Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-08
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Larrabee on account of the publication by
the Chester Turney application for pardon.
was put to an early test the governor de-
handing and receiving immediate TRIAL in
the district court. The state introduced
Its testimony and the defense submitted its
case without introducing any witnesses or
making any concluding argument. The
jury. after being out several hours. asked
the court for further instructions. which
were given. The Judge declared to them
that the pamphlet was privileged commu-
nlcation. since it consisted of public rec
ords only. The jury thereupon brought in
verdict of acquittal.
The captain of the steamer Kongolf.
which arrived at New York from Gonaives.
Hayti. on the 25th. denies the statement
from Boston published last week that Hyp-
politics. army had been routed at Gonaives
and Hyppolite himself killed by one of his
dissatisfied followers. The captain of the
kongolf says that on the 18th inst. when
his vessel left the Haytian port. Hyppolite
was still alive and we'll and intent upon the
defeat of Legitime. There was no evidence
of disturbance at Gonaives Mt that time.
The widespread dissatisfaction of the
boot and shoe workers attached to the
knights of Labor, at the treatment re-
eeived at the hands of the general officers,
has eliminated in q powerful movement in
the larger shoe towns in the vicinity o.
Boston to sever the connection Of the trade
with the Knights of Labor. Committees
have been appointed to issue circulars to
all boot and shoe workers. calling on them
to leave the Knights of Labor and form a
trade union. and the resolutions adopted
will be sent to all local assemblies of shoe
makers in the country &
Gov. Swineford of Alaska has: forward
ed to the secretary of the interior his re-
port upon the alleged outrages upon wom-
en- and children in Alaska. charged BY
Mr.. Worries and by several ex-special
agents of the treasury department no ably
Gabitt and Ryan. This report is made in
response to resolution adopted by the
senate in December. Briefly stated. the
governor enters most emphatic denial OF
the charges by the persons named and
wakes exceedingly indignant at the efforts
OF so-called moralists to degrade before the
world the people under his charge and to
create an impression that Alaska is place
of the meanest houses. He says in his
late trips through the fur seal islands that
he had heard no limitations of wrong do
ing on the part of white men on the islands.
AT Marion and Huntington, Ind. on the
goth ult.. a slight shock of earthquake oc-
Cured. There was low. muffled roar. at
NV tha ~
doors and trembling OF the earth. lasting
three or four seconds. The disturbance
was at first attributed to natural gas well
or an explosion. but kilograms were re-
ceived from a hundred miles distant an
nouncing similar phenomena
Physicians are fL5z!iaz themselves
over peculiar accident at Plainfleld. N. j.
Superintendent Fender of the Ludlow
estate. was awakened from a sound sleep
on the morning of November 80 by the
burning of house near his own. He was
terrified. thinking his own house was on
fire. So great was the shock that severe
hemorrhage followed. Since then his
heart has not acted naturally. and as q re-
suit one Of his arms and both legs are
swollen and are as black as ink from the
settling of stagnant blood. An examine
ton of his heart revealed the fact that it
had been displaced several inches from its
natural position by his sudden fright. The
doctors say he cannot live long.
AT Chicago recently Frank Magnolia
was Jacob Shaeffers opponent in q re-
markable billiard contest. Magnolia did
not play much-he didn't have q chance.
At the end of the third inning he had two
points and Shaeffer three. In the fourth
inning Shaeffer made 1917 points. the larg-
est run ever made at a game in public. thus
ending the game. Shaeffer's average was
100 points to the inning.
The amendment to the extradition
act introduced in the Canadian parliament
by Wilson will. it is thought. be supported
and if carried promises to carry dismay
into the ranks Of "boodlers". as its provis-
ions will probably make it retroactive, SO
as to affect American fugitives already in
Canada.
AT 10 o'clock on the morning of the 9th
Vice President Morton and family started
from the Pennsylvania depot in Jersey
City for Washington. A large crowd had
congregated to see him off. Mr.. Morton
said that his wife and children would re-
turn 10 New York in about ten days after
the Inauguration.
"A Wash ngton special of the 23d says:
The president and Mrs. Cleveland have
their preparations for retirement from the
white house well advanced. 1t is tho pres
ent intention of Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland to
leave here on the o clock train the after
noon of March 5th. They will be the guests
OF the Whitneys after vacating the white
house March 4th. and will return to that
hospitable homo to spend the night after
the Inauguration ball. On their arrival in
New York Tuesday they will go direct to
the Victoria hotel and take possession of
the suite of rooms that has been reserved
for their permanent use and specially re-
fitted for their occupancy. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleveland have not yet made their summer
plans. The Whitneys want them to ac-
company them to the Paris exposition in
June. and Mrs. Cleveland would like to go.
but the president is rather averse to the
trip.