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The Worthington Advance. A. P. MILLER, Publisher. WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA. The late plot to assassinate the Czar of Russia is said to have been with the purpose of "terrorizing him into granting a constitutional govern ment, or surrendering his life." The legislature of New York has just appropriated the sum of ten hundred thousand dollars to meet deficiences in State prison support occasioned by the enforced idleness of prisoners. The grandest suspension bridge in the world is the Roebling bridge over the East River, between New York and Brooklyn. Its cost was $15,000,000. It is one of the renowned things that is not disappointing, and fully meets the conceptions of all. Mr. Powderly explains that the sumptuous quarters which the central organization of the Knights of Labor occupies were purchased for $45,000» $5,000 less than the sum voted by the General Assembly for a suitable place. He has been offered §15,000 more for the property than he gave. Pennsylvania furnishes an executive mansion for her governors. Shortly after Governor Pattisou moved into it he had the misfortune to lose a son, and now the .same sorrow has befallen his successor, General Beaver. Upon examination, the house proves to be poisoned by criminally defective plumbing, to which is due the death of the children. The official investigation of theDed ham disaster, which the Massachusetts Railroad Commissioners are now mak ing, is evidently being conducted with a thoroughness that promises as full a knowledge of the cause as is neces sary to the proper lecation of respon sibility. Already it seems to be suffi ciently demonstrated that the fault was in the bridge not in the train. One of the Circuit Judges of Chicago gives it as his opinion, based upon official experience and general obser vation, that "tli® greatest evil with which modern society is afflicted is a want of common honesty." The brill iant John Van Buren, in a speech, once remarked that a certain course was "at variance with common hon esty—which by the way, is not nearly as common as many people suppose." The English war office refused per emptorily to permit the landing in Ireland of the Gate City Guard of At lanta, Ga., under uniform. But Gen eral Boulanger in his reply to Captain T. F. Burke, the commander of the company, says: "It will afford me the greatest pleasure to see you in France with the Gate City Guard, coming as you do to give testimony to the patri otic friendship that exists between the United States and my own beloved country." The increase in business, as well as the average tariff rate on foreign mer chandise, is shown by the importa tions at the port of New York for the last eight months. They amounted, of dutiable articles, to $201,100,000 on which was collected $97,500,000 duties, or an average of a shade over 48 per cent. This is an increase of duties of $9,000,000 compared with the same months of the preceding year, and of nearly $12,000,000 com pared with 1884-85. Miss Wolfe of New York pays her physician $5,000 a year. Mrs. Alex ander T. Stewart retained three doc tors at an aggregate cost of $40,000, and called in one of them nearly every day. Mrs. William Astor pays to Dr. Fordyce Barker an average of $20, 000. Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt spends $10,000 a year in the same way. But after all poor mortality must pay its debt, and the great doctors find themselves unable to do any more for the richest than for the poorest patient. The Connecticut Legislature has passed and Gov. Lounsbury has signed a bill restricting railroad traffic in the State on Sunday. It goes into effect next June. It forbids the running of trains for any purpose between 10:30 A.M. and 3 p. M. except in cases of urgent necessity. Before 10:30 A. M. and after 3 p. M. the only trains per mitted are mail trains and such other trains as may be authorized by the Commissioners, if it shall appear that they are required by the public neces sity or for the preservation of freight. The production of the pig iron fur naces throughout the United States continues to show an unabated in crease according to late returns. The weekly capacity of the anthracite fur naces on March 1, was over 45 per cent, greater than on March 1, 1886, and that of the bituminous or coke, as well as of the charcoal furnaces, over 46 per cent, greater. According to the most reliable estimates, it ap pears that the production for the first two months of the present year was at least 1,000,000 tons, which shows an output unusually close to the full capacity of those furnaces in blast. Canadian Government will T2nd out no exploring vessel this year to make observations in Hudson Bay. For three seacons efforts have been made to ascertain how long the bay was open to navigation, and Sir John Macdonald is said to have been convinced that further investigations are useless, as he is satisfied that the route through Hudson's Strait can never be made available for com* merce. Meanwhile the railway from Lake Winnipeg to Port Nelson or Fort Churchill, which will be utterly use less unless the water route can be kept open a large part of the summer, has been actually begun, and its pro jectors are apparently determined to cpmplete it tw soon as possible, GENERAL NEWS N0TE& Ballroad Mrs o» TK( Inter-State COWMIS alon. Jay Gould was asked what he thoughtbf the interstate commerce cOiahiiasion. He readily responded: I only know Judge Cooley and Mr. Schoon maker ot those who have been ap pointed, and the former 1 regard as emi nently fitted in every way for the position^ He is an admirable jurist, and is not with out a thorough understanding 'd[ bur rail road syBtems. His selection is an excellent one. iMfi Scho'ou maker is also a good choire. Morrison, I believe, is an honest man, antl will doubtless do his duty. "Do you object to the appointment Wert many lawyers," asked the roporter. "Certainly not. I haVfe persued that bill a dozen times Una have not yet been able to grp.s\ its meaning. Lawyers are just the \1ien for the place. They will be able to get at the meaning of the law and will sea that it is justly enforced 1 think on tho whole that the president has done as well as he could for us under the ciicumstances and I am sure the railroad companies will be content. As !or myself, I am perfectly satisfied." "What do you think of the president's appointment of interstate commissioners? said a reporter to Chauncey M. Depew. "They are excellent," replied the presi dent of the New York Central Railroad company without any hesitation. "I con sider that altogether his choice is admira ble. Judge Cooley I know as a capable, energetic man, eminently Well fitted td justly administer the interstate Commerce law. Ilia connection with the Wabash road has also given him a practical idea of the management of (railroads. Morrison is well chosen, too. lie represents the ele ments which demanded tho passage of the bill, and which thinks that all railroads are bad and should be wiped out or stopped. At the same time ho is a just man and will, I believe, do all in his power to eecure the proper administration of the new law. Schoonmakeris well fitted for his new duties. His experience as attorney general will prove valuable to the commis sion, and the workings of rat!l*oads are by no means unknown to hint% On the whole I do not HGC how Mr. Cleveland could have made better selections, lie was hampered by tho lact that nearly all the leading rail road men are already employed. The growth of men capable ot controlling great corporations has not been commensurate with the development of our great railroad systems, and good men are hard to find. I do not object to having lawyers on the commission. They are needed to explain the law and see that it is properly and fairly administered. I know that the president tried to get some practical, rec ognized authority on railroad matters." Thegencneral verdict of railroad men in the city seem to be that the appointments are excellent. All agree that the appoint ment of Judge Cooley could not be im proved upon. The fact that no practical railroad man was chosen is not wondered at. It is well known that men equipped for the control of railways, already occupy lucrative and life positions in the manage ment of the leading companies. The fact that lawyers have been chosen is not ad versely commented upon. It is onthecon trary the general opinion that none but men of legal training are capable of justly interpreting the law. President Harris, of the Northern Pacific, said: W hat the people wanted was a commis sion made up of unbiased and able men, whose opinions will be at once accepted as conclusive. Such men the president has se lected. The president has done eminently well. President Huntington, of the Southern Pacific—The president has been fortunate In getting such men to serve upon the com mission. It is a matter for congratulation all around that not one of the thieves and vampires who have been besetting the president has got on the commission. President R. R. Cable, of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, who is in the city for a few days, remarked that from what he knew of the commissionars by personal intercourse or hearsay, he was fully satis fied that the board would look carefully after the interests of the people, and at the same time be just in its treatment o! the railroads. II. H. Porter of Chicago, presi dent of the Chicago Indianapolis Coal railway, said: "We do not want an im pulsive commission, and I regard the ap pointments as safe and wise." Dr. Henry Cogswell of San Francisco is about to found a $1,000,000 school of technology in that city. The jury in the trial of ex-Aid Cleary of New \ork disagreed, standing to 6. They were discharged, and Cleary renewed his bail of $4,000, pending further action by the district attorney in his case. The Pennsylvania board of pardons re fused a rehearing in the case of Milton Weston, the Chicago capitalist now under going imprisonment in the Riverside peni tentiary for complicity in the gas well riot. Pennsylvania has five living ex-govern ors—Hartrauft, Hoyt, Curtin, Pollock, and Pattison. The trial of Arensdorf on the charge of killing Rev. Haddock begins at Sioux City. The Illinois state supreme court has af firmed the decision of the lower court in the sensational divorce case of Casw'ell vs. Caswell. The confirmation sets aside a confessedly fraudulent divorce which Dan iel H. Cnswell now a wealthy merchant in Nashville.Tenn., secretly obtained 10 years ngo from his wife. The six children of Cas well, by a second marriage with Miss Mary Broadwell of Dayton, Ohio, are rendered illegitimate, and he is made liable for biga my and perjury in Ohio and Illinois. Cas well, after deserting his first wife, and wronging her by the fraudulent divorce, concealed his whereabouts for seventeen years. His defense iu court was that it would be contrary to public policy to dis turb a decree that has stood unchanged so long. The defendant and his two wives are highly connected,having relatives scat tered throughout the Union holding dis tinguished social, political and commercial positions. Miles D. Carrington, one of the most prominent and oldest business men of To ledo, died suddenly, at Marseilles, Franco. Mr. Carrington was a brother-in-law of T. B. Casey of Minneapolis, and was associat ed with him in a number ol business enter prises in that city and Duluth and in sev eral tewnsites throughout the state. The emperor's proclamation to the Ger man people thanking them for their expres sions of devotion and joy at the ninetieth anniversary of his birth is couched in words expressive of the profoundest emotion. The document contains a long review of the emperor's life. The kaiser dwells on the experience of his youth and the won derful help which God has vouchsafed him, and prays that he may be able to preserve during the short remainder of his life the blessings of peace. Emperor William tele graphed to the pope, thanking him for his congratulations and expressing a wish for the prosperity and happiness of his holi ness. In the evening the emperor, the crown prince and his family and the royal visi tors attended a performance of the ballet "Sardanapolis" at the opera house. Be tween the acts tea was served in the foyer, which had been converted into a brilliant reception room. The emperor has con ferred the first class decoration ot the or der of the Red Eagle upon Dr. Laur, his physician. Vanhorne, of the Canadian Pacific rail* road, reports that trains are now running regularly between Calgary and the Pacific coast. He says that the past winter has been exceptionally severe, snow slides sweeping before them trees of at least thirty years' growth. The snow-sheds stands the test well. Twelve employes at the Colby mine, Bessemer, Mich., were burned to death in a boarding house and five others so badly injured that they will die. Six men who plotted against the czar, it is reported, were hanged in St. Petersburg. Degaieff, who murdered Lieut. Col. Sudei kin, Russian chief of police, -three years ago, an who was suspected of having plan ned the plot against the czar's life, is said to have been one of the six. It is stated that on the 15th inst. an attempt was made to upset a train which was convey ing the czar and czarina to St. Petersburg on their return from a visit to the Grand Duke Vladimir. The police have discover ed stores of .dynamite and apparatus for the manufacture of bombs in several villas at Pargslevos, a summer resort in the sub urbs of St. Petersburg. Jndge.Boyd has granted warrants for the arrest of Father Ryan, of the Herberts town branch of the Nat)onal league, for contempt of court in refusing to testify concerning his action as trustee for tenants under the plan of campaign. Warrants have also been issued for the arrest of a number of other persons in Herbertstown on the same charge. Queen Victoria visited Birmingham and Ipid the foundation stone o! the Victoria assise court building. Public bolldingi and private residence* were decorated. The streets through Which her niajeaty passed were Spanned by triumphal arches, and thronged with people. The reception giveu the queen was hearty and enthusias tic. Miss Chamberlain, the American beauty will remain iu England until April. Bismaick has donated 100,000 marks to the corporation of Osnabruck fbr th« formation of a museuni. The kaiser's .expressions of belief in the maintenance 61 peace are everywhere the subject of comment. At Bismarck's din ner it was the common topic of (conversa tion. The general opinion is the crisis is over and that a period of quiet is com mencing Bismarck said to a foreign min ister: "I rejoice on account of the emper or's happy anniversary, and especially that the political horizon is now cleared. Tie commissioner of Indian affairs has received a telegram from Agent Upshaw, of Tongue River agenty, Montana, saying that there w&s no truth in the statements published that th& Northern CheyenneS were suffering for want of food. He said he was well supplied, and that.the Indians were getting fair rations, all that thej heeded in fact. This confirms the state ment telegraphed some days ago at the time of the reports. An army officer reiterates the avowal made last fall that it was the. purpose ol the war department to abandon at Ah early day all the smaller interior posts in Dakota and Montana, and gradually gath er the companies At Foirt Shelling The posts along the edge b| the great Sioux reservation in Dakota will first be aban doned, beginning with Fort Abraham Lin coln and following with Fott Yates, Sully and Randall. It is thought that Niobrara and Robinson in Nebraska will be sufficient to control the Siouxi who aie nearly de pendent. upon the government for food now. Besides, Fort Meade in the Black Hills will be allowed to stand for some years yet. Mrs. Nat Goodwin, better known as Eliza Weathersby, the burlesque actreBS, has been lying at the point of death in her home in New York She had been ailing for six or Seven years, and a short time ago it was decided to perform an operation in or der to relieve her sufferings. This was done but she did not rally from the shock, but died. She was thirty-eight years old. At a Methodist party in a school house at Mill ville, N. Y., the Hoof gave way and fifteen persons were sevorely bruised, burn ed and scalded and sustained fractures ol the limb*. No deaths. M. Meunier, the veteran editor of La Court ier des Etas Unis of New York, is six ty years old, and looks like Louis Napo leon. He is the Nestor of the French press of New York. ohn G. Hoalzet was turned over to Ser geant Keller of Milwaukee, Wis., at the Jefferson Market police cou.-t. New York. He will be taken to Milwaukee to be tried on a charge of attempting to poison his un cle, whose wife he is in love with. The un cle carries a heavy life insurance. Postoffices established: Dakota: Tripp, Hutchinson county. Postmasters com missioned—Dakota: Bartram J. Imlay Theodore, Carrie A. Hubbard* Iowa: Salem, 1). Burden. Wisconsin: Holman, C. McHugh. Fourth-class postmasters appointed—Dakota: New Salem, L. E. Nahl. Iowa: Brushy, W. A. Powell As tor, G. Tlieobold Avon, L. T. Bless Blancoe, Ifc D. Parson. Minnesota: Shanhassed, G. J. Bradley. Wisconsin: Little Falls, J. C. Schneider. Interest ib the ocean race between the schooner yachts Dauntless and Coronet in' creases as day followsday. Notawordhas been received concerning the actual situa tion of the yachts since the steamer Brit ish Pirtice sighted them about five hundred miles east ol Sandy Hook on the morning of March 17. Arrangements have been made for the contest between Jimmy Mitchell of Phila delphia and Paddy Smith of Brooklyn. They are to fight for $2,000, the diamond belt and the light-weight championship ol America. The fight will come off within one hundred miles ofPhilakelphia on Tuesday, March 29. Only fifteen men on each sida will be allowed to be present. Mr. and Mrs. Worloge of Minerva, Ohio, were rendered insane because their daugh ter was deserted by Charles Bremer, who was engaged to marry her. The girl is dy ing in consequence. Gladstone has cabled the following mes sage to Charles A. Dana of New York in acknowledgment of the cable dispatchsent him by Dana, informing him of theendorso ment of his Irish policy by the mass meet ing of citizens recently: am very sensi ble of the vulue of the sympathy which from the first we have received from the American people in our efforts to secure just measurements of good goyernment foi Ireland—a sympathy which I feel sure will continue until this just policy shall attain its coming consummation. Gladstone's denunciation of the use ol cloture to curtail the debates on the urgen cy motion and coercion, has forced the government to reconsider the subject. The ministry has decided not to permit pro longation of discussion, but will insist that the house forgo its easter vacation unless the coercion bill be passer! before the holi days. A section of the Gladstonian party is discontented with Gladstone's half-veiled approval of the plan of campaign. Eng lish Home Rulers and ParnelJites are de jighted with the speech. Balfour, introduc ing the coercion bill, will respond to Glad stone's challenge to the government and state what crime exists that justified the adoption of the measure. The Dublin ex ecutive has prepared a statement designed to assist Balfour in proving that the plan of campaign is being directed against trades men who aie creditors of farmers belonging to the National league. The Parnellites will maintain that the plan is strictly coi* fined to arguments respecting rent. In re sponse to the circular asking their views, the Irish Wesleyan ministers, with six ex ceptions, replied that they opposed home rule. Manitoba Free Press: A gentleman in from the Macleod district *Baid the past winter had been far the severest felt since ranching was begun there. The snow was deep and tho thermometer ran down into the forties. Cattle had in consequence, suffered a good deal. The range cattle, which have been on the ranches for some years and are consequently habituated to the climate, weathered the winter with the loss of about 10 per cent, but the mortal ity was much larger among the cattle brought in last summer from Ontario and Montana, and knownas "pilgrims." From 20 to 30 per cent, of these died. The weather has been fine and warm for weeks, and the snow has vanished from the ground. New York Special: A syndicate has been formed, including Senator Payne and Messrs. Burke and Ritchiaof Ohio, Erastus Wiman and-A. B. Boardman of New York and J. McLaren of Ottawa, to purchase the best part of Canada. For this pur pose a company will be organized with a capital of $10,000,000. Every iron mine in the province will be bought up by this company, and it is expected that the min eral developments will be the richest in the world. Mr. Ritchie of Akron, Ohio, is said to be the originator of the scheme. One Bragdon, alias St. Clair, who has been fleecing pension claiments by repre senting himself as an officer of the bureau, and receiving money for a promise to pro mote action on their claims, has been ar rested at Kansas City. It is said that this is not his first offense. Louisa Hatfield, once a Brooklyn school teacher, but for a long time past a hard character, was found murdered in a hall way at 2 New Bowery, N. Y. Some new mining companies are organ izing to operate on the St. Croix range, which is still booming lustily. The fiftieth anniversary of the organiza tion of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, will be appropriately celebrated during commencement week, in June. Mayor Harrison of Chicago refuses to accept the renomination because the na tional adminstration and the Chicago Press are dead against him. Capt. W. S. Edgerly, U. S. A., of Dakota, is with his father, Judge Edgerly, who is seriously ill at Farraington, N. H. The French steamer Scotia with 1,200 passengers wasdisabled at sea and beached off Long Island after a terrible experience with a series of storms. Ex-Senator Warner Miller is about to build the largest- wood-pulp paper mill on the continent at Parmer's Fall, N. Y. The high water has reached Vermillion, Dak., and settlers are moving off the bot toms. The illness of Recorder Trotter of Wash ington has become dangerous. He is suf fering from pneumonia. The venerable United States Senator Col. Joseph Cilley of Nottingham, N. H., is seriously ill. John Kapples, who arrived in Chicago from Boston, was found dead in his bed. He was on his way to Wisconsin in com pany with his married daughter. THE AMEBICA1I fcABDIHALi MagaMcant Ceremonies Is Bene of Which lu dlnal Olhhoas of Baltlaiore, Is the Central Figure and la Which It la Blahop Ireland'a Privilege te Participate. Rome, March 25.—Cardinal Gibbons at 10:30 this morning arrived at the iron gates of the btisilicA Uf Santa Marie in Trnstevere, to formally take possession of it as bis titular church. He was arrayed in the standard robes of a cardinal, wearing a white fur cape, crimsbri silk m&ritle and long train When lie reached the door at the church he knelt upon a cushion placed on a strip of carpet. The canons belong ing to the church and the students of the American college in Rome, wearing sur plices, were waiting for the cardinal, who, when he approached the church, was ac companied by the RightRev. John Ireland, bishop of St. Paul, Minn., and by Master of Ceremonies Marucci and others. The cardinal, after kneeling, kissed the crucifix, which was presented to him by a canon. The cardinal then put on his beretta and placed incense in the inceneer. He then again bared his head, took his aspersoriuin from the canon who had presented the crucifix and signed himself with the sign of the cross. Resuming the beretta, he as perged the people with holy water after which he again removed his beretta and was thrice incensed by the canon, the choir meanwhile singing the anthem, "Ecce Sacerdo Magnus." The procession then moved to the altar, followed- by the car dinal, who blessed the people as he went. The sacrament was administered, and all knelt in prayer. The procession next went to the high altar, wher'e the cardinal knelt and the canon recited the Pater Noster and other pruyers. In the apse a throng with white back and crimson canopy had been placed. The cardinal seated himself on the throne, the bishops and priests in at tendance being seated about him. The prothonotary, Monsignor Pericole, there upon read in Latin the papal bull assign ing the church Santa Marie in Trastevere to Cardinal Gibbons as his titular church. This recited at length the nature of the as -signment, of tho government, custody and annexed privileges of the bnscilica. After the reading the canons went forward to the throne, and all but the chief canon knelt and kissed the cardinal's hand, the cardi al rising to receive the chief canon for the isa of peace. Au address from the can ons to the cardinal was then read in Latin by Canon Francisco Arduini. THE CARDINAL'S ADDRESS. To this Cardinal Gibbons, remaining seated and wearing his beretta, replied in English. After expressing gratitude to the pope, he said: The venerable edifice leads us back in memory of the days of the catacombs. Its foundation was laid by pope Calixtus in the year 241. It was restored by Pope Julius iu tho fourth century, and renovated by another supreme pontiff for the twelfth century. Scarcely were the United States formed into an independent government, when Pope Pius VII. established therein a Catholic hierarchy and appointed John Carroll the first bishop of Baltimore. Thanks to the fortifying grace, the grain of mustard seed then planted has grown a large tree, spreading its branches through the length and breadth of our fair land. Where only one bishop was found in the beginning of this century there are now seventy-five. For this great progress we are indebted, under God and the fostering care of the see, to the civil liberty we enjoy in our enlightened republic. The church has been forced to struggle for existence whetever despotism has cast it, but in the genial atmosphere of liberty she blossoms like the rose. For myself, as a citizen of the United States, I say with a deepsenseof pride an3 gratitude that I belong to a country where the civil government holds over us the cpgis of its protection without interfering with us in the legitimate exercise of our sublime mission as ministers of the gospel of Christ. Our country has liberty without license and authority without despotism. But while we are acknowl edged to havo free government perhaps we do not receive the credit that belongs to us for having also a strong government. Our nation is strong and her strength lies un der the overruling guidance of Providence, in the majesty and supremacy of the law, in the loyalty o! her citizens and in the af fection of her people for her free institu tions. There are, indeed, grave social problems now engaging the earnest atten tion of our citizens, but I have no doubt that they will be solved without violence or revolution, or any injury to individual right. The cardinal closed by thanking the pon tiff, in the name of both the Catholics and Protestants of the United States, for ap pointing him cardinal, which they consid ered an honor conferred upon their coun try. The cardinal's voice was strong and ringing, and his address was pronounced magnificent. The choir rendered the Te Deum, for which the cardinal went forward to the altar, and an indulgence of one hun dred days was read in Latin. The cardinal then blessed the people assembled. The church was occupied largely by Americans and distinguished visitors to Rome. A prothonotary read a Latin proces verra which related each event in the proceedings of taking possession, which document was signed by the bishop and prelates present. A reception followed, and those present went forward, knelt before the cardinal and kissed his ring. Each spoke a few words, which were kindly responded to by the cardinal. The scene was remarkable in many ways. The assemblage was the most varied ever seen in the church. Prominent were members ol religious or ders who had assembled in Rome prior to their departure for foreign lands. THE OCKAX YACHT BACK. After Very Stormy Passage of About Fifteen Days the Yacht Coronet Arrives at Queenstown. The Coronet arrived at Queenstown at 11:30 o'clock Sunday 27th. Nothing had then been seen of the Dauntless. Tho Cor onet passed the winning point at 12:50 o'clock under a full press of canvas, the wind at that hour being west north west and fresh. In passing the given line, Roche's Point, the victorious yacht fired flvo guns and the time was at once taken by the secretary and members of the Royal Cork Yacht club, who had been on the lookout for her arrival. The club then hoisted a signal announcing the Coronet's arrival, the various stations answering the pennant. The wind was blowing hard and the Coronet entered Cork harbor in spanking style, with all sails set and hugging the western shore. From the start to the finish the Coro net experienced strong gales with tre mendous seas. On Tuesday and Wednes day she hove to for several hours each day and made only ninety miles in forty-eight hours. Her aver age run during the pasage varied from two hundred and thirty to two hundred and fifty miles a day. The Coronet arriv ed at Queenstown at 12:41 p. m. The ap parent time occupied in passage is 14 days 23 hours, 34 minutes, 46 seconds, and the actual time, compu ted on the Greenwich basis, 14 days 19 hours 4 minutes 14 seconds. The whole number of nautical miles sailed is 2,949. The longest day's run is 291.5 miles, made on Saturday, March 26, and the shortest 38.8 miles, made on Tuesday, March 22. The weather was uncommonly stormy, even for this season of the year. No less than seven heavy gales contrived to keep the sea in a foment for eleven days of the trip, and for two days the weather was so severe as to make the question of the yacht's living through them somewhat doubtful. She behaved splendidly, however, in all sorts of weath er, and proved herself one of the staunch eBt, if not one of the fastest vessels of her type afloat. The Government and Wall Street. The New York Mail and Express says: "Isadore Wormser, of the banking firm of I. & 8. Wormser, went to Washington and called upon Acting Secretary Fairchild, with whom a conference was had. The banker plainly told the secretary that while we might tide over the summer months without serious trouble, the contraction of national bank notes growing out of tho calling of tho 3 per cents and the failure of congress to pass certain ap propriation bills, and to adopt other nec essary measures to release the surplus in the treasury would undoubtedly lead to a crisis in the fall unless the department should come to the relief ol the market, failing in which, a special session ot con gress would have to be called. Mr. Fair child answered that he possessed ample authority to relieve any money pressure that may arise and that ho would use his powers in case of stringency. He had au thority under an act of congress to buy 4 and 4J£ per cents at the market price, and would so buy them in case of stringency which he believed would induce holders to sell. This policy, it is understood, in case of need would follow the calling in the last ot the 3 per cents outstanding. The secre tary demonstrated by figures that on .March 1, notwithstanding the contraction of bank note circulation, we had $20,000, 000 more currency than on Jan. 1, 1886, and also over $5,000,000 more gold. All these utterances coming from so high a source are ot prime importance just now as forehadowing the policy of the govern ment on the money question tOE HADDOCK Mt'BDKB. Tho Trial of Arensdorf at Sionx City On Friday the testimony was nearly all preliminary and hot of great importance, being simply accouiits ofthe shooting with which the public is familiar. On Saturday, ths most important witness waB an old man named Van Ingham, who now states, with considerable earnestness that the man he saw pass his window on the run after the shot was fired and proceed ing from the scene of the murder, was John Arensdorf. This created a flutter of excite ment among the packed audience, but the testimony was not unexpected by the de fendant. The cross-examination was un usually vigbrous, and a contradictory line of evidence produced and clearly admitted between his former statements at the coroner's inquest and the testimony be fore the grand jury. Van Ingham is sixty years of age. Van Ingham's age and foebleness made him a poor witness, and the severe cross examination to which he waS subjected very much destroyed the value of his evi dence. Witnesses followed who cor roborated Van Ingham as to the two men going across the bridge, but the testimony of Mra. Eber hart, wife of the proprietor of the Columbia house, in front of whose place the murder was committed, does not agree with the Btory of Van Ingham as to the murder or speed. She did not see them, but thinks from the sound that there must have been thr ee men crossing the bridge, and they were walking instead of running. Juryman Webster received permission from counsel and court, and asked Van In gham whore the men were when he saw them. "They were in the west end of the bridge," replied the witness. Here the juryman became intensely partisan in his actions and words, and with much feeling and emphasis asked questions and added constructions to the witness' testimony that raised the excitement in the court room to a sensa tion. Either Webster was seeking to be fuddle the witness on the question on iden tity so far as related to Arensdorf, or was coyering up his intention by purposely leaning bis words in the direction ot the defense. The Pope Gives Andlenee to Americana. An audience to American visitors in Rome was given at the Vatican recently. Upward of fifty American ladies and gentle men assembled in a ball adorned with an cient tapestry picturing the miracles ot Christ, whence they were ushered into the throne room where softened light penetrated two great windows. When the Pope's pres ence in an adjoining room was known all knelt and the guards held their swords a salute, while the pope, who wore a white sontane and a crimson cloak, slowly ap proached. Entering the throne room, the pope said: "We come to welcome these good Americans." He then seat ed himself in a chair in front of the throne, and cushions were placed at his feet. Bishop Ireland, Watterson and Keane and Rector O'Connel were the first to approach. In his eonversation with the bishops the pope expressed great pleasuro at the progress made by the church in America. He was concerned about the success of the new university, and felt the necessity of having such a university in the United States. Regarding tho new American col lege in Rome, he hoped it would be worthy the growth of Catholicism in the United States. The rector stating that the col lege would contain at least 200 rooms, the pope expressed surprise. He said that such a building would cost much money, and that this was a hope ful sign of the Catholic growth in America. The bishops then presented the other visitors, each ot whom knelt and kissed the papal ring, the pope addressing a few gracious words to each. Among those present was a reporter. The pope held the journalist's hand in both of his, talking to him rapidly in Italian. The pope looked his age, but his eye is active, keen and brilliant and his voice sonorous. Dismal Earthquake Forebodings. Washington Special: Prof. McGee, of the geological survey, who personally visited Charleston to investigate the earthquake, states: The area of the earthquake ex tended from Canada to Cuba and from the Mississippi to the Bermudas and under the ocean—nearly a million and a quarter of miles. Few of the reliable recorded earth quakes of other countries have affected so great an area as those of New Madrid and Charleston. That of Lisbon, was,perhaps, felt over a much greater area,butthedates are uncertain. As it seems evident that displacement and earthquakes go together, the eastern United States are in danger.for displacement is now in progress at a rate so astonishingly rapid as to occasion sur prise that earthquakes are not more fre quent. Petersburg, Richmond, Fredericks burg, Washington, Baltimore, Port Depos it, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Trenton and New York have been on the very line of dis placement. The professor leaves out the west, except Salt Lake, in his forebodings but Salt Lake, he thinks, is bound to go first before any seismatic disturbance is experienced in the east. Address to the Irish League. The executive board of the Irish League of Aincrica has issued an address to the Irishmen of America. The nddress opens with reference to the appeal by the corporation olDublin to the Christian world for a protest of humanity against the further oppression ot the Irish people by the British government, recites the present political situa tion at length and closes with an appeal to the American press and peo ple to pass their verdict, and say boldly if the Irish have not displayed all the for bearance that human nature iB capable of in their passive resistance to such inhuman law as those the British government would have them submit. If nothing will satisfy the British government but the destruc tion of the Irish people, Ireland will be justified before God and man in selling her life at the heaviest price sho can obtain and in using every weapon tho ingenuity of man can place within her hands. Condemnation of the policy of tho British government by the American public is asked in order to help avert such a catastrophe. The address urges reorganization of the disbanded branches ol the league and the establishment of new ones and asks that the Irish people living on farms too widely separated from each other to form branches, send their names and subscrip tions to Rev. Dr. Orrmsby of Detroit, who will ncknoweledge the same through the press. The address is signed by John Fitzgerald, president of the league. Broad Gnage Ballroad Tlews. At a meeting in Boston, Charles Francis Adams, president of the Union Pacific railroad, said: I look forward to the time when rail road consolidation in Massachusetts will be far greater than at present. If this is to be, you must not try to legislate and act as though you knew more than the Almighty. 1 look forward to the time when you will see the New York & New England, the New York, New Haven & Hartford and many other Massachusetts roads all consolidat ed, and when 40,000 miles of railroad will be managed under one head. We never have any difficulty in controlling large roads. It was the little ones we are always bothered with. Look at our large roads. There is no one so poor who scat at liberty shoot a fling at big roads. See what they are saying every day about the Union Pa cific. Whenever abuse springs up let the commissioners arraign us before the bar of public opinion, and I do not fear the result. All that has been said about railroads ruling the legislature is folly. I assure you that while you have juries, legislatures and public opinion, the rail roads will yield to their force. The Nice Earthquake Described. The secretary of state has received from Mr. Hathaway, United States consul at Nice, a dispatch dated the 3d inst., con taining an account of the earthquake at that city. Mr. Hathaway states: The vibrations are vertical, longitudinal and tranfersal, and of not less than thirty seconds in duration. The massive stone buildings of the city were then moved, lifted and shaken, as it seemed to their occupants, like ships at sea. The first shock was followed by an other of somewhat lessened intensity, un dulating from east to west and accom- Ing mnied by a noise in the air like the blow of the "Mistral.'* The sound of falling walls and the terrified voices of the people mingled. The sky became illuminated with a red, glimmering light, apparently electric in its quality and unusual at dawn. Of the 50,000 buildings in Nice, 3,000 have been demolished, 8,000 must be taken down, 6,000 are in danger and 800 are crooked and otherwise damaged. The act ual loss to real property alone it estimat ed at 50*000 000 francs. Ballroad Matters la Montana. Col. Charles A. Bread water, president of the Montana Central railway, has just returned from New York and is on his way to Helena. To a reported he said: I have been in New York with President Hill of the Manitoba road. Mr. Hill still remains there. The Manitoba and Monta an Central are working together. Every thing for the building df both roads so that trains will be running into Helena this fall. The Devils Lake extension of the Manitoba will becompleted to Great Falls, on the Missouri, in September The Mon tana Central is already graded ftorn Great Falls to Helena, and the iron will be laid and trains running by Oct. 15. Passenger trains will run from St. Paul to Helena over this route. The road runs through a prairie country until sixty miles beyond Great Falls, where it strikes the mountaius. Nine-tenths of thex agricultural territory of Montana is tributary to this route. A Georgia Cyclone Pit. Savannah Times: Perhaps the largest, best arranged, .best furnished and most costly cyclone pit in the country is owned by Ed Brown of Eatonton. It is situated near the back door of his residence, and is large enough to accommodate his entire family. The walls are of brick, laid in ce ment, the floor is carpeted, has a fireplace and a chimney, and the room is handsome ly furnished. The family could spend the night there with as much comfort as in the dwelling. In preparing it Mr. Brown had an eye to its permanency, and spared no expense in making it pleasant and com fortable. To guard against the contin gency of the house blowing over on it and imprisoning tho inmates, a large sewer pipe leads off from the pit in an opposite direc tion a distance of 100 yards, through which the family could escape. This unique underground dwelling is thoroughly pro tected against water rising from below or running In from above, The cost was over $500* Ashland's Big Beal Estate Boom. An Ashland (Wis.) special of the 25th says: The real estate boom continues. Nearly a dozen new real estate men have opened up offices. Lots that sold two weekB ago for $100 are now selling from $800 to $1,000 each. Ashland never be fore experienced such a boom. 8ince the first of the week every train that arrived in the city brought a number of real estate dealers, and over five hundred strangers and outside people are in the town seeking to make investments. The hotels are tax ed far beyond their capacity. Private houses are keeping as many as they can. As high as $5 has been paid for a bed. All of the available acre property was at first soon picked up. Later the demand was for business blocks and good residence property, and many lots near the business center here changed hands several times, always at an advanced price. Shutting Down on Free Passes. The New York World devotes three col umns to interviews with railroad execu tives in that city, Chicago, Boston and elsewhere on the free pass system, which so far as interstate travel Is concerned, will come to an end April 5, under the provis ions of the new law. It is the unani mous expression of the officers that the interstate pass system has grown to be a crying abuse. All hail its abolishment as a diliverance. The president of one of the leading tunnel lines said it would increase the receipts of his line $1,000, 000 annually. Latest Telegraphic News. Charles M. Hunt married his wife Min nie in November, 1882, at 8t. Paul. She deserted him. for which action he asks for decree, in Chicago, but it was denied him for want of sufficient proof. A homestead pre-emption claim was filed to the land occupied by the state in sane asylum at Independence, Iowa, the pre -emptor claiming it has never been tak en up, and the records apparently so show. At Deadwood the trial of P. H. Trudell for the murder of James Connelly terminat ed with a verdict of manslaughter in the first degree. Bismarck Special: Gov. Church arrived from Jamestown. He has found all the bills that were reported lost. Among these was the bill appropriating $3,000 for in cidental expenses of railroad commission. Lyon & Co. and Hecht Bros., fancy goods dealers, New York, were burned out. Loss, $55,000. James Kearney, a New York lawyer, is the best Gotham embezzler heard from. He got off with about $100,060. Henry M. Stanley arrived at the mouth of the Congo river on the morning of the 18th inst., and the expedition will reach Matude by the 21st. The Vatican has been advised from Vienna and Berlin, that Austria, Germany and Italy, duriug the continuance of the alliance among them, will not permit the subversion of the papacy, but will support the pope's independence and liberty. At Newbury, S. C., while a case was pro gressing before Justice Bleaz, George John Bon and George Jones, attorneys repre senting the parties to the suit, pulled their revolvers and opened fire on each other. Nine shots were tired. Johnson was shot through the right ear, in the left arm and in the thigh, but was not seriously hurt.. Jones wns shot through the body, and per haps fatally wounded. The thirty-third annual report ot the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad company Bhows the gross earnings includ ing those of all leased branches, to be $26, 728,408. The operating expenses, includ ing taxes, $14,491,683. The net earnings, adding interest and exchange and other in comes $12,852,067, and the net surplus for the year, $526,831. At Janesville, Wis., L. N. Williamson, secretary of the Wisconsin Shoe company, was arrested, charged with embezzling $8,000. At Patterson, N. J., the strike of 1,600 silk dyers, which has lasted over six weeks ended, and the men resume work. Iu the new schedule, which was presented as the ul timatum of the bosses, the strikers ob tain no concessions and the Knights of La bor nre unrecognized. Yankton Special: Tho Missouri is still rising and the water is backed up into the James river four miles east, and reports say it is nearly on a level with tho bridge. Tho Milwaukee track at Burbatik, forty miles east on the Sioux City & Dakota branch is washed out and trains are abandoned,'" passengers being brought via Marion and Scotland. The water is thought to be at its highest now and no serious damage iB apprehended as the ice is all out. Mgr. Galemberti, the special papal dele gate to Berlin, has telegraphed to the pope that he has obtained from Prince Bismarck all the religious concessions asked by the Vatican, but has not obtained any polit ical concessions. Congressman McSahne of Omaha is the first Democratic representative ever elect ed in Nebraska. It is reported that Bismarck's scheme to remodel the administration of Alsace Lorraine will be presented in the bundes rath. The secretary- of the interior said that he fully concurred in the views of the at torney general, as expressed in his recent opinion, in the case of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company vs. Guilford Miller, and that he will be governed thereby in his forthcoming decision in the case. One hundred clerks in the pension office have volunteered to do extra work until the close of the fiscal year. Col. John W. Eldridge, formerly of Ten nessee, has been appointed consular agent at Glouchau, Saxony. The Arensdorf-Haddock murder trial is liable to come to naught, owing to unpleas ant discoveries in connection with a juror. Senator Sherman tell the Cincinnati workingtnen why they should support the Republican party instead of forming one of their own. Patsy Cardiff positively refused to bind himself to a match with Pat Killen until alter his meeting with Sullivan, when he says he will name a date. To the list of the Buffalo (N. Y.) hotel fire dead is added the name of Edward Whelan of Newburg, making a total of fif teen. Frank Kerner, a religious monomaniac, was convicted of murder in the second de gree at Reading, Pa. He killed his wife. Postmaster Hueger of Charleston, S. C., died recently, and in a few hours there were five candidates for the vacancy in the field. EbenMsst Stanyard murdered Miss Han* cock near Youngs town, Ohio. He is in jail, and came near being lynched* The grand jury of Victoria county, N. B., at Edmonton found an indictment against Hon. John Coctigan, minister of inland revenue, for bribery in the recent elections. Indictments were also found against his chief convassers. Ifthe charge ia proved Costigata will be compelled, un der the statute, to resign hia position in the cabinet and be disqualified from sit ting in the commons. The river at Yankton has reached high water mark. A large section of the Mil waukee track at Vermillion was swept away by tho rising waters The Goddard Brothers, proprietors ol the Argus, at Sioux Fall, Dak., have formed a' stock company and purchased the Lead er and Mail offices The consolidated pa per will be known as the Sioux Falls Ar gus-Leader. The lumber manufacturing season will open in the La Crosse district about April 15, with twelve mills in operation having an aggregate capicity for the aeason, saw ing days only, of 200,000,000. The ateamer Chesapeake, belonging to Capt. W. P. Hall, running between Mem phis and Tipton ville, Tenn., burned at New Madrid, Mo. She was valued at $70,000 insured for $15,000 The Russian rouble has depreciated to a lower point than it reached during the Rus So-TurkiBh war of 1877-78 Its normal price used to be 32 pence. It is now quoted at 21 pence, and will probably go lower. Hon. Samuel H. Treat, judge of the Unit ed States district court for the Southern district ot Illinois, died recently. William R. Traverse of New York died in Burmuda on the 19th inst. The new minister to Liberia, Mr. C. H. J. Taylor, will leave for his post about the middle of April. The Sanderson steelworks, Syracuse, N. Y., were destroyed by fire. The loss is up ward of $220,000 At Sioux Falls, the engine bouse of the Chicago, Milwaukee & 8t. Paul railroad caught fire and burned to the ground, to gether with the water tank, ice house and quite a quantity of wood. Heavy snow fell on the 27th in all parts of Wisconsin. In Milwaukee it averages a foot on the level, and is correspondingly heavier in the northern cpunties. John English of Columbus, Ohio, who re cently married Miss Jessie Hatcher, the prima donna of the McCaull Opera com pany, is worth $500,000. The commissioner of the general land of fice, in a letter to the secretary ot the in terior, recominendsthat criminal proceed ings be instituted against Charles Reder of Bakeryville, Dak., for failure to dispose of underbrush and timber refuse in order to prevent the spread of the forest fires over land from which he haB removed the timber. A Miss Berger, an actress, claiming Duluth as her home, had a row in a New York restaurant, ^with Max Mansfield, editor ot a German weekly. Some sharp words passed between the two, when the nctress straightened herself out and shout ing, "Take this, and this and this," she .struck out a la Sullivan. Blood flowed from the editor's nose, his eye began to closc, and his mouth was discolored. Mr. Mansfield attempted to stop the flow ol blood, while Miss Berger, embracing her opportunity, renewed the bsttle, and rain ed blow after blow on his face with telling effect. The Pennsylvania Railroad company has made a practical test of the proposi tion to heat by steam and thus avoid the use of stoves, which generally set fire to trains when serious accidents happen. The heating steam was allowed to escape into the cars through ordinary radiators, such as are used in dwelling houses. The supply was regulated by a Bimple steam cock. The president is embarrassed with twen ty-two applicants for the vacant District of Columbia judgship, onebeingaHawkeye. The commissioner of pensions etates that 287,135 applications are now before his office tor adjudication. Claims are be ing filed at the rate of 6,000 a week. Secretary Lamar refuses a request of the Southern Pacific Railroad company to is sue a patent for certain land selected by the company, because a bill forfeiting the grant is pending in congress. Emma C. D. Nickerson wns granted a di vorce from her husband, Major Azor H. Nickerson, with the sustody of her children, and permission to resume her maiden name. The grounds for the divorce were adultery and cruelty. It appeared from the evidence that while Mrs. Nickerson was abroad her husband procured a divorce in Philadelphia by fraud, and was married again in Baltimore to a Washington lady. Upon Mrs. Nickerson's return she had the Philadelphia divorce set aside, and began proceedings for a divorce in Washington. The Philadelphia court had meanwhile in dicted the Major for fraud and perjury. These matters coming to the attention ot the War Department a court-martial was ordered, but Mjjor Nickerson forestalled action on its part by departing for Canada, where he still remains. His counsel ad mitted that his wife was entitled to the di vorce, and Judge Merrick granted it will ingly. Charles Colburn, a messenger in one ol the executive departments in Washington, has been dismissed, and along with his exit comes the story that he was a modern shylock. One of the auditors of the treas ury department, who had rented a house in a fashionable quarter of the city, was surprised to discover, when the end of the month rolled around, that his landlord was none other than one of the messengers in his bureau, Charles Colburn. Further inquiry developed the fact that Colburn had been loaning throughout the depart ment to impecunious clerks and others, extorting in return an interest of ten per cent a month. The fellow had $10,000, and kept it going so fast that it netted him $8,000 a year. He offered to work for nothing if allowed to stay in his position, but he was fired without mercy. Peter Smith, who is to hang May 5 for the murder of John Hannon, is believed to have murdered his aged father one year previous to Hannon's killing, to secure $2,000 of his father's money. Thomas Harding.the Glendale stage rob ber, was hanged. J. H. Duffency, his coun sel, had an interview with Harding and asked him to make a statement, il he knew anything about the killing of Ferguson, as he owed it to himself and his God. Harding said: "The same -statement made before my trial I make now. I am innocent. 1 know nothing for or against the parties now in prison as accessories." During the tying of his hands and feet he requested the sheriff to take off his slippere. He was asked if the noose was too tight and re marked "in a Tew minutes it will be tighter." His last words were "I forgive every body." James Kearney left New York fo Cana da, with $100,000. The record ol the court-martial case ol Maj. F. W. Benteen, 9th Cavnlry, who was charged with drunkenness at Fort Duquesne has been received at the War Department for action by the President. This means that his sentence is dismissal. It is thought very likely, however, that the punishment will be mitigated by tho Presi dent. It is understood that the Court recommends clemency, and this, together with other strong influences in his favor, will probubly prevent one of the bravest officers in tho army from being relegated to private life. It is now regarded as settled that Assist ant Secretary Fairchild will succeed Mr. Manning as secretary of the treasury, and that his appointment will soon be officially announced. Fourth-class poBmasters appointed: Da kota Corey. H. H. Stokes Laurel, E. La tnouren Mirandi, C. F. Livislis Maple Grove. Mrs. P. Westbury Bran noil, J. New ell Maverick, J. Hart. Iowa: Slater, L. Ashland. Minnesota: Atwater, M. John son. Arthur Farre, M. D., F. R. 8., celebrated surgeon and writer, physician nnd extra ordinary to the queen, princess of Walts and the latter's sister, is dead. He had just reached his seventy-seventh year. Daniel Sullivan, father of Timothy Dan iel Sullivan, lord mayor of Dublin, recent ly died. Secretary Whitney said in answer ton question: There is no truth in the story. You may contradict it emphatically. There is no basis lor the statement. I have not resigned, and have no intention of doing so. I guess the story must have been printed in sonfe country newspaper. At Trenton, N. J., Tlieabbatoirof John Taylor & Co. was burned. Loss, $40,000 insured. 9 The pressure for appointment to clerical positions under the interstate coramerc« commission is becoming almost over whelming. Hon. Jehu Baker, Morrison's successor in congress, is hard at work in Washington coaching on Central American aud Venezue lan matters. He thinks there will be a big discussion on these subjects in th« Fiftieth congress. MINNESOTA NEW8. RATI FABMBBg* ALL1AXCE. !Tew Ofleen sad Csaatltatlon Under Which Thay Are Organized. The Minnesota State Farmers' alliance has adopted a constitution and by-lawa, which they furnish for publication. The executive committee consists of the officers of the alliance, as follows: President, T. H. Barrett, Herman vice president at large C. Canning, Hen drum lecturer. T. C, Hodson, Herman recording secretary, Eric Olson, Sherburne corre pponding secretary, H. E. Boen, Wall Lake treasurer, John Diamond. Mankato vice presidents, J. J. Furlong, G. W.Haigb, F. S. Nichols, Andrew Richmond, and E. H. At wood. The alliance is composed of its officers and one delegate from each subordinate and county alliance, twenty-five members constituting a quorum. The officers are elected annually. Whsn there are five sub ordinate alliances in any county they may organize a county alliance, with constitu tion, rules and officers, subject to the con stitution of the state alliance, and shall be composed of delegates from subordinate al liances. County alliances are required to hold meeting at least once in six months. No person is eligible to any office in the state or any county alliance unless he is a member in good standing in some aubordi nate alliance of the state. The fol'owing rules are laid down by the state alliance for the organization of an alliance: Call a meeting of farmers. At that meet ing. it you agree to organize an alliance, elect a temporary president and secretary. Then make out an application for a char ter iu the following form: To the recording secretary of 1 be State Farmers' alliance: We, the undersigned, actual farmers, residing in the township of —, ronnty of and State of Min nesota, hereby apply for a charter for an ulliance, to beknownasthe Farmers* alliance, in the county of and State of Minnesota, subject to the constitution ot the atate alliance." At least seven farmers must sign the ap plication. Forward the application and $2 charter fee to the recording secretary of the state alliance, who will send the char ter to the peison named assecretary in the application. Appoint a committee on constitution and by-laws, with ir.struc' tions to report at the next meeting of your organization. At the first meeting agree upon a time and place to meet agaiu for the purpose of adoptingaconstitution and by-laws, and electing the permanent officers of your alliance. Meet only when you have business to transact, and make your meetings as interesting as possible. Report the names and postoflicc addresses of jrour officers, and the nnmber of members in your alliance to the recording secretary of the state alliance. Kinne.scta Farmers' Institutes. The sum of $7,500 per year for 1887 and 1888 is appropriated for the maintenance of farmers' institutes. Not to exceed $100 is to be expended for holding any one such institute. The president and secretary of the board of regents of the university of Minnesota, the president and secretary of the state dairymen's association, the president and secretary of the state ag ricultural society and the president of the state horticultural society are constituted a board of administration, which is author ized to receive applications for the holding of institutes, to engage instructors and prepare a programme of exercises. The salary of the superintendent of institutes is ,500 per year, and is paid out of the in stitute fund. The institutes will be held at times and in places most convenient to the farmers of the state, and shall continue for not less than one nor more than three days, and are free to the public. The pro gramme is to consist of practical lectures upon topics pertaining to the farm and home, with essays addresses, discussions and illustrations adapter] to the conditions of our agriculture. The object of these institutes is to dis seminate practical knowledge upon ques tions pertaining to agriculture, horticult ure, stock and dairy farming, with the least expense or inconvenience to the peo ple of the state. G. N. Grant was brought to Moorehead by a United States deputy marshal from Fergus Falls, charged with cutting timber in violation of law, arraineed before United States Commissioner Tillotson and held in $1,200 bonds for appearance. A woman named Matta, living five miles north of New York Mills, was found dead with her one-year old girl baby, both with their throats cut with scissors. Her hus band, Joseph Matta. a Finn, was at New York Mills when the tragi-dv occurred, and on returning home found his family dead. R. M. Todd of Albprt Lea and his brother-in-law, It. II. Elmore, have just sold a mine in Colorado to ex-Senator Tabor for $250,000, they reserving a one eighth interest in tho concern. Bryon D. Beecher shot a thirty-nine pound wild cat near Rochester. This is the second one captured there this spring. Lieut. John A. Lundeen, of the Fourth United States artillery, formerly of St. Peter, will return to West Point in August as assistant professor of mathematics. Dr. L. P. Dodge of Hastings has accepted the appointment as director of the school for indigent children at Owatonna, in place of John Byers, whose term expired a short time ago. Prof. E. D. Porter, in charge of the de partment of agriculture of the University ot Minnesota, has^ust issued a report in tended as a supplement to the fourth bien nial report of the board of regents. It in cludes quite a variety of subjects, and with much that is statistical, a great deal that is of inter?st to everybody. J. B. Coleman, who has been running the Minnesota Live Stock insurance associa tion at Minneapolis, has ieft for parts un known. The amount he gathered in by his insurance scheme is placed at over $7,000. This came mostly from farmers. He had paid but two or three claims. He was a man of personally pleasing manner and striking appearance. He was prominent in society, a member of the Lurline club and Makwa Toboggan club. The secret ol the whole affair seems to be the festive faro. A bill was passed by the last legislature to furnish seed grain for distribution in certain counties in this *tate afflicted by hail during the season of 1886, and to au thorize the board of county commissioners of such counties to issue bonds for the pay ment thereof. The bill appropriates $40, 000 for the purpose, and the counties of Marshall, Polk, Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Norman, Chippewa, Becker and Wilkin are named as those for whose es pecial benefit the bill was created, with any other counties of the state which may need assistance in this manner. The glove contest between George Le Blanche, the Boston marine, and Finch of Chicago, which took place at St Paul, re sulted in knocking out of Finch. Company A. M. N. G., of Minneapolis have withdrawn their objections to Coin, pany of St. Paul receiving the $1,000 appropriation made by the last legislature for the expense of sending a representa tive militia company to the national en campment at Washington. The state dairy commission is now hav ing printed in pamphlet form the bill passed by the last legislature prohibiting the man ufacture and sale of oleomargarine and regulating the sale of milk, cream and cheese. The pamphlet will be generally distributed throughout the state. At Winona, Peter Kaiser went home drunk, and after chasing his wife out ot doors, fell upon his head and burst a blood vessel. He died from the effects. The second annual meeting of the Minne sota State Poultry association will be held at Rochester, April 6. Officers are to be elected and the time and place fixed for the next annual meeting. Geo. Lawrence of Brown's Valley is held on a charge of selling liquor to Indians. An important omission has been discov ered in the Hixou freedom ot traffic bill, passed by the Minnesota legislature last winter. The jury in the $25,000 libel suit of Mary Burt Felt against the Winona Re publican found $1,000 for plaintiff. Divorces were granted at Minneapolis to Hannah Mathews, from Rnfus Mathews, Mary Kerns from Jacob Kerns, May Owen from Isaac B. Owen, and Mary Le Compte from Amiable Le Compte. Russell Williams, one of the pitmeers of Olmsted county and a resident of Oronoco township, dropped dead on the street. Mies Brothers of Hampton, Dakota county, sold five horses to St. Paul par ties at prices averaging $1,100 each. A letter from Frank Mies states that he ar rived in France on the 17th inst. Upon his return he will bring over a large num ber of Norman Percherons.