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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09
FOREIGN JorrINGs.

MAsAYA, Nicaragua, special Presi
dent Saca2a has delivered the Office Of
President to senator MacnaIo VIII q
Immediately after assuming office. be.
gan disarming the troops in the capitol.
News has been received from Corint0
that Gonzslo Espinozo. general super
thtendent OF the Maritime Canal, has
been arrested and taken to Leon under
sarselllAnee The presence OF an
American war ship in Corinto is greatly
needed. Americans aud other foreigners
are subjected 10 many indignities, aud
Obstacles are placed In their way when
they wish to leave or enter the country.
The commandant here says the pass
port OF ahe American minister is Of no
value. There is only one recognized
dOcumSut of any value, and that is a
specialspermit to be obtained from the
minister Of war.
CtrYseg Msxtco special: The ma.
chiner* OF the t;overnment mint at San
a.4sssg rotosi. which was recently
= Sandoned, hnv arrived here There
were Until recently thirteen minis in
this country under control OF various
private parties, who had them rented
from the Government 10 support
these mints tax amounting to nearly
per cent was eyacted on all geld and
silver coined and intended for exporta-
tion. The Government now collects
this tax for its own benefit instead of
for that OF the mint contractors A
stamp tax OF B cents for every S. worth
Of gold and silver coined or exported
has just been imposed to take effect
immediately. 1t Is expected that this
tax will add $500, 900 yearly to Mexico's
revenue.
ST. PETERSBURG special: 1t trans
pired that while the Car was In Mos
COW recently the Church of Chudov
Monastery, within kremiln. was plum.
dered Of vast amount Of plate and
money. The plate had just been used
in the ceremonies attendant upon the
reception OF the car and had not yet
been returned to the vaults where it
was usually kept The total loss is
estimated at between $500, 900 and
3, 600, 900 roubles. The burglars are
supposed TO have entered the monas-
terry through the roof. They are be-
lieved to have been previously coached
by some OF the priests No arrests have
been made.
Nlih of "FAlCp spcCial n ueCFe0
that will prove of great interest to the
slaughtering establishments of Kansas
City, ST. Louis, Chicago, and elsewhere
has just been issued by President Diaz
The decree peremptorily forbids the
shipment Of slaughtered hogs into the
City of Mexico. Hereafter ali hogs for
consumption must be brought In alive.
This action was taken In view OF the
fact that in the case OF alleged fresh
pork shipped here from the United
states and points ia Mexico it Is not
always possible TO decide whether or
not the animal died of some disease, or
was in hea althy conaition when slaugh
tered.
LONDON special Prime Minister
Gladstone declares that Lord Randolph
Churchilfs statement that he will not
again contest Midlothian Is mere un-
founded gossip.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09
Te.tinx I,ln,,,on1ls.

There are several ready tests tor
diamonds That which is generally.
adopted by jewellers has for its foun-
dation the wcll-known fact that the
diamond is harder than any other sub.
stance, and can consequently not ~
scratched or marked by anything but
another diamond.
The second test Is that it becomes
positively electric by friction, hut II
Is not electrified BY heat, ana this
serves to distinguish II from the topaz
and many other stones
Another method OF determinine
whether diamond is genuine of not
Is TO pierce a hole In card with
needle, aud then look at tho hole
through the stone. II false you Will
see two holes, but II genuine only "
single hoic will appear.
You NAV also make the test in an.S
other very simple way Put yotnf
finger behind the stone and look ut q
through the diamond "a through 81
magnifying glass II the stone ~
genuine you will he unable 10 dis.
tinGuish the grain OF the skin. bot
with = false stone this Will bo plainly
visible. Besides looking through 81
real diamond the setting Il never
visible, whereas II ID with i fAlaa
stone.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09
Protection In south CsroIina

In rejoicing over the proposed
building OF 100000 factory iD a
neighboriRg town, the Charleston
News and Courier, one OF the ablest
Southern organs Of tariff reform,
declares that @the day Is not far dis
tant now when South Carolina will
not only manufacture every pound OF
cotton 1t grows, but will have TO i'm
port from other States to supply the
demands of its mills The record for
the past few months Is new mill
every week. That "culminatinR
atrocity" known as the Mckinley law
scattered its blessings with an inn.
partial hand. The State that gave
John G. Calhoun to free trade aud
secession is equally favored with the
rest Of the Union.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09
ERIN SUM MMARY,

DECATUR, Ga. special: In Walton
County the attempt OF sheriff's posse
to make an arrest resulted in the death
Of two men--one ON each Of the oppos.
ing sides. W. Il. MaIsby, q livery
stable proprietor, quarrelled with one
OF his colored drivers, George Connolly,
and on the latter talking back MaIsbv
took buggy whip and scourged him.
Connolly has six brothers, who threat
ened freely that they would put an end
to Malsby's life. This caused the lat
ter to take out q peace warrant He
joined the sheriff posse which was
detailed to make the arrest The
sheriff entered the house and was read.
ing the warrant to George, while
Malsby stood on the outside lie was
challenged there by the Connolly
brothers. who opened fire ON him and
perforated his body with fifty -four bull
lets. Before he fell Malsby succeeded
in discharging his pistol, from which
one OF the Connelys fell dead. The
posse arrested the five brothers re-
naming and made them carry the dead
body OF Malsby to. his late home.
There is intense feeling against the
prisoners and the outcome may yet be-
come serious. MaIsby was one of the
most popular men In Walton County
GALVESTON, Tex, special. Adyices
from Sabine Pass are to the effect that
two Australians who had been en-.
pioyed on the Government Works at
from there to Sabine Pass, q distance OF
thirty miles, through o low, marshy
and uninhabited country. One of them
arrived at Junkerville, La, opposite
Sabine Pass, and reported that he had
left his companion mile or two out on
the prairie too much exhausted to
travel. A searching party was started
out. and after several hours the miss
Ing man was found dead cn the banks
OF small salt water bayou. lie was
buried by Capt Dillon, superintendent
Of the life saving station, and his men.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, special 1t is re-
ported that q cyclone struck Rosed ale,
Miss, lis niles south Of here, destroy.
ing many houses aud doing great dam.
age in the surrounding country Five
people are reported killed. The wires
are all down, and 1t Is impossible to get
further particulars There was also .
severe storm in Southern Arkansas,
which did great damage to property,
and 1t Is understood that . number OF
people are badly hurt
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, special John
Whitney arrived In Eagls Pass from
Topolobampo, Mexico. having made the
entire trip Of 1900 lies across Mexico
on horseback, leaving Topolobampo on
March "a Mr. Whitney crossed the
states OF Sinaloa and Chihuahua to
nd
deserts and mountains to Santa Rosa
often travelling many leagues without
water.
DALLAS. Tex, special: A jury In
the District Court gave 4. K Jones .
verdict for 81, 900 damages against the
Fort Worth Gazette Jones hired Z
turnout IT . Fort Worth livery stable,
and, mo returning In the stipulated
time, the Hdzetts said that he had
stolen the turnout Jones ID . drum.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09

coin sent to the United States Sub.
Tscasurer at New York. The matter
was kept quiet. no one knowing any
thing Of IL except the treasury officials
and trusted employees OF the Govern-
ment The money was conveyed BY the
nited States Express tompany. Five
iron safes were quietly backed up to
the rear Of the sub b-treasury and in each
safe was placed eight canvas bags.
Each bag contained Sl25. 200 In gold
coin. or $1,000. 600 In all. The safes
were then hurried on truck wagons to
the railroad depot and under guard Of
armed Government officials started for
New York. This was repeated five
days, until the last shipment The
treasury officials here stated that the
gold was wanted in New York for ex-
portation.
Ntw YORK special LAWYER Gher-
ardi Davis is counsel for Mrs. Clements
5. ). Fish, who has obtained an at
tachment against the property of Fran
els H. Weeks. the missing lawyer, in
an action To recover s 5000. which she
.ssgs he converted, Mr.. Davis made an
affidavit that Henry ". DeForest,
Weeks former law partner, received u
letter on May IL in Weeks handwrit-
ing. without date. and bearing q
Cuban postmark. Lawyer DeForest
said that 1t was true that he had re-
ceived such letter. lie said that it
referred only to business pertaining to
law cases. in which Weeks and he had
been interested The estimated 10 sses
to the five largest estates which Weeks
wrecked are AS follows; J. j. A.
busted estate. SaoO 600; Won Linden.
estate, $3.50, 900 Davis estate. $3.50, 900:
llowland estate, $4,000: Fish estate,
s., 900: total, Ssi5, 600 These are the
figures OF the counsel for one of the
wrecked estates. 1t is not unlikely
that when final reckoning is had 1t
Will be found that Weeks defalcatons
amount to considerably over s., 900, 600.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09
IN THE EAST,

LIMA, Ohio. special: Fire destroyed
board Association with all its valuable
machinery. The loss will reach $780,
o06. full insured Fifty people narrowly
escaped with their lives.
New YoKK special Charles l.. At
terbury. counsel for the National Cord
age Company, said that the investiga-
tion into the affairs of the company had
reached point which enabled him to
say that reorganization seemed assured
Nkw York special: jefferson
Coolidge, eX-minister of the United
States to France. arrived in New York
with his family. on the steamship La
Kourgogne. The party spent the night
at the Murray Hill Hotel and started
in the morning for their home in Bos-
ton. Mr.. Coolidge spoke freely to re-
porter In regard to various trans-At-
lantic topics of interest to Americans
"The Behring Sea tribunal" said he.
''could hardly lie improved upon. In
order to decide in our favor the
tribunal will have to lay down some
and think there is fair prospect OF
their doing this
NEW LONDON, Conn. special: Fiji
teen shipwrecked sailors OF the Ham.
burg Steamer Wandlahn arrived in
this city from Montreal and applied to
the Custom House authorities for aid.
They were sent from Montreal and
were told they would be landed In New
York. Since leaving Montreal they
had but small quantity of dry bread
to eat, having been given but q little
food to eat on the cars. They were In
famished condition aud Collector
Saxton supplied them with food 1T
once One or two Of the party could
speak . little English. They were
sent to New York and the Germa n
Consul there is expected to see tha
they are cared for.
CINCINNATI special: c. A. Carlisle OF
Brazil has been in this city on his way
to China, where be goes to engage
100, 600 Cinnamon annually for term
Of years to work Oh the coffee plantA-
tions Of Brazil Since the emsncipa-
ton proclsmat OF Dom Pedro 1t Is
impossible to get workmen In Brazil.
II Is estimated that $4,000, 900 were
lost to the Government last year by
the inability OF the planters to gather
the berries. The Brazilian Govern
ment will aid the scheme, and treaty
will be negotiated to protect the China
men secured. A line Of steamers has
been engaged, and will start from the
Bio with sugar, coffee, cocoa aud rub
Der, snd bring back rice. coal and
collieA
CINCINNATI special: Tho largest shfu.
ment OF gold ever made from this city
vas completed this week. A week ago
there were 81. 3sG. 400 In gold coin In
she United States Sub. Treasury hsre.
This wAs the accumulation OF sAyerAl
ysArs and has been lying Idle ID the
yAnlts 0f the Goyernment Euildins.
.61e- -TfsAsuFsr uallsy received check
fFo9 6eerot3ry Of the Treasury Car
llela properly lndarsed by the troasnry
y leiaie et1sranG e o0Q - q &eA
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09
Edison Company Tilcs Complaint.

NEW YORK special A complaint was
filed in the United States Circuit Court
bv the Edison Electric Light Company
and the Edison lllumina ting Company
Of New York against Robert Goelet,
Ogden Goelet, Robert stafford. and ii.
+. Whitaker, AS proprietor OF the I'm
perial Hotel: Mary $. Nandoren. Hu-
bert n. kinsley and Gustave Bauman,
as proprietors OF the Holland Hotel;
and William insser, owner of 8 Spruce
street, to restrain them from using In
their buildings any other than the Edi-
son incandescent lamp, and compel
them TO pay damages to the Ldson
Company fol the use of the Westing-
house lamp. The Westinghouse Com
pany was enjoned by the nited States
Court of Appeals last October from
manufacturing lamps, which were
proved to be an infringement of the
famous patent, No ::23, s9s. 1t was,
however, permitted to supply power to
all plants established by it previous to
that time the contracts for which had
not expired. AS the Edison Company
cannot sue the manufacturers OF the
lamps in these cases, it wishes to re-
strain the users.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09
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Too Free With Comm n m lists.

BUFFALO special: Some trouble is
being experienc ced by VIM r. Love and
others, who. under special act of the
.ast State Legislature, are seeking to
established city Oh the Bellamy plan
At Lewiston, New York, about twenty
five miles from Buffalo on the Niagara
River. Some mem bers think that the
Act OF the Legislature confers to many
powers, and this view .is held by ex-
Representative Richard Crowley, to
whom it was referred
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09
~ 1alDJ 7 q
ONLY LACKED HvpocRlSv.
An Other vices PracsaesA ~ tAe ffa61us
People OT Qneen caruainesa ~. III

An Other Vices PracslesA ~ the nfa6alS =
People os Qae<a Carssins.s ~,
II Let It never be forgotten THAI ~
arst half of the eighteenth csnauty
was gross and prptiigate, landafores
tempOris actt to the contrary NOT
withstanding, says London Society.
BY our modern standard OF purity.
perhaps, It ought not to be tested.
Men and women were eaten up with
the worship Of mammon. PUlittc)ans
were . herd OF yenal Wretches xho
thought OF nothing else but paars,
power, and pocket At one time
they trimmed, at another time thor
turned their coats One day they
voted IN favor OF q measure, the next
day against 1t On the hustin9s they
made promises, In the LeQialaturoi
they forgot those prOmisoa (lut-
wardly they were loud in their prAt6pe:
Of the house OF BrunaWick. seceetly
they drank to the king ukeF -
waters All who are txlaiIl ls;
the yeraci0us chronicles 0f ~ 3lyo
Of 's1Om Jones" and s.J0seph A.
drews"-and who h there that d notl
ARE fully cOnversant with the man.
ners and customs Of the cont6mpof.
ary squires, pals0ns, and farmers
Those who have ever perused the
correspondence OF Miss Bellendeu aud
Miss Howe do not need to be ~
minded Of the way In which elegant
danes OF high degree sometimee
wrote and spoke OF the queens En-
glish. The court merely reflected the
grossness Of one-half OF English %
ciety, and. indeed, Of continental 10
ciety. Moreover, IL Was alngularly
lacking in those allurements which
the graceful. refined and witty court
OF the regent Orleans exhibited.
The only vice by which the age Wa
not characterized was hypocrisy.
Nothing was dissembled, nothing Was
cloaked. George IL lived openly with
Lady SuffOik and with the countess
of Yarmouth Sir Robert WalpolA
his prime minister, lived openly With
Miss Skerritt and yet he wasa great
friend Of Gibson. bishop OF London,
and OF HoadleY. bishop OF Win
chester. When Mr.. Howard desired
to wrest his spouse from the services
OF Queen Caroline and the embraces
Of the King he employed Al arch-
bishop of Canterbury az the g0-be.
tween. An occupant Of the archf-
episcopal see of York lived openly
with succession OF mistresses; ono
Lady Bath was as intriguing q sho
was comeIy, and her friend, Lady
Walpole, was no less apt at intrigue.
There are good grounds Tor believing
that Horace WaipOle was the sou of
Carr. elder brother OF Lord HervAy.
But there Is no need to cite again
facts SO commonly known. ia the
present day 1t Is not speaking out of
bounds to say that there Is more de-
cency, more observance of form, mora
regard TO convcntiOnality, mora dali
cacy Of feeling than there Was In tho
Georgian era Nor can No bolieto
but that the change Is both appofsnt
and real, that more respect exists for
principles AND externalA mOro Tn q
truer self-knowlcdge ana IN eyCus
BILE pride that men contrast tho dayss
OF Caroline OF Auspach with the days
of the good Queen Victoria.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09
Fell Three Thousand Feet to Death

TRENTON, n. j., special. Charles y.
Richmond, an aeronaut made 5000
feet ascension and lost his life Rich
mond rose gracefully, sailing with the
wind in a southeastern direction.
When he cut loose from the balloon it
~as noticed by the spectators that the
parachute failed to work properly and
they were horriiied to see Richmond
descend with lightning rapidity, maxi
ng revolutions in the air as he came
down. Several women tainted and
erybody in the great throng was sick
ened by the spectacle. Richmond land
ed in muddy little stream, and if he
was alive when he touched the surface
he was soon drowned. lie belonged in
Snrinxtiald I'LL
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09
CAUGHT ON THE FLY
AND CONDENSED FOR OUR
READERS.
SIX MEN ROB A BANK
AND SECURE $4,000 FOR
THEIR TROUBLE.
Before the Robbers Escaped With the
Rooty Two of Them We're Wounded
One Citizen Was Killed Three Other
Persons Wounded.


Sr. LoUIs special: Word has reached
here from Rogers, Ark, that the
Peoples bank at Bentonville, six miles
west OF there WAS 70 bbsd By sis p,en
The robbery was committed abont ., 80
o'clock. while the president and assist
ant cashier were in the bank. aud the
robbers secured SO 900 to Sl5, 600 Ee-
Tore the robbers escaped with the booty
Two OF them were wounded. One citizen
was killed and the president of the
oank, assistant cashier and another
:itlzen were wounded. Posses are
securing the country for the robbers,
who made tor the Indian Territory
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09

VIENNA special: In addressing the
delegates, Count kalnoky, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, ridiculed the idea that
general disarmament OF European
powers was possible All the conti-
mental powers would be much relieved
however, he said, could the preselft
process Of Increasing the military aud
cayal forces be brought gradually to a
stnndStill
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09
Wildcat HanlEA.

The recent failure OF . large num-
Der OF banks In the West should
prove lesson to the public. Under
the present banking system only the
stockholders and depositors in these
institutions will be affected; no per-
son who holds currency issued By
any one OF these banks can possibly
lose . dollar, but under the Wildcat
bank system to which the Democrats
are pledged, the failure OF these
Western banks would have involved
the community In the loss OF mill
ions OF dollars But q II Is only the
burnt child that dreads the fife, we
suppose We must have the wildcat
system in order to make the. present
generation appreciate the bankinx
system We now have. Dolgeyille Her
aid
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-06-09

the hurnsd. reaction which inevitably
follows very RAPID growth. a rev
bad seasons with their poor crops
precipitated 1t, and the better yields
OF the past few years have gone far
toward dissipating 1t. - Cleveland
Leader
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1893-11-20

GIT 6arfen, 6a mir feline @rlaubniB bonn
General bor3ei9en f0nnten. NuBcrbalb Der
Seltung itebe CT 6agegen boQfommen III
unfern Oicniten. Ste 8a9t 6es BIabes
mar aub bier mieberum cine iebr 9lidlicbe,
benin bie Seitung beberri6te Elm breites
Sbal, an beiIen 0flicbem Nanbe, etpa 2km
entfcrnt, Sic 9rDBte 8erberaniteblung in Der
g1Gbc bon W1eltua, Sc6ana, ltegt. Gin On.
mari6 auf WeLiIa 6Gtte 6urcb bieies Gbal
gu seibeben.
Nacb berslihem Q[bi6te6 un6 Dem lit
Spanien 10 beliebten 6artentau19en oerz
liebcn mir bic ipaniicben &amera6en, obne
ie UNI ben unbeitrittenen 8eitb i6rer jung
frGulibeu 6eftungen gu beneibeu. 0as
9eben BORT muR furebtbar etniam unb ein>
t0nig fetn. Cine Stunbe ipGter tparen mir
ipie6er an 8oro ber 02oieue. Sbon neigte
iicb bic Come na9 @eiter, 6as malerii9e
Seliennet in colleges urpurglut6 tauben6.
@ilig tpur6en @iebz unb 3iegenberben in
bic Sta6t gctrteben. 8atrouiueu unb
Sruppen riidteu inter tlingenbem Spiel
ein, sllebt fam Elm 3rupp 9efangener, bic
ben Soloaten Bel elmer Itebung 9tenife 9e~
letftet batten. 9tub fie pe~rfcbipanben i'm
@dniemari6 in benz Tbor, oas btnter tbnen
geiblof1en nurbe. Die Sonne ging inter.
Sin &anoneni6uB, GrommeIz unb Grom1
peten7S iguGle - 0ann aGgemeine StlQe.
Gute Naat - t5r gefangenen @efdnsniBs
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-07
MORE SILVER TALK.

President Fisk, Of the Rimeta allie
Association, Issues a Manifesto.
CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Important action
was taken today on the silver question
by the executive committee of the Peo-
pies party. The committee adopted
somewhat remarkable plan of campaign
outlined by President Fisk, of the Pan.
American Bimetallic association. Fol-
lowing is text of the resolution adopt-
ed by the committee:
ain view of the fact that President
Fisk, of the Pan-American Bimetallic
association, is now effecting arrange
ments to hold great international BIZ
metallic conference in this country. as
well as being the Colorado representa-
tive of theTrans-Mississippi commercial
congress, we, the executive committee
of the Peoples party, hereby indorse
and approve the sentiments con-
tanned IN the following arti-
Gle, and believe that the Indus
trial Legion, together with all the other
industrial and economic organizations.
will provide the organized machinery
for carrying out the plans proposed. -
This is signed by 81. F. Taubeneck.
chairman; NJ. G. Rankin, treasurer
lgnatius Donnelly, Minnesota; j. HI.
Davis, Texas; Y. o. Strickler. Ne
braska; G. f. Gather, Alabama:
George f. Washburn, chairman Eastern
division national committee, People's
party, and Paul Vandervoort. COM
mabder-in-chief Industrial Legion.
President Flsk's letter is addressed
to Hon. Darwin r. James. president
New York board of trade and trapsnor-
tation, and is a reply to a communica.