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I a W'th'r Stations. 3 W'th'r __n i Duluth '■>- Cloudy New York.. 50 Lt rain St. Paul 38 Cloudy. Chicago 87 Ltsn'w La Crosse...|36 Cloudy Cincinnati . 43 Cloudy Huron 24 Clear Cleveland.. 40 Cloudy Moorhead... 26Cloudy Boston « Clear St. Vincent.. 26 \ Cloudy Gal veston.. 64 Clear Bismarck. 30 Cloudy Memphis Ft. Bul'ord . . 29 Clear Quebec i . . | . . . Ft. Assin'bn 43 Clear Shreveport. 54 Thfng Ft. Ouster... 145 Clear St. Louis. . . 44 Cloudy Helena 47 Clear Vicksburg.. 32 Clear Ft. Garry. . . 24 Cloudy pea Molnes 3linnedosa..!lS]Cloudy Washington Mod. Hat.... 1.. Montreal I mi 1 Appelle. 81 Clear Nashville. . . 47 Clear Albany 38 niin_NewOrleans 61, Clear THE HOME HEI'OUT. Barometer, 30.02; thermometer, 33: rela tive humidity, 80; wind, west; weather, cloudy; amount of rainfall, 0.0; maximum thermometer, 37; minimum thermometer, 31; daily range, 8. Itiver— Observed height, 3.6. Fall in 24 hours, 0.4. Xote — Barometer cor rected for temperature and elevation. p. F. Lyons, Signal Corps, U. S. A. INDICATIONS. Washington, Nov. 2, 1 a. m. — For the upper lake region: Clearing, slightly colder weather, followed in t ho western portions by slowly rising temperature, westerly ■winds, becoming variable, rising barometer, fol lowed In the extreme north portions by fall ing barometer. For the upper Mississippi valley: Fair weather, stationary, followed by slowly rising temperature, westerly winds, be coming variable. For the Missouri valley: Fair weather, winds generally shifting to warmer, souttieastly, generally lower barom eter. ■. "■'-■:■. THE SUNDAY GLOBE. First — Talmage and Beeoher, the Sil ver Bill Discussion and Washington News. Second Page— Paul and Stillwater News and Horse Resume. Third Page — Minneapolis News. Fourth Page — Editorial, the Walkup Sensa tion and the Sun's Wall Street Article. Fifth Page — Northwestern News and the Sporting World. Sixth Pago— Financial and Commercial. Seventh Page— Want Advertisements. Eighth Page— Story. NUB OF THE NEWS. lowa Democrats see a fighting chance. St. Paul's trade was satisfactory last week. Interest in next Sunday's prize mill is in creasing. Rev. S. G. Smith preached on Religion and Business. Secretary Manning has accoptod Coon's resignation. Republicans are said to be discouraged in New York. The spiritualists closed their convention in Minneapolis. A man named Froelich was shot on Western avenue iv St. Paul. Mr. Coon's political utterances are what cost him his ofliee. John McCullougb shows encouraging signs Of returning reason. Four or five inches of snow fell at Eau Claire Saturday night. A Graf ton. Dak., threshing- boss is missing with a largo sum of money. St, Paul hunters were fined for hunting deer with dogs near Baa Claire. New York Republicans are on the run, with a Democratic victory in sight. Hall players are forming an association to antagonize the new salary rule. A son of ex-Secretary Chandler has re- Bigned a federal office at Ynnkton. More than 500 names will be dropped from the pension rolls at Columbus to-day. Roger Vail and M. W. Glenn addressed the Minneapolis branch of the Irish National League. The Chicago Commercial club listened to a paper by Mr. Warner on his silver compro mise bill. H. T. Black read a paper before the Minne apolis Press club on the subject of criticising public plays. All the Indians of Minnesota are talking of concentrating themselves upon the White Earth reservation. Dr Talmage preached on The Queen of Bheba's Visit to Solomon, and Mr. Beecher on the Bounty of God. Ex.-Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Coon has been mentioned as a possible civil service commissioner. nines and Patrick Connor of Anoka are fugitives from justice, charged with felo niously entering a dwelling. The hooks of the treasury show that the puyiaont of gold and silver certiticates does not Increase the currency. The Lutheran churches celebrated the :; ■• m anniversary of the nailing of the theses to tho door of Castle church. .T. 8. Bchwan, well known in St. Paul, is ar rested in Rochester for procuring an abortion on Miss Alice Campbol' of Austin. Gen. John n. Dennis of Dakota says Yank ton sentiment is divided between Pierre and Huron for the temporary location of the capital. Secretary Manning has established a cen sorship over reports of his heads of depart ments, and they will not bo published until after congress meets. CHURCH LODGERS. That was a very apt illustration made by a St. Paul pastor in bis discourse yesterday when he compared many of the members <>f tin* various churches to boarding-bouse ! ' ■•'•■«. It is a lamentable fact that in ■i the churches to-day the boarding -1 .- lan prevails. That is,' the members )•• ; !. I that their religious duties have been j il.*"oliargeil when the pew rents and the as -■■ - -.'!■.■,:- are paid. Like the lodger at the boarding house when the room rent and '.able fare are paid off he feels that there are no further obligations resting upon Kirn. Bui the most unseemly fea ture about modern religious organizations is that church societies are so often organ ized upon a basis of social caste. Society goes a great deal these days by churches, and what is still more anomalous the churches just as frequently are governed by I social rules. If Mrs. A., who happens to be long to the little church on Second street, comes in contact with her Christian sister, who worships in the big church on First ! avenue, she gets a social snubbing. The j aristocratic church of the community fur nishes all the Dames for the blue book. And then again there are the aristocratic brethren who will si: in their pews on the. i Sabbath having an exclusive enjoyment of the i ;■>•.;>:■". feast while perchance some poor Lazakusls just outside of the doorway starving for want of spiritual | food. And yet he is never invited in to partake of the bread which was broken for him nor of the blood which was shed for his redemption. The wealthy church lodger I has paid his board a quarter ahead and ho doesn't care who stays out in the cold so ' long as he is inside and comfortable. And ! yet they call it the Lord's house. But it is not. The Lokd doesn't assert a claim to h fradulent title. In the days when the 1 Master was on earth, religion was not run |on the boarding-house plan. It was a free : GospeL The water of life was offered : without money and without price. There 1 were no social distinctions in the primitive church. The humble fisherman and the ruler of the synagogue sat in the same pew. Christianity has progressed and is progress ing. In this one particular, however, it is making a digression. TO-MORROW'S ELECTIONS. Of the state elections which occur to morrow public attention is being more par ticularly centered on New York and V •• ginia. In the result of the New Y. : election interest is being manifested because the impression has gone abroad that the ad ministration is on trial and the result will be taken as an index to public sentiment in re lation to the success of the Cleveland administration. Although this impres sion has gone abroad there is no real foundation for it. There is noth ing in the candidates or platforms of either party to justify such a conclusion. The fact is, there has hardly been a time in the history of New York when both of the leading political parties presented such weak tickets as are before the people of the state at this time. The best that can be said of the Republican candidate for governor is that, asMr.CoxKLiXG expresses it, he is the candidate of the money bags. Take Day- EJJPOBT'S wealth from him and he doesn't possess a single qualification for political life beyond that possessed by the most ordi nary ward politician of Brooklyn or New York. When we take a glance at the Democratic ticket we find that while it is relieved of the suspicion of being the tool of the money brokers, still it must be conceded that it in no sense repre sents the best element of New York Democ racy. Gov. Hill is a respectable enough sort of a man, but when he is placed in line with the kind of men the Democrats of New York have been in the habit of nominating for governor, ho is not the man to awaken the pride or inspire the enthusiasm of his party. The fact that he owes his nomina tion, in some respects, at least, to the appli cation of machine methods, and was nomin ated in opposition to the well-known wishes of the friends of the administration en tirely relieves Mr. Cleveland of all re sponsibility in the matter. In no sense can it be said that his administration is on trial. If Davenport is elected it will be because of a judicious use of his money. If Hill is elected it will be because the people are strong enough, to rebuke the power of money bags, even though it be done through the instrumentality of a weak vessel. In Virginia the situation is somewhat different. The two candidates are most re spectable representatives of the rival par ties. Each of them bears an honored name in a commonwealth distinguished for illustrious statesmen. Fitz Lee and John Wise are the best products of the new South. The election of either one would insure to the state an honest admin istration of public affairs. But behind the candidates of the state ticket is an issue of more importance than the ordinary result of a state election. Malioneism is the issue of national interest. Maiione is the spoilsman par excellence. He is indeed the representative of the vicious element which stands in perpetual antagonism to the reform principles of the Cleveland administration. The struggle in Vir ginia is for and against Mahoneism. The national Republican party has championed the cause of Maiione. Money is being passed into the state for the purpose of securing his re-election \o the senate by corrupt methods. The most em inent Republican speakers are making an active canvass in his behalf. With its characteristic; perfidy the Mahone party is said to be willing to sacrifice AVise and the Republican state ticket in order to se cure the legislature, which will return the little brigand to swell the Republican ma jority in the United States senate. In con sideration of these facts the Virginia elec tion has been invested with more than ordinary interest. The adminis tration is more on trial in Virginia than in New York. A Republican victory in New York would not produce a ripple on the political waters. A Republican victory in Virginia at this time would be a serious shock to the reform spirit of the country. A victory for Mahone would be a triumph for the spoilsmen. To allow the free hooter chieftain of the most corrupt and disreputable gang of political cut throats tiiat ever disgraced a country to be returned to his position of power and influence in the senate, would be a most discouraging blow to the friends of pure government and an honest administration of the civil service. THE BUItR.VS Tit AGE DV. While there are frequent instances of cold-blooded murder being committed by wretches in human form, who are prompted to the crime by cupidity, or other reasons which appeal to the degraded senses, still it N hard to believe that human nature could be so utterly debased that a strong man in i'ull possession of his reason would deliber ately stand on the sidewalk of a public street in a great city, and, under the light of day and in the presence of hundreds of people who are passing along, shoot down two defenseless women. Yet that was what BuBRAS did in Chicago the other day, and it speaks well for the forbearance and law-abiding spirit of the people of that city that he was not swung to the nearest lamp post. But after all it is a doubly-fortunate thing for the people of Chicasro that they were ena bled to restrain their indignant feelings. The honor of the city has not only been protected, but in all probability they have spared the life oC a poor creature who was not morally responsible for his horrible crime. The plea of insanity is such a com mon dodge for criminals that it is always received with suspicion, and courts and juries cannot be too careful in accepting it. At the same time it is a well-recognized fact in medical science that homicidal in sanity does exist. This moral mania con sists in a morbid activity of the propensity to destroy where the individual, without provocation or any other rational motive, apparently in the full possession of his reason, oftentimes, in spite of j his most strenuous efforts to the j | contrary, imbrues his hands in the blood of others. In the absence of any ] pathological explanation of this horrid phe nomenon, the mind seeks in vain among secondary causes for a rational mode of ac counting for it, and is content to resort to that time-honored solution of all human delinquency — the instigation of the devil. It is a remarkable fact, however, and one well understood in medical science, that the victim of this species of insanity labors I , under some delusion, and that his senses 1 are tinctured and distorted by a disordered vision and jaundiced eye. The Blind, is I tilled with vague fears, suspicions, jealousy I and distrust. The patient believes that j I enemies encompass him, bent on destroying j j his reputation or his life. Science also j notes the subtlety, extreme cunning | and extraordinary shrewdness of the insane, as well as the wonderful mastery \ ! they occasionally exercise over their ac- | j knowledged delusions. Whether any or | i all of these indications will be found to ex- j THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE, MOKDAT MOTti^G, NOVEMBER 2, \tm. ist in the case of Burr as will be developed in the trial of his case and will be deter mined by the jury by whom he will be tried. From reading a statement made by himself to the reporters of the Chicago papers ' and from the testimony of his wife, it is easy to see how a plea of homicidal insanity can be urged with some force in his behalf. In the first place, as we have already stated, it is hard to conceive how the human heart can descend to the depths of degradation which would stimulate a human ■ be ing in the possession of reason to commit the crime which he committed. In the next place Buruas says that he felt impelled to commit the deed in vindication of his wife's honor. His statement is that from the time he first knew the two women who were made the victims of his vengeance they were the relentless persecutors of the woman whom he afterwards married. He states that during their association in the St Paul office they were jealous of ■ his at tentions to Miss Cooper and commenced a systematic defamation of her character. Afterwards, when she had become his wife and they had removed to Chicago, again his wife became the victim of their slander, and j as a result he was treated coolly by his asso ciates, and he and his wife felt the mortifi cation of the sting. The following extract is taken from his interview with the news paper reporters: Feeling a high sense of duty to my wife I have been guided and actuated in this matter jy sentiments which have seemed to me to be right. You will see that for a year or more my wife's character has been in jeopardy and that insinuations have been made as to the legitimacy of my baby. [Here the prisoner again broke down and cried.] This has all come from the talk of those two vile women, and it was too much for any man to bear. My life for a year has been one of torment, I have been deprived of peace of mind, health and happiness; I have been shunned without cause: all those together have been too much for me to — and they were all caused by these two women whom I never injured in my life. This is my justification for what I have done. The human mind is a many-stringed in strument. When a single chord is strained or broken there can be no harmony. In the diseased mind there is often a hidden wound which will not heal, and when it gaps afresh the whole instrument wails forth in madness. But, whether Burr as was insane or not, whether he is morally responsible for his crime or not, the tragedy bears with it an impressive lesson. It is the danger and folly of meddling with the private affairs of other people. The unfor tunate girls who took it upon them selves to disturb the domestic peace of theBuRBAS family by attempting to create trouble between man and wife have paid most dearly for their folly. Yet they have themselves to blame for it. Tale-bearing and tattling are mischievous in their most harmless forms. But when falsehoods are manufactured to serve the purposes of the tattler and slander becomes the weapon of the tale-bearer, it is impossible to calculate the hurtful consequences which follow. Then it is that the meddlesome busybody becomes an enemy to society, and when overtaken by a fate which is the logical re sult of his or her own act, public sympathy is slow to be aroused in behalf of the vic tims. THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR. The country experienced a feeling of re lief when the announcement was made that Ferdinand Ward had been convicted, sentenced, and shut up behind the walls of a state prison. There have been so many cases where the moneyed villains have bought exemption from the law's penalties that a fear was entertained that the "young Na poleon of Wall street" would find a way to bribe.the courts and defeat justice. The fact that we have at last gotten back to a point where an honest public senti ment is stronger than the power of gold is one of the most refresh ing evidences that the country has recovered from the demoralization of public and pri vate morals which followed in the wake of war. The carnival of speculation and final debauchery is over. The reaction has set in. And the men who, a few years ago, relied on their wealth to carry into success ful execution every possible scheme of ras cality, without the fear of being reached by the law because they controlled the legisla tures and owned the courts, now find that the reaction lias brought with it a sentiment of stern justice and an inflexible integrity which points them out as the most conspicuous targets for the unerring shafts of legal vengeance. The Wards and the Fishes have had their day. The time has come when the dishon est bank president or the rascally adven turer, even though he lives in opulence and moves in bonton circles of the social sphere, is reduced to the same level with the cracks man and the pickpocket. The doors of the penitentiary swing open as freely to the one as to the other. The country applauds to the echo the severe language used by Judge Barrett toward the prisoner when pass ing sentence upon Ward. As the judge says, Ward had done more to unset tle public confidence in moneyed institu tions than any man in this generation. The sentence of ten years at hard labor is not a whit too severe. It ought to have been made a life time. Ward is a young man, but there is scarcely a hope of reformation for a man so totally devoid of the moral senses as he has shown himself to be. The young man who starts out in life with the expectation of acquiring wealth by any other methods than by honesty and indus try makes a good start for the penitentiary, lie will sooner or later bring up just where Fish and Ward have landed. Honesty is the best policy. Col. Frank Burr's memorial edition of the life of Gen. Grant has been issued by the Empyreal Publishing house of this city. It is a handsomely bound volume and is em bellished with nearly 200 fine illustrations of scenes in the life of the great soldier. Col. Burr is a versatile writer and whatever sub ject is discussed by him glows under the in spiring touch of his pen. The life of Gen. Grant has given him a fine field for the dis play of his peculiar genius as a biographical writer. The book Is full of interesting sketches. The author has succeeded in his effort to present unprejudicial testimony and to tell the story of a remarkable career and a great war simply and impartially. Two school teachers, both women, have died in New York city within the last fort night from overwork. This fact leads the Chicago Herald to remark: "An educational system which has a tendency to kill teachers who are engaged in killing scholars might be said to have its compensations, but it would be better all around for the schools to be so managed that the strain on teacher and pupil would be considerably less. The public schools teach too much. They have too many studies. They push children I too fast and cram them too promiscuously. Teachers and scholars would be better off if a more conservative course could be fol lowed." The Jews of the world numbered 6,377.602 last June, according to statistics gathered by the Geographical society of Marseilles, and were distributed as follows: . Europe, 5,407. -602; Asia, 245.000; Africa, 413,000; America, 300,000: Australia, . 12.000. Nearly a third of the European Jews live in Russia. Aus tria and ' Hungary come next. In the three Scandinavian kingdoms, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, there are 7,000 Israelites all told. The Revs. Beecher and Taljiage of Brooklyn and Drs. Smith and MABißofSt. Paul occupy the Globe's pulpit this morn ! ing. All of the sermons will be found to be ' unusually entertaining 1 . ' «• President Elliot recently said to the | freshmen of Harvard: "The proper attitude j for young men toward religion is of one ; respect. If you cannot sympathize, at least be | respectful.'' .■•■■■ Upon the principle . that it is : better late | than never, Gen. Butler joined the . Grand Army of tho Republio the other day. He Is now Comrade Uuti.ek in Lowell post. , The new process for drying lumber is to surround it with common salt. The peculiar power of salt for absorbing moisture ; is well known. OLD WORLD JEWS. European Finances. London, Nov. I.— The Bank of England, in order to protect its reserve and arrest the foreign drahi of gold, has, Instead of rais ing the bank rate discount, borrowed from private banks, giving consols as security in such large sums as to clear the open market of the greater portion of loanable money, thereby raising the rate for money to %. The rise thus artificially created is only a temporary one, and money will return to its former level when the Bank of England re pays the money loaned to it. The market for American railroad securities has at times during the past week been hesitating, but it closed decidedly buoyant. Erics were well supported, rumors that a new mort gage loan had been placed raising hopes of a satisfactory settlement of the overdue coupons of Erie second mortgage bonds. Humors were current that Mr. Jay Gould will control the Reading railroad in the in terest of the Baltimore & Ohio, while other reports were to the effect that the Pennsyl vania company will control the Reading. The week's advance in American railroads was from 1 to 5 per cent. FRANCE AND BELGIUM. Paris, Nov. I.— The bourse has been dull during the week, closing flat yesterday at the lowest quotations. M. Premsel, who failed a few days ago, was formerly asso ciated with the Societe Generate and M. Dreyfus iv Peruvian contracts. His failure is attributed to dealings in wines and guano. Neither France nor Belgium shows any dis position to recede from the antagonistic po sition they have taken on the silver ques tion. Belgium still refuses to agree that each power shall take back at the face value, when the monetary union is dissolved, all five-franc pieces circulating abroad. The Economist defends Belgium on the ground that since 1874 Belgium has coined 1,058, -000 live-franc pieces for her own account, while France would make Belgium respon sible for 14,000,000 pieces minted for private persons who took the profit on the coinage. It is reported that France contemplates a reprisal by differential stamps on Belgian bills or a prohibitive customs tariff. Three per cent, rentes are quoted at 79.87; Pan ama Canal shares, 383.50; discount, 2%. VALUES AT BERLIN. Berlin, Nov. 1. — Discount advanced % during the past week. The bourse was dull. Exchange in London was dearer. Canadian Pacifies were well sustained at 48.70. Zimmerman and Weils, bankers of Lisbon, have liquidated. Benjamin Red leih of Brunn has stopped payment. The Anglo- Austrian bank is a large loser by the failure. ISmSS Vienna, Nov. 1. — The market displayed a dull tendency during the past week, but prices were fairly sustained till yesterday, when Hungarian goid rentes declined %. Exchange ou London, 125.20. Frankfort, Nov. 1. — International stocks show a general decline, especially Russian and Italian rentes. American Is i are quoted at 121. Exchange on New York, { 421. .' Wanted to Run Up a Green Flag*. Cork, Nov. I. Great enthusiasm was manifested by the sympathizers of the cat tlemen at the arrival of the steamer Con stantino yesterday to take boycotted cattle. Crowds of people boarded the steamer. One band of men, carrying an Irish flag, tried to haul down the Danish colors of the Constantino and run up the green flag with a crown less harp, but the crew of the steamer prevented them. This considera bly dampened the ardor of the enthusiasts. Wants of Armenians. Paris. Nov. 1. — A deputation of Ar menians waited upon M. DeFreyciuet, min ister of foreign affairs, yesterday, and urged him to insist that the conference to be held at Constantinople shall include in its discussion the wants of Armenia. M. De Freycinet, in replying to the - deputation, stated that he was sorry to refuse their re quests, but the conference would be unable to discuss any matters outside of the Rou melia embroglio. Taunts the Tories. London, Nov. 1. — Mr. Gladstone has written a highly important lettor on church disestablishment. He taunts the Tories with thrusting the question forward as a political dodge. He repeats that project belongs to the dim distant future; that the public mind is not prepared for the scheme. In conclusion he says: "The subject is for others and not for me to deal with." Banking: On Burniah. London, Nov. 1. — Sir Michael Hicks- Beach, chancellor of the exchequer and leader of the house of commons, in a speech last night said he expected the Burraah ex pedition would open up a great channel of trade. He believed that markets which were now closed to the Irish industry might be reopened by friendly adjustment of cus toms tariffs. A Riot on the Caspian Sea. St. Petersburg, Nov. I. Bloody right ing is reported at Baku, on the Caspian sea, between Moslems and Russians. The mili tary had to be called out to restore order. In the fighting several Russians were killed and a large number wounded. . Foreign Flashes. The sultan has appointed Said Pasha, minis ter of foreign affairs, as Turkish plenipoten tiary to the Roumelian conference. Mattel, the Italian who attempted to shoot M. De Freycinet, the French minister of for eign affairs, on Thursday last, has engaged M. Laquerre, an irreconcilable member of the chamber of deputies, as counsel for his de fense. Great snowstorms have occurred in Galicea, blocking up the railways. , Clearing House Statement. Boston, Mass., Nov. I.— The following table, compiled from special dispatches to the Boston Post, from managers of leading clearing houses in the United States, shows gross bank exchange at each point for the week ending Saturday, Oct. 31, and per centages comparison with corresponding differences: Amount. Inc. Dec New York $6;5,214,390 57.6 Boston 76,974.841 20. Philadelphia...... 47,653,039 28.9 .... Chicago 48,771,000 2.7 St. Louis 13.062,131 5.7.... San Francisco 11,512,515.... 12.2 Baltimore 10,337,785.... 10.7 Cincinnati 8,200,000 1 .2 .... I Pittsburgh 7.407,717.... 12.4 i Providence... 6,579,00024.9 I Kansas City 4,771,167 35.2.... Louisville 3,863,200;i7.3 .... Minneapolis 4,871, 219 ; Milwaukee 4.150,00012.1.... Detroit 2,849,221 2.6.... Omaha... 2,587,647 1 Galveston. .... 2,204,000 — - Cleveland . 2,142,89913.3.... Columbus... 1,380,809:16 . 7| . . . . Indianapolis 1,377,4741 8.3j.... Hartford 1,534,252 30.7 .... New Haren 981,3231.... 8.4 Peoria 422:14. .... Memphis 1,037,815 1.3.... Portland.... 936,42120.5.... Worcester. 794,934 .... 1.6 St.Joseph. 713.722 8.1.... 5pringfie1d.............. 636,000 9.2.... Lowell 408,8361.... 10.3 Syracuse 473,98015.1 .... Dropping Fraudulent Pensioners. Special to the Globe. Washington, Nov. I.— On Monday there will be dropped from the rolls of the pension agency at Columbus more than five hundred names, Gen. Black says that they cover the names of persons who are dead, widows who have remarried, persons whose need of pension ; has ceased and persons, whose names were put on the rolls through fraud. In some cases pension's have been paid up to -date to those persons whose names should not be "on the list, but in many other cases payments have not been made, and the erasure of the names is merely a form. " Further than this Gen. Black re fuses to give any expenditures, but it is be lieved that a large part of the 500 names were put on without regard to law one year ago while Col. Dudley and his subordinates were working Ohio " so energetically for Blame. A WONDERFUL WOMAN. The Evidence in the Minnie Wallace Wal kup Murder Oase All Sub mitted. Something About the Beautiful Young Woman and the Crime Charged to Her. Her First Meeting With Mr. Walk up, the Brief Courtship and Marria&e. The Fair Prisoner Developing Traits That Stamp Her a Wonderful Woman. Pleading for a Woman's Llf e. Special to the G!or>e. Emporia, Kan., Nov. 1. — Pleadings in the Walkup poisoning case will begin to morrow morning and great interest is taken in the probable efforts of the eminent coun sel engaged upon both sides of the remark able case. Mrs. Walkup has appeared in court every day since the case was called, and does not show any signs of being at all worried as to the outcome. Her self-pos session and ability to withstand the harass nients coincident with being on trial for one's life are almost phenomenal. In view of the probable speedy termination of the case, a brief review of the lady's life, court ship and marriage, and the crime with which she is charged, will be timely and in teresting. HISTORY OF THE CAUSE CELEBRIS. On the afternoon of last Christmas day J. K. WalKup, a leading citizen of the city of Emporia, Kan., landed on the levee at New Orleans from one of the palatial Missis sippi river steamboats and went directly to the house of Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace, where he procured rooms. Two or three days later he met for the first time her daughter Minnie. On the 22cl of last July the two were married. Last Monday in the court house at Emporia Minnie Wallace Walkup was put on trial for her life, charged with the murder of her husband. The youth and beauty of the wife, the character and standing of the husband, the romance of their courtship and the tragic outcome of their marriage combine to make this one of the most interesting murder cases that ever came before a court. Ihe legal ability displayed in prosecuting and defending the fair accused will make it one of the most remarkable murder trials on record, and it bids fair to go down to his tory as truly a cause celebre. Minnie was the fourth daughter of Mrs. J. Wallace of 222 Canal street, New Or leaus, La. She will be 17 years of age on the 14th of January, ISB6. Her mother has had a checkered career, and the cir cumstances of her life would not lead one to expect her daughter to be a model of all that we admire most in womankind. Yet no one has breathed a word against Min nie's virtue, and Mr. Walkup, a man of years and experience, must have found her attractive and charming, else he would not have fallen in love at first sight and so quickly have made her his wife. Minnie's father was her mother's second husband. He married her in 1805 and separated from her eight years afterward, evidently because lie was suspicious of her fidelity. He was a lawyer and a United States commissioner, and apparently a man of honor. He loved his daughter and even now has the utmost confidence in her, though she has stayed with her mother during all these years. A fact which gives ground to the idea that Minnie had not been surrounded by the best of home influences is that within a year her mother has been implicated in one of the most sensational scandals that ever startled New Orleans. The Mascot, a satiri cal and personal weekly printed in that city, intimated very broadly on the 10th of last January that a judge of the civil court had been altogether too intimate with Mrs. Wal lace and her daughter Dora, Minnie's half sister. This judge had been a frequent visitor to the family and had STOOD GODFATHER TO MINXIE when she was christened. His brother, a prominent politician undertook to resent the libel, and. in company with Robert Brewster, criminal sheriff of New Orleans, visited the Mascot office. A fight resulted, in which Brewster was mortally wounded. Whether or not Mr. Walkup knew of the reputation of the Wallace family, certain it is that his love for Minnie was as ardent and impetuous as if he had been but a boy. Mr. Walkup had come to New Orleans with a friend to visit the exposition. They stayed only a week and then returned to Kansas. Afterward Mr. Walkup corre sponded with Minnie, and she and her mother in June made a short Visit to Em poria to learn about his wealth and stand ing. The New Orleans Times-Democrat of July 25 and Aug. 3, and the Picayune of Aug. 9 contained the following advertise ment: MAnnrED. WALLACE— WALKUP— Wednesday, July 22, 1885, at Covington, Ky., Miss Minnie Wal lace of this city to Air. J. R. Walkup of Vir ginia. Mr. Walkup and his beautiful brido will make their bridal tour through the different Eastern cities before going to tbeir new home in the far West. Chicago (111.) and Richmond (Va.) papers please copy. Why they went to Covington to be mar ried does not appear. The ceremony took place in a hotel, a prominent Methodist minister officiating. It is claimed that several misstaiements were made in pro curing the license, but no one suggests a reason for fraud. After a somewhat extended bridal tour, the couple reached Emporia, where they were given a public reception by the city council and officials, and the marriage created much public interest from the dis parity of ages and the bride's beauty and style. Mr. ' Walkup lavished every atten tion on his wite — this was his third matri monial venture; he had a grown-up daughter by his second wife and a son by his first — and the new partner appeared fully to reciprocate his affection. On Sat urday Aug. 15, Mr. Walkup was taken sud denly ill, rallied, became worse, and on the following Tuesday rallied again. On Thurs day he became worse, and on Friday he was very sick. On the forenoon of Satur day, Aug. 22. he died. The doctors de clared his death due to arsenical poisoning. During the first of his illness Minnie in sisted that she alone should attend to h§r husband, and she almost drove the neigh bors from the house. This aroused their suspicions. When it was discovered that she had recently made purchases of strych nine and arsenic these suspicions were strengthened, and Mrs. Walkup was speed ily arrested for the murder of her hus band. You can easily imagine what a sensation this made in the little city. Emporia has j only about five thousand inhabitants, but a Western community of that size always calls itself a city, and has a full city govern ment. Mr. Walkup at the time of his death was acting mayor in the absence of Mayor Whittlesy. He had just been ap pointed by Gov. Martin as a delegate to the river improvement convention AT ST. PAUL, MINX. The tragic death of a man of his promi nence of course created the most intense excitement throughout the state. Public opinion was not slow to decide that the young wife was guilty, and indeed, for a while everything pointed to this conclusion. Yet her youth, beauty and many accom plishments pleaded loudly for her, and she soon found earnest sympathizers. All through it all she was so cool and col lected that one would have thought her not even to realize the terrible suspicion under which she rested, much less to be guilty of the awlul crime. She appeared at the house on the day of the funeral dressed in a while Mother Ilubbard, and accompanied by the sheriff. ; ' The services at the Methodist church were largely attended, but the young wife was not there. If the writer remem bers rightly, she stood on. the court house steps while the funeral procession passed, the goal of all eyes, yet as calm and una bashed as if she were but an uninterested spectator. indeed Minnie Wallace Walkup seems to be a remarkable woman. She has rare beauty, is tall, of slender but well-devel oped build and graceful carriage. Her hair is black, long and wavy, clustering around tho temples in knots and rings. Her eyes large, black and expressive, with long sweeping lashes, delicate nose and rather pouting lips of perfect cut. Her complexion is phenomenal, of waxen whiteness and perfect rose-blush on ; her cheeks. Her self-control has never left her SINCE HER HUSBAND'S DEATH. As an instance of her courage, it is said that on the night after Mr. Walkup died, and while his corpse lay in the house, she expressed her willingness to remain in the house alone with the shrouded remains, which the physicians had disembowled. She professed no fears whatever of the su pernatural. After the continuance of the preliminary examination had been agreed upon she re turned to the sheriff's apartments, in the basement of the court house, where she had lived as one of the sheriff's family since be ing taken to jail. At night she slept in a female prison room, in the upper story, to which she had her elegant wardrobe re moved, and where she could effect the sev eral changes of toilet per day of which she is fond. At the opening of the trial last Monday she was tastefully attired in black silk, and bore herself with habitual ease and composure. Her brilliant complexion did not pale under the public scrutiny of the hundreds of curious eyes. In court her heavy black hair is not concealed by a bon net, and contrasts strikingly with her bril liant and yet delicate complexion. . The theory of the prosecution has been that Mrs. Walkup had planned to do away with her husband, so as to enjoy the wid ow's portion of his estate, and for this pur pose purchased poison (strychnine) in Cin cinnati, while they were on their wedding trip. In Emporia she bought both strych nine and arsenic. She claims that she bought the strychnine to make a prepara tion for taking stains out of clothing, and the arsenic for the sake of her complexion. THE UOILti. KAN DRY. Fatal Explosion of a Tug's Boiler, Killing' Five Persons. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 2. At 2 o'clock this morning the tug Frank Moffatt, bound down with four barges, grounded because of thick weather, at the wharf at Sombra, opposite Marine City. A line was taken ashore and made fast, but the current was so strong that the captain thought he would ease up a trifle on the hawser and so rang the bell to go ahead. As he did so the boiler of the tug exploded with out a sign of warning, and with a terrible report. The cause is not yet known, but it is supposed to be from lack of water in the boiler. The boiler exploded with ter rific force, carrying away the upper works and a large portion of the deck planking, besides shattering the hull from stern to stern. The following were killed: John Ward, first engineer, of Detroit. ■ William Miller, second engineer, Port Huron. James Wylie, home unknown. The injured were: Capt. Thomas Curry, leg broken and was otherwise injured. Frank Furtah, wheelman, was badly scalded. Andrew Reid, a deck hand, was also badly scalded. Maud Bennet, the cook, who was in the aftercabin at the time of the explosion, was blown into the river, from which she was rescued uninjured. • Robert Goodwin, the mate, who was ashore handling the line, was blown over a woodpile and had his side injured. The bodies sank in the river and have not been recovered. The scalded men are at Sombra under the care of a physician from Port Huron. The tug Frank Moffatt was built at Port Huron in 1869 and was valued at 87,000, with $5,000 insurance. The in surance was equally divided in the lire and marine companies. Rules for Receiving- Rice. Washington, Nov. 1. — Acting Secre tary Fairchild to-day issued the following circular to custom house officers in regard to the classification of broken or granulated rice: The departmeni hereby prescribes: First That on and after the 20th day of November. 1885, the ruling of June 25, 1885, C. S. 696, and all other decisions of the de partment affecting 1 the classification for duty under the tariff act of the commodity known as broken or granulated rice shall be consid ered as cancelled und annulled, and on and after that date such commodity shall be clas sified in accordance with the size of the gran ules composing' the importation by assimila tion to be cleaned rice at a duty of 214 cents per pound, or as "rice flour" at a duty of 2 per cent, ad valorum, under the special pro visions therefor In schedule in pursuance of section 2,499 of the revised statutes, as con tained in the act of March 3, 1883. Second That no substance claimed to be broken or granulated rice shall be admitted to entry by assimilation to rice flour afore said, unless it is found upon careful exami nation by the custom officers to be com posed of the same-sized granules, or smaller, as the official samples, "]?■ (C.) X.," of 300 bags of so-called granulated rice, which were, imported into New York by the Fowler Rice company per steamer Elbe on the 4th of June, IbBs, it being understood that any such commodity, composed of larger granules than those represented by such samples, shall be classified as cleaned rice. - Proposed for the Commission, Special to the Globe. Washington, Nov. 1. — Judge Maynard, the second comptroller of the treasury, who has gone to his home in New York state to vote, does not expect to be appointed upon the civil service commission, but there is good reason to believe that he would ac cept the position if tendered. There is no doubt that Mr. Coon's name has been very strongly presented at the White house for a membership on the civil service commis sion. Secretary Manning to-day accepted Mr. Coon's resignation. The secretary in his letter simply says: By direction of the president I have the honor to inform you that your resignation of the office assistant secretary of the troasury is accepted, to take effect upon the qualification oi your successor. Yours, Daniel Manning. ■ The Ambitious McLeans. Special to the Globe. Washington, Nov. 1. — The statement is made here that Col. John Knapp, who, with his sons, owns seven-seventeenth of the Republican stock, has come to negotiate with Wash and John McLean of the Cincinnati Enquirer for this stock, and that the McLeans expect to obtain enough ad ditional shares to secure a controlling in terest in the St. Louis Republican, that the McLeans are also negotiating for the i purchase of the Chicago Times and a New York paper with a view to controlling four large papers in the four great news centers of the country. * Movement of Steamships. Philadelphia, Nov. I. Arrived: The In diana from Liverpool . Boston, Mass., Nov. 1. — Arrived: The Samaria from Liverpool. Queexstown, Nov. 1. — Sailed: The Au rania from Liverpool for New York. Hamburg, Nov. — Arrived: Tho Bohe mia from New York. Plymouth. Nov. 1. — Arrived: The Wie land from Now York for Hamburg-. A Cogent Reason. Clara (violently)— Don't you dare do that j again. George (tenderly)— what again, dear est? , Clara— kissed me on the nose. George— l know I did. Where's the ; harm? Clara— produce fever blisters, and while Ido not mind a blister on my lips I will not have blisters on my — Phila delphia Call. ■--■■■■"■ ■' ' -' ■ - ■ ' ' ':"* ,; -.'■■■' ■ .■--■■ " ■.'.' '■■ '. ■■;•'': . WALL STEEET EEVIEW. , j Business in the Stock Exchange Consid erably Reduced in Volume But Hot in Intensity. i The Transcontinentals Eeceiving More Attention Than the Heavily i . Paralleled Lines. Wall Street Taking Xo Interest In the Two Principal Topics of Pub lic Comment. The Election and the Ward Trial Alike Matters of Indifference to Speculators. Special totlio Globe. New Yokk. Nov. I.— The Sun's In and Out of Wall Street article to-morrow will say: The business at the stock exchange last week was considerably reduced in vol ume, but not in intensity. Prices were boldly put up. lit many cases far beyond expectations of even the most sanguine bulls to be found within the vicinity Of Trinity church. That specialties like i the Grangers, the Southwestern and the I few other stocks should go up is quite nat ural in the present condition of the specu lative temper of the public. But there seems to be no earthly reason why the so called trunk lines, and especially those known as the Vanderbilts, should be stead ily marked up. Nothing has so far beat, accomplished in the way of consolidation, reorganization or pooling arrangements. At the same time law suits are being in itiated in almost every instance of proposed reorganization, and rate cutting is going on without improving in any way the weekly reports of the eastbound tonnage. THE TRUNK LINES, heavily paralleled and heavily capitalized as they are, are in quite" a different position from a number of lines which runs through comparative newly opened sections of the continent. They are exposed to little or no competition, have a steady prospect of development before them, and their securities have been unduly depressed during the panicky three years through which we have just passed. Atten tion has been more than once called in this column to the speculative value of a numbar of these securities. Most of them have since considerably advanced. At the same time the growth of the Southwest and the steady development of the industries peculiar to this section, spread a firm belief in the speculative values of stock like the Kansas Pacific and the Texas Pacific. They have all had a considerable advance in prices and seem to have become favorites with people who have a few hundred dol lars to spare and who are disposed to in dulge in a little gambling. THE GREAT ADVANTAGE of all the Southwestern lines is that they work all the year around without being subject t>i snow blockades and other natural disadvantages to which Northern roads are exposed. One of these Southwest ern concerns, the Atlantic & Pacific, has come of late into considera ble prominence by the completion of the California Southern from Dagget to San Diego, by which a new through line between the Atlantic and the Pacific has been established. As a matter of course this new line will become a great rival to existing transcon tinental systems, and Union Pacific is likely to be the greatest sufferer. Various strong Boston and New York capitalists have lately joined in speculative movement in stocks and bonds of this concern. Both the bonds and the stock have had a considerable advance within the last two weeks, and are said to be booked for still higher figures. THE TWO PRINCIPAL CURRENT TOPICS of public interest attracted no attention in Wall street, as a rule. An election is gen erally fully discussed among the brokers, and bets are freely made on the results. At present, however, the mo3t complete apathy prevails, and Wall street seems to be perfectly indifferent as to who 'is elected. Probably the active market may have something to do with this, -but even up town there has scarcely been any betting. If there was any it was not on the gubernatorial contest. The trial of Ferdinand Ward was treated with similar indifference, and the remark of Judge Barrett that Ward had done more than any other man to undermine commercial honor and commercial honesty was received iv Wall street with a grin. Of course every one was glad that the law had tripped up the heels of the would-be financier, but the failure of Grant & Ward had no influence upon Wall street affairs. The general feeling on the street is that the customers of the "saw dust firm fully deserved to lose this money and that they deserved lit tie or no sympathy. As is now well known Ward did no business in stocks or bonds, and consequently Wall street was not stuck. The latest agricultural returns show that production of wheat in England this year has been almost double that of any year previous. TEE AVERAGE COST OF GROWING ■WHEAT in Great Britain is estimated at S'3s per acre, while the return for the same is now more than double, but of course all this has nothing to do with the price of wheat in Chicago. American speculators do not seem to care a straw about the actual . condition of European grain markets. They steadily keep the price of wheat in this country sev eral cents above the price at which it sells at Liverpool. They pretend that they will make Europe buy our wheat at our own prices, a hope but. nothing but the most abject ignorance of the ac tual condition of affairs could suggest. If there ever happens to be a year of bad crops in England, Australia. Russia, India and the northern part of Africa. Chi cago and New York speculators can assume the control of the grain markets of the world, but unless a deficiency of this kind occurs throughout all these countries at the same time, the United States will have to submit to law of supply and demand. At the time of the Afghan troubles Chicago financiers made the surprising (to them but to nobody else) discovery that English consols constituted the barometer of political and diplomatic af fairs in Europe. Since then they look for the quotation of consols in London every morning before they say their prayers or take their breakfast. If the consols are quoted % of 1 per cent, down, they immediately put wheat up about 1 cent per bushel. It is therefore impossible to make out in what way war could advance the price of breadstuff's ex cept as a speculation. Via lit on Bell's Patents. Washington, Oct. 31.— large number of patent attorneys and other persons inter ested in the telephone cases were in attend ance at the interior , department to-day to hear the beginning of the arguments on the application of the Pan Electric, the Globe and Washington Telephone companies to have the United States begin suit to cancel the Bell patent. Mr. Montgomery, the as sistant attorney general, had declined to take any part in the proceedings owing to i his personal relations to one of the parties in interest, so the hearing was conducted by Secretary Lamar, Commissioner of Patents Montgomery and Assistant Secre tary Jenks. Mr. Alex Graham Bell sat be side his counsel, Mr. Sterrow of Boston. The Pan Electric company was represented by Casey Young, R. G. Morgan of Mem phis and others. Gen. Bradley E. Johnson represented the Washington Telephone company, and Messrs. Humphrey andShep pard represented the Globe company. Quite a discussion took place as to tho ' scope of the investigation and the legal points that must be discussed. Secretary Lamar finally said that he had no power over the paten* office, and the question at issue in his opin ion was simply whether he should advise 1 the attorney general to bring suit to cancel ; the Bell patent or set it aside. That it was a matter ho should like to hear argued. Tho attorneys were present as friends of the department to assist it in reaching a conclusion without reference to litigation in | other courts, lie regarded it as advisable : and in tho public interest to postpone the hearing of arguments until Monday, Nov. 9. Loving T. Lord committed suicide at ■West brook, Me.,' by shooting.