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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1889
Page
4
Concord residents report Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Sleepy Hollow grave was opened Saturday night. The casket’s contents unknown as authorities await Dr. Edward W. Emerson’s arrival. Undertaker Farrar says the casket was not opened and the vandals fled.
The famous Brooklyn tabernacle led by Rev. Dr. De Witt Talmage was destroyed by fire discovered at 2:45 a.m. The blaze caused extensive damage to adjoining buildings. insurance totals 129,450. Talmage appeals for $100,000 to rebuild, postponing his Holy Land trip.
Bucyrus Ohio October 15 engineer John Howard and two men Frank Raiser and Edward Heinlein were instantly killed when a boiler burst at Heinlein's sorghum mills. Cold water was incorrectly pumped into the boiler by the engineer. In Lansing Michigan a wrecking crane failed and fell killing two workers and fatally injuring a third. In Rico Colorado a hotel fire killed John Phillips and another man.
The Pennsylvania express from Philadelphia to New York derailed at Rahway after rails spread at Grand street crossing. About 200 passengers were shaken, several bruised, but no serious injuries. Engine and five coaches plus baggage car left rails. 200 yards of track torn up. The engineer promptly reversed the engine, likely saving lives.
A wreck on the Big Four road half a mile west of Trautman's station at 8 30 p m killed engineer Morris and fireman Whitestone of the wrecking train and fatally injured others. Two tramps and a freight brakeman also died. The crash demolished both engines and caused an estimated 60 000 loss. Cincinnati physicians were sent to the scene ten miles from the city.
Discussion notes fierce opposition to urban widening schemes in London led by real estate interests including the Duke of Westminster who fear loss of rents. Meanwhile socialist-backed unrest grows as authorities end strikes by deploying troops in Hamburg and Berlin, fueling long‑standing grievances among workers.
London councils approve a radical plan to widen streets along the Strand area. Hollywood Street to be removed and a new Strand to Holborn route will cost 1.5 million pounds. This marks the start of a large beautification program for London thoroughfares.
Paris reports that Argentina has finalized negotiations with bankers formed in 1886 to float a loan. A convention is to be signed for an 8,000,000 pound sterling loan.
Latest market prices list hogs at 3.70 to 4.00 for various grades and cattle with several price bands from 1.00 to 3.30 for native steers, cows and veal. sheep show muttons around 3.49 to 4.00 and lambs up to 4.00. Also reports Kansas City Minneapolis Chicago quotes for wheat corn oats butter eggs and more.
The Cuicano grand jury indicts Bailiffs Hanks Solo mons and Jeremiah O'Donnell plus Fred W. Smith Tom Kavanaugh and Joseph Kohn in a bribery plot linked to the murder trial. Confessions tie in with W. S. Forrest and others while rumors of Coughlin turning state’s evidence swirl amid ongoing investigations.
BERuIN reports the imperial hunting party scoring on red fox and fallow deer with luncheon in the forest, while a Spain coast storm causes numerous wrecks and interrupts telegraph lines. Belgrade notes Queen Natalie may visit her son King Alexander.
North Dakota reports show Miller with a 12 600 majority for governor and Hansbrough winning by 15 000. Prohibition carries by about 1 100. Montana Senate remains tied and South Dakota politics hint Pettigrew Moody duo will advance.
The Herald reports a near tie in North Dakota politics with Lt. Gov. J E Richards a Republican ensuring a virtually Republican Senate. The Democrats hold a projected five seat lower house margin, likely to drop to two or be erased by official counts. Madison county hinges a single representative on three contested votes, with Jefferson county electing two members by margins of five and seventeen. Officials expect county tallies by week’s end.
George Olds general traffic manager of the Canadian Pacific and a party of Eastern railroad men arrived in Chicago from St Paul after attending the Canadian Pacific Dispatch meeting. Olds denied any alliance with Union Pacific while signaling CP's influence on the Great Northern plans and Manitoba consolidation. He noted possible absorption of South Shore and Atlantic and Seo line but dismissed certainty.
A jewelers' weekly note describes a chest containing antique items including a Jurgen sen watch with gold train wheels and twenty one rubies, plus numerous chronometer movements and a bell striking watch. The Lewiston Journal adds thoughts on oil cake as the best feed for young stock and promotes breeding as a path to improved farming.
A campus anecdote recalls Prince Murat a milk wagon driver in Trenton once refused marriage by many local women. The faded gossip hints he rose in life as a prince, with old debts forgotten as times change and future generations hear these quirky stories from Burlington College days.
The ventriloquist Harry Kennedy claims a one day shorter than a month long jump tour from New York to San Francisco and back with two weeks in San Francisco. Comparisons are drawn to George Rignold’s rapid travel involving Australia and a charity matinee in New York. Hypnosis by phonograph and a humorous verse piece round out the fragment.
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