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1DMEAP0LIS HEWS.
OFFICE—No. 0 Washington Avenue, opposite
Nicollet house. Oflice hours from 0 a. m. to 10
o'clock p. m.
MINNEAPOLIS G-OIJE-IiTS.
The Republican caucuses will be held this
evening.
A team from Company A will begin target
practice next week.
The Minneapolis boys are having hard luck
with the St. Louis club.
The real estate transfers filed yefterday ag
gregated §110,770.
Outside of the police court, news was de
cidedly scarce yesterday.
The annual ball of the Ames Zouaves will
occur next Friday evening.
The Grand Army people held a largely at
tended meeting last evening.
The street railway tracks are being raised
to the new grade on bridge square.
Deputy Collector Clark is located at
Hush's bank, where he is collecting reve
nues.
The West MinneapolisTurnvcreine society
will give an exhibition to-morrow evening in
Turner hall.
The assault and battery case against Frank
Miller aud Alexander Graut was yesterday
continued to April 25.
Burglars entered T. W. Emery's tin store
on Marshall street east side, and got away
with a supply of tinware.
Strawberries for seventy-five cents per box
—and small boxes at that—have made their
appearance in the market.
"Wanted, a Partner," will be presented at
the matinee this afternoon, and the season
Will close this eveuiug at the Grand,
Divisions No. 1 and 2 of tbe A. O. H. at
tended the Catholic church last evening in a
body and presented a line appearance.
The criminal business occupied the munic
ipal court all day up to six o'clock yesterday,
and, depend, it was a particularly lively ses
sion.
Three cases for abusive language were dis
missed iu the municipal court yesterday, as
were two cases of keeping saloons open on
Sunday.
Rev. Treudwell "Waldcn delivered his fam
ous lecture, "Whither Bound," at St. Paul's
church last evening, before a large and in
terested audience.
A. O. Riley was yesterday sentenced to fif
rtcen days' imprisonment in the couuty jail,
for stealing a wrench from Yost's blacksmith
shop ou Wednesday night.
The boiler makers of the city gave a ball in
Wyndom hull lust night, and it proved an
exceptionally happy gathering of the sturdy
youths of sinew and muscle.
The Robert Emmett Literary association
will hold a special meeting on next Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clook, and not on Monday
evening as before announced.
Joseph Bell instigated the arrest of John
Allard, charging him with shattering the
glass front of his saloon. The defendant
paid a fine of $10 and costs.
William Quuudt, employed in the Minne
apolis oc St. Louis car shops, had two ribs
broken and his face badly injured by a block
of wood thrown from a circular saw.
A Bewing machine agent named August
Sanding paid a fine in $50 and costs yester
day, for stealing a teu cent spring from a
sewing machine owned by C. C. Sehultz.
Mrs. Bertha Mesary, an old lady residing
at No. 1429 First street north, has become
insane from Incessant pondering of religious
topics, and is now confined in the county
jail.
A special election will be held in the Fifth
ward to choose an alderman to fill the vacan
cy occasioned by the resignation of Mayor
Pillsbury. Democrats, come out and do
your duty.
The following parties received marriage
licenses yesterday; August M. Malmburg
and Ida Eugdabl; Thomas M. O'Meara and
Lizzie W. Carey; Jeremiah) Graves and
Susan H. Jackman.
The following were duly elected trustees of
the Open Door Congregational church of
Minneapolis at a recent meeting: R. A.
Torrey, J. S. King, E. H. Reidell, James
"White and H. M. Dauens.
Plats of Brasie's sub divission of lots
seventy.five and saventy-six, block three
Cornell's addition, and of Melville's re-ar
ruugment of blocks three and six Brackett *fc
Bovey's addition were yesterday filed in the
register's office.
George Quickenden has filed a suit against
the city and S. M. Richking §10,000 as dam
ages for injuries received by slipping and
breaking his leg ou a sidewalk upon which
snow aud ice had beeu shoveled.
August Manberg was arraigned in the po
lice court yesterday at the instance of a girl
named Ida Engdahl, upon the charge of bas
tardy. The defendant and the complaining
witness were united in bonds of wedlock and
the cause was dismissed.
The Ren_ Santley Novelty company drew
another large house at Pence Opera house
last evening. The engagement closes with
ti: • matinee this afternoon and the perform
ance this evening. Next week tbe boards
will be held by Callendar's minstrels.
The fair of Holy Rosary parish will clos?
to-night. Those who have beeu unable to
attend it during the week should endeavor
to be present this evening to aid the good
cause for which the fair has beeu held. So
far it has been quite a financial success.
The examination of John Dykmau, who
attempted to shoot Francis Cole, on Henne
pin avenue ou Thursday uight, as reported
in yesterday's Gloui*, was held forau exami
nation in the municipal court ou the morn
ing of April 25. In default of bouds in
$1,000 he was remanded to custody.
Yesterday afternoon, Detective Hunkinson
arrested a notorious crook, who is known as
"Dutchy," upon the suspicion that he was
connected with cracking a safe in a Jackson
street St. Paul commission house. He was
taken to St. Paul for examination. "Dutchy"
is a b-a d man, and has served a term "iu
Stillwater.
Johnson & Reeves have made an assign
ment for the benefit of creditors to Herbert
A. Holmes. The schedule filed shows the
liabilities to be $12,325.12 and the assets
$10,473.97. The principal creditors are Mar
garet J. Reeves, §3,000; Commercial bank,
$1,013.8-1; Preston & Nott, $510.94, and
Henrv Disston & Son, Chicago and Phila
delphia, $247.17.
L. N. Storry, a belligerent butcher, stabbed
Edward Dawson in the side with a huge
butcher knife some six weeks ago. Yester
day the criminal action against Storry was
dismissed, upon tbe motion of the county at
torney, the matter having been settled by the
parties to the cause. Judge Cooley ruled,
while judge of the municipal court, tbat the
com pining wituess and the defendant could
not settle a criminal action, but that it must
be given au examination.
S. N. Bell has been served with a com
plaint aud summons at the instance of Ilenry
Davis, brother of Oscar Davis who was ar
rested last winter upon the charge of horse
stealing. Henry was subpoenaed as a wit
ness iu the case and when he arrived in lhe
city from Iowa he was charged with stealing
a spice wagon from S. N. Bell and locked
up. He was discharged on examination and
now brings a suit for malicious prosecution
and false Imprisonment, demandiug dam
ages in the sum of §10,000.
A number of Swedes got into an altercation
In a south Minneapolis saloon. Officer
Grace was called in, and when he under
took to make un arrest the crowd set upon
him and a lively struggle ensued, terminat
ing in the arrest of Charles Peterson and
Andrew Johnson. They were arraigned in
the municipal court yesterday, Peterson
charged with disorderly conduct and the
other with assault and battery. Both pleaded
guilty, without being able to uuderstand
English. They were fined ten dollars and
costs each. Officer Grace had his thumb
broken iu the melee.
THE SHOUT FOB BLAINE.
The Ftumed Knif/ht the Choice, ofthe Mln
■ueapolis Maineiles.
Minneapolis has what is denominated the
Hrarison hall Democracy—that is a faction
whose principles embrace elements which
are a conglomerated admixture of Repub
licanism and Democracy. [It is like mixed
oil and water.] But Minneapolis can now
boast of having a Harrison hall Republican
organization as well. The latter is composed
of that portion of the g. o. p. who were dis
satisfied with the convention of 1880 which
nominated Jas. A. Garfield. They held a
meeting last night and it was largely at
tended and enthusiastic to the extreme.
A brass band standing on Washington
avenue, beneath the grand old stars and
stripes, which floated across the street, gen
th waving in the evening breeze, bearing
the name of the "Piumed Knight," played
martial airs and martiaied the party together
until the hali w:is filled.
Capt. Cross was called to the chair and A.
M. Scott elected secretary. The first speaker
was Gen. Jacobs, of New York. He was an
enthusiastic admirer of Blaine and
FOtrjJD 11EVEKENTLY
at the sbrine. He spoke at grea*. length and
reviewed the history of the contest in the Re
publican convention of 1880. His delega
tion had him instructed to vote for Grant.
He alleged in language emphatic that Gar
field's nomination had been brought about
through tbe patent medium of machine poli
ticians —the instrumentality of postoffice
and other officials. Blaine, he said, had
never made a direct appeal to
the people, yet 285 representative
Republicans had gone to Chicago and voted
for the nomination of Blaine. He spoke of
the dissatisfaction in the result of the con
vention, and then paid a tribute to the dead
statesman, saying that while oue star had
disappeared from the firmament another re
mained. The Blaine movement is now
running like tire through the woods, and lit
is likely to be nominated. The speaker con
tlnued at such length that the audience tired
of bim, aud every time he opened his mouth
to pour forth another volley of eloquence the
people stamped and applauded until he found.
himself absolutely choked down and com
pelled to resume his scat.
HON". II. L. GOUTON
was introduced for a live minutes speech.
He began by appologizing, stating be was
out of politico, He was au admirer of
Blaine, but if auy one was to ask him what
was his choice in" the coming campaign he
should reply "the success of the grand old
party." But we .must remember that J. G.
Blaine is not the only brilliant man eligible to
the position and he wi'.s opposed to sending
a delegation with millstones around their
necks as was the delegation of isso. Send
Blaine's friends but instruct them to con
sult other Republicans aud if they can
be brought- into the Blaine camp
all well aud good. There are many able
men in the party and he should shed no
tears if that statesman and lawyer, F.dmunds
of Vermont, was tiie choice, or in fact tbe
son of tbat brilliant leader, Abraham Lin
coln, should win the nomination. Send the
delegation unpledged and uninstructed.
Minneapolis is entitled to a dele
gate in congress and should have it. The
Fourth district has an illustrious man in
congress, chairman of the national commit
tee. There is room enough lor them all.
Let the party elect Blaine delegates to the
county convention but uot pledge them.
A. If. SCOTT,
who comes from Gen. Logan's state, was
next introduced. He believed there was
likely to be too much talking. The only way
to determine the question lies in the province
of the primaries of Saturday night. He spoke
of the body of Abraham Lincoln lying in
Washington nineteen years ago. He be
lieved tliat politicians were not in favor of
Blaine, but seemed to believe that the people,
on the contrary, were iu favor of the "plumed
knight." It is all well in theory
to expect the people to select the
candidate, but in practice it is
impracticable. Some of us believe that he
was in 1S80 the choice of the people, but the
machine politicians nominated auother man.
The speaker related in closing, a funny anec
dote which caught tbe house.
JAS. w. GKII-TIX,
of Vermont, was introduced. He was not
particularly in favor of Mr. Edmunds, but
was In favor of Mr. Blaine, if he can be
elected. Whoever the majority is in favor,
he was Mr. Griffin's man. He opposed in
structing the Minnesota delegation for auy
one.
W. H. Eustis presented a set of resolutions,
endorsing the Blaine movement in Pennsyl
vania, New York and other states. The res
olution also expressed the first claim of the
meeting for Blaine, second Edmunds, with
Robert Lincoln for vice president. The res
olutions were adapted.
o. v. touslt,
formerly a Garfield man, was called for, but
he hud "got away," aud the chairman called
upou Geo. W. Pittmau, who made a short
and neat address. He said the woods were
lull of available candidates, and believed he
Coald name a half-dozen who would accept
the nomination. He mentioned the fear
and trembling of Fletcher that the movc
mant was a wet blanket to be thrown ruth
lessly upon his personal political aspirations.
Vet the speaker wished to assure Mr. Fletch
er that it was a Blaine movement, aud not
an anti-Fletcher movement.
lie alleged that mediocre men, through
schemes and means of wealth, had captured
the nation— congress, and he wanted to
place a man at the head of the. government
who Las brains, and therefore he favored
Blaine for president.
Mr. P.ttman was followed by others, whose
Bluiue sentiments tickled the ears of nis
bearers aud elicited shouts and applause.
Other meetings will be held, and the
Blaine movement booms.
MINNEAPOLIS 1»—KSUNAXS.
J. W. Clarke, of the Sunday Herald,
Rochester, N. Y., is visiting friends in the
eity.
David Hill, Grand Forks, W. II. Wood,
Kansas City, aud W. 11. Egbert, Mankato,
were at the Clark yesterday.
W. H. Harrrington, of Stillwater, A. D. C,
and special mustering ollicer of the depart
ment of Minnesota, was in the city yester
day.
A. Doyle, Boston; Henry Myers and wife,
Denver, Col., and J. W. Jones, Hancock,
'Minn., were registered at the Bellevue house,
yesterday.
Rev. N. Nongaret, the pastor of the new
French Catholic parish of St. Clothilde, was
iu the city yesterday as the guest of Father
McGolrick.
O. C. McCardy, Mankato; W. Hammond,
Anoka; J. 11. Anderson, St. Cloud; H. L.
Simons, Glencoe; T. D. Larabee, Moorhead,
and E. Cooper, Ashland, were at the Nicol
let yesterday.
THAUMATUllGUS.
Philo Remington's Answer tothe Complaint
in the. Lundale Property Suit.
Philo Remington and wife served an an
swer yesterday to the complaint of Wm. S.
King and wife in regard to the Lyndale
property. It alleges that Mr. King owned
the property, but that Mrs. King held no por
tion of it except as trustee. It further al
leges that the Pioneer Press stock was repre
sented by the plaintiff, Wm. S. King, to be
his property, that Mrs. King
consented to have all property
held in her name scheduled as belonging to
the husband when the latter became insol
vent, and that it was so scheduled. King's
indebtedness, provable in bankruptcy, is set
at $475,973, but defendants believe that the
true amount far exceed that sum. King's
indebtedness to the Remiugtons is at "placed
§320,000,exclusive ofliens and'eneumbrances
ou the property to the amount of §175,000.
The. answer further sets forth that all equities
of redemption and rights to redeem became
invested in J. C. Whitney, the assignee, and
that such rights were subsequently transfer-,
red to Remington.
Defendants claims that In 1878 they would
have sold the property iu question for a sum
much less than they had invested. They deny
the existence of any memorandum but one.
which became the property of Menage, as
well as having conspired with auy one, and
alleges that until the suit was commenced,
Kine and his wife had not claimed to have
THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 19. 1884.
any interest whatsoever in or upon the prop
erty: but on tbe contrary King disclaimed
such right and title, and had endeavored at
times to negotiate with Remington for the
purchase of a part of said property, and made
offers of a price which he would pay therefor.
In conclusion Remington says that he has
long since disposed of all his right to the
property, and that it did no more than reim
burse him for his investment,with lawful in
terest.
THE COL'KTS.
Distriel Court.
NEW CASES Afct> PAPERS FILED.
In the matter of the assignment of John
son & Reeves to Herbert A. Homes for the
benefit of creditors; schedules of assets and
liabilities filed.
Henry L. Moore, receiver, vs. Gallop De
Groot <Sc Co.; note of issue filed.
Coykendall Rros. <te Co. vs. George L. Zim
merman, defendant, and Nils Johnson, gar
nishee; affidavit for garnishment filed.
Coykendall Bros. „ Co. ys. George L. Zim
merman : complaint filed.
Geo. W. Stephen vs. Emily Reid, adminis
tratrix: summons, complaint, etc., filed.
Joseph Fox et al, vs. H. Hallo; summons
and complaint filed.
COUIiT CASES.
[Before Judge Koon. |
D. M. Arndt vs.Drennen, Starr & Everett;
judgment for defendant.
J. K. Frear it Co. vs. Ole Johnson; judg
ment for plaintiff.
[Before .Judge Young.]
The Forest City Stone Co.vs.Daniel O'Neil;
judgment for plaintiff.
M. P. Xordlein vs. Chas. Paulson; tried
and submitted.
[Before .Tud<*e Lochren.'
John B. Kehl vs. R. Blalsdell & Bro. J
judgment for plaintiff by stipulation.
Probate Court.
[Before Judge Ueland.]
Estate of John IJ. Winslow, deceased; let
ters issued to M'oses P. Hapes and orders
limiting time and appointing appraisers
made.
Estate of Marietta B. Perkins, deceased;
same.
Estate of Hattle B. Dike, deceased; letters
issued to Geo. K. Dike and orders limitiugs
time made.
Estate of .bums Maloney, deceased; in
ventory filed :in<! allowed.
Estate of Caleb W. hidings, deceased; pe
tion for letters tiled; bearing May 12,
Estate of Samuel F. Tew, deceased; same.
Estate of Mary A. King, deceased, same.
Estate of Joseph Kittman, deceased; order
appointing appraisers made.
Estate of James Eileson, deceased; order
confirming sale of real estate made.
Municipal Court.
[Before Judge Bailcy.j
August 1 Manberg, bastardy.; arrested at
the instance of Ida Engdahl, dismissed upou
the motion the county attorney.
Bridget Hartley, abusive language to Lena
Calb; dismissed on motion of city attor
ney.
John Faust, forgery; continued until
April 22d at 9 a. m.
Lewis N. Starry, assault with a dangerous
weapon; dismissed upou motion of county
attorney.
Daniel McDonald, saloon open on Sunday;
continued until April 22d at 9 a, m.
(ins Sanding, larceny of a teu cent sewing
machine Bpring; paid a fine In $59.20.
Robert Hortenboch, abusive language to
Neory Westake, dismissed.
John Lippla, saloon open on Sunday; dis
missed for want of prosecution, upon motion
of the defendant.
John Abrahumson, saloon open on Sun
day; Bame order.
G. E. Koruo—ky, abusive language to
Ellen Buker; dismissed on motion of city
attorney.
John Mante, selling liquor to minors;
continued until April 24th in $100 bail.
Delbert Borland, assault and battery upon
Thomas Visner; continued until April 22, at
9 a. m. In $50 bonds.
John Gould, drunkenness; sentence sus
pended.
John Carlson and Frank Jones, drunken
ness; committed five days each.
John Dykmau, assault with intent to kill
Francis Cole; continued until April 25 in
$1,000 bonds; remanded iu default of the
same.
Charles Rttnnion, assault and battery upon
J. A. E. Dully; paid a fine of $5 and cOsts.
John B. Allan, malicious injury to proper
ty of Joseph Bell; paid a fine of $10 and
costs.
Charles Peterson, disorderly conduct, en
tered plea of guilty; committed in default of
bonds in §12.50.
Albert Riley, larceny of a wrench from
Peter Yost's blacksmith shop; committed
fifteen days.
Ellen Buker, abusive language to Dina
Wobl; dismissed.
Luke Kinney, assault and battery upon
George Williams; continued until April 22d;
defendant recognizes in the sum of §100 for
his appearance.
Andrew Johnson, assault and batten-upon
Charles Larscn; pleaded guilty; committed
in default of fine iu §12.50..
Thomas Letlis, drunkeness, continued in
definitely.
Alexander Grant and Frank Miller, as
sault aud battery upon Z. Kiut; continued
until April 22d, at 2 p. m.
A Hard Fought Glove Contest.
Columbus, O., April IS.—A glove fight to
day, Marquis of Queensbury rales, between
McHenry Johusou, of New York, and Chas.
Lange, Cleveland, backed by Duncan C.
Ross. Black Diamond seconded Johnson,
and Mervin Thompson did duty for Lange.
About 1,000 people witnessed the contest.
The first round was characterized by fierce
fighting, and Lange was knocked down, but
came back in ten seconds, when time was
called. The second round was a
dead slugging match, and both were
punished severely. The third was a duplicate
of the second, except that Johnson knocked
Lange clear off his feet, and some heavy half
arm hitting closed the round. Both men
came to the scratch iu the fourth round, well
exhausted, but game. Several passes had
beeu made and Johnson was getting de
cidedly the better of the contest, when the
police jumped in the ring and called a halt,
and the fight was decided a draw by the re
feree. Old sportsmen present pronounce it
the most vicious slugging match they wit
nessed.
Practical License Reform.
New Yobk, April 18.—The excise board re
fused to license Harry Hills theatre, Houston
street. His former'license expired at 12
o'clock last night. Notice of the action o
the excise board was sent to the police com
missioners, and notwithstanding strong
political influences, they were sustained.
Hill has had a license for the last thirty years.
The license was also refused to the keeper
of the saloon No. 8 Barclay street, over which
there is a gambling room, and to Billy Mad
den, a sporting man, who has a place at 132
East Thirteenth street.
Didn't Get Away with the Cash.
St. Louis, April 18.—John G. Telford, a
passenger on the Iron Mountain railroad
from Pin a Bluff, Ark., enroute to Ireland,
was robbed of $17,500 on the train near Pop
lar Bluff, Mo., yesterday, by C. M. Dennett.
The robber was arrested on the train by one
the secrei service men of the Gould system,
and the money found in his possession.
Dennett has been ruuning as an express
messenger ou some of the western roads,
but is said to be au eastern crook.
Theatrical Suit.
New York, April IS. —Mrs. Agnes Booth
got a judgment for $1,050, and an extra al
lowance for counsel, against Edwin F.
Knowles and Theodore Morris, theatre man
agers, for breach of contract. The lady made
an engagement to play in the theatre, but
the managers abandoned the theatre soon af
ter it was opened.
Moorhead, Minn.
The city treasurer of Moorhead has just re
turned from the east where he negotiated
$35,000 of eity bonds. They were mostly
sold at 9SJ.2 cents.
After the strong charge by the judge in the
Ahearns case at Moorhead there is some sur
prise that the jury failed to agree. They evi
dently don't like to hang prisoners.
The first pipe organ was brought to Moor
head this week and put up in St. John's
church. It came from Springfield, Mass.,
and cost $1,100. It is regarded'as a fine
toned instrument.
ROBBING SETTLERS.
Crooked Work Alleged Being
Done By The Land Offi
cers at Worthington
An Exhaustive Statement Show
ing How Friends ofthe Offi
cials Located Tree Claims.
They Selected Town Sites and Im
proved Farm Property and Then
Attempted to Steal Them.
The Falsehoods Exposed and an Appeal Pend
ing to the Secretary of the Interior.
ditor of the Daily Globe.
Elgin, Minn., April 1884:—An article en
titled "Another Steal," relative to the action
ofthe Register and Receiver ofthe Worthing
ton, Minn., Land Office, regarding the rights
of certain occupants and settlers of public
land3 iu Martin county, this state, having
appeared in your issue of Feb. 4, 18S4, and
an answer thereto under date of Feb. 7, 1884,
signed by Mons. Grinager, Register, andC.
II. Smith, Receiver, of said oflice, having
been published in your issue of Feb. 12th,
1884, I deem it my duty as one of the occu
pants of said lands, fully acquainted with all
tbe facts in tbe matter to make public the
'•full investigation" the Register and Re
ceiver call for, aud in so doing to publish, as
thej suggest, the "whole correspondence"
relative to the applications and entries, to
gether with other facts which conclusively
show that the charges made against the above
officers in the article mentioned are in the
main true, although tiie statement of facts
made in the article is somewhat faulty, prin
cipally in regard to dates.
My intention was to auswer this matter be
fore, but ill health for several months past
has coin polled me to refrain from so doing
until Mie present Iu justice to myself, in
protection of my rights and those of my son
David \V. Feller, an actual settler on a por
tion of the lands iu question, I cannot suf
fer the public to remain In ignorance of the
details of a scheme the gross injustice of
which is apparent on its face. Tbe history of
tbe case is as follows:—
In May 1878, understanding from the
Southern Minnesota Railway Extension Com
pany that it was about to select a list of
lands between ranges 28 and 33 in Martin
County, under the acts of Congress of July
4 and 13, 1866, I made a conditional con
tract with such company, lu behalf of myself
and my three sons David W. Ezra B. and
Seward Feller, to settle and improve Sec. 13
T'p. 102 R. 32 of said tract; in pursuance of
which conditional contract myself and sons
i in mediately went upon said section and
broke thereon during that season, 210 acres.
At the time the above refcred to conditional
contract with the Railway Company was en
tered into, certain of its officers informed
me that there was a probability
tbat the Railway company would not receive
title to all of these extension lands, and that
iu tins event, the occupants aud settlers un
der such conditional contracts with the com
pany, must protect themselves under the
law by homesteads, pre-emption, or other
wise. In order to better protect and pre
serve my rights, and those of my sons in the
matter, aud to insure due and timely notice
being given ofthe fact of the occupancy and
settlement of the above mentioned section
of land, to the proper authorities, I went in
the early part of July 1878, in company with
Hon. James McHench of Martin County (who
had taken another tract from the Railway
Company under the same conditions) to tbe
Land Office at Worthington. When Mr.
McHench aud myself arrived at the office, we
ascertained that the Receiver was absent,
but that the Regisier, Mr. Mons
Grinager was present, aud we then
and there stated to the latter, the fact of the
occupancy and settlement of the lands as
heretofore mentioned, and explained to him
the terms of the conditional contracts with
the railway company and finally requested
that, if at auy time these lands should be
subjected to filings and applications he
would notify us%t ouce to that effect, as we
had already done a large amountof breaking
aud did not wish our claims jumped by out
siders. The Register thereupon promised
that if the circumstances we mentioned
should occur he would give us official notice
of the same at once.
Relying upon this promise of the Register,
believing him to be a mau of integrity and
honesty of purpose, and never for a moment
imagining that he made such a promise with
any interest to mislead or deceive myself
and my sous, from year to year continued to
to improve our said "section 13, and to ex
pend considerable sums Of money thereon.
Iu order to briefly show what the nature of
these improvements were, I will state that,
during the season of 1S7S-9 my son David
M. Feller broke 130 acres upou the N. E. 1-4
of said section, and has cultivated the same
from that time to the present; and that in
the spring of 1880 he planted on this quar
ter between 1,000, and 2000 trees which are
now growing thereon.
As stated in the published letter of the Reg
ister and Receiver the general land office at
Washington, did, on May 7,1881, send in
structions to the local office at Worthington,
directing the latter to receive all applications
for the lauds in question, and forward them
to the general office for decision. Comment
ing on these instructions the aforesaid Reg
ister and Receiver, in their published
letter state. "The duty of this
office was then plain. All applications must
be received and transmitted to the general
laud oflice," consequently they show that
during July aud August 18S1, they received
twenty-seven applications for these lands
which together with three applications re
received at other times they allege iucluded
all applications then on file in their office and
which on Sept. 13, 1881, they forwarded to
the commissioner of the general land office.
These applications were classified as follows:
Twenty-three applications made under the
timber culture law'. Two applications under
the homestead law, and five under the pre
emption law,making thirty in all. After this,
say the Register and Receiver they trans
mitted applications as they were recived."
Continuing their explanation they state:
"October 2, 1881,the commissioner returned
all ofthe applications and directed us to no
tify the railway company of each application,
and allow them thirty days to file their ob
jections in each case. This was done as fast
as possible In connection with the regular
business of the office,and on April 24, 1882,
we returned all applications to the general
laud oflice, together with the objections of
the railroad company. The whole matter
then rested for nearly a year'.'.
It therefore appears from the statement of
the Register and Receiver themselves, that
these applications referred to remained in
their hands at the local office at Worthington
from Oct 2, 18S1 to April 24,1882. This fact
you will please bear in mind. In this con
nection I will state that, neither myself nor
either of my sons received any notification
whatever,by letter or otherwise,of the matters
heretofore stated, although the Register had
promised iu the conversation previously re
lated if at any time these lands should be sub
jected to filings and applications he would
notifyj Mr McHench and myself of the fact
at mwe. Mr. McHench informs me that, he
did not receive the promised notification;
while I have taken particular pains to make
Inquiries of the occupants and settlers of
these extension lands regarding the matter,
and find, that not only was no notification
ever received by any one of them,butthat like
mj'self, they were left in total ignorance of
all the facts set forth in the letter of the Reg
ister and Receiver.
That this concealment of the real truth of
the matter was purposely practiced by the
said Register and Receiver who formerly re
sided at Albert Lea and Windom respect
ively, In order to deprive the actual occu
pants and settlers of their lawful rights,
and benefit their friends, residents of those
places, whose applications they received, I
openly charge, and will proceed to conclu
sively prove by the hand writing of one of
these worthy officials, besides other proof
which folio as.
In January, 1882, I received a letter from
my son, David W. Feller in which he stated,
that a few days previously he had met Mr.
Drummond, the Land commissioner of the
Southern Minnesota Railway extension com
pany at Fairmont, and Inquired of him
whether the company had obtained title to
Sec. 13 of the extension lands upon which he
had settled; that Mr. Drummond replied,
"they had not, but that the company intend
ed to have all the lands not previously cer
tified to, if it had to scrip them." My son
iu his letter further said that it was rumored
that certain parties were making filings aud
applications at the Worthington Land office
on these extension lands, that I had better
write to tbe Register about the matter, which
he Lad just done. This was the first inti
mation I received of the "crooked work" in
this transaction, and at that time having im
plicit faith iuthe Worthington officials, I did
not consider the rumor was worthy of cred
ence. Immediately after receipt of this let
ter, I however, took the necessary precau
tion to write to the Register, under date of
January 31st 18S2, reciting the information
I had received from my son, and calling bis
attention to the promises he had made Mr.
McHench and myself, to notify us should
the extension lauds at any time become
subject to filings ami applications, and that
we would contest the right of the railway
company, or any person to scrip these lands
or place applications or filings upon them,
but tbat if the company was entitled to
these lands by virtue of their grant we had
nothing more to say; if not, wc desired to
make filings and applications at once, and
requested nim to notify me ofthe condition
in which matters stood. After a delay of
about three weeks I received from the
Register the followiLig_auswer which I give
verbatim.
"United States __CD Omen, 1
Woi'.TiiiNi.TON, Minn., V
February -JO, 1S32. )
William II. Feller, Elgin, Minn.
Dzab Sib:—Yours of January 31, 1882 is re
ceived and contents noted. In regard to the hind
in sections 13,102,32,1 have to state that it
stands in the same shape that it did when you
was here in 18V8. My personal "opinion Is that
the railroad company will eventually obtain title
on the land ou section 13, but can not give this
as otlieial instruction.
It they obtain it, it will be by virtue of the
grant. 1 know ot no way by which they can
come iu and enter by the location of scrip as you
have been informed.
If your sons are residing on tbe land, and the
same'should become government, they will have
the first opportunity to enter.
We could not receive any applications if pre
sented. Respectfully yours,
Mons Gb_—G—1, Register."
About this time my son, David W. Feller,
as previously stated, had also written to the
register concerning the information be had
given me, asking leave to make application
in case applications aud filings were then
allowed, received in auswer from the regis
ter the letter he had written, with the follow
ing endorsement ou the hack thereof, in
the handwriting ofthe register:
"The lands not subject to entry. No filings or
applications can be received.
„oxs Grinagek, Register.
From May 7, 1881, up to this time, bear
in mind, that according to tbe published
statement of the register and receiver before
mentioned, and to use the very language of
these much abused officials, they were under
"instructions to receive all applications for
these lauds, and forward them to him (the
commissioner of the general land oflice), for
decision." The duty of this officer*;was there
plain," cry these worthies in tiieir published
statement.
"All applications mu.it be received and
transmitted to the General Land Office."
True, such was the order from a yet higher
official than even a Laud Office Register or
Receiver can pretend to be. How was this
order obeyed? In wilful disregard of'his
word of honor as a man, Mr. Mons Griuager
the Register neglects to notify certain occu
pants aud settlers of the Commissioner's in
structions of May 7, 1881, and they conse
quently fail to apply or file. Thirty applica
tions on these extension lands, one of them
being tbat of Jerome P. Greene for the N. E.
% of the land occupied by my son David W.
Feller, and upon which great improvements
had been made, are lying in the Land Office
at Worthington. They are sent to tbe Com
missioner of the Land Office at Washington
once, but afterward returned. They are ly
ing in the Worthington oflice after their re
turn, from Oct. 2, 1881, to April 24, 1882, a
period of over six months as the statement of
the Register and Receiver shows. After all
the correspondence had relative to the mat
ter and all the information received from
Washington, with a full knowledge of the
fact of the settlements aud improvements
made, these officials not only fail to notify
any occupant or settler thereof, but receive
these thirty applications of certain persons
whose friendly relations with these officials
T propose to show, and above all not con
tent with violating his promise alone, Mr.
Mons Grinager the Register adds to the in
famy of the whole proceeding by writing
both to myself and to my son a wicked
and malicious lie, for the express purpose
of depriving us and all other occupants and
settlers, of an opportunity to fortify them
selves in the protection of their lawful rights.
I make these assertions calmly and dis
passionately, and for their confirmation I
have only to call your attention to the pub
lished statement of the Register and Reciver,
and ask you to compare it with the letter of
the former to me of Feb. 20, 1S82 and his
endorsement on the letter returned to my
son. These letters were written by Mr.
Mons Grinager at a time when the thirty
applications referred to were lying in the
Worthington office.
They were written by him in his official ca
pacity of Register of that office, and purported
to contain official information, and were
signed by him as such Register.
Compare them with the facts as set forth
in the published statement. He writes:
"In regard to the lands, &c., it stands iu
the same shape as when you were here in
1S7S." This is false, as no applications or
filings had been made at the time alluded
to.
"The lands are not subject to entry."
This is false, as the General Land office had
instructed the local office to receive all appli
cations, and according to the Register and
Receivers'own showing the duty of the local
office "was then plain. All applications must
be received and transmitted to the general
land office." "We could not receive any ap
plications if presented," explains the Regis
ter in his letter to me, while to my son he
says, "no filings or applications can be receiv
ed." These statements are both false for
the reasons already given; while he had re
ceived and had in his hands 30 applications
when he uttered this lie. And then in order
doubtless, to throw us off our guard, and al
lay all suspicion of his duplicity and double
dealing, he says, "If your sons are residing
on the lands and the same should become
government they will no doubt have the first
opportunity to enter."
In the face of these facts, the Register
and Receiver have the audacity to make the
statement in their published "letter that "m
7io case were we made aware that other par
ties claimed the land;" while in his personal
letter to me the former official gives the lie
direct to his own statement. Like many
another ofthe same kidney Mr. Mons Grina
ger has not been able to cover up his tracks.
He has evidently forgotten the contents of
the letters he has written. I refresh his re-
collection now. Never was man more com
pletely condemned by his own handwriting.
What motive, it may be asked, had the
Register and Receiver for thus attempting to
defraud the actual occupants and settlers of
these railway extension lands, of their
rights?
Simply this, to benefit their friends. As
before state! the Register is a former resi
dent of Albert Lea, the Receiver of Win
dom. The location was very desirable, the
lands were under cultivation, crops growing
and buildings had been erected.
A question regarding the title to these
lands arises, which according to all preced
ence, excepting one isolated decision of Sec
retary Schurz will be decided in favor of the
goverment and the lauds consequently be
came subject to entry. Then it is that these
Worthington officials conceive aud pal In
operation the purpose to benefit thr ir friend
(for what consideration I know not), at the
expense of the sett—rs. Then it i-. that Mr.
M"i!s Grinager makes the promise he never
intends to keep, and uses tbe deception I
have shown. Here it is. that •■the fine lace
work'" be endeavors to explain away comes
in. The friends of tiie Register anrl Re
ceiver at Albert Lea ami Windom are "'giv
en the wink." Thirty applications are
made by bankers, lawyers, clerks of Court
livery men and other 4_Uers of the soil," a
large majority of whom were residents of
those villages, who make twenty three ap
plications out of thirty under the timber
culture act on these improve cultivated lands
buUdings and all, and swear in their affida
vits that their claims are not made for the
purpose of speculation. It may be well t>.
mention here that, the fact of these entries
having been made by the class of men I all
ege is not denied by the Register anrl Re
ceiver in tiieir published .-!.■.:■ ment. On
the contrary they admit it to be true, for in
their statement they say, "that some of the
timber culture applications were made ty
business men, not farmers, anrl residents »■ l
Martin County is probably correct. But as
the timber culture law does not require a
residence, it is not an unusual circum
stance for business men to make snch en
tries."' It is a well known fact that the
spirit aud intention of the timber culture act,
was to encourage the growth of trees upon
our treeless prairies, and tbat entries should
only be allowed on wild uncultivated prairie
lands.
At tbe time Jerome P. Greene who Is a
resident of Albert Lea. made his timber cul
ture application on the quarter occupied by
my son David W. our' hundred anrl thirty
acres thereof had crops of barley wheat and
oats growing therei >n, besides having between
1,000 and 2,000 trees planted there as men
tioned.
This cultivated quarter must, therefore, in
the eyes of Mr. Greene, have had the appear
ance rrf a wild, uncultivated treeless prairie.
While the most notable ease of all, is tbat
of the S. K. H of Bection 1, applied
orbyG. F. Robinson of Windom.
In the protest filed bythe ridlroad com
pany it was shown tbat this tract had notonly
been Improved by the expenditure of a large
sum of money, bul thai it had been made the
Bite of a railway station of the Southern Min
nesota railroad called Welcome, where a
depot, residences, Btores, warehon • s,
and other buildings had been
ed. This is the wild, treeless
prairie which Mr. Robinson desires to culti
vate under thr- timber culture law. Certainly
the first instance on record of an attempt to
"gobble up" a railroad station, residences,
store-, warehouses and all,under the gui
its being a suitable place on which to locate
a tree claim. Certainly the familiar saying
tbat "a man will not steal anything which he
is unable to carry away.'' baa been disproved
in this case, and as Btated In your issue of
Feb. -i. "does hot have anyreference i" these
two worthies and their mutual friends.'' In
that article it was charged that all of these
thirty applications and filings received by the
Worthington office, were marie by
the friends of the register and receiver;
this fact was pot denied by the latter In
their published statement, nor can they
deny it now, as investigation will prove it
to be true.
A few more facts connected with this at
tempted land steal anrl i will conclude.
On March 10, 1888, -V. C. McFarland,
commissioner of the general land office,
rendered a decision known as office letter
*F" upon the protest of the Southern Minne
sota Railway Extension company, against
the allowance of the thirty applications re
ferred to, in which he reversed tbe rule es
tablished by Secretary Schurz in the case
Of—A—kern vs. Hastings and Dakota R. R.
eompany, and affirmed the deceison of
Secretary Teller in the case of Julia D.
Graham vs. Hastings and Dakota R. R. Co.
upon the ground that valid entries having
existed, uncanceled, at the date ofthe grant
ing act tothe railmad company upon •the
lands in question, such lands were reserved
from the operation of any subsequent law,
grant, or sale, until a forfeiture Is declared
and the land is restored to the public domain
in the manner prescribed by law. Upon
these grounds he directed the land office at
Worthington to allow the entries and filings
of these claims to be made. In rendering
this decision, the commissioner marie use of
tbe following language regarding the rights
of occupanl; and settlers:
"1 have n< state that the fact that contracts
made by the company to sell many of the tracts
to occupants, can only he considered tn so far as
It may strengthen the claim ot the occupai
against the parties who have applied to enter
these lands."
Again his instructions to tbe register and
receiver as contained in said letter is as fol
lows :
"You will allow the desired entries and filings
to be made, subject to appeal by the Southern
Minnesota Railway Extension company and any
occupant or settler upon the lands In question,"
and not, as stated by the register and receiver in
their published letter. "First, to the rights of
the railroad company; Second, to. the rights <>r
actual settlers,!'
The entries and filings of the friends of
the register and receiver being thus allowed
by the commissioner, the scheme is carrried
out to perfection, and there being
nothing to fear now from
the occupants and settlers who
had not only spent their money, bnt
nearly five years of hard labor, in making
farms and erecting town sites on an uncul
tivated prairie, for the friends of the r gister
and receiver to locate tree claims upon ; no
tification was given by these officers to the
occupants and settlers about March 15, 1883,
that the railway extension lands were sub
ject to entry. My son, David W., being also
notified that an entry under the timber cul
ture act hail beeu made upon the northeast
quarter of section 13, (his quarter,) by Je
rome P. Greene, under his application of
July 10, 1881, or about two years after sueh
application was made by Greene. This was
tbe first, laM and only notice given by the lo
cal land office at Worthington to the occu
pants and settlers in this matter. The
register and receiver in their published
letter call attention to the fact that a total of
seventy-three entries were made upon these
railway extension lands. While this asser
tion is correct, it is unfairly stated. The
fact is the thirty applications of the afore
said mutual friends, aud these alone, were
made prior to the notification of the register
and receiver above mentioned, and that the
balance of these seventy-three entries were
made after such notification had been given,
on lands upon which these "friends" evi
dently deemed to be altogether too wild aud
uncultivated for them to put in operation
their novel idea regarding "what they know
about farming."
In order to obtain recognition from the
government of his rights, as an occupant
and settler, it was necessary for my sou
David W. Feller, to make application for
entry in proper form before the local oliicers,
which he did on March 20,1883, by then
making application for a timber culture entry
on the northeast quarter of section 13. His
application was rejected at ouce, on the
ground that the entry of Jerome P. Greene
had been allowed, aud he thereupon brought
an appeal to the commissioner of the general
land office at Washington, who rendered his
decision in the matter directed to the register
and receiver on Nov. 33, 1883. Commls
sioner McFarland, after referring to the fact
of the rejection of the application, the rec
ords of the office in reference to the tract,
and the fact of Greene's timber culture entry
thereon, savs:
"By office letter 'F' of March 10, 1883, you
were directed to allow said entry subject to appeal
by the Southern Minnesota Railroad company
within sixty jfiays. The company named bus tiled
its appeal and the case is now pending. During
the pendency of the above case Mr, Feller's ap
plication to enter the tract in question can not be
entertained, and your action rejecting the same
is therefore affirmed."
Therefore it will be seen that, regarding
the right of appeal, Commissioner McFar
land did on Nov. 23, 1883, reuder a decision
diametrically opposed to his decision of
March 10, 1883, and under which he wholly
ignores the merits of the case. In his office
letter of March 111. 1888, he admit* that the
fact of the railway company hav
ing made contracts with tho
occupants. <^tnbe considered "In so far as it
may xtrrnijtheH the claims of the occupants aa
against the parties who have applied to enter
tb.se lands," and thereby invites the very
question which by his office letter of N"V.
•j:s, l^:}, be refuses to entertain. More than
this, in his letter of March 10, he directs
these filings and applications to be made
subject to appeal, not only bythe railroad
company, but tdxo "hy any occupant or set
tler upon the lands In question." A fact
which be misstates in bis !,-tt. r of Nov. 23,
by leaving out tbe la- clause, and
making it read as if he bad given the rail
way company alone the righl
To ram up the whole matter, the commis
sioner—trites a d_cussion <if th.- merits
which _e afterwards refuses, by the rendi
tion ol atech:nie_ decision, bo glaring in
its partiality as to free it entirely ol all sus
picion of being an honest, anbaised judg
ment.
I confront Commissioner HcFarland with
the fads. Let bim explain if he ean. In
his office latter of March 10, 1888, the com
missioner also Bays: "There is n" reason
according to the statement made by tbe
land commissioner of the railroad company,
to doubt the _ od faith of Geo. F. Robinson' 1
(the man who located a tree claim on a rail
road depot), "in his attempt to
make a timber culture entry of the
8. K. 4 See. 1-103-33, "but as
Robinson -ays in his tree culture affidavit
that be makes the application in good faith,
and not for the purpose of speculation. Tho
contrary can only be shown by proper testi
mony, and Dot by mere allegation."'
While I will not attempt to discuss with
the commissioner the good faith of the agile
Robinson in Jumping railroad depots, tho
substance of his proposition I freely admit,
and would ask how he can make "it agree
with his decision in my son's ear-.-. l>a\id W.
Feller, at the commissioner's express invi
tation, attempted to offer the "proper testi
mony" but was ruled OUt by the Verv official
who so yearns for something beyond "mere
allegations," while he accepts the
allegation of Robinson In his acrobatic Jump
ing feats in locating his tree claim on grow-
Ign town sites, as aU done in and n^t
for the purpose of speculation, will Com
missioner McFarland explain 1
Much more might he said concerning the
m.eans made use of bythe register and re
ceiver, in order to benefit the "mutual
fill mis.*' but time and your valuable spare
will not permit One more point and I am
through. The register and receiver In their
published statement a--i-rt that "less than
ten entries are in conflict between settlers
and claimants." This is false. Mr. E.
F. Wade. clerk of the district court
of .Martin county, who resides at Fairmont,
has alone taken eighteen or more cases be
fore the commissioner for actual occupants
of the lands against these jumpers, and 1 re
fer to him for the truth of my statement
At the time David W. Feller's appeal was
rejected, there were ten nr eleven other pf
these eases rejected for the Bame reason, in
cludlng among them the case of the agile
jumper of townsites, while the commlsion
er's rulings In other cases of the same na
ture, and about the same date, have been en
tirely different is a fact the n rds will
show. In one of these, ('. M. Packard was
the occupant ;i!"' '■• W. _ellar was the
jumper, under a timber culture I ntry as usu
al, in thi- case Instead of rejecting the appeal
the commissioner Instructed the local land
officers at Washington to Bet aday for a bear
nig of the merits am! notify the parties in |n
ten st to appear. This was don,-, the day set
being Jan. '.i, 1884, and Kellar, the jumper,
(1 am informed,).did not appear. A num
ber ol other cases were ruled on In different
ways, but it would be tcdiotw to go in'o tbe
matter further, and 1 will Bim] ly Bay that the
question is now before the secretary of the
interior, where I feel assured ample justice
will be done, and that his decision will allow
tbe occupants and settlers to peaceably en
joy the fruits of their money and labor. We
are OD the land now, and on the laud we will
remain, come what may. until we bave cm
ployed every remedy the law affords for tbe
protection of right and the redress of wrong.
Respectfully fours,
Wm. II. Pellbb.
Moonshiners Catrt-red.
LOU—VT—_, Ky., April 18. —A posse of
deputy marshals, under the leadership of
Captain Campbell, returned from Casey and
Green counties to-day, where they have been
raiding moonshiners, bringing tin violators
of tbe revenue law with them. The officers
describe the hunt as very exciting, since the
moonshiners were hard to catch and resisted,
and fired at the marshals, in Casey county,
the rendezvous of Joe Johnson, tbe terror of
the neighborhood, was raided aud the gang
captured.
Protest Against Race Prejudice.
Xkwiii Ki.ii, N. Y., April 18.—In the Afri
can Method! si Episcopalian conference to
day, Rev. T, (i. Harper resigned from the
denomination. He did not like this country
—it was only free in theory—and spoke of
the caste spirit ami ostracism ofcoloredmen.
iir was called lien- from his native country,
British Guinea, to become professor of tho
(ientenary college, New Jersey, bat owing to
color his services wen; dispensed with. IIo
said he would enter his protest to the Epis
copal church, receive ordination and return
to British Guinea. Bishop Moore, presiding,
-aid all knr-w many of these things were true.
Colored gentlemen were not rightly treated
in the south, not even being allowed decent
accommodations in the cars.
The American College Not to be Sold.
Baltoiore, April 18.—A Sun special from
Rome states that the Rev. Dennis Bradley
has been created bishop rrf the new d:< )
of Manchester, N. H. A formal document)
freeing tbe American college from the order
of sale under the decision of the court ot
cessation against the property of the Propa
ganda Fides, was lodged with thr- Propagan
da to-day. The pope lias Issued to tho
cardinals an encyclinical letter regarding se
cret societies. The text of the letter will not
be made public before n< xt week. It gives
an elaborate explanation, historic—, philo
sophical and political, of the origin and pur
pose rrf political secret societies, and pro*
nounces Freemasonry the Inspiring element
in all the secret associations <>l' Italy.
Suicide of a Detected Thief.
New Haven, April 18.—C—u. A. SpauM
ing, suspected rif complicity in stealing jew
elry, was arrested last bight. While the de«
tcctive was eating lunch, Spanlding shot
himself five times, and his wounds are fatal.
He -aid he could uot bear the disgrace of hii
arrest.
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