Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-11
Fore,en Gcssi,,.

The gross public debt o. Canada on March
2, was S2Sl, 572.
The gravity OF the commercial situation
in Stockholm has not been paralleled since
the panic OF 1857.
The dominion government has been re-
quested not to send the flying column TO
the Northwest, as it would precipitate ar
outbreak.
1t is stated that the immediate release oil
Poundmaker and the half-breed prisoners
at the Stoney Mountain penitentiary has
been decided upon.
The number q scandals developed in
British a~ristoeratic life recently, has been
rather striking. One OF the most notable
is that connected with an escapade OF the
Niscoynt Hinton. The viscount who 10 a
son of Earl Paulett, has been committed
on the charge OF obtaining goods by fraud.
Judges Dieheaume, Nicolle and De Gruchy,
of the Island of Jersey, directors ofthe Jer-
sey Banking company, have been arrested
for having fraudulently received deposits,
knowing the bank to be insolvent. They
were bailed in 60, 600 each. They win lose
their iudgeship.
Lord Randolph Churchill has written a
letter to the grand master OF the Orange
men OF Belfast, eulogizing the last demon
at III VIC WfALSE hOuOff tuO dkdiitsO
horne rule. The Welsh members OF the
Liberal party have united in intimating to
MIR. Gladstone that it win be impossible
for them to support any proposal tending
To the establishment OF a separate parlia-
nient ia Ireland.
A snow storm prevails throughout Great
Britain. In many places the now has
drifted in great piles on the railroad tracks.
seriously ~injuring traffic. The sufferings oil
the poor are greatly increased by the
storm. During the heavy snow storm
which prevailed on the coast the British
steamer Missouri, Capt. Poland, from Bos-
ton Feb. Is for Liverpool, stranded off
H~olyhead.
Posts London Cable: Some excitement
has been caused by the Tact that the toast
to the queen was received with Kisses at
tho complimentary dinner to the working
men members OF parliament, half the com-
pany remaining seated while it was drunk.
Mr.. Broadhurst was one Of the guests, and
Charles Russell, the attorney general, was
present. Both have hal to bear the
blunt Of a number of public and private
attacks. OF course neither could do any
thing in the matter.
In the Dominion House at Ottawa, Sir
John Macdonald admitted that a medical
commission OF two was appointed to in
quire into the mental accountability OF Riel
after his conviction, and that it's report,
together with that OF the surgeon OF the
prison, would certainly be laid on the
table. The minister Of finance, in reply to
Sir Richard Cartwright, said that not in
Guiding assets OF about S72 ,000, 900, the
gross debt OF the dominion was nearly
1881, 400, 900. The amount OF temporary
loans was about $14, 700, 900.
The grand Masonic lodge OF England is
considering the report ofthe colonial board
on a dispute between the grand lodge OF IL
linois, and the three lodges OF the Province
OF Quebec holding warrants from the En-
glish grand lodge. The board advises that
the sole ground on which the Illinois lodge
ostracized the three lodges seems to be
their continued allegiance to England, and
that therefore the direct relations Of the
grand lodge OF England with the Illinois
lodge be severed, and the patent granted
to a representative in England OF the Iii
nois lodge be withdrawn.