Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-02-01
SOUTHERN SUMMARY.

| CHARLESTON. S. c.. special: Peace
reigns in the city. The crowd which
started the riot was after j. H. Elliott,
one of the whisky spies who is charged
with assaulting Mrs. Notte, the wife OF
groceryman. whose place Elliott at.
tempted to raid They first went to
the railroad depot to prevent his de.
parture from the city, and then to a
boarding house, where she is supposed
to lodge. Elliott had taken refuge in
the police station. There is an organ.
lied movement here against the whisky
spies. The people have been so wor-
ried and bullied by these officials that
the entire community Is ripe for re.
volt. There are from fifteen to twenty
of the spies here and they all go heav.
lily armed. by order of Gov. Tillman.
The police force of the city numbers
about one hundred efficient men. They
are armed with Winchester repeating
rifles and heavy revolvers and have a
police patrol wagon service which en-.
ables them to move rapidly from point
to point. A squad of this force under
command of the chief OF police pro-
tected the spies in their raid. and there
We're no attempts to interfere with
them.
KANSAS CITY special: The Santa Fe
Railway freight department has an.
nounced that it would make rate
from Missouri River points to Chicago
of 10 cents per hundred on wheat and
8 cents on corn. The rates have been
"A and 20 cents respectively. The an
nouncement is the most Significant one
made in railway circles in this city in
long time. 1t virtually means that
the reconsignment system, which many
believe responsible for the upbuilding
of the grain trade in this city, is dan
gerously threatened. The Santa Fe
officials claim they have been com.
PEELED to take some such step in order
to protect their road against the al.
legged manipulation of other lines. II
may lead to prolonged and disastrous
rate war.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, special: James
Morrison, the desperate who. with DIV.
Mantle, forced his way out of the
Pratt mines and killed Deputy Sheriff
Frank Dexter of Bibb County, has
added another victim to his list. A
posse had him surrounded in the
woods near Woodstock. Monroe Xii.
lum, q special deputy, advanced within
the Gordon alone. Morrison, who was
hidden behind rock, filed him with
buckshot. The discharge brought the
posse together in bunch. Morrison
lay hid until they had reached Xii.
lum's dead body and then made sue
cessfnl dash for liberty. killum is the
third victim. The posse resumed the
chase with reinforcements of dogs and
men, and are reported close upon him.
Ia,
CrawfOrd's Cross Roads, Russell Coun.
ty. the residence of Frank higgins, an
old farmer who lived alone with his
three grandchildren, aged 10. I and
years respectively, caught fire. Mig
gins awoke, but not until the fire had
gained good headway. He managed
after being terribly burned. The
children, who slept in the room where
the fire originated, were all burned tc
death. Their charred remains were
found in the debris and buried by the
neighbors. higgins has become crazy
from grief. The fire is supposed tC
have caught from the CRATE.
CHARLESTON. S. c., special: The
first riot caused by an attempt to en-
force the new dispensary law has
occurred. A body of FIVE hundred
angry citizens proceeded to the lodg.
ing-house where the spies boarded
with the intention OF lynchlng them
The police became advised of the
affair and the spies got out Of the way.
There was a fusillade Of pistol shots
and much excitement. A citizer
named Wallace Bell was wounded in
the neck, but not fatally. and the
crowd then slowly dispersed, after
finding that the spies were not at home.
The feeling here is very intense.
CHARLESTON, S. G. (, special a boat
containing six white men left Sullivan
Island for the iife-saving station on
Morris Island. The bodies of two Of
the men were found on the shore ot
Morris Island. One OF them. B. B.
Campsen, is q member Of the life-say.
ing crew OH MOcre's leland. The
other, Fred Miller, was q resident oi
Sullivan Island. The other four mer
are missing and are supposed to be
drowned. Nothing Is known OF the
cause pf the accident.
BARBoURvILLE, KY. special: A
reliable story comes from Whitesburg,
Lefcher County, Kentucky, to the
effect that revenue officers there while
attempting tOfcrret out counterfeiters.
had a deadly conflict with the latter.
which resulted In the lcss ~ two
officers lives. with several
others on both Sides inortally wounded.
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