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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1888
Page
3
An ambitious expedition led by C J Jones aims to corral the last remaining bison in far west Texas with six plainsmen and dogs to prevent killing. The Chicago Times will publish regular updates using carrier pigeons as a novel news method.
Patrick Egan of the American National League warns against papal interference in Ireland and distrusts Rome's aims while Secretary Sutton calls for firm resistance. Separate Chicago note reports a chimney fire at 197 Dekoven Street, restoring Mrs. O Leary’s infamous 1871 cow incident reference.
Immense flooding from heavy rains swells rivers in Texas and New Mexico, washing away rail lines, flattening creeks, and forcing evacuations. Reports from Muskogee, Atoka, and Sherman area indicate widespread property loss and peril for settlers amid rising Red River and washouts. In New England, freshets threaten 1869-scale floods as thawed snow and warm sun raise rivers and endanger highways. Creamer, Connecticut, and Mer rimac rising with ice melt. Baltimore endures heat wave. Three drownings reported near Detroit after a squall capsizes a catboat.
Market notes for April 30 show bids across grains and feed from No. 1 hard wheat to rye, with mixed bids and asks. Hogs receipts at 21,000 head, prices steady to firm. cattle receipts 11,000, market weak with varied stocker, feeder, and butcher values. sheep demand strong with fat mutton outlook. stockyard activity at St Paul Union Stock Yards with steady packer demand and mixed hog car sales.
Washington women weary of riding tricycles form a private two wheeled bicycle club. Nearly thirty ladies practice on Massachusetts Avenue in a moonlit scene. Membership proposals are numerous with honorary male escorts allowed. The club remains strictly private and first class.
WALSLNGTON May 1 The Senate passed a bill granting right of way to the Kansas City and Pacific railway through Indian territory. Tariff debate resumed. Senator Ingalls planned to answer Voorhees at 2 pm as crowds filled the galleries. Ingalls chaired briefly before Dolph took the chair.
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