Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29
MINOR TELEGRAMS.

BosToN, Dec. 27.-Charlss Seymour,
theatrical manager, Is missing since FRI
day night.
! WASHINGTON, Dec. 81 The senate has
passed the civil service reform bill by q
vote of 80 to 5.
1 PINE HILL, Va, Dec. 27.-During an
affray in a saloon in Kentucky John
Townsend, Albert Cowan and g. Pane
were killed
/ MINNEAPOLIS, Dec, 27-Geo. A. Pills
bury's barn burned with contents includ-
ing three carriage horses. Loss 47,000
insurance s2,6oo.
/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. IL Two
brothers named Bullard killed to-day at
Lebanon, Ala, hy two ,,r,.Iier. named
Jacoway in quarrel. All men VI prom
| inence.
Tucson, l. r., Dec. 81 Harry Z. kisst,
city treasurer Of Tucson and agent for the
| Budweiser Beer 60, 81. Louis, has gone
! 10 Mexico aefaulter f3, 100 to the city and
| the Budweiser Co. Several parties arc
losers.
| TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Dec. 27.-Sloop cap
"ToXer,' and six hunters drowned.
Names, Alex Doo,y, VIM. Howard, Noah
Saunders, Peter Saunders, Robert Dun
can and }. Jones.
| NEWARK, n. j., Dec. 27.-Wm. Harri-
son, of the Black Flag TheatricaI comedy
and keeper Of convicts IN the flag, was
convicted to-day OF stealing a dress from
an actress and sent to the penitentiary for
ten months, becoming real conyict.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The president
has issued An exective order setting apart
certain land in dakota territory for the
Turtle Mountain band Of Chippawa In
dians and such other Indians of the Chip
| pawa tribe as the secretary Of the interior
may see fit to settle thereon
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Spanish Amer
| ican claims commission adjourned sine
die. The commission has been in exist
ence eleven years, during which pen.ai
l40 claims were considered representing
about s20,o0O,000. Awards made III
tWenty-eight cases aggregatiny atout
al2 100000. Eight cases remain in l.nds
Of the umpire for decision,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81 japanese
Prince and Suite leave tv-,uurrow for
San Francisco,yla Pennsylvania, Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy and Union and
Central Pacific railroads. Reported that
n. D. Stock bridge, assistant commissioner
OF patents, has resigned. Annual con-
vention Alpha Tan Omega fraternity to-
day. Delegates are from chapters in
eighteen States.
MILWAUKEE, Dec 27.-Boiler in A. b.
Paynes saw mill at Black River exploded
killing Thomas Bemer, engineer, instant
lv and scalding one Of the workmen.
Three persons in nelghboring house were
injured by fragments of the boiler.
John Pradewohl, saloon keeper of this
city, was arrested for challenging Fred.
Walseat;n. business man to fight duel
Pradewohl claims his daughter was out
ragged by Walseatin, which is Indignantly
denied by the latter.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2s.-By direction
Sec. Teller following attorneys aud land
agents are debarred from practice before
the interior department and local land
offices: Geo. S. Bidwell, Mitchell, D. I:
Orlando I. Letcher, Mitchell. d. T; r. e.,
Carpenter, Belolt, Wis; Dudlc, i Sparld-
ing, Black River Falls, Wis; Jas. l.
Ayers, Mitchell D. Z. Debarments
were made because Of connection of the
parties in the recent land FRAUDS.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2s.--C. NJ. Sullivan,
manager of the freight and transportation
department Of the Furst & Bradley nsu-
featuring company, has been missing
since Monday. The firm claims he has
absconded and that All examination of bis
books shows embezzlemen, Of $500, which
will probably amount to Thousands. Ii is
said to have been accomplished by puck-
etiug small sums in the way OF rebates for
overchargss by railroads.
BRADFORD, Eng, Dc. 2s-rwcatv
four operatives killed and forty seriously
injured ny the fall of \ chimney o,, the
building.
LATER--Thr,s six persons now known
to he killed, Fifty others injured. most
ly women and children. Owing To the
amount of debris the exact number killed
cannot he learned for two or three DAYS.
Total damage estimated at over f6O,Ot1.
About three thousand persons thrown
out OF employment, eight mills having
fine connections with fallen chimney are
brought 10 stand still.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 2>-ihe
following are the particulars Of tragedy
at Lebanon, Ala, yesterday two brothers,
David and Henry Bullard, had gamb-
ling saloon in town aud Thomas Jacoway
desiring to establish, Il school undertook
To compel them Ia close hy instituting
legal proceedings. This led 4, !. quarrel
ami the Billiards attacked Fvin Jacu-
way. The hest citizens came To his res
cue and one oi the Ruilaris WAS killed
and the other wounded. Last night .
a brother of Jscoway Wen, To his home
and he misiaking him for friend of
Bullar,. shot him fatally.
New York, Dec. 2s-Bctween 1000
aud 3.eoe people assembled III Madison
Square GaIden to-night at a ts.ncti. for
Joe Cosurn, recently trSsn Sing sing