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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1891
Page
5
The fragment from the Weekly Capital published in Mitchell South Dakota provides limited readable text indicating a local newspaper item or notice. Details are sparse, with no clear event, date, or named entities beyond place and publication context.
A naked telephone wire detached by street Arabs fell onto a curb and a live circuit, shocking a police officer and injuring a cab driver. The wire swung, cutting through insulation and burning the cabman’s skull as sparks and a fiery shower enveloped his head. An arresting scene followed as bystanders watched the chaos.
A rustic returning from Oconto saw three men removing spikes and fish plates from a rail on the Chicago and North Western line south of Ocon. They hurried to warn an approaching freight, and the engineer halted the engine before the wreckers could plunge it off a high embankment. The would be wreckers fled.
Oliver County farmers and ranchers recount severe prairie fires causing greater damage than estimated. Thousands of tons of hay burned, large tangles were destroyed, and about twenty settlers lost their homes in the blaze.
Cholera ravages Damascus with 180 cases and 90 deaths in a week. Hodeida suffers near similar conditions while Aleppo sees a decline. Reports deny any recall of Mr Egan by the Chilean matter, and a dramatic incident in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, sees Arthur Anderson fatally shot while a life of tragedy continues for his family amid fires in Kansas City and Alabama forest blazes.
Eye witness accounts describe buildings collapsing trapping occupants as tremors spread destruction across urban areas. Dozens escaped only to perish in street collapses, with Osaka alone reporting about 300 deaths.
The Mississippi River steamer Oliver Birne burned at Milliken's Bend landing. Thirteen lives are known lost and several more feared dead. The vessel carried numerous deckhands and cabin passengers amid cotton cargo. Fire started in the deck room, forcing passengers to jump into the river and be rescued by a yacht.
Damage from late rains across the Northwest remains modest with only about 2 percent loss in spring wheat value. Thrashing advances well in Minnesota, North Dakota, and surrounding regions as moist conditions and favorable weather boost prospects for the next crop.
An October cyclone swept through Conneaut Ohio from the lake causing extensive property damage estimated around 75 000 dollars. The storm carved a 300 to 500 foot wide path from the northwest, ripping roofs from the Lake Shore depot and Record Manufacturing Company, toppling smoke stacks at Pond’s planing mill, and tearing roofs off Wedens and Babbitt’s opera house along Broad Street. Telegraphed poles were knocked down as the cyclone crossed the Nickel Plate tracks and the storm weakened near the eastern city edge.
The Conservative National Union outlines an electoral platform in England aimed at outdoing the Liberal plan. It promises proposals on local government, land allotments for laborers, arbitration of strikes, licensing reforms, tax reductions on tobacco, and social insurance, with opposition to church disestablishment and eight hour workday limits.
Secretary Tracy received a dispatch from Captain Schley dated Santiago Chile detailing a police guard assault on prisoners. Accounts describe arrest with cat gut restraints, beatings, and threats as witnesses report numerous injuries including two deaths and about fifteen lightly wounded.
Statewide turmoil follows Briceville riot as Gov. Buchanan posts 55000 reward for riot leaders and 25 rewards for escaped convicts. Rumors of miners plotting to free prisoners swirl while guards bolster Oliver Springs and nearby towns. Civil authorities to handle arrests. militia not mobilized.
August actions by state boards and courts include the Indiana Board of Tax Commissioners firing Philip C. Decker for refusing to reveal depositor names, a habeas corpus challenge, and a judge’s ruling on contempt penalties. Also noted are Illinois women’s suffrage setback, Knights of Labor convention rumors, Tennessee convicts released with stockade burn, Bulgaria snow disruption, German emperor’s house gift, and John Dillon being injured in Cork.
Veterans in South Dakota flood local agents with pension questions as the bureau struggles with a backlog. July 1 marked nearly 600,000 unacted claims and thousands of daily inquiries arrive from applicants, friends, and officials. The Fidelity Loan fraud case uncovers forged deeds. W E Gifford faces trial for adultery. prairie fire near Yankton destroys hay. Gov Mellette appoints Gardner as Seventh Circuit judge. Louisiana Lottery prosecutions intensify. changes in revenue collectors and hospital fundraising in Hot Springs.
In Red Willow County Nebraska a large ochre bed underlies Indianola and a new paint factory opened there last week. The plant costs about 20000 dollars with 10000 in machinery and a 40 by 60 addition planned. It produces up to 640 gallons of mixed paints per hour and uses air float separation touted as superior to water float methods.
A large crowd greeted William OBrien and John Dillon in Cork amid a violent clash between Parnellites and MacCarthyites. Police and mounted officers fought to separate rioters as missiles flew and injuries mounted. some wounded were taken home or to hospital. Fatalities remained unconfirmed.
Chilean advices say parties that started the revolution are drafting a common programme to guide the new administration. It centers on suffrage, anti interference in elections, executive accountability, reduced ordinary expenses, monetary reform toward metallic currency, rail development, and international pacts. Executions have risen in Santiago and Valparaiso, while prices fall for American flour and hay.
A strangely attributed cure claims a man in Chattanooga Tennessee recovered from malignant cancer after following a dream based remedy using Gere herb. The account is presented as credible but reflects sensational rhetoric and quackish advice.
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