The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-17
THE NEWS.

CHALLENGER, has been CHOSEN TO cOmmAnu
the British arctic expedition.
Gen. Butler is expected to defend n
Frank Moulton in the Edna Dean Proc
tor suitfor libel.
Francis Alexander was yesterday
elected president and VIM. H. Fogg di-
rector Of the Pacific Mail company.
Three thousand workers in the jute
mills of Dundee, Scotland, have struck
against a reduction Of wages.
The next triennial conclave Of
Knights Templar is 10 be held at Cleve-
+. land, Ohio, in 1877.
WIN. nutchins, an engineer on the
c. C. & G. l. railway, was instantly
killed by the explosion of locomotive
at Delaware, O., Saturday.
Three incendiary fires have &C.
Cured at Franklin, Ind, within two |
weeks. The last destroyed the court |
house.
The printers of Jeffersonville, Ind,
having struck against a reduction OF
wages, both the daily papers OF that
city were temporarily suspended yester-
day.
One DR.. H. B. Mitchell, collecting
subscriptions for Kansas relief IN ST.
Louis and elsewhere, is discredlted Dy
the relief committee in that State.
George Hunter, one of the editors
of the Scotsman of New York, was
murdered Saturday night on 18th
street in that city by unknown per-
sons.
Senior CASTELAR, is president of
1 board of commissioners appointed by
tt the Spanish government to represent
+. that country at the Philadelphia CEN
tennial.
Several members Of the Brooks
;, party Of Arkansas are in washington,
= = prepared to urge Congress to upset
" things in their now quiet State.
! Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon. for
:, merly Governor of Trinidad, has been
/ appointed the British Governor of the
Fiji islands.
Five fresh cases of small pox are
- reported in the Liverpool workhouse,
IS among the detained steerage passengers
rs of the steamer Abbottsford.
= The Postmaster General has issued
an order forbidding letter carriers is
" suing New Years addresses calculated
ng to induce the public to make them gifts
ae Prof. Watson of the American
party at Pekin for observation Of the
r. Transit of Venus, discovered Oct. 9Th
} a new asteroid of the 18th magnitude.
lis The Pope has absolutely refused
or to recommend the Bishop imprisoned II
IS Brazil to resign his see as measure o
vn reconciliation Of differences with thu
government.
nd Jules Courtlay, we'll known liz
er. uor merchant of New Orleans, missin,
he since November Oath, with $4,000 il
he his pocket, is supposed, but not known
IN. to have been murdered for his money
"a The Grand Encampment of Knight
Ain Templar at New Orleans did not fix tn
uniform except to prefer the baldric
las plume and gauntlet, leaving the blac
"a. uniform to be worn at the option
wv those having it in use.
his The Supreme Court of the Distrie
md of Columbia, in another case, has d.
in. cided that the grand jury which il
fec dicted the safe burglars was illegal
chosen. Hence its action was null an
ion void.
80 The Grand Vizier Of Turkey h,
sued the editor Of the suppresss
Lerant Herald for defamation of cha
cen acter. Even in Turkey they accu'
ing editors of being libellous when the
tell the truth.
at VIM. Walter Phelps, defeated f
re- Congress by four votes in the fifth Ne
lich Jersey district, has written to Angu
tus Cutler, his opponent, contradicti
Ion the rumors that he would contest. al
congratulating Cutler upon his electio
Of Several bills for granting an ann
ty to Garibaldi were introduced yest'
,rtv day in the Italian Chamber of Deputi
and the Ministry, agreeing that an a
anu nuity should be granted, promised tn
va" was they would present bill for the P,
pose.
= One of the first questions to
, " settled by the commissioners Of
Jka- Alabama claims is whether Brit
orn' subject, serving as seaman on CT
was tured vessel, is entitled to indemnity
The stockholders Of the Pac
III Mail steamship company are anxiou
ueur waiting for an official report which
past. promised in ten days and is expected
have explain the heavy losses Of the CO
pany.
'ntre The cheap transportation cow
day. ton in session at Richmond, Va. '
.ting favor, it is said. liberal national sui
asly, dies both to railway and water rou'
and The Southern Pacific railway appe
to be largely represented in the
the vention.
tant- The Argentine government
was concluded peace with its rebels
'hom granting . general amnesty. But th
dent must always be = rebellion among
effect South American republics, and no
serious one has broken out in Urugu
il 1t is again reported from Bue
Mich Ayres that Gen. Nitre. the Argen
ID by rebel. has surrended with his army
Da- conditionally, restoring peace m
there State of Buenos Ayres, while Ar
iondo, the other rebel leader, Is fiy
!. II. before the national troops.
COM A match game Of billiards. Il
:, to- ball carom, 500 points, for $1,000,
orses. tween vignaux and Cyrille Dion,
= ~,~1 rorrYIfed IN fhy