The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01
I'M THE WEST.

SPOKANE. Wash, special: y mys-
terious plague has suddenly btoken
out at and about Wardner, in the
Crur d'Alene mining district, and
within the last few days several hun-
dred people have been stricken.
Most Of them are miners. The local
physicians are batlled as to the origin
or nature Of the epidemic. and Spo-
kane physicians have been called to
Wardncr for consultation. The peO-
pie are greatly alarmed and surround
ing towns are afraid that the plague
will spread. No deaths are reported.
Dr.. Gibson of Wardncr is of the opin-
ion that the disease is not dangerous.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. special: Re
ports just coming in tell of IN ravages
Of Il tornado of no small proportions
which struck Gcuda Springs late Sat
urday night. Much damage was done
farm houses and crops. Two people
were injured. Tho property loss will
aggregate nearly 100000. vt Salt
City, near Gcuda Springs, some dam
age was done. bat no one was injured.
At Winfield. whore the storm broke
up. six small houses were blown down
and several business houses unrOofed.
CHICAGO special: The showing up
of discretionary pools in Pittsburg
has started inquiries in this city with
startling results. 1t reveals the eX-
istcnce in Chicago of II large number
Of such concerns. each doing a rush
ing business. 1t is said they have
taken in between 81. 0g0, 0o0 and So
GOO, 600 during the past year. There
are fifteen or twenty concerns in the
ncighborhOod of the board of trade.
Many of them are said to have been
very successful.
TOPEKA, Kan, special: j. &C.
Waters. formerly general attorney for
the Santa Fe road, says Judge Cald-
well is tired Of having the road on his
hands and has said that the road must
either go into the hands of the first
mortgages or prove itself capable OF
running without Il receiver. Waters
says that it cannot do the latter SO it
will have to be foreclosed on within Il
year.
ROCKFORD, H., special: Sheriff
Ostranda of Sycamore was hastily
summoned to the little village OF
Genoa. where an angry mob of 100
gathered to lynch Charles Stebbins,
confined in the tlimsy town calaboose,
charged with criminal assault on a -
year-old girl. The sheriff succeeded
in getting the prisoner away safely to
Sycamore.
ST. PAUL special: a building on
Bridge Square. being demolished by
the Pabst Brewing Company for the
erection OF 4 Z warehouse, fell in.
Seven mel were buried under the de-
ipi- siN of Nrhnnp yyatn 3nyan ont lo1
ly injured. N possibly fatally. The
seventh is still under the pile of
brick.
SAN DIEGO. Cal, .pecial: A very
sharp earthquaGc shock drove the
people from the large buildings. No
damage WAS done beyond the break
ing of windows. a telephone message
from Campo says the shock was very
also felt at Los Angeles.
OAKLAND, Cal. special: \ burglar
entered tho room of Rev. +. r.. Wolf
and wife. returned Alaska mission
aries. and when they awOke attacked
them with a Ratchet. Both were
frlghtfulIy manglcd and the burglar
escaped. Wolf will die, but his wife
will live.
MINONK. Ill.,, special: In Il wreck on
the Illinois Central Railroad at Ruth
land two unknown Austrians met Il
horrible death, being crushed be-
yOnd recognition. Another was so
badly injured that his death is mo-
mentari!y expected.
CHICAGO special: A tive-story brick
building on Wells Street in course Of
erection collapsed, burying five or six
men in the ruins. All escaped. how
ever, without serious injury.