The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-24

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The senate has passed bill authoriz-
ing the construction at Canton, 8. D.,
| of an insane asylum for Indians at .
cost not to exceed $76, 600.
The heaviest frost of the season oc-
Cured in the southern part Of Califor-
mia Tuesday night and serious damage
| was sustained by the fruit industry.
| Friday. March IL.
The naval appropriation bill provides
six new torpedo boats.
| Senator Proctor told in the senate the
painful sights he saw in Cuba.
Provisions are made to defend the
upper Atlantic coast with five war
ships.
| Ex-senator Blanche z. Bruce, the
colored register of the treasury, died in
Washington.
In letter written Jan. 8, Weyler is
said to have intimated that he had
planted mines in Havana harbor.
The Cuban revolutionists have again
declared that they will accept nothing
short of liberty and Independence.
Mayor Frank A. Graham and Former
Exciseman Harvey B. Valli of Lincoln,
| Neb.. have been arrested on indict-
ments charging them with receiving
brides.
| The French minister for the colonies,
NJ. Lebon, has refused the petition Of
Nine. Dreytus, wife of the former Cap
tain Dteyfus, to share the latter's i'm
prisonment on Devils island.
Saturday, March l0.
The Japanese election returns show
q small majority for the government.
Peter jackson and Jim Jeffries, who
will meet at San Francisco, have agreed
on Jim Mcdonald, the baseball umpire,
as referee.
A bill to reorganize and enlarge the
army has been reported to the house by
the chairman of the military com.
mittee.
The Nebraska supreme court has
granted rehearing to Former State
Treasurer BARLEY, convicted Of embez-
element.
Jimmy Barry of Chicago and Johnny
Corners of Springfield, Ills. fought six
rounds at the former place, Barry get.
ting the decision. ".. - 49,.
| At Anderson. Ind, James Harring-
ton shot his wife through the head and
then put bullet into his own brain,
both dying instantly.
Monday, March FL.
The Austrian reichsrath has 1eas-
semeled.
Allyn Cox. leading railroad man,
died in New York Friday.
Miss Florence St. John, the we'll
known actress, is dying in London.
A theatrical performance at Havana
in aid of the fund for the Spanish
navy netted SAC, 900 in gold.
Two expeditions have left New York,
one for Mexico and the other for Boring
straits, to seek for traces Of the original
Inhabitants of this country.
| DIR. George Clinton Hubbard, assist.
ant surgeon, U. S. A., committed sui
eide at St. Elizabeths insane asylum,
Washington. He was ~ years of age.
Wenzel Toepfer, we'll known through.
out the United States as manufac-
turer of iron supplies for brewers and
malsters, is dead at Milwaukee.
Tuesday. March 2e.
Representative King of Utah has in.
troduced joint resolution recognizing
the Independence of Cuba.
In a shooting ARRAY at Senatobia,
[ Miss, Sheriff Bray was killed and
Deputy Sheriff Gilmore dangerously
wounded.
At Cascade Locks, Or, Lewis Geb.
hart, aged 70 years, shot and killed his
wife, aged Is years, and then blew out
his own brains.
The heavy rains Of the past few days
have flooded the creeks and rivers of
Central Illinois and many Of them ex.
tend for miles in width.
| The ore shipping season has opened,
the Duluth and Iron Range railroad
having begun to ship ore from the
Chantler mine at Ely, MINI.
S. A.. Harper, since 1894 president Of
the Safe League of Republican Clubs.
died at Madison, Wis, of pneumonia.
Mr.. Harper was about 45 years Of age,
and unmarried.
| Wednesday. March IS.
The government has bought q tor.
pedo boat in England.
Rear Admiral Sicard is to be super.
seeded because of i'll health.
Pugilist Peter jackson was defeated
by Jeffries in three rounds.
Ex.Interstate Commerce Commits.
sioner Veazey is dead in Washington.
James G. McCook of Pennsylvania
has been nominated consul at Dawson
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