Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-25

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plane was frightfn. A cloud of dust
arose that hid the wreck from view for Il
moment but when it lifted it was found
that the truck floor ana seats of the car
the bleeding and mangled bodies of the
nine passengers.
Enslan,l's Wxr-..tic Preparations
A Montreal, Canada, dispatch SAYS: An
order has been received from the British
war office by commanders of the military
districts of Canada directing them as fol-
lows: "On receipt of this communication
you will Immediately take steps to ascer-
tain in Your several districts tie fullest IN
formation regarding all facilities for the
transportation OF troops from one part Of
the country to another, giving details as TO
the means OF transportation by lail and
water, and also to ascertain how many
/ horses are available on short notice. tor
| the purpose of military transportation.
| BY many the order is considered as a hint
that the alleged agreement between Eng
| land and the United States ON tie Bel,ring
sea difficulty has fallen through aud that
Great Britain is about to slow that she
means business by throwing imperial
troops in various parts OF Carada, but the
officers of the fifth and sixth districts. who
havetheir headquarters in Montreal, doubt
that the order has any such serious I'M
port.
A later report says: The dispatch from
Montreal stating that the 0, er from the
British war Office requiring .ull informa-
ton regarding the facilities for transport
tation of troops from one part of Canada
to another and indicating Il possible rup-
ture between Great Britain All; tie United
States receives little credeace al Ottawa.
it was understood and generally noted in
Canadian newspapers some tine ago that
the British government had ordered con-
| siderable information from the depart ment
OF railways and canals cening Ca"a-
dian railways and their operations. What
this information was wanted for has not
transpi1ed, but the Montreal correspond
ent has evidently seized hold Of the most
improbable use to which such information
would be put.
DaxtardIy Having in {. S;ew Yark College.
There has been much excitement among
the 500 students and faculty Of Syracuse
university q strict Methodist institution.
at Syracuse. n. y, over an outrageous
hazing affair the other night. The univer-
sity has been almost free from haz;ng since
1881, when Ezra Tipple was nearly killed
and ten members Of the sophomore class
were arrested and fined and expelled. On
the latest occasion. while w. Il. Perry, CT
| Peoria. Ill.,. president Of tha freshman class;
l.. u. Van Arnam, of Boston, and Henry
Hoars, of Ansonia, Conn. were returning
to the university hail with three young
lady classmates they We're set upon by eight
sophomores. The young ladies were
roughly handled and their escorts forced
into two carriages and driven away. The
| sophomores took their victims to dismal
swamp three miles out. stripped them Of
everything but their underc!uthes, bound
them to trees, and hcaped all manner Of
indignities upon them. Black paint was
used in decorating their bodies. 1t was
midnight when the sophomoras left them
bound to the trees. 1t was some time be-
fore they could release themselves, and as
the night WIS cold they suffered greatly
| They returned to the city at daylight
They recognized some Of their prosecutors.
who wore masks. by their voices and cloth
ing. Six arrests have been made
Money Asked for Internal :provements.
Brig. Gen. Casey, chief OF engineers, in
his annual estimates submitted to the sec
rotary of war. makes number OF recon-
mendatlons for appropriations for continr-
! ing the work on some Of the principal I'LL
provemens under his charge during the
year ending June SO, 1891, among which
are the following: Fox river, Wisconsin
100000; Wabash river, Indiana and Hi
nois, $4,000; Calumet river. Indiana aud
Illinois, &1C0.GC0: Illinois river, $500. COO:
Mississippi river, Minneapolis to Des
Moines rapids, Sl,0o0,000: Chicago har-
Dor, $172, 900. The total amount recon-
mended by Gen. Casey for river and har-
Dor improvement is So .lSe.30G. The
total amount appropriated by The river and
harbor bill for the year ending June go
1880, was 22,397, 6l7. The Missouri
river commission asks S2.76D,OoO. includ-
ing: Salaries, surveys, etc. $3.50, 900
general improvements, S1,00o,0Oo; special
work at Sioux City, Omaha, / lattsmouth
Nebraska City. Rulo, St. Joseph, Atchi-
son, Leavenworth, Kansas City, Miami
and Arrow Rock. $1,375,000; river above
and below Sioux City. 100000.
John l.. Wants to Fight Again.
| John l.. Sullivan announces through
the New York Erening San tIat he is
ready to fight again and would like to have
q match arranged as soon as possible. He
is ANXIOUS to meet Jem Smith and would
pay his expenses to America. His next
choice Of antagonists is Charley Mitchell
but is ready to meet anybody that will
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