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W. JOHNSON, EDITOE JLND PUBXJ8HBB.
EWULM, MINNESOTA.
The city of Seattle, Wash., will here
after employ all idle men who wish to
work. They will be furnished with
tools, and will receive a fair amount of
money for every cord of wood they
op for the city.
Chicago milkmen keep in their wag
ons a decoy can containing unadulter
ated milk. When the inspector de
mands a sample for test he is supplied
from the decoy can, while customers
must be content -with the skimmed
and watered article.
President Diaz of Mexico may be a
tyrant and one or two other things
rather objectionable, but when his ad
ministration for the first time in the
history of his country manages to ne
gotiate a loan at par, there is evidence
of confidence in the stability of the
rule he furnishes tbat is hard to gain
say.
Mi*s. Robert Louis Stevenson, the
wife of the novelist, says that her hus
band's greatest failing is falling in love
with every character he creates. Mrs.
Stevenson has ample reason to con
gratulate herself that her husband's
outside loves, while being so mnuy,
are of surh a decidedly intangible char
acter.
The new premier of Portugal is
eighty years of age. The effete mon
archies seem to be determined that
the errors of youth shall not figure in
the administration of their affairs. But
a Portuguese premier would be weak
indeed if he surpassed in that regard
the government whose destinies he
guides.
The oldest ornaments among the
household goods of the White House
are the two gold bronze candelabra
that stand on the ends of the mantel
in the red parlor. They are six feet
tall, and were presented to President
Jackson dining his occupancy of the
White House by Gen. Patterson.
According to tradition the test of the
ancient Japanese sword was even more
rigid than that of Saladin's blades. Tt
was enough if the latter would cut in
twain at a single blow a downy pillow,
trrown in 'he air but the Japanese
blade, suspended norizontally beneath
a tree, must sever any leaf that fall
ing, should accidentally light upon the 1
weapon.
The thicker the ice the shallower the
water the shallower the water the
greater the prevalence of malarial fe
ivers- the greater the prevalence of
malarial fevers the more urgent neces
irity for ice the more urgent necessity
for ice the greater the demand the
greater the demand the smaller the
relative supply the smaller the rela
tive supply the higher the price.
Hugh McLaughlin, the political boss
of Brooklyn, ha9 two amusements—the
spectacle of a prize fighting tilt and
variety shows. He is frequently seen
at the matinee performances of one of
the local variety theaters, leaning
against a wall, with rather a rusty
beaver hat tilted forward to keep the
light out of his eyes. He is generally
alone.
D. Christie Murray, the English nov
elist, turns, on his critics in a brief
note to a London paper to demonstrate
that truth is stranger than fie lion. Of
a reviewer's charge that an episode in
one of his novel was "wholly incredi
ble," Mr. Murray says: "I got that
story on the spot and had full proof of
its accuracy. In fact, I built the novel
on that genuine bit of history which
your reviewer thinks incredible."
A new color has made its appearance.
It is called "chrysophrase," and is
named after the jem which is the fad
of the hour. Moonstones have had
their day. They are now replaced by
another stone, said to bring luck to the
wearer—the chrysophrase. And a very
becoming and lovely colored stone it
is something like the aquamarine, of
pale green color, but less clear in tone.
Velvets, silks, gauzes, nay, evon gloves
and shoes are to be found in "chryso
phrase" hues, and this delicate color
has thrown purple and "chaudron"
quite into the shade.
When a man goes to work as driver
for Col. Shepard's New York stage line
he must pay down $5 of his own or
some other fellow's money for an equal
sum in small change, and on every day
of the week he must be able to show
$5 to the man that looks after these
matters for the stage line. By way of
further precaution three or four de
tectives are stationed along Fifth ave
nue to count the outside passengers
and prevent the drivers from pocket
ing their fares. Even if the company
owes the driver the larger part of a
week's salary the rule that he must
show $5 »f his own before he goes to
work is enforced, and the man who
cannot show so much must borrow it
or lose a day's work. The driver who
makes seven trips a day* of one hour
ana forty minutes each,, scheduled
time, receives $2.
CLEVELAND'S CABINET.
E E N W O WIL A I S E
E E S I E N
Short S of he Men W W
Aid Mr. Clevelan In the Con
of he Affairs of he
Nation.
The -achievements of the men who will
form Mr. Cleveland's cabinet are told in the
following sketches:
Waiter Quintin Gresham.who is announced
as the premier of the incoming administra
tion, 1B one of the best known of our public
men, for his career has been a conspicuous
one in the army, on the bench, in the cab
inets *of two presidents and on the bench
again. He was born in an old-fashioned
farm house near Lanesville, Harrison county,
Ind., on the 17th of March, 1S33. He is of
English descent, although his family has
been American for several generations. His
father, William Gresham, was sheriff of the
county and was shot and killed while en
deavoring to arrest a well known desperado.
The future statesman was but two years
old at the time, the youngest but one of
Ave children. His boyhood was one of hard
ship, and sometimes of privation. He fol
lowed the plow by day and studied by
night. All he learned was obtained through
bard work and self-denial. His mother man
aged the farm and kept the family together.
She still lives on the old place, and every
year her son pays her as long a visit as his
public duties will permit.
The early education of Walter was ob
tained under many difficulties. When six
teen years of age he had an opportunity to
attend Corydon seminary. He obtained a
•clerkship in the county auditor's office, by
means of which he was enabled to pay his
board and tuition. After three years spent
at this school and at Bloomlngton university
young Gresham returned to Corydon tb
Btudy law, paying his expenses by working
In the county clerk's office betimes. When
twenty-two years of age he was admitted to
the bar. At the outbreak of the war he
was captain of the Spencer rifles, but en
listed as a private. He served with dis
tinction at Shiloh, Corinth and Vicksburg,
and was wounded severely before Atlanta.
He was successively promoted to the rank
of major general, and on being mustered
out of the service in 1865 resumed his law
practice at New Albany. He declined sev
eral offices during Gen. Grant's administra
tion, but in 1869 became United States dis
trict Judge for Indiana. President Arthur
made him postmaster general to succeed
Timothy O. Howe, deceased, and subse
quently gave him the portfolio of the treas
ury. Toward the end of his term President
Arthur appointed him a judge of the United
States circuit court. In that capacity he
became well known to the citizens of Chi
cago, among whom he has resided for sev
eral years past.
Judge Giesham's relations with President
Harrison were not cordial for many years,
although he supported him in the campaign
of 1888. But even at that tim« the judge
was in disagreement with the Republican
party on questions of an economic character,
especially the tariff. His final abandonment
of the party was announced In a letter to
Blnford Wilson during the last campaign,
wbich is still fresh in the public remem
brance.
Judge Gresham has a wife, a son and a
Wilson S. Blssell.
daughter. The son is now engaged in the
practice of law, and his future is bright
with promise.
Wilson S. Blssell, who will become post
master general after the 4th of March, has
for many years been one of the foiemost
lawyers of Buffalo, N. Y., and is a life
long Democrat. He was born at New Lon
don, in December, 1847, and is therefore a
comparatively young man. He received his
education at Yale, where he was graduated
with honors in 1869, and at once began the
study of law in the office of Laning, Cleve
land & Folsom at Buffalo, and afterward
became a partner in the firm, of which the
president-elect was a member. He took but
little part in politics, although always a
consistent and earnest Democrat, until Mr.
Cleveland's nomination for the office of gov
ernor of New York. In that campaign he
did efficient work for his partner and friend
and during the campaigns that have suc
ceeded he was the same enthusiastic sup
porter of '*the man of destiny."
Socially Mr. Blssell is a genial and com
panionable man. Of uncommonly large
stature, he naturally attracts attention
wherever he may be, and his intellectual
qualities soon convince persons meeting
him for the first time that he is a big man
other than physically. Although a man of
Strong convictions, resolute and determined,
Mr. Bissell is uniformly good-natured. He
is fond of a good joke and is usually the
life of his own particular circle at the club.
Two years ago he was elected president of
the Buffalo club. The friendship that has
existed between Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Bls
sell almost since the latter's return to Buf
falo from college has been of the most cor
dial and confidential character. Mr. Cleve
land has always placed great faith in Mr.
Bissell's judgment. When Mr. Cleveland
was married Mr. Bissell was summoned to
the White House to act as best man. At his
own wedding two or three years ago Mr.
and Mrs. Cleveland were the first to con-
fomestice
ratulat him and his bride. Mr. Bissell's
life is very pleasant.
John G. Carlisle, who is to become secre
tary of the treasury in President Cleveland's
second administration, is a native of Ken
tucky, and was born on the 5th of October.
1835. His early manhood was devoted to
teaching school1, and Tie employed his leis
ure hours in tl study of law. He was ad
mitted to the bar in 1858, and after having
served several terms in both branches of the
legislature was chosen lieutenant governor
of Kentucky In 1871 in which capacity he
served four years. He was elected to the
forty-fifth congress and to the five succeed
ing congresses, and, in May, 1890, was
Soeen united States senator to succeed
late Senator James S. Peck. He was -a
presidential elector in 1872, 1876, 1880 and
1884, and was a delegate to all the Demo-
'iirmiiiiiriimTMl'
cratlc national conventions during that
period. Previous to his resignation of the
senatorship he was a member of the com
mittees on finance, territories, Indian dep
redations, woman suffrage and relations
with Canada. He was regarded as one of
the leaders on the Democratic side in both
G. Carlisle.
hou«s« and senate, and his opinions on all
questions of national concern were always
sought and can led great weight. His abil
ities have been recognized by men of aU
parties. His wife is one of the most beauti
ful and accomplished women in Washington
society, and his son, who has been cho&en
his private secretary, is a young man of
exceptional ability.
Daniel Lamont, the coming secretary of
war, was, during the first administration
of President Cleveland exceedingly con
spicuous in the public eye—more so than
any other previous private secretary of an
executive except Col. John Hay. He was
born in Cortlandt county, New Xork, in
1851. His early life was spent as a clerk
in his father's country store. He early
turned his attention to politics and found
in that direction a congenial pursuit.
Through his own efforts he acquired an
academic education. Before attaining his
majority he was selected as a delegate to
the state Democratic convention, and held
his own with many politicians of age and
experience. Even after that time he fig
ured more or less prominently in such as
semblages. He was a deputy clerk in his
nitive county, and was chosen a member
of the assembly in 1870, 1871 and 1875.
From 1875 until 1873 he was secretary of
the Democratic state committee and per
formed valuable work for the party. This
position brought him into intimate personal
contact with the leading politicians of the
state, and his experience and advice were
often of great benefit. He was taken iuto
the confidence of Samuel J. xnuen during
his campaign for the presidency, having
previously enjojed the closest intimacy
with the sage of Gramercy while he was
governor of New York. He was appointed
chief of staff to Grover Cleveland upon his
election to the governorship, whence he
derived his rank and title of colonel. When
Cleveland was inaugurated as president
Col. Lamont became his private secretary
and served in that capacity with ability
and discretion through the entire term. He
had been the managing editor of the Albany
Argus for several years and his experience
in that capacity tended to fit him for his
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new duties, which were discharged with
rare fidelity and discretion. At the conclu
sion of President Cleveland's term of office
Col. Lamont went to New York, where he
became president of a street railway com
pany. He is genial and approachable, but
always discreet and diplomatic, and his
counsel was frequently of great value to
President Cleveland when bis administra
tion was under fire from its enemies.
Hilary A. Herbert, the representative of
Alabama in Mr. Cleveland's cabinet, will be
placed in control of the navy department.
He is now a resident of Montgomerj, Ala.,
but was born at Laurunsville, S. C. When
he was a child his father removed to Ala
bama, settling in Greenville. He received
his education at the University of Alabama
and the University of Virginia, studied law
and wns admitted to practice. At the out
break of the civil war he entered the Con
federate service as a captain, and was pro
moted to colonel of the Eighth regiment of
Alabama volunteers. He served throughout
the war with distinction and was severely
wounded In the battle of the Wilderness.
After the close of hostilities he resumed the
practice of law at Montgomery, and soon ac
quired much local distinction. He was
elected a member of the Farty-flfth and each
succeeding congress up to the present time.
He was twice a member of the committee
on naval affairs of the house, and in the
present congress is chairman of that com
mittee. He is consequently well informed
as to the m-eds of this branch of the service
and well qualified to Intelligently discharge
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the duties that will devolve upon him. He
is a man of portly build and one of the most
affable members of the house.
Richard Olney graduated from Brown uni
versity in 1856 and Harvard law school two
Sears, later. Twice he has been offered a
Eassachusetts justiceship, but declined, hav
ing the last offer from Gov. Russell. A few
years ago he was a party candidate
for atto'ti. general in his state. Ills name
was mentioned to President Cleveland when
the chief justiceship, now held bv Mr.
Fuller, became vacant. As counsel for the
Boston & Maine line, the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe, Chicago, Burlington & Qnincy
roads he has been kept quite busy, succeed
ing the famous legal light. Sidney Bartlett.
Hoke Smith, who is booked for the In
terior department portfolio, Is the youngest
of the galaxy that will surround Mr. Cleve
land during the next four years. He was
born at Newton, N. on the 2d of Decem
ber, 1855, and Is descended from cavalier
and puritan stock, his family having been
among the early settlers of New England.
When he was sixteen years of age his father
removed to Atlanta, where the son began
the study of law. After his admission to the
bar he devoted bis energies to the law wit.h
such success that he built up a large and
lucrative practice. He but recently took an
active part In politics, and was conspicuous
in the campaign wbich resulted in the elec*
tion of Gen. Gordon to the governorship^
and to the United States senate. He is an
eloquent and energetic public speaker, and
well versed in political methods. It was
largely due to his efforts in the Chicago con
vention of last July that the.Southern dele
gates were induced, to tender their allegi
ance to Mr. Cleveland. His influence dur
ing the campaign was also potent with good
results, and did much toward bringing him
into national prominence. His abilities are
unquestioned among those who know him
best, and his character is above reproach.
He is married to a woman of masiy accom
plishments, and has two children, the eld
est but eight years of age.
Besides being a lawyer, Mr. Smith has
had some experience in the newspaper pro
fession. Buying the Atlanta Journal at a
time when its fortunes were not of the
brightest, he adopted a policy which Mr.
Grady found so successful in building up the
Atlanta Constitution. He employed good
men, paid them good salaries and encour
aged them in their work. Whenever a
reporter brought in an exclusive piece of
news or did the work assigned to him with
unusual excellence, he found awaiting him
an order for the best suit of clothes that
the cily afforded. Once, when the city ed-
Holce 'Smith.
itor of the journal executed a commlssien
with especial credit, Mr. Smith presented
him with a horse and buggy.
J. Sterling Morton was born in Adams,
Jefferson county, N. Y., April 22, 1832. His
father, Julius Dewin Morton, was a native
of St. Albans, Yt. Removing with his pa
rents to Michigan at an early age, Mr. Mor
ton attended school at Morton, subsequently
at the state university at Ann Arbor and
finally at Union college, New York, then un
der the charge of E. Nott, from whom he re
ceived his diploma in 1854. Prior to this time
he had shown strong predilections toward
journalism, being a frequent contributor to
the Detroit Free Press and to other papers
of reputation. Oct. 30, 1854, he was mar
ried to Caroline lone French of Detroit.
On the same day, accompanied by his wife,
he started for Nebraska! Arriving at Belle
vue early in November, he remained there
for some months and then removed to Ne
braska City, where he made a contract with
the town site company, becoming owner of
five town shares and several lots in the town
site. He received the sum of $50 a month
f6"r editing the Nebraska City News. This
he held for about a year, resigning the posi
tion in 1857 and doing editorial work at in
tervals until 1877. In 1855 he was elected
to the territorial legislature was again a
candidate in 1856, but was defeated by
eighteen votes in consequence of his opposi
tion to chartering "wild cat" banks. He
was reinstated as a member in 1857, and
took an active part in the adjournment of
the legislature to Florence. He succeeded
Thomas B. Cuming as secretary of the ter
ritory in the spring of 1858 and became ac
tive governor within a few months by the
resignation of Gov. Richardson, and was
succeeded in his position by A. S. Paddock
in 1861. In the fall of 1860 he was nomin.
ated by the Democrats as a delegate to con-
f'he
ress, his opponent being Samuel G. Daily,
result of the election showed Morton
fourteen votes In the majority, and he was
accordingly certified as delegate. The ses
sion coming on and his party being In the
minority, his seat was contested and the
question finally decided in fayor of his op
ponent. Returning home, Mr. Morton took
no active part in politics until the spring of
1866, when he received the gubernatorial
nomination, contesting with David Butlei
the honor of being the first governor of Ne*
braska. In consequence of the irregularities
in Rook Bluff precinct, Cass county, by
which about 160 votes were thrown out,
Butler was declared elected. Without a
caucus being held, Morton received the en
tire strength of his jarty for United States
senator. The vote for senator stood 28 to
21 in favor of T. W. Tipton. Mr. Morton
J. Sterlin Morton.
was appointed to represent Nebraska at thj
horticulture.
Pans exposition and was one of the com
missioners at the Philadelphia exposition.
He has been a prominent member and pres.
ldent of tiae state board of agriculture and
E S O S E CRIMINA E
A Ne A a at the Brui*
nels A a Congress.
An important result of the recent
congress at Brussels on criminal an
thropology has been the discrediting
of the £o-called "criminal type," or
habitual criminals. The person who
was born a criminal, and must be one
"nolens volens," was supposed to have
a smaller capacity of skull than the
average, a more retreating forehead,
the back of the head lage, the lower
jaw very strong and pronounced, the
ears often deformed, the hair coarse
and thick, the beard scanty, and so
forth.
Dr. Tarnovski of St. Petersburg, and
Dr. Naecke, from a large collection of
data, maintained that there was no
special peculiarity in the pTiysique of
criminals, male or female, and the gen
eral tendency of the papers read, and
discussions on the subject, was to re
gard crime as the result of social and
psychical rather than physical peculi
arities. It is true that physical depart
ures from the normal type are com
moner among the criminal class than
the rest of mankind, but no constant
relationship between these and crimes
can be detected.
Many criminals inherit a tendency
to some form of mental irregularity,
but many also "go to the bad" simply
from deleterious personal and social
influences. Society, it would appear,
Is far more to blame for their de
linquencies than has been recognized,
or at least acknowledged, and if crime
is to be stopped we must institute a
sounder moral teaching In schools, bet
ter systems of legal procedure and an
improved doctrine of punishment—
Manchester (Eng.) Times.
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MINNESOTA LAWMAK ERS
O I N S O E E I S A E
A A
Routine Report of the Proceedings
of Both Branches of the Min
nesota Legislature Dur
ing the Past Week.
SATUEDAY, Feb. 25.
SENATE.
Senator Davis' bill relating to the condi
tions of the standard fire insurance policy
was defeated after debate.
Senator Dedou's bill reseryingto the state
the mineral rights in all state lands, was
lost by a vote of 17 to 18, and Senator
March's bill for a verdict ot ten jurors in a
civil case met the same fate, the vote being
24 to 21.
&
The following bills were agreed to with
out objection:
To authorize corporations to refund their
bonded indebtedness relating to testimony
in justice court relating to pledjres and
mortgages ot personal property relating to
time oi payment and rate of interest on de
ferred payments for state land*.
The following bills were introduced:
To amend the law re'ating to education
to provide for the creation and organization
of new counties to amend the law relating
to the appointment of the state board of
health.
The house did most of its work in com
mittee of the whole when it recommended
for passage Mr. Sullivan's bill prohibiting I
the sale of liquor to minors, and also Mr.
Ives' bill making indemnity insurance com
panies parties to actions for damages for
personal injuries. Strong opposition was
manifested to the passage oi both measures,
and as the attendance of members was very
light, only a little over one third being
present, another sharp contest may occur
over the bills when they come up on the
calendar.
The following bills were introduced:
To repeal the law relating to corpor
ations to reduce the penalty on delinquent
taxes on real estate for the appointment of
a state mineral land a^ent to regulate the
sentencing of persons convicted of felony
and their subsequent release on parole to
amend the law relating to cruelty to ani
mals.
MONDAY, Feb. 27.
SENATE.
The following bills were introduced:
To amend the game and fish laws. Re
ferred to the committee on game and fish
relating to changing the boundaries of in
dependent school districts. Referred to
committee on education relating to lees in
civil cases. To committee on judiciary
to validate the execution of deeds and mort
gages in certain cases. To committee on
udiciary providing for a state land com
mission to inspect the state capitol lands in
Kandiyohi county. Refeired to the com
mittee on public lands relating to trust
deeds. Rules were suspended and bill was
placed on general orders an act to amend
the statutes relative to new trials.
HOUSE.
The following bills were introduced
Malting a liquor license personal property
and allowing it to be mortgaged and sub
ject to attachment to provide for the trans
ference of moneys collected from insurance
companies from the state treasury to muni
cipalities to be used in support of the fire
depratnient placing building and loan as
sociations under the direct supervision of
the public examiner relating to actions in
volving the validity of assessments against
railroad companies authorizing county
commissioners to appropriate money for
building and repair of roads in adjoining
counties to provide for public watering
places outside of incorporated villages and
cities allowing aliens to own real estate in
Minnesota providing for the government
ot express companies, declaring them com
mon carriers and bringing them under jur
isdiction of the railioad and warehouse
commissioners making a time check a lien
on logs or lumber after it has been sold
E S A E 28
SENATU.
A. motion to reconsider the vote by •which
the bill providing for a verdict by tive
sixths of a jury in civil actions was lost, was
carried and the bill placed on the calendar.
The vote by which Senator Davis' fire in
surance bill was lost, was reconsidered and
the bill placed on the calendar.
There were no bills introduced and few
committee reports in the senate today.
The following house bills were passed*
Legalizing town hall bonds in certain
cases relating to the admission of evidence
in certain cases to provide for the incor
poration of clearing house associations le
galizing certificates of sale relating to the
rights of citizenship of employes memorial
izing congress for a law providing for the
election of United States senators by a dir
ect vote of the people.
HOUSE.
The following bills were introduced and
re'erred to the proper committees
To appropriate $600 for the purpose of
draining lauds and building roads Ueek
er county
To amend section 29, chaptes 4, Laws of
1891, to regulate elections to transfer the
school text book fund to the current school
iund: to appropriate $1,000 for a bridge in
Stearns county to appropriate $2,000 tor a
bridge between Morrison and Ca«s counties
to appropriate $1,000 lor a bridge at Brain
erd relating to salaries of firemen in cities
of over $50,000 pi escribing the methods of
holding elections in independent ichool
districts to authorize county commission
ers to make leases to county acricultural
societies. to amend the law of 1887, relating
to the killing of fish by excepting white
fish and suckers to amend the law ot 1879
relating to savings banks to compel per
sons summoned as witnesses to give testi
mony to appropriate money for a turnpike
in Swift county to foneit the charters of
railroads that have not complied with the
conditions of their charters within five
years to amend law of 1878 relating to pub
lic roads appropriating $300 for a bridge in
Watonwan county.
•Wednesday, March 1.
Senate.
The following bills were introduced:
To appropriate $1,000 for a bridge in
Pine county to provide for a new state
house for the State of Minnesota to
fix the time for holding the general terms
of the district court for the Eighth ju
dicial district to provide for the assess
ment and collection of a tax upon the
estates of descendants to legalize cer
tain deeds and mortgages and the record
thereof to amend section 67, chapter 11,
General Statutes of 1878 to amend sec
tion 58, chapter 11, General Statutes of
1878 to amend section 71, chapter 11,
General Statutes 1878 to exempt mort
gages from double taxation legalizing
certain bonds heretofore issued to amend
section 9, chapter 22, General Laws of
1889, relating to state lands.
House
The committee on public buildings re
ported a substitute for the new capitol
bill, which they recommended to pass.
The bill was made a special order for
Wednesday.
Mr. Greer moved that H. F. No. 592,
his substitute free text book bill, be made
a special order for next Tuesday at 2:30.
The request -was granted.
The following bills were introduced:
Making eight hours a day's labor au
thorizing municipal corporations to aid
in the construction of waterways ex
empting engineers from dutv as jurors
to amend the law of 18S9 relating to the
a
5u
duties of county surveyors: fixing the'
compensation of attorneys personal
injury cases at not more than 25 per
cent of the amount recovered or agreed
upon in settlement to legalize certain
bonds issued by towns, counties or other
public corporations to define the boun
dary lines of Big Stone county more ac
curately to appropriate $500 for a bridge
in Wright county to provide for the elec
tion of railroad and warehouse commis
ioners fixing attorneys' fees for prosecu
tion of personal injury cases at 5" per
cent of the amount recovered, 7 per cent
for settlement before trial, 10 per cent
for settlement after trial, not more than
15 per cent in other cases. A reasonable
fee for additional trials for an additional
clerk to the secretary of state at $1,500
per year.
Thursday March 2.
Senate
The following bills were introduced.
To appropriate money for the three
hospitals for the insane to prevent
the abandonment of any railroad station
or railroad track in the state exept
under certain conditions to repeal chap
ter 51S, Special Laws of 1S89. relating
to Sibley county regulating the manu
facture and sale of dairy products to
bring sleeping car companies, freight and
freight line companies, express compa
nies and car companies under the opera
tion of the general railroad law of the
state, chapter 10, General Laws of 1887,
by amendment to subdivision A, of sec
tion 1 to regulate the taxation of farm
or agricultural lands within the boundar
ies of cities or villages to provide for the
transfer of any balance in the state
treasury belonging to the soldiers' re
lief fund to the general levenue fund
upon.July 31 of each year to appropri
ate $200 for the purpose of hating the
names of two companies of sharpshooters
inscribed upon a tablet to be made part
of the Gettysburg mont ment.
Rouse
A resolution was passed limiting debate
and allowing members only one minute
which to evplain their votes.
The following bills were introduced:
To empower cities and villages to li
cense peddlers to limit action on transfer
of property in certain oases to establish
the liability of commission merchants to
appropriate $700 for a bridge in Chisago
county to appropriate $1,200 for a bridge
at .Fine City to amend the constitution
to allow the taxation of sleeping car,
mining, telephone aud telegraph relating
t»executions in justice courts to appro
priate $0,600.21 to pay for printing extra
copies of the history of Minnesota troops:
to appropriate $1,033 to reimburse a
S»n .w« company appropriating
$rfO,O00 for a manual training building
at the school of agriculture' to validate
certain mortgage sales to legalize cer
tain certificates of sale in certain eases
to define the liabilities of railroad com
panies for injuries sustained by employes
and extending law to telephone and tele
graph companies: to regulate the taxation
°f.farm lands within Milage limits pro
viding for justice and slienff fees in cer
tain cases to amend law of 1878 relat
ing to occupation of real estate and ac
quiring title thereto to amend chapter
104. Laws ot ISM, relating to Qualifica
tion of drug clerks, read third time and
passed to authorize county surveyors" to
sur\ey timber in unsettled townships to
compel railroad companies to furnish ship
ping facilities for all shippeis ot grain
to nx the fees of township superiors
FRIDAY M\RCH 3.
Senate.
The following bills were introduced:
to prmule tor the cere and protection
or grain in cars at terminal points. To
proude for the disposition of money re
ceived by the state treasurer from the
tax on gross earnings of railroads. To
repeal chapter 127, General Laws of
l.Vs.. to establish a state board of cor
2&nA°"
To appropriate
5MJU tor a wagon road in Deer Creek
Otter Tail county. To provide for the
asve.ssment and taxation of personal
property of manufaturers. To amend
section 410 of the penal code relating to
grand larceny. To appropriate $1,000 to
bridge Buffalo creek, in Ileiuille county.
To pimido for the destruction of grass
hoppers, army worms. Hessian flies and
other injurious insects. To encourage
the use of wagons hating broad tir?s.
To appropriate $3,000 for a road along
the county line of Ramsey and Washing
tor counties.
The senate then went into committee
of the whole on general orders.
Houxe.
The following lulls were introduced:
To regulate the assessment of* taxes and
real estate^ under mortgage. To amend
section 418 of the penal code, defining
grand larcenj in the second degree. To
regulate the sale of patent medicines.
To prevent and punish fraud by the sale
of goods by peddlers., requiring both state
and local licenses.
The house then took up the calendar
and passed Mr. Wagoner's bill to loan
money for seed grain to farmers who
lost their crops by hail last year. The
bill provides for a loan of $75,000, which
will bear 5 per cent interest and will be
a lien on the land.
LORD BUTE'S HOME,
Probably the Most Palatial Resi
dence In Britain.
The rebuilding of Mount Stuart,
Lord Bute's palace near Rothesay,
Scotland, makes it the most magnifi
cent residence in Great Britain. The
bass of the building covers a fraction
more than an acre, and is built in the
medieval Gothic style of the thirteenth
century. The wails, turrets and bal
conies are built of the beautiful varie
gated granites and sandstones from
Kirkcudbrightshire, the floors and
arches being of clouded Italian mar
bles. The main hall is constructed
entirely of alabastar, the supports
being columns of oxidized brass and
bronze.
The gallery and grand staircase are
of marble brought from Sicily and
Carrara. The drawing-rooms are
paneled with alternate stripes of
cherry, walnut and ebony, all from
America. The main dining-room which
was built so as to accommodate 280
guests, is finished after the style of
the drawing-rooms, with the excep
tion of relief figures and mosaics of
fish, game, animals, etc. The ceilings
and chimney pieces of these rooms are
most artistic, and so, also are the
windows, mantels and doors, the
work of which is extremely elaborate.
There are three immense libraries
and a billiard room, all with carved
stone fireplaces of antique design. In
one wing there are Turkish and swim
ming baths, large conservatories,
aviaries, aquariums, etc.
The whole palace is heated through
out with steam and hot-water pipes,
and lighted both by gas and electri
city. The pictures in the gallerv
alone are worth $500,000 and the
books in the libraries as much more.
The building, decorating and furnish
ing of this palace, which is without'
doubt the finest private residence on
the globe, entailed an outlay of £1
000,000—nearly $5,000,000.
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