Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-02-22
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In the senate the 10Th, the bill to incorporate
the Washington Electric Street Railway COM
pany, of the District of Columbia, taken
from the calendar for consideration and after
amendment was laid aside. A bill for the
tablishment OF II bureau Of industry placed
on the calendar Senate bills: Declaring any
person convicted OF earnaliy and unlawfully
knowing any female under the age oi Is Years
shall be punished by imprisonment for from
five to ten years, and for second otfcnse during
his natural life. A punishment OF ten to thirty
years is provided persons ion iorcibly ravishing
any female, and for the period OF his natural
life for any person who carries out his ends by
means of potions on drugs. The provisions of
the bill are made applicable to all ! aces within
the jurisdiction of the United States The
commit, ee ON agriculture reported faNorably on
what is known as the contagious plenro- pneu-
monia bill. In the house bills were introduced
and referred us follows; For the protection of
settlers public lands. For the portion
men. on basis of iliterncy of Sfi 900 OF among
the states and territories for educational pur-
poses. To amend the homestead laws 40 Rs to
provide that only eighty acres cnn be entered in
stead of lG0 acres, and to permit only citizens
of the Unite 5 ates to enter homestead. To
establish an industrial school ut bismarck, ID.
II. Joint resolution processing II constitutional
amendment extending the president ial term to
eight years. For the erection of public build
ines at Sterl ny H.. and Burlington, 10. She
boygan, Green Bay and Monitowoc. Wis. and
Yankton, ID. 7. resolution WIS adopted max
ing the Pacific railroad tel2g eph bill special
order for March3 The speaker laid before the
u
ting report from the secretary of state in rela-
tion to the inyitatio from the Belgian govern
nent to the United states 10 participate in an
International exhibit ion to he held at Brussels
in May next. Referred, Also u message from
the president transmitting report from the
secretary OF state relative to an invitation OF
the German government to the United States
to become party to an international geodetic
association Referred.
A TERRIBLE cyclone swept over Mt
Vernon, H.. recently, killing thirty-six
persons. wounding many more and de
stroying much property. In describing the
storm. gentleman who was on a train
says: The cloud burst a minute after form
ing. II came with a roar and crash
Houses of all descriptions went down,
and many women and children ran hithcr
and thither. screaming and praying i'll their
peril and fright. The county court house
was utterly wrecked. and three story mill
was blown across the track Just behind the
train which was laying in the track of the
cyclone and it was taken at n tiying rate
down the track. The engineer could not
control it. Fortunately the breaks were
not on Trees were uProoted and ears
lifted clean of their wheels. The passage
of the cyclone must have occupied Mt least
two minutes. To add to the horrors of
the mind many fires broke out among the
ruins. From the train could be seen the
smoke and flames rising from dozen diff
ferent houses. One strange thing was that
three minutes after the cyclone the sun
was shining brightly.
WHILE a freight was doing the switch
ing on the Burlington. Cedar Rapids and
Northern railway. at Maynard, Iowa, it
broke III two and the parts collided. and a
car was wrecked. number of Young men
We're on the ear at the time of the acci-
dent. Charles Goodrich. aged % years,
was instantly killed and Charles Barney
was injured.
A MOB attacked the Galveston and Kan
sas City north bound passenger train soon
after it left Fort Worth. Texas. the other
night. throwing stones through the win
dows. injuring several passengers, serious
ly wounding ID. A. Baker, of New York.
1t is believed that the intention was to in
duce the guards to come out of the car. kill
them and then rob the train.
The auditor of the inter state commerce
commission has issued circular to the
railroads located wholly i'll one state or
territory. regarding the filing of freight and
passenger traffic with connections to or
from points outside of such state or terri
tory. deciding that on through tickets or
bills of lading they should file all tariffs
covering such traffic with the commission.
+. ID. PoUPART. the confidential clerk
of Adolph Schrieber, treasurer of the cot
ton exchange of New Orleans, is a de-
faulter for S23.O00. He squandered the
money for lottery tickets. Poupart and an
accomplice, George Penser, have disap-
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