The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-10-14
SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS NEWS
Thursday. Oct. 7.

Thursday, Oct. Z.
Oscar Gardner knocked out Johnny
Van Heest in the 18th round at Lexing-
ton, Ky.
Sir John Gilbert, president of the
Royal Society OF Painters in Water
Colors, is dead at London.
William A. Stiles, editor OF Forest
and Stream and a park commissioner
of New York city, is dead.
Seven lives were lost by the burning
of the girls cottage at the South Da-
kota training school at Plankington.
It is stated that Mr.. Winter, expires
ident of the Northern Pacific, will pos
sibly be elected president of the Union
Pacific.
The Guggenheim smelling works at
Perth Amboy, N. j., have been de-
stroyed by fire and the loss is estimated
at $3.50, 900.
Consul Black at Nuremburg, Ger
many, says that the United States
manufacturers of lead pencils are MAX
ing inroads in Germany.
A war of determination has been be-
gun by the beer trust on the rebelllous
/ Chicago brewers who remain outside.
A big cut in prices is the result
Friday, Oct. 8.
Senorita Cisneros has escaped from
prison in Havana.
District Passenger Agent Heafford OF
the Milwaukee road is dead.
The principal railroads in Switzer.
land will be bought by the governments:
Mertens of St. Paul has again been
badly injured in bicycle race accident,
this time at Peoria.
Exports of domestic merchandise in
August were the heaviest for any
August in the history Of the govern
| ment.
Great Britain refuses to take part in
sealing conference unless it is limited
to that country, the United States and
Canada.
A subcommittee of the United States
senate committee on commerce will on
Oct. Is begin inspecting the Mississippi
from the head of navigation down.
The attorneys for the Joint Traffic
association, it is said, expect defeat in
the suit brought against it by the gov
eminent, and chaotic condition of
railroad rates is likely to result.
Saturday, Oct 8.
Ex-senator Mcpherson of New Jersey
is dead.
MAJOR General Miles has arrived at
New York on the steamer st. Louis.
Cecil Rhodes, the former premier of
Cape Colony, is seriously i'll at Intanga.
The president has appointed George
II. Bridgeman Of New York, minister
to Bolivia.
The transfer of the congressional
library from the Capitol to the new
library building has been completed.
The sultan has appointed the minis
ter of foreign affairs, Tewfik Pasha, as
the plenipotentiary of Turkey to nego-
tate the defective peace treaty with
Greece.
Fire has destroyed the plant of the
Zimmerman Packing company, two
miles from the business part of Port.
land, Or. Loss on building $50, 900; on
meats $4,000.
Monday, Oct. II.
Ex-senator Mcpherson of New Jersey
is dead.
Alien w. Van Deuzen, art editor of
Outing, is dead.
r. &c cold hot 40 fo
be bought by the reorganization COM
mittee and that S. H. H. Clark will be
president.
The navy department has been in
formed of the death at St. Elizabeth
asylum of Rear Admiral John Mellon
Brady Clitz, vino was placed on the re-
tired list in 1888.
The American line steamer Paris,
which sailed from Southampton for
New York Saturday, had on board 49,
OPS, 900 in gold consigned to different
New York houses.
The Knight of Pythias have raised
$4,000 for monument to John F.
Rathbone, the founder of the order. 1t
will be placed in New Forest cemetery
in Utica, the owners of the cemetary
donating plot of 10000 feet.
Tuesday, Oct. IL.
Baltimore won the deciding base ball
game with Boston for the Temple cup.
A statue of Vanderbilt has been for
mally presented to Vanderbilt univer-
sity
The little schooner Nellie G.. Thurs
ton has left New York on her way to
Klondike, via Cape Horn.
Senator Money has been APP
pointed to fill the unexpired term of the
late Senator George of Mississippi.
It is asserted at Vienna that the Hun