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 disrOn
tinue the charges which have recently been
made by him of ten cents per head upon all
cattle shipped 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 a 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 severity
for responding to the sheritf's call for aid
The fifty men who marched from st. John to
DuuSelth TO assist the sheriff in collecting
taxes from halfbreeds 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
ernor. 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 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 COiOr1d engineers have been driven
out of the state. The local military compan-
ions have been called out i'll Wayne county
to aid her farmers in preventing negroes
from deserving their labors The whites have
asked the Legislature for law covering the
case, and the blacks have retaIiated 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 Il 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 ia 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 circulating lihelOuA
reports against the character OF Mrs. H. s.
| Turney, mother of the notorious young erin.
| inal. Chester Turney Judge Given had in.
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
| sympathies we're moved and he promised TO
| give the case a 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 so many
| letters asking why he did not pardon tho
Tu1ney boy" that he decided to publish
the papers on file in his Office, and mail these
as q 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.