The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-10-24
NEWS BREvlTIEs.
In the Northwest.

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burned to death, at Marble Rock. Iowa.
He went into the barn with a lantern.
The building caught fire and all was
consumed.
A verdict of l cent damages was re-
turned by the jury in favor Of Mrs. II.
A. Miller in suit for 81, 900 damages
brought by her against The Lemars
Qowa) Herald. The Herald, in speaking
of Mrs. Miller, alluded to her as a slow.
dirty character" which remark. Mrs.
Miller claimed, was in the nature of q
libel.
Nina Huddle, aged about Ii. who has
been living with her sister, Mrs. j. l..
Spencer, at Des Moines, started to school
as usual Friday morning and until Sun
day her whereabouts was unknown.
Sunday afternoon her books were found
ON the banks of the river, and further
search revealed her body in the river.
clearly indicating suicide. No motive
is known for the deed, as she was of q
quiet, retiring disposition.
Susan B. Anthony and Miss Anna
Shaw, female suffrage advocates, held
three meetings in Sioux City, Sunday,
advocating universal suffrage. In the
afternoon they spoke to big crowd at
the Peavy Grand opera house. They
are en- route from Central South Dakota
to the Black Hills, where they will
spend the remaining time until election
in talking in favor of the amendment to
be voted on in that state this fall.
In General.
At Napa, CAL, Corbetts yearlipg colt
Freedom, trotted mile Saturday in
5000, beating the yearling stallion
record of 2:35.
The New York Herald saws it is ru-
mored in theatrical circles that the
McCaull Opera company had become
turn soon to New York. A continued
run of poor business is the chief cause
of the trouble.
At Atlantic City, N. j., squall
struck and upset small sail boat off
Rum Point, in which We're two men.
Curtis Conover, and Edward O'Brien.
The former was drowned but O'Brien
caught hold of the center board of the
boat and was rescued.
At Wooster, Ohio, burglars bound and
gagged Waterman Amos Ober. at
Redell's mills, near Fredericksburg. and
took his watch. They blew open the
safe, but secured nothing. Upon learn
ing that the Waterman was a Door man
they gave him back his watch, but left
him gagged.
A special to The New York Herald
from Galveston, Tex, says the Beaumont
car works, owned by a syndicate of
Boston capitalists will be located at
Beaumont, Tex The citizens of that
town have subscribed 100000 to She
enterprise. The company has a cash
capital 100000.
The Arbeiter Zeitung appeals to the
delegates to the miners congress at
Vienna, beginning next Sunday to agi-
tate the demand for an eight-hour day.
Russia will begin Immediately the
construction of a new railway between
Bialystock, Poland, and the Austrian
frontier, to be available for the mobiliz-
alton OF troops in case of war.
The Italian government has notified
Don Carlos, in view Of his recent note
claiming to be the legitimate king OF
Spain, that he must abstain from ali
open assertion of his alleged title or
leave Italy. Don Carlos is now at Ven.
ice.
The memorial stones Of the new build.
ings of the printers aims houses at
London were laid Sunday by the Bar.
oness Burdett- Coutts and Mrs. w. Fl.
Collinridge. The baroness is liberal
contributor to the charity, which is for
the benefit of WORKOUT printers.
Advices from Holland state that the
health of Queen Emma is seriously af.
fected by her continual attendance on
her husband, the king, and that it is
owing to her reluctance to admit the
hopeless condition of the king that the
appointment of regent has been de-
MED.
A bill is being introduced at the com.
ing session of parliament enabling cler.
gymen in holy orders to sit as members
of the house of commons, from which
they are now excluded, although large
number of prelates sit in the house OF
lords. Lord Coleridge declares himself
opposed to the change.
A town of England, Skiddaw. Cum
berland, stands unique as township OF
one house and one solitary male adult
lnhabitant. The man is deprived of
his vote because of the fact that there
are no overseers to make out voters
list, and no church or public school
building on which to publish one if
made.