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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1891
Page
4
Waterloo dispatch reports three tramps near Gilbertsville assaulting and mutilating 17 year old farm hand Joseph Brennan, leaving him senseless for over an hour. A posse organized to capture the culprits and lynching is anticipated if they are found.
Sioux City report on June 8 states an English syndicate has completed the purchase of the Omaha stockyards for six million dollars. The syndicate, linked to Chicago Union stockyards investors, aims for control of Missouri river packing yards. Negotiations with Sioux City parties continue amid broader expansion talks.
The pope issues an order to dismiss all Vatican finance department employees. The bureau's duties will be handled by other departments as part of sweeping economical changes. Reports from Shanghai note intensified outrages against foreigners at Wusfeh near Kin Kuing, where an English missionary and a customs officer were killed. Europeans seek protection from a war vessel.
Dun's Review notes continued money market strength despite heavy gold exports totaling about 4 million this week and projected 2 million more. Mixed signals across cities, with easy money in New York, tighter in St Louis and Nashville, and firm conditions in Boston and Chicago. Crop prospects brighten across the South and Northwest, though drouth concerns persist near New Orleans. Nashville reports a dry goods failure. Weekly U.S. business failures total 211, Canada 13, overall 224, below last week's 254 and the prior year's 247.
The Examiner prints a sensational Acapulco interview with Esmeralda captain Silva Palma describing a near clash with the USS Charleston and the Itata. Palma says a pursuer shadowed them 100 miles south of Manzilla, forcing a tense harbor confrontation at 3 am as guns were readied and coal and provisions finally were supplied after a threat to fight in the landlocked harbor.
In Fort Wayne Indiana about 2 500 railway workers from the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers Conductors Telegraphers Firemen Switchmen Trainmen and related groups meet to discuss vital matters A secret session at Princess rink leads to a parade and two public meetings with speakers from Terre Haute St Louis Cleveland and Chicago Also noted Minnesota National Guard Third Regiment to disband with four companies reassigned and four mustered out within days
Iowa reports a coal miners strike reducing supplies across the northern part of the state. Large factories face shutdowns or reduced work, and railroads report nearly exhausted coal stocks as of June 9 in Mason City.
In St Louis a cable from Rome said Archbishop Treland of St Paul must be raised to the cardinalate in December. The report sparks regret over Archbishop Kenrick's chances, while editor Faiier Phelan touts Archbishop Ireland as the likely new cardinal, noting his outspoken and unconventional stance.
A Washington report says a high official claims Secretary Noble told a friend at the Park Hotel Hot Springs Ark that he would resign from the cabinet soon due to health. The claim is credited in official circles though no authoritative source confirms it.
Washington reports rising chances of a new Behring Sea arbitration contest as Britain seeks a proclamation restricting seal hunting and damages to American interests. Congress is out of session, complicating pledges on damages, while disputes over compensation and royal authority persist. A separate note denies a pension commission offer to Governor Steele, and other items include a prohibition-evasion box device in North Carolina and a dire health forecast for Sir John Macdonald. An Iowa case describes a nearly feral man captured after a brutal struggle, jailed for evaluation.
R A Smith, county agriculture commissioner, told THE REPUBLICAN in a Tuesday interview that South Dakota crops look strong across the state. He cited even spring rains and the threat of only occasional cutworms in northern Chas Mix. He noted more rain fell in Chas Mix last night than in Kimball.
Hon. Fred Schnauber of Yankton says in THE REPUBLICAN that early signals point to an extra legislative session friendly to the World’s Fair plan. He estimates an appropriation of 820000 or 825000 will cover costs, with 10000 for the building. He favors a working commission of up to three capable men to manage the exhibit and initial work, seeking economical administration. Schnauber has returned to Yankton.
At the Water Town grand conclave of Knight Templar Tuesday Sir Knight Rathman of Mitchell was named grand generalissimo and Sir Knight Morrow grand standard bearer. Other officers include S. H. Jumper Aberdeen grand commander George W. Burnside Sioux Falls deputy grand commander William J. McMacken Deadwood grand captain general E Baldwin Huron grand senior warden J D Carle Watertown grand junior warden C W Howard Huron grand treasurer B M Rowley Huron grand recorder James J. Castleman Rapid City grand warder Frank Kunerth Sioux Falls grand keeper of the guards.
In Denver and Cheyenne, Druggists and pharmacists attest Ely's Cream Balm as an effective remedy for dry catarrh aggravated by alkaline dust and dry winds. Testimonials from B. F. Weeks, W. A. Hover, Michael Herr, and Geo. W. Hoyt highlight personal relief and rising demand for the product.
Mrs. Michael Curtain of Plainfield Indiana contracted a cold that settled on her lungs. Despite a month of treatment her condition worsened and the doctor deemed her a hopeless consumption case. A druggist recommended Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption. After ten bottles she was cured and returned to her housework. Free trial bottles offered at S H Scallins drugstore.
A Mitchell real estate man received a letter from Sioux City dated June 5 1891 offering trade of Sioux City lots in Greenwood addition and Pierce street for South Dakota farms not heavily mortgaged. The writer owns a half interest in sixty lots near the elevated railroad and asks for a bargain.
A Peru Indiana father recounts his five year old son’s illness with an unnamed disease and severe joint damage. After three years of treatments from numerous physicians the child improved following the use of Swift's Specific, with the father stating the boy is getting well.
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