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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
5
Washington report says a joint conference of state governors and the national resources committee members appointed by Roosevelt will be held December 8. About a dozen governors have indicated they will attend to discuss state resource representations.
Washington orders opened proposals for 10 torpedo boat destroyers at 500000 dollars each and three colliers. The funding comes from congress for the naval expansion.
The G A R encampment at Toledo Ohio features a Fort Meigs monument dedication at Perrysburg and a civic parade with about five thousand marchers. Speakers include Governor Harris of Ohio Senator Foraker Governor Wilson of Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Murphy of Pennsylvania and Mayor Robert W Hunters of Richmond Va. A heated race for commander in chief looms with H N Nevins J T Dickinson Van Sant and General Adam as candidates.
Washington reports diplomatic pressure from Japan seeking Wu Ting Fang's recall. Papers discuss the eastern question and a proposed US China alliance to manage the region. Rivalry between Chinese and Japanese ministers in Pekin adds friction as Wu speaks on long life theories rather than diplomacy.
Spokane dispatch reports Eugene W. Chafin, prohibition presidential candidate, vows to close or purify Washington DC after inauguration. He cites widespread gambling dens and red light districts near the Capitol and White House and says Congress members frequent establishments violate the law. He asserts the president has power to act.
A balloon believed to be the Chicago making its way from Columbus Ohio landed in Devil's Hole Niagara Falls this afternoon causing four injuries. A rescue party is assisting the injured.
John Czolgosz, brother of President McKinley’s assassin, was sentenced to the workhouse for three months in Sharon Pennsylvania. Police report claim he is insane and the case will be further investigated.
Forest fires threatening Atlanta are reported under control as a wind shift and light rain aid firefighters. The fires in Alpena Presque Isle Cheboygan counties are also checked by the same weather and shifts in wind.
Oyster Bay September 3. Kermit Roosevelt the president's son has left Oyster Bay to join his father on a hunting expedition into Africa. He will pair with John Greenway, longtime friend and former Rough Rider, now connected with the United States Steel Corporation's mines in the lower Mes aur range, to hunt big game in the northwest regions.
York reports Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt celebrating her 108th birthday. She attributes long life to daily cold baths and no corset, walks a mile daily, climbs stairs, eats three meals, and has total blindness from cataracts. She recalls kissing by General Lafayette on city hall steps.
Rev. William C. Cummins formerly rector at Ionia Michigan was arrested in the company of a woman claimed to be his sister in law. He had been living as man and wife and was found working at a tub in a laundry. He urged authorities to take him out the back to avoid public notice.
A Chicago City Railway experiment removes front door handles on pay as you enter cars to stop women alighting backward. The new plan uses a mechanically operated door by the motorman, leaving only a forward facing handle and guiding passengers to exit facing forward.
The pope and cardinals refused to annul the marriage of Helen Maloney daughter of Martin Maloney and Arthur Herbert Osborne a young broker. The decision, said to come from top ecclesiastical authorities, leaves the couple effectively wed and the Maloney family pursuing reconciliation.
In Milton Delaware on September 3 barber Wright shaved two men at once in a single chair. When he called next both men rushed the chair and the barber treated one with lather while starting the other. He shaved alternately and even combed and dried as the two men watched, both satisfied with the novelty.
General John T. Clouse retired officer dies in New York at age 71. He was twice brevetted for gallant conduct at Gettysburg.
Winona in Tripp county near Gregory, S D, becomes a new town with Chriss Colombe elected mayor and peace officer. The community of 150 expects about 1000 residents by lands opening while preparations attract visitors for registration and drawing of Tripp lands.
The South Dakota Traveling Men's association meeting to be held next year in Yankton chose officers: W. S. Stockwell as president, W. J. Jolley as vice president, E. H. Riggs as treasurer, and G. N. Pollard as secretary. The executive committee includes F. J. Vetch, J. M. Wood, F. Se Barrows, A. W. Lavender, J. M. Cunningham and S. V. Hinckley. A new committee on good of the order was formed with W. A. Goyer, C. Crow, and J. M. Woods.
London Sept 2 The Netherlands government will likely state that Gelderland did not salute the Venezuelan flag upon entering La Guaira because naval practice allows no salute in foreign ports within a year of a prior salute. It denies Venezuela’s consul status at Willemstad and criticizes Castro for expelling Dutch minister de Rus without proper notice.
A Nebraska group visiting New York leaves with disappointment at the old relics on Manhattan and the city’s dirt and fashion. they are impressed by Coney Island and surprised by the courtesy of streetcar conductors, contrasting with local beliefs.
A blaze that started at Bienville and Chartres swept three blocks in the central business area, destroying wholesale houses, plants, and small stores. It spread north to Olney and west to Royal, with losses estimated between 1 and 2 million dollars. Firemen at a suburban park picnic delayed response due to limited water. The fire was one of the city's most spectacular in recent years.
Chicago dispatch reports Illinois two-cent fare law boosted travel yet cut railroads profits. Chicago & Alton records 12 percent rise in 1907 with 366 766 more passengers carried. Average local and through fare fell from 2.06 cents to 1.85 cents per mile, cutting net earnings by 208 783 dollars.
In New Haven on September 2 Governor Woodruff, while en route to a Union League Club luncheon, was approached by a matron who, recognizing him from newspaper pictures, asked for directions to a barber shop. He escorted the boy and mother to the shop.
Chicago Sept 2 Charles A Lawson confidential secretary to J T Hanrahan president of Illinois Central railroad jumped from the steamer City of Benton Harbor with his body weighted and drowned. Drowning occurred Saturday and his identity was learned today.
In Oyster Bay on September 2 ideal weather favored the victorious athletes as they paraded to Sagamore Hill and received the official welcome home from President Roosevelt. Each winner was introduced by American Commissioner James E. Sullivan and met with hearty handshakes and congratulatory remarks.
William Jennings Bryan arrived in St Paul to meet Governor Johnson and attend events at the Minnesota club and state fair grounds. He attacked Republican spending as extravagant, urged economy, and argued federal taxes burden farmers while benefiting cities and corporations.
New York unions including the Central Federated union affiliated with the AFL endorsed a resolution from the Elevator Constructors and Millwrights Union pledging to back the Democratic Party and to defeat the Republican Party for actions against labor. The move signals support for William Jennings Bryan in the upcoming election.
Livingston Mont Sept 2 Advices say soldiers in Yellowstone National Park arrested two suspicious men at the Firehole basin on suspicion of involvement in a park hold up. The men had substantial money but names and other facts could not be learned.
Miss Josie Culp, organist at Summerland beach camp meetings, was found bound and gagged tied to a walnut tree in Smith's grove near Buckeye late Sunday night. She recovered consciousness at 7 AM after being drugged and recalling nothing after 6 PM in Newark.
J M Brown aged 70 killed his daughter in law Mrs Geo G Brown with an Indian club at their Munson Iowa home. He surrendered to the town marshal after saying it was the best deed he ever did. Coroner summoned from Rockwell City. The victim is described as a 25 year old former Fort Dodge resident and a popular Congregational reader.
Baltimore police say William G Williams was interviewed and investigators confirm he was not in Atlantic City the day and night of the shooting.
Charles B. Roberts a Baltimore banker and club man lies grievously wounded after a street attack on the boardwalk as Mrs. W. 3. G. Williams of Baltimore reports the assailant masked and fled toward the inlet. Police pursue leads linking W. S. G. Williams with the incident as investigators question witnesses and examine a sanitarium claim.
Miss Etta Priscilla Grove, the school teacher who fasted 40 days here, married Grant Barber of Willow Brook today. Barber says he fell in love on meeting her during the fast amid Long Beach events. Manhattan is noted as the world’s most densely populated island with 99,150 people per square mile.
Baltimore dispatch reports an attempted killing of Charles F. Roberts in Atlantic City. Mrs. W S G Williams denied involvement while her husband claimed she was abroad when the incident occurred. The Williams and Roberts families have long known each other, neighbors say.
In Budapest area swindlers forged the name of Countess Ladislaus Szechenyi once Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. They circulated flyers in Hungarian and English from Arpad near Budapest offering a 5,000,000 crown donation to lower book prices and lure orders. Many Hungarians sent cash 70 crown payments before the con artists vanished.
Mush the huskie cross between a Josquiman and a collie, brought from Alaska by Robert Edeson for The Call of the North, failed to adapt to New York surroundings. After three weeks of struggle, he stopped eating and died, his body later buried.
In Duluth on September 1 nearly six hundred proposals arrived for Mrs. Anna Rowe who plans to file on a Fond du Lac reservation homestead opening September 15. An error earlier said she was unmarried, sparking a flood of offers from across the country as her husband enjoys the attention.
Five masked men dynamited a provincial bank safe at St. Eustache near Montreal and secured $12,000 early today. They held up a caretaker and kept a posse of citizens at bay with revolvers before escaping. Later two arrests were made on suspicion.
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