The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-21

At Allentown, Pa, a great meeting was
held Saturday to protest against the pas
sage of the Wood tariff BILL
Whitelaw Reid of the New York Tri |
qune has been elected president OF the Lo-
tus club for the ensuing year.
John Foley, a Brooklyn lad of II years,
who was bitten by a dog six weeks ago,
died of hydrophobia Saturday night.
A local option liquor law, subject to ap-
prevail of majority vote OF the whole
Dominion, has been proposed in the Do
minion Senate.
A bill passed the Wisconsin House Sat-
urday, authorizing the Red Wing & Tren-
ton transit company to build bridge over
the Mississippi.
The Secretary of the Treasury will re-
ceive bids for AZ per cent. bonds at their
relative value with 4 per cents, counting
the latter at par.
The Caledonia mine, located in Shoema
ker gulch, between Lead City and Central
CITY. was sold on the 18th inst. to Califor-
mans for $4,000.
The run on savings banks at Boston was
continued Saturday and large amounts
were paid out without apparently exhaust
ing the available resources OF the banks.
The auditor of Hardin county, Iowa, is
reported to have absconded from Eldora,
a defaulter to the amount of $4,000. He
was very highly esteemed and leaves
family.
A late revolution at Port au Prince is
not acouiesced in by the naval authorities
of the little republic and they are trying
to drive out the revolutionists by bonn
bardment.
The St. Patrick's procession at Quebec
was smaller than for many years past, sew
eral societies refusing to take part on ac-
count Of the determination not to salute
the Lieutenant Governor.
The subcommittee of the Senate rail
road committee has made unanimous re-
port in favor of Senator Mitchell's bill ex-
tending the time for completion of the
Northern Pacific railroad eight years.
The dells improvement at Eau Claire
was so far completed Saturday morning
that the gates were closed for filing the
reservoir, which it Was expected would
take all the water of the Chippewa for six
ty hours.
During the Saturday afternoon session
of the Iowa House Miss Hattie Ranfour, a
clerk in the Senate, brought message to
the House reading it admirably, and be-
ing greeted by loud applause from the
members. This is probably the first in
stance of the kind.
Some of the Irish societies of Quebec
having resolved that they would not salute
the Lieutenant Governor or Mayor, as
usual, on their St. Patrick's day parade,
two of the branches of the Irish Catholic
Union and the ST. Patrick's Total Absti-
nencc Society resolved not to take part in
the procession.
On the Mediterranean coast and in the
'Catalenian district of Spain 119 factories
have recently been closed, throwing 1000
workmen out of employment. The min
isterial papers advocated the policy of en-
tering into commercial treaties of recip-
rocity for the opening of new markets as
the best remedy for the crisis in Spanish
manufacturing.
Fred Berg, the man arrested for the out
rage and murder of Mrs. Ryan at Tomah,
Wis, has made full confession, the de-
tails Of which are too revolving for publ
cation. McGarvy, in whose house the
parties were made drunk, and who is sus-
pected of having first violated the woman,
was driven from the town, with his fami
~, by an excited mob.
The heaviest snow storm known to the
white settlers there occurred in the Black
Hills began on the It'll inst. and continued
until the 18th. At DeadwOod the fall was
five feet. Stages and freight trains were
snow bound and 1t was feared considerable
suffering and loss of stock must have oc-
Cured But there was no longer any fear
Of lack of water for milling and mining
pCsoses; 49,,
l.. 5. Navy, died at Newbury, N. Y, Fri
day night, Of apoplexy, aged so years
Commodore Graham was one of the Il
officers who took part in midnight expe
ditioa against the British stronghold OPP
posite Black Rock, in which of the IL
officers were killed or severely wounded.
Graham receiving "a wound IN the ankle
on account of which his limb had to De
amputated.
In the case of Esbjornsson at Milwau- !
8ee Saturday Clarence Jones of Li;chfield !
swore to overhearinga conversation be- |
tween Campbell, a lawyer of Litchfield, |
and Annie Hollingsworth, indicating that
the latter was being put up to extort
MONEY from Esbjornsson The CONVERSE
ton was at Camphell's Office about 10
O'Clock at night and Jones was taken from
his house to hear it by Esbjornsson.
At East Cambridge, Mass, Saturday.
bank was called to the door rs he was
abou, closing business to see woman in
a carriage who detained him two minutes
under pretense of counting money to pur-
chase draft. Meantime her confederates,
probably concealed behind the door as he
went out, had made off with $3 900 in cash
and bonds and securities amounting to
s47, 900. The woman had rode away be- |
fore the robbery was discovered.
John Esbjornson of. Litchfeld. on trial
at Milwaukee for an abortion on Annie !
Hollingsworth, testified Monday in his
own behalf, denying the charge and alleg>
ing o conspiracy to blackmail him.
Three German vessels, to be joined BY q
fourth, are at Panama and Aspinwsn,
waiting orders to proceed to Nicaragua
and temand satisfaction for the outrage /
year ago upon a German con-
sui
A new tariff is proposed in France, to
increase duties on cotton. silk and yarn |
tissues "a per cent, and to impose duty |
OF SO per cent. on the products of coun- |
tines which tax French manufactures over |