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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1889
Page
4
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BPRIDAY May 3 1889 reports Editor Person has braced up and improved the Howard press so effectively that readers may hardly recognize the same paper as before.
Decreased receipts and higher expenditures push rail companies to suspend Sunday trains. The Post Office Department plans a thorough overhaul of railway mail service, a move the public across parties can broadly support.
The article notes speakership of delegates from Sanborn County to a constitutional convention. Mr Kanoust is named as a delegate but his origin within the county is unclear. Col Price criticizes the current constitution as a botch and hints that a representative favoring a new constitution should attend the convention.
The Brookings Press rejects the implication that delegate Mathews influences its stance on the Sioux Falls constitution. It states it has not heard Mathews express an opinion and none should assume his views reflect the paper's. It argues Mathews has had little time to shape any position since last fall's election.
The piece contrasts Sioux Falls and Mitchell as Dakota capital candidates. It argues the capital should boost state value through real estate gains and favor the most populous, resource rich area with good agricultural surroundings. It endorses Mitchell as best fit based on map and census data.
The Rapid City Republican stirs a furore by urging Judge Thomas removal. The News opposes replacing loyal Democrats with a southern brigadier, praising Judge Carland for acting with honor and urging the party not to pursue carpetbaggers.
The Mitchell Daily Republican editor Ralph W. Wheelock has been appointed receiver of public moneys at the Mitchell land office by President Harrison. The move is hailed by Republican and press across the territory. many papers note Wheelock’s long service to the party and call the appointment well deserved.
Rev Mr Hartsough responds to circulating rumors that the city university was burned by saloon men. He denies making any such claim or using the word saloon and explains the exchange stemmed from misreported offhand remarks among friends. Sioux Falls Dak April 20 1850.
The Illinois Central Railroad offers Five Southern Land Excursions to Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana with departures from Chicago at 7 40 am and St Louis at 7 40 pm on May 14 June 11 July 9 August 13 and September 10. Through coaches available and one way first and second class tickets. For Southern Home Seekers Guide contact Manchester Iowa. Rates via nearest agent, tickets read via Chicago or St Louis then Illinois Central.
The May Century features Mrs Poote's Far West frontispiece Cinching Up and Cole engravings with pieces by W J Stillman and the engraver. It highlights Samoa the Isles of the Navigators and Lincoln History chapters with The President and the Draft Vallandigham and The Peace Party at the Polls. An early Lincoln MS printing and fiction by Mary Hallock Foote Edward Edwards Roby McKay plus poems by Hale Goodale Bates Morris Learned Crosby Sherman.
The issue presents Mary Hallock Foote’s charming frontispiece and a lineup of serialized and illustrated pieces. Joel Chandler Harris finishes Uncle Remus with Daddy Jake the Runaway, while Sarah Orne Jewett adds A Bit of Color. Various authors offer anecdotes, dialogue, and adventures including Cuff the Orphan Bear Cub and La Tour d Auvergne.
The New York Press portrays General Clinton Fisk as an opportunist who now accepts partial anti saloon reforms to defeat a rum ring. It argues New Jersey’s legislature could not repeal local option without pro ban voters, urging temperance supporters to unite and back any plan that weakens the liquor influence.
In Bismarck on April 30 the senatorial contest grows tense as ex-Gov. Pierce Ordway and Gen. Hughes clash with General Hughes. Supporters divide within the constitutional convention while Ordway builds a literary bureau and shows tireless effort, racing to secure influence before the convention.
A warning that a key candidate must shake off lethargy and intensify campaigning to face a critical upcoming senatorial fight, otherwise he may face tougher challenges than anticipated when the moment arrives.
May 2 report from Caicaco describes Michigan Avenue lake park after a stampede of about 100000 people. Fences and shrubbery were crushed, iron barriers bent, and numerous injuries reported though no deaths yet confirmed. Parents and children were swept along in the chaotic rush.
Ex-President Cleveland sent a telegram to Mrs. Barnum of Lime Rock Conn expressing condolence and mourning Barnum death. He praised Barnum as selfless and a generous donor to the Democratic party and noted his role as national committee chair without pursuing self or friends. Daniel Lamont echoed that Barnum sacrificed health for party success and offered no demands after the 1884 victory.
A full Covington Kentucky ceremony consecrated a Lourdes grotto at St. Aloysius church on Seventh street. The replica mirrors the Lourdes cavern of France and was designed by Father Blenke who funded the project after pilgrimages. Also, a clarification from Washington states that Secretary Blaine did not suffer a stroke and plans to see no one for the time being.
Since March 4 about 2 500 changes were made in the 5 300 strength of the railway mail service nationwide. Officials pushed reforms as civil service took effect May 1. In Bloomington Illinois a fire at 11 80 p m destroyed the business district prompting a midnight dispatch of two steamers and crews from Bloomington.
The rain keeps Secretary Blaine indoors in Washington as Mr. Walker Blaine reports his father improves and plans to travel to New York for a centennial celebration. In New York ex Secretary Whitney and wife sail to Europe aboard the Etruria along with ex Secretary Endicott and his wife.
Post master general Whitfield orders two temporary mail messenger routes from Guthrie to List bon Oklahoma territory covering thirty five miles at a cost of up to $2000. Star service will start as soon as possible but cannot begin for two weeks due to a ten day legal advertising requirement.
Territory of Dakota sends greeting. Oshkosh Lumber Co. files a complaint in Davison County Justice Court before W Abbey JP seeking $75 for seven and a half months rent of a Mitchell area house owed by M F Bloss. If unanswered, judgment for $75 plus costs may be entered. Complaint filed May 1 1889. Attorneys Hannert and Ueiwic represent the plaintiff.
Ottawa May 2 Canadian Pacific and the St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba railways plan a stronger connection forming a border spanning alliance. Jim Hill travels to Montreal to confer with Van Horne Sir Donald A Smith and Sir George Stevens. Hill will join the Canadian Pacific directoire. others become St Paul directors. Eastbound business to Sault Ste Marie and western traffic to Vancouver via Winnipeg. The move follows NP aggressive policy.
Officials in the interior department doubt success of the Sioux commission negotiating 11,000,000 acres sale. Price battles mirror the Cherokee case as the group demands 1.50 per acre while offers ranged from 1.00 to 1.25. Both commissions expect final instructions before heading West next week.
A St Paul labor dispute ends with a committee asking Chief Engineer Cliff Wise for a 26 cent daily raise. Wise says he will grant the pay increase but not the return of all workers. A mass meeting at labor headquarters decides to refuse to work unless all can return.
A fire swept through De Pere Wisconsin destroying about twelve commercial structures in the business district. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 60000 with about 25000 insured. Firemen battled the flames through the night and no serious injuries were reported.
Local notes from Sauk Rapids Rochester Hutchinson Duluth River Falls and Watertown report marriages fires and drought impacts. A North Dakota area explosion and a Pittsburg strike dominate regional updates with labor unrest affecting 6000 union workers and construction trades.
Strikes by United Building Trades Union and United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners suspend work across Pittsburg Allegheny East End South Side and suburbs. Carpenters seek 2.50 daily with union preference. stonemasons push 3.00. hod-carriers ask 2.50. Builders vow to defeat the action.
A Tribune report from Brazil Indiana notes the largest coal price cut in the West Tuesday lowering Indiana black coal from 90 to 70 cents and Indiana bituminous from 75 to 60 cents. The prior three state scale set two years earlier by miners and operators across Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania faced adjustments due to natural gas pressures, with Indiana previously at 80 cents and rates for Ohio and Pennsylvania at 60 and 69 cents respectively.
A Spring Valley coal mine closure leaves about 2000 workers unemployed as the Spring Valley Coal Company under W. L. Scott of Pennsylvania shuts down while awaiting next year price adjustments.
Standard Oil bought the Mellot gas well near Findlay Ohio in negotiations led by its trustees and the Toledo gas board. The deal cost 25000 dollars with a yearly eight dollar rent per acre for 660 acres surrounding the well.
The Brlandensburg area has been partially submerged for the past two days after a terrible storm produced a freshet. Residents are living in upper stories and paddling through streets in boats as floodwaters rise in the town and nearby areas.
The day’s notes cover a New York senate vote on the excise commission bill high license measure, London stock exchange settling day closure, deaths of Bishop Andrew Higgins and other notes. Reports include Emin Pasha relief voyage failure, Imperial travel plans, a Saline County gold find, emigration debates in Vienna, Nebraska breeders’ meeting, and Illinois farmers protesting a twine issue plus May market quotes for grains, provisions, and live stock from Chicago and St Paul.
During a lakefront fireworks display a team of horses ran amok among spectators injuring many. A fireworks package exploded wounding boys nearby, with several fatalities including Daniel Grant and Kate Conway among the most seriously harmed.
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