The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21

Charles Houlden, for the murder of
his wife, was executed at Petersburg, Ill.
The condemned man protested on the gallows
that he had no recollection of having per-
petrated the crime for which he was hanged.
John Langsteer, a negro, ex-cavalry-
man, ex-lunatic desperate, thief, and
murderer OF Police Officer Fowler was
hanged I'm the corridor of the city Jail at
Washington, ID. G.
A dispatch from Winnipeg says au-
thentic intelligence has just reached there
that "the Indians have captured a train of
thirty-one teams with supplies, and twenty
one teamsters. Ten OF the teamsters es-
capped. The train left Swift Current week
ago, and were within thirteen miles of Battle
ford when the Indians swooped down on the
train and captured It. 1t was Poundmaster
and band who captured the train. A des-
perate fight ensued, in which number were
wounded and two killed. including one
mounted police The dispatch further
says that "more particulars are arriving of
the fight at Batoche. Tho brilliant dash of
the volunteers, ending in the utter routing
and dispensing of the rebels, is fully con-
frmed. Col. Straubenzie led the infantry
into the attack and CALAMITY led the Royal
Grenadiers in the bayonet charge. The rebels
fought with great pluck, but could not resist
the impetuous rush of the volunteers, who
fought like veterans. The General several
times praised the action of the men.
Monkman, one OF Riels council, was found
chained. He said it was done because he
would not consent to Riers authority. The
rebel loss is exceedingly heavy. Riel and
Dumont have escaped down the river. Be-
sides Monkman, Fisher and several import
ant half-breeds are prisoners. The General
has beaten the rebels at every point and they
are giving themselves up. The surrender of
the rebels is expected to be followed by the
speedy capture of Riel and Dumont.''
The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the week
numbered for the United States 203 and for
Canada &c, or total of 229, as against total
of Els the week previous. Bradstreets Jour
nal (New York;, in its weekly review of the
business situation, says;
The volume OF merchandise being distributed
is below late averages. At no prominent dis
tributing center Is the movement OF goods equal
to previous anticipations. and ut most Of them
the situation is one characterized by no special
activity In any line. This is true at such cities
as Chicago. St. Louis. Cincinnati, Cleveland.
Detroit, st. Paul. Minneapolis, and Kansas
City In the East. Boston, New York. Phila-
delphia, Baltimore. and Pittsburgh make
a similar report. Interest in the indus
trial situation centers about the coming
contest between the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION Of Iron and Steel Workers
and the Iron and Steel Manufacturers Alliance.
The latter have declared that the former must
submit to a reduction OF wages averaging from
20 TO 25 per cent, and the former declare that
they will strike June 1 IL the demand is per-
sisted In. The breadstuffs market has been
weaker. hotter feeling has been shown in
some lines of grocery staples but on the whole
there il not much Improvement Dairy prod
ucts are dull at lower prices Coal and iron are
as dull as ever.
A dispatch from Batoche, Manitoba,
says: Father Moulin, the parish priest, was
asked as TO the losses OF the rebels in the
fighting at Batoche He gave them as fifty
may be relied upon as accurate. Forty
bodies of rebels have been found on the field,
fifteen of which are Indians. Many half
breeds are arriving at Gen. Mddleton's
camp and surrendering In large numbers.
They all say they were forced into rebellion.
Charles Nolin is blamed by all as the insti-
gator OF the half-breeds and Monkman as the
instigator among the Indians"
Charles Henry Rugg. the negro who
murdered Mrs. Lydia Maybee and her
daughter, Annie, at Oyster Bay, Long
Island, nearly two years ago. was hanged at
Hunters Point, Long Island. He died with
out struggle.