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09WICX— No. 6 Washington Aveo ue, oypo
'le Kicoilet house. Cifice."hours frou ■» mi
» ID o'clock p. m.
MINNEAPOLIS GI_OBELET."s.
The real estate transfers filed yesterday ?g
-gragaied $31,505,
irson yesterday taught her pupils how
■--: oatmeal.
&lu,s Carson gavH a free lecture on cooking
. Log at Mar act hall.
Thero aro seventy-six paupers domiciled at
Bfcft Hennepin county poor farm.
At the City mission this evening Rev. A. Ful
lar will .peak on "Marriage Customs in Tur
key."
Prtrfa. Tousley and Baier lectured last evening
it Harrison hall for the benefit ofthe school
Ihe I • - -American club will give another en
tattainmenc at Maiket hall, on the evening
*M«aday, Feb. 25.
R'l-.a Cantieny wa3 adjudged insane at the pro
batocourt yesterday, and she will be taken to
♦fee lunatic asylu::: to-day.
Andrew Midtling and Betsey Johnson, John
B. Weber aDd Annie M. Dahllieimer received
•day.
At the teachers' meeting in the High School
';hie morning Prof. Tousley will still further
ehacidt the new i lethod of teach
. pla:;.
A cabinet plio.ograph of \>~. Miry Walker
• wri/en on parchment, has
• ory fi-.ir. Mar}
ints.
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in the cases
of Bel ■ Danii Isoi
V.nd.: . Hcs
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'" the marriage bonds.
10 »'clock an explosion of a
•d in an up stairs room
• of Mack McAUpin, corner of Sec
aorth and first street. An alarm
tment responded,
grounds the fire had been
nd . fjuished.
L Kichols, a horse dealer doing business at
ill First avenue north, waa gohig into hi^ barn
4 aoen. to Dnriinc'-i burned store on Second
north, last evening, when he got tripped
- .ra.liej! telephone wires. He fell heavily
mi the frozen ground, dislocating ids left shoul
ler. A surgeoi was summoned who attended
■ nry.
T» :■■. b!i.'!;_ T house at '1 17 Nicollet avenue,
■fame the fight between gamblers occurred yes
twrday, as related elsewhere in these columns,
#*■-, <-;'~od up by tie' order of the mayor las 6
was .*. Gaylor was released from jail last
• in furnishing bonds in tho sum of $300,
;.'.<! W H . Dgnohue has be?u retained tj appear
?or him on Monday morning at 0 o'clock.
An inventory ofthe personal property and
hi? of the late Frederick W. Brooks was
Sled yesterday in the probate court. Tho per
•ooal property is appraised at $65,723.03 and
<*>}> rs»ai e.-tute ot #37,400.08 making a total of
%VIP>, 123.06. Hi- cotton plantation in Arkan
sas is valued at $30,090 and his interest in the
inn of Janney, Brooks & Co. is planed at $58,
-ilij S.- The inventory was allowe^l and orders
Bade for creditors to present clai:*s.
'GAMBLERS BATHED IN BLOOD.
It'it festive Gamesters in Rattle Arrayed—
A Stalibing Affray and Diversion of the
fence.
Two gamblers had a deal yesterday which is
• b. according to Hoyle, and in consequence the
ig room- of Sullivan & Flannigan, on
ttkolletavenue, present.d a scene of confusion
-gore, a broken head and demolished furni
• . were two "deale's" in thisganre—an
im»o*ation, so to speak. Thoy were William
or, from tiie blue-grass range of aristo
natic Kentacky, and William Mcl Fitts a well
kjMMvri "dealer" for Frank N. Shaw, of 205
it. Both are "up" ia the profession, and
fia-iai 1? the "pasteboards" with extraordinary
dbfftaeea.
I .-.• how the thing began, or the minute
ment of the tragedy, is related by an eye
■ aa follows: Mr. Traylor, in company
m~Xh A boon c mrade. one Mr. Post, had in
dulged his appetite for wine until he was in
He visited Shaw's gaming
rooms, but was barred out by the proprietor for
'-.us?. This <iccurrence narrowly escaped
romlting in a collision, but Post interfered and
i*enco was declared over a bottle of wine.
Thence Traylor and Post adjourned to 6 dlivan
\ Flanniga:i's parlors, where Traylor was re
maned the privilege of exchanging his "dust"
ips." Humiliated and fired with anger,
Enjrlor reseated what he claimed to
t*» a discourtesy, and hot word-, passed
between himself and the "dealer," Ned Fitts,
4ealminating in a desperate encounter. Tray-
Ws >v\'id was badly disfigured by his being
kerfK'kfd dow:i with a chair and Fitts was
utehbed in the side with a jack knife. The
etfOß-., furniture, gaming devices and gamblers
present were bespattered with human gore. The
pane stricken crowd dashed down tho rear
etairs toward the alley as Officer Hill entered
nil put a quietus upon the scene by arresting
ncipals to the imbroglio. The wounded
w.pTr> cared for in the lockup by a surgeon, who
neither man was da. ger
susly injured. Tiie knife blade had only
fw>:."ated the muscles of the side as far a3 the
ribe, and Traylor's wounds were not very seri
obs, though, he presented a decidedly uninviting
epectacle. Two long scalp wounds were sewed
-■:p, and tlie blool which had flown profusely
sver his face, neck snd clothes was washed off.
ARRAIGNED.
defendants were arraigned at 6 o'clock
iiisi ey-- iij; before Jivlge Bailey. Traylor was
■•'. .sith an assault with a dangerous
weepou. and his examination was set for Mou
rning in $300 bonds, while Fitts pleaded
lilty to the charge of disorderly conduct.
-.ml Teoogrdzed in a deposit in the sum of $75
':or Dial at the same tin. c.
A Ra ronet's Escapade.
fastenl«y morning a young sprig of British
■ability named William Cunliff, was fined $5
'fe»r ij--'v i drunk and disorderly. He arrived in
ithecitj a few days ago and engaged rooms at the
Wilbur house, giving the landlord $800 for safe
r.B? i;.:'..g, and saying he was an English noble
aran traveling through the United States to
'.Bam *h« ways of the western world. Thursday
oight the young man started out t*> see the noc
curaal sight 9 of Minneapolis, and hearing the
•soor.d of sweer music floating ou
''hfcair from the direction of First avenue south
to wended his way thither and visited the Thea
terComique, where he soon obtained an easy in
:;rodticuo:! tc tha footlight divinities of that
tanjde of the muses. The fascinating females
askod him to tre it fl.'v.i to wino, and he did so.
Be joined them in quaffing tlie rosy liquid and
~*>c found himself iv a happy state of inebria
.;iwn with all the fiirhy lucre on his person gone
io the bar-room till. He lias ily returned to his
ftniel aad demanded the $£00 of the proprietor.
'S"his was refused until he got sober.
'fiieyoung blood said he was the son of Col.
of the British army, and brother of Sir
James Cunliff, of Lancashire, Fngland, and no
'"•blassted Hamer. ian" could insult him with
MBpunity. Finding it impossible to do anything
with his guest, Mr. Dye: *ent for a policeman
and Sergeant McKernan appeared upon the
«cei_e. The officer expostulated with the
-drunken aristocrat, but all to no purpose. He
used tlie most exasperating lan^'itage toward the
'ilßcer and threatened to enter complaint to ber
British majesty's government for the treatment
Wwatt receiving here.
Sfinally Sergeant McKernan seized him and told
Isiim to come on to the lockup. He valiantly
■resisted and threatened to pulverize any p'ebian
.M»!iooman who dare to lay h>nds on him. Go
<w» did, however, and on the way lie 3houted
with htentcrian lungs for a British consul to
jM©tee-t him from such indignity. When pass
ing by police headquarters the Sergeant brought
fais prisoner iuio the august presence of Lieut.
Daly, tt whom the fagetious Peter touched
hi* rap in the most reverential manner, at
Htm eaaie add easing him as Mr Consul.
The young sprig immediately got as brave as
his own British lion aud became quite saucy to
his captor. He requested the'"consul"' to re
cease him immediately from cv tody or else he
w«.:i..i report iiim to ncr majesty a government
foi dereliction of duty, and demand his recall. ,
Ihe c usul laughed heartily and said be mnst '
accompany the officer for the night, and next j
day he wo:1 ld attend to his case. He was ;.->
-signe i to cell No. 10 in the refrigerator, wher. •
he attempted to strangle himself with his sus
penders, the d.sgrace of incarcera'don being un
beorable to a man of his patrician birth. On
leaving the court yesterday he solemnly re
solved never again to visit variety theaters and
drink with the goddesses of such th-.span
temples as the Comiqne.
THK CODKTS.
District Court.
NEW CA9ES AND PAPEBS FILED.
Jamfs Cochrane vs. James B. Johrson and
EliasU. Connor; note of issue filed anil cause
placed on special term calendar.
Betty Danielson vs. Peter Danielsen: same.
James McMillan vs. Eli B. Ames; same.
Schuckmann & Seligman vs. Mann Bros.;
transcript from municipal court filed at.d
docketed and execution issued to sheriff.
Vincent Woodworth & Co.; complaint filed.
Kund Asleson vs. Peter Noel, etal.; same.
Henry W. Austion vs. Alexander Godbaw;
same.
Rudolph Yon Hessen vs. Margaret Yon Hes
sen;note of issue filed and placed on special
term callendar.
Probate Court.
| Before Judge Ueland. 1
Estate of Freder ek Brooks, deceased, inven
tory filed and allowed, and order for creditors to
present chums made.
Estate of Delia S. Rankin, deaeased: letters
issued Ellen M. Case; orders limiting time and
appoinLii g appraisers made.
Insanity »r Rosa Cantieny: examined and
i ommitted.
Municipal Court.
j Before Judge l;
C. All ttence snspe a
Pet( ■■■ Storm, drunkenness; committed five
John Dempsey, drunkenness; dismissed and
it of prosecution.
E. 0. Ruce a i I Ho a King, dn okenness; com-
Wiltiam Cfc'itlifi •■! a fine of
$5.
Henry Thomas, larceny of a box of garden
committed thirty days.
| [John Harrington and .Jairies Baker, disorderly
conduct;committed ten days.
I)ili Euiiiey, fast driving, paid a fine in $5 and
costs, aggregating $7.50.
P. Pollock, keeping a gambling house; paid a
fine in $U)U and costs.
N.E.Kelly, kseping a gambling honse; dis
charged.
The Gamblxna Case.
The case againbt P. Pollock and N. E. Kelly,
charged with keeping a gambling room on Sec
ond avenue S'juth, came up in the municipal
court yesterday afternoon. Judge Flannigan
appeared for defence, and after the state had
cmdmUd its evidence, moved a dismissal upon
the ground that tne state had failed to prove
that the defendants ownad and controlled the
gambling rooms iv question, as alleged in the
complain*. The court did not think it neces
sary to prove tho allegations of the complaint,
and after hearing the testimony of
th>' defence, fined Pollock, who
is in the employ as a superin
tendent of the rooms, of one Smith, ab
sent from thecity, $100 and costs. Kelly was
discharged on the groin d that4»e was in no way
connected with the house, bur dealt stud poker
at the request of A. E. Sylvester, ths com
plaining witness.
This case, beyond doubt, will lead to a civil
action against the house to recover the money
which Sylvester lost therein.
While the matter is before the court, in the
minds of most people, it would bj the correct
thing to arraign Sylvester on the charge of em
bezzlement, inasmuch as the money he lost
gambling belonged toll. F. Jones, his employ
er. Certainly he should not be tdlowed to go
unpunished.
The Irish Jgitutor.
Among the rare autograph letters to be ex
hibited at the Armory fair, opening here on
Monday, the 18th inst., is the following from
Hon. Cha9. Stewart Pan-oil in response to an
invitation to be present:
Irish Parliamentary Office, )
Palace Chambers, !■
9 Bbidoe Steeet,London, 8. W.,Jan. 1884. )
My Dear Sir—l beg to thank you m.st sin
cerely for the kind invitation which you extend
to mo to be present at the dedication of the ar
mory of the Minnesota Natijnal Guard on the
Bth of February. My presence, however, will
be lequired here in parliament for some months
to come, and 1 shall not, therefore, be able to
attend.
Be good enough to express to te companies
of tlie National Guard my gratitude for the
honor which they have done to me. 1 remain,
my dear sir, Ycurs very truly,
Chas. Stewart Parnell.
Hon. Chas. W. Johnson,
Lt. Col. Ist Reg. N. G. S. M., Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
ROCHESTER.
Judge Start is holding ccurt at Crookston this
week.
Mr. Fetterly, of Rochester, trapped a larpe
wolf last week.
Hon. W. L. Breckenridge started for Florida,
last Wednesday.
W. W. Ireland is having his storeroom hand
somely decorated.
Geisinger is putting a plave glass fiont into
his store building on Broadway.
F. D Livermore is building two engines and
boicers for Mr. Seefield, of St. Charles.
The leap year sociable at the Babtist church
hist Thursday evening was an enjoyable affair.
Thomas Graham, of Cascade, killed a wolf in
Cascade and received ten dollars bounty for the
same.
The subject of the lecture at the Universalis!
church next Sunday evening will bo "Succeed
ing Crusades."
County Treasurer Hunter started for Ro dies
ter, Now York, Thursday, whero he expects to
remain until April.
F. M. Bennett returned from Bismarck, D.
T. last Saturday. He reports business very
dull in tiiat vicinity.
Jacob Osrasslee has put a saw mill into his
timl>9r and is sawing the timber that was blown
down by the cyclone.
|^Dr. Hall, of Chicago, was'in the city Wednes
day. He assisted Dr. Allen iv operating on the
little son of Mr. Dewitz.
Wm. Mathews, of Sleepy Eye, has rented a
store of C. H. Chadboura on Broadway, in
which he will soon open a grocery.
The Independent Hose company received
$155.00 from Mr. Strakosh of the Emma Thurs
by troupe, es damages for break of contract.
I. Taylor, of Spring Valley, Mrs. M. Rus
sell, of Wiunecome, Wis., and Fletcher Frank
hanser, of Minneapolis, were* in tho city this
week.
Tho citizens of Rocesterare glad to learn that
the senate ha? confirmed Capt. J. A. Leonard's
appointment to the consul generalship at Cal
cutta.
Porter & Patterson have just issued the
"Minneapolis Grand March" composed by Mrs.
O. O. Whited, formerly of Rochester. It is a
very pretty piece of music.
H. M. Hoge, who has been sojourning in
Hannibal, Mo., fora few months, has returned
to Rochester. Herbert and Miss Blanche Fish
back have --eturned to Pierre.
There was a meeting of n large number of the
citizens of Rochester at the Cook house parlors
Friday afternoon for the purpose of arranging
for a benefit aud banquet at and for the Roches
tar seminary.
Charles Johnson presented an order supposed
to be forged at Gert & Knowlton's store, which
he wished to exchange for goods. His actions
aroused the suspicions of the salesman, and the
goodsv were refused. No legal proceedings have
transpired.
Fashionable People Playing Horse.
Brooklyn Eagle.
At a recent private ball in New York, a new
tigure was introduced '.tthe close of the german.
The dancers were harnessed by silken ribbons in
groups of three abreast—on one side three ladies
driven by a man and on the other three men
driven by a ladj—and thus to polka music they
danced from oco end of the large ball-room to
the other.
THK ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE. FRI HAY MORNING FEBRUARY 8, 1884.
THE MM SYSTEM.
HUBBARD*S ADDRESS BEFORE IHE
SENATE COMMITTEE.
HnSbows thf. Western Union's Position
Since lr- Start, How Its Kates Have Been
Kept up, and How It Has Oot Other
Lines, In Short a Huge Mouoply—The
Pn-a for a (>DV«ramtiiu Telegraph Sys
tem.
Washington, D. C Feb. B.—Gardner
G. Hubbard m=de an argument before the
senate committee on postoffice and post
roads to-day, upon the general subjeot of
postal tele .raph and jjarticularly in answer to
ihe recent argument of Dr. Norvin Green. He
said that under the pressure of discussion the
Western Union company, according to the ad
mission of its president, has been forced to
begin the work of reducing its rates and im
proving its methods. Between the years 1868
and 1878, tho average rates had been reduced
from $1.04 to 39 cents per message. Under
this reduction the number of telegrams
increased from 6,000,006 to 24,10i»,000 per
annum and profits from $2,600,000 to $3,500,010.
Then a change had taken place in the policy of
the Western Union company by which irther
lines had been absorbed, and the reduction of
rates ceased. From 1878 to the pr sent time,
Ihe reduction- were only 9 mills per message.
Whs this the way to treat the public Did net
the Western Union company kaow that compe
tition would be brought out'/ The whole his
tory of the compnny, with the exception of the
peri il from ISW to 1878, would tea :h tkis. It
was this course of the Weste I • i in that had
led the public to ask, if the stockholders had
not faxed well enough ard. if now, tho public
had some risjin ia the premises. The telegraph
business was bout 'I by mot opoly, wh it! • - car
■ - by •!.(-. Western Uiu »n company i r not.
we now had new c»i ipaij ie .
. before the c« a ttee
• to be
bought out. So he said in 1878,
a c »st of
.Quit, and snl
... for • 15,1 I .
•J. <'. Fteiff, <_N< • ■ York, i:■ - npti ■■ -
• ad allied ids lin -
with the American Union, but when
ic.in Union was sold io the
rctt reiused to allow ihe Baltimore &
lines to be transferred, and they remain
to-daj .
Habbar<s continuing said, if the lines we-e
built and managed as proposed in th« bill by
Senator Hill, there wooid be an annual deficit,
which the treasury would pay, and privato
lines would be swept away. Evarts had
maintained that the government should not go
into this matter unless it purchased the exist
ing lines. This Hubbard would agree to if tho
Western Union lines hail been built by the con
tributions of the stockholders, but this was not
the case. In 1866 the Western Union had 75,
-000 miles of wire. In 1883 it had 432,000 miles,
and not a dollar of money had been so contrib
u'ed. All was paid for by the public, in addi
tion to the dividends to ttie stockholders.
In answer to an inquiry by Senator Palmer,
Hubbard said he supposed the stockholders of
the Western Union had actually contributed in
money about $500,00i'. and that the contribu
tions of the Western Un on stockholders and
others who had built the competing lines, now
part of the Western Union, was altogether about
$5,000,000.
Senator Hill asked what ground the speaker
had for asserting that under his, Hill's, bill,
there would be an annual deficit.
Hubbard said, in reply, the average cost of
seeding a teleg am was twenty-five cents, four
teen cents of this was for operators, instru
ments, etc., a class of expenses which was pro
portioned in some way tv the d stance, while the
remaining eleven cents was for messengers and
office expenses, in respect to which distance was
not material. The average distance for tele
grams was 300 mil«s. A message sent a shorter
dis'ance was handled at smaller expense, while
for a distance cf mo re than 30:) miles the ex
pense of handling was abov* the sum named.
Now, a uniform rate would not increase the
volume of business for a short distance, because
tho rates were already below the proposed rate,
asthe increase wou'd be entirely on message
for a long distance. The true policy under
the bill would be to have two rates, one of
each, for short distances.
Senator Palmer referred to what ought to be
termed the moral aspect of the question. The
most difficult feature, he said, of the whole
question was that innocent purchasers had in
vested their money in thi6 stock. He asked
should that matter be dealt with?
Hubbard said in reply, when the innocent lay
down with tho gnilty they mnst suffer the con
sequences. These purchasers had associated
themselves with the guilty. The Western Union
fiteen years ago had said that neither the capital
stock nor tlie bonded debts should be increased,
except by the consent of two-thirds of the
stockholders. This was their pledge to the
country. They kept that pledge for a time and
the rates were reduced They changed this
policy in 1881. No one would object to pay for
the stock before these consolidations. Was it
supposed these "innocent stockholders" did not
get. their share of this watered stock
There were no innocent stockholders.
Senator II ill remarked, no one would venture
to assert that congress, in the interest of tho
public, could uot disregard these stockholders,
and established a telegraph system for the con
venience of the who c people. There were only
about 2,9u0 stockholders in tne Western Union,
and one man owned more than half the stock.
Hubbard proceeding, said, the rates were t»o
high for the general public. The business com
munity was well served, but the pc pie at large
reaped no benefits from the te egraph. Mr.
Evarts said^ tha Western Union Jor warded their
messages in the oder in which they were re
ceived. This was only theoretically true, bat
there was something of more vital importance
than anything yet presented. What were the
relations of the Western Union to the peoplo of
the country in their socird aad political inter
ests' The Western Un'"n was controlled by
three or four gentlemen in New York. It con
trolled the market prices and all
political and general news sent
over its wires, and every single important per
sonal communication sent in the country, 'i his
company was controlled by,, no law except the
inttrests of it. owners. Wo stat} could pass a
law which should have any effect on this corpor
ation. Was thero auy other like power in the
world. It would handle 160,000,000 messages
ten years hence, and through its agency it would
collect the market new& in London and Paris
A fraction of a penny a pound on cotton was a
fortune to any man. They admitted no partner
ships in this business. He made no charges, but
he believed this was too large a power to entrust
to any man or any company. How is it with the
press '
The Western Union Telegraph company and
Associated Press made a close corporation. He
did not mean to say that there was any fault, to
be found in the present management. Some
time ago two papers in San Francisco discussed
the posal telegraph and the rates to these papers
were increased. One paper died in consequence
and the other ceased to discuss the matter. A
paper which once criticized Orton's
conduct found its rates doubled the next day.
This was the power this .'orr.oration hold. Green
had said that the Western Union would be glad
to come in and bid for the services. Mr. Hub
bard would f.ivor the introduction of a provi
sion to permit this. Evarts had referred to a
private contract between the setder of a mes
sage and Western Union company. What was
that private contract? Why. simply, if any
I error wa3 mado in the transmission the com
pany would refund the sum paid for its trans
mission, and nothing else.
CANADIAN RECIPKUCITY.
Senator Sherman on the Question —He is
Decidedly Opposed to the System.
Cleveland, Feb. B.—Senator Sherman has
written a letter to the Iron Trade Review, upon
a movement originating here, and culminating
in an organization in New York of capitalists,
to secure reciprocity -""th Canada in the matter
of the reduction of duty ou coal and iron ore.
He writes: The subject of a treaty of reciprocity
with Canada in respect to coal and iron ore, litis
not been brought to my attention, but my first
view is entirely against such a treaty.
We have plenty of coal aad iron
ore in this country, nov* protected with a
comparatively low rate of duty, and I see no
reason to disturb it. Instead, the whole pro
tective system is now in more danger from its
friends than its enemies. The manufacturing
interests a^e besinning to regard
coal, iron ore, pig iron,
wool and other artieh s of domestic production,
as raw articles, and not to be protected by a
duty. If this new doctrine should obtain a foot
hold, it would destroy thewhole protective pol
icy of the government. The rate of protection
must extend to all labor alike—to the ;
labor of the farmer in producing wool,
to the labor ol the miner in digging coal, and if
it is denied to the farmer and rriner, it cannot j
jusily be maiiitaiced in favor of the manufac
turer, lt is labor to be pr -iic-teA. n't capital.
h is, indeed, mors important to develop the nat
ursl resources of the country io ire production,
mining and mar.ufactuie o Buch articles as
*001, iron and coal, than tr, protect tne higher
forms of production where cheap labor i 6 'ndis
pensible.
JAMES LAIE'S .IE J LOUSY.
He Cnters a Crowded U;«il Room anil I'Jres
Two Shots from a "terrier" Pi*ti»\ oue
at Alba Giles, the or tier at Mrs. Lair.
[Special Telegram to the Globe. |
Faribault, Feb. B.—At 2 o'clock this morn
ing James Lair visited Kvl'o's hall, where a
masquerade ball was at full height under the
auspices of the Faribault Guards. .Seeking
out Alba Giles, who was in full Indian
buckskin dress, dancing with Mrs. Lair, the
man Lair drew a 'ii- caliber "Terrier" revolver
and fi:ed twice, first at Giles and then at his
wife. The bullet aimed at Giles struck his
buckskin suit, but did not penetrate. As Lair
aimed for his wife Chas. McCall knocked his
arm up, the shot lodged in the ceiling. Lair
was summarily arrested and taken to jail. This
afte-noon he was brought before Justice Hunter,
and bound over to appear at the May term of
the district court. He gave bonds in $1,000.
The Lairs havo lived unhappily. La<
October Mrs. Lair had her husband
arrested for assault, and has since complained of
his brutal treatment. She went to the ball with
out the knowledge of her husband. Findirg
she was there he set her word to go home. 11 *
also tried to have an otiicer arrest her, and made
threats against Giles if he danced with her. Of
fia c Cline, who made the arrest, sa;.s Lair told
him it was '. 11 both Giles and
iiis wife.
ALBEIU LEi.
•. I.
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uke.
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Feb. 11.
.
the farmers
The city ordinance agains keep
open on Sunday is said to
O. M. Williams, formerly of lowa, stole a cap
fhe other day from a Mr. Alex. Hare.
The thief wa-> fined f2O for his caper.
Mr. O. P. Portt r has opened an exti
music store and ageccy in connection with Mr.
Fixer's furniture store, on Broadway.
For the building of Shell Hock bridge Alex.
McNeil gets $650. Mr. McNeil is able to fill
a contract t. the letter, and he does it, too.
A brother of Superintend3nt Underwood, of
theS. M. division, has been made superin
tendent of au 180 miles division of the b. M.
and St. P. railway.
Albert Lea is to have a new meat market which
will be in Eleven store on Clark street, east of
Broadway. John Oprecht, of this city, is the
one to whom this honoris f'ue.
The Albert Lea Enterprise speaking of the
Owatonna postoffice contest says that the man
who gets the highest petition signed by those at
Owatonna who got their mail at that office, is
the one to whom this office should be given. No
one can doubt but what that is sound logic, but
the statutes provide no such ordinance. Time
are more people than who live in Owatonna in
terested in the postoffice at that city. Would it
not be a better device to get up a petition and
have it signed to keep the present Dostmaster
in, and another to turn Milo White out'
Hon. H. D. Brown has had the following let
ter sent to lum:
Mankato, Minn., Jan. 26, 1884.— H. D
Brown, Albert Lea, Minn.: I enclose to you
fifteen tickets for membership to the North
western Dairymen's association, to be held here
February 12 to 15; price of tickets $2.00. Oor
country is prosperous beyodd any other period
in its history, and it is very large;y due to the
attention lately given to dairying and stock
raising, andnothing ever stirred up an interest
in these industries like the convention a year
ago. Tnis i 6 what southern Minnesota is good
for and what will make it the most prosperous
country on the continent if pushed. A few from
Belgrade township, Nicolet county, attended last
year, and one of them now asserts that that
town eained *10,000 by it Fifty leading farm
ers from your county should attend this year.
Yours truly, M. G. Wii.labd.
HE I*YT A DIPOLMAT.
Mayor Harrison Declines to Follow tlie
Advice Given by John Keliy.
18pecial Telegram to the Globe. ]
Chicago, Feb. B.—To-day a newspaper
man atrajed into the Rookery, as the old
city hall is called, and thus addressed
Mayor Harrison: "John Kelly seems to
have been talking about you, Mr. Mayor.
He has called you a great man, though
you don't know it. Quite complimentry
isn't it?"
"Now, my dear boy." Chicago's 'bestai^d
only' responded, while a benignant smile
lit np his intelligent phiz, "I don't want
to talk politics."
"Don't you want to hit back at John
Kelly ? He'd been saying to a man in New
York that you might have done for vice
president if yon hadn't made the injadi
oions Iroqaois clab speech."
"Don't want to talk politic?," again
came the answer.
"Well, are you going to follow the Tam
many injunction to be more of a diplo
mat ? 4 '
"No, Bir. lam a straightforward busi
ness man. I ssy what I think is right and
when I strike I hit from the shoulder and
I'll do so every time I have the chance.
I'm no diplomat."
Failure of a Strtke.
|Special Telegram to the Globe. |
Milwaukee, Feb. 8. —Tbe strike of the
printers on the Evening Wisconsin is prac
tically at an end, resulting in the defeat of
the strikeis. A force two-thirds as large as
the regular force is at work and fcur or
fi^e lecruits arrived this morning from
Chicogo. The union has beaten itself out
of the Daily Wisconsin offic. Ihe attempt
of the trades assembly to "boycott" the
Wisconsin and Herald newspapers fell
flat and it will probably never be heard of
again.
The Southern Exposition.
[Special Telegram to the Globe..
Chigaoo, Feb. B.—General Manager J. F.
Tucker, of the Illinois Central, returned from
New Orleans ths morning. He reports that the
people of New Orleans are thorougly alive in
regard to the great southern exp isftion, and are
plann;ng for an immense crowd. Mr. Tucker
says that from President Bnrk djwn to the
superintendents of divisions the management
will be in the hands of able and energetic prac
tical men. Booms are already being secured in
New Orleans by parcies from the northwest.
Coffee Displaces Liquor in Brazil.
*ccording to the statement ofthe Vice-Di
rec'or of tho Rio Janeiro Faculty of Medicine,
of Brazil, where all the inhabitants take coffee
many times a day, alcoholism is unknown; it is
further re ated that immigrants c mtract little
l'-y little the fondness of the Brazilians for
drinking coffee and their aversion for liquors;
and as the children of thes3 immigrants never
contract the fatal habits known to their parents,
it would seem that the number of drunkards in
the country is in inverse ratio to the amount of
coffe9 consumed. A South American corres
pondent of tne Medical Times confirms the
above, asserting that th° number of cafes in the
large cities of Brazil—where multitudes of per
• .ns from the highest d j . ra. to the lowest go—is
enormous, while drinking saloors are very few.
Tlie Odor of the Grace.
Washington Republican
Charles Foster, of Ohio, retired statesman and
politician, is the only Republican of any promi
nence vi ho has come to the front to declare that
the nomiuee of the Chicago convention, who
ever he may be, will not carry Ohio. Other
gentleman, equally as prominent, without the
gloom and odor of the grave about them, declare
differently. Ex-Gov. Foster will feel hotter
after the resurrection.
DAKOTA &BOIJTAIA
ODE NOETHWP.STERM KEIGEBORS
News^Gleanings and Points Socially
Collected and Forwarded by Tele
graph to tbe Daily fcrlobe.
I Fargo Special Telegrams, Feb. 8, to the St.
Paul Globe. 1
Dakota in Washington.
[Special Telegram to the Globe. J
Washington, Feb. 8. -It is reported that
tlie presiaent will send in next Monday.the rame
of C. S. Palmer, of Vermont, for the vacant su
preme judgeship of Dakota. Palmer is a stupid
and ignorant country lawyer, who has b>en act
ing a» a sort of towusite Bgent and county seat
speculator for Ordway, and he is said by
Dakota men to have been holding claim- by
hired vagabonds in the Devil.- Lake region,
which is a criminal offense under the I'uited
States' statutes, he at the tilne being assistant
attorney at Dakota. His nomination is asked
by Edmunds at tfce instigation, it is alleged,
of the Ordway crowd. John B. Raymond is
reported to be working for the appointaent of
Jim Teller, a brother of Secretary Teller. He
i- a nothing, thoroughly unqualified foi the po
sition, and has been fully identified with the
Yankton ring. There is a general expres
sion of disgust among Dakotans
: "-i" at the inefficiency of their
js, James B. Raymond. \
lakotaman, speaking of him
to-day, said: "isaymond is so weak and I
t' at he i.- WOl
■ •■ represe tative, for then
dd gel men from o- - • •
■-■ .1 .io something for v
'■
■ ! lan't do anytl ng."
Bi I -.; .■ -: oortl
'
..:'! • : ' ■
to do anything for them the more because
•••ction of the ter
a no had a good deal to i
Qomint -ion -ay-: "I wan down on
Pettigrew, but he ...■- wort:. ■ Ray
n . nds . Ho knew the ;.. -
..• raid t . work."
Dakota una Montana .>ot*-s
Wm. Eisenhuth, the young and erudite drug
gist at Carrington, has gone to Philadelphia to
spend a few weeks irritating the public cuticle
with th" Dakota views.
Quic, the city editor of the Bismarck ZY,
has gone to Brainerd to spend a time for the
benefit of his eyes. Kit Adams now spreads his
bright humor all over the paper.
Ofie of the photograph-of tho capitol at Bi —
marck has been received. It is a fine looking
building and should convince the people at
Washington that Bismarck is really the capital.
La Moure is a flourishing railroad town,
about nine months o!d, with some 400 popula
tion, and no death ever had. It is proposed to
import a few corpses in order to stait a grave
yard.
Vorktown, in Dickey county, is soon to havo
its new-paper. That is a county where the mi
gration ove- the Northern Pacific and the Chi
cago roads meet and is tilling up with wonderful
rapidity.
I^rimor.' Leader: The sting'est irnn in Da
kota is said to be running a grocery in Ma pes.At
a recent ball given in a neighboring town, he
invited two ladies to take supper with him. and
then left them to settle the bill.
Hon. B. W. Benson, one. of the solid and
wealthy citizens of Valley City, has earned the
gratitude of millions yet unborn by pre-enting
the young nnd attractive city of his pride ami
hope, three and one half acres beautifully lo
cated on the river for a park.
Prairie wolves are small and of no particular
account. One night re:ently George Perry, near
Carrington, saw a timber wolf outside his
shock and shot it with a revolver. In the morn
ing he found it dead; it measured six feet and
the skin was saved as a trophy.
Miss Jessie Quick the past week proved up a
nice claim near Sanborn, which is not an un
usual incident, but she is reported to be an un
usually pretty and energetic girl, having alone
and unaided broken and backset sixty acres of
her land with a pair of «xen. It does take some
pluck in a delicately raised young lady to do
this.
J. W, Connella, tbe commissioner of Towner
county, who was squeezed o.it in a mysterious
way in making up the organization, left Fargo
1 hursday foi Devil's lake, having got the pro
cesses into operation for the obtaining of his
rights in a legal way. Ho proposes to fight it
out if it takes all summer and several town
sites.
J. P. Hardy, one of Sykeston's substantial
farmers, who has been spending the winter in
Linn county. Mo., writes that tiie thermometer
has been 40 be'ow zer > there ard there has been
more real suffering there in one week than has
ever been dreamed of in Dakota. Quite a mi
gration is looked for from that section to Dako
ta this season.
One day la-t week a large wolf was seen ;.,
the corporation limits of Port Emma, in Dickey
county. Eight horsemen, heavily armed, in
cluding the editor of the local paper, at once
gave chase. The wolf easily k*pt in the lead,
and after -tumbling through the deep -now
three or four miles the fierce animal was dis
covered to be a yellow dog.
The scientists of Mitchell are puzzled at th'
discovery, on high land, at a depth of twenty
feet, of a three foot hemlock tree in a perfect
state of prf servation, bark ami all. The roots
indicate that the tree had been blown out by
the roots, but what they want know is now 'it
became buried fo doep'y on the high land. The
difficulty seems to grow out of the paucity of
local record-.
As illustrative of the nerve of young ladies
who hold down claims the Larimore Leader re
lates that one who was living alone on her
claim near Tracy had her shanty filled with
snow by a blizzard on a cold night recently,aud
in the early morning walked a mile to a neigh
bors with frozen feet and ears. Late in the
afternoon of the same day, a young man came
out from Bartlettand invited the neighborhood
to a party to be held that night at the Stand.sh
honse, this young lady put on a pair of large
boots t made out doors) and went with the
crowd and danced ever/ set during the night.
There i 6 no doubt that much injury is done
by imposing upon people in the states with
worthless town sites in Dakota. There ig very
little poor land except in western region-, but
any set of speculators can lay out an elegant
town site, have it handsomely lithographed,
and impose it upon the people a broad as a genu
ine town where these lots are bscomintr volua
b'e. No doubt this has been done in many in
ins'ances. The New Roekford Transcript
enumerates among the nominal or paper townc
New Mintieapolif, Kchelson, West La_doure,and
Iluell. all in the Jam*-* river valley, lt may do
injustice to one or two of them.
The building and improvements in Aberdeen
the past year aggregate a half million dollars.
Among the new buildings are a roller mil!, ho
tel. $ 10,000 school house and bank building.
Many of the structures are equal to any in tie;
territory. About $'20,000 hss been vote"! for an
artesian well, fire apparatus, c ty hall anil jail.
The place is becoming quite a railroad and com
mercial centre, lt is in the midst of some
of the very best farming lands, and the popula
tion about it is unsurp-iss'd for intelligence and
enterprise. The Republicfni and Pioneer are
newsy, highly creditable, eight-page sheets, and
have aheal'hy look. At present the local ex
citements are a series of successful revival meet
ings and guessing the number of shot in a quart
bottle.
A shudder of dismay is penetrating sundry
and various circles and minds in Dakota over
the information from Washington that Gov.
Ordwav is remaining there for the especial pur
pose of securing a reappointment from the pres
ident. It is known that hff is a shrewd worker
and quite apt to attain his ends. Whether he is
a patriot or philanthropist, and possessed of the
divine attributes that might make him sweat
and fume for the good of his enemies, or is
really the arch co-worker with the devil that he
is pictured in the minds of so many, especially
in the south, there are many loud in speech who
will believe only the worst "that can be thought
of him. Tne idea of another tern of Ordway
will lead to more profanity than can be com
puted in ; any known arithmetic formularies.
Possibly some action of congress before May
will furnish immunity from this infliction.
The little town of Orisha in north Takota,
las a drarn&Cc company ard will present on
the 16t!'., the drama. "The Last Loaf."
Drisha /■'• nefit editor, up north of the Northern
Pacific, wants to correct impressions t;..
-nbtained in the east about the comfort of I>a
k-ta winters. He draws this picture of rural
life in the new region: The easterner has an
idea tha: Dakota i- so ileep under snow that a
person cannot visit his neighbor unless that
visit is liable to end in his freezing to death.
Yet how very different. Winter is the most
glorious time in DaKota. Hardly an evening
passes but that from four to a dozed famili-s
visit a neighbor and play whist until Vi or 1
o'clock. Refreshments are served and ih-* even
ings are pleasantly spent. Then we have our
sleighing and coasting parties, literary socii
ate, ani eat cooked food just the same as they
io in the east. We have lived in the east and
undergone what they term enjoyment, but it is
only mockery compared with enjoyment in L»a
kota during the wdnter.
The Yankton Gazette sees ihe fine Italian hand
af Alex McKenzie. the ISismarrk boomer and
capital commissioner, in the recent presentation
to the president of a Rev. Mr. Thompson, of
Dakota, wit - honied, eulogistic words for Gov.
Ordway. The reverend gentleman told the
president that he had been over the territory
planting churches, and had found the best part
of the settlers sustaining Ordway. The Yank
ton paper thinks he i- some worldling who has
caught on to Bismarck lots through the aid of
McKenzie, and is now plajing the clerical role
Still there is no doubt that Rev. Mr. Thomp
son is a material, meat consuming fact, and
subject to the same inflaences as other men. a
crumb of cheer, however, ran be given the
troubled Yankton heart, in the authentic infor
mation that all the lead
havecombined ti> down Ordway. In j claim
that he is not up to thei ■
probity, and ii is probal I
tify him with the
will be
'
This from the Lari ider shows
what oan be done by advert] . atri
■ i
Corl id tin
of marriage from a i;irl way .iovra ia
Vermont with a fortune of $35,000 whom
he never saw or hoard of before. She
that r-hb is twenty 3 c
feet, seven inches in h i
pounds and is considered
She -iw Mr. Corbet'- name ;r_ the Weekly
Plaindealer.
Mr. Pillsbnry, of the elevator firm of
Pillsbury & Hurlbeit, at one of the h.rm
era' meetings made the statement that 90
per cent, of the 170,000 bushels of wheat
taken iv by the com pany's elevator at An
tioch was graded No. 1 hard. Iv reply
Ed. Miller, of Strabane, offers to bet Mr".
i'illsbury from $200 to $500 that he is a
liar. Mr. Pillsbury doesu't want his 111011
ey, and besides has scruples against bet
tintf.
The Sargent Teller, in speaking of the
arrest the paßt week of parties
for selling liquor to the Indians on
the Sissetou reservation, says: It seems
thit the officers on the reservation have
beeD greatly annoyed by drunken Indians,
aud the arrest of the parties is bat the re
sult of continuing such offences against
the law. It is said that twenty-five wit
nesses have been summoned to testify
against the defendants, and undoubtedly
the crime charged will be easily proven.
Selling liquor to Indiais is a serious and
disgraceful offence and we hope others
will take warning.
.1 Frisky Old lover** Forgetful ness.
N. Y. Morning Journal. A frolicsome youth
of eighty who, the other day, wedded a gay
beauty of sixty-eight, was so carried away by
his emotions that he could not remember her
name when he went to get out the marriage li
cense, lt is some apology for him that he had
only met her -i.x .la^s before they became part
ners for life. After all it was really of little con
sequence, for the object of his mission was to
change her name to one lie waB ,_ n \_,_ familiar
with. Another reason -*■__- he may not have
charged his memory with lit name was that it
had been give:! her by her first husband. We
all know that the "dear departed of a widow
undergoes a startling change of epithet when
his supposed virtues are quoted in the first do
mestic controversy with her second husband.
CHICAGO, Feb. 8. —Augustus Hall, sole sur
viving partner of tie-firm of K. E. Jaeger A
Co., crockery dealers, assigned to-day. Liabili
ties *68,<'00; assets $62,000.
AMU3EMENTS.
THEATRE COMIQUK
219, 221, 223 First Aye. South.
W. W. BROWN Sole Proprietor
JAMES WHEELER Managei.
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 4, 1884.
Entire Sew Company .ml New Theater.
James Dalton, Clara Boyle, May Smith, (irace
Rarrrou, Messrs. Wells and Nelson, Lillie
.Mom-, Kittie Melville Bam Murdy, Ella La Reel,
Carrie Diamond, Maggie Hale, Lot'ie I.aviere,
Libbie Maretta, May Holton, Bessie Graham,
Mamie Yager, Lulu Hoy, and the regular Stock
Company.
Marine? Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Popular p-ices.
DRL'GGS.
mrnun Tr-—
Will (lure
All kinds hard or so?t corns, callouses and bunion*
causing no pain or soreness, dries instantly, wi!
not soil anything, and never fails to effect a cure
Price, 25c; by mail, 30c. Thu genuine put up lr
yellow wrappers and manufactured only by Jos. R
Hofflin, druggist and denier in al! kinds of Patent
Medicines, Boots, Herhs, Liquors, Paints, Oils.
Varnishes. Bhis)i«h, stc. Minneapolis, Minn.
MEDICAL.
PROF. A. J. DEXTER.
Endorsed by press and public; now located at
Washington, D. C, for the winter. Office 5-"J
3th street; residence Willard's hotel. Will return
to Minneapolis in May. Magnetic Modical Balm
will cure nearly all diseases; sent by mail or ex
press. Send for Magnetic Journal; mailed free;
containing names of hundreds cured. Prof. A.
J. DEXTER, the World's Healer, Washington,
D. C. 20
HAZEN & CO.,
Real Estate, Loans and Business Brota
304 1-irst AvenuelSouth,
MINNEAPOLIS, - - MINN
We buy, sell and exchange Real Estate, busines
cla^f ■ collect claims, nay tAxes, et^.
IDU'S MHfil'luiir
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9TBICTLI FIRST-CLASS IN ALL RESi LOW,
Regular .Dinner, 25c.
HTBreakfast and Supper on the European Pl w
..W. C.JCOLE, Pror'r
ILLINOIS" IITTUAL
Insurance Company,
OF ALTON, ILL.
M. H TOPPING . .... Pres
H. (r. McPIKE .—
I. <—X.-.
P.-eminm notes oo hand,
face value $281,547 «T
Premium notes on hand,
Bonds and stocks owned 8,150 00
Cash on hand and in bank -1 -
Cash if course ol . ollecti Mom
ager.'-
Assessments in course of coll n 25,600 CO
Total f si::Mi 82
11. UABILITtI -.
Total amount of unpaid I ■
I since [>aid ' { t,268 88
lU. rNCOMJ.
Premium notes received.
fac-v-due #10'.».0l4 43
Amount of cash collected o -
Cash received fro.'
Received from aU other soui 25t) 00
Total
IT.
* 'a-1 j
Paid fi
.
I
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Cash received on name
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roi
; Losses paid
irred
STAI E OF MINNESOTA, )
Dep..rtme> .-
Si. Paul, Feb. 6, 1884-)
I. A. I!. McGill, In-'.ir nee Com
the state of Minnesota, do \\>-- >■
Illinois Mutual Insurant
has complied with the laws of this 8
,t.. insurance,and i- now fully empowered through
its authorized agents to transact its ap]
business of t:r.< insurance in this State
year ending January 81s'.
\. R. Met. I Id.,
38-40 Insurance Commissioner.
Mississippi Valley
. MANUFACTURERS' MUTUAL
Insurance Company
Of Roc. Island, Ills.
J. 8. KEATOR Pi
W. B. FERGUSON ...He
I. ASSETS.
Premium Notes on hand, nel i
Bonds and stocks owned 12,000 00
i ';l-Ii on hand and in bank 2,
Assessments in course of collection 24,995 I>J
All other assets
Total
11. 1.1 Mil I I
Total amount of unpaid losses no'
yet due
111. 1 NOOUI .
Premium notes received,
face value 1167,020 54
Amount of cash collected on
Cash received from Ai
Received from all other sources.. .
Total 164,415 OS
IV. EXPEND! Ill;
Cash premiums returned $2,
Ne. amount paid for lostes 50,000 it*
Paid for re-insurance
Paid for commissions and brokerag" 11,008 li
Salaries of officers, emploj i - and all
other expenses 5,1
Total $70,
Ml.s< i.i LAM
Total cash received from all source-.
since organization $168,.
Total losses paid since organiza*ion 9i»,081 lit
Total risks in fore- Dec. 81, 1888... 2,542,5) 60(
Net gain daring the year -? 4 4,; 17 U
BUSINESS (\ MINNESOTA IN 1888.
Amount of risks written
Premium notes receivi d,
face value $11,55
Cash received on same
Cash received froi 7.4i:i 4'_
To" al cash receipts
Losses paid $n
Losses incurred
*
STATE OF MINNESOTA, ,
Department of i
St. Pauj . February, 1884. **
I. A. 1!. McGill, Insurance Comn
the State of Minnesota, do !.. i
Mississippi Valley Manuf-icturers' M
ance Company above named, has compl
tho laws of this State relating 1.. ins
is now folly empowered through its
agents to transact its appropi
insurance, in this state for the year
ary Jll^t. 1J.85.
A. R. M 1,11.1.,
38-40 Insurance Commissioner.
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Parents deoirous of placing tl
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building, which is both Bpacious a
a I urge addition is being erected, .-■ I
tain music, exhibition and recreatio
course of studies in tho different d |
thorough, nothing being omitted tl
eary to impart a finished education. The musi
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graduation in Theory and Practice. Every ad
vantage is afforded to those who wish to pursue
a special course in painting; general instn
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Country parties, send for list and priosi.
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