Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-22
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Annie Redmond, six years OF age. was
Kidnapped from her home in Chicago. May
%, 1885, The story Of the searth for the
Inst child would fill columns. Several
| weeks ago the father was adjudged insane
and committed to the Kankakeb asylum.
| All hope for the recovery of the child was
| abandoned months ago. Friday Jan. IL
| Harvey U. Gurley was arrested at his home
| at Enelewood charged with cruelty to his
| child Tho child WAS sent to the Home OF
| the Friendless and registered under the
| name OF Flora Della Gurley. One after
| noon last week neighbor OF the Redmonde
| called at the home and while watching the
| children engaged at their studies in the
| kindergarten her attention was attracted
| by the little girl known as Flora Gurley.
who proved to be the missing Annie Red
| mond She was returned to her home on
Saturday. the h. She had been frightened
into concealing her real name. Her
| fathers reason was restored at sight, OF his
child. and the Gurlcys are hold on the
charge of abduction They tel contradic-
| tory stories about the affair which are void
| Of plausibility.
An epidemic of the most 'frulent char
acter. says late Winnipeg dispatch. has
broken out among the Chippewayan In
| dians in the Cold Lake district. north OF
Fort Pitt. where the great massacre took
| place in 1885, Messengers just arrived
| from there report that residents are daily
| dying off by hundreds. Exactly what the
disease is can not be asceItained. but from
descriptions given by messengers medical
men think 1t is either smallpox or scarlet
| fever Of the most malignant type. Those
| who have come from the reserve declare
! that if prompt action is not taken to prevent
the spread Of the contagion the whole tribe
of Chippewayans will soon be extermina-
| ted. This tribe is not included as among
the treaty Indians in the Canadian north
west. AS they are not unGer treaty they
have no claim on the government. but
efforts will be made to get tie authorities
| to take immediate action.
| A damage suit of $4,000 was instituted
at Bloomington. Ind, on tho 18th, against
MARQUEE D. Reed, Isaac BoLham, Marshal
| NO1uitu, DCu ANO1lut1ll, oO4ll So1 ool' AASAS-
kiah Norman. Eli Sowders, James H. Rags
dale. Frank Norman. Isaac Sipes, jr.. and
William Stacklather. who are charged with
being the White Caps" who almost beat
| William Norman to death last May. The
| interest is intense, people attending from
all parts Of the country. William Norman
relates his terrible experience. His story
is very interesting and details the afro
cious beating inflicted upon him. Mrs.
Norman, the wife. testified 70 the same
effect. The decision will be important as
this is the first trial Of Importance where
An effort has been made to bring the
White Caps" TO justice.
The first Orange tram" of The season
arrived at Omaha on the 18th, ever the
Union Pacific direct from California. The
train was made up of twelve freight cars
loaded with oranges and consigned to vari-
Gus points in Minnesota. Dakota. Iowa and
Illinois. Some fast wheeling was indulued
in between Ogden and Omaha The dis
lance is 1,O32 miles, and the run was made
In thirty-eight hours and fifty minutes.
| which would be on an average OF over
twenty-six miles per hour. rate of speed
which railroad men state is something ex-
traordinary for freight trains to make. and
especially in the winter time. Last sum-
mer the run was made in thirty-two hours,
but at this period of the year the trip ex-
cells all previous records by several hours.
1t has leaked out through some of the
local assemblies. says q Chicago dispatch
of the 18th. that the Knights Of Labor. as an
organization. is about to return to absolute
secrecy. George Schlling was asked
about the matter and his reply was: IF
the Knights OF Labor are going to become
a secret and we can't keep that secret,
We shall not be able to keep the main
secret which is. if it is anything. that the
Knights will hereafter be unknown" By
another leader it is plainly stated that tho
reorganization OF the Rights of Labor on
the secret plan has already begun.
} Gov. Sawyer, of New Hampshire. has
appointed Gilman Marston. of Exeter. as
United States senator for New Hampshire
for the interim between March and June
49, when the legislature will meet to choose
q successor to Senator Chandler.
The ameer Of Afghanistan is beheadine
800 persons daily for interfering with from
tier traffic.
The democratic congressional con en-
ton met in st. Joeeph NO.. on the 18th and
nominated R. P. c. Wilson OF Platte county
for the fifty-tirst congress to succeed the
late james N. Burnes; and Charles Booher
OF Andrew county. for the, short term.
,, DO1NGS in THE EAST.