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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1897
Page
2
A London World dispatch reports widespread crop failures in Ireland with crops retrievably destroyed in Illingar and Wexford. Potatoes are mostly unfit for consumption, hay ruined by rains, and corn left in shocks. Farmers face charity and potential workhouse hardship as midland prosperity wanes.
A disastrous Wednesday in Zanesville left six people fatally injured as a train for six electric cars ran out of control down the Y bridge incline and side swiped another train. Victims include Mrs. J R Alexander and gun McGrath. several others from Newark Canton Zanesville and local show people face severe injuries with some dying after hospital transport. One victim, William O Berne, later died after walking two miles following the initial derailment.
Jacob Wilson, a two year old tramp who arrived in California last March seeking work in Tulare County, is set to inherit a substantial share of a 15 million dollar estate after a U S Supreme Court decision. Wilson’s tale spans marriage to a nurse in his father’s household, exile to Australia, and a long legal battle since 1886 to challenge the will. He has endured poverty and wandering for eleven years while pursuing his claim.
Vieron Colon Henry Tillotson shot and killed his sweetheart Tila Taylor then killed himself with the same weapon. Taylor, recently returned from Grassy where she celebrated with suitor George Brown, had ignored Tillotson’s earlier threat to shoot her if she went with Brown.
A man shot and mortally wounded his father Edward A. Bishop at their Boyd Street home after his parents had lived apart. The elder Bishop, entering from the rear, was killed as he tried to force entry. Before losing consciousness he said the boy was not to blame. The family is described as eminently respectable.
Patent statistics show 443 patents and designs issued in the week ending Tuesday to U S residents and 57 to foreign citizens. New York led with 70 patents, followed by Connecticut 54, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania 33 each, Ohio 80, Illinois 80, California 17, New Jersey 7, Missouri 14, Indiana and Michigan 8 each, with Kansas 12 and Iowa Texas and Wisconsin 11 each. England topped foreign nations with 19 patents, Canada 9, Germany 6, France and New Zealand 4 each. Scotland Belgium 3, Denmark Hawaii and India 2 each, Netherlands Russia and Sweden 1 each. Patents peak in winter, with fewer in summer, reflecting population distribution favoring northern and western states.
Charles M. Charnley of Chicago remains at large on accusations of embezzling at least fifty thousand dollars from the Presbyterian board for aid of colleges. American Surety Company admits he is short about fifty thousand on their bond, with estimates of total defalcations reaching up to one hundred thousand dollars. Panic arises over potential college aid disruption as officials consider actions and potential losses. Northward, Chicago health officials report no danger of yellow fever spreading, noting requires sustained high temperatures for propagation. In Monongahela, a nitroglycerine explosion kills two men and a horse, injures others, and damages a bridge and nearby buildings.
Firebugs strike Big Lick Township and nearby Van Lue in fiancock County Ohio torching Mrs George Brake and Levi Bright wheat barns. Brights house in Van Lue and wagon factory of Wm Gemberling also burned. No clue to incendiaries.
Foreign fleet admirals plan to disarm Turkish irregulars after volleys fired at the Italian man-of-war Sardegna off Candia on August 31. If Djevad Pasha refuses, they will seek his recall. Also reports Apache bands near reservations in Arizona, train wreck near Foristol Missouri, yellow fever quarantine near Ocean Springs Mississippi, a miner in Orville California fatally shooting himself, India bill tender invitations totaling 12.5 million pounds, a Foosom New Mexico train robbery value not exceeding 2500 dollars, and three Klein schmidt Falls Montana children burned to death.
Alaska authorities warn of Skaguay and White Pass camps as refuge for the worst criminals and whisky smugglers. Gov Brady plans to notify Washington while authorities raid Skaguay to break up the disorderly element amid growing tensions among 6000 gold seekers and mounting hardships on the trail.
Germans in America observe the first German settlement at Germantown Pa with a Cincinnati parade and 40000 attendees in the zoological garden. Carl Schurz led as orator with speeches by Mayor Tafel ex Mayor Caldwell and Turner exercises and a union chorus. He argued sovereignty above partisanship and denounced bosses as brigand leaders seeking booty.
The Mark Lane Express notes a global wheat deficit with French crop estimates ranging from 21.09 to 36 million quarters and English firm reports placing 33 to 36 million. American judges peg 68.5 million, offsetting Russia’s 9 million and France’s 5 to 9 million declines, yet overall world supply falls by about 14 million quarters.
Northern Arizona faces a rising problem as wild unbranded bands multiply and grow more dangerous. Attorney General Frazier is asked whether slaughter is legal, with the matter referred to the livestock board.
W J Bryan addressed a Labor Day gathering at Concordia Park St Louis September 6 in a crowd described as the largest yet seen there He toured a 15000 strong labor parade and urged arbitration in disputes between large employers while warning that price declines threaten labor protections and urging opposition to government injunctions over trial by jury.
The Gulf passenger train No 1 was held up near Twin Mountain by two masked men who entered the express car and blew open the safe. They seized an estimated 5000 to 15000 dollars as passengers were terrified by revolver shots at the road crossing. A Folsom posse organized to pursue the robbers. The rest of the column notes social reform in Boston, Vatican news on Leo XIII succession planning, a Salvation Army land project in Monterey County, and a New York weekly bank surplus report.
A compendium of commodity quotes from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York listing cattle hogs sheep and grain prices. It records prices for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes by city and grain type with ranges and unit marks.
The federal court in Sioux Falls heard injunction arguments from railroads seeking to block new state rates. Railroads claim losses from South Dakota lines totaling about 4.04 million dollars over five years, while the commission says profits exist and losses are account artifice. No decision has been rendered.
A man abducted a daughter of H C Cole six miles west of Madison. Cole pursued in a chase with a revolver and shotgun exchanges left Cole shot in the face with potential loss of both eyes. The couple fled intending marriage. sheriff failure to apprehend them amid widespread excitement over the shooting.
The adjutant general shipped about 600 59 caliber rifles from the Pierre state arsenal to Rock Island Illinois under a new law ending arms supply to Sons of Veterans camps. Central state farmers report Kaffir corn yields near two tons per acre and good forage crop results. Court Commissioner Zinamaster bound over Peter Wandell for selling liquor to Indians after he brewed wine from native grapes and cherries. Reports say artesian well at Lower Brule Agency is on the rampage and may need redrilling. State delinquent taxes total 411280 with a favorable shift of 8553 in favor of the state. Fire destroyed the new German Presbyterian church at Marion Junction and damaged the parsonage. loss about 8000. Mrs A E Butler wife of Pierre stockman dies of apoplexy. Severe hail at Ashton damages glass and crops.
Edward Jenkins a switchman in Milwaukee railroad yards at Aber deen was knocked down and dragged by an engine and died from his injuries. He was about 80 years old and has an uncle at Chariton Iowa. A Wicked Waif an orphan boy adopted near Miller by Wm Aupeline set a barn and stacks on fire then fled toward Chicago with a valuable horse as authorities pursue him.
Excitement rises as diggers uncover gold bearing sand while trenching for a sewer near Edgemont. A pan from Lake Calvert yields five large colors of gold, and experts estimate about $20 daily for a worker. Locals fear river channel exposure may affect hillside properties and pending lot sales. Merchants and residents watch for further developments as the Edgemont company awaits clearer results.
Rapid City hosted the Black Hills M E Conference the largest of the season. The following ministerial appointments include Oelrichs Joli Hall Rapid City Db. w Tracy Hot Springs Hermosa and more to be supplied in several locations across the Black Hills region.
Farmers from Centerville journeyed to Pierre seeking 1,000 to 1,500 head feeders as buyers hunt stock nationwide. Prices rise with easy markets and competitive bids, while a Britton liquor license case tests whether pre election votes are required. Also reports a peddler law arrest in Pierre and a Walworth County inventor’s haystacker promising to speed stacking with two workers able to stack forty loads daily.
A 14-year-old adopted son of I. I. Stewart of Harlem died after a cow rope around his waist caused the animal to bolt. He was thrown and dragged through yards and machinery, dying of a broken neck. Other items note a hurricane in Huron with extreme heat and crop damage, a suit to recover money paid under Prohibition for illegal beer, Spirit Lake Lutherans opening a new church, Sioux Falls factories resuming operation after three years, and George F. Thompson expanding a cattle lane near Miller with investment success.
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