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-
templated 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-citiZoQs 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.. Sewall, the American con-
sui in Samoa, has produced an excellent i'm
| pressi - 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
meeting OF old soldiers of bot h of the
Confederate and Union armies was held at
| the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, for the
purpose of devising the best method by
! which to raise funds for the permanent es-
| tablishment OF 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 NJ.
| Depew had consented to act as treasurer.
| 1t has leaked ont through some of the local
assemblies that the Knights of Labor, as an
organization are about to return to abso-
! lutte secrecy. George Schilling was asked
| about the matter, and his reply was: ''If the
| can't 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 un-
! known" BY another leader it is plainly
| stated that the reorganization on the secret
| plan has already begun.
petition has been presented to the domin.
| on parliament for the incorporation of the
| Manitoba & Southwestern railway, running
southerly from Winnipeg to point on the
| international boundary in Minnesota between
| ranges and 16 east The incorporators
! T. H. Carman, w. r, Sinclair of Winnipeg,
and Roger Marion and E, Trudel of St. Bonis
face, with capital stock of 100000 This
| is the road which is projected to connect with
| the Duluth & Winnipeg at the boundary.
movement is on foot at Chicago to Sc.
| cure the pardon of Oscar w. Neebe, one ot
the anarchists tried for the Haymarket con-
| spiracy and who was sentenced for fifteen
| years Imprisonment. His brother has for
more than year been urging the Pioneer
| Aid and Support association and other or
| CARNATIONS friendly to the anarchists, to
| take some steps in his behalf, but for some
reason these societies could not. be induced
| to move except for Fielden, Schwab and
Neebe together. Finally the friends ofNecbe
determined to press his case on his individu.
al merits ,sond a petition to Gov. Fifer is now
being 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
nents of the leading Iowa roads believe that
there will be no injustice in very materially
curtailing the railway service of that state
| 1t is proposed to drop allunnecessary passen.
gcr trains, and all local trains will run on
slower time schedules, large number oi
employees will be dropped from the pay rolls,
and in'every way possible the roads will at
tempt to reduce expenses. The theory on
which the Iowa roads will hereafter be op.
Grated will be that the people of Iowa or Of
any other state are not entitled to first class
railway service unless they pay for IL, Ma y.
/ 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.