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VOL. XIL KENNEDY'S COURAGE. It Is Given Another Test in the House of Repre sentatives. He Insists That the People of the Country Approve His Course. An Impassioned Oration on His Devotion to the Poop and Weak. The House Expunges His Speech by the Decisive Vote of 150 to 36. Washington, Sept. 24.— When the resolution came up in the house to- ex punge the famous Kennedy speech from the Congressional Record Mr. Kennedy requested to be heard in hi 3 own behalf. At first there was a dis position shown to refuse him this re quest, but, after Mr. Oates, of Ala bama, said that, while he concurred in the report, he thought that the gentle man should be heard, and after Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, declared that it would be an outrage to deny him the re quest, Mr. Kennedy was accorded the floor for twenty minutes. Mr. Kennedy said that he had asked the commit tee on the judiciary either to let his speech appear in the record entire or to strike it out entire. He was willing to stand before the people of America on that speech, believing that the peo ple of this country in their first judg ment, and in their sober second judg ment, would approve the words he had uttered. Referring to the portion of the speech delivered in Philadelphia last niidit by Speaker Reed, in which the speaker spoke of the house as being the representative body of the people, he said that he knew of no parliamentary body in the land that Rei»resented tlie People of the "Ur.ited States so fully, so com pletely and so entirely as the body to which he belonged. If the people of the United States were not to be heard on this floor, on what floor could they be heard. He had heard from tne coun try. It had been charged by a few per sons that he had given aid and comfort to the Democratic party. What were the indications that he had done so? He held in his hand clippings from newspapers throughout all Ameiica, and in all that list there was not one single Democratic paper which had approved his speech. But there were hundreds and hundreds of clippings from "Republican papers, and with one oi two exceptions they ap proved his words. He also held In his hand letters from every section of the land, from Maine to California, and from the lakes to the gulf, indorsing the word, letter and spirit of his speech. He was willing to stand before the peo ple of the country and wait for their in dorsement. The party to which he be longed had pledged itself in its platform and campaign to perform certain duties and fulfill certain promises. One of those pledges, he said, the first and greatest pledze, was that the Republic an party would put on the statute books of the land a law for the protection of every citizen, high or low. Ricli and Poor, white or black, so that he could go to the ballot box, deposit his vote and have It counted. It was because his party had failed to-do that that he had stood upon this floor and spoke of broken pledges and broken promises. This house had performed its pledges, and, as the speaker said in Maine the other day, it had redeemed every promise to the people. It was not the fault of the house that the pledges had not been re deemed, and he had a right to say this here and elsewhere. If for that he was to be judged, then he was ready to to bo judeed by this assembly and by the people of the country. He had made speeches on this floor which had sunk into the record as rain drops sank into the ocean, and were lost forever. But he had at least made one speech on this floor that the people had heard. The house might blot it from the record and sweep it from existence, but it could not blot it from the quickened consciences of 60, --000,000 people of America. He then quoted from a speech delivered by Abra ham Lincoln in 183.), in a joint debate between him, Josiah Laiuborn and Stephen A. Douglas, in which he ex pressed his devotitn to the cause of the people. He could not, he said, rival the •words of the great emancipator; but, with the single talent God had given him, he would stand on this floor, or anywhere, defending the rights of the poor, down-trodden and oppressed. [Applause in the galleries.] He had stood for five years on Fifty Battle Fields to testify his devotion to the cause of liberty and unity; and for twenty-five years since, whenever opportunity pre sented itself, he had stood in behalf of liberty, ]ustice, equality, a free ballot and a fair count. The other day, when lit concluded his speech, he went down the steps of the capltol, and a colored man, whose head was bowed with years, whose hair was gray and grizzled, witli tears in his eyes, and with quivering lids, had taken his hand and blessed him because he had spoken In behalf of the people of his race. Others might seek the plaudits of the powerful and great; but as for him (Kennedy) he would be content to stand by the side of the plain people whom Abraham Lincoln had loved. Others might seek for the acclaim of the high born, the titled and the rich, but as for him, he would be content with the tears and the gratitude and the blessing of the poor, the lowly and the oppressed. [Applause on the Hoor and in the gal leries]. Mr. Allen, of Mississippi, jocu larly iuegested that he be given twenty minutes to speak for the senate. Mr. Stewart said that he was much en tranced by the eloquenc3 of the gentle man from Ohio, But the gentleman had not uttered one word touching the real question. Nobody questioned the gentleman's fidelity to the principle of liberty, and nobody challenged the rec ord he had made in defeuse of that principle. The question was not as to the accuracy of wbat that gentleman had said— not as to whether'it was True or False. The question was whether the speech, which was in spirit and sub stance a bitter and savage arraignment of the co-ordinate branch, was a viola tion of parliamentary law r and of the privileges of the house. Tl:« c was the only question. If, a$ tne gentlemen Daily ST. PAUL Globe. said, the people of the country were under the. impression that this sort of assault had been correctly made, the unanimous judgment of . the house ought to correct that impression. In' response to a question by Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, Mr. Stewart, stated that it was " proposed to expunge the entire speech, which called forth the retort from Mr. Boutelle, that in expunging the . entire speech the ■ gentleman was expunging part of the Repub lican platform. Mr. Stewart ; then demanded the previous question, despite Mr. Boutelle's protest that the house could not afford to have gag law. The : previous question was ordered — yeas 141, nays 66. : Mr. Struble, of lowa, endeavored in vain to secure action on a substitute declaring that the house re grets and disapproves so much of , the , speech of Hon. Robert P. Kennedy, a representative from the state of Ohio, delivered in the house on Sept. 3, 1890, and printed in the Record of Sept. 14, 1890, as it in a manner reflects upon the senate of the United Stotes, or any mem ber thereof, id his official capacity.. The substitute was not read, the previous question having been ordered. The resolution was then adopted— 150, nays 36. The following is " The Negative Vote: Anderson, of Kansas; Atkinson, of 'West Virginia; Baker, Boutelle, ; Brower, Clark, of Wisconsin, Coggswell, Conger, mm ings, Dickerson, Featnerstou, Flick, Flood, Gif . ford, Greenhalge, Grosvenor, - Hall. Hans brough, Kelly. Laws, McAdoo, Morrill,Mudd, O'Donnell, O'Neil,of Alassacbusetts.Osborne, Pugsley, Sawyer. Smith, of Illinois, Smith, of West Virginia: Joseph D. Taylor, Townsend, of Colorado, Vandever, Van s Scbaick, : Will iams, of Ohio, Wilson, of Washington— 3o. The house then went into committee of the whole (Mr. Allen, of Michigan, in the chair) on the senate amendments to the .deficiency, bill. The French spoliation claims amendment was non concurred in. The committee then arose, and a : conference was ordered. Senate bills granting a pension of $2,000 a year to the widows of Gens. . Fre mont.'McClellan and Crook were passed. On motion of Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, the senate bill was passed, providing that naval vessels of the first rate shall be named after v states of the Union, those of the second rate after cities, those of the third rate after, important events or names connected with the. naval history of the United States, ana those of the fourth rate after lakes and rivers. On motion of Mr. Townsend, of Colorado,, the senate bill was passed (with an amendment including the Pagosa Springs reservation) ■ opening to homestead settlement the Fort Lyon Lyon and the old Fort Lyon military reservations in Colorado. Adjourned. FINEST IX THE WORLD. The Site for the Columbian Expo e3S9l sition. Chicago, Sept. 24,— The executive committee of the world's fair national commission, having finished its labors for the time being, adjourned this even ing subject to call. This : afternoon the . committee in a body drove to Washing ton park for the purpose of carefully examining the grounds, which aresoon to be the scene of probably the greatest activity in connection with the , big ex position. The party consisted of. Presi dent Palmer, 1 Secretary "Dickinson, Director General Davis, the committee members and Secretary of Agriculture Rusk. After elaborately viewing the park, it was the unanimous opinion of those, present that . a better loca tion could not have been secured. Director Geueral Davis gave at length his views as to the best position ; lor many of the larger departments of the exposition, while • Commissioner Mar tindale, of Indiana, explained in. detail the salient features of the site, pointing out particularly the means of reaching ■Washington park— five different rail roads on the west, an elevated road, two cable street car lines and four horse car lines directly west ' and north, besides the live magnificently improved pleas ure drives leading to the corners of the park closest to the heart of the city: the celebrated Grand and Drexel boule vards. Judge Martindale said the show ing made it evident that the Washington park entrance to the exposition would necessarily be the main entrance. He then described the railroad and lake facilities for transportation on the east side of the site, and told at length how elevated railroads and electric roads would be run east and west through the exposition grounds to connect with the various means of transportation on either side. Even with the facilities now in operation,- he declared the grounds selected probably the finest in. ; the world. Before separating the com mittee took under consideration a num ber of suggestions made by M. H. Do Yyung, President Palmer, Hon. Mark McDonald and others. ■T: '. — — "* — '; . ■ Conveying Conscripts. Lisßox; Sept. 24.— recent dispatch from Cape Town said that a Portuguese steamer had arrived there with kid naped natives from Mozambique en route to the west coast, and, further, that fourteen natives who escaped from the steamer had been declared free by the tribunal, which refused to give any aid in recapturing them. The official announcement is' now made here that the steamer in question was con veying military native conscripts re cruited at Mozambique to the west coast of Africa, and that the commander of the vessel refused to allow the men to disembark at Cape Town because he feared they would desert. Workmen's Insurance. " Bf.ki.ix, Sept. — Vast preparations are being made for the ; coming in force of the workmen's insurance act in Janu ary next. The bulk of the officials who are to conduct the operations of the new law have already, engaged offices. . In : the meantime a movement is on. foot, supported -by the conserva tive right, national, liberal employers' representatives and Freisinnige rad icals, to postpone the operation of the ; act and thoroughly revise the whole measure, which, it is urged, 1 was passed owing to the influence of Prince Bis marck, while even a large number of the industrial class are doubtful as to the benefits it will confer. Their Interests Identical. Paris. Sept. 24.— The Matin pub lishes a .letter from St. Petersburg which declares that during the Tirard regime Russia, hearing a rumor to the effect that France was making overtures to ; Italy, proposed point-blank . that an alliance be formed , between Russia and France, but 7 ; that M. Sculler, the French : foreign j minister, rejected the proposal on the grounds that it would be impossible - to sign . such a ' treaty without the consent of parliament, and, ' furthermore, that such a treaty would be useless, because Russian and French 1 interests were identical. Prince Paris for Unity. Paris, Sept. 24.— Com te'de Paris has written to Senator Bocher regard ing the Boularigist revelations, justify ing the course he took :in using the weapons with which the republic pro vided him in order to divide the repub licans and allow the country- to speak for itself. He advlf.os his" friends not to waste tiiue in - recriminations over the past, but to affirm clearly: their faith in 1 monarchcial principles and unite for the i continuance of the straggle. ST. PAUL, MINN., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1890. BILL IN A BALANCE, Western Senators Hold the Key to the Solution of the Tariff Measure. Free Binding- Twine or Defeat Their Ultimatum to the Conferrees. Possibilities of the Iniquity Never Being Enacted Into a Law. Provisions of the Federal Court Bill as Passed by the Senate. . ■Washington, Sept. The Repub lican conferrees on the tariff bill held a meeting this morning and discussed at some length the differences between the two houses on the sugar schedule ■ and the duty on binding twine, these being the most material points of difference now existing between the ; two houses. No conclusion was reached, and at a further conference this afternoon there wasthe sameresult.An adjournmentwas' had at 4:30 to 9 o'clock to-morrow morn-' ing. The action of the Western sena .tors yesterday, in entering a . protest against the proposition to place a small duty on binding twine has complicated matters seriously. A well known West ern senator said to a reporter this after noon that, while the senators who met yesterday afternoon were not bound, to stand . '" together- on this proposition, there, weie enough •Republican senators pledged to. stand out for free binding twine to make it certain I hat the. conference report would be rejected in the senate if - the senate conferrees agreed to any compro mise on this disputed point. The con ferrees and other Republicans who are interested in the fate of the bill have used every possible argument with the recalcitrant senators, but thus far ap parently without effect. The conferrees now say that it is almost impossible to come to an agreement unless a compro mise is made on binding twine, and that if the conference report should be re jected through the efforts of the friends of free binding"twine,' senators who are opposed ito other features :. of the bill will feel at liberty to use the same tac tics to obtain other changes, and :it will be impossible to pass the tariff bill. . THE FEDERAL COURT 81L.L.. Provisions of the Measure Passed •by the Senate. * Washington, Sept. 24.— The federal court bill, as it passed the senate to-day, provides for the appointment by the president of an additional circuit judge, with the same . compensation as other circuit judges. It creates in each cir cuit a circuit court.of appeals to consist of three . judges, and which is to be a court of record, with appellate: jurisdic tion. The court .is; to have a clerk at 83,000 a year, and a marshal at $2,500 a year. A term is to be held annually by the circuit court of appeals in the sev eral judicial circuits at the following places: In the first circuit, in the city., of Boston; in the second; in the city of New York; in the third, in the city of Philadelphia; In the fourth, in the city of Richmond; in the fifth, in the city of New Orleans; Jin the sixth, in "the city of Cincinnati; in the seventh, in the city of Chicago; in the eighth in the city of St. Louis; in the ninth in the city of San Francisco; and in such other places in each of the above circuits as said court may from time to time desig nate. The first terms of said courts are to be held on the second Monday in Jan uary, 1891, and thereafter at such times as may be fixed by said courts. No ap peal, whether by writ of error or other wise, is to be hereafter taken or allowed from any district court •to the existing, circuit courts, and no appellate jurisdic tion is hereafter to be exercised or al lowed by said existing circuit cobrts, but all appeals by.writ of error or other wise from said district courts shall only be subject to review in the supreme court of the .United States or the cir cuit court of appeals .established by. the bill. Appeals or writs of error may be taken from the district courts or from the existing circuit courts di rect to the supreme court on the follow ing cases: In any case in which juris diction of the courtis the issue; in such, cases the question of jurisdiction : alone shall be certified to the supreme court from the court below for decision, from the final sentences and decrees in prize causes. In cases of conviction of a capital or otherwise infamous crime. -In any case that involves the construction or application of the constitution of the United States. In any casein which the constitutionality of any law of the United States ;or the: validity or con struction of S any treaty made under its. authority is drawn in question. In any case in which the constitution or law of a state is claimed to be in contravention of the constitution of the United States To Test Free Delivery. ; - "Washington, Sept." 24.— house committee on postoffices and post roads has authorized a favorable report on the bill introduced in the house by Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, appropriat ing $10,000 to allow the postmaster gen eral to test the free delivery system at small towns and villages. .- Ben Is Back. 1 Washington, Sept. 24.— The presi dent returned / to Washington; at 8:30 . o'clock this evening after *a three weeks' sojourn at Cresson, Pa. He was accompanied by Mrs. Harrison, Miss Dimmick, Rev. Dr. Scott, Russell B. Harrison and Miss Sanger. Pine Bluff's Growth. Washington, Sept. 24.— The census office to-day announced populations of cities and tows as follows: . Pop. Increase Helena, Art. ...: ..„ 5,185 1,533 Pine Bluff, Ark. ._.... .. .9,952 9,746 . Jacob Bush Gobbled. ■ Trenton, N. J., Sept. 24.— Jacob Bush, of many aliases, one of the . most dangerous "green goods" men in the country, was arrested here r to-day and held to await the action of the United ; States - authorities on ; charges of . using the mails for fraudulent = purposes and attempting to defraud the government. ■ > -.'. ■-• "' y '"' m*~ ' \y .'--'■3— ' - ■ ' Opposing Electrocution. Albany, •N. i V.," Sept. 24.— Attorney ; General Tabor, ;of •; behalf ; of * Warden j Brush ; of ,; Sing Sing, has been served with .. notice to . show cause before the United States supreme court at Wash ington. Oct. 14, why the decision ©f Judge Lacombe, of ; the United States circuit court, denying the petition of Shibaya - Juigo, who '? is in Sing Sing prison awaiting : execution by electric ity, for a writ of. habeas corpus, should' not be corrected. ■ • .: ■ ;t --!'■ '■ '■--- "'"' "' ■■ \,.- •'•;• .'.?; = NO PL.URAL. MARRIAGES. ■!•: • , ■;'.'■:■•;/- :■)£ Polygamy No Longer Practiced by the Mormons. .' !* Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 24.— The following manifesto will be pub lished here to-morrow : "To whom it may concern: Press dispatches having been sent from . Salt : : Lake City which have been widely published . for politi cal purposes to the effect that the Utah commission in their recent report to the secretary of the : ; interior allege that plural marriages are still being solem- ; nized and that forty or more such mar riages '■. have been . contracted -■„ in Utah since last June, or during the past year; also that in " public discourses the lead ers of the - church have ± taught and en couraged the increase of - polygamy, I, therefore," as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, do hereby, in the most solemn manner, de clare that the charges are false. We are not "; teaching polygamy.: or ■ plural ; marriages, nor permitting any person to enter into its practice, and 1 deny that either forty or any other number of ! plural marriages have " during that pe riod been solemnized in our temples or any other place in the i, terri tory. One _ case has been reported in which .the parties alleged that the marriage was per formed in the endowment house in Salt Lake City in the spring of ,1889. But I have not been able to learn who. per formed the ceremony. Whatever was done in this matter was done without my knowledge. 'In consequence of . this ■ alleged occurrence, the endowment house was by my instructions taken ■ down without delay. Inasmuch as the laws have been enacted by- congress forbidding plural marriages, which laws have already been pronounced consti tutional by the court of last resort, 1 do hereby declare my intention to submit to those laws and to use all my influence, "with the members of the ' church over which 1 preside to have them do v like wise. There is nothing in my teachings to the church or in those of my asso ciates during the time . specified "which can reasonably be construed to inculcate ; or encourage polygamy, and when any elder of the church has -used language which appeared to convey: such teach ings he has been prompty reproved; and 1 now publicly declare that my ad vice to the Latter Day Saints is to re rain . from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land. Wir.FouD Woodruff, .V; President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. - - --■ — : \ —^ SEPARATE SCHOOLS For the Two Races Required in . Mississippi. ' Jackson, Miss.. Sept. 24.— the constitutional convention assembled this morning Gen. Lee, chairman of the education committee, announced that the . committee ' had compromised its differences and asked leave to with-:' draw the minority and majority reports and to submit a unanimous report. ' The | main features of the present law are ; unmolested. The state is required to "■ i distribute to the .various counties an- j nually §400,000, being an increase of j §100,000. The money arising from the sale of whisky is taken out of the fund. The counties retain the poll taxes, and in addition to the amount received from the state and the poll-taxes, are required to raise by taxation : si sum sufficient to maintain the . schools at least four months. The school age .is placed at from six to twenty years, and separate schools are required for the two races. The separate school districts of cities and towns are not interfered with. . BAD FOR BIRCH ALL. A Hotel Register Signed for a ■_, Lark. ' . '. •".' i>> Woodstock, Ont., Sept. 24.— im portant discovery in the Birchall case' was made to-day by Government De tective Murray. It will be remembered that a sensation was made, after BehwelPs ; body was "identified, , by the discovery of _ the entry, "F. C. Beuwell," on the register, of the Com mercial hotel, Brautford, Ont.," under ' date .of Jan. 13. The -. coincidence of the- names was remarkable, ■ and Birchall's lawyers relied upon; the circumstance in shaking the crown's case. To-day Archi bald Numa ano Baird Murray,- both liv ing at Brantford at the time of the mur der,' confessed to Detective > Murray that the entry was made for a lark. Two fictitious entries were made, one "F. C. Ben well, Bristol, England," and. an-' other, "J. Rogers, Europe." This is considered to be a heavy blow for the defendant. =, '»' Great Hemlock Purchase. ,' ; ~]l Olean, N. T., Sept. 24.— Perhaps the largest single transfer of Pennsylvania timber land in the recent history of that state was consummated in this . city to day,it being the purchase of 18,000 "acres of land in Elk county by S. S.Bullis,- of • this city, who paid • $360,000 for the tract, -which was ' owned jointly by ■Messrs. J.K. Hall, of Ridgeway, and -Andrew Kaut. of St. Mary's, and Samp son Short, of North - East, Pa. It is un questionably the largest \ and : most - val- • uable block of timber stump -in the Pennsylvania hemlock belt. ( ■■ His Cruel Sister. Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 24.— Michael Grogan, a laborer, is suffering in the city hospital from burns received a week ago... llis injuries will prove fatal. .' Grogan accuses his sister, Bridget Mehan, of pouring kerosene oil over his person while . he was drunk and igniting it. While he , was en-.' veloped in flames and screaming. for ; help, he says, his sister sat in a ' corner of the room . and laughed; at him.: He was :-. assisted " to : tear ' off ■ his burning clothing by his - nephew and , daughter, who were attracted by his cries. His ■ sister has been arrested. — — — -^ ." '■ . ":_. ■ :\.;"--' Canadian Town . Burning. '.-■'. 'r Odessa, Out., Sept. ; 25.— Fire -I broke out at 11:50 p. m. in T. W. Milsap's gen eral store and dwelling, on the ' ; north side of Main street. By 12:30 a. m. Mil sap's store, Bond's dry goods 1 and - gen- : eral store and Murphy & Sons' boot and shoe store were, totally destroyed. The ■ fire is rapidly spreading, and will likely wipe the town pretty, well out. The Count Coming. Liverpool, Sept. 24.— Among • the passengers on the : steamer Germanic, which sailed hence to-day for ; New i York, are the Comtede Paris and party, : Rev. Spofford 2 W. ; Brooke, - of Boston, the bishop of Nassau, and the members' of the Kendal theatrical company. Elliott l>y Acclamation. , Charleston, S. C, Sept. : 24.— The Democratic convention of the '. seventh district to-day ■ renominated . William ; Elliott, who was expelled form his seat ; in the house yesterday, to make room for : . Thomas E. Miller. The nomination was by acclamation* . - i THEY SAW IN SILENCE North Dakota Democrats Say ing Nothing^, But Pretty Busy Nevertheless. A United States Senator Is the Game They Seek to Bag-. Republicans Vigorously Us ing Knives All Over the State. A Democratic Legislative Vic tory Within the Bounds of Reason. Special to the Globe. Bismakck, N. D., Sept. 24.— The Democrats of this state are very wisely, so far as the United States senatorship is concerned, keeping still and sawing wood. Senator Pierces shoes are very much worth stepping into by some good Democrat, and this fact is realized, not for the sake of the Democrat that might get into them, but for the sake of break ing the phalanx of Northwestern sena ators, who seem to imagine that they have a God-given right to possess the seats they now hold. The more the tariff is discussed in this state the greater are the chances of electing a good fighting minority of Democrats to the next legislature. With such a mi nority, led by one or,two good man agers, it is not at all unlikely that there may be enough disgruntled independ ents and Republicans who. will vote for a good Democrat to take Pierces place. There is no buncombe in discussing the possibility of such a combination, and such a result. A year ago Pierce had a slide into place. The combination of circumstances was such that l:e did not have a particle of trouble to get elected. But then there were two boues for the Republican dogs to fight over. This time there will be but one. The old gang, without which he cannot possibly be elected, will undoubtedly be against him. A good many members of the new gang, represented by such men as Gov. Miller and Hansbrough, will be against him. The new gang won't agree to a man that the old gang might name, and vice versa. It is well known that there are a good many men among the leaders of the old gang who don't care a snap for Republicanism, per se, and they would be willing to throw their strength to the Democrats if thereby they could possibly get a good slap at the new gang. Alex Mc- Kenzie was a Democrat before and atter h« came to the territory of Dakota. But as he began to develop strength, he found that it was the fashion to be Re publican, and he turned. But McKen zie and every one of his staunch friends —men who have fought shoulder to shoulder— would rather see a Democrat step into Pierces place than see ; Hans brough or a man he might name go to Washington. Hansbrough and his friends, on the other hand, think that they will have eaten enough crow when they have supported Johnson for con gress—for the place that they think rightfully belongs to Hansbrough him self. The Republicans are so dread fully divided among themselves that the chances for a Democratic senator are good. A little management is all that is needed to secure the desired and. TEN DAYS AFLOAT. A,wful Experience of Matthew Watts on Lake Winnipeg. Special to the Globe. Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 24. — The steamer Aurora arrived at 10 o'clock this morning at Selkirk, having on board Matthew Watts, who was in charge of the yacht Keewatin, which was wrecked on L,ak<j Winnipeg. lie is in an almost helpless condition, and would not be interviewed, but your corresDondent saw his diary, which gave a full account or their perilous trip. Accompanying Watts were Corporal Oliver M. Murphy, son of the promi nent lawyer of Toronto, and Private Rene, nephew of Lieut. Gov. Royal, of Regina. They left Pigeon Point on the morning of the Ct'i inst., with a stiff gale blowing from the north, and when they reached Swampy island in the evening they coukl not land. They threw out their anchor, but the chain broke, and they drifted around until early next morning, when the boat cao sized. Murphy and Rene got on the side of the boat and Watts clune to the cabin. Rene, being frantic with fear, could only hold on four hours, when he slipped off and was seen no more by his comrades. Murphy tried very hard to hold him up. After this Watts got upon the side of the Loat with Murphy, where they both tied themselves and remained for two days, alter which time Murphy became restless and rolled off, saying: "Mat thew, I am going, and hope you will be spared to tell the tale." Watts then strapped himself to the boat with a rope and was at the mercy ot the waves for ten days, when he was picked up at Split Rock point by some Indians a short distance from the shore, almost lifeless, being all this time wUhout any thing to eat. The Indians took him to their camp and applied what restora tives they had and cared for him until the steamer Aurora arrived and took him aboard. Watts is sixty-six years of age. He will .be taken to Winnipeg hospital to-morrow. St. Paul Men Interested. Special to the Giobe. Winnipeg, Sept. 24.— Strong feeling is being evinced against the hurried manner in which some of the city alder men are trying to rush through the offer of St. Paul capitalists to build an elec tric street railway. As the company is demanding concessions not asked for in the original agreement, it is possible the whole arrangement may fall through. Xotablc Nuptials. - Special to tbe Globe. Albert Lea, Minn., Sept. 24.— A notable society event to-day was the weddingof Thomas A. fiaugen and Miss Emily Erickson, daughter of Hon. Ellend Erickson, of Bath. It took place at the bride's home, Rev. A. C. Ander son officiating. A reception and party i given by the bride's parents followed fthis afternoon and evening. Resulted From Fast Driving. Special to tbe Globe. Mason City, 10., Sept. 24.— A horri ble accident occurred this afternoon to several society young ladies who were returning from the county fair. A jam of carriages, occasioned by last driving, occurred, in which four vehicles were mashed and one horse killed. Miss Alice Geiger. daughter of the Cougrega tional minister, sustained a double fracture of the arm, besides internal in juries. Miss' Helen Smith was thrown against a barb wire fence and badly disfigured in face and body. Several other ladies were badly bruised. PRESSED BY CREDITORS. An Ashland Lumber Company's Embarrassment. Special to the Glooe. Ashland, Wis., Sept. 24.— A. Weed & Co., and A. and Paul Weed, who con stitute practically the Bay Shore Lum ber company, were indorsers on paper of Hoxie & Mellor to the amount of 165,000. When the paper matured creditors pressed the Weeds for pay ment, and a bill of sale was given Sept. 4to the First National, Ashland Na tional and Security banks, of this city, for $65,000. Afterward a mortgage on all the Bay Shore and Weed property at Ramsey, Mich., was given the First National of Ashland to secure notes ag gregating $56,150. They have strug gled hard to tide over the difficulty, but the action of the Bessemer bank in at taching property here for $2,500 ami filing other claims in Forest county will probably wind up the concern in which the Weeds are interested. No state ment of assets and liabilities can be made. Ashland banks are fully pro tected. THRASHED THE EDITOR. Belligerent Republicans Meet at Devil's Lake. 5 pecial to the Globe. Devil's Lake, N. D m Sept. 24.— The sensation of the hour is the thrashing given this evening by Lieut. H. M. Creel to I. E. Shelley, of the Tidende, a Norwegian newspaper and supposed annex to the Hansbrough paper in this city. Shelely is said to have indulged in such epithets as scoundrels and thief in his paper when referring to Creel. The latter, not being able to reply in Nor wegian, had recourse to physical force. Shelley is the person recommended by Hansbrough for register of the land office here and Creel is candidate for re-election as register of deeds. The altercation is the first violent mani festation of the pugnacity of the re spective Republican factions here. Won by Miss Rush. Special to the Globe. Long Pbairie, Minn., Sept. 24.— Yesterday was given to tiie usual routiue of entering and arranging the various exhibits. To-day the afternoon was given to racing, a summary of which follows: The half mile running race was won in three straight heats by Little Joe, owned by W. G. Deakin, of St. Paul. In the 2:50 trot Fred C, owned by W. H. Chandler, of Minneapolis, was an easy winner. In the free-for-all pacing there were three entries — Hen ry Clay. Wilson Brothers; Motley Prince, McClure, St. Cloud, and Mountain Boy, George I. Gay, St. Paul. The .last two each won a heat, and, owing to the lateness of the hour, the race was postponed till to-morrow. The three-mile race between Misses Rush and Poole was a tame affair, and failed to create the enthusiasm ex pected. Miss Rush was declared the winner, though Miss Poole was pro nounced the better rider. Mills at La Crosse. Special to the Globe. La Crosse, Sept. 24.— Roger Q. Mills, of Texas, addressed a large audience at the theater to-night, taking tariff and its results as his principal theme, but dwelling at some length upon the edu cational issue now up in Wisconsin. The speech as a whole was very forci ble, and the entire absence of invective or violent rant made it very acceptable to many Republicans who are in sym pathy with the Democrats on the main issue, which is the tariff. Allusions to the Bennett law were on broad grounds, touching the natural rights of man, with which the state must not interfere. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Mills held a reception at the Jefterson club. He goes from here to Madison and Min neapolis. - Talk of a Combination. Special to the Globe. Forman, N. D., Sept. 24.— Next week three conventions will be held in Sar gent county. The Farmers' Alliance meets Monday, the Democrats have issued a call for a convention Tuesday, and the Republican convention will be held Wednesday. A combination be tween the Alliance and Democrats is talked of by which the Democrats would be given the legislative and the Alli auce the county ticket. Bennet Gets a Cane. Special to the Globe. Piekre, S. D., Sept. 24.— John E. Bennet, judge of the South Dakota su preme court, to-day received a mam moth and handsome solid gold-headed cane from members of the 75th Illinois volunteers, of whom he was colonel commanding during the Rebell ion, which regiment is in reunion at Fulton, 111. The present session of the supreme court prevented his attendance at the reunion. Confessed a Murder. Astoria, Or., Sept. 24.— A prisoner in the city jail yesterday tokl the chief of police that three brothers by the name of Whitefield, who are in jail for petty offences, had confessed to him that they had murdered a man named Crosby in Tacoma, Wash., about a year ago. The Whitefields came here from Grand-Rapids, Mich., and it is said they are of wealthy parents. His Head Crushed. Stevens PoiNT.Wis., Sept. 24.— John Kieliszewski, of the town of Eaupleine, was killed in this city last night by fall ing out the front of his wagon, the wheel passing over his head. The team then ran away, and Isaac Beedle, an other occupant of the wagon, was thrown out aud quite seriously bruised. Kieliszewski died an hour after the ac cident. Shot by His Wife. Pbentice, Wis., Sept. 24.— Charles Johnson, a laborer, was shot and fatal ly wounded by his wife at 12:30 o'clock last night. Johnson packed his satchel, and, after abusing his wife, left, saying that he would never return. Shortly afterward he returned and broke in the door. The woman grabbed a revolver and shot him in the abdomen. Named for the Legislature. Special to the Globe. Aitkin, Minn., Sept. 24.— The Fifty third district Republican legislative convention was held hereto-day. Capt W. P. Allen, of Cloquet, was nominated for senator, aod W. R. Baumbach for representative. W. Potter, of Aitkin, who figured for the senatorial nomina tion, withdrew* ITS PROSPECTS ROSY Government Directors of the Union Pacific Make Their Annual Report. The Increase in Earnings of the System Three Millions in Six Months. Its Total Debt to the Govern ment Something; Over Fifty Millions. Heavy Draft Upon the Funds for Improvements in Va rious Places. WAsrnxGToy, Sept. 24.— The annual report of the government directors of the Union Pacific railway was submit ted to the secretary of the interior to day. It shows that since the last report the condition of business throughout the entire Union Pacific system has im proved. While the increase of the gross earnings during the year 1889 over 18S8 was only $874,659, the increase during the six months ending June 30 of the present year over the same period of 1889 was $3,295,027. The Oregon Rail way and Navigation company, and the roads formerly in the Den ver, Texas & Fort Worth system, included in the sys tem of 1890, were n it, however, included in 1889. The surplus^earniugs of all the lines operated and leased during the first six months of this year were $0,051, --434, an increase of $222,048 over the same time last year. The number of miles operated was 8,034, against 7,849 the same time last year, and the ex pense of operating was $14,664,500, as against $11,591,521 in 18S9, an increase of $3,072,978, taxes not included. The Ore gon Short Line and Utah Northern railway Shows an Increase iv the earnings, but its surplus earn ings are reduced from $1,204,450 for the six months ended June 30,1889, t0 $1,139, --982 for the same peri Dd this year. The Oregon Railway and Navigation compa ny shows a falling off iv gross earnings, they being reduced from $1,967,108 to 81, 800,364 for the same period this year, while the expense of operating was in creased to the amount of $45j~,534. The Denver & Boulder Valley road also shows a decrease. A falling off In the gross earnings of the Oregon Railway & Navigation company is in part attributed by the directors to a par tial failure of the crops in Washington and Oregon last year. Information is re ceived that the crops, this year are good. The report saysthat the continued growth of population and the advancement in. bus mess of the country tributary to the Union Pacific system from Ne braska to Washington makes the ex penditure of a very laree portion of the earnings imperatively necessary for the increase and improvement of facilities. As far as the directors have been able to see, the company is meeting the rea sonable demands of the patrous as rapidly as the means and circumstances will permit. These improvements every year require an expenditure of the larger proportion of the surplus earn ings. In the opinion of the directors, the management is pursuing a wise course in its endeavor to meet the rea sonable demands of its patrons. The money being expended in the extension and betterment of the system is Safely Invested, and the returns of the future will, they think, prove the wisdom of this course. The report speaks at length of the im provements being made in the oway of extensions, steel rails, iron bridges, new general shops at Cheyenne, the develop ment of coal mines, etc. These mines, the report says, have not only solved the great problem in affording fuel for the system, but promise a surplus yield which will be a source of income. The traffic arrangement 'with the Chicago & Northwestern is approved. It is expect ed that the consolidation of several line-s in Colorado, consummated during 18S9, will give tho Union Pacific access to and control of a large amount of traffic from which it heretofore has been ex cluded. In view of the necessary im provements already in hand and the urgent calls upon the company on the part of its patrons for extensions, it has been deemed best by the directors to postpone for the present the establish ment of a second sinking fund proposed a year ago. ' The directors believe the cost of the improvement made in the meantime greatly enhances the value of the property subject to liens of the gov ernment, while they exceed in money value the full amount which would have been paid into the proposed sinking fund. The total debt of the Union Pa cific to the government on Jan. 1, 1890, Principal and Interest, was ?50,902,765. This, with the accru ing interest, falls due in the years I£».> --1899. The directors say the debt cannot be met at the time specified without doing injustice to the hundreds of thou sands of people directly and indirectly concerned in the welfare of the system. In order to meet it, the improvements and extensions of the company's lines would have to be brought to a stand still, subjecting the people who have settled along the system to a serious and perhaps irreparable loss, while the ter ritory which naturally belongs to it would inevitably have to be surrendered to its more enterprising competitors. To a large extent the welfare of the people of the West who depend upon the system as the main channel of intercourse with the markets of the world is liable to be affected favorably or unfavorably by the attitude of the government in con nection with the readjustment of the indebtedness. The lighter the burden of the Union Pacific management the easier it will be for that management to meet the constant demands of the peo ple tor greater and better accommoda tion. The report gives figures regard ing the mineral output of the states and territories tributary to the system in order to illustrate the magnitude of that industry as a single item, and says it is but a foretaste of what the future is certain to bring forth. « » » The best interests of the people of the great West should be considered paramount to all others in the settlement of the question. What is best for them, must be in the long run best for the govern ment and best for the Union Pacific Railway company. These people are demanding only that the present. First-Class Character of the Union Pacific shall be main tained, but that every dollar that can possibly be spared from its earnings shall be used in the better ment and extension of the road. And they are acting within reason, for the yearly increase in population and busi NO. 268. . ness of their section requires ' extraon (Unary facilities. -: Consequently, ther< • " is no such thine as resting upon its carl V;; possible ; for v ; the Union Pacific until i? shall have given the millions destined to spread over the plains and mountains of the West ami "Northwest all the aw commodations for freight and passenger traffic they will be entitled to. We art convinced, say. the directors, that th» '• present management of the company is an honest and wise one. ' It offers in re- ■ turn for extension of time of payment ot ; its debt, and lower, rate of . interest > mortgage on its ■ entire property, which ' would increase its security to the gov« eminent to the amount above that held - :at . present ;of 134,500,000 as shown in • - Senator Frye's report. This proposal from the company is incorporated in the Frye bill now before the senate, a meas- 1. ure which the directors believe, if '■'; passed, would remove completely the . embarrassment under which the Union Pacific suffers at present, further to in- - sure to the government the ultimate re- ' payment " of every dollar which it. has advanced to the company, and relievo the people who rely upon the Union Pacific for accommodation from all anx iety as to the future of the road. The provision in said bill' which makes the " government an ordinary • creditor and, leaves the debtor company free handed to conduct its business without interfer ence is, the directors believe, a wise one. SWITCHMEN AMi QUIT, But Their . Work Proceeds With. New Men. Denver, Col., Sept. 24.— For several months the Union Pacific at this point has been having serious trouble with its - switchmen. To avoid any. complica tions the company used every fair means to adjust the difficulties and to have the service properly performed, \ but the situation has not improved, and the. block in the yards has been a matter ' of : such serious detriment to the com mercial interests of -Denver and Col orado that the company to-day took the necessary action to organize its "yard forces. One of the chief difficulties has been the disposition on the part of switchmen to exact "tips" from ship pers desiring switching done, and it has oeen proven that the switchmen haver kept the yards in a blocked condition in ". order to enforce this. Several days ago the switchmen's grievance committee called on General Manager Meek: and made several charges against Assistant Superintendent Burns, who has charge . of the yards, and demanded his removal or they would all go out. • Burns was ■ suspended, pending an investigation. " The charges having been disproved, Mr. Meek this : morning: addressed . a com munication to his switchmen, stating the facts, and - also that "since Burns' , removal there . has .". been ta: larsre increase .in the - number of . engineers; "used to do ••. the '. wort - : without • a corresponding improvement in the. yard situation, and the legitimate-' earning capacity of the UnionJPaeific at . v this point is being impaired to an ines timable extent by the : failure on your : part to render sufficient return in labor . for the compensation given you. For these reasons Mr. Burns will be. rein stated at 12 o'clock to-day. " Switchmen .who are unwilling to" work cordially ' with Mr. Burns arid" to pledge their sup« port and best efforts to. the end Qf meet ing every requirement of good service in the Denver yard, and those who are ; unsatisfactory; will receive their time and quit the service of 'the company be fore that hour." At 1 o'clock this afternoon when the whistle blew for them to return to work, not one of the 125 men put in an v appearance. The company very soon < secured thirty new men, and cars were moving after a delay of but an hour.; Mr. Meek has* given , the strikers until to-mqraow noon to de- , termine what they will do, and *it is. probable a large number will return. Should the men : determine :to stay out, the officials of the road do not antici pate that it will extend over system. About 70 per cent of the entire business of Colorado passes through the Union Pacific yards at this point,- and a block in the yards vitally affects the entire . the entire business community of Col* orado as well as the far West. : -,rl' STRIKE IMMINENT. Chicago Switchmen Refusing to f; Work "With "Q" Engineers. . ; Chicago, Sept. 24.— The delayed ar rivals of Grand : Masters " Sweeney and Sargent is tending to precipitate a gen eral strike among the "Stockyards Switching association employes. Six switchmen were discharged : this morn ing, making twelve in "... all '-■ who have been thrown out of , work for refusing to work with."Q'.' engineers. It is re ported that all the firemen, engineers and switchmen employed by the switch- . ing association on twenty-eight engines will quit work sooner, than work with "Q" engines and crews, unless the old engineers— Ryan and Kukaiser— are put back or brotherhood men sent out on the engines. About 160 engineers, fire men and switchmen are working in the yards, and only the . appearance of the - s two grand masters can prevent serious trouble. ' The Inter-Continental. Washington, Sept. 24,— Dr. Horatio Guzman, minister of Nicaragua, has re ceived a telegram from his government saying that while Nicaragua recognizes the importance of the inier-continental railway project it cannot send a com missioner to Washington until after the meeting of the national congress in Oc- . tober, when it is expected that authority will be given for the appointment. The department of state has received a dis patch from William B. Sorsbey, United States consul-general in Equador, say ing that the government of that country will take part in the inter-continental railway survey, and send a represent ative to the meeting of the board of commissioners in Washington in Oc- . tober. ."• '■ . --.■■■■■ . May Grant an Advance. ; Chicago, Sept.24."— A lone conferenca was ' held to-day between President Hughitt, of the Chicago & Northwest- - railway, and the general manager and -: ! general superintendent of the road rel -1 ative to a communication from ■ the em ' ployes of the . company, asking .an in crease in pay. The crnclusion reached '■. was not '. divulged. Indications were - that an advance would be granted," but ;■ not as large as requested. . . ;-. • -^»» Enthusiastic Carolinians. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 24.— A conven tion ot state Democratic clubs met here v to-day, and addresses were delivered by Senator Vance, Gov. Fowle and others. Eight thousand strangers are in the : city. ■ ■..- - ' "... _:-■■." ' .. ; ;•; -■■ Coal Firm Assigns. Worcestku, Mass., Sept. 24.— Wi1l- '. iam J. Jourdan & Co., one of the oldest and largest coal -firms iii this city, made an assignment to-day. Liabilities, $150, --000;. assets, $154,000. ' . . Movements of Steamships. , - Southampton— : Werra, from New York. New York— Arrived: Majestic and ■ Cufic, \ from Liverpool; State of Georgia, from Glas gow. ■■'-■ Pnn.Ai>ELPniA — Arrived ; ; Scandinavian, from Glasgow. / ; ; . .