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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1896
Page
5
Fragmentary note from an abandoned Virginia coal mine recounts a skeleton and a confession chain. The writ appears linked to the two years old disappearance of Tom Ackerson and Ben Ayers with threats and self defense claims amid menacing denials.
From Indianapolis comes word that Whitcomb Riley, famed Hoosier poet, will retire from readings. He declined an NY $1,000 four-appearance offer, though grateful for the recognition.
The Weekly Review notes modest financial easing after large withdrawals from unemployed funds, with cooler demand for loans and steady wheat receipts of 2,415,558 bushels, up from 1,542,517 last year. Cotton prices fell, textiles weak with 2 percent reductions, wool sales down sharply, and foreign markets holding prices high.
Pittsburg unions of flint bottle and window glass workers form a defensive alliance. They plan a joint defense fund built by per capita dues likely at one dollar monthly. The fund aims to counter manufacturers and may be used by any union in need. Estimated fund not less than two million dollars with about 75,000 workers involved.
Maten Grogovich, a Sacramento waiter, learns via letter that his father Stever Grogovich, a Pastro Austria official during the Montenegro war era, has died in late January. He inherits nearly 540000 dollars, and Senator John Drogovich of Eureka Nevada is named as a nephew also receiving a share.
Edgar W. Nye known as Bill Nye, famed humorist, dies at his home twelve miles east of Asheville North Carolina after a ten day struggle with paralysis stroke. He and James Whitcomb Riley shared a long friendship and partnership in humor. Family at his bedside confirms peaceful death.
London officials reportedly decide to accept the boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela as set by the U S commission. Venezuela seeks international proofs from Spain Holland and the Vatican to bolster its claims.
The report describes four year old Ethel and two year old George shot by their mother Mrs. Kelsoe. It suggests she planned death by her own hand, not initially intending to kill the children, the murders resulting from a sudden homicidal impulse. Mr. Kelsoe testifies his wife had been ill but showed no signs of violent insanity.
A disastrous blaze at the Armiger residence on Charles Street Baltimore killed seven people by asphyxiation and left several others injured. The four story granite house owned by the A S Abell estate contained thirteen occupants including ten Armiger household members and a guest. The fire began at 815 am in a cellar partition and gutted the house filled with costly furnishings and jewelry as prayers and sympathy swept the city.
Ballington Booth appears at Salvation Army headquarters in New York for the first time since leaving command. A closed door meeting names Commissioner and Mrs Booth Tucker as successors to Commander and Mrs Ballington Booth, with arrival expected. Booth leaves without comment.
Troubles rise over a Ways and Means bill to stop fur seal extermination on Alaska’s Pribilof Islands. If the president fails to secure British cooperation on a sealing season modus vivendi, the treasury secretary could sell all remaining fur seals and put proceeds in the treasury, potentially netting about five million dollars. The plan cites London employment tied to seal skins and notes damage to Argentina’s wheat crop from rains while maize and linseed prospects vary. Debs denies accepting the Populist Indiana governor nomination, saying friends urged him but he refused.
Sioux City and Chicago provide ranges for cattle, stockers and feeders, and grain futures. Prices span beef steers from roughly 2.00 to 4.40 per hundredweight, with grains like wheat around 60 to 67 cents and corn near 28 to 28.5 cents. Kansas City and South Omaha show similar cattle and hog figures, while Minneapolis notes February wheat and on track futures.
Arthur Duestrow, a wealthy Missouri industrialist, is found guilty of murdering his wife and child in Mehben ary ISM. The lengthy trials and sanity questions culminate in a death penalty verdict, despite wealth and public attention.
A jury convicts Duestrow of murder in the first degree after two sanity trials and a trial last September. The defendant, son of a St Louis capitalist, descended from a fortune, grew drunken and abusive, leading to the killing of his wife and child on a day described by servant Katie Hahn. An appeal is expected.
Ex Congressmen M D Harter of Philadelphia killed himself at Sos toria Ohio while staying with O S Knapp. He had arrived for business and showed good spirits though recent insomnia and head pain were noted. Coroner ruled death by own action while temporarily insane with no financial distress evident.
Edger W Nye known as Bill Nye died peacefully at his Buckshoals North Carolina home with family present after a stroke ten days earlier. He was famed for gentle humor and modern success from writings and lectures earning over thirty thousand dollars annually. The record includes other brief notices of palace garden bombs in Madrid and longtime Ohio Supreme Court reporter Leander J Critchfield passing in Columbus at age 69.
The House passed the agricultural appropriation bill of 3 159 192 and enacted seed provision changes making Secretary Morton’s department fund mandatory. Senate sessions saw clashes on bond and tariff topics while approving military and pension measures. Cuban question debate heated, and Indian inspector salaries remained debated as the chamber aimed at economy.
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