The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-04-04
GENERAL NEUS.

= Snow fell all day Saturday at Des Moines
Iowa.
Cardinal McCloskey intended to leave
Rome for home to-day.
The candidates for mayor of La Crosse
are +. V. White, republican, and DaviC
Law, democrat.
hon. John w. Foster, Minister to Mexi
co has sailed from New Orleans on his re.
turn to the City of Mexico.
The Turks have abandoned Karala \,
the Black Sea entrance Of the BOsphorus
Sleeping-car trains are to run between
st. Louis and Boston inside of forty-thret
hours.
Gen.. Ignatieff, having concluded his
mission at Vienna, is to visit Berlin, Paris
Rome, and finally London.
The rate of discount on three months
bills In the open London market is L@1a
below the bank of England rate.
Military movements In Canada look like
preparation for calling home the royal ar
tillery.
The report that Smith, collector of Gus
toms at Chicago, had rendered his resigna-
tion, is contradicted.
Fighting at Thessaly was continued
Friday and Saturday, with undecisive sue
cesses en- the part of the Russians.
The order prohibiting the importation
of cattle from Europe in the Canadas, to
prevent rinderpest, has been rescinded,
the danger being passed.
Thirty battalions of Servian troop are
to relieve the Russian troops at Sophia
who will join the army before Ccnstanti-
nople.
5. r.. Anderson, postmaster at San Jose,
Cal. has been held for trial on charge of
returning false vouchers to the post Office
department.
The Marquis of Salisbury will probably
succeed Lord Derby in charge of British
foreign affairs, in which event it is
thought negotiations with Russia may be
continued.
Adolph Sutro has brought suit in the
C.. S. district court at Carson. for possess
ion OF the bonanza mines, which he claims
under the Congressional grant to the Sutro
tunnel company.
The friends of ex-Congressman Vance,
who mysteriously disappeared a week ago.
have abandoned the idea of foul play. and
intimate that his disappearance is volun-
tary and caused by financial troubles.
Russian newspapers state that many adj
v~antageous offers for letters of maraue in
case OF an Anglo Russian war have been
received from the United States and else
where but non have so far been &C.
cepted.
London r1mors say that Claiborne Hardy,
secretary of state for war, will be raised 10
the peerage and succeed the Marquis of
Salisbury as secretary OF state fer India,
while Col. Stanley, under secretary of war,
will succeed Hardy.
The Agence Russo saws the version of
Prince Gorthochakoff's reply which was
published In London THURSDAY is wholly
inaccurate, and tina. Russia does not main
tain the right of vetoing the discussion of
any of the terms of the treaty.
The Postmaster General, accompanied
by his principal assistant and members OF
the Senate and House postal committees,
are to make a trip to Havana mex week by
the new fast mail route, VIA Charleston
Savannah, Jacksonville and Cedar KEYS.
Dexter park, the only available t~rotting
ground in Chicago, having been leased to
the stock yards company, which will
build railroads through the old track,
S1uAos tC luCAuAC1 i tuC PEO-
posed great western trotting circuit.
Boyd Elliott of New York, a well known
mechanical engineer and patent solicitor,
has been missing several GAYS. He was
last seen In Philadelphia. where he pur-
chased a ticket for New York, and sent
dispatch TO his friends stating he would
be home hat night. His baggage arrived
but be was not heard of. He had a large
amount of money about him and his
friends fear he has been foully deal; with
Detectives are q. work on the case.