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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1888
Page
1
Early returns show varied votes for local option and party tickets. Democratic figures fade in Indiana while Republicans gain in the south and Dakota territories. Harrison leads in New York with a reduced margin. Minnesota districts shift with Dunnell and Mathews strong. Delaware gains a Republican senator and Brookings backs local choices.
Matt Quay admired as a sharp manager outruns mugwumps clinging to Republicans. Topeka hailed as a strong Republican city with Morrison's 4400 margin, Mathews gaining in home county, Crose party friction, Merriam’s protest vote, and the eighth ticket winning despite internal party doubts. Democratic blame shifts to national chiefs amid delays. News from St Paul and Minneapolis contrasts with New York optimism as Curtis seeks adjutant general post. Governor Church looms large with no flies on him.
The Republican reprints praise Ken Harrison following his Chicago nomination. It argues Harrison is best equipped for president with a proven record as citizen soldier and statesman and would unite business, military and popular support. Dakota Republicans are highlighted as strong supporters and his leadership is said to promise prosperity and progress.
A Frontenac Kansas mine explosion at shaft No 2 traps 160 men 120 feet underground with 120 believed dead. Rescue attempts failed for foul air and gas blamed. ninety bodies recovered in Cherokee Kansas and more feared in the mine.
The report notes that victims have not been identified and indicates there are undoubtedly more bodies among the insurgents.
A continuous forty eight hour rain in Seymour Indiana causes White and Muscatatuck rivers to overflow. Low lands flood and livestock drown while thousands of bushels of corn are swept away and many more are at risk. If rain persists, damage will rise further.
The study highlights the return of the two and a half tribes to their lands east of the Jordan, Joshua's blessing, and Moses' approval. It emphasizes trust in God, faithful service, and the blessing that follows obedience, urging readers to take heed to do and to walk with the Lord as they depart from Shiloh to possess their inheritance.
London November 12 reports say the Cunard steamer Nantes collided with the German ship Theodore Ruger off Lizard Point. The Ruger crew had some survivors while the Nantes crew fate is unknown with life losses estimated between seventy and eighty. Capt Adolph Meyer and five Rugia seamen were later saved and landed at Trouville.
August Falk was found dead in bed in Oshkosh Wisconsin on November 12. The physician ruled starvation as the cause of death. He worked in a local factory for low pay while his wife did washing at home. The family lived in a single room.
In Rochester New York a six story factory fire at the Steam Gauge and Lantern works killed and missing are feared to number between fifty and sixty. Firefighters faced closed walls and flames racing upward as workers jumped from upper floors. Three priests offered comfort amid the disaster.
Flooding hits Austrian coal mines at Salgotaria with several drowned and others missing. New York paper fire causes 350000 loss plus 55000 more in smoke and water damage across the block. A watchman near Wis. is killed when a switch engulfs him. A miner dies in a snow slide at Solomon mountain after a blasting incident. Stamford scaffold collapse injures two and kills two workers.
An unknown man jumped into the Niagara River from Prospect Park and was carried over the falls in Buffalo on November 12. Rescue efforts followed but no identity or condition is provided.
New York dispatch reports that Winchester rifles in Southampton County were sent there amid fear of violence by black residents. The article notes two people were alarmed by threats and mentions Southampton as the Nat Turner insurrection site.
Reports from London outline the fall of Wadai with 70 000 Mahdist followers opposing 8 000 slain. A later push retook Wadai town amid renewed fighting. In Natal the Constantinople Athens church leaders abstain from meddling in Milan Natalies divorce. A Dustin coroner inquest verdict clears police in a murder case. Warren replacement debated after Whitechapel murder. Lord Mayor’s Procession noted as a tame event.
In Pittsburgh on November 12, the death of Dr. Hostetter places control of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad with the Vanderbilts. Brn expects little change in the board or policy, and the successor to Dr. Hostetter as vice president is not yet known. In Boulder, a wrestling match concluded with Duncan Ross defeating H M Dufur two falls to one in a best three falls in five.
A mixed slice of late 19th century items includes notable passengers on the steamer Eider heading to Europe, Mrs. Jay Gould gravely ill with Mr. Gould at her bedside, and Peoria National Democrat sold to satisfy debts. Student demonstrations in Madrid Saragossa and Seville, a Hungarian singer Mme Ima Di Murska departing New York for Europe, and industrial plans by Fall River Iron Works to build four new print cloth mills for the American Printing Co are noted.
Grain and livestock figures show Wheat, Corn, Oats, Pork, Lard and Ribs quotes from Chicago and St. Paul exchanges. Hogs and cattle markets in Cove or Canyonno with arrivals around 13 000 head and 8 000 head, showing range by class and region.
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