Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-10-18
NEWS NOTES.

The Jury i'm the celebrated Snow
Alley ease ut hdhaIn. Mass. has re-
turned verdict of S22 900 for snow.
Jack McAuliffe knocked out Billy
Dacey, near Dover. y. j in heeleventh
round. Time: " minutes. Dacey
was terribly punished.
Mary Griffin, - years old. died at
the almsho,se in Meriden, Conn, on
the 10Th inst, after iiity-tive days of
voluntary starvation.
Two Indians who were overt AIKEN by
prairie fire near Bismarck. Dak :, fled
to he Missouri river and in at tempt ing
to swim across were drowned.
The men imported from Chicago to
take the places Of the striking miners
of Macon, Mo-. have joined the strikers
and, being out ri money. are living off
the people Of the town.
\ grand stand filled with over q. 900
people at Quincy, H.. on the 10th
inst, gave way, resulting in killing "a
number and injury to over 800. Over
~ PERSONS suffered the breaking of
or both legs.
| The Munich Nachrichten confirms
the report that Swiss anarchists in
tended to make an attempt upon the
life Of Emperor william in Wur,em-
burg, and that great precautions were
taken to project the emperor. the
route OF the imperial train having
been changed.
Samuel &. Pratt met with a terrible
] sjAut Ia .at fhs. hot .,t Naval,
on the 18th inst lie went down to
hours later lying parbOiled upon the
believed that he plunged into the
water not knowing it's intense heat.
The street ear strike IN Chicago
threatens to spread to II number of
eastern cities. Riots are Of daily o.
currence, and unless n settlement is
reached within u few days bIoOdsh~l
will result. Captain AllriclI, of the
police force, while directing his men to
protect "a car, was stoned by the sym
pathizers Of the strikers and severely
wounded about the head.
The National line steamer Queen ar
rived Oct. 10th in New York. having
on board the captain. first and second
mates and steward OF the French fish
ing schooner Madeline OF Granville.
France. which was cut in two and sunk
by the Queen Oct. 9th off the banks OF
Newfoundland. Twenty-One of the
Madeline's crew persisted The Queen
lost her bowsprit and foremost.
\ terrible railroad collision occurred
on the I.ehigh Valley railroad, near
Mud Run, Pa, on the I It'll inst. Five
sections OF an excursion train. loaded
with eNcurSionist were ret urning from
Hazleton where a grand parade OF
Catholic societies took place; the
fourth section was compelled To stop
on the main track Just around acurve
and on a high embankment near the
lehgh river. In a few moments the
fifth section rushed around the curve
and dashed, full speed. into the rear
passenger coach, killing 30 outright
and wounding $50. Several of the
ears we're rolled down the bank into
the river
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob the pay ear on the Black Hills
X Fort Pierre railway near Lead City,
on Friday last. As the train was
rounding n curve into Reno Gulch the
engine plunged into ~ gap in the track
made by the removal Of two rails
The train had hardly been dltchel
when three masked men assailed the
pay ear. Paymaster W. \. Reemer
opened fire on the robbers with Win
chester with telling effect. The robbers
soon saw their plan to plumber the car
was futile, and attempted to escape.
Two were shot, but the third escaped
One Of the robbers, named John vii
son, was captured and is in he Dead
wood Jail. lie Is badly wounded, and
cant live. Another, named John
Clark, is supposed To have died in the
woods from the effects OF his wounds
as Wilson says Clark was seriously
wounded. The third robber, named
Johnson, escaped, and is beyond pur.
suit. None OF the railroad men were
injured.