The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-12


Foster, aged Is; Guy Carlisle aged 10; Fran
ces Creighton, aged II
Hon. William f.. Cramer. senior pro-
prietor Of tho Eru,i"1 Wisconsin, was placed
in cell in the jail At Milwaukee. ON suit for
criminal libel brought 10y Matt Finch, an attor-
ney. and kept there nearly al! day.
The situation ut Kansas City. on the
3Oth ult.. was terrible The Missouri river
continued TO Use at MI alarming rate, and all
In. elevators and tn great packing houses
were surrounded bv water. or the ten rail
roads ruuainS into the city but three were able
TO send OUT trains ov,r their own track, the
Chicago and Alton alone running; thclr Eastern
trains direct from the Union depot. Fully
1000 people were hon.o!css and MANY
OF them had lost everything they
possessed IN the world. Box-cars railway DE-
pots, tents and everything that could be used
for Shelter were being pressed into service, yet
thousand. were compelled to sleep in the open
air and depend upon charity for food. MANY
OF the houses had been moved to railway
tracks but several had g"n" down stream, aud
more were expected To follow. The Hannibal
railway bridge which cost 81. sos. 600, was IN q
peTilous situation.
A formidable strike al the conductors,
drivers and slablemen of the 81. l.oGi-
ltrcet-car companies for an increase al
wages OF reduction at the hourH q.
labor was brought Ia All end only 10y
tho calling oui Of the militia and the appear
anc. of the Governor Of Missouri AT the seem"
Of the trouble.
The latest strike in Chicago Is that ui
the nurses at the smallpox hospital,
The Grand Jury AT st. Louis returned
seventeen indictments against Robert LINDSAY
aud nine against John Brady. for connection
with the Missouri land frauds.
A horrible tragedy Is reported from
~. Paul, Howard county, Neb. Mrs. Koch.
tho wife Of Christian Koch. Il railroad night
watchmau. while laboring under lit of tenn
porary INSANITY, killed hBr three children 10y
cutting their thruatS with razor and then cut
her own throat. One boy was years old, tia,
second boy was years aud the third child Il
girl aged mouths.
Col. James II. Bowen, III former years
one Of the leading spirits III the business cir.
cles of Chicago, was killed the other day 10y he
ny thrown from buggy.
A convention of delegates from the
Land Leagues Of Illinois WAS held III ChlcaE"
aid a State organization formed 10 pcrrctuIt'
the agitation III Ireland aIId EE1land ia" 49,
ISOLATION pledged itself 10 raise this year $3.50,
900 or more 10 aid the cause
Fire DESTROYED NJ. Frost 4 Go. $ wood
euware works and Croule Bros tanncry, III
Detroit. causing a loss Of about :l5OOO0.
Sitting Bull is only forty miles from
Fort Buford but declares that hc will not sur
render. 1t Ii charged that his enIissarics are
trying to induce the young bucks to leave tho
agency aud join him.
A train on the Western Pacific road,
when near Haywards, Cal. killed i've children
u Il family named NsDas.
A number Of mining capitalists Of
san Francisco have left for the silver mount
ain reported 10 have been discovered in Alaska
by sailors. Some specimens have assayed from
F2.UU Ia So,OuU pei ION
South.
Four schooI-boys were struck bylight-
ming and instantly killed i'll Louisville. Ky
Two OF their companions were stunned by IA,
shock. Their clpthinS WAS literally torn from
their bodies. The boys were playing baseball
Their ages ranged from l2 TO IL
Fred Grant has assumed the Presi-
dency OF the Texas Western Narrow Gauge
railway, projected from Houston to Preside del
Norte, GO miles.
An agreement has been reached that
the Texas and Pacific road shall absorb tho
Iron Mountain. paying for il by issuing new
stock. allowing difference which has not been
made public.
The States Attorney ut Louisville has
brought suits for $3.50 against the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, for running trains and
employing men Oh Sunday.
John Gothard was hanged at Town
s.ntown, Nd, for the murder of Joseph
Woods, In December last. Marshall Baxter
(colored) WAS executed at Charlotte, n. o., for
the murder Of Robert Hennegsn, in January Of
this year.
Louis Redmsn, eolored, was hanged
at Hszlehurst, Mis.., for the murder Of his
father-in-law.
Gen. John S. Preston, a prominent
citizen Of South Carolina. and Chief Of the
Rebel Conscription Bureau during the War OF
the Rebellion. Is dead
A shocking murder is reported frola
the Cherokee Nation. Indian Territory. A nan
named Arneta and uelghbor killed John Dry,
half-brsed, to get possession of two gallons
u whisky he had. They shot him three times
III the head stabbed him ten times, and severed
the head from, the body. They then concealed
the remains.