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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
7
Advertising rates listed for business cards locals and legal notices. Free obituaries and notices. tributes. Senator Gear of Iowa died in Washington of heart disease after a long senate tenure. Article discusses fusion between populists and democrats, party dynamics, and implications for states and elections.
The piece records Democratic and Populist selections from Davison county and critiques Kansas City Democrats on omitting an income tax. It notes a damaging hailstorm in the southern state area, possible crop losses, and comments on McKinley campaign rhetoric and La Follette's eastern influence claims. It mentions Bryan and Chamberlain Journal forecasts.
M. L. Fox says Chinese and Filipino customers will never be good for the nation. President Hill of the Great Northern railroad counters that these two countries will be major buyers of goods worldwide, painting a bright but contested outlook while Fox, focused on South Dakota politics, is discounted by many as a political figure.
The excerpt discusses Tommy Ayers not securing a congressional nomination and notes the governor Lee scenario. It suggests Ayers might become the governor's private secretary if Lee is elected and references his post nomination career, including a return to newspaper work after four years.
The Stockholder reports a monthly interest and dividend disbursement of 105,570,578 with other estimates reaching 175,000,000. Even at the Stockholder figure, this month’s payout exceeds July by 11,900,000 and surpasses 1895, 1897, and 1925 levels, while government disbursements add about 600,000. Prosperity of the coin shows varied figures, but the trend remains upward.
Cyclone Davis spoke in Deadwood asserting 310 officers resignations are on file at Washington. Colonel Gee, a Deadwood radical fusionist, asked the War Department for facts. Mgr. George reports the department’s reply: the 310 figure is false. only a few resignations exist and not enough for an honorable speaker to state as Davis did.
Excerpts note Sam Jones urging maximum fun for Democrats before November elections as ratification momentum fades afterward. Exports from the United States in the just ended fiscal year topped all prior years, totaling 2180,000,000 with daily averages near 500,000 dollars. The Sultan promises indemnity of 100,000 within three months, via Griscom in Constantinople, with the State Department instructing vigilance to ensure timely payment.
The Brooklyn Eagle outlines a platform rooted in absolute honesty or the gold standard and the primacy of national sovereignty and law. It argues that voter support will identify the parties or candidates aligned with these principles, while those opposing them face an educational defeat.
The Pierre Free Press accuses the G A R of ousting Arthur Linn the Soldiers Home commander for harsh discipline of elderly and sick residents and for discharging some for minor offenses. It claims Linn is a leading populist ally of Governor Lee and accuses him of political boasting over service to soldiers.
The latest intermission report shows total U S railway miles in SUS miles for the year at 189 204. Aggregate mileage including all tracks reaches 250 364. Locomotives in service 46 705 up 460 cars 1 375 916 up 49 742 persons employed 028 924 up 34 566 casualties 51 745 with 7 123 killed and 4 620 injured. Passengers killed 238 and injured 3 442. One death per 2 189 033 carried and one injury per 151 9S carried.
The piece portrays William Jennings Bryan aligning with Croker against Hill while supporting Goeth in Kentucky and befriending a Montana senator denied a seat due to bribery allegations. It accuses Bryan of demagogy and accuses Republicans of popular government opposition, criticizing the two ticket strategy to aid Bryan and Stevenson.
In Yankton several days of talks end with the populists nominating their ticket and the Democrats accepting what remained after the populists appetite was satisfied. Many Democrats in the city dismay at the fusion result, fearing their party’s political annihilation at the state level. Pot burns and skin ailments are advertised alongside a DeWitt salve endorsement.
Mrs A Thompson chair of the Ladies Cemetery Association presents a year’s business report. On April 12 1899 cash on hand was 102 97 with receipts from dues water rent and interest totaling 208 81. Expenditures of 176 90 included trees shrubs repairs lawn mower printing cleaning mulching and other items leaving 31 91 cash on hand. The report praises the Graceland improvements and notes a newly finished artesian well will supply water for trees and flowers in summer.
Reports from south of Tripp describe a very bad storm reaching Meckling along the Milwaukee road with heavy wind rain and hail. Crops from Tripp to Yankton are said ruined by the storm. In Yankton lightning damaged a packing house roof and other structures. Rainfall totaled about two and a half inches in 25 minutes and Rundog Water track lines along six miles were flooded.
A. E. Hitchcock, longtime Mitchell attorney, was nominated for state attorney general at Yankton fusion convention. Though not yet a populist by usual tenure, delegates noted his legal ability and placed him on the state ticket. He previously left the Republican party over silver and aligned with Free Silver Republicans, recently joining the populist ranks.
The advertisement claims prevention of consumption through early use of One Minute Cough Cure. It markets the remedy as the favorite for coughs colds croup asthma and throat ailments with quick cures. Attribution: S H Seallin.
A July gathering in Yankton to form a regional auto racing circuit drew attendees from Sioux Falls Canton Mitchell Yankton Woonsocket and Stock Valley Iowa. C W Johnston of Mitchell reported Sioux Falls cannot commit due to Elke racing dates while Canton postponed after a failed July 4 meeting and possible pro rata purse terms. The group delayed decisions until late August when the same towns plan another meeting to either form the circuit or drop it.
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