Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-07-11


arresting newsmen but it only serves to
whet the public appetite and the sales are
enormous. Itmade the exposure in series
OF articles occupying four days of its issue.
AFFAIRS INAIANITOBA.
Big Bear. was captured Friday morning,
July Be, near Carlton, by Sergeant Smart,
of the mounted police. His son and one of
his councillors were taken at the same time.
Big Bear and his band were on their way
to surrender. They had been some DAYS
without provisions. Seven more of Big
Bears band were captured by Dennis, of
the surveyor scouts and Irvine has taken
seventeen. The remainder are surrender
ing to the Indian agent and giving up their
arms One of the Frog lake murderers was
among those captured by the scouts.
Col. Williams of the Midland batalian
died on the steamer Northwest on the 4th
inst. His disease was inflammation Of the
brain and he was sick but four days. A few
minutes after Col Williams death Sergeant
Primes of the 65th regiment died on the
same boat.
Riel has written letter to DIR. Fisher of
Quebec, asking not to be treated as a muir
derer before his trial and claiming that he
was invited into Manitoba by the half
breeds and did not plan the rebellion.
Riel has been handed over by the
military to the civil authorities at Regina
and after reading the Indictment to him
the trial was postponed until the GOTH
MiII1afo,, Lee
Winnipeg.
GEN. GRANTS CONDITION..
Gen. Grants condition on the End inst,
was little more favorable.
Gen. Grant did some more writing on his
book on the Bird of July and really seemed
better. His family now think he will live
until fall.
General Grant grows weaker daily and at
the consultation of the doctors on the 5th
the change for the worse during the past
week was very perceptible.
Gen. Grant was little more comfortable
on the 7th which he attributes to suspend
ing the use Of cocaine That gives only
temporary relief and in reality INJURIES him.
NORTHWESTERNN NEWS.
A very disastrous confiagration took
place at the city of Stoughton, Wis, at
about2 O'Clock the morning of the 9th burn
ing ten out of the large thirteen tobacco ware
houses, the st. Paul depot and about twenty
freight cars, loaded with wheat and other
merchandise, causing a loss estimated all
the way from 100000 to 100000. Thefire
originated in an old hay press, now used as
box factory, and is thought to have been
started either by tramps who were known
to have slept there, or:else was the work of
auincendiary. The warehouses are near the
railroad track, but on account of the wind
being in the wrong direction the fire was
probably not started by the sparks from a
locomotive. The Stoughton chemical fire
engine was unable to cope with the flames,
and at 2 o'clock aid was asked from Madison
which Immediately responded with an en-
CINE and a double supply of hose The as
sistance of the Madison steamerwas of little
value, there being no water near the loca-
ton of the fire. Six cars of lumber on the
track were destroyed, besides ten empty
freight cars. Fire destroyed telegraphic
communication between Stoughton and
Madison, and it has not yet been restored.
Hence information, except regarding insur-
ance, is imperfect The greatest loss is upon
tobacco, of which about twelve thousand
cases, valued at about $50, were destroyed,
or fully 100000 worth. This was about
one-third of the entire Wisconsin crop for
1884, and its destruction will tend to mater
tally increase the value of that yet held by
dealers and growers. The fire is the great
est of the kind ever occurring in the coun-
try. As far as reported the insurance was
$780, 900.
The Greenback state convention al
Des Moines,. Iowa, adopted the plan of fusion
agreed upon by the Democratic and
Greenback state committees some time
ago; the Democrats to nominate a
candidate for governor and judge of the
supreme court, and the Greenbackers taking
the lieutenant governor and superintendent
of public instruction There was but very
little opposition, and Gen. Weaver, who
favored fusion, had an easy victory over
Weller, who opposed. r. 81. Gillette, form.
erly member of congress was>nominated
for lieutenant governor and f. W. Moore
of Davis county for superintendent oi
public instruction. There is no doubt that
the Democratic convention viii approve
this action. The platform adopted declares
loudly for the Introduction of the anti
monopoly sentiment in legislation and
denounces the governor for turning State
Auditor Brown out of Office.
Bids have been opened at Bismarck, ID
T., for s176, 900 6.per cent. territorial bonds
authorized by the last legislature, to pro
vide for the building and other permanent
improvements at territorial penal and
charitable institutions. Eleven bids were
made Premiums were offered as follows:
Preston & Co., Chicago, 32-5per cent; N.
w. Harris & Co. Chicago, per cent; J. H
Wilson & Co., New York, ~ per cent; e
g. Menser, Boston, s11s per cent; s. "A
Keene & Co., Chicago, ~ per cent; Joh1
Pepper &c Co., New Y ork, 2 rs per cent; M
NJ. Kirkman, Chicago, 23-5 per cent; Bow
er & Merrill, Bangor, Ne, 8 per cent. AT
ter the bids were red verbal offers were