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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1895
Page
8
Havana reports several revolutionary parties have taken up arms on the island. The governor general issues a proclamation suspending constitutional guarantees amid widespread excitement and arrests of separatists. Troop engagements and rumors of Cuban exiles in New York and San Domingo circulate as authorities vow suppression.
Senator Brice reports a bill authorizing the Treasury to pay a $100,000 loan to any inventor who builds a vessel proving aerial navigation at 30 mph capable of freight and passenger transport. The committee says the invention could trigger a social and industrial revolution, though commercial success remains uncertain.
President Goodell of the Minnesota Good Roads association backs a legislature bill to tax untaxed railroad lands. Four cents per acre from gross earnings would fund road and bridge improvements, distributed via county rolls and state auditors to township funds.
Washington notes report Senator Ransom of North Carolina slated for the Mexican envoy post as Wisconsin Democrats press Bragg for the same mission. The pooling bill vote failed 24 to 42 with Butler blaming monopolies and urging fair consideration. Dolph supporters caucus in Sanem, Ore, with Lord as possible governor rival.
Admiral Carpenter reports the gun boat Yorktown has brought 12 missionaries back to Che Foo from perilous locations in Asiatic waters. The Baltimore and Charleston remain at Che Foo as the rescue ship convoy arrives.
The wealthiest city lady Mrs. Delia Shawhan married lumber dealer W. H. Laird of Winona, Minnesota, after a tea party for 80 guests. Rev. Dr. Bigger performed the ceremonies and the couple plan to reside in Tiffin.
Mrs. W. T. Leachman of Louisville arrives in New York to press claims as an heir to the Robert Edwards estate, valued up to a billion dollars. Heirs contend grants from King George I and long leases created ownership of 86 acres by the Battery, with vast holdings along the Hudson and in New Jersey and Troy, New York, to revert after lease expirations.
A Maltese cat travels solo around the world without payment. A tag on its throat directs crew to take the passenger on board from Minneapolis to Boston and then New York via baggagemen. The route includes Soo Line to Montreal, Concord and Montreal, and Boston and Maine to Boston, then New York via Falls River line.
A French expedition led by Commandant Monteil has been routed in the interior of Africa after a siege. About three hundred men, half the force, were killed or driven from the march while the remaining units fled and their retreat was cut off. Separately, the Leif Erikson Memorial association plans to donate a large oil painting by Christian Krogh to the Field Museum depicting Leif Erikson sighting America around 109 A D.
Black River Falls Wisconsin February 23 The loggers face hard luck this winter with delayed work and unreliable weather Yesterday a milder spell ruined sleighing roads forcing loggers to shovel snow to keep paths passable
One hundred fifty members of the National Reform Press association meet in Kansas City to discuss advancing populist principles and the possible creation of a national news bureau. In Wisconsin Hersey, shareholders of the First National Bank vote to liquidate despite solvency, citing bleak business outlook.
Heavy snow is reported across western and northern Michigan. The news brief also notes other items: Moses Kimball founder of the Boston museum dies at his Brookline home at age 81. Governor Morton signs a law barring foreign flags on public buildings, and U S cruiser Chicago sails from Algiers to New York.
The Teerian Icarians community three miles east of Corning Ta agreed to divide their property and dissolve their society. A receiver and court action are being considered due to heirs’ interests and legal details. Origin traces to Te. Cabet and a long history from Havre to Nauvoo Adams county Ta and St Louis.
A San Francisco syndicate of wealthy Chinese linked to Six Companies has leased General John C. Bidwell's extensive California fruit ranches. The 4600 to 5000 acre holdings, once the state’s largest, will see Chinese crews using coolies at lower wages and hired cannery operations to process the produce.
Beloit Wis Feb 25 Beloit College students presented Oedipus the King in the opera house in Beloit The performance described as magnificent and the first of its kind in the West translations by sophomores directed by Professor L L Wright Charles Wood a colored student played the king and was praised The production drew many visitors from outside the city and was a social event of unusual importance
From Grantsburg Wisconsin reports claim destitute people seeking aid. Governor Upham’s appointee C V Erwin says the state aid push is unnecessary after distributing under $200 to widows and sick families. A man with three sawmills in the county is cited as example of supposed fraud.
The Watonwan County Anti-Horse Thief association held a meeting in St James Minnesota and elected officers. Riders were appointed in every town in the county and in adjoining towns to pursue horse thieves at a moment’s notice upon notice from the riders captain.
Mrs John Munn of Minnesota South of here has inherited 1 000 000 from an African uncle William McKay who ran off from Scotland to gold fields in Africa His death leaves a 15 000 000 estate to 16 heirs in Minnesota Michigan and Illinois.
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