Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-01-17
WESTERN.

what is to be one of the biggest combina-
tiOns in raw materials in the United States
ere now under consideration. The prob
abilities are that within a few weeks a
combination will be effected so there shall
be no competition and so that a reasonably
good price shall be obtained for three-quar-
tiers of the Bessemer iron ore mined in this
country. There will be but three CON-
panies in the deal, the Minnesota Iron Com
pany, the giant of them all, with an eX-
pected output this year of 100000 tons
from the Vermillion Range, the Norrie of
the Gogebic, which can put out this year
nearly 1,00O,0O 0 tons, and the Colby group,
also of the Gogebic Range, which has been
put into such shape that it can come well
up toward the capacity of the Norrie.
These three companies will mine fully
th~ree-quarters of the Bessemer output of
the country. The expectation is that the
sale of ores of these companies will be
made chiefly by one firm of Cleveland
brokers. There is said to be no question
that these three producers have a grip on
the Bessemer market, and while the Rock
cfeller interests on the Mesaba and the
Pewick, the Lake Superior, Lake Angelina
and Cleveland of the lower range, would
undoubtedly like to join in the deal, they
are not apt to be invited.
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, special:
The past few days have given some hope
to lumbermen in this vicinity, and If the
weather continues cold good work can be
done without snow. Extensive prepare
tons have been going on the past week,
and now there are miles of ice roads
throughout the woods, and all camps will
place double crews of teams at work and
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The seasons output will be very large if
the weather remains favorable, in fact the
largest in ten years. This is all owing to
the great amount of timber that was dam
aged by the forest fire that swept over this
portion of the state last summer, doing
millions of dollars damage to standing
pine that will have to be banked this win
ter in order to save it from total loss.
DENVER special: Colorado refined silver
bullion is being shipped by the local
smelters direct to China. No exact data
is obtainable, as smelter men decline to
give any figures, but it is positively known
that several hundred thousand ounces
have been shipped. The Omaha and Grant
and the Globe smelters are engaged in the
trade. 1t is not a new marketfOr Colorado
silver by any means, but the fact that it is
being shipped direct from Denver and not
! through eastern and foreign agencies shows
that the big business men of the west are
e~ndeavOring to secure for themselves all
the profits to be made in the trade.
SAN FRANCISCO special: United States
District Attorney Knight stated thai he
would shortly recommend to the Attorney
General to dismiss the charges against at
least three-f0urths of the A. r. U. men
now under arrest in this district charged
with conspiracy, growing out Of the recent
strike. He believes that there is no chance
of cOnvicting them. The trials now in pro-
grGss in this city have not developed as
strong a case OF conspiracy as was expect
ed. The district attorney declares, now
ever, that it is his intention to stubbornly
prosecute the ringleaders in the recent dis
turbances.
CHICAGO special: BY the discovery of a
''fence" in LAGRANGE, a suburb of Chicago,
and the arrest of two men, Peter kelden
and Rudolph Hedberg, the police think
they have unearthed an organized band of
burglars which has branches in all the
principal cities of the west. Since his ar
rest kilden, in a confession, intimated that
such an organization exists. From his
statement the police believe that headquar-
tiers of the gang are located in San Fran
cisco and other arrests are likely to result.
CHICAGO special: Over 100 girls were
driven from their beds in the early morn
ing by a fire in the upper story of the Chi
cago Industrial School for Girls. All were
gotten out uninjured, but several are
likely to die from exposure. Measles was
epidemic i'll the institution and twenty-five
pupils were i'll. They were compelled to
rush with the others, half dressed, into the
street.
MINNEAPOLIs, Mimi, special. At SIC
Emerson Avenue North the bodies of Mr..
and Mrs. o. l.. Rollings were found. They
had not been seen since Monday and the
awful discovery was made by the neigh
bors, who broke into the house to investi-
gate. The fact that a joint was open in
the pipe of a hard coal stove is thought
to shed some light on the affair.
SAN FRANCISCO special: Mayor Sutro
announces that he will call a mass meeting
of citizens to protest against the action OF
Acting United States Attorney knight in
refusing to issue warrants for the arrest of
c. p. Huntington, charged with violating
the interstate commerce law by issuing a
pass to Frank NJ. Stone. "a
BOIEs, Idaho, special: A resolution fol-
an amendment to the constitution granting
suffrage to women passed the Senate.
BELoIT, Wis, special: j.. II. French,
United States Treasurer under% Lincoln,
lied here, aged Is. .