Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-11-17
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MINOR TELEGRANS.
New York, Nov. 16.--A, disastsr By
which seven lives were lost occurred this
evening on East River opposite south
Fifth street
DAYTON, O., Nov. l6.-The body Of Ian
| unknown man was found in. the woods
near Lebanon badly decomposed. Foul
play suspected.
CHICAGO, Nov. l6.-The body Of, John
lteiling, painter, was found in the river.
1t is supposed that he walked in last night
| while intoxicated ~,
WASHINGTON, Nov. ,l6.-Gen. and Mrs..
Sherman tonight rendered reception to
the officers of the army stationed in
Washington and their friends. About 900
persons were present. s.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov. 16.-J. Bl
Tensley, af Knoxville, Tenn, stock trad
er, presented forged note TO the Cleve-
land bank to-day and when discovered
shot himself through the head, dying M
stantly. IS
WINNIPEG. Man., Nov. lei. Murray,
late OF the Northern Pacific, formerly of
the Great Western, has been appointed
assistant superintendent of the Canadian
Pacific. lie will have large line from
Brandon TO Swift Current. i.f;s esftst
81. THOMAS, Ont. Nov ia freight
train standing the entrance of the Canada
Southern railway yard was run into by an
incoming freight engine and twelve cars
badly wrecked. Oaks, fireman, and Slog-a
get, foreman, and car works badly iniur-
ed ssats4, n "a III fslsi
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. 1O.-speclal
for the Sentinel from Waupacs, says that
two men attacked VIM. Cooley, a wealthy
falmer living near that place, bound and
gagged him, and attempted to make him
reveal the hiding place Of his money.
They secured small amount and fed
VIENNA, Nov. 16.-A panic occurred il
theater at Grossooeecke1ik. A petrole-
um lamp in the lobby fell and the cry of !
fire was raised. The people jumped from
the galleries to the pit and stalls, and
very many were severely injured but no
one killed. t4fts''ts. ss
VICTORIA, Nov. 16.--In the Esquimaux
election to-day Judge Gray allowed the
| scratching of tickets when the attorney
general was unseated and Pooley, oppos-
ing candidate, was elected by one vote
The case has attracted great interest in
political circles here, as the fate Of the
/ government depended on it. tf1' ss75
HlNckLEY, ILL.,, Nov. 16.-Last night
Merrill & Wagner's store, which is also
the post-ofice, was entered by masked
men who bound and gagged the clerk,
Geo. Kutner, who sleeps in the store, and
blew open the safe, getting money, stamps
and jewelry valued al $3.50, then stole .
horse and buggy and got away.
J AUGUSTA, Me-, Nov l5.-The straight
| greenback state committee met to-day
with about dozen members present M
cludlng Solon Chase, 1twas decided to
thoroughly organize for next campaign
by careful choice of town committees Who
will be instructed to arrange for schoo
district campaign similar to the one few
years ago which resulted in victory for
the party. Of state granges and their
wives thirty-two states are represented II
the convention twenty-four Of which Is
secret and will continue till the end Of
next week. r }ssf
KEokUK, Ia, Nov. 16-Navigation on
the upper Mississippi is virtually closed
, and nearly all steamboats, gone into wln-
ter quarters. Records, at the draw Of the
bridge across the Mississippi at Keokuk,
indicates falling of from the year 1851
Of transportation of northern products
south, probably accounted for by the
short crops along the river; The num-
Der of boats passing through the draw Of
the bridge thus far during 1882 are 1s7
barges, sol RATS, decrease of 40 from
! 1881, boats s29. ft e 1tl'..'f.Ss55
SALT LAKE, Utah, Nov l6.-The can.
vassing board to-day canvassed the vots
for delegate finding for Cane o, 900, and
for Vanseile %, 1880. Four precincts NO,
heard from. Before the vote was counted
Vanseile protested against counting the
;, - votes for Cane because the tickets COM
:, tanned his name for vacancy for 4sth
. congress making the tickets so large that
it could be distinguished through the
envelope FROM the gelstne ticket and be-
y cause Cane is polygamist. The commits.
sioner overlooked the protest on th(
ground that the etlcket were not in viola.
ton Of the law of the territory ov
$ order of the commissioner, and that Il Il
/ not specifically charged and proved that
: Cane is actually a polygamist. Before
y the certificate was issued Vanseile pro
e tested against its issue on the ground tia
II by the ordinance act the secretary mus
q canvass The votes for delegates and tn
e governor issue the certificate, and that q,
t. returns were incomplete. Overruled b,
! the commissioner and certificate issued.
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