Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-07-08
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of an average The drouth u also ocyeeo
in northern Iowa. Corn promises 4 goe9
crop, no damage having yet been Tsposs.
ed. Oats is almost failure. Flax ~ ri Il
poor crop. Barley promises ~ sveregS
crop. Hay is the lightest for years.
MILWAUKEE, July 7.-Forest nres ase
raging near Fond du Lac, Wiacon1sssI
In the Northern part Of the stass,s
late advices are that eleven dWellinE
houses, one boarding house, two Iaiges
barns, two warehouses, the saw MILL
planning mill, two car loads Of flour, eight
million feet of lumber and five nillion
feet of shingles were burned.
The loss will be 513O, 600: insurance 20.
600. Sixty men are thrown out Of sn-sI
ployment, and twenty. seven families left
destitute. The woods south OF Rome areN
all on fire, and men aud women are fght-
ing fire as best they can. Vanhoasearss
mill and buildings are totally destroyed.
His losses -ggregate about $lO0, 600.
ST. PAUL, July THE state prohibi-
ton convention met in Market Hall this
morning with over 200 delegates il -
tendance. Hon. J. E. Childs Of Waseca,
was made permanent chairman. At the
afternoon session an informal ballot
for governor resulted as follows ]. ~.
Chllds of Waseca, 100; j. r. Pinkham Of
Hennepin, ITO; w. w. Satterlee Of Hen
pepin, S; G. E. Holt of Minneapolis, -;
p. j. Knlss of Rock, 81; f. j. Denton,
IL. Then j. E. Chllds of Waseca, was
nominated for governor by acclamation
J. P. Pinkham of Hennepln, was nomi-
mated by acclamation for Lieutenant gov
ernor, and secretary OF state; j. T. Pierce
of Waseca, for state treasurer; r. ]. Kniss
of Rock, attorney general; Willis j.
Hatch of Ottertail, state auditor. The
convention adopted resolutions strongly
condemning the liquor traffic, IN favor q
women's suffrage and to uphold w. q.
T. U. of the state in the effort to secure
a law making scientific temperance n
struction obligatory in the state.
MILWAUKEE, July An Evening Wiz.
consin special from Spencer, Wis, says
the entire hamlet of Rome burned ct one
O'Clock this afternoon, including saw
mill, planning mill and 5000, 600 feet Of
lumber, store, boarding house and dwell &
lings of Mr.. Vanhoosear. Loss 4l5O, 600;
insurance $4,000. The woods are on
fire and further particulars can not be obs
tanned.
ST. PAUL, July 7.-Bozeman. Montana 4
special to Pioneer Press: At Tlmberline
the Knights of Labor, supported by I'll
the non union men, today decided 70 re-
sist the coal company's order that all
Knights should leave the gulch. The
company at once closed Its store and
butcher shop. A committee Of Knights
was sent to Bozeman for provisions. The
situation Is critical and bloodshed y IL
feared.
ST. PAUL, July 7.-Helena special %
Pioneer Press: Fire today destroyed the
Montana Lumber company's planning mill
and Sllverman's sampling works and q
say Office. Total loss, CSC. 900. There
was 900 insurance on the mill, but
none on the works.
The output of the Drum. Lummon mine
last month, reported today, was tl75, 600,
the largest of any mine in the history Of
the territory.
ST.. PAUL, July 7.--Aberdeen special 70
Pioneer Press: The Territorial Farmers
Alliance met here today with one hum
dred delegates, President Houcks in the
chair. Capt. Houser made an address Of
welcome. The afternoon was spent IN
informal discussion of farming interests.
CHICAGO, July g. Figures obtained
from the official statement of the board
of trade show that the visible supply Of
wheat in the United States and Canada
on Saturday, July 8, was Is, ,2ls, ,752 bush
els, a decrease from previous week Of
1864, ,935 bushels. Wheat stored in Chi
cago elevators, 1,763, ,271 bushels
WINNIPEG, July ga Vancouver spe-
clai announces the arrival there ct noon
Sunday, of the first through tram over
the Canadian Pacific. The trip was made
in 134 hours, two hours quicker than
schedule time. There was a.general turn
out of the inhabitants to celebrate the oc-
casion.
ST. PAUL, July 6.-Helena special %
Pioneer Press: President Harms Of the
Northern Pacific, IN an interview with
reporter of the Independents; regarding
fast trains on his road, declares 1t would
meet any time the Union Pacific might
make between Chicago and Unatilla
ST. PAUL, July GA lad named Peter
son was shot, probably fatally, yesterday
afternoon by another boy, Smith Mernts,
son of engineer Merritt, now in Dakota.
He claims that the shooting was accldeA-
tai.
ST. PAUL, July 6.-Ashton, Dakota.
special to Pioneer Press: Early Moaday
morning the inhabitants were awakeaod
by hot wind which drove everybody -
the cellars and the thermometers IN IS
l2o.
ST. PAUL, July New RacAlaad.
Mimi, special to Pioneer Pres: Hsnry
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