The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-02
TELEGRAPHlC sREvsTIES.

Two-thirds of the cotton spinners O
England have reached an agreement t,
run on half time for a month.
Secretary Tracy has accepted an invi
tation to visit Secretary Blaine at Ba
Harbor during the latter part of August
The Brotherhood of American Railwa,
Brakeman of Canada and the Unitet
States is in session at Toronto. The at
tendance exceeds 200.
The British war vessel Sultan which
struck a hidden rock at Malta and sanl
short time ago has been successful,
raised.
Joseph Howell, charged with causing
the death of his paramonr, Malinda Hall
by abortion, and then killing and burn
ing her four children, is on trial at Lin
neus, Mo.
At Cincinnati the dry dock building
on Eastern avenue, Fulton, were dam
aged by fire to the amount of $50, 1000
The origin of the fire is supposed to b,
incendiary.
At a meeting of representative bust
ness men at New York it was decided t.
hold a worlds fair there in 1899. Mayor
Grant was made permanent chairman o.
the committee.
The contract with the Union Iror
works, of San Francisco, for the con
struction of a coast defense vessel ha,
been signed by Secretary Tracy. TIL,
contract price is $700,0O0.
Frank Blunt, colored, was hanged a
Valdosta, Ga, at II 80 q. M, for tn,
murder of Willis Miller, on the night O.
May 20, on a negro excursion train. Fl,
claimed his innocence to the last.
Statements in San Francisco that sur
viving sailors on American vessels a
Samoa were cruelty treated and heart
lessly abandoned have been exploded by
the report of commission appointed t
investigate the affair.
The ferryboat Brooklyn of the Hamil
ton ferry on her trip from BROOKLYN tx
New York ran into and sunk the tugboa
Burgess. No one was injured. Tht
crew of the tugboat were rescued by the
Brooklyn. The latter sustained blu,
slight damage.
The Canadian government has had ont
of the persons afflicted with leprosy In
Inverness county, G. B., removed to the
leprosy lazaretto at Tracadie, N. B
1t is understood that there is some doubt
about the other two cases reported, bui
they are being investigated and actor
on them will be taken at once.
A loaded freight train ran into an
open switch in Frankfort, Ind, yardi
and the engine and five cars were com
pletely demolished. When Engineer
Green saw the danger he threw hii
14-year-old son through the window and
then jumped himself. Neither were
badly hurt.
The report current that the Northern
Pacific had placed $16, 900 100 collateral
trust fives in Berlin is declared by MIR.
A. Marcus. who is acting with Mr.. Vii
lard to be nonsense. As to what DISPOSE
ton may be made of the proceeds OF the
loan when it is authorized it would. he
says, be premature to say anything al
this time, although part of it may be
used to retire the 9 per cent Oregon
Transcontinenta bonds.
At Muncie, Ind, the large brick build
ing owred by J. II. Smith & Co.. and
occupied by them as factory for the
manufacture of wooden implements was
entirely destroyed by fire. The loss will
reach $780, and $50 men are thrown
out of employment. The blaze started
in the engine room and spread with fear.
full rapidity. The fire plugs were not In
working order and the fire company was
unable to throw any water on the fire
until 1t was too late to save the structure.