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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1898
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR yields a brief notice referencing The Weekly Capital in Mitchell, crediting S Bd Chell Printing Co. The readable bits suggest a local publishing or printer acknowledgment with no complete dates or actions available in the fragment.
Reports from Havana say a naval court of inquiry will begin immediately to determine the cause of the Maine catastrophe. Divers continue the body search while officials state no new explosion was confirmed. Washington notes indicate light shed on the incident from Havana remains unlikely for days.
Officer Win Holly of Findlay Ohio was shot and killed Monday night while trying to arrest two burglars at Stuartsville five miles north of Findlay. The pair were found entering the Nickel Plate warehouse. one burglar, Frank alias Carmen, shot Holly and fled while the other was captured. Carmen, later identified as Edward Pratt a local glassworker, was arrested about two hours later at his North Findlay home.
A major blaze Sunday consumed the Tampico wharf built for the Central Railroad under government supervision. Construction began in July 1896 on a structure described as one of the continent’s finest, extending to 1,575 feet, all burned. The partially completed custom house sustained about 809,000 in damage, with total losses on the wharf, customs house, and merchandise approaching two million dollars.
Swiss voters approved a plan to buy all pay roads with a loan of about 209 million francs. Official returns show a narrow win for nationalization on a turnout of rail lines. 84,146 in favor to 177,150 against. Five principal lines carry most traffic as Switzerland eyes government control of railways.
Spanish armored cruiser Vizcaya drops anchors five miles south of Sandy Hook lightship at 5 30 p m as American ships report Maine disaster and De Lome fallout. Rear Admiral Bunce assigns Lieut John A Dougherty to command six patrol tugs guarding the Vizcaya and observers will board for courtesy calls. Night lighting will deter approaching vessels or boats and a warning to any intruders will be enforced.
Rh G Dun & Co Review of Trade reports the Maine disaster has scarcely affected general business. Stock market saw selling by speculators on thin margins. wheat rose 33 1/3 cents with heavy exports. cotton held steady for spot, weaker for options amid expectations of lower next yield. Cotton manufacture slowed by strikes. woolen prices rose but demand lagged. more cancellations in light weights. Weekly failures: 205 in U S, 2b in Canada, vs last year 303 and 58.
A riot erupted as the Zola trial adjourned in Paris, police overwhelmed crowds, and Emile Zola narrowly escaped lynching. Army officers were cheered as guards cleared the square after mobs attacked Jews while shouting death to Jews. General Pellieux and Major Esterhazy received ovations amid the chaos. In Cincinnati, Gen. William Booth urged ending the Cuban war and suggested US intervention if needed, while England’s stance toward America remained calm.
The U S court of appeals at Philadelphia affirmed the verdict in the case of John D Hart sentenced to two years imprisonment for aiding the steamer Laureda in a filibustering expedition to Cuba.
A severe midwest blizzard roars across Milwaukee and surrounding towns with twenty two inches of snow, seven foot drifts along streets, and trains delayed up to five hours. Marinette searches for twelve missing fishermen, while Sturgeon Bay’s return has not been heard. Marquette and Mackinaw City report heavy snowfall and iced railways, with multiple lines halted and streetcars canceled.
Two passenger trains collided eight miles south of Rockford Illinois in a snowstorm at the crossing of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Burlington roads. One engineer was killed and about twenty five passengers injured. Trains met in a deep cut and both engines were demolished. None of the passengers were seriously hurt. The cause or blame was not yet fixed. Funeral of Miss Willard held in New York and Evanston Illinois. Frances E. Willard, president of the World and National WCTU, lay in state in Willard Hall Chicago and Churchville New York before interment. Senor de Arango of the Cuban junta favors halting agitation. New York junta cited as supportive. 6,000,000 envelopes stolen from Republican committee cases, sold as waste paper. Kentucky Goebel bill debate fuels political tension in Frankfort. Carpenters and masons unionizing at Waukesaw Illinois. wage scale set at 25 cents per hour for nine hours daily starting April 1.
New York dispatch reports singer and Irish character actor William J. Seaulan died Saturday night from paresis in Bloomingdale asylum for the insane aged 42. He had been an inmate for six years. Ex-Congressman ONeill Dies After Long Illness in St Louis. John J. ONeill, former congressman, died at St Louis after a long illness.
Former president Grover Cleveland rescued farmer John Snook from sheriff sale by buying the land from Capt. Van Kirk. He told Snook he would stay on the farm as tenant, implying the old home would not be moved. Cleveland spoke kindly and announced the purchase after learning the farm had been sold.
A Bulgarian agent report to the Turkish government describes widespread abuses in Macedonia. Villages are surrounded by troops with wholesale arrests and brutal tortures recited against named victims, including irons in mouths, nails torns under, hot stoves, horse tails, and beatings. Women faced assaults as well.
Governor Tanner grants the condemned murderer Chris Merry a sixty day reprieve delaying his execution in Chicago. A telegram from Attorney W. S. Elliott informed Merry of the reprieve after preparations for the gallows had begun. Merry expects the delay to lead to a new trial by the Illinois Supreme Court. Also reported are plans for a new revenue cutter for the Yukon, bids, and various grain and livestock price listings across multiple cities and regions.
Aberdeen meeting of the State Bankers Association decided to challenge the state board of equalization in raising bank stock assessments. Bankers will await a Supreme Court decision before paying taxes. The group also discussed the next biennial meeting likely in Sioux Falls in May. Also reports warn farmers to destroy noxious weeds to curb green bugs, grasshoppers, and cattle deaths from infected fodder, with Beadle County enforcing the law.
A late last week attempt targeted butcher A. A. Mallow and his family in Rapid City. Investigators found a gas pipe device in the back kitchen, a kerosene saturated keg with a candle, and a powder stick nearby. No clear clues besides tracks. Mallow is a quiet German with few known enemies.
The twelfth annual Masonic Aid Association of Dakota meeting in Yankton elected L. B. French as president and named officers and directors for the coming year including D. H. Wheeler, W. N. McVay, G. F. Stevenson and J. T. Wooley among others. The slate features multiple regional directors from Yankton and beyond.
German inmate Tudwig Wolfyn, confined at Yankton asylum, was murdered by fellow patient Leo Foster from Eureka during dinner hour. The attacker used a heavy floor polishing swab, striking Hoff on a settee in the hall, crushing his skull from eye to neck. The incident was witnessed by staff and residents.
Stand Cattle Company has long employed a wolf hunter to exterminate wolves. James Phillips, a Bad River stockman, becomes the first in the state to hire a professional wolf trapper by the year. He offers a $5 bounty for each wolf killed to rid his range of pests.
A eastbound Hastings and Dakota division train struck eleven horses three miles east of Aberdeen last week leaving none alive. The incident highlights a string of South Dakota items including notable deaths, indictments, and regional notices from Parker Sioux Falls and Yankton.
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