Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-21
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& Co.'S distillery in the northern portion OF
Chicago by means of dynamite. Enough
facts are not yet known to justify u con-
clusion as to whetherit is the work of an
archsts or of some ono who has apersonal
grievance against tho Shufeldts. At the
hour mentioned the neighborhood was
shaken by tremendous explosion, shak-
ing building. breaking many panes of glass
in surrounding houses and causing the
people to rush into tho street in grea'
alarm. An investigation showed that &
bomb had been thrown. probably from the
street. into detached warehouse used for
storing highwines. This building was
shattered. Hoops were burst of many Il
the casks and the heads of some of then
were driven in. Very soon after package
wrapped in paper was discovered lying in
the street. 1t contained several sticks of
dynamite and some Illuminating caps. A
fuse connected with tho package showed
evidence Of having been lighted. but had
now in the possession of the police. who are
at work on the case A hole abort three feet
square was torn in the roof. Tn intention
evidently WAS TO throw bomb through the
skylight, underneath which were several
watts filed with highly explosive liquors.
Had this succeed scores of buildings
would have been wrecked. and Is. 900 bar
have caused conflagraton. james d.
Lynch. one OF the proprietors. says he be-
lieves tho explosion the work of the whisky
trust. which has frequently threatened
vengeance because the company refused
to join the trust. He adds that one Of the
members OF the trust came to the distillery
shortly after the explosion. but WIS COM
PEELED to leave. being threatened With vio-
lcnce. Fortunately nobody was in the
building when the deed was committed
and nobody was hurt. J. D. Lynch. man
ager Of the Shufeldt company. offers re-
ward of $1,000 for the person who threw
dynamite in the distillery building. or the
name OF the man who employed him to do
the work. or such information as viii lead
to the detection and arrest of the parties
responsible for the outrage. The members
of the whisky trust ridicule the idea that
the attempt to destroy the property was
the work. directly or indirectly. of their
organization.
At n meeting of Chicago anarchists
Friday night a call for mass meeting. to
be held Sunday at 81 West Lake street.
was issued, and it was announced .hkt, in
case the police should interfere with this
meeting. an adjournment would be taken
to Haymarket square. the scene of the his
torical bomb throwing, and that an open
meeting would be held there. This was
the boldest utterance by the reds since
that Hateful night, and trouble was antici-
pated. Up to Top. m. Sunday night there
had been no reports of any trouble grow
ing out OF the proposed anarchist meet
ings. The police arrangements begun Sat
urday night were completed by noon Sum-
day. and so perfect were all the details that
it would have been a small matter to have
400 men to any point at which
disturbance might take place. Each sta
ton in the districts where the anarchists
held meetings held seventy-flve men ready
for duty. and each outlying sub-station
held twenty-five more prepared for any
which might arise. But the
necessity for these preparations did not
become apparent at any time during the
day. the anarchists realizing that Chief
meant business and was fully pre-
pared to have his mandates obeyed.
Sunday night a man and woman en-
gagged room at small east end hotel in
Baltimore. Nothing was seen of them I'M
til late Monday afternoon. when the door
was broken open. The man was found
dead and the woman nearly so. They had
blown out the gas. They were identified
as Chas. E. Eliason, Young workingman.
and Mrs. Lille May Eliason, his sister-in-
law.
The committee having charge of the ar-
engagements for the inaugural ball have de-
cided to fix the price of tickets for admis-
sion ut SIS each. Forty-eight thousand
seven hundred dollars have been sub
scribed to the inaugural fund. and fifty
civic organizations. with membership Of
IA, 900. have announced their intention to
The New York Commercial Advertiser
publishes an interview with Chauncey NJ.
Depew. in which that gentleman states
'AaI Willlo uo Woulu not accept q caOlneL
position he would accept the position of
minister to England should it be offered to !,
lin. Depew said he considered the min
ster to England as second in Importance
% the presidency.
The new Spanish cabinet is announced
With Senior Sasasta as premier and Senior
Armijo minister Of foreign affairs.
A final attempt will DO made in few
lays by the committee of engineers. who
vent on strike on the Burlington road
asst February. to get the men back to work
lpon the old terms or better. The resultof
he conference is bound to be important,
or it the men can not get back the commit
ee has power to renew the efforts made
asst spring and declare general boycott
If %" freight. If this boycott is declared.
t is said the switchmen will seek to defeat
he engineers for the reason that the for
ner VOW vengeance against the engineers.
md charge them with treachery in having
Induced them to strike last spring and then
eavins them in the lurch. There are still
90 idle switchmen and they have had sew
'ral meetings. at the last of which they
appointed committee to wait ON the Bur-
ington officials and ask for restoration to