Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-05-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Condensed Items OF Interest
From All Parts of the
World.

DETRO1T-Over5 OO union carpenters
struck Tuesday morning for an eight
hour day at 25 cents an hour. The
bosses are willing to make the mini
mum wages 20 cents an hour and
promise to concede an eight hour day
next January.
CHICAGO. - Visible grain: Wheat.
100000 bushels; corn, 1887 900;
osts $4,000; rye, l.535,OOO, barley,
l,1l2,0OO.
New ORLEANS. - Edward Conroy,
president Of the Independent OH COM
pany, has assigned. Assets, S2S7 600:
3445,OO0.
SPOKANE, Wash. Herman Hummer,
defaulting treasurer OF the Building
Laborers' Union, Of this city. who has
been fugitive year. was captured
at Waterville.
HELENA, Mont. - r. Coryell and
James Darlington, two counterfeiters
captured in Butte passing silver dol
lars, aid in whose cabin was found q
most complete counterfeiting outfit,
have pleaded guilty, and were sem
fenced to one year each.
LANGDON, N. D.-Thos. Reilly and e.
Fl. Moore, who have been in the peni.
Tertiary about siz months of term of
two years each for burglary, have
been psrdoned.
ALBANY, N. Y. - Governor Morton
has signed the "Greater New York"
bill.
ALEXANDRIA. Egypt. Twenty-Five
deaths have occurred from cholera.
New YORK Elk Police Captain f.. B,
Carpenter pleaded guilty to receiving
a bride of $1,000 from the Liquor
Dealers Association and WAS sentenced
to fine and Imprisonment.
CADEz, Ky.-During severe hail and
wind storm j. ]. Waller, q prominent
farmer, and three sons, sought shelter
under tree. Lightning struck it and
killed all four instantly.
WASHINGTON The house commerce
ordered favorable report
OH the Mahon Nicaragua canal bill as
by the committee.
Ell RENO, Ok.-The First National
bank closed it's doors. The officers
say deposltors will be paid in full.
The assets and liabilities are unknown.
but are supposed to be about equal.
ROTTERDAM, N. Y. - The lockers
strike has assumed an ugly aspect.
The civic guard of police aud marines
were called out to protect workers.
GREEN BBY, Wis.-The Green Bay,
Winona and ST. Paul railroad was sold
to the reorganization committee for
S1,OOO,OOO.
WINNIPEo.-Sir Charles Upper has
arrived to open the Dominion cam
paign.
CAPE TowN-Sir Jac0bus Dewet. the
British agent at Pretovis, has resigned.
PPETRovIA- Kruger says
there will be- no rest for South Africa
until Cecil Rhodes and his colleagues
have been punished.
CONsTANTINOPLE - Mustapha Bey.
under secretary in the foreign minis
try, has been appointed Turkish min
lister at Washington.
ST. JOHNS, N. B.-Two sealing vessels
belonging to Bombay are supposed to
have been lost in the straits of Belle
Isle. The crews OF the vessels agxre-
gate in number 40 men.
TEN TsIN, China-Consul Reed. the
chairman of the Cheng- tn commission
has succeeded in securing payment in
full of the Baptist missionary union,
claims for property losses in the
Sechuen riots.
Rio DE JANEIRo-The students of the
polytechnic raised a serious disturb
ance recently. They maltreated the
professors, shouting, death to the
directors" "DowD, down with the
monarchy" "Long live the republic"
NEWARK, N. 1.-THE strike OF journey
men carpenters in this city for 80 IL
y day and eight hours on Saturday
was compromised. The men agreed to
accept 81 50 day until Aug. l, after
which time they are to receive 1916.
Work has been resumed.
DEVILS LAKE, N. D.--This city has
been sued for $4,000 by Conductor
Carnathan, Of the Great Northern.
Two weeks sgo his little daughter fell
into apublic artesian water trough
and was drowned.
ESCANABA. Mich.-The 4 steamship
Coralia broke all cargo records. On \
draft OF Is feet inches fore ana aft.
she loaded 1926 gross. or 5000 net tons
OF iron ore for Lake Erie.
WAsHINGTON--The treasury lost 81
5l2. 200 in gold and $4,000 in bars.
which leaves the true amount of the
gold reserve at sll4, 436, 400. OF the to.
tai Withdrawals today 5l,5oo,OO0 was
for export
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt Sixty three new
cases Of cholera and twenty two deaths
the past twenty-fonr hours.
ASHLAND, Wis. The Shore Lumber
Company gave out the statement that
they would rebuild their saw mill at
Ashland. The Rinehart Hospital was
slightly damaged by FIRE.
KEY WEST, Fla. Advices from Ha-
vana tonight state that in the recent
action between Antonio Maceo and
Gen. fnclan at Cacarijacaras, Pinar
del Rio, 400 Spaniards were killed
while the Cubans lost only seventeen.
HAVANA Captain General Weyler
has prolonged indefinitely the period
uivnn tho in q n v.syOrts -, vUhinhs ~. $50