Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-03-07
WESTERN.

CHICAGO special: "A disastrous nrc start
ed in the heart of the west side factory
district. 1t began in the five-story brick
Kestner Knitting Works building at 254
South jefferson Street. In the same build
ing were the Pioneer Paper Company and
other firms. The building was crowded
with men and women. In the stampede
many were knocked down and badly
bruised. A large number of women and
girls were rescued by iremen. 1t is
thought at least one was killed. In spite
of the firemen's efforts, the adjoining works
OF the Crane Elevator Company took fire,
causing a heavy loss. Five dwellings
clustered in the vicinity were totally de-
stroyed. and flying embers set fire to build
ings several blocks away. A panic which
will probably result in a loss of life Oc-
CURED in the Lancaster caramel factory
several blocks from the fire. Two hundred
and twenty children were at work in the
factory and when the alarm from the fire
sounded q wild rush for the exit followed.
Several jumped from the second story
window. Eleven were taken out uncOn-
scious and several were probably fatally
injured. The fire was confined to the limits
already given. The loss is $500, 900.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, special: The sensa-
V1OIl III JIG x1OucC VI REPRESENTATIVES,, WHICH,
a petition for the impeachment of George
Ives was presented, was sent into the back
ground when Representative Brevig. Pop
ulist, presented a preamble and resolution
charging that Moses ID. Kenyon, public ex-
aminer superintendent Of banks, had certi-
fed to the good condition of certain prom
inent~ financial institutions of st. Paul and
Minneapolis, when in fact those institutions
MORO incn1vnnfs fhof cr,On fonts yrarn co1ln6
to the attention of the former Governor by
statements submitted, and that the present
Governor, NJ. d. Clough, had now had one
month in which to have looked over such
papers. 1t was therefore resolved that a
committee be appointed to examine
thoroughly all the charges, and if the evil
dence warrants such action. to draw up the
proper papers for impeachment proceed
ings against Bank Examiner Kenyon and
Gov. Ciough.
HoIsINGToN, Kan, special: Crazed with
liquor, John NJ. HERES, a shoemaker,
fatally stabbed his wife, killed his 4-year-
old daughter, Fannie, and then committed
suicide. A shoemaker's knife was used to
commit the crime. HERES had a bad tenn
per, but he was more than ordinarily
vicious, and shortly before 5 o'clock started
an unprovOked attack upon his wife. With
a small knife used in the shop he slashed
an ugly cash in her throat and stabbed her
repeatedly in the breast. Believing her
dead, he next attacked Fannie, almost
severing her head from the body, and then
with the same knife slashed his own
throat from ear to ear, dying almost in
stantly. The girl is dead and her mother
is dying. The other children were absent.
DULUTH, Mimi, special: r.. A. Dan
vile received a telegram from George f.
Danville, a farmer near Yankton, S. d., re-
porting the birth of triplets. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Danyille have now twenty-seven
children, although Mrs. Danville is not yet
80 years old. All the children were born
in triplets, the Oldest being under - years
old. All are boys but three. one set of
triplets being girls, and they are all sturdy
and healthy.
CHICAGO special: The committee APP
pointed by the Board of Trade to solici,
subscriptions for the relief of farmers in
drouth stricken districts has just com
menced its labors. Armour & Co. have
subscribed $1,000; the United States Yards
and Transit Company, $500; the Live
Stock Exchange, $1,000, and many other
subscriptions of less amounts nave been
received.
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, special The third an
nual convention of the National Butter
and Cheese Makers Association met with
a large attendance. The first session was
occupied with organization and prelimi-
nary work. The business session will
continue three days. There is a very large
exhibit of butter and cheese from all parts
of the country.
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis.,, special:
The soft weather has completely ruined
the logging roads in this vicinity and as a
result millions of feet of timber will re-
main on the sideways over sumner. The
winter has been unusually short and the
crop will be at least 40 per cent. short of
the proposed seasons cut.
KANSAS CITY special: Gen. Mason
Brayman, aged 81 years, ex-governor of
Idaho, the Oldest Mason in the United
States ana former associate in legal prac-
tee with Abe Lincoln, died here at the
home of lis son-in-law of Bright's disease.
ST.. PAUL special: The House passed a
Senate bill to provide seed grain for farm
ers who lost all by last summers forest
fires.