Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-04-25
0OUTHERN.

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, special: Deputy
Sheriff Tom Drum is circulating petition
among the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
people TO the Secretary of the Int eriOr to
suppress Indian wanderers from the re-
servatiOns of northern Arizona. 1t is
claimed that the red men are devastating
that part of the country for game in direct
violation of the laws of the territory and
with the consent of the Indian agent. One
instance is cited where some Navajoes
went into the MOgallon Mountains last
November and remained until January.
killing 376 deer, ll5 turkeys and an untold
amount of small game. The petitions
state that when game is scarce the Indians
do not hesitate to appropriate the ranch
cattle.
ST. LoUIs.special: a grand interstate
competitive military drill Will he held IN
st. Louis the first week in July under the
auspices of the st. Louis Fair Association,
The prizes, aggregating $4,000 in value,
are guaranteed by the fair association and
the money is in the bank to pay them
The Governors consent for the companies
of the National Guard of Missouri to enter
this drill has been secured, as we'll as his
permission from other states to enter the
state of Missouri bearing arms. kilograms
to the leading companies of the United
States have been sent out and will be fol-
lowed by circular setting forth the prize
lists.
RALEIGH, n. c., special: Gold miners
from the west are arriving IN the Piedmont
section of North Carolina, and there is NJ,
outbreak of the mining fever. The dis
covery of pure nugget weighing eight
pounds and five ounces in Stanley County
has increased interest in mining. Four
hundred western miners are expected
within sixty days. Western men have
purchased the McAmetty Mine. Inventor
Edison has bought mine at Charlotte, at
which he expects to develop new process
for the treatment of North Carolina gold
ore.
Houston, Texas, special: The members
of the State Grand Lodge, X. of F., in
session here, discussed the safety of the
$14S. 900 belonging to the endowment rank
deposited in the Fort Worth, Texas bank
which has just passed into the hands of a
receiver. j. A. kinzie, of Chicago. who is
here, states that it IL perfectly safe. as a
bond was required of the bank, and that he
has filed suit against the sureties. 1t may
be tied up some time, he says, but not a
cent will be lost.
ARDMoRE, /. T., special: The main bus
mess portion of Ardmore, six solid blocks
on Caddo Street, north and south of Main,
has burned. Sixty business houses, United
States Court and the Masonic Temple were
destroyed. The vault in the Court House
cracked and the court records partially de-
stroyed. The Jail prisoners were trans
ferred to the Baptist Church. where they
are now under guard. Families are
camped in the streets. The losses aggre.
gate $500, 900.
ST.. JOSEPH, No., special: b. W. Hiatt
of Montgomery County, Kansas, is in the
city soliciting aid for sufferers in that Sec
ton. He says the people of western Kan
sas are eating horse flesh, being unable tc
get other food.
ST. Louis special: Five hundred gar
ment workers have struck against the
sweating system, demanding better, clean
er and more sanitary surroundings.
MOBILE special: A Cyclone passed owe,
Mattie's Landing, leveling twenty build
ings aud doing other damage. It is re.
ported three lives were lost.