The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-08-28


nights ago, was discharged.
The state convention at Dallas, Tex, of
the Peoples Party was slightly attended,
but very harmonious and enthusiastic.
w. r. Lamb was elected president
A cloud burst occurred at Roman, Aus
tria. The water loosened an avalanche.
Forty persons were drowned. The railroad
was destroyed for many miles.
A freight train on the Valley route was
wrecked near Cleveland, Miss, by running
over bull. The engine and fifteen cars
were derahed and three white men killed
At Crab Orchard, KY, Town Marshal
Will Sanders shot and killed Police Judge
A. NJ. Egbert. The judge interfered with
the marshal's duties and was killed as
result.
Harry S. New, son of John C. New,
United States consul general at London,
and editor of The Indianapolis Journal,
crime Mclean.
Turkish brigands captured an Italian
railroad inspector, who was at work about
held prisoner pending the payment of a
heavy ransom.
The Tageblaat says that Emperor Will
stating in the landtag in June last that
Germany had nothing to fear from the
failure of Russian rye.
At Ashland, Pa, lot of Hungarian
miners, celebrating christening, became
drunk and quarreled, with the result that
four were SO seriously injured that their
lives are despaired Of
Before the Hall street magistrate Rev.
xyina of r6in otto in S11c.
sex, England, was adjudged to be the
| father of the illegitimate child OF Jane
| Lovett, a servant girl.
| At meeting of the Boston creditors of
John Ryan's Sons, dry goods, Atlanta,
Ga, it was unanimously voted to reject
| the offer of 80 per cent. A committee was
appointed to draw up paper rejecting the
| offer.
Three children of John Armitage of
Ewotah county, Alabama, were drowned.
Willie aged years, while bathing, VENT
ured beyond his depth. Two sisters, aged
10 and Is, hearing his cries, went to his
rescue. All We're drowned.
The steamer Wieland, which sailed from
Hamburg for New York Tuesday, but was
compelled to return owing to the slide
valve OF her high pressure engine having
broken, effected repairs and proceeded for
her destination.
The official vote at the late Kentucky
state election gives Brown, Democrat, for
governor, IA, ,16S; Wood, Republican, 114,
0S7; Erwin, Peoples. 25, ,631 Harris, Pro-
hibitionist, 1921. For constitution, 212,-
92O; against, 1851.
At Hudson, N. Y, the wholesale furni-
ture warehouse of R. Gray & Son was
1 4 orroIc 1,xyfi firo
of Van Tassel & Tobey adjoining was
damaged by water to large extent. To
tai loss, s25,ooo; partially insured.
The contesting boards of directors of the
San Diego Land and Town company have
finally agreed to leave the question of con-
| troll of the property to the supreme court
of Kansas The friendly suit will be
brought by the Braman party at the re-
quest of the Kimball party.
The American federation of labor has
instructed President Gompers to cooperate
with President Wiehe of the Amalga-
| mated Association of Iron Workers to
discourage the attempt to import tin
plate workers into this country in viola
tion of the alien labor law.
Director General Davis nominated Chief
Engineer L. w. Robinson, of the United
States navy, to be chief of the machinery
4 department of the worlds fair. He also
announced his intention to appoint John
! Thorp of New York as chief of foricul-
ture in the horticulture department.
| Official information has been received
here to the effect that the combined action
of the representatives of the powers in
China are succeeding in bringing the Chi
nese government to look upon the matter
in the proper light, and it begins to look
as if it will not be necessary to make the
! proposed naval demonstration.
W. E. Mortimer, secretary and treasurer
of the National Capital Saving, Building
and Loan association, arrived from Min
neapolis in charge of Inspector Stuart and
was placed under bond. The prisoner
I SAYS he did no wrong in the management
and believes his son will be able to
straighten out alleged Irregularities of
he company.
The will of James Russell Lowell, filed
in the Middlesex office, disposed of most
of his property for the benefit of his
daughter and her children. He gives,
however, to Harvard college such books
from his library as the library of the col
lege does not possess, or which for any
reason the editions Of his library are pre-
ferable to those in the college library. He
gives all his manuscripts to Charles Eliot
Norton, making him his literary executor.
The amount of property left by Mr.. Low
ell is not large, as he was far from being a
rich man.
The supreme legion Select Knights, An
cient Order of United Workmen, met in
biennial session at Kansas City. The fol
lowing officers were elected for the ensu
ing year: j. w. earn, Omaha, supreme
commander; w. H. Adams, Minneapolis
supreme vice commander; w. R. Sheen
Lawrence, Kan, supreme recorder; Ira
Creech, Joplin, Mo-, supreme receiver
Olaf Olsen, Willmar. Mimi, supreme
standard bearer; w. NJ Anderson, Nc
Cook, Neb., supreme senior workman; A
Waddington. Kansas City,supreme guard
I. + ". Averill, Kansas City, w. R. Meal
lister, Grand Island, Neb., and F. M. AL
den, Kansas City, supreme trustees. II
was voted to hold the next meeting at st
I Louis the second Tuesday of September
+ 1898.