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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1891
Page
5
Local item from Mitchell, South Dakota, detailing activities around the Mitchell Peliting Company and related happenings in the Weekly Capital newspaper. Reader learns of business notes and regional updates tied to Mitchell.
A runaway funeral procession in Nitoouna Iowa caused a crash that overturned about a dozen carriages and scattered occupants. One man died four others were fatally injured and several more injured as frightened horses ran loose down a narrow road near Alderia.
A divided New York Presbyterian assembly debated dismissing Dr Charles Brize for heresy. Clergy split 61 to 62 on proceeding with a trial, while the majority urged dismissal of elders to continue. Directors later voted to retain Brize as chair and to appoint a conference to oversee the seminary matter.
The Newcastle address by Mr. Gladstone stirs opposition as radicals and Liberals clash over Irish home rule and the Lords. Opponents fear voting to displace the Lords could rally pro union electors against reform and strengthen the Lords’ prestige.
A six year old boy, son of Robert Kirk, was nearly killed by hogs in a Vincennes yard while feeding stock. The sow attacked the child dragging him down and several hogs mauled him, tearing clothing and flesh. He died an hour after rescue.
A faint comet was found by Professor Barnard at the Lick Observatory with no tail or nucleus. It lies at 4 h 55 m right ascension 7 h 41 m and −25° south declination, Ib moving rapidly toward the southeast.
The October 1 public debt statement reports interest bearing debt declined by 24,504,700 while debt with interest ceased since maturity rose by 7,515,520 during September. Treasury cash totals 741,668,209.69.
A St Johns Newfoundland special reports three vessels returning from Labrador laden with fish were driven ashore and wrecked by a violent storm. The captains and crews, numbering fifteen or sixteen, were drowned.
A western Nebraska farmer raises sixty acres of melons to seed for 10. Bi 3 Co. He expects about 75 dollars per acre from this year's crop. The piece notes politics with Master Workman Powderly and Donnelly advising farmers. A tunnel collapse near Genoa, Italy buries twenty one workers with seventeen saved.
The Seaboard Nearer Chairman Faithorn of the Southern Railway and Steamboat association issues a circular announcing a new schedule of grain shipping rates from Missouri Kansas and Nebraska to Galveston for export.
A collision on the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio line between a right and passenger train near a bridge on the Pittshore and Western tracks killed three and injured twenty four. The Michigan section of a family excursion bound for a reunions in Bennington Vermont was among the passengers.
Alarm grips European rulers after a near fatal dynamite attack on a bridge near Helennzherz a suburb. Two bombs placed on the bridge failed to bring down the Emperor’s train as officials investigate the failed plot. No arrests reported and authorities say the blast was a protest rather than a murder attempt.
Dispatches report Monona natives attempted to topple the government. Chiefs who planned to join the government had houses burned and plantations damaged by rival chiefs. Baron Vouseuft and US Vice-Consul Blackfoot arrested chiefs aboard the Iroquois. Monona threatened rebellion but later pledged obedience. Matuafa remains at Molie with 400 followers.
A masked robber bored a hole in an express car front door near ten miles east and looted valuables while Agent Moore was barred from hearing him. The thief halted the train with the air brake cord and fled into darkness, leaving a $5,000 currency package unrecovered. Separately, a request to Canada’s Governor General Lord Stanley postpones the October reciprocity conference due to Blaine’s illness. Crisis in Chill eases as Minister Egan maintains legation dignity and refugees remain under protection.
The upper Mississippi has fallen to a record low water level with no steamer traffic above St. Louis for weeks. Only a few boats survive, forced to the banks as drought and sandbars narrow the channel.
The census office reports January 1, 140 debt figures for Illinois real estate mortgages and county debts. It lists totals by tract type and by county, showing Oakland and seven other counties with varied debt shares. The data compare debt levels per capita across Kansas Tennessee and other regions, highlighting per capita figures around 2300, 163, and 103 respectively.
Secretary Husk of the agricultural department reports rising European demand for American grain and other export products. He notes no complaints on quality from France and Germany, and that dealers urge more inspection sites and a larger inspector force, which funding limits prevent. He will seek Congress funds to extend prompt inspections beyond Omaha Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City and Boston.
Rag ing forest fires sweep Eldorado County from Greenwood toward Salmon Falls. Dozens of farms and outbuildings burned, thirty to forty families left with nothing. Pilor Hill wiped from the map as winds drive flames across a twenty five by twenty mile stretch. No deaths reported yet.
Prominent Oklahoma citizens travel to Washington to press the president to certify the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands for immediate allotment and opening for settlement before winter, to ease distress from surplus homeseekers and disrupted allotment functions. Barred From New York Business. An explosion in Chicago. The Holy Coat Exhibit.
The Baptist and Presbyterian state meetings in South Dakota drew large attendances, praising the churches and noting strong support for missions and education. Fort Pierre leaders discuss irrigation for the Big Sioux Reservation via artesian wells to sustain streams year round. A Mayfield farmer reports 53 bushels per acre on irrigated wheat, while a farm near Wuron shows similar gains. The Rapist Bound Over case and the Christian Missionary Society set dates for Sioux Falls.
Summary of the new Australian ballot provisions for nominations and filings. Also reports arrest of A Hustie for postal law violations, Broudy declining candidacy for Nebraska Supreme Court, a double murder near Fontanelle, and other notices including beet sugar factory stance, Gould route surveys, Sioux City games. Plus Rock Island railway earnings and a royal baby tidbit.
A chaotic three day conflict in Guatemala City pits rebels against President Barillas. Reports claim hundreds killed or wounded as troops and artillery clash with mobs in the national plaza and surrounding streets. Martial law and a declared dictatorship follow amid censorship and widespread fear.
Oklahoma townsfolk and investors swarmed the Chandler site as Governor Steele declared survey complete and a noon signal fired. Tents rose and chaos reigned as claimants sprinted for lots along Manual Avenue amid rain and cheering crowds. A spectator, Miss Nannette Dasy En, was injured but claimed her plot.
The article notes that a switchman may face no offense for ragging at work. It discusses an estimate of 1,000 to 3,000 for a common individual. Brows University plans to admit women under the same conditions as men. It mentions the Lomond summit with a height of about two inches at maturity.
The South Dakota Republican convention in Aberdeen approved Jolley for Congress with 133 votes to Gardner 46 and Coad 32, endorsing tariff and pension measures, interstate commerce, and anti monopoly positions while praising efforts to develop the artesian basin and western agriculture.
The credential committee at Huron says 303 delegates qualified for seats, mostly in person, as W H Smith of Minnehaha wins on the third ballot. Robert Schilling of Milwaukee criticizes Republicans and Democrats and urges People's Party platform endorsing land, rail, telegraph ownership andcurrency reform.
Mayor J M Woods of Rapid City was nominated by acclamation at Mitchell for the Democratic congressional seat amid a large convention with delegates from most counties. The platform attacked centralization, special legislation, and Republican policies while urging tax reform, currency expansion, silver favorable measures, pensions for veterans, and a resubmission on prohibition.
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