Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-01-08
IN THE WEST.

DR.: +. THATCHER GKAvFs, who il is
expected will suffer the death petlaity
at Denver, Col, was prominent ply
sician of Providence, X. !. He was
convicted of the murder OF Mrs. Joseph
Bsrnaby, the widow Of J. B. BarnAby,
. wealthy clothing dealer. Graves had
gained the confidence of the woman
and had persuaded her to contest her
husbands will. She was successful and
thereupon entrusted to the doctor the
management OF all her property NJ .
salary OF $1,000 q year. Last spring,
while Mrs. Barnaby Vas sOjOurntng In
Denver, she received through the mail
bottle supposed to contain whisky. 1t
was labeled From your friends In the
weOds,' And was at first supposed to
have coiiie from family with whom
Mrs. Barnaby had lived IN the Adiron-
dacks q year before. She drank from
the bottle and died few days later.
At the trial 1t was proved that the
liquor contained arsenic and that Mrs.
Barnaby's death was caused by arsenic.
The handwriting on the bottle was
shown to be that Of DIR. Graves. Her
will gave him 825,0OO She had become
dissatisfied with him and shortly before
her death was contemplating getting q
new matagef. Thc.e facts, together
with other evidence against DR.. Graves,
led to his arrest. trial and conviction.
THERE Is no strike yet among the
employees 6t the Eigih National Watch
Factory. Forty fnishers who asked
for more wages were denied them.
They are still at work. Two weeks ago
there were rumors that . general cut
down was contemplated by the manage
ment. These rumOrs were verified on
the pay day following, when the en-
ployes found their wages decreased from
Is to 60 per cent. The employees Of the
jewelry room at once quit work. They
were then told by the officials that the
reduction would be mAde up in the next
pxy roll, and that hereafter the old
schedule would be in force, but they
were not satisfied with this promise, and
the sentiment expressed Is that strike
is inevitable. The assertion is also made
that 1900 employees OF the Wsltham
Watch Company are organized and
about to strike on account Of recent
reduction in their wages.
UP to date there have been fled in
the Court OF Claims Gs,576 cases under
the act providing for the judicial settle-
inent of Indian depred alton claims. The
smallest claim Is for Sl9. Is and the larg-
est for S2sl.2 The total amount
claimed to date Is about $23, 900, coo. OF
the claims the largest number came
from Texas, which has 1,7OO cases.
Only sixty claims are fled by residents
Of Iowa. Nebraska has 255 and the
Dakotas 2.5. The tribes accused Of
the greatest number Of depredations
are the Comanches, Apaches aud Sioux.
Claims out-dating 1865 must have been
entered before the passage OF the act In
order to gain . hearing. The oldest
claims como from Alabama and they
originated with the Creek and Seminole
Indians in 1884.
An extensive company, backed by
Eastern capital, has been organized III
Chicago for the manufacture OF Ameri-
can fax. A license OF incorporation has
been issued to it under the name Of the
United States Linen Manufacturing
Company.
The committee appointed TO investi-
gate the conduct of ex-Secretary OF
State Soper OF Michigan has made IN
exhaustive report, finding that Soper
has mulcted the State In various ways
Of . large amount.
THE total shoe shipments At Haver.
hill, Mass, for 1891 have been 2o2, ,O65,
against 327, ,766 cases for 1890, showing
falling Oh Of IS, 700 in the shipments
and diminishing the amount paid for
labor SaS7. COO.