Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-01-19
PARAGRApHIc NEWS.

Impartial observers believe that within &
. week break IN the great Pennsylvania
strike will come.
Another workman fell from the ice pal
ace walls at ST. Paul, Monday, and was
seriously injured.
President Spaulding still declares that
Clarkson, Ryan and Pfeffer will play next
season in Chicago.
A party Of Orangemen attacked meet
ing Of the Irish league at Everton, near
Liverpool, Sunday.
The Missouri Pacific round-house with
twelve locomotives was burned at Fort
Worth, Texas, on Saturday
1t looks now as if the cases of Lamar
and the cabinet nominations will be I'm
ally disposed of this week.
Lamar's nomination will probably be
taken up ut once, though debate thereon
will delay his confirmation.
Bishop Marty has been notified of the
selection of Sioux Falls as the see city
for the diocese of South Dakota.
The snow plow force working on the
railroad near Royalton, ran over and
killed an unknown man Saturday. szI
The 500 road, according to President
Washburn, will build 100000 bushel
elevator at Gladstone in the spring.
A report is current at Vienna that the
Second Caucasian army troops has been
ordered to the Austro- Roumanian from
tier.
The bands organized to cause an up
| rising in Bulgaria, were defeated by
| Turkish soldiers before they crossed the
frontier.
Connect, the champion runner, vino
RECENTLY ioined the Manhattan Athletic
club, has sailed from Queenstown for
New York.
There is said to be submarine valley
at the mouth of the Congo river 1, 452
feet deep, which can be traced for 100
| miles out to sea. ..s
The Dawes bill raises the salary of
superintendent of Indian schools to
$4,000 per year, and gives him power to
discharge and employ employees and
direct the schools in various ways.
AT a conflict between peasants and
police at Guelldore, Ireland, Sunday,
girl was stabbed with a bayonet and
women was wounded with gun.
The lumber rate from St. Paul and
! Minneapolis to Chicago has been reduced
to Is cents hundred, with correspond
ing reduction at intermediate points.
From the action of the ways and means
committee, it would seem that they are
delaying any action on the tariff question
| until they find out Mr.. Randall's
strength. a
One of the rotary snow shoyels of the
Northern Pacific was wrecked in drift
on the Dakota division Saturday The
other three have been doing great work
on the road.
Governor Church, Of Dakota, is eX-
pected at Washington soon. he Will con-
suit with Cleveland as to the best way TO
bring about a change of feeling in Dakota
in favor Of Cleveland.
The English papers say that the neXt
boat that will be built to contest for the
Americas cup will be designed entirely
upon American patterns--not partially
so, as was the Thistle. W..
A Wholesale case of poisoning occurred
at Chattanooga, Tenn. One died and five
other victims are suffering intensely, with
little hopes of recovery. Strychnine had
been put in the -four barrel ~
! The twentieth annual convention, of
the Independent Order of B'nai Birth
opened in Chicago Sunday with nearly
hundred delegates present from Illinois
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Iowa
! and Nebraska
! The Northern Pacific, beginning Feb.
/, Will carry in car loads, wire staples.
nail, and spikes in Minnesota and Dakota
east OF the Missouri river. They have
formerly been carried as fourth class on
each commodity
The father and two brothers of q NortI,
Adams, Mass, young lady attempted to
Kill the young man who wished to marry
| her. Ihe young man and one of the
brothers are badly wounded. and the
| young lady committed suicide
According to the annual report of the
New York state railroad commissioners
the interstate commerce law has oper-
ated IN that state with much less friction
than was expected. The net earnings of
the roads were over 81, 100000.
FROM appearances public sentiment ia
beginning to look with favor upon the
encroachment of railroads upon Indian
reservations, and large number of bills
have already been introduced into con-
gress allowing various roads to cross In
dian lands
Tcemer has left Il forfeit of $500 with
the Boston Herald to race ANYBODY for
four or five miles for any sum. Regard
ing his prowess he says II think I can
beat Beach from four to six lengths over
three-mile American course, but in
Australia the result would be doubtful"
The Santa Fe Herald publishes state
ment OF the financial condition of New
Mexico, obtained from official sources
showing that the stories circulated with
the evident intention of bearing terrific
rial securities and impairing the terrific
rial credit are without foundation in fact.
Manager Morton, of the Des Moines
club, announces that he has signed Cush-
man, the well-known pitcher, whom the
Minneapolis club claimed few days ago.
and for whose services triangular ri
valry between Des Moines, Minneapolis
and Milwaukee has been going on the
past two months
The board of education of New York
city are enthusiastic in their praise of the
compulsory education law. but are op-
posed to the female evening schools, as
they breed immortality by affording
young girls an excuse for leaving home