Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-01-19
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were injured by Il street car collision
this morning.
New York, Jan. 1S-The Whitaker
court has been ordered to assemble on
Thursday next.
Wellnndport, Jan. lS.--A passenger
express train on the Canada Southern
was ditcled this morning. Several pass
engcrs were badly hurt, but none fatally.
Washington, Jan. 1S-The naval ap-
preparation bill was agreed to by the
committee OH appropriations at SILL .4G1,-
037, an increase over last year of S53,OCO.
Toronto, Jan. l8--Richard Liston, light
weight prize fighter, has been sent to
Jail Tor six months and fined one hund-
red dollars for brutnlIy beating his wife.
London, Jan. 1S--The report sterdav
that railroad accident had occurred
near Wakefield, in which seven persons
were killed and many injured, proves to
be untrue.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 18-Ihe total
number of the Russian losses in the ac-
tions of the 9Th ana 10Th are 9 officers
and 81 men killed. and 8 officers and 102
men and S members Of the medical staff
wounded. Behavior of troops was ad-
mirabie.
Patterson, N. j., Jan. 1S.-Frank Har-
rs, James Ackcr, Alfred Dehopc and
James Smith, ranging III ages from Is to
Is Years, We're seriously and some prob
ably fatally injured while co sting, their
bob having come in violent collision
with a telegraph pole. The boys and
their bob were horribly smashed. Frank
Harris had his nose broken and driven
into his face, his teeth and jaw broken,
the imprint of every tooth in his upper
jaw being left in the telegraph pole
against which the bob ran, some of the
indentations being half an inch deep.
San Francisco, Jan. 17.-The Chrnoicle
tomorrow Will say, regarding the immi-
grafton treaty: 1t will only be opposed
by eastern sentimentalists and sand lot
demagogic element of the democratic
party. The conservative masses of both
parties will accept the work as we'll done.
The reservations i'll favor of travellers,
merchants, students, etc, could not be
omitted without gross insult to the Chi
nese government and good sense. The
fear of the naturalization of the Chinese
is not well founded as the naturalization
laws will take care of that independently
of the treaty.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 1S-On the 9Th
inst, the Turcomans made a sortie from
Geoktepe and carried away the Russian
ontworks and part of the second parallel,
capturing seven guns. The Russians
finally dislodged the enemy from all
the points they had captured, and recov-
cred all The artillery excepting one gun.
The Russian loss was heavy, one compa-
ny of the Apsheron regiment alone had
- men killed, including a major and
captain, and ten wounded aud one officer
taken prisoner. The Turcoman losses
are much greater, and their dead filled
the Russian trenches.
Plain City, o., Jan. ia horrible
triple murder occurred near here last
night. A colored man first notified the
authorities, and it was then learned tina t
Mrs. Matilda Scott, widow, aged forty
years, n daughter aged %, and an adopt
ed son aged II, named Charlie Good,
were dead on the floor. Their braius
were scattered about the floor and smcai
ing the walls. In their sleeping room a
large hickory club lay near the horrible
scene smcareh with blood. Robert Gar
ner, the colored man has been arrested
on suspicion. He lived with the Scott
family six or eight years, but left them
in anger three months ago because they
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contradictory stories. Mrs. Scott was
wealthy coIored woman. Great exc1te-
ment exists among the colored people OF
this vicinity.
Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 13.-About half
past O'Clock this morning one of the
Atlantic oil refinery, Point Brecsc, explc-
dcd with terrific force. and burning oil
was scattered in every direction. The
concussou broke windows mile distant
and the flames spread rapidly. not only
to adjoining tanks. but to the wharf aud
shipping and four tanks soon took fire
and II number Of vessels wlic, arc
aground i'll the Schuy]lill were quickly
ablaze. A dispatch from the immediate
vicinity at 9:15 Il. N. says the entire
place is on fire. The report that the
shipping is on fire seems premature. II
is now stated that all the vessels were
intact ut 8 o'clock. There are two load
ed vessels in the stream, however, oppo
site the works which are burning, the
Maryland with filed barrels. One o
the city ice boats has gone TO their assist
ancc. The wharvcs are all i'll flames anl
ces. The fire originated in an agitator
; The explosion was heard and felt at ex
tremc northern points in this city. an.
rs far down the river as Chester. Th
last great fire at the works occurred IL
June, 1878. All the shedding along th
wharves are now on fire and the destruc
: ton of the whole works greatly depend
t on the force and direction OF the wine
3 I.atcr--Thc fiie is now under contro
i AS the vessels were removed from dal
S ger the flames were confined chiefly t
! the warehouse and wharvcs. There wel
h stored in the warehouse 1000 eases {
$ oil. The STANDARD Oil Company insure
d its own property from its revenue lun'