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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1893
Page
7
In Zwarts Luis an outdoor meeting ended in violence after anarchist speeches. Rioters looted homes and pelted officers with stones. Police injuries mounted as the military fired on the mob, leaving two rioters killed and five severely wounded. about twenty arrested. Similar disturbances occurred in Pekila and Saphermer.
In Wyoming the Arapahoes and Shoshones near Lander clash over land cessions. A second commission to treat with both tribes sparks talk of joint ownership and renewed tensions led by Chief Washakie.
The Marine Hospital Service may report to the Secretary of the Treasury when state quarantine laws are insufficient to stop contagious diseases from entering the United States. The Secretary can order additional rules, and the President may suspend immigration from countries with infectious diseases.
A NEA committee of ten educators recommends revamping high school history instruction with earlier biography focused study, European state comparisons, and integrated economics and civil government. The plan envisions cross-era methods and updated school libraries, with results to be published by a dedicated committee.
An explosion in the corridor of the Paris Prefecture of Police damaged windows and plaster while no one was hurt. Experts attributed the blast to anarchists using a chlorate powder charge in a two pound explosive shell.
A Fort Wayne train crashed into a crowded Chicago City Railway street car at 47th and Stewart, killing four passengers and injuring many. Conductor O'Connor, Driver Stanley, Engineer Rosscup, Fireman Meager, Allbright, and Schwartz were arrested. Rescue efforts followed as the wreck halted near the crossing.
Washington report says President Harrison highly favors extending civil-service rules to the Post Office but unlikely to broaden beyond that. Opposition from the Typographical Union blocks including the Government Printing Office, fearing nonunion appointees. The union argues nonunion workers would be labeled rats entering government service.
A Washington dispatch argues that destruction of paper money by casualty reduces Treasury liabilities. Since 1862 the government issued 5.81 billion in notes and denominations through July 1, 1892, redeemed 4.853 billion, leaving 967 million outstanding. Gold and silver reserves back redemption, with vast sums kept in vaults.
New York dispatch reports Secretary Foster met with Wall Street magnates to discuss bonds to ease money markets and curb gold exports. President Harrison rejected the plan, stating no new bonds would be issued while in office, and Wall Street’s expected cooperation collapsed.
Dispatches from St Petersburg report six anti Jewish edicts aimed at dispersal and religious suppression. Since 1891 Moscow papers claim 20000 Jews were converted under coercive pressure and deported to a Moscow area settlement near Techerkosovo under strict Orthodox supervision with limited return rights.
At a Hudson Wisconsin Epworth League convention a resolution urged the Methodist Church of America to start a Chicago daily with one million subscribers. Editorials would align with liberal religious thought and drop sensational news. About five million Methodists exist, with March or April eyed for launch as Epworth leagues nationwide may adopt similar steps. Additional brief items report arrests in Santiago plots and a $2,000 verdict in Brooklyn but note Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul unrest subsiding as the federal government weighs interference.
A weekly list notes the Harney Peak Consolidated Tin Company tin mill at Hill City starting operation on November 14 with plans to ship concentrates east for refining in a few days. The destination for refining is undecided among Aurora Illinois Omaha or Jersey City. Keystone Mining Company prepares to begin placing machinery in its new gold mill near Hill City in January.
A South Dakota boom is foreseen with many immigrants expected to settle in McPherson, Edmunds, Gregory, Knowlin Pratt and Presho counties. A large Missouri colony will settle Gregory County, while a proposed bureau of information at the World’s Fair seeks state-wide immigration support. Plans for roads like the Duluth Pierre and Black Hills line advance, potentially as a Northern Pacific project.
The eleventh Yankton College catalogue shows department attendances: College 49, preparatory 120, musical 845, art 14, total 224 excluding repetitions. New president A T Free MA praised. Also local items report a suicide near Castalia, a horse killed in Kimball, and South Dakota briefs on mining, railroad progress, and state exhibit funding.
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