Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-03-03
ADDITIONAL NEWS.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has sent to the
Senate lengthy special message in regard
to its demand for papers, in which he takes
the ground that papers relating to suspen-
sions from Off o are not official papers,
consequently hc does not feel justified in
sending copies Of them to the Senate.
THE Senate Committee on Public Lands
voted to report adversely tho nomination Of
Surveyor General Dewitt, OF Utah.
The dry house of the powder mills at
Gees Station, Ohio, was demolished by an
explosion. The shock was felt for sixty
miles. Houses three miles AWAY were shat
tered. and bridge one mile away was
wrecked Christy McCann, Henry Frank
lin and Michael Haney were blown to
pieces. Their remains were gathered up in
blankets. Nothing was left of the building
but hole i'll the ground. The mems
clothing. with shreds of flesh, was found
hanging in the tops.
The Academy of Science Of France held
meeting at Paris to consider Pasteur's
nlation. Pasteur read long paper on the
subject, at the conclusion of which the
Academy adopted resolution Of thanks
and congratulated the author, in the name
of science and humanity, on the success Of
his labor
ST. LOUIS dispatch says that q strike
is impending among the 400 hands en-
ployed in the Western Steel Works at Ca
rondelet. When the works started up some
months ago .the men accepted low wages
with the understanding that they were to be
increased. This has not been done, and the
men now make demand for the increase.
If refused, general strike is to be made.
ALI the miners in the Ayeyron, France,
district, numbering $4,000, threaten to join
the strike of workmen. The prefect Of the
department has tclegraphed to NJ. Sarrien,
Minister of the Interior, for reinforcements
of troops.
The German Cabinet Council has been
considering the Polish bill. Prince Bis
marck proposed appropriation pure and
simple. He was unanimously opposed by
his colleagues, and he yielded.
A FIRE broke out in the Canadian Pacific
Railway Depot Mt Winnipeg, Manitoba, and
the structure was entirely consumed. The
origin of the fire is a mystery, unless by gss
or some combustible substance in the bag-
gage room, where it started. The building
and contents were valued at 5000, 900, and
there is an insurance of only S40,0O0. All
the Offices were thoroughly gntted except
what may he saved of the contents of the
safes. Business has been resumed in the
old station, pending the construction of a
new building.
FIRE at Perry, Ontario, destroyed many
fine houses and uncompleted blocks that
had been erected since the fire OF eighteen
months ago. While the fire was in prog
ress terrible explosion of gunpowder,
stored in the cellar Of one of the burning
buildings, took place, but no one was in
jured. The weather was very cold and the
water froze in the pipes. Ths fire spread
so rapidly that many poor people were COM
PEELED to flee from their homes without any
thing else than the clothes they wore. The
loss will not exceed 100000.
THE Senate devoted its attention entirely 10
executive sessions on the lst inst. In the House
Of Representatives Mr.. Barnum asked unani-
nous consent to have printed in the Record a
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