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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1889
Page
6
The Pierre capital contest heats up as Mitchell candidate M. J. addresses stockholders and voters. Parkston figures Max Slymer and A. Pergen back Mitchell. Pierre backers report scattered dissension among investors while Sioux Falls shows surprising support elsewhere.
J Hinds of Woonsocket, a director, notes at least twelve stockholders invested in Pierre, highlighting limited influence on the Hills race. Frank Weller cites letters from Sturgis business leaders showing shifting sentiment toward Mitchell or Chamberlain, with Milwaukee rail prospects shaping votes and Chamberlain’s weak cross-Hill support.
A pair of letters from Salem dated 1889 discuss a capital investment scheme. Reed of Capital Investment Co asks publication, while Neugent objects canceling a paid up class A stock certificate and questions county canvassing and inducements for a capital location meeting.
News from Frightful storm in New Jersey says Atlantic City and mainland linked by boats while fires rage on shore. Hotels and cottages destroyed, boardwalk wiped out, water high, rail lines cut, Sea Isle City hotel undermined, and communication broken with Long Park and Grassy Isle where trains and passengers face delays.
London dispatch reports a brutal discovery at Cable Street Whitechapel where a woman lay murdered in a railway arch. The body was mutilated with head and limbs removed and the stomach ripped open, suggesting surgical skill and planning. No identification yet. Three sailors questioned after discovery released.
Chicago reports ex detective Cronin case amid a raid led by lawyer Forrest and three large men who seize flooring and wall spots stained with Cronin blood. Carlson and Lindgren resist. revolver stolen. escape by carriage.
Elison Hatfield, 25, who confessed to murdering Alfaro McCoy in Logan County last New Year’s night, was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death by hanging on Tuesday December 3. He had been viewed as honest and quiet before joining the Hatfield vendetta.
In Manion Indiana indictments brought by the grand jury lead to eleven arrests on riot and conspiracy charges over the Whitecap outrage. Mrs Azenath Street and her daughter were whisked from bed and whipped. many detainees are influential heads of families. Bustle Factory in Br ip Gerorr Conn also shuts down. about 600 workers affected as bustle falls out of fashion.
Florence in Outagamie County was shaken Saturday by a probable earthquake centered beneath the Van Notwick Rogers pulp and paper mill, located a mile above Kavirauna. No injuries reported and local authorities investigate the disturbance.
The Florence pulp and paper mill of Vannortwick and Rogers, recently built of stone as the largest in the United States, suffered major damage. A crevice in rock flooded the foundation with rushing water, cracking north and east walls and displacing machinery. the artesian well above stopped flowing and the structure may need nearly complete rebuilding at a cost around 300000 dollars.
Excitement rises in Bismarck, North Dakota after farmer Charles Chamberlain discovers an apparently inexhaustible bed of rock salt in the county. Prospectors prepare for an early field expedition based on the discovery.
Sept 11 report shows extensive flood damage along South and West streets with cellars flooded and warehouses ruined. Vessels seek safe harbor and many small boats adrift as telegraph lines fail at Sendy Hook. Castle Garden landing stage submerged. Trackwell’s Island partially underwater. Auvergne by the Sea railroad tracks and the St Lawrence bridge washed away.
The Jersey City tide surged above docks between the Pennsylvania railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western lines. Pavonia avenue was two feet deep and water reached beyond the Wrie's train sheds. The Erie freight yard was submerged and thousands of barrels of flour damaged. John Grass Is Better reports a Pioneer Press dispatch from Paul. Sit ting Bull appears minimally involved in agency affairs as he seeks alignment with the band wagon.
A White Ash coal mine near Golven Colorado was flooded when an adjacent abandoned shaft released water and mud. Ten miners were present. only three names are known John Murphy John Morgan and Allen. Rescue and pumping operations will begin while bodies are expected to be recovered in two to three weeks.
Report from Golden Colorado describes the White Ash coal mine accident at 780 feet depth where about 800 feet from the shaft a flood of water flooded a drift. Eleven men died and rescuers face weeks of pumping and search while survivors’ families mourn at the shaft mouth.
Information from Helena reports a major forest fire raging in the Stregis district of Missoula county at the Cokely ranch. Cokely and the ranch hostess escaped by horse to the river as flames burned nearly all clothing. A Swedish prospector and his horse died, and J C Veeder believes several more men perished higher in the mountains.
A boiler on John W. Snider’s farm east of Carbondale Illinois exploded at 11 35 am causing five deaths including John W Snider and four others Thomas Lyget Andrew J Lyget John Biggs and Isaac Miller colored William G Spiller survived with a broken leg. All victims resided nearby and had families.
The bloody flux epidemic in Mayo Died within nine days leaving twelve children dead and several adults gravely ill. Community unease rises as health officials monitor the outbreak and its rapid kill rate.
An adjourned meeting of the Western and Northwestern divisions of the Western Freight association met to push the Northwestern rate issue. Chairman Faithorn led a committee to negotiate with Eastern lines over forming a joint through tariff from the seaboard to the interior.
In a day of efforts to counter Canadian competition the trunk lines failed to agree on new plans. Wisconsin Central rejects Western States Passenger association rule changes and backs John N. Abbott as authority until a permanent chairman is elected. Northern Pacific Manitoba notes no active Canadian Pacific threat and doubts future construction will affect their routes.
Report from London on September 11 describes severe destitution in the east end among dockers families. Women and children go days without food as charity barely meets needs, with pawnshops exhausted and credit refused. Despite misery, dockers' wives remain resolute, reputedly keeping the strike alive by denying compromise.
The pope telegraphed gratitude to Herr Windthorst for convening the Catholic congress at Bochum and thanked Prince Bismarck for permitting the assembly. Bismarck replied that although he sanctioned the meeting, he did not approve the congress's work.
A Brooklyn Citizen editorial proposes a new calendar that starts winter on January 1 and makes spring begin in April, with summer July through September and fall from October to post Christmas. The piece argues the change would better reflect American climate and that if weather fails to improve, the agriculture department may revise the calendar.
The Bonnet Carre crevasse bed above New Orleans now yields a buried forest. Erosion after the Watcher of Waters release and levee repairs left sands that killed most trees, yet a shingle mill operates, turning the deadwood into shingles with rapid production.
The Conamean Bly notes the common fly lays over 100 eggs with two week maturity. A geometric sequence shows that starting June 1 if all survive, June 15 yields 150 flies, July 1 about 11 250, and July 15 around 848 720, assuming half are females and no predators.
A historical note from Nineteenth Century outlines Persia under an absolute monarchy where the shah controls lives and goods. It cites the priestly theocratic influence, the Koran as state penal code, and a 1888 proclamation restricting punishment to law and granting liberty, with later measures limiting land mortgages and salary hypothecation to foreigners.
A poet consoles his wife as he performs a tearful song about a ruined life and longing. He explains poetry in not mere passion but fantasy, while acknowledging shared grief and steadfast love that keeps his heart complete.
An 11 foot 4 inch 650 pound sturgeon sent by Otto Peters of Deer Island was shown on a Third and Morrison sidewall attracting a large crowd. Tales of larger fish from the Cascades Snake River and Alaska circulated, but tall claims faded amid skepticism.
Prince Bismarck’s physician orders him to abstain from public business due to inflamed veins. In New York Mr Cox’s condition worsens and doctors convene. he rallies briefly after a broth, death momentarily expected, with many telegrams of sympathy arriving for Mrs Cox. William A Caldwell assigns with preferences of 2,220.35, liabilities around 50,000, linked to Douglas Ax Manufacturing suspension. Savannah trade review shows twelve months’ business of 109,000,000, up 3.5 million.
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