Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-05-12
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SAN FRANCISCO special: The steamer
Belgic, which has arrived brings news
| of the capture recently near Talchow
Island, by q war junk disguised as a
merchantmen, of 4 formidable band
of pirates who, for the las: eight OF
nine months, had made themselves by
| their ferocity and blood dthirs tiness, the
terror of all junks trading between
! Ningpo, Taichow and Wenchow. OF
| the fifty-one pirates on board the buc.
caneering craft only eleven were cap
| tured alive, the remainder being killed
| in desperate attempt to repuIse the
| attack of the sailors on board the war
| junk, who, though inferior to the pi-
| rates, pluckily attacked the enemy and
| finally gained a bloody victory, losing
| twenty-five of their forty fighting men
+, on board, including the captain and
| the second officer OF the war junk. A
| curious incident in connection with tho
/ case is the capture on deck of thirteen
| Buddhist monks, who were found fight.
! ing side by side with the pirates, and
| proved to be the most desperate men in
| in the lot. These monks are very
| probably the same band that made a
raid upon nunnery near Tingpai In
| December last and carried away the
youngest and prettiest OF the votaries,
gagging the ugly ones in cruel man.
ner and throwing them under the great
| altar, where the poor creatures were
found two days afterward nearly
famished.
CHEYENNE special: One OF the most
nd int
coveries in Wyoming Is the recent find
of a natural soap mine on the line of
the Burlington Railroad, near the town
of Newcastle, which is situated in the
northeast corner of the state. The de-
posit. which Is from Il to 90 feet In
thickness, is q kind OF tale saturated
! with potash. In its natural state it
makes fair laundry soap, and when
rendered with water increases its bulk
about fourf0ld and makes rich lather
Experts who have examined the stun
say it can easily be manufactured into
o superior quality OF toilet soap Five
hundred pounds have been forwarded
to this city and samples are being sent
abroad in response to numerous re-
quests from eastern makers who wish
! to test it, quality and cleansing prop
critics. 1t can easily be mined at an
expense not to exceed 81 per ton. AC-
| com panying this deposit are found
seams OF silyery white abest0s The
| owners are confident Of the excellence
of their product, and are already max
ing plans to establish large manu-
factory near the deposit which Is in
easy reach Of railroad facilities.
Sr. JOSEPH special: Geo w. White
head, Q Montana cowboy, 10 in Chicago
with large ya1ise full OF counterfeit
silver dollars, which be proposes to
work off on the people Of that city.
His pal, C. II. Hunter, Is in jail in this
city. having been captured, together
with compiete counterfeiting outfit
Hunter stated that Whitehead, whom
he met in indianapolis, Ind. proposed
they make counterfeit silver dollars and
work them of on the crowds ct the
Worlds Fair. Hunter consented, and
| they came to this city to do the work.
| A good sized valise was filled with the
bogus dollars. and WHITEHEAD left for
Chicago. There Is one other man
| named Schriber and Schriber's wife.
| They are at Madison, Ind. where the
gang was to rendezvous In few weeks.
The Chicago police have been sent q
des cription Of Whitehead.
DENVER special: The coal and coke
business OF the state Is now In the
hands of four companies. The bust
ness OF the Peoples Coal Company and
! that Of J. j. Thomas & Go. were anal
| gamated. The capital stock Of the new
| organization IL $500, 900 and controls
several large mines In northern Col
| orado. j. ]. O'Neil Is president and !.
| J. Thomas general manager OF the con
| solldation. which gives the Colorado
Feed and Fuel Company. Citizens Goa
and Coke Company, United Coal Com
| pany and Peoples Coal Company com.
! plete control Of the trade In the state.
SAN FRANCISCO special: Senator
Leland Stanford says ex-Presiden,
! Harrison will deliver his series Of lee
! lures to the students OF Leland Stan.
ford, Jr., University In the early par
OF next term. The last lecture will b.
| an expression Of Harrison's Views a,
to the best plan for compiling On inter
| national code Of law to govern all tn.
| prominent nations OF the world. Thi'
| will be printed and sent to the leading
nations. Senator Stanford believes ,
code of the kind suggested would d,
away with war.
DENVER, Colo, special: Word wa
received here from Durango to the Of
! feet that cowboy named Sam Edintl
WAS murdered by Ute or Navajo In
iiAns while rounding up horses at Cros
Canon. The Indians clsimed that som,
OF their horses were in the bunch
/ This was disputed and Edinth VA
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