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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1900
Page
10
A compact notice notes that Le Printin Co located in Iehely Capital, Mitchell, South Dakota, is involved in a business listing or adjustment. The fragment highlights the company name and place, indicating a local concern or filing.
James Welch, 88 and partially paralyzed, attempted to shoot Judge William Lochren in chambers after a verdict in a daemon Pacific damage suit. Court Crier Conway tackled him, Welch fled via a second floor window, was recaptured, and jailed. Separate item notes Interstate Commerce Commission urging Congress for stronger power and amendments to the Interstate Commerce Law.
In Topeka Kansas Judge Thayer of the US Court of Appeals on January 16 granted the writ of habeas corpus and ordered the release of Mohn I Reese an executive board member of the United Mine Workers. He had been jailed after addressing miners during a Western Coal Company strike. The court held the injunction did not apply to him.
Weather clears in Spokane and surrounding Idaho towns. Potlatch Clearwater rivers drop, Kendrick to Juliaetta routes reopen by wagon travel resumes. Lewiston reports no fresh flood effects since January 15 as rains ease and roads recover. Data shows cooler conditions and belief that further floods are unlikely.
The U S Supreme Court denied a writ of error in the case of Bolla former city treasurer of Omaha convicted of embezzlement. Nebraska Supreme Court had affirmed the conviction. The ruling affects related criminal appeals and municipal finance cases.
Severe rain and chinook winds flooded western Washington valleys and Idaho’s Latah County. Many farms in Puyallup Stuck White River valleys submerged. Kent and Sumner faced river overflows and washed out bridges. Kendrick suffered the worst, with three Wamble children and two China men reported drowned. town wrecked as flood waters swept homes downstream. Communication to the region was cut off and details remained scarce.
In Denver Colorado W W Anderson a prominent attorney shot Frederick G Bonefiels and HH N Taimen proprietors of the Evening Post in their office after entering to demand a retraction. Both owners walked home afterward and are not believed mortally wounded. Anderson claimed self defense as he fled the scene and was later arrested. Polly Pry witnessed the event.
In East St Louis Christina Smith awoke during embalming on January 15. Doctors and a county undertaker verified death then revived her after a faint eyelid movement. She recovered gradually with hospital care and is expected to regain strength.
Maj J F Stone prominent Oklahoma lawyer and president of the People’s Bank of Kingfisher was shot and killed at Crescent City by J J Walcher who fled. Walcher had mortgaged property to Stone to secure a loan and again to Capital National Bank of Guthrie. Stone foreclosed and went to possession where he was killed. Stone served as U S assistant attorney for Oklahoma and as major of the Oklahoma battalion in the Spanish war. He leaves a widow and one son.
Senator Hanna outlines the coming national campaign as focusing on prosperity for workers and the retention of the Philippines. He notes the party needs funds to run the campaign and accuses Democrats of labor agitators at work nationwide. The Jan. 15 session of the Republican campaign committee met in Philadelphia to map issues.
A fearsome blast in a Sanders theater closet near Harvard Cambridge disrupted a Boston Symphony Orchestra performance. About 50 to 600 people caused a panic as patrons rushed for exits but the crowd settled without injury. Authorities suspect the prank targeted a history class and misfired twelve hours early.
Anthony Kansas reports John Kornstett, 16, found guilty of first degree murder for killing his cousin Nora Kornstett, 10. Nora vanished after entering a field where Kornstett worked, later found unconscious in an abandoned well and died. Kornstett confessed to throwing the girl into the well after assault.
Market quotations listing cattle hogs and sheep prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with ranges for wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed. Prices shown per unit or bushel with variations by grade and region.
The Nielsen case from Irene South Dakota presents a wife deserting her farmer husband and child after alleged hypnotic manipulation by a hired man. The wife now asks for a railroad ticket to return with the baby, claiming the influence is removed. The man, described as a tall dark-eyed stage performer with black hair, is currently at large. Nielsen plans reunion and reconciliation in South Dakota.
State Bank of Plankinton owned by D. L. Stevens failed to open on January 9. Stevens was abroad and wired the cashier not to operate. The bank was the town’s sole financial institution and most merchants faced losses as deposits totaling about 6 000 remained in question. A stockholders’ representative said the embarrassment is temporary and all claims will be met in time.
A Sioux Falls convention last week organized the Retail Implement Dealers' Association of South Dakota Southwestern Minnesota and Northwestern laws. John Colvin of Mitchell was elected president and W S Hill of Alex was named treasurer. The group excludes manufacturers jobbers and traveling men, limiting membership to retail dealers.
An opinion by the attorney general rendered for Moody County clarifies cost sharing for bridge repairs under 1891 laws. It favors township responsibility for repairs under 25 dollars, county and township shared costs for repairs between 25 and 100, and county payment for bills of 100 or more. Smallpox Scare Over reports Canton’s scare ending with recovered cases and lifted quarantine, Lincoln County children vaccinated, and Minnehaha County cases nearly resolved.
The Soldier Return Fund for bringing troops back to the state from San Francisco is cut to 599, enough to return seventeen more at 33 each. After covering return expenses, the fund holds 3471 left, used to reimburse those who paid their own way ahead of the regiment. Of this, 2872 has been called for and the remainder will likely be drawn.
Frank Crane of Watertown states a call will be issued to convene the Republican state central committee to name the time and place for the state convention likely in mid February. The meeting is expected in Huron with lively contest for delegates to the national convention.
A Brule County farmer named Crown harvested broom corn on three acres last summer and during winter made brooms. He expects to produce 150 dozen brooms selling at 2.40 dollars per dozen, yielding about 5375 dollars.
The state land department mailed twenty patents for state lands to purchasers. Distribution by county shows Turner five, Clay five, Mutchinson eight, Grant three, with Union Brookings Moody and Kingsbury each receiving one. Diphtheria closes schools in Marion. authorities act to stamp out the disease amid a few surrounding cases.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing advances with new note plates, with $1 and $2 completed and in use, $5 and $10 soon, and higher denominations to follow over years. Senators’ ages are noted with surprising memory, Mrs. Dewey shocks Washington by stepping ahead in line, Treasury officials plan retirements, sleighing scenes amuse the capital, and economic figures project gold and silver production for the year.
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