Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-03-28
soUTHERN.

Ia, special: Inc Danish
steamship H0rsa, which is to carry negro
elnigrants to Liberia, has arrived here.
Over 1000 negroes awaited her arrival.
Custom House inspectors ordered the con-
~struction Of hospitals for both sexes aboard
the boat and then passed her. She has
sailed carrying 17 negroes and three
white persons, members of the emigration
society. This is the ships full capacity.
Other negroes desiring to go to Liberia
will have to wait for another ship.
COLUMBUS, Ca, special: A tornado in
the nature Of a whirlWind posed over this
city and Girard, Ala. Little damage was
done 0 n this side of the river, but three
residences were leveled on the Alabama
side. The Columbus fertilizer building
was partly unroofed.
AUGUSTA, Ga, special: A tornado
struck this city. A dozen to fifteen houses
were wrecked, and trees, fences and out
buildings were leveled. A Central rail-
road roundhouse was badly damaged. A
number Of persons were seriously hurt,
but none fatally.
FORT WORTH, Texas, special: The ex-
plosion Of a saw boiler near Eight Mile
Creek, south of Carthage, is reported to
have killed six persons and MANNED as
many more. The explosion wal distinctly
heard three miles away. Particulars Of
the affair have not been received.
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 to
get other food.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, special: Three in
FAINT children OF Charles Ross, q laborer,
were left asleep while the parents went
visiting. The house caught fire from q
lamp and all the children were burned to
death.
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn, special: News
has been received here that Harriet Tall
ley, colored, was lynched near Petersburg
on the suspicion Of being guilty Of incen-
diarism.
New ORLEANS special: A delegation
from the white Screwmen's Association is
in conference with Gov. Foster. There
are good prospects Of settlement Of the
strike.
New ORLEANS special: The grand jury
has returned indictments against thirty
I'VE participants in the recent riots.
VICTOR, Colo, Special: The masked
robbers who held up the Florence and
Cripple Creek southbOund train just out
side the city limits did moi obtain much
plumber. They got about $500, including
the Pullman car conductors receipts. The
robbers, numbering half q dozen, were
dressed in miners clothes, wore slo Oh
hats and were masked. They hurried
through with their work, enforcing their
commands with q display Of firearms.
Officials of the surrounding towns were
notified by telegraph and the robbers will
be given . hard chase.
NEW York special: It is reported the
Chinese Six Companies are to form an or
ganizati0n Of laundrymen, in opposition to
the n talked Of by the employees, to put
q stop to the cutting of rates. 1t is pro-
posed to secure . charter from the Legisla-
ture. Each laundry will contribute from
10 cents to 81 q month, and branches will
be established I'll over the country.
INDIANAPOLIS special: In tho criminal
court the indictment against Mark C. Da-
Wis, ex-supremo treasurer Of the Order Of
the Iron Hall, was quxshed. That against
ex-6upreme Justice Somerby will also
Don be released.
WAsuIEGT0H special: The statement 81
the condition az the treasury shows:
Available cash bdSence, $lS4, oOo, 8O6, gold
reserve, $o0,436, 0S2.