Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-03-01

SoMe iailln9 on owing TO the holiday,
aside from which there are several
favorable features. Iron and steel
prices have fallen off, steel billete re-
acting from SIG to $1h so, and Bessemer
pig iron being shaded. The recent
firmness in wire and nails has disap-
peared. There are improved sales Of
cotton goods ut eastern and western
cities due to cut prices, the outcome
OF which In New England in some in
stances has been reducing the wages OF
operatives. Print cloths are lower and
the demand for woolens is as slow as
heretofore. Wheat in farmers hands
on March l, 1894, indicates q total
l@.GO0,OO0 bushels, compared with
2O4, 900, 900 on March l. 1893. The Gov.
ernment report of wool, clips shows a
total OF 348, 100000 pounds In 1893, com.
pared with 333. .0O0, COO pounds the year
before, last years clip being the heay.
lest on record. The most encouraging
feature of the week Is report from
Chicago that while store business has
fallen off, order business has increased
largely, so the total volume OF transac-
tions in staple lines Is fully equal that
of a year ago.
WASHINGTON special: More trouble
is brewing in Samoa. According to
official advices recently received here
the son OF Tamasese, one of the famous
Kings OF Samoa. is leading movement
against King Malietoa. Hs is said to
have large following OF natives, who
are rebelliOus, not SO much against
their immediate rulers rs against the
tripartite government which controls
affairs on the Islands. When Ma
taafa and his adherents surrendered
last fall and were transferred to one of
the islands Of the Marshall group. it
was hoped that there would be no
further trouble in Samoa, although the
present administration have never felt
confident that affairs on the island will
ever run smoothly and peacefully un-
I'll some other form of Government
prevails. 1t is s.. i'd that negotiations
are now in progress between the U n
tied States, Great Britain and Ger
many for q modification of the Berlin
treaty, but it is not known what the
proposed changes are. President
Cleveland took occasion in his annual
message to note this disapproval of
the existing tripartite. Great Brit
ain and Germany are likewise dissatis-
fed, and would probably like a change
as much as this Government. And the
unfortunate Natives are even more
anxious for another form of Govern
ment than any OF the other parties
concerned.
BosToN, Mass, special: The CON-
mon council has passed an order that
the mayor be requested to direct the
trustees Of the public library to cause
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tionable features of the art decoration
on the facade of the new Public
Library Building directly over the en-
trance. The art decoration referred
to Is u seal from design by the artist
Kenyon Cox and accepted and turned
over TO Mr.. st. Gaudens, the sculptor.
whose reproduction of the seal, which
had been placed over the main en-
trance Of the new building. is about
by + feet. The principal features OF it
are shield or globe in the center,
with perfectly nude male figure on
each side holding torch, while over
the. figures is the legend "Omni
Civium."
HUNTINGTON, Ind, special: A bold
81 !aM robbery was committed at War
rem. this county. Jacob Heast0n. u
wealthy horse buyer, was the victim.
He drew the money from the bank for
q carload Of horses, intending to go
away early in the morning. At about
midnight he was awakened by masked
men. who demanded the money. They
had revoivers to enforce the demand.
Heaston produced it and gave it to the
robbers. who fed. Heaston turned
over in bed and went 10 sleep again
and did not give the alarm until morn
ing. There is no clue to the robbers
NEEDERSBURG, Ind, special: As the
janitor was ringing the bell for school
at Fountain, the clapper of the bell
became detached and fell to the
ground, a distance Of forty feet. 1t
struck Charles Watts, a small boy. on
the head. He died.