Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-04-11
WESTERN.

CHICAGO special: A morning paper
publishes an extended story regarding the
formation Of q new telephone company,
with a gigantic capital stock, whose pur-
pose is to fight the Bell concern all along
the line. It says: "What the Bell Tele-
phone Company has been fearing since its
patents expired has o assumed definite
shape, according to reports that bear the
stamp of accuracy. This is nothing more
or less than that q competing concern has
been launched, or is in process of construc-
tion, the mission Of which will be to fight
the Bell people out of the field; not in
patches here and there, but in the entire
territory where they operate. According
to the reports a telephone company has
been formed in New York with a war
chest of tremendous extent and backed by
men at the mention of whose names visions
of vast wealth arse. The capital stock of
the company is given at sligo, O0O, 900. The
hackers big enough in the financial world
to have their names associated with SO
many figures are: The Parrot Company
of New York; the Standard Oil Company:
Searles of the sugar trust; George Croker
the San Francisco millionaire; Pillsbury
the Minneapolis flour mar, and j. 5.
Clarks0n.
NEW VuAlSoM, dSI., SptCidl. Lie
steamer Buckeye, plying between this
city and Friday Harbor, capsized in Bell
ingham Bay. She was heavily loaded
with live stock. All the passengers, ex-
cept one, managed to escape from the
cabin. A man named Kaufman is be-
lieyed to have been drowned there. w. II.
Bennett and w. L. ASHER, OF, New What
com and the first officer got on a life raft
which was tied to the steamer. The re-
mainder of the passengers and crew took
to a small boat and finally landed below
F~airhaven, almost exhausted and benumb-
cd with cold. A vessel has been sent to
the relief of those on the life raft, but it is
not tho ught they will be found alive.
Topeka, Kan, special: The celebrated
Sumner County hypnotic case has been de-
cided by the supreme court, and Anderson
Grey, the man who planned the murder of
Thomas Patterson, was convicted of MUIR
der. On May 5 last Thomas Patterson was
shot and killed "a his home in Sumner
County by a man named Thomas Mac
donald. On the trial of the case it. was
shown that the murder was planned by a
man named Anderson Grey, who, by Sin
f1uence" he possessed over Macdonald,
persuaded him to kill Patterson. The SUI
preme court now acquits Macdonald, the
man who did the shooting, and convicts
Anderson Grey, the man who did the
planning.
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, special: George Jacob
Schweinfurth, the bogus Lord, made an
assignment of all his property and then
left for Chicago to defend himself in the
suit Of George w. Coudrey, who wants
5000 for the alienation of his wife's at
fections. Schwelnfurth's bill of sale is in
favor of Royal Dale Raymond and Lillian
Adelaide Raymond, his sister, both angels
at present in the Rockford heaven. The
transfer created something of a sensation,
for it is known that Schweinfurth is badly
scared over the Coudroy suit and is afraid
that il will 60 against him. The consider
alton named in the bill of sale is 81, 900. but
the property is worth much more than
that.
SAN FRANDIsCo special: Advices re-
ceived by the steamer Rio de JaneriO, from
Toxic, under date of March II, give an ac-
count of the japanese campaign in Man.
churia, by which. in a series of battles led
by Gen Nodzue, nearly the entire valley OF
the Lad River was cleared of Chinese
troops in a most brilliant manner, with
very heavy losses to the Chinese.
The official list Of the Chinese
killed and wounded, up to the time Just
preceding the expedition to Wei Hal Wei,
acknowledges $500 killed, 5000 wounded
and 100 prisoners.
GALENA, KAN, special: Newton Wal
tiers, aged 10, killed George and James
Cox, brothers, then attempted to violate
the person OF Miss Dollie Cox, who was
alone at home. The girl gave an alarm
and Walters fed.
SAN JOSE, CAL, special: peciduous
fruits were badly damaged by frost, which
was general throughout the Santa Clara
Valley. Apricots are seriously injured
and some peaches killed, but prunes are
unhurt.
STERLING, Kan, special: lee formed
here. Fruit was considerably injured.
Fully 40 per cent. Of the winter wheat in
this county has been killed.