Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-11-29

charge of the inauguration exercises is al
ready at work Chairman Quay's action
in overruling the factions which were try
ing to boss the ceremonies for sc, fish rea-
sons and were already plunged in quarrels
among themselves has had good effect.
The promise now is that there will be no
| friction. It Is likely that the Inauguration
ball will be held In the new pension build
ing, which was the scene Of like festivities
when President q eyeland was inangurated.
Congress has provided that the Washing
ton City postofice shall be removed to the
pension building, but arrangements will
be made whereby this will not be done un-
til after March 4.
Contains some startling Revelations.
The Sioux Indian commission, consist
ing Of r. H. Pratt. chairman; Judge
Wright, OF Tennessee, and Rev. VIM.
Cleveland, of Dakota, who have been
i laboring for the past two weeks preparing
their reportsfor Secretary Villas, have COM
pleted their labor. The report which con-
| tains $50 pages of tvpewriting, with maps
and illustrations, has been forwarded to
Washington. Capt. Pratt says that the
report contains some startling revelations
which will be read with great interest
| throughout the entire country. 1t shows
/ the condition of the Indians. how they
have been treated by the government, and
the commission sees no reason why the
government should have any trouble in
| bringing them to some terms.
/ u Four Aces Paraiyzsd Him.
| Judge Samuel Levy, q prominent aged
citizen of augusta. Ga, was stricken with
i paralysis last week. while participating in
social game Of cards. The party was
playing poker and Judge Levy was taking
hazards only on the game. His opponent
! in the jack pot when called showed four
aces. The judge was noticed to become
suddenly ILL., and assistance was offered.
When medical service arrived it was found
| that the Judge had been paralyzed.s Sur
| prise at his opponents hand is given as
the prime cause of his illness, though he
/ is very old. and age makes the ailment
more potent He is not expected to live.
President Harrison's Secretary.
The president elect has rendered Elijah
/ w. Halford, managing editor of the In
dianapolfs Journal, the position of private
secretary. Mr.. Halford is 43 years of age,
and came from England when child with
his parents. who settled in Cincinnati. He
began his newspaper career as reporter
| on the Indianapolis Journal twenty-five
years ago, and rose in few years through
successive positions to the managing edi-
/ torship. He has long taken an active and
prominent part in Indiana politics, and
was delegate to the late Chicago conven-
| ton, representing Indiana on the commit
| tee on platform, and shares with Hon.
/ VIM. Mckinley, of Ohio, the distinction of
/ having contributed no inconsiderable share
| in the construction of the national plat
1 form upon which the late campaign was
/ fought and won. For several years past
Halford has been ON intimate and conf
dental terms with Gen. Harrison and his
selection for the important position now
| rendered him therefore occasions no sur
prise at indianapolis. The new private
secretary is married and has one child, a
daughter Of II. He is the elder brother
of A. j. Halford, of the Washington
bureau of the Associated Press.
Another Whitechapel Sensation.
Great excitement was again occasioned
in London when it was reported that an
/ other woman had been murdered and mu-
tilated in Whitechapel. The police imme-
i diately formed Gordon around the prem
I ises. An enormous crowd rushed to the
,r,,;ah a. or;,,,. os so;d -
nave been commltted, wnefe II was learned
that another murder had been attempted
] upon low woman by man who had ac-
companied her to her lodging, but in this
instance ms work naa peen Irustrated. Ac-
had sa;zaa IA, and strncI bar once in the
throat with knife. She struggled des-
perately and had succeeded in freeing her.
self from the mans grasp and screamed
for help. Her CRIES had alarmed the
man and he had He'd without attempting
further violence. Some OF the neigh
bors who had heard the screams followed
the murderer for about 800 yards, when he
disappeared from their sight. The woman
says she is fully able to recognize the man
i and gave description OF him to the police.
The police are hopeful of soon capturing
him:
~ 80 ~ n,;,,;a,, tS,t ~ attas,,.taj 49,
der in Whitaehanel was NOT the work 81
the man who committed the asrocious
murders II that vicinity recently. Fur
.he Wh;sschaneI bo s sm1s tha.
abe had been attacked by a man who wen
to her lodgings with her suffered only
slipt abrasion of the skin of the throat