Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-11-14
NEWS or THE WEEK.
Condensed Items OF Interest
From all Parts OF the
World.

of $1,000 for the plaintiff. The suit
was for injuries sustained on an icy
sidewalk.
GREEN BAY, Wis.-The county supt
OF schools of this county has annulled
the certihcated of the Catholic
sisters who we're employed as teachers
in public schools The grounds al
legged for the act are that they wore
the attire of q Catholic order. The
case has been laid before Bishop Mess
mer, and an appeal may be had to
court.
EVANSVILLE, Wis.-Mrs. George Van
eta has eloped with horse jockey by
the name of Goldie. She left last
night, and no trace Of the parties can
be found. Vanetta is one of the
wealthiest young men in the city, and
has been married but a few years.
! She leaves small child. Goldie was
a confidential friend OF the family.
TACOMA, Wash.-The sheriff is In
pursuit Of ex-City Treasurer Boggs,
who is short 100000.
MADISON, Wis.-District Attorney
Anderson informed the strikers that
If that they would furnish him the
evidence necessary for the conviction
of the manufacturing tailors he would
bring action against them under the
blacklist
STEVENS POINT, Wis.-In the circuit
court at Waupaca the attorney for
Receiver Pfeiffner, of the Commercial
bank, had writ of ne exeat drawn up
against President Burr and placed in
the hands of the sheriff. This com
MINDS the sheriff to place Burr in
custody until he gives security to the
amount of $4,000 that he will not
leave the state.
WEST SUPERIOR, VISA warrant
has been issued from the municipal
court and given to the sheriff for John
Newman, of South Superior, who is
charged with embezzling SllO from
the st. Mary's congregation, of which
he is treasurer. The complaint was
made by Rev. Father Klop, Of st.
Mary's Catholic church.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. Peter LIE Claire,
OF Thorpe, Wis, was sentenced to two
Neilsville, for bigamy. LIE Claire, who
North Dakota. one at Rib Lake, Wis. ];
The last one, 17-year- old girl, made
the complaint against him.
GUTHRIE, Okla.-In the district
court, A. w. Foote was sentenced to
seven years in the penitentiary for
gurglary. He is graduate of the Ne
braska State University, and was sup
erintendent of schools in number of
towns in Nebraska and Missouri.
BERLIN The first anniversary Of the
death Of Alexander ILL.,, czar of Russia,
was marked by the celebration of q
requiem mass in the chapel of the
Russian embassy here. The emperor
and empress and their sons, the mem
bers OF the emporer's civil and military
household and the various foreign
diplomats and members of the Ger
man ministry we're present.
LoNDoN-The Prince OF Wales at
tended a requiem mass in the Russian
chapel in Welbeck street, the serices
being held In observace of the first an
niversary of the death OF car Alex
ander III.
WASHINGTON, D. Corp. L. E.
Simons, of the 2lst infantry, and Corp.
| r. II. Allen, of the Eighth cavelry,
having passed first among the enlisted
men lately ordered to examination for
promotion, have been commissioned
second lieutenants in the army.
SEVILLE, Spain-The floods which
have prevailed in this region are in
creasing. The Guadalquiver has risen
alarmingly, OVERCOMING its banks and
submerging vast tracts of land. The
railway tracks are under water and
railway trains have been unable to
run. Several boats have been cap
sized by rushing water and some Of
occupants drowned.
BERL1N-The Kreuz Zeitung an.
nounces that the next session Of the
| reichstag will open on Dec. 8.
BERNE-The Swiss federal counsul
gave q farewell dinner to Mr.. j. O.
Broadhead, the retiring United States
minister.
SHELL LAKE, Wis.-Several parties
of hunters armed with guns and deer
hounds have been here In the past
few days and evidently paid no atten-
ton to the game laws.
New YoRK-The Oregon Improve
ment company reports TOR September:
Gross earnings, S27O,517; decrease,
S38, LAT; expenses, S233,32e; decrease,
S3O,506; net, s37, 189; decrease, STA.
BUTTE, Mont. Firebugs in this city
are devoting their attention to the un-
dertaking establishments, and have
already inflicted considerable loss.
DENvEI AT the conference with
President Jeffrey, of the Rio Grande
railway, the heads Of the labor organi-
cations stated that the company was
justified III discharging the telegraph
operators whose case has been the
cause Of the meeting, but asked that
he be reinstated on account Of extenu-
ating circumstances. This President
Jeffrey agreed to.
KEEN, N. H.-A heavy snow storm
occurred here ranging between four
and six inches here and ct various
points In Maine.
BUTTE, Mont. -Four Italian wood
choppers against whom the govern
ment has instituted 9 test suit Is deter
mine whether there Is q law by which
| timber lands In Mountains can bO pro-