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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1894
Page
14
Passenger trains depart at 10:40 a m and 3 35 a m with Sunday and Monday variations. Freight trains depart west at 7 40 a m and 4 10 p m on Sundays. Trains arrive from the south with passenger at 3 55 p m and freight at 6 25 a m and 7 00 p m on Sundays.
Des Moines reports rumors of a railroad tie up if transportation to Kelly is not secured within days with possible spread to all roads. In Washington Coxey’s camp faces hardship while officials seek to keep Coxey talk out of the House and add extra police for Capitol security.
In Branilov Roumania on May 1 a pier collapse sent about 120 excursionists into the Danube bound for Galitz. Ten people were reported dead and many others drowned as the crowd toppled into the water.
News from Saint Alban Quebec reports a massive landslide at a 100 foot waterfall near St. Alban. The event swept away the village of Saint Anne trapping houses and their contents and resulting in ten deaths.
Des Moines May 1 report describes a severe storm in Wolster county shredding willows in Ellsworth. George Hanson and wife were blinded by a storm at a railroad crossing and were killed after being struck by a train.
The Allan Line steamship Corean under Captain Main endured a 21 day storm and heavy ice near 44.80N 48.45W. After becoming fast in ice for four days off Cape Race, the vessel narrowly avoided a collision and sailed to Halifax arriving May 1.
The U S Supreme Court has ruled the Northern Pacific versus Clark case against the railroad, holding the company not excused from taxes on lands due to gross earnings tax. Also in brief: House plans to press on with appropriation bills amid party obstruction and several local indictments and incidents reported from Minnesota Pennsylvania and Colorado under May 1 notices.
A man posing as D. D. Hamilton bought an $18 draft in Huron for Sioux City banks, which was raised to 1800 and paid. He fled toward Wolsey, likely part of the Wilson gang. Attempts to catch him continue, while a similar ruse was halted at First National Bank of Sioux City when endorsement failed.
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