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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
FATAL EXPLOSIONS

A Rurstlng Boiler In y South c.,.,
mill Kills Seven Persons-Four Ii,as ,"~'
by an Explosion of Fire-Damn ~ Lost
Mine In Pennsylvania. " Coal
RIDGEvrLLE, 8. c., Oct GA ~,
exploded TUESDAY in j. A. Ouacksnh 1u'er
saw-mill, killing seven persons. Tha
plosion was caused by firing with n.y..
fat lightwood butts, causing steam r. sNy
crate faster than the safety-valve won,S SsA~
lieve it. Portions of the boiler we;nh;'
several hundred pounds were thrown tn"s
hundred yards. The dome has mt n"see
found. Pieces of machinery were tnroal
in every direction. The men We're thro"I
from fifty 10 seventy-fve yards, and wera
stripped of every vestige of clothing. rvas
their shoes were blown from their feet
DEATH IN A MINE, co,
WnKEsBAERE, Pa: Oct. 22.-For n,on.,-
passh danger signal has been conspicunnslIs.
pceted at the entrance to an Abandoned s Ms
ton of No. 2 slope in the Delaware & u ,.I
son coal mine. Yesterday Peter Zelenttz,@'"''
an ignorant Pole prompted by cur;osi,,,,.
entered the deserted Works with n minns:,
exposed lamp burning in his hat. Inn
diately after his disappearance in the day.
chamber there was a cannon-like roas
a sweep of wind which %extinguishcd ~,
the subterranean lights, and a reyerhsr WI
ton that dismantled the hoistiny ,,s
cllinery. The timber-caps crumbled pn nI",
the weakening roof, portions of which fn
on the entombed miners. Then cama
a second explosion, tiercer, louder amy
more death-dealing than the first. lis Iha
tonation was heard for miles aronMd
Instantly following the shock a sheet "s
flame swept through the Slope, I'M tbs
shaft and out above the fan ho,sa
Beams and shingles were carried awar
from the breaker and tloated to an altitude
OF four hundred feet. After two or three
mighty spurts, like the sudden and liehtad
sided into the shaft whence it had como
and soon expired.
The two shocks, SO suggestive of calom.
ity in the mining regions. aroused tha
n~eighborh0Od to prompt action. A descent
was mad into tile slope by a rescuing party
and the dead and dying were raised to fla
surface by the assistance of a crude holster
The dead number three and the wounded
thirteen. The wounded are frightfullv
burned, besides having breathed the ras
and flames. Nearly all of them are expect.
ed to die. Zelentzky was not
killed. The conclusion tore every
stitch of clothing from his BODY
leaving his boots intact. His hair was
burned off to the scalp and lie was blown
thirty feet away. He will live. One man
was blown two hundred feet from where
he was working and instantly killed. The
Shaft at which the explosion took place is
one of the largest operated by the Della.
ware & Hudson Company. The average
daily hoist OF coal is from $50 to 400 car.
loads. Over four hundred men and bows
are employed in preparing this coal for
market.
At eight o'clock last evening another vic.
tim, Thomas Collins, died of his injuries.
Collins wa a member of the Democratic
County Committee. Superintendent E. l..
Peckens stated that every precaution had
been taken to keep the miners away from
the fatal opening.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
CHINESE MoBBED IN WYOMING.
Thirty Mongollans Driven to the Hill
Near Rock Springs by the Whites.

Thirty Mongollans Driven to the Hills
Near Rock Springs by the Whites.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. GA dispatch re-
ceived at the Union Pacific headquarters
says that Wednesday night at eleven
o'clock a mob of white Va attacked a
section house occupied by thirty Chinese
section h:Rls, at the old town of
Rock Springs, WY. T., three miles from
the coal m:ning toSn of the same name.
The mob yelled ana shouted, fired a vollev
of revolver shots into the air, bombarded
the house with clubs and stones and
smashed every window.
The Cinnamon We're frightened nearly tn
death, supposing that another massacre was
about to be perpetrated, and fled from the
house, half clad, to the n%eeighboring hills.
where they remained all night, suffering in
tensely from cold. Yesterday morning
they returned and resumed work.
The authorities and military remaining
at Rock Springs were informed of what had
occurred, but as yet have been unable to
discover who the rioters were. Efforts will
be made to apprehend them. The coal
mines at Rock Springs and other points
where order has been restored are now he.
ing worked without interruption.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
~ANTI.cHiNEsE AGITATION.
Report of Governor Squire, of Washingto
Territory, on the subject.

Report of Governor Squire, of Washington
Territory. on the subject.
WASHINGTON. Oct. Ex-Governor Wat
son Squire, of Washington Territory, has
sent a special report to. the Secretary OF the
Interior upon the anti Chinese agitation in
the Territory in which he says that the
principal point wheyc violent demonstration
have been made is Seattle, but that there
has been a great deal of agitation at Ia
coma. The persons accused OF killing 1he
Chinese hop-pickers neal Seattle have peeh
arrested, and one is now in Jail under III
dictment for murder in the first degree
Strong efforts have been made to lntliai'
date Chinese employees at the Franklin anu
Newcastle coal mines. and many OF the
Chinese are leaving. these places are nov
quiet, but the coal companies are anxious
III regard to the safety of their property:
The Chinese Consul at San Francsce
was informed that the persons accrsen o.
numbering Chinese had been arrested. lno
Governor says that it has been his desire ~
maintain order without the employment oa
troops, and. a strong organization OF tneI
better class of citizens at Seattle mas al
rayed itself under the law for the presei'",
ton of peace. The situation has peeh
improving from day to day, and 1t IS com,
cluded that no necessity exists for calilnsi
upon the military. II serious trouble alis.'
the Secretary will be notified by telegraph
and if troops should be required there IS a.,
ample force ut Vancouver barracks, "l'n'i'
. few hours of the disturbed locality.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13

dollars and sentenced to imprisonment for
ten days for contempt of court regarding
the payment of certain claims.
AT a meeting of he directors Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company on
the o2d in New York Dr.. Norvin Green
was reelected President and General r.
T. Eckert General Manager.
FERDINAND WARD was arraigned on the
22d in the Court of Oyer and Terminer at
New York on the charge of larceny and
obtaining goods under false pretenses. He
pleaded not guilty.
THE designations of Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Coon and Civil Service
Com:nissionerlThoman vert rendered to
the President on the 23d.
THE official returns from all counties in
Ohio were received at Columbus on tn
23d. The total vote vas 731, 1872, Of which
Foraker (Rep.), received 359,53S; Hoadly
(Dem.), 341 $50; Leonard (Prohibitionist),
2s,054; and Northrup (Greenbacker), :, 100.
Foraker's plurality is thus 1s, 15S.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
Opposed to the Indian Policy.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-It is reported
that the President ~disapproves of almost
every feature of the present system of In
dia> management, and will recommend
to Congress radical changes in the
methods OF buying and issuing p;o-
visions and other supplies. The President
believes, it is said. that if the army is to
be expected to prevent Indian depredathns
the military authorities should he given the
power to. assist in removing the causes OF
dissatisfaction by providing for an honest
distribution of supplies. This is the policy
which has long been recommended by Gem
erals Sheridan and Sherman and other high
military officers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
FoRElGN.

THREE THOUSAND Frenchmen have died
from cholera in Tonquin within the last
nine months.
The military craze had on the Doth in.
fected all Greece and the people were
clamoring for war. Thirty thousand oil
the reserves had been enrolled during the
last few days.
A SYNDICATE in Liverpool On the 2Otf
cattle from Cork to England for the Ma
tionalists. Lords Bandon and Castleton
and other prominent gentlemen of Ion
don have formed n committee to assist
people of every class in Ireland who have
been boycotted.
A LONDON Grand Jury on the 2Oth found
a true bill against MI. Stead, editor of the
IaU Mall Gazette, and the other prisoners
il the Armstrong case, for abduction, con-
spiracy and indecent assault.
1T was stated in Berlin on the 9th that
the Porte was about to invite the Powers
to q conference in Constantinople. Prince
Alexander had ordered out for Immediate
defensive service all the national militia
of Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia
AGREAT fire broke out in Moscow Russia,
on the 21st, and caused enormous losses.
Seven persons were killed and our in
jufed.
LAWRENCE B%RAINERD, the a%bsconding
Vermont bank President, returnedt to VIM
nipeg recently, and gave an account of a
visit to Chicago and Detroit since he was
kidnapped.
A DESPERATE attempt wa mad, on the
21st at Copenhagen to assassinatet .Istrupp,
the Danish Premier. Two shots from a
revolver failed to take effect, when the
would-be assassin was seized by detectives
aud hurried to prison.
The British Privy Council on the o2d
dismissed the appeal in the case of Louis
Riel, the leader of the insurrectioa in the
Northwest Territory, and he will proba-
bly, be hanged November 10.
THE English army in India was on the
22d preparing for the invasion of Burmah,
and King Theebaw was doing his best to
make a vigorous defense.
RI. Rev. JAMES FRASER, Bishop of Man
chester, Eng, died suddenly on the 22d.
The resolution of the Montreal Board OF
Health calling upon the central board to
close the churches was on the 22d meeting
with great opposition, Catholic and Prot
estant clergymen being opposed to it.
AN attempt to shoot the Minister of War
of Montenegro was made on the Odd at
Cattaro by IN Albanian, who confessed
himself the agent of q band of consri.s-
tors. He was quickly executed.
s.UDGE DENNY, ex-United States Consul.
General at Shanghai, has accepted tho
position of foreign adviser to the Govern.
ment of Corea, with a salary of $1,000 q
month.
THERE was no abatement in the small.
pox at Montreal on the 23d, 81 deaths being
reported and 294 for the week. The DISEASE
had broken out at Ottawa, where two chill.
dren were found concealed in a cup.
board.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
NEWS.

A PRAIRIE fire i'll the Panhandle OF
Texas had or the oath extended it's self
over half a million acres bordering on the
Canadian River, doing immense damage.
JOHN b. PAIGE, Ex-Governor Of Ver-
mont, died at Rutland on the oath, of
bronchial pneumonia, ut the age of sixty
one years.
EUROPE was alarmed on the oath over
the invasion of Bulgarian territory by the
Servians, and it was feared that this act
Of hostility presaged a rupture between
Russia and Austria.
IHE exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearinghouse in the United States dur
lnglthe week ended on the 18th aggregated
S1,111,617, 800, against $3.50, $50, 19S the pre-
vious week. AS compared with the corre-
spending period of 1884, the increase
amounts to $40 per cent.
IL In a single-scull race on the Oath at AL
bany, N. Y, for a purse of $ 1000 side
and the championship of America, John
IL. Teemer defeated Edward Hanlan by
three lengths. The ex-champion of the
world acknowledged that he had been
fairly beaten by a better man.
ADyICEs Of the oath from Ell Paso, Tex,
say that many Apaches had recently
crossed into Mexico, and that in an attack
upon a ranch two Americans and four In
dians were killed.
ANOTHER street car in st. Louis was
blown up by dynamite on the oath, but no
one was injured.
The order of the Chief-of-Police Of
Cleveland, O., closing al saloons on Sum
day, was generally observed on the 18th.
THE Fourth Presbyterian Church, in
East Thirty fourth street, New York, cele-
brated its centennial anniversary on tho
25th by appropriate religious services
TWENTY-FIVE children at the Allegheny
City (Pa.) Home for the Friendless were
poisoned on the oath by drinking milk.
All were in a fair way to recover. How
the milk became poisoned was a mystery.
H funeral of Henry w. Shaw Josh
Billings. took place on the 25th at Lanes
borough, Mass.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER's hennery, at
his farm neal Peekskill, N. Y, was burned
to the ground on the oath, and one hundred
fowls persisted in the
flames.
THE Marquis of Lorne, Liberal candi-
date for Parliament from the Borough of
Hempstead, England, was pelted with
rotten eggs while attempting to make a
speech at that place on the Oath.
HUGH NJ. BROOKS, known as Walter
Lennox Maxwell, the alleged murderer of
c. Arthur Preller in the Southern Hotel,
st. Louis, was identified OH the oath by
his father, Samuel Brooks, of Hyde, En-.
gland. The scene between the two was
most affecting. The elder Brooke dacla rad
his belief in his sons innocence.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
Death of Edwin Booths Mother.

NEW YORK, Oct. e3.-Mrs. Mary Ann
Booth widow of the celebrated actor.
Junlus Brutus Booth, and mother of Ed
wlh' John Wilkes, Joseph A., Asia and
hose Booth died in this city yesterday,
aged eighty-three years. Mrs. Booth had
Deen living with her youngest son, Joseph,
t t, many years. About a year ago She
,ell ON The sldewalk and broke one of hel
1ess' aMo was never able to walk again,
.en uayS ago she was Frustrated with a So
we're colo, Which developed into pneumonia
u ,an;d iuesoay last when she began to sink
1 JPN 1oI more than twenty years Mrs.
tate OF her ~favorite SON, john Wilkes. ">
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
PERSONAL AND PoLITIcAL.

WILLIAM n. GRAVES, a prominent citi
zen of Syracuse, N. Y, and the p~atentee
of various toys and mechanical devices,
died on the 18th from the effects of NOR.
phine, taken with suicidal intent.
MALCOLM HAY, recently First Assistant
Postmaster-Genera of the United States,
died on the Goth of consumption at Pitts.
burgh, Pa.
Congressman by the County Democracy
of the Eighth Congressional District, New
York City.
The Republicans of Dakota, in conven.
ton at Huron on the 21st, nominated the
following State ticket: Governor, A. C.
Millette, Lieutenant Governor, A. E.
Frank: Secretary of State, H. S. Murphy:
Auditor, Frank Alexander; Treasurer. D,
w. Diggs.
The canvassing of the vote of Hamil-
ton County, O., still continued on the 21st.
Several irregularities in the returns were
~lscovered at Cincinnati, and the Election
Board was served with an injunction for
bidding the counting of precincts in cases
where protests had been made.
The Garrison Lyceum in Boston cele.
DRAFTED on the 21st the tiftieth anniversary
of the mobbing of William Lloyd Garrison
in that city. A monument to the famous
Abolitionist is soon to be erected.
A MEETING of the subscribers and the
trustees of the Grant trust fund was held
in New York on the ed, md it was de-
cided to place the fund $24S,O0o) in the
hands of trustees, the income to 20 to Mrs,
Grant during her life, and after her death
to her heirs.
MRS. MARY ANNE BOOTH, mother of Ed.
win, j. Wilkes and Junius A. Booth, died
at New York IN the 22d, aged eighty three
years.
The Republicans of Dakota, in session
at Huron on the 22d, nominated for Con-
gressmen Theodore d. Kanouse and q, s,
Clifford.
The official count at Cincinnati was
completed OF the 22d, but was liable to
change ut the hands of the courts. The
complexion of the Ohio Legislature hinged
upon a decision in two cases. If given the
five precincts in dispute, the Democratic
Legislative candidates would receive the
certificates; if the Republicans won in the
courts, they would have all the Represent.
atives but one.
Asa EMERSON, a famous PIONEER of Ken.
lucky, celebrated his 102d birthday at
Louisville on the 22d.
The city of Boston on the 22d paid it's
official tribute to the memory of General
Grant. The exercises were held in
fremont Temple. where no seat remained
The eulogy was delivered by
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, end Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe contributed an ode.
The President on the 22d nominated E.
V. Long, of Indiana, to be Chief Justice
the'Supreme Court of the Territory of
Mexico, to succeed Judge Vincent.
EIGHT members of the New Orleans Citv
Council were on the I'D each fined fifty
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
q Natural Ga. Closing the Coal Mines

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 2a.-Natural gass
has won its first complete victory over coaD
in the closing down of the Press Nine op-
Grated by Gray & Bell, in the Ihlrty-pi'l
Ward. The introduction of natural e"I
into the mills and factories in that v'c'hl'yI
is the cause. One year ago the mine "a'I
being operated to its fullest capacity, WIZ
about one hundred and fifty men. lteS,7
dent Costello, Of the Miners Assoclatloa]
said Yesterday: "This i only a harolns1ll
of what is to come. Natural gas VIII graz
ual!y be introduced into every n.il "an
factory in Pittsburgh, and as 1t aaVan's"
coal Is bound to retreat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-13
Heavy Beef Contract.

GALVESTON, Tex, Oct. PA special
from Fort Worth to the NcWs says: Isaac
Dahman of this city has closed a
CONTRACT with an English Syndicate to de.
liver Oh the wharf at Galveston fornightly v.
for tile next five years, three Thousand
frozen carcasses of beef cattle. The price
stipulated is six cents per pound for the
beef and nine cents for the hides. 1t is said
the shipments will begin next week.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-15
Ilanlara NnieA.

BY cable 10 thr Dlsphicn.
ToULoN. September l4-Not SIN
gle death from cholera was reported
here last night. The shops are re-
opening and a number Of refugees are
returning TO the CITY. There are on y
seyenty-one cases Of cholera at present
unoer treatment.
MADRID. September l4-BepOrts Of
the cholera for the week ending last
night show that the disease j, station
airy in the provinces Of sartandor and
barcelona. and IN al the other infected
provinces there has been q steady de-
crease. & fair ratio IN regard 10 the
inter assertion j. taken from the pro-
vince q Granada. Yesterday there
were only scven;y-two new cases Of
choiero and twenty-five deaths reported
in that province: while on Sunday
the C,h instant there were 33+ new
cases and l. deaths reported. T.
Dams were generally sung IN the
churches throughout SPAIN yesterday.
TIE oificla number Of deaths reported
yesterday for the whole Of Spain was
81.
MAEsEILIEs. September l4-seyen
deaths from choiers have been reported
IL this city to-day. Thirty patients re-
main under treatment N Phar0 Hos
pItBi Nomore bulletins VIII be issued
hefe.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-15
THE RICHMOND DISPATCH-TUESDAY SEPTEMBER Is 1885

ton for . number of years TO. come.
With such endorsement he would head
another delegation from the State
TO the next Republican Presi-
Dental Convention, assist inhrertially
in nominating the candidate for the
first place. and himself 20 on the ticket
for the vice-presidency if he desired.
His cal TO the Cabinet as its southern
representative, should Republican be
elected in 'sS, be considers a foregone
conclusion unless he is thoroughly aud
Overwhelmingly beaten in the coming
election.
lie claims the election OF Lee by
large majority. and speaks Of his nomi-
nation as that of man several thousand
votes stronger than his party.
he says As q warrior in time Of
war, and peaceful citizen in time Of
peace, Titz Lee will be welcomed by
all classes and colors Of people as q re-
freshing change from the old to q new
and better era in the politics of the State.
From the day when the Lees of yir-
GINA. he says, surrendered their arms
10 the conquering battalions Of the
North they have never sought to fire
the minds of their countrymen OF the
South. or keep alive in the hearts Of the
Virginia people the passions born Of
the war. They promptly and patrioti-
cslly, be says, hurried away from the
dead issues Of the past, and sough: 10
earn and eat the bread Of honest labor
in the plainest pursuits Of life.
His remarks in this connection were
eloquent, and loudly applauded. The
speech, it is stated, will be published
in full and given large circulation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-15
Fire and Loss of Life
rD-- salaer.-o -. %. aha ffIQuc

NEW YoRK, September IA fire
broke out early this morning IN the five
story double tenement PIG east Eighty
first street. !; started IN the cellar,
and the smoke. and cracking Of the
flames aroused the tenant on the first
floor. vino gave the alarm. Nineteen
families lived IL the house, en- bracing
over one hundred persons, most Of
them young children. They we're all
hastily aroused, and some Of them e.
capped by the stairway. while Others de-
scended the fre-escape Mrs. Ruet-
linger. the wife OF baker. made her
way 20 the roof with her three young
children and babe. Not noticing al
air-shsft between No. &c and the a.
Joining house she fell down q distance
of sixty feet. and she and the baby were
Instantly killed. The other children
were warned IN time Of the'r danger.
The total loss by FIRE was onlr sl.60O.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-15
Old BOTETOURT ABLAZE.

t.r1uG Democratic Rally e. Buchanan
Fisrs,. mckinney. aud Rna. TsrkcT o.
ths SiumB.
Especial telegram Ia the I5ispetch.l
BUcHANAN. VA, September Ia
Thu has been a feid-Gay II Botetourt
RArely has there ever been such enthu-
ssaSIn. In the early morning the pso-
ple began 10 congregAte at the court
house. all eager and anxious TO hear
Mckinney and Tucker, and q few mIn-
uies after the bell sounded Al over
fiow Ing crowd gathered in the court
hogse. Iht building was filled to rs
almost capacity.
Captain }. h. II. FiEgst. cur gallant
lesoer for the House, first spoke. lie
was greeted with great applause. lie
declared he stood sqGarely o. the Dem
ecratic platform, and WAS proud 10 be
the stsHdard-l,eArer Ofthe Democracy OF
Boletourt- HIS speech was q good one
IN every respect--caim. conservative.
and CANDID. al hal to our brave
figgsit. worthy leader Of a worthy
people
The introduction Of Captain p W.
Mckinney crested another outburst OF
applause. tie SAID IA the beginning
that be never felt himself a stranger
anaassg Democrats. He let personal
issaeS be buried and remeirs,ered that
We have only Virgins and Nvg'nisns
10 ighi loT We have had the infantry.
now We Rave the calvary, hesaed o.
Lee. Rally IL ibe busle cal.
he spoke u Mshonc's collar. snd sad
- can't wear any mar collar Hs
srs'ssnsenl q Malone and the Ee?no.
licsn party Was terrific. lie traced IA
rrsphsc terms their history from ls5e,
sI.c Aboxed up t. clear AID terse iAR-
gusge ali thcir nsi-eee1s and corr Ib
sions. II the deti question Is oPrfs-
90 sesm. 4 viii oe oysssd by the Ais-
hone TsTs3. hs ssid. " rhey are r.
spap.jhle COT All TITS esssi azlsAsisa.
The DsDerrsiic party wss siwsys a
reorle. ynris sssd fsf fh~ gsserarsat
Of Inc Isepis. Hs hardly sea forth