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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
1
In Pierre on March 4 the Senate approved the equal suffrage amendment after a clash over a property qualification amendment. A 34 to 10 vote carried the resolution, with final action set for the next state election. House discussions also weighed the bank deposit insurance bill and an appropriation package totaling about 1.9 million for the biennial period.
Judge Carland granted a temporary injunction in a case testing the state 2 cent passenger fare law. The order bars members of the state railroad board, the attorney general, and county lawyers from meeting to enforce the rate and blocks passengers from suing railroads for violations within state lines. Railroads must post a $20,000 bond to cover costs if the injunction is later upheld or overturned.
In a December hearing Judge McGee ruled the earlier election on issuing bonds for sewer purposes valid. The ruling allows the city to proceed with financing and steps toward bond issuance in line with the summer proposal.
Charmiberhiin S D March 4 Sheriff J G Parmley has received notice of his appointment as deputy United States marshal to replace John R R Petrie who has resigned the position.
J J Lockhart and J W March succeeded H J Cutting and A Wheelon as register and receiver of the Pierre land office. The outgoing officials have served about eight years and will vacate their posts.
Allentown Pennsylvania March 4 A juror drawn to try George Schaeffer for the murder of Leopold Mrmann is his father Osville Schaeffer. The panel for April sessions includes this close genetic link, prompting judge Trexler to excuse the juror and consider for cause challenges. The incident surprises court officials who say such a match is rare in practice.
Des Moines March 4. The governor s office issued requisition papers for the return from Little Rock Arkansas of George Ryan held as another for the Council Bluffs swindlers.
Pierre March 8 The conference report fixes interest on registered state warrants at 6 percent. When warrants reach 55000 they will be paid with refunding warrants at 5 percent. Senate amends pure drugs bill by shifting enforcement from the board of pharmacy to the dairy and food commissioner, a Wheaton victory offset by a house drug bill modeled on the federal act. The anti cigarettes bill passes the Senate. the house rejects publication of saloon petition names.
A traveler along a highway near John Rea's ranch witnessed a large herd of range cattle sprinting over a hill pursued by three gray wolves. The lead wolf gripped the tail of the last steer as the other two loitered nearby, and the man, unarmed, could not intervene.
Scotland S D March 8 The city jail burned to the ground last night with no one inside. Authorities say the origin of the fire is unknown.
The joint immigration commission released a preliminary report detailing efforts on oriental aliens peonage charity white slave traffic steerage conditions and more. It notes no conclusions yet but signals impending legislation and outlines personnel costs and field operations.
Sioux Falls March meeting of the state board of railroad commissioners discussed reducing rates on metal culvert shipments from double first class to second class as petitioned. The board also examined statewide joint rate plans and will pursue hearings after gathering data from shippers and commercial bodies.
A group of youths reportedly stole the curfew bell, concealing it so authorities cannot locate it. The town council declares the curfew ordinance remains in effect with or without the bell and warns those responsible to return it or face consequences.
In Yankton South Dakota Mrs Dan Brooks cut oysters and found a pearl in the kettle. A Sioux City expert valued the gem at 500 dollars but water exposure ruined its color. Mrs Brooks plans to inspect future oysters for pearls.
Chicago March 2 Tomorrow morning will see Belle Hulburt Forbes depart for New York then sail to Germany to study for a grand opera career. The young soprano goes to Europe under the protection of Mrs Sembrich who heard her in Chicago last October and offered to mentor her budding career.
Springfield March 2. A proposed Illinois law would declare an habitual drunkard incapable of contracting marriage and define an habitual drunkard as one who becomes intoxicated twice in a year. The bill requires marriage license applicants to swear they have not been intoxicated twice in the preceding year.
Robbers removed hundreds of dollars worth of solid silverware from the summer residence of Martin H. Sheldon in Suffield Connecticut. Most items belonged to Mrs. J Ogden Armour of Chicago. The house was empty for winter and the interior suffered extensive damage from forced entry and smashed furnishings.
President Obaldia of Panama cables William Nelson Cromwell saying Rain ey slandered figures will vindicate themselves. He praises Panama’s view of Cromwell and others insulted while calling American congressmen liars indecent and ignorant.
The house shelved the Red field hospital bill seeking 50000 for new buildings and did not advance the university special appropriations. A capitol building bill for 45000 was saved by schedule and may return. The senate substituted the Iswart district bill for Hitchcock and killed the former. The saloon license bill failed while county auditors salary and 50000 for a state university heating plant passed. Reconsideration of 50000 for the Northern insane hospital pending and likely to pass.
Pierre S J Mech J notes that State Treasurer Johnson will not let general fund accumulate warrants but will call them to save interest. His pledge to take no interest on state funds guides policy, as shown by a recent call for $40,000 of warrants.
Judge Carland ruled the federal court has exclusive jurisdiction in a dispute over the state legislature reducing passenger fares from 8 percent to 2 cents per mile. The ruling noted the filing of the case by the state railroad board and allows railroads to file supplemental suits under the federal action.
John D. Rockefeller breaks years of silence to rebut critics who allege Standard Oil crushed a widow. He explains the 1878 Backus purchase, saying the widow asked him to handle negotiations for the property left by her husband, BF M Rackus, who ran a lubricating oil business.
Morris Rosenberg files counter suit to Rose Rosenberg alleging a sequence of cruel acts. He describes her threats of a cheerful widowed life, staying in bed all day, denying meals, and violent episodes including being pushed from bed, a damaged nose, a bottle strike, a broken sugar bowl, and a severe head gash.
Pierre South Dakota reports that the house reversed a defeated equal suffrage measure, passing it 65 to 28 after reconsideration, with the senate already approving it earlier. Suffrage workers celebrate as the issue heads to the next state election. The article also notes other house actions and pending bills including a primary election measure and changes to state institutions and collateral laws.
Yankton South Dakota March 27. C F Billings of an eastern jewelry firm has hired local attorneys to sue the Milwaukee railroad for assault on a train near Scotland. He says conductors woke him from sleep and assaulted him after pranksters sent them to arrest him for disturbing the passengers.
At the Briggs and Roberts ranch west of town a large snowbank trapped several hens. The birds plunged into the drift but survived, with one hen continuing to lay eggs despite being buried.
Judge Carland orders Sheriff Lindquist of Day County and real estate dealer David I Compton to appear March 4 to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt. Compton claimed 2000 bushels of Rieger grain held by Receiver McKinney and removed from Webster elevator after transfer. Other grain recoverers may also be cited as contempt targets.
Florenz Ziegfeld and Emily Leslie were arrested for speeding in Manhattan on Seventh Avenue between 117th and 119th streets. They waved examination in Harlem police court and posted bail of 100 dollars.
In Pierre on February 26 the house killed the tax commission measure citing it would create three new salaried offices. The senate approved the house supreme court bill creating two new districts with governor signature. Names floated for northern and southern district judges, and a standard fire insurance policy bill plus a repeal of the nursery law passed the senate. The house also moved to bar brewers and wholesalers from retail liquor, and a rate of interest compromise set warrants at 6 percent with refunding warrants at 1 percent once $50,000 is registered. A landmen license and bond bill also reached the house.
In Huron on February 26 Orva Johnson and Ada Pierson, young cousins from Claremont, eloped and were taken into custody. An agreement sent Pierson back to Claremont and barred Johnson from Brown County. Eric Luther, who helped plan the elopement, paid $125 in expenses.
New York Feb 26 Jacob H Schiff proposes an income tax as a revenue source to address the growing deficit. He criticizes issuing more government securities as pernicious and dangerous and urges a proportional tax on incomes with a rising but uniform scale starting above 1000 dollars. Charles H Trent agrees on direct proportional taxation on earnings from labor and business.
A South Dakota bride and groom and about 20 guests were quarantined at Mrs. Warren I. Colburn’s residence after her maid Hannah Bellstrom contracted diphtheria. The Nesbits and guests, including Rhoda A. Briggs, left for California amid health department restrictions. Mrs. Colburn and Spokane visitor Mrs. M. E. Washburn also at risk along with the famous Brushwood cattery cats.
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