Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-11-02

LONDON. Oct. 31-The steamer Holly.
head has sunk. The HolIyhcad left Dub
lin last evening for Holjyhead with .
cargo of horses and pigs. Sixty persons
besides the crew were on board. All are
reported lost.
WINNIPEG, Oct. 3O--News has just
been received of the burning Of q man
named Kerr at Oak River in Manltobs.
He had just come III possession Of a large
sum of money and had been on spree
since receiving it. Kerr was alone in the
house at the time of the fire. II is sup
posed he set it on fire while intoxicated.
His head, legs, arms and upper part Of
body were totally burned away. He il
the son of wealthy parents in Edinburgh,
Scotland.
New YORK, Oct 3l-Kichard King,
president of the National Bank of Com
merce of this city, who was connected in
a San Francisco dispatch with the U. s.
placed at seventy-five millions dollars,
expressed himself to reporter of the
commercial Advertiser as being indig-
moter of the enterprise aud declared the
action was unauthorized. The road is
declared lmpracticable and the legal OBJ
insurmountable. q l:3&e
CINCINNATI, Oct 31-Commercial-Ga Ca
zette, Terre Haute, Ind: Fully one-half
the corn crop in the first bottoms of the
Wabash river Is ruined by the late
freshet III
Geo. Z. Ruggles and Sarah Ruggles,
son and daughter of George A. Ruggles,
were drowned in the old Wabash, s Erie
canal last night by driving off bridge
moved from place by the flood. Their
father and mother who were in the wagon
escaped. The son had reached the shore
but was drowned while trying to save his
sister.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3l--Daily News, Lin
coin, ILL.,, special: Coroner Boydcn claims
to have secured important evidence of a
written statement from Wendell, whom
he visited at Hampton, Ia. He declined
to dlvulge Its nature to the reporter, but
it Is said he has given sthers its substance
as follows: Wendell and companion sur
pr,sed Carpenter and Fora Buns in such
q compromising situation that they sub
sequently demanded $50 as the price of
their silence; that he gave them $40 with
the remark that he would give $1,000 if
he could find her dead, and that when
they declined to enter into the scheme he
turned the matter of ds joke.
New York, Oct. 31-Governments are
strong. Railways irregular. State secu
rites quiet The stock market has ex-
hlbited more strength to-day thaa yes
to-day, and Notwithstanding one attempt
at raid about one CLOCK the majority
of stocks arc only slightly changed,
while q good many stocks have been firm
all day and at the close showed gains
over last nights prices, viz: Lake Shore,
Louisville s. Nashville, New Jersey Cen
tral. Northern Pacific, Oregon Railway &
Navigation company, Oregon Transcon-
tinental, Reading, St. Paul, Manitoba,
Union Pacific, Western Uuion and Cen
trail Pacific. The market closed strong
with an advancing tendency. The early
raid made on the market was by opera
tors on the bull side, who were dcsirous
of increasing short interest and at the
same time acquire cheaper stocks. Ore
gon Transcontinental late IN the after-
noon was offered down whenever it
showed tendency to advance. Stocks
it is understood has the support of the
Kecne, Mills party as we'll as that of
Northern Pacific, indicate. The first
mentioned turned the market towards
higher prices this afternoon. Trunk
sold down on rumors of reduction IN
rates The story probably grows cut of
the facl that the Erie, New York Central
and West Shore are harmonlzing rates on
local business As compared with last
nights closing prices are Il to per
cent higher fer Oregon Transcontinental,
Canadian Pacific, Northwestern, st.
Paul, Manitoba and Western Union,
while Canada Southern, Central Pacific,
Rock, Island, Denver, Omaha and Wa
bash are Is to q lower,
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 3o-Maj. Crumbaugh,
collector of internal revenue for second
district, Kentucky, who has been on trial
in the United States court the past three
days charged with using official envelopes
for private correspondence, was to-day
found not guilty. The indictment grew
out of the efforts of a certain party to
have him dismissed in order that they
might secure his place. A large amount
of solled political linen has been display
ed in the trial. The current opinion is
that this has been conspiracy against
Crumbaugh. Most of his correspondence
read in the case related to his efforts to
secure the position of secretary of the
navy and created much amusement when
published Though acquitted Of the
charge by the jury. .Crumbaugh has to un-
dcrgo investigation by the internal reve-
nue. department. THIS has been had, but
the report and declslon oft commission
was withheld awaiting the result of this
trial.
New YORK. Oct. 3O-Governments'
strong. Railways irregular, States Sc
curities quiet. Stocks opened strong aud
higher. To-day the feature was Oregon
Transcontin ntal, which sold up l-l6
per cent to 81. Improvement in the gen.
eral markets less important ranging from
I to per cent. latter on Missouri Pa:
cific, but ne.r eleven the early advance
was lest. After this hour the markets be-
came irregular and weaker. a bout l:3O
p. M, Denver became stroug and ad-
vanced to 275s and Oregon Trancontinen-
tai moved up to 5O34. Advance IN other
active shares slight. Near p. m. selling
movements set IN and there was . conse-
quent weakness in the market which was
due to cotton failure at Liverpool and
to the uncontirmed stories Of cutting
rates by the Trunk lines and Coal comps
MES. These rumors started selling by the
bears and room traders, As compared
with last night closing prices are OF Il to
2ss per cent, latter in Canadian Pacific.
l'rTTsBuRG, Oct 3O-Keifcr & Steifel's
tannery in the upper part of Allegheny
City was the scene of . terrible affair
this morning, two men sacrificing their
lives in an unsuccessful attempt to save
their fellow workman. The firm has
been digging well to be used as q vat