Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-01-02

TIMELY TOPICS 7ERsELY TOLD.

The car has ordered II 900 alien
workmen expelled from Russia.
A citizen Of. Paxton was sand-bagged
and robbed of 5000 at Chicago.
Thirty persons have been frozen to
death while crossing Russian stepres.
a New York syndicate has purchased
. Cuban sugar estate for $780, in
gold.
Three men We're killed rs the result
Of Christmas day quarrels. at Birming-
ham, Ala.
Ex-King MILAN of Servia is at present
In the Highlands OF Scotland on shoot
ing expedition.
The family Of Sena! ingalls, were all
together at Atchison Ga. lstmas day for
the first time i'll five years
Eight Of the juryme1 who tried Ely
raud have signed a petition for COM
mutation Of his sentence.
Fire Friday evening destroyed tho
planning mill Of Almos & Co.. Sioux
Falls. s. D. Loss, $1,000; insurance,
$2,500
high winds, prevailed IN the East Fri
day. Travel was almost blocked in con-
sequence.
A mother and three children were
burned to death ut Rochester. N. Y. The
mother lost her life in attempting to
save her children.
The election Of Senator Dubois, of
idaho. gives Yale six senator's tho
others are Evarts, Dawes, Gibson, VOL
colt, and Higgins.
Two workmen were killed, young
lady and another workman fatally
wounded by boiler explosion in a
Newark lumber mill.
The first monument to fernando Cor
tez, the conqueror Of Mexico, has been
unveiled in his native city Of Madelia,
In Estremadurs. Spain.
Four prisouers in tho Newport, Ky,
Jail, BY daring and well-arranged
plot succeeded In making their Escape
mt an early hour Monday evening.
A man named Kellogg claims 100
acres OF land, including part of Bloom
ington, Ills. He bases his claim on the
insufficient validity Of tax title.
4 Berlin letter says that the emperor
Is following the example of Frederick
the Great in enlisting the TALES, men
that can be found for his guards.
Italian railway travel is much inn
,peded by the foods which have followed
heavy SHOWS. In the district Of Naples
traffic ia almost completely at a stand
still.
Large numbers of Armenians are emf
grating to Great Britain and Russia to
escape the intolerable persecution to
VIII ch they are subjected by the Turks
and Kurds.
President Marvin Hughitt, of the Chi
cago q Northwestern, denies the report
that his company has purchased the
Escanaba, Iron Mountain & Western
railroad.
Three thousand invitations have been
sent abroad for the South Dakota in.
augural ball, which will take place at
Pierre on the night Of the assembling OF
the Legislature, Jan. 8.
Four hundred and six Italian paupers
arrived in New York. They were evil
IDENTIFY the output Of some poor house in
Italy. They were peuniless and dirty,
aud will be sent back to Italy.
It has been generally understood that
the Great Northern would cross the
Cascade mountain through Cadeys
pass but the indications now are that
the co,nany has adopted the Indian or
Sank pass.
A Chicago paper says that the Illinois
Central has completed arrangements
FOR terminal improvements in that city
to cost s., 000, 900 to $1,000, 900 for which
Especial bond issue is to be made.
The floating population Of Buenos
Ayres can find no employment owing to
the industrial and financial stringency
and revolution. or attempt ut one
might result in widespread disaster.
Mexico has just sentenced sort of
Jack the Ripper, Francisco Guelroro,
known RS "El Chalequero,' is his name.
His offenses were murder and outrages,
He will he officially fired full of lead. .
The queen has sent her approval, but
not check, to the church army labor
home scheme, which is the rival of Gen.
Booths Salvation Army plan for the
redemption of "Darkest England"
The little military force attached to
the Vatican is 10 be reorganized ut the
beginning Of the year to bring its efh-
ciency mp to standard more in accord
ance with the troops Of fellow sover-
eigns armies.
It Is announced that within O short
time Senator Quay will publish a. state
nent relative to the charges against his
public and private character 80 freely
circulated several months prior to the
election.
The Northwestern Methodist Episco-
pal university ordered removed from
Galena, ILL.,, by the last Iowa confer
ence, has been located Mt Charles City.
Ihe board Of trustees decided in favor
IT Charles City OILY condition that that
town shoutl donate go, 600 aud ten
acre site.
The Portuguese government has
gra!.ted valuable concessions in the dis.
putel portion of Mnu.cal.nd, South
Africa. to III English cumrany. which
is actively campaigning in London in
behalf Of the Portuguese claims, and
against the British South African COM
pany.
The friends OF faen. Booth claim that
that the resignation of Commissioner
Smith and the assertion that The general
il not author of aIn darkest England"
are incidents in a plan formed and per-
sistenlly followed W leading erc!esias-
tics Of the established church to break
down Booths scheme for the relief Of
suffering mankind.
GIVEN UP FOR LOST.
All ucps Of the Safety Of the Steamshfp