Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-07-20


l0e Wall St., n. Y.
1L-~4u~>r.,.~ -.iEVlTiES
1ttm~ OF AAu""r Importance in Con-
u-nxeu t"rm
The resignation OF Captain Knapp,
steamboat Inspector at Dubuque has
been asked for.
Ihe weeks eastbound freight ship
ments were the smallest on record-put
little over 1000 tons.
In trial against the 4-year-old record
OF 2:lO for mares, at Saginaw, Fantasy
lowered it a full second.
It is proposed to erect monument to
John Brown on the site of the historic
engine house at Harper's Ferry.
A: E. Ferte, secretary of the sinking
fund trustees of Winnipeg. is charged
with embezzling upward Of $4,000.
Miss Hope Booth, an American &C.
London, and will open there on Sept. 3.
Satisfied the strike is over, the Gen.
eral Managers association adjourned
sine die after auditing number of
bills
Railroad managers report an un-
usually large corn crop everv where.
1t will require two years to move it to
market.
John Bilni, farmer of Boyd, Wis,
died OF starvation. He was Sc years
old, miser and worth thousands of
dollars.
Mlnnesota's supreme court decided in
favor OF the Repu ublicans in the contest
for control Of the municipal assembly
of st. Paul,
Indianapolis mayor threatening to
send Kelsey's Coxeyites to the work
house if they entered the city they gave
it wide berth.
The spread of cholera is causing
I alarm in Germany and strict measures
are being taken at the frontiers to keep
out the plague.
Citizens of Brazil, Ind, have tele-
graphed Governor Matthews a denial
of the reports that the city was in the
hands of rioters.
The blockade on the Southern Pacific
at Sacramento and Oakland, CAL, has
been raised. Trains, however, are run
ming under guard.
In her trial trip the cruiser Minneap-
oils made 23.O5 knots an hour, break
ing all records and earning premium
of $3.50. 900 for her builders.
A committee representing holders of
the consolidated bonds of the Kansas
Pacific claims trust securities to a
large amount have been diverted.
Animated by jealousy Robert Logan
shot and killed Dan Lordock and Fred
Sullivan in a stage coach in Nevada.
and was in turn killed by his wife.
British residents on Corn Island de-
feated the Nicaraguan troops and
forced the governor to flee, but he was
subsequently restored by the natives.
German Catholics are enraged at the
rejection by the bundesrath of the bill
to repeal the anti-J esuit law and
threaten to retaliate on the govern
ment.
DR.. Harper has been offered the presi-
dency of Columb bian university and is
said to be considering plan to divide
his time between Chicago and Wash
ington.
General Miles denies the truth of the
| statement that only under threat of the
declaration of martial law did Mayor
Hopkins consent to use force to sup
press disorder.
The Essex, N. j. trades council, gov
erning 5000 men, has decided not to
strike in accord with Grand Master
sovereign's request. Thirty unions
were represented.
In the New York constitutional con-
vention an amendment has been offered
which provides for court of arbitra-
ton to settle disputes between employ
ers and employees.
Henry Young, an outsider in the bet
ting, won the Columbus handicap at
Washington Park, and lowered the rec
ord for mile and three-sixteenths
second and quarter.
The surveyor general of North Da-
kota has been directed to enter into a
contract for the survey of township $50.
range 81, and township 14G, range SO,
in Fort Berth old reservation.
At Waltham, Mass, Julian P. Bliss
lowered the mile bicycle record to 1854
4-5 with flying start, and to 200 with
standing start. The Is and so mile rec
ords were broken at Detroit.
The tournament to decide the West
ern championships in tennis was begun
on the grounds of the Chicago club.
Eleven matches in singles and one in
doubles were played Saturday.
One hundred and seventy-one new
cases OF cholera and 90 deaths from
that disease were reported at st. Peters
burg Saturday. There are now 48O
people suffering from cholera in the
hospitals.
Manager Hanlon Of. the Baltimore
ball club announces that he has com
pleted with Manager Tebeau Of the
j Cleveland club, trade BY which John
Garkson and Tony Mullane will ex.
change places. .. s.... =5.
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