Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28

are conflicting. Only one thing is certain,
and that is that he has given up all hope
of getting his home rule bill through this
parliament. It is stated in some quarters
that, ii left to his own choice, he would dis
solve parliament at once but in this desire
he has not the sympathy Of his cabinet.
| Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning and
Sir Theodore Martin are arranging for 4
great banquet to be given in London by
authors and artists in honor of Oliver
Wendell Holmes. g., z "-fGi-3
| Sir Thomas Erskine May, who was re-
Gently elevated to the peerage, with the
title OF Baron marlborough, is dead.
! The debate on the home rule bill was con-
| tinued in the house OF commons. Sir Rich
ard Asheton Cross, Conservative, was the
! first speaker. He said: 1.-THE bin would
not secure good government for Ireland.
| If it were passed there would bs two sets OF
judges in Ireland. One set would admins
ter Justice in revenues and the other would
administer justice in criminal cases. The
former would be protected by the imperial
| parliament and the other would be left to
the tender mercies of the Irish people. Mr..
Gladstone had said that the union was az
! fected by bribery, but the premier himself
| was offering the large bride of $780, 900, 900
! to Ireland, and this was not the first time
| that he had offered bride. Parliament
would cease to be imperial if the Irish mem.
| bers were not retained.
The particulars of an attempted assas-
| sination and suicide near Town Monument
Grant county, Or, has just been received
William Cochran, sheep rancher of very
bad reputation, waylaid and shot Pry
Wilson, highly respected citizen of that
county, with a needle gun. The ball failed
! to inhict serious injury. Wilson esca ped
on q fleet horse, but was followed some
distance by Cochran, who again attempted
to murder him. When the assault became
known crowd of Wilson's neighbors COL
]ected. and started for Cochrap's house.
determined to lynch him. Cochran had
| reached his house meantime and hearing
| the lynchers coming after him resolved to
commit suicide. He hastily wrotea letter,
bade adieu to his grown daughter, took a
| dose OF strychnine and rushing into his
| bedroom blew out his brains with rifle.
| The collector of customs at Sitka, has
| been notified that the practice adopted by
him OF issuing permits to import liquors
/ into Alaska for medicinal purposes is in
! consistent with regulations which authorize
! permits by the customs officers in Alaska
for the landing of liquors already brought
! to that territory, and no permits to be is
sued in advance Of Importation.
President, Cleveland is negotiating
cies of Washington city for the purchase of
q country residence in the neighbonhood of
thatwhich Secretary Whitney bought soon
after he entered the cabinet and which he
occupied last summer.
Mrs. Thompson is confirmed as post
! mistress at Louisville, Ky
P. NJ. Potter, OF New York, was arrested
| charged with libeling Mime. Di LAMA,
daughter OF w. A. Hammond. Bail was
| fixed at 81, 900.
Alter months OF search, Prof. Jonathan
Emory OF William and Mary college, Va,
has discovered the aeroite, which fell in
Washington county Sebt. IA, 1885. 1t
was found i,nbeded deep in the soil on
Frederick Miler's farm, two miles north OF
Claysville. Prof. Emory says it is the
largest aerolite on record, and weighs fully
200 tons. It's composition is chromium,
| nickel, aluminium, copper, magnesium and
tin.
Malvin ". Thompson, young grocer
living at Chicago was present at the Hay
! market meeting on the night OF May 4, and
says he overheard August Spies, Schwab
and a third man whom he did not know at
the time, consulting about the number of
dynamite bombs to be thrown into the
heard Spies say, "Will one be enough?
Had we better not send for more?' He
! could not catch the reply, but Immediate
| ly afterwards Schwab and the third man
| went away together, evidently to procure
something. Mr. Thompson has identi-
fed Adolph Fischer. of the Zeitung force,
! as the third party who was consulting with
Spies and Schwab.
A railroad is to be built between Wash
| ington and Mount Vernon.
Secretary Lamar. removes Agent Nc
Gillycuddy from Pine Ridge agency, Oak.
Ex.Speaker Randall has written Parnell
expressing his sympathy with the Glad
| stone plan OF home rule for Ireland.
George W. Monroe and A. T. Smelling
we're nominated registers, respectively OF
the Bozenlan (Mont.) and Lake View (Or.)
land offices.
w. A. Croffut, the wel-known New York
correspondent, has joined the editorial
staff OF the Washington Post.
Lieut.. Col. Flagler has been transferred
from the arsenal at Rock Island to Frank
ford arsenal at Philadelphia, and is sue
ceeded by Col. Thomas Baylor, OF the ord
nance department..
The pres ident recommends that congress
provide for survey Of the Alaska British
boundary.
T "A. Boynton, OF the Dakota territorial
committee at Washington, issues a circular
to Dakota Democrats warning them against
Campbell's division programme.
The passage of the bill directing the study
OF alcoholic beverages in the schools was
urged by thousands of petitions from all
sections OF the country. It passed the
house by an almost unanimous vote, and
the announcement was received with a
burst of applause from the floor and gal.
! leries. In the west gallery. there were q
large number ofladies especially interested
in the temperance cause, and who have
been actively working to secure the passage
Of the bill. They exhibited their gratifica-
ton over the result by rising and waving
their handkerchiefs. 49, !
| The orangemen of Lurgan, county Ar.
| magh, are enrolling themselves in military
associations, organized to resist home rule
government. -s:'.->s /
The Russian government fosters tree cul.
ture. and has now in one province seven
plantations averaging from l8, OOt to 81, :
900 acres each. ~ :. u d s FIT: I'LL
Heavy snow storms have prevailed in the
northwest of England during the past week,
and many sheep and cattle have died from
cold and exposure. 11S esss5 49, 81. i
The daughter of the late Senator Miller
of California, Miss Dora, will be married
at the residence OF the family in Washing
| ton, to Lieut. Glover, u. S. N The engage.
ment has been Of long duration and the
wedding was to have taken place last win
ter, but was post poned on account Of the
illness Of Senator Miller. It is tl wish OF
Mrs. Miller that it occur at once, and tho
ceremony will performed in the presence
OF q few intimate friends. Lieut.. Glover
has obtained leave Of absence Tor q year,
and with his bride and her mother will
leave Tor Europe on the 9th of June.
The newspapers announce the death Of
Vice Admiral Lynch on the voyage from
Spain to Chill on the Royal mail steamer
Cotopaxi. The bod was embalmed and
put ashore at Zenerifae. 1t was to Admir-.
lSalLynch's bravery and skill that Chill vas
indebted 10 her greaL success on the sea