The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-02
Felix A. Reeve has been appointed -.
sistant solicitor Of the treasury In place Of
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miscellaneous advertisements inviting pro.
posals for carrying mails in Maryland, Vir-
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
sociation met at Chicago and denounced
the oleomargarine law. 1t was decided to
test the validity OF the law should it be at
tempted to be enforced.
party OF roughs in Belfast attacked
number Of laborers from Queens Island,
but the troops and the police prevented
riot. The leaders oil 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 q treaty
giving an English company certain import
ant rights in consideration OF . loan OF
$500, 900.
Meyerbeer's widow left fortune OF $2,-
500, 900.
Lord Lansdowns 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 Rep
preventative Philosophical Radicahsm, Is
to be started in London. 1t will be edited
by Frank Hills, late editor OF the Daiy
News, and will appear simultaneously In
England, America and Australia.
The wife OF Gilbert Bobbs, living near
Adamsvill., KY, committed suicide by
hanging.
Chas. O'Reilly, the treasurer OF the Land
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 De
placed on the Fort Marion military reser-
walton at st. Augustine, Fla, where Chi.
hauhau and his band are now quartered.
Tho steel-rail men have within a year
| marked up the price OF rails from $21 TO
| $35 per ton.
Deaths from heat and thirst are unusual
| ly numerous on the deserts of Arizona this
year.
Special Treasury Agent A. NJ. Barney
died at the Grand Union hotel, New York.
! Mr. Barney was a gallant soldier during
| the war, and rose to the rank OF brevet
| brigadier 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
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 ior
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, prominent cit
| izen OF Lexington, KY, and formerly gen.
| eral manager OF the Kentucky Centrai
railroad, died at that place. 1t is suppos-
ed that he committed suicide by taxing
large amount OF morphine.
A story was current in New York that
| Gov. Hill had determined to remove Com
| missioner Squire, and that it 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 filed In the
| office OF the register OF deeds. The pro-
posed railroad is to commence on q 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 DIR. 8. A. Richmond for the
killing of Col. James w. Strong managing
editor of the Herald OF St. Joseph, Mo-,
on June 18, which has been in progress
there for two weeks, terminated, the jury
returning verdict Of not guilty and find
| ing the defendant insane at the time OF the
killing and at the present time.
Mr. Parnelps amendment to the address
| in reply to the queens speech, is as follows
We humbly assure your majesty that NC
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 evlc.
tions and the confscation OF the rights
vested in tenants by the land act OF 1881
will follow, causing widespread suffering
and endangering the maintenance OF So
cal order. We deprecate any attempt to
transfer the loss due to inability to pay
/ rents from the owners OF land to the tax!
payers OF Great Britain and by any exten-
| sion of state assistance.
| At Iiledgville, Mich, Frank Wood. a
notorious character, who has abused his
wife and was recently placed under bonds
| to keep the peace, went to DR.. .McPherson's
where his wife 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.
stantly, His wife lived an hour and hall.
At the funeral OF the late novelist Ann s.
Stephens in New York 8 large number OF
cripples and infirm old men and women,
whom the lady had befriended, were pres
ent.
The bureau OF labor statistics expects to
get it's second annual report out by the
| time congress meets. Agents are hard at
work in the field collecting matirial. 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 labor
problem. The next subject to he trea ted
is strikes, A complete history OF strikes
from 1880 up to July Of this year will be
given, including their causes, their purpose
and their effect upon the labor of the
country. This will cover the ground gone
over by the Curtin committee, and the full
report will probably be in print long be-
fore tho report OF that committee Is ready.
1t is stated the British government has
decided to appoint a commission to in.
quire into tho expenditures OF the princi.
pal Department. Of State, and that Mr..
Chamberlain will be chairman.
London Cable: It is reported that Mr..
Gladstone has advised Mr.. Parnell not to
press admission ON the latter's amend.
| ment to the address in reply to the queen 9
speech, and Parnell, 1t is said, regards this
advice with favor. His followers however,
insist upon division unless the government
agrees to modify its proposals in the mat.
ter OF evictions in Ireland during the com.
ing winter Mr.Labouchere and number
OF other Radical members want to raise
the question OF land purchase by means ol
q separate amendment to the address. The
opposition leaders are, however, strong
~ opposed to the plan, and moth
ing will come OF it. Mr.. Gladstone's pam
phlet defending and explaining his position
on the home rule question, with post
script criticising legovernment's proposed
i policy in relation to Ireland, is expected to
appear in week. He started for three
weeks sojourn in Bavaria, accompanied
by his daughter, Mrs. GlAdst0ne having
concluded TO remain at HawAFden.
Tho following proclamacion has been =