Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-02

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Norman & Munro one Of New York's pirate
publishers, viii launch the finest yacht il the
city this week It is the Norma, $50 feet long,
and rendered by a pretty steam launch -
Tobacco rebate claims are being paid at the
rate OF !, 600 . day, and it ID expected to have
them all settled in about n month. The claims
already settled number 5000, and represent
Profs. Elias Ioomis and Hubert a. Newton,
of the Winchester observatory at Yale college,
have resigned as doctors owing to differences
with DR. Leonard Waldo, the head Of the horo-
logical and thermometrical bureau. n 3s% z
F. Nuggets Of Foreign News.
AtTrenton Falls, Ont, The Crandan house
and sixteen other buildings were burned
Loss, $50, 900; insurance, $4,000.
Prince Leopold was refused by Miss Barring,
Lady Ashburton's daughter, " hose coming mar
| riage was announced the day he died. 81.
The pope will hold consistory about the
end of June, when he will create several car
dinals. Eleven hats await disposition. :.@
London Truth says that Sam Ward is recov-
ering from an attack of fever at Rome Eff
forts to induce him and his nephew to join the
Catholic church failed. -
Prof Theodore Mommsen, who has been
prominent member of the Reichstag, declines
| seeking reelection to that body. His present
| action is taken because of his aversion to pub
lie disputes with the government. r-ss =
Sir Edward Watkin, M P, offers FL 600
toward the rescue OF Gen.. Gordon. He asks
purpose. He says: s'Two hundred thousand
pounds would he collected in a few days"
| Official kilograms received by Mr.. Baize,
consul general Of Guatemala, state that the at
| tempt on the life of President Barrios has no
| political significance. The assassin, Mr.. Baiz
| thinks, is some crank initiating Booth and
Guiteau.
In Dublin the jury returned verdict that
Elliott, Swords, Byrne aud Fitzpatrick were
| guilty of the murder Of Mrs. Smythe. The
! judge concurred, and sentenced each to ten
! years. penal servitude. Swords and Elliott
! protested innocence.
| The Anglo French commission, to regulate
! the Newfoundland fisheries, has terminated its
labers. France renounces the right to fishing
in certain bays of the island, but will exercise
| strict supervision over places whore former
treaties empowered French subjects to fish.
IheDublin police regard the oninous notices,
purporting to eznanate from the Invincibles,
| "
| as a hoax. The purpose Of this, they believe,
was to stimulate contributions Of money from
| America, which Of late have been seriously
| failing off.
! Minister James Russell Lowell presided
Thursday evening, the 25th, over the annual
| glorifcaton of the Robert Browning cult
known as the meeting of the Browning society,
which organized in October, 1881. The attend
ance was large and included most of the literary
| men now in London.
The arrest Of Pat Fitzgerald, the alleged
Feuian in London, was made the subject of a
! discussion in the commons on Thursday, the
| e4th. William OBrien called attention to F'this
huggor-mugger system" of secret societies and
! secret inquiry Sexton condemned private ex-
animation. Harcourt, home secretary, repu-
dated the charges of inhumanity brought
| against Trevalyan. ~,
| The English government has sent an invita-
ton to aproposed conference regarding Egypt
treaty Of Berlin. 1t estimates that Egypt is
now in need of q fresh loan Of 81, 0OO, 600 in
! order to meet the most pressing requirements
ON it, and points out the difficulty Of devising
| guarantee for such a loan, inasmuch as all
tho recources of Egypt are already pledged
1t proposes no solution of the difficulty, but to
consider the question.
Prince Bismarck is preparing a radical re-
|
proposes to amend the election law, making
new classification of electors. He will impose
upon deputies of the reichstag an oath Of fideli-
| ty to the constitution. If the reichstag rejects
| these charges the German princes will be con-
voked in accordance with the terms Of the
present constitution to frame new constitu-
ton embodying Prince Bismarck's ideas.
| Burning of a Great MIL.
I
Shortly after 6p. m, Thursday, Sycamore
Hill No. /, in the northern part Of Fall River,
Mass. caught fire in the basement. The help had
just left The flames climbed the elevator
shaft through the tower to the stories above,
and the whole interior of the mill was soon a
mass of flames. The roof finally fell carrying
| the remaining floors to the basement Then
the south half of the east wall fell with tre-
mendous crash into the huge furnace of flame.
| The mill is a total loss, which will amount to
| about 5000 600 The MILL was built in 1873
The insurance is $500, 0OO distributed among
fourteen mutual companies The corporation
has capital of $3.50, 600 and ran two mills
The mill destroyed ran about 40, 0W spindles
and 10, 600 looms, and furnished employment
to about 500 hands, with a weekly pay roll Of
! $4,000. The Sycamore was one Of the ten
mills struck by spinners twelve weeks ago.
and was one which efforts of the strikers were
sell.