Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-06

for the month ended Sept. 3Oth, 1879, $20,62O,-
O87; for the twelve months ended Sept. 3Oth,
$256S46,577
The Dominion Canadian government
received petition from the British Columbi-
ans praying that clanse be inserted in the
contracts for the construction
of railroads in British Columbia, prohibiting
the employment of Chinese labor.
The annual meeting of the American
Missionary Association began its session in
Chicago. On the afternoon of Oct. Is, in the
First Congregational church 1000 delegates
were in attendance.
Cardinal Manning, Of England, has Or
dered general subscription among the Cath
Ollie temperance organizations of Great Brit
ain for the relief of popular distress in the
South and West of Ireland.
Postmaster General Key has issued in
structions to the postmasters of New York
city, Louisville and New Orleans, to refuse
hereafter to rent boxes in their offices to lot
terry companies or lottery agents.
The third biannual meeting OF the
Evangelical Alliance of the Uuitcd States
commenced its session at the second Presby
terrain church-in st Louis, Mo-, on the evening
of Oct %. Delegates were present from all
parts of the country.
The statement of receipts from inter-
nal revenue from July LIST to Sept 80, 1879, as
compared with the like period in 1878, shows
an increase of $2,O59, 448 from collections on
spirits, decrease OF 81, 1922 from tobacco,
and an increase of $3.50, 1911 from fermanented
liquors.
No new yellow fever cases or deaths
were reported at Memphis, Oct. 81. The COM
mitees OF safety have adjourned sine de. Since
the organization they have expended $4,000
in maintaining people in camps and provid-
ing for the INDECENT poor of the city. Wealth
er very cold.
A special from Rockford, Ill, Of Oct.
2S, says balloon, supposed to be the Path
finder, was seen passing over that city at
great height, towards the northwest at 1879
this morning, aud again at in the afternoon,
going east, at much less altitude, the car
being plainly visible, and some persons claim
ing they could see a dark object in the car.
At Macon, Ga. Oct. 80 the confeder-
ate monument was unveiled by most imposing
ceremonies, in the presence of $4,000 people.
The military display was very fine. Col.
Thomas Hardeman, orator of the day, was in
troduced by Gov. Colquitt, and delivered
an eloquent and patriotic address, in which
he counseled peace and fraternity and the
burying of all animosities of the past 1t was
received with immense enthusiasm.
The annual report of quartermaster
General Meigs shows that the total expendi-
lures of his department during the last fiscal
year were $10,759 900. The department moved
during the year 59,117 persons, 4,e2l beasts,
and 100 450 tons of supplies from the settle
ments to the military posts, many of them in
the far interior and at the end of long lines OF
communication. The cost of this transporta
ton was $2,2l5,96S The Pacific RAILROADS
earned for government transportation $72S,
600.
Secretary Schurz, received dispatch,
Nov. 2, from special agent Adams that the
| instructions of the department had been re,
| ceived and would be fully carried out. Chief
Ouray has ordered the White River Utes to
| repair to Uncompahgre, where the commits
sion is to set to investigate the White River
be surrendered The dispatch was dated from
Alamosa, Gen. Adams having arrived there
| this morning. He will proceed from that
point to Denver to take the testimony of the
Meeker ladies and of Mrs. Price. TIE com
mission is to be ready for its work the Sth
inst Gen. Adams reports his expression Of
confidence that the demands of the govern
ment will be complied with and satisfactory
| settlement arrived at.
| A Madrid dispatch of Nov. 2, says
since Thursday the principal railroad lines Of
Arragon, Catalonia and Ma Varre have been
interrupted by gales and floods, chiefly in the
| valley of Elbro, where the water has risen sew,
eral metres above the ordinary level and de.
| stroyed the line between Saragossa and Gaia.
lonia, for fifteen miles, flooded the valley Of
Tortosa, carried away houses, mills and
bridges. and caused damage to the extent Of
several million pisetas, In upper Arragon
near Ruasear, the river Alexandra flooded sew,
eral villages, cut the railway embankment and
carried away the iron bridge at Sariena. Tel
egraphic communication is very irregular
but the governors of Malaga and Almerit re-
port the gale extended over the whole of Aus
tralia and caused very disastrous floods in the
rural districts, aud in the town of Malaga the
river Almanzora flooded its valley and de
stroyed forty houses. Sixty persons drowned
Ania Maria Krudewich is the full
name of the old lady who was so brutallY
murdered in her house on the night of Octo-
Der Goth, in the town of Wilson, Winona
county, Minnesota, a few miles from the city
of Winona. 1t appears that the murderer az
preached his victim stealthily, as she was ST
ting by the kitchen fire reading her prayer
| book, and struck ner senseless with a club
Supposing her dead, he began to search for
money, of which the old lady had several hun.
dred dollars. How much he found is not known
but an empty pocket book, taken from the old
lady's trunk, was found on the floor. After
searching all the rooms he returned to the
kitchen, emptied the contents of the kerosene
lamp upon the body of his victim, set fire to it
and fed, locking the front door after him
| His intention was to conceal the crime by
burning the house; but it seems that the poor
old lady who was in her ninetieth year, was
restored to consciousness by the torture of the
flames and CROPPED her way across the room to
the water pail, but was unable to quench the
fire, and finally crawled to the back door
where che was found burned to crisp. The
house, contrary to the design of the murderer,
did not take fire. The report that bloody
knife and axe were found in the room, ar
that the dead hand of the victim grasped a
mallet, is incorrect. A reward of three hun
dred dollars has been offered by Sheriff Dill
for apprehension of the murderer. The de-
ceased has married daugter living at Money
Greek, end a son who lives near Harvard, Ncb
A onac1a1 tn tho nanvar 7I,.sba,no fror,