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_ THE RAILWAY WORLD. The Celebration at the "Soo" Was a Very Decided Success. There Was a Big* Parade and a Big* Banquet in the Evening. The Northern Pacific Road Still Increasing* Its Show ing of Earnings. Notes and News of Railway Events in All Parts of the Country. Special to the Globe. Sault Sri*. Marie, Mich., Jan. 18.— The celebration of the opening ot the international bridge and the advent of railroads also, despite a few drawbacks, was a great success. For a week past unfavorable weather has prevailed, but to-day the son came out bright as if it too had become imbued with the spirit of the occasion and desired to lend its pres ence to make the occasion a memorable one. At an early houi the Sooites were stirring, and great activity was mani fested. The city presented a gay ap pearance. Every business house was festooned and arches were erected on all the main streets. The day was de clared a public holiday by the common council, and all the places of business were closed and schools were dis missed at 2 o'clock. A national salute was fired by the regu lars at Fort Brady. A procession occurred at 3 o'clock. It was headed by two companies of regulars from Fort Brady under Cant. Hen ton. About 100 floats followed," drawn by teams, all of which were placarded and caparisoned. Then came tin* toboggan club of 100 ladies and gentlemen in uniform, then the Saginaw mail dog team trains.which for fifty years carried the mail from Saginaw "here in the winter time over land. It was a novel sight to see the old Indians out in the cos tume of fifty years ago. About 100 teams, carrying city officials, guests, etc., followed. The South Shore spe cial arrived four hours behind time, not getting here until 5 o'clock, owing to snow delays. The Soo line directors' train came in this morning and let off a large crowd, but the directors would not join in the celebration. It lias leaked out to-night that they would not join for fear that it would militate against Gladstone were it to be announced that they joined in the af- i fair. They are trying to unload the town site of Gladstone and did not want it to interfere with it. A banquet occurred to-night at the Hotel Iroquois. About 300 plates were spread. Toasts were responded to by Gov. Swineford, of Alaska, ex-Congress man Jay llubbell. Mayor Nestor, of Marquette, Superintendent Watson, of the South Shore, R. D. Perry, Otto Towle and J. W. Brown. About 700 strangers attended and were highly pleased with the Soo and the entertain ment. THE NORTHERN PACIFIC. Its Earnings Are Showing a Very Gratifying Increase. Railway Age. The Northern Pacific railroad con tinues to indicate the effect of good man agement and the growth of the country which it serves in a very gratifying in crease in its earnings. The monthly passenger earnings have not failed to show au increase over the corresponding month of the previous year since March, 1887- withstanding the fact that the company a year ago reduced its local passenger rates on the main line and branches west of Glendive, Mont., to 5 cents ***r mile, having had prior to that time rates as high as 0 cents per mile, especially on some of the brauch lines in the mountain districts. Several di visions on the line, particularly in Mon tana and Washington territories, show an increase regularly of from 50 to 100 per cent in local ticket sales. The in crease in passenger earnings for the month of October was *?07,000; ill No vember, $111,000; in December, $104,000; and the aggregate increase for the first six months of the fiscal year ending Dec. 31. 1887. reached the large amount of M 35,000, or over $05,000 in excess of the increase for the entire fiscal year ending •June 30, 18S7. The completion of the Mount Shasta route, the all-rail line be tween Portland and San Francisco, and the entrance of the Northern Pacific into competition at short line rates, as limited, for San Francisco business, will certainly materially add during the last six months of the fiscal year to the revenues of the passenger department. The increase in freight earnings has been almost equally satisfactory to the managers. The Engineers Satisfied. Pittsburg, Jan. 18.— The committee representing the locomotive engineers of the Pennsylvania company's railway system west of Pittsburg left for their homes this morning perfectly satisfied with their interview yesterday with Manager Baldwin and General Manager McCrea in regard to an advance of 10 percent in wages and the abolition of the ••double-header" system. The com mittee was courteously treated and the conference was harmonious. An an swer is expected in a few days. The request for an advance originated at the headquarters of the brotherhood. •It is rumored about the Allegheny yards of the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad that the request of the yardmen and train hands for an increase of wages had in part been granted. No official notice has been given to this effect, but the committee claims to have an intima tion from inside quarters. The Chicago scale will be conceded without the "time and half-time" features. Montana Enterprises. Special to the Globe. Billixgs, Mont., Jan. 18.— County Clerk Hayes, of Yellowstone county, Montana, to-day filed for record a mort gage on the franchise of the Billings, Clark's Fork &, Cooke City railroad to the Farmers' Loan & Trust company, of New York, amounting to $2,000,000. Charles F. Roberts, of New York city, is president. The route is from Bill ings, on the Northern Pacific,up Clark's Fork to Cooke City in the New World mining district, with a branch to the Red Lodge coal fields. Work on the Rocky Fork & Cooke City railroad has ceased for the winter. A large amount of paper outstanding is overdue, with no funds to meet it. A large number of men in Billings are demanding money from the contractors. Potter Won't Resign. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 18.— The World received the following telegram from President Potter at his home to-day in answer to inquiry concerning his ru mored resignation: "Burlington, 10., Jan. Editor World: 1 most emphatically deny the rumors that I expect to leave the serv ice of the Union Pacific road in April or at any time. Rumors in the Chicago papers arc- without foundation. T.J.Potter." Louisville & Nashville. Louisvit.i.k, Ky., Jan. 18.— There wil be a meeting of the stockholders of the Louisville & Nashville' railroad com pany Feb. 21, in this ciij, to consider and act upon a plan proposed by the Eng lish stockholders, which is briefly this: That the company, Instead of paying a cash dividend of 2 per cent from the earnings, of the road during the last six months of the fiscal year, ended Dec. 31, 1587, pay the dividend on an issue of stock. This will put 'sooo,ooo into the capital,' which the. English' Stockholders think had better be ex pended iv improving the road. But they say that there are .... shareholders who , depend- upon the divi dends ' from their invest ment for their income. They, however, ' may sell the newly issued stock and re ceive for it what would be equivalent to a 2 per cent semi-annual dividend. The stocK is now at 02, and if the new issue is sold at that price the stockholders who sell it would receive as much in cash as if they were paid a cash divi dend. Thousand-Mile Tickets. ,>* V CuiCAOo.Jan. The Michigan Ce ntral to-day decided to at once put on sale thousand-mile tickets at $20, or 2 cents a mile. It takes off sale the 2,000-mile tickets at $40. The special committee of the Western roads to-day concluded to recommend to the managers to retain the present system of $40 for 2,000-mile tickets and $25 for 1,000-mile tickets.and ignore the action of the Illinois Central in selling at $25 for 1,000 miles with a rebate of $5. Whether , the Eastern roads will similarly ignore the Michigan Central remains to be seen. *v The Illinois Central. New Took. Jan. IS.— The Illinois Central Railroad company has declared the, usual semi-annual dividend of B}*J per cent, payable March 1, upon the en tire capital of $40,000,000.: : The transfer books close Feb. 8 and reopen March 15. A New Road to Cheyenne. Chicago, Jan. IS.— A new line to Cheyenne. Wyo., from Chicago, Peoria, and St. Louis will be open for passenger business on Jan. 21 via the Burlington route, one of the Burlington _ recent ex tensions west on the Missouri river hav ing been completed to that point. Through sleeping cars will be run daily between Chicago and Cheyenne via Omaha. - Duluth & North Dakota. Special to the Globe. Apa, Minn., Jan. 18.— J. V. Campbell returned to-day from St. Paul with a promise from the Duluth &North Dakota Railroad company that if the line were built at all through Norman county it would pass through Ada. The citizens committee will now proceed to finish the survey and secure the right of way through the county, which has mostly been promised. Chips From the Ties. Beginning today the St. Paul & Kansas City will run its traiu out of St. Paul in two sections, the second one leaving live minutes behind the first. The second one will carry passengers for St. Louis, Kansas City and points on the lowa Central railway. All passengers north of Dodge Center will" go on the second section. The Manitoba and the Montana Central, in connection with the St. Paul & Duluth have issued a tariff taking effect Feb. 1, from St. Paul. Minneapolis and com mon points to all stations on the Manitaba rating coke in carload lots same as coal. President Stickney, of the St. Paul & Kan sas City road, and Mr. Hauley. general traffic manager of the same road, have gone to Chi cago; Mr. Dv Puy, general manager ot the same road, has gone down the line. The Manitoba will issue a tariff taking effect Feb. 1, making a fifth-class rate ap plying on mixed car loads of wire and nails to all points in Minnesota, Dakota and Mon tana on the Manitoba line. The earnings of the St. Paul & Duluth for the second week in January were $12,942, and for the first two weeks of the month, $27,380. N. M. Breeze, traveling passenger agent df the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western, with headquarters at Milwaukee, is in St. Paul. S. G. Fuller, assistant general freight agent of the Northern Pacific at Portland, is in St. Paul. General Manager Harris, of the Burling ton & Northern, has returned from Chicago. General Freight Agent Bagley, of the Omaha road, left for Chicago last night. * ma* ■ PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS. They Give President Cleveland an Emphatic Indorsement. Haiuusbi-rg, Pa., Jan. 18.— At the meeting of the Democratic state central committee this afternoon Dallas Sand ers," of Philadelphia, the candidate of Congressman Randall, was defeated for chairman by Elliot P. Kisner, of Lu zerne county, who was put forward by Congressman Scott. The vote stood: Kisner, 42; i Sanders, 35; Robert E. Wright. 1. A large number of prom inent Democrats from all parts of the state were present and participated in the preliminary skirmish. The exec utive committee, which consists of Messrs. William A. Wallace, Samuel J. i Ranlall, Eckley B. Coxe, J. Henry Cochrane, William L. Scott, William McClelland and William Muchler, was selected after a contest. The commit tee decided to hold the state convention in Harrisburg on Wednesday, the 23d of May. Congressman Scott presented the following resolution, which . was adopted after some show of opposition by Mr. Davis, of Lancaster, and two or three others: Resolved, That this committee cor dially and emphatically indorse the ad ministration of President Cleveland. It has been thoroughly true to the best in terests of the republic. The peace and prosperity of the country is largely due to its wise and benign policy with respect to both foreign and domestic matters. It has reformed the civil service, abolished useless offices, re duced the cost of government, restored many millions of acres of land to the pub lic domain, effected a large reduction of the public debt, prevented the importa tion of foreign pauper labor under con tract, and has wisely and consistently endeavored to effect a reduction of the idle surplus in the treasury and to lighten the burden of taxation borne by the mass of the people. The line of policy laid down in the last annual mes sage of the president for the revision of and reduction of ' the war tariff espe cially commends itself to us as a sure guaranty of prosperity to all classes of firoducers, and of that genuine and lonest protection to labor so long pre tended but never vouchsafed by the monopolistic legislation of the so-called Republican party. We, therefore, avow without hesitation or qualification our unshaken confidence in the wisdom, courage and patriotism of President Cleveland, and earnestly and hopefully recommend and urge his re-election to the great office which he has so accept ably filled. Adjourned. ♦i Tailors in Council. Chicago, Jan. Over a score of the principal cities of the country were represented this morning in the spa cious club room of the Grand Pacific hotel when the eighth annual conven tion of the Custom Foremen Tailors' As sociation of America was called to or der. The annual reports of the officers showed that the organization was in a prosperous condition. This afternoon there were addresses on subjects of in terest to the trade, and some of the del egates, armed with chalk, patterns, shears and cloth, gave ocular demon strations on such subjects as "Fat Men's Coats," "Sack Suits for Spring, 1888," and "The Latest English Fads?* These practical exhibitions have become an important feature of the annual con ventions, and are said to prove of con- : siderable value to the trade. tm The Coal Output. New York, Jan. Notwithstand ing the strikes iv the Schuylkill and Lehigh regions the production of coal last week was the largest on record for that period, the output being 655,358 tons against 551,070 for the correspond ing week last year, an increase of 104, --282 tons. Of course the Schuylkill re gion where the Reading mines are situ ated shows a marked falling off, the production there being only 50,000 tons against 161,313 for the same week in 1887, and in the Lehigh region where the miners have been on a strike for. nearly five months the production was only 41,569 tons against 98,541 tons last year. The increase was in the Wy oming fields. Carpet Weavers Quit. ... Philadelphia, Jan. 18.— hun dred Murkland and Crompton loom carpet weavers struck yesterday hi Iv ins, Deetz & MaGee's mills at Marshall street and Lehigh avenue for the resto ration of wages, and attempts will be made to induce weavers in other, mills to quit work also, for the same cause. THE; SAINT RAUL DAILY GLOBE: THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1888. CONLEY'S^ COURAGE. The Story of the Brilliant Railroad Career of the Ithaca Giant. How He Stood at His Post and Saved the Lives of Many . Passengers. Rewarded For His Bravery With a Medal, Money and Clothing. His Proposition to Meet James Fell, of Grand Rapids, in the Ring. Special to the Globe. Ashland, Jan. 18.— Since the fight between Mike Con ley, of this city, and Pat Killen, of St Paul, is off, an effort is be ing made to get Jim Fell, of Grand Rap ids, Mich., into the ring with Conley. The friends of the, latter are very ; anxious that In t have a light with some one to satisfy the sporting frater nity that he is made of the stuff they claim. Conley lias been pe culiarly unfortunate in arranging matches, although lie lias, through his manager, J. D. Hayes, been very liberal with those he dealt with. He has con ceded nearly everything in order to get into the ring with men who claim to be able to "do him up." Fell, it seems, is just as anxious to fight as Killen pre tended to be, and those who know him here say that if he agrees to fight he will not flunk. Letters have already been received here from FHIENDS OF FELL, in which lie is said to be ready for al most any kind of a fight with Conley. In reply Mr. Hayes wrote to Grand Rapids that he would pit Conley against Fell for $1,000 a side to a finish, making Richard K. Fox the final stakeholder and the party to name the referee. Mr. Hayes informed the Grand Rapids peo ple that Conley would fight within five weeks after signing articles. He also told them that he did not believe there would be any money in a match for gate receipts in the Northwest until after April 1, owing to the fact that there had been too many of the affairs this winter which were either draws or hippodromes. It is quite probable that Conley and Fell will fight. Fell is said to be about as even a match for Conley as any one that makes any pretensions of being a heavy-weight slugger. FOR BRAVERY. Although Mike Conley has been a resident of Ashland for nearly a year, not more than a half dozen of his friends know that he is the possessor of a medal for performing one of the brav est acts known in railroading for a number of years. Conley, before com ing West, was a railway engineer, and pulled the throttle of a locomotive on the Cincinnati & Northern railroad. In March, 1884, he was pulling a train of two coaches, baggage car and express car out of Cincinnati. It was what is known as a theater- train, and had aboard 150 persons. It was an intensely dark night, and the train was traveling up a steep grade near the city and had just reached a high bridge over a sixty five-foot chasm when the headlight of a freight engine which was attached to a long train of cars loomed up before him. It was a double track, but . THE RAILS WERE JOINED upon the bridge, making but one track across it. The freight was thundering down upon them at a frightful rate of speed, and the passenger train, with its living freight, was also going as fast as it could. When it seemed that there was not the slightest hope of escape, Conley reached for the whistle cord and sounded what he believed to be the death knell for himself and all aboard the train, and then with the greatest nerve threw his strong fists about the throttle and set her back and applied the air brakes. The freight train had struck the bridge when Conley, facing the blinding light from its' gleaming calcium, began the retreat. It was cus tomary for the trains when approach ing the top of this big grade to stop and set the brakes and see that the track was clear. The crew of this particular freight train for some reason failed to do this, and THE TRAIN GOT AWAY from them. When Conley saw the headlight before him he also saw drop ping off the sides some smaller lights, his trained eye took in the situation in an instant. It was the crew deserting the train, lanterns in hand. The freight engineer had reversed his en gine and the sparks from the stack were shooting straight into the air. A moment after Conley had stopped and got a start on the retreat the freight train struck him and set him back at a lively gait, and soon caught up again and repeated the dose without derailing the train. It was then a race for life, probably never equaled and continued for half a mile. Conley "opened her wide," although the retreat was down a grade of 195 feet to the mile. The pas senger engine passed safely over the frog and the freight passed it on a mar gin of a second and tore on down through the railway yards until it reached the END OF THE TRACK, where the engine turned a complete somersault, and every one of the thirty cars piled upon it. The passengers had learned of their perilous situation, and when the knowledge of how it had been brought about reached their ears they fairly worshiped the cool-headed man. The medal, a $100 note, a suit of clothes and other presents were the acknowl edgments of the grateful people. Up to the time the hero of this affair left the road his services were in great demand by excursionists and he was frequently taken from his daily run to accommo date the admiring public. This chapter in Conley's life is not known even by his most intimate acquaintances, and was only related to the Globe corre spondent when the latter had closely questioned Conley as to his record be fore coming West. If there is any ques tion as to Conley's nerve this little story will probably settle it. There is no more modest man in Ashland, and none more temperate in every respect. ■ -^ STILLWATER NEWS. The Chautauqua circle will meet this evening at the residence of Capt. A. T. Jenks. •* > Dr. T. C. Clark will deliver a lecture at the Y. M.C. A. parlors on the subject of "Brains and News." The Parish Aid society will meet this afternoon at the residence of David Bronson. The gentlemen are invited to tea. ;.: ■■. ■:■; Lieut. C.A.Clark, of St. Paul, Com pany E. M. N. G., was in the city yes terday to invite Company Kto a grand military ball to be given at St. Paul very soon. . The contract for rebuilding the cen tral span of the St. Croix lake bridge connecting this. city with the Wiscon sin shore, lias been let by the city coun cil to A. . 1. Payne & Co., of Minneapo lis, for the sum of $999. It is to be built of wood' similar in construction' to the present one and will be completed by spring. There were eight or ten bids in, the highest being for $2,204. The contractors will begin operations at once. J. N. Searles, attorney for H. 6. Stor dock, warden, and Mrs. Sarah McNeal, late matron of the prison, .is quoted as saying: "The St. . Paul Globe and Dispatch will be asked to retract the charges contained .in com munications of Fayette Marsh against I his clients, and if thoy. refuse, he will proceed to give them a chalice to prove the allegations in court. '••■■'-? . • S ' Judge Nethaway has decided, after mature deliberation, that the refusal* of Fayette Marsh to submit to the order of the court regarding the examination of his injuries by non-resident physicians constitutes a case of contempt,' and will make an order accordingly. Mr. Marsh will at once appeal to the supreme court. Meanwhile the examination of John Gillespie, his assailant, has been postponed thirty days. . t The funeral of Frances Wolf occured from the German Catholic church at 9 a. m. yesterday. The pall bearers were selected from among the young men of her acquaintance and were as follows: Joseph Tenner, Jr., Edward Giossi, William M. Smith, John Miller, N. A. Smith and A. Simouet. The floral ' tributes from friends of the deceased young lady were very fine, especially a floral cross from tho members of her class at school. "V" ADDITIONAL MINNEAPOLIS. , SONS OF TEMPERANCE. The Grand Division and Its Work. —Some Encouraging Reports. The meeting of the grand division of the Sons of Temperance came to a close yesterday afternoon. The attendance was quite large considering the block aded condition of the railroads. Dr. Peter Stryker. grand worthy patriarch, and W. H. 11. Bertram, post grand worthy patriarch, of New Jersey, de livered addresses. It was decided to ask tho representatives of Minnesota in congress to present petitions for the creation of a commission of inquiry into the liquor traffic and for the submission of a prohibitory amendment to the constitution. The report of the grand scribe showed six new divisions organized in the state during the year, making eighteen in all, an increase of 200 members, a total mem bership of 716. The treasurer's report showed a balance of $109.04 on hand. The following- officers were elected and installed: Mrs. A. T. Anderson, G. W. P.; J. P. Bonnell, G. W. A.; Mrs. A. B. Jewett, G. S.; W. T. Gilford, G. T. ; Mrs. M. A. Shadick, G. chaplain L. A.Norton, G. conductor; E. A. Hoyt, G. sentry. Delegates to the national division, which meets at Toronto in July: Mrs. A. T. Anderson, J. P. Bon nell, Peter Stryker, Mrs.M. A. Shadick, J. C. Steams, G. F. Potter. Last evening Mr. Bertram addressed a meeting under the auspices of the order at Dania hall, in which he con sidered the relation of the liquor traffic to the workingmen's cause. He will deliver addresses at the same hall Fri day and Saturday evenings. •Gave Him Pleasure. Yesterday afternoon a delegation from the Street Car Drivers' union called upon Thomas Lowry, president of the road, in an endeavor to get him to pur chase a ticket for the drivers' dance, to be held the 25th, to raise funds to make up the reward offered for the conviction of the murderer of Driver Tollefson. Mr.Lowry heard the committee through, then reaching down into his pocket, drew forth a $10 bill and handed it to the spokeman, saying that it gave him pleasure to aid the union in any way he could. He next returned the tickets, and said to sell them over again. He expressed himself as pleased with the men in his employ, and hoped that the I amiable relations would continue. A Dyspeptic Horse. In the municipal court yesterday Eli hue H. Moulton, a colored man, was arraigned upon a warrant sworn out by ; E. M. Uiff, charging him with cruelty * to animals. It appears that iff is a money loaner who had a mortgage upon * a horse belonging to Moulton, whom he • charges with starving the animal to ; death. Moulton intimated that the"; horse was troubled with dyspepsia and: could not eat. He gave bail in $100 for his appearance to-day. ' .' . ' Peter Peterson and Paul B. Thomp- son were held for the larceny of a jar '■'■ of syrup; John Olson was given twenty * days for stealing a rocking chair; Gus Marshman was held in $200 for examina tion Friday upon the charge of bastardy * preferred Lizzie Bedding. MINNEAPOLIS REAL* ESTATE. Deeds were yesterday tiled with the regis ter of deeds as follows: Mary A Kelly and husband to Erick B Oleson, It 17, Ik 2, Kirkwood _ ark add $100 Bruce Waring to B H Bendz, It 21, blk 13, rearr Figth div Rem Park add. 500 Hiram S Branham et nl to Frank B Mc- Coy, It 1, blk 18, Branham & Green leaf's add 450 Fred S Doane and wife to David Stori, Its 20 aud 27. Field's subd or blk 13, Oliver Park add 1,200 Iliram S Branham et al to Henry Wag ner, Its 12, 13 and 14, blk 15, Bran ham & Greenleaf s add... 1,200 Minneapolis Equitable Investment com pany to Gusiav Pflaum, its 12 and 13. blk 16, Maber, White & Leßrou'sadd.l,Boo Wm Peet, Jr., to Frederick 0 Johnson, part It 10, blk 1, Peet & Bowring's add 300 William B Northrup to Emily R Hol brook. Its 10 to 14, inclusive, and 17 and 18, blk 22, Waveland Park add.. 7,800 George R Milton and wife to Bradford C Hard et al.. It 8, blk 4, Cutter's add. 630 Henry W Knapp and wife to Charles E Herrick, It 6, blk 12, Snelling Heights 180 Fraucavilla V Phelps and husband to Charles W Hastings, It 1, blk 2, Mer riam & Shaw's add.... 6.000 A Hamilton Griffin toElbridge A Clark, ; It 11, blk 1, Higman & Ridgeway's add 1,200 Putnam D McMillan and wife to An drew J Meland, It 16, blk 4, Monroe Street add .......1,200 Carrie A Farnsworth and husband to , John Chick, It 5, blk 17, J T Blais dell's rev add .♦. 2,500 Magdalena E Miller et al to Lillian M Gowdy, Its 21 and 22, blk 7, Wild wood ;... 650 Helen M Williams and husband to John P Mueller, It 6, blk 27, Highland Park add 800 Laura D Vail and husband to B II Hel len, Its 17 and 18. blk 9, and Its 13, 14, 15 and 16, blk 9, Minnetonka bluffs.: .3,600 Herman C Strelow and wife to Mary A Kelly, It 17, blk 2, Kirkwood Park add 306 Two unpublished deeds 6,500 Total number of deeds, 23. $36,914 A Melancholy Plea. New Yoke, Jan. 17.— Jacob Sharp swore yesterday that he expects to die soon, and that he wants to settle up al 1 his earthly affairs without delay, in c order that he may die in peace. The • suit in which he made this melancholy * ' affidavit is one brought against him to ' | recover an unpaid bill for a wire fen cc. ; f He wants the case to go on, but the • plaintiff desired the case to be delayed.- ■■' -m^- 3 1 Mrs. Logan Failing. New York, Jan. 18.— The Tribune;''; says that the accident to Mrs. John A. :; Logan, by which she was thrown from! • a carriage, has left lasting results. Her -■ [ friends here are informed by letters;/ that she has severe pain almost con- ■ stantly in the injured shoulder. Mrs. Logan is said to have grown old rapidly j| since the general's death, and to nave :. ; lost much of her old-time vivacity and . energy. 7 mt%a A Honey Trust. TJtica, N. V., Jan. 18.— The state con vention of honey producers, which was formally opened here yesterday after noon, resumed its sessions this morn ing, with J. L. Schofield in the chair. The special subject for to-day's consid- f eration was the desirability of forming a "trust," to be composed of all the large producers of the state, for the purpose of purchasing all surplus honey when there is an overproduction. In. this way it is believed that competition can be avoided and high prices maintained. '-*— ■■ A Drunkard's Fate. Oscoda, Mich., Jan. 18.— John White, a wealthy farmer and lumberman, of Handy, Algona county, came to Oscoda last Thursday, having in hispossession a large amount of money. He was last seen in a saloon about 6 o'clock, and left ostensibly for the train, very drunk at the time. It is thought he has been foully dealt with, or else wandered off and was frozen to death, - A MINUTE TOO LATE. f IH-Ul'J} . . .- ' . . A Thrilling Story of West Vir ginia Life in War Times. The Interesting History of an I Unjust Confederate Mili tary Execution. The Prisoner Pardoned Too Late by Authorities at Richmond. What Befel Two Belated Trav elers on a Slow South ern Train. Vlreiuia Dare in the Philadelphia Times. aHE scene of my tale opens in a little sabin in the Alle gheny mountains, in West Virginia, twenty-five years ago. A woman was anxiously bending over a sick child tossing and muttering in the unrest of fever. Every now and - then the word "father" es caped the child's lips. . "That child grieves powerfully after her father," said one of the neighbors, who had come to help the mother nurse the ill child. "That she does," replied the poor mother, with a weary sign. "He always set a world of store by her. It almost broke her little heart when he went to the war, and since she has been sick she has begged for him the pitifullest you ever heard." - - "Can't he come to see her?" asked the neighbor. "No," replied the woman; "his col onel said he couldn't be spared now. He had a furlough last summer. If he just had known about this and waited. Seems to me she might get well if she just could see her father, and it wouldn't fall so hard on me, either, if he was here." Several days went by and little Sallie, the sick child, grew worse. At length, the mother wrote an urgent letter to her husband, out of the agony of her heart, imploring him to come home at all costs, if he wished to see his little daughter alive again. Once more he asked for a furlough and again he was refused. An engagement was pending. The enemy's force was greatly superior to ours, and not a man could be spared. John Ball was a brave man ; he had S roved that in many an engagement, 'othing could have tempted him to swerve from his duty as a soldier, ex cept his frantic desire to see his child once more. Under the pressure of this feeling, he left the camp against orders and fled to his rude cabin among the Alleghenies just in time to see little Sallies face light up once more with a gleam of joyful recognition, and to receive her parting kiss. To do this he had incurred the brand of deserter, and had taken his life in his hands. Scarcely were the child's remains in terred than he, without waiting to com fort his sorrow-stricken wife, started back to camp, intending to throw himself on the mercy of his com mander for exculpation of an offense committed under so overwhelming a pressure, or if the worst came to the worst to meet his fate like a man. But a new complication had arisen. During the few days he had been absent the men on either side had changed their position like the . figures on a . chess ' board, and the enemy's troops had come between him and his command. He had traveled through a cold, drenching rain, sleeping at night in a forest to lessen the risk -of. of falling into the •enemy's hands. --He began to feel a .-strange stupor creeping over him ,• and was just able to drag himself to the house of a friendly countryman, who took him in and kept him for the next few weeks, during which time he lay ill of pneumonia. Just as he was ' be ginning to convalesce.and before he had . had time to voluntarily give himself up, , HE WAS AKKESTED as a deserter. His wife followed him to camp and pleaded for him, telling the cause of his desertion with all the rude eloquence that strong emotion could dic tate, and taking all the blame on herself. In vain; he was tried and condemned by every rule of war as a deserter. The commanding officer, however, made this concession to the agonized wife he would defer the execution for three days, so as to give her time to go to Rich mond and implore the clemency of President Davis, which was now the sole hope for the prisoner's life. Like Jeanie Deans going to plead before the queen for her sister's life, the sim ple mountain woman went to the Confederate capital and pleaded her husband's cause before Jef ferson Davis. She had it in her power to prove that he had shown him self a brave soldier; that he had not left the camp from cowardice, or from defection of the cause, but from his overwhelming love for his dying child and his intense desire to see her once more before she passed away. Davis finally granted .the man's pardon and drew up a paper to that effect, which he gave to a messenger, directing him to take the next train and carry the dis patch to the prisoner's commanding officer. He, moreover, gave the woman a duplicate paper, to make her hus band's release the more certain. Joyfully she started on with the prec ious document that was to carry life and liberty to her beloved husband. The car seemed all too slow for her burning im patience. The train was always heavily loaded in those days; there was so much traveling to and fro, so much shifting of the troops from one point to another. From hard and constant use during the war the railroads got into very bad order, so that accidents and detentions were quite frequent occurrences.especially to wards the close of the war. On this fateful trip one of these frequent acci dents occurred during the night. It was not a very disastrous accident, but still it occasioned the detention of the train until day before the necessary repairs could be made. - It seemed as if "the stars in their courses fought against" the condemned prisoner. His wife wrung her hands with franctic impatience during the detention, but there was no help for it. She had to endure it, though each mo ment seemed to her an hour. At length she was speeding on her way again and in a few hours more she reached her destination. She and Davis' messenger started together in a wagon for the camp, urging the driver on to almost frantic haste. As they neared the camp the sound of a volley of guns made the poor wife shiver and turn pale. They reached the camp. She could not ask a question, but the messenger re quested that they should be conducted to j the commander's tent. Silently she handed him the president's paper. He took it, read it with •' <■■ ?..'-' ; - I WHITE FACE AND LIPS and silently turned away' from her. It was too late; the terrible truth was borne to her without a word being spoken. With a heartrending shriek she fell insensible on the ground. Ten derly the brave but stern men around her lifted her up and ministered to her and tears stood in many a veteran's eyes over the sorrow-stricken woman. The commanding officer had deferred the execution three days, and even late into the afternoon of the third day. Then thirteen men from another regi ment than John Ball's were chosen, and twelve of them had muskets, though only one of these muskets had shot in It. The thirteenth man was held in reserve in case of the first shot not doing its work effectively, and to render the scene more harrowing this actually proved to be the case, so that the thir teenth man was called on to give the death-wound to the ill-fated John Ball. This man declared afterwards to a friend that this was the most terrible moment of his life, and that he ; would ' rather have undergone death himself than to be called upon to fulfill such a task. - 1 have given a fictitious name to the prisoner, but in all other respects I have adhered to fact. . - When the wife recovered from her swoon her brain was so deranged by the terrible blow that she seemed merci fully unable to realize or clearly recall the tragedy that had befallen her. Al ternate fits of . wild excitement and gloomy apathy succeeded each other. She slipped away out of camp and in stinctively found her way back to her humble cabin, and after pining there a few weeks she was one' morning found lying dead on the grave of little Sallie. LOCAL. MENTION. 20 Per Cent Discount On gold, gilt, bronze and hardwood picture frames, for thirty days only. Muchmore Publishing company, 807 Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis; Bridge Square, St. Paul. First Semi-Annual Clearance Sale. In order to reduce stock and make room for our immense spring stock, we will offer our entire line of clothing at actual cost for thirty days. Come and see and be convinced of the fact that we are offering greater bargains than hane over been offered to the citizms of St. Paul, Remember the place of T. L. Thompson & Co., 429 East Seventh street. . : N ;. Business Men Know Where to lunch at noon. You will see them walking several blocks to enjoy the dinner served at the Delicatessen, 186 East Seventh. Best coffee in the city; dinner. 11:45 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. Volapuk Books on Universal Language, 20 cents and upward, on hand at William Pfaender, Jr.'s German book store, 37 West Third strret, St. Paul, Minn. Shut off* the Gas And use the Globe incandescent lamp, a phenomenal light of 300-candle power, at lc (one cent) per hour. Robert Seeger, 260 East Seventh, and 22 Fifth street south, Minneapolis. Secure a Picture Of each member of your family while they are still in good health, for you little know when sickness and death may take them away. Nye, the photog rapher, is, without question, the most popular artist for this purpose, and the earliest possible sittings should be se cured. Apples! Choice apples $3 per barrel at Kings ley Bros.', Sixth and Franklin streets. Removal. Herman Overbeck, formerly located at 310 Minnesota street, has removed to 375 Wabasha street, next to postoffice. At Cost. Dress flannels, shirting flannels, woolen underwear, woolen hosiery, woolen skirts, gloves and mittens, win ter cloaks and wraps, leggins, toboggan caps, fascinators, mufflers, woolen yarns, lap robes, horse blankets, com fortables and blankets. All winter goods at cost at Habighorst & Co.'s, 233, 235, 237 East Seventh street, St. Paul, Minn. MARKIED. WEBSTER— In St. Paul, on the 18th inst., by Rev. C. D. Andrews, of Christ Church (Episcopal) .Daniel C. Gurnee to Amy F. Webster, .both of this city. PIEP. ~ FITZGERALD— In St. Paul, at the family residence, near the St. Paul workhouse, Jan. 18, Joseph Francis, son of John and Ellen Fitzgerald, aged six years. Notice of funeral hereafter. Detroit, Mich., papers please copy. DE MONTREVILLE— At Forest Lake, Perm., Sunday, Jan. 15. at the residence of her uncle, Addie, wife of C. De Montrevide, Jr., and daughter of H. M. Ranney, aged twen ty-six years. MUNRO— Livingston, Mont., tne 10th inst., Hugh M. Munro, aged thirty-two years. Funeral services will be held at the chapel, Oakland Cemetery, Thursday, the 19th • inst., at 2:30 p. m. Friends are in vited to attend. The services will be held under the auspicies of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Services at No. 20 West Third St., at 1 :45 p. m. Friends of the family invited to attend. CHRISTOPHEL— At Rochester, Minn, hos pital, Jan. 18, 1888, Mrs. Patronella Chris tophel, aged 38 years, wife of Frederick Christophel. Remains have been taken to her late residence, 105 Ellen st. Funeral notice hereafter. FOR FUNERALS— Carriages for $2 and hearse $3. E. W. Shirks livery stable, 284 East Ninth street, corner Rosabel street. r 1= nUIML powoii Jk POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeriess, More economical . than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans, Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall street. New York. AMUSEMENTS. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. TO-ISTIO-HT. And Every Evening This Week. MATINEE-SATURDAY— First performance in this city of Wm. H. Gil lette's highly successful American play, HELD BY THE ENEMY. Presented in the same manner as seen for 400 nights in New York, 300 nights in Lon don, 200 nights in Australia, 100 nights In Boston. 75 nights in San Francisco, 50 nights in Chicago. PLAYED BY THE ORIGINAL CAST, |_F~ Scenery and mechanical effects from the Star theater, New York. « . RAM 1> OPERAnOUSE, St. Paul SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, Six nights and Saturday Matinee only, com mencing Monday, Jan. 23. America's Favorite Comedian, Mr. Henry E. Supported by the Efficient Organization, RICE & I>I.\ E V'S BIG BURLESQUE CO., OF GO ARTISTS. In the Fascinating Burlesque Dream ADONIS, With its wealth . of attractions, as played by him over 1,200 times in this country and London. New Scenery, New Costumes, New Music and New Specialties. Sale of seats opens tomorrow. . THE GETTYSBURG WAR PANORAMA I Cor. Sixth and St. Peter Sts,, St. Paul. _A_2STID JEWELER, 314 Jackson Street, Merchants Hotel Block, S;. Paul. These are a few of our many bargains. You cannot afford to miss them as they are at least 40 per cent, cheaper than regular prices. A large stock of new goods at prices that can't be beat. <£QnnFOR ONE OF THE FINEST DIA- and safety pinion; cases warranted to won r «■}*_".'_' mond lace pins in the city; only twenty years: the number is 19, \>*a>-M --one stone, which weighs about 6 carats; it is original cost, $50. * the nurest white, with a blue tinge, and is a <«.<nf. *, _ a v n 7ST, — perfect Rem, every facet finely cut, good sur- jfiS2hT?^ , GAJ, TS Y SV'KA ' ■,J face and corresponding depth. It is one of W^y lady a solid gold hunting case the most brilliant stones we have ever had watch, stem winder and setter, Illinois full and it is doubtful if it can be matched In the i e y eled movement, expansion balance and Northwest for purity and brilliancy Bee it safety pinion ; only used a short time and in and if you want such an article you will £s^'iS? a* new; No. 19, page 39; first cost, surely buy it, as it is an extra bargain, and S 47 * 50 well worth $1,400. «J;o^-TIIIS GENTS HUNTING CASE <KOn*n- IIUN TINO CASK, DIAMOND •*"?*' 14 carat gold watch, stem winder •np/C-UW back 14-cajat gold watch, stem "}d setter; it has a very fine H. 11. Taylor winder and setter, a very fine Elgin nickel Elgin movement, cut expansion balance, movement, compensated balance adjusted, patent pinion. Briquet hairspring and ad has seventeen ruby jewels, five pairs in *. } c ?; elegantly engraved cases, extra raised gold settings, Briquet hairspring ana w , ei , t; -"j 8 wat , j l4B been thoroughly reg patent pinion, frosted and hammered gold nlulea : and can be depended upon as a first cases; on one side it is encrusted with twelve , ass timepiece; it has never been worn, and white and brilliant diamonds in the form of 18 on of V l6 watches purchased from a bank a star and crescent, on the other side a ™PJ Jewelry house; it is a big bargain, and plain circle suitable for a monogram ; this is eouI ™ not be bought for less than $140 from one of the richest and artistic cases iv the any other jewelry house. __ _^ city and well worthy the inspection of lovers C »_)Q FOR THIS FINE HUNTING C\«*E~ of fine jewelry; it is entirely new and a re- *&00 14-carat gold lady's" watch; stem! markable fine time, and cannot be duplicated winder and setter; three-quarter plate Illi anywhere for less than $300. ■ nois full-jeweled movement? cut expansion _>£? IFi- GENT'S HUNTING CASE, balance and patent safety pinion ; richly en •4P»JU. /*J solid gold watch, stem winder Slaved cases, good weight and only used a and setter, full jeweled Elgin movement, cut Bj i . t time. The nnmber is 3, page 21, and expansion balance and safety pinion, richly originally cost $dO. engraved cases, as good as new and a first- <_(!•_ F\f\ WILL BUY this Si inn r" class timepiece; No. . 1, page 23; original Wo.Di) cluster diamond r fng J nine cost, goB. stones that are all white, very perfect, and <-j tijjOO O/^ IS THE PRICE THAT WILL brilliant that it looks like one stone; plain *W*jAs,A**J buy this elaborately engraved gold mounting; ask for No. 1521 ; this ring lady's hunting case, solid gold watch, stem never cost less than 3150. winder and setter, Elgin full jeweled move- _■/-•£-» c/\_ri**VT"-- hiivtiwi-a^p ment, cut expansion balance and safety pin- \%KfZ.M cam gold watch '£ x°o? : tSfe W^o hlS 4, ne a S 39 Wa o U 4^a7 a S *»**•»*. *Ks£BwffStf_«s 852 so" original cost, cut expansion balance and patent pinion; 5— — : : richly engraved cases and a reliable time <£] R WILL PURCHASE THIS LADY,S piece; No. 15 and page 42 and cheap at $95. wA*J hunting case, solid gold watch, key _»/-**£:_ a rvvt'-i m-v-rivr* r*A<i- i ,~ winder, Swiss nickel movement and expan- WO c\m gold wafch^lim and us°ed one an mont b h " U No Ul i y ffiSWiSSSi tter ' a S?KH!Ste_Sffi ™«£™s_ cost S° 5 moDtll ; *°* I,page 31; original eion balance, patent pinion. Briquet fiair —' ' •"- * ! ___ spring.patent regulator and adjusted : engine <£*_> A R IS THE PRICE OF THESE ELE- turned cases, very heavy, and cannot be beat vp»J c ±*J gant diamond drops, weighing for time; No. 10, page 35, and cost at least over 3 carats, very finely cut, good depth, $150. very brilliant, white and no flaw of any kind, _»n-.c-,_i p.f\ts Hr\*Ti\-f <•-.-.•.* ' et S oldm ° * o*l3o*>;<>Wnai0 * 130 *>;<>Wnai $55 tfgHSSWSES?-tfSßat cut*., -n-u-j. setter, 1 0 size. Elgin movement, full jeweled, $■90 r 7£v- BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED cut expansion balance and safety pinion, /vO. I _■ hunting filled case gent's handsomely engraved cases, good weight watch, stem winder and setter, Illinois full- and a first-class timepiece; No. 9. page 39, jeweled movement, cut expansion balance and is actually worth $85. Ooods sent C. O. D. with privilege of inspection. Fine Watch Repairing a Spe cialty. No connection with any other house. SIMON the Pawnbroker and Jeweler, 314 Jackson Street, Merchants Hotel Block. FURS! FURS! We will Close Out what Seal Garments we have left in stock at cost R.A. LANPHER& CO., 153 E. THIRD STREET, FOUR DOORS ABOVE MERCHANTS HOTEL ST. FATJILj. CANADIAN MOCCASINS _jgj|L_ The only Genuine in the city, Im ,?||i|?|P| ported from Canada; all sizes in IfeflltM-* Children's, Ladies' and Gents', / 1 9t^k $1-25 to $2,5 for Best Mooseskin. Pt_ *I_S_ s0 ' G™*t Bargains in Boots and Shoes r"^*^ fil_&*w. * or nex * days. SCHLIEK & CO., 89 E. ™ St., i *4^£_ ) >>* Leading Shoe House of St. Paul for Fine Goods. < @WMi<U> (Q. (lpwfa&fatd£ ST-A.TIO3STEPI, Engraves Wedding Invitations, Announcements, Visiting Cards, Monograms Crests. Seals. Dies, etc. Stationery Stamped and Illuminated. Call and see <_• novelties in Staple and Fancy Stationery. Seaside Libraries. IJ3 EAST THIRD STREET ST. PAUL. MINN. THE CONSTANTINOPLE^^- ■ «„„ lr ml , " 11 ■ IIIVI -.&.} BRAC FROM THE OBI* 378 Jackson street, St. PauL ENT. Turkish Rugs, Carpets. Curtains, Tidies, Scarfs and Embroideries. Not as Auction, but a Permanent institution. E. J. OLIVIER, Proprietor. V HOLIDAY GOODS. Cut Glassware, Silverware, China Dining Services, Piano Lamps. DONALDSON, 06DEN & CO., REMOVED TO 397 to 401 Sibley Street, CORNER SIXTH. r_£ WW mm WATONWAN VALLEY STOCK FARM, importers of Clydesdale, English Shire and Cleveland Bay Stallions; 40 Stallions for sale; very iow figures. * Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minn. St. ' Paul office, 201 Eagle street. >*iM»-W-M---*M----M-«-^«W-______ M^,^, MM ________ M Dll CO "2 r, „ Walte »" Specialist rlL_._W Graduate; 11 years resident I IbkVl of Minneapolis. Why suf fer when cure is mild, simple, certain? Ask hundreds of lea- ling citizens of St. Paul, Minneapolis and the Northwest as to the satisfactory treatment and cure. Pamphlet free, 1127 Eehnepin Avenue Jtt-JMgW_i W. F. FIFIELD & CO., Wholesale and Retail LUMBER! Office: Room 1, Schoch's Building, cc» ncr East Seventh and Broadway. St. Paul. Yard on Fauquier, between Arcade anl Meudota. rHEYARE THEBESTMADE! 131 EAST THIRD STREET, ST. PAUL. 210 NICOLLET ftENUE. MINNEAPOILS. ZIMMERMAN BROS., PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES! Artists' Materials, Frames, Albums and Photographic Specialties I Nos. 371, 573 Sibley Street, Wf; ST. PAUI^ . . M_H!f. C "~- - =====3 tS?S___B-^^ If you wont to hire a V-: ffi tenement read The Globs m mm * "Want" Columns,