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VOL. XI.
BLOOD MAY BE SHED.
Company A, Dakota National
Guard, Moves on Trouble
some Half-Breeds.
Gov. Church Notifies the War
Department of the Threat
ened Trouble.
A Baker's Dozen of Stockmen
Narrowly Escape Death in -
a Collision.
Fire Wipes Out the Finest
Business Block in Chip
pewa Falls.
Special to the Globe.
Rolla, Dak., Feb. To-night Com
pany A, of Dakota National Guards, ac
companied by Sheriff Flynn, went to
Duuseith and will attempt the arrest of
the half-breeds who took from the sheriff
the horses he had seized for taxes. In
dignation is high, and unless the half
breeds submit blood may be shed.
There is no danger of the white settlers
being molested.
TROOPS MAY BE ORDERED OUT.
Washington, Feb. Gov. Church,
of Dakota, to-day informed the secre
tary of the interior by telegraph that he
had been informed that there is danger
of an outbreak among the half-breed
Indians in Bartlett county, and that the
militia company at St. John's had been
ordered out by the sheriff. Gov. Church
states that he has informed the com
manding officer of. the militia company,
that the sheriff had no authority to order
out his company, and advised him that
lie and his men would be held responsi
ble for any unlawful act. Secretary
Vilas has telegranhed.Gov. Church ap
proving his course. The war de
partment has been . informed
of the situation, and requested
to instruct the military to take such ac
tion as will prevent an outbreak. It Ms'
supposed that the threatened disturb
ance is the result of an attempt on the
part of the sheriff to collect taxes from
the half-breeds who have settled upon
the public lands.
HAS HAD NO INSTRUCTIONS.
Being questioned last night in regard
to the matter, Gen. Ruger, commanding
the department of Dakota, said he had
received no intelligence from Washing
ton: that Gov. Church's telegram prob
ably reached the war department after
ofiice hours and too late for official ac
tion last night. Gen. Ruger deems it
probable that the action of the secretary
of war may shape itself to-day in tele
graphic instructions to send United
States troops to the scene.
LUCK IN ODD NUMBERS.
Thirteen Stockmen Narrowly Es
cape Death in a Railway Col
lision.
Special to the Globe.
Ashland, Neb., Feb. 15.— B. Dy
att, a stockman, was sitting in a chair
in the caboose of a freight tram, stand
ing on the track here, about 4 o'clock
this morning, with his face toward the
rear of the car, asleep, when he was
suddenly awakened by a crash, and
opened his eyes just in time to see the
headlight of a locomotive making to
ward him through the back door. An
other moment, and he found himself
jammed in among the fragments of the
caboose, with pieces of timber piled all
about 'him.'': The car had been teles
coped by an extra-fast stock train.
Whether the train dispatcher was at
fault, or the train was running without
orders, is not known. One man, who
was asleep on one of the seats which
ran lengthwise of the car, awoke
to find himself lying near the engine,
with the cushion still under him and
one end of the cushion under the drive
wheel. Another passenger was lying
on the ground with pieces of the
wrecked car forming a shelter on all
Bides. His nose bled a few drops, but
beyond this he was unhurt. The rest
of the passengers bad similar strange
escapes. There were just thirteen men
in the car when the accident occurred,
not one of whom was even seriously
bruised, although the car was broken
almost Into splinters. The engine was
crushed into a shapeless mass, and sev
eral cars thrown from the track and
piled on top of each other. f
BLAZE IN BADGERDOM.
Fire Destroys $100,000 Worth of
. Property in Chippewa Falls.
Special to the Globe.
Chippewa Falls, Wis., Feb. 15.—
Fire last night completely destroyed
Gleckman & Heller's brick block, and
it's contents. Losses on block, $10,000;
Insured. Gleckman's dry goods stock
loss, $45,000. L. 11. Heller's stock val
ued at $24,000, small insurance; A.
Moses, store valued at $35,000, insur
ance, $23,000, stock valueless; Rusk &
Roland's law office loss, $"3,000; insur
ance. $-100, stock valueless; Times print
ing office, loss $3,000, insurance, Si.coo.
The third story was occupied by Ma
sonic lodge: insurance $1,500; G. A. R.
post also had ballon third floor. H. 11.
Todd, A. Hoffman and the waterworks
company also sustained small loses.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany's office was also destroyed. The
cause of the is fire not known, but it
started in Moses' cellar, where a quan
tity of powder was stored. -
Sour on the Salvationists.
Special to the Globe.
Ashland, Wis., Feb. Fifty resi
dents in the vicinity "of the Salvation
Army barracks have sent a petition to
the council asking that the army be de
clared a public nuisance, or be so
abated as to cause less annoyance. The
communication stated numerous rea
sons why the barracks of the Salvation
ists are a nusance to the neighborhood,
among others that the morals of young
boys and girls are contaminated by at
tendance at the meetings, and that the
noise and confusion created thereby
was annoying to persons living in the
vicinity.
Red Wing Feels Better.
Bpcc'al to the Globe.
Red Wing, Feb. 15.— The passage of
the reform school bill by the senate has
had the effect of re-establishing the
faith of citizens here in the ultimate
removal of the school to Goodhue
county.
Looked Over by Legislators.
Special to the Globe.
Rochester, Minn., Feb. 15.—
special committee from the legislature,
consisting of eighteen members with
their friends, visited the second insane
hospital in this city to-day. They were
taken direct to the hospital in a special
train. A fine dinner was discussed,
after which speeches were made by
Mayor Nelson, Dr. J. A. Leonard and
Dr. W. W. Mayo. The hospital was
then inspected, and pronounced by all
to be under the best possible manager,
Dr. J. E. Bowers, and superior to any
in the state. The request of Dr. Bowers
for several needed improvements were
heartily indorsed, and will undoubtedly
be made. ' - .•■-— -y--yy i "
No Danger of a Raid.
Bismarck, Dak., Feb. 15.— Gov.
Church received additional advises
from the Turtle Mountains to-day to the
effect that there is no actual trouble
with the Indians as yet. The militia
had merely been stationed in small
groups near the border of the reserva
tion to prevent depredations. ' There is
no iminent danger.
Swept Under the Ice.
Sioux City, la., Feb. 15— Early this
morning a team hitched to a hack ran
away at Covington on the opposite side
of the Missouri river starting across on
the ice. About half way over • they
plunged into a hole where the ice had
been cut and the whole outfit was swept
down under the thick ice by the swift
current and have not been seen since.
The team and hack were worth $1000.
Got $15,000 Anyway.
Special to the Globe.
Little Falls, Feb. 15.— Edward
Davey, who left this city'a few months
since for England to take possession of
nioney said to have been left him by
the death of an aunt in London, has re
turned to this country, and was in New
York Feb. 9, and left that city at once
to look after landed property in North
Carolina. He writes that he brought
$15,000 from England in cash.
Officers Raid a Dive.
Special to tne Globe.
Ashland, Wis.. Feb. 15.— This morn
ing another low dive at Dogwood, in
this county, was raided by officers.
Thomas Duf resne, a villainous French
man, and two female inmates were se
cured. Dufresue was charged, with
keeping a house of ill-fame, and in de
fault of 62,000 bail was remanded to jail
to await a hearing.
UP "WITH THEIR WORK.
The Federal Grand Jury at In
dianapolis Fails to Indict Dud
. ley. . .
' Indianapolis, Inn., Feb. 15.—
federal grand jury reported to Judge
Woods to-day that they had. no further
business. They returned three addi
tional indictments. The court did not
finally dismiss the jury, but sent them
home with the injunction, "if you are
needed again each of you will be no
tified." Among the numerous : indict
ments returned, the name of Col. W.
W. Dudley does not appear. Judge
Woods' remarks to the jury are in
terpretated to mean that the endeavor
to indiot Dudley is not over yet, but the
matter is postponed until such time as
evidence that is expected can be pro
duced. .. ■
Hippolyte's Warship Detained.
Special to the Globe."
New York, Feb. 15.— Consul Julian,
of San Domingo, to-day applied to the
deputy collector of the port for clear
ance papers for the steamer Madrid,
which is supposed to have been pur
chased for Hippolyte. He presented
two certificates, one showing that he
represented the owner of the vessel and
the other certifying that she was owned
by .the Dominican .government. Min
ister Preston, of Hayti, appeared before
the collector and asked that the vessel
be not allowed clearance papers. The
collector declined to issue the papers at
present. -
Gold in Plain Sight,
Gainesville, Tex., Feb. 15.—Excite
ment is running high at Purcell, Ind.
Ter., over the. recent discovery of a
number of old placer mines, two miles
east of Purcell, in the Chocktaw nation,
among the hills along the South Cana
dian , river. These mines have been
worked in past ages as shown by vari
ous evidences. Miners went to work
yesterday, and after a few hours' labor
succeeded in making some valuable dis
coveries, and by night had taken out a
large amount of gold.
Disabled on a Curve.
Special to the Globe.
New York, Feb. 15.— A locomotive
on the Sixth avenue elevated railroad
broke down to-night on the curve at
One Hundred and Ninth street, the
highest point on the road. The train
was moving so slowly that there was
no difficulty in stopping it before any
serious trouble could occur, but the
passengars were badly frightened. . The
road was blocked for ;ah hour before
the disabled engine could be removed.
Compromised With Creditors.
Special to the Globe. • •
New York, Feb. Bradstreets
says it is reported that J. H. Herrick
& Co., grain commission merchauts,
have obtained a clear release from
creditors by settling twenty-five per
cent of the indebtedness, and' will con
tinue business, their friends having fur
nished financial aid.
THE OBITUARY RECORD.
OsHKOSH, Wis., Feb. Edwin Clif
ford, the well-known actor, whose wife
and family reside in this city, died last
night at Hastings, Neb., of rheumatism
of the heart. He was about forty-four
years old. and was born in Washington,
I). C. His real name was Edwin Clif
ford Acker.
HON. SIDNEY T. FAIRCIIILD.
TJtioa, N. V., Feb. 15.— Horn, Sidney
T. Fairchild, father of Secretary ot the
Treasury Fairchiid, died at his home in
Cazenovia to-day. V: .•"**■-"
President Perkins Signs.
Chicago, Feb. 15.— President Hugh
itt, chairman of. the committee on signa
tures of the interstate railway associa
tion, said to-night that President Per-;
kins, of the "Q." road, signed the
agreement for the proposed association
to-day, and it is now believed that the
proposed combination among the West
ern roads is an assured fact.
Minister Phelps Banqueted.
New York, Feb. Cornel
Vauderbilt entertained Minister Phelps
at dinner this evening. Among the
thirty guests were Hon. Levi P. Morton,
Chauucey M. Depew, Abram S. Hewitt,
E. F. Shephard, William Astou and Mr.
Van Rensalaer and their wives.
An Unnatural Mother.-
New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 15.—
widow named Van. Cols, living at
Franklin Park, is- under arrest for kill
ing her illegitimate babe, born yester
terday, by holding its head in a pail of
swill. . " :•"■ t; ;
Two Burned to Death.
Sppcifd to the Globe,
■"" Buffalo; N. V., Feb. i 15.— The Ker
ney house and the Bron son block, at
Pike, N. V., were burned to-day. A
domestic named Jennie Mackay and her
little niece Pearl perished In the flames.
SAINT PAUL, MINN., FRIDAY ■ MORNING, FEBRUARY^ 16, 1889. —TWELVE PAGES;
ITS RECORD IS CLEAN.
President Cleveland's Admin
istration Has Been a Boon
to the Country.
Grover and the Members of
His Cabinet Are in Per
fect Accord.
Favoritism Replaced by Jus
tice and Fair Dealing to
All Americans.
The Restoration of the De
mocracy to Official Ten
ure Is Certain.
Baltimore, Feb. 15.— The Sun will
to-morrow publish a review of Presi
dent Cleveland's administration, ob
tained from a series of interviews with
members of his cabinet. It is mainly
as follows: So perfect has been the
harmony between the president and
the members of his cabinet that the
absence of friction has given rise to the
impression among some of those who
are familiar with Mr. Cleveland's posi
tiveness of character and his firm and
decided views upon every subject he
has studied, that his rugged personality
has dwarfed the various mem
bers of his official family and re
duced them to the condition of mere
agents of his individual will and
pleasure. A very slight personal
acquaintance with the several heads of
the departments, and the most casual
observation of their relations to the
president will serve to convince any one
not blinded by prejudice that this theory,
is untenable. Mr. Cleveland has not
been couteut to let the various depart
ments drift along in practical isolation
from the chief executive's supervision.
Animated by a high sense of his re
sponsibility to the people, he has . kept
himself fully informed as to what is
going on in every branch of the execu
tive administration, and has undoubt
edly impressed his individuality upon
all the departments. At the same time
he has refrained from all
UNNECESSARY INTERFERENCE
with this or that branch of the service,
and has given the Individual members
of his administration free scope for the
exercise of their abilities and 'energies.
The true secret of the absence of jeal
ousies and dissensions, and of efforts to
advance; mere individual interests or
pretensions among the cabinet officers
is to be found in the fact that one and
all have been actuated by the spirit
which has dominated' Mr. Cleveland's
course, that of subordinating : personal
considerations to the desire to give the
country an administration of the high
est grade. A prominent leader of the
Democratic party, and "" a warm
admirer of Cleveland, said, to the
writer to-day: "I have had. op
portunities of observing Mr. Cleve
land under a great variety of circum
stances since he became president, and
I have yet to see the slightest indication
of a desire to promote his personal in
terests. The American people ought to
be informed that, in the opinion of those
best qualified to judge, he has been ac
tuated from first to last by a high, pat
riotic sense of duty. The same may be
said of every member of his cabinet.
On the other hand, it is not to be in
ferred that the president has, at any
time, lost sight of the fact that he was
elevated to his present position by Dem
ocratic votes. While he has endeavored
to be president of the whole people, he
has been mindful all along that this is
; ■ A GOVERNMENT OF PARTIES, .
and that the Democracy in electing him
to the presidency, made him the official
representative before the country of its
principles and its purposes. In forcing
upon the attention of the country the
issue of tax regulation, his zeal tor the
public welfare, went hand in hand with
his desire to secure for the Democratic
party the credit of effecting this great
reform. It may be assumed that his
obj ect was to give the party some higher
motive than the mere greed for office
into which it seemed to be degenerat
ing. It has been said that there has
been no party leadership under the
present . administration, but. leav
ing out of the account the
bold and aggressive course of Mr.
Cleveland with reference to the tariff, it
must be conceded, in view of the sud
den solidification, of widely divergent
elements, as demonstrated in the re
nomination of Mr. Cleveland by accla
mation, and almost unanimous passing
the Mills bill in the face of the open re
volt of the Randall faction, the discon
tent evinced by the civil service policy
and the disappointment of thousands of
office seekers that there was leadership
somewhere. A gentleman who held of
fice under the Arthur administration
said to-day: "It can not be denied that
all the departments have been free of
JOBBERY AND FAVORITISM."
When it is considered to accomplish
this result an administration must needs
offend a multitude of selfish interests,
which are to be found in every party
organization, it will be seen that Mr.
Cleveland and his colleagues have had
no easy task to maintain that standard
of official probity which extorts such an
admiration. With a record of adminis
trative capacity and honesty to which it
may noint with pride, the Democracy,
at the close of Mr. Cleveland's tenure
of office, finds itself the representative
before the people of administrative
economy, of determined opposition to
sectionalism and encroachment upon
the autonomy of individual states and
of discrimination in favor of any race or
class at the expense of the people as a
whole, and the declared and recognized
champion of the toiling masses as
against the steady march of corporate
and monopolistic greed, It has purified
the army, replacing favoritism with
justice and fair dealing to all in the
face of the most insidious and persistent
attempts to perpetuate the scandalous
methods of former regimes. It. has ren
dered a similar service for the navy, and
has made substantial", progress in the
face of enormous difficulties, in the
work of supplying our sailors with
SERVICEABLE SHIPS AND GUNS.
Its mauagemen tof the fiscal affairs
the country has been singularly able'
aud conservative, and whatever its
critics may assert, it has maintained the
dignity of the country at home and
abroad. . Could a party be in a better or
stronger position? If it adheres to the
lines laid 'down . and consistently fol
lowed by this administration, is not its
restoration -to official tenure ' merely a
'question. of time? : The people will
only begin to appreciate what the Cleve
land administration has done : for the
. the country, said a gentleman high in
[ the councils of the Democratic : party,
after it has gone out of office and they
realize the difference. To the -South
especially it has been a benediction in
securing freedom .- from the Irritating
and disturbing interference which the
| country repudiated years ago.
OPERA HOUSE IN ASHES. |g
Cape Vincent :Is Now in the Same
Boat With St. Paul. U : - ;£§'
- Cape Vincent, N. V., Feb. 15.— This
village suffered . the loss of its opera
house block early.this morning. The
flames completely, enveloped the three
story building before anything could be
done, and in a very short time the
structure was in ruins. The structure
was valued at $15,000 and was owned by
S. Block, and was partially 'insured,
The Cape Vincent bank was located fag
the building and had in its fireproof
vault, among other valuables, 780 pounds
of opium, seized from the Gardners and
in the custody of Collector Morse. If
none ot the vault's contents are injured
the bank's loss will not exceed $500. ;
Other losses are as follows: S. G. Kel
sey, general store, $5,000; insured s2,ooo;
Charles E. Whitney, general store,
$5,000; insurance $1,000. The town
records back to 1849 were burned. • ; s
Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 15.— Louis/
Fox & Bro.'s cracker works caught fire
at 1 o'clock this morning, and the block
is now burning fiercely. The works are
among the largest in the West. The
loss will be heavy. '
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CAPSIZED IN A SQUALL. *
A Sloop Turns Keel Upward in tlie?
Straits of Juan de Fuca. !•' ' •
Port Townsend, W. T., Feb. 15.—
The master of the steamer Wild wood re
ports the capsizing of Capt. Henry Mc-..
Almond's sloop in a squall in the straits
oft" Point Wilson. When he saw he
two fishing boats were trying to tow her
to the nearest port. It is rumored that
Capt. Henry Mc Almond was lost off the
capsized sloop.- Another rumor is that
he was saved, and -that "Scotty," a
fisherman, was drowned. It is not pos
sible to trace the rumors to an authentic
source. '■■.-. ■:._ ■■ ■■" '') '
Fraud in an Oil Dicker. ; ;
New York, Feb. 15.— Stursburg &
Co., of this city, the extensive exporters
of petroleum, have .been sued by Sic
mers & Co., of Hamburg, for loss of \ a
consignment of petroleum which -the
complainants allege was Ohio and not
Pennsylvania oil.; Besides the claim
for loss, there is a claim for alleged in
jury to the reputation of Siemers & : Co.,
.who were accused by European houses;
of palming off an inferior product.^andt
the charge is also made that Stursburg
& Co. are aiding the Standard Oil com
pany in . marketing Ohio instead of
Pennsylvania oil. The suit is the out
growth of a long-standing dispute,
which has involved the New- York and
Hamburg produce exchanges in the dis
agreement. Much interest is taken in
the case by' the oil trade generally. The
produce exchange upholds Stursburg '&
Co., and certifies to the correct grade, of
the oil. . ' '*■''--,- : *;
Sympathy for the Pontiff.
Special to the Globe, v ; _"^y:_'^ij :
New York, Feb. 15.— The Catholic
News has received from Rome a copy of
a Tetter addressed on. Jan.'' 12 to the
pope %by the ; bishops of the United
States and signed on their behalf :by
Cardinal Gibbons. The letter deplores,
the treatment of the holy father by ; his
enemies; declares ., that while he, the
head, suffers, all members; of the*,rfe*v
religious body suffer; exhorts him to b?
courageous.and to remember the prophi>
cies of the Psalmist; that the Lord wi-l
scatter his enemies, and closes with ail
appeal for the apostolic. blessings. ;•
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STABBED BY A FANATIC. %
Viscount Moire, Japanese Minis
ter of Education, Brutally; As
sassinted. *■"•. ••*.- . * ,
San Francisco, Feb. 15.— A special
cablegram receive here from Tokio, an
nounces the assassination of Viscount
Arioni Moire, minister of education/
who was a minister from Japan at
Washington about _ 1870. He was
stabbed on the 14th inst., the day of the
promulgation of the new constitution.
The assassin, was a religious fanatic,
;arid is considered to have no political
significance." •- y; ; - ••-.>::;:
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Tnpper Ridicules a Rumor. • . -
London, Feb. 15.— Sir Charles Tup
per, speaking at a banquet to-night,
said he was amused at the report of tho
retirement of Sir John Macdonald from
-the Canadian premiership and the union
of Canada with -America. He hoped
the day was far remote when Sir John
Macdonald would be retired. While
desiring friendly communication with
the United States, he thought it . un
likely that the question of the annexa
tion of Canada would ever be seriously
considered by the latter country, which
would ever remain a British colony. i^
Decapitated by a Train. f]\
Chicago, Feb. Julius Garber, a
young man residing with his father in a
suburb of this city, while in a fit of des
pondency to-day, "approached '_ the :
Northwestern railroad tracks, where
cars were being switched, and laying
down, placed his neck on the rails ' in
front of a moving train. . His head was
completely severed from his body. -j
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-' Married in Jail. ."|
Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 15. —Sam D. Ford,
, arrested here and wanted, at Kankakee
for forgery, was delivered last night to
a messenger from. that place with requi
sition papers. While in jail here he
was married to a woman in whose com
pany he had been traveling. "4 X - *v. f
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: Swallowed by a Syndicate. yi"(
Rochester, N. V.,. Feb. 15.—Nego
tiations have been; concluded whereof
the Bartholo may, Genesee, Rochester^
and possibly the Miller . breweries, four
largest in the city, have probably passed
into the hands of the City of London^
Contract corporation, limited, a great
English syndicate said to have $125,000,-:
000 capital. ; r : .- ; -Vi;
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Everything in Ship Shape." y:
Philadelphia, Feb. 15.— assay
commission adjourned to-day after send
ing their report to President Cleveland. 5 '
The report declared that every
had been found to be correct. . , • - I
A New Treaty With Japan. j;
Baltimore, Feb, 15.— Sun has a
special from Washington which quotes"
Secretary Bayard as saying that i Minis
ter Hubbard is on the eve of negotiating
a treaty of; amity and commerce with
Japan. /y .:-;..;-; ..^ ':"{■■.. . y-y:;;:-.^
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Movements of Ocean Steamships.
New York,' Feb. 15.— Arrived : States
of Nevada,from Glasgow; steamer Wiel'
arid, from Hamburg; Allen, from Bre
men.; - ' ■"- " -_- .'"■,". . .~_ ■ X
Sir Roderick Not a Libeler. p
Special to the Glooe. ' ... . - . : yi|
New York, Feb. 15.— The . charge 6f :
libel made against Miss Meredith,a gov
erness, by . Sir Roderick Cameron, her
late employer, was dismissed to-day. *
Floods in ;. France. ' ""* ;"
Special Cable to the Globe, ';_ . i-"
-. ■* Paris. Feb, 15.— 1n the " greater part
of France the recent snow storms have
Been followed ,by floods, *•; which '• have
caused much damage. :"V "
SHIPPERS MAY SMILE
Their Plans to Build Up a
Merchant Marine Indorsed
by Benny.
Harrison Also Indicates That
He Will Call an Extra
Session.
Dorr Is Boss of the Senatorial
Situation in West Vir
ginia.
Badger Legislators Tread on
'-the Corns of Dr. Kate "-
Bushnell.
Special to the Globe.
IndiAnapolis, Ind.', Feb. 15.— A com
mittee from the National Shipping and
Industrial league— Andrew Wheeler, of
Philadelphia; .George A. Kelly, of
Pittsburg; and : Hon. H. D. Money, of
: Washington -called upon Gen. Harri
son and presented a series of resolu
tions passed at the recent convention of
; the league at Washington, during the
coming administration to take steps to
restore American shipping upon the
; high/ seas. The committeemen were
highly gratified with the spirit in which
they were received by the president
elect and left here this evening for their
respective homes fully convinced that
Gen. Harrison will make favorable ref
erence to their plans in his annual mes
sage to congress. One of the .. commit
teemen said that he was fully convince d
from what ; Gen. i Harrison said in his
reply to the committee that he intended
to call an extra session of congress, but
nothing was said which would indicate
whether he intended to issue" the call
Immediately after his 'inaugural,
or later in the year. Other out
of-town - callers .were .Hon. W. W.
Murray, . member :of the • national
committee from Tennessee; John
F. Henry, of New York, president of
the anti-monopoly society; State Sen.
ator Fred Egger, of Ohio; Judge F. A
Fritchey, ot Olney, 111.; M. W. Bloss"
of Chicago, and Maj. J. S. Ostrander"
" Lucius B. Swift, president of the Indi"
ana Civil Service association spent
some time in conversation with Gen.
Harrison, presumably upon the subject
of civil service. Dr. J. J. Mott, of North
'.Carolina, ex-chairman of the Republican
' state committee, came and discussed
the southern question. Hon. . John C.
'New was in consultation with Gen.
Harrison for some time this 'afternoon.
KITE BUSHNELL SNUBBED.
The Badger Assembly. Refuses to
Investigate the Pinery Dens.
Special to tbe Globe. v- ".:.'-.--
Madison, Wis., Feb. 15.— Dr. Kate
Bushnell received a decided set-back at
the hands of ■ the 'seriate l committee on
state affairs to-day. .This committee had
had under consideration the house reso
lution to have a legislative investigation
of northern dives, arid this morning they
reported it back with the recommenda
tion that it be concurred in, and
the suggestion '" was carried ; out.
The report indirectly ' refers to
Dr. Kate •in - no complimentary
manner. The senate also refused ta
concur in the -resolution to appoint a
committee to attend the interstate beef
trust investigation. In the assembly a
resolution to adjourn in order to attend
Harrison's inauguration was killed.
Bills were introduced fixing the maxi
: mum penalty for kidnaping at fifteen
years' imprisonment; providing for a
state bank examiner; forbidding the
use' of pasters on election tickets ; pro
viding for a state dairy and food com
mission, and several bills to purify
elections. v^ft^yVyy^;^ .^ ;'
DORR HOLDS THE KEY.
The Result of the Senatorial Con*
test in West Virginia Hinges
Upon a Democrat. '■;'-.
. Charleston, W..Va.,. Feb. 18.—
There was a great deal of excitement in
the joint assembly to-day. In taking a
vote for senator, President Carr, of the
senate, announced upon the floor of the
house that lie would, from now on, cast
his vote for Gen. Goff for United ! States
senator. Mr. Kirk, who has cast his
vote heretofore for some Union laborite,
also delared himself for Goff from now
on. Mr. Harr,' the other Union Labor
ite, cast his vote for Senator Kenna, and
will remain with him hereafter. Dorr
still refuses to vote for Kenna. Ballot:
Goff, 42: Kenna, 42; W. T. Ice, 1.
Whole number of votes cast, 85; neces
sary to a choice, 43. The election of
United States senator now ; hangs on
Dorr, who is a Democrat, but who is
bitter against Kenna. :y..i- .
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURES.
Hoosiers Think Every Large City
..-: Should Have a Police Commis
sion. y • : ".'•-'
" Indianapolis, Ind,., Feb. 15.— the
house to-day the. Pleasant school | text
book bill was discussed, and with sev
eral similar bills referred to a special
committee of seven, with instructions
to report a school book bill next ■ Mon
day . afternoon. The house passed the
Bigbam policy bill. It provides for the
election by the general assembly of
three commissioners for each city in
the state having an excess of 25,000 pop
ulation. Each board is to have full con
trol of the police and fire departments.
Under the provisions of : the = bill each
political party is "to be - equally repre
sented in the organization of the depart
ments. ■ ' "'- -
. How Does This Suit You?
.'Special to the Globe.
Baltimore, .Md., ". Feb. 15. — The
American, at Washington, to-night tele
graphs the following probable Harrison
cabinet as coming from a reliable
source : " Secretary ■of -- state, James G.
Blame; ■■■ secretary of ' the : treasury,
Charles Foster, of Ohio; secretary of
war, Jere Rusk, of Wisconsin secre
tary of the navy, John R. Thomas, - of
Illinois; secretary of agriculture, War
ner Miller, of New York : secretary of
the ' interior, J. W. Noble, of Missouri;
postmaster general, "John R. . Wana
maker, of Pennsylvania; * attorney gen
eral, M. M. Estee, of California.
Windom Goes . to Indianapolis. ~ .
i^ New York,'- Feb. 15.— The Graphic ;
says that Hon. William i: Windom .left;
New.- York-to-day ; for.; Indianapolis in'
response to a telegram from . Gen. Har
rison, and that there is no doubt he will
be secretary of the treasury.
Californians Versus Chinamen. ■
' :» San Fbanciscoj . Feb. 15.— The gov
ernor has signed the bill passed <by the
California * legislature v" providing .%_ that
J John ■ F. Swift and : Stephen M. White
shall appear before the United States
supreme court - to aid in defending
the Scott exclusion bill, the | validity' of
which is attacked in the Cha Chan Ping
case now before the court. ■:•_
Getting His Hand In.
; Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 15.—Gov
ernor Francis to-day removed James L.
Blair, vice president,and Edwin Wilkin
son, members of the St. Louis board of
police commissioners, and appointed in
their stead Julius S. Walsh, the well
known . capitalist and street railway
president, and George H. 7 Small, ; a
prominent board of trade man. The ap
pointments were promptly confirmed.
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THREE OF A KIND.
Conclusion of the Trial of the Al
leged . Manipulation of Stolen
"■'.• Bonds. ( _' T
v Chicago, Feb. 15.— The trial of Shaw,
Plessner and Corbett, the alleged man
ipulators of stolen bonds, was brought
to a : conclusion at '; 6 o'clock to-night.
• States Attorney Longnecker.in conclud
ing his argument -for the ■". prosecution,
denied the law points made by counsel
for the defense, and denounced re
ceivers of stolen property, saying: "The
fence is for theives what a hotbed is for
plants. Wipe out the fences and you
strike at the root of the crime." The
court then submitted the case to the
jury, under instructions bearing
severely upon the accused, and ordered
the jury to return a sealed verdict, which
will not be opened until 10 o'clock to
morrow morning.
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DEATH IN THE AIR.
Dangerous Telegraph and Tele
phone Wires Must Be Put Under
Ground in Missouri.
St. Louis, Feb. To-night Mayor
Allen signed and sent to the city coun
cil, with his approval, the ordinance
granting to the National . Subway com
pany the right to lay . conduits
for the "conveyance of electric
wires under . ground, The system
which will be used is that known as the
Dorsett patent. These patents are
owned by the National Subway com
pany, and it is now certain that work in
laying the conduits under the streets
and alleys of the city will commence
eary in* March, and that during the
coming season the work will be far
enough advanced to accommodate the
i wire companies now in the city. The
next move will be at the state capitol,
where a bill is pending to compel all the
companies to run their wires under
ground. ■ '■"'., -'X
SHOOK OFF HIS SHACKLES.
A Colored Murderer Maks a Des
perate Break for Liberty.
Louisville, Ky., Feb.- 15.— Monroe -
Wilkerson, the colored murderer * con
demned to hang at . Scottsville, March
25, broke ..his - schackles Wednesday
night, knocked the jailer down when he
came into the cell with his supper, and
ran out of [ the door. The \ jailer . ; fired
twice at Wilkerson, chasing y him 1
■■ through the family room and- out | into
the street, where he fired at him
'twice more.*' A desperate race followed .
up the street and Wilkerson tripped on
a stone,and, falling down, was captured
by the jailer's son. He was taken back
to the prison and tied to the floor.": =
Charges Against the Omaha.
Chicago, Feb. 15.— is charged that
the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha road has violated the . agree
ment of the Western Freight associa
tion by making a rate 2>_ cents a hun
dred pounds less than the tariff on 900
cars of grain shipped from Omaha to
Duluth. The rate charged was the
same that is in effect from Omaha to
Chicago. The penalty prescribed for
every infraction of the agreement lo
maintain rates is the forfeit of the rev
enue accruing from the cut rate.
Attempted Assassination.
Pacific Junction, N. M., Feb. 15.—
An attempt was made last night to as
sassinate Charles F. Lumnus, a journal
ist and magazine writer, who has been
wintering there the past few months.
Lumnus stepped outside his adobe cabin,
when a man fired two charges of buck
shot at him, several shots striking him
in the face, but producing no serious
injury. Lumnus has written several
articles favoring tne punishment of
certain wealthy men, whom he claims
to be murderers.
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•Passenger. Agents' Ultimatum.
Chicago, Feb. -IS.— The committee of
general passeneer agents of the lines in
the .Western States Passenger associa
tion met to-day, and adopted the follow
ing to govern excursion -business: ■^ **N«
reduced rate shall be made of less than
a fare and one-third for any number of
people under 500. and the minimum
rate for any number of people over 500
shall not be less than one fare for the
round trip." * " ';' i:' ' - r
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.; Getting Even With Austria.
Vienna, Feb. 15.— Much comment
has been created here by the news of .
the holding of a Russian court ball. |It
is stated that the czarina tried to pre
vent it, but the czar insisted upon hold
ing the ball because of : similar action
in Austria during Russia's mourning
period. The Danish embassy alone
was invited to the Russian ball. y7--.
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Meline Makes a Bid.
Paris, Feb. 15.— M. Meline paid a
voluntary visit to President Carnot this
evening and expressed his .willingness
to form a cabinet. M. Felix Pyat places
the whole trouble to the credit of- M.
Ferry. .He • says that ' M. Floquet . was
half dupe, half accomplice, and played
into M. Ferry's hands. .
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'."■ Dynamite in a Letter Box.
Paris, Feb. 15.— Three officials in the
central postoffice at Chartres were seri
ously injured by an explosion of dyna
mite in a letter box to-day. The bourse
to-day opened steady and closed strong
on a rumor that M. Leon Say would be
come minister of finance.
An Emperor in Marble.
Berlin, Feb. 15.— A statue in white
marble of the late Emperor William has
been erected .at : Charlottenburg. ~ The
figure is similar in size to those of his
parents which are placed there.
Geffcken Wants Damages.
Special Cable to the Globe. .
Berlin, Feb. 15.— 1t is said that Prof.
Geffcken will sue. : the imperial prose
cutor for violation of the secrecy of his
private correspondence. '• ;
Emigrants Well Armed,
Special Cable to the Globe. -v- r- ■'- -'■ *
; Belgrade, ; Feb. * 15.— transpires
in connection with the Servian revolu
tionary plot that two emigrants were,
arrested, having in •■ their charge 2,000
revolvers and 600 rifles.
"Gladstone Headed: for Home.
Special Cable to the Globe.
■'. Cannes, Feb. 15.— Mr. Gladstone has
derived here en route to Loudon; .
LEE IS AN ANGEL NOW
The Slayer of Charles Cher
■ line Legally Hemped Into
r v the Hereafter.
Moe Nearly Fainted When
Told He Was Not to
Be Hanged.
■
He Gives the Globe All the
Credit for His Deliv
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erance.
Sheriff Defrate Complimented
by Colleagues and Doctors '
for His Courage.
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Special to the Globe.
Alexandria, Minn., Feb. 15.— John
Lee, the murderer of Charles Cherline
at Brandon, last June, was hanged this
morning, • in the presence of a large
crowd, which included two of his
brothers. Lee and Moe passed a quiet
night. Moe slept three hours, and Lee
four. The Rev. Mr. Scott was with them
through . the night, as Moe desired to
have the Bible read to him and to talk
religion. For breakfast the pair had
ham and eggs, potatoes, bread and but
ter, jelly and cake. They ate but little.
The Rev. Mr. Wilcox went in to them
JOHN LEE.
early and stayed until the execution.
At 9:30 Sheriff Deflate announced that
he was going down to tell Moe that his
sentence had been commuted. Sheriff
Defrate said: "Martin, l have good news
for you, at least what most men would
call good news; your sentence has been
. commuted to imprisonment for life". : ; As
to you, John, (turning to Lee) you are to
be executed at the appointed.: time. I
will be down . for you in '''-.twenty-flue
minutes." " ; y ; V ' .-Miyy
MOE NEARLY FAINTED.
:; As soon as he 'recovered Rev. Mr.
Wilcox walked him around the corri
dor. Moe returned much excited, put
his arms about Lee's neck and spoke to
him in an undertone. Then Moe took
his Testament, which he had sealed
to send to his cousin, •' tore off
the wrapper and put the book
in his pocket, saying: "I will
need this now.'!.. Armed guards were
placed about the fence : inside the en
closure, and strict ordeis given that no
one without credentials should "be ad
mitted. Two of Lee's brothers, were
there. One, overcome by. excitement,
returned to Brandon 'yesterday. Lee
showed the utmost indifference, and did
not speak when Sheriff Defrate told
him he should hang. His parting with
Moe, however, was affecting in the ex
treme. Moe was entirely overcome.and
kissed Lee as they shook hands.
LEE "WENT TO THE GALLOWS
firm and smiling, accompanied by Sher
iff Defrate, Deputy Sheriff Lundgreen,
Rev. Wilcox, Death Watch John Bick
ford, Rev. Halgren - and others. Lee
was bound securely with long straps,
the cap and .noose adjusted and the trap
sprung at 9:57 o'clock.* Lee's neck was
The diagram shows that portion of the jail
devoted to the execution scene: The high
board fence on the left has already been des
cribed, together with the construction of the
scaffold and track. : The dotted line shows
the route of the prisoner in the march from
his cell to the scaffold.
not broken. The rope was too long and
his feet just touched the platform. He
died quickly and with scarcely a strug
gle. There was just one twitch of the
muscles of his legs noticeable. , His
pulse was :' examined by Coroner Mc-
Evven and Drs. Boyd, Long and Quinn.
His pulse ceased to beat In fourteen
aud a half minutes, and he was offi
cially pronounced dead ; eighteen min
utes after the drop fell. A great crowd
surged against the fence outside, and it
seemed as if it would break. Lee's last
request made, as he walked to the gal
lows was: "Do not let -too many see
my body after it is over." Sheriff De
frate said; . ' "Your request shall be
granted.'' The coffin was brought in
at 10:25, and the body cut down by the'
coroner and placed therein and taken
to the strong room adjoining the sher
: iff's office. The I sheriff \ intended to let
the '.' crowd outside ; see _ ; it, but -i subset
duentlyltold them to disperse, as the
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dying request was that they should no
view his remains,', and the request
should be kept sacred. Cherline's father
was there, and seemed pleased, wiih th«
execution. There was .:
A SMILE OF EXULTATION
on his face. Lee's family asked for hla
body and it , will be turned over to
them to-morrow. Moe kept up bravely,
but when told of his good fortune broke
down completely. He said later: "I
kept up because I did not want them to
know how I : felt. Life is sweet after
all. I'm glad/ When seen by the re
porter to whom their story was first
told, Moe shook hands with a firm grip,
the first time there had been any feel
ing manifested in his grip. He put his
arm around the reporter's heck' and
said: y^y-:;-^/':-^". -yf.
"YOU SAVED MY LIFE
by publishing my statement in the
Globe before it was too late." Moe
was locked in his cell dining the execu
tion. The crowd out side dug out knots
in the fence boards to see the hanging.
There were 185 tickets issued, but not
all of them were used. Thirty-one
sheriffs were here and many of them de
parted for home on the 12:28 train. All.
were interviewed and said that Sheriff
Defrate conducted the execution' in
good shape, and showed that he pos
sessed plenty of grit. The doctors also
complimented the sheriff, and said Lee
suffered an easy death. After the ex
ecution the family of the sheriff, both
ladies and children, viewed' the sus
pended body of Lee. The town was
full of curious people from all| over the
county. Lars Lee, father of the con
demned man, was here and drunk as
usual. George L. Treat, a local at
torney, was with Lee to get his sworn
statement, at the instance of Judge
Lars M. Rand, of Minneapolis.
the town OF ALEXANDRIA, «
where the execution took place, Is
the county seat of Douglas county, on
the main line of the Manitoba system.
The county is one of the finest from an
agricultural point of view In the whole'
state. It is a rolling prairie, thickly
dotted with lakes, and some of the
finest wheat farms in the country are
within its borders. The land is about
evenly divided between prairie, forest
and water, and is exquisitely beautiful
in summer time, being visited by
crowds of sportsmen and artists during
the season. • The numerous charming
lakes abound in fish of many sorts,
while prairie chicken, grouse, pheas
ants, wild duck, wild geese, • brant,
woodcock and the larger game, such as
deer and bear, are abundant. Among
these lakes are several first-class holels,
the most prominent being the Hotel
Alexandria, situated on Lake Geneva,
one of the loveliest spots in Minnesota,
The view across the lake from its win*
dows is like a glimpse of fairyland.,- ; '.
Alexandria is a flourishing place ot
2,500 inhabitants, while the county con
tains about : 35,000, forming.: a ; wealthy
and prosperous surroundings country,
which does; much toward securing the
commercial .' prosperity of the :. county
seat. Alexandria <is an * excptionally
well-built town, half the buildings being
of wrick,* while the frame houses anal
I stores are 'all substantial structures.
The citizens say they make" it a rule to
build -two' or three briek * ; blocks every
year." Main' street, which, as its name
implies, is the -principal street of the
town, is well filled up with good two
story brick stores, a few frames giving
variety to the scene. The most f. promi
nent b ilding is the school house, a fine
three-story brick building, which would
be a credit to St. ' Paul. *? The jail.is a
small two-story v brick ..." building
with stone basement > and t man
sard roof. It is, architecturally
speaking, decidedly neat in ap
pearance, and contains all the accom
modation likely to be necessary for the
county, while it is well built and fitted
up in such a way that escape is im
practicable.- Next door to the jail is the
court house, a pretty, frame' building,
painted white. There are no less than
seven hotels in the town,, the most
prominent being the Letson house, a
very comfortable and substantial three
story brick block. postollice is in
a new brick building of large size,
which contains, besides, a number of
fine stores.
two banks—
the ' First National Bank of Alex
andria and the Bank of Douglas
County— have all . the work they
can -. manage, taking -'care-' of the
funds l of the numerous farmers and
tradesmen."- They are both- handsomely
fitted up and are a credit to the town,,
both being purely local institutions. A
large town.hall has recently been built,
of which the citizens feel very .proud,
and with _ justice, for it is a handsome
building. The religious part of the
community is well taken care of
by the pastors of seven churches
representing as - many different de
nominations. The Congregationalists
have a very pretty church, while the
Methodists and Catholics have also
very commodious structures..- Two
newspapers, the News, Republican,
and Post, Independent, supply the
inhabitants with the news of the week,
both local and general, and make a
specialty of reporting the proceedings
of the legislature. No plate matter is
used, and from all appearances they
are both breezy local papers, edited by
hustlers. A well-organized fire de
partment protects the town from burn
ing, and showed at a recent fire its
ability to quench a conflagration fifteen
minutes after the alarm was turned in.
Three large elevators receive the prod
uce of the adjoining country, while a
flour mill with a capacity of 300 barrels
a day is kept running at full blast all
the time. A well-equipped livery
stable does a good business; in fact, this
may be said to apply to every r store in
the city, as all show unmistakable
signs of prosperity. Reliable informa
tion shows that there are many men in
the town who have made large sums of
money simply out of their local trade.
A large furniture factory turns' the
produce of the forest into tables and
chairs, while a lumber mill has plenty,
of business to - keep it running all the
year round.
; . ELECTRIC lights. .
The town council at its last meeting
granted a franchise to one of the most
prominent citizens, J. B. Harnebeck,
for supplying electric light and : power
to the town, a provision of- his charter,
being that he put his plant in within
six months. This he proposes to do at
once, and the probabilities are , that
within the next two months Alexandria
will have dispensed with the flickering
coal oil lamps, which now but serve to .
make the darkness 1 more intense, and
will be brilliantly illuminated ' by . elec
tricity. There is one very commendable
tendency apparent in the policy of this
thriving town, and that is to go ahead
with its own money and . build : a city.
Almost all of its institutions of : a busi
ness nature, are solely owned and opera
ted by natives of the town; and they do
not desire • to • borrow outside money,;
rather preferring to '; wait a . little while
longer and have some local . capitalist,
of whom there are plenty, do the 1 work
himself. By policy, Alexandria has
become ; the prosperous ' town . that she
now is, and on tins; policy -proposes '£<_££
continue to operate.. ; While' the : town
appears dull to a stranger in winter, In
summer it is'- just the reverse, for the
hotels are overflowing with y guests who
have gone down to enjoy, the fresh coun
try • air, boating, fishing • aud shooting.
