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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1888
Page
1
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Report on a Sioux Falls convention debate reveals Huron influence in the push for a state capital location and opposition to the Sioux Falls constitution. Allegations of capital ambitions spark clashes as McClure and Miller clash over Pitt List implications and the need for a full submission. The piece predicts a political bargain before Congress as public sentiment shifts.
A Huronite critique argues for an election to settle the capital issue and confirms support for amending the Platt bill to place all localities on equal footing. Judge Moody’s testimony is cited, noting resubmission of boundaries to the people could delay admission but allow a fresh constitution. Aberdeen News reflects on Sioux Walls and capital politics shaping admission timelines.
Telegraphed from Indianapolis an alleged plan to kill the president-elect was thwarted weeks ago and is only now leaking out. The rumor mill shifts away from cabinet work to fresh sensational speculation.
The Sioux City Journal writer Mack, present at the recent democratic convention in this city, expresses favorable impressions of the gathering. He has long held a soft spot in his heart for Huron despite past tensions.
Mr. Springer fixed January 15 as the date for considering the Dakota bills. A suspension of judgment is urged until that time to assess his sincerity.
A legislative investing committee calls for quarantining the Yankton insane asylum until it can be thoroughly disinfected.
A summary of the fourth quarter lessons tracing Israel's history from the conquest of Canaan to the era of the judges. It outlines cycles of peace, prosperity, idolatry, punishment, deliverance, and renewal, then surveys surrounding nations and their fates under Hamitic and Semitic powers, ending with Ruth and Samuel eras.
The article recounts J. L. Bloudin describing rope walking strategies. He says fear is not felt and he keeps time to the band’s music to aid balance. He notes about 280 pounds on the rope including his weight and pole and prefers high treks despite air difficulty in large venues.
In Poplar London a dead unknown woman was found in a busy street with a cord around her throat and no poison in her stomach. Authorities suspect strangulation by the Whitechapel fiend, aligning her death with the killer's recent pattern nearby. The body was still warm, delaying immediate identification.
The Harnwell county race disturbance ends oddly as Robert Morris, once reported murdered, is found alive in the woods very drunk. Morris had bought whisky days earlier and went to the woods to drink. No one was harmed.
Five white men and two African Americans are jailed in Harrison county for the murder of Adam Golden. A negro and three white women are guarded at home for involvement. A masked mob attacked Miss Jennie Maddox and her residence, leading to Golden being killed after a dispute with him.
A Mississippi report says Whitehouse searchers failed to locate any of the Negroes sought near Whitehouse. A Negro woman from the shooting house testified, confirming prior accounts with no new facts learned.
Irregularities totaling a substantial sum were found at Boston's Western Union Telegraph main office. Three fraud methods included destroying telegram copies and inserting fictitious dispatch numbers on delivery slips. Messengers earned up to 25 dollars weekly. a receiver vouched for returns, shielding the scheme for months. The manager says no prosecutions will follow.
Four Milwaukee men leased Des Moines river tracts in Petersburg township to mine coal. Drilling reached 130 feet with a vein 18 inches wide so far. A nearby hole will test extent, then a shaft may begin. Chicago Milwaukee and St. Railway backs the project to study the Des Moines valley.
Citizens of Parker South Dakota held a cordial reception in the court room for Dr. Buchanan late superintendent of the Yankton insane asylum who was removed by Cal Gale and two board members. The meeting included speeches and resolutions endorsing Buchanan and crediting him for standing up for the right. A full investigation likely follows.
The Minnesota state board of prison inspectors A K Doe John F Norris and Edward Dunn visited Riverside penitentiary in Pittsburg and will report to recommend letting convict labor be contracted. Norris indicated the board may back the system. Also reported was the death of Fred Hanson 22 in a logging camp near Woodville after a falling limb struck him. His home was in Gilman Pierce county.
A wall section forty feet long collapsed at the insane asylum causing damage. Twenty brick layers are on strike for their pay.
An Ohio boiler blast at a North Vernon spoke factory fatally scalded eight men including Janes Lett. Details are scarce as the accident is reported from Columbus with the town described as twenty miles southeast of the city.
Five prisoners confined in Port Townsend Washington overpowered jailer Thoms Hitler gagged him and took his keys and pistols. They opened doors and tied one trusty prisoner and Hitller. The escapees are described as murderers and highwaymen and a posse was organized for pursuit.
Supt Buchanan is removed from the Yankton asylum and Dr James Roane is named successor. Buchanan had ties to trustees Quigley and Wooley and blamed the construction chief for a bricklayer strike. A fight injured Assistant Slayman Keane and Trustee Gale. Legislature likely to investigate with a looming 380,000 appropriation for needed improvements.
Ferdinand Car olin the carpenter who killed Bridget McQuade is sentenced to be hanged on February 13 1880 and Henry Carlton who murdered Officer Brennan is to be hanged the same day. A dynamite bomb exploded at the Litchfield Car and Machine foundry injuring two workers. Bald Knobbers William Walker and John Matthews receive respites to February 15 from hanging.
Large turnout at meetings across regions as 660 coke miners and others in Heela and Usherdale push to enter the National Progressive Union of Miners and Steam Laborers. The movement, led by Prorspena, Dee, signals a shift toward unified labor representation.
A Belleville and Carondelet passenger train jumped the track near Belleville Illinois. Fireman Thomas Ash was fatally injured and brakeman George Sax suffered a broken leg.
In Cincaco Judge Blodgett's court August Fischer a brewer at 22 Desphines street faces charges of violating internal revenue stamps. Prosecutors allege he moved beer to a bottling room removed stamps and reused stamps multiple times with some stamps used up to forty times.
Springfield Massachusetts December 22 Patrol man Thos P Coote was shot twice and severely wounded by burglars whom he discovered attempting to break into Wilder Puffer feed store in the city.
In Wheeling West Virginia on December 22 a report lists six men killed by locomotives within five days. Names include David Foster William Kohlb John Kats Michael N King William Showalter and Edward Wilson. all but one were struck while on the tracks.
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