Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-07-21
IN THE WEST.

Francisco, that contingency order
have been issued to the Fifth Battalion
Of the Royal Rifle Brigade, now il
England to hold itself in readiness tx
proceed to Victoria. The letter fur
ther says the powerful British shiK
Minotaur has also been specially com.
manded to duty at Esquimalt, and the
commander Of the ship has been ap.
pointed naval commandant. The com.
mander of the Royal Brigade was made
commander Of the Esquimalt station,
succeeding the dockyard superinten-
apnt and Col. Prior of the Canada
tQrces, who heretofore held both posts,
Two battalions of the Royal Marine
Artillery are also under orders for duty
~ Victoria and the Canadian authori-
ties are said to be devising measures
to overhaul andep put Esquimalt Harbor
in more complete defensive condition.
The British officer writes to enquire
about the climate and the manner of
living Ut Esquimalt, and seems to indi-
cate that the sudden activity ON the
part Of the British authorities has a
direct onnection with the Behring Sea
contruvcrsoy. F1urn Jfle tons ss.d
language Of the letter the San Fran
cisco Englishman believes that Eng
land anticipates an unfavoraale term
ination Of the Behring Sea arbitration,
and proposes to place herself in posi-
tion t. defend and enforce what she
considers her rights to the seal proper
ties. The recent arrival of the war
vessel, Royal Arthur, ut Esquimalt,
with Admiral Stevenson aboard, and
these unusual movements of the Brit
ish forces appear to lend some tinge of
probability to the stsry.
SALTWATER, Mimi, special:
Shortly after three o'clock tornado
struck the city, doing great damage to
property, besides killing two and in
juring number of people.
None of the injured will die. The
weather was very sultry before the
storm, and about three o'clock storm
clouds were seen approaching from the
west and south. They met near the
city, and Immediately after the storm
descended and tore path fifty feet
wide through large portion of the
town. Several buildings were CON-
pletely destroyed, and much minor
damage done.
TOPEKA special. Attorney General
Little has removed Assistant Attorney
General Noah Allen and appointed
George w. Clark his successor. Allen
| some time ago advised the Superinten-
dent OF Insurance that unless certain
insurance company paid judgmen,
pending against it it's license to do bust
ness in Kansas should be revoked
The company paid the judgment, and
it is said Allen had been paid $500 70,
his services in forcing the collection
| Other charges were made against
Allen in general way and his dismis
sal was the result.
NEW PAYNEsvILLE, Mimi, special
The war between this town, which il
on the 500, and Old Paynesville, which
is on the Great Northern, has broke,
out with renewed violence. The towns
are q couple of miles apart and are yer!
Jealous OF each other. Not long sine,
the Methodist Church was moved from
the old to the new town and some O
the people in the old time hung tn,
pastor, Rev. Geo. West, in efiigy. Thi
aroused great resentment in the ney
town, and over 800 was subscribed Il
prosecute the perpetrators Of the out
rage.
SAN JOSE, Cal, special: Photo
graphs Of the new comet show the in
oeles.lns iac. I. sla. w sno'uoI .oAos
nse,upeI e., ~ .ne snn y, sne a.n". nss on' n
annears S ear To- to move M in ny The % sama orbit q
on one exactly parallel At the ssm
rate of speed, The astronomers 8
| lick Obseryatorv are much eiated :
the discovery. The second comet I
not visible, except through atelescope
| Topeka special: A. B. MontQomer
Of Goodland, sherman County, . rair