The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-10-14
Montana is Booming,

s. r. Hauser, Governor of Montana Ter.
ritory, in his annual report to the secre-
tary of the interior, concerning the trans
portation facilities of the territory says:
This question underlies all others in the
development OF Montana. Railroads are
more important to us and our industries
than any other portion OF the United
States"
The products OF the mines OF the territory
for the past year are estimated as follows:
Gross value gold, S3,43O, 600; silver So
600 900; copper, $S,OOO,OOO; lead, ST.
25O, 1000; total S22, 100000. The govern
or discusses the subject of silver legislation
at some length and says the necessity al
free coinage OF silver with gold is becoming
daily more evident. The governor makes
VARIOUS recomme ndations in the way OF
legislation for the good OF the territory.
The steamer La Mascotte, bound from
Grand Tower, H., to Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
exploded her boilers opposite Neeley .
Landing, burned to the waters edge and
fnated nearly mile below Willard g Land
ing where she lodged on the shore. The
FULL list of killed and wounded cannot he
obtained. Among the lost are supposed
to be: Judge Hager and wife, Miss knigh-
or, daughter OF Christ knigher William II.
Wheeler and two children and Fritz Lard
all OF Cape Girardeau; Charles Ansel, col
ored, two chambermaids and an unknown
lady with two children The bodies OF the
last three and one OF the chambermaids
were recovered. ]. r. Perkins, first cook,
Miss Julia Robach OF Cape Girardeau and
First Engineer Porter are supposed to be
lost.
box of thirty pounds OF giant powder
exploded in the 800 level OF the Gale 1onia
NINE at Deadwood, Oak, killing four men
and injuring five or six others. The killed
are Philip Wymap. Thomas Chesire. John
Pascor and Henry Roserier. Fred Felin
was badly hurt and not expected to live.
Wyman and Chesire leave families. The
bodies OF the killed were blown to pieces
and the remains were taken out in barrels:
Fringe Melissane, a member of one Of the
best Neapolitan families committed sui
eide after seeing his name posted as q de-
faulter at his club, because al his failure to
pay 2sses at gambling
The New York court OF appeals has hand
ed down q decision confirming the SEN
tenGe OF ex.Ald. Jaehne, who was convict
ed on charge of bribery in the Broad
way railroad francise.
X. p. Wallace, the murderer vi the Logan
family OF five persons father. mother and
three children at Cuba, Mo-, was taken
from the jail by mob and lynched. He
wta6 nFs0 stFun8 up Dy MOP DuI alterward
let down and taken back to Jail. After
wards a masked mob OF 100 men ba ttered
down the doors Of the jail, took Wallace
out and hanged him to tree. He died pro-
testing his innocence.
Assistant Secretary OF State Porter ga vs.:
The suspension OF Greenebaum from tina
consuishlp at Samoa, which took place re-
Gently, was made necessary by hia conduct.
His removal was determined upon as soon
as the department. wan advised of his pc.
cuilar action at Samoa in taking sides with
one oil the factions OF local government
there.
Inc iollowil1 lighthouse keepers were APP
pointed: G. A. Malone, in place OF r. J.
McCann. removed, at Pier head, st. Louis
river Mimi; c. C. Chapman in pla,e OF +,
N. Wright, transferred. at tho mouth OF
sturgeon Bay canal, Wis. e a.a %