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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
6
On the tenth day of a referenced year a meeting was held by authorities amid disarray and unstated proceedings. The record mentions missteps and a pending bankruptcy action affecting listed parties and dates, with scattered fragments implying legal or administrative actions.
A jagged OCR excerpt cites an auction授权 related to selling within a city, mentioning license to sell, a foreman or auditor, lot plats, and a council meeting. Names and precise actions are garbled, but references to a sale date, location, and official duties appear amid the incomplete text.
Phely Capital Mitchell of S. D. and Schele Printing Co. are noted in Punwsner records. The item references a business arrangement or printing contract involving local firms in South Dakota.
Dispatches from Che Foo and London report combined fleets engaging Chinese forts at Taku north of the river. Casualties and damage cited include British and German losses, torpedo boats seized, and forts silenced after bombardment. Refoving reports claim legations at Pekin taken and Japanese torpedo port arrival.
New York faces a potential clash between capital and labor after the Contractors' Association ordered a 10 percent wage reduction for over 50 000 building workers. Affiliated with the Building Trades Club, leading contractors and builders form a powerful bloc, with unions ready to respond, warning of a disruption akin to Chicago's prolonged paralysis.
Chicago traders witnessed a near panic as wheat advanced from 762 to 793 cents and closed near 785 to 787 for July. The surge followed reports of a possible spring wheat crop failure in the Dakotas and Minnesota, with experts estimating a combined yield decline from 120 million to around 100 million bushels. Local buyers booked profits amid the sharp rally.
London reports suggest an imminent South African war end with Natal volunteers dismissed home by Sir Rodgers Buller on Saturday June 16. Word also says a regular division may depart Buller’s army for China, with Indian troops likely to follow. Boer retreat east of Pretoria shows fierce two day stand near Bronkhorst Spruit, Van Buren killed, and Pretoria/Johannesburg troops suffer shortages and starvation amid decaying supply lines.
Des Moines reports a new $45,000 auditorium burned at 4 am Sunday. Fire started on the stage, likely from defective wiring, with interior decorations and stage fittings costing thousands. Losses exceed $25,000 insurance. Amusement Company $3,000. baseball park $1,000. Rebuild planned for August 1 to host the Republican state convention. steel ordered by telegraph.
A blast on Schell Street at the Giangiulia dwelling killed three men and injured fourteen, none fatally, in a gunpowder and dynamite explosion used for manufacturing cannon crackers. The third floor housed the fireworks operation. cause unknown though smoking in the room is suspected. The house and surrounding dwellings suffered severe damage.
Frankfort officials and prosecutors refuse to confirm requisitions for W S Taylor in anticipation of his Philadelphia trip. The general belief holds that any arrest attempt would occur after his arrival in Philadelphia. Taylor supporters say Pittsburgh Republicans will not honor a requisition.
Fifteen to twenty persons were injured in a Panhandle train wreck caused by a landslide from Mt. Washington. Most victims were able to return home. one remained hospitalized as authorities investigated heavy rock and earth toppled onto the car.
Chicago asserts the city's population reaches about two million, with estimates suggesting 50,000 workers have left the city amid labor troubles. Officials say the census will confirm the 2,000,000 figure. Local authorities caution that estimates may vary until final counts are released.
The union 5 grain elevator in Kansas City was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon. The building valued at 50 000 dollars contained 30 000 dollars worth of wheat, all of which was lost. The loss is covered by insurance.
General Alejandro Rodriguez of the Nationalist Party was elected mayor of Havana with 13,073 votes, over Senor Estrada Mora Independent who drew 6,034. The National party also carried its full ticket across Havana.
Senator Thomas C. Platt is in serious condition after fracturing a rib when he fell against a chair in his New York office. Friends express concern as he receives medical care and monitoring.
The grand lodge of Odd Fellows voted to exclude druggists and hotel keepers from the order in this state. William McGregor of Minneapolis was elected grand warden.
The twenty eighth annual meeting of the supreme lodge Ancient Order United Workmen held in Sioux Falls elected officers including Supreme master workman William A Walker of Wisconsin and supreme foreman A C Hardwick of New York. The superior lodge Degree of Honor elected officers Pauline Ennis of Kansas and Ella H Mantor of Minnesota among others.
London war office dispatch from Roberts reports Cronje the younger, linked to Mafeking defense, surrendered Klerksdorp on June 9 after Pretoria fell. The move gives the British a strategic rail link advantage toward Johannesburg and Kroonstad Vierfontein, with Cronje senior imprisoned at St Helena.
Ten people died and seven injured in a massive fire that swept Jackson Street tenement House on June 16. The blaze started in a hallway and spread rapidly upstairs, with one man leaping from a window to his death. Policeman Knowels rescued many occupants amid severe injuries and damage estimated at $7,000.
Innocent trooper mistaken for a deserter is shot and killed by sentries at Fort Meade after two long-term desertions allow escape from a rattletrap guardhouse. Lt. Lee, son of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, heads the guard as Private Jack O Donnell, an Eighth Cavalry veteran returning from Cuba, is killed during the incident.
William Dowdle, wealthy retired farmer, died June 14 after a disturbance in a Sioux Falls saloon tied to saloonkeeper Joseph Koetzle. Dowdle was struck with a stick, then later reportedly kicked. conflicting accounts say Koetzle may have used a knife. The manslaughter charge against Koetzle remains.
An accommodation train on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad derailed about half a mile from Manchester near Iroquois after a journal broke. Freight cars plunged thirty feet into a banked embankment and were demolished. two rear coaches and the caboose left the tracks but did not overturn. Passengers and crew were seriously shaken. two boys playing under the bridge narrowly escaped.
Over 200 persons attended the State Sheepbreeders and Woolgrowers convention in Brookings where papers were read and discussions highlighted issues for the industry. Officers for the year include J. L. Spurling president, B. Vowell vice president, W. F. Bushnell secretary, S. E. Wilson treasurer, with an executive committee led by M. M. I. Greeley and members J. Armstrong, C. M. Shepperd, J. L. Manning, J. C. Milne. Also reported is the arrest of H. W. Palmer of Groton on a census question refusal, the first in the state, with U.S. Attorney promising vigorous prosecution.
Diverse regional market prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Entries include Sioux City Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with figures for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes. Prices show wide ranges by city and grade, reflecting shipping grades and quality.
The Watertown land office monthly report lists entries: eight final timber culture proofs for 1 076 acres, nine cash entries 34 acres, eighteen final homestead proofs 2 471 acres, five Sioux declarative statements, ninety four original homestead entries 11 574 acres. Also reports Workman caught in shafting at the Golden Gate cyanide plant in Deadwood. Frank McMonigle severely injured, died hours later. Requisition papers issued for suspects in grand larceny in Washington and North Dakota. Sioux Falls ordinance bans sidewalk riding by cyclists starting June 14. Frank Corwin, 50, leaves Sioux Falls on bicycle trip to Detroit, aiming to arrive in twelve days.
John Warner narrowly escaped injury when a backing train struck the Big Sioux Ice Company wagon in Canton. He was thrown clear with only minor harm as the wagon suffered heavy damage. Separately, Seventh Day Adventists held their twenty first annual conference and camp meeting at Seney Island near Sioux Falls with delegates from across South Dakota and neighboring states.
Lorenzo Stevens fatally shot Samuel Livingston on Stevens' farm in Civil Bend Township near Elk Point following a dispute over Stevens' daughter. Stevens, citing self defense after Livingston struck him with a monkey wrench, claimed he fired after being attacked. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ryan and J. H. Beacom. no eyewitnesses exist.
A mysterious disappearance grips western Lyman County after mail carrier Oscar Willson employed John Henderson to carry mail briefly. Henderson vanished after reaching Zickrick en route to Hultman, with the mail sack later found by stockman John Anderson. Foul play is feared and Henderson was rumored to have key information in a Sioux City trial.
Judge Jones of the Sioux Falls circuit court ruled there is no disqualification of County Judge Wilkes in the McClellan estate matter. The decision found insufficient evidence that Wilkes’s son Paul Wilkes acted as a contingent-fee attorney for Irish claimants. Possible appeal to the state supreme court remains undecided as further court actions loom.
D C Ufford, proprietor of the Lewis House at Salem, shot himself in the temple last week after threatening his wife. Despondency over intemperance and financial troubles were named as factors. Ufford and family once lived in Sioux Falls, and he ran a Salem hotel for the past two to three years.
D N Cable holds a 18 pound meteor found in a field near Hudson. It burned through eight feet of straw, buried itself, cooled for five hours, and is now on display at Pigott & Co. drug store. Also reported are 118856 gophers destroyed in Brown County this year with $1982 in bounty paid. Kendrick L Hassel, 51, pioneer and deputy sheriff of Redfield, died leaving a wife and three children.
Miss Blanche Vandebogart, a Sanborn County schoolteacher, was severely injured in the face during a ball game at the old settlers reunion in Mt. Vernon. She was struck between the eyes by a foul ball, nearly fracturing her nose. Dakota Defeats Drake 68 to 52. University of South Dakota boosts its standing by defeating Drake University at Vermillion to 68-52.
A Chinese crisis deepens as 4000 Russians approach Beijing and foreign naval forces gather. Analysts warn a joint European protectorate and foreign control could spell the empire’s end, while the emperor seeks intervention to depose the empress dowager and overhaul the military and river defenses. The note suggests Mongol forces’ withdrawal marks a turning point in Manchu rule.
The article reports widespread upheaval in China with rebellions and anti dynastic actions, the Manchu dynasty clinging to power, and foreign powers preparing to assume control. U.S. Marines land at Pekin and forces move toward Tien Tsin and Che Foo, amid massacres of native Christians and the murder of missionary Edna Terry. The foreign ministers vow to reinforce Pekin, while Japanese envoy Sugiyama Akira is killed at Manigate.
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