The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-10-03
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There is prospect for an entire census
recount for Oregon.
Over 200, 900 copies OF Mr. Child's
aRecollections Of Gen. Grant have
been sold.
One Colorado county has 100 artesiaa
wells. New ones do not decrease the
dow Of the old ones.
Four children of the noted infdel, Ed
win T. Osbaideston, were baptised by
Bishop Potter, of New York.
Powell Bros, Of Atchison, Kan, are
putting in crop of over 5000 acres Of
wheat in Rocks county, Kan.
John Sowders died at Riegelsville, n.
j., Friday, at the advanced age of 90
years. He is said to have been the sld-
est Grand Army veteran in the United
States.
Corporal Tanner has taken the editor
ship of The Republic, a New York.
monthly magazine devoted to the Grand
Army. He will not relinquish his PEN
sion business in Washington.
Among Wellesley's freshmen is q
young Japanese, Miss 0. Tadzu Suglye,
who has been teaching Chinese in this
country and who comes to Wellesley to
finish her education.
The next important step in the build
ing of the new navy will be taken this
week, when bids are opened for the con-
struction Of three battle ships and the
swift triple screw cruisers.
Premier Mercier, of Quebec, made an
aggressive French Canadian speech Sat-
urday saying the provinces will remain
loyal as long as Great Britain respects
its laws, customs and language.
The report of the Illinois weather
crop service shows that there was
bountiful harvest of corn and that none
of it was injured by frost. A large
acreage of winter wheat is being sown.
Mr.. Charles r. Deacon, well known
Journalist of Philadelphia, and secretary
of the famous Clover club, has been APP
pointed press agent for the Philadelphia
and Reading road, vice Horace Porter,
deceased.
Manager Weir, of the Adams Express
company, partly denies the reports Of
sweeping reductions in the salaries in
the company. The salaries are not to
be reduced he says. A slight reduction
in the force employed will be made,
however.
The stage from Lompere, CAL, was
robbed on Wednesday last near Los
Alomos, Santa Barbara county, by q
masked man and the express box taken.
Four men from Los Alomos started an
pursuit. Among the party was John 81.
Conway, who after twenty-four hours
riding, overlook the robber and over
powered him. The fobber confessed
and said his name was Harry West.
Foreign.
The dyeing houses of DuPetit &
Mouret at Amiens, France, have been
destroyed by fire.
Scotch Ironmasters have given notice
to their men that unless settlement OF
disputes is had by Oct. A wholesale
lockout viii take place. a crisis in the
trade is impending.
+ The Italian government intends to ask
the chamber OF deputies for grant to
be used In the construction of 5000 sub
marine torpedoes of a new pattern,
which is beiieyed by naval experts to be
unexcelled
4 nC sslaIGuAEAt - ild0C k44eA1 tilS IIllIt
of imperial German commissioner te
East Africa will be done away with.
Baron Won Soden viii assume the posi-.
.tion of governor of the colony with all
the powers at present reposed in the
commission.
The Berlin ReichsanZeiger says that
Sir E. DeWinton, governor of the Brit,
ish East Africa company, has censured
Mr.. Thompson, the company's official
who insulted the German flag when
taking possession of Vitu, and has apol.
ogized TO Germany. The apology has
been accepted.
Letters from Russia state that the ep
idemic of cruelty to the Jews continues
to rage with undated fury. The peas
ants and citizens whose natural hatred
of the Israelites is no longer held in
check by the example of local authori
ties, indulge in all forms of annoyance
and persecution.
The Zone system of low and uniform
passenger tariffs adopted some time age
by the Austro- Hungarian railways has
proved so remarkably profitable as well
as so satisfactory to the public, that il
has been decided to extend the system
to freight rates. The governments Of
other countries have been carefully
studying the question of the Zone
system, and it is reported that Germany
contemplates speedy trial of the prin-
ciple on the German state railways.