Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
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Assistant Superintendent Christian. O
the railway mail service. has returned &c
Dcs Moines, Iowa, direct from Oklahoma
where he has been establishing postofflccs
When he lef, Guthrie at noon he said OK
men were in line waiting for their mail
On the day after the opening the Guthrie
postofrlce sent GU e ono letters. andi it aver
ages about five or six thousand letters q
day now. I'VE have done the best we
could" said Mr.. Christian, and yet the
mail facilities are rot ut oil adequate to the
demand The postmaster a: Guthrie has
five assistants, but he canno: begin to keep
up with the m.il The crowd stand in line
for hours waiting for Il chance. I slept in
| the postof1icc tent every night was there.
and men came to it at O'clock in the
morning to get position in line. and wait
there patiently till s o'clock. when tho Office
was opened, There are about 10000 peo-
/ pie still ut Guthrie, and they ali want their
mail right away. There is not so much
! pressure at Lisbon and Oklahoma City.
and we have cleared up the mail all right.
The fret day at Guthrie we sold 500 worth
| Of stamps"
"A meeting Of the stockholders OF the
, North Chicago Rolling Mil company and
the Union Steel company, has been held in
Chicago. The plan is an increase OF the
carital stock OF the North Chicago COM
pany 10 S25, 900, 600, and the purchase, with
! the money SO accruing. of the plants Of the
other two companies. The new concern
will be known as the illinois Steel COM
pany." and will be largest OF its kind in the
! world.
Some weeks ago Samuel Lazarus. T. S.
Bugbee, A. B. Gregory and N. T. Eaton.
western stockmen, issued an invitation
from Kansas City to several well-known
stockmcn Throughout: the country asking
them to join in organizing the American
Live Stock Commission company and to
convene for that purpose at the union
stock yards. meeting was recently held
in Chicago and was quite largely attended.
Those present are reticent as to the objects
and scope OF the company. The commits
sion men at the stock yards assert that its
sole aim is to evade the payment Of S per
cent. commission. The members are heavy
cattle raisers and propose to open q branch
house at Kansas City. The company. it Is
said, will sell no cattle not owned by its
stockholders. A board Of directors was
elected. The capital stock is 100000.
"A general strike OF the building trades
was inaugurated May LIST at Pittsburg. for
an average advance of IS cents per day and
union workmen. About five thousand men
are idle. and work has been suspended on
almost every new building.
The miners Of northern Illinois in con-
vention have decided to refuse to accept
the reduction of 10 cents for mining during
the coming year offered by the operators.
The district officer was directed to call a
national convention Of all the miners in the
bituminous coal field as far as the compe-
tition reaches. and that there be no work
until such convention is called. Day labor
ers and machine men producing coal will
also 60 out pending the settlement of the
difficulty.
| "A dozen heirs at-law of the recently
deceased aged Chicago millionaire. Charles
J. Hull. have filed bill in the circuit court
which is virtually contest of the CHI
man will. Mr. HUI bequeathed all OF his
| OoldlCs uCd1ly T4.cUu,VUO, 10 his mousse
keeper. cousin and friend, Miss Helen Gull
YER. This action caused great dissatisfac-
ton among the heirs-in law. every one of
whom was ignored. The complainants
state tina. Miss Culver has offered to nav
them considerable sum, but insists that
they bind themselves to receive it rs q set
Element in full and for minor heirs as WE'LL
They ask the court TO adjudcate the whole
matter.
The new Boston license law, which
raises the license to $1,000. has gone into
effect. 1t closes up over LOO saloons,
while it throws 1850 men out of work.
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st shows decrease during April OF
s1S,O7s. 265.
The Southern Manufacturers associa.
ton at q recent meeting in Augusta, Ga,
considered the condition of cotton manufac-
turing in the south, and discussed the ad-
visibility Of permanent organization and
whether cotton bagging could be substi-
tuted for jute bagging. President Hick-
man made a vigorous address on the state
of trade. Resolutions were adopted to
memorabilia congress to grant subsidies
to steamships TO Central and South Amer
ica; also pedging the southern manufac-
turers to pay 10 cents per 100 pounds more
for cotton baled in cotton or other light
bagging than in jute bagging.