New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-30

ministry has been in New York and its
vicinity. He was pastor at different times
of the Green Point tabernacle, the Wash.
ington Street and the New York Avenue
churches OF Brooklyn and Trinity and the
First Methodist church OF New Haven.
Wholesale Dakota Conventions.
Gen. Hugh J. Campbells call for con-
yention OF divisionists and statehood sup
porters will be before the public in q few
days. It's all prepared and will appear
in the newspapers simultaneously. The
call is for d general convention Of 700
delegates composed OF North and South
Dakota men, at Huron July 10 and IL. 1t
is signed by II. j. Campbell of Yankton,
John A. Owen OF De Smet, j. C.
mittee Of the State OF South Dakota. The
object OF the convention will be to lay
out plans for the fall campaign an to
unite diyisionists from all Dakota in q
solid phalanx. Following closely upon
the call for a general convention will come
several calls-one for a convention OF the
legal bar OF Dakota at Huron, July IL.
Its object will be to review and pass upon
the work OF the general convention as to
it's legality. This cause is assigned by
over one hundred prominent attorneys.
There is also a call for q convention OF
farmers and business men OF Oak TIA for
July IL. The call is drawn by Hon. d. w.
Diggs OF Milbank, and signed by over three
hundred bankers and tradesmen. It's OBJ
lect is to express the views OF the mercan-
tile interests as TO steps recon-
mended by the general convention. Then
there is a call for p convention OF the
Dakota press for July 10, at Huron, to
lend aid to the divisionist and lay plans
for future work through the press. The
call is drawn by Augustine Davis, editor
OF the Dakota Huronite. and w. S. Bowen,
editor OF the Yankton Press and Dakoti
an, and signed by over one hundred
Dakota editors. There is a call for
a convention OF ministers of Dakota,
at Huron July u, drawn by Rev.
D. D. McCaslin Of Huron. Rev. Joseph
Ward, D. D., president OF Yankton college,
and Rev. G. E.. Hager OF Madison, and
signed by 400 other ministers. Its object
is to review the proceedings of the general
convention, and advise the people as to
the morality and rightfulness of division
and statehood plans. One thousand dele
gates are expected to be present. The diff
erent'calls are signed by leading men in
North-and South Dakota.
The United States treasurer has paid out
So, 900 during the present month on
neCo uuU VI peuSiouS dlOue, uOGHlGilSG dnQ-
ing which fact the excess OF receipts over
expenditures during the month is nearly
IS, O0O, 600 The treasury surplus. which
fell to sos, 600, 900 at one time during the
month, has again risen to $1O1. 100000.
The president has approved the act au-
thorizing him to arrange a conference be-
tween the United States and Mexico, Cen
trail America, Hayti, San Domingo and
Brazil; the act to limit the hours that let
ter carriers in cities shall be employed per
day, and the act for the relief Of the first
National Bank OF Marion, Iowa.
Sir Charles Topper has resigned as min
lister OF finance in the Canadian govern
nent, and has been reappointed high COM
missioner for Canada in London. Hon.
c. g. Foster. minister OF marine, has been
appointed minister OF finance.
Acyclone swept over Browntown, twenty
five miles east OF Browntown, Texas, de.
stroying the Methodist, Baptist and Con
gregational churches and eight dwelling
houses. One building was carried across
the railroad track and crushed, and
Amanda Willis, colored, who had taken
refuge inside, was instantly killed. Eight
persons, including the sheriff and county
recorder, were fatally injured.
Mrs. George Reed, of Napannee. sElkhart
county, Indiana, took her three m onths.
old child in her arms and jumped into
well-both were drowned. She lett a note
saying that she was tired OF living and
would take her child with her to rest. Her
age was %.
The body OF Adelbert Kreiger, OF Dav.
ton O., who died suddenly at Chicago, was
cremated at Cincinnati in the unfinished
crematory on Clifton Heights. There was
no ceremony.
Nho M l.,
up the following State ticket: Lieut.. Gov,
Z. II. DAZZLE OF Dane; Secretary OF State,
Nelson Ladue OF. La Fayette; Treasurer.
D. G. Prescott of Marinette; Attorney
General, G. E. Pike, OF Winnebago; State
Superintendent, j. IL. Gould OF Wads.
worth; Railway Commissioner, 3. w
Drake. OF Milwaukee; Insurance Commits
s1oner, s. M. Bixby OF st. Croix.
The Cincinnati Price Current offers to
substantiate it's charge that information
has leaked out from the department OF
grain speculator, whereby the latter was
enabled to profit by his knowledge OF the
Forthcoming crop report. The paper as
serts that the leak WAS not from Statisti-
clan Dodge, but from higher official.
The corner stone of the great Roman
Catholic University at Washington was
laid with great pomp and ceremony. The
grand stand was we'll filled with promi-
nent people, and among them the following
prelates: The cardinal archbishop OF Bal
timore, James Gibbon; Archbishops Will
Jams, Corrigan, salpointe, Elder and Ire
land; Bishops Northrup, Moore, Curtis,
0'Reilley, Spalding Macs, Radamacher,
Fitzgerald, Jannssens, Wigeer, Phelan,
Keane, Kahn, Mcmahon, Hardins, Gil.
mour, Richter, O'sullivan. Ryan, McNier-
ney. McGovern, Haid. President Cleve-
land occupied a seat on the platform be-
tween Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop
Ireland.
The big log jam at Little Falls, Wiscon-
sin. now extends for distance OF fourteen
miles. The logs are piled in some places
from seventy-fve to one hundred feet high.
The scene is one OF the greatest imagin-
able, and is attracting great crowds OF
sight-seers despite the weather. large
crew OF men is constantly at work at
tempting TO break it.