Little Falls transcript., 1880-01-30
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4 n INDIAN APPROPRIATION. ;stl5 SES5ss
The Indian appropriation bill was
agreed upon by the congressional suh- commit
tee, e,appropriates s469OO0, 100000 less than
estimated by the department, and So 600 less
than last year. fta 835 Y r. ~
SIXTEENTH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
6Mrs. Wallace Of Indiana, Lucinda B.
Chandler, of Pennsylvania, Susan B. Anthony
and othersdelegates Of the Woman's Suffrage
Association, made arguments Jan. g before
the 70. s. committees in favor Of the 18th
amendment to the constitution, to enfran-
chise women. ~ ~ &c ,asts at4 sfy
tSsz sl&sss sfasiea FIRE. - l& Fl aaS :E&
The wholesale drug house of Robert
Smith OF Alton, ILL.,, was burned on the morn
ing of Jan. %, together with the Alton Tele-
graph and job printing Office of Beall and
Danvers. Smiths loss was about $4,000;
insured $4,000. The printing offices were on.
ly partially snsured. ~ Is..s >,4 vslssgsst. sg:
:trs#5 THE POPE INDIGNANT. 8 j3s+s ~.
London advices of Jan. 90 say q dis
patch from Rome to the Pail Mall Gazette says
the Pope is surprised and indignant at Gardi-
nal McCloskey's reception of Parnell In New
York, and has ordered Cardinal Nina, the pa
pal secretary of State, to telegraph Cardinal
McClosky for information on the subject. The
Pope s hdisposed and confined to his bed.
'5fsb BuBNED TO DEATH. ~ q i'iais
y David Gray, 81 years old, was burned
to death on the morning of Jan. 20 in Benton
township, Indiana. He was walked at A. M.
by the screams Of his wife that the house was
on fire. She tried to assist him to escape but
when he was almost at the door he became
exhausted and fell and to save her own life
she was obliged to leave him to perish before
her eyes. -'s s''' . ~. '.1ss'.; -
THE POPE AND CARDINAL MccLosKEY.
The London Standard's Rome cores
pondent of Jan. %, reaftlrms the statement
of the CORES pondent OF the Pail Mall Gazette
on the 10 inst. that the pope had sent tele-
gram to Cardinal McClosky in regard to the
cardinal having countenanced Parnell The
correspondent asserts that explanations were
demanded, and have been received at the
vatican. =
UTE INDIANS INVESTIGATION.
The House committee on Indian af.
fairs, Jan. a., continued the investigation ol
the causes OF the recent Ute outbreak. Com
missioner of Indian Affairs Hayt concluded
his statements, which embodied gen eral de
fenses of his administration. Lieut.. Cherr
of the fifth cavalry, adjutant Of Thornburgh's
command, gave an interesting history of mill
tary movements, but expressed no opinion as
to any remote causes of the outbreak.
BLOODY RIOT.
A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro by
Lisbon regarding the riots says; In conse,
quence of public opposition to levying Of a
tax of twenty reis per passenger on street car
traffic the mob destroyed theca and tracks
Of the company, attacked the conductors and
stoned and fired on the troops The latter
charged on and dispersed the mob. Three per-
sons were killed and thirty wounded, includ-
ing some soldiers and policemen. Order was
finally restored aud trainway traffic resumed.
CUBAN SLAVERY ABOLISHED.
Advices from Madrid, up to Jan. %.
state that in the vote on slavery abolition
Rico voted with the government. All other
Poto Rico and Cuban members abstained
from voting. The bill will be promulgated
at Madrid and sent to Havana before April,
to be carried out. The votes against the bill
were recorded mostly by the friends of Pasada
Herrera. The friends of General Martinez
Campos abstained from voting. Total num-
Der OF abstensions 49,
BURNED ALIVE.
Advices from Cherry Valley, Kan, say
on the night of Jan. 21st, the building occu-
pied by the Globe printing Office and sleeping
rooms on the upper floors and q furniture
store below was burned, and E. C. Henderson,
foreman, and VIM. McLain, printer of the
Globe company, persisted in the flames. An
employe of the st. Louis & San Francisco rail-
road company was seriously burned. Three
other men were sleeping in The building at
the time, but escaped by jumping from the
window.
FLOODS ON THE IsTHMUs. =
Late advices from Panama state that
the Conca valley has been devastated by the
recent floods. The river rose mauy yards above
the highest point heretot,le known and inun-
dated the country tor about three miles,
sweeping away villages. crops, cattle and
horses Some human life was also lost. As
the water subsided, farmers in boats endeav
ored to gather cocoa crops remaining on the
trees. They have to 60 armed to protect them
selves against immense snakes which have
been driven down the valley by torrents. Loss
estimated ut $1,O0O,O0O. .A>
THROAT CUTTING.
On the morning of Jan. 81, two prison
ers. Patrick Guilfoil, alias Manning and Ed
ward Connolly, became involved in quarrel
in the hall Of the Newport, KY. jail In the
heat of the anger Connolly drew razor and
made at Guilfoil and seized him by the throat
The latter succeeded in wrestling the razor from
Connelly's hand and with one desperate slash
across his throat almost severed Connelly's
head from his body. The jugular vein was
completely severed and death instantly fol-
lowed. The two prisoners were in jail await
ng trial for minor offenses.
THE CAsE OF FITZ JOHN PORTER.
The House military committee finally
agreed, on the morning Of January Goth, upon
Representative Bragg's bill restoring Fitz
John Porter, without materially amending it
from the state itiwas left at their meeting on
Saturday Section two of the original bill,
which had been stricken out after some dis
cussion was again restored. Bill of Repre-
sentative Bragg for restoration of Fitz John
Porter, as amended by the military commit
tee, gives General Porter the pay of major
general from January 28, 1863, to the lst Of
September, 1885, and for colonel from that
date to the present day. 1t Is roughly esti-
mated that the allowance for arrears U paw
will amount to between $4,000 and 100000
and is in Lieu Of $75.O0O at first proposed.
FIRE AT JANEsv11E, MINI. p I
On the early morning Of Jan. e2, a,
disastrous fire broke out in GAINESVILLE, MINI
in the brick store of w. Il. McGrew. Stock
and building q total loss; insurance, $2,6OO
Roger Bros' store, in brick building owned
by F. A. Newall, Of Waseca, was next burned;
loss on building and contents, $4,000; insur
ance, $500, little Of Roger & Bros stock
was saved, though somewhat damaged. John
Bradish's frame confectionery was burned !; In.
surance $500. Curtiss & Merrill succeeded jim
saving their stock Of groceries and feed, but
their wooden building was total loss. The
origin Of the fire is not known. 50,
RAID es THE INDIAN rERHITonY. =
Information has been received at the
department Of the. interior that there Is a
movement on foot to organize i band for the
purpose ofraiding the bands of Indians il the