Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-10-31
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
Condensed Items OF Interest
From all Parts OF the
World.

From all Parts OF the
| World.
SHANaHAI-An explosion occurred
| yesterday on q steamship at Kun Pal
near Kio Chow. The steamship was
loaded with troops and it is reported
that GOO OF them were killed.
VIENNA-The Tageblatt prints an in
terview with the Spanish ambassador
here in which that gentleman is repre-
sented as saying that the complete
subjectionl of the Cuban rebels is GER
tain. IfCuba should ever achieve in
dependence, he adds, the government
of the United States would not wish to
annex the island for fear of increasing
her negro population.
Madrid-The Imparcial's Havana
dispatch says that the Spanish column
under Col. Sousa has had an encounter
with band of rebels in the district of
MANAGES, killing six and woundlng a
large number. The Spanish had one
killed and two wounded.
BUFFALO, N. Y.-Col. C. G. James, of
Cincinnati, was elected national COM
Enander Of the Union Veteran League.
SAN FRANcIsCo-John w. Mackay.
1Jr., the elder of the two sons of John
! w. Mackay, was accidently killed in
Paris by being thrown from his horse,
WINNIPEG Premier Greenway, in an
interview. stated that the department
crop report for Manitoba had struck
the estimated wheat yield for this year
too low. He now calculates from late
reports that the pield will be 35.OOO,OOO
bushels and of oats 100000 bushels,
and of barley 100000.
MADISON, Wisconsin university
has Japanese student. He is elsa
buro Ishkubo, and his home is two
miles out of the city of Toxic. He en-
tered the university and comes to take
| course in economics under DR.. Rich
ard I. Ely. Mr.. Ishkubo is the son of
Japanese farmer of moderate means.
He is Is years of age and seven years
ago graduated from the Senmongatsuk
college at Toxic. His expenses here
he pays in part by acting as waiter in
q fashionable boarding house. 1t is
his intention to study here two or three
years, aud return to Japan as u school
teacher.
EAU CLAIRE. Wis.-The Eau Claire
Water Works company offers q reward
for the person who opened the gates of
the city reservoir, allowing 100000
gallons of spring water to escape. For
| the present the water of the ChiQOewa
river must be used, and there is danger
of the diptheria epidemic spreading.
MADISON, Wis.-Gov. Upham ap-
pointed w. S. Reynold, of Hurley, as
the fifth member of the board of COM
mirsiOners which is to examine into
the feasibility of of the scheme of an
nexation of Douglass comfy to Min
nesota. The commissioners will prob
ably hold their first meeting at Super
ior early In January.
A special from Tegucigalpa, Hon
duras, says: A waterspout broke near
this city drowning eighteen persons
and destroying church and several
houses.
SEATTLE-The coast survey steamer
Patterson has returned to this port OF
from Alaska with the party taken out
in June to make a detailed survey of
the southern line of the international
boundry from Prince Of Wales Island
to the turning point on the 56th par
allel. The American surveyors de-
clined to discuss the results arrived at
beyond saying that they had secured
much valuable and thoroughly reliable
| data for the use of the American
boundry commissioners.
PORT TOWNSRND-A volcano is sup
posed to be in state of erption in the
Olympic mountains soulh of the city.
Prof. Alexander, of the Smithsonian
Institute, observed the phenomena
through marine glasses and is positive
that the smoke aud steam he saw came
from a volcano.
DENvER-Never has such a crowd
been seen at Denver as that was in at
tendance at the first annual festival of
mountain and plain. The railroads
estimate that they have brought $4,000
passengers to the city.
CHIcAGO-The regular annual meet
ing OF the Pullman Palace Car COM
pany was held at the general offices in
this city and the quarterly dividend
of two per cent was declared.
Hone kONG-Advices from Formosa
state that the Japanese are gradually
subduing the tribes which are oppos-
ing Japanese occupation of the island.
The natives are making stubborn re-
sistance to the Japanese, but are
steadily being overcome.
WASHINGTON - The president will
soon issue proclamation opening for
settlement $4,000 acres Of land in
Nez Perce Indian reservation in Idaho.
There are about LOCO Of the Indians.
The price the settlers will have to pay
for the lands has been fixed at 1915
per acre for agricultural lands, and IS
per acre for the stone, timber and
mineral lands.
PARIs-The public prosecutor Of the
department of the Seine is making an
inquiry into the case Of Capt, Won
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