes Biren Printing Co of Tema involved in a brin ding incident. Details are unclear but the item points to a local business issue requiring follow up. Authorities or reporters have not provided further names or dates in the readable text.
At the Fifty sixth congress opening Roberts of Utah drew attention as Taylor objected to his swearing in and introduced a resolution for investigation. The Senate also met with Vice President Hobart’s death casting a pall, and Frye of Maine led the opening in a flower-decked chamber.
In a Washington decision the United States Supreme Court, Peckham delivering the opinion, voided the combination of pipe manufacturers as an unlawful trust. The ruling opposes trusts and affirms the lower court’s stance in the Addystone pipe case. The Sixth Circuit’s opinion was noted in coverage of the decision.
In New York, Katherine Gridley condemn the widow pension for Captain Charles Vernon Gridley, saying $30 a month is shameful while noting the widow’s $80 monthly pension. She defends her mother’s status and praises President McKinley and Admiral Dewey for support.
James Boston a national UMWA executive member pledged to enter the southeastern Kansas coal fields to imitate John V. Reese’s contempt imprisonment. He said other board members would replace him if jailed and would urge non union workers to quit despite the injunction, with replacements ready to fill prisons.
In a two year United States court saga, Joseph Wilkins of Washington DC and Howard Butler of Philadelphia were jailed on December 2 for violating oleomargarine sale laws. Wilkins faces six months and a 1500 dollar fine. Butler four months and 400 dollar fine. The pair were wholesale oleomargarine dealers in Philadelphia and were nabbed removing brands from packages in January 1907, leading to their February 1907 indictment and subsequent conviction.
Andrew Wind a former Sixth Missouri Volunteer in Cuba died after a December 2 elevator struggle with R. B. Warmon in the Fraternal Building. Wind was crushed between the car and ceiling as the elevator moved upward. Warmon is under arrest. Also reported a string of safe-cracking with nitro glycerine yielding cash and checks at Mid-Continent Mills and nearby grocer stores. An artillery accident in Allegheny City injured three National Guard men during a governor’s gun salute precession.
Acting Superintendent Brown reports Yellowstone National Park welcomed 9 579 visitors in the year and recommends a 5 000 appropriation for improvements including roads and bridges. The park remains described as a premier reserve.
Otis reports Bayambang and Nueva Vizcaya surrendered on November 28 to Lieut. Monroe and fifty cavalrymen. Gen Canon and 800 Filipino officers and men capitulated after a bluff and negotiated surrender. Seventy Spanish and two American prisoners were taken, with arms and property.
Ex champion Robert Fitzsimmons and longtime manager Martin Julian have parted ways after a Dec 4 quarrel in Fitzsimmons room at the Sherman house. A confrontation over Lyric Theater box access led to a slap and a scuffle with a revolver reportedly involved according to both men's accounts.
In Diamondville Wyoming about a week ago 600 miners struck for higher pay. After a brief shutdown a small non union force operated. At dawn on the 3d a mob of 300 women and girls armed with guns knives clubs and stones demanded mile operators flee. Miners were dragged from shafts and driven away with several injured and one man shot at. Deputies guarding the site were powerless as the miners continued to import arms and ammunition.
Alfredo de Oro defended his world pool title by beating Fred Payton of Omaha in a three nights 600 balls match at Maurice Daly's. The final score was 610 to 57 percent. De Oro won the $300 purse and gate receipts.
John Barrett of Barrett, Parrnum & Co. is suspended from the board of trade for one year after a recent failure tied to alleged commercial misconduct. Barrett, a trader for over twenty years, faces this disciplinary action amid the firm’s closure.
The will filed in Passaic County surrogate's office values the Hobart estate around 2.5 million dollars. Widow Jennie Hobart receives 1 million and half the remainder, with son Garret A. Hobart Jr. gaining the other half at majority. Charities in Paterson receive 5 thousand each and other bequests are listed to private secretary Hobart Tuttle A A Wilcox David Hobart and his children. Executors are Jennie Hobart A A Wilcox E Dell and Col William Barbour.
Gov. Roosevelt begins wrestling lessons in the New York executive mansion billiard room. He proves nimble and vigorous, with a quick cross-buttock move, while his sons train in boxing. the session lasts thirty minutes and leaves him perspiring but in strong shape. In other items, David D. Badeau is arrested for washing revenue stamps, with $60,000 alleged loss to the government, and Milton Bartle sponsors a 25 cent contribution drive to a $25,000 fund for Capt. Grindley’s widow, urging Helen Gould as treasurer.
Mrs. Bertie Lankford shot and killed her husband George Lankford at their Houston area home after a separation agreement. She is jailed and claims she committed the act. She inherits substantial property from her father and second husband, valued around $100,000.
Reported price ranges across markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Cleveland Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and dairy items. Across cities prices vary by grade with no single national figure and integers shown as cents or dollars per unit.
Week's happenings report a mild open winter welcomed by stockmen as range cattle thrive with abundant hay and surplus feed. Coal supplies arrive statewide easing fuel fears, with rail lines like the Chicago and Northwestern and Great Northern adding stocks. Settlers benefit from warm weather, reducing distress and supporting market readiness.
A dispute with threats of lynching escalates as cattle owners warn sheep ranchers to move their flocks from the range between Pierre and the Black Hills country. G S McGee publicly invites the would be attackers to carry out their threats, claiming the warning stems from cattlemen whose grazing was encroached upon by McGee’s sheep.
A 13 year old, Robert Tralle, was crushed when a steep bank at Rhine Creek near Yankton’s Milwaukee depot caved in while he and two companions dug for petrifactions. One boy injured, the third escaped. Rescue crews recovered the body after twenty minutes.
S Roberts, manager of Mer'tauil Webster & Co. elevator in Aberdeen, lacerated and badly strained foot after caught in the fly wheel. He will be laid up for some time. Also reported lost 200 tons of hay as boys burned thistles on Wm Schomer's ranch six miles east of Pierre, a heavy late season loss.
State land officials under T. E. Blanchard sue in Watertown to quiet title to the Mellette homestead. The dispute traces to ex Gov Mellette turning over property to the state and a 1897 resolution to restore the home to Mrs Mellette, which stalled without Gov Lee’s signature. The case seeks possession and record clarification of state lands records.
County returns arrived in Pierre on November 28 but the final figures await official canvassing on December 7. The Attorney General’s ruling on filing foreign insurance company articles with the secretary of state may be tested in court. Companies already file with the insurance department, costing about 30 dollars, plus 12 dollars for secretary of state filing and a recording fee likely totaling around 20 dollars.
The Watertown council and Ed Lamm clash over Kemp Avenue saloon licenses after a judge ruled the council could not discriminate. The council will decide whether to appeal to the state supreme court.
In Sioux Falls, Mavis Taylor, recently named receiver of the Building and Lawn Association of South Dakota in Aberdeen, has resigned from that post. The insanity board in Pierre has adjudged Stephen Morse insane and ordered confinement at the asylum amid his belief that his wife and daughter-in-law intend to kill him.
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