The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-27
HERE AND THERE.

Barker Bros, bankers and brokers OF
Philadelphia, fail for three millions. Whar-
ton Barker is a member OF the firm.
The congressional judiciary committee to
investigate charges against United States
District Judge Boardman, has arrived at
Shreveport, La.
The purchase by the Rockefellers of 10O,-
900 shares of Northern Pacific stock causes
much speculative gossip. 1t is affirmed and
promptly denied that Willard is to be ousted
The driers in the various block coal
mines in the vicinity of Brazil, Ind, are out
on a strike for an advance of from S1.87h
to 50 per day.
Rev. Oswald Birchall of London has for
warded to Ottawa q request, backed by in
huential names, for the surrender of his
brothers body to Mrs. Brchall.
Gov. Steele of Oklahoma has returned the
bills to the Legislature without his signature
or approval, locating the capital at King
fisher. This leaves the capital at Guthrie.
Judge Bookstaver, of the court of common
pleas OF New York, has granted motion to
appoint a receiver for O'Donovan Rossa's
paper, the United Irish man.
Owing to the lax management of the Min
neapols workhouee many prisoners have
been escaping for some time past, the mum.
Der being estimated at $50.
The will o. the late Robert Ray Hamilton
hos been offere for probate in New York
The document makes no mention of Hamil-
toms wife. The bulk OF the estate is left to
the children.
At Peoria, ILL.,, all the freight handlers,
switchmen, engineers and fremen OF the
Peoria & Pekin Union, $50 men, have gone
on strike, The men wanted their pay Sat-
urdays instead of Mondays.
The annual meeting of the Law and Order
society will be held in Pittsburg. About 100
delegates, representing all the law and order
organizations in the country, are expected
to be in attendance.
A remarkable surgical operation had just
been performed in New York upon Judah
Halprn. Russian. 1t is thought it is the
first of it's kind ever performed in this
country. The operation was the removal of
the entire left arm, shoulder blade and collar
bone and the muscles attached thereto.
short time ago package of Louisiana
lottery prize lists was seized at Winnipeg by
custom authorities. The matter was re-
ported to Ottowa, and it is learned that the
minister of customs has ordered the release
of the package and also informed the officers
| that they had no authority to seize such
packages
A rumor was started in some unaccounta-
BILE way that the Citizens Savings bank, at
the Bowery and Canal street, New York, was
in trouble. This caused quite a run on the
bank, and the police had to keep the excited
| depositors in order. At the close of the day
| President Quintard said that about $780,
| 900 had been paid out. He said the bank
was all right and could meet all demands.
| The books of the bank show surplus of
| 81, ,400,000
The excitement at New Orleans over the
Italian or rather anti-ltalian issue growing
out of the recent assassination of Chief of
Police Hennessy is becoming more inten-
| sifled, and it is feared that serious dis.
turbances are yet in store. An Ital-
ian Catholic priest who is also the editor
| OF an Italian newspaper, has issued call on
the Italian government to place an Italian
man. of-war in the Mississippi river for the
protection of the Italian residents.
Hon. John IL. King OF Chamberlain, s. D.,
| railroad commissioner, said in an interview
that the Indian scare sis so ridiculous as to
be almost fake" He says the Indians we'll
know If they were to countenanee an upris.
ing they would forfeit all their rights under
/ solemn treaties, compacts and agreements
since 1863 and would lose all claims to
lands on the united portion of the Sioux res
| ervation and all the millions of dollars to be
| paid them under these treaties and under the
last agreement made with Gen. Crook.
The dreadful spotted fever, that made it's
appearance last March near Fountain Head.
about fifteen miles from GaIlatin, Tenn, kill
about 90 per cent. of the victims, has reap
peared james Simpson, living in the affect
ed section, lost three grown sons, oil In about
two days. He has since moved within about
three miles of Gallatin, and now his daugh.
ter has q genuine case. The young lady ie
about thirteen years old, and the doctors
do not know how to handle the disease.
Spotted fever is an epidemic cerebro-spinal
menengitiB, and is adisease OF the nineteentll
century. The death rate is so per cent. Its
average duration is about fourteen days,
but death often occurs In few hours.