New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-10-22
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The supreme court of Michigan has rem der.
ed a decision holding constitutional the local
option law under which several counties
voted for prohibition.
The Vermont legislative joint assembly
formally elected Justin s. Morrill, United
States senator for six years from March
next
The Illinois supreme court has denied the
motion to set aside the continuance in the
case of OSullivan, the Cronin convict, now
confined at oler.
About seventy-five colored Republicans
from nineteen countries of Couth Carolina
met and adopted resolutions recommending
the negroes OF the state to vote for Haskell.
the anti-TilIman Democratic candidate tol
governor.
Alaska is not likely to have representa-
tive in the next congress, Gov. Knapp refus-
ing to call a convention. saying he had no
authority to do So The organic act OF
1884 does not provide for legislature, a re
preventative or delegate in congress.
The American Brewing company has just
been incorporated at San Francisco. The
capital stock o the concern is $3,OO0.OOO,
OF which 100000 has been subscribed. II
is proposed to erect one of the largest brew.
cries in the word, to be in operation in about
a year.
1t is announced that the Spanish govern.
ment will request the United States govern
ment to admit The products OF the Spanish
possessions in the West Indies. especially to-
bacco and sugar. without the recently inn
posed tariff restrictions. In the event of q
refusal Spain. it is stated, will exclude Amer
lean products, especially breadstuffs.
Fred Muncrath, the only one of the Had.
dock murderers ever convicted, is at liberty
again. Muncrath was sentenced to four
years. Gov. Boise reduced the sentence to
-four months. which has been further reduced
by good conduct to {. little more than three
Muncrath's family are at Sioux City and his
hotel business has gone on during his i'm
prisonment
Indictments were returned at Cleveland,
Ohio, by the United States grand jury
against the Cleveland, Canton & Southern
and New York, Lake Erie & Western Rail-
way companies for violating the interstate
commerce law. The offence of the former
consisted of not posting in its stations a
notice OF reduction of fare, and the charge
against the Erieis thatsno bulletin giving
the rates of fare to all points on it's line is
posted in the Cleveland station.
r. G. Peters Manistee, Mich, has assigned
to A. NJ. Henry of Detroit It is the largest
financial crash in the state for years, and
comes from a source least expected. Mr.
Peters was the leuding spirit in a score of
big enterprises, And was a baron in the
lumber and salt trade. The assignment
covers millions of dollars worth ofproperiy,
and will be far reaching in it's effects. Meigs
& Co. ofGrand Rapids and the Filth National
Bank OF the second city are all interested in
the collapse.
The engagement of Miss Winnie Davis, the
daughter o the confederacy," to Alfred
Wilkinson o Syracuse. N. Y, which was an
nounced less than six months ago. and which
created SO great q surprise in all paris OF the
country. has been broken. Miss Davis has
not been in good health for some time. and
she went abroad or the purpose O recruiting
her health. Her trip WAS beneficial. but did
not restore her u " to health. Hrr mother
and her intimate friends cit that under these
circumstances it would be hest that The en-
gagement should be broken. ard Ills step
was most relllctantly taken by Miss Davis.
On the other hand some o Mr. Wilkinson's
friends are OF the opinion that the recent re-
verses of his amiiy. his moderate income,
and the still more recent burning the old
homestead, had some weight in shaping Misc
Winnie's DECISION. .sss