Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-11-23
IN THE WEST.


aminer prints strange story OF the
wanderings OF VIM. w. Fairbanks, q
Point Arena photographer who disap-
peared from this city on the forenoon
of Sunday, Oct. Is last, o few hours
after his marriage to Miss Addie
O'Connor, young lady who came here
from Ligonier, Ind, to marry him.
The ceremony was performed immedi-
ately upon her arrival. A few hours
later Fairbanks kissed her goodby and
walked out of the hotel. saying he
would retmn soon. The young hus-
band now returns to the city from
Shreveport, La, where he recovered
his senses in hospital. Papers in his
possession also show that he had been
in Portland, Oregon, and Sacramento.
The strange part OF the story IL that
Fairbanks claims that he can remem-
ber nothing that occurred during the
past sixteen months. He says he knew
nothing of his marriage, and had to be
introduced to his bride. who had gone
to his parents house at Point Arena.
He remembered her as a woman whom
he once met while travelling in the
East, but says he knows nothing Of the
correspondence that resulted in her
coming West to marry him, nor Of the
marriage. When he recovered his
senses in Shreveport he was suffering
with fever and nervous prostration.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. special: The
Live Stock Sanitary Boards of the sew
eral Western and Southern States as
sembled in Exchange Hall at the stock
yards to hold convention, whose re-
suits are likely to be important to the
stock growing interests of the West.
The Live Stock Sanitary Boards of
Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Montana,
Illinois, Indiana, Texas, and Wyoming
were present. Secretary Morton of the
Department of Agriculture was repre-
sented by Albert Dean, Government
Cattle Inspector at the yards. A reso-
luton was adopted recommending to
the Secretary of Agriculture that the
fever line be changed by cutting out
the counties .of Irion, Tom Green,
Sterling, Buschell, and Zales, and by
taking in the counties of Herdmen.
Ford, Knox. Haskell, Stonewall, apd
Fisher. in Texas, and by making the
state line between Missouri and Ar
kansas the fever line between those
states. A. j. Kloberg of Texas. DIR.
Trumbower OF Illinois, and J. B. White
Of Kansas were appointed a committee
to correspond with the Secretary OF
Agriculture in regard to experiments ts
with view to showing that Texas
cattle can be disinfected by clearing
thcr OF ticks.
DEADwoOD, S. D., special: One OF
the most horrible tragedies in the his
tory of the Black Hills occurred in Saw
Pit Gulch, two miles west. Joseph
Tha, an Italian, was married year
ago to cousin OF Josieo Tametta. A
few months afterward his wife left him
and made her home at her cousins.
Tha went to Tamettas house consider
ably under the influence of liquor, end
shortly after shots were heard. Moth
ing was thought OF it, however, until
peddler raped at the door, and get
ting no reply, but hearing groans from
within, he entered. Lying around the
room amid horrible confusion of
broken and scattered furniture were
Mrs. Tha, shot through the mouth;
Tametts with q bullet In his breast,
and Mrs. Tametta, with frightful
cash in her forehead inflicted with an
ax--all still in death. In the woodshed
Tha lay gasping for breath with bull
let through his head. In the midst OF
oil this bloody horror Mrs. Tametta's
two little children were playing. The
coroner and sheriff we're Immediately
notified and in few moments crowd
collected. Tha lived only few hours
and the others were undoubtedly killed
instantly.
Topeka, Kan, special: Prepara-
tions are progressing favorably for the
interstate convention to be held here
December 5, to advance the interests
OF Gov. dwellings favorite project, q
north and south railway from Dakota
to the gulf, to be built and owned and
operated by the states through which
it passes It is estimated that the cost
of the road would be $4,000 per mile.
Gov. Lewelling says Senator Allen OF
Nebraska and ex-Gov Hubbard OF
Texas are much interested in the
scheme and that it promises to be sue
cessful.
SAN FRANCISCO special Further
particulars OF the recent food in Okla
yama. received from japan by the
steamer Belgic. show that there were
644 deaths from drowning, 444 wound
ed, 3,2O7 houses washed away, 6,s42
houses nearly destroyed, 47.42J build
ings partly wrecked, and 1873 acres Of
lana more or less injured. Tho sur
vivors are IN great distress
KANSAS CITY special. The West
ern Warehouse and Storage Compauy's
large folr-story warehouse burned.
Firenen Mat Clarkson. John Burke
and Walter Eyler were buried under .
falling wall and sustained serious III
not fatal injuries Tho loss Is estimat-
od ct A5CO. 900. .5
OTTAWA. Ill. spoe fal Several