Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-04-24
THE WEEKS EVENTS.
News of Importance Given Brief Men

Buffalo Bill and his Wild West In
dians arrived At Antwerp Wednesday.
Fire destroyed half million dollars
worth of property at Little Rock, Ark,
Saturday night.
A dividend of 2 per cent, payable on
May Is, has been declared by the Pull
man Palace Car company.
The Gem City, of the St. Paul and
St. Louis line, was the first boat of the
season through Lake Pepin.
Five persons lost their lives during
the burning Of house opposite the
Knights bridge barracks, in London.
The abolition of the system of "con-
sular sealing" on Canadian railways is
decided upon by the treasury department
at Washington.
From reliable sources it was learned
that the Great Northern will resume
track laying on it's Pacific coast line ex-
tension April Is.
Mrs. Mary E. Cough, widow Of the
late John B. Cough, the great teetotaller
lecturer, is dead, aged II years. Parsly-
sis was the cause.
The race horse St. Elmo sold to Mr..
Chambers, of Louisville, Ky.. q few
days ago for 5000, died suddenly on his
way to Greencastle.
Seeding in Southeastern Minnesota is
we'll under way. The acreage will be
about the same as last year, except that
more potatoes will be planted.
The VESSEL Owners association Of
the Great Lakes has decided to reduce
the wages Of marine engineers. The
engineers will resist the reduction.
Charles Benson, whose departure from
Minneapolis last fall occasioned quite q
stir because of his heavy embezzlements
of Scandia bank funds, has been arrested
at Buffalo. N. Y.
The report that Colgate Hoyt and
G. L. Colby have sold their holdings Of
Northern Pacific stock, and will resign
from the directory of the company is
positively denied.
Acting Secretary Nettleton has de-
clded that each individual piece Of
Cbinaware imported into the United
States must be marked with the name
OF the country Of origin.
The Kansas City and Southern rail-
way has been sold for $25O, 700, under
foreclosure of a trust deed for the
amount held by the Farmers Loan and
Trust company of New York.
Princess Engalitcheff lectured in
Minneapolis Wednesday. She is one of
a half dozen women sen. out by Russia
to enlighten the United States as to tho
real state of affairs in Russia.
Prince Bismarck is described a en-
couraged by the result Of the poll ut
Geestemunde, and he is anxious to take
his seat in the reichstag as an uncom-
promising opponent and critic Of the
government.
When the body of William lines,
which was buried at Corunna, Ind,
two years since, was disinterred few
days ago for shipment, it was found that
it was petri6ed, with every feature pre-
fectly preserved, even the hair.
The work on the buildings of the now
reform school at Red Wing, MIMI, will
be resumed in a very short time, and in
case the bills now pending in the legis-
lature pass the school will undoubtedly
be ready for occupancy by fall.
A small portion of Dayton's bluff, in
St. Paul, gave way Sunday morning
and was precipitated into what is known
| as Connemara Patch. Two shanties
were carried down in the debris and q
woman and child seriously injured.
A letter received in Berlin from
Father Schyse, Catholic minister in
German East Africa, states that the
country east of Lake Victoria is not the
fertile region it has been represented,
! and that large tracts are uninhabitable
for residents for want of water.
From Constantinople comes news
that the railway from Jaffa to Jerusa-
lem is nearly half finished and will be
| finished within = year. It will be
equipped with all modern comforts and
luxuries of travel for the use of pilgrims
and tourists.
The French are said to bs in q bad
way at Tonquin, their occupation almost
being confined to the military posts and
it being dangerous for Frenchmen to
venture on journey except with q
strong military guard. The rebels are
everywhere active.
Information has been received from
Venezuela to the effect that the congress
of Venezuela met on the Sd inst. and in
MS message Cne presl0enC referred to the
negotiations between Venezuela and the
United States for reciprocity ceaty,
saying that he would make it tho sub
ject of special message later.
| Col. Henry Astor Weeks died at New
| York of pneumonia. He served during
the war as colonel Of the Twelfth New
York Volunteers. He was member of
the G. A. r., the Loyal Legion and the
Army of the Potomac. He was also a
member of the Colonial club and the
driving club and was very wealthy.
The new Russian loan of 800, ,OO0, 900
francs, per cent, will probably be is.
sued at "a, in Berlin, Paris and London.
A syndicate including the Rothschilds
is handling the loan, and the latter are
harshly criticised for aiding govern
ment which numerically persecutes tho
Hebrews in Russia.