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4 THE DAILY GLOBE PUBLISHED EVERY DAY AT the globe BIILDIXG, COR. FOURTH AND CKDAR STREETS BY LEWIS BAKER. ST. PAUL GLOBE SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Pailt iNoTISCIUPINIiSINUAT.) 1 yr inßdvauce.J-S 00 I 3m. in advances 200 tin. in advance 4 00 I « weeks In adv. 1 00 one month 70c. DAILY _Xl> MUMK lvrlaadTt-ncefl-O 00 1 :*roo-. in adv.. s2 50 tin.in advance 500 I 5 weeks in adv. 100 One month "Soc. ■__M_ ALONE. 3vr In advance.**:. 00 1 3 mos. in ndr .»0c t in. In advance UK) | 1 mo. in adv -*oe Tki WEEKLY-(Daily - Monday, Wednesday : and Friday.) 1 yr *n*-_~uiee.S4 00 | Stem, to adv •*_ oo ; iii.iitlis. in advance.... sl 00. ■■VFKI.V FT. P.UI. GLOBS. One Year, 51 ! Six Mo. BSe | Three Mo. 35c Rejected communications cannot be pre served. Address all letters and telegrams to THE GLOBE. St. Paul, Minn. Eastern Advertising Office, Room 46 Tribune Building, New York. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. *X -.shin.; ton. lvo.lO.-Vor Wisconsin: Rain orsuow. followed by clearing weather; cold er; northwesterly winds. For Minnesota, North and south Dakota: Fair: lower tem verature*. northwesterly winds. For Iowa:, Fair; colder; northwesterly winds. CESK X A OBSERVATIONS. *~ I _: 1 K'l S3 M ! E 3** 1 - 3_ = _ "o •=_■ S» mace of "jS fS Place of j""*- go Ob-'vation. = _• •=-! Obs'vation. ° ° s=* 3 ~ _; _-! 2 •» **- a 7 _H S . _- *"**'•: S fjrf *** "? "^ * Paul. -:».*"• 36 J Helena ... 29.82 2$ Duluth ~129.78 3-11 Ft. Totten. x .. ; •■• lacrosse. '-9.84 «> Ft. Sully... 30.02 33 Huron. . .30.04 32 Mi:inedosa 29 04 » Moorhead ■_'*.!'•*" -'-' Calgary ... 30.16 10 St. Vincent 29.96 lO.jEdmonton. ..... .... Bismarck.. 30.-M 14 Q.'Ajfpelle. 30.10 0 Ft. : .rd.30.1"* 8 MedioeH. 30.12 O Ft. Custer..!*-'/.)' ! 3S,i\Viunipeg.. 29.94 *> -■_-■ TDK STORY* OP A DAY. Winnipeg elects a new mayor. Kansas ___■ a freight car famine. Olivet Johnson, the famous abolitionist, Is dead. Pie— dent Harrison is homeward bound from Chicago. Senators from the new states pluck some committee plums. Senator Turpie goes after trusts and com bines with a rush. The First National Bank of Abilene, Kan., closes its doors. Hart is re-elected mayor of Boston by an increased majority. The Western States passenger combine Is to be investigated. The celebrated Collom forgery case Is put ever until next term. The annua! convention of the Federation of Labor opens at Boston. The Episcopal mission church at White Earth. Minn., is burned. - Ashland is bonded for Slo<"*,(Do to induce manufacturers to locate there. Minnesota dairymen are holding their an nual convention at Mankato. Albert Revoir is convicted at Hudson of murder in the second degree. Bertie McGrath, a Minneapolis boy, skates Into an airhole and is drowned. . Indians complain that the whites are over running the Mille Lacs reservation. Twelve persons are crushed to death and many injured at ill-fated Johnstown. Nearly a hundred fire escapes have been ordered placed in Minneapolis in a week. Attorney Forrest says there is a huge con spiracy to strangle the five Cronin suspects. The Kansas City road is accused of cut ting rates on grain and flour from the North west. The great Sisseton reservation is to be opened to settlement, the Indians having agreed to the sale of their land. The North Dakota temperance committee of the house has agreed to report favorably to the passage of the prohibition bill closing all the saloons in the state Jan. 1. SILCOTT'-i SWAG. That is a quaint feature of banking the lower house of congress has adopt ed for its own convenience.whereby the disbursing clerk in the sergeant-at arms' office is enabled to walk off with $80,000 of the salaries belonging to con gressmen. An effort will be made by the losing members to hold the govern ment responsible for the loss, but we fail to see where the responsibility comes in. There is no warrant in the law for such a banking system as the sergeant-at-arms has established. The rules of the house permit it simply for the convenience of members, and yet it is an abominable method that ought not to be tolerated. The law provides for the payment of salaries out of the fed eral treasury, just as all other claims against the government are paid, and when the money leaves the treas ury vault in payment of the draft made upon it that ends the government's responsibility. The practice has been, however, for the ser geant-at-arnis to open a bank account with each member and attache of the house, and all the disbursements are made through his office. He draws his draft on the treasury in favor of such a member in payment of his salary for the current month, tbe member in dorses the draft, and then that amount is placed to his credit in the unauthor ized congressional bank, and the mem ber checks it out to suit his conven ience. It was also made a depository for all the surplus funds that members had about them when they reached Washington, and it was in this way one of the South Dakota senators was caught in the snap. While the estab lishment was a convenience in one sense to the members, it was also subjected to gross abuses. Mem bers whose necessities outran their funds often drew on the ser geant-at-arms in advance of their salary, and these advance drafts were usually discounted in the regular way and at the regular rates adopted by legitimate banking institutions. There is no telling how many overdrawn ac counts are now on the books of the con cern against Insolvent congressmen. It was under the pretext of going to New York to collect an arrearage of 112,000 from a man who had been out of congress for several years that Sil cott found an opportunity to skip to Canada with his swag. It occurs to us that the house might profitably go into an investigation of the sergeant-at-arms banking establishment, and devise some way of accommodating the mem bers in the matter of salary payments without jeopardizing the little stuff they have to their credit. AN AUDITORIUM. The sounds of rejoicing which are wafted from Chicago over the comple tion of the great Auditorium building are sad reminders to us that we haven't even the apology for such a structure. We congratulate our Chicago friends upon their treat enterprise, which was worthy of ali the ceremonies attending its opening. It was not beneath the dignity of the president of the United States and of the members of the cab inet to honor the occasion with their presence, and it was appropriate to the purposes to which the building is dedi cated that the immortal Patti should add her tribute of melody. What a pleasing ; prospect it would be for us here in St. Paul if we could look for ward to something of the kind in the near future; and yet what a mortifying spectacle it is to look around and see nothing, nor the shadow of anything, resembling a public hall worthy the name of a hall or auditorium. And yet there is nothing in the way of a public improvement that the city needs more. Has the spirit of enterprise fled from our midst, or is it only awaiting the touch of some hand that it is too modest to stretch Itself forth, to be awakened into activity? There had to be a be ginning with the Chicago auditorium, and there were those who lacked faith in its success. But the believing ones laid hold of the work, and they are to-day enjoying the reward of their labor. Isn't there encouragement in this for the enterprising citizens ot this city, who have never heretofore failed to respond to the call of public duty? THE SISSETON TREATY. Our news from the Sisseton agency this morning is of the most gratifying character. A sufficient number of the Indians signed the treaty yesterday afternoon to secure the opening of tho valuable tract of land included in that reservation. Not the least gratifying part of this treaty is that it secures to the Sissetons immediate payment of an old claim that has Ions: and unjustly been withheld from them. The price paid for the land, IS per acre, is low enough, considering the quality of the soil and its general topographical ad vantages; and yet it will aggregate a sum sufficient for all the -purposes to which it Is to be devoted. The Sisseton tribe merited special favor at the hands of the government because of their val uable services to the government during the great Sioux outbreak. Old Chief Renville is a man of remarkable abil ity and force of character, and his in fluence has always been exerted for good. If every tribe were blessed with such a chieftain, the Indian problem would soon solve itself. At a recent gathering of ladies the question of the desirability of the higher and collegiate education for girls was raised. Some insisted that the lan guages and the studies that developed the mind were not so conducive to mat rimony as the polite acomplishments, the social veneer. The decision seemed in doubt until statistics were produced showing that young ladies who re ceived the collegiate or higher training almost as a rule were married soon alter completing their education. That made the conclusion unanimous. There is a constant increase of numbers in the higher walks of female learning. The mint is unable to keep up with the demand for small coins, and es pecially one-cent pieces. Several the ories are adduced as the cause of this demand. It is reported that contribu tion boxes at church furnish a partial solution. One was noted on Sunday that had seventy-five or more nickels and cent pieces, and not a single larger coin, although the contributors looked like prosperous men and women. Then tho holidays are at hand. The diamond dealers may have their largest trade in glass and paste. A purveyor in meats in the East has had the theory that horse meat was palatable and as good as other animal food. The prejudice against it he re garded as a matter of sentimentand not reason. He experimented with it in his sausages, and not one of his customers suspected the fact. It is probable" that he would have found tho demand the same had thero been an in fusion of dogs and cats. There is, per haps, no more sublime exhibition of faith than is found about cheap tables. " Dyspepsia is generally attributed to excess and richness in the diet; but St. Louis claims a curiosity that has the disease so that a match at his mouth will cause an explosion. He is a victim of starvation, being a long time on the plains without food. His stomach be came so accustomed to idleness that it will not work in any reasonable way. Still, he is likely to live long enough to journey to the world's fair. A prominent physician in Buffalo who died last week provided in his will that a SSCO funeral feast should be cele brated in a German beer resort on his demise. This was carried out accord ing to his wishes, and 200 plates set. Hilarity and good cheer enlivened the occasion, but some looked upon it as not exactly the thing for this side of the water. No water, however, was used on the occasion. _ The Philadelphia papers are nerv ously sensitive to the current pleas antries about the big store that absorbs so much of the attention of the postmaster general. Their advertising columns explain their devotion -to the interests of their townsman, out the free advertising outside has probably been worth more to the business. . Baltimore has a young man who has a magnetic faculty that causes gold and silver coin and most any metallic substance to stick to his fingers. It is not the late house employe who lifted some $70,000 in his hands before he started on his visit to Canada. Sticky fingers are not very rare. Many Republican papers fee. ag grieved that Mr. Cleveland should re fuse to sell his house in the vicinity of Washington at the round figures offered him. It is evidence, of course, that he means to be a candidate again. He would oblige them by selling and doing something to lose public confidence. One of the Eastern papers has infor mation that Fargo, in North Dakota, offers a purse of $40,000 for a Sulli va_?-Ja.c_so_? mill. Probably some enterprising editor there has offered to put up his check for the amount, . but there has been no guarantee fund made up. In* California the supreme court has decided that it is reasonable for a passenger on a car to offer $5 in gold or ' paper for a 5-ccnt fare. In some of j the Eastern cities conductors will not make the change, and courts have supported them. The president of the Pennsylvania Steel company says that with free ore he will send pig iron to Liverpool and steel rails to London. In his view what American industries need is not protec tion, but free opportunities. TEXAS is estimated to have this year within 200"*500 bales of the entire cotton crop of India, or half enough for all the manufactures of the United States. Its capacity is but hinted at in the present figures. - -**- The ""winter of discontent" has its alleviation, now that the publication of the Congressional Record has been re sumed. If the New York Herald did pay -"3,500 for a dispatch from ' Stanley, in Africa, it was a cheap* advertisement. . Safe Robbers Make a Haul. Kosciusco, Miss., Dec. 10.— safes of J. W. . Carter and V. 'D. - Lee were robbed to-day. The sum taken oy the burglars was between 522,000 and 125,000. So clue..- ..:.:- THE SAIXT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 11, 1889. READY FOR THE FRAY. Earl Zetland, Ireland's New Viceroy, Will Assume Of fice Next Saturday. His Chief Recommendation for the High Office Is His Wealth. Emperor Francis Joseph In vests His Brother With the Imperial Power. Kaiser William's Forces in Africa Rout the Rebellious Bushiris. London*, Dec. 10.— The no— vlceny of Ireland, whose going over has been announced from time to time ever since his appointment last spring, will at last go to Dublin and enter upon his vice regal duties upon Saturday next. The gentleman is Lawrence Dundas, third earl of Zetland, a rich man, an officer in the Hotse guards, formerly a member of parliament, and holder of a place at court. Although not hitherto much dis tinguished la politics, he will have now a fine opportunity to exhibit any hidden talent he may possess. The programme is that only the official staff shall meet him at Kingstown. The Marquis of Salisbury presided to-day at the final meeting of the committee of the cabinet on the Irish land bill. The draft will be submitted to the full cabinet on Monday night. AUSTRIA'S NEXT RULER. Emperor Francis Joseph Trans fers tbe Divine Right to His Brother. Vienna, Dec. 10.— It is reported that the emperor has signed a decree invest ing his brother, the Archduke Charles Louis, with the imperial power in the event of the emperor's becoming in capable of reigning from any cause whatever, or in case of his absence from the empire. This is a natural sequel to the death of Crown Prince Rudolph. The Crown Prince Charles is the oldest living brother after the emperor, Maxi milian having come between them. He is a cavalry officer. ; BATTLE WITH BUSHIRIS. Lieut. Schmidt's Forces Root the African Hosts. Zanzibar, Dec. 10.— The Germans under Lieut. Schmidt attacked the Bushiris Monday. Twenty-eight Bush iris were killed and the others escaped. There is no news to-day fromEmin, and this is understood to mean that all goes well. Emm's people have sailed to Mombasa to await at that point the ar rival .of the steamer sent by the Khe dive to take them through the Red sea. The sultan intends to issue an official proclamation or communication to the faithful generally in praise of the devo tion of the Zanzibaris who went with Stanley. MODELED AFTER CANADA. The Proposed Federation of the Australian Colonies. Sydney, Dec. 10.— Henry Parkes, the premier and colonial secretary, is following ud his proposition for a fed eration of the Australian colonies, some what as he suggested, upon the model of the Dominion ot Canada. This scheme grew directly out of the proposition for the formation of an Australian army, but it aims especially to overcome many gross evils of misgovernment which seem inseparable from the present system, and while it has many other supporters than Sir Henry him self, there is a conservative element which apprehends that if once the col onists take to organizing a general colonial . government, they may not lie in the submissive hole held by Canada, but put into effect their desire to emulate the giant steps of the United States. Sir Henry, in elaboration of his C reject, suggests the abolition of all order duties and absolute free trade between the colonies, guaranteed. If necessary, by special intercolonial treaties ;"a uniform marriage law to protect the family from the evils of di vorce as seen in the United States, and a uniform railway gauge for the whole country. He proposes Albury, in New South Wales, as the capital of the con federation. DEPOSITION OP DOM PEDRO. Details of the Successful Revolu tion in Brazil. London', Dec. 11.— The Times prints a letter from Rio Janeiro, under date of Nov. 21, giving further details of the revolution in Brazil. When the array leaders learned that the imperial au thorities intended to disperse the troops at Rio they resolved to resist the point of deposing the. ministry. The Republicans seized the advantage thus offered them and worked hard for a fortnight, maintaining '< the utmost secrecy regarding their plans. In some way the government got wind of what was going on .and resolved to send the Seventh infantry away on the 15th instead of the 20th, as had been intended. The cabinet met late at night on the 14th. At daybreak on the 15th the ministers of the navy, foreign affairs and justice and the prime minister were all at the arsenal to witness the landing of the naval battalion which had been' ordered to mount guard in the barracks in Acclamation square, where the troops were quartered. At 0:30. as the marine arrived, the whole cabinet met at the war office, and three infantry battalions were formed before the ex • tensive . FRONTAGE OF THE BARRACKS. Later several regiments of cavalry and the whole police force joined. . At 8:15 a. m., when the cabinet considered that there was a sufficient force at their command to compel the recalcitrant battalion to march, Gen. Da Fon seca appeared on the scene and all of the officials inside and outside the barracks - received him with acclamations and cries of "Down with the ministry." Baron La dario, the minister of marine, on com ing from the arsenal, was invited to surrender as tho prisoner of Marshal da Fonseca and the army. It was at this moment that the shooting scene already described occurred. Gen. da Fonseca then entered the barracks and informed the ministers that they weie deposed. He spoke bitterly of the pre mier and the minister of justice, and. while he released the others, declared them prisoners. At the general request of their comrades he released them; but, on learning in the evening that the premier had had an interview with the emperor, he rearrested the premier. As soon as the hews spread every com mercial house closed its doors in terror. It is said that Gen. De Fonseca was simply carried away, as the deposition of the government alone cost him dear, and that he' resolved at the last moment to cast his lot with the Republicans. While Dom Pedro, with Count Preto, w as trying to - - , "';>>. FORM A NEW CABINET the republicans met at the municipal palace. The city aldermen resolved to declare for the republic, and sent a message to Gen. Da Fonseca asking him to proclaim that the dynasty was for ever abolished. Senor Constant or ganized tho coup, while Senor Barbosa was the real orga nizer of * the new- constitution. The latter is a learned man, _of great resources, and thoroughly conversant with the constitutional history of Eng land and America. It was he who in spired the bank*, .with confidence and induced them to maintain tho rato of exchange. •■•*••" .. • ;• * -■■■.. . • >Nkw York. Dec. 10.— Capt/. Alcott, of the British steamer - Bessel, at this port, from Rio Janeiro reports: "On Nov. 15, the troops ' stationed at Matte Gias-e, a very sickly place, refused to stay there; and, when ordered back, the • commander refused to stay, and when ordered to go, ho . drew his pistol and", fired three shots' at the minister of ma rine, wouuuing him. • £ . .'••"*;' HAULED DOWN HIS COLORS--* Brazil's New Flag Insulted in a Portuguese Port."" ' x * 1 - Lisbon, Dec. 10.— Dom Pedro and his family have gone on an excursion to the beautiful suburb, ("intra. Thoicaptain of tho Alagoas, in accordance with in structions from the Brazilian govern ment received by cable, hoisted the new _ federal flag, whereupon the maritime^ commandant informed him that . al though Portugal was well disposed* toward the Brazilian republic he could. not omul in the port the presence of any* nag not recognized by the govern-^ ment. Thereupon the captain hauled. down his colors. He sails for Bio Janeiro-, to-morrow.. . - -*.-•: -"ij ■*• ~ — ' .. ■:- ■% Plgott's Friend Passes Away." _S ; Lox.»ox, Dec. 10.— Mac Donald,* the manager of the Loudon Times, is dead. He was' a witness in the par liamentary inquiry into the source of the Times' pretended documents in criminating tho Irish leaders. Switzerland's New President. Brass, Dec. 10.— federal assem bly has elected M. Louis Buchonnet, of tho canton of Vaud, president, and Dr. E. Welti, of the Canton of Aargua, vice president, of the republic for the year 1830. ■ NOT A WHEEL TURNS. Strike of Northern Pacific Con* ductors and Brake men. Still On. Special to the Globe, -";-;" Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 10.- The strike inaugurated Sunday by ail the freight train conductors and brakemen on the Cascade division of the Northern Pacific is still on, and the situation is practi cally unchanged. No freight trains have left Tacoma since Sunday. The North-' crn Pacific will endeavor to send freight around the Cascade division by us ing the Union- Pacific line from - Walla Walla to Portland.and the strikers are trying to prevent this. The latter are also trying to have the strike made general from St. Paul to Portland, but this is not likely to occur, as the lead- : ing spirits of the strike have not con sulted the general officers of their respective unions. The attempt to move trains from Eilensburg to-day was unsuccessful and soon abandoned. Merchants threaten to hold the com pany responsible for damages if their holiday goods are delayed. It is semi officially reported to-night that the strike will be settled or compromised oy to-morrow and trains running as usual. STRIKERS STOP a train. Special to tho <siol'» ______ S-WSS. Wash.. Dec. Sunt. Prowell says he will try to move trains to-morrow, if new crews can be ob tained. All the old men have been dis charged, and proprietors of boarding houses can take them on their own responsibilities, as orders on the company are not to be I honored. The- men are willing to' work, and there are but few new com ers to take the places of the workers. ; The train that passed through from the East to-day did not stop here. In an' hour the trainmen returned, stating to the sheriff that they were signaled by unknown men to stop, the coupling pins were pulled and thrown away, after which the trainmen were ordered to re turn to town. Being down grade that was the only thing to do. Citizens arc badly in need of coal. Fourteen rioters have been arrested and bound over. «•■ CREDITORS WON'T GET MUCH. The First National Bank of Abe-] j line, Kan., Closes It's Doors. ;-_ Abelixe, Kan., Dec. 10.— First National bank, supposed to bo . the strongest in the city, closed its doors at noon to-day. The liabilities are given at 16, 154.59. The assets are nom inally $233,402.67, but this last named amount is swelled considerably by mortgages on western lands which can never be realized on anything like their face value. There are also city lot realities held as property of the bank which are practically worthless, so the resources will be considerably diminished. The bank's affairs I have been turned over to the comptroller of the currency, and no attempt will be made to reopen. The concern had been doing a good business up to Oct." 28, when the failure of the Abline bank caused creditors to grow uneasy. Those in the East sent in their- certifi cates of deposit and gradually the re serve fund was exhausted; "Valuable lines of discount were closed, and rein vestments refused, owing to the nerv ousness felt regarding Kansas proper ties. An attempt to realize on proper ties taken in the flush times of 1884-7 .was fruitless, and the crash came. The three remaining banks have increased their reserve to the fullest possible ex tent, and it is believed will weathei the crisis. • - - New York, Dec. 10.— It was rumored to-day that Alpers & Swarthout, coal dealers, No. 1 Broadway, had failed, with liabilities of $200,000. C. A. Swart hout said to-night that this was untrue, but that Mr. Alpers, who had been act ing queerly of late, was.missing," and an assignment would probably be made Thursday. Mr. Swarthout could not say how the finances of the firm stood. He thought Mr. Alper's mind was un settled. - _______J --V" mm Work of Northwestern Statesmen. Washixgtos, D. C. Dec. 10,— The following bills were introduced to-day: By Senator Washburn, to constitute Minneapolis a sub-port of entry and delivery in the collection district of Minnesota, and providing for the ap pointment of a depnty collector of cus toms. By Senator Davis: For the re lief of the estate of Ramsey Crooks; to amend the law relating to general set vice clerks in the army. By Senator Spooner: Providing for terms of the United States district court at La Crosse and Eau Claire: to indemnify states for swamp lands sold by the gov ernment. A petition was presented by I Senator Davis from the Minneapolis board of trade for the Immediate com pletion of the Soo canal ; another by Senator Pettigrew from the National Temperance union for legislation for bidding interstate commerce in liquor between prohibition states. Took an Overdose of Chloral. Special to the Globe. - -. '.'L Jaxesville, Wis., Dec. 10.— Harry H. J odd, a prominent physician of Edgerton, this county, died to-day at his home in that city from an overdose of chloral. He was a prominent Odd Fellow, Mason, and Knight of Pythias, forty years old, and leaves a widow. Movements of Steamships. . - ■New Yoek— Arrived: Ktheopia, from Glas gow; Bessel, from Rio Janiero, ■ '■ Bremen— Eider, from New York. Boston— Arrived: Lenantn, from Antwerp. llambuhg— Arrived:, Bohemia, from New York. LivEiirooi— Arrived: Connemara. from New Orleans; Gleiiiffen, from Newport. News: Ilaygreen and Stora Lee. from Wil mington; hake Huron, from New York; Kessmore, from Baltimore. Glasgow— Arrived : Manitoban, from Bos ton. -_' ' " f^mm i Journey of the Dead. Lima, 0., Dec. 10.— special train bearing the remains of Justus H. Rath bone, the founder of the order of Knights of Pythias, with an escort, to Utica, N. V., left here at midnight. Stops will be made at several points to permit members of the order to view ; lhe dead. - MINNEAPOLIS. ,*; DROWNED IN TUG LAKE.. Bertie McGrath Looses Hip Life by Skating Into an Air Hole. Bertie McGrath," the seventeen-year old son of K. B. McGrath, of Excellsior, was drowned in Lake Minnetonka Mon day night Young McGrath was skating on tho lake, and in rounding the point running out from the Excelsior public grounds, he skated into an open place and sank in twenty feet of water. He was missed nt an early hour in the ■evening, and by 8 o'clock the male in habitants of Excelsior had turned out in a body and several boats were shoved out into the darkness, ore* the -• treacherous ice, and a search made till late at night. No trace oMthe boy was found until this morn ing, when his cap was seen floating in an open * place about 809 feet from tho point, and his body was soon afterward nlacovereda short distance away.' His watch had stopped at .4:38. The de ceased 'was a very, promising lad, and very popular. The funeral will take pMce at the Congregational church in . Excelsior at 2 p. m. Thursday. P? ONLY A BONE, . But the' Police Thought It Was a Cronin Mystery. There was.plenty of excitement In po lice circles early last evening. Some one telephoned to headquarters that a body of a man had been found in a hay loft at 730 Fourth avenue south. All sorts of rumors were at once started. Capt. Dan Day, of the central station, was . notified, and .he started down to make an investigation. Fred George, the police clerk, who locks up his desk the*, minute a reporter enters his office, .for once had some information to give ' out. He looked very wise as one of the newspaper men inquired, "anything new to-day, Fred?" The scribe expected the usual stereotyped "no" from the clerk, and could hardly believe his ears when George looked very wise and striving to appear un concerned, replied: "Yes, there's plenty of news to-day. There's been a murder, down at 780 Fourth avenue south, aud the officers have gone down. SeeKellog, I'm busy." Sienal Oflicer Kellog laughed and said: "Some one tele phoned that the body of a man had been found down on Fourth avenue in a barn, and the police . have gone down, but I don't know anything about it. Several reporters made a grand rush for the vicinity only to find that a small piece of the forearm of a skeleton which a medical student had left in a barn in the rear of 720 Fourth avenue South, the finding of which a year ago caused no excitement, had been discovered. When the skele ton was removed by the coroner this piece of bone was overlooked. The good people of the neighborhood were considerably amused at the excitement the important discovery created. " THE BAVAKIAN MURDERER. He Calmly Awaits the Arrival of Extradition Papers. . Michael Schieber, the self-confessed Bavarian murderer, is still a prisoner at the central station. The German consul at Chicago has telegraphed Supt. Brackett to hold Schieber, and that he has . cabled the Bavarian . authorities, notifying them of the arrest. It is prob able * that the necessary extradition papers will be sent to Minneapolis at once. Yesterday he submitted to be ing measured for tiie criminal register. As to the murder of the old man, a native of Bulgaria, who has had a con ference with Schieber, says that there are mitigating circumstances behind the murder, lie says that the old man and Schieber's wife bad been crimi nally intimate, and that he had for a lonk time suspected his wife's infidelity before he killed the old man. The pris oner thinks that these facts, which he says he can produce witnesses to prove, ami be sufficient in his country to clear -"Mm of the charge of murder... £__> 4 _T THOSE FIRE ESCAPES. ■ ; •■-- - ■ 'v. Some of Them Will be Ordered This Week. , The building inspector's office has beeu the target for considerable un favorable comment since the Tribune fire. The law distinctly places the mat ter of ordering fire escapes in the hands of the building inspector, and many people are of the opinion that work in that direction has not been pushed as rapidly as it should have heen. The inspectors, however, who have charge of the work have been busy for a week examining] buildings and locat ing escapes.- About twenty fire escapes have already been, ordered upon build ings which were not supplied, and sev enty-three more orders will be issued before Saturday. The inspectors- say that work in this directum is being pushed as rapidly as" possible, but com plain that quite a number of well-known citizens object to placing the fire es capes when ordered. *~. - INTO A SEWER. One of a Party of Gay Roystercrs : Sues the City. for Damages. i ' F. V*. Sclionwalder has sued the city of Minneapolis and King & Tobiri, con tractors, for $3,000 and his case was on trial yesterday before Judge Hooker. He alleM' damages sustained by him on "University - avenue by driving Into a partially __ con structed sewer. There, was a good deal of racy testimony submitted. Sclionwalder admitted that ha, with seven others, had taken eight soiled doves from First street south, and with them had gone to St. Paul. It was on the return trip that the accident oc curred. The plea of the defense was that all members of the party were drunk, and that, the injuries received were due to their own negligence. All the evidence was taken and Judge Hooker took the matter under advise ment. ABOUT OIL INSPECTION. The Northwestern Star Company in Trouble Over the Law. * ; The Northwestern Star Oil company ■pas^iot yet recovered from its old habit hi 'disagreeing with the state inspector m illuminating oils. Under the old law there were squabbles innumerable over the proper inspection of oil, and since the law was changed at the last | session of the legislature, the trouble seems not to have been mended so far j fis this company is concerned. The old lajv was somewhat ambiguous, but such cannot be urged concerning the new pile. The Northwestern Star Oil com pany has filed two petitions, asking that ('. W. Lane, deputy oil inspector, be compelled to inspect certain oils, in a manner which he claims is directly Apposed to the terms of the law. The first petition recites that Lane refused to inspect two barrels of oil which were ! •drawn from a railroad tank car in his liresenee. The law provides, according to the inspector's interpretation, that oil shall not be unloaded from railway •tanks until inspected. The second petition relates that on the same day Lane refused to inspect a railroad tank car of oil when tendered 40 cents as fee therefor. On this point the law says that when there are more than fifty gal lons in a tank each fifty callous shall .constitute a barrel, and that the fee for inspecting it shall be the same for every fifty gallons as prescribed by law for each package or battel. Yours for Health. Dr. S. S. Kilvington said yesterday: "The statement tbat small-pox cases and dipthiret ics are removed in the j same ambulance is partially true. *jjbe city only has one ambu lance for tin removal of contagious diseases, but it is constructed on tbe most approved sanitary principles. After it hat* been used j i it is invariably thoroughly disinfected. - It is ' painted inside and out with a strong solution . of corrosive . lubhmate, and a liberal quan tity of sulphur Is .burned Inside of it. 80 -. sides these precautions," the ambulance la . thoroughly | fumigated Id a room built espe cially for that purpose, and - when it cornea out of It, to all practical purposes, it is a brand now ambulance.and there is positively no chance of spreading any contagion by its use." : THE PROMENADE CONCERT. The Event at the West Hotel to Be an Auspicious One. v. ; The members of the Press club, who have heen engaged in selling tickets for the promenade concert the West hotel, have made the returns for the most of . their sales up to date, and the Indica tions that a total will be reached of 14,500 or 15,000. This large sum is a good criterion of the generosity of Min neapolis people. No strenuous efforts have been made, and the sale of tickets was very ready. The sufferers from the Tribune building fire will be amply pro vided for by this and the minor benefits which are being given. The promenade ball at the West hotel next Monday evening will probably be the most largely attended social event that was ever held in Minneapolis, and will be well worth attending. The West will be thrown wide open to the convenience of the guests, and will be superbly, decorated. The principal florists of tho city will combine in add ing every artistic effect attainable by means of cut flowers aud plants to the handsome hotel. '.: ,'<: v . ,;.- The evening's nrogramme will be opened in the grand dining room by the Fort Snelling band, which will render their programme, closing at about 9:30. It will then remove to the exchange room down stairs, where it will still con tinue to discourse music. On the with drawal from the hall of the Fort Snell ing band, Dauz's full orchestra will give a programme there a consid erable duration. Refreshments will bo served during the evening in the ladies' ordinary and the entre sol. The fact that next Monday evening is the date of the opening of the Public library is an aid rather than a detriment to the concert. The West hotel and Public Library building are convenient to each other, and guests can attend both events with uo inconvenience. The hours of the library reception are from 4to 10 o'clock, and everyone is invited to be present. • A partial list of tlnse who yesterday bought tickets is as fol lows : Pressy, Wheeler & Co., $10; J. T. Peterson, 85 ; R. M. Bennett, $10 ; Glass & McEway, $10; Hosmer & Johnson, $5 ; J. H. Queal & Co., $lO; H R. Gardner, 85; H. V. Firkins, $5; Carpenter, Adams & Co., $25 ; D. T. Mc- Knight, $10: Baldwin Brown, $5; L. C. Davis, $5; O. B. Lovejoy, $.">; Anheuser- Busch Brewing association, $5: William Woods, $5.- making: yesterday's sale - amount to $120. Total, $4,225. i; WOLFORD BEATEN. His Suit Against 8. E. Farnhrm and Wife Decided Against Him. ; Judge Rea has rendered a decision in the case of Peter Wolford against Sum ner E. Farnham and Eunice E. Farn ham, his wife, which occupied so much time at the fall term of court. The de cision is in favor af the defendants and throws the costs upon Wolford. The action was brought to re cover on a judgment secured by Wolford aeaiust Farnham for $24,626.67 Wolford tried to collect this judgment on valuable property, now worth $100, --000, which stands in the name of Mrs. Farnham. Wolford's plea was that Farnham had turned this property over to his wife in order to avoid his credit ors. The evidence showed that Mrs. Farnham had purchased the property with her own mouey and in her own name. '""____ ■'■■?.-; ! : . : - TWO WERE "-SETTLED." Charles Ballard to the Reforma —John Olson to the Pen itentiary. . -.'■'.".*•.*-' ;i','; Two cases before Judge Hicks yester day were those of diaries Ballard and John ■ Olson, both charged with grand larceny. Both pleaded not guilty, and both were _oui:_ guilty. It was Ball ard's first offense, and the judge sent' : him to the reformatory at St. Cloud. .Olson wanted to go to the reformatory, too, but the judge thought otherwise. He has a bullet head, a forbidding coun tenance, aud the general appearance of a criminal. He was sentenced to two years and six months in the peniten tiary at Stillwater. As he left the court room he passed the two detectives who had arrested him, and remarked, with blood in his eye, "I'll .get even with you." The crime for which he was sentenced was the theft of ladies' pock books and miscellaneous articles at Hale & Thomas' dry goods store. AMUSEMENTS. Sol. Smith Russell is in the city taking his annual winter vacation. "A Poor Relation" has been his most brilliant success. Prof. Morse will give a concert at the Grand Saturday evening under the auspices of the Northwestern conservatory of music. The large sale of seats for Louis James at the Grand yesterday gives every indication that the engagement on Thursday, Friday and Saturday matinee will draw out large and fashionable audiences. Among the members of his excellent company is Edwin Ferry, who was for some time a member of the Peo ple's Theater Stock company, of this city. Clarence Fleming, the business manager for Rosina Volkes, is arranging for the ap pearance of that charming English come dienne at the Grand for the first half of next week. She will appear Monday and Tuesday evenings in the triple bill of "The Old Musi cian," "The Circus Rider" and "Rough Ilia monds:" Wednesday evening in "My Mill! iters Bill" and "My Lord in Livery." Prof. Frank Danz Jr., in his anxiety to please the public, hit upon the plan of leav fug the selection of the programme for the forth concert, which occurs Sunday after- i noon, to the patrons of the concerts, and has arranged the following programme from the compositions receiving the largest number of requests: "Rienzi." overture, Wagner; march, "Leonora," Raff: "Danse Macatere," Saint Saens; "Lion dv bal." Gillet; "Trau merie." Schumann; selection, "Lohengrin," Wagner; selections, "Queen of Sheba," Goldmark; "Dream on the Alps." Lumpy; Falkeltanz," Meyerbeer. The rehearsal of the programme began yesterday. SOCIAL NOIES. The annual ball of the Knights of Labor will be held Dec 27. The Venetian club held a social dancing party at Windom hall last night. A pleasant time was enjoyed last night at All Souls' church at a social gathering under the name of a poverty party. The Como Avenue W. C. T. TJ. held a dime social at the pleasant home -of Mrs. Ira C. Jones. 1 ('>>'.» Scveutn street southeast last Tuesday evening. • The towel social given at the home of Mrs. W. S. Benton. 10- Ninth street south, last night, under the auspices of the ladies of the Homeopathic hospital, proved a pleasant event. v -''.;,'."■<■•:■' Mrs. E. J. Gibson and Miss Gibson yester day afternoon gave a very pleasant ladies' I reception to some 200 guests at the residence of Mrs. John Crosby, 62 1 Tenth street sou lb. » __________ The City's Health. { Health Officer Kilvington yester Jay Issued his report for the mouth of November, 1889. During that period there were 183 deaths, while for the same period in 1388 .bare were 184. Of the contagious diseases there were reported 69 cases of diphtheria, 71 of scarlet fever, 2 of measles, 52 of typhoid fever and 2 of small-pox, making a total of 196. Of the deaths 15 occurred in public hospitals. The coroner certified to 26 deaths. Sixteen bodies were shipped out of the city for interment and nine were received. Struck With a Hatchet, Miss FannioForrell wants a divorce from her husband, Edward Farreli, and she wants it bad.' Her complaint alleges that her hus band committed adultery several times, as specified in the complaint, and that he was also guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment toward her. She claims that, in addition to beating her, he once struck her on the head with a hatchet. She asks an absolute divorce and the right to assume her maiden name. A Lake Club House. A number of Minneapolis gentlemen, it is said, are preparing to erect a • big club house on Minnetonka's shores, to be occupied by them next summer.. The scheme is to form an association of con genial ; parties, purchase twenty acres of land in a desirable location on the lake and erect a building to accommo date about 100 persons. It is understood that the house will be run on strictly temperance principles. TERSE TELEGRAMS. * One * thousand ono hundred immigrants landed at Castle Garden yesterday. - . - -, -*~ Toronto police believe Silcott is there, and are watching hotels and resorts. Robert Browning, tbe poet, Is ill at Venice, with an alarming attack of bronchitis. * Al the schools in Marlboro have been closed on account of tbe prevalence of diph theria. Atchison gross earnings for October, entire system, $3,04' >. 758; increase, -"197,107; net earnings, $1,2119,514. Rev. E. E. nigbee, state superintendent of instruction in Pennsylvania, was yesterday stricken with paralysis. ■ Tbe Joliet, 111., Manufacturing company's extensive works were destroyed by fire yes terday. Loss about $35,000; well insured. Frederick C. Bechtel, a shoe dealer, of Sco , tia, N. V., was shot and fatally wounded by bursars whom he surprised in his store yes terday. ; Rev. Dr. Itainsford, rector of St. George's church, where A. T. Stewart attended, was yesterday lined $•_."■ for shooting quail out of reason. . .^ ..-\,,. "•; r ..,. •...,--.. . " Herbert W. Viall was unanimously elected mayor of Kcene, N. 11., yesterday, heading both tickets. The city * council is a tie in Joint ballot- Thomas B. King was yesterday elected president cf the Baltimore & Philadelphia Railroad company. The company has a de ficit for the fiscal year of »2J7,G70.7C. Henry Hilton, as executor of Cornelia Stewart's will, has been authorized by New York city's surrogate to settle out of court with relatives who have been suing Hilton. Surrogate Rollins, in New York, yesterday issued an order giving Messrs. Hilton and Clinch, ihe executors of Mrs. A. T. Stewart, power to settle the Stewart will case out of court, Lynn, Mass., re-elected her Democratic mayor yesterday, there being no opponent, save a Prohibition nominee. The fire united all for tho man who had in hand the relief plans. *?:?•".••* A man's body so much grouncT to pieces as not to have left a piece large enough for identification was found on the Pennsyl vania railroad tracks at Newark, N. J., yes terday. ■;•:"""', v ■ v.'"'-'';.'.".-. The postoffice building at Salisbury, Mo., was wrecked yesterday by an explosion of a keg of powder used by burglars in blowing the vault and safe of the Salisbury bank, located in the same building. ,~ . , At the annual meeting in Boston yesterday of the New York & New England Railroad company. Vice President Shinn resigned, and W. A. Haskell succeeded him. J. B. Bost wick was re-elected president. Presbyterian Pastor Hubbard, of Auburn, N. V.. last night gave an oyster supper in his church to every boy between seven and sev enteen years old in the city. One thousand four hundred boys were there. - ~ •". The Now York court of appeals has affirmed the judgment of the lower court in the case of Jockey James Stone convicted in the Kings county court of murder in the first degree for killing Henry Miller, a Coney island bartender. I It is reported that ex-President Cleveland and Joseph Jefferson have bought the islands in Wakeby lake, near Sandwich, Mass.. a very picturesque spot and one noted for good fishing. It is said they will put np a club house on the most central of the islands. At a meeting of the Yale faculty yesterday nineteen members of the freshman class in the Yale scientific school were expelled on account of low standing in Latin. If they do not pass the examination before the Jan- . vary term begins they will be dropped alto gether. A foundryman of Black Rock, N. V., while on his way to work in the malleable iron works Monday morning, found a package containing $40,0; »0 on the railroad track. He delivered it to the railroad officials, who, it is said, identified it as a package missing from the pay car. The Caledonian mine at Crystal Falls, Mich., was drowned out Monday under peculiar circumstances. The miners ran a shaft under the river and when a blast was exploded the river burst through and filled the mine. The men barely escaped with their lives. The loss on the property destroyed will be great. . A shooting affray occurred at Atwood. 111., Monday night, between Everett Thresher, aged -five: David Washburn, his son-in law, and James Fitzpatrick, all prominent farmers. Washburn was shot in the arm by Fitzpatrick, who also planted a bullet in the throat of Thresher, who will die. Fitzpat rick is under arrest. Supt Anderson, of the Milwaukee public schools, closed all the schools Monday in honor of A. H. Schattenberg, the defaulting secretary of the school board, who killed himself Saturday morning when his crime was discovered. Supt. Anderson will prob ably be hauled over the coals, if not dis missed, for his conduct. The cotton spinners of New England are making another attempt to form a federation of cotton operatives and have sent invitations to operatives in cotton centers in New Eng land and Atlantic states. Delegates will be present at a convention to be held Dec. 15, Sunday, in the city from Biddeford. Dover, Newark, New Bedford and other cities. Robert Grey, a machinist out of work and heavily in debt, committed suicide in Mercer cemetery, at Trenton, N. J., last night, first taking laudanum, and then cutting his throat and wrists. He held a coal scuttle in his lap to catch all the blood from the wound. He left a letter to his wife explaining the cause for his action. These offcers were elected at Philadelphia yesterday by the National Brickmakers' asso ciation: President, Thomas B. McAvov, of Philadelphia; first vice president, R. B. Mor rison, of Rome, Ga. : second vice president, M. E. Hunter, of Kearney, Neb.; correspond ing secretary. Theodore A. Randall, of In dianapolis; treasurer. William H. Aslip, of Chicago. Police Officer William Davis, of the Cottage Grove avenue station, Chicago, was shot and probably fatally injured by burglars yester day morning. Officer H. C. Thomas, of the same station, in attempting to arrest the as sailants of Davis, was wounded in the arm. William Sennott. a desperado, has been ar rested and fully identified as one of the men who did the shooting. Thomas L. Savin, bookkeeper for J. E. Dall <*c Co., dry goods commission merchants, left Baltimore last Tuesday, and has not been heard from since. J. fe. Dall declares that Savin has ruined him; that he has forged checks, destroyed the stubs and otherwise obtained money belonging to the firm: Dall could not give" any statement of the losses until he had make a "thorough ex amination. . When Mrs. . Bethey Bradley, a somewhat eccentric widow of New Haven. Conn., died about a year ago the bulk of her property • ($35').000) was bequeathed to religious and charitable institutions. The will was con tested by Mrs. Gustavus Eliot, a neice of the testator, on the ground of insanity. The case has been pending in the courts until yester day, when the case was compromised by the contestant accepting $25,000 in lieu of her claim. BOSTON GOES REPUBLICAN. Mayor Hart Re- Elected by an In creased Majority. Boston, Dec. 10.— Municipal elections were held to-day in Boston, Lowell, Salem, Worcester, Xewburyport and Lynn. In Boston, although the total vote for mayor was nearly 8,000 less than a year ago. Hart (Rep. and citizen), is elected by a larger majority than any mayor has received for thirteen years, with the exception of that given to O'Brien (Dem.). in 18S6*. The Repub licans will also have a majority in both branches of the city government. Isaac S. Burrell is elected street commissioner without opposition. The aldermen elected are: First district, Wesley A. Gove, (Rep.); Second, Benjamin F. Stacey. (Dem.); Third. John A. Mc- Laughlin. (Hep. and Dem.); Fourth. William P. Wilson, (Rep.); Fifth, Charles W. Smith, (Rep.); Sixth, Ed ward Leary, (Dem.); Seventh, Thomas E. Flood, (Dem.); Eighth, Albert A. Folsoin. (Rep.); "Ninth, Charles B. Wool ley, (Rep.); Tenth, William G. Reed, (Rep.); Eleventh. Sidney Cushing, (Rep.); Twelfth, W. R. Carruth. (lnd., Rep. and Dem.) The contest in New buryport resulted in ' the - election of E. P. Dodge, independent citizen, for mayor by 90 plurality over Winkiey, (Rep.) The city government is Repub lican. License vote: Yes. 1,104; no, 718. In Salem Robert S. Rantout de feated Mayor Randall by 124 plurality. The mayor and city government are Democratic, although party lines were not closely drawn. License vote: Yes, 8JM8; no, 1,203. In Worcester. Francis 11. Harrington was elected mayor to day by a vote of 5,-65 to 5,019 for George Bullock (Citizen-Dem.) and 874 for Henry C. Graton (Pro.) The city votes against license, 5,192 to 5,125. The two Democratic candidates for aldermen on the Citizens-Democratic ticket were elected, one Republican being on both tickets, and • the Republican on the straight ticket was elected over the Re publican on the mixed ticket. -___- The Mob Has Dispersed.' Bikmix-iham, Ala., Dec. 10.— All Is quit at Florence to-day. Cad Brown and Griffin Jones were taken to Hunts ville for safe keeping, and the mob dis appeared. ISO attempt was made to molest tho prisoners, who were under military escort. FUR- Newmarkets and Jackets with handsome broadcloth outside (in blue, green or black), are among the most tasty and sensible garments. We have an elegant line at $35 to $125. Ask to see them, or have sent on ap proval. MINK CIRCLES With handsome broadcloth covers, in the new shape, with shirred back, and armholes on fronts, make an elegant garment. We have them in all sizes and three colors, at $75. They are bargains. Much better than we have ever shown before. ASTRAKHAN Was never so fashionable, and our Walking Coats, 30 inches long, are very nob by, durable and warm, at $40, and saeques 42 to 44 inches long at $40 and upwards, are the best value of any moder ate-priced garment made far superior to any Plush Cloak. SEAL JACKETS When they are properly made, are nobby. We have the best pattern and have turned out by far the best fitting and wearing Jacket in this country, as we have devoted much time and at tention to getting proper skins and a perfect pattern. A Jacket MUST fit or it's no good. See ours. Our SACQUES Have had a reputation for years as being the best fitting ones. This year our pattern is perfect and the detail of finish extra nice, giving an extra wide lap on front and making a thoroughly stylish gar ment. Compare ours with any others. We think you will hardly fail to pur chase ours. In SETS! Muff and Boa, Muff and Stole, or Collar, etc., we have an immense assort ment, and at almost any price you wish. They make splendid Xmas presents. Don't you think so ? RANSOM HORTON, 99 and 101 East Third St.