Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-15

kota delegation who are seeking the ad-
mission of the territory as state. The
bond matter was the principle matter of
discussion which it is understood has been
practically settled to the satisfaction of
the creditors. A further hearing will be
had tomorrow before full committee.
Secretary Teller to-day gave hearing
to the Turtle Mountain Chippewas.
DUBLIN, Dec 14.-Detectives believe
they have at length unraveled the Phnnix
park mystery. Police admit that in con-
sequence of the recent free distribution Of
placards offering reward for private IN
formation and of arrests following the
Fenian outrages a numbers of lnformers
have come forward. Some of these in
formers, when they found the police al
ready knew much were induced by fear to
tell. more. The police, by putting together
various items of information, have got
what they believe to be direct. They
claim that the information and evidence
began to thlcken at the time of the as
sault upon Dennis Field That affair
was so similar in its attending clrcum-
stances to the Phoenix Park crime
that it was from the first hoped 1t would
lead to clue to the latter.
CHICAGO, Dec. 14.-Between twelve
and one o'clock to day man walked into
the store of P. L. Mills, manufacturer of
jewelry, and asked the proprietor to put
= new spring into cheap watch he held
out. While Mr.. Mills was repairing watch
the stranger picked up bag containing
about 5000 worth of unset diamonds,
rubles, emeralds, sapphires, opals, cateyes,
and pearls. With this plunder the thief
walked off unnotlced and it was not until
Mr.. Mills happened to want one of the
fine gems to set that he discovered he
had been robbed. A thousand dollars re-
ward is offered for information that Will
lead to the recovery of the jewels.
TERRA HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 1.-two
through letter train pouches were found
this morning about half past three O'Clock
near the l. & st. Louis Ry in the north
pert of the city. The straps had been
cut and the letters rlf1ed and then put
back into one of the pouches One
pouch was labeled New York City,
matter exclusively for Colorado, New
Mexico and Arizona from New YORK &
Pittsburg Ry Co. The proper authorities
have been telegraphed to bv Postmaster
Jones and detectives Will be sent to en-
deavor to find out who the robbers were
At present there is no knowledge of what
was stolen.
PANAMA, Dec. 14.--Battle between the
government troops and revolutionfsts re-
suited in favor of the former.
Sixty persons killed by the explosion
OF powder magazine at Guagaquil.
Letters from Chiapas, Mexico, state
that Cholera ragged evlth such violence
that in some places the owners Of and la
porers on plantatsons all died and not
possible to bury them. Bodies have been
burned Sixty deaths day have occur
red. In Tonata terrible panic ensued
CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-At the agricultural
convention, Capt. NJ P Pierce, of Penn
sylvania, spoke ON carp culture in it's
food aspect. H. J. Kimball, of Georgia,
a moving spirit on the Atlanta cotton
eXpositlo n, spoke on good results pro-
duced Remainder of afternoon spent in
discussing the resolution for holding a
national agricultural exposition in 1883
Resolution passed and committee ap-
pointed.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec 14--Tues-
day morning false work of bridge across
a great canyon on Sunset Road, three
miles from the end of the Southern Paci-
ic track fell in solid mass precipitatsng
nineteen men a distance of IS feet to the
rocks below. Seven men were killed out
right, one has since died and little hopes
of the recovery of three of the others.
Mt. PLEASANT, Ia.-Patrick Slattery,
living three miles south of this city, shot
and instantly killed his stepmother. He
left note to his brother which says:
"This is what drink has done for me-
and fled. The home had been scene of
turmoil for long time.
DUBLIN, Dec. l4.-Three men named
Byrne, Paner and Hanlon have been ar
rested for the m 1rder of Lord Cavendlsh
and Under Secretary Burke. One of the
prisoners has been identified by persons
who saw HIM in the assasins car the night
the evidence of informers.
LANCASTER, n. H., Dec. 14-A freight
tram ran into another stationary freight
train on the Grand Trunk railway, at
Stratford Hollow. Foley, conductor of
the rear train, was probably fatally lnjur-
ed. John Lyon, conductor of the for
ward train, was seriously hurt. One en-
gine was badly wrecked.
LONDON, Dec. 14--Destructive fire in
Hampton court, royal palace at Hampton,
fifteen miles from London burned to-day.
Valuable paintings were destroyed.
Loss 10000 pounds sterling. The palace
was erected by Cardinal Woolesey during
the reign Of Henry eighth.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l4.-New postoffices
have been established at the following
places: At Randall, Norman county,
MIMI, G. F. Peterson, postmaster;Sout
west, Westmoreland county, Pa, John
Dunhill, postmaster.
UTICA, n. Y, Dec. 13.-Ffty men out
of employment by the burning of the
wood shop, Remington factory. Loss
$40, 900, insurance sl9, 900.