Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-04-27
Condensed DISPATCHES.

| .rr r. CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
LANSING, Mich, April 25.-A. D. Clark
a Wealthy real estate man of Battle
Creek has been here several days in COM
pany with a young woman known in the
atrical circles ,'s7 .''''''" '''
| :. HALIFAX, N. S., April 25-The steamer
Valleta from this port for Boston loaded
with congo potatoes went ashore on black
rock. The crew was saved. The vesse.
IS valued at $4,000. Insured.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 26--John Tai
Ion, a laborcr digging well IN this city.
was killed to-day by the wall falling III
and covering HIM under thirty feet OF
sand and earth. y r.0.. ~" ""'
| YANKToN, April 26-YesterdaY vote
was. taken on the proposition to refund
the rail road debt by issuing new four
| per cent bonds. 1t was carried with
only one vote against the bonds in the
entire county. U,s"" T'-e
New YoRK, April 25-Whitelaw Reid,
editor of the Tribune gave u dinner to-
night in honor of cX. President Hayes
The President was visited to-day by
many of the best persons. He also him
self made some friendly calls.
PHnADELIIIlIA, April 25-1hc object of
the convention of the Irish national land
league of America which was called to
order in horticultural hall this morning is
to wind up affairs Of that body and merge
with another body whose scope is to be
broader. 0oau f~t."N q. t"'. '3..' ''''..'
BUFFALO,, April 25-The first arrival of
the season by the lake to day was the
steamer D. LcutZ from Cleveland, light,
followed by tic John C.Gault and Russell
Sage from Toledo with wheat. The lake
is clear Of ice, and only occasionally a
cake is seen. .rs- d. a"aF IGE a:i4 D.. .'lAa
CHICAGO, April 2G-One hundred ves-
sells, carrying 4,250,O0 bushels of grain.
chiefly wheat, corn and flax seed, arc ly-
| ing in the river and outside of the harbor
at this port waiting for the announcement
of Straits of Mackinaw being open. which
! will be a signal for their departure. G -
| MINNEAPOLIS, April 725-rhc North
western Miller will to morrow say ''The
wheat stored IN the Minneapolis elevators
April "A. was 100000 bushels; in the
mills 100000. Total in store l,77O, 900.
In store at Duluth the 23d, ,449 900 bnsh-
els. The receipts continue considerably
below consumption of mills.'
CHICAGO, April 2G = State Senator
Thomas Clooman dropped dead upon the
street this evening, supposed cause heart
disease. The officials of the Northwest.
ern road deny there IS any truth in the
rumOr telegraphed from Washington to
the effect that negotiations are in pro-
gress for consolidating that road and the
Northern Pacific. -.... .., ...,I...
gates to the Irish convention gathered
! oil 1y o,,1 oh fII,
marks of fatigue from Yesterdays long
session which was prolonged past mid
night, it, was believed by those in the
confidence of the leaders that the organ
ization Of to days convention would be as
great as upon yesterday.
CHICAGO, April 26-London cablegram
received here announces shipments of
seventeen car loads exhibits, including
the "Rocket," Geo. Stevenson's first To-
comotive, for display at railroad cxposi-
ton which opens in this city on May
Oath In addition to the main exposition
building the management has constructed
a. Temporary building on the Lake front,
Taken altogether, among the novelties
will be an electric railway, the first one
operated in this country. z, - % n.
PANAMA, April 26-AGvices from the
interior under date Of March 7th, Sth and
27th state that there was a heavy shock
of earthquake felt throughout Columbia.
Many houses were injured and in one
place thirty five were destroyed. The river
at Pcnanga rose and fell with alarming
rapidity. A volcano near lake Nicaragua
is in eruption the first time in its history,
The large islands at the mouth of the
straits which was surveyed by the U. S.
SteamerFirebran in 1862 are reported en-
t,rely Disappeared. ae ''.
BOSTON, April 25-Sullivan IS confident
that the hemorage is from the stomach
and not from the lungs. and will &c out
in few days. He has no idea the sick
ness will interfere with his sparrlng match
with Mitchell. HIS opinion is he Is too
fat and needs a severe course of training
to get into condition to meet the English
man. The impression among sporting
men is that Sullivan will never again be
| fit to engage in prize fight and many of
dangerous for him to put on the gloves
with Mitchell. His physician says all that
Is needed is mountain trip and absolute
rest to bring him through all right.
Claim Jumping Supposed to Have been
/ i. the Cause. -.g1
| GRAND FORKS, d. t., April 25-There
is much excitement in the city concerning
the murder of the Ward boys at DEVILS
Lake. Orders came from j. B. Farwell
to have the remains embalmed and sent
to Chicago. Eleven arrests were made
Yesterday at Creel City of parties who are
| supposed to be implicated and many more
who are under suspicion will be arrested
as soon as possible. Deputy Sheriff
Walsh of this city received telegram to-
| day to hasten to the aid Of the officers at
Devils Lake city. Opinions as to the
right of the matter are divided, it is said
that the Ward brothers built shanty on
a claim belonging to man named Bell
| who had shanty thereon aud was re-
| siding there. That Bell on returning
home Sunday night was driven off by the
| Wards. He then rallied his friends who
returned and ordered the Wards to leave,
The Wards commenced firing and the
fucilade became general on both sides
which terminated by the Wards being
both shot dead A man who was With
the Wards made his escane and has been
| identified with those who are now under
arrest Wards, friends claim, that Bell
had forfeited his rights by law IN some
manner to the claim, but it is generally
understood by all except few that the
Wards lost their lives by jumping the
| claim. - .g44
-,,t ge 5ea LATER. -r,.f
sRAGq Forks, D. T., April 25-The
embalmed bodies Of the Ward brothers,
murdered, at Devils Lake, reached here
this noon enroutc for Chicago. The corr
oner's inquest over the bodies yesterday
at Devils Lake resulted in no arrests as
| Wards fred tirsl. A rigid investigation
will be made. - .at gB