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2 ST. PAUL NEWS. TRAIPOEMaN NUB. INTERVIEW WITS VICE PRESIDENT U.IKES. OF THE NORTH ERN PACIFIC. The Read in Superb Condition From End to End— Its Policy Will Be-Vll lard's Resignation of the Presidency of the Oregon Companies— R R. Cable Made a Cool Million—lnteresting News and Gossip of the Rail. Interview with Mr. Oakes. Mr. Thomas F. Oakes, vice president of the Northern Pacific road, who returned Monday morning in company with Mr. Muir, superintendent of traffic of the same road, declined on Monday to be seen by newspaper men, but yesterday morning a representative of the Globe saw him in his office, in the general headquarters of the road, ' and there had a very peasant conversation with him, He is looking quite well after bis long trip. On being asked if he had anything to say in regard to the trip, he replied that he did not think of anything in particular to add to the interview the Globh of yesterday morning had with Mr. Muir, but if any. questions were put to him he would give such an wers as were suitable and proper, though he had no very great time to spare. This being the situation Mr. Oakea was asked what condition he found the road in, and if what Gen. Haupt said aboat it was true. To this Mr. Oakes replied that he did not desire to make any reference to the statements made by Gen. Haupt. He did not think it worth while. In regard to the road he said: I made a complete ex amination of the road, which amounted to a personal inspection. This inspection was not limited to any particular part, bat extended over all parts of it. It was a thorough one, too, and was made all the way by daylight. I have no hesitancy in saying that the work has been thoroughly done. The physical condition of the road I found to be first-class, and very satisfac tory in all respects. All its appurtenances, such as water tanks, side traoks, turnta bles, station houses and rolling stock are in good condition, and ample to meet all present demands. In my judgment the road could do °as much again business with its present fa cilities as it is now doing. In November te earnings were at the rate of $300,800 a week, which is considerably in excess of previous estimates. It is the purpose of the oompany to finish the Willamette river bridge and the union depot simultaneous ly. It is not thought that there is any ne cessity for any special haste as to the com pletion of either. That which is most pressing is tha extension of yard facilities and the completion of the railroad shops at Albina, and this work will be urged for ward with all possible expedition. The volume of business over the whole road has largely exceeded expenditures, while the local business is a surprise to the man agement. This road is continually devel oping new matters for consideration. One of the most noticeable thing* in this con nection ia the fact that the completion of the road has opened to capital mining dis tricts hitherto wholly inaccessible. Mines are being opened at many points bot tween Billings and Sbokane Falls, which werj nevor before heard of. It is a remarkablo fact that the railroad business at Helena alone, has exceeded $100,000 a month. This is a very largo amount for a town of that size, and indicates its growing Importance. There is a great deal of interest manifest ed in the Bitter Root region, and the Cesar d' Aleno mines, referred to by Mr. Mnir yesterday, in your interview with him, promis3 to be of very great value. During the trip over the road I met a very intelligent gentleman who had just come down from the quartz mines in British Columbia, on the Eootenay river. The evidence is clear that ga new grade of Galena ore has been discovered there which is showing up in large quantities that will in due time pass over the North ern Paoifio road. Question—There has been a good deai said, Mr. Oake?, about the effect of the tripartite agreement made between the Union Pacific, the Rock Island and the St. Paul roads. What do you think? Is tho agreement going to do any harm to the Northern Pacific? Ans.—As to that I don't know. We can't tell much about that till we see how the agreement work*. I do aot think, however, that it will affect us injuriously. It may make it necessary for the Northern Pacific to make a aew division between St. Paul and Chicago. We oaa duplicate between these two points any division made between Chicago and Omaha. Q. — It has been intimated in certain quarters that the economy inaugurated In the management of the Northern Pacific would cripple it. Is this wo? ' Ans.— at all. Tha blada of the knife has bean put where it will do the most good. This road was built for busi ness and not for amusemeat and entertain ment. Everywhere and in all departments a vigorous system of economy has been inaugurated, which goes to the bottom pf all superfluities, and which is calculated to put the road in the best and most vigorous working order. Wherever retrenchment could be made without injury to the service of the roai,and without in any way impair ing the general efliaienar of tha system, it has been relentlessly applied. Large re ductions have been made all along the line in the oDerating force, and generally speaking the policy of retrenchment has been restricted to operating expenditures. —Mr. Oakes, you observed probably, by the papers this morning that Mr. Til lard resigned his position as president of trie Oregon Transcontinental oompany, and of the Oregon Railway & Navigation company. Has that any significance, in your opinion, as to Mr. VilUrd's connec tion with the Northern Pacific road? Aus—l cannot say anything about that. I know nothing more than what I see in the papers this morning, and as I have just returned from a long trip to the Pa cifio, extending over several weeks, I can not be expected to answer very satisfactor ily such a question. The truth is Ido not know facts enough to form an opinion. As it was evident Mr. Oakes had given voice to all he had to say the representa tive withdrew and left him to his pile of correspondence. JR. K. Cable. 1 Chicago News, Dec. 15]. Ransom R. Cable, the quiet man who slipped out to New York a fortnight age, returns to Chicago to-day richer by nearly $1,000,000. To make this tidy little sum he had to buck against Jay Gould and Sid ney Dillon; but he kept his hand so well to himself and played his cards bo judici ously that he outwitted the little Wall street giant at his own game. Never was a scheme more neatly planned or ~ aarried out. The first step was taken two weeks ago to-day. Late that night the railroad reporter of each Sunday paper re ceived an anonymous note, hinting at the: important tripartite, agreement, which has since been effected.; It was too late to make ■ an': investigation. 'All the reporters could do was to slip O7cr to th9l Pacific, where they learned that Managers ! Cable, of the Bock Island, Clark, of the Union Paoific, and Merrill, of the Mil waukee & St. Paul, had left together for New York. Just enough had been prev iously thrown out to give the reporters an inkling of what was going on. Their imaginations supplied the reet. The pro posed tripartite agreement appeared in flaring head lines and oolumn articles the next morning. The substance was tele graphed to New York papers. Conse quently the market opened Monday morn ing very favorable to the bears. That tendenoy has been jndioiously fed ever since by bits of intelligence about the prospective war. A remarkable result has followed. Burlington stcck has dropped from 127 to 119, and Northwest era from 127 to 116. Book Island was necessarily affected, but only enough to drop from 122 to 119. When it is under stood that Mr. Cable had sold short on Burlington and Northwestern, and has completed the tripartite agreement, not withstanding the opposition of Gould's henchman, Dillion, his great success is ap parent. And yet, fifteen years ago, Bansom B. Cable, about 33 years old, was running a one-horse flour mill at Davenport, lowa, and was worth probably about $500. But about 1860 his uncle, P. L. Cable, invested $50,000 with Judge Lynde in a ooal mine in Coal valley, twenty miles from Book Island. Nothing showed np and the judge drew out. P. L. Cable was about to do so, after having aunk his fortune, when Bansom appeared on the scene. He believed in the mine, and persuaded his onole to drop all the money he could ob tain in the hole. Finally, in the early part of '61, when everybody but Bansom was hopeless, they struck it rioh. The war came and coal boomed. P. L. Cable made a mint of money. Ransom's share was not large, but it gave him a start. The two bought some more mines about twenty-four miles from Book Island, and built a railroad out to the town now oalled Cable. The Book Island & Peoria road was built directly after the war by Book Inland parties. The Cables got control of it about 1870, and the unole having invested largely in Book Island & Paoific, the Peoria road was made a branch. Bansom began, bis rail road career as superintendent 'of the branch. He held this position till 1876, when he became assistant general mana ger of the Book Island. He was thea coa sidered to be worth about $200,000. In 1880 he was made general manager of the Book Island, and last spring was eleoted president. He is regarded as one of the "slickest" railroad men in the country. Mr.Oable is a very handsome men—tall, i dignified and courtly. He is smooth as glass in conversation, but firm as a rock : when once his miad is made np. His family relations are the pleasantest. After remaining a widower several years with three children, he was married about three years ago to Miss Jennie Buford, the belle of Hock Island. Value of h'roze.n Whtnt. [Manitoba Free Press. | The following letter from Mr. Manvel, general manager, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba, has been received for publica tion: To the Editor of the Free Press: My attention has been called to an arti cle in your paper of Friday last, in which, I think, my remarks have either been mis understood or that a wrong inference has been drawn from what I did say. My statement was to the effect that the millers had found the frosted wheat made much better flour than it was supposed would be the case when their attention was first orawn to thejwheat in question, and that in consequence they were now paying bettor prices for this article than (until testa had been made) previously when they were undeoided as to the value of the pro duct. The worth of the wheat depends, of course, upon its condition, and it is, I un derstand, brought to market, of widely varyiog value. Ie would be impossible for me to say what its value was and I therefore think the inferenoe drawn alike unjust to the millers and to me, as the price could only be determined by its condition, and a greater or less proportion of frost ed kernels would influence theprioe to be paid. As a fact, no standard of price can be fixed, but each load must be determined by its condition. . A. Mamvkl. St. Paul, Dec. 10. Hail Jfote*. G. J, Borap, agent for the Great West ern dispatch, has moved to 334 Jackson street. The St. Paul & Manitoba road handled 1,026 cars of wheat during the week ending the 14th. Ten people residing at White Bear, were at the Northern Paoifio road yesterday, ar ranging for passage to Portland, Oregon, v, hare they propose to go to reside. A telegraph pole, one of the big ones, at the foot of Third street, was so filled up with frost Monday night that it could not stand the strain of tha wires and was ac cordingly snapped off short. The Southern Pacific Bailway oompany is about to establish a steamship line be tween New Orleans and Liverpool. It in tends to own vessels, but for the present it will charter skips as the business requires. The Michigan Central's new transfer ferryboat, the largest and most perfect ever oonstrueted, aa? been launched at De troit . This mammoth boat will be put in service between Detroit and Windior, and will greatly facilitate the business of the Michigan Central Bailroad company. A special from Winaipeg of the 17th says: "Hostilities between the looked out engineers and the Canadian Pacific railway authorities have commenced to take aotive shape. Six engines were dis abled yesterday and to-day while endeav oring te bring in the passenger train from the south. Soap had been put into the water tanks, which caused the water to foam in the locomotive boilers. This af ternoon Superintendent Egan, while back ing up an engine to connect with the train, miscalculated the distance and smashed in the end of the postal oar. One man was slightly injured." An attache of the Milwaukee & St. Paul road, beiag questioned as to the chance for an early completion of the exteasica front Eau Claire to Chippewa Falls, said: "With good luck the road ought to be in ruaaing order about the lath ef January. The probable cest of this extension is ex pected to be from $70,000 to $75,000 more than the average railway building, ewing to the number of the cuts and fills and the bridging ef the river. The bridge at the Falls i 3 completed, and the timber fer the two bridges at Eau Claire, which will cost together abeut $&>,OOO, are on hand. The exteasioa will run into the same depot at the Falls as the Wisconsin Cen tral's new line." The inoorparatcr3 of the Chain of Rocks Bridge company, whose purpose is to build a bridge across the Mississippi river at the location known as the Chain of Rocks, several miles above the present bridge at St. Louis, have elected the fol lowing directors: WiUiam Glasgow, Jr., James P. Card, John L. Ferguson, Amos F. Hoffer, Thoma3 Howard, Erastus Wells, John Edwards. The officers for the ensu ing year are a3 follows: President, Thomas Howard: vice president, William Glasgow, Jr.; secretary, A. E. Hoffer; treasurer, J. THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEM*Eft 19, 1883. L. Ferguson. Two millions of Block have been subscribed for. An act of incorpor ation will be applied for at once, and as soon as congress gives permission to build, ■ instruction will commence. y A Washington interviewer claims to have elicited the following from ex-Senator Tuber, of Colorado, regarding t the eon -8 motion of a /new air-line between New York, Chicago • a San Francisco: We are about to engage in a great Ten tare. We are going to build, a railroad from New York bar to San Francisco. The capital will be ' foreign, and amount to $153,000,000 full paid, Mr. Jewett, of New Jersey, myself, and others are the ' projec tors, and we are engaged in > making up our directory. Mr. Jewett will go west at onoe, stopping at Chicago and elsewhere. The ro<id will strike the latter city; thence to Denver, and through to California. We will surely begin its construction at an early day. - Th» lew* Teot . Chioaoo, Deo. 18.— adjourned meet ing of the lowa railway pool, called to adjust their differences, and to determine whether the existence of the association should be further prolonged, was held at 11 a. m., with representatives of the Bur lingtom and Northwestern only putting in an appearance. A letter was rend from Mr. Cable, of Bock Island, stating his in disposition, and inability to attend. The : prospeot seems assured that an adjourn ment be taken without action. Mr. Cable, of the Book Island, and Mr. Merrill, of the Milwaukee & St. Paul, were repre»ent«d at the session by subordinates, without power to aot, beyoad that of acquiescing in an adjournment, which was at e&eo taken, subject to the call of the pool commis sioner, who was instructed to ascertain at the earliest date all the managers who can and will be present. The failure to hold a session is ascribed to delay on the part of the directors of the Union Pacific road to ooaaran the • tripartite contract. An official view is given, that, notwithstanding the failure of the pool managers to come together toddy, matters will - remain in statn quo, pending the action of the Union Facile directors. T1.9 C'*l«ra«F* £>••!. Cxicasc, Dec It.—A meeting of the Colorado pool was held this forenoon, im mediately following the adjournment of the lowa pool. A committee of four was appointed to consider certain demaads made by the smelters and mice owners in Colorado, and it was nrranged that tho committee should meet the committee representing the mining interest at Ben ver. An adjournment waa taken subject to call of the commissioner, who will issue a call for a meeting of the pool after a decision has been ror.c!i< •: as to tho future of the lowa pool, aad upon whicii exist ence the Colorado pool largely hinges. Th* Dtudtvih Ended. Winxifbo, Dec—The Canadian Pacific deadlock is practically ended. New ea gineers have arrived and the work shops will be opened to-morrow. The discharged engineers and firemen ere disposed to act ugly and commit depredations but arc restrained by the police. TVJLSJtAJiX.T JLlyJir. The Dcic.lcr.t at the Folice Court Contained link I'tir uron^tn Against the Law. Af isr a storm comes a calm nays the old saw, and this may account for the peace ul app earanoe of the bull pen yesterday morning. It was a very quiet session, and things looked bine enough to cut with a cheese knife. The first candidate for honors was P. Bichardson. This man has seen better days, bat the sun of prosperity has de scended below the horiaon of his life, and left nothing but the lees. He was up yes terday for drunkenness, and his appear ance indicated a prolonged and terrible debauch. A fine of $5 was imposed, and he paid the coin. Al. Moorhead drank of tanglefoot Mon day night until his head reeled, and then, imagining that he was a locomotive headlight he stationed himself in the Fourth street tunnel and attempted to act as a danger signal. He succeeded in making a terrible nuisaace of himself and with some diffi culty he was yanked to the tower. The court said that he would have to hang his stocking up this X'inas at the workhouse, and he went out for twenty days. A well dressed youth named Frank Stiles was arraigned on the charge of forgery. He is said to have forged the name of E. F. Berrisford on a check for $12 on the Merchants' National bank. The examina tion was continued to January 18th, and he committed. James Colter has had the advantages of good counsel and training, but somehow he jumps the track and gets into trouble. As in most cases of perversity his misfor tunes are traceable to an excessive love for drink. He was before the court yesterday on the charge of obtaining $32 worth of groceries from the firm of Ware & Mal colm under false pretenses. He pleaded not guilty, waived examination and was held to the grand jury and committed. In tie afternoon the case of Fred Bean charged with obstructing the fish hatchery road was taken up. From the testimony adduced it was shown that the defendant had constructed a house on the line of the road, thereby outting off air connections or communication with the state fish hatchery; After the case had been partially tried it became evident to Judge Burr that, owing to the number of law points involv ing the title to real estate concerned in the cane, it would have to be certified to the district court, and an order was made to this effect. IT WAM A CM ILLY MAT, And the Gl»ri»»» Climate "Was Scan at I* Beat—Reflection! on the Holiday*. The cold weather is coming and so is Christmas, and the seal-skin young girls and the young gentlemen who sport skimpy pants may be seen on the leading thoroughfares in search of the annual gift offerings. . Somebody remarked yesterday that it was cold, but judging from the animated appearance of the streets and the gay crowds that thronged the store?, the down ward tendency of the mercury had no effect on the average shopper, and * just at this season of the year the latter term includes everyone from the man or womaa with a big bank roll to the creature who only possesses a dollar. A green Christmas, says the - adage, makes a fat churchyard, and if that ij the case the outlook; for : old mortality this year is fortunately very slim. All m nil yesterday was the coldest day thus far of the season. Early in the morn ing before the sun had arisen, the mercury stood at twelve below zero at Seven cor ners and thirteen below on St. Anthony's hill. Daring the day it rose to four or five below, and as night set in it fell several poiats again. At midnight a man had no use for either a fan or linen duster, and as for lingering around the piazza at fifteen below was out of the question. -.. It is genuine \ Minnesota weather, with ; all the accessories of the climate thrown in, including the jingle of sleigh bells, and ■ the wood dealers , are j full. of glee;; but ! what's the odds so long as you're happy. : THE COUNCIL. The Regular Meeting tast Evening-Limit ing the Privileges of Hotel Ruanerg and Scalpers—Work for the Board »f Public Works-Elds for Gil Lampi-Comiaaiil ' •atians Irani the Mayor, Bro. The meeting of the city council was rather shorter than usual. The following is a synopsis of what business was traas aeted: aOTHL BUHUaBI AMD ICiLfU9. During the proceedings, the president, Col. Allen, Made a statement ia regard to hotel runners and scalpers. He stated that the conduct of some of the hack dri vers and hotel runners at the union depot was . very . scandalous, and that their condaot was snob as to very seriously injure the repatatioa of the oity. They caught hold of people aad palled and hauled them around in a disgraceful manner. Their: conduct in this particular was such as to require the application of | a deoided remedy. With out much discussion, and by common con sent, the matter was laid over with the view of devising a remedy. He also sug gested that the scalpers who were selling railroad tickets be compelled to pay a lioense. This was disposed of in the same way. aoABD cf rraije wobxs. $ This board was directed to have the ; fol lowing work done: To grade Moßoal street from Seventh street to . Douglas street; grade Sxchaage street from Bber m..a street to Wilkin street; pave Third street from Sibley street to Plessaut ave nue witn cedar blocks and granite curbs and construct the neoessary retaining wall on a line tea feet in the street between St. Peter street and Market street; partial grade of Dakota avenue. . . The same board was directed to investi gate at A report a-j to grading Fifth street, from Maria avenue to Maple avenue; grad ing Hudson avenue from Hoffman avenue to Eml street; grading Starkey street to a partial grade, from Isabel street to the street opened for a levee; etraightning and extending Second street, from Robert street to Jackson street; widening Savoux street to ifty feet in width, from Fuller street to Martin street. . . BIBS FOX Oil. LAMPS. Bids were opeaed for famishing oil lamps for the oity for 1884. These bids were for furnishing posts and lamps, and lighting the lamps according to schedule time, and all nig tit. The bid of the Illi nois Gas Light company for new posts and lamps was for two different kinds. The bids were as follows, and after being read were referred to t c committee on gas: Schedule Key Posts Contractor Time All Night ; and lamps P. Butier $23 70 128 45 $6 60 John X. Davidson 24 CO 48 00 5 10 111. Street Gns Co. 22 72 27 42 $5 92, C 22 Kob^rt Sseger 25 98 33 00» 6 00 Northwestern Globs Gas Light Co 85 CO 29 00 6 50 MISCELLANEOUS. The mayor sent in a communication vetoing the resolution requesting him to station two pelicemea at the Fourth street tunnel. On motion of Aid. Johnson the vote by which the resolatioa was carried were considered and on motion of Aid. Dowlan the resolution was laid on the 'table. The mayor sent in another eommuai eation stating that he had accepted the resignations of Robert T. Dillon, J. C. Schmidt and John Murphy from the reg ular force; also that for neglect of duty and disrespectful conduct toward his superior ' officers, he bad dismissed George DeCorcey from the "force; also that he had appointed B. W. Armstrong, William Mcßride, Alex ander Pepin and Edward Sexton police men. Referred to the committee on police. H. L. Moss and others protested against the letting of the contract for grading Exchange street and the same was referred to the committee on streets. F. H. Brendhorst complained that his wagon was injured by being run into by a driver of a hose cart on the morning after the Drake fire. He therefore asks for damages. Referred to the committee on fire department. William Dawsoo, Wm. Lindeke and |Uri L. Lamphrey asked the council to make certain changes in | BluS street between Frant street and Robert street, and the same was refer, ed to the committee on streets. ' The city clerk is to allow a rebate on a large number of licences as asked for. The paving of Fifth street was referred to the committee on streets. ' An ordinance was adopted authorizing Peter Berkey to place board partitions in his briok stable at Seven corners. The application of L. Seibsrl to rent Market hall for $1,800 per year, payable monthly, was referred to the committee on markets. The request of R. 0. Wiley aad others for the selection of a place for the .board of control to hold its meetings, was re ferred to the committee oa public build iagi. The city engineer is to require the con tractor on Goodhue street to replace the sidewalk on Donseman street. The city comptroller was authorized to employ clerical assistants at such com pensation as the committee of ways and means may determine. The American Bxchange bank of the oity of New York was declared the finan cial agenoy of the oity of St. Paul ia Mew York. All estimates allowed eoatraotors and remaining unpaid on the Ist day of Dec, 1883, are to draw 8 per oent. interest. ' The city engineer was directed to report a grade for Ra-oux street from Fuller to Martin street; also a grade on Bavoux street from Carroll street to St. Aataony avenue if extended. The committee on streete is to sell the old towa hall in West St. Fan!. Patrolman McCarthy was discharged for drunkenness. The ordinance raising the liquor license to $250 was lost by the following vote: Yeas—Dowlan, Robert, Otis,Cornish,Presi dent Allen—s; 'nays —O'Connor, Fischer, Smith, Johnson, Van Slyke, Starkey, St. Peter—7. .VOX TEST CLEAR. The rase Against a Mm Charged With Obtaining Money Under Falsa . Pre tense?. There reposed in cell No. 2 at city hall yesterday afternoon a tall sinewy young fellow with | flashing black eyes, long straight black hair and nat brown com plexion, the beau ideal of that type known as the "border . adventurer. His ' name is Douglas Foglesong and he ' was arrested on a telegram '. received by Chief Clark from the sheriff of Columbus county, 'Washington territory s |thejcksrge being ob taiinng money upon false representations. Ho was - seen by a Globe reporter and made a very frank I and apparently cor rect and truthful statement. He said that some weeks ago he was the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land ' which he had sold by verbal agreement to one John Oliphant for $1,300. The latter paid him about " ; $170 / in cash; and a team of horses on account. : After three weeks had elapsed, and ascertaining that O lphant had decided not to take the I property 'he told is over again, and re ceived the cash price ; for it. Then he gathered up his effects] and left for the east. ; When arrested $1,000 was found on his person. After .being looked up; he } se - eared the services of i O'Brien," Eller A O'Brien, and application was made for his releaie on a writ of habeas corpus. The writ was returnable before Judge Brill at 10 o'clock this morning. MSMI.IS-tOCCI. A Bar* L*ctmr» ■aperblv Illustrated. A circus or a barat cork show will fill a mammoth teat or the capacious Grand to overflowing, aad yet last night there was many a vacant chair . and unoccupied "•tall," the attraction being "only a leo tare;" for lectures are old-fashioned and alow, and people of taste and . refinement and culture de not affect them. The se lect few, however— ; comparatively speaking of course, for there were perhaps nearly a•' thousand present—enjoyed a rare and - delightful treat. . The lecture was as nearly perfect as it is possi ble to produce one of travel and narrative —consecutive, clear, concise; vivid - in de scription; abounding in terse point and well-chosen, unhackneyed anecdote; orna mented with dignified humor and absorb ing pathos, and the whole couched in lan guage pure in construction and tasteful aiotion. "•■ The lecture was the production of a refined scholar and delivered with graceful ease. Alike absorbing was Mr. Btoddard whether narrating the enthral ing story of the mystic white lady or de scribing the wendrous loveliness of the Thiergarten.. As the leoturer proceeded from' scene to scene, from his toric monuments to soenes of touching peraoaal narrative in one con tinued, uabrokea, iatensely interesting story, the "canvas" kept pace with the lecturer, aad one scene melted into another in quick successioa, oarrying the audience delightfully through Berlin on to Sans Sovci and back again to Berlin, aa realis tically si though this aadienoe had actu ally made the splendid journey instead of *>«>tag seated two hoars in the opera house. Those who were not preeeat last sight lost a raze and delightful treat. Mi. Stoddard tokos his tourist! to Gonstantiaople this eveaiaa;, and no deubt he will make the u-ipi-q.-.'.iiy delightful with last night's Tel. - UOLI»AT WBBX at am gbaho. The celebrated Mestayer's Tourists and Specialty company are billed to appear at the #raad, Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day of next week, with an extra matinee on Christmas day. Probably no better words of praise of this oompany oonld be said than those contained in one brief line from the pen at the . amusement critic of the Indianapolis Journal, short, bat to the point:- "Laugh! Laugh] Ye gods, how we did laugh." Sale .of seats for this excel lent company commences at box office, Friday, December 24, at 9a. m. -_;■-; '. Cause •Jf,JraUiLre. , Want »f confidence aoceoate for half ef the business failures o£ to-day. A. B. Wilkea, B. andE. Eimmerm&na s.sa 1. Stisrie, tUe drag gi'ts, are sot liable t* fail for th« want of eou ndenae in Dr. Bosaako's' Cemgh and liang By nip. Hs gives away a bottle free to all who are siiffetUg-witk e»«gks, colds, asthma, con ■satptiaa, acd all aQeotioaß of tke threat and lafijjFi . ■ THE COURTS. V. S. Circuit Court. [Before Judges MoCrary and Holson. ] Timothy : Collins, . administrator, vs. Thomas L. Davidson; on trial. H. J. G. Croswell vs. the Mercantile Mutual Insurance company; argued and submitted. L. O. and H. Bull vs. the First National bank of Kaeson; argued and submitted. Wm. G. Nixon vs. H. Kelmeke; continu ed. Nes. 347, 348, 349, 515, 516, 517, 518; same order. A. L. Singer vs. F. and M. George; dis missed. iSujMfjMe Court. At yesterday's session all the justices i were present and the following business was transacted: Oscar H. Comfort, appellant, vs. James L. Sprague and Angelina .M. Sprague, re spondents; argued and submitted. Charles A. Fraker, respondent, vs. The St. P&ul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway oompany, appellant; argued and submit ted. Adjourned to 9:30 to-day. Mistries C*urt. CIVIL CASES. [Before Jndfe Wilkin.l Mississippi and Sum River Boom com pany vs. Prince & Houlton; on trial. Adjourned to 10 a. m. to-day. SPaoiAL nun. [Before Judge Brill.J Chas. Aherns vs. Chas. Wallow et al.; order overruling demurrer filed. lr»h*te Court. [Before Judge Mc&rorty.] Estate of Robert C. Johnson, deceased; final decree entered assigning estate to residuary legatees. Estate of Martha Clark, deceased; exe cutors bond fitted and approved and letters testamentary i**rj«<J. Estate of A. E. W. Adams, deceased; in ventory and appraisement filed. Mmiltipml Cuurt. [Before Juaa* Burr.] A. Ifoorhead, drunk and disorderly; committed for twenty days. P. Kichardson, drunkenness; fine of $5 paid. F. Stiles, forgery; continued to Jan. 18. James Colter, obtaining goods under false pretences; held to the grand jury. The'reasoß why Dr. Prioe's Flavoring Ex tracts, Lemon, Vanilla, etc., are superior to all others is because they are prepared from choice selected fruits and arematict, without coloring or poisonons oils, that all tho flavoring princi ples ara retained unchanged by chemical action, highly' concentrated, requiring IO3S to flavor. Tnat they «re perfect. CRIMES. INQUEST OX BOSK KEISEB. Naw Tobk, Deo. 18.—At the coroner's inquest as . to the death of Rosa Reiser, ■hot in the front room of Geo. W. Dunn- Windsor hotel, on Thursday last, Special Detective Schofield testified to all the cir cumstances which went to show it was a case of suicide. Before the shooting the witness heard Miss Keiser talking in Dunn's room in a loud and excited manner. She called him (Dunn) "loafer" and "gam bler," and told him he would be sorry for what he had done her. Carrie Florence, boarding mistress of deceased, testified to hearing Eeiser Bay, "If Mrs. Alexander comes between Mr. Dunn and me, I will first shoot Mr. Dunn and will then shoot myself." The witness supposed that Dunn and deceased . were engaged. Samuel J. Lowell, a private de tective, employed by Ksiser to discover the relation of Dunn and Mrs. Alexander, testified that Reiser told him Dunn en ticed - her away from Utiea and had se duced her. She had gone to Saratoga to shoot him, but he wrested the re volver from her. Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn, mother, of George Dunn, testified to ha-ii c deceased for & companion in July last. ness found a letter in her son's ! pocket written by deceased,and containing a request for money.' Witness had nothing farther to do with deceased. Keiser w£B continually bo'hering'her son with notes and messages.: Thursday, three weeks ago, deceased called on witness. She was in a preat passion and said she loved George Dunn, and wanted to see him. Falling a pistol from her satchel, &he «aid, "This is the good bje I want to give him." .The pistol with which K«is»r shot herself is the same one. Witness advised bis son to have the woman arrested, but the son laughed at her fears and said de ceased had been carrying on that way for months.' George W. Dunn described his masting with Miss Reiser in£Utica and subsequent ly at Long Branch about three years Bgcf Daring the J last year she annoyed him greatly by sending letters and telegrams when he was away, and visiting him while in town at his room in the hotel where be stopped. Daring the past ■ix months she frequently complained of not feeling well amd being unable to sleep. She appeared very ner vous when she came to the Windsor hotel the day of the shooting. She acted like a crazy woman and more violently. His wife tried to pacify her without suooess. When she turned to the door he thought she was going out, when the shot was fired and she dropped upon the floor. Dunn solemnly denied he had seduced the girl, or had even promised to marry her. He also denied the assertion that she fur nished him money on any occasion what ever. The jury found deceased, came to her death by a self-inflicted wound. FATAL FBACTIOAIi JOKE. Paws, 111., Deo. 18.—Sanford Nerris, with other boys,were arraigned for a prac tical joke by having his two brothers, Tod and Orlando, Winston Griffia, Jr.. and Ben MoLaughlin steal some apples. Sanford If orris and the other boys were to be con cealed and at the proper time fire a gun in the air. Instead, by almost a criminal fatality, the gun was pointed di rectly at the boys who were close together, Tad Norris was perforated with fifty-one shot and died soon after. Orlando Norris was serioQilyJinjured, as were Griffin and UoGlaughlin. It is thovght Griffin will also die. KUKLUX. An.A*zA, Ga., Deo. 18—To-day, Jadge McCoy refised a new trial in the Banks oeuty Kvklux cases. The five prisoners are Jasper Tarbrongh, James Yarbrough, Bold Bmory, State Lemons and Lorick Street. A man stated in open eonrt that they were guilty, but E. H. Green and Dil mus Yorbrough were innocent. The men pleading jimilty were sentenced to two years imprisonment and to yay a $500 fine each. Nenl Yarbrough is sick in jail and was mot sentenced. PBANK JAMES' BAIL. Kansas Citt.Mo., Dec. -The criminal court at Gallatin, yesterday fixed the bail at $5,000 in the case of Frank James for the murder of Cashier Sheets in 1869. The defense asked that the prisoner be re manded to his sureties in this county. The court took it under advisement, and th« prisoner returned to jail. TO STATB PBISOM FOB LIFE FOE MTJ2DEB. Pltsiotjth, Mass., Dec. 18. —Asa B. Baker, of Brockton, was arraigned lor trial to-day, on the charee of the murder of his wife in August last. He pleaded not guilty, but latsr a plea of guilty of murder in the second degree was entered, and he was sentenced to state prison fer life. STATE OF MINNESOTA— COTTKTY OF BAM »ey —r«. In Probate Court, ppeelal term, Decem ber 18, 113*. Ib the Matter of the estate •;' Alexander Bates, deceased. On reading and Sling the petition of Richard W. Bell, administrator with the will annexed of tka •state of Alexander Bates, deceived, representing among otkar things, that he k«s fully administered said estate, and praying that a time and place bo fixed for examining and allowing his aocoant •' administration, and for tke assignment of the resi due of said estate to the person named in the will of said deceased. It ii ordarad, that said account be examined, and petition heard, by the judge of thie court, an Thursday, tke 10th. day of January, A, D. 1881, at ten o'eloak a. m., at tho Probate office, in saM cos:, ty. And it is fartkor ordered, that notice thereof ba Siren to all persons interested, by publishing a oopy «f thin order for three successive wteks prior to said diy of hearing, in tke Dally Globe, a news paper printed and published at Baint Panl, in esid county. ' By the Court, VfM. B. McGRORTT, [I-8-] Judge of Probate. Attest; Fbakk BOBEitx.Jr., Clerk. decl9-wed-tw Notice to Creditors. State ef Iflnneseta, Ceunty ef Ramseyes. In Probate Comrt, special term, December 18,1883. In tke matter of the estate of Martha" Clark, da ceasad. . Notice is kereby give* that the judge of prabnte of the county of Ramsey, will, upon the first Mon day of the months of Jannors, February; March, April, May and Juno, ISSI, at 10 o'alaek, a. m., receive, hear, examine and adjust all claims and demands of all persons against said deceased: and that six aontks from and after the date kereef hr.Ta keen allewed end limited for creditors to pretwat tkeir claims against said estate, at the expiration at which time, all claims not presented or not prawai to its satisfaction, skull be forever barred, nnleai for go«d cause skown further time be allowed. By tka Camrt, [l. B.J Wm. B. McGROBTT, decl9-wed-5w Judga of PrnW>a. ASTICLEB OF IKCOEFOBATtOX. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned, being desirous of forming a limited partnership for the transaction of Mercantile Business within the State of Minne sota, hereby make the following certificate, viz.: I. * This partnership shall be conducted in the arm name of JAMES M. SMITH & CO. The general nature of tho business to bo transacted shall be dealing in Fruits and Groceries at wholo3alo. •11. The only persons composing this copartnership or interested therein are Charles W. Kirtland, re siding in the town of Woodbury in the county of Litchneld state of Connecticut, and James M. Smith, residing in St. Paul, in Ramsey county, Minnesota. m. Said Charles W. Kirtland is the special partner and said James M. Smith the general partner herein. IV. Said Charles W. Kirtland has contributed twenty thousand dollars to the common stock of this port nership. V. This partnership shall commence on the first day of August. A. D. 1883, at d. shall terminate on the 31st day of July, A. D. 1886, both days inclusive. In testimony whereof the persons hereinbefore named have hereunto set their hands and ee&li i this 17th day of November, 1883. ' As to said James M. Smith, in presence of— John M. Lynch. Ctbus J. Thompson. As to said Charles W. Kirtland, in presence — Geoeoe B. Lewis, David S. Bull. JAMES M. SMITH, [Real 1 CHAS. W. KIBTLAND, ( Seal.J State of Minnesota, ) County of Ramsey. ) BB On this 19th day of November, A. D. 1883, before me Cyras J. Thompson, a notary public, in and for said county and state, duly commissioned, and qualified according to law and acting as such, per sonally came James M. Smith, to me well known to be the same person desctibed in and who executed the foregoing certificate and he duly acknowledged the same to be bis free act and deed for the uses and purposes therein named.' Witness my hand and notarial seal the day and year last above in this certificate written. [L.S.J. CYRUS J. THOMPSON, Notary Public, Ramsey county, Minnesota. State of Connecticut, Coitsty of Litchtteld, ) Woodbcby, November 26,1883. J Personally appeared Charles W. Kirtland of said Woodbury before me, David S. Bull, a notary pub lic for the state of Connecticut, he being to me j well known, and subscribed the foregoing certifi- j cate and acknowledged the same to be bis free act J and deed for the uses and purposes therein named. I Witness my hand and notarial seal at date and place above given. [l.s.] ; DAVID S. BULL, Notary Public. State of Minnesota, ) _ County of Ramsey, ) - - Office of the Register of Deed?. I This is to certify that the within instrument was filed for record in this office, at St. Paul, on the 6th ' day of December, A. D. 1833, at 4:30 o'clock p. m., and that the same was duly recorded in .book "B" of Incorporations, pages 454 and 455. | [L.S.J C. H. Li: EAU, » ■»ci cieil2-7w Register of Deeds. .-,.-■ legal; CTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF RAMSEY * «SS" Pr °»&te Court, special term, December 4,1b00. . . ''"eease'd' 1"61 ° the estate of Uonr 7 Metz ' de 0? reading and filing the petition of Charles E. Metz, administrator of the estate of Henry Metz, deceased representing among other things, that ke has fully. administered taid estate and pray ing that time and place be fixed for examining and allowing bis account of administration, and for the assignment of the residue of said estate to heirs;, It 1b ordered, that said account be examined, and petition heard, »y the judge of this court, on Fri day, the 38th day of December, A. D 1883 at tea ••dock a. mi., at the probate office in said county. And it i» farther ordered, that notice thereof bo given to all persons interested, by publishing a copy •f tkk> order for three successive weeks prior to ■kid day of hearing, in the Daily Globe, a news paper printed and published at Saint Paul, in said eonnty. By tie Covrt, [i* ■.] Wm. B. M'GRORTY, Judge of Probate. litest: Fkaxk Robbbt, Jr., Clerk. dees-wed-4w OTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF RAMSEY v —as. In Probate Court, special term. December 4,1*83. In the matter of the estate of Wilhelmina Dorete Metz, deceased. On reading and filing the petition of Charles E. Metz, administrator of the estate of Wilhelmina Do rate Metz, deceased, representing among other things, that he has fully administered said estate, «*d praying that a time and place be fixed for ex amining and allowing his account of administra tion, and for the assignment of the residue of saitf estate to heirs; It Is ordered, that said account bo examined and petition hoard, by the judge of this court, on Fri day, tke 2Sth day of December, A. D. 1883, at ten o'clock a. m,, at the probate office, in said cunty. And it is further ordered, that notice thereof be given to all persons interested, by publishing a copy of this order for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing, in the Dim Globe, a news paper printed and published at Saint Paul, in said county. By the Court, • Wm. B. McGBORTY I"1 8-] Judge of Probat9 Attest: Fbaxi Bobbkt Jr., Clerk. decs-wed-4w STATB OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF RAMSEY — te. In Probate Court, special term, Novem ber 87, 18&3. Ib the mutter of tke estate of Catherine Schlllor, deceased: On reading and filing the petition of Bemhard F. Zahm, adjulniitrator of the estate of Catherine Schiller, deceased, representing among other thing*, that ke has fully administered seid estate, and praying that a time and place be fixed for ex amining and allowing his account of his administra tion, and for tke assignment of the residue of said •state to keirs; ; It is ordered, that said account be examined, and petition heard, by the Judge of this [court, ob Thursday, the 20th day of December, A. 1). 1883, at ten o'clock a. m., at the probate office, in said •ounty. , • ! And it is further ordered, that notice thereof be given to all persons interested, by publishing a copy of this order for tore* successive weeks prior to said day of hearing, in the Daily Globe, a news paper, printed and published at Saint Paul, in said county. By the Court, WM. B. McGROIiTY, [l. s.] Judge of rotate. Attest; Fbakx Robbbt, Jr., Clerk. G. SißoaßTHALaii. Attorney for administrator. not 28-wed-4w QTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF RAMSEY, O—6B. In Probate Court, special term, hold De cember 11, 1883. In the matter of the estate of Chandler D. Faulk ner, deceased: On reading and filing the petition of Bicunrd W. Johnson, adm'nistrator with the will annexed of said estate setting forth that no personal ostato has corns to his hands; tho amount of legacies be queathed in the •will of said deceased anpuld, and a description of all the real estate ot which t:ii<! de censed died'oaized, and the condition and raiue of the respect.ye portions thereof; and praying that license be to him granted to sell at private pale or public auction alltaereal estate set forth and des cribed in said petition; and it appearing, by si id pe tition, that there is not sufficient personal osluto i» the hands of said administrator to pay said lega cies, and that it is necessary in order to pay ta» game to roll all of said real estate; It it therefore ordered, "Stint all persons inter ested In said estate, appear before t!.(> judge of this Court, on Saturday, the 2Glh day of January, A. D. 1834, at ten o'clock a. m., at the court house in Saint Peul, in eaid county, then and there to show cause (if any tbare be) why licsnse should not bo granted to paid administrator to sell paid real estate according to the proyor of raid petition. And it is further ordered, That a copy of this order shall be published for Joar successive weeks prior to said day of hearing; the last of which pub lications shall be at least fourteen days before said day of hearing, in the Daily Globs, a newspaper printed and published nt Saint Paul, in said county, and personally served on all persons interest id in said estate, residing in said county, at least tour teen days before said day of hearing, and upon all other persons interested, according to law. By the court, [i- «.] WAT. B. McGKOKTY, Judge of Probate. Attest: Frank Robeet, Jr., Clerk. Wm. 8. Mooiie, Attorney for administrator. B^-ipa decl2-wed-5w STATE OF MINNESOTA—COUNTY OF RAM •J —ss. In Probate Court, special term, De cember 11, 1883. In the matter of the estate of Thomas B. Winston, jr.. deceased. On reading and filing the petition of Alexander J. Stone, of said county, representing, among other things, that Thomas B. Winston, jr.. late of New Orleans: state of Louisiana, on the 28th day of May, A. D. 1861, at Marietta, state of Georgia, died in testate, and being an inhabitant of said state of Louisiana at the time of his death, leaving goods, chattels, and estate within this county, and that the sold petitioner is interested in the estate of said deceased, and praying that administration. of said estate be to Charles G. Lawrence granted; It is ordered, that said petition be heard before the Judge of this Court on Monday, the 7th day of January, A. D. 1884, at ten o'clock a. m., at the Probate office, in said county. Ordered further, that notice thereof be given to the heirs of said deceased and to all persons inter ested by publishing a copy of this order for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing, In the Daily Globe, a newspaper printed and pub lished at St. Paul, in said county. By the Court, [L.B.J WM. B. MoGRORTY, Judge of Prooate. Attest: FitANH Robkbt, Jr., dork. WAitNEu & Stevens, Attorneys for petitioner. deel2-wed-4w Notice to Creditors. State of Minnesota, County of Ramsey— In Pro bate Court, special term, November 22, 1«83. In the matter of the estate of Martin Flanagan, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the Judge of Probate of tho County of Ramsey, will upon the first Mon day of the months of January, Febrmary, March, April and May, A. D , 1884, at ten o'clock a. m., receive, hear, examine, and adjust all claims and demands of all persons against said de ceased, and that six months from and after the date hereof have been allowed and limited for creditors to present their claims against said estate, at the expiration of which time all claims not presented or not proven tm its satisfaction shall be forever barred, unless for good cause shown farther time be allowed. By the Court, 0.8.J WM. B. McGRORTY, Judge of ?robate. i, J. Eoah, Attorney for executors. nov2B-we-Sw QTATE OF MINNESOTA—COUNTY OF RAMSEY j O District Court, Second Judicial District. Ellen R. Hollinshead, administratrix of the estate of Edmund R. Hollinehoad, deceased, plaintiff, vs. James K. Goodhue, defendant. SUMMONS. The State of Minnesota to the above i.«uied de fendant: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint of the plaintiff in the above mti'led action, which has been file'! in the office of the clerk of said court, at St. Paul, in said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint on the subscribers, at their office in the city of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey, within tweuty days after the service of this summons upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the said complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will take judgment against you for the sum of three hundred and two dollars and seventy-nine cents with interest on two hun dred dollars from the 20th day of January, A. D, 1883, at the rate of eight per centum per annum, and on one hundred end two dollars and seventy nine cents, at the rate of seven per centum per an nnmfrom the 13th day of March, A. D.1883, together with the costs and disbursements herein. Dated August 10th, A. D. 1383. WILLIS &SWILLAKD. decl2-wed-7w Plaintiff's Attorneys, tt. Paul. Minn^ •JtATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF EAITSEY ifj ss. In Probate Couit, special term, l^ecem ber 17, 1883. In. the mutter of the guardianship of Track C. Vanderwarker, minor. On reading and filing the petition of Silas W. Vanderwarker, guardian of the person and property ot said above named minor for license to fell the real estate of his said ward at private «ale, and it appearing from said petition that it Id necessary and would be beneficial to said ward that eaid real estate, or a part thereof, should be sold: It is ordered that the next of kin of the said ward arid all persons interested in the estate of said ward shall appear before said Probate court, at the probate office in the city of St. Paul, in the county lof Ramsey aforesaid, on the Ist day of February. A. D. 1834, at 10 o'clock in the fo»e noon, to show cause why a license should not be granted for the sale of said real estate. And it is further ordered that » copy of this order fee personally served on the next of Li:: of said ward residing in said Ramsey county, ;,i:'i on all persons interested in said estate, at least four teen days before the hearing of said petition a=i aforesaid, and by the publication thereof Ear tour successive week?, in the Datjjt Globe, a newspa per printed and published at the city of St. Paul, in said Ramsey county, the last of wb4> nubbca tiona shall be at least fourteen days before said €ay of hearing. . My the Court, Wm. B. McGRORTY, [l. s.J " -...-.• Judge of Probate. Attest: Frank Robert. Jr.. Clerk. dccl -wed-5w