The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15

Five men were killed and three wounded
in political riot at Laredo, Texas, which
was suppressed by federal troops.
In the New York senate, bill annulling
the charter OF the Broadway Surface
Railroad OF New York city passed by an al
most unanimous vote, as were also bills re-
quiring the consent of abutting property
owners before street railroad can be laid
in any street and a bill providing for the
winding up OF the Broadway Surface Rail-
road company and other corporations
whose charters shall be revoked. This &C
ton grows out OF the Broadway railroad
scandal.
The right OF the dominion government to
enact laws against Chinese immigration is
conceded by the imperial government.
The San Francisco collector is to be
bounced for insulting the new Chinese en-
bassadOr.
Sir Henry Halford, who conducted at
Creedmoor two of the British teams which
contested in interna tional matches, il
dying in London of Bright's disease of the
kidneys.
Hon. George Hearst, recently appointed
senator for California, has arrived in Wash
ington.
John D. Bent has been appointed receiv-
err of the First National Bank of Whape-
ton, Oak.
T he president haswithdrawn the nomi-
nation OF Timothy A. Byrnes to be Indian
agent at Yakima, Wash.
Gen. Bragg has introduced q bill in the
house to pay Capt. James D. Wood. late
adjutant general OF volunteers, $133.5O,
being the value OF horse and equipments
lost in action of the Chancellorville, as
found by the court OF claims.
Secretary Bayard feels very much out
ragged at the insult offered by the collector
of customs at San Francisco to the new
Chinese minister, and there is q good deal
OF feeling in the treasury department on the
same subject. The collector violated the
positive instructions of the department..
Mr.. Bayard has demanded the removal Of
both the collector and surveyor at San
Francisco, who are involved in the insult,
and their conduct was q subject OF discus
sion at the cabinet meeting. Neither OF
them has been confirmed, or will be, il the
president does not withdraw their n0mina-
lions.
The new Yellowstone Park syndicate has
decided to have it's lease made out tOCharles
Gibbons, and he assumes the responsibility
for the performance OF the conditions i'm
posed. The other members remain in the
syndicate, and the improvements will be
made under the same organization. 1t
was found that the various gentlemen in
terested had separated 30 far in their trav.
els that they could not sign the papers,
and accordingly the department preferred
to deal with Mr.. Gibbons alone.
Thomas A. Thatcher, professor OF Latin
and literature in Yale college, was dis !
covered dead in bed. He was in his seventy
second year.
H. B. Turney Of Baraboo, Wis, commits
suicide.
Among the pension bills passed recently
by the house are the following: Leander
Carey, Sixteenth Iowa infantry; 8. w. Mer
rill, lieutenant Thirty-sixth Iowa volun.
teers; William Gordon, father OF William
Gordon, Eleventh Iowa volunteers; b.
D. Hyatt, Twelfth regiment Wisconsin in
iantry; J. W. Robson, Sixth Wisconsin
battery; Robert Monahan, Twenty third
regiment Wisconsin volunteers; Delilah
Knill, widow OF Thomas III. Knill late oil
Second regiment Wisconsin infantry volun.
teefs; r. w. Putney, Second Minnesota
cavalry; G. r. Rogers, late captain Fifth
regiment Wisconsin volunteers.
Congressman John A. Long Of Massa.
/ chusetts il q candidate for the United States
scnatorship now held by Dawes, whose
term expires next year.
The employees at the United States mint
at philadelphia, have been greatly exer.
cised over the alleged discovery by Special
Officer Gibson that 9 rl3t was forming
among number 81 New York crncksmerl
to rob the vaults in that institution. Glib.
SON claimed to have information that Z
house near the mint had BEEN rented 81
the cracksmefl, and that it was their in.
| temtion to tunnel urfler the street to the
mint and undermine a vnult in the base
ment. There II from $3n 600, 600 TO $40,