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VOL. IV. THE SENATORSHIP GATEMtING OF THK VIBWB OF THE STATE J'AVEBS. General Expression of Hostility to Bamaey ami Almost filiform Condemnation of McMillan — Tho Effort of the l'lmiccr Presa to Secure Ute St. Paul FostoSce l»y Electing Kainsc.v.ii Lamentable Fall ore—Some Sharp I'olnts. Itural Districts Heart! From. [St. cloud Joornal-Erew— Bep.] That "general popular demand" for the can didacy of Ramsey hasn't been heard of in the rural districts. How to Win. [Rush City Pbst— Ltd.] McMillan, to be his own successor in the United States Senate should shake the dust of Kamsey county from hi? feet, and purchase a palncfl residence in the sawdust city. The Post office Wanted. [Fergus Falls Journal— Bep] The Pioneer Fres? cmißticly says that "Dr. Day will do all he cim to advance the interest of McMillan. " We suppose on account of the pontoffice. Some people up here are uncharit able enough to think tlint fs what makes Joe mic h a c;oocl Ramsey man. Hopefor McMiUmt,^ [Owatoiinii Journal — Bep.] Notwithstanding the advocacy of the Pio neer Press the Ramsey boom has not gained a formidable hoa'l, and there is still hope for Mc- Millnn. The latter gentleman deserves credit for his determination to remain at Washington, nnd to bring no personal influence to bear upon the legislature In his behalf. Content With McMillan. [Gljndon News — Bep.] Tlie News i* content to have Mr. McMillan elected for another nix years. Not that we re gard him equally brilliant with Coshman K. Davis, or ko courtly or uncle-like as ex-Senator Ramsey! but because be is more stable and as patriotic as tha one and bitter Baited to the lime and work before Congress than the other. And this is only ordinary praise of Judge Mc- Millan. Yoiiikji r M<n Wanted, [Sank Baplda Sentinel— Rep.] Nobody will deny that Bamsey would bring to the position both experience nnd dignity! but in view of the fact that he has been con tinually honored for many years by the people of this' State, there are those who will think that he should Btep down and let youugfr men who have the qualiflcatlons and are equal ly desirous of Bervlng their country, have a chance. W<o Hood Ilcason J'or Jletiriny McMillan. [Anoka Herald— Rip.] The contest for the Senatorial prize bids fair U) become interesting. Senator McMillan and Secretary Ramsey have the lead with several (lark horses in the field. No good reasons ex ist] for the retirement of Senator McMillan, as be is an honest, honorable, capable, safe man. Secretary Ramsey has served his country long nnd well, yet we are unable to sue the necessity of returning him to the Senate. ( njast to McMillan. [MadelU Times— Bep.] Gov. Ramsey's friends uw pressing him for the position, but we think it la unjust u> Sena tor McMillan for Mr. Ramsey to allow his name to be avid. He has bees highly honored by the State by successive terms in the Senate, :ind is now getting quite old to hold the po sition. We. trust, therefore, there will bean unanimity of feeling toward Mr. McMillan, and that he will be our next Senator. Itamsey in Ills Itotaije. [Wisdom Reporter- -Bep.J Ramsey lias had honors enough. Governor, Congressman, Senator, Member of Hie Cab inet with two portfolios, ami yet no important thing lias he done except to hold these offices. Twenty or thirty year. 1 ' ago he represented tin. 1 young men of Minnesota. He has grown In to his dotage; Minnesota lias mown out ol his scope, and McMillan is not only a repre sentative of the younger men, hut of ideas and a purer political faction. Democrats Slionld Chip In. [Herald Lake Advocate— Dem.] The Democrats, though in a hopeless.minor ity, may still effect something in case of a se vere contest by casting their votes for tht least objectionable aspirant. That Hon. C. K. Davis would be a valuable acquisition to the national senate chnmber there can be no ques tion, though the caucus choice is more likely to fall on v political nonentity, who can al ways i>e trusted to vote in accordance with the instruction of party managers. I. J. Adeoeaeu JSawttes Siisjiicion. [Hastings Gazette- Bep.] There is no doubt that the Hon.. Alexander Knuiscy, by natural qualifications and loug experiences in public life, is the peer of any man in Minnesota for the prospective vacancy in the United States Senate, but the extrava gant course of the St. Paul Pioneer Press in presenting his claims in season nivl out of sea son will excite considerable suspicion on the part of the general public, and have a tendency to weaken his candidacy for that position. Retain MeMOUm. [Morris Tribune — Rep.] There is, as there should be, a strong .-■ nti ment in fawr of retaining the services of the present incumbent; this, together with the fact that Senator Bamsey has some bitter enemies, may conspire to defeat him, as from the num ber of aspirants in the field, it is not improb able that McMillau's friends may hold the balance of power, and as usual in such cases, they will- be very likely to throw their strength to defeat the most prominent rival candidate. Jlamsey Old anil Worn Out. [Spring Valley Yidcttc— Bep.] . If there i 6 to be a change wouldn't it be the supremest folly to overlook the brilliant Gov ernor C. K. Davis, and take the Miperanuated Ramsey? It is the Vidette's judgment that the St. Paul postofßce it; the head and front of nli this great popular demand for Kamsey in the United States Senate. Honestly, so it seems to us. However, we do not believe that Ramsey has a ghost of n show ta be elected. He is too old, and too worn out, and we'll miss our guess if he does not decline to be, in any sense, a candidate for the Senate. Give us cither McMillan, Davis, Oilman, or San born, and the yidette will be satisfied. Ramsey as an OQlce Beyyar. [Stillwater Lumberman. — Rep.] Because lie is capable, ellicicnt, experienced and cultured, a representative who does credit to his State, and a law-maker whose aims are broad as the continent, the re-election of Sen ator McMillan is to be hojxnl for. Of Secretary Ramsey we desire to say no unkiu.il words; giving him all the credit due to him, and there will l>o found no reason why he 6hould be crowded into the seat of Mr. McMillan. Coming to Minnesota years ago as an office holder, Mr. Ramsey has' been an office holder or an office seeker ever since. As he has occupied public places through import mt years of the history ol the State, he could not well fail \io be connected with important (.vents. Ik has played his part creditably, but save in his ability to obtain and retain positions of trust and profit, he has displayed no proof of mental superiority over scores of other pioneers of equal merit and greater modesty. DwWisfc Thin. [Duluth Tribune— Rep.] We like I'ncje Alex. Ramsey— yea, we al most love the good old father of Minnesota, and our first citizen. But then, it makes us feel as though some men were infernally lop bided in their mental calibre, when they howl, and howl about how much we owe to Ramsey for public services rendered, etc. We know of whole families who are just dying to do as much as ever "Bluff Alec" did for Minnesota, provided Minnesota will agree to do half as much for them as she has done for Mr. Ram sey. That cry is thin— we might .say, devilish thin. 4 After the Spoils. [Farmington Press— Rep.] The sudden advocacy of Mr. Ramsey's elec tion is an adroit scheme of long and special maneuvering on the part of his social retain ers and the old rings. Of course the spoils are the prime ob]eect at the bottom of this new b jrn zeal. All admit that Ramsey has dove nobly for his Stutcjjbut it is also manifest that he has received an abundant share of honors and emoluments for his services. The time has conic ,[or must 6oon come, In point of age, for his retirement. There is no urgent call or need for the displacement of McMillan, but if there must be a contest, the people should de mand fresh blood and the best brains. Give up Davis or Cole, and a new deal. McMillan Has Scried Well. [Austin Mercury— Rep.] Alex Ramsey has been "forced," so it is claimed, into the field as a candidate for sena tor, but it is n notorious fact that he is always willing to be "forced" when it gives him n chance at the public crib. We prefer either G. K. Davis or McMillan, but think McMillan should be the choice of the State, and cer tainly is deserving of it. Ex-Gov. Davis ex cells them as far as ability is concerned, but he is no worker and will not button-hole any man for his support. McMillan has served us well, honest and upright, true to his principles of right and justice, and what he may lack in ability is made up in his truth, honor and steadfastness to the Republican party and Re publican principles. The Odly One Kith a '•Claim." [Faribault Republican — Rep.] Senator McMillan is the only oue who can properly urge any claim upon the office, which, in his case, must rest upon the well recognized custom of according to an official Who has faithfully performed the duties of one term, a re-election In the way of a cer tificate of endorsement and approval. If the present Senator shall be found unable to command the necessary strength to insure a re-election, there are others who have been named who would not only prove as able and influential as Gov. Bamsey, but whose can didacy would not endanger n reawakening of the bitter feeling which made the contro versy of six years ago so unpleasantly mem orable in the State. d'an't Afford the Swap. [Glencoe Register — Rep. l The state of Minnesota cannot, ord to swap off McMillan for Ramsey. The only consideration that can be urged with any force in favor of a change, is that very laud able ambition of thousands of Minnesotians to have our young state, represented in the grand council of the nation by the only man who has the natural and acquired ability to till that exalted station full, and we need not say that man in C. K. Davis. We are satisfied to leave the senatorship where it is. But if there must be a change, let us go higher for our man rather than lower. The Pioneer Press makes a very spiteful fling at "Brother-in-law Day, the head center of the custom-house ring." Ah! here is the source of the inspiration of this Ramsey movement. Six years :!go, in the good old days of Ram sey's reign, Joseph Wheelock was* the "head center' 1 of the custom-house ring. Restore Bamsey and you restore Joseph. Corrupt Old Trickster. [Albert Lea Standard— Sep.] We assert thai Ramsey is a representative of "the machine" in its most offensive and cor rupt form; that be never was elected by honest methods; that members of the legislature were paid money to vote for him in IWJ, and that money was offered for votes for him in I*75 — all under circumstances which go to show that he was cognizant of the disgraceful facts. lie has always had the support of the pine kind thieve-;, the Indian and mail contractors, and all the worst elements of the Republican party iv this State, and will have their unani mous aid in the contest soon to take place. In no creditable aßj)cetis he the peer, or anything near it, of Senator McMlllun. He has not the ability, the brains, the purity, the high sense of honor that McMillan has, nor has he one-half of the ability to do his constituents honor nnd creditable service. He is nothing but a corrupt, selfish old political trickster, who will not hesitate at any means to carry his point. One of the wealthiest men in the Slab 1 and one. of the heaviest real estate own ers in St. Paul, he never has laid out a dollar for the benefit of that city, and with the ex ceptionofhis private residence, all the build ings he own in that city are old-tumble-down rookeries. The only means he has of demon strating that he is not above the common herd is to take the unwashed into saloons and guzzle l>ecr with them, os he has done in this city and all over the State. With all his •'greatness" and "personal popularity," he never dared to stay in Washington attending to his duties and leaving his re-election to take care of itself, but spent weekß each time in St. Paul, housed up like a spider in his net, in a room where whisky was free and money was freer, until his election was secure cr his defeat certain. By the union of corrupt men aiu^ the use of corrupt means he may be placed in the Senate, but the act will be a dis grace to the State and an injury to the Re publican paily which years cannot repair. "Whisky Froze Him. [Special to St. Paul-Globe.] Blakeley, Jan. 7.— Michel O'Brien, a well-to-do farmer of Faxon, Sibley county, was badly frozen last night. He will probably have to have both feet partly amputated. Whisky was the cause. He was hauling wood to Blake ley, and got drunk at one of our lower town saloons and fell off while going home. He was unable to walk, but crawled on his hands and knees back to town, The saloon keepers would not let him in. Mr. Sanburgh heard his cries and took him in and worked with his frozen feet until morning. His team was out on the Minnesota river all night. One of the horses will probably die from exposure. Dress Goods at Cost And below. Seasonable and stylish, at Powers Bros.' clearing out sale. Ladles' ami Children's Mittens At cost, at the W Cent store. Come and 6ce our stock of woolen goods. Stees Bros., sole agents for the Moore Com bination Desk company. A full Hue of Office Queen, Counting House King, General Busi ness and Flat Top Combination desks kept iv tock. Two for twenty-fire, at Dunne's, C 6 Waba shaw street. Business men go to Stees Bro.'s for Moore's Patcut Counting House King Desks. Two for twenjty-tive, at Dunne's, 6t> Waba sliaw street. Daily CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. KILLED BY A LOCOMOTIVE. NOBWAUC, Ohio, Jan. O.— A shocking accident happened at Havana, ten miles from here. Mrs. C. G. Gaily, and Mrs. E. O. Ellis, wives of prominent men of that section, were out riding in a Sleigh. Approaching the Baltimore & Ohio railway through a cut, tho noise of the bells drowned the noise of the ap proaching locomotive with a caboose. The cutter and locomotive reached the crossing at the same time. Mrs. Gaily, seeing her peril, stood up in the sleigh, and was struck by the pilot in such a manner that sho was thrown over the cab of the engine and fell in the arms of the fireman standing on the tender. Mrs. Ellis was thrown forty feet. Both ladies were killed, though Mrs. Gaily showed signs of life for some minutes. YAKDMAN KILLED. Milwaukee, Jan. 9. — John Krueger, an employe of the Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, while sweeping the track in the railroad yard this forenoon, was run over by the engine of a delayed passenger train and terribly mangled. FATAL SHOOTING. Cuakleston, S. C, Jan. 9.— A special to the News and Courier gives the partic ulars of a fatal shooting which took place at Bull River to-day, resulting in the death of one man and severe wound ing of two others. William J. Sweeny, keeper of a sailors' boarding house in Charleston, undertook to furnish four sailors to the British bark cntine Sunbeam, lying at Bull river, and delivered the sailors on board this morn ing. As Sweeney was shoving off from the ship, three of the sailors jumped back into his boat, when the captain of the vessel opened fire upon them, killing one of the sailors and seriously wounding Sweeney and another sailor. FIXe AT ST. LOUIS. St. Louis, Jan. 9.: — A lire broke out at? eleven o'clock to-night, in the small shoe store of Jas. Eads, No. 1114 Broadway, and extended to the row of one-story shops, saloons and restaurants, north and south, consuming them all. High and very cold wind drove the Uames across the alley in rear of these shops into the extensive buildings of the Broadway foundry situ ated on Collins street, between' Carr and Biddle, and tile whole of that establish ment is now in flames. The loss cannot be stated at this writing, but there is a lurgc.ainount, of valuable machinery and patterns in the buildings, and will un doubtedly be destroyed. MAINE'S GOVERNOR. Minority and Minority Report Upon the < Mn;.( in n of P l:t isi ri I's .Election. AuGUBTA, Me., Jan. 0. — The committee on gubernatorial votes will hold another session to-morrow evening to perfect their report. It is understood the com mittee are not agreed on the main ques tion and that there will be two reports, the inajoiit}' in fnvor. of declaring Plais ted elected by reason of receiving a plu rality of .voles, and the minority in favor of submitting the constitutional question to the supreme court. Judge Walker, of the Senate, Mr. McKusick, of the House, and others will sign the minority report. AXX AItOUNI) THK GI.OIJK. The new university boat house, Oxford, Eng., together with many valuable, boats, was totally destroyed by lire yesterday. Julius Colin, manufacturer of varnish, 273 I'carl street, New York, and at Hunters Point, has assigned with liabilities :it |100,000. The temporary factory of the Ausonia Watch uud Clock company, Brooklyn, burned yesterday. Loss, $40,000; insurance, $20,000. The Arkansas legislature meets Tuesday. It is thought J. H. Judkius, of Lawrence county, will be elected president of the Senate, and (ieorge Thornltcrg, of the .sum: county, speaker of the House. (}. M. McGfllan & Go., extensive wholesale and retail dry goods merchants of Cleveland, Ohio, have entered suit against Lcandcr Mc- Bride and C. P. Lovejoy for #35,000 each for Blander in alleging that plaintiffs were in a failing condition and that 11. B. Claflin, of New York, was coming on to close them up. Defendants arc of the linn of Morgan, Root & Co., wholesale dry _oods dealers. Mexican News Kriefs. City of Mexico, Dec. 28.— At last ac counts there was not a pound of flour in Tampico. A cargo was anxiously ex pected from New Orleans. It is feared the whole cotton crop in the State of Durangc has been destroyed by the cold weather. In Chihuahua the weather sur passes anything of the kind within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. There has been ice in Paso Del Norte two inches thick. The house of a Protestant minister re siding in Jalapa having been stoned by fanatics $the government immediately took measures for the punishment of the offenders. Lower Kiver Ice Break Up. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 9.— The day was dull, cool, cloudy and quiet.- Large crowds visited the levee morning, after noon and night, expecting to see the long-lookcd-for and much-expected .break up in the river, but the day visitors were only entertained by the "boys and their sleds coasting down the levee" The river up to this evening had risen over a loot and still rising, with about five and a half feet of water in the channel. As regards the break up none occurred. The ioo moved at Madison, and was sup posed to be gorged again below there. The rise in the river is not sufficient to bring a break up in a hurry. DAILY WKATIIER BULLETIN. Office Observation, Signal Corps>,U.S. A. ) In-geksoll Block, Third Street, > St. Fail, Minn. ) Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. Meteorological Record, Jan. 9, 1550, 9:56 P. M. Bar. Ther. Wind. Weather. Duluth 30.23 -13 SW Clear. Fort Garry.. 30.12 -26 S Clear. Moorhead... 30.09 -18 S Clear. St. Paul 30.21 -17 SE Clear. DAILY LOCAL MEANS. Bar. Ther. Rel. Hum. Wind. Weather 30.299 -15.0 64.0 8W Clear. • Amount of melted snow, 00.0 inches; max inium thermometer, -4; uiininum thermome ter, -22. Below zero. WEATHER TO-DAY. Washington, Jan. 10, 1 a. m.— Indications for the upper lake region, the upper Missis sippi and lower Missouri valleys, very cold and clear, or partly cloudy weather, winds gener ally from south to west, with slowly rising temperature and slowly falling barometer during afternoon or evening. ■ Important auction sale of Diamonds|™Gold and Silver Watches, Plated Ware, etc. See ad ertiscmcut in want column. SAINT PAUL, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1881. BOH N BONED HIM. J\ IJvely-Atteinpt to Collect Some Money of the Fort Snclling Contractor. Mr. Dale, the Chicago contractor for erecting the government buildings at Fort Snelling, has been in hot water for sometime with his creditors. Among those pressing claims upon him is Conrad Bohn, the well-known builder of Winona, who appears to havo furnished Dale some $6,000 worth of sash and doors. The government makes Dale partial pay ments from time to time, and a payment amounting to about $7,000 was to be made last Friday. Here was Bohn's supposed opportunity. That there might be no slip in the matter he secure the appointment of a special deputy ahcriff who would be entirely un known to Dale, and whose presence would not arouse suspicion. The deputy did not even know Dale by sight, and in company with Bohn he watched depart ment headquarters on Friday afternoon from tho window of a saloon across the street until Dale emerged from the quar termaster's office. Rightly conjecturing that he would be armed with a check on some government depository the special deputy followed Dale closely, and both parties were soon at the First Na tional bank. Mr. Dale presented Ms check and while the paying teller was counting out the funds, the officer step ped up and levied upon the money. The teller suspended and naturally referred the matter to the president of the bank, who, acting under the advice of counsel, refused to pay the money to the officer or return the cheek to Dale. The nice point is raised as to whether the money had ceased to belong to the United States and become the property of Mr. Dale when the papei-8 were served. Our Uncle Samuel cannot very well be attached, but Mr. Dale's property can, if it can be found. The check was not drawn upon the bank but upon the United States depository, which position the bank holds. The bank rests the case until the legal point is settled. The money which was thus attempted to be attached only amounted to $900, the remainder of Die $7,000 having been giv en Dale by the quartermaster in some other form, probably in checks on a gov ernment depository at Chicago. Hence if Bohn makes his attachment stick he only secures a fraction of his claim. Death of C»pt. Sam Painter. ■ After an illness which became serious as long ago as last spring, Capt. Samuel T. Painter died at his home in this city yesterday, leaving a family of eight— his wife and seven children. Old settlers of St. Paul and old-time river men, who have been wont to call him Sam Painter, remember that he came from the Ohio river into the steamboat business on the upper Mississippi, between Galena and St. Paul, in the days when the Minnesota packet company was the one transporta tion line of this country, and made his home at St. Paul twenty-four years ago. He served that company several years, first as mate, and when the La Crosse packet ' company took the lead was one of its most popular captains. During his long service on the upper Mississippi and through his winter residence in St. Paul he became very widely known, and now that he is dead, it is a pleasant part of' his memory to re member that he was favorably known and respected. . Some nine years ago he went into the trade of the Red river of the North and commanded a boat there for seven seasons, doing his part towards encouracing the settlement of that now famous valley and adding to the number of friends who will regret to learn of his death. He retired from that river about two years ago and has since enjoyed the comforts of home, surround ed' by his family, and has often told his old-time river friends of the pleasure he had in seeing his children growing to manhood. His funeral will take place from the family residence to-morrow at the boor named in the formal announce ment elsewhere printed. The IMff Tails ami JCussians. San Fisancisco, Jan. 9.— The steamship Galeic, from Hong Kong, via Yokahama, arrived December 13. The telegram re porting the failure of negotiations re specting the Kuldja treaty, has given rise to the belief that hostilities may oc cur on the frontier at any moment. China has made extensive preparations for war, but will suffer" greatly through lack of discipline and want of any or ganization. It is stated that she intends, in the event of hostilties, to lav down torpedoes at the entrances to all treaty ports, and stop all ships from coming in or going out,whethcr war vessels or trad ers. It is also said that foreigners will be employed in the navy. Will Contest. San Fkancisco, Jan. 9.— lt having been reported that Judge Wallace, Democrat, would contest the seat of Gen. Miller in the United States Senate, on charges that members of the legislature had been elect ed under fraudulent influences to vote for Miller, the Call interviewed Judge "Wal lace, who, while disclaiming a desire to make a contest, tacitly admitted that if called upon by a caucus of Democratic members of the legislature to make the contest, he would in duty bound be com pelled to do so. The Ice Break at Wheeling. Wheeling, W. Va, Jan. 9.— The ice broke here at 8 o'clock this morning and is still running out. The damage to property was light, The New Bellaire packet was beeched and .had a hole ten feet long stove in her hull. The Andes, Joseph Nixon, Courier, Ellison, at Nail City, Mollie Regan and Belle Prince were unharmed. Two coal barges were sunk but can be raised again without trouble. The river is thirteen feet and falling slow. * Guilty of Wrong. Some people have a fashion of confusing excellent remedies with the large mass of "pat ent medicines," and in this they are guilty of a wrong. There are some advertised remedies fully worth all that is asked for them, and one at least we know of— Hop Bitters. The writer has had occasion to use the Bitters in just such a clima,te as we have most of the year in Bay City, and has always fonnd them to be first class and reliable, doing all that is claimed for them. — Tribune. A. H. Lindeke & Bro. Offer great bargains in Silks, Satins, Telvete, Laces, Dress Goods, etc. Be in time . The Ladies Assert That they have never known such bargains as are now offered at Powers Bros.' clearing out sale. Ladies' Woolen Jackets. A splendid assortment of stylish Jackets wil be closed out at cost at 99 Cent store. (Elnbe. EUROPEAN EVENTS. The Tope Counsels Ihe Irish Bishops in Behalf of Good Order— The Boers Mak lug It Warm for the Red Coats In Trans vaal — Miscellaneous Old World News. IRELAND. INBTUUUCTIONB FKOM THE TOPE. Rome, Jan. 9.— The condition of affairs in Ireland continues to be a matter of much concern to the pope, who is report ed to have sent fresh instructions to the Irish bishops with a view to promoting the re-cstablishinent of order. I'KOHIBITED. Dublin, Jan. 9.— The land meeting which was to have been held near Tralee to-day was prohibited. A large crowd however assembled. Four hundred troops were on the ground. The local magistrate explained the reasons for the prohibition, and the people quietly dis persed. Davitt subsequently addressed a large assembly from the hotel in Tralee. London, Jan. 9.— A dispatch from Dub lin points out that laborers have been ig nored in the land struggle, but their turn will come soon if provision is not made for them. Thousands of laborers will soon be starving . unless care is taken to suppiy their ne cessities and no prospect of their being idle to any considerable extent is very disquieting. A large anti-league meet ing was held at Drury Lane, County Ca van, yesterday. Tralee, Jan. 9.— Bail for land leaguers under arrest has been refused. GENERAL FOREIGN. Madkid, Jan. 9.— A serious split has taken place in the ranks of the Carlists. The league section of the house have abandoned the cause of Don Carlos. Vienna, Jan. 9.— The marriage of Crown Prince Rudolph and Princess Ste phanie has been further postponed owing to the inclemency of the weather. London, Jan. 9. — The steamer Arizona, which sailed from Liverpool yesterday for New York, took £10,000 of gold. Paws, Jan. 9.— French journals say it is believed the warlike declaration of Pre mier Coumoundouros to the French min ister belongs to a past stage of the nego tiations and does not conform with the present concilatory attitude of Greece. Pauib, Jan. 9.— The results of eight elections are reported as showing forty four republicans, six irreconcilables and eight conservatives have been returned, and twentj r -two second ballots will be necessary. No communists have yet been reported elected. Athens, Jan. 9.— The report that a de cree has been issued calling out the re serves is unfounded. London, Jan. 9. — A dispatch from Dur ban reports the Boers have driven the Natal mounted police to within three miles of Newcastle. Heavy tiring has been heard in the diretion of Makker stroom. The Boers are committing ex cesses on the western borders of Natal. A dispatch from Constantinople says the Porte lias been officially informed that the Turcoman victory at Geok Tepe was a crushing ene. London, Jan. 9.— Thirty-two of the crew of the Spanish steamer Leon, which came in collision with the steamer Harolda, have been saved. Thirty still missing. A dispatch from Athens says military preparations are proceeding most active ly. Another squadron of cavalry has l!c"en formed. A great sensation has been caused here by news that the Turk ish press advise the porte to dismiss the Greek minister from Constantinople and expel all Greeks from Turkey. A dispatch from Durban reports that Boers attacked Rankcrstroom Friday last, but were repulsed. In consequence of Sir George Collyer's remonstrances the Boers have recrossed the border of Natal. The Basutas have again crossed the Dra kensbery into Grigna land, east, but were repulsed with a loss of fifty men. MINNESOTA NEWS. Faribaull county has six weekly news papers. The building statistics of Hastings for the last year fcot up $60,000. The census of births and deaths in Far ibault, for 1880, foots up: Births, 175; deaths, 82. Little Falls shipped during the past season venison saddles to the amount of $7,692-80. Bishop Whipple and family have gone to Florida, to reside till April, on account of the bishop's health. On one of the late very cold snaps, sec tion men repaired ten broken rails be tween Byron and Olmsted. The temperance ticket in Zumbrota last week was elected. The vote for license stood: Against, 131; for, 95. " A large number of sheep in Young America, Carver county, have* recently been killed by dogs or wolves. Bernard Olson, a druggist of Waconia, Carver county, committed suicide last week by shooting himself in the head. He was unmarried. Long Prairie shipped about 15,000 pounds of vtnison the past season. Burn hamville, Todd county, the last season shipped 23,600 pounds. The number of marriage licenses issued in Goodhue county for five successive years is as follows: 1876, 292; 1877, 280; 1878, 294; 1879, 244; 1880, 228. Rev. T. C. Northcott, pastor of the Congregational church in Faribault, has given notice that he shall terminate his three years' pastorate on the first of April next. Much regret is expressed at his decision to leave. Christian Mill, of Forest, Pine county, during the past week has lost three children by diphtheria, aged respectively 12, 5, and 1 year and 10 10 months. John Abel has also, within the past four weeks, lost three children, aged 13, 8 and 2% years, and August Re gel one, aged 1 year and 10 months. There is still quite a number of children sick with the 6ame disease in that neighbor hood* PERSONAL. Hon. Geo. P. Wilson, after a short visit In St. Paul, started last evening for his new home, Fargo. j J. P. Ilsley, Esq., ex-president of the St. Paul & Duluth railroad company, returned yes terday from Philadelphia. Sheriff J. A. Vanstrum, of Kittson county,' bade his St. Paul friends good-bye last evening and started for St. Vincent, with his prisoner, Drain. Hon. Geo. C. Ginty, of CLippewa FalU, ed itor of the Herald of that city, returning from a pleftant visit with friends at Fort Snell ing, tarried at the Merchaats last night, Intending to take train for home this morn ing- ___________ Fall Line Mp9i Goods, Which will be sold at cost and under, to close out the lot, at the 99 ent Cfitore. WISCONSIN SENATORSHIP. Col. E.W. Keyes Interviewed— He Talks freely of the Wisconsin Senatorial Situa tion—The ''Sawyer Gang" Maying a Game of Brag. m A Milwaukee reporter interviewed the Hon. E. W. Keyes, whe is a candidate for the United States Senate, in regard to his view of the present situation and his own prospects, and prints the following report of the conversation: Mr. Keyes claimed to have the most flattering assurances that he would have a majority of the votes cast, and would consequently be elected, notwithstanding the blow and bluster of the other side. Sawyer, in Mr. Keyes' opinion, would not receive forty votes on the first ballot. All the noise and excitement made by the Sawyer faction was simply to create the impression that Sawyer had hosts of followers. They had started their car going, and were crying for the members of the legislature to jump aboard, as their car was the only one that could win. It was a game of bluff from tlift beginning. "Do you think Sawyer has used money for the purchase of votes?" asked the re porter. "That isn't for me to say," said Mr. Keyes. "Of course I have my own opin ion about it." "On what do you base your prospects?" "From reports that 1 have received from every portion of the State. My friends have kept me pretty well posted. To be sure, I have carried on my own canvass, because I could not afford to pay men to assist me in places where work was needed. Personal observation assures me,more thaq anything else could do, of my chances and ultimate success." "Do you anticipate much of a fight ?" "Yes; I believe the contest will be sharp by both my friends and those of Mr. Sawyer. The other side has made all preparations for a bitter opposition." "Do you think the fight will lead to a break in favor of a 'dark horse?' " "No; the contest will be virtually be tWeen Mr. Sawyer and myself. There may be certain parties who will receive complimentary votes on the first ballot, but it will narrow down to the two can didates I mention. It will be either Mr. Sawyer or myself, and I am quite sure it will be myself." "How do you account for the claims of Mr. Sawyer if you are satisfied that he has not sufficient votes to elect him?" ' As I said before, their game is one of bjuff . His supporters are really disheart ened and disorganized. They are doing everything to make an impression in the press, and in every conceivable way. 1 have kept silent, and now have the satis faction of knowing that my friends tre more numerous than Mr. Sawyer would have them." "What about the Howe letter?" '•It has done Mr. Sawyer a great deal more harm than good. I have gained friends by it, and he has lost them. Mr. Howe is simply playing his own cards, and instead of injuring me, has injured himself and his friends." RENVILLE COUNTY ITEMS. The dwelling of Mrs. Geo. Hodgeson, of Beaver Falls, was entirely destroyed this morning by fire. The contents were saved. The house fully insured. The M. E. parsonage was only just saved by the most strenuous exertions of the peo ple. Cause of the fire uncertain. The wheat crop of this country is fall ing below the expectations of the farmers. In parts of the county the average will not exceed four or five bushels. Corn is about ripe and is much above the average yield of other years. Oats an average crop. No frost to hurt anything yet. At wit ah the Railroad Commissioner. [Waeeca Radical— W. G. Ward.] Mr. W. R. Marshall, one of the editors of the St. Paul Dispatch, believes in and advocates the theory that a man once in office should always remain in. The of fice of railroad commissioner was created for him, and a fraud, a cheat and a de lusion called a railroad law was enacted, and his duty is to sec it enforced. It is not enough that this Hon. Dead Beat was quartered upon the taxpayers of the State at an expense of about $5,000 a year, but the people must be further cheated and deceived by the enacting of that fraud miscalled a railroad law. The title of the bill should have read "A bill for the re lief of Wm. R. Marshall," for such it is— nothing more or less. We hope the leg islature will lose no time in abolishing that worse than useless office and place Wm. R. on the private citizens' list. Why run any risk with your cough, told, hoarseness, or indeed any pulmonary or bron chial compaint, when a remedy, safe, thorough and so easily obtained as Dr. D. Jaync's Expec torant can be had? If you have contracted a severe cold, save your lungs from the danger ous irritation and inflammation, which fre quently brings about consumption, by prompt ly resorting to the Expectorant; and if trou bled with any affection of the throat, you will find this remedy equally effectual in affording relief from obstructing phlegm, and in healing the inflamed parts. Water consumers should remember that but two days remain to pay their water bills and save penalties. Those Silks and Satins Are the cheapest and best goods ever offered. Powers Bros, are really clearing out at and be low cost. Sale Extraordinary. On Monday, Jan 10th, we will commence our annual clearing out sale of Linens and White Goods. Bleached and Cream Damasks by the yard. Bleached, Cream and Colored cloths, all 6izes, with Napkins to match. Fringed Cloths, and Napkins to match. Huck, Damask and Bath Towels. Knotted Fringed,TcTwcls, Hand Loom Tow els. Russia and American Crashes, Irish Linens, Family Linens, Pillow Linens. The balance of our stock of foreign and do mestic Quilts will also be sold at a sacrifice. An early inspection will repay any person hav ing even a remote interest in this department. D. W. Isgersoll & Co., St. Paul, Minn. To Lovers of Fine Plug Tobacco. "Keno" Plug, manufactured by Musselman & Co., Louisville, Ky., is the choicest plug tobacco sold. Adam Fetech, wholesale agent. Ladle*, Don't You Forget That A. H. Lindeke <fe Bro. are offering great er inducements than were ever before offered by any house, as they will retire March Ist. Woolen Hosiery. The entire stock of the 99 Cent store will be closed out at once, at cost. Two for twenty-five, at Dunne's, 60 Waba haw street. • $40,000 worth of Diamonds, Jewelry, etc., to be sold at auction. Sec advertisement in want column. NO i HELL. IU Nature, and the Condition of Tho«e Who Are In It, Coniilclcred by the Rev. Ed. r. Mitchell. Notwithstanding the rather unseason able nature of the subject, from a weath er standpoint, a fair number of persona assembled at the New Jerusalem (or Swedenborgian) church last evening, to hear what the pastor, the Itev. Ed. E. Mitchell, had to say on the subject of "Hell; its nature and the condition of those who arc in it." The reverend speaker commenced by speaking of the antagonism recently de veloped to the vindictive punishment of hell. Men wished to find some other way to interpret the text. They hoped for a coming of the Lord, while the* coming had already commenced; it had been in progress for about one hundred years; in every department of thought there was greater freedom; the coming of Christ this time would be spiritual; old dogmas were losing their hold upon men; the spiritual coming of Christ.was to show men how to interpret things in a rational sense. Organized wrong could not antagonize men as it used to; all over the world the human mind was bursting out from in dividual tlualdro'm; God is love; but love is law also. In the former lectures man had been followed to the intermediate state, or Hades; we have seen in the in termediate state man had been prepared; the judgment was in the intermediate state; if he prefered evil there was no power, not even divine power, that could make him follow good; if he was good the restraints of the world did not follow, him. Happiness is the condition of goodness, and suffering of evil; the letters of the scripture came to man in the manner of appearance; like the sunrise which, while not seen, was believed in. Freedom from punishment did not make a man good no more than opening the doors of a prison would make the inmates good. God took no pleasure in punishing men; he would prevent all "suffering if he could. No man will be in hell for failure of op portunities, but . because he does evil, which is hell, in preference to good, which is heaven. The body of the man is an image of the inward man. All our organs need to be in order, to keep us in communication with God. Take away the harmony of the organs, or injure his body and you cut off communication with the world of good. The healthy man found his reward in health; the in firm man in suffering. As a spiritual being the man was a complete organism. God did not punish a man for debauch eries. The punishment resulted from the disarrangement of the organs. So it was with the mental faculties; to be happy he must obey the laws of moral ity; our intellects were formed for truth, nothing else will harmoniously fill them; the heart was made for love; the charac ter of love was happiness; morality; the punishment consisted in the wretched na ture which worked evil; the penalty was in the sin, in the miserable condition in separable from sin; as we exercise evil thoughts the man becomes narrow and steeped in misery. As the good man found his reward in happiness, so the evil man punished him self by doing wtcng. The man who grovelled amid low thugs, who wallowed m spiritual filth was always miserable. The evil of one man, by the law of retal iation, stirred up the evil of other men. So it was in heaven; the evil man would not have pleasure in the company of angels; sin poverished itself; if we brutalized ourselves and cut oil the an gelic side we perverted our lives and made hell. Hell did not consist, in lire and brim stone; it was not a place, but a condition formed by the lusts and burning passions of man. * It was not the divino love that punished man; like the sun Him doing all in its power to restore find succor us. Then by living a life of sin on earth, man formed the image of evil that in the other world would retain its character of sin. In the intermediate state, before reaching the final abode, there would be opportunities for good and evil. If man had not had opportunities here he would; have them there; if he had abused his chances he will keep on doing so. Some people imagined that this doc trine made hell too easy; I imagine a community full of lust, avarice, hate, malice, and evil desire— of persons pos sessed with these attributes— -each man would arouse others against him; each burning with the fires of infernal lust; which could but be carried out; this was not an enjoyable life; each one preying 1 on the other; the infernal character made hell wherever developed. It was a law of the spiritual world that all the surroundings were the outward image of the inward spirit. Every evil passion in hell would be represented by its outward character ; even as a malig nant passion practiced in life made the face correspond with the evil of the heart. The work of harmonizing men would be carried on in the other world ; if the divine light should come on a man at once, it would kill him ; an evil man could not breathe the pure air of heaven; he had no capacity for it ; even as the naked eye cannot gaze fully on the sun. God never punished a man; ho was punished in the existence of hia own evil, and by that, if the existence of perpetual evil was an argument against divine be nevolence, the same argument might be applied to suffering here. The sensualist cared nothing for purity; he had oppor tunities to do better, but would not; you could not get the miser or dishonest man to believe in the practice of liberality or honesty. The fish might be taken to the higher air; to the pure oxygen; hut it would say, I care not for this; give me the air I can breathe; the condition I am fitted fflr; so with the evil doer; he could not be happy if taken at once from his condition of sin; evil is not imperfect good; it was opposition to good; evil must be given up; you may restrain evil but it could not be developed into good. Hell, then, was not a place where men are driven to be punished, but resulted from the evil in a man's mind and heart. God did. not punish man; it was the exer cise of malignant passions that caused his suffering. When a man is confirmed in evil life there could be no worse holl than this. The Lord would not impute to man a thing which lie had not impart ed to him. There was no vicarious atone ment. Christ had suffered, and in so doing had given man a pattern. A. H. Lindeke & Bro. Will 11. Mr.- On March Ist from the retail trade. Go for the bargains while they are offered. Two for twenty-five, at Dunne's, 68 Waba shaw street. Lawyerß will find Moore'a Patcut Offices Queen Desks at Stces Bro.'e.