The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-02-28
Miscellaneous News Items.

The secretary of the interior has instructed
the commissioner of Indian affairs to direct
the agent on the Crow reservation to disrOu-
tinue the charges which have recently been
made by him of ten cents per head upon all
cattle Skinned by the Northern Pacific road
from the stations of Huntley and Custer,
both Of which are on the reservation. The
cattle from the northern ranges have TO he
driven about u mile across the reservation IN
order to get to these stations, and the agent
has been in the habit of making this charge
under instructions issued by Commissioner
Upshaw.
The conflict between civil authorities and
half-breeds on the Turtle Mountain, Dakota
reservation has ceased for Il short time The
appeal to Gov. Church for countenance and
aid has met AN exceedingly cool reception. 1t
is understood by parties coming from st.
John that the governor chides the officer in
command of the militia companies severly
for responding to the sheritf's call for aid.
The fifty men who marched from ST. John to
DunSeith to assist the sheriff in collecting
taxes from half-breeds returned without the
taxes or property. Their plan. which was to
carry away stock for the payment was frus-
trated by the belligerent attitude of the gov
eruOr. The Breeds are gathered i'll large
squads in the mountains and breath defiance.
Scarcely less determined are the inhabitants
of St. John and the county officials. The
present truce will last Il few days only, and
then the sheriff is determined to push the col
lection of taxes at any cost BlOOdshed will
be prevented only by the most careful work.
North Carolina is on the verge of u race
war, growing out of the negro exodus. All
railroad colored engineers have been driven
out of the state The local military cOmpan-
ions have been called out in Wayne county
to aid her farmers in preventing negroes
from desertng their labors The whites have
asked the Legislature for a law covering the
case, and the blacks have retaliated by call
ing public meetings, at which resolutions are
adopted declaring that their treatment by
the whites makes life in the state unbearable.
The resolutions adopted at a monster meet
ing in GOldsbOrO contained this clause:
God is at the head of this move, and not
the Richmond & Danville Railroad company.
The voice of John Brown iS sounding in the
ears of the sons ofHam, and the great South
west says: Come, we have lands, and the
oppressed conscience of the negro says Go,
and We are going" A gentleman who Just
reached Atlanta says that an outbreak may
be expected at any moment. The North
Carolina newspapers conceal the critical ma
ture of the situation.
Much surprise is expressed in Iowa at the
action of the Polk county grand Jury in in
dieting Gov Larrabee for rcirculating libelous
reports against the character OF Mrs. H. s.
Turney, mother of the notorious young Grim.
maj, hester L uTueE. Judge ulSen ndu Ill
structed the jury that the papers containing
the alleged libelous matter were public doe
uments on file in the goveroner's Office and
as such were privileged communications. 1t
was supposed that this judicial opinion
would put an end to the proceedings The
governor, on receiving notice, demanded an
Immediate trial OF the case. When the story
was first told the governor by the mother.
and other friends OF the young man, his
svmpathies we're moved and he promised TO
give the case thorough investigation. This
he did, and concluded that the young man,
deserved at least measure of the penalty
imposed by the court, and that he should
not interfere while the case was pc lding be-
fore the supreme court. He received go many
letters asking why he did not pardon tho
Tulney boy" that he decided to publish
the papers on file in his Office, and mail these
az sufficient answer to the inquiries ad.
dressed to him. These papers. it is charged.
contain statements de:amatory to the char
acter of Mrs. Turney.