The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-06
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Again it is ru mored that the Great North
ern is to absorb the Chicago, Burlington &
Northern road.
DR.. c. T. Cooke, who mysteriously disap-
peared from Chicago q short time ago, has
been found in Cincinnati in demented con-
dition.
The Leavenworth (Kan.) Times was found
to contain a list of prizes Taff1ed for at
the Catholic fair, and Postmaster Dickey
stopped the entire edition from passing
through the mails.
The Oklahoma council has passed the
house bill changing the location of the terri
torial capital from Guthrie to Kingisher.
1t goes back to the house now, and q special
session is called to consider the same.
The commission appointed by the Penn
sylvania state legislature to survey a route
or report on the practicability of building q
ship canal between Lake Erie and Pittsburp
has decided to recommend such an enterprise
Adjutant General Klee ofCol orado is hold
ing the state troops in readiness to rush to
the front il the depredations OF the Ute In.
dams continue The Utes are growing more
aggressive daily and the settlers are alarmed.
An extensive strike has been begun by the
dockmen at Plymouth, against the employ
ment of non-union men. The new fed Grafton
ofemployes in all the shipping industries
embraces 100000 men.
The Alaska Commercial company
has commenced suit against the North
American Commercial company to recover
100000 the value of 1000 seal skins
claimed by both companies.
The trial of the action for divorce brought
by Capt. O'Shea against his wife, in which
Mr.. Parnell is named as CO. respondent, has
been set down for the middle of November
Counter allegations will be made against
Capt. O'Shea by his wife.
The still hunt which .. W. Potter has
been carrying on to secure control of the
Illinois Steel company, at Chicago, has end
ed successfully. The New Bedford stock
holders have sold out 15, 900 sha res to the
Potter syndicate.
The Ohio house of representatives passed
the Soncrant bill. The bill provides that
the present board ofpublic affairs shall be
abolished, and new one appointed by the
mayor of Cincinnati. The board thus ap-
pointed will serve until next April, when
their successors will be elected by the people.
The legislature adjourned sine die.
Bishop Hurst, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, has reached home after having Cross
ed the Atlantic four times within as many
months. The bishop is very enthu siastic
over the proposed Methodist university
which is to be located near Washington,
and believes that the money for the site,
800, 900 will be secured during the coming
winter. Already between Sac, 900 $780,
have been subscribed.
In his instructions to the grand jury Judge
Leggett, at Bloomfield, Iowa, said that un-
der the decision of the United States su.
prema court, it was not q crime to sell
| liquors imported from another state in the
original packages, until the Wilson bill was
passed by congress and became law, but
| that after that time it was q violation of
the laws of this state to sell any liquor with
out proper permit, whether imported in
the original package or not.
The gradual but constant decrease in the
price OF the Ohio oil product by the Stand
ard Oil company has at last forced all the in
dependent producers and refneries of North
eastern Ohio to combine. 1t is theintention
| to at once construct o pipe line from the
| fields to Toledo. where the Crystal and the
Paragon refneries are now ready for opera
| tions as will soon be the refinery of the Man
| haitian company. These refneries viii be en-
| larged at once so as to be able to handle the
immense product Of the consolidation.
The November number of the Contempor-
ary Review contains an article written by Dr..
Peters upon the authority OF Emin Pasha,
| which asserts that Stanley more than once
| threatened to force Emin to accompany him
| tp the coast. While delivering King Leo
| pold's offer to Emin, Stanley at the same
| time urged the pasha not to accept alleging
that the Congo state was In bad way, and,
to further influence Emin to decline, limiting
that King Leopold had treated him Stanley
badly. DR.. Peters also accuses Stanley OF
having drunk wine ut dinner served in
European fashion while others of his party
| at the same table we're served with negro
fare aid had no wine.