Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-10-19
IN THE WEST.

SAN FRANCISCO special: A shock
ing scandal was caused here by coto-
ner's investigation at the San Francis
co Foundling's $. Asylum. where thirty
three babies have died within the
past six weeks. The place was closed
and Notwithstanding were. given in
custody of a Catholic infant shelter.
The coroner ascertained that thirty
three waits died from lack of nutrition.
The Daughters of the Good Shepherd
publicly branded the asylum as Il
slaughter house for babies. The sani-
tary conditions OF the asylum were
very bad. 1t Is charged that the
nurses and attendants occupied sunny
rooms upstairs and kept the babies in
damp, dark apartments. Before the
coroner it developed that dead babies
had been kept on the premises four
days. The official undertaken of the
institution testified that when infants
died the attendants put the babies in
box under the front doorstep and
kept them there like so much garbage
until he came to take them away. He
had found thrle bodies east ont indis
crmiuately into the box at one time.
He removed them without notifying
the people at the asylum.
ST. PAUL special: Charles Parker.
a young Swede. 2S years cid. who has
worked on II farm near Zumbrota for
four years. and later in a dairy at St.
Paul. was arrested on spec and turned
out to be Il woman. Anna Hcdstrom by
name. She said: MY name is Annie
Hedstrom and my boy name is Charles
Parker, and am - years old. As a
girl worked in st. Paul when | first
came to this country. Tdidn't ike the
work | had and could not make a liv-
ing, SO | concluded to dress as boy
and work out at Il mans work. |
bought Il suit of mems clothing and
went to Zumbrota. heard of Il man
named Haden who had gotten hurt
with q moving machine. and who
wanted hand, so went to his place.
He hired me at SIS a month. | stayed
there four years. did all of his
heavy work, and enjoyed it. When |
left Zumbrota | came to St. Paul and
got Il job at Matteson's dairy. but didn't
like the work and quit
SAN FRANCISCO special: Emile
Lassus. Consul General for Peru, has
just escaped being victimized in Il way
which might have involved him with
his Government. and even involved
China and Peru in diplomatic difficult
ties. 1t seems Lassus was approached
by an Englishman named III. w. Hen
dersOn- Edmonds with the card of the
Central and South American Oriental
Commercial Company, representing
the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking
Company as its treasurer. Edmonds
secured a contract with the Consul
General which amounted to prelimi-
nary steps toward delivering in Peru
5000 Chinese laborcrs. A detective
has exposed Edmonds as Il fraud. and
the Consul General has escaped the
consequences of his agreement
ASHLAND. Wis, special: The situa-
tion of the unemployed on the Goebic
range at Hurley is becoming serious.
Bread riots have already occurred and
the problem of providing for the un-
employed miners on the range is be-
coming mere serious every hour. At
least 800 people this side of the Wis
consin line are out of employment. In
ElmwoCd and across the Michigan line
the number is at least 1000 and there
is no prospect OF work for them. 1t is
estimated that one-half of these people
have families. In the iron belt day
or two ago over 1850 cOIgregated and
threatened TO loot a village store. pro-
vided they were not given work They
were finally talked into adopting paci-
fic measures and no damage was done.
HELENA Mont. special: Geo. w.
Morgan is in the county Jail in default
OF 81 900 bail. He was a postal clerk
running on he Great Northern bet
ween Butte and Havfe. Mt which latter
place he was arrested. Evidence
enough was found on bis person to
convict him. aud in addition he con-
fessed in full after his arrest. His
specially was letters addressed to
married women. He explained this by
saying he knew there were many men
out west in tae habit Of sending money
east to their families. He would tear
q letter sufficiently To determine it con.
tents, ana he opened only those that
contained currency or postal notes.
Drafts or money orders were not dis
turbed.
DENVER special: National Bank
Examiner J. b. Lazear. while settling
the affairs of the insolvent Bank Of
Del Norte, has been arrested for re-
ceiving stolen goods. Before the Del
Norte Bank failed month ago deed
was deposited with the bank, signed
by Mr.. Cochrane, a brother Of w. Ell.
Cochrane. president OF the bank, to
secure loans from the bank. After the
bank failed the deed was missing At
terwards Cashier Thomas found the
deed in the attorneys Office, appropri
ated it and placed it in the bank.
Charges were at once instituted
against the bank and Lazear. who had
been placed in charge of it by the
Government. The case will be deter
mined by the court ut Del NOrtc
1 tiEAU CLAIRE, Wis, special: An I'M
known man went into the Eau Claire
House before daylight, threw red pep.
per into the face Of the clerk, Charles
+. Button, fired two shots at him.
robbed the cash register in the billiard
room and He'd. Button has u painful
wound in his les and one in his hand.
MADISON Wis. special: The Nor
wegian Lutheran Orphan Home was
partly destroyed BY fire entaiiing loss
of 40. .0O0. The inmates were III re-
moved without injury.
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