The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-05-22
BRIEF REPORTS On NEWS
A Concise Summary OF Events
That Have Occurred During
the Past Week.
Short Recitals of Crime, Disas-
tiers, and General Happen
ingS Of Interest,

tiers, and General Happen
| ings of Interest.
The Republican national committee
will meet at Washington, May %.
Sullivan has decided to fight Nc
,Auliffe before he meets Jackson.
Josiah Stanford, brother of Senator
Stanford, died at Oakland, Cal, Thurs
| day.
Minnesota State Republican conven-
| ton has been called to meet in st. Paul,
July "a.
The Ohio Republican convention has
been called to meet at Cleveland
July Is.
Kansas City's treasurer is short be-
tween $4,000 and 100000. Has been
suspended.
The Milwaukee road is to construct
stock yards in the Sioux reservation OBJ
pOsite Chamberlain.
The Canadian parliament has passed
bill providing a bounty on pig iron made
+ from Canadian ore.
The plant of the Winona Mill COM
pany, at Winona, Mimi, burned. Loss
estimated at $500 900.
Henry Freeman, an Illinois farmer
was robbed of $13 900 at the railway sta
ton at Delaware, Ohio.
The great FLY Flyaway has broken
down and is a hopeless cripple. Spo-
kanc has been retired for the season.
Mrs. Leslie denies the report from
London that her visit there is for the
purpose of marrying the Marquis de
Leuville.
Water broke into caisson of the new
louisville, KY, bridge, killing three.
This is the second accident of the kind
at the place.
Iowa Indians have signifed their will
lngness to negotiate for the disposal Of
their lands and the taking Of lands in
severalty.
An uprising occurred at Porto Allegro,
Brazil, part of the troops joining the
insurgents. The outbreak was promptly
suppressed.
August F. Pantzker who is claimed to
be the oldest volunteer soldier of the
late war died at Massillon, Ohio, Sum
day, aged so.
The Burlington and Northern has an
nounced a So rate from Chicago to st.
Paul. 1t is expected it will reach 81 be-
for the war is over. ..
The clause forbidding strikes in the
Order of Railway Conductors was re-
sclnded at Wednesdays session of the
general convention, at Rochester, N. Y.
John Crouch, a farmer, his wife and
gen, near Bentleysville, Pa, We're found
dead in their home with their threats
cut. Robbery is the only reason known
for the deed,
By the explosion Of a keg of powder in
a Havana fire thirty-four persons were
killed and many others injured. Among
the killed were four fire chiefs and the
Venezuela consul.
Secretary Tracy has approved the
findings of the courtmartial in the
McCalla case. The commander is sus-
pended for three years without loss of
his number ON the navy roll
According to reports received at the
st. Paul signal Office the rains of Satur-
day and Sunday were general through
out the Northwest. The benefit to
crops is timely and incalculable.
The United States supreme court has
rendered decision in a Minnesota case
that the practice of money loaners
charging commission on obtaining
loan IS usury and punishable according
ly.
The Russian government is informed
that the city of Tomsk, West Siberia,
has been almost totally destroyed by
food and fire, involving the loss Of
! many thousands. particulars are OBJ
tainable.
BY the explosion of gas in the Ashley
mine. at Wilkesbarre, Pa. twenty-eight
/ miners were imprisoned Thursday.
Three bodies have been recovered. All
hope of getting the others out alive has
been abandoned.