Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-11-23
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lBy Aasoctated P:ess.

BY Associated P:ess!
CIlCAGO,No 20--The associated press
has the statement of o high ofticla! Of the
Milwaukee & 81. Paul railroad denying
the report that the road has notified other
lines that il weu!d withdraw from the
DesMoines pool.
MARSHALL, Mo-, Nov. 2O-The prison.
crs 10 the city Jail set fire to it inside.
The flames were discovered by the pris-
oners crying for heIp. The door was
broken IN aud SIX prisoners escaped, two
were recaptured.
BOsToN, Nov. 90 The residence OF
John Long, at Dedham, was badly shat
tered last night by the explosion Of keg
Of powder which John W. Benway
placed on the the piazza. Long was
warned in season to escape. Benway
had been drinking.
OTTAWA, KS, Nov. 20 The shops of
the Kansas Southern railroad, embracing
machine, carpenter, blacksmith, and
paint shops, together with two engines
aud two coaches were burned this morn
ing. Loss $75 900 10 100000, aud IN
surance $4,000.
STREAToR, ILL.,, Nov. 20--An explosion
occurred Yesterday in the mines. TIE
lamp of Tbos. Jones communicated with
the gas in the depths of an old shaft Of
the Coal Run company aud caused an ex-
ploslon which killed Jones and fatally
injured John Hitler, David Jones, O'rif-
fsny, John Shocks and Con. Monaghan
were badly burned and bruised.
communical council was discussing the
IS ,trs,c inv
giOus instruction in municipal schools q
hooting. The hall was finally cleared
and discussion resumed with closed doors.
Several arrests were made.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2O-H. II. Shapely,
Fred Farley, James II. Cook and B. Frank
Moore, who represented Little Havana,
Henry College, Ky, and Louisiana State
lotterles, As agents, were tried in the
United States district court to-day under
the clause forbidding the sending Of CIR
culars or lottery tickets through the
mails and found guilty. Sentence has
not been pronounced.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 20--An Iron Noun
tain dispatch says the officers of the Mo-
nominee Mining company, running the
Cha; in and Ludington mines, have de-
termined to shut down for the winter and
arrangements are being made to pay the
men off. The sheriff # Monominec
county and Is men and nearly 100 Pink
erton's men have gone to ihe mines te
protect the property. No trouble IS an
ticipaied.
DENVER, Col, Nov. .2O--ltepnblcan' g
Coal Creek special: This morning Isaac
Jones and Phil Griffith started down the
Shaft OF the Garfield coal mine for the
purpose Of examination. When down
800 feet a lamp ignited tho gas causing
terrific explosion. Griffith was stunned
and badly burned bu: managed TO escape
later. Jones found at the bottom of
the shafs dead. Jones is brother Of
J. q Jones, Beacon, Ia, principal owner
Of the nine.
MILWAUKEE. Nov. 2O-1he Sentinel
to morrow publishes tabulated siate-
ment oe loss of life and property IN the
series of gales fro:a Nov. llth TO 18th,
showing the loss of flfty-fivc lives and
sixty vessels, only eleven Of the latter
representing about 100000 tons and
valued At over e300, 900 have been re.
leased. Twenty-six representing 10000
tons AMI valued at @400, 900 are total loss,
OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 2O-Report made
by the combined city charities points cut
migrant families in the city. Tc days
Globe asks why should not the imperial
government be called upon to refund
what Toronto and other Canadian cities
may have pay for the support of some Of
those who were reduced TO ahicct poverty
admiisedly by injustice and misgovern.
snnnt conf IN p,o k0oo ,neo IN I'm Al
policy requires their removal from Ire.
land.
Boston, Nov. 20-Wm. e. Phelan,
known in the west during the war as q
bounty jumper and in Philadelphia and
Washington rs fsrger and blackmailer,
has been sentenced to i've years lmprison.
ment for passing counterfeit money. IL
Boston Phelan established bank no'e
detector, and thus obtained from the
banks numbers of counterfeit notes ana
descriptions Phelsn. it is believed, COL
lected and passed S5O. 900 in counterfeit
money. He fled 10 Montreal when de-
teci ed.
LOCUST VALLEY, l.. l., Nov. 20-The
soles Of the shoes of James Doyle, ar
rested on Suspicion of being the murderer
of the Maybee family, corresponded ex5
actly With the cast taken of foot prints
around the Msybec barn. Doyle was
handcuhed and taken to BrookviIlc and
positively identified rs the tramp saw
there on Saturday. Doyle exhibited great
nervousness when taken out of Jail At
Roslyn and asked the officer to protect
him from the excited crowd. VIM. H.
Brown persists IN the statement that
Doyle showed him the bodies of the
murdered woE4en in the barn, Saturday
NASHVILLE, Nov. 2O--An American
special gives an account of des-
perate afirsy at New Providence, two
miles from CIarkeville, last night. Mr..
Garrett, = large tobacco buyer, was
awakened by noise and saw burglar
at the window. He rushed into the hsll
aud got gun, returning he shot and
killed the one entering the window when
he was attacked by one inside and des-
perate scutfie ensued for the possession Of
the gun. Finally Garret and wife put
the robber out and he escaped. Mrs.
Garrett ran q mile to the nearest neigh.
boris and gave the alarm. The other
man was found dead under the window.
TRENTON, n. j. Nov. Ca prize fight
occurred esrlv this morning IN Beiks
county, Pennsylyanis, between James
Golden, of Philadelphia, and Patrick ..
Cp!t,an, of ;his city. There were sixty
aye rounds fought and both men were
badly punished. In the sixty tifth round
Cul,ian was getting rather the worst of
the battle claimed foul, which was
granted aud lie was declared the winner.
About 500 persons witnessed the battle
which lasted two hours,
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 2O--Darien johnson,
living in Pckin, ILL.,, arrested here this