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CABINET CONSOMME, John C. Spooner, of Bad^er dom, Dancing* on the Rim c of the Tureen. Reports Say He Wants to Stab the Attorney Generalship / With a Pike Pole. Blame's Prospects of Becom ing: a Harrison Adviser Rather Slim. Broad Hints as to Ben's Rea sons for Shutting: Out the Tattooed Man. Special to the Globe. Washixgtox. Jan; G. -There has been considerable talk concerning Wiscon sin's cabinet chances. The antagon isms which arose between Rusk and Payne, immediately after it was ascer tained that the Republicans were doomed to dispose of the offices for four years, has not subsided. It was pre sumed that under the pacific influences of the philosophy of "Uncle Philetus'' the grasping ambitions of the two al leged Badger statesmen would "smooth their wrinkled front and pull together for the weal and glory of the great state of swamp lands and Fox river over- Hows. But there has been no cessation of hostilities. Sawyer has yelled "Peace, peace," but there is no peace, nor a piece of a peace. Algal, it is needful for the altisonant resonance of state pride that somebody be united upon for a cabinet position. Senator John C. Spooner, the little giant from Hudson, has been making pilgrimages to Indian apolis-all winter. He lias recently re turned from the latest aud most mag nificent of them all. Wisconsin men believe, or affect to believe to-day, that Senator Spooner will enter Harrison's cabinet as attorney general. This be lief is expressed on all sides, and every where it is accompanied with expres sions of regret that so SOCIABLE AM> POP-LAP. a man as Suooner should thus sacrifice himself politically by giving up a com manding position in the senate for a (subordinate place under the administra tion of another man. The friends ot Henry C. Payne, who was booked for the postmaster generalship, allege that Spooner has unkindly deserted Payne for his own aggrandizement. Rusk's friends speak in a similar manner. One of them says: "1 believe that John Spooner has the presidential bee, and expects to make a national reputation for himself as a cabinet officer." It merely reminds me of what Abe Lincoln said in the spring of "04, when he was seeking renomination: 'You can't know how hard the bee does buzz until you have had them under your hat.' I believe that Spooner has the bee, and it is buzz ing him into political suicide." All these sayings are largely conjectural, but they are not without foundation in the face of recent occurrences. Spooner has been known to say that -a man might do himself, as well as his party, some credit as attorney general or sec retary of the treasury during the next four years, as there are numerous great ' epic-ions coming before those two de partments for settlement. A good man might make himself felt by the entire , country." SUCH STATEMENTS . .;,*_:,f casually made, are quoted as indicating which way the Hudsonian's mind is trending. But his best friends believe that Spooner will stay where he is, fill ing Matt Carpenter's shoes chuck full of senatorial power. An Indiana man, whose relations of intimacy with Har rison during the past year, especially during the campaign, gives weight to his words, said confidentially this even ing, in the Arlington hotel lobby: "I am inclined to think that when Gen. Harrison announces his cabinet the Re publican party will be surprised to find that the name of Blame is not in it. Harrison knows that Colliding was a figure of such prominence that Blame deemed it wise to strike him down, and take his patronage from him, at the out set of Garfield's administration. Har rison knows that when Conkling was out of patronage he was soon out of of fice, ami out of power. He sees that Blame is too big a man to be In the Har rison cabinet, with patronage at his dis posal. He but follows the example of Blame's own political advice when he concludes that Blame, without position, will be powerless. The people worship patronage and its concomitant power. They worship Blame, but largely be cause of the power he has wielded. Harrison will not give Blame a place where he can control anything at all. On the contrary, he wants no Guiteau business connected with his administra tion. He will not have Blame, and no one can force the Maine mountebank upon him." A HO OSIER ROW In Prospect When the General Assembly Convenes. Ixkiaxapoi.is, Ind.. Jan. When the Indiana general assembly convenes next Thursday it will open with a row in the senate. Already many of the members are here, and the Democratic senators declare that it is their deter mination that Col. Robertson shall not preside over the senate. The course that will probably be pursued will be to elect a president pro tern., and then re fuse to allow Robertson to preside over the body. Col. Robertson has declared himself. "I shall do my duty," he says; ♦'that is, go as the legally elected lieu tenant governor of Indiana, and open the session of the legislature Jan. 10. I shall, as before, take whatever action the Republican party thinks. necessary. The senate at its last adjournment did not elect a president pro tern., to suc ceed Green Smith, and consequently their own false claim falls to the. ground." The general assembly about to convene is confronted with a perplex ing financial problem. For several years there has been a gradual decrease in the amount of revenue collected by taxation, but there has been no diminu tion of expenditure, and the demand for additional funds has become so pressing thai the state tax must be in creased or else a permanent loan will have to be negotiated. A temporary loan must be made to meet present necessities, and hence the legislators will be forced to give immediate atten tion to financial matters or go without their salaries. There will not be an available dollar in the treasury unless there is a raid upon funds sacred to other purposes, and no increase of the tax levy can be of benefit for two years to come. WEST VIRGINIA AROUSED. Wednesday "Will Be a Red -Letter : Ray in the -state. WAsnixftTox, Jan. C— Wednesday next. Jan li. the legislature of- West Virginia will convene in what promises j to be the most remarkable session iv the history of -.the I state. Aside from the organization- of the two houses, "which . will be of exceptional interest, because of the nearly equal division of the mem bership between the two great parties, there will be the sharpest kind of a struggle over the election of a United States senator, and also the settlement of the contest for governor between Judge Fleming and Gen. Goff, while, outside ' aud beyond :* all this, the Republicans are threatening in retaliation for the contest brought by Judge Fleming, to institute like pro ceedings in the cases of all the other state officers and dispute the election of every one of the Democratic officers elect, including the members of the su preme court. A gentleman direct from Charleston says the prominent - party leaders of both sides are on hand to as sist their friends in the organization of the legislature and the settlement of the gubernatorial question. The "whips" of each side have notified their people that no absenteeism must occur, as there is too much at stake. The movements and result will be watched with the deepest interest in Washington. Blame Is Better. - . . Washington, Jan. 6.— Mr. Blame lias quite recovered from his trifling in disposition of yesterday. He took a short walk this morning, and later in the day he and Mr. Phelps joined the afternoon strollers on Connecticut ave nue. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Warder and Mr. Phelps were Mr. Blame's guests at dinner at the Richmond this evening. . - ______ THE ORIGINAL KNIGHTS. Powderly and Others Repudiated by Knights of 1869. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 6. — The following circular has been issued: "To the Members of the Knights of Labor— Greeting: In behalf of the toil ing milloins of the earth, we the surviv ing founders of the secret order of Knights of Labor, have, after several secret meetings held in the city of Phil adelphia, and after due deliberation and investigation into the present auto cratic form of government, found that the present order of Knights of Labor has departed or diverged from the orig inal designs when organized in 18G9 _> the destruction of the principal of self government, lying at the base of Amer ican institutions. As the order of the Knights of Labor was founded for the purpose of abolishing poverty by se curing to the laborer the fruits of his toil: and as we, the original founders of the Knights of Labor, who handed to the officers and the membership the principles of the organization, have found, after a lapse of nearly . twenty years, that the officers of the organiza tion have departed from the principles transferred to them, and beicg deter mined to return to the original text, we extend the hand of fraternity to all those who believe in the principles formerly promulgated, to wit: Secrecy, obedience, mutual assistance and the placing of industry on a scientific basis. We have resolved to eliminate all oppo sition detrimental to the principles and progress of the Knights of Labor as the founders intended. In making this known through the public press we do so to notify those at a distance, and this must be accepted as a reply to many letters received on the subject. As in ISO*. I, numbers for assemblies will be given from Philadel phia. Pa., until a sufficient number have been formed to call a joint convention for the good of the order. Those desir in _ to be with us will address Box 834, Philadelphia, Pa. All communications will receive prompt replies. All neces sary matter will be furnished to carry on the needed work. In conclusion j' we desire to say that, believing we are do ins: right in issuing the foregoing, as we did when promulgating the principles of the Knights of Labor nearly twenty years ago, we have unitedly affixed our names. _•■'.. 7" James L. Weight, R. C. Mac a .ley, 11. N. Keex, J. S. Kexxedv. ■__«» BAD MEXICAN JOURNALISTS. Newspaper Men From Greaserdora Prove to Be Impostors. Laredo, Tex., Jan. o.— Memphis dispatch published this morning, re ferring to three young Mexican jour nalists, caused a sensation in official j and newspaper circles in the two La redos. Mexican Consul ."""arias, of that city, is of the opinion that they are not .Mexicans, but Spaniards or Cubans. United States Consul Cisco, of Neuvo, Laredo, Mexico, stated to-day that about a month ago three young men claiming to be Fieri Marti, of Eldiaro Espanol, Pilippe L'Egnia, . of La Epoca, and Francisco de la Vega, of The Monitor, City of Mexico, secured an introduction to the governor of Neuvo Leon, and from him-_ obtained strong letters of recommend ation to Mayor Belden of New Laredo, i They claimed that they were starting on a tour for pleasure in the United j States and would write up the result of their observations for their respective papers. On the strength of their splendid testimonials Consul Cisco gave them letters of introduction to the Memphis Avalanche, the St. Louis Republic, the Nashville American and the Louisville Courier-Journal.. It now turns out that they are impostors and leftmany unpaid bills in Monterey and Nuevo Laredo. Consul Cisco has tele graphed the newspapers to which he gave letters of introduction that the young journalists are frauds. _ ;i THE CLEARANCES. Exchanges of the Leading Banks for the Past Week. ! Boston, Jan. 6.— The following table compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the leading clear ing houses of the United States, shows the gross exchanges for the week ended Jan 0, 1880, with rates per cent of in crease or decrease as compared with the amounts for the corresponding week in 1SS8: Amount. 1 Inc. Pec. __. -__. Sew York 8702,790,117 18.8 :'_- :. Boston l.» 1.304.79- 8.3 ...... Philadelphia..:. 73,008,531 2.7...... Chicago 63,499,000 9.2...... St.Louis 19,325,130 5.7 ....... San Francisco... 16,027,739 32.1 .Sow Orleans.... 12,057,936 ...... 0.3 Baltimore 13.931,738 5.3 ..... Cincinnati 11.377.900 ..... 0.6 Pittsburg 12,202.089 7.3.' Kansas City 8,497.(52 < 23.2...:.. Louisville 7.178,663 5._ Providence — 5,864,501) 5.4 Milwaukee 5. 72.000 17.9 Omaha 3,678,559 1.8 ...... •Minneapolis..... 4,609.482 29-6.. ... Denver 3.331,615 57.3.... Detroit 4,672,550 4.2 . Memphis 3.019.75S 2.4 Columbus 2,760,804 10.5 Indianapolis.... 1.869,605 8.9 Hartford.. 3,179.968 ..... 0.2 New Haven..... 1,417.927 1.3 ....: Peoria 1.502,863 11.5 ..:'.. --(-ul__lon ....... 1,209.168 .... 16.3 ...Joseph 1.(563.201 5.0 .. .. Dtilmh 1.790.893 13.3 ..... N0rf01k..... 904,378 6.3 Portland :. 1,225,500 ...... 4.6 Springfield 1,426,604 13.9..... Worcester........ 1.250,906 ■ 6.9 ..... Wichita.... ..... 620,898 ...... 27.4 Lowell ....... 749,431 11.4...:;. Syracuse 915,675 3.9 ...... Grand l.apids... 607,972 ...... 17.3 Topeka 299,340 ...... 4.2 Total :.... 1.095,024,974; 14.3 ...... Outside _. V... $392,234.857 7.0 ...... ■ The Denial by Gladstone. * LoxDOX"," Jan. 7.— The Daily -News correspondent at Naples says Mr. (.'lad stone denies emphatically that '.he ever recommended . the restoration of • tlie pope's . temporal power be made the subject of International arbitration. .' THE 1 SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: MONDAY MORNING JANUARY 7, 1889. LEVI IS UEARNER. The Senate Gives Morton a Chance to Study Its Rules of Procedure. Tariff Will Be the Chief Sen ate Topic Until the Bill Is Passed. Reed's Resolution on the Call of States Giving the House Trouble. The President Approves the Extension of Civil Service to Railway Mails. Special to the Globe. Washington, Jan. C— An amend ment to the senate rules was adopted Friday last, giving to the president-elect and the vice president-elect the privi leges of the floor. No reason for adopt ing this rule was given at the time of its adoption, as there , was no objection . made to it. It is learned now that the reason for changing the rules ; was to give the vice president-elect an oppor tunity to study the rules of procedure of the senate so that he may be familiar with them, when he is called upon to take the chair of the presiding officer. A member of the senate went to the j president pro tempore, Mr. Ingalls, last week, and asked if Mr. Morton would be admitted to the floor of the , senate in the event he came to Washington during this session of '■" congress. Mr. Ingalls replied that under the rules he would not, and that Gen. Harrison would not be admitted to the floor but for the fact that he had been a senator, and thus came under a distinct rule. The senator stated that Mr. Mor ton was coming to Washington soon after the meeting of the electoral col lege to study the rules of the senate, of which he has never been a member, in order that he might assume the chair of the presiding officer with some degree of confidence. Mr. Ingalls said that the only way to obtain admittance to the floor for Mr. Morton would be to change the rule; aud, in accordance with his suggestion, the proposition. was laid be fore the committee on rules, and that committee reported the proposed change to the senate, which thereupon adopted it. So when Mr. Morton comes to Wash ington in February he will find no ob stacle to a careful study of the senate rules of procedure. . ",'.-* MOI.TOX IX PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia, Jan.' o.— Vice Presi dent-elect Morton and wife arrived in this city last evening. They were driven to the residence of Be y. D. Francis L. Bobbins, whose wife is a niece of the vice president-elect. The • evening was spent in a purely social and informal way, and only a few callers paid their respects. This evening Mr. and Mrs. Morton and Dr. Field attended the ceremonies of the dedication of Disston Hall and Beacon dispensaries, con nected with the Beacon Presbyterian church at Cumberland and Cedar streets. : LAID OUT FOR SOLON'S. What Congress May Do in the Next Seven Days. * Washi- gtox, Jan. 6.— The time of , the senate during the coming week will be. devoted almost exclusively to the . consideration of the tariff measure— in fact, no other business likely to provoke discussion will be brought before that body until the vote on the tariff bill is taken Jan. .21. The remaining time given to its discussion will be devoted largely to extended speeches on the principles underlying the bill. There are a few senators who have not been heard at length as yet, and there are others who want to be heard again. Several orators were on their feet during the week just ended, and others are to be heard. It is well understood that no amendment to the bill will be adopted without the sanction "of the finance committee, and that no amendment will be proposed by that committee unless it is known to be satisfac|pry to all of the Republican majority. As the -work of the senate is cut and dried in the com mittee room, there is but little object in proposing amendments to carry out the views of the majority. So the Demo | cratic members of the senate think, and | as far as they have au interest in the | bill the vote might as well be taken I . now. To-morrow, in the morning hour, I the resolution of Mr. Edmunds, relating ] to the Panama canal, will be again j taken up and disposed of. It will prob ably be passed as originally introduced and reported. If any strong objec j tion to it should be developed, it will likely be withdrawn. The deadlock in the house is likely to" continue during the coming week, un less some compromise can be effected. Mr. Reed will call up his resolution abolishing the call of states and terri tories on suspension Mondays the first thiug Monday, after the reading of the journal, the pending motion being a demand for, the previous question on the resolution. Both sides seem equally determined. Mr. Reed says no BI7SIXESS of any kind shall be transacted until the resolution is passed. The oopo nents of the resolution say it cannot pass this congress. They seem to be gaining strength. The fact that Mr. Randall and . Mr. Mills, Democrats, voted in committee against the reso lution, and that it was * only adopted by Speaker Carlisle voting with Messrs. Reed and Cannon, Re publicans, is having much weight as the fight progresses in determining the action of the Democrats who have here tofore been inclined to vote for the resolution. It has also leaked out that Mr. Carlisle voted for the resolution conditionally. It was the understand ing in committee, so Mr. Randall says, that if the resolution, when offered in the house, should be met by determined obstructive tactics, Mr. Reed would withdraw it. It is rumored in high Democratic circles that it was upon this condition that Speaker Carlisle voted for it. Mr. Reed has not as yet shown auy disposition to withdraw it, and there is no reason to believe that he will. The matter is likely to block legislation the coming week. . If, however, the resolution is disposed of, ■ Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, will on Tuesday call up the, contested election case of . Small vs. Elliott, of South Carolina, and follow it up the next day with the Sulii ' vah-Felton contested case from Califor . nia. Thursday is set aside for . consid ation of bills reported . from the com mittee on Indian 7 affairs, but is . not likely to get the floor unless it can de feat the friends of the Oklahoma - bill, who will at all times .raise the question of consideration in ' favor' of ' their bill. Several appropriation -bills are now ; ! awaiting action by ! the ' house," and will -be called up at the first opportunity. They have the 7 parliamentary I right of way. The sundry" civil f appropriation : bill is completed and.will ' be reported to the house probably Monday. All the " appropriation bills are more "7 advanced" than for "years* past, only "' two' import, ant ones not having yet 7 been -7 reported to the house and several of the more im portant having been passed, ~ •'.."*'. ' APPROVED BY GROVER. Civil Service to Govern Railway .'.■3§k,' Mail Service. "~ ;.-' ""■■- Washing!*-. Jan. 6.— The president has* approved the regulations made by the civil service commission providing for the extension of the civil service rules to .the railway mail service. With the exception of the : general superin tendent, all ' the employes will come • under these rules, and appointments to the service will be made in accordance with the civil service regulations. It is provided that transfers of clerks may be . made from the . classified railway- mail' service to any classified postoffice and to the postoffice department. THE OMNIBUS BILL. Ex-Delegate Maginnis Thinks It, "Will Pass. 'I ~ :^yyyys . Special to the Globe. . .-• •* .Washington, Jan. 6.— At the Arling ton hotel this evening, conversing with friends Hon. Martin Maginnis said: "1 will leave for Montana to-morrow morn ing and probably net return during this session. I have seen all of , the Demo cratic representatives and senators and am confident the omnibus bill will pass, unless the Republicans object to and fight it. Ino not think we should give up our demand ior the admission of New Mexico with the other terri tories and the Democratic party makes concessions enough when it 7: consents to the division of Dakota, and "Montana Democrats are willing to stay out until New Mexico comes in. If the bill does not pass this session it will next surely." Hon. M. 11. Day, of Dakota, is regis tered at the National. He says: "1 think that the Democratic party has merely concluded to do an act of justice in agreeing to divide Dakota. Ido not regard it as a party concession. The people have long wanted division, and but for certain factional elements in the territorial Democracy we should have been divided long since. However, it is pretty generally understood that lam out of politics, and " am not given to talking about public affairs. lam here on business and shall not remain long. We want the Sioux reservation opened: up, and that comes first in the minds of many ?of us, before we ever give a thought to division, admission or any thing else. Mr. Day is looking like his old-time dominant self. He concedes, that he has lost no sleep over Cleve land's defeat. Hon. G. C. Moody, of Deadwood, ar rived to-night. He. says: "I shall re main some time. lam here to see what prospects there are for South Dakota's admission. To-morrow or next day Chief Justice Tripp. Judge Spencer and other leading Democrats will ar rive to voice the sentiment of their party in favor of immediate recogni- , tion of South Dakota. 1 did not visit , Gen. Harrison at Indianapolis in com- . pany with Harrison Allen, but: made at formal call nn th« nrpsirt.-nt-plcct on mv ' way here merely to tender my personal congratulations." THE SAM.OAN QUESTION '.' To Be Investigated by the Senate ~y *';■ v ■;-. _■'-". at Once. 7 _ ,* '- Washixgton, Jan. 6.— Senator Frye returned today from his home in Maine. He was accompanied by Mrs. Frye and by Mr. Sewall, consul general to Samoa. ' Senator Frye was detained at his home after the holidays by tin? illness, of -Mrs. Frye and by the death of her sister, 7 Mrs. Garcelon. Mrs. Frye. has almost recovered her health. Now that Senator Five has returned and Mr. Sewall is here, the investigation of the -Samoan question, authorized by resolution of the senate several weeks i ago, will be gin. Mr. Sewall - will probably appear before the committee on foreign rela tions to-morrow for examination con cerning the state of affairs in the Sa moan islands. As soon as the committee is through with him he will start for his post. He was on : his way there when he was summoned to return at the in stance of the committee. Thanks, Awfully. - ■'■ Washixgtox*, Jan. o.— The inaugural committee informs all persons wishing to visit the capitol during the Harrison and Morton inaugural ceremonies, March 4 next, that they can secure good rooms and board at private houses throughout the city at prices ranging from $2 to $4 per day by communicating with Col. I. P. Wright, chairman of the public comfort committee. - "Work Suspended. Washixgton, Jain 6.— The state de partment is informed that owing to misunderstandings between the govern ment of Venezuela and the Breakwater company all work on the Languayra breakwater has been suspended. ; I^*s^ At the Capital. >_~_.Vi Washington, Jan. 6.— Hon. C. W. Butz, Lisbon, Dak. ; E. C. Waters. Bil lings, Mont.; W. McCrory. Minneapo lis, and Wendell A. Anderson, La Crosse, are at the Ebbitt. THE MILTIIA OUT. Col. Haines and Two Companies Sent to New Castle. Portland, Or., Jan. _— Two com panies of militia, under command of Col. J. C. Haines, yesterday morning went up to New Castle to quell any re newal of the outbreak that might occur. All was quiet there, ana Company E re turned to the city at noon, leaving Com pany D to be relieved later, if necessary, by Company F. " Miners to the number of 150 returned to work in the New Castle mine this morning, the presence of the soldiers having, no doubt, re lieved their apprehension of a renewed attack from the Oilman miners and Knights of Labor. . . HOW IS THIS. JAY? A Little Evidence You "Will Like y. :' ':.-y' y-'r. .to' Read. -.'.■;■ CniCAGO, Jan. 0 — The Rock Island officials claim to have indisputable evi dence placing upon the Gould system the responsibility for breaking the "Gentleman's agreement." The tes timony goes to show that ' the Missouri Pacific broke the agreement by selling a ticket from Kansas City to Pueblo for $15, a cut of $3.15. It is in the shape of a ticket, with affidavits from the parties who purchased it, and copies of the same forwarded by the Chicago, Kansas & - Nebraska people to Gen eral Manager S. W. H. Clark, of the 7 Missouri Pacific. ..." This evidence points to Mr. Jewett, passen ger and ticket agent of ' the Missouri Pacific at • Kansas City, and Mr. Pen nington, his assistant, as the guilty par ties. These gentlemen have steadfastly denied thus far that they have sold any ticket at cut rates. President Cable, of the Rock Island, leaves for New York to-morrow for.the purpose, it Is /under stood,' of laying the matter ; personally before Jay Gould. 77 'yr ,-/ Movements of Steamships. ': ... London— Steamer , PolaJia, . New York for Hamburg, passed the Lizard to-day. 7''; New York— Arrived: 7; Steamer .• La : Kor mandie, Havre, - ... WISCONSIN'S SHAME. Dr. Kate Bushnell Tells ; Chicago of Her Dis- _ coveries. The Dens of Infamy Hid > den Away in the * - Woods. Bull Dogs Kept Fierce Enough to Eat Up ~ v Calves. The Horrible Disclosures Made in the Interest of Purity. C. Chicago, Jan. 6.— -Dr. Kate Bushnell lectured here , Saturday on the infa mous dens of North Wisconsin. Last May Dr. Bushnell went North. At the end of a month she felt that she could not conscientiously report on what she had heard ; at the end of four months she felt as if she had scarcely begun, and then she began to realize that there were features of the iniquity and depths of infamy of which she had little con ception, and from which she turned with sadness of heart. Quietly she went from place to place interviewing different classes of people, here a min ister and there a lawyer, and she could always go to the physicians j and could converse freely with them in regard to the social conditions of the towns where they resided. She never found it very hard to hear of young girls, who had been inmates of dens of infamy in that part of the country, from whom she got their stories not only, but the proof of them. But it was necessary to do more than this. The existence of stockaded dens in Wisconsin had been denied again and again. Dr. Bushnell looked for herself, and she found one at Warsaw, one at Merrill, two in Marinette, one at Antigo, two at Kill-River and one at Rhine River. She drew sketches of these dens so as to have proof at hand, and one of these sketches,' enlarged, was exhibited at the meeting. . "These dens,'* said the speaker, "are a combination of a saloon, a dance house and a den of infamy. They are nearly all licensed as saloons; there is dancing going on every evening, and the men who go out to these places must pay 25 cents for each dance. Then there is the den of infamy attachments. These houses hold all the way from six or eight to seventy-five girls. - These dens are, for the most part, situated in the woods, all the way from half a mile to a mile and a half from town, in the dense forests of Northern Wisconsin, often separated far from civilization, every crime under the heavens . that is conceivable is committed there without fear." ' Denkeepers and their friends claimed that these fences served as' a sort of screen for the more respectable outer world, but Dr. Bushnell has come to the conclusion that these fences serve not only the purpose of keeping the in dignant righteous citizens out.but keep ing the unwilling inmates in. The lat ter nurnose was also served by ferocious i bull-dogs, aud the speaker illustrated ; the savage breed of these dogs by citing a case where one got out of the inclos ure to neighboring farm and chewed a calf to death. ."..-- :■ .:7£ ! :. The sketch exhibited at the meeting was that of the "Gold Dust Saloon," about half a mile from Merrill, and kept by Hugo Doyle. Of this den Dr. Bushnell gave the following typical de scription: "The place is completely in ! closed with a fence, the back yard in closed by itself : completely and .the' fence of the front inclosure overlapping it. making : a double fence at the : side. The fence is " as high - as the door of the lower story of the house." Iv driving in from the main road from Merrill you drive in between the two fences around to the front of the house, and no one can ap proach or leave the house without be ing seen perfectly well : from six win dows on the side of the hose and three windows in front. . The upper story is divided off into twelve little rooms, about 10x12. with single beds in them. All the windows of the lower floor are barred; the front room is a combination of concert and dance hall ana saloon; next back of that are the keeper's apart ments, then comes the little stairway leading to the upper part of the house, and on this second floor the girls are kept, except as they come down to dance, It is utterly impossible for the girls to leave the upper story of this house and go down and out of it with out running the gauntlet of the keeper's room and through the bar-room and dance hall and out, undergoing the'sur vellance of two sides of the house be fore they can escape in any possible way to the street."*- Having given this typical picture of a Northern Wisconsin den, the speaker demonstrated that there are some few ruling individuals who control tlie whole traffic. r While the court records showed Mary, or Mollie, or Emma Somebody as ostensible owner, a little investigation proved that Jack Mahoney, of Ashland, who was recently murdered: . Charles LeClaire. of Hurley; Bill Dia mond, of Marinette.' and Press Wade, of Washburn, were the four notorious cap italists in crime. Bill Diamond is stated to be worth all the way from $100,000 to §l,oooyooo. He has retired from business and lives in fine style in Marinette. His name appears more than that of anybody else in the court records as holder of mortgages and lender of money. H. O. i airchilds, . formerly speaker of the Wisconsin house of rep resentatives, who wrote a letter to a Milwaukee paper, and prosecuting at torney of that district, who publicly de nied the horrors of Diamond's den, had his property mortgaged to the identical , Bill Diamond. Dr. Bushnell saw the telephone lines way off: in the woods, j connecting the dens and the livery sta bles, so as to prevent the escape of the inmates by vehicles. - . The lecturer then proceeded to dem onstrate that procurers for Hugh Doyle's '.- dens were about the neighborhood of i Green Bay while she was in that region. - Two girls from Neenah while on a visit . to Green Bay, were accosted in the ; . streets by Sid Bartow, of Appleton, a i •procurer. The girls refused to go with ; ,_.m. Then .they were arrested for street walking. . fined $25 and costs by . Justice Grignon and given twenty-four hours to leave town. Bartow paid the fines and the chief of police took the girls to the depot and saw them off in : Bartow's company. -On the train two i ladies of the W. C. T. U.. who returned ; from a convention at Stevens Point, found that Bartow had five or six girls with him. He refused to give up the j two girls indicated, stating that he had bought them from' the chief of police (for.* apiece. Dr. Bushnell subse i quently found the girls in a den at Mer rflJ They were iii the usual short : dresses, . their 7 other . clothing having been taken from them. 7 A Mrs. Hunter or Mrs. Johnson came to Chicago and persuaded two of the chambermaids in a second-class hotel to follow her to a 7 den at Warsaw. One day the deluded girls managed ;to es cape, but they. were captured by the chief of 7 police and most brutally pounded while the ; official ' stood by. A warrant was sworn out for the arrest •of the woman, , but _ before 7it could be . served the - : girl most mercilessly pounded was taken away: in _ hack during the night. The inmates of the . den believe that . she ' has been foully ■ dealt with. ' The other girl finally man aged to escape and Dr. Bnshnell located her, but the girl begged . most pitifully to conceal her whereabouts for fear that '•■ she would be' taken back ■to . the den. Her secret was kept, as well as that of quite a large number of girls who were j inveigled into these dens. .*. - > ;- . * ;* s 7- The lecturer then exposed the alleged investigations by the governor of Wis consin . She | * found"; the detective, James Fielding, who was said to have I made a- tour through "Northern . Wiscon ■ sin."* 1 He admitted that he only went .to one den, that of Mike * Leahy, . at . Mari nette,: and his statements concerning this -place -.-. were 7so untrue , ; that Dr. ; Bushnell does not believe he even went there. ■_ Dr. Bushnell .}, believes : that * in ; the matter of dens " such * as - described, Wisconsin is the most infamous state in the Union. All over the northern part of the state there are so-called hospitals, ostensibly for lumbermen, but in- re ality for the treatment of vile diseases. Dr. Bushnell found * a man who had been manager, of •: eleven of these so called hospitals. Up in a house at Ashland W. H. Griffin emptied a can of kerosene upon the person of a young girl and set fire to her. "Burned to death by W. H. Grif fin," was the coroner's verdict. The case was never prosecuted, because the prosecuting ? attorney refused to do so. Whenever things grew too hot and min isters and others "insisted upon a raid the keepers of the dens were promptly notified. They sold their female in mates to other keepers, and after affairs had quieted down the dens were started ' up again. At the conclusion of her lecture Dr. Bushnell announced that she goes to Madison to-morrow to push the matter of legislation on this subject. The meet ing adopted a resolution _ calling upon ; the women . of this , country to come to the relief of their sisters who are buried in living graves in the dens of Northern Wisconsin. . ' »i — MINNEAPOLIS AMUSEMENTS. At the Pence last evening "The Irish Princess" was given its first presenta tion in this city. The play is taken from the well-known novel, A Princess of Thule, and is fully as romantic and interesting as the novel. The cast in cluded the whole Pence company. Frederick Bock as Con O'Mary, the legendary' king, as usual, gaVe a care ful and forcible portrayal of his role. The leading role of the Princess was taken by Jessaline Rogers. Those who are acquainted -with the character . in the story found an almost ideal reproduction on the Pence stage last night. g In look, dress and act she was the beautiful, free Irish lass who knew neither the conventions of society nor its wiles and , hypocrisy. Mrs. Beebe as Mrs. Holcomb made a hit; George Cadden as Hugh Holcomb, Connelly as Capt. Ingram, Neil Scully as Phadny and B. W. Wilson as Dennie were all good. The ship scene was a surprise. "The Irish Princes" will run until Thursday. AT the PEOPLES. The version of that prehistoric drama, "Uncle Tom," played at the People's theater last evening, is, perhaps, the best of them all. lt is the famous Lon don version, with some slight changes by Manager Sterling. The play was handsomely put upon the stage, and it seemed to please the large audience im mensely. The scenic tableaux were very elaborate, among them being The Vision, the Apotheosis of Eva, and the allegorical picture, Mansions in the Skies. The cast was a strong one. W. E. Sterling gave a powerful and sympa thetic pottrayal of Uncle Tom, putting a great deal of delicacy and feeling into his work. Miss Marie Wellesley was Eliza, and in make-up and conception of the part she was excellent. J. B. Brown was a sufficiently villainous Legree, the slave driver. J. E. Nelson did very good work as George Harris. J. W. Burton was an uproariously funny Lawyer Marks, and James Harrison a bluff, thoroughly characteristic I .nneas rletcher. Carrie Strong convulsed the audience with her whimsicalities in the role of Topsy. Miss Alice Kemp as Mrs. St. Claire and Miss Mary Clifford as Aunt Ophelia, were both acceptable. Little Florine was a cute and precocious Eva. The North Star Jubilee club, composed of colored vocalists of this city, introduced planta tion melodies, glees and dances, while Miss strong gave a clever- song and dance specialty.. One of the features of the performance was the appearance of Miss Wellesley's famous trained dogs, Sultan, Ctesar and Monarch, which, as the : three bloodhounds, fairly divided the honors with the- human actors. The play ran very smoothly for a first night. "It will be continued all the week. THE FLORENCES. Mr. and Mrs. Florence open their en gagement at the Grand opera to-night iv "The Mighty Dollar." Mr. Florence will appear "as the Hon. Bardwell Slote, and Mrs. Florence will be seen as Mrs. Gen. Giltlory. To-morrow night "Our Governor; or Facts," will be presented. I The sale of seats for the Actors' Fund of America benefit at the Grand next Thursday afternoon, will be put on sale at the hotels and theaters to-day. .». RIFLES IN READINESS For a Descent on Bad Blacks at Areola, Miss. Yicksburg, Jan. There has been considerable excitement in this city during the day over expected trouble at Areola, Washington county, Miss. Several negroes were arrested there some days ago, charged with burning Col. Paxtou's residence. It was also stated by one of the negroes that the plot was to also murder the family. The latter part of the ... programme was not carried out. | The prisoners, it is stated, succeeded in making their escape. The cause of the excitement is that the ne groes in that vicinity have assembled in considerable number.- and threaten ven geance. About .fifty Winchester rifles were sent from this place to Areola this • morning. A train has been held in readiness all day, and on receipt of the first news of danger the Southrons, under command of Capt. S. Earls, will leave for that point. * ■ _ ___-- — : ■ HOW NOW, DOOLITTLE? The Chicago Times Has Good Boodle Evidence. • Chicago, Jan. 6.— The Times to-mor row will print the story of the attempted bribery of Mr. Cloud one of the paper's employes, to steal certain documents supposed to reflect upon James Doolit tle, attorney for one of the elevated roads seeking franchises from the city council. The Times has been charging that -boodle was being used in behalf of the Doolittle road, and has been scoring the lawyer himself un sparingly. The documents '. desired were those on which the Times relies to support its charges. _'. Mr. Doolittle did not get the papers, as young Mr. Cloud was acting throughout the. affair with the full knowledge of Mr. West, the editor. of the Times. Cloud contracted for 100 a week and twenty-six weeks to serve as Doolittle should direct. The actual amount paid was : the first week's salary in full and §S0 of the second week's. Cutting Expenses. " St. Louis, Mo., .'Jan. 6.— lt is r an nounced that a circular 7 will be : issued , to-morrow from the headquarters of the Missouri Pacific railway that • the salar ies of all employes on that system whose pay is $100 per month and over will be reduced 10 per ': cent This applies .to all heads of : departments as-well as others, but does not _ affect conductors, engineers or those connected with the mechanical .departments. The object of the cut is to . reduce _ operating ex penses. ■':._ . t y, " Kimball, a Hustler. BnooKLTN, N. V., Jan. '.:' 6.— Over $30,000 ]of the ; Bedford Avenue Dutch Reformed _ church's ? $50,000 . debt was lifted to-lay by the aid of Church Debt Raiser Kimball. ' ■»" ■ _9M__t__w*%mw lfftn> want to bin a |^ - tenement read The Globw H^^-*-* "Want" Column* - HIPPOLYTEJO WIN. Legitime Must Succumb to the Superior Army of the ; North. A Philadelphia Youth Pro poses While He Is Drunk. T Dog Catchers Held Under ,;i. Big- Bonds for + >___&-■• Cruelty. f' . . >\ i » K_ ' .1 A Maine Girl Who Lives 7" Only on Warm i .' Water ! «■ '* ' ' Boston, Mass., Jan. 6. -The Boston schooner William Jones, which was recently seized '.-, by. a Haytian man-of war while attempting to make a landing at Gonaives and subsequently' released, arrived here last evening. Capt. Col lins, iv speaking of nis. experiences, said: 1 was overhauled by the Tous saint at the 'platform' Oct. 20 and was told that Gonaives was blockaded. I asked if I could have communication with the town but was refused that privilege. , 1 proceeded up the bay and was dogged until daybreak by the man of-war. In the morning he ran along side and ordered me to heave to and give him. my hawser, and 1 told him that I had none. He then seized the vessel and put eleven men aboard and ordered us to Port an Prince. We had made about twenty knots when the Toussaint came alongside again and made fast to our windlass towed us to port. We arrived at Port au Prince late in the evening, and were compelled to stay there eighteen days awaiting the action of the "Haytian government. 1 spent a large part of the time of my de tention endeavoring to effect a settle ment with the legal authorities, which finally culminated in their agreeing to pay me $10,000 as an Indemnity for de murrage. This offer I finally accepted, and payment was immediate!} made in American gold."' Capt. Collins says that he was well treated by the authorities, and was allowed his liberty. From what he saw and heard the Northern insurgents have the advantage in the contest -aid he: "I should not he surprised to hear within a short time that the South ern army under Legitime had been completely routed, and that its oppo nents, under Gen. Hippolyte, had marched into Port au Prince and cap tured the entire government. It is a fact that the people of Port au Prince are really in sympathy with the North erners, though they dare not make their preference known for fear of instant death. The army of the North is by far the better body of men, are better equipped and clothed, and are armed with the latest improved rifles." Regarding the Haytian army, he con tinued: "The strength of their army is fixed by law at a maximum of 0,828. in cluding officers and enlisted men, though, of course, every negro will bear arms upon occasion. The officers of this email army wf»av n frnriTMiUS French uniform, while the privates are notice able principally for what they do not wear." "How about the alleged blockade at Port au Prince; does it exist in fact." was asked. . "Well. I should say not. In the first place the government does not control vessels enousrh to form an effectual blockade. While we were detained at that port vessels were coming in and going out without being interfered with in any way." ..,,. PROPOSED WHEN TIPSY. A Rich Young Philadelphia Who Got Himself Into a Scrape. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. C— There is some talk in local society of a young bachelor of fortune here on account of a little scrape of a rather humorous de scription into which he got himself at a patty one night and, inspired by the tipple, proposed to one of the daughters or the host. The girl— unnaturally eager to capture an acknowledged beau and a man of birth, position, money, and good looks— promptly accepted him, as probably four out of every five mar riageable maidens would have done under the circumstances. Next morning the bachelor woke up and began to dimly recall the occurences of the night before. He had become unduly stimulated— though certainly he was far from being intoxicated— and had offered himself to the daughter of his host. Worse still, he had been ac cepted. Of course he could not marry her. There was but one honorable thing to do under the circumstances. It would be rather painful, but it must be done. He would go and see the old gentleman and tell him it was all a mis take. He did not want, his daughter after all. He had only thought he did because he was drunk. . The sooner the affair was over and done with the better. He went to the . old gentleman's house and asked tc see him. The host of the night before had been informed by his daughter of the proposal she had received and accepted. He was,' therefore, prepared for a visit from his intended son-in-law, whom he received in the library with a smile aud a cordial grasp of the hand. "I have come, my dear sir," began the visitor, "with something serious to say." And he sunk into a chair, look ing pale, indeed. "My dear fellow." replied the old man. 'cheerfully. "I think I know what you have to tell me already. Let me assure you that you are needlessly alarmed. - But let us throw a veil upon the pain ful explanation that ensued. Whether or not the recalcitrant suitor walked out of the house or was " kicked . out is un happily not recorded. The most un fortunate part of the affair was that the girl who was thus summarily jilted had, with not unnatural pride, already com municated the fact of : her engagement to many of her friends. The story, as told here, soon got about, and the vic tim was both blamed and laughed at for her indiscretion and immodesty in ac cepting a man who was tipsy. ' As for his part in the affair— inasmuch as he was rich and yet eligible matri monially—it was regarded rather as a good joke than otherwise. '.. '. . . . DOG CATCHERS HELD IX BOND The Three Who So Cruelly Treated a St. .Louis Boy Bound Over.. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 6.— ln the crimi- ' rial court i to-day Judge Noonan held Kobert Guerke,. Michael Anglefodt and William Burke, the ' three dog catchers who are accused of having caught little Willie Maierse -and- thrown him into their wagon Oct. 13, in- $15,000 each, or .15,000 -.for?. the three. Mrs. Nellie Finch's 77 testimony was ' particularly strong against the defendants. She stated that she was attracted from . her house;" by a noise on . the outside, and saw a '. man catch Willie Maierse in an .alley; -and shake him, ..drag ging him .by the neck. One 7 man had the boy at that time, . but ; another grabbed '-• him . and the two threw him . upon the "-: wagon. She protested and told them they had no right to treat the 1 boy - so. Then one of them raised the lid of the wagon to put the boy in among the dogs, which ; were inside,' aud she • and Mrs. Klosterman held onto his legs. Finally they drove off and at Tenth and Biddle streets '. threw the boy . off. ' 7 She . had followed ~ them 5 and % had 1 thrown away their wire to get them to let; the boy go, but the driver, held the '? child while" another man got ' the wire. ____. man to whom she spoke was among the 5 defendants. ..The >- victim has been sub ject to fits similar .to. hydrophobia since his terrible experience, and ' physicians say he connot recover. ' < '."■- ; -i SHE LIVES ON YYAKM WATER. Josephine Bedard Has Mot Tasted Food for Over Seven Years. Lewistox, Mo., Jan. Lewiston has a curious visitor in the person of a French-Canadian girl by the name of Josephine - Bedard, who comes from Tingwick, province Quebec. When the child was .ten years old her mother died, leaving her seriously ill. Joseph ine, however, being of strong constitu tion, recovered ; but when she . learned of her mother's death she was prostrated with grief. She refused all food, and took only a small quantity of warm water each day in the way of nourish ment. Seven years have* now -passed since the girl has tasted a particle of food. She seems to never feel* a desire for it, and when the family is at the table she leaves the dining room, the sight of food displeasing her. Despite the long fast, the girl seems- to be in good health, and certainly is rosy cheeked and well developed for one of her age. He father is something of a spiritualist, and thinks he sees visita tions of the hand of God in her case. The case has baffled the best physicians and experts in Canada. The girl comes to Lewiston on a visit to an uncle, Joseph Bedard. I CEAUS SPRECKELS WARY. Failure of the Hie. trie Scheme on the Pacific Coast. Sax Cisco, Cal., Jan. The report of the collapse of, the Electric Sugar Refining company in New York and London caused much comment among sugar refiners here. The scheme was tried here, but the local refiners did not bite the bait. An agent of the new company named Keller came hereabout three months ago and opened an office in the board of trade rooms. He claimed to have the machines with him, which he rigged in a private room. The investigator could see the raw sugar go into the chute; he could hear the mill churning away in the secret room, and then he could see the beautiful white sugar appear, with crystals unlike any thing known to sugar refiners. Keller sold some stock, but he did not have any success with the big men. Claus Spreckels came to see the ma chine, but when he found there was a "dark room" process which he could not see lie dropped the whole thing. Keller tried to get his aid, declaring he could break the sugar trust, but Spreckels was too wary and would not venture any coin upon a scheme which he had to take on faith. Other refiners refused to put up coin, so Keller de parted, leaving only a few dupes who fell victims to his plausible tongue. Given to Her Sou. Philadelphia, Jan. 6.— Mrs. Delia S. Parnell, in answer to a question as to what disposition she has made with the Ironsides homestead and the adjoining, property at Bordentown, N. J., said that it has been all deeded over to her son, Charles Stewart Parnell, of Ire land. She said: "1 have had this mat ter under consideration for a long time, and have at- last conveyed the house, its furniture and the other property over to my son, who, I have no doubt, will in the near future be in need of all the money that I can manage to give him." _ff,-__ffi THE CHAMPION Blood-purifier, Ayer__ Sarsaparilla leads all others in age, merit, and popularity. It tones up the system, improves the appetite, strengthens the nerves, and vitalizes the Blood. Just what you need. Try It. .' " I am selling your goods freely, and more of Aver's Sarsaparilla than of all other lt.ood medlclnes put together.'*— A. Mc Williams, ____. Rapids, Mich. Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Prepared by "Dr. J. C. Ayer _ Co., Lowell, Mail. Price $1 ; six bottles, $5. Worth $5 a bottle. HAPPY » J*?-^^S^ ' w v '» *^>*-f __wv£iF— l The secret of ray happiness is, I have thrown away my old Blacking Brash, and have :. WATERPROOF RfS_T_ BE p.i__Sb LY DUU I O WITHOUT LABOR. WolfTsAGMEßlacking Produce a polish without the old brush, and th* shin* trill last a week oti men's, anil three on uomen's »*<_"-«. ■ ■Why stick to old ways in these days of progress?/ Sold by Shoe Stores, Grocers, Druggists, etc. < WOLFF & RANDOLPH. Philadelphia. _______________ nn— ■»■ ■■■_ i ■ ■■ii— ■■■ mmm ;.- [OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.! Vacation of Terrace Court and Alley in Terrace Court. City ________ Office, 1 - St. Pali., Dec. 6, 1888, >" ■ Whereas, A petition has .been filed in this office by order of the Common Coun cil, as required by law, asking for the vacation of Terrace Court and the alley in said Terrace Court: and Whereas, The petitioners state that they are residents ;.' of said city of St. Paul, and are the owners of all the property i in the plat of . ground known as "Terrace Court. St. Paul, Kam sey county.Minii.,"and the owners of all the property fronting upon the court or street known as ''Terrace Court. in said plat, and -the alley contained in said plat, and that the reason for said vaca tion is that said "Terrace Court.St.Paul. Kamsey county, Minn.," has been rear ranged and platted into what is now known a3 "Summit Court," in which re arrangement a new street and alley have been made and dedicated to public use, containing: a. greater area than the former court and alley in said Terrace Court now, therefore, - ; ._ Notice is hereby given that said peti tion will be heard and considered by the Common Council of the city of St. Paul on Tuesday,' the 10th day of February. A. I). ____ at' 7:3o* o'clock p. m. at the Council Chamber in the City Hall. By order of /the Common Council. - THOS. A. PKENDEKGAST. r _D_3__ _______ . City Clerk. ______ WEAK* UCilsufTprinirfromH.' I II _________* HIP WefTects of youthful I W — — 111 ■■■•errors, curly de cay, Tost manhood, etc -I -will, send a, vuliiaM* treatise (sealed) containing full particulars for _oroe cure, free of charge, Aridrew, .mw IMagrnH PROF. F.C. FOWLER* Mood us, Conn.