Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-08-23
IN THE WEST,

the ease OF Antonio Ezeta, the deposet
President OF San Salvador, who i.
now on board the U. S. S. Remington
with three other refugees from Sar
Salvador. 1t is generally believed the
Government will intercept the Ben
nington and hold her outside the head.
until q warrant for Ezeta's arrest ar,
rives from Washington. 1t is knowr
that q swift tug has been cruising out
side the Golden Cute all day, aud it Ii
rumOred that she has on board q mum
Der OF naval officers from Mare Island
II Is reported that the monitor Monte.
rey, which has sailed ostensibIy 70,
Puget Sound, was SEN out to sigma
the Bennington and keep her without
until the authorities had perfected ar
arrangement for the arrest of the ref.
ugceA
TOPEKA special: Railroad Commits.
slOner Maxs0n returned from u triI
through the western halt Of Kansas.
He went out on the Santa Fe aud re
turned on the Rock Island. He says
there Is absolutely nothing in the way
OF growing vegetation for 200 miles
east OF the Colorado line. It is u pic
ture OF desolation and despair. The
wheat crop was q failure and the corn,
millet, hay and prairie meadows are
ruined. Even the alfalfa along the
Arkansas Valley Is o failure, the ter
rible hot winds having destroyed the
plant. Mr.. Maxson says the people III
the Q who are too poor to move out
are appealing TO the board OF railroad
commissioners for aid, but that they
are powerless to help them.
MADISON, Wis, special: The state
Of Wisconsin il about to sue the United
States Government for 81, 1915, COS on q
claim for mum lions of war, ETC., fur
nished In 1851, which was paid for on
ly In part by the United States under
the act Of July q, 1851, and for inter-
est on deferred payments. In detail
the states claim is for interest upon
state bonds, "a, 373; interest paid up
on certificates OF indebtedness, %, $685.
658; discount upon bonds sold, 1916, 100;
balance still due the state Of Wiscon.
sin upon the original indebtedness,
y, 929, 28h The statute of limitation,
II II thought, may prove the only OBJ
stacle TO the recovery OF the money.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, special: The
damage to corn crops in parts OF Kan
sas and Nebraska 10 SO great that the
st. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad
has issued orders for the abandonment
Of over q dozen stations on its lines.
The officers OF the road say the sta.
tions are not abandoned permanently,
although there is little probability OF
their being reOpened until another
crop 10 assured. The people along the
limo in the sections where the stations
are closed. depended almost entirely
on the corn crop and now are leaving
In great numbers, and there is abso-
no business for the railroads.
ELGIN special: Elgin people believe
the proposed sale of the watch factory
for u, 0O0, 600 to an English syndicate
has been called oil. The company has
been adding to its list OF 200 employees
and this week all the machine rooms
at work In full force. There are
other signs OF an intention to keep the
works under American management,
and the expert alleged to have been
sent from London to go over the books
has not been seen around the big
plant. New machinery in the factory
seems to indicate there Is no intention
to sell.
ST. PAUL special: In the conyen.
ton OF the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union the first business was reports OF
societies not connected with the
Wonderful growth was re-
from many sections. In the a.
tern0On Secretary Doyle OF New York
the report of the numerical
strength Of the order, in which he
nays: I'VE have added sixtv.eipht
new societies with q membership of
1858 to the roll OF national unions.
making . total Of 1853 societies with a
OF H,4i5."
CHICAGO special: In q fit OF rage
John Fowler, . butcher, killed his sis
Yer, Mrs. Della Boyd, by cutting her
snroat ron ear to q because she re-
fused to give him money to get his
laundry. Fowler had just secured a
place with Nelson Morris rs q butcher.
and had ground his knives to q razor's
sdgo preparatory to beginning work.
10 : quarrel which ensued he picked
Up . knife and cut his ~sister's throat.
Fowler then went to the station and
rave himself up.
CHICAGO special: Alderman John
received an Internal ma
thine by mail labeled Photographs.
The machine was evidently intended
% explode when opened. but 1t failed
% do 20, and when examined by the
lily chemist was pronounced very
dangerous. Coughlin believes the re-
:eipt Of the Internal machine is the
'esnlt Of his crusade against the
)pium joints.
DECATUR, ILL.,, special: Hog chol.
srA broke out near Elwin, Macon
County, two weeks ago, and since then
las extended rapidly twelve miles
xest and eight miles east. Hundreds
hogs have died Of the disease and |
many are sick. There appears to be
remedy for the afflicted swine. |
Local dealers have refused to buy
aogs from that section Of the country.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, special: Con-
lrmatory advices from Boston regard !
ny the whaler James Allen. whose
crew ate OF the remains
i q OF their number, Austin Gideon
how the young fellow who was SO
'aten was from this section OF Mis-
curl. He left here five months ago !
Paci1c coast, where he became
] sailor.
SHERBuRNE, Mimi, special: A large
'rOwd assembled here 10 witness q bal.
Don ascension and parachute leap by
'rot Ward. AZ the balloon assembled
80 Palmer seized the rope and was
arried up about $50 feet, when he fell
I'd was killed.
CLAYTON. No, special: Lightning
truck the residence OF James Hous-
On while the family was eating break
ut, Instantly killing three Children
nd fatally iuiurinr Mrs. HM,atnn