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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1903
Page
6
At dawn in Jeanette Pennsylvania the July cloudburst and dam break at Oakford Park sent floodwaters through Brush creek valley. Authorities report seventy five dead or missing with twenty bodies recovered as rescues continue and fear grows for still unidentified victims.
London reporter argues a united front by America Great Britain and Japan is needed to check Muscovite aggression. Cassini’s diplomacy criticized for errors while warning that Russia will halt only when a rival lays the sword across its path. The piece calls for decisive American diplomacy to confront Russia in Manchuria and China.
San Francisco tale recounts Claus Spreckles building a sugar fortune and selling the Independent Gas and Electric Co after a feud with rival Jo seph Crockett. Spreckles triggered a price war lowering gas and power rates, forcing Crockett’s firm to sell for 6 million.
Bally Shannon Ireland July 6 official times show Jeratzky 6 39 DeKnyff 6 50 40 Farmin 6 51 44 Gabriel 7 11 33 Edge 9 18 48 Jenatzky averaged fifty nine and a quarter miles an hour excluding stops and claimed a ninety mile plunge on a hill while narrating how he steered clear of a rut at top speed.
United States squadron reaches Dover England and salutes the castle as it arrives off the port this morning.
In Pittsburg during a July rainstorm a soaked flag touched a 2000-volt live wire, causing it to snap into a street pool and kill four. An unknown man died instantly crossing the street, a Statti family in a surrey perished as the driver rushed for shelter, and bystanders who warned him were shocked by the live current.
Three workers died and several were injured when an explosion at a toy pistol cap factory on South Chicago Avenue ripped through the building. Victims named are Thomas Hazelhurst Charles Hazelhurst Irving Sanford with Noble Higgins fatally hurt outside. Factory says concussion caused the blast likely from a dropped bundle.
London reports in Parliament that twelve British warships are in the Gulf of Pechile with no evidence of a coordinated fleet gathering by Russia or others. Admiralty Secretary Arnold Forster said no special object behind vessel movements in Chinese waters.
D R Hanna son of Senator Hanna denies reports that the senator will quit public life and devote full time to public affairs. He says the senator has shed personal attention to business details but otherwise no change in his plans.
Siou x City stock yards report light to mixed hog sales from 5.55 to 5.65 for good heavy and butcher hogs. cattle show fat cows and heifers around 2.60 to 4.50, stockers 2.50 to 4.00, and calves 2.75 to 3.80. Chicago and South Omaha mirror mixed hog demand, steady to slow cattle, and lambs trading in the 3.50 to 6.50 range. Kansas City cattle and hogs show native steers 3.00 to 6.10, heifers similar, and lambs around 3.75 to 6.00 with regional price variation.
Rome dispatches report the pope remains grave but not worse. He has taken nourishment at intervals, walked briefly, and doctors note stable chest condition while cautioning against overexertion and praising occasional improvements in strength.
Chicago July 7 cash quotations show flour steady and grains with varied bids. No. 2 spring wheat 77c, No. 2 red 76 1 2c. corn 60 1 2c. oats No. 2 40 4c. rye and barley values listed. flax seed Nos 1 97 08 and 1 northwestern 1.00. provisions range from 8.00 to 15.60 for various cuts. butter eggs cheese quoted with modest moves. Minneapolis prices echo softening oats and mixed yellow corn bids. No. 1 hard 85c to arrive. No. 3 yellow 4744c. oats No. 3 white 86c. barley 38 6 to arrive. September oats listed.
W J Smith, a phonograph swindler, was jailed in Pipestone and captured in Minneapolis by decoy letters. He pleaded guilty in Laverne to obtaining a farmer signature on a note, fined $10 plus costs, and ordered to return the note. He admitted similar acts in Pipestone and repaid several farmers.
In Baldwinsville Massachusetts a man sues to prove whether a $8 payment is proper for embracing Belle Gilson, girlfriend of Edgar Gould. The local court sided with the woman and ordered payment to the county. the case now goes to the Massachusetts Superior Court for final decision.
July 4th celebration at Tam many Hall featured Grand Sachem James E. O'Gorman and Colonel Franklin Bartlett. Former Senator Towne and Senator Bailey of Texas gave long talks criticizing U S imperial policy in the Philippines and urging a return to constitutional principles.
Chicago July 7 A heavy advance in merchandise rates was issued by express companies in unison. Effective yesterday, packages under fifty pounds pay higher rates with no official joint agreement signatures. One pound shipments rise from 25 to 30 cents, two pounds from 80 to 36 cents, and printed matter also increases.
In Fish Creek country Montana near Big Timber professor Marcus S. Farr and Princeton College students have uncovered bones of enormous prehistoric animals and a nearly nine foot tall human skeleton in a mound. A similarly large female skeleton and a horse sized canine-like animal remain were found with stone tools, some gem-ornamented.
Overnight clashes in Evansville Indiana saw a mob of about 100 men battering the city jail to free Lee Brown the man who killed Patrolman Louis N Massey. Police repelled the attack. troops were deployed and Brown moved to Vincennes for safety as two Black residents were reported killed in the escalating riot.
A massive water spout near Oxford Park Greensburg yesterday afternoon caused a flood with at least twenty dead and many missing. Names of the drowned include Miss Gertrude Keefer Jeanette Edward O'Brien Joseph Overly Lucy Crum Councilman John Light and two children.
A July 4 blaze at a Chicago stock yards stable caused by carelessness released 200 horses, burned 20 to death and led to $16,000 in losses. The Transit house was threatened as crowds fled. In New York a separate Fourth of July accident saw a cannon explode injuring a Jersey City youth aanzien.
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