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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1897
Page
3
Beck Capital sues La Printing Co alleging breach of contract with pruni ns and Mitchell named as key figures. Court papers outline jurisdiction and initial pleadings, with parties disputing claims and relief sought.
A violent clash erupted at a J. H. mine in Northwest Pennsylvania as striking workers confronted management. An officer and two men, Bates and Ross Mauler, exchanged gunfire amid the disturbance, with reports of a likely fatal injury to a superintendent.
The House Committee on International Monetary Conference debates a bill amid partisan friction. Representative Hill of Connecticut criticizes Republican aims to rework key policies, referencing earlier votes on silver coinage and hard money. The incoming president faces opposition to his nomination.
Consul Parker in Birmingham reports local papers show British iron makers undercutting American pig iron prices at eighty to ninety dollars per ton. The move shocked American allies and stirred concern over market control and policy responses amid wartime tensions.
A Francisco girl Miss Mattie Hodge suffered a fatal neck injury while braiding. She turned her head to the rear and twisted her neck fatally. she was taken to receiving hospital where doctors worked to restore the muscles and place the head back, but she died. The incident is notable in medical annals. Other items report a Nevada lottery bill, 200 idle men in Indiana, a jewel robbery in Philadelphia, a bribery inquiry in Washington, a pointer to a wife murder in Cleveland, a pulpit death in Springfield, and a dock labor strike in Hamburg.
General Weyler remains in the field after an ambush near Santa Clara where his horse was shot and he injured a shoulder. Dispatches say reforms delay until Weyler approves, while rebels intensify actions in Pinar del Rio Havana Matanzas and Santa Clara.
Crete sees Christians in Canea hoisting the Greek flag and inviting King George to take possession. A provisional Crete government forms as fighting continues outside the city. Turks expelled from Halepa. Sphakiots struggle to regain Sphakia. fires from earlier clashes are extinguished.
Elizabeth Merriwether known as Mrs Minor Merriwether asks Governor Stephens to commute the death sentence of Dr Arthur Duestrow a St Louis millionaire wife and child murderer to life imprisonment. She argues the crime was fueled by liquor sale and cites the state as complicit in crime.
May Punish Searles secretary and treasurer of the sugar trust appeared before joint legislative committees on trusts in New York City. He explained he did not appear Friday due to being en route to the train when served the subpoena. Chairman Lexow warned subpoenas could not be ignored by any man and that contempt would be ruled on after Searles' testimony. His examination then began.
Nels Benson an 80 year old man was killed Saturday night in Minneapolis. A man and a woman are suspected as witnesses say several boys saw the crime. A Swedish dagger blade fragment was found near the scene.
James A Hart Edward Hanlon and A J Reach, the National Baseball League rules committee, have submitted their proposed changes to President Young for approval and implementation.
The House Appropriations Committee moved to pay $1,048,000 to sugar planters for bounty owed under McKinley and Wilson laws. The Sun day subcommittee found the claim valid and debated placing the funds in the sundry civil bill or as a separate measure.
The steamer Three Friends was seized on return to Jacksonville after a coast tow. Libel charges piracy for mounting a Holochkiss gun and firing on a Spanish gunboat at the San Juan River mouth during landing. Named in the libel are John O'Brien W T Lewis John Dunn August Arnau Michael Walsh and Ralph D Paine. Bond set at 5000 with deputy marshal on board to enforce compliance.
Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo says the government will faithfully execute proposed Cuban reforms without waiting for full pacification. He asserts success if rebellion remains in the island’s western region. Marquis Apexiquia questions reform efficacy and criticizes Weyler’s role. Letter box contracts awarded: Mayberry Ellis of Detroit wins about 80 000 for four years. Columbia Manufacturing to street package boxes. Bond Steel Fence and Post to mail box posts at 1.20 each. total approx 15 000.
Collis P Huntington leads a preliminary field survey for a rail line from Alvarado near Vera Cruz to Salina Cruz on the Pacific coast. He seeks a concession to operate with Pacific Mail steamers to supersede the Panama route if an advantageous path is secured.
Regional market quotes list cattle hogs and sheep prices with wheat corn oats rye and other commodities for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more. Prices show wide ranges by city and grade for grains and dairy noting creamery butter and Western eggs.
A center beam failure in a sod covered log house near Pierre smothered a wife and child. The roof fell while a family group read, trapping them as neighbors aided in rescue efforts. Two children escaped unharmed while another was deaf.
Aberdeen national banks sue to void state board action raising bank stock assessments by 60 percent. The move aligns with the State Bankers Association stance. Also notes bid notices for Indian schools at Chamberlain and Rapid City and a $10,000 Canton bridge project.
The Winona Elevator Company shut its Huron facility and is shipping out all grain on hand due to a severe snowstorm. Heavy snow blocks threshing and road access, delaying spring work and likely increasing demand for farm labor. Similar closures are likely at other sites as the weather stifles farming activity.
Congress debated many measures with little consensus. The House passed bills including retirement for John M. Quackenbush and compensation to Albert Augustine heirs, while approving a spirits in bond provision and district land acts. The Nicaragua canal and immigration bills dominated Senate discussion, with votes and quorum issues shaping outcomes. In Delaware, Richard R. Kenney was seated as Senator, boosting Democratic strength. the House endorsed bridge and railroad measures, and the Hopkins-Kenduall contest favored the sitting Democrat.
A man was smothered in a large malt bin at Fey malthouse in Peoria Illinois. Patent attorney Joseph I Peyton committed suicide in Washington by shooting himself. The failed First National Bank of Holidaysburg, Pa will resume with 100 percent new capital stock. J F Winer, formerly prominent in Alabama and once Secretary of State before the war, died in a New York hospital.
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