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2 MURDEK TRIAL. CITAS. HVXSTEII ON TRIAL FOB THE MUIiIiBK OF his paramour. The Whole Forenoon and Part of the Aft ernoon Occupied in the Selection of a Opening Address by County At torney Ezan—Messrs. Hall and Ryan Ap pear for the —Important Testi mony far the Common-wealth — Wit ness, Eliza Hall, Fully Too Much for Attorney Hall—Full Account of the Trial for the First Day. ■ . Charles Hunster was arraigned before Judge Wilkin, of the district court, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, for the murder of Ellen Patterson, on Jackson street, on the evening of the 9th of Jane last, both parties being colored and living together as man and mistress, ' the former being cook on the paymaster's car of the North ern Pacific railroad. Hunster is a trim built mulatto, -with a face which would hardly indicate the com mitment of such a crime,although his head i 3 somewhat peculiarly shaped, being as an architect might term it, rather high be tween joints. His demeanor on being brought into the court room was very quiet although he manifested nervousness and anxiety which was evident while the jury were being impaneled and the trial progressed. £ Han J. J. Egan, county attorney, appear ed on beLalf of the state and Messrs. Hall and Ryan for the defense, the court select ing Messrs. Geo. W. Walsh, S. A. Crosby and John D. O'Brien as triers. The impaneling of the jury for this oase was a long and tedious operation, as eve one was challengen, and so many rejected "for cause" that the regular venire was soon exhausted . Thereupon the oourt in structed the sheriff to proceed to the street aod pick up talesmen sufficient to make Dp the panel, and up to 1 o'clock, out of tliirtj-seven of the venire and numerous talesmen brought in but eleven "good men and true" were accepted. In the forenoon session the following of Hie venire were excused for cause: Fritz I'eters, H. H.-Corst, Win. Gross, John S. Austin, Thomas H. Dickson, H. B. Ahern3 Ceo. H. Goodrich, H. H. Farwell, Lucius Burnap, Geo. W. Cunningham, James Grace, Henry Guithong, John W. Falliha, Thomas W. Forbes, John W. Burdick, L. L . Frost, and the following talesmen: J. F. AlcGuire, Charles Holoomb, Thomas W. Bassett, Wm. H. Harris, Theo. Burkbardt, Nelson Mansfield, Herman Hillman, Frank Tallant, W. H. Fredericks, M. Hogan, Wm. J. Woolsey. There were Rome amusing scenes as the talesmen w«Tj brought up in the hurry of business or pleasure and ushered into the court room, some of whom took it cooly, while others appeared like startled deer. The most notable of these was Mr. Hoyor, who, as the sheriff came in with him and as he drank in the situation, broke .■id r'iu from the room and was overhauled by that officer just as he had reached tho street. When on his second appearance lie was called on for his name and to take oath, he commenced stating that he was under twonty-one years old, but JGdge Wilkiu asking him if ho would Hwuar to it, he «:iid "no." Ou bsing ret) rimended for his condnct in a court of justice by the judge, ho said ho had novsr been in one before, and it being so evi dent that he was a notorious liar the court dismidntd him in disgust. Oncol the other '"street gamins" who was rejected could "not hoar but half a sentence fit h time;" another "had lived south and didn't think he could try ii poor black man with the samo impartiality he oou!': a rich white man;" several had opin ions that were "rooted" in this case; soruo made up their opinions from what they read in the newspapers at the time of tho occurrence of tho shooting, and others did uot re.id criminal items in tbo newspa; is, while all but the one mentioned had c^lor blindness) when justice was in tr.e i luuco between 'i black and a white man. Afternoon Session, The court re-assembled in the after noon when by consent of the defense Frank Tallnnt, who had bten accepted as a juryman ia tho forenoon,WA3 excused. The j:iry was than complete! by a ftir'.',:. raid of Sheriff Gorman imi his dapnties on the fitroi.t, took their oath and are as follows: Birn:i?l Ciiramlngi, W. B.Allon, Win. it. D.ivw, i. A. GwgßJ O. A. I'uLlor. Vr'm. J. Froaney, John !:. Davis, J. V,'. Dorm, Timothy Murphy, J'rim'l Byyd, MicfiHf! Uulchior, 31. T. (.Srennnan. THE COC.N'IY ATTOBNM slid: You r.w to do'abt awaro that the prisoner i* about to bo tried for taking iliu liTe of a hnuv.u boiajj, and that a true bill in-.s 'ooenrotunioJ from tho grand jury thai *ic:h ia tho cas*. Ho ia charged witli tho killing of on.- Ella Patterson on the Uth day or Juuo last. It is unfortunate that crimes exist, but it oaunot bo dunied that t!it>7 do, aud in this case the prisoner is charged with takicg a life, ii life that he conld not restore again. It ia a most solemn trial when the charge 13 bo great, 111.1 lit will become you to listen attentive ly to the evidence ad lac d. The respon sibility upon you is great. The plate knows no raoo or color—the whole is weld od together in one mighty commonwealth. The trial is under the laws, and the laws allow of no prejudice; " the weight of evi dence shall decide you in coming to your conclusion*. Kemember wo are all Aim ican?, and tho prisoner is to be tried under the constitution. Tho life of the deceased was not hid to take or give. Oar govern ment la one of law and order, and no ono cr.n tako a life .■ Uhont exensc. P lie said he would row give a short sketch of tho case and what the atato expected to prove. Tho circumstances of the c.iso are in brief us folio are: About muluight on the Uth cf Jane hist, tho pri-oner shot end of niHlica did kill one Ella Patterson, with whom be cohabited at No. 807 Jackson *trt>et, near Fifth street. It appears that i little beforo midnight the prisoner wr.3 seen to enter the room in which tha de censed and another colored womaa, uamed Eliza Hall, were fitting, in a very excited lnoautr, and take oil his coat, vest and hat and Iny them aside. He also was scon to pall a revolver from his hip pocket and place it on the table. By his "actions it oontd be seen that ho.was excited, although from thediataaoe the distinct words could not be hoard, bat different voices coal I be heard in disptxte. Another party will bo brought forward who heard the shooting and met the prisoner coming down tha stairs from the room in which the deceased w*s afterward* fonnd, and exclaiming, "He shot" la answer to the question of. "Who shot," ho again replied "He shot," and afterwards wocld not answer any more question*. At the same time the colored woman who was np stairs and was coming down says: "Oh. he shot the woman ap stains. 1' We will also prove that the prisoner en gjiag ap stairs tried not to a! low the policeman who accompanied him to enter the room where ths deceased was, and hs had to use cosi-idcrsble force to rnter. On entering the room the prisoner confessed to shooting tha deceased, but Biidthatitwssdone aocklecta! ly. At that lime the woman appeared to be dead, as Fhe did neither speak or move vrhea he addressed her. A! patty will fee produced and testify who saw the shooting done, being in the room at the time. It will be proven that the prisoner was angry, and was jealous on account of the writing of some letter. The state expects to prove beyond a doubt that the killing of the de ceased was done of malice, and that it was not accidental. He would now call the witness to prove the case, and would call JOHN A. PENDT, who was sworn: My name is John A. Pendy, and have been on the police foroe in St. Panl since May, 1882. I was on duty on the 9th of Juse last, near tho corner of Fifth and Jackson. I was at the rear of No. 307 Jackson street that night on the hill, about one hundred and fifty feet from the building, and level with the third story, and could see into the baok room in which thsre was a light. I saw the prisoner come in and take off hia coat, vest and hat, and also a pistol out of his hip pocket, and lay the latter on the table. In the room I could see two colored women and a white woman; could hear the conversation going on but could not understand what was said on account of the distance I was away. There was loud talk. The prisoner was walking back and forth as if excited. I think he wa3 talking for some ten minutes, when I went down on Fifth near the corner of Jackson. About fifteen or twenty min utes afterward I heard a shot, and I went across Fifth street and went up the stairs on to a kind of platform and then went up. A colored woman was coming down and met me, saying "My God, he killed her." I went up stairs and saw Officer Murphy in the room, and saw a colored woman lying on the floor. The prisoner said he ..shot her, pointing to the person lying -on |the floor. When asked for the pistol, he said it wa3 on the table. We took the prisoner, Murphy having one arm and I the other, and took him into the back room where we had him put on his vest and hat. . Cross examined by Mr. Hall for the de fense: Was on duty the night of the mur der about 11:30 on the hill: wait occasion ally on the hill. That night I saw some men and women go through the alley way and I was on watch for them to Bee what they were up to. Conld see into the back room but oonld not say whether it was the room in which the shooting was done. I was on the top of the hill when the prisoner came into tho room, and I coo Id recognize him, as I had seen him often; could not say whether the window was down or not; did not think the prison er was drunk. As soon as he came in he waaexoited; did not see anything in his hand. Did not hear any of the words spoken so as to understand them. Could see him take off his coat and vest in the back room and put them on a chair, and I also saw him take the revolver out of his pocket plainly and could distinctly see and know that it was a revolver. He did not interfere with my sight at the table, and lam positive he took it out of his pocket and put it on the table. I was from 100 to 150 feet from him. I guess I could see a revolver at that distance. They were talking so loud I could hear them well but not the words. Knew he was talking from the movement of his month. I conld see because there was a lamp in the room. The night was dark outaido. When I came I stood about 100 feet from tho building. 1 hsd an object for standing there so as to watch the house to see if parties went in. About twenty minutes after I came down I saw Officer Murphy when the shot wus fired, ana ho went no Jackson and I went Fifth street, as there ore two en trances into the building. Mine was the shortest, but Murphy was there first.. Did not meet him on the stairs. I met the colored woman on the stairs but no other person. She did not go back but went on down stairs to Jackson street. When I got up I found Murphy, the colored wo man on the floor, and the prisoner in the room next the back one, not the one I saw into; the prisoner had on neither bat, coat or yon. We remained only a couple of minutes in the room before we took him away. The woman was lying on the floor. The prisoner Raid ho wished to • get 1 his coat uiid hat, bot his coat he did not get, only his vest and hat in tho rear room, and Ido not know what became of his coat. At this time the revolver was In the centre room, the same room in which the deceased was. On the way to the city ball the prisoner said '"It was too bad he had phot her, but that it was done by- acci dent." lam sure he took tho pi.-i,l out of his hip pocket, ns suro as I am that ho took oil' his coat. There were three or four in the room when 1 first went up,two colored and one white woman; did not know of any more there. I >=np poso that one of them is the witness, .Eliza Hall, and the deceased. The woman that was killud was in a rooking chair, and tlio other . near the back-door. The discussion appoared to lie between the prisoner aud tha deceased. I'ho parties I mentioned were nil in tho room when tho pri:-onor took ofT his coat and vest. Did uot know if the oman in the chair was excitod, and could not, us they wero all talking. Tho pistol might have been bs accessible t J tiiu others in the i room us it was to the prisoner if they wished to get up and get i:. When I was up on the hill 1 did not expect there would be any such trouble as there was. I could tell his voice from a ladj't* voice. Bo direct ExaminationDo not remem ber positively whether the window was up or not. At this stige of the proceedings Counsel Hall wished the witnessss who were in the room to be taken to some other one, and ths judge orderded tho sheriff to have them taken to some room convenient. omen siunrnx swora, and deposed: lama police offi cer, and have been on the fores since 1572. I remember {he night of the shooting. I was on Fifth, near Jackson street, in this city, at that time. I ?avr Officer Pendy on Fifth, near Jnokson. Heard a shot fired about 12 o'clock, midnight, and also heard hello ing, bat could not distinguish what was said. I ran up Jackson some seventy-five or 100 feet in the direction of where the shots were tired til! I came to a stairway op which I ran four cr five steps. About the middle of tho stairway I met the pris oner coming down. A woman above was calling, 'Oh God, he shot her," and then the prisoner in answer to my question 6aid, "He shot her," and I said ''(there?" and ho said "op stairs." I went tip with him, and he went ahead of me through the door, and shut it against me and tried to keep mo out. I had told him I was a policeman . when I met him first on the stairway, a* he said he was jjoiog for one and also for a doctor. I had to nse con siderable force to get the door open: in deed I had to cas almost all the force I could. No one was in the bask room, bat in the nex* room at the left I saw a woman lyinjr in front of the door, and I sapposed she was dead. I said to the prisoner, "I thought joa said yon did not shoot her," when he said "it was done by accident." I asked where the pistol was and ha said it was on the table. The deceased w&s lying fs.ee downward on the floor. I took possession of the pistol and hare it now in my pbasMsioo. (Officer liarpb.7 prodac«;d the revolver. which was a five shooter, with two cf the chambers empty, bat only one shot had beea fired. The barrel was longer than is usually seen in a pistol of its apparent calibrb.) Only one shot had bm Sred. and I can tske the shell out. (The officer tried bat ths cartridge was so rcsty that he failed to get -it oat, eTen although the counsel for the defense loaned him. his jack-knife.) He said the person had con THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1883. fessed to the shooting both at the house and also on the way to the city hall. Cross-examination: I am a roundsman. It took me only a few seconds to get up stairs. I met the prisoner first, and then the person who. was on the stair above passed me when I went up with the prison er. I was talking to the prisoner when he said "Oh, he shot her." He had no coat or vest on, bnt I oannot Bay whether or not he had a hat on. At this time I saw Eliza Hall, and she said, "Ob, my God, he shot her." She was coming down stairs, and I stopped her, and she repeated the same words several times, two or three times at the least. The prisoner said exactly the same words. She did not point to the prisoner. Officer Pendy had a more orooked way to get upstairs than I had, and I got ahead of him. Did not see any thing of the white woman when I went up stairs. As soon as the prisoner and I went upstairs he said it was an accident. He pushed the door open, and closed it against me except about six inches. The woman shot was not in her senses. I had to use my hands and feet to open the door. I could not say if there was any other way to get out of the rooms besides the one we used. When I met the prisoner on the stairs the first words he used were, "Oh, he shot her," and next, "I want a policeman." I had no uniform on, and did not show him any star, and he had only my word for that. He also said he wanted a doctor. Ido not remember that the prisoner said anything to the woman after he got into the room. Perhaps he might have said to her that he did not mean to shoot her. The woman made no reply and did not move her head. Ido not know whether Eliza Hall came came back or not. Ido not know whether I left any one in the room or not when I went away. When I went down stairs I gave instructions to an officer, I think Of ficer Gibbons, to take charge of the de ceased until I came back. DB. QTjINN. sworn and deposed as follows: "I was called to see the deceased. Saw her first at the room on Jackson street between Fifth and Sixth streets. I saw her in the night about fifteen or twenty minutes af ter the shooting. Found a wound in the left leg near the groin; it was bleeding slightly; and there was a small clot of blood on the floor. (The doctor here ex plained to the jury the position and nUure of the wound, showing that it had taken an upward direction, and came nearly through.) I removed the ball next morning when I came to see her. I also saw her the afternoon of the same day and ordered her removed to St. Lukes hospital. She died at the hospital in a week or ten days afterwards. After her daath I held an autopsy. The shot was the cause of her death. The ball was taken out the morn ing of the shooting. Cross-examined. She died in a week or ten days after the shooting. I attended her. I considered from the first that the wound would prove fatal. Several other doctors were called in by me and we all considered that the chances were against her. I told her the chacuts were against her, bat not for some time after she was wounded. Had no conversation with de ceased as to th« shooting and she did not say whether it was accidental or not. ELIZA IIAI.L on being sworn deposed a3 follows: I knew deceased, Ella Patterson, who was the woman shot. I came to St. Paul on the 7th of Jane, and saw her the same after noon. She lived at 307 Jackson street and worked on Fifth street very near there, jnst across the street. I stopped at Mr. Holland's the first night I was in the city and also on the second night. I saw deceased on Friday and also on Saturday, and took my meals there. The shootiDg was on Saturday night. I went there on Saturday morning and never left the house ail day. Saw prisoner when I went there in the morn ing', and took my dinner with them. I went over from the place where the de .ceased was at work about six or half-past six, and the prisoner also went up stairs with us. (The witness here gave a descrip tion of the position of tha rooms which. wero divided into three, although thera were really only two room?, the large one being divided into two by sliding doors.) A person from the hal! conld come in or I oat, of any of the rooms, but at that time only the door that entered from the hall into the back room wa3 used or conld be opened. Do not know the relations be tween the prisoner and deceased, only I snow that they slept together. On Satur day evening prisoner invited ins to play a game of casino with him to which I agreed; wo were to play for drinks. We sat down to play at a little after bis, when he won the first game, and I gavo him the money to go for a quart of beer. After wo drank that, of which the deceased also had a glass, we continued playing until about 10 o'clock, whan ho got tired and went out. The deceased went into her own room and left as together. After he left she came ont and I pat with her until 11:15, when I said I would go home. She wanted me to stay and tako her bed, which I refused. : The night was dark and Holland came p.fter rue. When I -went to Holland's his wife •■aid tot let me step and so I came eight back. When I was going into the house I saw the prisoner going into a sa loon with a pitcher after beer. I went up »tiirs and the deceased said I might Ftop th .c all night. After being in a short time prisoner came in, and came in danc ing and skipping about, and said, "I am happy for once; I don't care a d n for any one and no one cares a d n for me." la the room at this time were the deceased, the prisoner and myself, and Lou Davis was not there. He went and got a dog that he had and began to play with it and caused him to bark. This an noyed deceased, and she asked him to stop ■ it, bat ho would not. Then she said she would split the dog's head if it was not stopped and she made the dog lie down. She then came back to the chair where she was sitting before, and the prisoner got an gry and began to swear, and wanted to know what she meant by saying that she would split the dog's head off. She said she wanted to write and ho said she should not. He wanted me to go to his room but I would not. He then said that he wanted to talk to Ella, rind I then went into the other room, but did not see tho revolver there. On Friday he and I were playing card.=» for money and I lost some fifty cents which I did cot wish to pay him. He then went into ODe of the rooms and got & revolver and said that I had to give him the money, which I did. I asked him what he was doing with such a great big revolver as that and he said that "he might have to kill a nigger with it," and he pat the pistol in his pocket. When I was in the room on Saturday night I heard him say to Ella in the bedroom. "Qd d —n yon, I will Uara yon to go writing," and when I heard them quarrel ing, so I came oat. They had each of them hold of the lamp and I stepped for ward to take the lamp, when all at once a pistol was fired and Ella fell over against the side of the door. The prisoner had the pistol in his h*cd, but I cannot say wheth er ha took it from his pocket or from the table, although I . had not seen it on the table that night. I said to him. Oh my God are yon not ashamed,". I caught hold of him and tried to pall him toward the room in which Loa Davis wa3, so as to get her out, but she would not come. We then went back and ha started for the stairs. I spoke to Eila and she did not a-sxer, asd I became , afraid and' started for the stairs also, aa I did not want to be left alone. On the stairs • and i while doming down I , ; called out, "Oh • my < God, he has shot that woman up * stairs." I then went out and went for Holland who is a cousin of deceased. When I came back an officer was there, and the deceased was lying on her back on; the floor, the officer having turned her over. The letter she was to write was ' to her little girl. He broke the pen in pieces. Cross-examined: I first became acquaint ed with the prisnoer '[ on the 7th of June last. On the night of ,'■ the ' shooting we played cards from a little after six until about ten. - He only got fifteen cents worth of beer. The day > before we played for quarters. He went out about ten, and he , was out when I came baok a _-. little after eleven. He had not got in then, I was in about twenty minutes: before he came. He was not in good nature all the time I was there. He had been drinking but he was not drunk, and did not show any effeots of liquor. lam satisfied that he was not drunk. I cannot say whether he went out in his shirt sleeves or not when he went out after beer. Cannot say whether he took his coat off or not when he came in, but he was in his shirt sleeves when he shot the deceased. Did not see him take off his coat or vest. In the morn ing the revolver was on the table in the bed room, and it was with the same re volver the shooting was done. The shoot ing was done in the bed room to which there were sliding doors; will not say positively whether he took off his coat or not. It was a pretty warm evening but some people are not of the same nature as others and can stand more heat. What attracted my attention when I was coming back at 11 o'clock was that I noticed his white shirt sleeves when he was goirg after the beer. The beer was not for the house and I do not know for whom the beer was. There was no one in the room when he came back but deceased, the prisoner and myself. I never saw Lou Davis that night until after the shooting when the . prisoner and I went to her door to try and get her to : corns out. Lou Davis was not in the room before the shooting. The prisoner talked very . loud when he was excited. It was the day be fore that he said that he would shoot some nigger with it. The last I saw of it, it was in his hand and I cannot say where he got it from on the night of the shooting. Was there only two days and do not know . his habits. Almost as soon as he came in he went to the dog. Saw prisoner every day at his own house. Ella wanted him to stop playing with the dog because it annoyed her. Her head was acking that night. He did not quit till she made the dog lie down. The shooting was done so rapidly that I could hardly tell how it was done, only I saw the revolver in his hand. I left the revolver on the table when I was dusting. The prisoner was in the house a dozen times the day of the shooting. I can swear that the prisoner meant to shoot the deceased. She said she went to the trunk to get a letter. He made such expressions about "settling matters" that he showed that he meant to shoot her. They were quarreling. Saw deceased from t!i^ line she was shot till she died at the hospital. Deceased said one day when I whs washing her at the hospital '■Do you think I will j;k over it," and I said, "I thought she would." She was very weak and I talked but liMle to her, as the doctor said she had to be kept very quiet. I never heard her incbo any statement that she did not wish to have the prisoner proa rated. She stud, "I know that Charlie inear.t to shoot me, but if I do get. well I do not want to prose cute him, as there has been enough scan dal already in tho papers about the affair." I never heard her say that the shooting was accidental.-. I used to live in Chicago since 1875, till I caaio up to St. - Paul. Chicago is my home now, but I have been up in Minneapolis. The counsel here on deavored to enow the character of the wit neap, but tho court interfered to protect the witness. \ D. W. HOLLAND being sworn deposed as follows: I knew deceased, who was a first cousin of mine. Saw her after the shot wa3 tired lying en the floor of the roam. The witnos3 was not allowed to give any more evidence, as what he knew was no's i adini.-sablo. The county attorney asked the judge to adjourn the conrt until to-tnorrow morn ing at 10 o'clock as nn important witness foe the prosecution was absent. This was accordingly done, and the court adjourned until 10 o'clock to-day. Your House Won't in; Cold If you hare a Garland, Stove. They are just what is claimed for them— the world's best. No ho-.tjr mado comprjes with them 'or powsr, du rnbility and satisfaction given. A full and ur qaalifii guarantor for each stove. Call and ex r.mino at b2 last Tliiid street. I*EENDS2GAST I)BOS. RICH. TUB PJtINIEB. A Busy Workshop, Employins Many Peo —Xettspapor and Ji>i> Printing—Pub lication OHlcu of the St. I'uul Commercial Advertiser. The printing house or V.'m. T. Rioh, 366 Jackson street, has become one of the im portant and prosperous industries of St. PauL From a modest beginning Mr. Hich has seen the demands upon his es tablishment grow until there is no print ing office in the city turning oat more job work than his. The reason for this is obvious work is done tastefully, expedi tionsly,all engagements are kept, and prices charged are reasonable. The man who gives Rich a job of printing is sure to go to him when he has another. In addi tion to the large amount of job work Mr. Rich turns out, in the way of cards, bill heads, letter head^circalars, book woik and all the various demands that people have for printed matter, he also prints for customers the following publications: the Northwestern Lancet, the St. Paid Grocer the Minnesota Methodist. Upon the first of the present month Mr. Rich began the publication of the St. Pan] Commercial Advertiser, a weekly trade , journal to represent the wholesale manufacturing and jobbing in terests of tbe great Northwest. The aim 1 of the publisher is to make the St. Paul Commercial Advertiser ad indispensable weekly visitor to every retail business man in Minnesota, western "Wisconsin, lowa, Dakota, Montana, Washington Territory and Manitoba, a3 a medium of intercourse between the manufacturer*, wholesale dealers, commission merchants and jobbers generally, and the retail trade, through the voluminous price carrent and advertis ing pages of the publication. So far three ! numbers have been issued, each one an improvement, in the way of current price lists, general market reports and market r»vie*. Such a publication certainly en ters an unoccupied field, and ably con daoted as it is, must command a wide and important circulation. The publication j is twenty-four pegee quarto, aad la afford- ' ed at the low price of $2 per annum. Cans** and Effect. At times symptoms of indigestion ere present, i croasiQees of the stomach, etc., a moisture like j perspiration, [producing itching at night, or ! wbea one is warm, cans? the piles. The effect ; !.-> imrr.x*Axt* relief upon the application of j Dr. Bosanko's Pile ITiiiiiilj Price 50 ccrta. : For sale by A. B. Wilkes, B. 4 E. Z-TTunfinpan , | and F. Stierie, drce?£t=. Mr. H. Taj lor, a farmer of Mr.con ; I county. Alabama. La 3 a variety of cotton seed which blooms out yellow and dees not j change color. > CHAMBER JHOIIERCE. Delegates to the National Commercial Convention—S:init:iry Condition of the City—Toe New Time Standard—The Mar ket House—A River Commission. The business before the board of direct ors of the chamber of commerce yesterday morning was not specially interesting, though of an important character. COMMEBCIAL CONVENTION. A communication waa received and plaoed before the board from the Amer ican chamber of commerce, requesting the St. Paul chamber of commerce to send delegates to the national convention to be held at Washington, D. C, January 8,1884, under the auspices of the Amer ican chamber of commerce, where and when matters of a national character will be discussed. On motion of Dr. Day the president was requested to appoint two delegates. THE HEALTH OF ST. PATTI. Th 3 following paper ia regard to sani tary matters was read, which was referred io mo committee on health. To the Chamber of Commerce of the Ci!y of St. Paul: The death rate of the city during the past few months, compared as follows with the rate of the same months of 1882, as shown by the official report of Health Officer Hoyt: 1832 1883 July 161 145 August I7u 150 September 135 H6 October Hi 85 COB 499 The six months prior to July compared as follows: January 68 78 February 62 94 March 68 101 April 36 87 May 91 87 June 144 85 42Q 515 While the population W3s 75,000 last year there were 603 deaths. Now, when it is 100,000, ihere are only 499 deaths—or 109 deaths less with 33} : { per c^nt. more pop ulation. Had lht> an ait, death rate contin ued this year which prevailed in 1882, there would have beeri 33^ per cent, more ucaiue, uicienu 01 ju per cent, less, tins year than lat to correspond with the in crease in population, and the figures would hnve stood : Fonrmoß.of 18-2, 608; 4 mos. of 1882 802 instead of »J2, however, we have 499 A decrease of 303 Or a saving of the lives of 203 people, and of bo much of the population of our city. I report these facts not only for the pub lic good, but for the benefit of such per sons us have not believed it good policy to agitate sanitary matters in this cham ber; who claimed that it injured the city to do so; who have always proclaimed St. Panl as the healthiest city in the world, with no need of improvement, and con temned any who would question the per fection of our official dealing with health matters, or criticise our public servant*. The resr.lt of the four weeks of agitation of these questions in March end April last resulted in doubling the cumber of sani tary inspectors, and putting now life into the ' administration of this department of the city government. Citi zens have bsen compelled asa consequence to pay more attention to cleanliness, •'.?.; the good name of the city which was being injured by eastern journals publishing enr high death rate, has been redeemed and placed at the top of the list of all Ameri can Ccities ■ in the matter of health oa ac count of its low ■ death rate, which is re- duced from 20.52 in 1881 to 11.05 in ISS3. We are about to spend $50,000 to prevent one or two lives a year from being lost at our Third street crossing, and this cham ber has spent weeks this year and previous years in discussiDg this matter ai:d criti cising the want of diligenca of city officials. But here are 300 lives savi,d, not entirely of course, but largely by the agitation of these sanitary matters resulting in arousing a little more interest and attention to these Bob jests. If this cham ber could induce 100 families to settle hero and add 300 to our population by intro ducing a manufactory or other basiuess enterpi it would be heralded p.s a great achievement. But hero are 'M 0 people saved to our population by ths improved health of tho city— which iidJs &d njneh to our wealth as if 300 sew citizens had been induced to settle litre. The only object iv pointing a moral by these rellectiou3 is to Ehov/ thut it i 3 no injury to our city to agitate sanitary mutters in this chamber, but a great att vaiitnge. It is not proper io attribute all this improvement to tba improved saaitary condition of tho City. ... health of the country generally is improved, and cur good health has come in spile of our unsanitary condition, and owing largely to the healthfolness of our climate. It would be a great mistake- to fold onr arms and felicitate ourselves up<Jh our cleanly condition. V7s are a very un clean city still. In our very houses we are poisoned with sewer gas in the name of sanitary plumbing. Bad cistern water, well water contaminated by. cesspool and privy, foul cellars and vault-?, a want of any system for removing garbage, a filthy habit of cleansing vaults which poisons the air in the whole neighborhood. ' These and many other sources of disease and death call for earnest and persistent efforts directed by intelligence and pub-: lie spirit to clean?e the Augean stable?, and place our ciij whsre she belongs — ; the front of healthy American cities-. Respectfully submitted, J. W. McClcsg. SEW STASDAtD OF TIME. The following resolution ofiered by Dr- Day was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That hereafter the chamber of, commerce .ill adopt the Eew "railroad time*'which is twelve minutes and eight seconds faster than local time, and Resolved further, That this chamber re spectfully reque3ta the city government, the post office, the person in charge of the "time ball" oa the Firo and Marine building, and the public generally, to adopt the ninetieth meridian for their standard of local time; and that all per sons keeping standard clocks be requested to set them on this time. KHZ MAEKZT HOUSE. The following report of the Market master, M. P. O'Reagan was read, and in this connection the committee appointed to inquire into the revenues of the market rioase were given further time. St. Paul, ilinn., Nov. 8, 1883. To the President and Members of tho Chamber of Commerce: Gentlemen —I hare the honor to report the proceeds of ilar-ei hall from June 10,: to Oct. 31, 1883: June 10. W X Marshall ;.:$ 45 00 j June 27, Republican cosTsntion........ 6000 July 2% CE Davis,exhibition.,........ SO CO : July 80, Henry Ward Baeciier—...... £0 C'U lag 15, EerD Talmas?, if*t«re... 30 00 3«pi 2, James Maoe, exhibition.. ....... 50 00 Sept 1!, WESlarebaD,lecture 20 00' sept 12, French fair, i nights at 150.... 120 CO \ Sept 23, ttsadaarosad lisrket house.... 65 €6 Oct 31, stands around Market honse 180 0) Tot<J $701 OS Respectfully submitted, P. O'Keagan, Market Master. ANOTHEB BIVEB COMMISSION. The following resolutions offered by Mr. McOlung were adopted: Resolved, That the interests of the valley of the upper Mississippi require a river commission separate from the commission as now constituted, and whose special bui iness shall be to look after the improve ments cf the Mississippi river above St. Lonis. Resolved, Further that our members of congress are requested to procure such legislation as will carry out the policy here expressed, and that a memorial to congress be prepared and submitted to the boards of trade on the upper river and its tribu taries for their endorsement and approval to be presented to congress as soon as it shall convene. MISCELLANEOUS. A communication was received, read and filed from Gen. John Mewton, president of the board of United States engineers, ac knowledging the receipt of the repiy of the chamber of commerce. A letter was also received from H. S. Treherne, informing the chamber that he nan Deen appointed consul at at* Irani by the Queen of England, and recognized by President Arthur. BOARD OF rVBLIC WORKS. A Large Number of Estimates Approved— Important Improvements Adjourned to Nov. 20 for Consideration—Favorable Reports to Council ami Kstiinates Given for New Mississippi and Forest Street Bridges—Plan and Estimate of Cost of tho New Third Street Bridge Ordered. . All the members were present at the regular meeting of the board yesterday afternoon but Messrs. Farrington and B irrett and Mr. Koch being called to the chiir the following; business was trans acted. The matter of the final estimate on Ni agra street grading was referred to the attorney and engineer for a report as to the non-payment of the same. The following estimates were allowed: No. 2 Seventh street sewer,War»e & Stock ton; $1,785; No. 1 Sixth street sewer, James Waters, $817.70; No. 2, Wallace street grad ing, John Baldcheu, $680; No. 1, Pleasant avenue grading, James Norrand, $425; No. 1, View street grading, McCarthy & Farrel, $595; No. 2, Colborne street grad- ing, Thornton & Morau, §2,125; No. 1, Canada street sewer, Warne & Stockton, $1,734; No. 4 and final, Dale and Oakland street sewer, F. S. Blodgett, $2,418; No. 4 and final, College avenue sewer, P. H. Tierney, $426; No. 1, Cedar street grading, Farrell & McCarthy, $765; No. 1, St. Clair street sewer, J. C. McCarthy, 175.10; No. 1, Jefferson avenue sower, J. C. McCarthy, $85. Bids for sewer on St. Peter street be tween Summit nnd Martin; Daniel Mnl j 1 n $3,795; J. C. McCarthy $1,500. Award ed to Mullen. The assessment for grading Third street between Broadway and Kittson street was ordered withdrawn from the treasurer. The following matters of assessment were adjourned to Nov. 20: Grading View street from Randolph to Soventh street; grading Bedford street from Min nehaha to North street, and Deoatnr street from Bedford to Preblo street; grading Mackabin street from University avenue to Cii.irlea street; grading exohaugo street from- Sherman to Eagle street; sewer on Sixth Ktreet from Broadway to Robert street; opening ;'.:.d extension of Missis sippi Btreet from MiDEehaha to Archer street; grading i lej in block 30, Rice & Irvine's addition; grading Cedar street from Twelfth to all street; partial grad ing of Pleasant avenue from Ramsey Btreot to south cily limits; for planting and protecting shade and ornamental trfoi on both fidos of Oomo avenue. The following wera sent to the council with a favorable report: Construction of n. bridge on Mipsi?Bippi .-Ireot across the Minneapolis & Manitoba railway at uu oe timate of $31,0()0, it being informally un derstood that thu council would order the bridge repaired an 1 kept open for travel at the expense of $1,600, and that this will probably tia suvod by giving the contrac tors a longer time to build tho bridge; the grading and bridging of Fort street from Seventn street norlh to Case btreet, at en estimate of $10,350; constructing a eewor on Walnut ?trtfcl from Oak street to Pleas aat >vveune at un estimated cost of §551. The following were referred to tho en gineer for plr.u of land to be taken; open ing and extending Wi!kui street froi i Marshall to University avenue, openingi exloiidiug and widening of Josetto street ironi ilartiu street to Univtrslty averse. The matter of the" paviuj Third street fro;a Si'iluj to Seyouth street at Seven cornerd with srracite l>!ocks aad carba was It.ici over to December 3d. T«.e modification of tho Miehnel O'Toole contract for|greding Sherinu:; Btre«t was rtferreJ lo tfie attorney and eu^inter. Tho following were referred to the en gineer for plena and fipecifications: S6wer on Western & cane, from Saiby to Dayton avenue; reconstruction of sewer on Robert s'.reet, from Third to Seventh street; grading McCarthy street partially and fall width, from Bartha street to levee; grading levee on wast bank of Mississippi, from west line of block "C," of Olivier'a addition to West St. Paul to Uanomin avoaiie. Tho matter of opening ■widening and extending Herman ptreet, from the levee to Bridget street, in the Sizth ward, was referred to the committee on assessment.-!. Iv the matter of grading Dakota avenue petition of Cbas. A. i'rescott and others, and preliminary order of council in favor referred to the engineer for plan and esti- I mate of C3?i. ' Tho grading of Third street to Dayton's blufl was referred to the engineer for plan p.nd estimate of cost, as also the construe tiou of p. sewer on ' Beventn street from Jefferson avenue to James street. Tao matter of widening Mississippi street from Naah to Grove street, was re forred to the assessment committee to es timate dameges. Tho matter of cross-walks on Aurora, Western and i'anihail avenues were laid over, ss also tho matter of cross-walk.? on twenty other streets.'.' The plumbers' bords of John T. Holmes and James Prendergast were approved. Adeline G. Sawyer's assessment for sew erage on Dale street was abated in the stun of |45.50. The petition of J. W. N. Gelderman in regard to grading on Elm street was re ferred to the engineer to report tacts. The abandonment of improvements by ! *>'arv Ellen and Michael O'Connor on line |of Weat St. Paul levee was placed on file, . as also of Mary Ellen Herman on the same levee. The matter of opening an alley through block twenty-three to Cedar street was re ferred to the engineer for plan of land to b~; takes. Adjourned to 2 p. m.. to-day. - Botching th* C&nsll(uti»n. pEixczTcrcr, Minn., Nov. 18,1583. To the Editor cf the Globe: ■ A3 the first frui's of tfca adoption of that piece of legislative botch-work-— the amendment to article seven of the consti tution—-I predict a special session of the le^islatare this winter,to fix sinew the term of office for county commissioners. Under the old law county commissioners are elected for a term of three years; hereafter they must be elected for a term of two or more number of even years. Am I correct? In this connection I point with pride to the vote of Mille Lacs county on the con stitutional ammendmenis—No 431, yes 1 Kespectfnlly yours. B. C. Dusk. Everybody Knows It. When yon have^ltch, Halt Bhenm, Galls, or Skin Eruptions ofjony kind, and the Piles, that X??, l£n^ .without being told of it, A. P. Wilkes.Sß.&E. Zimmerman and E. Stierle, the druggists, will Bell you Dr. Bosanko'e Pile remedy for fifty cents, which affords immediate relief. A sure cure. The first of the new clocks having the face divided into twenty-four hours in stead of twelve has recently been comple ted in Wilmington, Del. LEGALS. QTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF RAMSEY JO —88. In Probate Court, special term, 5. oveuiber 12, 1883. In the matter of tho estate of Johanna Shelley, deceased. On reading and filing the petition of John Kel ly, administrator of the estate of Johanna Shelley, deceased, representing among other things that he has fully adminstered said estate, and praying that a time and place bo fixed for examining and allow ing his account of his administration, and for the assignment of the residue of said estate Pto heirs: It is ordered, that said account be examined, and petition heard, by the Judge of this Court, on Thurs day, the 6th day of December, A. D. 1883. at ton oclock a. m., at the probate office in said county. And it is further ordered, that notice thereof be Riven to all persona interested, by publishing a copy of this order for three successive weeks prior to said day ot hearing in the Daily Globe, a newspaper printed and published at Saint Paul, in said county. By the court, Ll--l Wit. B. McGRORTY am. <■" ti t> fudge of Probate. Attest: Frank Robert, Jr., Clerk. nol3-rue-4w OTATE OF MINNESOTA-COUNTY OF RAMSEY October 22? IS^ Sp6Cial Term ' held In the matter of the estate of James O'Farrell deceased: * On reading and filing the petition of James H O'Farrell, administrator of said estate, set ting forth the amount of personal estate that has come to his hands; and the dis position thereof the amount of debts outstand ing against said deceased, and a description of all the real estate of which said deceased died seized, and the condition and value of the respective portions thereof; and praying that license be to him granted to sell at private sale, all the real estate set forth and described in said petition; and it appearing by said petition, that there is not sufficient personal estate in the hands of said administrator to pay said debts, and that it is necessary in order to pay the same, to sell all of said real estate; It is therefore ordered, that all persons interested in said estate appear before the Judge of this court on Thursday, the 6th day of December, A. D. 18S3, at ten o'clock a. m., at the court house in St. Paul, in said county, then and there to show cause (if any there bo) why license should not be granted to said administrator to sell said real estate, accord;;)-'to tno prayer of said petition. Aud it is further ordered, that a copy of this or • der all be published for four successive weeks prior to si; id day of hearin?, the last of which pub lications shall te at least fourteen Ways before said day of hearing, in the Daily Globe, a newspaper printed and published at Saint Paul, in paid county, and personally served on all persons interested in said estate, residing in Bald county, nt least four teen days before ear' day of hearing, and upon all other persons inteie according lev law. By the court, VTM. U. M'GKOKTY, 1 1.. s. 1 .Tudfje of Probate Attest: Feank Bobsbt, Jr., clerk. oct2s-tue-6w Notice of Mortgage Sale "by Ad vertisement. DefanU has been made i;'. the conditions or a cer tain mortgage execute.! and delivered by Clnus M. Dittmnn and tfalinj 1). Dittman his wife, mort gagors, to Joseph Groli, mortgagee, dated the 12th day of July A. I) tighteen hundred and' elghty ttiree, and recorded as a mortgage in the office oC the register of deeds of the comity of Ramsey, iv the State oi Minnesota, ou the 12th day of July A. 1). 1883, at 10:40 o'clock a. m., in book 81 of mort gages, on page 198, oil which there is claimed to be due at the date <;f this notice, the nnjouut of saven hundred and fifty-seven dollars, and no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or in equity to recover this debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. The Bid mori^nrte was duly assigned by he in strument thereof, duty executed and delivered by the sold Joseph G. -nil to Homer C. Eller. dated the 39th day of July A. 1). lcS3, end recorded in snid of fice o£ tho roster ■■; deeds, on the lEthi!;iy>>f August, A. D. 18S3, at 9 o'clock a. m., In book "H" of assignments ou pagvii 4.H and 435. The said mortRUK" was i'.u y nsslgned by an i;i sfrumont thereof, duly executed ami delivered by the said Homer C. to Charles J.lichnud. di.teil the lith day of August A. D. l«3.'i, and recorded in s;iid ol:i«e of the register of deodi", on the 16th day ill' Amnist. A. L>. l.if l. at '.) i,■cluck a. in., in honk '"II" ■•■" n?Bignmonts on pages IX, and *&6. Notice is hereby f;iven, that by virtao of a power if Bale contained In said mortf;aj;o. n id of the st:it ate in such case made an" 1 provided! the Bald mort gage wfll be foreclosed by a sale of! the mortgaged premises therein described, which ealo will be made lit. the front do ■ Oi tho nhcriff : 3 Office in l!io city of St. I'tiul, in the comity ol Ramsey and state of Minnesota, at public ition by the sheriff of said comity, on Thur ii-iy. the 6th dnyol December, A. D. eighteen hup-ir-il and eighty-three, nt 2 o'clock in the afterjfoon to satisfy the mnnuut which Bhall then bi < i'o on i aid mortgage, with tho ntorest thereon, uiv.l ousts an 1 expel of wale, and (iffy dollar attpynoy'a foes, as Btlpulated in said mortgage in .■,:.■ of foreclosure. Xho prem- Isok described in •■.■;.! mortgage, and bo to be sold, is the lot, piooo .r parwl <>E land situated in Him county of Kanwey ;ind Mato of Minncntii, and known r.nd described aj follows, to-wlt: lot number eighteen (18) in Moo!: number eleven Cil) oi Mue kul.ln & Marshall's addition to St. Pail, according to tlid recorded plat Hi'jronf on filo in the «,:Uci! or th» register of deeds iv aad for uriid county of CUAKI.ESIIICHAUD, Assignee. R. L. Pierce, nffnrney of u.ss;;jneo, J^ledOctSuljia^ ocig.iue.7w ' ITotico to Creditors. Si.-itoof Mitme.-oto, Cl-rantjr of Ilrmixny—??. ] v !>,.„. bate Court, gpscfcilterm, October '.tU, ifjK.'j. r« the inattar oi thtt iviato o£ Tuonias Curvy.-, dc ■ceawdJ Notice ia hereby given that tJiq Judce o£ rrnhntu of the County of itiimfcy. v.iU npim fueUivi Mnn day of thu months it December, lsx;, nnti Jan uary, February, Mnrcli nz:d April, 188J, at ten o'clock a. m.", receive, hear, examine, and adjngt all claims and demands of .-11 persons against cald du ce.istd, and th.it bis months frorannd after the date hereof hfivo br;c:i allowed and limited for creditors to present their claims against Bald estate, nt thn expiration of which time all claims not pi »"<ontud or uot proven lo its i atlefnotlon shall bo forever barred, nu!os>« f.>r good causa *hown furth-jr time be allowed. By the Court, WM.J2. McCnOIITY, 0c39-te-6w ;__ Judge of iTohato. Notice of Mortgage Sale. Default has been made in the conditions of a cer tain iDortfjugs exo'jutcd mid delivered by Urn Louisa >Veyl of Kt. Paul. Minnesota, mort«aaor to Mr*. Cathnrin.'i Weber of tho same place, mo-ttra gee. dated the23th day of .July, A. D. eiKlit.;.;ii hun dred on eighty-two, anrl recorded as a morfewm in the oilice of thOTegister of tl'-urU of the county of xianisey. in the utato of Minnesota, on t!io V'Ui day of kVgwsU A. D. IBH'A at 9 o'clock .-.. v,., i:» bfHW 53 of iuortx3t:es. oti pa^o 503, on which there i.» claimed to be doe nt the date of this Ti(,ti-.> (Im, amount of twelve linndied and fifteen ($1,21Jl dt.U lur?, prlDdpal and Interest; and no action or pro ceeding lioh befen instituted at law or In eqnity t<> recover tho debt speared by said mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of n power of s-alo conlaiiieil hi raid icort.au;.:e, n:j'i of tlsy Ktat nte In Mich case road* and provided: the said rnort- JW?e will be fdreclo»da by n sale of tU: moritnaod prtmUea thorota dpscrlbed, which ks:!<- will ht, made-atfto front door ->c the old court house In ♦he city of at. Paul, in the county of Ramsey ami state of Minnesota, at p-bllc anctiou by the sherifT of said county, on Thursday, tlio Kith day of V<^ cernber A. H. nl^ku-nzi hundred and fis<hty-three, i-.t 10 o'eioci in Gut forenoon to satisfy the amount which Bhs.!l then ho due en eaid inr>rt«;iffr-, with lh« {ntero?t ther<*on, njid costs nnd expenses of snle and seventy-flve dollars attomeyjs lecs.ns eilpulat^ fed in said rcortg.ir;" iri ct.«<; o! foreclosure. The preml?«rt <ie--fr;b<-d in ?aid morfKOKe, and sn to be soM, lire Yah lots, pieces or parcel? of land nituated iv the coujitj of Bftmsey nnri state of Jiia netota,' and mown and described a« follow fo-wlt: I.ot»eixtfcon(ie) nnd s«jv»»nt«ju (17) of block ftvo (5J of Fiucli'K addillf.ii to fit. Paul. Hwordinif to the recorded plat thereof in wrl for nai-J cr-anly arxl rtate. fiaid mortsasjo beiii,; piven to wourelhe balance ... purchase money of »aM property MilS. CATHABI3A WKEEK, I. y!f,7lZt.':. Attorney of stort«a?ee. °f a*"*?e' l>ated bt. Paul, illnn.', October 23, 1833 : oc:;o-tGe-7!y CTATK OF SIISSESOTA, OOCKTY OF KAM " Bey, Wstrict Cf^urt, Secoud Judicial in* trict. SUMMOSS. - M'"- ■•■ Whitwaia v«. F. K. TVhltiram The »taj«, of Slinntsota to fas above naaefl de- Yoa are heroby ■r.nior.-A . and 'eauirßd tn answer the plaintiff ta (b« r.bovo entitled action which is on file 5n the ofSe* of thecl^rk of thTgaW »ndtl PW, in theco^ty of K Sra ,ey witSln tW iy^* after the eery.co oi laiM tumaums upon you, .-Chi rivo of the day ot Bach nervice; and If you foil to - WALSH & -GOFOKTH, oct2ita 9 -^ siEtl2'« A«t-^^. «. Paul, Mlim.