Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-06-14
IN H WEST.

SAN FRANCISCO. SPECIAL: News has
just been receive from the dispatch
Office OF the famous revenue cutter
Bear that she Is fast ON the rocks at
the entrance Of the harbor ct Sitka,
Alaska. She Is almost q total wreck,
and by this time may be battered to
pieces. She was blowing her way into
the harbOr ut Q good speed on the night
OF May % when she struck Q rock, and
all efforts to free her proved unwilling.
She went on at high water, so the
chances OF getting her of are slim.
When the dispatch III sent she was
already badly damaged and could not
stand much more pounding on the
jagged rocks. She was on her way
from here. to join the Behring Sea feet,
carrying supplies for the steamers al
ready there. No lives reported lost
SAN FRANCISCO special: The steam
ship China has arrived from the orient
bringing Chinese advices to May IL
and Japanese to May "a. The black
plague ut Canton, Hong Kong and
elsewhere in China has spread with
great rapidity, and both natives and
foreign colonists are in q state border
ing on panic. The ravages Of the pest
have been aggravated by u drought
extending over eight months. Just
before the steamer sailed from Hong
Kong the epidemic assumed q virulent
form and in six hours thirty. three
deaths were reported. Officers have
been detailed to look over the dead
bodies found in the houses and streets.
The plague had its origin In dirt and
filth and thrives best in the poorer
quarters. It is similar to typhus.
DENVER special: The German Ma
tional Bank, one Of the Oldest in the
city, has suspended. A statement is
promised later In the day. Its presi-
dent. j.. j. Reithmann, Is very wealthy.
The bank closed during the panic last
summer, but reopened on agreement
with the Stockholders. When the
bank rcopened after the panic the de-
pOsitors accepted extension certifi-
Gates. All these have been paid as
presented until the funds became ex-
hausted, and it was decided to close
the doors and 90 into liquidation. The
deposits, according to the statement
May 4, showed deposits OF $S53. g ):
cash, 3lS1, O63; total resources, $l,777,-
423. It 10 not known whether the de.
positors will BE- paid in full or not.
OACA SlS0(kal. SulSI
Of the Chippewa Indians, died at the
Indian Reservation ut Fond du Lac.
He ~ 80 years old and had q bad
history. AS carly as 1926, through his
efforts, the treaty was made by the
Sioux and Chippewa Indians, by which
they acknowledged the sovereignty oil
field, he negotiated and signed the
Snc~Au lHsy ~hSOk Ahn TnItnro rcEnI -
the government the northern part OF
Wisconsin aud Minnesota. In 1861.
through his intervention, the Indians
coded the lands now comprising the
vermillion aud Mesaba iron ranges.
He died blind and poverty stricken,
and will be buried with Indian cere-
monies.
CHICAGO special: What few good
apples there are in Chicago are held
az $50 per barrel, a price high beyond
all precedent. As there are 400 ap.
pies in q barrel this makes the price
l2A cents each. One South Water
street firm hxs all the stock there is III
the city and 10 holding the precious
fruit until 1t will be worth its weight
in gold. Piemakers have resorted to
tin cans instead OF barrels as q source
Of supply. and there was other eyi.
dences OF the Increasing severity oil
the apple famine.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis. special: DIR.
Thomas "A. Jamison OF this city left
recently for Edinburgh, Scotland with
visions OF : great inheritance almost
within hiAe The inheritance to
which the doctor claims to be the di-
rect heir amounts TO 1t least so, 900,
OO0. The vast sum has been accumu-
lating for l3S yeArs, and tho original
sum was E35O,O deposited in the
Bank Of Edinburgh by two brothers.
OF whom DR.. Jamison's mother Is 4
direct descendant.
TACOMA, Wash., epecial: Conserva.
tive men estimate tie damage to the
nOrthwest 81 1N0eO,O0O. The Crest
Northern and Canadian Pacific lose
4600,OOO each. and the Northern r aci-
az nearly ae much. III viii take 4
month n put the traeks IL repair.
CHICAGO specist: Tke oa5ciAleottAe
Woea1ah Ratr ssnt teAAl etdekhoMers
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