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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1897
Page
4
The Cuban insurgents plans to strike near Havana were checked according to officials but their forces remain concentrated. Havana business leaders express discouragement and no hope for a speedy end of the revolution, expecting no surrender or autonomy talks.
The United Labor League met in Philadelphia Sunday and voted to protest President McKinley’s planned appointment of ex Chief Justice Paxson to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The protest cites Paxson's Homestead strike ruling and calls the move an insult to workers nationwide.
In a San Francisco interview Tuesday Tugen Deuprey says Theodore Durrant will not die in January and will eventually go free. He promises forthcoming revelations in the case and asserts they are pursuing the real murderer with arrests expected soon.
Advices from Dyea Alaska report over 1 000 ill provisioned men decamped from Dawson in late October and fear famine as they trek over the mountains. Analysts estimate about 25 percent may perish on the journey. Victoria B C plans to urge delivering 50 000 pounds of provisions to Dawson within fifty days for 70 000 dollars.
The weekly trade review notes no slump after Congress openings and the annual message. Speculative markets rise. productive industries show improved demand for imported goods as year ends and a stronger wool import trend continues. December wheat jumps on contracts to ship millions to Europe, and cotton remains firm amid balanced estimates.
Police report reveals a major post office robbery on November 9 with about $109,000 taken from registered letters aboard the Central railway of New Jersey line. Two bags worth $80,000 reportedly disappeared, with investigators led by Maj. Charles F. Lewis of the Philadelphia secret service branch. The duration of the defalcations remains unknown.
Judge Merriman of Little Rock argues J E Blanther alias Forbes murdered Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams, not Ays Durrant. He cites past ties to Blanther, disputes Atlanta reports that Blanther was in that city during the killings, and declares Durrant innocent while deeming Blanther guilty.
Reported on Monday two soldiers in Abdul Hamid's imperial service at the Yildiz Kiosk in Constantinople attempted to kill the sultan. Attendants intervened and the men were tortured for names of instigators, but they died without revealing details.
President McKinley’s mother Nancy Allison McKinley died in Canton Ohio with all nine children and close relatives by her bedside. Born 1809 near Lisbon she married William McKinley in 1827 and lived in Fairfield Niles and Canton. Nine children included William the president and Helen Minerva. Canadians Say It Is Necessary I Meet American Competition outlines how raw lumber exports and tariffs drive policy.
C W Miller of Chicago wins the six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden with Rice second and a final tally led by Miller 2098 to 2026. Spectators crowded the west rink as roughly 100000 watched and gate receipts near 60000.
Chicago police officer William Coughlin and a prisoner named Barlowski were fatally wounded during an arrest attempt on a Sunday. Coughlin sought to serve a warrant, was struck in the chest, and the prisoner was mortally wounded in a subsequent struggle over the pistol. Both men are reported to die.
Orion Clemens brother of Mark Twain died suddenly in Keokuk Iowa at age 72. He long served as secretary and treasurer of Nevada Territory during Lincoln’s first term and held office from 1861 to 1868.
The Cleveland circuit court voided a state law that would have paid damages to victims of mob violence. J. W. Caldwell sued county commissioners for 1000 dollars claiming injury during the Brown strike, but the court ruled the act set cash presents and could not be used to award such sums. The ruling states the legislature cannot authorize laws that function as presents.
Judge F G Smith of the First Circuit decides Charles Mix County need not reimburse ex treasurer Henry Harding for a clerk hire. Harding had paid a $205 bill without board authorization and later withheld the sum during final settlement. The ruling holds the retiring treasurer lacked legal right to withhold the amount.
A large gathering at the Sioux Falls courthouse organized the South Dakota State Bar Association. Officers elected include Bartlett Tripp president and John R. Wilson first vice president with M. H. Keth, C. H. Voorhees, I. W. Goodner and an executive council from eight circuits. A banquet at Cataract House sealed the formation.
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