The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-02
Felix A. Reeve has been appointed as
istant solicitor OF the treasury in place OF

j. II. Robinson.
The postoifice department has issued
miscellaneous advertisements inviting pro-
posals for carrying mails i'll Maryland, Fir-
ginia, North Carolina, Indiana, Illinois,
Colorado, California, Wyoming, Utah,
Idaho and Washington.
Sixteen of the twenty five members of the
National Butterine and Oleomargarine as
ISOLATION met ut Chicago and denounced
the oleomargarine law. 1t was decided to
test the validity of the law should it be at
tempted to be enforced.
A party OF roughs in Belfast attacked
number of laborers from Queens Island,
but the troops and the police prevented
riot. The leaders OF the mob were arrest
ed. The nine policemen arrested Tor kill
ing rioters were released on bail and six
rioters committed for trial.
French influence in Madagascar is meet
ing with serious obstacles. Public opinion
is absored in the conclusion OF treaty
giving an English company certain import.
ant rights in consideration of Il loan OF
$500, 1000.
Meverbeer's widow left n fortune OF 81
10000
Lord Lansdowne expects to return to
Canada in October.
A levee breaks on the Irrawaddy at Man
dalay, Upper Burmah, and the water inun-
dates destructively much OF the city.
The Canadian customs minister an
nounces rigid enforcement OF the laws
against American fishermen.
\ new monthly magazine, entitled hep
preventative Philosophical Radlcailsm, Is
to be started III London. 1t will be edited
by Frank Hills, late editor OF the Daily
News and will appear simultaneously III
England. America ana AuSIralld.
The wife of Gilbert Bobbs, living near
Adamsville, KY, committed suicide by
hanging.
Chas. O'Reilly, the treasurer OF the Lana
League, has sent f3, 900 to Ireland.
There is no longer any reasonable doubt
that the government has fully decided TO
permanently remove from Arizona those
members of the Chirachua and warm
Spring bands OF Apaches now on the San
Carlos reservation. They will probably be
placed on the Fort Marion military reser-
walton at St. Augustine, Fla, where CHI
hauhau and his band are now quartered.
The steel-rail men have within year
marked up the price OF rails from - TO
$50 per ton.
Deaths from heat and thirst are unusual
" numerous on the deserts OF Arizona thls
year.
Special Treasury Agent A. NJ. Barney
died at the Grand Union hotel, New lork.
Mr.. Barney was Il gallant soldier during
the war and rose to the rank OF brevet
brigalier general. He was in the service
OF the treasury department more than
twenty years.
The design for the oleomargarine tax
stamps is said to be bull trampllng u
serpent under foot IN the center, while
around the margin are the words oleo-
margarine" and internal revenue, the
denomination of the stamp being Indicated
in the corners. Three varieties oil stamps
are needed-one for retailers, another Tor
wholesalers and third for manufacturers
These will be made OF several denomina-
tions. and congress will be attached IN
order to make any intermediate NUMBER
required.
General r. P. Ransom, a prominent cit
izen OF Lexington, KY, and formerly gem
eral manager OF the Kentucky central
railroad, died at that place. 1t is suppos-
ed that he committed suicide by taxing
large amount OF morphine.
\ story was current in New York that
Gov. Hill had determined to remove Com
missioner Squire, and that 1t had been de
termined to appoint Gen. Newton, United
States engineer corps, to succeed him.
Articles of incorporation OF the Kettle
River Railroad company were hled In the
office OF the register OF deeds. The pro-
posed railroad is to commence on a point
of the st. Paul & Duluth railway in Pine
county and run to Kettle river, distance
OF twenty to twenty-five miles.
The trial OF DR.. S. A. Richmond for the
killing of Col. James w. Strong managing
editor OF the Herald OF st. Joseph, Mo-,
on June IS, which has been in progress
there for two weeks, terminated, the jury
returning Il verdict OF not guilty and find
! ing the defendant insane at the time OF the
killing and at the present time.
! Mr. Parnelrs amendment to the address
| in reply to the queens speech, is as follows:
| We humbly assure your majesty that We
| fear that owing to the heavy fall in the
prices OF agricultural produce, the greatest
difficulty will be experienced during the
coming winter by Irish tenant farmers IN
the payment OF the present rents. Many
will be unable to pay and numerous eve
tions and the confiscation OF the rights
vested in tenants by the land act OF 1851
| will follow causing widespread suffering
and endangering the maintenance of So
! cal order. We deprecate any attempt tic
| transfer the loss due to inability to pay
rents from the owners OF land to the tax.
PAYERS OF Great Britain and by any extern
sion of state assistance.
At SliledgvilIe, Mich, Frank Wood, n
notorious character, who has abused his
wife and was recently placed under bonds
| to keep the peace, went to DR.. Mcpherson e
whore his vile was stopping, and placing
his arm around her neck placed sell
cooking revolver against her head and fired.
He then turned the weapon on himself and
sent bullet through his brain, dying in
stantlv. His wife lived an hour and a half.
At the funeral OF the late novelist Ann S.
Stephens in New York large number oil
cripples and infirm old men and women,
whom the lady had befriended, were pres
cnt,
The bureau OF labor statistics expects to
get its second annual report out by the
time congress meets. Agents are hard at
work in the field collecting matiral. Two
subjects will be treated in this report. One
is the question OF convict labor. All OBJ
tainable information on the subject Will be
collected AMI put in this report, together
| with the conclusions as to the part con
convict labor really plays in the labo,
problem. The next subject to he treated
is strikes. A complete history OF strikes
from 1850 up to July Of this year will b'
given, including their causes, their purpos
and their effect upon the labor oil tht
country. This will cover the ground gone
over by the Curtin committee, and the full
report will probably be in print long be
lore tho report OF tnat comHiIIee 10 Ieauy
1t is stated the British government hal
decided to appoint a commission to in
quire into the expenditures OF the .princi
pal department. OF State, and that Mr.
chamberlain will be chairman.
London Cable: 1t is reported that Mr.
Gladstone has advised Mr.. Parnell not tt
press admission on the latter's amend
ment to the address in reply to the queen
speech, and Parnell, it is said, regards th
advice with favor. His followers, however
insist upon division unless the government
agrees to modify its proposals in the mat
ter OF cvictions in Ireland during the com
ing winter. Mr.Labouchere and numbe
of other Radical members want to rails
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