The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-04-17
CONCISELY CHRONICLED.
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK CON-
DENSED AND CLASSIFIED.

Canadian legislature Wednesday decided to ex-
tend the modus vivendi to cover this season.
Wednesday the English syndicate which
year ago bought three Detroit breweries, paying
$4,000 therefor, sold out the property at big
loss. The loss is sufficient it is reported, to en-
tirely eliminate the commou stock
The Duluth Daily News was Wednesday sold
to a syndicate of home capitalists for 81 QUO.
Trouble occurred at the German Evangelical
conference Thursday between the Bishop Dubs
and Bishop Esher factions. Police had to be
called upon to quell the disturbance. In the
Iowa conference of the same denomination at
Ackley, eleven of the delegates made charges
against Bishop Bowman, and he suspended six Of
them. Two of the rebellious members wele af-
terward reinstated.
During the year 1889 in the state of Minnesota
one person in every 100 received pauper relief,
and averaging the whole year. one person in ev
cry '65 was in an insane asylum. One person in
every 49) was in prison on Jan. l, $780,
r. G Dun & Co.'S weekly review Of trade says
the country has entered the Sc ond quarter Of
the year with great hopefulness. Trade seems
inn rowing, but there are some unfavorable
symptoms. Winter wheat has sustained some
injury from the unnatural season. Proposed
tariff changes cause uncertainty in many
branches of trade Wars of railroads grow more
threatening and labor disturbances begin to men,
ace industry. Interior markets are generally
easier. Business failures for the week were 176
for the United States, 80 for Canada, a total of
200 against 2C6 last week
Henry NJ. Stanley, the African explorer ar
rived at Rome Friday and was welcomed by an
enthusiastic crowd of pee pie who saluted him
with vivas and cheers. A formal reception was
rendered him by the geographical society.
An open letter recently addressed to Ingalls, by
the Kansas Farmers Alliance demanding that he
indicate his policy, has called forth reply in
viii h the senator says he is in cordial sympathy
with such legi lation as will relieve the agricul
tural and laboring classes of their unjust bur-
dens. He favcrs abolition of the national bank
ing system. the suppression of trusts and mon
opolies, prevention of gambling in agricultural
products, free coinage of silver and the revision
If the tariff.
City elections ut Providence, r. J., Saturday
resulted in a victory for the Democrats in every
case but one. This insures the election of Gov
ernor Davis and the Democratic general officers
in grand committee.
Saturday, the heirs of Everett Farm am, re-
Gently deceased farmer Of Rrhfield town hip,
Ohio, flied a deed of ASST nment without prefer
enceS. The liabilities already reported reach
SGS,0Jn, and probably will not be far from $780,
0O. It is the heaviest farmers failure in the his
tory of the section
The Chicago board of trade at a meeting Sat
urday passed a resolution authorizing the direct
ors to require members having private wires in
their offices to take them out. Another resolu.
ton is to the effect that the telegraph companies
be requested to restore the telegraph rates in use
before April !, and in the event of their refusal
that the toard take steps to organize telegraph
company between the different boards Of trade.
The work of surveying the Dakotas for artesian
water has cen inaugurated. The secretary of
agriculture has appointed Professor Culver, of
the Vermllllon university, chief examiner for
both DakotaS. He will be assisted by Profe sor
Stephen G. Updyke of Brookings Agricultural
college, who will have charge of the surveys for
South Dakota, east of the Missouri river and
Professor Bailey, Of the School of Mines and
Mining at Rapid City. for South Dakota, west Of
the river.
Monday several hundred persons who believed
in the prophecy Of Mrs. Woodwork and other re-
vivalists that San Francisco, Oaklani Chicago
and Milwaukee would be destroyed on that day
by earthquakes and tidal waves gathered on high
ound in several places in California waiting for
the news of destruction.
strange man committed suicide at Chicago
Monday. He asserted seriously his belief that
Chicago would perish on thpt day, and that he
could avert the dirs calamity by offering his life
as a sacrifice.
Monday the threatened strike of union carpen-
tiers for eight hours day and IS cc nts an hour
began at indianapolis.
A terrific thunder and wind storm prevailed at
narlingt Ind, Sunday night TIL, Vandalia
passenger and freight depots, John Morse's barn,
containing six blooded Belgian stations, tho
school house and John Rice's dry goods store
were all struck by lightning and burned to the
ground.
At st. Paul, Monday evening, Henry Willard
YVES banqueted by the Twin City Commercial
club. Mr.. Willard spoke at considerable length
outlining his plans for the development OF the
Twin Cities The principle feature of this devel-
opment is the furnishing of cheap electric powsr
to those who desire to locate manufactures
At Mondays session of the New England Meth
odist conference programme outlined for
Celebration of the centennial of New England
Mcthodism on Boston common, Oct q -23 to end
with banquet in Fanueil hall on the evening of
the ed with eddres ses by PROMINENT Methodists
The Loyal Legion Royal commandery met at
Philadelphia Tuesday. Ex-President Hayes. "a
commander, presided. The next meeting Is 20
be held at st. Louis. A banquet vas given lie
members in the evening.
Governar Thayer, of Nebraska, received infor-
nation Tuesday that heavy storms Of wind in the
Western counties has blown the So! grain from
the fields so badly that thousans of acres will
need to be To.Seedea Aid is asked for by the
governor for needy farmers.
TIL, sday the twenty fifth anniversary of the
death of Abraham Lincoln was celebrated at
Springfield, Ills, by appropriate services held
under the auspices of the Lincoln Memorial
league.
At the Montana municipal elections held Mon
day, Great Falls anu Livingston gave Republican
ma!oriti"s for mayor and aldermen, and at Butte
and Mssoula the Democrats won by narrow ma
jorities.