Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-02-03

present atus Of the case, as it is generally
concedS The President is master of the sit
uation. The Attorney General is preparing
an ansve to the resolution.
The tai number Of business failures
during last seven days throughout Cam
ada andx e United States was 2S9.
ONE the most serious charges brough
against Uhited States Consul Greenbaum,
at Apia, Samoa, in the petition Of Secretary
Bayard, hich asks for his removal, is con-
tanned il The affidavit of Chinese mer-
chant, Ah Su, who swears that Mr.. Green
baum tried to make arrangements with him
whereby Chinese could be brought from
China to. Samoa and furnished with certifi-
Gates there which would permit them to en-
ter the United States. Each Chinaman was
to be charged 500, and this amount to be
equally e.aaca between Al Su and Green
baum.
The boot and shoe factory Of Henry
Whitmere, on Gay and Eden streets, Balti-
more, Nd, was burned. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
AN explosion of gas at the coal mines of
Long e. Co., Banksville, Pa, set fire to the
pit and burned the mine, mules and other
property. A number of miners working at
the time escaped injury by miracle.
The Committee on Labor Of the House
of Representatives has instructed Repre-
sentative James to report favorably the bill
introduced by him, making it unlawful for
any officer, agent or servant Of the Govern
ment of the United States to contract with
any person or corporation, or permit any
official of any State Prison where criminals
of the United States may be incarcerated, to
hire or contract out the labor Of said crim-
mails, and imposing fine of from $500 to
1000 or Imprisonment from one to three
years for violation of the act. The sub
committee having charge of the convict Ia
Dor question reported favorably the bill pro-
hibiting the use of material made by con-
victs in the construction of Government
buildings.
FIRE at Franklin, Pa, totally destroyed
the Opera House Block, containing the
Franklin Oil Exchange, Venango Specta-
tor, the Postal Telegraph Office, and a
number of stores, lodge rooms and living
apartments. The loss is $91 600; insur-
ance, $751; 200. The cause Of the fire is un-
known.
The Opera House Block, at Franklin,
Pa, valued at $l35,000, was entirely con-
sumed by fire, Insurance on the building,
$3S,OOO. The loss is not obtainable
The permanent retirement from the turf
of Pierre Lorillard, who has for years fig
ured so prominently in the racing annals of
this country, and whose victories on the
English turf with Parole and Iroquois made
his fame world wide. is announced from
New York. His racing stable will be sold
at auction Feb. ~, including the we'll
known thoroughbreds Drake Carter, Pom
tiac, Emperor. Unrest and Dewdrop. Wan
da will be retired for breeding purposes
Lorillard retains his Rancocas establish
ment.
THERE were 394 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's during last
week, against 334 the preceding week, and
1856, $40, 3S9 and 210 in the corresponding
weeks of 1885, 1884, 1883 and 1882, respect
ively. Among those reported embarrassed
were: Nichols Brothers & Co., manufac-
turers furs, New York; Althof, Bergman 4
Co., toys, New York; Amasa Howe, shingle
manufacturer, Presque Isle, Me-; Western
Crockery Company. Milwaukee. Wis; Geo.
X. Oyler Manufacturing Company, farm
machinery, st. Louis, Mo-; Mt. Vernon
Mill and Elevator Company, Mt. Vernon,
Ind; A. W. Poulson & Co., notions, Balti-
more, Ohio; West Rutland Marble Com
pany, Rutland, VT; j. F. Shumate d Co.,
books, Cincinnati, Ohio.