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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1899
Page
6
The item notes a weekly publication from Mitchell South Dakota by a printing company or publisher named Weekly Capital mitchell. It mentions printing house activity and branding associated with the local press.
Prominent Guatemalans arriving in San Francisco report a threatened revolution driven by currency woes and coffee overproduction. Cabrera’s coinage plan and bank subsidies sparked resignations, with silver made contraband and cabinet posts left vacant amid economic distress and mass paper money suffering. Also, Portia wrecks off Sambro with all aboard safe.
A heavy wreck in Newman California between freight and passenger trains carrying delegates to the National Educational Association convention in Los Angeles killed two women, Mrs. Thomas of Seneca Falls New York and Mrs. Harris of St. Louis Missouri, and injured thirteen others including Robert C Lake of Creston Iowa who was seriously hurt. The passenger engine crashed into the rear coach causing most damage. Other cars remained on the main line.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a legal process with dates and locations like June. Mentions parties and actions such as sell or license, with scattered names and numbers. The readable parts hint at public sale or property license steps but lack full identities and outcomes.
Governor Sayers reports from flooded Texas districts that about 45000 people, mainly Black residents, depend on public charity after massive property losses and home destruction. Life loss estimated under fifty, with heavy crop and personal property damages on plantation bottoms. State contributions reach $30000 plus carloads of groceries from various cities.
In Glenwood a Pittsburg suburb, a disturbance followed a game of craps at a mill camp near Hays Station. Daniel Scott, after losing money, pulled a revolver, grazing Patrick Murto. A crowd, fearing a lynching, surged to the Glenwood bridge before police intervened. Scott says his gun was loaded with blanks.
A Big Four passenger train fatally strikes William Reinhard wife and three children near Woodward Avenue at the state fairgrounds. Edward and William die later at hospital. Clarence and others suffer injuries as the surveying party’s wagon is crushed. one horse dies.
News from Manila reports days of near constant rain flood the countryside along American South and Bay lines. Soldiers at Pasay endure three feet of water beneath bunks while cooks work knee deep. roads are impassable and rice fields lie like a vast lake. Manila Bay navigation is halted as streams swell and streets flood.
A Washington fire at Captain Dickins's three story brick residence caused the death of Mrs. Dickins from severe burns. The plumber and helper were badly burned while others escaped serious injury. Mrs. Dickins, a noted author, wrote Around the World in a Man of War.
A tornado passed over Union township five miles north of Manawa causing a six mile furrow and widespread destruction. No deaths occurred but farmsteads barns and fencing were wrecked with losses estimated at 50 000 to 75 000 dollars.
Michael oJ Walsh, supreme president of the Catholic Knights of Illinois, is ousted at a special East St. Louis meeting as St Patrick’s parish dispute with the Belleville bishop over a new pastor escalates. Also notes on misdirected charity during Texas flood, and various market reports.
Lawrence County commissioners deliberated on issuing licenses to sell intoxicating liquors amid forty eight saloons and only nine license applications. Saloon operators await guidance from Judge Moore's Sturgis ruling and fear enforcement costs while awaiting a Supreme Court appeal.
Reuben Vale, a Civil War veteran, was taken from Pennington County to Rapid City after neighbors played cruel practical jokes. He lives in fear of accusation of cattle theft and possible hanging by the Cattlemen’s Association, while stockpiling firearms.
Reports from Pierre and surrounding regions describe a booming demand for Western horses in the East. Eskin of Berlin Pa shipped multiple carloads from Pierre, with profitable prices. about ten cars sent east from Viuierre and roughly 1 000 head driven east this year. Prices have risen over 100 percent in the past year, fueling renewed stock-raising interest.
Fireworks mishaps across multiple towns leave many injured. In Cel ebrating the day a boy shot at a bird caused stray shots injuring A W Mallgetter Roy Moody and Sterrman Wagoner with varying wounds. A house fire in Deadwood destroys Frank Fellows property. Additional injuries occur in Central City and Pierre from fireworks mishaps among others.
Ex Railroad Commissioner Tompkins takes over as superintendent at Plankinton Reform School. Inmate revolt erupts after evening games as officers, armed with revolvers, pursue and shoot at boys, capturing most but leaving twenty seven at large along with three others including an Indian. Local pursuit aids the search.
Warren Dimmock state’s attorney A N Davis sheriff Dr C V Fox and W J Hooper of Hutchinson County identified Stephen Clark as the man found dead near Kimball after examining clothing possessions and marks from the inquest Justice Maynard allowed opening the grave to verify the body, clearing up the mystery for local residents. Large Wool Clip in Beadle County and improved sheep fortunes noted as farmers plan expansion. Julius Nowarthy returns from Klondike in poor health and warns few make large profits. South Dakota tax collections for quarter ending June 1 total 77.47 with funds allocated to general and insane maintenance, lauding the levy at 8 mills. Rapid City Indian School closes its first year successfully. Pierre stockyards elect officers and plan yards and sheds. land contract pending. Life sentence for Yokum affirmed by Supreme Court. David Williams named census supervisor for eastern South Dakota. Parker arrested in Mindale for fraud. multiple prior arrests with light penalties. Belle Fourche hosts inaugural Knights of Pythias lodge Des Mores No 71 with Deadwood and Spearfish visitors.
Texas floods devastate the Brazos and Colorado basins with 800 known dead and thousands starving. Negro victims predominate as homes, cotton and livestock vanish. aid appeals flow from Burleson to Waller counties as the War Department pledges is supplied boats and rations.
A collection of brief anecdotes notes notable figures and their habits. Gen Wheeler enters West Point from New York, Emerson’s essays a favorite of Queen Victoria, Lord Salisbury avoids short walks, John M. Ward excels at golf, Rosy Beardsley serves as North Lansing postmaster, Jonas Brooks travels for a circus, Choate’s son is private secretary, G L Watson never owned a boat, Mrs Li Hung Chang’s wardrobe tops 3000 dresses, Mrs George Gould’s staff details, Hare keeps a room of Pope Pius VI relics, Sarah Bernhardt nears bankruptcy thrice, Sir Edwin Arnold seeks noise for writing, Dr S W Mitchell shifts to poetry, Lord Rothschild reads only the Times and Beaconstiel’s Young Duke.
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