The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-01-01
1891 JANUARY. 1891
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TIMELY TOPICS TERseLY TOLD.

workmen expelled from Russia.
A citizen of Paxton was sand-bagged
and robbed Of 81, 200 at Chicago.
Thirty persons have been frozen to
death while crossing Russian steppes.
A New York syndicate has purchased
. Cuban sugar estate for $500, 900 in
i gold.
Three men were killed as the result
of Christmas day quarrels, at Birming-
ham, Ala.
/ Ex-King Milan of Servia is at present
In the Highlands of Scotland on q shoot
| ing expedition.
The family Of Senator Ingalls, were all
together at Atchison Christmas day for
the first time in five years.
| Eight Of the jurymen who tried Ey-
raud have signed 3 petition for . COM
mutation Of his sentence.
| Fire Friday evening destroyed the
i planning mill of Almos & Co., Sioux
Falls, s. D. Loss, $1,000; insurance,
$500.
| Heavy snow storms, accompanied by
high winds, prevailed In the East FRI
day. Travel was almost blocked in con-
sequence.
| A mother and three children were
burned to death at 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; the
others are Evarts, Dawes, Gibson, VOL
colt, and Higgins.
Two workmen were killed, q 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 Estremadura. Spain.
Four prisoners in the Newport, KY,
jail, by daring and well-arranged
plot succeeded in making their escape
at an early hour Monday evening.
i A man named Kellogg claims 1850
acres of land, including part of Bloom
ington, Ills. He bases his claim on the
insufficient validity of tax title.
| A Berlin letter says that the emperor
is following Ike example of Frederick
the Great in enlisting the tailest men
that can be found for his guards.
Italian railway travel is much inn
peded by the floods which have followed
heavy SHOWS. In the district of Naples
traffic is almost completely at a stand
still.
Large numbers of Armenians are emil
grating to Great Britain and Russia to
escape the intolerable persecution to
which they are subjected by the Turks
and Kurds.
i President Marvin Hughitt, of the Chi
cago d 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. o.. e 81
| -Four hundred and six Italian paupers
arrived in New York. They were evil
IDENTIFY the output of some poor house in
Italy. They were penniless and dirty,
and will be sent back to Italy.
It has been generally understood that
the Great Northern would cross the
Cascade mountain through Cadey's
pass, but the indications now are that
the comany 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 81, 000, 900 for which
q special 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 at one
might result in widespread disaster.
| Mexico has just sentenced q sort Of
Jack the Ripper, Francisco Guerrero,
known rs 3El Chalequero,n IL his name.
His OhenSes were murder and Outrages.
He will be 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 fierce attached to
the Vatican Is to be reorganized at the
beginning OF the year to bring it's EN-
cheney up to standard more in accord
ance with the troops Of fellow soyer.
eign's armies.
It is announced that within short
time Senator Quay will publish a state
ment relative to the charges against his
public and private character 50 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 ut Charles City.
/ The board Of trustees decided in favor
OF Charles City on condition that that
i oh "a 49,,
acre site.
j The Portuguese government has
granted valuable concessions in the dis
puted portion Of Manicaland. South
Africa, to an English company, which
is actively campaigning in London in
4 hehaf Of the P0rtugueaa4 clajmf coHf
pany.
The friends Of Gen. Booth claim that
that the resignation of Commissioners
Smith and the assertion that the general
is not author of an Darkest England. .
are incidents in plan formed and per-
sistently followed by leading ecclesias-
tics of the established church to break
down Booths scheme for the relief Of
suffering mankind
The molders' strike at the Stillwatar
prison still hangs on and is apparently
no nearer decided now than two weeks
ago. An offer has been made the strik-
4 ing mplders Of employment at Mime
apolis, and the offer will probably be
accepted unless settlement is speedily
affected.
George G. Ketcham and F. E. Blasser.
i engineer and conductor of the Omaha
train that caused the accident Wednes-
day. at University station, Minneapolis.
by which three people were killed, have
been charged with criminal negligence
! by the corners jury. The former is now
4 in Jail.
The first installnent Of the govern
ment appropriation of $1,000 for the
! Sioux Indians living on Prairie island.
/ near Red Wing, was distributed Friday.
In provisions and clothing, by Indian
Agent Hinton It is the first assistance
of the kind these Indians have ever re-
ceived from the government, and some
/ of them were not a little nonplussed to
i account for IL