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:New Ulm Review. JOS. BOBLETER, Publisher. NE"W ULM, de rio lifvfa MINNESOTA. The cholera has br6ken out in sev eral Italian cities and great fears are entertained that it saiay 8pread throughout the country. Gen. Schofield lately remarked to a New York interviewer, that if the In dians can be kept quiet, s, decade or a generation,they will not give any trou bleafterwards. When the old Indians have died off and left no one to take their place to stir up the blood of ths young with stories of their own achievements, peace will follow, and the Indian problem will settle itseJf. The Connecticut legislature adjourn ed a few days ago without passing sev eral measures that werefully discussed. The secret ballot and weekly payment bills, as also that abolishing attach ment of wages" for debt, fellron the last day through a disagreement between the two houses. One bill only from the labor committee was passed that prohibiting the employment of children under thirteen years of age in any manufacturing or .mercantile establishment. The following states haveestablished labor bureaus, most of them within, a comparatively recent period: Massa chusetts, Pennsylvania, Othio, New Jersey, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, New York, Wisconsin, Michigan, California, Iowa, Maryland, Connecticut and Kansas. The National Bureau at Washington was established in 1884. It is perhaps too soon to judge of the usefulness of many of,these young bu reaus, including that under thecontrol of the general government. A bill has been introduced the house of representatives enacting "that residents of each state and ter ritory may, within the other states and territories and within the District of Columbia, solicit from dealers or merchants orders for goods and mer chandise by sample, catalogue, card, price list, description or other repre sentation, without payment of any license or mercantile tax, such as is now demanded in several states of commercial travelers. Governor Foraker, of Ohio, sent a special message to the Legislature call ing attention to the way in .which rich men, unincorporated .banks .and busi ness associations refuse to return their property for assessment, and suggest ing legislation that wi&ld reach them. The shot told and the papers contain cards denouncing the meddling of the governor in other people's business, and a Jot of the wives of wounded rich men are said to have stayed away from Mrs. Foraker's last reception, thus pleadingguilty for their liege lords and masters. -Some -people will regret that the 'Washington monument was not made of other material than white marble. Up at Rutland, Vt., where the supply for this country is mostly produced, people will not have it for building purposes at all, and their judgment, -which comes from long familiarity, .certainly has weight. The stone lacks hardness, as was shown by the crack ing of some lower courses in the mon ument from the weight it is so light in color as to give a large structure an unsubstantial look and the lia bility to discoloration is always great. It is alleged that.John Bull does not drink so much as formerly. The Budg et shows falling off of $500,800,000 in the revenue from alcoholic liquors and it is stated that the decrease for the last ten years has been $22,- 500,000. The chancelor of the ex chequer says that thisis^dueto chang es in the-habits of the people, and is .accompanied by an enormous increase in the revenue derived from the com forts of lifenotably tea, tobacco and fruits. Theve is no doubt that a simi lar change in the habits if the people is going on imtliis country, too. The 'consumption of strong driwk is per ceptibly diminishing. The groud for -.the new national Li brary building &t Washington will cost $500,000. !3&e building will be 300 by 450 feet, .--and perfectly fire proof, which the present is next 'The estimated .cost of the building as :$2,- 323,600. For the firsiy ear $500,000 for the second, $l,00s,000 and for the third, wifcuch will see the work com pleted, $623,600. With these figures as a first ^stiuoate it is jsafe to say that the building will cost, besides the ground, fully #3,000,00.. That sounds b\ but it roust be r.en*embered 1 hat the capitol hag cost over $13,- 000,000 the state, war, and navy building about $10,000,000 theireas ury building $6,000,000 and the buildingsa fomr thtes postoffice an4inte- S^ each nearly Jwice rten much as the estimated cost of .the Jibrary building. THE WORKMEN'S CAUSE. President Cleveland in a Message i Congress Suggests a Plan for the Settlement of Strikes. A GOVEBNMENT-COMMISSION SUGGESTED. WASHINGTON, April 22.The president to day 6ent the following message to congress: The constitution imposes on the president the duty of recommending: to the consideration of congress, irom time to time, such measures as he shall judee necessary and expedient. I am deeply impressed with the importance of imme diately and thoughtfully meeting the problem which recen* events and a present condition have thrust upon us, involving the settlement of dispute? arising between our laboring men and their employers, that I am constrained to recommend to congress legis'ation upon this se rious and pressing subject Under our form of government the value of labor as an element of material prosperitv should be distinctly recog nized, and the welfare of the laboring man should be regarded as especially entitled to leg islative care. In a country which offers to all its citizens the highest attainments of social and political d-stmction, its workingmen can not jusilv or safelv be considered as irrevoca bly son waned to the limits of a class and entitled to no attention and allowed no protest against neglect. The laboring man,bearing in his hand an indispensa ble contribution to our growth and progress may well insist with manlv courage and as a right upon the same recognition from those who make our laws as is accorded to any other citizen having a valuable interest in charge, and his reasonable demands should be met in such a spirit of appreciation and fairness as to induce a contented and patriotic co-operation the achievement of a grand national destiny. While the real interests of labor are not promoted bv a resort to threats and violent manifestations, and while those who undei the pretext of advocacy of the claims of labor wantonly attack the rights of capital for selfish purposes, or the love of disorder, sow seeds of violence and discon tent, should neither be encouraged nor concili ated, all legislation on the subject should be calmly and deliberately taken, with no purpose of satisfying unreasonable demands or gaining partisan advantage. The present condition of the relations between capital and labor are far from satisfactory. The discontent of the em ployed is due in a large degaee to the GKASPING AND HEEDLESS EXACTIONS of employers and the alleged discrimination in favor of capital as an object of government attention. It must also be conceded that the laboring men are not alwavs careful to avoid causeless and unjustifiable disturbance. Though the importance of a better accord between these interests is apparent, it must be borne in mind that any effort in that direction by the federal government must be greallv limited by consti tutional restriction". There are many griev ances winch legislation bv conzress cannot re dress, and many conditions which cannot by such means be reformed. I am satisfied, how ever, that something mav be done under federal authority to prevent the stnrbances which so often arise from disputes between employers and the employed, and which at times seriously threaten the business intprests i of the country. And in my opinion the proper .theory upon which to proceed is that of voluntary arbitration as the means of settling these difii culties. But I suggest that instead of aibitra tors chosen the heat of conflicting claims, and alter each dispute shall arise, there be cre ated a commission of labor, consisting of three members, who shall be regular officers of the .government, charged, among other duties, with the consideration and settlement, when possi ble, of all controversies between labor and cap ital. A commission thus organized would have the advantage ot being a stable body, and its members, as they gained experience, would con stantly improve in their ability to deal intelli gently and usefullv with the questions which might be submitted to them. It arbitrators are chosen for temporary service, as eaoh case of dispute arises, experience and faminaritv with all that is involved in the question will be lackms, extreme partisanship and bias will be the .qualifications sought on either side and fre quent complaints of unfairness and partiality will be inevitable. The imposition upon a fed eral court ot a dutv foreign to the judicial func tion as the selection of an arbitrator in such cases 5s at least of doubtful proprietv. The es tablishment of federal authority of such a bureau would be a just and sensible recognition of the *alue of labor, and of its right to be repre sented in the departments of the government. So far as its conciliatory offices shall have relation to disturbances which interferred with transit and coBsmerce between the states, its existence would be justified under the provisions of the constitution which gives to congress the POA.VEB TO REGULATE COMMEBCE with foreign nations and among the several states and in the frequent disputes between the laboring men and their employers of less ex tent, and the consequences of which are con fined within state limits, and threaten domestic violence, the interposition of such a commission might be tendered upon the application of the legislature or executive of a state, under the con stitutional provision which requires the general government to "protect" each of the states "against domestic violence." If such a commis sion weie fairly organized, the risk of a loss of popular support and sympathy resulting from a refusal to submit to so peaceful an instrument ality would constrain both parties to such dis putes to invoke its interference and abide by its decisions. There would also be go id reason to hope that the very existence of sucn an agencv would invite application to it for advice and sounsel frequently resulting in the avoidance of contention and misunderstanding. If the use fulness of such a commission is doubtful be cause it might lack power to enforce its decis ion", much encouragement is derived from the conceded good that has oeen accomplished by the railroad commissions which have been or ganized many of the states which, having little more than advisory power, have exerted a most salutary influence in the settlement of disputes between conflicting interests. In July, 1884, by a law ot congress a bureau of labor was established and placed charge of a commis sioner of labor, who is required to "collect in formation upon the subject of labor, its rela tions with capital, the hours of labor and the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promot ing their material, social, intellectual and moral prosperity." The commission which I suggest could easily be engrafted upon the bu reau thus already organized, by the addition of two more commissioners, and by supplementing the duties now imposed upon it by such other powers and functions as would permit the com missioners to act as arbitrators, when necessarv, between labor and capital, under such limita tions and upon such occasions as should be deemed proper and usefuL Power should also be distinctly conferred upon this bureau to in vestigate the causes of all disputes as they occur, whether submitted for arbitration or not," so that information mav always be at hand to aid legis lation on the subject, when necessary and desir able. GBOVER CLEVELAND. Executive Mansion, April 22,1886. The New Irish Land Bill. The bill provides: That a landlord who is desirous to sell his property shall apply to the state authorit y. The latter shall refer the application thus made to a iand commission, which, after making an in quiry, shall fix a price at which the, prop erty shall be sold, unless the landlords and the state authority have previously come to an agreement. If the landlord objects to the price fixed by the commission, he ma j' withdraw his application on paying the costs. When a sale of property "has .been executed the commission shall ay the creditors before making any other distri bution of the purchase money. Certain rent charges may be bought outright by the state authority, or payment may be" con tinued from the tenant's repayments. In casi of property wheron there is reason able cause to suppose that valuable min erals exist, the commission shall add to the purchase money a fair sum for said minerals, and the minerals realized from said property shall be vested in the state authority or such local body as the Irish legislature mav provide. The Irish receiv general and Jeputies, who are to execute the financial part of the act, shall be ap pointed to hold office as permanent civil servants, subject to the authority of the treasury. They shall be paid from the imperial exchequer, ut the Irish government shall appoint ten actual .collectors. If the receiver general or any of his deputies shall be guilty of malfeasance, the culprit shall forfeit the sums 60 lost, and also be fined 500. The measure em powers the treasury to create three classes of permanent annuities, bearing interest respectively at 3, 2% and 2% per cent., and whicfe will be charged to the imperial con solidated fund. Strict rules are provided whic!i forbid the subdividing or subletting of a -Iding so long as it is subject to any state 'Wgebu the Btate authority is empowered to relax these rules where he may think it advisable. The other points of the bill were fully covered by Mr. Gladstone's speech. c'f v^ Astounding: Confession of a Counterfeiter. Erastus Sheppard, convicted at New Or leans of counterfeiting, testified in his own behalf, saying: When I was twelve years of age I was em ployed in a counterfeiting establishment which was owned and operated, among ot hers, by Charles Leonard, recently mayor of Galveston, Tex., and at present one of the most prominent citizens of that city. Interested with him in this busi ness were the mayor of New Orleans, city officials, thief of police, judges and limbs of the law. Then the judge of the criminal court, for the parish of Orleans was a partner in the establish ment, also a certain prominent lawyer who now occupies a judgeship in .Balti more. These people were engaged in counterfeiting Mexican coin, United States bills and money of every description. The Mexican money was manufactured down stairs and the United States notes, etc., wereiturned out up stairs. My posi tion was that of messenger for the estab lisement and as such I delivered the coun terfeit money to the banks of the city and high city officials. Thousands and thousands of dollars of this money was manufactured and circulated here and else where throughout this country and Mexico. Many of the persons engaged in counter feiting them have- left behind them sons and daughters who move in the highest society. For this reason I do not propose to make known the names of the persons for whom I first worked in the counterfeiting busi ness. All my life it rias been my misfor tune to suffer for and to bear the brunt of other persons' mistleeds. My whole life has been one of continued sacrifice. Sheppard.is now sixty-two years of age. A. Special Land Board. Commissioner Sparks, of the general land office, is completing the organization of a special board of review, the duties of which will be to examine and report to the com missioner upon all applications for paten ts to public lands. Its examinations will have special reference to detecting evidences of fraud. Th board will consist of fifteen or twenty of~the more expert clerks of the general land office, and such cases as re ceive a favorable report from this board the commissioner will certify to the presi dent for patents. The field force in the west has recently been increased by twelve newly appointed special agents, eight of whom will give their special attention to the detection of .fraudulent entries. The other four will look after the interests of the government in timber tresspass cases. The commissioner says that by increasing the efficiency and vigilance of his force both in the field and dn the office he hopes to ac complish much that would have been ac complished had his order of April 3, 1885, been allowed to stand. The MroMioiiie Timber Bill. The bill which has passed the senate authorizing the secretary of the interior to sell timber upon the lands reserved for the USP of the Menomonie Indians in Wisconsin provides: The timber is to be appraised by two dis interested appraisers, to be appointed by the secretary, in eighty acre lots according to the survey. The appraisal shall state the quantity, quality and value of pine timber growing on each lot. The appraisers shall report at the land office .at Menasha, Wis., sixty days before the day of sale, which shall be advertised for two months in three papers in Wisconsin. The sale shall be held at auction, but the timber shall not be sold for less th an the appraised value and for cash only. The purchasers may have five years to receive the timber. If the secretary shall deem it best for the Indians he shall authorize the Indian agent ito employ Indians to cut all or any part of said timber into logs and haul the same to the banks of the river instead of selling it at auction, and the logs shall then be sold to the highest bidder for cash. Pensions for Northwestern Soldiers. In addiiitn to the pensions secured for the Northwest through Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin are the following: S. Sherwood, Tenth Iowa R. W. Moore, First Wisconsin S. J. Brown, inspector scouts widow of T. H. Knill, Second Wis consin J. W. Robson, Sixth Wisconsin Ii. Monahan, Twenty-third Wisconsin J. L. Hunter, First Minnesota rangers G. Wells, One Hund re and Ninth New York vol unteers, now residing in Wisconsin S. James, Thirteenth Michigan mother of T. Douglas 0. Rogers, captain Fifth Wiscon sin mother of R. B. Li veil, First Wisconsin F. W. Putney, Second Minnesota cavalry T. Fagin, Seventh Iowa. Bills for pensions to the following, which have not passed the house, have been re ported favorably by Mr. Sawyer: M. Romaler, Thirty-seventh Iowa A. Denny, captain and quartermaster, Sec ond Wisconsin B. Fisher, increase L. Hudson, Third Missouri widow of V. R. Rider, Third Iowa -R. Farnu m, Thirteenth Iowa J. B. Skaggs, quartermaster J. S. Maxey, Fourth artillery widow of H. Banker, of Indian war, 1812 H. R. Duke, Seventh Iowa mother of Lieut. H. T. French. The senate has passed a bill to grant a pension of 100 a month to Gen. B. Kelley of West Virginia, late major general, United States arm y. Gen. Kelley raided the first regiment of loyal troo ps south of Mason & Dixon's line during the late war, and was commissioned colonel of the First regiment of Virginia volunteers on May 25, 186 1. Gen. McClellan diiected him to as sume command of all the local troo ps in West Virginia, and on June 1, 1861, he iought the first battle of the war, near Grafton, W. Va., with a Confederate force under Col. Porterfield. The enemy was routed, there beini: a large number killed and captured. He was twice wounded,and is seventy-nine year3 old. Senator McMillan introduced a bill to pension Archibald Money, formerly a cor poral of the eighth Minnesota regiment. Postmasteis commissioned:Montana Albrite, A. E. Simpson. New office estab lished: IowaShady Grove, O. M. Kenney Reedsboro, Alger county, A. Gibbs. Capt. E. E. Dougherty, who was in com mand of the party that captured John Wilkes Booth, was licensed as a trader at the cheyenne Indian agency, Dak. Among the nominations confirmed were those of Indian Agents W. Black, Sac and Fox agency, Iowa, and James Mc Laughlin, Standing Rock, Dak. The nomi nation of A. B. Keith, postmaster at Deni son, Iowa, has been rejected. Senators Edmunds and Hoar publish a card no the effect that th ey have-never de nounced the G. A. R., or objected to the statute giving preference to soldiers. The charges filled against the nomina tion of G. Wise, postmaster of Hamburg, Iowa, which caused an adverse report and re ejtion by the senate, are quite numer ous. The house committee on the judiciary laid on the table a number of bills to pre vent the adulteration or imitation of food products. This action was taken for the reason that the committee believes the bills to be unconstitutional. Among the confirmations announced were those of E. G. .Ross, governor of New Mexico W. S. Rosefrans, register of the treasury, and Ri' E. Withers consul to Hong Kong. *t s-as.*^-^^ PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. SENATE.Mr. Cullom introduced a bill to increase the pensions for total disability to $72 a month. The provisions of the Northern Pacific land-grant forfeiture bill, reported favor ably to the senate are: forfeit all lands which appertain to and are coterminous with that part of the Northern Pacific railroal main line which extends from Wallula Junction, Wash., to Portland, Or., except such of the lands as appertain to the branch line across the Cascade mountains. Where persons are now in possesssion of the lands forfeited by the bill, under deeds acquired from the railroad company, they shall have the right to purchase thelands from the United States in quantities not exceeding 320 acres, for $2.50 per acre. HOUSE.Bills were introduced to substi tute for the Eads ship railway bill one for the construction of a ship canal from The Dalles to Celilo, Or., on the Columbia river to devote the proceeds of public land sales i educational purposes. Motions to set 'certain days for consideration of the naval 'establishment, the Hennepin canal and .public building bills were lost. A bill pass ed extending the immediate delivery postal service. SENATE.Mr. Logan reintroduced his bill to increase the efficiency of the army, with the sections stricken out which provide for the incease of the number of men, relat ing to the pay chaplains and authoriz ing commissioned officers to make deposits of money with the ar my paymasters. Mr. Butler introduced a bill authorizing the president to retire those ar my officers who ha\ already been recommended for retirement, or may be so recommended, prior to Jan. 1, 1887. all retirements to be in addition to the four hundred now al lowed by law. HOUSE.T he following reports from com mittees were read: J3y Mr. Mills, ways and means, a joint resolution to give notice to terminate the convention of June 3, 1875, with the king of the Hawaiian Islands committee of the whole. Mr. Breckinridge (Ky.) filed a mi nority report. By Mr. Collins judiciary, a bill fixing the salaries of the United States judges at ?5,000. By Mr. Caldwell, commerce, a bill to regulate commercial sales of goods by sample, price lists, etc., between residents of the several states and territories house calendar. By Mr. Wel born, Indian affairs, a bill to create the of fice of assistant commissioner of Indian af faiis committee of the whole. By Mr. Cardy. mines and money, a bill for the re lief of William McGarraghan private cal endar. By Mr. O'Donnell, a senate bill to provide for the study of the nature of alcoholic drinks and nar cotics, and their effects upon the human system in the military and naval aeadmies, and in the Indian and public schools of the territories and of the District of Columbia house calendar. By Mr. Stoiru, civil service reform, a bill amending the statut es so as to give honor ablj* discharged soldiers and sailors a pref erence in public appointments house cal endar. By Mr. Skinner, Indian affairs, a senate bill to extend ths laws of the United States over the Indian Territory house calendar. SEXVTE. Mr. Call offered a resolution, which was referred to the judiciary com mittee to the following eitect: Directing that the committee to inquire whether a ny legislation was necessary, and if so what, to require the United States courts, when they take possession of tail road propeity in any state, to cat it to effect the obligations of the char ter of incorporation granted by such state, and to prevent violations of the same by such courts and the waste and wrongful appropriation of the assets and receipts of such corporation in the interest of individuals. The house bill to protect homestead set tlers within railway limits, passed the sen ate. I provides: Homestead settlers on public lands within railw ay limitswho are restricted to less than 160 acres, who have heretofore made oi may hereafter make the additional entrv allowed, either by the act of March 3, 1879, or of July 1, 1879, after having made final proof of settlement and cultiva tion under the original entry, shall bo en titled to have the lands covered by the ad ditional entry patented without any fur ther cost of proof of sef tlement or cultiva tion. HOUSE.T he bili reported by Mr. Mor rell (Kan.) from the committee on irnahcl pensions provides All disabled prisoners of war shall be granted pensions at the rat fixed for simi lar disabilities in honorably discharged soldiers where the disability is presum ed to be the result of confinement in Southern prisons. (The committee esti mate that it will require $1,100,000 an nually to meet the addition to the pension rolls.) All persons confined for more than thirty days in Southern prisons shall re ceive a per diem of 2 for each day's con finement. Twelve additional pages of the river and harbor bill were completed in committee of the whole. Numerous at tempts were made to increase the amounts reported, but the committee in charge of the bill succeeded in defeating them. Most of these efforts to secure increased amounts are made for buncombe. SENATE:Senator Morgan, from the com mittee on foreign relations, reported to the senate a bill indemnifying the Chinese for losses and damages inflicted upon them by the rioters at Rock Springs, Wyo., in Sep tember last. Mr. McMillan, from the committee on commerce, reported favorably a bill to au thorize the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad company to build a bridge across the Missouri river near Chamber lain, Dak. Placed on the calendar. He also reported favorably bills whi have already passed the house to authorize the construction of bridges. The bill to provide for the taxation of railroad grant lands was taken up. Mr. Van WTjck said: The people had gheudeep consideration to this subject, and theie was much mystery among them as to why railroad companies should hold undisputed title to millions of acres oflaml and yet be exempted from state and local taxation. Not only, indeed, were the roads not subject to taxation for these lands, but thefactthattheexemption was to continue for some years was used by the companies in selling the lands to secure to themselves a better price. The bill would overcome the difficulty involved in the exemption complained of. It was only applying the same rule to corporate property that was applied to the property of private citizens. The bill went over, and the interstate commerce bill was placed before the senate. Adjourned for three days. HOU SE The bill of Representative Ad inns of New York, which passbd the house, amends section 2,S05, Revised Statutes,so as to read: All oat hs taken upn making any of the reports or entries, or respecting any of its acts mentioned in this chaptir^ whether by a master of any vessel or the owner or consignee of a ny merchandise, his factor or agent, or by any other person, shall be ad ministered by the collector or offi cer to or with whom the report or entry is made, or by a ny notary public, and shall be reduced to writing and uubscribed by the person taking and by the person ad ministering the oat h. Secretary McCook appeared at the ar and announced the passage by the senate of 3 50 pension bills, an announcement which was received with loud applause and laughter. After concluding the considera tion of twenty-eight of the sixty-three pages 9f the bill, the committee rose. THETEBBIBLE CYCLONE. items Concerning the Calamity at Sank Rapi ds and St, Cloud, Minn. The Sauk Rapids tornado is traced to a joint a little south of Little Falls, where it ras dissipated. On Tuesday, Aug. 21, 18S3, the people of Rochester, felt the cyclone's awful breath twenty-six victims fell. Col.Morton of Fargo telegraphed to Lieut 3tov. Gilman to draw on him for $50. The Stillwater council voted $1,000 for he sufferers. An unknown woman with an infant in ler arms was found in the ruins at St. -'loud. The subscription papers circulated in Rochester have realized over $2,500 in ad lition to the 1,000 appropriated by the :ity council. E. A. Halburt of St. Paul, who was so aadly injured at Sauk Rapids, may recov- r. James Spencer, living eighteen miles from 3t, Cloud, back of Rice's station, found on 3is farm a twelve-foot square frame house, sills and all complete, left there by the storm. The Indianapolis, Ind., boa rd of tra de nave authorized the mayors of Sauk Rapids ind St. Cloud to draw on the board for ?100 each for relief. The remains of C. Andrews, who was silled at St. Cloud, has arrived at Owaton na. A. Stanton, owner of the big flour mill it Sauk Rapids, has so for reco\ered as to oe out again. I was thought at first he was fatally injured. He will pi obably re build the mill, which was of a capacity of 500 barrels per day,and gave employment to many hands. The distruction of Sauk Rapids was so :omplete that there were no prorisions and supplies left in the place. Lulu Carpenter, a small daughter of S.P. Carpenter of Sauk Rapids, saw the cyclone ipproaching and ran into the house and jot her baby sister in her arms and sought a, place of shelter. The child's efforts? to save the baby was successful, but she lost tier own life in the attempt. If the south end, or beginning of the cyclone track, is correctly located at two or three miles south and a little ve4 of 8t. Cloud, as Gov. Gilman holds, then its total length was twenty-four miles. Anoka has appropriated 500 andsever hundred will also be raised by private subscription. About $100 worth of pro visions, canned fruit, etc., was &cnt to Bank Rapids. A careful estimate of the losses in t. Cloud, made by the comittee representing the Citizens' Relief association, places the aggregat loss at 56,000. It is thougnt that 10 per cent., of this property can be utilized. Sixteen funeral a took place at St. Cloud on the 16th. Sixteen coffined bodieseight adults and eight childrenwhich had om lying all night in the basement, werecairit'il into the (hurch and placed on bieih in front of the altar. The cortege wound s-lonly toward the Catholic cemetery, a mile dis tant, every an and boy walking with hat doffed and bowed head. An old German began in a loud voice, a doleful chant, in his native tongue, and those about him gradually took up the responses until the whole vast concourse was walking nifjas- reJly to the time of its own chanting. Two huge pits had been dug at the cemetery, each large enough for eight or ten corpse?,. At Sauk Rapids on Friday the 16 inst fourteen victims of the cyclone were bur ied. The following is the list bur.ed. A. W. Lake, Clara and Ella Berg, Mrs. Meta, Carl Finck.John H. Finck, Otella Fiuck, August Finck, Schalgien, Ernest Al bright, S. Sorenson, Henry Behiend.Arneta Woelm, Antonia Woelm. The child Ollie Carpenter was buried in the yard of the residence of her parents until they could 3elect a place in the cemetery. Friday afternoon, the 16th inst.. at Sauk Rapids, the body of A. E. Schuber was found near the place where he was last seen before the storm. Search had been going on for him coi.tinuoubly since he was mhs ed, ut failed to bring forth the body. He was found between Capt. Van Etten'hhoiibe and the Central hotel. Lulu Carpenter, aged thirteen, died. She had lingered for twenty-four hours in an unconscious con dition, her chest was pierced through by a two-inch stick of wood, and she could not live. The work of clearing away the debris of the terrible cyclone is already in progress at Sauk Rapids. Large forces of men are at work and already the demolished streets are becoming passable. Senator Buckman started for his home at Buckman, Morrison county, when the report of the storm came in. His out buildings there were destroyed, and his hired man, Fred Clark, killed" The homes of Farmers Kienow, Dillmeier, Rownelen filch, Funts, J. P. Sand and John Hodolph were destroyed. Dill Meyer was killed and his wife badly hurt. The young men of St. Cloud have raised 1,000 and the older citizens over 4,000. Vice President T. Oakes, of the North ern Pacific railroad, sent to H. Caldwell, financier of Noble-Franklin lodge, A. 0 U. W., a check for $100, to aid the workmen of the order and their families who suffered from the cyclone. The lodge added an equal sum and passed a scries of resolutions thanking Mr. Oakcs. I is impossible to give full details of all that has been done for the relief of the wounded. I is sufficient to say that St. Paul, Minneapolis and other places have helped to organize hospitals, have fur nished nurses and physicians and that everything is being done systematically. The following are among the contribu tions: St. Paul, $5,000, Rochester, S3 000: St. Peter, $300, Red Wing, $500- Far ibault, 500 Duluth, 1,000 Minneapolis, cash and supplies, 4,000 Owatonna $300 Wabasha, 1,000 W. D. Washburn, Minneapolis, 500 A. Kelly Minneapolis, 200 Tarbox & Co., St.' Paul, 100 Noyes Bros. & Co., St. Paul 100 Allen, Moon & Co., St. Paul, $100 D. C. Shepard, $300 Newport it Peet, 100- Anoka, 500 H. H. Siblev, St. Paul. 100- Princeton, 324 Elk Ri\er, S220 Aid. Sly,' Minneapolis, 20 Little Falls, $250 In dianapolis, Ind., board of trade, $100, Moorhead, 150 Minneapolis, $15,000- Morris, 200 New Ulm, 200 Luke City' 100 Ma^kato, 500 Montgomery. $101)' Alexandria, 700, Duluth, 1,000 Will mar, $200 Austin, 500: Princeton, 324- etc., etc. Most of the wounded at St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids are recovering. The loss at St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids is estimated at 350,000, and relief con tributions at 150,000. The total loss at Sauk Rapids is appraited at5290,000. Henry Rosenbeiger of St. Cloud saved the valuables and papers of the late E. G. Hulbert, and turned them o\er to the iat^ ter's friends upon their arrival. Mr. Ros enberger had detected a man making an effort to 10b the unconscious \ictim of the deadly cyclone, but could not catch him before he effected his escape. Congressman Nelson, during the discus sion of the bill for the relief of Alabama flood sufferers, referred to the losses sus tained and the suffering endured by the people of Minnesota in consequence of the recent cyclone, and asked Mr. Forney to permit an amendment appropriating $100 000 to the sufferers by the cyclone- but Mr. Forney would not consent, preferring thac each case should stand upon its merits MINNESOTA STATE NEWS. Herman Lessing died at to*** Wabasha, aged 52 years. He leases a wife and four children Deceased u a member of Company K, ^"ft^XSow volunteers, during the war of the rebel!KM, and the disease which caused his death was contracted while he was in the service. John Schwirtz was chosen presi.deni ot the First National bank at Wabasha, Mce Michael E. Drury, resigned. The deed to a large tract of land locat ed at and near the Mounds just northof Lu verne, was recorded recently. 1 he pur chase price was 100,000, paid by the Lu verce Granite company to B. B. Richards of Dubuque. Iowa, and others. Thetrans fer embraces sections 24, 103 and 4u. A stranse disease is prevalent among the horses in Shakopee vicinity that seem* to baffle the best medical skill. Charles Kopp of Ea"le Creek township has lost three vat uable S animals. Many others have lost one and two. The young stock especially is suffering. mvsterious case of kidnaping has de veloped near Winona. Two little boys, sons of D. Walworth, who lives near the eighty called Johnny Carter place, on the GUmore Valley road, were spirited away from home a few evenings ago. The children were playing near the house when a stranger came along icua lumber wagon, driving a gray team. Heasked theboysto help him drive a cow which was attached to the rear of the wagon. They did eo, and disappeareddown theroad. Theirparent? can find no clue. The formal announcement that the Mil waukee & St. Paul and Omaha would put on fast trains between Minneapolis, St. Paul and Chicago was made Mond ay the 19th inst. The first trains will leave Mon day, May 2, and will make the run from St. Paul to Chicago in twelve hours and twentv minutes. The return trip will be made "in twelve hours and twenty-live min utes. The time between Minneapolis and Chicago will be twelve hours and fifty-five minutes going, and thirteen hours coming. Work was commenced this morning on the new roundhouse of the Winona fc St. Peter in W inona. It is located just south, of the present roundhouse, in the First ward, and will contain twenty-one stalls. Minneapolis' cash relief fund foots up S20.000. St. Paul it Northern Pacific company Advance wages in the construction service by 15 cents a day. Edward Kelly, alias "Bull Dog" Kelly, whose real name is McLaughlin, walked ut of the county jail at St. Paul a free mxn by order of Secretary Bayard. This action on the part of the executive department had already been anticipated. There are some peculiar things connected with this case, and so far the only thing which has been developed tending to throw suspicion on Kelly is the fact that while in British Columbia he was not known by hib light name. The posts of the Grand Army of the Re public in Fillmore county are making ex tensive pieparations for the reunion and encampment of the Union soldiers of the late war, which is to ta ke place there tho lattei part of the present June. The postoffice at Fisher burned recently. Nothing was saved. A stuke at the Winona flouring mills is averted by a compromise on ages. The Wisconsin Central will begin a fast train s-erwee between St. Paul and Chicagc June 15. At New Ulm, Herman Koop and W Tiautmiller, were indicted for the killing of one Martin. The jury in the case of Traut miller brought in a verdict of manslaughter in the thud degree. Judge Webber sen tenced him to two years in state prison at haul labor. Herman Koop pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter in thesecond legree, and was sentenced by the court to five years at hard labor. Martin was killed in December last in a row in which Koop, Trautmiller and the victim were partici pants. The chiefs of the Mille Lacs Indians ha\e sent a letter to the president requesting permission to visit Washington to talk over plans for bettering their condition. During a heavy hail and wind s^orm at Atwater Dr. L. B. Woolson was quite seri ously injured by being dashed into a lime box. Prarie fires in Murry county destroyed the residences of Enoch Yates and John Price in Moulton township. Nothing was saved. Rev. A. Rodell of Brooklyn, N. Y.. has been chosen pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church at Red Wing. Mr. Ferguson of Great Falls, Me., has a snake hauled out of his stomach, and dies. Indian School Commissioner Jones is ar rested in Idaho for embezzling Legion of Honor funds in Arkansas. Thirty-one saloons are shut up bj' the W. C. T. U., in Clinton. Iowa. In Stillwater Isaac Staples is nominated for mayor by a joint republican and demo cratic convention. J. H. Mahler of St. Paul was given a re ception and banquet recently by the Roch ester (N. Y.) Temple of Odd Fellows. Hon. Charles E. Flandrau has signified his acceptance of the invitation to address the Ramsey County Pioneer association on May 11, 1886, the twenty-eighth anni versary of the state's admission. The ad dress it, to be historical and reminiscen tial. State Superintendent Kiehle announces that owing to the cyclone at Sauk Rapids no institute will be held in Benton coun ty this year. This rendeis necessarv the fol lowing changes in the schedule. Miss Sprague will go to Dassel, Meeker countv in iriace of W. M. Pendergast av 10, and. to Canby, Yellow Medicine county in place of Prof. Kirk, Miy 24. Prof Kirk will take Mrs. E. K. Jacque s' place at Breckem ldge May 10. Two young men at Grey Eagle. Todd county, were poisoned by eating wild pars nips mistaking them for artichokes. One of them, Patrick Callhoun, is dead, and the other, named Wickwire, is not expected to recover. According to a Minneanolis paper a party of capitalists in that'eity, including W. D. Washburn, T. Wells, Thos. Lowry.J. K. Sidle, John C. Oswald and others, in conjunction with theMinnesotr bo lu/ emV and IWL *?i Northen Pacific are to builad a line of road to thro tob St.? 6 Man "uolsTo'rT^ be a and Dakota. The name of the new cor poration is the Minneapolis & Pacific1, and iw I*. Langdon has taken contract to i,e 8the run ^mMW wil 1 8 ^lls li ne ht Fr S V& gnd Breckeundgo divisions of thColK0 Manito-rt-toS00 cntr tiJ T|n0 i"uted over 2, i 1, th a ha the cyclone sufferers. Phe 80n I Pnv8Si^Venih$SeuK250e '00 0 W iiam Vander-dna S eo dow "f ?"d effiw T to build ^lusively 8 en-O,I for 8e I will'hA bu,,,, "X i cost 150,00 0. 8 institution.*taht. a St Pau a iurvM"! kin 1 8 nof and fa m"n'^S an U8se, 5\i,-f "Hv or board of orde i ta Ur Numerourst authori-emak me it^WJ? acceptance of the lega th term. Min'n I pr5.r rh Prominent mill an of died recently Slf a oll %?*-m M^^^M^fi i*Jt,-wmi*mvi**'r i^~^