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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1911
Page
3
Lorimer delivers four hour defense denying bribery in his Illinois Senate election. Beveridge challenges his motives while Crawford and Root target his charges. The Senate adjourns amid suspense as votes on Lorimer’s seat remain uncertain.
The fifth annual Brmle commandery Knights Templar inspection closed with a grand ball and banquet in Chamberlain South Dakota. Attendees ranged from White Lake to Kadoka, in full dress for the season’s big social event. Guests of honor included B D Brockman grand commander G A Pettigrew grand secretary and C A Christopherson inspector for the second district.
A Stroud Oklahoma man credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing a boil after his wife applied it. The ad claims the salve heals burns, cuts, bruises, sprains and swellings and promotes a 26 cent price at Dieh & Brown’s.
The House judiciary committee was asked to draft a resolution directing the attorney general to sue State Engineer Lea for recovering 4,655 dollars paid as superintendent of construction for the Capitol project. The Capitol Commission arranged the payment. Senate action covered veterans home management, education bills, and publicity board funding with mixed votes and postponements.
In a crowded session Peterson sought broad hunting rights for carp using any weapon as they grazed fields and won an amendment to permit Slaughter in overflow waters. Berg of Minnehala proposed striking the clause that made possession of a seine prima facie evidence in law violations. The bill passed with several minor changes.
The South Dakota railroad and telephone commission considers several requests from regional lines. Allin Reed seeks connections in Meade and Butte counties with Belle Fourche and Northern in Newel and with Nebraska Bell at Whitewood. Hearings set for March 7 in Aberdeen, March 14 in Hawarden, and others as schedules adjust. A separate note reports a $27 057.86 discrepancy in recent state general fund totals from Treasurer Johnson.
In Brown County South Dakota a surge of self destruction has been reported with three men taking their own lives in six weeks. Stephen Skinner disappeared January 13 and was found dead by gunshot. A. D. Converse of Lake Preston shot himself in a Aberdeen Lincoln hotel room. Chris Koepler, 58, an early settler, shot himself with a revolver. he had long suffered rheumatism asthma and mental illness.
Plankinton South Dakota Judge Smith grants Irene Kreuger a divorce from Charles Kreuger after a trial over adultery with Beebe. Kreuger to pay 45000 alimony and custody of the child. No criminal adultery prosecution pursued.
Harold Lund a 20 year old Lead boy detained by Mexican insurgents after leaving a smelter job. He and fellow Americans were held five days near Juarez on bread and water rations. They were offered $5 a day to join as engineers, which they refused before fleeing to Texas.
In Seattle,Washington women again shifted the result in a March council election. The primary narrowed the field to eighteen candidates, with women voting at a higher rate than men and ousting most incumbents allied with Mayor Gill.
California Senate unanimously adopts a resolution urging Congress to ratify the proposed Japan treaty. The telegraph to President Taft follows the vote amid local support linked to Taft’s backing of the Panama exposition. Washington reports resistance from critics who call the treaty a surrender of commercial advantage.
An executive session was held to consider a new treaty with Japan amid Western opposition seeking time to study provisions. Senators questioned haste while Lodge urged prompt ratification as proof of cordial relations with Japan.
Washington reports that the civil sundry appropriation bill includes a 12 million dollar item to fortify the Panama Canal, with the total bill at 140.59 million. Taft seeks 400 thousand to sustain the tariff board, while Senator Bailey vows to delay the permanent tariff measure. Conferees on river and harbor projects adhere to Senate amendments and cut 150 thousand for upper Missouri improvements.
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejects proposed rate increases in eastern and western cases. Railroads plan to seek injunctions in the Commerce Court before March 10 and, if denied, aim for the Supreme Court. Cited changes include 2nd class rate cuts and restoration of former tariffs while arguing for needed revenue and improvements.
The Carey Construction Company of Pittsburg requests full surveys profiles and estimates for the Chamberlain to Huron rail line after a fall survey. E E Dye of the Bank of Chamberlain forwards the materials. If review is favorable a local agent may investigate and financing could be arranged. Great Northern officers also review the plans and optimism runs high for early construction.
H A Park head of the Park Grant Mercantile Company and wholesale grocers in Watertown Fargo and Grand Forks died last night in Miami Florida aged 73.
Leola South Dakota dictates a new McPherson County Corn Growers Association to foster increased corn cultivation. G B Howell serves as president and W K Bishop as secretary treasurer with an executive committee appointed to guide the effort.
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