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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1900
Page
14
Fragmentary OCR note references WCHELE PRINTING GO and Turnisner, hinting at a weekly capital printing update or office message. Details are unclear due to damaged text and missing context.
The Marylebone parish register confirms the secret ceremony last week between the Duke of Manchester and Miss Helen Zimmerman of Cincinnati. The couple reportedly traveled to Ireland after the wedding. Canon Barker recalls how Lambert described the bride as an American heiress with vast wealth and plans, noting her parents were unaware.
United States Bank Examiner Tucker took possession of the German National Bank in Newport Kentucky and posted a closure notice pending a formal examination. He reported assistant cashier Frank M Brown missing and preliminaries indicate a shortage near two hundred one thousand dollars. Brown served eighteen years at the bank, with alleged operations dating back ten years. The bank's capital is one hundred thousand dollars, with Down's shortage exceeding that amount and surpassing the bank’s reserves and assets.
Friends of Cole and Jim Younger of Missouri anticipate pardons in the next Minnesota legislature. The Younger brothers, survivors of the 1877 Northfield bank raid, have served twenty four years in state prison. A renewed, organized effort aims to secure a special legislative act for clemency.
The first class battleship Kentucky, in the Mediterranean, is ordered to touch Smyrna Turkey on its voyage to the Philippines. The move aligns with U S efforts to secure about 100000 for indemnity over missionary property destruction in Turkey.
The Turkish ruler conveyed to President McKinley his warm congratulations on his re election. In Constantinople United States Charge d Affaires Griscom attended the court musicale and dined with the sultan who praised the election for preserving friendly Turkey United States relations.
Mrs. Frost voiced no further punishment for the confessed murderer of her child, saying she would accept removal from the earth and that no other parent should suffer. The murdered child's father, Robert Frost, returned to Denver saying a great load was lifted and that lynching was justified to spare others.
A Sunday fire in Oswayo destroyed the McGonigle House hotel the hotel barn and the opera house leaving four men dead. The blaze started from an overpressure natural gas line at the McGonigle House and spread rapidly through the three story frame buildings. The town lacked a fire department and residents escaped through windows as flames swept the structures. Firemen delayed by a faulty pump left only charred remains and several injuries. Property loss estimated at 5000 dollars.
James B. Dunlap, long noted leader of bank robbery bands, confessed in Watseka Illinois to looting Pates bank at Wellington on March 23. He had denied guilt since his Chicago arrest but pleaded guilty before Judge Hilscher and received a twenty year sentence, later moved to Joliet.
A hatchet thrown from a crowd at Emperor William and the hereditary Prince of Saxe during a drive to the cuirassier barracks failed to injure them. The assailant Selma Schnapke was arrested, believed insane, and the crowd subdued the attack with police intervention. Over 100 Bolomen killed in Panay engagement. American losses listed.
Montgomery report details a motion by Mrs. O'Brien to refer to the group as United Daughters of the Confederacy without the word national. President Mrs. Weed says national was offensive and notes 20 000 members across 400 chapters with chapters in New York Philadelphia Indian Territory and Oklahoma. She urged teaching children the war causes and southern devotion.
United States court in Aberdeen opens with Judge Carland to decide if the Modern Woodmen of America clause voids benefits when a member dies by duel or self-inflicted means. Finlay Sinclair leads guardianship suit for Margaret Richards and children seeking $8,000 policy proceeds. The outcome will impact policyholders nationwide.
In Springbrook Michigan a cemetery scandal erupts as nine bodies exhumed from graves show earth moved days before discovery. Victims mostly died within the past year with one presumed to be Mrs Henry Knowles found decayed near a hedge. Sexton Isaac Dunton uncovered the scene after starting a grave, with caskets ripped apart by an ax scattered around.
Washington reports an imperial decree dated Nov 18 ordering Prince Tuan and Prince Chwang stripped of ranks and imprisoned for life. Prince Yih and Secondary Prince Ying are imprisoned, Secondary Prince Lien deprived of rank, Duke San and Ying Nien degraded, Kang Yi dead with no penalty, Chao Shuchiao degraded but kept in office, Yu Hsien to be sent to the farthest boundary.
Postoffice at Toronto robbed with entry through a rear window. Robbers blew the safe, taking stamps and cash over 300 dollars, including 65 dollars belonging to Postmaster Emerson. The wrecked safe and lack of clues suggest expert work. Inspectors pursue leads.
Washington cabinet meeting reveals Griggs will retire March 4 for business reasons. He joined McKinley’s cabinet in January 1898 after serving in the post. The State Department meanwhile delivers extradition papers for Loys Darrell to Cuba’s agent, seeking his transfer from Beira, Portuguese East Africa, for a Cuban soldier’s murder, setting a Cuba extradition precedent.
The pope gave a special audience to Bishop Burke of St. Joseph in Rome and expressed hope that God would grant prayers for American prosperity.
Commodity prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains from Sioux City Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and other markets show wide but aligned ranges. Cattle prices mostly 2 50 to 5 70 per cwt and wheat levels around 70 to 78 cents a bushel with corn and oats trading in midrange figures.
Practically complete county returns in South Dakota give McKinley a 15304 plurality for president and Herreid 14197 for governor. Some unreported precincts may push McKinley toward 16000 and Herreid toward 14500. Republicans run close to the ticket in congressional races. C Berg leads state ticket among Scandinavians. A Brief Honeymoon reports George Stuart and Fannie hitter of Riverside wed Nov 18. Stuart disappears with a money package and note to his bride. A Batch of Pardons lists several pardons by Gov. Lee. Sell Interest in Big Ranch notes C J Buell selling half his Rapid City sheep ranch and 5000 sheep for 16000. Returned Klondiker Marines: Carl Glatly marries Agnes Repp. Glatly a Klondiker.
Frank Sweeney is jailed in Lead on arson charges for setting fires at three sites including P C McHugh’s saloon, the First National Bank, and a building near the Derby saloon.
Names of elected state Senate and House members listed with districts counties and post offices. Senate shows 39 Republicans and 6 fusionists led by Gilmore and Overseth. House includes numerous districts such as Vermillion Clay seat Iverson and Yankton Price with a total of 78 Republicans and 9 fusionists.
Annual meeting of the State Anti Saloon League in Mitchell draws near full attendance of officials. Reports praise the year’s work despite defeat of the state dispensary amendment. Lead board orders vaccination for all city pupils amid smallpox scare with one mild case reported.
The President plans to present to Congress indemnification claims from the British cable company harmed by the American occupation of the Philippines. The Manila and Dagupan Railroad Company petitions for compensation as the sole Philippine railroad. Additional claims address the detention of Japanese subjects during the San Francisco bubonic plague and damages to Japanese nationals from Hawaiian authorities.
The Pekin mission group proposes opening the Bridgman School for girls in Tien tsin or Pekin. The American board will receive 20000 dollars from G D Sweetser's New York estate. Yale Divinity School students vote to fund mission labor via scholarships.
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