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4 StaOp IP iSHob& Official Paper of the City and County Stinted and Published Eveiv Day in the Tear, BY THE «T. PAUL GLOBE PRINTING COMPANY Ho. 821 Wabashaw Street, St. Paul. THE DAILY GLOBE. SEVEN ISSUES PER WEEK, \L*»lly add Sunday Globe; one dollab per month. BIX ISSUES PER WEEK— BY MAIL, 'Cn« month 90cts I Six months $ 5.00 Throe r*0nth5....52.50 | Twelve months. . 10.00 TES WEEKLY GLOBE. An eight r »ge paper published every Thuie - ins, sent poet paid at $1.15 per year. Three months ori trial for 25 cents. BT. PAUL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 12. 1883. Afteb a long spell of even temperature and freedom from rain the front door of dog days stands as yet upon its hinges. Old residents down East aver this is the greatest grape bearing year in that section of the country they have ever known. How this news makes the mouths water for the luscious Concords, Isabellas and Catawbas. The Indianapolis bank troubles have been happily bridged over, and the First National has resumed business with a doubled capital. It is a little singular, however, that the dispatches have as yet given no reason for the trouble, and the new managers of the bank do not seem to be inclined to talk about the matter. The sublime porte of Turkey by refus ing to let a British line of steamers sail up the rivers Tigris and Euphrates was threat ened by the English consul at Bagdad with the presence of the British fleet to enforce British claims, and was in consequence so far backed down as to withdraw his embargo on the Euphrates, though he sticks to the lockout on the Tigris. The buildings on the site of the new ho tel were sold yesterday, and work will be in actual progress the current week. The new syndicate block on Sixth street, from Jackson to Robert, directly opposite the hotel, is assuming shape and will reach completion in advance of the hotel. The center of business is being rapidly located in St. Paul. The Knights Templar of California are making the most elaborate and magnifi cent preparations at San Francisco for the reception of the different commandries of the United States at the earning con clave. That they will make the occasion one of royal splendor, no one can doubt, who met them at the conclave at Chicago three J years ago, where their uniform and. outfit were the cynosore of all eyes. The protection of building 3by lightning rods is now on a ftiir trial in this city at the expense of the state. la fact the bolts are especially invited to tackle the bunch of corrugated iron which surmounts the dom of the capitol, from which they will find no direct line of metal communica tion with the earth, from which they are always sure to makea final carom on in their terrestial trips and that regardless of expense. We are compelled to go to press thi3 morning without an account of how Pres ident Arther conducted himself on his ride across the country to the Yellowstone park, and how many trout he succeeded in land ing when the party stopped for the night. Bat perhaps the next surprise in store is a thrilling description of how his excellency, by a well-directed shot, toppled over a buffalo bull that was leading his herd on a terrible raid over the prairies. The financial gloomists have reckoned up and find this date is just ten years after the disaster in 1873. But they forget it was formerly the banks and the currency which were a constant source of danger in depressions caused by a sudden and vio lent overthrow of credit after too great in flation, and that those elements are now comparatively stable, as evinced by the great strain on the eastern banks, caused by the extensive leather and shoe failures, not one of which has collapsed. The microscopists of the country held their session in Chicago last week and the attendance was large and extended. They appear to have gone into the minutia of matters pretty thoroughly, judging from the following editorial comment of the Inter Ocean: It looks like the microscopists had made a mistake in not having the papers chosen for their opening session set down for a strictly pri vate hearing, where it might have been discussed ■with closed doors. It is unpleasant for ladies attracted to their meetings by the reputation of this learned society to be compelled to retreat because matters are introduced hardly fit for a mixed assemblage . If the paper and discussion of yesterday are a fair sample of what is to follow, it would be better for them to placard the door to their hall: "For men only." The cholera scare in Europe appears to be without good cause. As far as heard from there has not been a single caise of well-defined Asiatic oholera on the conti nent of Europe, and with the existing quarantine regulations there is not the slightest danger of its introduction. The cases reported as cholera that have proved fatal in England, turn out to be merely aggravated cases of cholera mor bus, such as occur in every community each summer. The disease is subsiding in Egypt, and will probably not cross the Mediterranean, at least nntil the season is so far advanced as to render it practically inocuous. THE DECADENvE OF THE EASTERN 3IANVFACT UREB. The existing commercial distress at the east is not an indication of "hard times" as popularly known, but rather an out come of a system of conducting business that has been long demonstrated as exceed ingly dangerous. The leather failures in Massachusetts were due in large extent to the persistence of the eastern manufac turers in presuming that Salem, Lynn, Attic, Marblehead, Brockton and other provincial towns in the old Bay state were the only places where boots and shoes for the custom trade could be manufactured. While the manufacturers in these | places have been dozing and dreaming, the in dustry of which they have thought they had a monopoly has obtained a foothold in the west, and to-day Chicago manufactures more boots and shoes than the whole of Massachusetts, while St. Paul can equal in the value of her manufacture that of any of the boot- and shoe centers of that state with the exception of the two first named. The mistake of the Massachusetts manufacturers is that they have been unable to dispel from their minds the fact that they are no long er the supplyers of the whole continent, but merely of a limited region. The west has grown so fast of late years that it is able to support itself — able to produce all required for the maintenance of the mil lions of inhabitants not alone in the mat ter of food put to produce all manufac tured articles that are necessary. The day of the east has passed. It is no long er the depot to which the rest of the con tinent must resort for supplies, but must be content to catch the crumbs that fall from the tables of the west. ST. VAVL. There never has been a time when the outlook for St. Paul was so bright as the present. The evidences of solid pros perity, and the basis for largely increased and permanent improvement, are seen on every hand. The completion of the Northern Pacific railroad with St. Paul as tho eastern terminus, set tles the destiny of this city. The traffic of a continent is not only poured into our lap, but other roads will seek this point to share with competitors the traffic which the competition of the new line to the Pacific is certain to produce. The Northern Pacific recog nizes St. Paul as its terminal point in a very practical manner by purchasing between three and four hundred acres of land for depot grounds, car shops, stock yards, etc, at an eligible place. The pro jected improvements, upon the ground purchased, will involve the expenditure of several million dollars and result in ad ding directly and immediately not less than ten thousand to the population of the city. In the invitation whioh Mr, Vil lard sends out for his great excursion, St. Paul is officially recognized as the eastern terminus. It is not surprising that our citizens pro pose to make the event memorable. There will be a gathering at St. Paul of more prominent men than upon any previous occasion. They will be representative men whose coming and inspection of what we are and what we have, followed by the trip across the continent, will enable them to intelligently judge what we are to be. That is a vision which can scarcely be overdrawn. Chicago, and possibly St. Louis, will be the only cities of the west that will not be eclipsed by St. Paul in popu lation, wealth and business, within ten years. Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburg will soon take rank below St. Paul in population as they already do in enterprise, and some branches of business. This fall will witness not less than ten thousand miles of railroad centering at St. Paul, with thousands of miles of feeders, branches and connections which will place a vast empire at our feet. It is not surprising that sagacious men stand ready to stake their fortunes on St. Paul. It is not surprising that building is active and that within qnite a narrow circuit $3,000,000 is being put into build ings. The destiny of St. Paul is assured so overwhelmingly that there is no one to question it. Tho center of such a gigantic railroad combination, with a lo cation at the head of river navigation and but 150 miles distant from a lake port, could not be other than a giant among cities. That is what St. Paul already is and her giant strides are becaming daily more and more impressive. TUE OHIO CAMPAIGN. The Republicans in Desperate Concern for Want of Funds— They Practically Give Up the Fijfht. [Special Telegram to the Globe. J Cleveland, 0., Aug. 11.— The still hunt in Ohio politics, so far as carried on, has not been satisfactory to the Republicans. A prominent leader said to-day : "National issues must be brought into the campaign and help us get money. We have poor men on our ticket from top to bottom. There is no one to put up, and the commit tee need money. The Democrats have the liquor interests to draw on and lots of rich men with them. This year is the rich man's year. Senator Sherman is not helping us financially, and Gov ernor Foster thinks he has done his share. Besides I was surprised to learn from a reliable source that the governor had been going into mining schemes, railroads and all sorts of specu lations to such an extent that he was hard up, and had within the past year made several loans. At any -rate, what interest has he in the state canvass? His sympa thies are with the legislature. The presi dential election of 1884 will be greatly af fected by the result next Ootober and that is what we must bring out prominently. Hoadly is looking to that, and expects to be a candidate for the nomination if he carries Ohio. Gen. Ben. Cowan, late as sistant secretary of the interior, is report ed to have said at Delaware, recently, that the state committee had been guaranteed $250,000 for the present campaign, and that Charley Foster had given $25,000 of this amount. He says that Senator Sher man looks upon Foraker's defeat as a cer tainty and that no expenditure can save Ohio from going Democratic this fall. Sherman thinks it would be better to save the money until next year and endeavor to carry the state in the pres idential nomination. Gen. Cowan says that the Republican state committee were very angry at Sherman's lack of confi dence, and that Foster came to the rescue by raising the $250,000 needed by the com mittee. Of this amount Foster "gave $25, --000. The other $225,000 was obtained from his friends. His recent visits to Washington and New York were probably in the interests of the Republican state committee . Never <Jive Up. ff you are suffering with low and depressed spirits, loss of appetite, general debility, dis ordered blood, weak constitution, headache, or any disease of a bilious nature, by all means procure a bottle of Electric Bitters. You will be surprised to see the rapid improvement that will follow; yen will be inspired with new life; strength and activity will return; pain and mis ery will cease, and henceforth you will rejoice in the praise of Electric Bitters. Sold at 50 cents a bottle by Lambie & Bethune. Cranks' Freaks. I Special Telegram to the Globe] Lockpobt, N. V., Aug. 11. — Chas. Trues dale created something of a sensation at Niagara Falls by rowing through the rapids from the American shore, starting from near the head of the hydraulic canal and landing at the upper end of Goat Island. The local papers are daily pub lishing the offers and appointments of cranks to do all sorts of mad feats on the Niagara river, and it is more than possible that the effort for notoriety may lead some of them to throw away their useless lives. A mass meeting will be held in Cooper Institute, New York, on Aug . 27, for the purpose of raising funds for the defense of O'Donnell, who killed informer Carey . THE ST. PAUL SUNDAY GLOBE, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1883 AMUSEMENTS. This is emphatically an age of transi tion ;:time gallops; what was new yesterday is old to-day and forgotten to-morrow. The busy prompter on the great stage of human action rings on the scenes in quick succession, and woe be it to the wight who is not up to his lines, for the invisible, relentless hand which manipu lates the strings of the moving panorama will admit of no negligence or delay. In no department of life is the spirit of change more apparent than in that branch of art known as the drama. Within the memory of the writer, and the hair is still tolerably thick on a not yet venerable head, the announcement on the bill board of the production of a melodrama was sufficient to pack any tirst-class theater. Since then what a change has pervad ed the precincts of Thespis. Now adays the good old fashioned melo drama has fallen into the sere and yel low; the voice of the leading heavy has somehow lost its old familiar ring, the disguised prince in the big whiskers, top boots and slouch hat doesn't seem to im press us as was his wont, and even the san guinary death struggle, and the rattle in the throat of the victim have lost a por tion of their charm. There is a lack of enthusiasim or approbation for the robust, and if it must be said manly and swift retribution of those days, when the throat of the vil lian was soon in the clutch of the more ro bust hero of the play. All this has changed; the sword of the avenger has gone to keep company with the clanking spur of the refugee and both form the nncelus for the web of the mansard roof spider, for even this humble insect is rather choice in his habitation now-a-days, for where will be found the garret of our fathers with its stringers of clothes and aromatic dried apples and other things sodeartouson the rainy afternoons of long ago. The firm, manly clutch of the hero has given way to the pink and white, soft-handed and silky caress of the stage dude, whose chief fort lies in make-up and judicious harmoay of attire, from the dainty tights that adorn his candle-mould legs and the accentuated tip of his tooth-pick gaiters to the terra-cotta shades of his gloves. This is the creature of the society drama; he delights in platitudes, moonlight saun terings, starry vistas, and so on, but he has no time for the storm cloud, the elec tric flash of the soul as it blazes with in dignation and passion. In all this, how ever, there is one consolation. Soon the dramatic undertaker will take him from his perch and lay him on the shelf, where, with an innumerable collec tion of defunct accessories, he will moulder away, while over the remains will be raised a job lot head board bearing the inscription hie jacket. During the week just closed the amuse ment patrons of St. Paul have been enter tained with a touch of melo-drama as il lustrated by the Jay Rial combination. The first four nights of the engagement were devoted to the presentation of Col ville's drama "Taken From Life," which was witnessed on the several occasions by fair sized audiences. It came heralded as a drama of intense human interest, but the promise was not altogether redeemed. The fault was not so much with the company as in the char acter of the play which is lacking in some of the es&ential qualities which tend to enlist universal sympathy, and besides it is a drama, which requires the most elab orate mounting. Why so clever a com pany should make this their principal play in their repertoire, is difficult to un derstand, as there are a dozen stock plays which are quite as interesting, and which afford a better scope for the display of the dramatic ability of the troupe. On Friday night "EastLynne"' was sub stituted, and the change was a wise one. Although not the most wholesome pabu lum, as a steady diet, the play possesses strong elements of interest, and it was most acceptably rendered by this com pany. "East Lynne" was given at the matinee performance yesterday to a fashionable and appreciative audience, the mountiags and costnmes being elegant, while the several roles were admirably enacted. Last night the engagement closed with Tom Taylor's standard drama, "Ticket-of- Leave-Man," and it proved the most enjoy able performance of the week. Miss Rial appeared to especial advantage as May Edwards, the true hearted heroine, and the Bob Brierly of Mr. Duffield was given with power and feeling. Mr. Spen cer made an acceptable Hawkshaw, and Mr. Winter gave the complex character of Dalton with the requisite fineese. As Sam, Miss Brandon played with graceful aban don. Jennie McClellan was good, as she most always is, and not to forget the mass of Stockwells and the remainder of the cast which was acceptable. The drama was given to a good audience. The Ideals at Minnetonka. The most popular and pleasing Sunday programme yet offered by the Manitoba railway, lake steamers and Hotel Lafayette has been arranged for this afternoon, when the popular Chicago Ideal Opera com pany will appear in the grand talon of the Hotel Lafyette in a popular pro gramme of secular and sacred song. The well known ability of the principal mem bers of this company on the concert stage is unquestioned. To-day the principal artists will be sustained ,by the full chorus and orchestra, and a programme 6uch as was never enjoyed here before may be looked for. Mr. H. H. Thiele, the con ductor of the company, has composed a march for this special occasion which he intends to dedicate to Mr. J. J. Hill. The Manitoba double track will run special trains which leave St. Paul at 9:30, 10:30 a. m.; l; 30, 8:30 and 5:30 •p. m., leaving Minneapolis a half hour later. Returning trains leave the hotel at 12:55, 4:55 and 8:45 p. m. The Ideals go out at 11 a. m. via Wayzata and steamer Belle of Minne tonka and return on the 8:45 train, so that the singers will have a full day's enjoy ment. Footlight Notes. The Opera house will remain closed for two weeks, dating from last night, unless perhaps engagements may be made with traveling combinations to fill in a portion of the gap. Commencing with Monday even ing, the 20th inst., Mile. Rhea, the distinguished Belgian tragedi enne, will play a round of her be&t charac ters. Since her last appearance in St. Paul M'lle Rhea has met with great suc cess, and her impersonations are said to be marked by fine grace and finish. Her engagement is during fair week and a most enjoyable and successful season is predicted. Dramatic Xotes. Forepaugh's circus is doing New York state. Tony Pastor opens at the Olympic, St. Louis. Sells Bros' circus is playing in eastern Indiana. Maud Granger's company is on the Paciic coast. The Burr Robbins circus is showing in southern Illiaois. The Grand Opera house, New York, has booked Kale Olaxton for the 27th inst., followed by "Hazel Kirke," Barrett and Mrs. Lang try. Kate Claxton opens her season at Taun ;on, Mass., Aug. 27. Janauschek closes her season at Kansas City on the 2 ( Jth inst. Van Amburg's stiow appeared at West side, Minn., last week. Rose Marsly, the actress, was buried in Greenwood cemetry last week. The husband of Alice Oates chastised a rival at New Orleans last week. The Standard theatre, New York, will open Sept 3, with the "Merry Duchess." Miss Oher, while in Europe, secured several new operas for the Boston Ideals. The Standard theater, St. Lsuis, opens September 8 with "the Power of Money." Mary Anderson opens in London with "Ingomar," and Lawrence Barrett with "Richelieu." The Hees Acme Opera company did a poor business at Denver, Col., the last week in July. Marie Prescott will appear at the Union Square theatre, New York, on the 20th in her drama of "Vera." The Boston Theater company are play ing "Youth" to large audiences at McVick er's theater, Chicago. George Fawcett Rowe, has written a piece called "Freedom," to be brought out shortly at Drury Lane. The George Edgar company commence a two weeks' engagement at Hooley's thea ter, Chicago, the coming week. Rose Eytiuge's repertorie for next sea son includes "A Winter's Tale," "Felicia," and "A Woman of the People." One scene in "Vera," to be played by Marie Prescolt at the Union Square thea ter, will consist wholly of gold tinted satin. "An American Marriage," a four-act play by Celia Logan, produced at Provi dence, R. 1., last week, was not a pronounc ed success. Work on the new Opera house is pro gressing rapidly ; the trusses were placed in position last week, and the roof will be put on the ensuing one. "The Silver King," with Osmond Tearle it? the leading role, and a strong cast, com menced a four weeks run at Haverly's Chi cago theater last week. It is a melodrama of intense power and interest, and is draw ing large audiences. "A Mountain Picnic" is the name of a bright and breezy society drama by Mr. Elwin Barron, dramatic critic of the Chi cago Inter-Ocean. It was produced re cently at the Grand Opera house, that city, and is meeting with a delightful and enthusiastic reception. It is understood that Mr.Barron has written another drama of more pretentious scope, which is looked for with great interest. The London people have fallen down to worship Mary Anderson, and the Court Journal goes into raptures over her beauty. "Her face," it says, "is of the soft Creole whiteness which gives such immense value to dark eyes; her hair of the brightest gold, and the expression of the counten ance that of the purest and most childlike innocence. Never was the realization of the poet's ideal in 'The Dream of Fair Women' so completely illustrated as by this new beauty." J. H. Haverly has already four com panies forming, and his name will resound throughout the country as of old. There are two Silver King and two Mastodon companies. The Silver King companies are very nearly complete, and there are to be no names, numbers or letters to dis tinguish one from the other, as each is ex pected to be tqnally good, Eleanor Carey and Walter Bentley are engaged for lead ing business in one, and Etalka Wardell for the other, a leading man to support her not having been secured. Musical Gossip. Much has of late been said concerning John Howard Payne, the author of "Home Sweet Home," but it is not generally known from whence came the entrancing melody which has become so inseparably connected with, and was so instrumental in making the poet's lines famous. The melody was written by "Donizetti," the composer of "Lucia di Lammermoor," etc., and was sang by "Giulia Greisi" in the last scene of "Anna Bolena," as early a3 1834. She wa3 one of the greatest sopranos of the eighteenth century. The name of "Jenny Lind is too well known to make it necessary for explana tion as to who or what she was . But a a few points concerning the great Swedish nightingale may prove of interest to our readers. At the age of three years she was able to repeat with great accuracy any melodies she heard. Having been taught a few lessons, she attracted, the attention of a well known actress named "Frau Lun delburg." who, charmed by her silvery tones, became her patron and help. After study ing sometime with Croelius, a teacher well known in Stockholm, Sweden, she so thoroughly impressed him with her great ability that he took her to see "Count Pucke," the manager of the court theater of that city. He was a rough and imperi ous man, and when the poorly clad and rather insignificant looking nine year old gir! was introduced for his inspection and favor, he said: "What shall we do with such an ngly creature ? "See what feet she has; and then, her face! She will never be presentable. Certainly we can't take Buch a scarecrow." After having sung for him, he repented hiß uncomplimentary re marks, and placed her under the special tuition of the director of the operatic classes. All went well up to her twelfth year, when in her brightest moments, suddenly her voice left her, and for four long years she lived in hopes of regaining it, when as unexpect edly as it left her did it return. She was assigned the minor part of Alice in the opera of "Robert le Diable." When ap pearing upon the stage she shook with nervousness, and as the notes of her voice burst forth with such beauty and fullness the audienoe were oarried to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. You all know her from that eventful evening. It may be encouraging to those who are struggling day after day to perfect them selves in the art of singing, to learn that some of tne brighest stars of the operatic world made themselves great by their in domitable energy and pluck. Mention will only be made of one, "Giambattista Rubinia," born at Bergamea in the year 1795, who at the age of 12 made his debut in one of the theatres of his native town in a woman's part. He afterwards sat at the door of the theatre between two candles holding a plate in which the ad miring public deposited their offerings. He next played the violin in the orchestra between the aots of comedies, and sang in the choruses during the operatic season. He was quite unnoticed except as a musi cian among the rabble nntil an accident attracted attention to his talent. A drama was to be produced in which a very difficult cavatina was intro duoed. The manager was at a loss for one to sing whereupon Rubini offered his services. He was successful and there after got numerous opportunities to travel with wandering companies. He was in debted to no special technical training except that which he received through his own efforts, and the practice of the lyric art in the companies with which he travel ed, bat by sheer genius as a singer, with out a vestige of dramatic ability. With a mean countenance, awkward figure, very undignified carriage, he raised himself to the very highest place in contemporary estimation. It is said that the immense power, purity and sweetness of his voice have never been surpassed. His chest range it is asserted by "Fetis" covered two octave 3 from C to C which was carried up to F, in the voee di testa" and he managed the transition to the falsetto with such con summate skill that the most delicate and alert ear coald not detect ths change in the method. The secret of this peculiarity of vocal machinery began and died with him. He passed away in 1852, leaving the largest fortune ever a massed on the stage. Manager Hastings, of the Bijou theater of Boston, has received a new American opera — libretto by Will F. Sage, of that city; music by the well known pianist and composer, Calixa Lavallee. The libretto is bright and witty, being a satire on the Indian question; Indians, commissioners, United States soldiers and missionaries are the principal personages in settling this much mixed question. It will be produced in Boston this season. The Musical Courier, from which this is taken, says: 'Mr. Lav allee is so excellent a musician that no doubt is expressed about the merit of the work." The capturing of the first prize of the society of composers in Paris, 3,000 francs, by "Mme. de Grandval," is another evidence that women are coming to be known as something more than mere in terpreters. They have long since been recognized as among the first as pianists and singers, but have not as yet taken rank as originators, and the frequent mention of some solid work by a talented woman is only a forerunner of what we may expect in the future. Edward Soloman, the composer of "Bille Taylor," is bankrupt, owing over $10,000, with assets $1,200. He has writ ten a new comic opera called "Pocahon tas" for Lillian Russell, Libretto by Sydney Grundy. Sig. August Trinchieri is compiling a biography of Franz Liszt, the great pianist and composer. Clara Louise KeJlogg will give farewell performances in this country the coming season. Sir Arthur Sullivan has returned from 'Carlsbad" much restored in health. BEAUREGARD. 'he Ex-Confederate Visits Chicago and Is Interviewed— He is Sick of Politics and Only "Wants Prosperity for the South. [Special Telegram to the Globe.] Chicago, Aug. 11. — Gen. P. G. T. Beau regard was at the Leland yesterday, and left on the evening train for New Orleans. The general has aged very muoh in the last few years, and his hair and mustache are almost snow white. He seems, however, still quite vigorous. To a reporter ho said that he had been taking an airing at the various Wisconsin watering places, and had enjoyed himself very much, he having met a number of people from home. He would return north in two or three weeks to make a trip over the North ern Pacific along with all the rest of the world. He spoke quite hopefully about the future of Louisiana, especially New Orleans, and said that the Texas Pacific & Mexican National which was being rap idly pushed forward, to make New Orleans the outlet of a grain trade. The deep water which was being obtained at the mouth of the river would enable the larger vessels to come up to the city and there was no reason why a large proportion of the wheat and corn crop should not be shipped from that port. The state had suffered considerably this year from crevasses and the present system of Mississippi river improvements would have to be extended and carried forward. In the demand for this all the states washed by the river would join, as their interests were all closely bound up in this question. The general further said the people of Louisiana were sick and tired of politics. They had had enough of that. AVhat they now desired was material pros perity. CRIME. A Cattle Thief in Colorado Lynched by Cowboys— The Dally Calendar of Cussed ness. MOBBED, SHOT AND HUNG BY COWBOYS. Denveb, Col., Aug. 11. — The Republican at Canon City says L. E. Walker, charged with cattle stealing, was forcibly taken from the sheriff about midnight last night by an armed mob of coy/boys, shot to death and the body hung from the timbers of a bridge in the suburbs of the town. Walker was returning from a successful visit to Salida, whence he had been accom panied by the sheriff, to secure bonds for his appearance before the grand jury. The whole county is terribly excited, and meas ures have already been taken to appreThend the murderers. KILLED BY A POLICEMAN . Chattanooga, Aug. 11. — Jonas Check, keeper of a shooting gallery, was instantly killed to-night by police mns James Bailey. Check attacked the officer while the latter was trying to prevent two men from fight ing and inflicted serious wounds before he was shot. Griggs' Glycerine Salve- The best on earth can truly be said of Griggs' Glycerine Salve, which is a sure cure for cuts, bruises, scalds, burns, wounds, and all other sores. Will positively cure pile 9, tetter and all skin eruptions. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Only twenty-five cents . For Bale by P. J . Dreis, corner Ninth and St. Peter street . The Great English immigration Scheme. Montbeal, Aug. 11. — George Stephen, president of the Canadian Pacific, on being interviewed regarding the imperial gov ernment scheme of immigration, said the cablegrams were so indefinite he could not understand it at present. He did not doubt, however, that the grand scheme was proposed and would bs oarried out. Use Bedding's Russia Salve in the house, and Bedding's Russia Salve in the stable. Try it. Obituary, Davenpobt, la., Aug. 11. — Hon. John W. Thompson, mayor of Davenport, died this morning, aged sixty years. He served in both houses of the lowa general assembly, and was a delegate to the Republican na tional convention in 1860 and> 1880. In the Canadian Waters. Monte eal, Aug. 11 — The American frig ate Bandala is now cruising in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and there is some excitement here as she is expected to pay the harbor a visit after the 16th inst. Citizens propose getting up a grand entertainment for the officers. A rural Kentucky paper contains the following advertisement: "We have on hand a complete assortment of the best sewing machines, the best pumps, the best washing maohioes and the life of George O. Barnes, the noted Evangelist. Give uj a call." RAIL AND KIVEK. All Alon'jthe Line. Mr. M. C. Dixon, the general northwes tern passenger agent ,of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, returned yes terday from bis trip to the Pacific. He went over the entire lino, including the staging between Helena and Missoula,to Portland, Oregon. Thence he went to Puget Sound, to Victoria in British Columbia, stopping at Seattle, Washington territory. He de clares that Seattle is the most enterpris ing place he saw while he was absent from St. Pau'. It has a splendid harbor that will accommodate the largest vessels. The town is booming wonderfully, and real estate is held twice as high as it is in St. Paul, aad even worse than that. It is located on the side of a mountain covered with pine, and one set of streets run par allel with th« tiojl tind arc ocuatifuiij ;>r raced. The other streets which run at right angles with these aro as steep as is Ramsey street as it rises to Summit ave nue. The people, Mr. Dixon says, are all keen, bright and active, and look like east ern people. The inhabitants of this town do not rely upon agriculture, but depend upon her commercial position, which they think is of more importance than Portland, which is 120 miles up the Columbia river and twelve miles up the Willamette. There is a bar at the Willamette which greatly in terferes with the navigation of the stream, and interferes a good deal with boats going to Portland. The country is stocked with immense quantities of pine and fur, and good coal. The stage^route Helena to Missoula was, by way of Deer Lodge, 135 miles until last Monday, when they began running trains east from Missoula to Cramers twenty-eight miles, thus reducing the distance to about 100 miles. The iron was laid when Mr. Dixon left to a point forty miles east of Misscula, and at* that time a gap of only sixty miles was left to be completed by Sept. 8, the date of the driving of the last spike. Most of this sixty miles is graded all ready to lay the iron and put in the bridges. Mr. Dixon says Victoria is a beautiful city, and that it is built up in a (solid and substantial manner with brick and stone. The dwellings are surrounded with shade and fruit trees, and the roads in the vicin ity are as solid and substantial as any turnpike west of Ohio. The inhabitants do business in a quiet way and only be^ tween the hours of 9 a. m. and 4p, m. Though Victoria is further north than Winnipeg, there is no snow there to speak of. Plums, peaches and apples grow in the greatest profusion. Mr, Dixon was greatly pleased with his trip and the won derful variety of scenery. TFltat the Railroads are Doing. [Eau Claire News, Aug. 11.] A party of surveyors, in charge of Engi neer Hotchkiss, arrived here on Monday for the purpose of sarveying a line from this city to Chippewa Falls for the exten sion of the Eau Claire branch of the Mil waukee & St. Paul road to that point. The party has been engaged in running pre liminary lines during the week, but the route to be chosen has not yet been deter mined upon. It will probably run up the east side of the Chippewa to a point on the Dells dam a little below Mount Simon, where it will cross the river, run across Frank Moore's farm and recross the Chip pewa near the mills of the Dells Lum ber company. From thence it will follow up the valley touching the mills of the Lafayette, Badger State and French Lum ber companies. Just below Chippewa Falls it will again cross the river and run into the heart of the city. It is possible, however, that the lower end of the line may run on the west side of the Dells pond, in which case a spur will be built across the dam to the paper and pulp mill. The intentions of the C . M. & St. P . com pany have not been made known, but it is expected that this new extension will be soon permanently located and work begun so as to have it done before winter. The Omaha company has about complet ed the track laying between this city and Chippewa Falls, and its bands of steel now unite Eau Claire with Superior and Ash land. The ballasters are at work and the whole line will soon be ready for business. In the meantime an express passenger and a mixed train are in operation over the whole route, the track of the Central being used from Eau Claire to Chippewa Falls. The first express left the Omaha depot on Monday on the arrival of the eastern train, returning in time for the evening train east. Hereafter close connection will be made here, and passengers for Duluth and Superior will find this the quickest route. Already the new route is extensive ly patronized by tourists and hunters, a3 well as men of business. The surveyors of the St. Paul & Chicago Short Line have been encamped in the vicinity of the upper end of Half Moon lake for some days. The party is engaged in making preliminary surveys for the pur pose of finding the best route through the city for the new road between Red Wing, Minn., and Chippewa Falls. The Chicago & St. Paul Short Line company was organ ized several years ago for the avowed pur pose of constructing a road from St. Paul down the east bank of the Mississippi to a point in southern Wisconsin and thence to Chicago, Mr. A. B. Stickney being the leading spirit. Mr. Stickney is now with the Minneapolis & St. Louis (controlled by the Rock Island Co.) which has already built to Red Wing. As another surveying party is making a permanent location of the line down the east bank of Lake Pepin, there is scarcely a doubt that this new road will be opened to Eau Claire in the near future. [Eau Clair Free Press, Aug. 10. j A force of surveyors in the interests of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway com pany commenced a survey yesterday from their depot running a line to the east side of Forest street, from thence to the pulp paper mill and on to|the Eddy mill, where it is supposed they will bridge the river. The company is trying to get the right of way in that direction and a prominent business man on the north side informs a represen tative of this paper that they will unques tionably be successful in securing the right by next week on terms that will be satis factory to all interested parties. Over the Rockies at Ztut. [Helena, M. T., Herald, Aug. B.] Yesterday the first Northern Pacific train to cross the main range of the Rooky mountains passed over the overhead line. It consisted of a locomotive with five load ed cars. They made the trip with ease, showing the overhead line to be perfectly practicable and a thorough success. This is the highest point on the Nortnern Paci fic between St. Paul and Portland, the alti tude being about 6,000 feet. Helena is now connected by rail with the Pacific slope. The preliminary survey of the projected Northern Pacific branch to Wickes was completed yesterday. No official report has yet been made by the engineer in charge of the party, but it is understood that the route has been found to be one of ordinarily easy grades and quite practic able. It is reasonably certain that we will have a railroad in operation to Wickes before snow fiies. The plans of the Helena passenger de pot of the Northern Pacific have been re ceived. Those who have seen them say that it will be the finest passenger depot >n the road between St. Paal and Port :;nd. It will be of brick. Rail Xotcs. The new elevator in the Northern Pacific milding will be in running order to-day. S. K. Hoofer, of the Hannibal & St. Jo, is in St. Paul for two weeks, and during that time he will visit the lakes. Mr. Odell, assistant general manager, is engaged in making a through time card for the Northern Pacific, to go into effect on the 26th. The members of the Chicago Ideal Opera ;ompany will be at Minnetonka to-day, rhe trains will leave for the lake at 9:30 md 10:30 a. m., and at 1:30 p. ra. Railroad officials in Si . P<*nl have re ceived information of the completion and opening for through traffic of the Win chester fli^ision of the Kentucky Central railroad. The Northern Pacific road has received some splendid specimens of ■wheat from the northwest, which indicates that the crop will be a very great deal larger than was expected. A. C. Bird, general freight agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, and W. Knight, general freight agent of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific railway, with headquarters at St. Loui3, returned yester day from a trip over the Hastings & Da kota road, and left for the east hist night on the 7:45 train for home. Information was received at the office of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road that the construction staff has commenced going forward for the completion of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul branch from Okoboji to Spirit Lake. The dis tance is about four miles. It is all graded and ready for the ties. Sioux City Journal, Aug. 10: At the next meeting of the council an ordinance will be presented granting the Milwaukee company right of way from th 9 east line of the old city across the annex to the present eastern boundary. This right of way is between Second and fifth streets on the tier of blocks bought by the company last spring. The company will also ask that certain parts of streets lying between some of tho blocks purchased be vacated. When this right of way is granted the company will begin grading down Second street at least as far as the Floyd. There is much rumor that the grading will not stop at the Floyd, but •will go on as far as possible this season, that one of the three surveys made two years ago has been adopted, and that everything is fixed for a forward movement . TJte River. The Sidney will be the boat for St. Lou is to-day. The Keokuk went down and brought up the freight and passengers of the Minne apolis yesterday. Tha river showed two feet seven inches yesterday morning, but rose to two feet nine inches by 4 o'clock in the afternoon. As it rained last night it will rise still more probably. Tlie Grand Trunk. St. Albans, Vt.,Aug. 11. — At a meeting of railroad officials, representing the Grand Trunk, Central Vermont, Northern Con cord and Lowell railroad, was held here to arrange for a fast freight and passenger service between Boston and Bhicago. The arrangement goes into effect in forty hours. No new developments m financial matters . The people are waiting now for the sale of the South Eastern and a state ment from Brainard. LITE MINNEAPOLIS NEWS Last evensng Officer Bradley discovered a man lying prostrate in the excavation of the Sidle block on Nicollet avenue. Sup posing him dead, he summoned the patrol wagon, but upon going to him found that he was simply dead drunk, and had evi dently fallen headlong into the hole while walking past. Last evening a woman of questionable character was attacked and knocked down by her male companion, also of question able character. Her screams attracted the attention of Special Laman, who ran to her assistance, when the man took to his heels and escaped in the darkness. No damage! farther than a black eye and a soiled dress. Adoption of Infants.***/!?} Two petitions to adopt children were yesterday granttd in the district court, the first being that of Henry Clay Scott and wife for the adoption of Ellen M. Hicks, whoso parents were divorced in October, 1882, Win. C. Hicks, the complainant, getting the sole care and custody of all the children. The name of the infant has been changed from Hicks to Scott. The other case of adoption is by Lydia Gaylord of an infant who has received the name of Lida Gaylord, according to law. What the child,s name was before the petition wa3 granted . or who her parents are the court reporter could not learn as the attorney stuck the petition containing the names in his pocket and went his way. He must return ! it, however, before .judgment is recorded by the clerk, and then the public will know who tho parties are that consent to the adoption of their offspring by the Gaylord woman. It will be remembered that about two months ago Lyda Gaylord was before the court for running a house of ill-fame on Seventeenth avenue north and Wash ington, for the aristocratic libertines of the city. She is the woman described in the Globe at the time as being the possessor of two "orbs of blue" with nothing heavenly in their lustre. The case was dismissed on motion of the county attorney, there being insufficient evidence to {convict . Her institution is still in full blast and patronized by the "elite" as before. The public will be curi ous to know the names of the parties who have given their child to such a woman, who will likely train it in the way it should not go. ALL AKOL'M) THE GLOBE. The National Education assembly dis cussed the American Indian problem yes terday at Ocean Grove, N. J. Secretary Folger, Mrs. Peabody and daughter, and Mr. Eylord, of New York, are guests at hotel Orleans, Spirit Lake, lowa. There were thirty-seven deaths from cholera at Cairo yesterday. It is officially denied that the plague has broken oat afresh at Damietta. The amalgamated association of iron and steel workers, in convention in Phila delphia, went on an excursion to Atlantic City yesterday at the expense of the Phila delphia lodges of that order. There were twenty-nine deaths from yellow fever the past week at Havana. Geo. Stettson, a former purser of the steamship Niagara, died with that disease at that port yesterday morning. A large number of cottages and business blocks were destroyed by fire at Cottage City, Mass.. last night. It started in the Baptist church from some unknown cause and was not checked until a late hour thi£ morning. Loss estimated at $250,000. Hurbe, father of the three great Mexican millenaries, who own the most valuable estates in the city of Mexico, began life as a mule driver.