Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
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SATURDAYS election in France was
complete triumph for Gen. Boulanger in
his contest for a seat in the chambers
from the department of Seine. The re-
ports show that he was elected by $3.50
majority. The complete returns from the
department OF the Seine give Boulan9er
24,07O; Jacques. 162,520; Boutle. 1870;
other candidates, 1O.35s. In consequences
of the victory Of Gen. Boulanger the Mint
try rendered their designations on Monday
but the president declined to accept them.N
An open letter is published from the
grand medical examiner Of the loyal lpdge\
Of United Workmen of Iowa. in which it is
held that the recent decision OF the su-
preme court adverse TO that branch of the
order was on technical grounds. and that
the only time the case was tried upon its
merits the decision was favorable to the
loyalists. That being the case. the letter
continues. litigation will not cease until
the case is finally adjudicated upon its
merits alone. This indicates the probable
failure of all attempts to compromise be-
tween the two branches in the state. as
the grand lodge of the loyalists at Mar
shalltown next month is expected tofol-
low the policy outlined in this letter.
-Posey. republican. has been elecSed to
congress to fill out Gov. Hovey's ulcom-
pleted term in the Evansville, Ind, district.
The electoral vote of Florida vas not
received by the president OF the senate on
or before the last Monday in January. as
provided by law. and will not therefore be
...x {oF% 1,n
vote. All the other states recovered their
mistakes OF informalty, and the Florida
error cuts no figure in the result.
A Plummerville, Ark. SPECIAL of The
3Oth ult says Hon. John NJ Clayton was
shot in his room at his boarding house at 9
O'Clock the night before. He vas pacing
the floor and walked toward tho window.
when a load of buckshot was fred through
the window. striking him in the neck and
killing him instantly. There is no clue to
the pclpetrator of the outrage. A large
number of citizens Of Fort Smith, Ark.
have signed a announcement Of the assass-
ination and subscribed fund to be offered
as a reward for the arrest and conviction
of the assassin. A bill was presented in
the senate at Little Rock authorizing the
governor to offer $1,000 reward for the ar
rest of the murderer or mulderers. Mr..
Clayton was brother of Hon. Powell Clay
ton, the we'll known republican leader and
was himself commanding figure in the
councils OF his party. The fact that he
was. at tho time OF his assassination. con-
testant for q congressional seat against c.
R. Breckenridge. lends probability to the
supposition that his death is due to politics.
With two exceptions every line Of street
cars in New York city was tied up on the
Goth. When the last trip was made Mon
day night each car was run into the stable.
and at a. m. the great strike commenced.
| The only lines running were Third avenue
and Blocker street short lines and the
Twenty-third street. Fourteenth street and
men affected by the strike is about 1000.
New YORK police made every effort to pro-
tect the car lines which attempted to put
on new men. but the Brooklyn lines were
offere no protection, and made no attempt
to run cars. The efforts of the New York
lines to man the cars in place of the
strikers met with but Indifferent success.
occasioning several collisions of strikers
and police. in which the crowds were each
time dispersed with sore heads. but no ia
talities occurred. The car companies re-
fused to arbitrate questions at issue. New
York business has been seriously inter-
fered with by the tie up.