Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-02-23

st. Paul had another destructive fire on
the 18th. About 6 o'clock the mercurial
alarm in Foot, Schultz & Co.'S. wholesale
boot and shoe house called the fire depart
ment, and before noon the entire stock
was almost a total loss. The building is
five stories high and is owned by Dennis
Ryan, the Ryan Drug Company occupying
Nos. 225 and 227, while Foot, Schultz Il
Co. occupy the east fifty feet, numbered 800
The Ryan Drug company will sustain n
damage TO stockof about $50, 600, which
is, however, fully covered by insurance.
The firm OF Foote, Schultz & Co. carried
a stock ofbetween S275, 900 and $500, 600,
the insurance on the stock aggregating
about $500, 900. The stock and machin.
cry in the upper floors is probably a total
loss, and is fully or very nearly covered by
insurance. The machinery being insured
for about S12, 900.
Chairman Abbott, OF the Western
States Passenger Association, announces
that reduced rates OF fare and one-third
for the round trip nave been granted for
the following occasions. Mardi Gras, Mil
waukee, Wis, Feb. II; Christian conven-
ton, Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 1928; Grand
Army of the Republic. annual encampHent
OF department of Minnesota, and fourth
annual convention of Woman's Relief
Corps, Minneapolis, Man., Feb. 1924; |.
o. 6. T., Seventh district lodge OF Wiscon-
sin, quarterly session, Genesee, Wis, Feb.
1924; convention OF Republican clubs OF
Wisconsin, Madison, Wis, Feb. 2S-29,
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church,
Iowa conference, 0ttumwa, Iowa, Feb. %
and March s.. .
The London Daily News, commenting on
the fisheries treaty, says it is a rather
one-sided compact. Canada made the
concession, therefore the treaty hardly
contains the promise OF a durable settle
ment, but perhaps it is the best possible
agreement ard il it Commeuds itself to
Canada it will win general approval there.
The Post contents itself with congratulate
ing the commissioners, especially Cham
berlain, upon the conclusion OF their dif-
ficult task.
The passenger train on the Grand Trunk
railroad from Toronto collided with a
freight train bound for Toronto. Both
engines we're wrecked. The baggage car
shot over tho top of the engines and down
a f~itty-foot embankment, and two or three
OF the freight cars were smashed. The ex.
press car was telescoped. The killed are
Robert Archibald. fireman of the Toronto
express, and Thomas Peden, baggageman
OF the express.
At st Paul, when Jailer Peterson opened
Cell No. g., the last cell down the corridor
on the north side OF the county Jail on the
18th he discovered that it was empty, the
two prisoners, Frank st. Claire and Will
lam Thomas, who had been locked up the
night before, having esca ped. Peterson
FASTENED to examine the other cells alon.
the corridor. In No. 4 was Richard
Burehard, but his cell mate, John w
O'Connors, the notorious Minneapolis,
postotfice robber, had flown. In the re,
naming two cells the prisoners we're sleep.
ing safely. No tidings have come OF the
escaped prisoners.
At Minneapolis, William Meyers, an aeet
man, sues his own son, whom he claim,
has turned him out Of doors In violation
Of an agreement made four years ago.