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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1901
Page
8
Elk Pout Official Dies Suddenly After Taking the Fatal Drug. Edwin G. Joy, town treasurer, died after ingesting poison. Neighborhood aid and a physician failed to save him. Carbolic acid bottle broken on the floor, age about 60, wartime service noted.
The 20th anniversary meeting of the South Dakota Baptist convention Ministerial union and Baptist Young People's union will be held in Aberdeen October 2 to 6. Officers are President Benjamin Morse Mitchell Secretary Rev T M Shanafelt Huron and Treasurer W Thompson Vermillion. The program lists speakers from across the state and abroad with sessions on Women’s Missionary conference Ministerial union state convention and B P U through Friday and Saturday devotionals.
Vermillion S C Sept 25 The Soudan district troupe from Sioux City set up a tent outside town and toured the streets attracting attention. States Attorney Tilton ordered them to quit. Three women were jailed overnight. next day men left after a warning by deputies. Tilton vows no shelter for such people in Clay county.
Carnival events at Aberdeen feature a parading troupe with white caps and canes. Fast times posted include Happy Boy in the 0 trot and George W in the 2:16 pace, with several horses clocking strong runs despite poor early weather. The militia encampment proceeded smoothly while the Governor observed drills and guards.
In a gulch cabin near Deadwood a clothing fragment with fur collar and bloodstains is found and tied to the Shephard boys' alleged killers. Local officials suggest connections to an unsolved case, as the tale of a bloody towel and worn garments surfaces from the crime scene.
Sioux Falls officials chase Prof Snow and a companion posing as clairvoyant healers. He attracted crowds for readings then swindled women, including a $175 loss from a prominent resident. An envelope given by Snow contained newspaper clippings instead of money, prompting further reports from six more women.
Banquet at the depot hotel in Huron South Dakota honored Hon. A W Campbell judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit after twelve years on the bench. Speakers included John L Pyle T M Simmons and others as resolutions praised his career and welcomed his retirement to private life.
Report from Juron South Dakota dated Sept 24 notes farmers suffer heavy losses as one third to one half of grain stacks spoil due to heavy rains. Corn crop praised as excellent while much hay was ruined but large quantities still to be cut. Frost shows no notable damage yet.
A donor from the east sent Governor Herreid $200 to aid the South Dakota educational fund. He plans to use the gift to buy books for a library nucleus at the new Aberdeen state normal school, and will select titles soon.
Sioux Falls notes that about 130 dogs will compete in Madison this week for the Aberdeen cup and other contests. John McKeon and Milo Cane depart with five greyhounds, trained for three months, as California kennel parties pass through en route to the event.
A head on crash near Somerville New Jersey between a Central Railroad of New Jersey passenger train and a Philadelphia and Reading train left three people seriously injured and several others lightly hurt. The seriously hurt include H. H. Jalette of Philadelphia Rev. S. V. Dickson of the American Tract Society and Frank Marion fireman of the Central’s train. Officials cited changes to the roadbed and unfamiliar signals as contributing factors.
Indianapolis reports that Wm Meyer Jr, auditor of Allen County and former Western Baseball president, confessed to a cash shortage of 2845 with bondsmen and county officials scrutinizing losses. Projections claim a total shortfall near 6400, with bondsmen and umpires seeking repayment as Meyer disappears after a 1900s era scandal.
Wisconsin representative Babcock returning from Europe urges tariff revision including removing tariff on trust made goods sold abroad at lower prices. He cites European competition fears and a 20 000 ton American steel order as evidence for steel schedule changes. Committee members plan November talks. action by Congress is uncertain.
Judge Jeremiah Wilson senior counsel for Schley dies of acute indigestion and kidney disease at the Shoreham hotel. Isidor Rayner reports the death to the court prompting Admiral Dewey to adjourn proceedings until tomorrow. The court will resume with testimony readings as scheduled.
Western Passenger Association grants one fare plus $2 to the fifth annual Live Stock convention in Chicago. Central and Southwestern associations offer similar rates for routes east of Chicago and Texas. Transcontinental group sets 2 cents per mile for California Washington and Nevada points. Delegates from western and central states to form special trains to Chicago.
The steamer Oregon from Nome reached Portland with 474 passengers and 750000 dollars in gold. After losing her rudder in a ten day gale the ship drifted and a jury rudder was finally fitted. Passengers faced near starvation during the 1700 mile voyage.
Cheyenne Wy Sept 26 A man believed to be Neils Lippscott held up and robbed the Sheridan Big Horn stage near Big Horn Monday evening. Sheriff Neilson led a posse and captured Lippscott last evening in eastern Sheridan county. The stage carried United States mail and strong evidence led to the arrest by U S Marshal Hall.
William L. Smith, city ticket and passenger agent for Illinois Central in Omaha, has been missing since last Thursday. A shortage of 818.06 is alleged and a warrant for his arrest is in officers’ hands. He is accused of gambling. His wife is in St. Louis.
Walter Duryea, once a neck-injury survivor, reportedly wed his nurse Eleanor Peregrine. The couple, said to live at Hotel Margaret in Brooklyn, faces family disputes over the elder Duryea will amid allegations of ill treatment and estate reduction.
Emma Goldman, the anarchist, was released in Chicago after two weeks imprisonment. City Attorney Owens told Magistrate Prindiville the upper court freed Goldman’s alleged co-conspirators and presented no evidence against her. Goldman left in a carriage for Abraham Isaak’s home amid a curious but non demonstrative crowd.
Senator Platt issues a statement asserting the Republican convention will nominate Mr. Low and urging unity among independents and Democrats. He notes Low’s saving power and pledges full party support for a progressive, businesslike nonpartisan city administration if elected.
Canton Ohio September 25 There was little or no change in Mrs McKinley condition this morning. She was about the same as for several days.
Cheyenne Wyoming September 25. Mrs Lena Fair who shot and killed her father in law Michael Fair Sunday has been discharged the coroner s jury finding the killing was justifiable.
Faribault Minn Sept 24 The will of the late Harvey Scott was proved and admitted to probate Heirs challenged it as insane but Judge Hunter ruled he was of sound mind The bulk of the estate was left to Rice County to ease tax burden a codicil later redirected the remainder to be burned Instead the cash 43500 in Citizens National Bank will be divided among four heirs a brother sister nephew and a niece
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