Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-24
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| burning of the village OF St. SAWYER. ca
| madam town Of some Importance. The Gre
| origi1 ated in a Woodruff district. and lack
| of water prevented uccessful efforts 70
| extinculsh the flames. The military were
called on and while they we're preparing to
| blow ur some houses to- check thei spread
Of the flames premature sexpIoaion took
place, killing Mai. Short and ter
ribly iniur ne Sergeant Waleck. Both
| were buried in the r,1ine. The large num-
| Der of houses destroyed were small wooden
structures. About 700 houses burned. As
many Of them were tenement the number
OF families home css is not less than 1900.
comprising $3.50 or 0o0 persons. The to-
tai loss is estimated to he SSO0.COO; insur-
ancc. s13l COZ" 1t was generally Supposed
that Sergeant Walierk died niter being
taken from the ruins. but since it has been
learned that he is still alive in the hospital.
| He is very seriously injured and not likely
to recover.
The steamship Columbia. which has
arrived at Astoria, Oregon. brings the re-
port Of The loss Of the Oregon Railway and
Navig ,,ion compnny's magnificent side
wheel iron steamer Alaskan. This vessel
foundcred ut sea of Cape Blanco. The
Alaskan was bound from Portland for San
Francisco. where she was to SO in dry
dock for some repairs. The steamer for
tunately carried no passengers. having on
board only the officers and crew when she
went down. The steamship. Columbia
picked up the captain mate and eleven
| Of the crew. Five men are reported to be
| drowned. Two bouts containing the re-
/! maindcr of the crew have not yet been
! heard from. The officers and crew num-
bered thirty-four. The vessel took no
passengers though number had applied
| for passage, but they were no; allowed.
The Alaskan vas the most elegantly fitted
up steamer in the northwest and cost $3.50, y
COO; insured for 100000. 1
| Robert Day. "a years cd. son OF
wealthy farmer living two miles from
Loveland. O.. recently reached home about
midnight intoxicated Drawing two revoN
vers he declared his intention OF cleaning
out the ranch" He shot his father, e
years old. through the body. He then went
to an adjoining farmhouse. where Mri.
Hubbell. his divorced wife. lived. He
forced an entrance and fired. striking her
in the stomach. A servant girl appeared
and he shot at her, wounding her slightly
in the face. He then went to the barn and
set it on fire. keeping the neighbors at bay
with his revolver until he WAS overpowered
by the marshal. Robert Day, ST.. and Mrs.
Hubbcll are fatally injured.
The president has made the following
consular appointments: Solomon Hirsch. Of
Oregon. minister to Turkey; Clark Z. Carr.
of Illinois. minister resident and conspl-
general to Denmark; Henry W. Severance,
Of California. consul-genera! at Honolulu;
John Jarrett. of Pennsy lvania, consul at Bit
mingham; Thomas H. Sherman, of the DIS
trict Of Columbia, consul at Liverpool
Allen Thorndike Rice. minister to
Russia and editor Of the North america.
Recier. died suddenly at 18th Avenue
hotel. where he was stopping. Rice hat
been suffering from throat affection for .
few days but was not supposed to be il
any danger. He intended to sail for Europe
on the Inman steamer City Of Paris. bus
was compelled to delay his departure ow-
ing to his illness.
The president has made the following
additional appointments: John F. Plum
mer. OF New York; George E. Leighton. Of
st. Louis Jesse spaldine, of Chicago. and
Rufus B. Bullock. of Atlanta, Ga. govern
ment directors of the Union Pacific Rail-
way company; Alvin Sunders, of Nebraska.
member Of the board Of registration and
election in Utah; William H. Lyon. Of New
York, member Of the board of Indian COM
missioners; Bennett S. Gillespie. of Ne
braska, register of the land Office at O'Neill
Ncb.; Samuel S. Wright, Of Nevada. super
intendent OF the United States mint at Car
son City, New.
The recent count of the money at the
New York sub-treasury revealed discrep-
ancy of S35 out of u total sum of 1854. OOO, O0C
to be accounted for. The shortage resulted
from the acceptance Of a few counterfeit
notes in the hurry of business and by the
loss Of a few pieces Of silver. The loss was
promptly made good and q receipt in. full
given TO ex.Treasurer Hyatt, who was re-
eponsihle under his bond for the entire
amount.
The clerks who were detailed from the
general land Office to go to Oklahoma 70 as
SlSl INC lHuO OlllclHlS tIlcIe nave returned to
Washington. They state that at King
Fisher about 500 entries have been made
and at Guthrie a1ou, 1000 had been made.
The to:al number of quarter sections in tho
territory open to settlement is 1OO0O, hence
less than one-1ifth Of the whole has been
flied upon.
\ The West End street horse car COM
pany. of Boston. has gained permission to
use The 225 miles Of track laid streets it
now operates, fer the overhead single Troll
Icy system of propcl!ng electric cars The
sytem will be erected. but the possibility is
entaled of stoppage of the entire street
car traffic Of the city in the event Of an ex-
tensive confiagration. the city rcseryinr
the right to cut the wires if necessary.
The naval board Of design at Washing
ton have completed plans for 2,0OO-ton
gunboat. which will soon be published. and
is now hard at work upon the details of the
construction of Thomas ship. This vessel
will mark departure of naval design, as
her general plan was originated outside of
the navy department by Representative
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