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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1899
Page
6
A fragment from a South Dakota weekly titled Weekly Capital Mitchell lists the Myvpcheli printing company. Details are incomplete but indicate a local print notices section aligned with regional business listings.
Manila correspondents petition Gen Otis for freer telegraphic dispatches and full reporting of events. After two interviews they urge that material not harmful to US interests be allowed to cable, criticizing the censorship system rather than the censor. Gen Otis promises greater liberty and names Capt Greene as censor.
Paris dispatch reports an eminent English prelate says Archbishop Martinelli has been recalled from the United States. He is slated for a subordinate propaganda post rather than a cardinal, implying Vatican dissatisfaction over Washington mediation fiasco and reception of the Pope's Americanism letter.
Washington dispatches report direct peace overtures from Aguinaldo to Gen. Otis as the Philippine conflict nears potential settlement. The President delays public release awaiting conclusive proof while noting volunteers may not be needed if promises are kept.
The Germaiy Bank of St. Paul, a state institution with $200000 capital, closed Monday at the state examiner’s request and now holds deposits of about $48000. No reasons given. Also notes a forthcoming American Whist League congress in Niagara Falls and a fire in Bainbridge, Georgia causing $300000 in losses with seven buildings destroyed and $10000 fire equipment. Barcelona bombs create intense excitement, author unknown.
Chicago report says fifteen Austrian coal miners are being deported from Rathbun Iowa to Austria on contract labor law charges. They left Chicago for the East Monday as Deputy U S marshals refused to delay their departure. Consul General Nubus seeks review by Consul Freyesben in New York to prevent unjust removal if due process is lacking.
Middlesex County Bank in Perth Amboy New Jersey closes as cashier George M. Valentine is reported missing. Police and expert accountants probe a cash shortage around $100000, with figures ranging to $110000, and Valentine surrenders with counsel Edward Savage. He offers no detail on the shortage.
Commissioner Wilson of the internal revenue bans banks from affixing unstamped checks and requires them to return such checks to drawers. Banks warned that repeated stamping will be reported to the United States district attorney. Also mentions Senator Allen denial and other international matters.
The steamer Purissima Concepcion, sunk by the US auxiliary cruiser first at Manzanillo Cuba, has been raised and will be refitted to resume service along the southeast between Santiago and Batibon. Owners estimate a $100000 cost to restore for passenger service. Two lynchings reported in Texas on Saturday Abe Brown accused of murder and assaulting a Bohemian woman near Gilead was lynched near Tola and Lemuel Sharp a white boy killer in Grimes County was lynched.
A Sunday blaze at the New Orleans Cy press Company yard destroyed nearly 4,000,000 feet of cypress. The mill, largely owned in La Crosse Wisconsin, suffered about 120000 in losses with minimal insurance. The incident wipes out a major timber stock. Samoan Commission Returns Home on Balger voyage.
The Philippines campaign records show 693 total deaths in the insular war, with 650 killed or dying of wounds or disease and 1,591 wounded. Nebraska regiments suffered 26 front deaths, second to Minnesota and behind the Fourteenth Infantry. Sixteen other noted misfortunes include suicides, an apoplexy death, and accidental drownings.
A Brooklyn street car strike by BRT workers demands revision of timetables and overtime pay 20 cents an hour. The dispute grows as police guard depots and lines, with less violence so far than a prior large strike.
A Southern Pacific passenger train No. 5 derailed on a 200 foot Sacramento River bridge at Blue Cut, ten miles south of Delta. The second section separated, the next to last car tipped, and the last car left the rails. Both cars rested on the bridge. passengers were jarred and a Pullman passenger suffered a knee injury. It is noted the cars did not topple into the river.
Idle mills restart as tinplate workers nationwide, about 50 000, return to work after two weeks. Chicago scale sets a 14 percent minimum wage rise over last year through June 30 1900, plus an extra 2 percent due to a 50 cent per 100 pounds tinplate price rise.
Capt. William A. Andrews, known as the Lone Navigator, was found exhausted near the Irish coast after attempting a solo Atlantic crossing in a 12 foot craft The Doree He left Athletic City on June 18 and was picked up July 12 about ten miles from the coast aboard the Holbein bound for Manchester and Liverpool authorities report the small boat was left adrift
In New Boston Texas last Saturday a fight over a farm fence led to a deadly shooting. Ira Smith died. W D Ways S J Ways and several others were fatally or seriously injured including Hays Manning Slart and an unknown man. The preliminary clash occurred at church and continued in a saloon.
Iowa youth Osborne F. Deignan refuses the Naval Academy appointment offered under congressional act. Secretary Long proposed entry without the standard exam, but Deignan prefers to abandon the service career entirely.
Gen Shafter nears age limit within three months. Friends push to retain him in service due to the Philippines era. Rumor候 Gen Merriam currently commanding the Department of Columbia may take over if Shafter retires. Robbers Arrive in Cheyenne. Deputy Marshal Meikeljohn and two men arrested in Dillon for post office robberies in Wyoming tied to the Union Pacific holdup, identified by a Big Piney postmaster as August culprit.
Preparations in Washington aim to supply General Otis with six Sims Dudley dynamite pneumatic guns for use in the Philippine campaign. Tests at Sandy Hook proved the weapon's performance satisfactory.
A garbled market update lists cattle hogs and sheep prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more. It provides ranges for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed with several misprints but preserves key price points and regional variation.
Gov Bee backs the Anti-Trust Conference of Governors and Attorneys General to counteract growing combine power. Gov Sayers Texas confirms possible attendance after word from Gov Andrew E Lee. Lee urges united state effort to curb monopolies and calls for action.
Edgemont South Dakota July 17 reports Sheriff Demming of Lusk Wyoming hiring a posse to arrest Crow Indians who shot and killed antelope near the town. The Indians plan to visit Pine Ridge and refuse to bow to white law claiming deer rights. A confrontation is feared at the Cheyenne River as the posse heads to meet the armed group.
Debs greets a large Lake Madison Assembly audience on July 13 praising trusts as a means to labor’s end and arguing they lead to socialism. The event ends with a chorus concert. receipts total about 4500 dollars with a 1000 dollar surplus, leaving the grounds improved and debt free.
Miles Russell founder of Vermillion is killed in a runaway on July 14 while driving a 38-year-old colt on fair grounds. Yellow Wolf of the Rosebud Agency Sioux dies after a violent confrontation, with arrests expected. Black Hills attractions reach Paris Exposition with a Mammoth Crystal Cave replica from Elk Creek Canyon. Pierre Prosperity signs report June lumber sales nearly double prior year with major ranch builds. Hot Springs Methodist College considers debt measures and plans fall opening. Pennington County bonds are issued at par with 3 percent interest. Hughes County wool shipments total 100000 pounds this week, with 9000 pounds from Pierre.
The thirtieth anniversary of Bohemian settlement in South Dakota drew several thousand people to Tynthill June MW. Prof. B. Simek of State University Towa City, Congressman Gumble Yankton, and Rev. Father Bouskin Tabor delivered addresses. A proposed new telephone line would run from Woonsocket Alpena and Wesington Springs to Lluron with Huron city support urged.
Washington through the general land office sends Rapid City a circular on the new reservoir law. It narrows the reserve to 40 acres for 0.5 million gallons and scales up to 160 acres for more than 1.5 million gallons. The change limits fenced blocks around reservoirs and blocks broader land reservations.
Reuben Vale, an elderly veteran from Pennington County, is in Rapid City with mental derangement caused by neighbors’ cruel jokes. He carried a rifle and slept with powder sticks after mock accusations of cattle stealing. Vale fears a hanging by the Cattlemen’s Association, though he once had an honorable Civil War record.
Burlington Railway Co plans a 65000 dollar plant at Edgemont to preserve ties with zinc embalming and provide work for about seventy men. An electric light plant will also be built for city use.
At Black Hills College lot Springs board trustees accepted Dr. E R Lymer resignation effective immediately. He accepted an offer from a Methodist college. His successor to be chosen within the coming month. Fatally Burned with Gasoline. Mrs. Michael Dougherty of Mitchell area died after burns from attempting to light spilled gasoline with a flame near beds. She died seven hours later. Fatally Kicked by a Horse. An 18 year old son of Anwzust Hilderbrandt Northwest Armour was kicked by a horse and will die.
An accident near Murphy's barn in Brookings left Gilly Thoms critically injured with a deep throat wound. Meanwhile Ed Curley of Deadwood, a popular young man, has died after traveling to Deadwood for his health. news confirms his death as widely known in the Hills cities.
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