The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-11-20
TIE. GRAPHIC. BREvrTlEs.

IT,, GRAPHIC BREvrTlEs.
Canadian lumber exports via the ST.
Lawrence, fell off SO per cent. this year.,
1t is reported that Queen Victoria
will spend the coming winter in Flor
ence.
Tams Bixby has succeeded R. 6.
Elliott as Gov. Nerriam's private Sec
rotary.
The second cotton crop Of Egypt is
described as very satisfactory, both as
to quantity and quality.
Queen Emma, of Holland, has been
appointed regent to govern the kingdom
during the illness of King William.
Lieut.. A. G. Boxer, U. S. NJ, has been
ordered to duty in connect, on with the
worlds Columbian exposition, Chicago.
The largest factory in the world de
voted exclusively to rubber shoelnaking
was dedicated at Woensocket. r. L..
last week. sss...-s.ss
Preparations are being made for the
installlnent of Queen Emma as regent
of Holland on Thursday. The kings
condition is unchanged. I'll
Kansas City has a militia strike on it's
hands. The Third regiment wants q
,0G0 armory and threatens to dis
band unless it is shortly forthcoming.
The president has appointed John
Corcoran alternate commissioner for
West Virginia on the worlds fair COM
mission, vice NJ. j. Finley, deceased.
Postmaster Van Colt, Of New York..
dismissed seven letter carriers who We're
recently detected acting as agents for
green goods" swindlers. .I .~..
The japanese stand ct the head in the
matter of divorce. A native of Bizen
has just been divorced from his thirty
fifth wife, and is about to marry his
thirty-sixth.
Attorney General Miller has given an
opinion that the anti-lottery law does
not prohibit the guessing contests" now
much in vogue among newspapers as
means of advertising. .''.
Mr.. Goschen, chancellor of the excEe-
quer, was elected lord rector of the
university of Edinburgh. Mr.. Goschen
received 1878 votes and his competitor,
Sir Charles Russell, COL.
By an amendment to the constitution
Of the Knights of Labor district assem-
blles are forbidden to order strikes or
boycotts without tie sanction of the
grand master workman.
A dispatch from Madrid says that the
total number Of deaths from cholera in
Spain during the present epidemic is
about 5000. The disease las not yet
been stamped out in Valencia.
At the recent election held at tho
university of Glasgow, Mr.. Balfour,
chief secretary for Ireland, was elected
to the Office of lord rector, receiving 94S
votes, as against TT cast for the Earl Of
Aberdeen.
Patrick Delaney, who was implicated
in the Phoenix park murders, and, was
serving a sentence Of life imprisonment,
has been released from prison. He was
a witness for The London Times before
the Parnen commission.
Amsterdam advices state that Sweden
has notified Belgium that the former
country will not accede to any annual
contribution to the support of the Congo
Free State, Sweden having no commerce
whatever with the Congo.
3 Suspicion of the existence of conspir-
acy against the Dupont powder firm at
Wilmington was again confirmed by
the burning of large barn ard it's con-
tents, valued at i4,0o0. Two arrests
were made on suspicion.
The Pennsylvania canal commission
will report favor&bly to the next legis-
lature for the construction of IL ship
canal from Lake Erie TO the Ohio river
A route 125 miles long has been selected.
The cost is estimated ~ $23, 001, O00
Charles L. Terry, the ex-United States
customs inspector at Seattle, Was, who
is charged with smuggling, gave him.
self up to the authorities. He was con-
verted at a revival meeting, and besides
making restitution to the government is
willing to suffer punishment.
The trial of Michael Eyraud, the
stranger, who, with Gabrielle Rompard
as his accomplice. is charged with hay
ing murdered Nj. Goutfe,,a notary in
Paris, ON July 26, 1889, and who was
subsequently captured in Havana, has
been postponed until Dec. Is.
According to dispatch from Aus
tralia, Sir Samuel Griffith, prime minis
ter CT Queensland, has declared himself
in favor Of the establishment Of an Aus
tralian nation, governed by IN Aus
tralian parliament. with all the powers
now exercised by the parliament of
Great Britain. 49,,
tt is reported that the Great Northern
Railway company will sue the Mani
toba government for $500, 600 for breach
of contract. The company had an
agreement, so it is alleged, with the
Norquay government, which the Green
way government ignored in favor of the
Northern Pacific on coming into power.
1t is learned from Vienna that the pro-
posed French tariff is causing much;
more CONSERVATION in Austro-H Hungary
than the American tariff, especially the
duty on timber, Hungary and Croatia
having been for many years the chief
source of supply for material for French
wine casks. Austria may retaliate by
putting q duty on champagne.
According to cablegram from Him
dostan the government authorities who
are taking the sense of various classes
OF Hindoos in relation to change iu
any general sentiment favoring q
change. On the contrary q strong:
prejudice against interference is shown
by many, especially the Brahmins.
! Adyices from Melbourne represent
due to the irritation of the trades unions
the law with rigor during the recent
strike. But at Sydney, n. S. W., the
Parkes ministry, which has dealt much
more severely with the strikers than the
authorities Of Victoria, was sustained
!, by an emphatic vote.
Much feeling has been aroused in En-
glish military circles by the charge;
made in Count d'Herrisson's Just pub
Eshed life of the late Prince Imperial,
that Lient Darcy. who commanded the
reconnaissance in which the prince lost
his life, deliberately caused the death of
the prince to crafty political friends in
France. This statements is looked upon
as unworthy Of any credence.
2 The following populations make an
interesting comparisons: Russian en-
pire,. 113, 454, 649; United States, 6aas4S0,-
$40; Germany, 1885,, 400; Austria
Hungary, 40. 4S4. EOS; France, Sc, 21S, GO3;
Great Britain and Ireland, 81, 246, 633;
Italy, 26, 100000; Spain, 17,550,246. It
is only question of time when we shall
lead ever, Russia, and with our increase