Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
Railway Building.

| The Halfway Age ofChlcago gets thefOilow
ing resume of railroad construction during
the year. "Few people have had any correct
idea of the amount OF railway construction
which has been in progress in the United
States during the present year. The impress
sion which widely obtained at the commence
meDt of the year that railway extension had
| been practically suspended and that 1888
would show very little addition of railway
track, seems TO have continued, although
the statement published in this
| journal for the first six months showed that
nearly 1900 miles o track had been laid.
The fact that the great companies which
| added thousands of miles ofnew road in 1887
| practically ceased construction at the end Of
that year, for the time being, seemed to war
rant the impression that railway building
| had practically come to q stanGstill. But
while few of the principal companies have
been doing muGl new building, still work
has been quietly in progress on hundreds Of
short lines all over the land, and already
new track has been laid this years in every
one of the Al states and territories with three
| exceptions, those of Rhode Island, Utah and
| Nevada, and almost 5000 miles of main line
have been added to the railway system otthe
country since the LIST Of January last"
The schooner Mystic, which was thought
! to have been lost on Lake Michigan with the
entire crew has been heart from. She passed
Eagle Harbor all safe.
The secretary of the navy is undergoing an
experience seldom known among cabinet
officers. One month & the promotion of
| typewriter and clerk in the bureau of steam
engineering left a 5000 vacancy to be filed.
| The civil service commission was called up to
furnish a list Of eligibles for the selection OF a
| clerk 10 fill the place. Theselection was made,
but the appointee declined the Office. Anoth-
or aud another declined. A telegraphic re-
fusal was received from the twelfth appointee.
| A similar pYpprieuap ia bainO uuderuona in
filing a position Mt $3.50 in the naval records
Office. Nine ladies have refused the appoint
ment and the tenth has just been notified of
her selection. The difficulty in both these
cases seems to be with the salaries offered.
John Hayes of Duluth was shot at West Su-
perior by Harry Barnett. Hayes had been in
Barnett employ and discharged. He met Mr..
Barnett and threatened to do him up" The
later warned Hayes not to approach him.
| but Hayes did not heed the warning and Bar
nett drew the revolver and fired. The ball
entered Hayes abdomen, making n severe
wound. Barnett was arrested and lodged in
jail. He is the owner of the West Superior
theater, and also has a theater in Duluth.
Hayes is q well known sporting man.
The Manitoba Mount infantry militia
| are still stationed at Pembina crossing. al.
though there appears to be no immediate
danger of q conflict. The arrival OF q large
| force of Northern Pacific graders from the
4 ! INV III
Pacific peop'e one night, and caused the hur-
| ried march of troops to the scenex At q
later hour a Northern Pacific train was ae-
cidentally backed into the Canadian Pacific
locomotive, obstructing tue lire. This was
regarded in a serious light by the Canadian
Pacific, and additional troops were called
out, but no blows were struck. Contractors
teams under contract of the Manitoba gov
eminent at the front are working away.
Some of them display the stars aGd stripes
at the heads of their horses. The govern.
ment men are all under the impression that
an attempt will be mad to convey an
engine over the Canadian Pacific track.
Grading on either side of the Canadian Pa
cifc, presumably with this end in view, is
now being rushed to completion. Supt.
Whyte will resist any attempt to carry a
locomotive over.
In a tavern opposite the Law Courts, in
London. Joseph Kavanaugh drew q revolver
and fired a shot at Blanche Cox. The shot
did not take effect. Kavanaugh was arrest
ed aud committed to Jail on the charge Of
attempted murder. II is reported that both
Kavanaugh and Cox had been cited to ap.
pear as witnesses before the. Parnell COMMITS
sion. A ivechambered revolver, With -four
of the bers loaded Sessaeurd .tuI KaVS
anaugh. He stated to the police thai hscaES
ried the weapo for self-defense, as had. bssas
threatened with death for making certain.
disclosures.
The following order has been placed in the
hands of every agent of the Maine Central
railroad: Ticketing Chinese Il or through
Canada, under the recent act OF congress,
prohibiting the return to the United States
OF Chinese-no tickets should be sold these
people over lines that pass through Canada,
as once having been taken out of this coun-
try they cannot re-enter, and Canadian lines
are prohibited by the Canadian government
from landing any Chinese in that country
under penalty.
A riot occurred at Carlisle. Pa, between
the Dickinson college boys and the fireman
of the city. The students tore down the
fences surrounding the college and made n
bonfire. The fire companies turned out,
but the students refused to admit Them to
the college ground. The fireman attached
their hose to a plug and commenced throw
ing water on the fire and the students. The
students grappled the nozzel and tried to
wrench il from the fireman. The latter
succeeded in retaining possession and threw
more water on the students. A volley of
stones was then thrown by the students.
injuring a number of fireman. The fireman
| returning u yolley CT stones and water. The
affair has created a great deal ofexcitement,
and it is expected il will be carried to the
courts. The college building had all the
window panes broken by the water thrown
by the fireman.
A special frora Lake City, Col, says that
all the buildings, including the immense
hosting works of Frank Hough was burned.
The loss will reich many thousand dollars.
The origin of tile fire is unknown. The own
ers of the property are residents OF London,
Eng,