The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-05-15
IN GENERAL,

A commission to report the feasibility of
uniting New York and Brooklyn in one has
been created at Albany.
F. Slingutf, cashier o the Montgomery pa
National bank, has resigned, and is charged
with irregularities amounting to $4,000.
Lehman & Richman, clothing manufactur-
ers Of Cleveland. Ohio, have failed. Assets
and liabilities about 100000.
The bleached bones of little Annie III rich,
missing from Wilkes Barre, Pa, three years
have been found on the Upper Lehigh m oun-
talns.
Judge Creighton, OF Sangamon county,
ILL.,, has declared that tobacco is not a neces-
leCted from n minor.
The National Association of Railway Sur
geons concluded it's annual meeting at Kan
sas City and adjourned to meet at Buffalo.
n. Y, May 2 1891. Dr. Warren b. Sutton
of st. Louis was elected president.
The executive committee of the Nations al
Editorial association is in session in Cincin-
natl to prepare programme tor the meet
ing to be held in Boston June %. The
American Publishers association may unite
with the editors.
At the city election in St. Paul the demo
ing from 1900 tC over 1000 Robert A.
Smith was elected mayor; John W. Roche,
comptroller George Refs and all the other
democratic candidates except three alder
men.
Wyie Leaphart (colored) was shot and
killed in Lexington jail, South Carolina.
Leaphart was convicted of rape on Rosa Can
non, a young girl ut her home, while the rest
of her family were away, and was sentenced
to be hanged April Is. Leaphart watched
the mob, and realizing that he would be
killed. seized a long iron rod and awaited
the attack As the lYnchers shot through
the grating of his cell he fought like mani.
ac wouAding one of the party. Some 800
shots were poured into the CELL and the man
was literally riddled with bullets, which were
pirked up afterwards in the room by hand
fuls.
Wausau, Wis, has been thrown into fe-
yer of excitement over q letter received by E.
B. Sanders, register of the United States land
office. threatening the lives of himself and
the receiver, August kickbusch. The letter
was mailed at Rhinelander, Wis, and is
signed "Brutus, Chief OF White Caps" The
letter states that the white caps have been
informed that these officials are in league
with certain parties to de:raud poor men out
OF their legal rights to make homestead en-
tries on certain pieces of water reserve land,
and that with their know ledge, papers have
already been made out to be declared taken
as soon as the office is open to receive filings.
Additional reports of the ravages of spot
ted fever near Franklin, Tenn. have been re-
ceived confirming and augmenting the hor-
rOrs. The disease is unusually fatal, nine
out OF every ten persons attacked dying.
The fever had brie: run in Sumner and
Webster counties about two months ago but
disappeared and people were greatly elated
at their seeming escape, but recently it reap
peared and within 4S hours of its coming
had taken five lives. dozen more have
since died. and the people OF the stricken dis.
tricys have about concluded to abandon it
toreIer, as this is the fifth visitation of the
disease, Farms and all kinds of stock can
be boug 1T for u song. The origin of the dis.
ga So is not known. 1t comes without warn.
ing and goes as suddenly.