Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-04-11
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A BERLIN special says the Empress
Victoria and Princess Victoria, Sophie and
Margaret have started for Posen to inquire
as to the condition of the sufferers by the
food.
NEW YORK special says that the fun
eral of Jacob Sharp was one Of the most
quiet affairs that has ever taken place in
that city. The utmost secrecy marked all
the arrangements, and no one was allowed
to enter the house except bv invitation
especially sent by the family. Even the
visitors had been instructed not to give
any information about the affair. and when
questioned denied that the funeral was
taking place.
TIE State Normal school of Terre
Haute, Ind, burned completely recently,
except the walls. Eight hundred pupils
were in the building when the fire broke
out' All escaped without a scratch, but
lost most OF their books and wraps.
THE Wisconsin Turner's at their conyen.
ton in Fond du Lac, declared against an
archy after a long and heated discussion.
Some months ago the Green Bay society
issued circular denouncing anarchy.
This action did not suit the radicals, and
1t was understood fight would ensue at
the state convention. The issue was
joined on the Green Bay circular, a reso-
luton OF censure to that society was in.
troduced. The discussion lasted from 1C
in the morning until 3 in the afternoon.
when the resolution was lost by "a vote Of
35 to 80.
SCRANTON, Pa, dispatch says that as
result of the recent conferences between
General Master Workman Powderly and
representatives of the Brotherhood of Lo
comoti,e Engineers, a friendly feeling has
been established between the Knights aud
engineers, by which future antagonism be.
tween these organizations will be averted,
An injury to one will be the concern of
the other, and provisions will be made tc
prevent the brotherhood men taking the
places of Knights on strike, and vice versa.
NEWS comes from Centerville. Ga. of a
wholesale poisoning. in which thirteen
persons were the victims, two of whom are
dead. Nathan NJ. Cochran, who owns n
corn mill. had taken some corn there to
grind, leaving it in the mill over night and
grinding 1t the next day. The meal was
taken home and some of il used for dinner
In few minutes Cochran was deathly
sick. Shortly afterward his two grand
children were stricken. In the meantime
Mrs. Gaddis, Mr.. Coehran's stepmother
who had nsed some of the same meal. was
thrown into convulsions. The family OF
W. s. Ware also fell victims, making
thirteen III all who were suffering from the
poison. Analysis shows there was arsenic
In the meal. The supposition is that il
was spread through the corn while Mt the
mill by a man named AIulding. who had
been discharged by Cochran.
WILLIAM MoRGANsTEIN, who attemnt-
ed suicide by jumping into the Kaw river
at Kansas City, has confessed to the police
at that place that sometime ago ne fled
from Vienna. Austria. after embezzlipo
2b, b,C0O thalers, from Bernard, Roseutbal ,E
Co., binking firm of that place. tele
gram has been sent to the chief of police
OF Vienna notifying him of the statement.
TOUCHING the report that President
Cleveland had rendered the chief Justice
ship to Justice Scholfield. A special from
ILL.,, the home of the latter. saws
that the Illinois jurist emphatically de-
mes That he has been rendered the Office
either directly or otherwise. He reiterates
hls former statement that he is not a can |
didate because he does not want the Office.
ADvICEs from Berlin state that Prince
Bismarck has abandoned, his opposition to
he marriage of Prince Alexander, of Bat
Ienbnrg. and Princess Victoria, having
gained certain other concessions, and that |
III the differences between the emperor and |
Prince Bismarck are now settled.