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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1904
Page
5
The text appears as garbled OCR from a 19th or early 20th century record. It references land offices, river claims, homesteaders, and farm activities, with disjointed phrases about wells, crops, and faith communities. It mentions Pierre, South Dakota, and a January date context, but overall content is unclear.
A chaotic account describes a prisoner burning, breaking into a saloon, and being restrained in a loft. The incident led to the prisoner’s confinement and a forthcoming trial in the circuit court in the new term.
A fragmented report details a dedication service led by Rev. F H D B as part of a Reconstruction era church, with a new church edifice built around 1884 at about $9,000, sixty charter members, and a debt-free status. It also mentions a high school gymnasium project at Aber and sports results with Oakes, Aber, and North Dakota college teams.
The South Dakota Supreme Court held that the Board of Charities and Corrections members are entitled to compensation under the new law passed by the legislature. The ruling notes the law created a new board with monthly visits, reduced board size, and raised salary to 1500 dollars per year, while maintaining existing constitutional limits on increases.
Supreme Court decisions listed include grants of $1,500 per year salary to plaintiffs in a charity board dispute, a writ of error affirmed to Circuit Court of Clay County, a Rapid City city case reversed from Pennington County, Britton area liquor sale restraint upheld, and other administrative actions with various appellants and respondents.
Report from Deadwood South Dakota notes exceptionally mild winter so far with scant snow and little feeding needed. Cattle ranges north and west show stocks gaining condition after a wet cool year across the region.
Stockholders and directors met at the Publishers Mutual Insurance company offices. Levi Wait of Armour was named president, John Ut of Huron vice president, and Clare Tinan of Kimball treasurer. Directors include J F Halliday Iroquois J H Reeves Groton Glenn Farley Madison H H Shober Highmore B S Danforth and W M Farmer Vermillion. The firm carries 265000 in risks and keeps original plans 60 percent below old line companies. Elks building plans stay with building committee and architect Schwartz of Sioux Falls will advise on suggested changes.
The supreme court admitted John K. Hull of Aberdeen to practice as an attorney and counselor in all state courts upon Iowa certificate. T J Law of Clear Lake also admitted upon a certificate from the old territorial court of Deuel County.
County Superintendent C W Young announces the annual McCook county teachers institute will be held in Salem from August to 48. Dr C M Young of Vermillion is secured as conductor and Miss Fannie Foster of Sioux City will lead the primary work. Other instructors are not yet named.
Mrs. Sylvia Knapp was granted a divorce from Joseph P Knapp. The couple’s home is listed as Manhattan, New York, in the resulting decree issued January 23 in Salem.
A man named Cramer, arrested at Salem, has been brought to Sioux Falls by Deputy Sheriff Woelsch. He is charged with forging the name of Fanelle Bros. to a check for which he received cash. More similar charges may follow as he faces his current difficulties.
Citizens elect Fire Chief G. H. Shanard and foreman J. H. Anderson. A complete waterworks system has just been installed and is in operation in Bridgewater.
Vermillion South Dakota January 23. A We Brown found unconscious in Northwestern depot Madison Wisconsin and later died at the police station from a morphine overdose. He was once a prominent Clay County teacher who turned to heavy drinking and morphine addiction. He married a Clay County young lady in Juda Wisconsin but his devoted wife filed for divorce.
William J. Bryan delivered a lengthy speech on moral issues to a full Madison Square Garden audience on January 28. He questioned Democratic unity, urged a party platform defending the people, criticized corporate influence and campaign funds, and pressed for reform in labor, tariffs, and imperial policy. He cautioned against violence by laborers and urged clergy to condemn vote buying. He contrasted party directions and stressed honest leadership and a renewed democratic platform.
United States gunboat Machias is due January thirty from Jibali with two lions and other gifts from Emperor Menelik for President Roosevelt. Consul General Skinner sails today to Marseilles returning from Abyssinia.
New reports from Erzerum say the American Mission College for Girls was destroyed by a fire on January 10. Authorities have opened an inquiry into the incident. the college was a fine modern building completed in 1903.
Tokyo notes that Japan seeks an early Russian reply to its latest note and considers possible war if diplomacy fails. Dispatches from London and St Petersburg describe a deadlock over guarantees, with China seeking mediation by France Britain and the United States amid cautious official positions.
A cable from fokio reports skepticism among leading Japanese journals about Russia pursuing pacific moves. The St. Petersburg Telegraph note says a formal modus vivendi may vanish and Russia seeks dominance in Manchuria while warning Japan to withdraw its Chinese empire clause or face a diplomatic impasse.
Tokyo reports the cabinet and elder statesmen met to discuss a financial program in case of hostilities. Japanese financial leaders promise generous help, with the government likely to raise a large sum domestically without foreign borrowing.
During a Deutsches Theater performance in Berlin a portion of the corridor ceiling fell causing panic. An usher was lightly injured, but the audience avoided serious harm. Firemen arrived, the actor reassured the crowd, and after the excitement the play resumed.
Snow and subzero weather hinder rescue efforts at the Herwick mine near Cheswick. The manager George Scheetz concedes no lives remain, as four miners including engineer Selwin Taylor died in the explosion and others risked their lives trying to reach the entombed. Volunteers work through debris with rigged buckets as rescue attempts continue.
A mine accident at Stratton's Independence mine in Victor Colorado after 3 AM traps a cage with sixteen men. Fifteen die and one severely injured as the cage plunges 1500 feet after a cable snaps. Two men die from crush injuries, others scattered. Authorities report a failed stop and tangled victims.
A blizzard wreck in Missouri leaves three dead and seven injured as an accommodation train rear-ends the Deliver Express halted for water at Garden Creek. Victims include Roi William Conover of Denver and Elmer English of Macon, with other injured and a missing engineer Nunnia from Hannibal.
A severe snowstorm paralyzed the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg division, trapping four passenger trains and seven freights near Lacona. About 250 passengers endured 24 hours of delays as plows and engines struggled to clear the line, with food shortages and cold hardships reported along the route.
Omaha reports a 24 hour stretch of extreme cold with a 17 below record and 7 below high. Bitter north winds slowed pedestrians and caused widespread streetcar and railroad delays across Nebraska and western Iowa.
In Dubuque Iowa on January 25 the temperature fell to twenty three below at 9 am the lowest in seven years causing widespread suffering among the poor and placing heavy demands on local charity organizations.
Keokuk Iowa January 25 the Mississippi and Des Moines rivers are closed and nearly solid with ice. The thermometer stands eight below zero. No immediate flood danger remains until a thaw but farms in the valleys are ringed by frozen lakes and all waterways are bank full. Ice break in spring may renew flood risk and threaten greater damage than last summer.
Port Dodge Iowa records a brutal cold day with government thermometer at 25 below and a morning low of 18 below. Sunday, January 25, marks the season's peak cold, freezing exposed surfaces and challenging travel.
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