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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1887
Page
4
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Reports from Yankton and across Dakota detail party gains in Rhode Island Ohio and Massachusetts. Dakota anticipates admission this winter while Montana aims for statehood. Local option wins counties in both north and central regions amid mixed central support.
The article notes prep work in New York state for lavish use of boodle by Democratic managers. The president has contributed $1,000 to the pool. The territorial alliance annual meeting will be at Huron on December 13 with focus on railroad attitudes toward private grain shippers and an urgent appeal from president Loucks for member attendance.
Mitchell citizens face work before spring as new railroads require oversight and east coast settlers are urged to consider the town. Local manufacturers await the right invitation to establish operations in Mitchell.
The St Paul Globe questions how Mor could aid a party that has no room for corruption and fraud. The World backs the democratic ticket in New York City and the Globe blames Jay Gould for the course of the former.
The notice from the St. Paul Globe reports the marriage of Judge Tripp to Mrs. J D Washburn will surprise many friends. Courteous congratulations pour in from Dakota, especially the judicial district where the bride served as court stenographer for two years.
Conklin's Dakotian condemns usury in Dakota with a specimen case from Clark county. A Illinois home seeker borrowed 75 dollars in 1874 or 1875, paid 350 dollars by 1877 in extensions and interest, then faced pressure to surrender 100 more bushels of wheat and a cow or lose all mortgaged wheat and stock.
A New York dispatch notes Republicans suffer a painful defeat as Henry George’s party collapses from 68,000 votes in New York City last year to about 35,000 statewide this year. Prohibitionists and liquor interests pivot to aid Democrats, while Republicans lose ground due to high license laws and mixed reform stances.
The St. Paul Globe notes the returns show a divisionist majority on the face of the vote but warns the light turnout allows no guarantee a majority of the territory’s total vote favors division.
Foraker's success in Ohio and Grant's defeat in New York signal Sherman as the coming man. Blaine's supporters backed Grant while overlooking Foraker who embodies John Sherman's strength.
Lincoln county which has had prohibition for the past year gave local option a majority less than that by which it voted no license a year ago.
Gov Larabee sweeps Iowa gaining a 10000 vote plurality while Democrats gain in the state. The legislature remains Republican on joint ballot by forty five. Bon Homme county and another southern county vote down local option with several northern counties opposing it.
General Campbell estimates the division majority at 35 000, but observers place the figure about 15 000 lower, suggesting a large discrepancy between his count and expected numbers.
A local option measure carried Cass county by a three hundred to five hundred majority while a division proposal failed by about one thousand votes.
J B Cogan former Wolsey Journal owner buys J E Elson’s stake in the Huron Democrat Bottineau county. He wins a 46 to 48 margin on the local option and holds a majority against division in the north region.
Mitchell is described as sharing the same status as Sioux Falls Huron Aberdeen and Pierre in the current context.
Forty five votes were cast on division in Burleigh county with the majority opposing the motion.
Indications show Brule county voters narrowly rejected local option measures in a close, unofficial count. The outcome suggests a tight race with preliminary results signaling a small margin of defeat for the local option proposal.
Grand Forks County recorded 374 majority for the sale and 400 for the division while credit to the president is noted for a New York victory.
The Wharfedale Observer reports the death of Rev William Baldwin Affleck a noted minister lecturer and temperance advocate who died after a fainting spell following a lecture in Leeds He had earlier been injured in America and spent years in temperance work in Canada and the United States He helped establish Affleck's colony in Dakota and had a roving life across England and America.
The reference agent for the new Wesleyan Training College at Mitchell Dakota traveled abroad to raise funds for the institution. He left home nearly two years ago with his wife, lecturing in New York and England. He witnessed the funeral of Rev. Werdeacher and has been touring England since June. He planned to return to America in November but remained in Leeds recently due to engagements.
The Chicago Tribune notes a volatile business year with mixed markets, December collapse, a recent bull bounce, and ongoing fears of land and security write downs. Despite some declines in money markets, overall wealth, capital inflows, and population growth argue against a sustained downturn.
N P Bolles returns from California sharing impressions of the Sacramento valley Santa Clara valley and San Diego arid plateaus and praising cities like San Francisco Oakland and Los Angeles. He notes high rents and wage disparities warns California not ideal for means business people or laborers and cites $45 000 000 due in several counties before February 1st before expressing contentment in Aberdeen.
The Crow agency arrests continue with several chiefs taken into custody and prisoners confined at Fort Custer. Indians expected to return home Friday. Gen Ruger suggests incarcerating Deaf Bull and seven other Crows at Fort Snelling. President Cleveland approves. Gen Kelton commends troops for discipline.
Chicago November 10 Lingg attempted death by own action in his cell using a candle loaded with dynamite and a cap. He was found unconscious and dying, with doctors predicting only hours to live. Lingg died at 2 50 PM as Springfield and state officials weighed clemency and execution consequences.
Citizens awaited the 11 45 train to Chicago for a messenger from the governor to Sheriff Watson. Rumors spread that Spies Fielden and Schwab may be saved, as the governor told a United Press reporter his decision would be announced during the day before 1 o clock.
In Springfield on Nov 10, the sentence of Fielden and Schwab is commuted while the other four defendants are sentenced to hang. The ruling alters the planned executions and sets a last-stage legal confrontation for the condemned.
Washington reports the president and cabinet quietly pleased by yesterday's Democratic success in New York and the Virginia Mahone defeat. The White House expects Cleveland's renomination and potential carry of New York. Congressmen arrive as the administration prepares the president's message.
Washington Nov 10 The civil service commissioners continue revising rules with Mr Oberly dedicating time to align changes with recent improvements The president approves the code but suggests important modifications The likely popular change is abolishing age limits for entry to some civil service branches examiners from major cities favor the abolition noting many current clerks would become ineligible if the limit is kept
The Pioneer Press from St. Paul Minn reports Dakota results with North Dakota for division 3160 against 5200 for prohibition 5147 against 72, South Dakota for division 15791 against 870 for prohibition 6833 against 254. Pioneer estimates total division majority just over 15000. Fifty seven counties vote for prohibition and seven against.
Washington reports indicate President Cleveland wants Postmaster General Vilas in the interior department to bolster western ideas and avoid appearances of influencing 100,000 postal workers. Don M. Dickinson is expected to succeed Vilas as postmaster general.
The habeas corpus application signed by Spies Fielden and Schwab was presented to Judge Baker at his home and will be argued at 10 a m. Two more applications for writs are expected this morning for other condemned anarchists, but the judging court is not yet known.
Col Charles A. Clark, a prominent attorney, could not vote due to absence from the city and his ballot was refused. He obtained an order from the superior court for the board of election to receive it, but the board refused and the entire body was arrested. The legality of the register law likely to be tested.
The cable noted Rev. Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s withdrawal from the Baptist union. Born 1834 in Kalvedon, Essex, he built a London Tabernacle for 5,000 to 6,000 worshippers and became famed for simple earnest sermons and dramatic pulpit style.
Rev. Charles A. Berry of Wolverhampton is favored to become Plymouth church's next pastor. Beecher praised him, noting Berry’s natural pulpit style, extemporaneous preaching, and mission work. Plymouth deacon S. W. White backs Berry as a unifying candidate for conservative and progressive wings.
A Buffalo Express excerpt recalls a serio comic tale of absinthe used to steady nerves before a performance and a moonlit stage moment that drew record applause. The Detroit Free Press notes Lord Erskine's humorous stiffly formal subscription reply to letters.
Five branches of manufacturing together use 85 percent of water power. Flouring and grist mills consume 8.4 percent, sawmills 23.7 percent, cotton goods 12.1 percent, and woolen mills 44 percent. The toy industry uses very little water power.
A Quincy market exhibit showcases the oils and fats from cod livers porpoise oil and melon oil for lubrication and medical uses. Rare items include crocodile fat leather dressing and eel skin remedies, with processes from boiling to hydraulic pressing detailed amid varied vendor claims.
T L Granby recounts a Burlington accident two years ago in which engineer Jim Goodwin warned him about cab danger after noting two escape routes. A switch derailment sent the engine into a car, but Goodwin and his fireman survived with injuries while Granby avoided the cab crush by choosing passenger seating.
A renowned Spanish poet exiled for radical views wins pardon from Queen Christina. He thanks the sovereign in person, and she offers to support his six children, later funding three of his daughters’ education as a personal charge. The queen treats him as a future ally.
A New York Club Man in Commercial Advertiser argues Americans make the worst waiters. He claims native-born servers slamming dishes and grumbling, while praising waiters of other nationalities and noting college students in mountain hotels as not true waiters.
A Journal Commercial et Maritime writer notes Italian students invent an apparatus to replace cotton with mulberry fiber, claiming bark from young mulberry shoots yields a silklike fiber. The process aims to mechanically isolate the fiber and three English firms have shown interest in the production. The umbrella motif appears again in War coverage with Sheriff Bodyke and Osman Pasha noted for carrying large white umbrellas in action.
Gen Garfield joked that he would endure six months in a tent with Mark Hopkins rather than spend six years in a grand European university. The remark reflects Civil War era attitudes toward seminaries and distant study.
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