Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-03-12
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| San francisco, March 1O.-The epic.
otto prevails to-, "a serious extent III the
city. y.greatly incommoding streetcar com
I panics.
Chicago, March 1O.-Cushing,s vine
gar works burned to-day. Loss fully
100000; insurance, S25,OOO;. caused by
friction OF the machinery in the TOP
story. ti7 ,.i
Boston, March 1O-A severe snow
storm prevailed last night all along the
coast and still continues. A number of
vessels are in distress. ..5s
st. Louis, March 1O-The inquest on
the body OF A. @. Hatch, killed yesterday
by Michael j. Reilly, terminated this
evening with q verdict by the Jury of
justifiable homicide.
San francisco, March c1O-lThere las
been heavy rain storm throughout:the
state within the last forty-eight hours.
The water has receded from q great bor-
tion of the recently flooded valley lands.
Chicago, March 10.-Jay Gonld and
Gen. Eckert are in town to-day. Gould
visited the railroad offices and board of
trade, and Eckert inspected the telegraph
service. Interviews with them give no
information Of general interest. Gould
went east tonight. q. ,s
Lincoln, Neb, March 1O.-An entll,si.
astic meeting Of the land league was held
In the opera house tonight. Speeches
were made by Judge Fitzgerald of Gin
clnnati. Hon r. NJ. Marquet and others
A considerable sum was raised and there
was much enthusiasm. -e.a
Z San Francisco, March 1O-In the trial
OF j. NJ. Kalloch for the murder of Chas.
De Young, the defense having brought
forward considerable evidence to show
that six shots were fired, one of which
was by De Young, have to-day begun the
examination of medical experts to show
transitory mania on the part of the pris-
oner.
New York, March 10.-The Times saws
the railway passenger agents yesterday
reelected W. 3. Sattuck OF the New
York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad,
president; L. p. Wilcox OF the Cincin-
matt Southern, vice-president, and Alva
J. Smith of the Cleveland, Columbus,
Cincinnati and indianapolis, secretary.
San Francisco, March 10.-Georgcs w.
Gridlcy, a pioneer resident and extensive
land owner in Butt county, died yester-
day. During the war he gave sack of
flour to the Sanitary committee, which
was sold and resold at auction at all the
principal cities Of California and Nevada,
raising $4,000 for the benefit of the com
mission.
:, st. Paul, Mimi, March 1O-It is auth
oritatively announced that 81. e. Sar-
geant, general manager of the Northern
Pacific railroad since 1877, has rendered
his resignation, and that the same is on
file in the Office of the company in New
York. The resignation has not yet been
accepted, but is under consideration by
the company.
New York. March 10-The Times says
President Parker OF the produce exchange
yesterday sent letter to Secretary Blaine
requesting him to take such action as the
Importance and magnitude of the inter
ests at stake demand to assure the foreign
government that pork products manu-
factured in the United States can be con-
sumed with impunity.
New York, March 10.-At the Whitta-
ker court tmartial yesterday Expert South.
worth testified that he had discovered
that the paper on which the note was
written has been written over with pen
Gil, and this writing afterwards erased by
Il rubber. The words erased were used
in the note of warning, and they were in
the handwriting of specimenes of Whit
takers writing given him.
Chicago, March 1O.-The Inter Oceans
Dubuque, Iowa, special says sad case
Of poisoning occurred in Elkader, Clay
ton county, where Mrs. A. B. Vinton. in
company with her sister, went out to tea
and'ate some canned salmon. Mrs. Vim
ton died from the effects of the poison
which the salmon had produced by cor
roding the iron. The salmon was taint-
ed, and the can was turned green in con-
sequence.
Chicago, March 1o-There is official
authority for saying that the contempla-
ted changes in the management OF the
lines Of the Pennsylvania company, re-
ferred to in the dispatch of last night, do
not have their origin in any dissatisfac-
tion with the gentleman retiring, but re-
suit from natural and regular causes.
Col. Myers has been with the company
twenty-four years, and is compelled to
seek much-needel rest. He made ar
rangements two months ago to take n
trip to Europe this summer.
Chicago, March 10.-A mass meeting
of sympathizers with the Dutch beers in
Transvaal was held tonight in the First
Dutch Reformed church. There are
good pure Dutchmen in the city, and
they were i'll large prepondcrance at the
meeting, which was a lalge, orderly and
determined body of men. Speeches were
made and resolutions adopted declaring
that the English nation was determined
to cOnuuer the beers of south africa. only
because they are naturally free men. and
tender cordial sympathy to their coun-
trymcn in Transvaal, who are: iIeroically
viadicating their right To- freedom
against the power and usurpation OF
England.
Denver, March lO-At Rosita, Colora-
do, early this mornings a fire broke out
in Miller's grocery store. and spreading,
DESTROYED the entire business portion Of
the city, with the whole stock of mer-
chandise, including the postoffice and
contents. The fire was evidently of in-
cendiary origin, an clubhouse, ice-house.
and the floor of grocery store having
been saturated with coal oil. The out
houses were the first discovered to be in
flames, and Immediately after flames
broke out in the interior of the store.
An explosion soon occurred, spreading
the fire brands in all directions. The
water supply from the wells was soon
exhausted and the flames allowed to take
their course. Loss, $4,000; insurance
small fft