Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-10-05
NEWS BY TELEHRAP H

CHICAGO, Oct. 3-Hon John G. New
assistant secretary of the treasury, is il
the city to-day en- route for Northern Wis
consln, where he will take his vacation
fishing.
LONDON, Oct 3-O'Denneil, the slayer
OF Carey, has directed the disbursement
OF SIS, 900 received from the committee
appointed in New York to raise funds FOL
his defence.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3-Thc Railway Age ir
its current issue shows that the amount
of main track added to railways Of the
United States during the nine months
ending Sept. 80 arc 4, ,244 against s,075 fol
the same period last year.
WASHINGTON, Oct. ga number of de.
partment employees, who have residences
in Ohio, leave Washington to go home tc
vote. Those who go will not be allowed
any time by the department except sucl
that is taken from their annual leave Of
absence.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Oct. 3-l5ancroft
the historian is celebrating his SD birth
day at Newport to-day, and this evening
he gives dinner party.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 3-Thc funeral O.
Judge Klddcr takes place next Sunday
at jackson street Methodist church OF
which his wife was a member. Buria
will be in Oakland cemetery and it Is cX.
pected large delegation of Dakota off.
clals Will attend
OTTAWA, Oct. 3-The Canadian Pacific
railway authorities have issued circulars
directing conductors not to allow passen-
gers to turn over the seats or allow any
one to take parcel Of any kind into the
passenger cars. Even lunch baskets are
excluded.
PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 3-Thrce hun
dred members of the Oregon Pioneers as
sociation left here to-day on an excursion
to Chicago and New York, over the
Northern Pacific to St. Paul and by spe-
cial train over the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad to Chicago. s
GoDERIcH, ,Ont., Oct. 3-The barge
VIM. Treat, from Bay City to Detroit with
lumber, broke away from the tug Clark
White off Sand Beach, six days ago,
wrecked off Port Albert during the storm
last night. The crew constructed a raft
and after fearful experience managed
reach shore to-day. The vessel is gone to
pieces.
PARIS, Oct. Sit IS stated that Ferry
yesterday resigned the prime. ministry.
Grevy, however, refused to accept the
resignation. The greatest confusion pre-
walls among the ministers and supporters
Of the government. 1t is rumored that
The German government has addressed an
energetic letter to France concerning the
treatment in Paris Of Alfonso.
New YORK, Oct. 3-Postmasicr Pear
son says from the fact that over 500 let
ters were deposited IN tile postotfice
Tuesday for foreign countries, each pre-
paid by two cent stamp, it would appear
considerable portion of the public are
under the impression that foreign as
well as domestic letter postage has been
reduced. This is not the case.
PARIS, Oct. 3--The Figaro asserts that
Tricos, the French representative in
China, has telegraphed the government
that no serious preparations of war are
being made in China He says the idea
Of war with France is badly received in
the southern provinces and repudiatcd
by the council of the empire. Says
China could muster only 10000 troops
with European arms for service.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 3-Hon. Schuyler
Coifax, Ex-gov Bross Of Illinois, and
Mr.. Haughey, president of the Indlanap-
oils national bank, arrived in Minneape-
lis this morning by the Albert Lea route
and PASSED the day viewing the city and
suburbs. They left tonight by Northern
Pacific for Puget Sound. This is the
third trip the party has made across the
continent, the first one the entire distance
by stage. They may return via Northern
Pacific in a special car.
YANKToN, Oct. 3-The supreme court
met this morning and adjourned out ofre-
spect for their dead associate, Justice
Kldder. The supreme court room and
Judge Kidder's chair are draped IN mour-
ming and the flags on the court house and
other buildings in the city at half mast.
Bar associates met and appointed COM
mittec to draft resolutions. 1t IS probable
that both the bar association and supreme
Judges will attend the funeral.
LONDON, Oct. 3-Prof.. Nordenszold,
referring to the statement Of Hans Hen
drick, squimaux, thet 1t. Greeley, COM
mander of the American Arctic expedl-
ton had been murdered by mutinous
crew telegraphs thet Hendrick was told
a brave commander had been murdered,
which Prof Nordenszoid says IS evident
ly an EsquimauX exaggeration resemb-
ling slander, circulated as to the cause Of
of Captain Halls death in ISL.
New YoEK. Oct. 3-Governments
weak, the 41s5's and As g lower on the
o,dding prices. Railways declined in
sympathy with the weakness in share
speculation. State securities dull. This
was bear day at the exchange. In early
trading there was an important decline
followed by Slight rally in the after
noon. Prices fell off rapidly and the
lowest figures for sometime for many
shares were current. Northern Pacific
declined "a per cent. to 3ls4I, preferred 3
to 6oh, Oregon SO to 4924.
New YeRk, Oct. "a special cores
pendent of the Post has gone out on a
tour of the corn district west and north
west of Chicago, and as far as st. Paul
last week and gives t as the opinion of
the best farmers and merchants that the
damage to the corn crop is so largely es-
tlmated that if the the corn does not act
ually freeze before 1t dries out there will
be an abundant crop even in the frosted
districts. Also that there is very large
supply of old corn in the country yet.
NEW York, Oct. 2-Clearing House
Association held the annual meeting to-
day. The association consists of "a men,
bers including the assistant treasurer of
the United States. Seyenty-four banks
IN the city of New York, As national and
&c state Two national and ten state not
members of the association. Transactions
for year S4l ,3G2, l3S,4s3 Daily average
transactions sl37, 7ei, ,4e2. Total trans
actions since organization in 1858 were
s715, ,2O1, SAC, ,337. Average daily transac-
tions same paid 1872, I55
LONDON, Oct. 3-A Times editorial
says: n government which cannot Sc