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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1887
Page
2
Report from Joliet penitentiary details how the condemned anarchists spent visiting hours with kin and aides. Nina Van Zandt plans to seek executive clemency in Springfield as Spies’ proxy wife pushes the effort.
A paste board box labeled Important papers was sent to Chief Justice Waite in Washington. A glass tube device was found inside and Hopkins confessed to sending it to create a news sensation. He accused Arthur B. Sperry of aiding the plot. In CuicaGo, Marshall Edward Murphy remains badly injured with little hope of recovery.
The Railway Age reports a boom in المؤخرة railway building with 274 roads laying 7 408 miles of track from January 1 to November 1. Kansas leads with at least 1 640 miles added, followed by Nebraska 807 miles Texas 708 miles and Dakota 89 miles.
Paris reports the death by his own hand of George Bay, accomplice of Gen. Audlan in the Caffarel scandals, tracked by police to an upper room near St. Maur. Cornered, he opened a window and prepared to jump as onlookers watched.
In the courtyard below Bay fired a revolver at his head and killed himself just as police forced entry. The act suggests he held secrets of great significance beyond what is known.
In Chicago Justice Scully's court crowds to see Ralph Lee accused of attempting to murder banker Stephen W. Rawson after a church service October 16. Rawson's condition remains precarious with bullets lodged in his back hip and near the abdomen, bullets yet to be extracted. If Rawson dies his widow's dower would be one third of his estate. Lee's defense is set as temporary insanity tied to mental distress from alleged attacks on his mother's character.
At Wiley Jenkins residence near Shelbyville Pike Indianapolis a guest Carl Sepp produced a pistol during a wedding reception. He snapped the unloaded weapon at Jenkins who demanded it be put away. The gun fired wounding and killing Jenkins the bride’s father. Sepp, a German neighbor, says he did not know the pistol was loaded.
A man calling himself evangelist D. Browns preached at the Central City Presbyterian church after presenting a letter from W. F. Kimball. He then duped President Persinger of the First National Bank by a forged $6,000 draft, obtaining $1,500 before vanishing.
Chicago officials report leading cattle breeders opposing the fatstock show management over denying space for an oleomargarine and butterine exhibit. They argue dairy-like products are fat cattle product and should be allowed, while a conference of county associations is planned to press the issue. The show manager declined to change the rule, defending protection of legitimate dairy interests.
A man identified as P Co Uball, held at a Chicago armory police station for a trailing offense, became deranged and killed himself by headbutting the cell wall.
Washington reports General Harrison of Indiana, former Senate committee chair on territories, commenting on the chance of admitting Dakota and Washington Territory before or after the coming election. He notes Democrats in the House block admission pending electoral implications for Republicans.
The dispatch reports Senator John Sherman addressing Republicans in Youngstown cautioning that recent southern celebrations and Jeff Davis praise have revived war era tensions. He criticizes bringing General Gordon into Ohio canvassing as a poor political move.
A morning blaze at Edward Riley's livery stable in New York killed twenty five horses. Thirty eight horses in the upper floor were saved. The cause is unknown. Separately in Dtuguque Iowa Knapp Stout Co shed and piles of lumber burned, loss about 812,000. Fire incendiary suspected.
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