The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-10-30
RESUME OF THE WEEK.
A brief RECORD OF IMPORTANT
HAPPENINGS.

Cream of Home and Foreign News
Skinned From the Great Mass of Cur.
rent Events and Dished Up Without
Trimmings.
Tennyson contemplates taking q sea
voyage for the benefit Of his health.
The Brewers association has put up
the price Of beer on account Of the
tariff.
It is announced from Berlin that
Count Herbert Bismarck Is engaged to q
Russian countess residing at Milan, in
Courland.
Stanley and his wife sail from Lon
don for New York to begin his lecture
tour in America on the Teutonic on the
Goth inst.
Several prominent bankers in Berlin
have received anonymous letters threat
ening them with death unless they
make an attempt to advance the price
of stocks.
A number Of speakers have been sent
from Ireland to England and Scotland
under the auspices Of the Irish Presby-
terians to advocate The maintenance Of
the Union and oppose homo rule.
The Berlin Tageblatt announces that
funds wherewith to construct the rail-
road by which it is proposed to connect
Panganl with kllimanjaro, on the Zan-
zibar coast of East Africa, has been &C.
cured.
There is a mOvemement on foot to
consolidate the Transcontinental Rail-
way association with the Southwestern
Railway and Steamship association I'M
der Chairman Faithorn, with head
quarters at St. Louis.
Reports from Rome state that the
pope is preparing another mandate to
the Irish bishops denouncing the plan of
campaign and decreeing that the sacra-
ments of the church shall be denied to
all who take part in the plan of plot
ting.
The monument to commemorate the
heroic officers and men Of the United
States navy who persisted in the unfor-
tunate Jeanette Arctic expedition, will
be unveiled at Annapolis, Nd, on the
grounds of the naval academy on Oct.
30. Assistant Secretary Solely, Of the
navy, will make an address.
Bishop O'Dwyer, of Limerick, is
quoted as saying that Americans should
draw broad distinction between con-
tributions to the starving people of GER
tain parts of Ireland and contributions
to the funds Of the national league and
should see that no money intended for
charitable purposes goes to illegal OBJ
jects.
In an interview, in Dublin, Mr.. Bal
four is reported as saying that Ireland
is in a much more peaceable condition
than when he assumed Office; that only
40 persons were in prison at present un-
der the coercion act, as against 1,O25 in
1886, and that the number of persons
boycotted had been reduced from 1000
to $50.
The South Carolina supreme court has
awarded $4,000 damages to j. T.
Young against the Western Union Tel
graph company. His wife, while away
on visit, became ill, and tho husband
was telegraphed; but delivery of the dis
patch was delayed six days, during
which time the lady died and was
buried.
A colony Of Russian gentlemen and
ladies has been formed at Vishnee Volo-
tehok, large town in the river Tsna,
40 VAN own fC1p Will Uu0 OUlcCG
of practicing the sexual tenets of the
novelist, Tolstoi. The colonists are all
young, Of the educated classes, and well
provided with funds, many Of them be-
ing possessed Of large fortunes.
The car has summoned a cabinet
council to consider the internal affairs
Of the empire, and, it is understood,
proposes to appoint another commission
to investigate the Jewish problem in
Russia, the Gar never having been sat.
isfed with the Pahlen commission,
which recommended placing the Jews
on the same footing as other subjects.
The old John Street, New York, M.
E. church, the oldest M. E. church in
America, celebrated its hath anniver-
sary Sunday. Rev. B. P. Raymond, D.
D., LII. D., president of Wesleyan Uni
versity, preached most eloquent SER
mon at the morning service. At tina
afternoon rervice Hon. Warmer Miller
and ex-Postmaster General James de-
liYered addresses,