Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-18

Observation-Disclosures oMk SMllirun St0n A.
ticies Of agreement to Right Benjasnin f.
HuDkims Dies filter Ttrd Days Of liberty
In General.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Tho inquiry into the Alleged outrages
on Seal Island and the oSerations of the
Alaska Commercial compAy was resumed
by the house committee q fisheries Non
day morning. Several Others Of the rev
enue marne service I'D ex-treasary
agents were' examined ant the testimony
was substantially in contradiction OF the
newspaper reports Of alletNd ousrages y
employees Of the Alaska corPanv.
a msssaes received Ss$ Orleans
from Bayou Sara rsp5fts tllt the steamer
Paris G. Brown sunk at He:hi,ase pla,,ta-
ton at 9 o'clock Saturday nl3ht 10 the hur
rcanc roof. Five Of tho calm crew. two
t'remen and one passenee, lare missing.
The boat was from New 0rlea\s to Cincln-
natl. The disaster was causc\ by the boat
striking snag. The boat is Atotal wreck
with only the pilot-house aud aHittle OF the
deck above water. Lack OF mesps OF COM
munication with Hermitage delEs details
as to the loss of life and property, \ Many
barrels have tioated down past New Or
leans. Two roustabouts who passed down
on the Oliver Byrne said six OF The Grew OF
the Brown and one passenye' were lost,
but they could give no names. large
part OF the cargo will be toal less The
boat was owned by Capt. A. NJ. Halliday
and Capt. C. G. Young. was valued at 1914
600. was insured for $4,000 and had about
459 tons OF freight aboard.
A Toronto dispatch OF tie eth inst says:
John l.. Sullivan. accompanied by several
prominent hackers from Poston and New
York. arrived there Monty morning. At
the Rossin house he me, kilrain's repre-
sentatives, W. E. Harding, of New York,
and "Parson" Davies. of Chicago. Threats
Of police interference frightened the parties
into refusal TO sign articles. but arrange
ments were made that the Kilrain- Sullivan
fight shall be for $4,000 aid the champion
ship belt held by Kilrsin. 1t is to take
place July 8. near New CLEANS. The next
deposit Of 5000 is to ,e made with the
New York Cltpper April Is. when the final
stakeholder will be chosen. The referee
is to be chosen at the ring side. The arti-
cles were signed in blark by Kilrain and
after being filled out to suit Sullivan we're
signed by him. The flgh is to take place
July 8. and the ring is o be pitched any
where within 100 miles O. New Orleans.
Benjamin e. Hopkins. late assistant
cashier Of the defunct Fidelity National
bank. died at $3.50 on the morning of the 9TH
at his residence in Cincinnati. BE was
pardoned by the president December 81,
but the papers did not reach the Columbus
penitentiary until Friday evening. January
4. Hopkins reached hone that evening.
and after a jovial meeting with his family
seemed to be exhausted by the excitement.
He never fully rallied and died surrounded
by the members Of his family. The death
OF Hopkins was hastened in the opinion of
his friends, by the long suspense awaiting
his pardon, and by the excitement of re-
turning to his home. us well as by the
painful fact that one OF his sons is in iail
charged with be ng an accomplice of
young Tinker.
1t was reported when Sarah Althea Ter
ry was in the Alameda county jail for in
sulting Justice Field that she gave birth to
dead child. The report is substantiuted
by suit brought by Sarah Althea for $780,
600 damages against United States Marsha
Franks. She charges that Franks treat 81
her outrageously when removing her from
the court room, and that when pushing Ter
into one OF the rooms near the court he
lammed her against sharp corner ct a
table. and the act killed her unborn child.
She alleges she never refused to leave the
court room with him, and that after lie had
rudely dragged her into small room Ii Q
drew a pistol and threatened to shoot her,
when she screamed for help. She esti-
mates her suffering and the baby's deoth
as worth $4,000. Franks. on his side, hes a
suit pending against Terry for similar
amount for an assault with a bowie knife
and knocking him down. Franks chief
damage is In the loss Of fine set of false
teeth. which a square right handler from
Terry knocked all to pieces.
From a Blackieet Agency dispatch of
The 7th inst the following is CLEANED: A
courier reached here last evening from
Sweet Grass Hill with the news of fight
that occurred Wednesday last between Il
quartet of eros Ventre and River Crow In
dians, The struggle occurred on the banks
OF Cottonwood creek. three OF the redskins
being killed outright. and the fourth was
so seriously slashed that he died FRIDAY
night. 1t appears tn At for several months
Spotted Dog. Il eros ventre brave, had
been paying frequent visits to a River Crow
squaw in spite Of warnings from her broth
er. named Willow. to keep away. Wednes-
day Spotted Dog set out with Il companion
ON hunting expedition up Cottonwood
creek. The couple were followed by vii :
low and young half breed named Joe
Hunks and when thirty miles from the
Crow camp Willow and the half bree
caught up with Spotted Dog and his COM
panion and commanded them to halt. An
alteration ensued. which resulted in all
hands drawing knives and fighting with
the result already given. The affair has
created great deal OF i'll feeling between
the Indians, and further trouble is fsarcd.
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