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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1893
Page
1
A collection of editorials weighs the 1896 political landscape. McKinley requires steady work, while wheat market signals and the Populist gains color the path. Free delivery costs and varied winter forecasts spark debate as editors critique Republican and Pettigrew stances.
Washington dispatch quotes Representative McMillan noting Republican victories in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, with larger than expected majorities in New York. He argues tariff was not the issue and cites Chicago platform pledges as influencing voters. Ohio voting patterns are not discussed by him.
The Sioux City Tribune analyzes that Democratic support for the third party prohibition failed to help Bennett Mitchell. Prohibition Republican candidates pledged to it drew votes to Jackson, leaving Mitchell defeated. The piece argues Mitchell’s nomination was a bluff and Prohibitionists shifted the fight to legislative districts.
Washington November 15. Democrats say the facts will sustain the administration while Republicans align against Cleveland policy on Hawaii. Key figures Mark Hitt Mitchell Thurston Gresham and Storer weigh in as Congress readies for a session likely to test party lines.
The Columbian guard plans to mobilize about 150 soldiers to Honduras to form a regular army unit for South American liberty. Dr Thackery in Manufactures division is said to have originated the idea and others have joined as Honduras prepares an exposition next year.
Frank Floyd and Philip Schieg admitted their identities at Bow Street police court after arrest on the steamship Saule. Police say deposit notes from the Bank of St Louis and German marks were found on Schieg, and Floyd wore silk underwear beneath coarse outer garments. Papers for extradition to the United States are en route.
In Minneapolis on Nov 14 Louis Mena ge, once head of the Minneapolis Guarantee Loan Company, embezzled about 1 million dollars and fled. He was arrested in Guatemala on State Department orders, with possible delays due to no extradition treaty. Return to Minneapolis for trial expected.
P J Woods a former deputy US marshal from Devils Lake is jailed in Grand Forks after a 300 mile chase. He faces charges for arresting or pretending to arrest liquor sellers and taking payments between 100 and 150 dollars from eight victims totaling about 1000 dollars.
Philadelphia report shows Mr Powderly denying claims that the Knights of Labor convention would end, and that a small executive group aimed to seize headquarters and property valued at 70 000, coal lands worth 430 000 in Indiana and 150 000 in New York.
A special interior department agent found Yankton agency Indians now united in favor of last winter’s treaty after rations ran out. Congress is expected to ratify the agreement, and the reservation will be opened for settlement next spring.
Three Grand Rapids burglars were photographed while tapping the till at Foster Stevens & Co. hardware store. A camera wired to an Edison plant captured images as a camera-triggered flash illuminated the scene, leading to confessions from Lewis Stoneburner Charles Snyder and Henry Snyder. The baroness Florence Maybrick dies in English prison. her daughter Florence Maybrick’s fate draws international attention.
London officials report government discussions with both the Coal Mine Owners Association and the Miners Federation ahead of a conference to settle the long running coal strike. Lord Rosebery to preside as delegates are to be sent in hopes of a prompt, reasonable settlement.
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