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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1904
Page
5
Railroads are set to profit about 1.1 million from passengers for the Rosebud opening. A land lottery will cost the public 1,667,500 with 110,000 registrants paying fares, lodging, meals, and registration fees. losers’ expenses total 1,640,717.
Sioux City reports eight trains carrying 76 coaches and about 76,000 potential registrants for the lands at Yankton. Officials estimate 110,000 people will register with rail fares and meal costs totaling over a million dollars, while only 2,412 will win the land drawing at Chamberlain on July 28.
More than 5000 land seekers passed through Sioux City to Yankton for land registration aided by Milwaukee and St. Paul and Northwestern trains. Five sections of train No. 1 and two Northwestern trains carried up to thirteen and eleven coaches each. Over 600 tickets sold in Sioux City and many women joined the crowds as clerks struggled to enroll registrants before closing.
The assassination of Vice Governor Andrieff of Elizabethpol occurred on a busy public highway yesterday evening. A gunman fired six shots into Andrieff’s back and fled the scene.
Berlin July 18 German battleship during a trial trip ran aground near the Island of Ilehmann damaging 70 feet of her hull bottom. The vessel then moved under its own power to Kiel for repairs.
President Roosevelt orders the justice department to advance the beef trust case for the October term. The government cites a holding company structure under the National Packing company with $30,000,000 capital and says the trust controls dressed beef prices, defying court injunctions. The beef trust refuses to influence settlement talks with striking workers.
In Wilkesbarre on July 21 delegates of the Central Labor union spent three hours debating whether to send their committee to see President Roosevelt after failing to present petitions last Tuesday. After vigorous opposition from about one third of the delegates they agreed to keep the plan private and not discuss it in the press. D J Davis, who sent the telegram prompting the invitation, was barred from the meeting as tensions rose over representation of 225,000 workers. President John B Walsh was instructed to send a telegram to the president arranging a visit on Tuesday afternoon.
The New York steamboat inspectors resumed the Slocum disaster hearing. Captain Hillery of the Golden Rod showed two weathered life preservers stamped June 18, 1891. He noted rescuers saw five or six people using a single preserver and said he would be willing to jump with one.
A New York tornado in Chappaqua wrecked six farmhouses and five barns, snapping telegraph and telephone lines. A calf was hurled across a field, a stove landed in a tree, a piano split and its keys found on a barn roof, and a pair of trousers with money and keys blew two miles away. An elderly woman and two horses died, ten were injured, with two expected to recover. Mary Hibbs of Philadelphia died in the Wasiburn ruins. Charles Dodge was pinned under a fallen tree.
New York July 21 William P Richards station operator and Ernest Heller near Hagman were held responsible for the Greenwood Lake division wreck at Midvale station last week. Sixteen died and fifty two injured. Coroner Blanvelt Heyer held an inquest over Henry Fazner's body. Heller admitted his train stopped and he did not back more than two to four hundred feet. He carried a bag rolled up. Richards knew his signal was out of order and a depot engineer said it was clear when the crash occurred.
The Weather bureau reports generally good crop conditions for the week ending July 18. Warm east of the Rockies, cool and frosty on the Pacific coast and plateau areas. Varied moisture. drought relief in the north Pacific coast but dryness in Texas and southern Colorado. Corn and wheat progress strong with some localized injury from drought and rust in Nebraska and lower Missouri valley.
The Huron district reports warm, with well distributed showers aiding wheat and oats though some fields show thinner stands from weeds. Hail damage in several counties noted. rye barley and hay progress good. potatoes and flax in strong condition. fruit crops threaten from high winds. Des Moines notes rapid corn growth with normal temps, but seed defects drop stands. early crops ready for harvest. apples and potatoes show promise.
After a long night conference with President Roosevelt, former Secretary of War Root left Sagamore Hill for New York on important business. The president, despite intense heat, began to dispose of a mass of official business.
Russian Grand Duke Boris returned from Mukden after wild excesses and insubordination offend General Kuropatkin. He ordered to dismiss his suite and report to Grand Duke Serge in Moscow. The czar may banish him for a year and disavow seizures tied to Smolensk.
London July 20 Official Russian dispatches say Kuropatkin’s army at Tatehekina is encircled on both flanks. Wuroki advances on Linye-yank as Oku and Nodazu threaten from multiple directions. British observers note potential three sided attack and pursuit of Kuropatkin toward the rail line.
Conrad Schmoll, a farmer six miles north of Hartley Iowa, was killed by a lightning strike while returning home with his brother in law. The neighboring Bucholz boy, forty rods away, was severely burned but expected to recover. Schmoll, a well known Osceola County resident, leaves a wife and five children.
Linn Grove Iowa July 20 Pourt Anderson shot his wife under the left ear and then killed himself with a shot through the heart as neighbors say jealousy drove the act. Mrs Anderson and two daughters survive. County officials named Coroner Mickelson and jurors to consider the case.
In Kingsbridge Devonshire Ireland July 20 the inquest on the body of Frederick Kent Loomis found Saturday at Warren Point heard two doctors testify to a contused wound below and behind the right ear and a rupture of the brain both injuries being pre death. The jury found Loomis the deceased and that he was found at Bigbury Bay. Consul Stephens identified the body from official information.
George Beavers, indicted ex post office official, appeared before US Commissioner Morle in Brooklyn and was remanded to U S marshal. Judge Thomas later released him on sufficient bail. Further actions by Beavers' lawyers are set for next Thursday. he remains in custody until decisions.
A Russian assault on Motien pass faltered under fog and Japanese resistance. Kuropatkin reports over 1000 Russian casualties as Japanese forces mass near Liao Yang and Kuroki notes two divisions press the lines at Motien. Britain eyes Suez and Alexandria amid Red Sea convoy movements.
St Petersburg July 18 The war office has not yet received an official report of the attack on Japanese positions at Motien pass but does not regard it as improbable. New Chwang remains in Russian hands. No news from Port Arthur or Vladivostok squadrons. The emperor and Grand Duke Michael visited Novgorod to bid farewell to the First army corps.
In London Earl Percy asks General Laurie to defer a question about the Red Sea actions of the St Petersburg steamship until Thursday as government information remains incomplete. Berlin protests the seizure of mails from Prinz Heinrich by the Smolensk and seeks disavowal and return of captured letters.
Washington reports authorities view operations of Russian privateers in the Red Sea with equanimity. Officials say there is very little chance of the United States becoming involved.
Rome July 20. Vatican sources say the pope plans to dissolve the 1801 concordat with France if necessary. The Leval bishop case sharpened tensions as France asserts rights under the agreement while church orders face expulsions and teaching restrictions.
In Scottdale July 20 a new reservoir dam failed releasing about 800 million gallons of water. The flood swept crops and buildings, wrecked machinery, and cut off the valley, with hundreds of lives saved by early warnings. Damages exceed $50,000 to equipment.
Memphis July 20 strict enforcement of gambling suppression and Sunday activities to be extended. Mayor Williams reportedly agrees with reformers and may close loans on Sunday and curb Sunday baseball. Chief Mason reportedly ill and possibly resigning. Deputies face no bail moves for murder suspects as five singers await trial next Thursday.
John H. Duggan former superintendent of the Iowa portion of the Burlington system died suddenly at his home in Burlington on July 20. He rose from section gang to Iowa superintendent after years as Creston division superintendent and was a well known political figure in Iowa's Eighth District.
Jefferson City July 18 reports say Circuit Attorney Joseph W Folk of St. Louis is virtually assured the Democratic nomination for governor at tomorrow's state convention. Adversaries cannot name a likely rival. Folk supporters push Congressman Van Diver as temporary chairman, prompting opposition from the state machine and a coming bitter contest.
Shippers win a victory over railroads as Western roads agree to waive the signature feature of the new uniform bill of lading. The change, not yet widely promulgated, ends the major point of contention between carriers and shippers in Chicago.
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