The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-02-14
Miscellaneous News Items.

1t is held by high authority that the federal
government has no Jurisdiction over the
building of certain bridges at Duluth con-
tempIated by bill now before congress, the
waters being wholly within the state.
1t is feared there will be revival of the
trouble between the non-citizens and officers
of the ChickasaW Nation over the cattle tax.
Agent Owen has received instructions to put
out all non-eitizeQs who refuse to pay the
tax.
Gen. Boulanger, in an interview, declared
that his programme was the adoption of the
American constitution, but with n ten-year
presidency; the formation of council ofstate
to prepare and submit laws to a non-deliber=
tive national council of 500 member, half to
be elected by universal suffage and half to be
chosen by the provinces and to sit only one
month in the year, and the granting of limit
ed located government to the provinces.
The recall of Mr.. SewalI, the American con-
sui in Samoa, has produced an excellent im-
pressi 81 in Berlin. The Post and other pa
pers urge the necessity of the recall of the En-
glish consul also, who, it is alleged, contri-
buted largely to the causing of the troubles.
The three powers might then, the papers say,
be represented by other trustworthy agents,
who would assist in bringing about the
friendly settlement desired.
A meeting of old soldiers of bot of the
Confederate and Union armies was held at
the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, for the
purpose of devisiug the best method by
which to raise funds for the permanent es-
Establishment OF q Confederate soldiers
home at Austin, Tex. Speeches we're made
by Maj Stewart of Texas and others. A
committee was appointed to push the pro-
ject. 1t was announced that Chauncey M.
Depew had consented TO act as treasurer.
1t has leaked out through some of the local
assemblies that the Knights of Labor, as an
organization are about to return to abso-
lutte secrecy. George Sehilling was asked
about the matter, and his reply was: eff the
knights are going to become secret and we
| cant keep that secret, we shall not be able
to keep the main secret which is if it is any
thing that the Knights will hereafter be I'M
known" BY another leader it is plainly
stated that the reorganization on the secret
plan has already begun
A petition has been presented to the domin.
on parliament for the incorporation of the
Manitoba e Southwestern railway, running
southerly from Winnipeg to point on the
international boundary in Minnesota between
ranges and 16 east The inoorporators
and Roger Marion and e, Trudel of st. Boni
face, with capital stock of 100000. Thii
is the road which is projected to connect witt
the Duluth & Winnipeg at the boundary.
A movement is on foot at Chicago to Sc
cure the pardon of Oscar W. Neebe, one o
the anarchists tried for the Haymarket con
spracy and who was sentenced for ffteer
years imprisonment. His brother has fol
more THAI year been urging the PioIeel
| Aid and Support association and other or
CARNATIONS friendly to the anarchists, tc
take some steps in his behalf, but for som,
reason these societies could not be induced
| to move except for Fielder, Schwab anC
| Neebe together. Finally the friends ofNeebt
| determined to press his case on his individu
al merits aand a petition to Gov. Fifer is nov
| Icing circulated.
The Western roads have determined on O
policy OF retrenchment in the state of Iowa.
| In view of the adverse action of the railroad
commissioners Of that state, the manage
ments of the leading Iowa roads believe tina
there will be no injustice in very materially
curtailing the. railway service OF that state
1t is proposed to drop aIlunnacessary passer
4 gcr trains, and all local trains will run OF
slower time schedules, A large number o
employees will be dropped from the pay rqlls
and inevery way possible the roads win Bt
tempt to reduce expenses. The theory OF
which the Iowa roads will hereafter be op
Grated viii be that the people of Iowa or o
any other state are not entitled to first class
railway service unless they pay fer IL. Man
/ ager Ripley, Of the Burlington road, estimates
the loss TO the Burlington Company, oc
casioned by the new schedule rates in Iowa
at $3.50, 900 per month.