Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-02-13
ST. LOUIS CONTRIBUTES


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He Has tssacIsed Cans de-. HE Sherta2o at
Least $500, ,OOO-A Agricaitarai Distrsss In
Pcnnsylvanis-A Mig Reward O9srsd-
The News In General.
From 81. Louis to Canada.
Henry Dieckmannss president Of the
Mauntel- Boreis Milling company, Of st.
Louis, has gone to Canada. Investiga-
tion shows thas he 4 hopslessly involved,
heirs Of two estates of which he was truss
tse. His shortage will probably exceed
$500, 900. Tia Aeaviest loseTf will Be hii
mother-in -Mw.. Mrs. Meyers. of whose es.
tate he has been trustee for .sayeEal years
For the past three years DieckmaEn has
been ., familiar figure at the Merchants
Exchange, aud has gained the reputation
Of bold spcculAtor. An attachment suit
against him was the FIRST intimatlon OF
ANYTHING wrong in his ananeest Az soon
,sssIS e sa1s e e q sesss - : - -
It vas, fouud that his Transactions had
been much larger than was supposed, aud
that He had dealings with nearly every firm
on the board, as we'll as with some Chi
cago houses. Dieckmann leaves all in
valid wife and three children, the eldest
but seven years Of age. The Mauntel- Bor-
gis Milling company has not suffered heavi-
ly. The mothers Of the children who have
been so cruelty wronged are the chief
bondsmen of Dieckmann, so that their los.
will be total. or nearly SO. 100000 shares
of the Ruby Trust Mining company, to-
gether with $11 900 stock In the Maunte!.
Borgia Milling company, are the only visi.
BILE assets to be placed against the heavy
gap Of his shortage:
Fsrms q sheriars Sale.
The sheriff Of Bucks county, Penn, on
the 9th sold ten fine farms, aggregatins
nearly 1000 acres. During the presen,
winter season the sheriff has sold some
twenty other large farms, besides the farm
stock of twenty other farmers, all of whom
had failed. This condition Of things i!
taken az an indication that farming nc
longer pays as formerly. A similar stat.
Of affairs exists in other counties in tha
portion Of the state.
For the Arrest of Clayton's Assassin.
The bill authorizing the governor of Ar
of any notorious recent criminals, ant
which is designed to cover the Clayton
murder, has passed the legislature and hat
been signed by Gov. Eagle, who has also
offered that sum for the arrest of the as.
sassin of John NJ. Clayton.
Amending Natures Work on the Missouri
recent number Of the st. Louis Globe.
Democrat says: The Missouri river com
mission has held it's annual meeting
in this city. The routine work WA
dispatched and the following points
we're designated as the sites for the year,
work, and the syn <lposite the name o
each, rs shown in thAs table below, wa.
recommended as the amount to be expend
ed at that particular place:
Omaha; $50 900 st. Joseph; ss5, 90
sioux City. 49,. 100000 Arrow Rock. ..... 1890
PiAttsmouth.... 5000 Leavenworth. 80. 1890
Rulo Neb. .. $1,000 Atchison, ..... 1890
Nebraska CITY. 5000 Miami ........ $500
Kansas CITY,. to.ooOi
The work will not be all done immedi
ately in front of the towns above, but il
their vicinity, and they will be the differen
headquarters. supply and disbursinj
Office. which is the central point recognize,
Rress of August IL, 1883, is in full accor,
with the Recommendations, which will b.
forwarded to the secretary of war for ap
proval before the work will proceed. TIL
sum total of the amounts specified abov
about exhausts the appropriations for thi
year.
Work has been greatly interrupted dur
ing the past year owing to the dilatoriness
of congress in provid ng for expenses
The bill granting an appropriation was no
passed until SO late that it was necessar
10 postpone action until this year. A.
soon as the weather opens up operation
will be vigorously pushed. The first eff
forts will be directed to redeeming tn
work that has suffered through interrup
tion. sfE
The commission consists of thre
United States army officers-Col. c. X
Suter, Maj. Alexander Mckinsey and Maj
j. H. Ernst; two civilians-W. Broatch
mayor Of Omaha, and G.. C. Broadhead
and Lieut.. T. A. Bingham, secretary o
the commission, and who is charge Of th
st. Louis offices.
Explosion Mt Lincoln, Neb.
There was u terrible explosion of
boiler ut the insane hospital near Lincoln
Neb., on February 5th, in which four per
sons were killed and three seriously in
jured. The victims are:
John Nowin, first engineer. killed.
W. H. Huntly, a patient, killed.
T. X. Saunders, q patient, killed.
George Cohoon, q patient, scSlded so that b
died after sevearl hours suffering.
A. D. Clifford. q patient. badly scalded nc
George Davis, second engineer. face badl
cut and bruised gaCalded and arm broken
John G. Hall, . patient. scaled.
Davis, the second engineer, is the onl
person who was in or near the boiler hous
at the time Of the accident who is capabl
Of giving any intelligible account Of III
accident. He said they had just blown OF
engine No. 2. There was nothing tn
matter. He heard q suspicious noise i
the dome of No. 2, and he jumped to call tn
chief engineer, when the explosion occur
red and the whole building was wrecked
The boiler house stood about 100 fee
from the main building. All Of the sout
half Of the boiler house was razed to tn
ground. Part Of the north wall was lei
standing and at the northeast corner tn
huge smok estacks rise like grim sentr
over the mass Of blackened ruins whic
vero heaped mostly In the space original
occupied by the building. The buildin
WAS one story, 40 by 60 feet. The sout
end was Allied by Ave boilers, while in tn
north end stood the electric apparatu
which furnished light for the main asylul
building. The loss on the five boilers
electric apparatus and boiler house, whicl
Is placed at $20, 900, is insured.
On . Technieaiity.
The action brought by Mr.. Parne