Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-07-03
in THE WEST.


Iowa floods are worse than the first
news The number Of people In distress
at Cherokee alone Is between l,20O and
/, SOD. q lksry bridaa across the Sioux
river, both wagon and railroad, between
Onawa and Cherokee, is gone. Those
houses That were not swept away In the
fiat at Cherokee were left almost buried
in mud. The destruction of property
alone in that pretty little city will
amount to 100000 besides almost all
the stock pastured along the Sioux. The
Illinois Central railroad has sustained
heavy losses. miles of track being swept
away and most Of their bridges gone.
Sutherland reports that its cyclone was
not one stOr IN. but four or five cyclones
of no small dimensions, The loss to
Sutherland and Waterman township, in
which it is located, Is at least $4,000.
The Chicago Il Northwestern loss in the
township is $a5, 900. The deluge covered
at least portions of the counties of
Sioux, O'Brien, Clay, Plymouth, Chero-
kce, Euena Vista, Woodbury.. Ida. Sac.
MOnona, Crawford. Carroll, Harrison
and Shelby, covering q territory three
counties in width along the western
border of the state. and five counties in
counties from the northern boundary of
the state and extending southwark. At
present it Is impossible to estimate the
damage to railroad property in that ter
ritory, but enough is known to show
that 1t will be very heavy. The section
of the country where the food was most
severe il traversed by numerous
branches OF the Northwestern. the llli-
nois Central, the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul and the main line of the Chi
cago, st. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha
roads. 1t is reported from Waterloo that
eight persons met their death In the
country round about Correctionville.
the Iowa democratic state conven-
tion at Ottumwa was largely attended
and enthusiastic. Gov. Horace Boies
was renominated with whoop and a
hurrah. The ticket was completed as
follows: For lieutenant governor, Samuel
l.. Bestow; supreme judge, l.. g. Kinne;
superintendent Of public instruction. j.
II. Knoepler: railroad commissioner.
Peter A. Dey. The platform declared
for tariff reform, free coinage, a pro-
tected franchise and the repeal Of the
prohibitory law. Upon the silver ques-
tion the plank Of last years platform
was reaffirmed. It demands ''free coin
age of silver and that 1t be made full
legal tender for all debts, public and
private" In demanding the repeal Of
the prohibitory law high license is pre-
sented as the correct substitute. with an
annual license of $500 to be paid into
the county treasury, and such addi-
tional tax as the town, township or
municipal corporations shall provide.
In the speech Of the temporary chair
man of the convention, Hon. Walter II.
Butler, congressman from the Fourth
district. the reference to Gov. Boies as
worthy of presidential honors was re-
ceived with marked favor.
SINCE the bringing Of GOO colored
miners from the east few days ago to
take the place Of strikers OF the Frank
lin mines near Seattle, WASH, the labor
unions have shown great dissatisfaction.
Late news from Franklin makes known
that the negroes and Pinkerton guards
had . pitched battle with the white
strikers. The whites lost two killed and
several others wounded. One white
woman was seriously injured. One
negro was probably fatally shot. A
white miner named Robinson, who was
working with the negroes, killed two OF
the strikers.
SPRING wheat prospects in central
Minnesota, owing to the rains, are from
fair to good and ahead of an average In
every way except as to lateness. In
southern Minnesota the harvest will be
earlier than usual, many fields having
already headed out. In North Dakota
there has been plenty of rain, the water
still standing on the low lands. The
weeds have been developing fast. Wis
consin reports the last ten days more
favorable for growing crops, which are
thin and backward.
Gov. FIFER, OF Illinois, has approved
the bill enabling women to vote at
school elections. Twenty-six states
have now given women some form of