Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-12-14
IN THE WEST.

IohILAND. oreHOH. special. MRS.
George II. Williams, Portland's noted
faith curist and religious enthusiast,
has finished her forty days fast and re.
sumed eating. 1t was for the purpose
OF closer communion with the Lord
that Mrs. Williams undertook this
fast, and to obtain an addition to those
communications she says she has re-
ceived from him. She prophesies
that the end OF the world Is near at
hand, to be proceeded by rioting and
anarchy throughout the universe.
Calamity after calamity will befall us.
Whole countries will be devastated by
fires and floods. and there will be ter
rible destruction OF life and property
in divers ways" The influence of Mrs.
Williams teaching has been OF wide
extent. More than 100 persons in this
city have gone through the wilder
ness" as she calls the forty-day fast.
Parents have required children to fast.
and it has been necessary for the courts
to order these suffering children to be
taken care of by the Boys and Girls
Aid Society. Domestic discord has en-
sued and suits for divorce are result.
Male followers gave up lucrative posi-
tlons, thinking they could better serve
the Lord in idleness and prayer. Mrs.
Williams last fast was of seventy days
duration. She has been twice disap-
pointed by the Lord and she says if it
occurs again she will renounce her
faith.
KANSAS CITY special: The recon-
mendation of the executive committee
OF the National Live Stock Exchange
were discussed at the session of that
body. The scheme for establishing a
permanent bureau of information was
adopted. The stock growing section
of the west was divided into six dis
tricts. The local exchange in each of
the six cities represented is to gather
statistics from the several counties in
its own district. Representatives are
to be maintained in each county to re-
port to the local exchange the number
of stock in the county, the condition
of the animals, supply of feed and
probable number of cattle to be mar
keted soon. The local exchange is to
tabulate the information and forward
it to the national exchange. A spirited
discussion was aroused over PROPOSE
tion to present bill to the Legisla-
lures of the different states to protect
commission men, who as agents sold
mortgaged stock for damages claimed
by mortgagee. Finally. alter long
debate, a committee was appointed to
draft bill on the subject. The prin-
cipal feature will be clause making
the selling of mortgaged property a
felony. Efforts will be made TO have
enacted in the different states the
Nebraska law, which provides a heavy
penalty for owners who consign for
sale mortgaged stock.
KANSAS CITY special: Olaf Z. Mog-
ensen, of Copenhagen. Denmark. is in
the city on his way to Galveston, Tex.
works and the jettios for the purpose of
obtaining information to be embodied
in a scientific report that he will make
to the free port directory of Copenha-
gen and the bankers Of that city, who
are interested in the steamship project
between Copenhagen and one N the
Gulf of Mexico ports and improved
transportation facilities between the
Gulf Of Mexico and Kansas City. Mr..
receives a salary from the
Danish Government. He will examine
all the notable engineering works of
this country and make the reports con-
cerning them to his country.
CHICAGO special: A blaze in the
Great Northern Hotel created a.liyely
panic among the guests on the north
side of the hotel. The flames were con-
fined to the ycntilating shaft. which
was lined with wood to facilitate the
passage OF the dumb waiter For half
an hour the flames roared through the
shaft from the basement to the roof.
stories above. and but for the
tireproof construction of the building
the hotel would have been DESTROYED.
The hotel people feared the smoke
would overcome the sleeping gue.ts
and proceeded to rouse them. Some,
however, were already np and i'm Il
state Of panic, but they were soon
lnieted and the excitement died out in
half an hour. Damage small.
CHICAGO special: Tie Worlds Fair
buildings will soon pass from tho pos-
session Of the men vino built them into
the hands Of the South Park Commits
sioners. The matter has been definite
" arranged. The Worlds Fair direct
lrs agree to give the Park Commits
,ioners 100000 in addition to the bond
II 800, 600, which the directors forfeit
BY not removing the buildings within
Tho stipulated time. The mat.-r OF
or preserving the baildinss
now rests entirely with the park com-
TuscoN, Arizona, special: One hum
lred and thirty-fire tfsarni,s at Lords
burg threAten Il, derail passenger
rains II the or lef Of The Southern
pacific thAt no ti,amps hs allowed to
ride ~ freight tsAIns r. 6Hf0eue