Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-16
General.

The new whisky trust will have $780,
100000 capital.
The district judge at Topeka, Kas..
sustained the legality of the special
legislative session in every particular.
War officials are looking for Lieut.. j.
B. Everett, Company A, Fourth WIS
consin.
A family consisting Of five persons
has been wiped out in the little town OF
Rowman. Ark, within two days, all
dying within a few hours of pneumo-
mia.
Gov. Richards has written Russell
Mason. who is trying TO locate the
next Sharkey fight in Wyoming, that
he proposes to rigidly enforce the law
If the attempt is made to pull Off the
fight in that state.
Despite reports TO the contrary, no
conclusion has been reached by the
high joint commission for giving Can
ada seaport or right of way on or
from the Alaska seacoast to the cana
dian Alaskan border line.
G.. G. Gillett. the cattle plunger, has
decided to locate in chihuahua, Mex.
His brother and his attorney says ne
will make his home there. With ms
wife, he expects to return to Kansas
soon. temporarily, to straighten out his
tangled affairs.
The big Swedish paper mills, known
as the Munksjo Paper company. at
Jonkoping. Sweden, cne of the largest
and most important of the European
mills, with n worldwide market, has
decided TO establish mills in America,
probably in the. Eastern States.
Forty Dallas (Texas) lawyers were
placed under arrest for failure to pay
city occupation taxes. They are going
to fight the constitutionality OF the
law, but the police department insists
upon each giving bond before being re-
leased. The prisoners are contemplate
ing habeas corpus proceedings.
News has reached Cincinnati Of the
purchase of the United States Cast
Iron and Foundry company by the
Addison Pipe and Steel company, FOR
81. 100000. spot cash. CINCINNATI cap
! italists have subscribed for SSOO,OOO OF
| the stock to be issued on this new ac-
| QUESTION.
The cold weather Of the past Few
| DAYS over the entire Pacific Northwest
still continues. Reports from Eastern
| Oregon and Eastern Washington show
| that the thermometer ranged from lO
| to 20 degrees below zero. West OF the
! Cascade mountains the thermometer
was 10 above zero.
! A Philadelphia company has placed
! n large order with Reading iron
! plant for the manufacture Of mosquito
| bars. The Philadelphia concern has Il
! contract with the government to pro
| vide the bars, which will be used to
! support netting for the soldiers doing
| garrison duty in the new island pos
sessions. The, orders for the bars are
! placed in Il 900 lots at time.
Cadets Beander ard Lace Of the sec
/ ond class. the formerly Of Moberly
/ Mo. and the latter of Keosauga, Iowa
| sent In their designations and left the
/ military academy at West Point sud
! denly. The cause of their premature
/, Ieaye-taking Is known only by the au
,borjties. who decline TO say anything
/ obo,lt the matter. Baender was val
! pabIe member Of the academy footbal
| team, playing right end in the games
| last fall. Both young men would nave
| graduated next year.
| III. Miles, president Of the Fremont
Hot Springs company OF wyoming
| has gone East to press his offer OF
$40 coo for the Sharkey- -t1lzsiminon'
fight.
The keel of the new battleship Maine
the contract for the construction o.
which was, few months ago, awarde,
to the Cramp ship Building company
Of Philadelphia. viii probably be lait
On Feb Is. This date VIII be the anni
versary OF the date of the explosion IL
Havana harbor OF the ship OF tha
name.