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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1892
Page
5
Pittsburg report says wage talks at Carnegie's Homestead plant fail to settle. The firm plans to discharge all union workers by July 1 and hire non union staff, with the plant fenced and guards watching. Officials deny detectives on site, but workers fear serious trouble as 30 000 men may be affected.
St Paul police arrest a woman, age about 40, calling herself Ella Kimball and Helen Freemin, on a charge tied to a $200 theft. Brown of Tecumseh Neb claims she promised marriage, got $200 and a gold watch, then declined to return them. They traveled from Galveston to New Orleans and Florida, with Brown visiting in St Paul after years of correspondence. She is described as a stenographer and faces criminal charges.
Dr Dina of the bureau of vital statistics reports Arthur J Yeu died of nervous apoplexy. Investigation found he tested wires by touching them to his tongue. The 27 year old electrician died from too much electricity taken internally.
Amesbury Massachusetts reports Whittier will write the opening ode for the Worlds Fair at Chicago. His initial hesitation due to health has given way to a firm agreement. The tithe remains a secret to all but Mr Whittier.
A powerful hurricane swept across Northern Germany causing immense damage. Berlin bore the brunt with many fine trees felled in streets and the Thiergarten. Numerous accidents were reported and telegraph communications were partially disrupted. Harbors at Bremen and Hamburg saw severe shipping losses.
The sugar trust and wholesale grocers reach an agreement to keep uniform prices with rebates of one eighth cent per pound for compliant stores, plus usual freight discounts to shield against losses.
The government weighs courses to curb whaling trade with the Esquiminx while awaiting a decision from arbitrators on the Bellring sea case. Officials doubt a timely meeting before February and fear submissions may slip to fall, delaying decisive action.
Coroner's Jury pins blame on oil tank owners after a deadly explosion on Oil Creek causing multiple deaths. Separate verdicts declare gross negligence for dangerous, unprotected tanks. Also reports Siamese Prince Mom Haja Wonzst Pheer arrives in New York for a week visit, guest of Union Club.
National Federation of America appeals to Home Rule supporters to back Ireland with a general British election looming. It claims to represent a majority faction led by Justin McCarthy and cites 150,000 in legal expenses with 82 Parliament seats at stake. Two weeks remain to raise funds.
Police escorted Pinkerton men from the city after a Cleveland strike erupted on Euclid Avenue and at Lakeview barns. A guard and conductor were injured, Edwin Eldred allegedly fired, and Eldred plus a Pinkerton man suffered head wounds. The mayor ordered Pinkertons out under threat of losing police protection.
Edwin J. Ryan, about 21, suspected in stealing packages totaling 23000 from the United States Express Company. Authorities report the money has been returned to banks and the firm will pursue recovery and capture of the youth. Family says they know nothing of his whereabouts since Tuesday morning. brother notes he left for his duties and has not returned.
The Keystone Limited on the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago line wrecked near Valparaiso Indiana. Six cars and the locomotive slid over an embankment. The fireman was killed under debris. Engineer and many passengers were injured but none seriously. Gen Floyd King was among the injured. The wreck, caused by a defective rail, involved over six hundred passengers and occurred at about forty miles per hour.
A China steamship arrives from Hong Kong and Yokohama after twenty one and thirteen days. A Foochow dispatch blames missionaries for provoking trouble by wearing native dress and staying in the mission house despite warnings and escort refusals. Riots at Raub between Malays and Chinese leave three Chinese dead, including an opium farmer, and attack Dr Williams and his Sikh escort with two Sikhs killed. Isolated Sikh murders by Malays also noted.
Pension officers report Mrs Alice L Taylor of Mt Pleasant Iowa wife of John Taylor a surgeon in the Twenty third Illinois Infantry has drawn and converted to her own use his 72 dollar monthly pension since July 1874 totaling 216564 while confined as an insane pauper in Illinois asylums since 1869. She was brought here and compromised with the government by paying 8100 dollars. She is known as a temperance writer with widely circulated writings.
Extensive preparations are under way in Hiedena Montana for a mining congress seen as a key factor in the third party movement. With divisions over both major parties nominees many silver advocates plan a grand rally for free coinage. Senators Winnebote Jones and Stewart join Thomas Patterson and other notable silver leaders in attendance.
The gopher invasion threatens wheat crops in Sanborn North Dakota as hundreds of rodents damage farmland. Officials note neglect in prior years and offer county supplied poison free of charge to farmers seeking control measures.
A major landslide on the Bologna and Florence railway line at dawn buried houses in the Susse area near Rome. Thirty dead or wounded have been recovered, with four bodies and ten survivors pulled from debris. Twenty are believed buried under the rubble.
The Dakota Independents meet in Redfield with nearly five hundred delegates, naming A L Van Osdell of Yankton for Governor after a close vote. The platform backs the St Louis program, opposition to school fund sales, labor protections, mortgage taxation, and an anti plutocracy stance. Gen Weaver spoke as others praised Kyle and denounced old party discrimination.
The Lake Madison Veterans Association held its sixth encampment at Flandreau in a well prepared grove in the Sioux Valley. About seventy five tents housed veterans and spectators as Gov. Mellette Lieut Gov Huffman and Mayor Spofford led a procession to the grounds. The mayor gave a welcome and Judge Pratt spoke in response. Letters from Pettigrew Pickler and Vallce were read. Mellette gave a strong address touching the negro problem Indian question and the independent movement.
A historical overview of the 1789 1888 and 1892 electoral votes contrasts Washington’s early tally with later totals and the rising 444 vote ceiling for 1892. The page also notes light sports standings, trade outlooks, and a string of brief humorous and social items from the era, including a Cincinnati woman’s cigarette use and a Fort Dodge marriage.
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