The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-12-29
NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
Thursday, Dec. 22.

NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
Thursday, Dec. 22.
Senator Allen has introduced bill
for the establishment of the postal tele-
graph system.
A company, of which Alderman
Charles f. Gunther is president, will
erect a. mammoth new coliseum at Chi
cago.
Seventeen of the brewing companies
of Baltimore have consolidated under
the name Of the Maryland Brewin>
company. .
The Merritt & Chapman company b
made contract with the governme
for the raising of the Spanish Marsl
Reina Mercedes.
Arthur A. Hall, a well known bicy
trick rider, was instantly killed at S!
euse, n. Y, by being struck OF,
head by timber which fell six sto
crushing his skull.
Congressman Stevens of Mime
has introduced the bill to amend
election laws to provide that voting ma
chimes shall hereafter be used at D..
elections for members of congress.
Friday, Dec. IS.
Prince George of Greece has formal,
taken charge of affairs in Crete.
M. Jules Cambon, French ambassador
to the United States, will probably u
transferred to Berlin.
The United States cruiser New York
from Havana, has arrived at New York
Admiral Sampson is on board.
Andrew Wanless, we'll known lit
erary character of Detroit and poet an,
prose writer Of no mean ability. is dead
The senate committee on foreign re
lations has concluded its revision o. bill
providing for territorial goverrmen
for Hawaii.
Ethan A. Hitchcock of ST. Louis, tn
present ambassador for Russia has beel
nominated to succeed ldr. Bliss as secre
tary of the interior.
Through fast mail service will be es
tablished between New York and Scar
tie by way of St. Paul over the Grea
Northern, leaving st. Paul for the Yves
at 9 a. m.
Saturday, Dec. "a.
Countess Thun-Hohenstein, wife o
the Austrian premier, is dead.
Tommy Ryan of Syracuse defeate'
Dick O'Brien of Boston at Hartford
Conn.
It is said that Whitelaw Reid will b
nominated as ambassador to Russia ant
Secretary Bliss to England.
The British admiralty, it is reported
has inst placed orders for four warship
with shipbuilders ON the Clyde.
A new combination of some Of tn
leading rubber firms in the Unite,
States is in course of organization.
The French chamber of deputies ha
unanimously voted a credit of 81, 600, 90
francs to complete the new artillery.
Percy M. Jaffray, center rush of tn
Harvard university football team, die
at Cambridge, Mass, of spinal menin
gifts.
Monday, Dec. 26.
The military force in the Sioux Indi al
country in South Dakota is to be in
creased.
The United States will take posses
sion of Wake Island, in the Pacii
ocean for cable station.
The Rock Island and the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy roads are likel,
to be extended to the Pacific coast.
The United States troops have begun
a regular patrol of the city of Havana il
order to guard against possible disor
ders.
st. Patrick's Cathedral, the church o
the Bishop of Harrisburg Roman Cath
olic diocese, was ruined by fire Sunda,
afternoon.
According to the Rome correspondent
of the LondonDaily News, King Hum
bert has signed decree granting am
nesty to minor offenders in the recen
Milan riots.
Tuesday, Dec. 27.
DR.. John B. Hal ilton, former sur
geon general ofthe {, lited States marin,
hospital, is dead.
The American National Bank at Lima
O., was robbed of SIS, 1872, the com bina
ton cf the safe being worked.
At Brookline, Mass, thirty cilildre,
were plunged into water by the break
ing of ice on a pola. Three were
drowned.
A dispatch from Madrid says Emilio
CASTELAR,, the distinguished Repuol1ca..
statesman, orator and scholar, is pros
trated with eriouspulmonary cataTrh
The Sheffield Independent announce,
.'on the highest authority" that the DIXIE
of York will not go to the United State.
in 1899, contrary to reports that Ire llight
do SO.
The Filipino congress which has beer
in session at Malalos, has unexpectedly
adjourned, owing to the difficulty oI
forming a constitution. Aguinaido'.
cabinet has also resigned.