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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1899
Page
12
The new game law earns approval from South Dakota gun clubs and Sportsmen's Association. It imposes a $25 license on outside hunters, presumes violations in close season, and penalties include imprisonment and confiscation of gear. Open seasons run Sept 1 to Jan 7 for birds and Sept 1 to May 1 for waterfowl. Shipping game out of state is restricted.
The Yankton Reservation ceded lands near Mitchell show rapid uptake with only 15,000 of 168,090 acres remaining vacant as settlers pay 3.75 per acre plus entry costs. Insurance data show Phoenix of Brooklyn leading fire business and Northwestern and New York Life top life insurers. Governor Lee urges restraint on emergency appropriations while noting 85,000 in treasury. Asylum walls torn down to make way for a new laundry building. Lucy Grover returns after a troubled elopement. Rancher Thomas O Rourke badly frozen after an ankle fracture. Iroquois housing demand rises. Lieutenant Herman Schull, West Point graduate, to duty. Union Veterans Union forms in Pierre with 60 plus charter members.
The article argues that South Dakota has suffered major losses from fires after dropping state building insurance. It cites the Yankton Insane Asylum fire with seventeen deaths and $18,000 loss, and recalls prior fires at Madison Normal School Vermillion University and Plankinton Reform School. It urges the legislature to require statewide building insurance going forward.
Hon Thomas N Null of Turon travels to Washington to argue for the South Dakota Railway Commission in the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Maxi rte case assisted by Temple of Deadwood. He aims to advance the calendar for a decision by April and believes the commission will win. The state estimates revenue of 12000 to 15000 dollars per month under the proposed rate schedule if Justice Garland's decision is sustained.
South Dakota servicemen felled by insurgent fire at Manila on Feb 22 and 28 include Private Oscar L Felker and Sergeamt W G Smital both of Rapid City and Company M. Wounded are Private Fred Tobin from Mitchell Private Martin Edi of Black Hawk and Musician Charles Sulberg with injuries. Corporal Fred W Cuckow returns home wounded from Manila. Other items: reform-scene youth Justin Harris alias Jim Blake, a 16 year old, involved in robbery near Conde. Matrimonial agency tale. mayor Tubbs bound over on obscene mail charge. pitchfork assault on D A Scott. Mrs Houlgate dies suddenly. new Dell Rapids Catholic church. 1909 South Dakota State Fair dates set for Yankton September 25 to 29.
A recalled Aberdeen figure Jim Gibson is reported to be in the Dawson City area with a mining claim. His partner writes that the claim shows promise with ground panning from 50 cents to 25 dollars per pan.
The piece summarizes recent legislative activity in Pierre with bills on public trespass, court appeals, prison stone supply, municipal bonds, and education. It notes Senate and House actions, vetoes, appropriations, and committee explorations including Aberdeen and Watertown normal schools, the railroad, and Charities and Corrections reforms. It also recounts debates on dispensary, oil inspection, and journal completion.
Rebels torched Manila Wednesday night causing wide destruction across the city. American troops fought fires and repelled shootouts as insurgent sympathizers sparked disorder in Santa Cruz, San Nicolas, and Tondo. The Minnesota regiment suffered seven wounded. no American deaths reported. Visayan leaders pledged support for American rule and proposed a 100000-strong Visayan army to aid in Luzon.
The old Coles County courthouse built in 1835 hosted landmark cases with Lincoln and Douglas among notable lawyers. It hosted a slaveholder defense aided by Lincoln and saw a historic lynching on February 14, 1856.
Admiral Schley flaunts his full dress uniform for ceremonies while Gen. Palmer plans Lincoln reminiscences. The Queen of Greece is the sole woman admiral in the Russian navy. Ex Governor Taylor pardoned during Tennessee tenure. Jerry Simpson once sailed the great lakes before politics. Secretary Long shuns Washington society. John R. McLean offers to fund a complete Ohio history for Congress. Warner inspired Mark Twain’s Colonel Mulberry Sellers. Senate elocutionists include Quarles Beveridge and Simon. West Virginia’s N B Scott rose from poverty in mining. Francis Newlands, Yale alumnus, is an old ally of Wetmore. Alaska’s Gov Brady rose from homelessness with aid society. Otis the laconic general in the Philippines remains epigrammatic. Kansas Gov Stanley received a letter about job requests. Captain Surratt, linked to Lincoln’s murder, works for a Baltimore line. Tawney owns Dingley writings. Judge Gutler, a former printer, shares early West Chester office with Bayard Taylor.
The piece recalls 1800s mob violence at a courthouse in a town where a governor granted a reprieve delaying an execution, but a crowd still hanged a man. Years later a second mob attacked the jail to string up a Black man. The courthouse endured stormy days including the Charleston raid of March 20, 1804 with gunfire and casualties before soldiers dispersed the attackers.
A brief excerpt from Trained Motherhood explores a child Johnny asking if the sequence had had is correct English. The mother confirms and explains that phrases like that are acceptable, illustrating practical language lessons for young learners.
An unbiased patriot frets over a satisfactory Philippine solution while a political friend, always arguing, claims it has been discovered but doubts the government will heed the discovery. The Washington Star notes the exchange as a quiet, insightful remark on public attention to policy ideas.
A Cleveland Plaindealer item notes a dialogue on hypnotism and consumer schemes as a husband and wife quarrel hints at societal pressures during hard times and monopoly influence. The excerpt signals a satirical take on gullibility and moral judgment amid economic strain.
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