The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-11-19
LATE T"ELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

ordered to report in person to the adlunc'
general OF the army on public business.
The government revenues so far this
month aggregate $12, 365, 573. The ex'
penditures during the same period, includ
ing $50, 600 pension payments, were 81
057, less than the receipts.
Fire occurred in the Chicago Avenue
church at Chicago and La Sale avenues,
The interior was damaged SIS, 600. The
church, which cost 1925, 600, had Rev,
Dwight l.. Moody for it's pastor until he
began his general evangelistiC work. II
was through his efforts that the church
was built.
Special kilograms to Bradstreet's will
show % continued lack OF general activity
in the distribution Of staples, with the ex-
ceptiousi in favor OF iron, steel and lumber.
Dry goods continue to bear the brunt OF
the falling off in demand, while textiles
generally and produce are quiet.
In reply to the charges made by Platt B.
Walker, OF the Northwestern Lumberman,
that congress was Influenced in its provis-
ion for the Indian commission appointed
/! to secure the removal of the Mile Laos by
the members Of a syndicate OF Canadians,
who are preparing to gObble up the pine
lands as soon as the Indians leave them,
the acting commissioner OF Indian affairs
a The whole statement is untrue from
beginning to end. No influence, except the
recommendations OF the commissioner OF
Indian affairs and the secretary OF the in
terror, was brought to bear upon congress,
and the action taken in the pursuance Of
the policy outlined and decided upon fiji
teen years ago. During all that time
measures for the removal OF these indians
have been urged upon congress. II these
pine lands are opened for settlement, any
such plan as that charged to the Canadians
by Walker would be an impOssibility. 1t
could not be carried out.
In the case OF John F. Hokes, the Peoria
bank defaulter, F. c. Clarke. one OF the d.
rectorsL at Montreal. testified that the to-
tai amount of Hokes' defalcations was
S1SS, 600, OF which SITS 600 had been taken
from the Mechanics National bank. the
predecessor OF the Merchants National
bank. Mr.. Clarke also testified that Mrs.
Hokes had handed $40, 900 to the bank
since the d~efalcation.
The city Of Nice has been visited by enor-
nous waves from the Mediterranean. The
water swept away the quays and the
promenade on the Anglais plantation.
The devastation extended two miles
along Nice's water front. At Cannes, %
miles from Nice, a fierce storm has been
raging, and two vessels are known to have
Oeea wrecked. Men standing on the quays
were carried ont to sea on immense waves.
The Croisette promenade was destroyed.
An equestrian statue OF Washington,
destined for the city OF Philadelphia, has
just been finished at Berlin. 1t will be
shipped in December.
Civil law is inadequate to restore order
in Burmah. Severe measures of repres-
sion are imminent. The Dacoits subject to
cruel torture all natives suspected of 10y
atty to the British. They also, for the pur-
pose OF arousing hostility to the British,
spread further reports that the British in
tend to restore King Theebaw to the throne
and then leave the country.
At Danvers, Mass, Mrs. Miriam Putnam,
whose husband was a son of Gen. Putnam,
Of revolutionary fame, observed her 1O2d
birthday. Mrs. Putnam is the mother OF
twelve children-six boys and six girls
five OF whom are now living. Her mem
ory goes back to the death CT Washington.
At Milwaukee, a well dressed man enter
cd Charles U~pmeyer's jewelry store and in
spected some watches. He suddenly threw
a handful of red pepper into the proprietor's
eyes, seized a bundle OF watches valued at
$500 and fed.
Judge Mcconnell at Fargo, OAK, decided
the Sargent county seat contest in favor
OF Forman. This case has been in the
courts over two years.
st. Peters cathedral, in Pittsburg. Pa,
has burned down. Loss about 5000, 600.
The police authorities ofLawrence, Kan
sas, are OF the opinion that "Jim Com
mings,' the reputed express robber, is a
maj named burlington, who vas confined
in the county Jail there Lass winter for OBJ
tanning money fraudently, and escaped in
April.
An investigation OF the matter has prov.
en- that there is no truth in the rumor that
Cutting was collecting recruits for an in
vasion of Mexico.
James E.. Scripps, proprietor OF the
Evening News, of Detroit, instituted a suit
against the Free Press for $50. 00Odamages,
the cause being a champaign advertise.
ment in the Free Press which he considers
hbelous. John A.. Russell, OF the News
stan, also brings a suit for SIS, 900, basing
the action on the publication in the Free
Press OF a clipping from an exchange 9ues.
~.ioning his sobriety.
Mrs. A. T. Stewards win has been pro.
bated without objection.
AN address has been issued from the ex
ecutiye committee OF the central labor
union OF New York, urging the formation
OF a national labor political party.
Throughout the New England states, New
York, Ohio, and even in West Virginia, Sat.
urday, Nov. 18th, heavy snow storms were
experienced, the mercury dropped very low
and the wild wind ragged furiously. Al
some points the sno is reported to be-
twenty inches deep.
A fearful tragedy occurred at the Bret
ton house in Wingfield. Kansas. Lillian
Quinn, a waiter girl at the hotel. shot
Frank E. Lockwood, the hall, from a IS
revolver, entering his head above the left
eye. She then shot herself through the
head and died instantly. Lockwood can
not live. 1t is believed to be a case oil Sc
duction.
The official report OF the vote OF Con
necticut, shows that Louisiana Rep foi
governor received 1929, Cleveland
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