Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-21
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private bills were discussed, and ut the even
ing session t%ifty-tive pension bills were passed.
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A BLOCK of residences at Texarkana,
Ark, was destroyed by fire on the 4th,
causing a heavy loss.
A COMPANY of colored cavalry had an en-
gagement with the Apaches in the mount
aims of Arizona a few days ago. The
troops We're unable to dislodge the hostiles,
and retired with the loss of one man.
Three Indians were killed.
A DYNAMITE bomb was thrown on the
evening of the 4th into the ranks of three
hundred Chicago policemen who had
formed to uppress a Socialistic gathering
in the old Market square. on the West side.
One was instantly killed and forty-six
wounded, seven of them fatally. The po-
lice returned a broadside fire, killing three
Socialists and wounding a large number.
Smaller riots occurred in other portions of
the city.
THE commissioners on the 4th decided to
locate the Iowa Soldiers Home at Mar
shalltown.
In order to assist in the maintenance of
quarantine against the Introduction of in
%fectious diseases the President determined
on the 4th to establish by means of vessels
of the revenue marine a National patrol of
the coast of the United States.
TIE four thousand employees of the Pull
man Car Company, near Chicago, struck
on the 4th for the eight-hour rule.
THE Mormens We're on the 18th taking
alarm at the vigorous prosecutions of Of
tenders against the law in Idaho and had
grown less defiant.
A souTI-BouND freight-train on the AL
ton railway was wrecked on the 4th Just
north of Delavan, ILL.,, and four tramps
who were stealing a ride We're killed.
THE lumber-dealers of Chicago on the
4th refused the demand Of the men EN-.
ployed in their yards for an advance OF
twenty-five per cent. in their pay.
The employees of the Michigan Car-shops
at Detroit struck on the 4th for shorter
hours and increased pay.
THE scholars i'll the Sheridan public
school at Chicago struck on the 4th for
shorter hours, and their demand being re-
fused they broke the windows in the build
ing and tore down the fence. 1t required a
police force to quen the disturbance.
IT was estimated on the 9Th that twenty
thousand workmen were idle in Cincin-
matt, and only one railroad was able tc
handle freight.
A SERIOUS collision between the militia
and the mob occurred on the 9Th at BAY
View, a suburb of Milwaukee. Several
persons were killed or wounded by tho
soldiers.
EIGHT employees of the PENN
sular Ca Shops at Detroit struck on the
18th.
AT the Chicago Stock-yards the labor
frc,,h1ac h,J fl,a ,f.,nt {o o1~,-,a l,.-.-
twenty-five cents per hundred on the 5th
by reason of consignments being held
back.
JANE Is. MCCONNELL, confidential book
keeper for Boyd & Herrick, of New Or
cling about $4,000.
Four men were killed and seven injured
by the fall of the walls of BRACKETS build
ing at Minneapolis on the 18th.
REPORTS on the 9Th from l~ife-saving sta
lions OF the lakes were to the effect that
the water was generally rising, and il
some cases stations had been submerged o.
partially washed away.
TIE Governor of Illinois on the 5th or
dered the withdrawal of five militia com.
panies from East st. Louis.
The Secretary of the Missouri Board OF
Agriculture reported on the 9Th that til,
outlook for stock and crops in the State al
the present time had seldom been sur
passed.
TIE coroner's inquest at Chicago on the
9Th on the body of Policeman began, killed
in the riot the previous evening, resulted
in holding August and Chris Spies, Lichae
Schwab and Samuel Fielden for murder,
The Office of the Arbciter-Zeituug was closed
by the police, the type of an incendiary
proclamation confiscated and twenty-five
printers connected with the concern were
committed for murder. The guns i'm two
Socialist almories were taken to police
headquarters. There were sixty-four pa
tients at the county hospital suffering from
wounds received during the riot. The
most serious disturbance of the day was
the wrecking of a drugstore and saloon by
a mob Of Bohemians. Near the Desplaines
street station Officer Madden was fatally
shot by John Loffskinki, and lie setaliated
by killing his assailant.
OVER twenty-five thousand dollars wa.
donated in Chicago on the 5th to the fam
lilies Of the dead and wounded policeman
who were victims OF the riot on the
previous evening. The mayor issued 6
proclamation warning the people not tc
gather i'll crowds CT professions on the
streets, and also closed tie Casino Rink. al
which MI Moody was holding revival
services.
THE blaEsmen's strike on the Missouri
Pacific o hal on the 9Th tied up all
freight trains between North Platte and
Rawlins.
SEVENTEEN more boycotters were ar
rested in New York on the 9Th and held TO,
trial.
SEVERAL persons were Frustrated by the