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SAINTLY NTY DOINGS
Developments in the Third
Developments in the Third
* National Bank's Affairs
Were Not Startling.
Inspector Hays Says the Sea-
son on the River Has Been
a Good One.
County Commissioners Object
County Commissioners Object
to Several of the Sheriff's
Mileage Bills.
Summary of the Doings in the
City Gathered From
Many Sources.
AT A STANDSTILL.
AT A STANDSTILL.
How the Third National Bank
Officials Talked Yesterday.
The scene about the Third National
bank yesterday was one of quietude and
wore an ordinary businesslike appear-
ance. Depositors were not rudely jost-
ling one another in hot haste to secure a
place at the paving window, nor was the
teller loaded down with huge bags of
money and running wildly about to ap-
pease the mutteringsof an Impatient,
anxious crowd. Those who had money
due them came in simply and quietly.
withdrew their deposit, stopped long
enough to express a few kind words of
regret and passed out. The officials
seemed to have recovered their spirits
somewhat ant* were busily engaged at-
tending to correspondence, etc.
"There are no ne.-v developments,"
said the teller, "except that I have paid
out something over $IC,OOO to-day, just
about half the amount that was drawn
out on Monday. If the bank does con-
tinue business it will be under an en-
tirely new company." ' v - ,
Mr. Stower, the cashier, who stood
•with his hands buried in his pan-
pockets, turned at the Globe man's
approach and with a smile said:
"Look here. I'm going to chain an
immense English watch dog in front of
my door to keep you fellows away. For
the life of me 1 can't see what more you
can publish. The president will tell
you all the news there is."
"Yes, but it just happens that there
isn't any news," remarked the presi-
dent, AA'alter Mann, pleasantly. "The
only tiling 1 can say is that our loans
are coming in nicely. The deposits of
St. Paul people are nearly paid out, and
will be entirely
PAID BY TO-MOIUIOW.
"As far as our loans are concerned,
they are all good. It will take some
time to clear up this part of the busi-
ness. We are not selling out at a mere
nothing, for the reason we went
into voluntary liquidation was
to clear as much as possible for the
stockholders. If there is any scheme
on foot to continue the business under
a new company I am not aware of it or
in a position to know anything
about it.''
The idea that the Third has "failed."
as many people • seem to think, is an
-erroneous one, as it has simply retired.
The business was not profitable and the
hank stopped. Nor is Mr. Stower, the
cashier, the eleemosynary that a paper
.would make him out. Though be had
stock in the bank, it was whispered into
the Globe man's ears that he is still
•worth a cool §50,000.
' At the meeting Friday a complete
tabled statement of the bank's condi
tion, loans, discounts, etc., will be made
loot, and other points of interest will no
doubt be developed. At present tilings
are at a standstill. - '";-,.
ji HEAVY RIVER BUSINESS. ;• ■
Inspector Hays Talks at the Close
C — . of a- Profitable Season.
The season for through transporta
tion on the Mississippi lias closed, and
according to the United States officials
in St. Paul, who know in a general way
but have not yet the reports completed,
the river traffic has been heavier this
year than for many years past. Capt.
-lays, at the government building yes-
terday, was asked by a Globe reporter
why the season was declared closed this
early, and in reply he said: "It is be-
cause through business has been all
completed. There will be steamers
coming to St. Paul for some time yet,
but the last of the through ones
has gone. The season has been
a profitable one. and the people
of St. Paul will be surprised when
they learn the amount of river trans
portation during the past season. Both
in tonnage and the number of steamers
running it is greater this year than last.
One cause of this has been the putting
into effect of the interstate commerce
law, which took considerable freight
from the railroads and gave it to the
steamship companies. Early in the
spring, before the workings of the inter-
state law had been tried, and before the
railways had made out their schedules
of rates, as required by that law, a
good many men made heavy contracts
for shipping freights by river instead of
rail. In some cases these contracts by
water covered practically the season's
.business, and the result has been to
swell the tonnage received here to an
unusually large figure. The season has
therefore been a profitable one to the
companies. It has also been an usually
lucky one.for there have been no serious
accidents and not one life has been
lost."
_—__ !___-__ BC—
In speaking of a dispatch in yester-
day morning's Globe, relative to the
life-preservers used at the wreck of the
Vernon in Lake Michigan the other day,
Capt. Hays said that it hardly seemed
possible that the story of unsafe life-
preservers could be true. He said it
was a very rigid examination that was
required by the officials before life-pre-
servers can be put on any vessel. He
said that the "tulu" used "in making the
life-preservers had been adopted as pref •
erable to cork, in some instances. Be-
fore this could be made into life-pre-
servers it must undergo three inspec
tions and the life-preserver must be
stamped to show that the material and
make-up have had the prescribed exam-
ination. The inspector of the boat must
not stamp them unless they are up to
standard, under penalty of a fine, re-
moval from office and a term of impris
onment.
KICKED ON THE MILEAGE.
County Commissioners Will Not
Allow Part of the Sheriff's
Bills.
The county commissioners held their
regular monthly meeting yesterday.
There was the usual batch of re-
ports and the customary amount of
road and bridge business. When the
sheriff's bill for expenses in connection
with his office for the month of October
came up the commissioners began to
exhibit some interest in the proceed-
ings. The sheriff's bill for the month
footed up the total of 82.710.32. The
board allowed it. except $546 for the at-
tendance of bailiffs at court, and $263.30
mileage for subpoenaing certain wit-
nesses, thus reducing the amount to
01,911.02. The recapitulation of the bill
showed: Board and washing for prison-
ers. $596.02: miscellaneous item 9,sG9B.7o;
b.iiiiffs' attendance, §546; turnkeys and
janitors* fees, etc.. $345; washing, $7;
carpets, etc., $45: attending prisoners to
an _ from court, $414: committing pris-
oners to jail, $58. This will give some
idea as to what the finances of the
shrievalty amount to in one month. The
mileage objected to (10 cents a mile)
was to and from Duluth to subpoena
George De Coursey, $31.50; to and from
St. Louis, William Marshall, $120; to
and from Chicago, F. Warner. $81.80; to
and from Montevideo, W. 11. Wells, $38;
to and from Minneapolis, one Norton,
$2. The bill for bailiffs' attendance
was thrown out on the ground
that it was not sufficiently specific and
did not enable the hoard to ascertain the
services, who performed the services
charged for, or whether the services
were actually performed to the amount
charged for. The expenses of the board
of control, amounting to $2,662.80, were
ailowed. One hundred dollars was ap
propriated for the Barlow road swamp
in Mound View. The : sheriff was in
structed to procure locks and chains to
secure the prisoners in case of fire.
NORTH ST. PAUL.
The petition of citizens asking for the
incorporation of North St. Paul as a
village was favorably acted upon and
the second Tuesday in December was
fixed upon as the time when, and the
Morton house the place where the elec-
tors will meet to vote upon the question
of incorporation. The territory to be
taken is
Section 1, east half of section 2, east half
of section 11, all of section 12, north half of
section 13, and the northeast quarter of sec-
tion 14. in town 29, range 22.
Upon an actual count by C. B. Brady,
621 is the total number of inhabitant
desiring to come under the village cor
poration, The proceedings are under
the act of 18&5. : V - :
The sheriff reported receipts for the
month amounting to $1,693.59, and dis
bursements to 11,224.25, leaving a bal
ance of $419.84 on the credit side. The
clerk of courts' report showed receipts,'
$970.15; disbursements, $—0: balance,
$550.15. .. ■
The petition of the Minneapolis Stock
Yards and Packing company for the
vacation of a road in Mounds View, and
the petition for the vacation of the St.
Paul and White Bear road went .to the
proper committee. The Minnesota av
enue matter was adversely reported
upon, but was re-referred. The board
refused to lay over the petition of H. A.
Castle and others for a road between St.
Paul and North SL Paul, so the matter
went back to the committee. The re-
port of the committee recommending
the cutting off of part of School District
No. 5, and annexing it to School District
No. 26, was accepted.
Before the board adjourned the com
mittee on public buildings was author
ized to provide suitable quarters for
female prisoners. After the meeting
the committee took a look over the jail
building to see what could be done.
IS IT INTERSTATE COMMERCE?
Arguments in the United States
Courts on Switching Charges-
Court Notes.
Some of the best legal talent got to-
gether in Judge Nelson's court room
yesterday, and long and logical were
the arguments, and numerous the old
cases, precedents, and authorities resur
rected from dusty law books. It was
all about those Minneapolis transfer and
switching charges.
Last summer J. T. Avery, Mr. Wood-
ward and other Minneapolis commission
and grain men commenced a vigorous
protest before the state railroad com-
mission against tlie Manitoba rood and
other companies in Minneapolis charg
ing so high switching and transfer
charges as $1.50 per car. The state com
mission investigated the matter, and a
meeting was held with Mr. Manvel, Jmt
the grain men did not seem to get s_Bs
tied until the state commission made an
arbitrary order that $1 per car should be
the uniform switching rate for all com-
panics doing business in Minneapolis.
As usual.the railroad companies began
to appeal to the courts. Appeals were
filed by the Manitoba, the Milwaukee
and the Omaha roads in both the dis
trict courts of Hennepin and Ramsey
counties. The Hennepin county cases
will come up about the Ist of December.
The Omaha and the Milwaukee roads
also filed applications in the United
States circuit court asking for an in-
junction to restrain the state rail toad
commission from enforcing its $1 order.
Attorney General Clapp, for the com
mission, filed an answer, supported by
the affidavits of C. H. Pettit and Mr.
Woodward, and yesterday the argument
began on the order from Judge Nelson
requiring the commission to show cause
why the injunction should not be issued.
Attorney General Clapp appeared for
the commission, and he made a vigorous
argument for over two hours. After
dinner Judge C. E. Flandrau and J. H.
Norris took up the case of . the Milwau
kee road.. Messrs. Flannery and Cook,
of Minneapolis, were on hand to pre
sent the grievances of the Minneapolis
grain men in a legal light, and Judge
Howe and Mr. Pen in were around wait-
ing for the turn of the Omaha road to
come. '. V;'-: - :'
WHO HAS JUKI SDK
- The state commission, as advocated by
the attorney general, denies the juris
diction of the United States courts on
four propositions. It claims that the
roads are domestic corporations, there
fore subject to state control ; that the
traffic intended to be regulated is state
traffic: that the United States court has
no right to interefcre with the exercise
by the commission of its powers as such
commission, and that the statute makes
all necessary provision for the appeal of
railroad companies from such orders
and for having these orders tested in a
direct proceeding.
Messrs.. Flandrau and Norris, for the
Milwaukee road, responded. They held
that the state laws do not affect their
corporation, because it is a foreign cor
poration, organized under the laws of
Wisconsin, " and obtaining ingress
into and controlling a line
through Minnesota because of its ac
quisition of the Minnesota Central, and
the St. Paul & Chicago roads: that of
all its traffic Bo percent— interstate,
and that the equitable jurisdiction of
the United States court is sufficient for
it to exercise its judicial powers in all
such cases as the present. The com
pany takes the same position that it did
during the hearing before the state
commission, viz: That the state com-
mission does not have jurisdiction to
enforce the Milwaukee company to
comply with its order, because, first,
the company is ' a foreign corporation,
not even a citizen of Minnesota, and
second, the business of the road is in
terstate, and therefore subject only to
interstate jurisdiction. The argument
will be resumed to-day. Mr. Norris did
not have time yesterday afternoon to
complete his effort. . ; '•
BTTP___— cot i:t. . V ' 5
In the supreme court yesterday the
case of the State vs. Peter Czizek was
submitted on briefs; those of the State
vs. Peter Johnson and R. M. Probel-
tield vs. Peter Czizek were argued and
submitted, while the cases of J.J. Smith
et al. vs. J. E. Skopstad; and M. Peters
' vs. Thomas Thompson were dismissed.
JiOTES. .-. ..'< ■;-"
Considering that a short time ago George W.
Sweet, as guardian for the insane person,
Hiram M. Ranney, commenced a heavy dam-
age suit against the St. Paul <_ Duluth road
for running its right of way on Ranney's
property near Bald Eagle, the St. Paul A- In.
luth yesterday commenced a counter salt la
condemnation nrocceedlngs. It asks for the
appointment of commissioners, and states
that it wants the property for right of way
for additional side tracks and yard purposes.
Those whose interests arc now involved are
Banner, C. Tart- Klla J. Cobb, Joseph H.
Simpson. Robert Wharton and W. <'. Beach,
the land being liens all in the vicinity of Bald
Eagle and White Bear. - -
The arguments In the suit of Jnmes L.
Holman against William Keil were submitted j
yesterday, and Judge Brill has taken the case |
under auvisenient. It was brought to enforce
a real estate contract, and involves lot 0,
block 3. Joel Whitney's addition, valued at
I $13,500.
The jury in Judge Kelly's court en-
gaged yesterday in hearing the appeal of C.
N. Bell from 'the Minneapolis _ St. Croix
condemnation proceedings. Messrs. C. D.
O'Brien and Larrabee conducted the case for j
the road, and Horn and Bell for the appel
lant
The Edwards case, for the shooting of Po
liceman Roenisch, was postponed yesterday
until Thursday morning, W. W. Brain, for
the defense, is ready, but the court Is about
tit teen cases behind on the civil calendar.
In the case of Hersey, Bean & Brown
against George W. \\'al>o". the motion of de-
fendant to set aside judgment was refused by
Judge Wilkin on the grounds of inexcusable
delay and contempt.
The Shirk vs. Burba uk case is still ou trial
before Judge Simons.
The W. W. Kimball company has brought
a replevin suit against N. Mlchaud for a
piano.
M. D. Grover was admitted to prat lice in
the United States courts on Col. Clough's mo-
tion. ,;■-*;--....:■---..-.-..-.. ;■■■*.:->.
~IS HEAFTBR SOMETHING?
Fred Warner, With a* Sprained
Ankle, Visits the Halls ... of
State. • ■ _i"Ai.^v3";i
Fred Warner, assistant clerk of the
last house and present advocate and so
licitor of the Redwood Falls Coal Mm
ing company, as well as a political rust
ler and real estate boomer of Redwood .
THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1887.
Falls, called at the. Capitol yesterday.-'
He made the tour of the offices with the'
aid of a pair of crutches, one foot being
protected by a neat carpet slipper which
a sprained ankle obliges him to wear.
He was accompanied by his father-in-;
law, Hon. Thomas McMillan, who, by
the way. Is a prominent candidate for
commander of the Soldiers' Home.
"Fred Warner and Tom McMillan ain't
down here holding private consulta
tions with the governor for nothing,"
remarked a prominent state house of
ficial to a Globe reporter yesterday.
"In the classic language of Jake Sharp,
they don't stir around for nothing." .
THEY WANT EQUAL RIGHTS.
Colored Citizens Organizing a League
in Their Own Interests.
ARE THEY MUCH' ABUSED?
Committees Appointed-Apportionment
Committees Appointed-Apportionment
for a State Convention--.
Spicy Session.
"We are free-born American citizens, ,
and, as such, are entitled to the rights
and privileges accorded all men under
the stars and stripes."
So spake the colored man of St. Paul
last night, and he proposes to fight it
out on that line until the long-talked-of
question of civil and legal rights is set
tled, or, at least, results in some benefit
to him.
About 100 representative colored men
assembled in the Building Society hall
on Robert street last evening to take
preliminary steps looking to the forma
tion of a state civil rights league. - Key.
William Gray seemed to be the
leading spirit and called the meeting to
order ac follows: "Gentlemen— ln pur
suance of our adjourned meeting of
three weeks ago we meet here to-night
to take steps relative to our rights as
American citizens. It is a fight in
which we can all unite, and unless it is
agitated now, we will fall short of our
expectations."
A committee on permanent organiza
tion was appointed and reported on the
following officers: President, Rev.
William Gray; secretary, W. H. Butt;
assistant secretary, S. W. McKinley.
While the organization was being ef
fected Mr. Price Williams arose and
said: "Taking into consideration the
question of our civil and legal rights,
it is a very ticklish one to
handle. Let us be prudent, resolute and
determined, and when the time comes
to act, let us act unitedly. Let us first
find out what rights have been invaded/
who has invaded them, and the charac
ter of the men who done it."
There was a slight lull at this point,
and the audience improved the opportu
nity to
HAVE SOME FUN
with one of the men who was extremely
clownish because of the anient he had
swallowed. This struck Mr. Butt in the
wrong spot, and, highly indignant, lie
shouted,
"We came here as men, not as chil
dren. We did not come here to laugh;
and talk like a parcel of school hoys,
but came here to solve our rights as citi
zens. I contend that you men ought ' to
have sense enough to know how to be
have and look at the thing in a serious.
light." •"' '
President Gray broke in with the re-:
mark: -.,, i
"Gentlemen, please save your orator
icals for the convent ten. If you tell
everything you know now, you won't
have anything to say when that time
comes."
•'That's all right," shouted Ed
Wright, the funny individual referred
to, "but you are out of order, Mr. Pres
ident."
The president sat on Wright without.
hesitation, and then appointed the fol
lowing committee on apportionment and
address: F.P.Parker, Price Williams,
N. F. Butt, J. H. Cunningham, E. P.-
Wade, John Adams and Peter Harris.
They asked for further time to prepare
the address, but reported the apportion
ment of delegates as follows : : ;-/;, > . .--j
Counties— 15 ; Ramsey, 20:
Washington, 5; Freeborn, '_: Pope, 3; nice,
5; Winona, 5; St. Louis, 3; Steele. _. :
"l's all right, Mr. President," said
Wright, with a smile that cavorted
about the table for awhile; "but youive;
had all these things cut and dried. Go
ahead, but you can bet I'm goin' to fight
everything." :.- - r
He was admonished to keep the gash
in his face securely closed, and relapsed
into his corduroy coat, and it became
necessary to appoint a large fireman:
master-at-arms to preserve order. Price,
.Williams exposed the seat of his chair
ter the second time. •'- --! ;
! "Mr. Chairman," said he, "I move
that the word 'colored' be dropped from"
to-night's proceedings. There is no
such thing as a colored man in the stat
utes of Minnesota. We don't go into!
court as colored men, but as American
citizens. We meet here, not as colored
men, but as citizens of Minnesota who
have been wronged."
"Mr. President," said Mr. Butt, in
a stern voice, "I am surprised that the
gentleman makes any such mo
tion. We all know that in all
the fine .hotels, etc., we are
excluded, not because we are American
citizens, but because we are black men."
Even an Irishman, in his dirty, greasy
clothes, can enter these places and no
objection is raised. We will maintain
our rights as colored men. As colored
men we will make a broad, square fight..
1 don't want to be identified with the:
white man. lam a colored man and
proud of it." '..'-•' •' -:-■:.'''-.."* ..- \
Mr. Saunders and his fur coat arose..
Mr. Saunders is a very intelligent man
and is looked upon as one of the smart
est colored men in St. Paul.
"I think before we begin to do any
thing." he said, "it is best to first find
out what we are talking about. What
would the people think of us, if we
asked the country to give us an equal
rights bill? That means that we can
enter any man's house as his equal and
SUP AT Ills HOARD. .-..>"
Why, to ask such a tiling we would act
as though we were blindfolded and try
ing to butt our brains out. The United
States has given us a civil rights bill,
but, I say, can not present us an equal
rights bill." ■--.- r.--
Capt. S. W. McKinley— are not
here to establish a precedent to fight the
law. We came here to establish a state
civil rights league. We meet as free
born American citizens, and have a
right to be protected under the glorious
stars and stripes. We don't want col
ored rights; we don't want colored lib
erty; but we want the rights of Ameri
can citizens.
Williams tried to speak again, and so
did Saunders, but the president stated
positively mat they both had "spoke"
enough. Much indignation was ex
pressed against Williams for his motion
to strike out the word "colored."
F. P. Parker— I regret that Mi. Will
iams has put such a motion. We should
stand shoulder to shoulder as colored
men. Let us understand that we are
colored American citizens.
-That's all right," said Wright,
"We're not human and there's no use
tryin' to be." The sergeant-at-arms
gathered up Mr. Wright and the bal
ance of his talk
AND EJECTED THEM ALL
from the room, while . all sorts of dark
looks shadowed him to the street.
Sam Hardy made the hit of the
evening. - '.
"You should not strike out the word
'color.' 1 am a colored man from way
back and pretty well colored at that, 1
am black as the ace of spades. We arc
not here as Irishmen or Swedes. AYe
are colored men and that's what we'll
remain."
"Mr. President. I would like to rise to
a point"— began Saunders. ',
"Oh. 1 guess not," said Mr. Gray,
"You've spoke three times, that settles
you." . •"■ *
The question as to striking out" the;
word color was lost, ami the men pro-'
claimed themselves still colored.
The meeting adjourned to meet at the
call of the president.
' Handsome Publications.
';.. Frederick A. Stokes, the well-known
publisher, IS2 Fifth avenue, New York,
has issued some . very handsome Christ
mas souvenirs in the following publica- ;
tions: "Favorites in Feathers,"- by
Fidelia Bridges and Susie BarstowSkeld-:
ing, and -'.'The Photo-Gravlere Calen
dar," with Shakespearean designs* by
Frank M. Gregory. More beautiful ar-
tides for presents could not be con
ceived, and every person should calL^t
H. E. Wedelstaedt's, Third street, and
buy one or both. - ;.'■;
FROM THE HOTELS.
What Several Prominent Men Had '
to Say Yesterday. -j* !
Ex- Governor Gilbert ' A. Pierce, tall
and erect as ever, was promenading the ;
Ryan rotunda last evening, but paused J
long enough to exchange courtesies
with the representative of the Globe. |
"AYe are very much interested in 'the
division question in Dakota just now,"
said the ex-governor, "but I do not
count on a large vote being polled next '
Tuesday. Still, there will be a lajge ,
majority for division, and , this feeling,
which Is general throughout the terri
tory, will account . for any seem-
ing apathy in going to the pom.
Then, too, in several of the counties
local questions will be considered para-
mount, especially that of local option,
and in these localities a heavy vote may
be looked for. As for future action at
Washington regarding the admission of
Dakota into the sisterhood of states, I
am not prepared to express an opinion
further than to say that any representa
tives before congress will go volunta
rily. Undoubtedly Dakota will be di-
vided before its admission, and espe
cially as that seems to be the wish of the
people.' '
* *
The Messrs. C. E. & J. H. Conrad,
probably the largest ranche and cattle
owners of Montana, are in St. Paul vis-
iting old friends, and will probably re
main here for several days. They
picture things at home as in a most
flourishing condition, and say that the
grade of cattle now being sent to mar
ket from Montana excels that of any
previous year. Their headquarters are
at Fort Benton, and t"«e shipment of
stock from that point, it Is said, exceeds
anything in its past history. There has
been very little complaint of drought,
and the grazing grounds have been
covered during the entire season with
an excellent crop of nutritious fattening :
grass."-; -. • '-J--.-C
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A. B. Ellithorpe, the Chicago con-
A. B. Ellithorpe, the Chicago con-
tractor and builder, who, after a long
absence, has returned to St. Paul on
business matters, says that he would
not believe it unless he saw with' his
own eyes the evidences of substantial
prosperity as evinced by the size and
quality of the buildings* recently erected
here or now in course of construction.
"1 do recall in my recent journey through
the East,*' said Mr. Ellithorpe, '.'anything
that will exceed the Globe building
in point of architecture or finish, and 1
am told that there is to be a counterpart
orphan home building erected at Min
neapolis. And on all sides 1 hear
buildings talked of, which _«> to show '
that capital is seeking investment and
is willing to place it in this wonderful
and growing: Northwestern section.
Probably I pay more attention to build-
ing details, as ' I am interested on that
subject, but no one, ten years ago,
would have ventured to predict that St.
Paul- could have possibly made such;
strides as are now clearly "manifest on;
both sides of her busy streets. ..'/; •
Mr. Albert Thaner, a prominent busi-
ness man of. Gloucester, Mass., who is
at the Ryan -temporarily, says that the
coming election in the Bay state is going;
to be a very important one as indicatffve |
of the -. strengtn of the Mugwump ele
ment in. the next presidential campaign.;
Strenuous efforts will be made to bring
out a full vote and civil service theories
will be given a practical test at the bal
lot box. -The element that has so long
regaided itself as a sort of silk-stocking;
brigade will be forced . into- action, al
though it is what is known as an off
year in national politics, and especially
on account of the uncertainty attending
the direction in which, the, labor vote
will go;
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. : ALMOST A WILD MAN. >|JJ j
A Strang- Creature Taken in by
The Police Yesterday.
Residents on the Fort Snelling road
have several times reported the appear-
ance of a queer stranger in that vicinity
who had been seen in the edge of the
woods, and skulking about the
doorways at- night. Yesterday the
police got track of the mysterious indi
vidual, and Officer Fenn; of the mounted
patrol, succeeded in capturing him. He
appears to be crazy, and cannot tell a
very intelligent- story of himself. He
says his name is AATilliam Jones,
and claims that he was once a
rich man,- but that he fell in
with bad men, anil was given a drink
and robbed of' all his wealth. He is
thin, and is almost literally starved to
death. -He can hardly walk, and is un
able to speak above a whisper. He had
no shoes' or hat, and his clothes are
badly ■■•• tattered. He has two
old- newspapers tied around his
wrists for cuffs, and the wind blowing
through his grizzly beard and long hair
adds to his grotesque appearance. As
far as known his only subsistence has
been em raw corn, which he stole by the
ear from corn-cribs in the vicinity," and
• ate from the cob. • i -; \
- . .7 < GLOBULES.
. Bank clearances yesterday, $739.171 .56. j
The police department made 050 arrests in
October. '.'. ".'..■
The municipal court collected 13,746.60 in
fines during the past month.
Hon. W. S. Pattee, of Nor— field, called at
hte capitol yesterday. -.7.-. -- ..
W. A. Leama'n, county attorney of Sibley
county, called on the attorney general yester-
day. . .::--:- ;./:-.-A- ."• .•';* ,;.:-.: — '.- j
Thirty births, three deaths and nine mar
riages was the scoie at the health ofiice yes-
terday. .V;: ;:_v ;
Hon. Thomas McMillan and ex-Clerk Fred
Warner, of Redwood Falls, visited the Capi
tol yesterday. 7 v.-; .;•-;
• Supt. Kiehle went to Crookston last even
ing. On this trip he will visit the High
schools in the northern portion of the state.
The building inspector issued 424 permits
to build during the month of October, repre
senting improvements aggregating a cost of
$418,025. < -
In the municipal court yesterday Daniel
Catton, a colored man. arrested for bastardy
on complaint of Amelia Weber, a colored
girl sixteen years of age, was discharged. i
Nellie Anderson, May Costello. Nina Clif-
ford, Pauline Bell. Kay Early. Lillie J. Mack.
Miunie Barton and Lotta Aveliue, keepers of
houses ot ill-fame, paid $100 fines each In
the municipal court yesterday.
Superintendent Overton. of the water board, '
and Contractor Nichols made a test, yester
day, of the water main which crosses tne
river from the foot of Broadway. It was
tested at a pressure of 150 pounds. ■_-'
■Fire on the third floor of J. n. Roach's con
fectionery store. No. 101 EastFiflh.destroyed
about $500 worth of stock and slightly dam-
aged the building, early yesterday morning.
The loss was fully covered by insurance. "
Capt. Hays received word yesterday of the
sinking of the river steamer '-Ben Hershey,"
ou what is known as the Upper rapids at
Le Claire, 10. The boat struck a rock and
went down, though all on board escaped. - i .
Three men arrested in room 22 of the Steele
. block on Seventh street, between Cedar and
Wabasha, while playing draw poker, were
fined $15 each, and two of them were unable
to raise the money and were obliged to go to
the work house. ..jggSSS
Vesterdav afternoon Joseph Kek and his
wife, who live near Reamur's brewery on the
West side, were arrested on the charge of
larceny. They are accused of stealing tools
from the stone quarries near the oil mill, and
were released on bail, the sum of $25 being:
furnished for each.
Rev. H. C. Count* gave an address at the
meeting held in the rooms of the Gospel.
Temperance union last evening. A number
signed the pledge. ; A prayer and conference
meeting will be held at 3 o'clock this after-
noon; at half past 4 there will be a special:
meeting for children, and at 7:30 p.m. a
temperance meeting.
The cases . against M. J. Gibbons and
Samuel i Stegener, milkmen arrested • for
selling adulterated milk were called yester-
day morning, and Gibbons pleaded guilty to
selling skimmed milk. He was fined $10.;
Stegener failed to appear, his 525 bail
was forfeited. -
, . .PERSONALS.
- Hon. \Y. S. Pattee, of North field, and Supt.'
Kiehle.'who were lately appointed by the
Norma! school board as a special committee
to revise the rules of that body, held a special
meeting yesterday and made such changes
as were deemed necessary. ; -
Add— ionnl St. Paul News A on'
the Fourth Page. >:^ >',
HITS THEJLD PARTY.
A Well -Known Republican
Sizes Up the Rotten Condi
._ tion of Prison Affairs.
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•Payette Marsh Brings Action
Fayette Marsh Brings Action
- Against Stordock Not as
i» ..-. ' Reed's Attorney.
% Is for the Benefit of the
?~ Grand Old Republi
«_>;'--■ can Party.
;____ Marsh Tells How "the In-
cubus" Came to Be Upon
«'-';-„- the "Machine."
"There is an impression prevalent,"
said Mr. Fayette Marsh, the attorney
who preferred the complaint against
Warden Stordock, "that mv recent action
was inspirrd by ex-AVarden Reed or his
friends, with a view to getting even for
the investigation into his management
of the affairs of the Stillwater peniten
tiary. I want to distinctly disavow any
such motive and will cheerfully give my
reason for taking legal action against
the present warden. Some time ago I
was selected by the district attorney at
Stillwater as his deputy, because of his
failing health, which prevented him
from appearing in court as a public
prosecutor, and after I had completed
my engagement with ex-AVarden Reed,
and had received compensation for my
services, I.turned my attention to Stor-
dock in the interest of the public wel
fare. 1 did not consider him a proper
person to hold the -position of warden,
and as a Republican, I thought some
thing should be done to effect . his dis-
missal, and score a point for the present
state government. It is over ;a;
week ago ■ that 1 severed my
connection with ex-AVarden Reed,
and -he had no hand whatever
in the present proceedings. It was im
portant for me as a public prosecutor to
be sure of the attendance, as a witness,
of the Burner woman, who I learned
was about to leave the state on a writ
which required the sanction of the
governor. Accordingly, I precipitated
my preparations of the case against
Stordock so as to have a case pending in
court by which I could compel the de
tention of the needed witness and this
will account for my action Saturday in
filing the bill of complaint. I went to
the governor and stated my case frankly
and fully to him and the attorney, gen
eral of the state coincided with me in
the opinion that 1 entertained, and the
woman will be held as I desired. I was
not satisfied to sit patiently by and see
the odium brought . ,
-n UPON THE PARTY
in the state that Stordock's actions have
created, and for this I have been made
* target, but 1 guess I can stand it.?
The precedent established by Senator i
Davis when he was governor of Minne
sota and charges were preferred against
-an official, less important than
tpose against Stordock, of . demand-
ing the » instant resignation ' of
the offending . official, could * well :
have been followed by Gov. McGill. !
And he would have saved himself a
-great deal of trouble and annoyance by
so doing and would have relieved the
'Republican party of Minnesota of an
-jjcubus.' ..'But no; he sat silently by,
while an estimable, citizen was being
■maligned and . the • happiness of his
.family wrecked, until charges were
-Made against his appointee, and then he
monies to his rescue and • says; he must
"protest against trying Stordock -hi -'the '
"newspapers. ; And this' man* stdtdoek,
that the "governor defends, who" is he
and what is his record? . Let Messrs.
Stanford Newel, Pillsbury ana other
Republican leaders of this state be heard
from on the subject. It was Stordock's
ambition to be secretary of state at the
last election, and' because it was
thought that he controlled a number of
Norwegian voters he was-, listened .to,
but his claims in this respect- Were
ignored, • for the reason tha the ■■ would i
weaken Gov. McGill's chances'.' /•■:"-.•• j
i "His record while a member of the,
legislature was too well known to the
Democrats; and then StordocTc abated
his demands and wanted to be railroad j
commissioner, or else dictate the com- i
'■position of the commission, " •':-■•■
"But J. J. Hill entered a most em-
phatic protest against him,; declaring]
that if he became • a railroad
commissioner there would be no end to
his. demands and he would have to be :
looked after every change of the moon.
Stordock became desperate and went off
to an obscure hotel in St. Paul and pro-
ceeded to ventilate his grievances to any
one who would listen to him. He must
be silenced for the good of the cause.
so one morning before he was out of
bed, no less than five ••'.••'. ■: . ... :
;. - INFLUENTIAL POLITICIANS . XT V; {
called on him and assured him that he
should be fixed comfortably if he would
only keep quiet. This he promised to
do, and in casting about for a place for
him, it was determined to oust AVarden
Reed and this accounts for Stordock's
present situation. While many of the
people of Stillwater were angry at the
discharge of Reed, yet when the new
man came among them, he was cor-
dially received and would have been
tolerated but for his methods. \
"From the beginning of his career as
warden, he began a series of reforms, as
he termed them, in the interest of econ
omy, and wherever he saved a dollar in
the running expenses of the institution
he caused it to be blazoned forth to the
world through the press. But he neg-
lectedto state that he had increased the
salaries of the employes of the prison
fully 30 per cent, simply that he might
make them allies in retaining his posi
tion. Then he began his system of col-
lecting evidence against his predecessor
and relied upon the testimony of con-
victs and the -lawless characters under
his charge to substantiate his tales. Re-
porters were solicited to come to Still-
water and interview the inmates of the
penitentiary, but I believe solely with a
-desire to fortify Stordock in his situa
tion and not with any Idea of an investi
gation of the'prison methods. Finally,
however, the matter assumed such gi
gantic proportions that the governor
was compelled to take cognizance of it,
and that will account for the recent ex-
amining committee from the state board
of chanties and corrections."
"Finding that he was being closely
pressed, Stordock has attempted to shift
the responsibility for his actions upon
the governor and prison inspectors, and
has even gone so far as to disavow any
connection with the Prison Mirror,
.When the first issue contained a para
graph over his own signature that it
.was an instrument of his own creating
and that he was responsible lor its
utterances.
"It was not long before the good peo
ple of Stillwater were awakened to a
realization of their danger, and it was
proven pretty conclusively that shrewd
men like Cole Younger and Landers,
the forger, were using tne warden to
further their own ends, and were re-
ceiving unusual privileges not accorded
convicts whose terms were about to ex-
pire, let alone men who had committed
the gravest offenses against the law.
Here were men whose services belonged
to the state
ALLOWED TO KILL TIME
as they saw fit, and print what they
saw fit against worthy citizens, and all
tinder the sanction, of the warden, who
by not prohibiting them tacitly consent-
ed to their nefarious schemes. ; Then, .
too, Stordock has charged me with in-
ducing . Mary AAreishair to change . her
testimony, when he knew at the time he
was speaking falsely, and besides, the
only interview that - 1 - had ; with : the
.woman in question was in the presence
of the prison inspectors.
'"Warden Stordock is utterly unfit to
.be trusted with his present position,
and I shall never rest easy until his dis-
missal is an accomplished fact, and then
he may go his way in peace. There are
certain physical, considerations that im-
pel me to cease pursuing him after he. is
deposed, no matter what the officials
may determine upon. But as a public
prosecutor I deem it my duty to insist
upon a proper person being given the
Stillwater penitentiary in the interest
of good government and a pure adminis
tration of state affairs."
'.'1 believe that in the appointment of
Mr. Stordock and in his subsequent
career the governor of this state has
been grossly imposed upon, and that
Mr. Stordock is a very unworthy serv-
ant. The cleanliness of the public
service demands an investigation of
this matter without fear or favor to any
one. I have no desire to inflict any pen
alties or injury upon Mr. Stordock, but
simply that because he is unclean and
unworthy he should abandon the
office he pollutes and leave it to
some better person. 1 regret very
much that Gov. McGill permitted
himself to be placed on record in the
premises as shown by his interview in
to-day's Globe. , It comes altogether
too late. When the most scandalous
and vile charges were being published
against an innocent man, ex-Warden
Reed, he forgot to protest against it, at
least, I have never seen or heard of it if
he did protest, but when his appointee,
Mr. Stordock, is by warrant and com-
plaint in open court, he very quickly ex-
presses his regret that the warfare
should be taken up through the news
papers."
The Orphans' Fair.
The Orphans' Fair.
It was definitely decided at the meet-
ing of the orphans' board Monday even
ing to open the Catholic Orphans' fair
next Tuesday evening at the Market
hall and continue the same for a week.
The ladies who were appointed by
Father Shanleyjto canvass for donations
met last Sunday, and a comparison of
notes went to show most gratifying re-
sults. Nothing, therefore, remains
to make ' the fair a complete
success but good attendances, which
of course will be forthcoming. Besides
the usual attractions of former years,
new features will be introduced. The
dining room will be in charge of the
married ladies of the cathedral parish,
and dinner will be served each day dur-
ing the week. _ The gentlemen of the
orphan board will be on hand each even-
ing to see that everything is properly
conducted and to look after the pleasure
of the visitors." ■ ■ . ■'/■ ■:'.- ■•: ':■■. «»V-.
The State Finances
State Treasurer Bobleter has just is-
sued the regular m 3nthly statement of
the condition of the state finances for
the month ending Oct. 31. The total
amount in the treasury is $322,620.55, of
which $123,034.59 is in the internal im
provement land fund; $209,309.86 in the
permanent school fund $43,342.98 in the
forestry fund; $50,091.19 interest on the
internal improvement land fund; and
$37,408.84 in the text book fund.
New Directors Elected.
2 ; : \s New Directors Elected.
The annual meeting of the stock-
holders of the St. Paul Real Estate Title
Insurance company was held yesterday.
The exhibit of the treasurer showed $12.
-000 more guarantee fund than the $20 V
000 required by law. The following is
the board of directors elected: F. B.
Clark, F. Driscoll, F. D. Hager. P. R. L.
Hardenbergh, A. Kalman, W. Lindeke,
D. R. Noyes, E. AY. Peet, A. G. Pos-
tlethwaite, J. H. AVeed, F. Willies, G.
Willi us, J. J.. Watson.
A Soldier's Bneial.
A Soldier's Burial.
The funeral of Mr. Vandewarker, a
member of j the G. A. R. of New York,
and who was lately a member on the
staff of the Department" of New York,
was attended by comrades of the differ
ent posts of the city yesterday. The re
mains were interred in Oakland ceme
tery, with 6. A. R. honors. The firing
party consisted of a detail from St. Paul
Camp No. 1, Sons of Veterans.
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