Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-04-20
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BOsTON, April 18-It is rumored here with con-
| siderable foundation to-day that the o. B. 4 @.
has purchased the Hannibal & st. Joe road. C.E
Perkins, president Of the c. b. s. O., and Fred l..
Ames Of the H. & St. Joe have been in confcrcI &C
oil day. ... .a...... .......
I OTTAWA, April 1S.-Thc reported shooting last
night causes some uneasnees on The part Of some.
policeman claims to have heard four shots near
! the government building about midnight which
proved to be Frenchman shooting muskrats.
TAuroN, Mass, April ls-Elen H,lasey, aged
| 65 wa. found dead this morning: II is thought
she was murdered and Timothy aged 1s, and John
aged q, sons Of the murdered woman, and VIM
Hymn have been arrested for the deed.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April 1s.-Prcsident Ar
thur lett this morning for Savannah on the steam
er Tallapoosa when he will make brief stay.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 1S-In the senate to-
day the ''Buckct shop" bill by which it was sought
| to compel the Chicago board OF trade to furnish
outside grain speculating rooms with market quo
tations was killed. '-.,.. ll.r.r, " ....-...
CLEVELAND, April 1s-Coletown speLi al to the
Leader says that a Panhandle railrood train COL
lided with another near town to-day and VIM.
Russell one Of the oldest conductors on the road
was crushed against heavy bar in such manner
that his head was cut of and his body otherwise
shockingly mangled a,4y.,.....4 ....r..-., ...t ;.
CHESTER, o, April 1s--Markhsm Kelley hanged
himself this morning in his barn with strap. No
cause assigned. lie leaves widow and three
| children.
LITTLE Rock, April 1s.-To.day in the U. $.
court ex U. S. Marshal J.Y. Brown jr. was con
victed of purjury, having been previously con
victed Of forgery under an act passed by the leg
islaturc during reconstruction. uf.f ,,-B
CHICAGO, April 49, Daily new Matamoras,
Mex, dispatch Reports have been received Of
terrible flood in >ahuahis. River rose 90 rapidly
that the people could not escape. Six drowned
and much valuable property and stock were
swept away.
MILWAUKEE, April 1S-An Iron Mountain Mich
igan despatch says that no bodies have been re-
covered yet but coat and mittcn was picked up.
These were probably hanging in the boiler house
to dry at the time Of the cave in. Some OF the
burned machinery is being uncovered The elect;
trio lights from the Guinnesee mine are being used
to facilitate work ut night and pumps from the
Chaplin mine arc being placed in position for use
in case the rescu!ng party meets with water.
CHICAGO, April 13.-ln the U. 8. circuit court
to-day Judge Drummond virtually dismissed the
contempt proceedings instituted by the Chlcago
board Of trade against the telegraph company.
The former corporation is seeking to construct y
line between this city End St.. Louis and when
near the latter city sought to condemn the right
of way along the line Of the East st. Louis belt
railway. The Western Union, which secured the
right Of way in June, 1884, along tie road, but
had not erected poles sought to erect poles pend
ing the condemnation proceedings.
City National bank Of Dallas, Texas. and the Ma
tional Park bank of this city for the recovery Of
$26, ,ll0 balance on deposit and against which the
defendant urges counter claim for SIS, ,t61 money
loaned to the president Of the Dallas bank, the
jury failed to agree Revenue officers are finding
Irregularities in the liquor house of Sprcgcl Co.
Legal proceedings will be taken.
New HAVEN, April 1e.-Mrs. Adel:a Curran
endeavored to recover $4,000 Of Vim. M. Fay
tor shooting her husband. The jury to-day
brought in verdict for the defendant and the
| judge refused to accept It, They afterwards
brought in verdict of $500. Fay upon trial
was acquitted Of the murder Of Curran.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 19.-A $500 package de-
| posted in the American Express Co. by The Mer-
| chants National Bank Of Kansas Ctyis missing
| an Express clerk named Frank A. Vaughn was
| accused of the theft and has admitted the guilt
sEATLnE, VT. April 19.-Chsrles johnson
| reports that he and four other Swcdcs were cap
| sized while sailing on Lake Wash and his four
companions were drowned. -.
New ORLEANS, April 19--The government OBJ.
taned judgment against F. J. Heron, on the bond
| of General Steadsman internal revenue collector OF
| this district in 1868 for one hundred thousand
dollars with interest from the date Of the judicial
| demand. Stedmans shortage is placed Ut S35 800
! Counsel excepted Judge Billings charge.
| LYNcHBuHG, Va, April 19-The lynchers OF
| Bob Crockett, the Wythevlle murderer, warned
Robert MoycrSto leave the state. Meyers denied
any implication in the murder, deied the lynchers
and expresses his willingness to surrender to the
| authorities for investigation.
TROY, N. u, April 19--Women Suffrage State
convention elected Lille Deveraux Blake president
Their resolutions proclaim that only by womans
cooperation can social order be secured and main
| tained s..
ASHLAND, Pa, April 19-The gangwsy Of .
peared,
GENEVA, April 19.-1n the explosion Of fire
works factory ut Bronstetter to-day four persons
were killed.
| SAVANNAH, April 19.-The thief who broke
into the vault where the government deposits
were secured stamps to the amount Of $3.50 900.
| WILL1AMsPokp, Pc, April 19-H Hartman,
Del Rhodes, Grant Moore and Wilts was drowned
in the river here by the capszing Of a boat.
| GALVESTON, April 19.-At McDadc to-day in
the house of a worthy German named Anton
| Pfetfier, his Ton William shot his cousin Mary
aged Is three times kilins her. lie then killed
| himself Cause supposed insanity
! BELo1r, Wis, April 19.-Thomss Knill engin-
| eer in Thompsons plane works was instantly
killed by an engine drive wheel to-day Hills
| body was torn in fragments.
| Tucson, Arr, April ia detachment OF troop
which followed the Apaches from southeast Il of
| Ures report having a running fight with the In
diansand killing nearly whole band General
! Crook has ordered 800 scouts to be in readiness
| for u long scout into the Serria Madrcs.
STEVENS PoISr, Wis, April 1o--Pat McHugh
was shot this morning by an unknown party con
cealed in the west wing Of the Curran House.
McHugh was sweeping in front Of his saloon and
| the ball which was fired from rifle passed through
from his shoulder blade to his left nipple grazing
his heart in i!s eqarye, Little possibility Of his re-
covering. This evening he was taken to Fon du
| lac by his mother and wife,
WARSAW. Ind, April l9--The two daughters o.
Levi Rurgan and Ellie Christ ten and twelve year
old while out gathering vines for the purpose o
decoratin school room were accoet.d by two
| ruifians who chloroformed and outra ged them