Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-10-23
IN THs WsSr.

The third semi annual session Of the
trans Mississippi Congress convened at
Omaha with one hundred delesates
present. Ex-tiov. Adams, OF Colorado.
spoke OF the aims of the Congress, the
breadth OF the subjects it proposed to
discuss. and the Importance thereof,
not alone to the immediate west, nut to
the world. 'Grcat progress has al,eady
b. en- made said he. '.bat greater t. ia
store for US. We want the east TO know
that the star OF empire no longer hangs
over the states Of New England. oYcr
the numherless monicd arteries of Wall
street. but over the great ard glorious
country stretching from the father oe
waters to the treasure-hound shores Of
the rolling Pacific We are here 70
voice the sentiments Of the parioas sec
tiOns OF our common country, TO push. to
centralize and crystllize the common
work" Il - ~ %$
THREE members OF the Chicago Inter
Ocetin staff and an engineer were killed
and several other passengers seriously
injured on tho Chicago Il Eastern Hi
nOis fast train near Crete, III. Tho
newspaper men were riding on the en-
gine for tho purpose OF writing up and
illustrating a midnight ride on the last
train. Without warning The engine
plunged into an open switch aud the
four men were caught and com l,lciely
buried beneath the wreck. The engine
and baggage car were completely de-
stroyed. Two passenger coaches and
the sleeper were more or less damaged,
ard the round house at the switch was
destroyed and fell upon the wrecked en-
gine. The fireman, Lafferty. jumped
from the engine ami escaped with slight
Injuries.
Tut government commission an
nOlnceS success in negotiating with the
ohoshone and Arapahoe Indians OF
Wyoming for cossion in the Wind
| River reservation. They have agreed
upon the purchase OF 1,lO0. 900 acres Of
the best part OF the reservation at SIS
cents per acre. Most Of 1t Is fertile,
well-watered bottom land and the bench
lands it contains can tie brought under
cultivation by irrigation. 1t contains
excellent stock ranges. Coal and oil
are known to exist and other minerals,
are likely. AT the present time The
nearest railroad communication is l50
miles distant.
q The Chicago City Council passed Ill
o er requesting the corpora tlon council
t frame an ordinance commanding al
railroads to elevate their tracks within
tie city limits fourteen feet above the
street level. Tho ordinance is the out
come Of the agitation over number ol
accidents involving loss Of life at the
gate crossings.
! AT Enterprise, Neb.. three cowboy:
rode up to the First National Bank, anc
while one held the horses the others
with drawn rcvolvers, entered the build
Ing. The Cashier was threatened witt
instant death, and At the point of a re-
volver handed over $500.
The United States Supreme Court has
! advanced for hearing the cases Of the
anarchists, Fielding and Schwab, now
| In the Illinois penitentiary for compile
ity In the famous Haymarket riot IL
Chicago. The cases will come up fol
hearing In December.
THOMAS EARLY, living at Cheyenne
Mich. while intoxicated became abus.
! I've OF bis wife and attempted to stat
her. His blow missed her and the knife
passed through the body OF two
ulOutuseOiu iuL0uI III Iuo MOlucE 1TWS
1t died INSTANTLY.
Sine the chilly weather set in and
the evaporation has ceased the Mississ
| ip ii Is gaining volume every day and
rivermen are hopeful that they may b.
able to resume traffic on the upper river
Tor at least short timc before tho
season closes.
A 16-yEAR-oLD hoy At Milwaukee
murdered the daughter OF his employer,
| girl OF Is, with whom he had been
unduay Intimate. The murder was moi
discovered till eleven days after it was
committed.
MRs ANNA DoDaE. an inmate Of the
poor hanse Of Butte, Mont, aud 50 years
| OF age, has received notice that she Il
heir to N estate worth q. s.QoO, 900 In
England.
CHICAGO Is toshavo y tower i.l2O fee,
high during the Woridl Fair-ssnrpass
ing the Ethci tower. 1t will be built by
Andrew Carnegie.
GES. MILES, In his annual report,
proposes . mobilization of militia aud
regulars during the worlds fair.
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