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VOL. XIV. CASEY'S ON H!S LIST, Congressman Johnson Upoi " the North Dakota Sena torial Contest. ffe Remembers the Time When He Was Beaten Out. of the Toga, And He Is Quite Willing Casey Should Take the Same Dose. Indiana's Apportionment Law Decided to Be Uncon stitutional. Washington, Dec. 17.— "Within a few weeks the legislature of North Dakota will meet to elect a successor to Senator Casey. M. N. Johnson, the Republican congressman from North Dakota, today said "1 hope the Republicans of North Dakota, if they caucus, will abide by its decision as to the Republican nominee, unless the selection should be Senator Casey." Mr. Johnson added, In response to a question, that he had been informed when last in North Dakota by members elect to the legislature that they would not go into caucus. Mr. Johnson said that he was not a candidate at this time, and would not go out to his state when the senatorial contest begins. The declaration on his part as re spects Senator Casey shows that Mr. Johnson is quite willing that his friends should administer to Senator Casey the same medicine that the present sena tor's friends administered to the con gressman two years ago. when the Re publicans, who were overwhelmingly in the majority, had a caucus and agreed upon Mr. Johnson as the party nominee by 42 votes out of 80, the other 38 votes being divided between a number of Oilier < undid ate*, Df whom Senator Casey was one. The minority united on Senator Casey and by a combination with the Democrats elected him to the senate. There are a number of Republican candidates in. the field now, and the statement of Mr. Johnson that a num ber of Republican members of the leg islature will reluse to go into caucus opens up a field of possible combina tions between various political elements as broad as one of the big wheat fields of this great grain-raising state. The Republicans have a clean majority of six in the legislature over the opposition, made up of Democrats. Populists with leanings toward ana in dorsements from the Republican party. The fact thai North Dakota is one of the states that has been named in the list of Western senatorial contests, to be specialty looked after by senatorial committees of both Republican and Democratic parties, shows that the former regards it within the possibili ties; that, notwithstanding the adverse complexion of the legislature, it may, by a conjunction of various elements, elect a man to succeed Senator Casey, who may be in accord and sympathy with the principles of the Democratic party. Senator Hansbrough refused to go into caucus and was elected without one. The people of North Dakota, it is said, are now opposed to the selection of senators by caucus, and that this method has" been abandoned. INDIANA'S APPORTIONMENT. It Is Held by the Supreme Court to Be Unconstitutional. Indianapolis, Dec. 17.— The opinion of the supreme court of Indiana holds the apportionment acts of 1801 and 1.879 unconstitutional. The court does not pass upon the validity of the act of 1885, and therefore does not pass upon the status of the holdover senators; which was considered one of the most import ant points. The court holds that it has authority to declare an apportionment law void if it conflicts with the consti tution and that it has the right to pass upon the validity of the acts of 1891 and 1879. While holding the law of 1891 to be void the court holds that the mem bers elected under that act are de facto officials of the state and their actions, 60 far as they relate to the public, valid. The opinion was written by Judge Cof * fee and was concurred in by Judge Olds, Miller and Mcßride. ■ The Democrats will not seek a re hearing of the case, but will make a new apportionment when the legis lature meets in January. BREIDENTHAL THREATENS. Democrats Must Vote for the Populist Candidate. ToPEKA, Kan., Dec. 17.— John AY. Breidenthal, chairman of the People's state central committee and the leading Populist candidate for United States senator, does not credit the report that a number of Democrats and ex-Democrats holding seats in the legislature by Popu list votes will deelne to participate in the Populist caucus, or that they will holt the caucus nominee if he happens to he a Populist. "Every man, Democrat or Populist, nominated by a Populist convention for the legislature," said Mr. Briedenthal, "pledged himself to caucus with the Populists for United States senator and to vote for the caucus nominee, if he happens to be a Populist or not. Ido not think any man can afford to violate this pledge. If a single fusion Democrat remains out of our caucus no Dem ocratic candidate will receive a single vote in the caucus. The first business of the caucus will be to find whether every man who takes part in it will vote for the nominee, be he Populist or Democrat. Democratic candidates must go into that caucus on the same basis as Populists. If, after the caucus, Demo crats attempt to put the legislature into a deadlock in an endeavor to force a Democrat on the Populists after the .caucus has decided in- fa vor of a Populist, Populist members will decline to vote for sen ator and thus prevent an election dur ing the coming session. In that event Senator Perkins will hold over, and we would prefer that he would rather than submit to bulldozing tactics such as have been proposed. If a Democrat gets the Populist nomination he will surely be elected, but if a Populist gets the nomination the Democrats mjigt help to elect him, or there will be no election." John F. Williet, organizer of the Legion of the West, formed a; local •company of the Populist military or ganization here today. The Industrial Le.'ion of the United States was author ized by' the annual convention of the Farmers' Alliance •at Memphis, and is an intensely partisan affair. The first state to be organized is Kansas. On his return from Memphis Mr. Williet / - :*T; .: '}■• ■ ■-•..» ' - - . rganizcd a company at McLouts, aiT ■.esterday a company at Valley, Falls An attempt will be made to get all win voted the People's party ticket into tin lew organization. One section of tin -oustitution provides that any metnbei who fails to vole for the Populist [nom inees running on the Omaha platform •an be courtmartialed after regular •nilitary form. About twenty-five prominent colored men of the state are here today to or ganize what they call the Colored Men's Brotherhood cf the People's party. They pro pose to have in every county an organized working force. A. D. Cabbel, the colored Populist elector. received -his certificate this morning, and remains over in Topeka to take an active part in the formation or this new league. Thisorganlzationof the negroes is part of the general plan of the Popu list party organization. SWAPPED .FUNNY STORIES. Southern. Editors Call on Presi- dent-Elect Cleveland. New York, Dec. 17.— The directors of the Southern Associated Press, who have been in this city for the past two days, made a formal call on President elect Cleveland al 'his office today. There »vere in the party Hon. Patrick Walsh, of the Augusta Chronicle; Evan P. Howell, Atlanta Constitution: Maj. J. R. llemphell, Charleston News and Courier; Col. John Estill, Savannah News; C. C. Stockton, Jacksonville Times-Union; Adolph Ochs, Chatta nooga Times; Charles S. Clark, New Orleans Times-Democrat; J. E. Mc- Daniel, New Orleans agent Southern Associated Press; O. C. Halton, Wash ington agent of the Southern Associated Press. Mr. Howell introduced the gen tlemen, and then for twenty minutes Mr. Cleveland and his guests swapped stories about the recent election. They were all of 'a funny nature, and at no time was the political future referred to nor was anything said about appoint ments from the South. HOXOHS TO STEVENSON. Two Banquets to Be Given to Him in the South. St. Louis. Dec, 17.— A banquet will b s given to Vice President-elect Steven son at Auniston, Ala., Tuesdiy evening, Dec. 20, and the following evening he •will be entertained by the Commercial club and citizens of Atlanta, Ga. Gen. Stevenson and parly will leave Chicago Sunday night via the Wabash road in a private car. tendered by the Wabash company to the vice president-elect. The car will arrive in St. Louis Monday morning and proceed south via the Louisville & Nashville road. The following com pose the party: Vice President-elect Stevenson, wife and three daughters, J. C. Stevenson, wife and three daugh ters, J. C Stevenson and wife, James Ewing and wife, Mr. Dillard and wife, Judge W. C. Ewing and wife, Mrs. 11. T. Scott and two daughters; Col. S. W. Fordice and Miss Jennie Fordice, George B. Harnett and Miss Blanche Burnett. WITHOUT HOPE OK LEADERS. Ingalls Laments Over the G.O. P.'s Present Condition. . Philadelphia, Dec. 17.— Ex-Senator John Ingalls was in the city tonight. Conversing upon the results of the re cent election, Mr. Ingalls said there were twenty-three distinct "isms" in the late campaign, either one of which was sufficient to chal lenge the existing state of af fairs. "The Republican party," he continued, "is now at that stage of its history where it is without leaders and without hope, and must start anew and build itself up. It gave no evidence in the past campaign that there was a single politician in its ranks who understood the pure busi ness of leader in politics. McKinley has ceased to be a Napoleon." WYOMING'S MUDDLE. First Decision in Favor of tho ' Democrats. Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 17.— The su preme court this morning overruled the motion made by counsel for the state canvassing board to quash the writ of mandamus in the Carbon county con tested election cases. The counsel for the board then moved to quash the writ because the petition filed by the Demo cratic contestants was not specific in stating who constituted the legal mem bers of the canvassing board. Monday was set for hearing arguments on this motion. The evident intent of Repub licans is to get the decision of the court as to whether Osborne or Barber is the legal governor. Two Fusionists Elected. LANSiNO.Mieh., Dec.l7.— Secretary of State Blacker announced yesterday that as a member.of the state board of can vassers.he could stale positively that siotiist candidates Newton and Shaffer were elected on the state ticket to the positions of justice of the supreme court and land commissioner respectively. All the returns are in the hands of the board except those from louia county A MISSING TRUSTEE. The Funds of an Estate Supposed to Have Gone "With Him. New York, Dec. 17.— The Herald says: Edward P. Chainberlin is miss-* ing. He is a Southerner about forty five years old, and is trustee of the estate ot John M. George, who left an estate of over $1,000,000. and George Harvey, who left a fortune of 5500.000. Mr. Chamberlin is known to have speculated in grain and is said to have lost considerable money. ■> His friends fear despondency over his losses affected his mind and are making dili gent search for him. The Daily News this afternoon says: The missing man, Edward P. Chamber lin, well known in Wall street, is the trustee of the estate of the late J. M. George. He is reported to have taken with him a large part of the funds of the estate. -How much nobody knows as yet. The estate has been said to be worth $1,000,000, but Henry Clews says this amount is exaggerated; that $200, --000 or $000,000 would be nearer the cor rect figure. Mr. George left two sons, 6"he of whom was killed not long ago by the accidental explosion of a gun; the other son, Joe George, lives on a ranch in Texas. He was in the city about three weeks ago. looking"*- anxiously for Mr. Chamberlin, whom he seemed to have difficulty in finding. - Up to that time Mr. George had placed perfect con fidence in the integrity of his father's friend, but it appears rumors had leached his ears ot some disastrous speculations in wheat on the part of Mr. Chamberlin. Mr. Chaniber^lin was also trustee for the estate of George Harvey, of the firm of Harvey & Searles, who left a fortune of $500,000.' Mr. Harvey died about ,*' fifteen i years ago, and his estate was satisfactorily settled. -Much surprise is expressed in Wall street at the action -of Mr. Cham berlin. whose honor was esteemed aboVe reproach. r ( SAINT PAUL, MINN., SUNDAY MORNING,. DECEMBER -"18, 1592. --TWENTY PAGES. FALLEN HAS DOUBTS. Archbishop Ireland's State -ment Answered by the St. Louis Editor. He Says the Archbishop Is Ap * pealing to Secular Pub lic Opinion. No Evidence That Satolli Has Powers to Settle the Question. Mgr. Ireland Alone in Sup porting" the Proposition s cf the Leg-ate. St. Louis, Dec. 17.— Conde B. Fallen, editor of the Church Progress, who has made no secret of his hostility to Arch bishop Ireland's school doctrines, was asked today to make a reply to the in terview with that prelate published this morning. Mr. Fallen at first refused to talk, being anxious to -.void the appear ance of seeking notoriety. lie at length spoke as follows: "Mgr. lieland does exactly what lie accuses his opponents of doing, that is, attempting to create a public opinion in their own favor. His whole interview is nothing more than an appeal to what he calls the 'American mind," or, in reality, to secular public opinion in this country. We would like to know what secular opinion in this country has to do with the settlement of the school question by the church itself. Certainly it is not to be expected that secular opinion as to what should constitute education will dominate in the settle ment of the controversy. The liberals have all along made a' desperate appeal to this secular opinion as a sort of jury in the case, but how they can imagine that it will in any way become a govern ing factor is Beyond the Conception of any Catholic acquainted with the constitution of the church and the pre cepts of Catholic doctrines. Secularism has always been in the history of t^e church an antagonistic factor, inasmuch as it usually represents the opinion of the world; and we may lay It down as a fundamental axiom that the 'world, the llesh and the devil' are ever a triple alli ance in combination against the spirit ual interests of the church. 1 cannot conceive surer indication of the weak ness of a cause than to appeal from Christ to Cajsar. At the same time lam perfectly well aware of the legiti mate sphere of the' civil functions of government, and because the church insists that Catholic education shall not be tainted with the poison of secularism, that implies no antagonism either to the proper rights of the state or hostility to the spirit of American in stitutions. But the secuiar mind is not capable of forming a judgment upon' the nature, character or exigencies of Catholic education. An appeal to it, therefore, is simply an appeal from the proper court, where alone .jurisdiction is possessed, to the hasty and temporary opinion of the populace. It is both un- Catholic and un-American to appeal to prejudice which has no legitimate rela tion to The Question in Dispute. "Notwithstanding Archbishop Ire land's statement that Mgr. Satolli is vested with plenipotentiary powers to settle the school question, we have no evidence to . that effect. On the con trary, both Archbishop Katzer and Archbishop Elder have publicly de clared that Mgr. Satolli had no such powers, and, moreover, the fact that the archbishops in their conference re fused to subscribe to Mgr. Satolli's views is very clear evidence that those views were not suppoitea* by the weight of the pope's authority. if they had been, the archbishops could scarce ly have point plank rejected them. 'Ihey might have deferred considera tion of them under that supposition, but they would not have so emphatically de clared a doctrine so opposite aud repug nant to them when they drew up their school resolutions reaffirming their absolute and unqualified adherence to the principles and platform of the coun cils of Baltimore. For these councils, especially the third, explicitly and definitely affirm that secular or public school education in this country is not only dangerous to the integrity of the Catholic church, but they command Catholics to eschew it altogether, and build their own schools iv order to sup ply Its Fatal Defect. "Archbishop Ireland's statement that to the church belongs religious instruc tion only, and to the state -the right of secular education, apart from religious training, is in radical opposition to the councils of Baltimore, and to the re peated public teaching of Leo XIII. on this subject. "In the encyclical letter of the pres ent pope to the French bishops, in 1884, he says: "And first, indeed, in regard to domestic society, it is of the greatest importance that the children sprung from Christian marriage should be in structed in the precepts of religion at an early ago and that the studies' in which youth is accustomed to be edu cated be conjoined with religious train ing. To separate the one from the other is really to wish that youthful minds should remain neutral in their duties to God. This teaching is false and especially dangerous in the early years of childhood, because it paves the way to atheism, and saps the foundation of religion. Good parents should exercise the greatest care to see that their chil dren, when they first begin to under stand, learn the truths of religion, and that there be nothing in the schools hurtful to , Tiie Integrity of Faith. _ ___ and morality. It is a precept of both divine and natural law that, they ex ercise this diligence in the education of their offspring, nor can they for any reason be released from the obligation of this law. Truly the church, the guardian and vindicator of the integ rity of the faith, whose duty it is in virtue of the authority conferred on her by God, her founder, to call all peoples to Christian knowledge, and to likewise diligently see how the youth subject to her authority are educated, has openly condemned what are called mixed and neutral schools, and again and again ad monished parents in a matter- of such great importance, to avoid them with all their might. • "How Archbishop Ireland reconciles this with his view of /the subject is be yond conception; that it is repugnant to 'Mgr. Satolli's published address on the same question' is also apparent. The assumption in Archbishop Ireland's in terview that his position on the school 'question is also the- position of; the American Catholic mind seems to me fantastically overstrained, for he was i The Only One in the entire conference who was ready to subscribe to Mgr. Satolli's school propositions. And when' it is remcm - -• ■■■■'■-"'. bered that each archbishop not, only expressed his own convictions when he rejected them, but also the concordant judgment of each of his | suffragans,' a more imposing array of American Catholic opinion against that of Arch bishop Ireland could not be conceived. He was the solitary minority in the conference, and may be. therefore, said not to represent the, Ameri can Catholic mind on this ques tion, but the very reverse. To a certain extent, Arcribishop Ireland's declaration that there is no difference of opinion amongst the hierarchy in this matter is true, if we leave his own dissenting views out of consideration. With this restriction, we may indeed say that the American hierarchy are a unit on the school question. We may also admit that tne controversy is vir tually closed. For the unanimous agreement of the hierarchy, always ex cepting himself, of course, quakes it very evident that the Faribault plan, or any other scheme to separate religious and secular education, is diametrically opposed to the convictions of tho hieraachy of the United States." *, SPALDING .IS SATISFIED. ; The Peoria Prelate Does Not Want to Go to St. Louis. Feobia. 111.. Dec. 17.— The interview with Bishop Spaulding, published- in a St. Louis paper, is full of inaccuracies The bishop , did not say it would have been better had the New. York confer ence never been held. He did not give an opinion ou the Faribault plan, stat ing explicitly that the details of the plans were sufficiently f known to him.. He did not' say j that the controversy between Bishop Wigger and Father Corrigan was •"*scan dalous and nonsensical.-' He did say, however, that he was opposed to the appointment of a permanent delegate in this country, and was convinced that if made it would prove disastrous to the interests of the Catholic religion in America. Bishop Spalding says he is not a candidate for the co-adjutojrehip of St. Louis; that there is no probability of his appointment, and that, if ap pointed, lie could not and would not ac cept. > WIGGER SURRENDERED. His Controversy With Father Cor- rigan Abruptly Terminated. HOBOKEN, N. J., Dec. 17.- The con troversy between Bishop Wigger,* of Newark city, and Father Corrigan,;of Hoboken, N. J., was rather abruptly terminated tonight. Bishop Wigger sur renders unconditionally. The trial; is stopped and the charge withdrawn. Bishop Wigger has appointed a commit tee of priests to visit Father Corrigan and endeavor to induce him to apolo gize. To this proposal Father Corrigan makes the following reply: "Right Reverend Dear Bishop: Hav ing received, kindly suggestions from mutual friends, who have consulted you and extended to me advice that 1 highly appreciate, I am glad to ; yield whatever maybe justly expected from me to put an end to this controversy.. Nothing will give me more annoyance than to have been guilty of violating the respect due to you and also to the most reverend ". metropolitan ""Ar_h-' bishop Corrigan, and- wherever I have unintentionally gone beyond the proper bounds, I hereby express my regret for it, and pray both of you to overlook it. 1 believe that you have tried to be just in the ' administration of your diocese, and lam satisfied that whatever mis takes you may have made did not pro ceed from malice. As regards, the future you need have no apprehension that 1 have any intention of attacking yourself or your government in. the papers. Your servant in Christ, :<__ ' "FA THICK COHHIGAN.V Bishop Wigger acknowledges the re ceipt of Father Corrigan's letter iv the following communication: "Setox Hall College, South Or ange. N. J., Dec. 17.— Dear Father Corrigan: I hereby accept cheerfully the apology that you have written, and which very Key. Dean Flynn and Father Cody have just brought to me. I hereby discontinue the trial and wish you every blessing. Yours very 'sin cerely, W. M. WIGGEB, ~ "Bishop of Newark." CAUGHT AT MOBILE. * ' Mobile. Ala., Der. 17.— 0n the ar rival of the 12:20 a. 'in. train from New Orleans today the police arrested Mrs. Annie Murphy, stepdaughter of ex- Representative Andrew Mcßae, of Per ham, Minn, now of Spokane, Wash. She is wanted for forgeries amount ing to $1,503 on the St. Cloud, Minn., banks, .through. the Chase National Bank of New York. An associate named K. Berkeley was arrested today, and two other parties, Mrs. E. A. Wolfe and Mrs. M. A. Earle, were arrested yesterday in Huutsville, the latter having worked drafts through the Chase National bank on the Tacoma bank to the tune of $2,947. Mrs. Mur phy says nothing except that she got the money and knows nothing of the for geries. She is very young and attract ive, and takes her situation cheerfully. She aDd Berkeley are held to await the action of the authorities. Captured a Pepper Thief. , Jeffeksox City, Mo., Dec. 17.—Jo seph Blair, captured here a few days ago with a number of diamonds in his possession has been identified as the man who, on the 11th inst.'at Dallas, Tex., threw pepper in the eyes of a clerk in.a jewelry store and stole a tray of valuable diamonds. The chief of the Dallas police 'is here awaiting a re quisition on which to take him to Texas. Infested With Highwaymen. Cleveland, Dec. '17.— Highwaymen and robbers are terrorizing this city and the eastern part lof Allen county. Thursday night Martin Clem and Will iam Lippencott were seized, bound and their houses ransacked. Everything of value was taken. Another f aimer named French was relieved of his valu ables. Leslie Harrod was held up in the road and robbed of a gold watch and all his money. - - .-■ ' Pardoned a "Lifer." Columbus, 0., Dec. 17.— Venduth D. Washburn was yesterday uncondition ally pardoned by Gov.^McKinley"; after serving twenty-two years qf a - life sen tence. In July, 1870, Washburn, killed his wife's cousin, Charles Pepples,.' for despoiling his home and outraging his wife. He was convicted of- murder and sentenced for life. . V'.''.v-~ Arrest of a Confidential Clerk. Pittsburg, Dec. 17. —Ernest F. Eckert, confidential clerk tor H. B. Bea : & Co., pork packers, was arrested; "Shis evening charged with the embezzlement of from ' $10,000 to' s2o,ooo. The .thefts are said to extend over a period of, five years. ". •'.'."' "\»\ ;.,; \ ~ :' K ~i..'- - Placed on the Calendar, - Washington. Dec. 17— Mr. BrecfchmK ridge (D'eni;), Kentucky, from the edm mittee on appropriations, reported the fortifications appropriation bit! ; 10/ine*: house today, and it was placed, upon tire j calendar. He gave notice that? he would ask for its consideration Jan. 5. .-**' ;-" ■ •■'.■■ .-■ - - ■■■■.'■., A TIP FOR SANTA CLAUS: What St. Paul Would Like in Her Stocking-. BETTER FOR DEMOCRATS The Republicans May Yet Be Beaten in the Montana . Fight. An Important Order Regarding the Amendment of tho Demurrer. Special to the Globe. Helena," Dec. 17.— The Box Elder case is looking better for the Demo crats. It was expected a decision would be handed down this morning, but the court instructed the attorneys for the Democrats to amend their demurrer by inserting In it the eight names of voters at B_x Elder precinct whose names did not appear in the registration of the district. Arguments' will be heard on the amended answer Monday. DATE FOR TRIAL SET. The Legal Contest for, the Davis Millions Will Begin In May. Butte, Mont.. Dec. 17.— The hearing of the application*^ the contestants for another •; trial in the Davis will case came tip."; before Judge McHatt'oh today. By agreement, May 8, 1893, > as fixed as the date ... for . the begin ning for ' the f trial. "-The annual report of James A. Talbott, special adminis trator of the estate, was filed. It showed the cash on hand to be $1,007,31)8. The chief expenditures of the year were for taxes, the amount of taxes on the big estate being §33,58 5. : GUILTY ON EVERY COUNT. Conviction of Bank: President Graves at Dubuque. Dubuque, 10., Dec. I.7.— The Com mercial bank case was given to the jury this afternoon, and at 8 o'clock a ver dict was returned against R. E. Graves, the president,' finding him guilty on every charge in the indictment. Coun sel for defense gave notice of an appeal. The penalty is five to ten years in the penitentiary. Cashier Harrison's trial will probably begin Monday next. Strangled by Its Mother. Special to the Globe. Grafton, N. D., Dec. 17.— A sensa tion has been caused here by finding the body of a fully developed female chid in an unused cistern. The coro ner's jury found that the child had come to its death by strangulation on or about the 15th of December at the hands -of its mother, Bertha Belter. When found a cord was four times around its neck. The girl has been ar rested. Collier Seeks Divorce. Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 17.-Rev. H. Price Collier, the famous Unitarian divine of Brooklyn, is in South Dakota perfecting a ninety days' residence pre paratory to commencing an action tor divorce. He is now hunting in the Black Hills, but will return to Sioux Falls shortly and will begin his action. Desertion is said to be the cause alleged. -There is nothing sensational in the case. _St__f»^£_taߣs_«l Liabilities Large, Assets Small. ' Milwaukee, Dec. 17.— According to Receiver Smythe's report the Equitable and Loan association owes 8400.000 of "current money, and is* indebted for merchandise -and'-. rent in the v sum of between 8400 and 8500. ' The receiver says the- assets -cannot be. accurately estimated, but thinks they will not yield over 10.000. The face value of the stock, according to the books, is . be tween §25,000 and $30,000. Captured a Heavenly Stray. ."" \ Albany,' Or.,' Dec. 17.'— About ' 5 o'clock. yesterday .morning Fred". Reis saw a bright meteor -approaching, from the southeast. It was traveling very rapidly and with a. rushing sound fell Into the street, followed by a wake of bright sparks. Beis - hastened ." to the spot where it struck the . earth, una found a rock about fourteen inches in circumference. It was still j very hot and charred the board upon which it was placed. - The rock had the appear ance.of a volcanic, production. \ Cummings Found Guilty. Special to the Globe.' - Crookston, Minn.. ' Dec. 17.— C. L. Cummings, the man who sold wheat for a large number of farmers in this county and then skipped to California with the proceeds," was tried today and convicted of grand larceny. The case has -been appealed to the supreme court, and the prisoner was not sentenced.: Done in SelfA>efense. Special to the Globe. :>':;;- i r. . "~ Maxkato, Minn., Dec. 17.— The trial of Charles Irown for killing Elis Gus tnfso'n in Nather's brickyard in Sep tember. 1891, closed today. The jury returned a verdict for acquittal on, the. ground of self-defense. Mrs. Kuester's case will begin Monday morning. 'Another Whaleback Launched. Special to the Globe. - ''.-.. • West Superior, Wis., Dec. 17.— Barge 127, the last whaleback of the season's building, was successfully launched here this afternoon. There is ten inches of ice in the slips, which had to be broken up before the launching. No. 127 is an exact counterpart of I'M, launched a few weeks ago. Church Burned. Special to the Globe. Fahgo, N. D., Dec. 17.— The new Unitarian brick church was partly gutted by fire this evening. The loss was 61,000. Tne church was used for the first time last Sunday. Died of Winter Cholera. Special to the Globe. Caledonia, Minn., Dec. 17.- At his j home in the town ot Brownsville, Rich ard Smith, a quite noted musician, well known as Blind Richard, died of winter cholera. Ho was sick since, Thanks giving. Heir to $«,GOO. Elk Point, S. D., Dec. 17.— 8. F. Knapp, editor of the Leader, of this city, received a letter yesterday notify ing him that he had fallen heir to about 56,000, left him by an aunt who recently died in Boston, Mass. Sale of the Hillsboro Banner. Hills Bono, N. D., Dec. 17.— George E. Bowers, for eight years editor of the Hiilsboro Banner, today sold that paper to Alvin Schmitt, late of the Grain! Forks News, for -?4,000. -;^£ v -•-—■■-' In Now York. Special to the Globe. New York, Dec. 17.— At New York Hotels: Minneapolis— J. - Guilford, W. L. Harris Grand Union; J. Stern. A-tor: K. M. Beits. St. Dennis; J. Deliatte. J. Stone, Hurray Hill; Thomas Lowry, Clinton Morrison, J" If th Avenue. St. Paul— O. W. Cox, Imperial; M. A. Godfrey, Holland: P. S. .Macgowan. Mur ray Hill. Duluth— S. C. Iluinon, .1. Shea, Metropolitan: E. llartiiiniui. Imperial; G. Spencer, Holland. Senator Willi am 1). Washburn, or Minnesota, is at the .e'ilih Avenue. ARE MEN-OF-WAR. Canada's Alleged Revenue Cutters Armed With Heavy Modern Ordnance. Every Lake Port of the United States Would Be at Their Mercy. Toledo, 0., Dec. 17.— The Blade to night published a long article descrip- five of the three English alleged reve- nue cutters now lying in Owen Sound on the south shore of Georgian bay. These vessels, which are named the Petrel, the Constance and the Curlew, are, according to the Blade's repre- sentative who visited the place, men of-war, any one ot which is capable of knocking into splinters all the floating armament which the United States now has on the great lakes. The vessels are said to be each 150 feet long and 25 feet beam, with a draft of less than 10 feet. They are capable of run ning through the smallest canal in the lake system, and their armament is the most complete of its kind known lo modern naval warfare. Each vessel has three Maxim-Nordenfeldt fourteen pounder rifles, capable of doing execu tion at 0.000 yards and of piercing four inches of solid steel. In addition each vessel has four rapid-firing Hotchkiss guns. ■ ; The fleet, which is under the com mand of Lieut. Commander McGregor, is manned by British sailors, and orders are received direct from the British ad miralty office in London, and the Can adian officers have nothing whatever to do with them. The old man-of-war Michigan, which alone upholds the flag of the United States on the great lakes, is, according to the Blade, *of\"uo' use on land or sea, and the three revenue cutters, Andrew Johnson, Perry- and Fessenden, will be of even less utility in time of war. There is then, the. Blade declares, ab solutely nothing to prevent the . Eng lish laying in ashes every lake port in the states. Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit would be, in case of war, forced to surrender within forty-eight hours. The cruisers have been placed in Owen sound, it is alleged, "to prevent the "States'! from feeling too secure. HATHAWAY 18 FREE. The Husband of Messick's Para- mour Secures a Divorce. ■ Cleveland, 0., Dec. 17. -The hus band of Mrs. Alfred G. Hathaway, the woman who was with Messick during the debauch which ended with his sen sational suicide at a Chicago hotel last fall, was granted a divorce today. Mr. Hathaway, .who is only twenty-eight years old, and the members of his house hold told the story of the woman's fall. Although Mr. Hathaway is wealthy and has a luxurious home, his wife preferred the society of fast men and women, and was away from her husband" and baby for days and- nights at a time, i At last he suspected her and watched her, and she left Cleveland, ostensibly to _o to her father, for the purpose of becoming a better woman. Instead, she went- to Cincinnati, aud thence to Chicago, her presence and actions there being re vealed by Messick's tragic death. She is now "with her father, at Green- Yille, Pa, v ' TO REPLACE STRIKES. Novel Scheme Being Discussed by Leaders of* the Labor Or ganizations. It 18 That Unionists Shall With draw Their Funds Prom Sav ings Associations. Cincinnati, Dec. 17.--A movement is on foot in the city which will cause quite a stir among tho wage-earners and business men of the country when the details are made public. The scheme is being discussed quietly, and data is being gathered by a few leading trades unionists, and no one but trusted members of organized labor have been admitted to the conclave. The promoters did not meet with much encouragement at first, but the idea has steadily gained ground, and now hun dreds of workingmen are among its supporters, eager for a chance to give it a trial. The movement is designed to prevent a repetition of the disasters which followed closely upon the lock out at Homestead, the Buffalo railroad strike and the miners' strikes in Ten nessee and Idaho. It is proposed that when a strike be comes necessary or a lockout is precip itated by a corporation against union ists, that a general order shall be pro mulgated calling upon every. union man in tie country to withold from circula tion all funds that he may possess and control, so as to cause a stringency in the money market and thus compel the business men of the United States to bring such a pressure to bear upon tin corporation having a strike on its hands that it will be forced to yield to the de mands of its employes, or show a dispo sition to settle the differences between them. The plan, when put in operation, will be far- .•caching, and the effect, it Is claimed, will be felt iv every branch of trade throughout the land. Said a trade unionist ou the subject: "Heretofore when a big strike or lockout has been Inaugurated we have found ourselves on the outside ot the shops or works idle and without an in come, consuming our savings or sub sisting upon strike benefits or starving. Under the proposed plan we will be at work earning wages. We will with draw our savings from building asso ciations, banks and Other like institu tions and hoard our current wages. '1 he large funds of the vrrious international and national bodies will be withdrawn with the other money. We are in formed that the business of this coon try is transacted on a money circulation, in coin find paper, of about $40 per cap ita, and, taking everything into consid eration, we think we can smash things more successfully this way than by any strike or boycott. 1 don't think the militia would be of much avail in such a state of affairs. Another thing. If a financial crash should be precipitated on us our savings would be safer in our own pockets than in any savings or banking institution.'" "Of what benefit will this be to the trade unionist? Will not the hard times consequent on a financial crash be felt more by them than by the rich?" "Not necessarily. Heretofore, when a few speculators have cornered the money and -a crisis precipitated, the wage-earners have been caught without any money in their possession and the failures of banks and savings institu tions have absorbed their hoardings. This time they will be the moneyed men and will be enabled through joint stock companies to become owners of factor ies, shops, etc. Who knows but what we will be able to convert the bullion ists to the tenets of greenback faith? I believe this scheme is well worth the trial." CONFLICT WITH UNCLE SAM. Georgia Central Striking Tel- cgrapers Arrested. Macon, Ga., Dec. 17. —The telegra phers' strike on the Central Railroad of Georgia has assumed a serious aspect. Two of. the strikers, J. W. Stephens and Mr. Haggard, have been arrested, charged • with contempt of the United States circut court. The charges airainst Stephens were pre ferred by Trainmaster W. P. Epberson, and those against Haggard byJudson Manuel. Stephens is charged with joining in an illegal conspiracy, formed between D. G. Ramsay, grand chief of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, and Deputy Grand Chief Tobeyvto embar rass the court in the management of the Central road, now. under, its control. The charges ncainst Haggard are more serious. -He is charged with destroying the property of the* road. .They were arrested by Chief Deputy Marshall Ayres and their case will come up before Judge Sheer. A counter was taken by the strickers this afternoon. They pray the court to overrule the arbitrary action of Receiver Comer and reinstate them in tho road's service. They are answerable to the court for contempt. They pray the court to act with them in the, matter. The ar rest created considerable excitement and consternation among the employes of the road here. • S_- Movements of Steamships^. ■^ewYobk— Arrived: Pocasel, Liverpool. Qi ■eexstuw.n — Arrived: Wyoming, New York. j Lizard— Fussed : Westeruland .now. York for Antwerp. • NO. 353. I STORY OF ONE COOK. 1 Beatty, the Alleged Home-. stead Poisoner, Held for Trial. Damaging Testimony Given ■> at the Hearing by One ' of the Cooks. Master Workman Dempsey Implicated in the Plot by the Witness. Testimony Also Given by Some of the Alleged ; Victims. PiTTsnuno, Dec. 17.— The hearing* In the case of Hubert Beatty. charged with having been a party to a plot to poison non-union men employed In the Car* negie steel works at Homestead, was held at the office of Alderman McMns* ters this afternoon. "1 will hold tho defendant for trial at court," was tho. decision of the alderman after hearing the testimony of half a dozen or more witnesses. \ The little office was thronged when, at '2:' M o'clock, the alderman directed the case to proceed. Attorney Brcnnan appeared for the defense and E. V. Brecl: for the prosecution. Patrick Gallagher, the confessor, was not pres ent. J. M. Davidson, a steamboat cook, was the first witness. Lie stated that in August, in company with Gallagher, they met Beatty In Pittsburg. \ "It was understood," he said, "that we were to go to Homestead as cooks and were to take something with us to put into the food given the non-union men. in order to make them sick and render them ' j Unfit lor "Work. \| Beatty took us to I he Knightsof Labor headquarters, where we met Master Workman Dempsey. Gallagher and Dempsey did most of the talking. Ueatts suggested dosing the men with erotou oil. I said no. Dempsey said he knew a powder which would be better. Ho said he bad used these powders in Chi cago and he had broken a strike m ton* days. It is not dangerous, Dempsey sa~d. lie would guarantee us 150 and our expenses. We got no powders that day. Wo then left the hall together. Beatty said 'we were . each to get ISO and a gold watch and chain if wo went. Gallag her went to Homestead two days alter that. I went up Sept, 23. Beatty gave. me some powders to tako to Gallagher. There were nine in the package, and It gave them to Gallagher, l don't know whether they were used. • Before thai Gallagher had been given a small pack- ago from. Dempsey.: One powder was enough to put in thirty gallons of tea or coffee. This was"' in the Knights ot Labor, hall, and Beatty was present, Later, when Gallagher, Beatty ana I went to K. of L. hall, Dempsey asked how the powders worked. Beatty said, 'Successfully,' and wanted more. Dempsev said he would get more. Dec. 1 1 asked Beatty what was in the pow ders. He said rhubarb, snuff and other things. He did not say who furnished them. While wo were talking he men tioned Lynch, Crawford and Dr. Pur man." j Stink to Hl* Story. Mr. Brennan gave him a severy cross examination, but did not shake his story in any particular. He insisted that he had not administered! any poison to tho men. lie said he was arrested late in November,' and taken into the school house building and sworn, and told tho story he had just told, and was re leased. Detective J. 11. Ford testified to hearing Beatty describe the. powders, and Gallagher Hay: " loin Brady suggested using croton oil." Louis Wolfers, steward of tho Home st.tad mill restaurant, testified to tne serious and rapid increase of illness among the men after Gallagher's em ployment; that himself and wife were yet suffering from its effects. His wife, he thought would die. W. E. Bullock and Joseph Leslie, pay roll clerks, also Buffered from the drugs and testified to it- effect upon them. Mr. Brennan then endeavored to se cure the release or his client, but tho alderman held him lor court lv $5,000 bail. Mr. Brennan thought this amount ex cessive, and was directed by the alder man to go into court oh Monday and ask the court to fix the amount. Master Workman Hugh Dempsey, District No. 8, Knights of Labor, against whom witness Davison in the licatty hearing before Alderman McMasters today made serious statements, was asked tonight for a statement. Mr. Dempsev carefully reviewed the test! mony of all the witnesses and then re marked: "At present l have nothing to say. I prefer to remain silent until the proper time for me to speak on thiJ subject." A ••GREEN GOODS" PRINTER. Police Make a Good- Haul In a Printing Oflice. New Fork, Dec. 17. — The police raided the priutiirg establish™ of Eugene 11. Marvin, at 452 I*. -fit avenue, yesterday afternoon, and cap tured three truck load-, of green goods literature. Marvin, the proprietor of the place, was not caught, but three of his men were arrested. Marvin is said to have been doing the printing for all the big greet) goods operators in the country. Within the building two cylinder presses are In operation. Big stacks of circulars already printed were posted up about the room, and the presses were running off more at a rapid rate. At least 175,000 circulars were found in the room. Many cloetrotypes and forms were found ready tor use. (in the ground floor were stored and ready for shipment circulars, telegrams, imitation type-written letters, and bogus newspaper clippings. In fact all the paraphernalia of the trade, to the num ber of at least a million. END OP THE COO!i_S¥ CASES. Some ActiuitcU, lint More of Them Convicted. llniontoW-T, Pa., Dec. 17.— jury in the case ot the Cooley family, charged with receiving stolen goods, rendered a verdict acquitting Lute Cooley, the father, and convictina Mrs. Cooley aud the three children, Hattie, Lidia and Russell. In the case of John 11. Pas torius and his daughter Lidi.i. known as the "<2if*«-'ii of the Cooleys," a verdict of guilty of receiving stolen goods was returned. This winds up the Cooley cases, except one charge of robbery against David, a member of the gang who has already been convicted of enough to send him up for a lung term. It is probable that this cattu against him will be dropped.