The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-05-13
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report very light immigrant travel.
At New Orleans Samuel Boyd, OF the firm
OF Boyd & Herry, made affidavit chargin.
b. Mcconnell, who has for the past twenty
years been confidential clerk OF the firm,
with embezzlins $35, 900 since the 1st OF
last September.
county, n. y, has engineered corner on
peppermint, and the price has advanced
15 per cent.
President Porter, of Yale, will present
his resignation at tho annual meeting oil
the corporation on May 20.
Five passenger steamers arrived in New
York, Sunday, bringing 2,4O0 steerage and
335 cabin passengers.
The loss to workingmen per day by the
strikes is 5000, 600, or 81, 200, 900 a week
A dispatch from Burmah states: The in,
snrgents have possession OF Mandalay and
have destroyed by fire 4 900 houses. The
hostility OF the natives who remain loyal
to the dethroned King Theebaw is intense,
because of China's openly avowed endorse.
ment of Great Britain's s seizure OF Burmah,
The officers commanding the British forces
have telegraphed to Lord Dufferin, the vic.
eroy, that they are powerless to prevent
the rioting OF the natives and have urgent.
ly asked for reinforcements.
Tho president has recognized Ferdinand
van Nordentiaeht as consul OF Germany at
Chicago.
Frederick Ellison OF Indiana was no mi
mated as consul at Ascension.
The National Red Cross Association o
Washington has telegraphed message o.
sympathy and proffers OF aid to the wound
ed policeman at Chicago and the families
OF the officers who lost their lives.
c. Yanth OF Sandusky, Ohio. tries to kill
his divorced wife and then kills himself.
Mayor Harrison OF Chicago orders the
discontinuance Of gatherings and process
sions in the streets as dangerous.
The Massasoit house sale at Alma, Wis.,,
is blown open by burglars and 1925 is
stolen.
Seventeen hundred men in the Deerins
harvester works, Chicago, quit work, and
the proprietors get police protection.
LIE Paris states that the powers, except
France, are about to enforce vigorous
measures to compel Greece to comply witt
their wishes respecting her quarrel with
Turkey. France will remain neutral.
NJ. Granet, minister OF ports and tele-
graphs, has granted q charter to Il French
company to lay new cable between Brest
anu New 1OTh Via uuuuclONSc.
Mr.. White, minister OF the Dominion in
terror, said in the house at Ottawa, that
thirteen half breeds were admitted to have
taken part in the rebellion or these, two
were refused scrip on account OF the same
In reply to Charlton, the finance minister
said the gross public debt was $2S1, 1873,
900. and net public debt, S2O5, 500, 900.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: Mr.. Cham
berlan and his political adherents will, we
believe, vote in favor OF the second reading
of the home rule bill as an abstract reso
luton, limited by Il pledge affirming Ire
lands right to be represented at Westmin.
ster. After the bill is read the second time
it will be withdrawn temporarily. and the
question OF home rule postponed for a year
in order to allow public opinion concerning
it to mature.
A telegram was received from Gen. B. F
Butler, saying that he would like to bt
heard by the senate committee on finance
against the confirmation OF Gen. Rose
Grams. 1t is expected that Butler will bs
here in few days to take a hand in what
promises to be a lively fight. His opposi
tion to Rosecrans undoubtedly grows out
of the report which the latter threw into
the house OF representatives the last night
OF the last session, charging him with mis-
appropriating 100000 as treasurer o
the board of managers OF the soldiers
home.
The Coast and Geodetic survey, after
seventy-five years existence, has not com
pleted even the first survey OF our coast
line, and the survey has cost $24, 600, 900
Archbishop Gibbons has been in Wash
ington several days preparing plans fol
the proposed national Catholic university
| There is no nomination pending beior,
| the senate that has been so persistently
| opposed or has been subjected to SO many
| various forms OF action as that OF Il. NJ
| Zulick OF New Jersey to be governor o
Arizona. The nomination was, however
confirmed.
The senate committee on foreign rela
tions unanimously ordered favorable re
port on Senator Frye's bill to promote tn
| political progress and commercial prosper
| ity of the American nations. 1t provide
or congre IS OF American nations.
| G.. Sparkling, hotel keeper at Steele. Oak.
is arrested, charged with several inceniar,
| fires.
| Judge Baskin, a minent democrat o
| Utah, and the man who brought the Mount
| ain Meadow massacre to trial, made ar
| able argument before the house judiciary
! committee in favor OF The Edmunds bill
| The measure is meeting with vigorous op
position in the committee by the Mormons
| through their attorneys, ex-Gov. Boutwell,
| jeff Chandler and Delegate Caine.
DR.. John Jones, an old resident OF st
Paul, died recently. DR.. Jones was al
Englishman by birth, but emigrated to TIN
United States when youth. He entered
| the regular army, and served continue ousl,
| for seventeen years. At the breaking ou
| OF the civil war he was an,ordnance ser
geant, and was stationed at Fort Ridgely
In 1863 he was made captain of the Thirt
Minnesota battery, and did frontier service
| until the close OF the war. DR.. Jones thel
located in st. Paul, where he has since re
sided. Shortly after his arrival he wa
made chief OF police.
The Minneapolis ministers will invit
Sam Jones and Sam Small to preach il
that city.
The first boat from outside to reac
Duluth was the Campana, which came il
| about noon OF the 4th OF May from Colline
wood. She had no load but few horse
| and miscellaneous articles.
The Democrats elect most OF their car
didates at the St. Paul municipal election
total vote, IL ,167.
An explosion wrecks and sets fire to tn
store OF Mr.. Wicks OF Minneapolis; loss
$4,000.
Judge Rea is sworn in as Judge OF tn
district court at Minneapolis.
John Hoy, of the Minneapolis detectiv
force, went to st. Paul and, armed with
| warrant, effected the arrest of Sylvester z
Clark, builder and contractor, well know
in Minneapolis. The warrant upon whic
the arrest was made alleged that Clark ha
embezzled a large quantity of money be
longing to James Waters, engineer OF th
Minneapolis water works.