Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-01-28
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leader of the governments intention to
introduce bill to suppress the national
league was greeted by the Psrnellite mem.
bers with cries of "cowards," )" shame and
with lronlcal laughter
ST. PAUL, Jan. 26-J. E. Zublin, gen
eral superintendent of the Baltimore &
Ohio Telegraph company reached St.
Paul yesterday afternoon for the purpose
of entering into negotiations with view
of securing franchises in st. Paul, Min
neapo!js and Duluth, which will enable
bis company to extend their system into
the northwest.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 26.-Jamestown special
to Pioneer Press: Manager Legg, OF the
Sykes farm, has been directed by the Eng
lish owners to send specimens Of its prod
ucts for exhibition to the American Sec
retary at the London fair which opens in
May. Some are now being prepared and
an exhibit will be made from the Sykes
farms in Dakota, Minnesota and Mani
toba
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The bill intro
duced in the house to-day by Mr.. Swim
burn, of New York, declaringlthe silver
dollar legal tender, makes all standard
silver dollars heretofore coined legal ten
der, and directs the secretary of the treas
ury to recognize the silver dollar of 4l21ss
grams as equal In value to the gold dol
lar IN payment of all claims against or
due the government.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 26.-W. NJ. Wood
side has fairly earned his title as "the
great American record breaker" In the
sixth days race yesterday he never left
his wheel until he had covered one hun
dred and ten miles. Mounting again after
rest of twenty five minutes he pushed
ahead to the end OF his one hundred and
seventy fifth mile. Voclferous applause
greeted the announcement that he had
broken all records from 50 to It's miles.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 25-Emlgrant agent
Powell, of the St. Paul road, informed q
reporter this morning that the outlook
for the immigration to Central Dakota
the coming spring Is greater than for two
years previous. cit will be far ahead of
the rush of 49," said Mr.. Powell. "The
emigration will be from the New Eng
land states, Pennsylvania and Indiana,
and the counties to be filled are Edmunds,
Walworth, Mcpherson, Mcintosh, Lo-
gan and Emmons."
LONDON, Jan. 26-The dynamite scare
was revived in Norwich today by ter
rifle explosion at Victoria railway station,
which partially demolished the buildings.
No one is reported to have been injured.
The cause of the explosion is mystery.
Sir Henry Hawkins, judge of the high
court of justice of the Queens branch di-
vision, had left Norwich on the train
starting from another depot few mo-
ments before the explosion, and 1t Is be-
lleved the explosion was the work of ene-
mics of his who wished to lnjure him and
who had made mistake IN regard to the
station at which he would leave.
MINNEAPoL1s, Jan. 26.--It IS by no
means unknown in real estate circles IN
Minneapolis that the Baltimore & Ohio
has been quietly seeking grounds for ter
minal purposes for some time past in this
city, Active Investigations have been in
progress by agents of the company for
two months past, looking to the securing
OF lots in the neighborhood of Prospect
Park, on the east side, so located as to
furnish the readiest communication with
the Northernj Pacific right of way and
their yards: The close relation existing
between the Baltimore & Ohio and the
Wisconsin Central will explain largely
the ends which the former read has in
view and the means by which it seeks to
accomplish them.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Mr. Cannon,
of Illinois, has prepared bill to simplify
procedure in pension claims. 1t pro-
vides as follows: "In the consideration
of claims no proof of soundness at enlist
ment of claimant or Of the origin OF
claimants disability IN service IN line OF
battle shall be required, if the records OF
the war or navy department show that
the claimant was mustered into the UNI
ted States service and rendered three
actual service with his command
or upon detached service, and was hon
orably discharged, provided that the dis
ability exists to an extent that can be dis
covered and described as pensionable by
All examining surgeon, and can be certl-
fed a. not inconsistent with such service,
and as net due to the dissipation or vi
cious habits of the soldier"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-Judge Moody |
was heard by the house committee on ter
ritorles today upon the proposition to
divide the territory of Dakota. He fol-
lowed the same line of argument pursued
by him at his previous hearing. He dis
claimed any personal interest IN the divi-
sion of the territory on the forty-slxth
and charged that Mr.. l.. g.
Johnson, who accused HIM of desiring
inch A division in order that he might be
returned to the senate, was not citizen
r n>Ae&. hut of Illlnois He said Mr.