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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1890
Page
7
A sprawling collage of anecdotes and curiosities includes a copper vein south of Pilot Rock Oregon and various oddities. Reports touch on leprosy fears in Caledonia and Siberian exiles, plus tales of Burrato Birt, Buffalo Bill, and an Omaha youth’s rat-killing device.
A Montana Bishop Tess spends a rainy day downtown and boards a crowded streetcar. An old lady hands him a pamphlet titled Why am I a drunkard Philadelphia Press and quietly leaves. The bishop reads it as he prepares for a sermon.
Margaret Blaine daughter of the secretary of state married Walter Damrosch of New York at the Blaine residence. About 500 guests attended including President and Mrs. Harrison, cabinet members, Supreme Court, diplomatic corps, and Congress. The couple left for New York for Madison Avenue home and Europe trip planned next week.
Three fraternal delegations were introduced to the Methodist Episcopal church South general conference led by Bishop Hendrix. South Carolina delegates urged barring marriages of divorced persons except for the innocent party or those with scriptural grounds. The temperance committee backed opposing liquor laws as failing to curb the traffic. Changes for Spanish speaking Methodists in Mexico were proposed, removing the U S submission clause and replacing English with Spanish education for ordination.
Judge Hicks in St Paul ruled the St Paul Pioneer Press acted with privilege when publishing remarks by Dan Lawler before county commissioners. The decision says a newspaper may publish statements that are libelous if made in privilege and not due to malice, exempting the paper from suit.
President Adams of the Union Pacific denies an Omaha report alleging Pacific system mismanagement. He says the claims are entirely unwarranted regarding the retirement of General Manager C. J. Smith and Superintendent Johnson, with the party in Portland, Oregon.
It is announced that the new constitution will be promulgated by decree and then submitted to the assembly for ratification.
A detailed record of Senate and House actions through mid month, including debates over the silver bill and tariff measures, amendments on earthenware duties, and pension legislation. Senators Quay, Wilson, Teller, and Hoar feature, with House conflicts over Campbell affidavit remarks and Bynum censure.
Hundreds killed and thousands left homeless after a double disaster in Tomsk western Siberia. Conflagration and cyclone leveled three quarters of wood buildings, the cathedral burned, hospital crushed, garrison refused aid, city struck by snow and a sudden cold snap.
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