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again there were a few loads t f choice r.s could be found, and they cold for nearly the top of. the market. The market closed rathsr q n wi!h a j<ood many light left over. The sheep market was quiet, a good many poor and common are in pens for which there wa3 little or no demand; beat in fair request at steady prices. We quote com mon $3.50@3.75; fair, $4@4.50; best $sfa; 5.75. These latter sales mu3t be near ly all wethers or lambs and fine wooled. Among the sales of the latter are 948 at an average of 96 at $5.50; 76 averaging 123 at $5.75. • Chicago Financial. Special Telegram to the Globe. | Chicago, Feb. 2. —During the week the banks have been well supplied with loanable funds and the market has baen easy. A fair demand has existc d. Regular customers and all others in good standing obtained all the money they re quired at 6^7 per cent. Largo loans on call wer-j made at 5^5% per cent. In the line of deposits there has beon en increase! :.rA collections have improved. The trado of the city is slowly but gradually picking up. The moTomo.it of currsney to tho country hae been moderate ai:d receipts have e_ ments. A lc.rgo porcoatago of the m ney in the bunk vaults i.s tied up in carrying provisions and tho immense stocks of grain horo. l£:til rates to tha soaboard are by no means staady, and it is rumored that 28c per 10'J lba. is the rate for grain to New York. Ta-day there was a fair dema-d for money, and rules wero jnotcdat 5 p»r cGnt.on call and tt pef cent, on time. Eastern exchange between city banks was firmer at 70c premium per $1,000. The clearings were if 17,038,000; for the week they foot up $5L,108,21_; for January they were $200,979,288. Eu-it Round Freights. [Special Tolegram to the Globe.] CHTOAGO, Feb. 2.—The report of last week's shipments from Chicago east bound, shows a still further decrease, tho tonnage having fallen off 8,000 tons. Chicago grain is still securely housed, and there is no immediate prospect of a movement toward the seaboard. So light are the exports of grain at present that European steamers are reported so hard up for freight that they are taking crude petroleum in barrels, something never before heard of. There are three noteworthy features of the week: The extraordinary increase in the Grand Trunk's percentage; a corresponding decrc .sa in Michigan Central tonnage, and the immense shipments of flour reported by th 6 Lake Shore. The Grand Trunk has made an astonishing jump from 9.8 percent, to 20.5 per cent., but this is easily accounted for by self-confession of cut ting rate 3. The Michigan Central has executed a graceful tumble of 2 points, which its com petitors look upon with grave suspicion. They freely assert that the Michigan Central tonnage has increased during the past week instead of decreassd, but it is not shewn in the Chicago roport,becauso a majority has been billed from Joliot. Commissioner Moore Bays that he receives daily reports of Joliet shipments and pronounces the charge without foundation. The Lake Shore carried last week near ly one-half of tho entire flour tonnage from Chicago, and while its officials claim to be abiding by tariff rates, its competitors claim to to fcave positive proof that a few cara were taken at a cut rat©. Charges are made that tho Fort Wayne is cutting ratas,but there is nothing to indicate the fact. Tho Baltimore & Ohio is the only line east-bour.d from Chicago against which there is rot the faintest breath of suspicion. It is conceded on all sides tbat they are maintaining rates. It is not ULlikely Mr. Fink will order a general reduction in rates within a few days. Tho Baltimore & Ohio has submitted its grievances and asked the commis sioner to do something to correct the existing evils. The road is not only seriously affected by the irregularities at Chicago, but at St. Louis the same disturbances ace encountered. The Ohio & Mississippi, its St. Louis connection, has forwarded to the Baltimore & Ohio emphatic Gsserti< ns, backed up by affidavits, that other St. Louis roads are not abiding by the tariff. NEW YimK. [Special Telegram to tho Globo.l New Yoke, Feb. 2.—We have had a bull market all day, entirely in the possession of the bulle, who have used their advantage and pushed bears severely. It was ascer tained this morning that the Vanderbilis were large buyers of St. Paul & Northwest ern and Granger, stocks opened up at a sharp advance with good tone; good bay ing of St. Paul at 91J<, very strong. Woorishoffer brokers were large purchas ers and other bear houses continued buy ing. There seemed to be a good deal of stock for sale, but later in the day the bulls were able to advance it; shorts covered freely. R. P. Flower & Co. were buying West Shore, Western Union and Union Pacific, end each division of tha boar contingent seemed anxious to get in out of the cold. A dispatch wss rccoived from Chi f??-2o saying that the Chicago, Burlu & Quincy and Union Pacific roads lad privately arranged a compromise between themselves whioh would be submitted to the Western Trunk association oa Ivlonuay and probably adopted. An injunction was served on the receiver of the North Iliver Construction company, to prevent their disposing of their securities. There was a slight reaction during tne day, but the market was kept veil in hand by the bulls, and at no time were transactions large enough to allow belated bulla to buy or give the bears a chance to cover. The pork state ment shows a decrease in reserve of $180, --400, which is moro favorable to the busi ness situation than anything we have had for some time unless it is entirely the re sult of navigation. The market is purely a professional one. The short interest is very largely eliminated. The only ques tion is whether the powerful leaders vrho have ranged themselves on the bull side will be abls to advance prices further and maintain them until the public come in and relieve them of their load. Sharp room traders are predicting lower prices for Monday. We are told to buy Central Pacific on all reactions. The market closes strong with confident pre dictions of higher prices. Manitoba's Wants. Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 2.—The premier of Manitoba and the members of the com mons of that province submitted to the government a memorial of the wants of their provinoe. It ssks, among other things, an increased subsidy, extension of the boundaries of the province northerly to Hudson's bay, and that the Federal government shall equip a vessel to test the practicability of navigating Hudson's bay. Proposes to Stick. [Special Telegram to the Globe. 1 Chicago, Feb. 2.—Special Agent Douglass of t_e treasury still continues in charge of the Chi cago district, notwithstanding the appointment of Col. Swift to the po?ition. Mr. Douglass has not been officially notified of any change, and dojs not propose to remove his headquarters until such notification is received. It is ex peoted that district will be divided into two, and that b»th Mr. Douglass and Mr. Swift will be retained, the former with headquarters at St. Paul. Fast Time. New Yobk, Feb. 2.—ln a skating race in Brooklyn to-day, Alex Paulson, a Norwegian, heat all previous records for twenty-five miles, doing ihe distance in 1 hour, 32 minutes and 17 eecjx da. WASHINGTON. HOB INGJSItSOLL ON THE MoMKNTOUS QUESTION OF LYING. ii He Wants to Turn the Kascals oat of Jails and Fill Them With Merchants Who De ceive—The Agitation of the Sugar Tariff —Chicago Sure to get the Democratic Convention, [Special Telegram to the Globe. I Washington, Feb. 2.—ln supporting his mo tion to quash an indictment against Fitzgerard, the crooked pension agent, Col. Ingersoll to day, in Judge Wylia's court, took tho position that plain lying was not punishable. He claimed that it was not a pretense in a criminal sense for a man to pretend that the law makes a certain provision which he knew it did not mako. In illustrating his idea of the scheme Col. Ingersoll said:. "I might tell a man I had a horse that could trot in 2:10 when in fact ho could not trot in 4:10. That is what I call a single lie. It does not rise to the dignity of a scheme." His idea of a scheme was one in which gross ingenuity was tied bo neatly over the path of truth thac a wayfarer would fall at the right place and time. If to make a simple misrepresentation to de- fraud, was a crime,a morchaat who advertised to sell off his goods below cost to make reom for bis spring stock and put his advertisement in the me;l in circular form was guilty of such a scheme. All over the country goods were being sold in this manner. If ! his was law, he said, and if it was enforced it w^ald wind up the civilization of the nineteenth contury. They could not carry it on as it now wes without false pretenses. If he taw a pieco of cloth marked 33%, he would believe that it contained only thirty-one yards. If a grocer advertised bix candles to a pound they could rest assured it would take nearly seven to make a pound. If the proprietors of the Buncombe Railway company said it was nearly completed payinz, so rnuc_,threo-fcurth9 of the statoment would be untrue; if all those misrepresentations could be dignified as schemes t«* defraud and indictable offenses, then he thought it would be cheaper to put honest fellows in the penitentiary and let the others out. There would be plenty of room for the honest fellows, but not enough for the others. THE BCGAB TABIFF. Within a few days delegations from the sngar exchange, Planters' association and other or ganizations in New Orleans will come to Wash ington to advise the dominant power in congress that the sugar tiriff is purely a revenue tariff, aid ought not to bo disturbed. Those interested in sugar ia that state have been stirred by reports that the tariff reformers intend to cut sugar rates in common with other tariff reductions, and that they may even put 6ugaron tho free list. It is safe to say that the presence of the delegation in the lobby will do no good to the interest they rep resent. It will simply serve to attract lightning and a reduction of the eugar duties will bo serious by congress. Louisiana people are also troub.ed by rumors that agents of Clouse fjpreck els, the monopolist of the sugar trado from the Hawaiian islands, aro actively at work in tho city to secure an extension of tho benefits of the reciprocity treaty with the Sandwich islands. Representa tives of the Pacific coast say they know of no such movement. General Eosecrans says the treaty gives the United Strtes great advantages, especially the exclusive right to use the tslands for coaling stations, and tho abrogation of the treaty would seriously damage the interests of tho United States. Spreckel's has managed by the use of the capital and geographical advan tages to obtain control of the sugar trade on the Pacific coast, and far enougli ] cist to compete successfully with eastern refineries and Louisana sugars, but if the treaty was annulled sugar would be no cheaper on the coast than now. Spreckels would add the duty to the price of sugar, and consumers would be obliged to pay eveu more unreasonable prices than he exacts from thorn now. THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Ex-Congressman Singlaton, who with Mr. John Oberly, of Bloomington, is laboring zeal ously to secure the Democratic convention for Chicago, said to-day that a majority vote had already been secured and that barring accidents there was no doubt of its going there. He finds after a care ful canvass that the sentiment of tw3nty-one delegation? in congress is favorabl9 to the Jake city, and it is not considered likely that mem bers of the committee from those stites will op pose their wishes. Gen. Singleton believes that Chicago will continue to grow in popularity un til the d,y of the meeting, when, after a compli montaiy vote for contejting cities, Chicago will be chosen on the second or third bsllot. Naw England and the middle stales prefer New York, but tha objections to that city ara tpD manifest to oncouraire any positive belief that it will bo selected. Philadelphia will be a claimant, but if hbr canvass be conducted with the same lack of adroitness that characterized recent efforts of the Republicans in this direction, sho will _ia!ra equally as bad a sheving -\vhon the voting be gins. Cincinnati, and St. Loms will bo repre sented by strong delegates, but their extreme heat ia midsummer, togother -with ih-:i:- insuf ficient hotel accommodation?, are influences that are strongly against them. Illinois gentlemen, who are booming Chicago, are greatly elated at the encouraging outlook, and well they may be, for at this writing it kioka like a walk-over. ON TIME. The delegates from Quincj to the Missouri river improvement convention to b? !>eld in this city on Tuesday next are tho first Illinois repre sentatives to anive. They ara quartered at the Ebbett. AN OYSTER BAKE. A number of Gon. Singleton's friends in both houses of congress gave him a complimentary yster bake at Eleventh straot wharf to-day. It was a very enjoyable affair, and delighted the general immensely. The bivalves wero cooked in the open air, and washed down with plenti ful potations of lager and a'e. Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, will give a dinner party in honor of Mr. Singl9ton the latter part of next week at which covers will be laid for twelve. A NEW BUILDING FOB CHICAGO. Representative Davis made an argument this morning before the house public building com mittee in favor of his bill which authorizes the erection of a government building for the use of the local appraiser and other officers on the old Bridewell and dock property in Chicago. As the land belongs to the government and the needed building would cost only $50,000, Mr. Davis thinks there is a good prospect for a favorable report from the committee. The secretary of the treasury and Collector Spanlding recommend the erection of the building. THE DUTY ON WOOL. Everybody at the capitol to-day was talking about the Ohio proposition to restore the duty oi wool to the rate imposed prior to the act of 1&83. The California and Texas delega tions are interested in this matter to a large extent, and as the Converse resolution can't pass under suspension of the rules withoat a two thirds vote, the attitude of these two wool growing states is important. Both of them had been accounted certain to vote for restoring the duty, but representatives from these states say their wool growers wilt be satisfied with a re duction on woolen manufactures and a substan tial diminution of the duties that are imposed upon articles that are consumed by them. That would compensate them for what they losn liy the cutting of rates on wool. It was reported to-day that several Ohio congressmen would not support the Converse resolution, but Mr. Con verse ssys this is not so. Ohio will give twen ty votes for it, and he hopes it will ba adapted. It appears, however, that Ohio men are hesitat ing about bringing forward the resolution next Monday, although the speaker has promised to recogrize one of their number c? move is pas sitje. The cause of this hesitation is four din THE ST. PAUL SUNDAY GLOBE, SUNDAY MORNfN'G, FEBRUARY 3,1884 the doubt tiiat has arisen about the votes of some Democrats who had been Jxpected to sup port the Converse proposition, and ihe wool men have not been able to const enongh names on their side to give them a two-hirds vote even if they coald get the solid Republican support, which they will not get. The pressure from Ohio is so strong t.;at Ohio congressmen will probably feel obliged to take the risk of a trial of the strength of the resolu tion next Monday. | Western Associated Press.] Washingtom, Feb. 2.—Gen. H. G. Wright, chief engineer, will be retired on the 6th of March. It ia understood that Col. John Newton will succeed him. SHE WILL GET HEB LICENSE. Secretary Folger has referred the ap. plication of Mrs. Mary A. Miller for a license as] master of a steamboat to the local inspector of the New Orleans dis trict, with instructions to inquire concern ing her qualifications for the position, and if found competent, to issue her a license. The seoretary in a letter to the inspector sajs, "A woman, Mary A. Miller by name, s«eks to be licensed as master of a •team vessel on the inland waters of the United States. I know nothing imperative in tha reason of things, in natural Jaw, in public poiioy, or in good inorate, why a woman, if she is skilled, honest and intelligent, hardy and prudent enough, may not have command of a steam vessel and navigat* it, and manage and conduct the business carried on with it. To do that is to be th« master of a st*ani vessel. Th* secretary q_ot6s th 6 sections of law bearing upon tho subject, acd says, doubtless these bkc tio_s speak in the masculine gender. If it be said that, therefore, they do not con template lioensing tho person a feminine, it is no more technical and olose to reply, they are statutes in derogation to the ofimmon law, by which, or not in contravention of whiob, any person, whether female or m»le, may paddle her or his own canoe, or ateer or command her or his o*n vessel. I see no reason in the written or unwritten law, why Mistress Miller may not carefully de mand an examination, and if she prove herself duly qualified, have a license to serve as master of a steam vessel, nor ia there need of talk, pro or con in the sooial status, or woman's rights, so called. Having been put on God's footstool by him, she has the right to win her bread in any moral, decent way which is open to any of his toiling creatures. She chooses to do so as the master of a steam vessel. It is an honest calling. If she is fitted for it, though clothed in skirts rather than breeohes, she has the right to follow it. Let local inspectors, patting behind them all thought of her sex, without antagonism and without partiality, make diligent in quiry as to her aharaoter, carefully ex amine her and the proofs she offers, and if they are satisfied that her capacity, her experience, her habits of life and char acter warrant the belief that she oan be safely entrusted with the duties and re sponsibilities of the master of a steam vessel, let them grant her license. (Signed) Chas. J. Folgeb, Secy. LAND FOBF2ITUBES. The house committee on public lands iecidod to report a bill, declaring the for feiture of the land grants of the Oregon & California and California & Oregon rail roads, except such tracts as have been patented. The grants of tne two rondo imount to 500,000 aores, one-tenth of ffhich is patented. The land is valued at p3 to $4 per acre. The term 3of the con tact expired on January 8. THE HUNGARIANS AS WOBKMEN. W. F. Barclay, (of Pennsylvania.) rep resenting tho coke interest, said only about 5 per cent, of the Hungarians could read. Their earnings average $2.25 per day, and they work from two to five days a week, beginning work at 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning and continuing un till 7p. m. The Hungarians, Barclay said, are moat filthy. A number of representatives of the labor organizations appeared before the house, committee en labor to-day and argued against the importation of foreign labors tinder contract. T. V. Powderly, ex-mayor of said he represent ed the Knights of Labor, an organization numberisg over 500,000. This association desire the eight hour law legislation for preventing foreigners from purchasing large tracts of public land in this country and prevent the importation of foreigners. He spoke of the importation of the Hungarians. He said they returned home after saving comparatively small sums of money. One family of nine persocs was instanced that lives on $27 a month. Their diet waß said to be mush and water six aays and meat on Sunday. The Hun garians were fast becoming as obnoxious as the Chinese ?n their habits. In some case 3 as many as ten livee in a single room. Win. Leach, of Now Jersey, r.nd E. Bull ion, of Ohio, questioned regarding the im portations of Belgians to work in g1n.83 factories. The former said for eigners reoeived 35 per cent, less wages than Americans. The members of the committee a?ked if ihe operators advocated strikes in order tht-.t tha price of coal and coke might be raised. Barclay replied they did, and he had been offared the privilege of organiz ing the men for a strike. The representa tives of fie labor organizations selected John S. MoClelland and John Murray, Ohio; T. V. Powderiy, James Campbell and John Schiicker, Pennsylvania, a com mittee to lemain in Washington to urge the passage of Representative Foran's bill. THE PLUCKED APPLICANTS. Secretary Chaadler said to-day, the ex amination papers of the persons certified to 1 im by the civil service commission sat isfied him that all of them were unfitted for the work to be done, for the renson that they were deficient in penmanship, oopying and orthography. He returned the papers to the commissioner with a simple statement to that effect. He did not wish the action to be understood as an attack on the civil service law, as he hail no iatention to attack that law. He wae strongly in favor of the oivil service act, but did not feel that its provisions com pelled him to accept a clerk whoa he considered inoompetent. He would rather have a vacaooy in his clerioal force than appoint a man whose examination papers showed him unable to meet the require ments. He had referred the matter back to the commissioners im the hope that they send him the names of more compe tajat men to select from. He would, how ever, be bound by the aotion of the com missioners in the matter. THE BANKRUPTCY. BILL. The senate commission, judicial, ordered the Lowell bankruptcy bill to be favorably reported, with amendments. It preserves the state exemptions and authorizes invol untary proceedings, only against persons whose debts amount to more than $1,000, and only against trades. It diminishes the cumber ot commissioners in bankruptcy one half. Many of the amendments sug gested by the bankruptcy convention, which met here a few days since, are in eorpor&ted im the bill. Senator Hoar will report it on Monday. Some of the features are among those contended for by the western senators of the last congress, and their adoption greatly increases the chances of its passage. EXAMINING OFFICIALS OFFICES. Attorney General Brewster to-day placed at the disposal of the house com : mictee on expenditures of the department ot justice, the entire force of the speoial examiners of the department to be sent alone, or with a sub-committee to investi gate the alleged irregularities of the offices of the Dinted states. official. The sab committee, accompanied by a special ex aminer will probably go. to .New York city in a short time to investigate the office of the supervisor of elections. STAB SOUXE CASES. At & meeting of the oommittee, a resolu tion has adopted recommending that a sub committee b^ appointed to examine certain star route correspondence which the postmaster general thought, if given to the public, would interfere in the proaecution of oase3 now under investiga tion by the department. MISCELLANEOUS. The coinage of the mints for January was $4,221,000, of whioh 2,350,000 were standard dollars. THE LABOB BILL. Representative Hopkins, chairman of the house oomrnittae on labor, has, in compliance with the petitions of the vari ous labor organizations in the ooaatry, prepared a bill which hs will present to the hoase for reference on Monday, providing for the enforcement of the eight hoar law. He says the moral influence of enforcing the eight hear law will have the effect of reducing the hoars of labor throughout the country. This, tog6thor with the pro hibition of the importation cf foreign con tract labor, will in a measure relieve the workitgmen. The re3t involves the finan cial question, and restß upon our tariff committee and oar finances. Hopkia3 says the labor interests demand that the tariff should not be disturbed. Prolonged and uncertain agitation 1b injurious, and the question should not be taken up un til it can be effectually disposed of. A positive system, whether freo trade or pro tection, ip bettor than an uncertainty for the business interests of the country. CIIIMpED. MURDERS IN LONG ISLAND BECOM ING EPIDEMIC. It«*'."' is B«lD£ Foind Oat to Be a Doable 1 Scou_ilrel--»hot for Making inde cent Proposals—A Preacher Being Tried for aiuider-Other Items. CHAEGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. [Special Telegram to tho Globe. | New Yobk, Feb. 2.—Court Officer Nixon went to-day to the office of Louis Rossignot 'at N». 823 Broadway to arrest Henry A. Giube, Mr. Rossignot's confidential clerk and general man ager, on a charge of embezzlement, "1 have a warrant for you," said Nixon to Grubo." Without replying Grube opened a drawer, took from it a email revolver and fired twice at his head and also snapped the pistol twice before Nixon disarmed him." ''I'm shotj anyway; do as you please with me now," he exclaimed -when the officer wrested the weapon from bis hand. Afterward he said: "I did it to clear me of this disgrace." The shots caused a panic in the store, sales women dropped on the floor or hid behind count ers, and those near the door ran out screaming. Grube was taken to Jefferson market and charged with embezzlements which are estimated at between $35,000 and $10,0 GO. The pistol caused merely a slight flesh wound. A SHOBT BESPITE. [Special Telegram to the Globe. 1 New Yoek, Feb. 2.— Counsel for the condemn ed policeman Wm. Conroy, who has been engag ed in the preparation of tho prisoner's appeal to the general eoesions of the court, to-day receiv ed a stay of execution. He filed with Sheriff Davidson and Chief Clerk Sparks, of the court of general sessione, a notice that in the legal ex ceptions taken throughout the trial in the court of general sessions a motion would be made be fore tho March general term of the supreme court to set tho verdict aside. Tho death watch was removed at noon. - : -'-*. SHOBT IIC HIS ACCOUNTS. Fabgo, D. T., Feb. 2.— J. W. Upperen, draft messenger of the First National bank, of this city, is short several hundred dollars in his bank account, and failed to explain the short age. An indictment ha 3 been found again him for embezzlement. SHOOTING AFFEAY. Houston, —W. J. ierkins killed An drew Johnson yesterday, at Cedar Bayou, by shooting him in the head with both barrels of a double barreled shotgun. No one was present except Perkins' wife, with whom it is alleged Johnson had taken improper liberties. All three were highly respected. Perkins' surrend ered to the officers. ATTEMPTED SHOOTING. Gband Rapids, Mich., Feb. —Unknown assassins this morning attempted to shoot j Rev. Joblowowsky, pastor of the Polish Catholic church, as he was sitting in his study. Three shots were fired, and two barely missed his head. Certain disaffected members of the church are suspected as his persecutors. STABBED BY A MANIAC. Dallas, Texas, Feb. 2—At Lancaster to-day, an old gentleman was fatally stabbed by a maniac brother, whom Lo has been caring for. Tho maniac, who was kept in a room at home for a number of years, in preference to sending him to an asylum, escaped thi3 morning, got hold of a knlfo and iuilicted several frightful wounds upon his brother before he coald be secured. ANOTHER INSANITY MTJSDEKEE. Massfikld, La., Feb. 2.—A plea of insanity will ba entered in the case of Rev. Ben F. Jen kins, on trial for the murder of a man Hamed Borden. To-day Miss Mary Butler, her sister and two brothers, testified that they went home together on the train, accompanied to Robeline station by the Rev. Ben F. Jenkins. The testi mony all goes to show that Jenkins made a sad mistake in supposing that Borden was guilty of any serious misconduct toward Miss Mary But ler. Miss Butler admitted saying to Jenkins that BordeH had treated her badly, but declined to tell him in what manner. She only referred to Borden's refusirg to allow them to enjoy themselves when opportunities offered. A NEGRO WHIPPED. Jewbtt, Texas, Feb. 2.—Two deputy sheriffs arrived at Jewett to-day, having under arrest eleven citizens of Robertson [and Limestone counties, charged with severely whipping a ne gro on the west border of Leoa county, on the night of January 29. The accused claim the negro has been circulating reports derogatory to thorn, and on the night in question they went to the house of McKenzie, where the negro was employed, took him out into the woods acd ad ministered a sound thrashing. The negro rec ognized each of the party, and made complaint to the authorities. All gave bail for their ap pearance on February 11. THE VICTIM DYING. Long Island City, Feb. 2. — Selah Sprague, Ohas. Rugg's last victim, has a relapse, and the attending physicians have aboned all hope of his recovery. He was sufficiently ooneoious to state that it was a blaok man who assaulted him. All hopes of Mrs, Townsend's recovery are aban doned. Rugg will have four murders to answer for when the court meets in April. He is striotly watched in Queens county jail, the jail officials fearing he may at tempt suicide. The detestives have abun dant proof that Rugg has committed ten crimes of robbery and violence within a few years in addition to those agitating Long Islaud during the past three months. ANOTHEB CEIME. Long Island City, Feb. 2.—The people of this part of Long Island aro again ex cited. This time it is a case of poisoning, the victims being Thomas Collier aDd wife. Detectives are endeavoring to find the motive and the poisoner. John Co whey, biothcr-in-law of Thomas CoLyer, was arrested oa suspicion of having poisoaed Pepper. Annie Cowboy, sister of John, was also arrested. Tha only motive known for tho crime ia they wanted to get pos session of their father's propeity which amount ed t> about $1,500. The father died mysteri ously somo time ago, and his b^-dy will be ex humed. THE BAILWAYS. THE Oft.4XT) TRUNK' CONFESS Cm TO VUTiING EASTERN HEIGIIIS. Conference Between Railroml Officials on the Tariff Question—A Compendium of Rail Notes at Home and Abroad. Cutting Rates Badly. St. Locis, Feb. 2.- -The publication to-day of the statement that the Balti more &. Ohio rail road had charged the other pool lines with cat ting rates on east bound freight from here, and that a meeting had been held in New York to take action in the matter, created something of a commocion in railroad and commercial cir clts. It did not seem to have much effect, however, as it is positively asserted, on good authority, to-night, that at least one 01 the pool lines made contracts for grain to-day at sixteen cents to New York, a clear cut of four teen cents per hundred. It is also understood that two other pool lines are ready to make the same, or a similar cut, and it is farther asserli?d that not more than two of the n>e pool lines hare will be represented at the mootiug at Now York on next Thursday, :ilil there is likely to be a very lively time at the wQcihiz, as several cotmterchsrgee will probably t.c- made by tho cauisg lines. The XebrttAka Buttine*s Unchanged. Chicago, Fob. 2.—General Managers Potter and Cablo returned from the east to-night, and both unite in deciaricg that the s:tu;ition re specting the Nebraska busines3 remains prac tically utfchanged. They dech-.re it is probable another meeticg will be held b«tweoa tho Bur lington acd the roads in the Western Truok Line association some uir.o next week, in v further effort to readjust tksir differences"with r-'gard to Utah. A business mooting of the Western Trunk Line association will be kold next Monday, and it is believed the Union Pa cific will concede tho right to its eastern (iliitrs to make rates on west bound business, and that the a'sociation will then order en advance in rates, though it may not adopt the exact schedule agreed upon at the recent O_iah;i meeting. * Meetimj of the Passenger Agen's. Chicago, Feb. 2.—At tho adjourned meeting of the general passenger agents of roads inter erested in business to tho Missouri river, an ar rangement covering tho west bound business was entered into by which the locnl passen ger agents in this city will be compelled to form an association similar to the one now in exis tence in Kansas City, which provides that such ticket agent shall deposit a stipulated amount in a ba.uk, and in case a cut rate is made the agent will be compelled to pay upor. conviction, double the price of each ticket sold under the sshedulo rate. The new law goes into effect on next Monday. Openly Cutting Rates. Chicago, Feb. 2.—The Grand Trunk openly acknowledges it is cutting the seventh and eighth classes ten cents under the schedule rate?, on east bound business, and the presumption fol lowslthat the Eastern trunk lines are doing likewise. Unless a settlement is speedily reached tho belief is entertained that rate cut ting will become open and general. It is de clared that the Baltimore & Ohio thus far has maintained rates. """" i Coupon Tickets. Chicago, Feb. 2.—The represontatives of the Missouri river roads also decided to no longer permit the eastern lines to issue coupon form railway tickets from eastern points to points west of Chicago, but will be compelled to sell one continuous passage ticket, and thus obviate the opportunity to scalpers, ucder the present form of ticket used, to demoralize rates by sell ing "stubs" of through passage tickets. To Enter the Kansas Pool. Chicago, Feb. 2.—The Hannibal & St. Joe road has agreed, as soon as rates are restored, that it will re-enter tho Kansas City agreement, which has been modified to the exteat that no road can reduce its rates without consulting tha other lines. Harris' Successor Appointed. New York, Fab. 2.—One of the most important changes recently in railroad circles, is the promotion of General Super intendent Bowen, of the New York, Lake Erie & Western railroad, to be one of the vice presidents of the company, to suc ceed Robert Harris, resigned. It i 3 offi cially announced by President Jewett that Bowen will act for the president in all matters connected with the roadway con struction, real estate and the operation of the transportation department and in diu eharge of such other duties as the presi dent may from time to time assign to him. Bowen is a thorough railroad man and knows every foot of the Erie and its many branches. The following is the oompanj's plan for promoting fit men: B. Thomas, heretofore superintendent of transportation, succeeds Boy/en as general superintendent, and H. H. Blackham, for merly chief clerk for Thomas, willsaooeed the latter as superintendent of transpor tation. Both gentlemen are old attaches of the Erie company. A Xew Depot. [Special Telegram to the Globe. J New Yoek, Feb. 2.— Its reported the di rectors of the N6W York Central railroad contemplate building a new depot on the ground which they own at th 9 north:.lst corner of Forty-second street and Fourth avenue. The tenants of the buildings on lots 10 to 110 East Forfcy-seoond street have received the necessary le^al notice to b9 prepared to vacate the premises on the expiration of the present leases, May 1. The lots run through tho block to Forty third street, having a frontage of about 180 feet. A Railway Suit. New Yobk, Feb. 2.—Warren Currier has begun euit in the supreme court against the New York. West Shore & Buffalo Rail way company, and other defendants, pray ing that the construction contract with North River Construction company, under which the West Shore road has been built, be adjudged unlawful, and that stock and bonds and other property of the West Shore company, in custody of the con struction company or its receiver, be de clared a trust for the benefit of the West Shore company, and that the construction company and its receiver and director, ao eount to the West Shore company for profits of the construction company under the construction contract, and the present di rectors and officers of the West Shore com pany be restrained from acting, and be re moved, and that a new election be ordered, and that a receiver for the property in the hands of Green, the receiver of the North River Construction company be appoint ed. Must Pay Taxes. Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 2. —The au preme court decided to-day that by the consolidation of the Iron Mountain and Cario & Fulton Railroad companies, ex emption from taxation under the old Cario and Fulton] railroad charter, was forfeited and the company must pay state and coun ty taxes. The case . will be taken to the United States supreme court. The Mexican Central Nearly Completed, Mexico, Feb. —The direction of tho Mexican Central railroad announces that the road will be completed to the United States by tho middle of March, and will be open to through traffic between the Ist and 15th of April. Sail Notes. Mr. J. F. Godd.ird, of the Atchison, To peka & Santa Fa, Mr. George Olds, of the Texas & Pacific, and Mr. J. Stnbba, of ths ' Southern Pacific, held a conference Friday ■ and perltc:ed arrangements for eoatirju ing the pool on southern New Mexiei and eastern Arizona busin-j-?. W. L. Van Nest, general eastern agent for the St. Louis A: San Francisco road, 33 in St. Paul. Messrs. Muir and Fes both returned yesterday, but had nothing special to say. Mr. Oakes will cot be back until to morrow. Mr. L. W. Stephenson has been appoint ed general freight and passenger agent of the Mexican National railway, with head quarters at Laredo. Mitchell, Dak., has voted almost unani mously in favor of a tax in aid of con struction of the Dubnque & Northwestern railway through the town. Mr. E. W. Parker, superintendent of Western Indiana and Belt raihoads, has resigned, and his duties will be assumed by General Manager James Welsh. The Middle and Western states clgssiaoa tion committee will meet at Cincinnati February 7, to consider propositions for changes in and additions to tho classifica tion. •;.■ E. F. Woode, chief bagg-jge clerk of the general passenger department of the St. Paul & Omaha read, is going home on a visit to Ohio. Ha will attend tho conven tion of the National Baggage association at St. Louis before he returns. Redfield Journal: "A compaay to be known as the Kedfield. Biemarck & North ern Railway company baa been formed and a charter has already been scoured. Op erations will ba commenced as soo_ as practicable, with a view of constructing a road from Redfisld to Bismarck the com ing season." A. C. Bird, of the St. Paul, road F. B. Clark, of the S:. Paul & Omaha, have held a meeting with the lumber men of Eau Claire and other points with a view to gtt them to give up their contraots from Eau Claire to Missouri river points, so that rates oan be established from these points and the Missouri river. CASUALTIES. THE EXPLOSION HOBBOB. Alliance, Ohio, Feb. 2—Workmen are busy this morning clearing the street of the debris from yesterday's exDloaion, and saving property from the wreoked buildings. The fire was extinguished last night. No mors bodies were found and nobody ia mJMiAg. No name will be ad ded to the list of killed and wounded. The remains of those crushed and cremated were encoffined to-day and conveyed to their former homes to await interment to-morrow. The city has been crowdod all day with peo ple from the surrounding country, attracted to see the wreck made by the explosion. At the coroner's request it was developed that Mr. Oi r kept gasoline in an air tight galvanized iron tank for customers. About a gallon ran out on the floor. The fluid was wiped up by Orr, and he had turned to other affairs, when the gas generated by tho gasoline ignited. The tank contained not more than half a barrel of liquid. Of the wounded, Charles lladon and John Corey, of Duprez & Benedict's minstrels, are the most seriously injured. They will bo taken to the Sisters' of Charity hospital in Canton. A circumstances which has excited much comment is that tho Women's Christian Temperance union had ap pointed a meeting to be held in the Orr blo.k yesterday afternoon, but some trifling matter prompted them to postpone it until Saturday. Had tho ladies mot as at first arranged, tko cat astrophe would have been still more calamitous. An offensive odor of burned flesh is still per ceptible about the wreck and suggests that all the bodies are not recovered, but nobody is missed. An oye-witness st*tea that when the explosion occurred the entire building seemed lifted into the air and rent apart, falling back in a cloud ofdust, scarcely one brick clinging to another. NOT MUCH MOKE DAMAGE DONE. St. Louis, Feb. 2.— But little more is to be said about the running out of the ice gorge at this point last night. The break up was a tame affair, and the steam boat men are congratulating themselves to-day that so little damage was done. The additional casualties reported this morning are: The sinking of tow boat A. J. Baker and sand boat Delver No. 2; also it is rumored that two or three barges of the Mississippi Valley Transportation company, lying on the Illinois shore more than a mile from the bridge, are dam aged, but this is not verified. The Anchor line has ordered the City of Helena, the City of Vicksburg and the City of Baton Rouge up from Cairo, and navigation will be resumed at once. The ice in the upper Mississippi is still solid at Alton and above, but gorges ara broken iv several places in the Missouri river, and that stream will probably be open to Kansas City in a few days. Considerable ice is still floating through thi3 harbor, but not enough to seriously impt.de navigation. The barge? of the Mississippi Valley com pany referred to above, six in number, were pushed oat on the shore, but whether 3erionely damaged i 3 not yet known. No additional losses are reported since noon. No estimate of the damage is yet made except on the A. J. Baker, which is'val ued at $12,000 and insured for $7.,500. Captain Clayton, of the government work at Bar-hbtiry, sixteen miles below the city, came up this morning. He reports the government fleet in the harbor there, numbering nearly 100 crafts of all kinds, unharmed. Captain John M. Sears, of the Mississippi river improve ment commission, arrived from Cairo thi* forenoon. He eaj s the government had a number of barges at Chester laden with rock from the penitentiary, quarry and be ing in danger where they lay had a chan nel 1,500 feet long and forty wide cut through the ice six feet thick, and they were towed to a place of safety by the lit tle steamer, Rob Roy, Three barges, owned by other parties, are lying at Ches ter crushed in the break up. THE WATEE BECEDING. Pittsbtjbg, Pa., Feb. 2.—After attaining a height of 23 feet Bix inches, the Alleghe ny river commenced falling and at noon marks registered 18 feet. The tracks of the Pittsburg <fe Western road are still un der water, and portions of Allegheny are submerged, but the damage is very slight and all danger is believed to be over. For emaciation take Allen's Iron Tonic Bit ters. All genuine bear the signature of J. P. Allen, druggist, St. Paul, Mien. A IHIIF CAUGHT. Walla Walla, W. T., Feb. 2.— E. E. Johnson, agent of the Union Pacific rail road, also Union Pacific express, has mis appropriated a package of $18,000, con signed to John Bennett, railroad contrac tor, by Ladd & Tilton, bankers, Portland. The package was addressed to the agent of the Union Pacific txpiess. Johnson disappeared with the money on Tuesday, and was arrested and jailed to-day. LOTTEBT AGENTS ISDICTED. Chicago, Feb, 2.—The grand jury of Cook emoty to-day returned sixty indic.'menta against thirty-four agents of lotteries and opera tors ot lecal policy shop 3. S'x of the indict ments tun against B. Frank Moore as represent ative of the Louisiana stata lottery, who was re cently convicted in the federal court here, but under another form of the statute. BAD STBIKEBS. Boston, Feb. 2.—Non union laeters, re turning from work, were fired upo^ to-day, presumably by strikers. The union offers to assist the police to di-cover th 3 as sailantß. siSTS SAVE ALWAYS rOUSD The Most_Perfect Made. ft PURE FRUIT fiCID BAKING POWDER. There is none stronger. None so pure and wholesome. Contains no Alum cr Ammonia. Has been used for years in a million homes. Its great strength makes it the cheapest /is perfect purity the healthiest. In tht, family loaf most delicious. Prove it by tho only true test. ——— THE TEST OF TEE OVEN. MAJJUFACILTJED BY STEEL.E & PRICE, C2uc2.sc. 111.. and St Louis. Mo. E»iH!h C tor*r»ofl.apiill.T«M» Otmt, Vr. Prler'i Bp«eUl F'.itoi tag Eitncti, asi!Dr. Price* tttqae J-.rfjm'.i. WE MAKE NO SECOND GRADE GOODS. 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A rushing business hat been done ever since the opening of* tho utfiii and would be a splendid chance for a qualified business man to double tho amount of monoj put in, in a very short time. Two largo c ova tors are erected near the station. The location of this property is most beautiful being located close .by a lino lake. Concerning prico and terras write to either tv its present owner, Mr. DANIEL 'ANDERSON, AlexMiiria, Minn., or to : NILSSON 8R03., SI? l!p.=t b'oraath street, St. '18111.111211. ll>-9od-: va. g