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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1892
Page
1
The article argues every citizen should be a knowledgeable, responsible politician serving the common good. It warns that motives matter, lest demagogues or corruption rise, and urges Mitchell residents to seize upcoming opportunities for growth.
The president elect has returned from a hunting trip and now faces potential pursuit rather than pursuit of game. The question remains whether he will descend without facing a siege.
A Republican editor analyzes national and international views on silver and gold coinage. He notes strong opposition abroad, the likelihood of deferring free coinage, and the need for repeal of the current silver bill to avoid financial trouble. A. T. O KAD signs from Mitchell, South Dakota, December 3, 1892.
Dun's Weekly Review reports November gold exports beginning and likely continuation, with silver conference unease and mixed business signals. Boston dry goods rise, Philadelphia and Baltimore show improved activity, Chicago strong wholesale trade, but West money slow. Louisville hopeful, Little Rock gloom, New Orleans dull, sugar up, cattle and grain receipts down. Lincoln reports burglaries, shootings as city tightens police and arms uptake.
Ovadiah Sands, long time resident, declared sane by a jury in Judge Yates's court and committed to Kanakee asylum. Mrs Sands had sworn out a warrant for arrest. Sands is described as a millionaire and has endangered his family during insanity over a year. In Wilmington, Louis Dupont, 26, son of Irene Dupont of E I Dupont firms, killed himself at the club house with a pistol, cause unknown.
Ashland Kentucky dispatch reports westbound Chesapeake and Ohio accommodation no 27 from Huntington to Cincinnati struck a wrecking train in the morning. Five persons were badly injured and several cars demolished in the collision. Scranton Pennsylvania note reports Elm Park Methodist Episcopal church costing two hundred thousand dollars burned to the ground early today.
S A Thompson secretary of the Duluth chamber of commerce moves to form a national group to press Congress for a deep water ship canal from the Great Lakes to the Hudson River. A Washington convention is planned to organize and urge immediate federal action with studies showing large potential savings and strategic value for defense and commerce.
Minnesota lawmakers face a major tax question as railroad land exemptions in central and northern counties draw state and local opposition. Counties warn exemptions hinder settlement and shift burdens, with organized effort planned for the next session. Sir John Thompson forms a Canadian cabinet with Angers moving to militia and Chapleau set to succeed as lieutenant governor.
St Louis and Chicago edge rail project secured rights of way through Christian county and escrowed with a bank. Construction near Edinburg proceeds as the line, 250 miles long, promises no crossings or switches and speeds of 100 mph with two through tracks at first and four later.
A secret Lincoln meeting of leading Nebraska Democrats and Independents agreed to act together at the coming legislative session with the Democrats taking senate positions and appointees while Independents control the lower house. Fusion for the U S senate was not fixed but expected. A concise accord aimed to shape the state government amid party lines.
Quarantine report notes the steamship Cynthian under Captain McKenzie arriving from Hamburg with the captain and crew of the British steamer Lunedale abandoned Nov. 21 en route from Philadelphia to Copenhagen. Captain Lorimer cites gales from Oct. 31 departure to abandonment as the cause.
A section near the burning Honey brook mine in HaZELTON Pennsylvania caves in about three acres of land and five acres settle between five and twelve inches. Residents fear further collapse and exposure to a fiery furnace as the ground remains unstable.
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