New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-13
Montana Is Booming.

ritory, in his annual report to the secre-
tary OF the interior, concerning the trans
portation facilities of the territory says:
This question under1ies 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, $3,430,0oo; silver, So
coo, 1000; copper, $8,OOO,OOO; lead, ST.
100000; total, $22, 800, 600. The govern
or discusses the subject OF silver legislation
at some length and says the necessity OF
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, ILL.,, to Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
exploded her boilers opposite Neeley's
Landing, burned to the waters edge and
foated nearly mile below Willard g Land
full list of killed and wounded cannot be
obtained. Among the lost are supposed
to be: Judge Hager and wife. Miss Knigh-
er, daughter of Christ Knigher, William H.
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. j. R. Perkins, first cook,
Miss Julia Robach OF Cape Girardeau and
First Engineer Porter are supposed to be
lost,
A box OF thirty pounds OF giant powder
exploded in the 800 level OF the Caledonia
mine at Deadwood, Oak, killing four men
and injuring five or six others. The killed
are Philip Wyman. 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.
Prince Melissane, member of one of the
best Neapolitan families, committed sui
faulter at his club, because OF his failure to
pay losses at gambling.
The New York court of appeals has hand
ed down decision confirming the sen.
tence OF ex-Ald. Jaehne, who was convict
ed on a charge OF bribery in the Broad.
way railroad francise.
R. P. Wallace, the murderer OF the Logan
family OF five persons father, mother and
three children at Cuba, Mo-, was taken
from the jail by a mob and lynched. He
was first strung up by a mob but afterward
let down and taken back to jail. After
wards masked mob Of 100 men battered
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 says:
The suspension OF Greenebaum from the
consulship at Samoa, which took place re-
Gently, was made necessary by his conduct.
His removal was determined upon as soon
aa r EI@va1 ~A, u
culiar action at Samoa in taking sides with
one OF the factions of local government
there.
The following lighthouse keepers were an
pointed: G. 4. Malone, in place of R. J.
Mccain, removed, at Pier head, St. Louis
river: Mimi; G. G. Chapman, in place OF R.
n. Wright, transferred, at the mouth of
Sturgeon Bay canal, Wis.
Levy & Michaels, clothing dealers at
Chicago, failed. They have been running
two houses and doing an extensive bust.
ness.
At Hartford, Conn.,, Henry Hcotchkiss.
musician aged thirty five years, has for
some time been in trouble with his wife.
He shot her dead and inflicted q slight
wound on his own head
B. Frank Howey OF Warren was nomi-
mated for republican governor of New York.
The platform favors thesubmission to the
people at a special election Of the question
of controlling the liquor traffic
Cattle with pleuro pneumonia in Martin
and Oliver counties, OAK, are ordered to
be killed.
Nicholas s. HOMELAND, confidential clerk
and bookkeeper for the w. w. Kimball
Organ Company, Chicago, has been placed
under arrest on warrant charging him
with obtaining money to the amount Of
$1,000 by false pretenses and forgery.
There are now outstanding $50, 139, 952
in standard silver dollars, being the iarg-
est amount OF that coin in circulation
however, is now expected, as result Of
the issue of the more convenient silver Ger.
tifcates.