Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-18

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mains unchanged. although commercial
and Industrial activity ut many points
continue conspicuous than Ut
the midsummer season. Prices generally
continue atrong, exceptions being among
the cereals, hog products, cohee and lead,
while % significant - anything else are
the exceptionally favorable outlook Tor
trade In the fall and the encouraging
promise for the wheat and corn crops
throughout the central, western and
northwestern states. Exports OF wheat.
hour included Is wheat, amount to ASH
600 bushels this week, against 2,OO7 600
bushels last week. At many Of b cities
throughout the west and northwestern
states merchandise markets present the
dullness incident to the nrst half Of July,
though ut all points the outlook for fall
trade il considered good. At Chicago the
volume Of business IL heavier than ex-
pected at this time, collections are good
and the crop market 10 favorable. st.
Louis, Kansas City and Omaha al report
. fair volume Of business, prices harden
ing and an exceptionally favorable crop
outlook. On the Pacific coast trade cQp-
tinues favorable. Extensive wheat. en-
gagements Ut San Francisco leave that
port bare Of tonnange. Portland, Ore,
reports prospects OF . good fall trade and
improvement in the salmon catch.
WASHINGTON special: Venezuelan
newspapers, recently received here, con.
tain . decree exiting from that country DR..
Alirio Diax, the secretary to President
Crespo. The charge which brought about
this action on the part OF tho government
was that Diax has sent to the Panama Star
and Herald Z political communication, in
which he attributed to the president GER
tain statements that he would aid the
rebels In the United States Of Colombia
during the trouble which has recently
been put down in that country. In con-
nection with the statement published Of
the Wholesale exile Of persons from Ven
ezueia, it Is stated here that this cannot be
cerrect, - the government 10 not author
lied by the constitution to exile persons
charged with offenses against its authority.
MUsKEGoN, Mich, special: The dense
cloud Of smoke from the forest fires has
now lifted and all danger Is believed to be
past. The wind, which became a hurri-
zane has abated, SO that the fires are not
running 20 rapidly and the thoroughly ex-
hausted fire fighters are having a respite.
They say that the rum0rS that houses and
barns have been burned is not true, but
that great damage has been done to crops
and timber, both standing and fallen. The
burned district is five miles square and
filed with good timber reserves and some
Of the best land in Muskegon County.
WHITE SULPHUR, Ohio, special: A bad
wreck occurred at White Sulphur, ON the
Big Four, resulting in the wrecking of
fourteen carr OF whisky, feed, tobacco and
candies, amounting to $4,000. Dick Hur-
ley, q moulder OF Cincinnati was killed.
The cause Of the accident was the burning
Of q journal, the car leaving the rails after
1t had plowed the earth for q mile. A
number Of tramps are supposed to be
buried under the debris. Work trains
from Springfield and Delaware are at
work. The track was blocked q few
hours.
NEW YORK special: Two United States
marshals who were taking John E. Bittell
from Guthrie, Oklahoma, to the Kings
County Jail to serve q sentence of seven
years for forgery, allowed him to walk out
OF the Cosmopolitan Hotel while they were
talking in the Office. The marshals mott
fed the local police, but they have not been
able to find their prisoner.