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TOL. XVII.— PRICE TWO CENTS— { f^&SI. } ELEPHANTINE MARE'S NEST i CONSTITUTIONAL FREAK LAUNCHED ON THE WOULD. VIOLATION OF THE CHARTER Deliberately Prop sed by the Re publican Committee i .» Secure the Assembly— Liast Gasp of a Defeated Party— The liemoval Scheme Abandoned — Mr. Cnteheon shows the Legal Fallacy of the Proposition. Ever since Noah was called to the front, when an emergency in mundane affairs lias arisen, the man has been found to come to the re9cue. St. Paul is enabled to furnish the lat est and perhaps the most important emergency man in the world's history, llis name— tell it uot in Gath. but whis per it from the house tops— is F. W. Zollman, and he is a member of the Re publican city committee. Since the thrashing administered to them ft week ago lUe Republican com mittee has been a state of mind, and from out of this mental perturbation Zcillruan has emerged us the constitu tional Moses, to lead the children of darkness lo the Elysian fields of polit ical bliss. Beginning with flection day, and con tinuing ever since, the Dispatch has been bewailing the fact that four of the assemblymen were required Dy the charter to be elected from those resid ing in the geographical district east of V^tisha street, and four residing in the djyiict west of Wabasha street, but last nslit it came out with the "discovery" that all this is unconstitutional, though eO provided in the city charter, and in this announcement it places a laurel wreath upon the brow of St. Paul's great constitutional lawyer iv this manner: "The credit of this discovery is due F. W. Zollman, secretary of the committee, who detected the constitutional viola tion and laid the facts and law before the committee." In support of his argument this Web- Bterian constitutional product quotes section 7. article 7 of the slate constitu tion, as follows: "Every person who by the provisions of this article shall lie entitled to vote at any election shall be eligible to any office which now is or hereafter shall be elected by the people In the district wherever he shall have resided thirty days previous to said election. " From this he argues that, no matter where a man lives, if he is a legal voter he can hold any office, regardless of the following plain provision of the city charter: "The assembly shall be composed of aine <<J) members. The members of the ussembly shall be elected at lartre from the body of electors of said city, and four (4) of same shall reside east of Wa basha and Kice streets and north of the Mississippi .river, and lour (4) shall re side west of Wabasha and Rice streets and north of the Mississippi river, and one (1) shall reside iv the Sixth (6th) ward of said city." It so happens that, as unofficially re ported, two Republican nominees livine east of YVabasha street received more votes than two of the Democrats resid ing west of Wabasha. Ever since this discovery the Republicans have been studying to determine how they could violate the charter and have six assemblymen live east of Wabasha street and only two west. As they cl»itn to have elected the member from the Sixth ward, they are contented to allow him to live iii the district he is supposed to represent, but when it comes to the Wabasha Btreet division they apply a different rule, and Invoke the aid of Zollmanic Jurisprudence to prove their case and violate the charter. The assumption of these ereat Repub lican minds is that the defeat of the two Republicans east of Wabasha street who received more votes than two Dem ocrats west of Wabasha street would be to declare that they are ineligible to hold the office, and that, as the consti tion says every voter is eligible for any office, therefore, they must be declared elected, regardless of their residence. As evidence of the shallowness of this pretense it need only to be cited that at tirst t lie Republican plan was to have TiTli Reardon and Arosiu. the two Republicans residing east of Wabasha street, who received the lowest number of votes of any of the candidates in that district, move over to the west side of Wabasha before qualifying. As sistant Corporation Counsel Pike favored this plan, and, of course, the Pioneer Press joined in the plot for the purpose of securing another op portunity to back water. But Pike's legal intellect seems to have been ob scured by the constitutional expounder, and that plan has now been abandoned. When it came down to the point they discovered that there was no more rea son for moving the two candidates named than there would be to move others who had received a higher num ber of votes than two Democrats resid ing west of the dividing line. In fact, the proposed removal was a direct recognition of the force of the charter, and it is now regarded easier to disre gard the charter snd declare it uncon- Etitutianal. When the ballots were being officially prepared. City Attorney Chamberlain was consulted and gave it as his opinion that the four candidates receiving the highest number of votes, whose resi dences were, respectively, either east or west of Wabasha street, would be elected. He stated yesterday that he had given the Republican city committee no opinion and would only give one when called upon by the coun cil. Whether he will consider it wise or legal to reverse himself in view of the fact that the council will be Demo cratic or joint ballot in any event, and make a partisan decision in favor of a violation of the charter, instead of ad-, hering to an opinion based on the law when he did not anticipate such a ques tion tojarise, time will determine. It is Immaterial, so far as results, whether he does or not, except as it might affect his standing at the bar, proving him unfit for hia present posi tion, fjr a higher tribunal would speed ily reverse him, if he should proceed to make It necessary by reversing himself at the behest of his political party. There is a further provision of the »ity charter which the great legal Iliads, who are seeking to elect by chi \\ll I F f ennery some one who is not elected, seem to have overlooked. It reads: "At the general municipal election of said city iv 1S1»2, there shall be elected at large from the electors of said city, and at each general municipal election held each two successive years there after, there shall be elected at large, from tho electors of said city, nine as semblymen, WHO SHALL, HKSIDE IN SUCH PORTIONS OF SAID CITY AS HEREINBEFORE PROVIDED." "As hereinbefore provided" id ex plained by the previous quotation from the charter showing that the residence of the candidates is an absolutely man datory provision and the very essence of the elt-c.ion. All of the candidates were undoubtedly ELIGIBLE to hold the office if prnperlv elected, but abso lutely INELIGIBLE TO BE ELECTED unless their residences brought them within the limit of residence prescribed l>y the ciiart>;r. When the charter was adopted the residence provision was in serted to secure representation from all parts of the city, but if this new at tempted partisan ruling was really law the entire nine members of the assem bly might be chosen from a single block. The intent of a law, as well as its wording, is a matter whicn courts aud such lawyers as have the necessary in tellect take into consideration, aud when both the intent and mandatory wording of au act are iv harmony, there is no room for doubt, even when the Zollmauic brain is focused upou the subject. The attempt fo unseat Holman and Banholzer, Democrats, and Jill their places with A rosin and Reardon, Re publicans, will not win. Only those who were elected will be members of the next assembly. INTKKVIEW WITH SIB. CUTCIIEON. F. W.M.Cutcheon.cbairman of the late Democratic city committee, was seen at his residence last evening concerning the Republican claim that the charter provision that four assemblymen shall reside east and four west of Waba sha is in violation of section 7 ot article 7of the state constitution, and there fore void. Mr. Cutcheon said: "The politician lawyers of the Repub lican city committee have, I think, gone off at half-cock. The constitutional pro vision referred to says in effect that ev.-ry voter shall be eligible to every office elective by the people of the dis trict in which he resides. .The pro vision of the charter that requires four assemblymen to live in one quarter of the city, four in another and one iv still another, has, in my view, no bearing upon the question of eligibility to office. It merely furnishes tue test that deter mines whether a man is elected or .; , not. :It ; : ; says, 'in effect: 'Of the men voted tor, . the four liv ing west of Wabasha that receive the highest number of votes, the four living east of Wabasha that receive the highest number of votes and the one living in the Sixth ward that receives the highest number of votes shall be declared elected and shall be entitled to seats in the assembly.' ..* It :' no more renders any man ineligible to office than would a provision that all assemblymen should be appointed by the governor of , the state. With this provision in full force, as I understand" it, any number of men living anywhere in the city may be voted for, and any one of these men receiving enough : votes can be elected, and will then be entitled to the office. The fact that a man lives in any particular quarter of the city in no way disqualifies him to be a member of the assembly. If this is true.it is plain that the charter provision affects no man's eligibility tor office. It affects only the question of how many votes it will take to elect litre. It says it shall not be enough that a man is one of the nine persons voted for receiving the highest number of votes. He must on the con trary be one of the four residing in his quarter of the city receiving the highest number. ' The provision affects the ma chinery of elections— not eligibility to office. The constitutional provision has no bearing on the law in : question, if I be right, and I think 1 am." THE DEMOCRATIC ALDERMEN Hold a Caucus and Choose F. O. Brady for President. • . "V ; A caucus of the Democratic aldermen-. elect was held last evening, at which the entire number, Joseph Ehrmann- jyuwJi ytihAjCii traut, Robert N. Hare, J. A. Wolf, William Ulmer, Ed Mnrphy, Charles Kartak and Frank G. Brady were pres ent The utmost good feeling and har- mony prevailed, the chief object of the caucus being to select their candidate for president of the board. The result was that Frank G. Brady, alderman elect from the Fourth ward, was Unani mously selected as the next president of the board of aldermen. Mr. firady proved himself one of the strongest and most popular of all the Democratic candidates at the late elec tion and his selection was a compli ment worthily bestowed. He has proven himself a most competent business man in his own aff.iirs.and he will be efjtttlly successful in handling public business. Archbishop Ireland has returned from his extended Eastern trip. He is In ex cellent health, and resumes his home labors with his accustomed yigor. KIEFER IS CONFIDENT THAT HIS CANAL APPROPRIATION WILL GO THROUGH. FAVORABLE REPORT MADE By tho Committee on Railroads and Canals — Good-Xaturcd Contest Over the Mankato Poatofiice, Which Is One of the Best Political Plums in the State. Special to the Olobo. VVasuinqton, D. C, May 7.— Co). Kiefer said today regarding the bill providing for the appropriation of $10,000 for the survey of the canal from Lake Superior to St. Paul: "I had no right to expect that my bill would be absorbed into the river and harbor bill, because it was not germane to that sub ject, and had never been examined Into and considered by that committee. It is very consoling to know, however, that my measure has received the unanimous sanction of the committee on railroads and canals, to which it was referred. It is placed on the calendar, and at the proper time I shall call it up, and there will be no difficulty. I think, iv secur ing its passage." TUB MANKATO POSTOFFICE. Generous Rivalry of the Two Leading Candidates. Special to the Globe. Washington, May 7.— The postofflce contest as developed over the govern ment job soon to be assigned to some good Democrat in Mankato, is one of the most peaceful political shindies that has been brought to the attention of the Washington authorities during this ad ministration. The two leading candi dates spent most of last week in Wash ington, and were frequently seen to gether taking in the sights in company and apparently on the best of terms with each other. The relative claims of the two men are about as follows: Johu C. Wise is one of the pioneer Democratic editors of the state, having been connected with some Mankato newspaper since 1559. He was appoint ed postmaster of his city by President Cleveland during his first administra tion, but was turned under by Senator Sabin defeating his confirmation. Mr. Wise has been prominent iv the politics of the slate for more than a generation past, is now a member of the Democratic state central committee and is editor and chief owuer of the Mankato Daily Review. He is supported by the central committee, recommended by Mr. Doran and a large number of leading old settlors of all shades of political opinion. Henry Robel is tliirty-four years old, having been born in Mankato in 1860. His parents were German, and settled on a claim near that city in 1855. For many years he has been aa active po litical worker in the Democratic ranks, always faithful to his party nominees, and ready to make any personal sac rifice in the interest of party harmony. It therefore goes without saying that Mr. Robel is very largely supported by the leading Democrats of his city. In- deed Mr. Wise admits that Robel's local following is larger than his own. There is one feature of this Mankato canvass for the postoflice which might be profitably followed by other aspir ants for high official positions. The two leading aspirants speak In the highest terms of each other. For in stance, there is a rule iv the postoffice department here that no man who has ever sold liquor shall be appointed to any postoffice in the same town where such liquor was sold. Mr. Robel has been charged in writing with having some years ago sold liquor in Mankato. In relation to. this charge Mr. Wise says: "That charge is an unfair one, and should not be permitted to affect the result one way or another. Ido not know whether Henry ever sold liquor in Mankato. If he din, it was a lcf»» time ago, and shouid be barred by the statute of limitations. He kept a hotel once wherein liquor was sold, but I think he did not own the bar. But, anyhow, he is a good citizen, a good Democrat, and an active worker, and would make an entirely satisfactory postmaster." Mr. Robel, on his part, speaks kindly of Mr. Wise as an old and valuable citizen, and says he wants him to have the office if he (Kobel) cannot secure it. The papers in the case are now being examined by the postmaster general, and it seems very probable that prompt action of some kind will be had im mediately after the 14th, at which time the term of the present incumbent ex pires. Robel left for New York on Saturday, and Wise departed for Hagerstown, Maryland, on the same day. Both of them expect to return to Mankato by the last of next week. Meantime, Mr. P. K. Wiser, a prom inent business man of Mankato, looms up as a third man who is willing to be the compromise it the two contending candidates are turned down, as has happened iv some previous case. Personal Points. Special to the Globe. Washixgton, May 7.— A. K. Lesbure and wife, of St. Paul; Ira B. Mills, of Moorhead, and E. M. Conant, of Minne apolis, are in the city, stopping at the Ebbit Col. Kiefer, on the solicitation of Bishop Gilbert, has gone before the Indian committee to protest against tha abolition of the superintendent of In dian schools. He fears, however, that hia efforts will be in vain, &* the com mittee has already agreed to its support in favor of such action. These People Are Starving. San Axtonio, Tev., May 7.- Another appeal to the world for assistance has been received here from the suffering people of Zapata county. The appeal states that the starving people have, become so desperate that a Land of twenty of them made a raid on a gen eral store the other day for food sup plies. The raid was stopped by tun temporary wants being supplied. The dcougnt in that county has lasted four years, and there is not a wagouload of grass in the entire county. It is tbe only section in Southeast Texas that has not beeu visited by tha reosut heavy rain*. SAINT PAOL MINN., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1894. BURIED FOR MANY DAYS. ■ .■.■■■ ' -;.rv:- THE IMPRISONED AND ALMOST CRAZY TOURISTS RESCUED. ; :jf V^j SEVEN LIVES ARE SAVED. Awful Experience -of the '.■ Party Burled In the Stalactite Cavern ■■■'. at Sournoh— Diver's ■ Pur ing Work— Explosions ofDrna niite Cartridges and [ Their Ef fect. ," : ,.'; : •'Z';Jr^T't~-ipM -■■■■""' ''^' "...". . . ■■ :.- :'. ■■' : ■ :•>':- h ! : Gratz. Austria, May 7.— A : diver at 10:30 this in oral succeeded in reach ing the party of tourists who have been Imprisoned in , the j stalactite ; cavern at Sourach since Saturday, 1 April 29, ow ing to a sudden rise in the water ■ and the * fact that the passage to it became... blocked with timber and boulders. ..The diver found { all . seven of the tourists alive. : It was at first believed that eight people were : imprisoned. The : news that the tourists who have been so long imprisoned were still alive caused the utmost satisfaction among the crowds of people who leathered about the cav ern in order jj to watch the work of the. engineers who have [ been toiling day and night ever since they were ordered to the spot when the local authorities. announced their inability to force an entrance into the cave. The encijj.acra had a very difficult task in making an opening into the cavern. The entrance was blocked by timber, boulders and flood debris. ,It was absolutely neces sary to use dynamite in order to clear away the obstructions which prevented the entrance of a diver into the cavern. The engineers were compelled to work with the utmost caution, as it was feared that a too severe explosion might bury the imprisoned people beneath tons of rock. ; ■' ; '■„ ■■ [-.{' , :■;.; ■: t-f^'M When the debris bad been 1 cleared away and all was ready for another attempt. Diver Fischer made, another, and this tune .■ - • . '■ ■ ; .-. jj''£ ' -. SUCCESSFUL DESCENT -. t-'ii into the mouth of - the care. When he; reappeared he notified the engineer officers that, although the tourists were alive, they appeared like people half bereft of reason, as the terrible nervous: strain to which they had been subject- ed had almost driven them .-, mad. The! tourists must have taken a considerable supply of provisions - with -. them < when! they went into the cavern over a week! ago, as they still had, according to : the; diver, a little bread and cheese left, and they had some caudles burning. The imprisoned "■ j tourists | informed . the | diver that they , had passed through a period of most awful anxiety and ter ror. They had been able to hear tho attempts made to rescue them, but the work seemed to progress so slowly., that they had almost abandoned hope. ■ Toe noise ; made ' by - the explosions of the dynamite cartridges had the effect ot cheering the : . imprisoned people, though they were in dread of being buried be neath falling rocks. :_;" T ?;,;.- , : . ',' "^V : Late in the afternoon the rescue was completed. . Six of . the . tourists wore able to emerge from the i cave unaided, but the seventh was so ■> exhausted that he ' required assistance. . ; Emperor^ Francis Joseph was notified ; of ' the': safety of the tourists and telegraphed* his entre'me satisfaction. : .-.•■-^ :■ -c ■' London- , May 7.— dispatch |to the Times from ; Vienna says: - When cou-" nection was made with the" entombed tourists, they • shouted : - ''We are all alive and well, ana still have provis ions." As soon as possible . milk; ' and br»n<iy were handed to them through a small aperture, and they were asked to withdraw as far as they could to allow further blasting operations, - ' . -' . - »:■?■ THE RESCUED HEX - ' -'; ?■ state that a box of provisions which was sent by the rescuers through the torrent of water reached them on Wednesday last and kept them alive. They heard the report of the blasting | and this re-' newed their hopes of rescue. .'.- ',';.. ■ > ' The Standard's correspondent at '■ Vienna says it was feared that tho '■ bating might be done in the wrong* direction. There was a fresh consulta tion in the morning on the discovery that . the - brook which - had 1 caused the ( disaster had benin : to : fall with • the - better weatfltr, This led to the adoption of a plan Jo reach the ascending passage called fhe ! chimney." The plan succeeded admira bly. Fischer volunteered to make '«h«| ascent, although it would-, be at the risk of his life. He was furnished with some light provisions and candles and was connected: by a telephone wire! with the first cave. At 10:30 he ascend ed the chimney, which was ". filled: with water, and ; after removing a lone : piece of : timber - he found the : explorers in : Felzmannhoelle, the first : large hall - to which the chimney • leads. They were fully conscious, but extremely They had eaten their candles, but had been so'sparing of their provisions that they still had bread and: cheese left. ! Fischer returned with , the news, and then the work of widening the chimney by further blasting was performed. - - The '- men • were - rescued after being in the cavern 209 hours.- ' ! ■£■ ANTI- JEWISH RIOT. '*&% Four Workmen Killed and ■■'■* Hundred Wounded. -. '•"[{' Berlin, ■ May ' 7.— During an anti- Jewish riot at Grajewo, Russian Poland, a I number of ? workmen attacked ; the. Jewish shopkeepers and \ looted their houses and shops. Troops were sum moned to quell the disturbance, and after a fierce fight, the soldiers using their < drawn swords, the rioters were dispersed. Four of the workmen were killed and 100 wounded. « •;;_;'. -/ji'-i y Four Were Killed. Y : \ f? | ; ; London, May , 7.— An "; explosion, the fonrth within , a ; year, took * place - this ' afternoon at; the . cordite '.works near Waltbam Abbey, thirteen miles from this city. Thousands of jars of | nitrate ' and sulphuric acid were in some - man- ■ ncr unexplained : suddenly exploded.' ! Four persons were killed, and thirty ■ injured. .; ;; . ■ ' --M,'. ' ■ :. ' '• .. - , X ■ ':;■_ Continuous Earthquakes. . §§ ; : Athens, ; May :7c 7.— Another severe shock of earthquake was felt here and in the Atalanta district today. Passen gers on board the I steamers 1 traversing i the straits ' state ■ that .. they ■_ distinctly saw the * earth ;, trembling ■ to ■. such an ' extent as to cause part of • the : fouUica. tious of Chalcis to fall. .'. ■■■■■■' ■ , \ ft.' .- Bayard Going ft* ii üblln. '?• p London, ; May j 7.— Hon. Thomar/V. Bayard, the United States ambassador, and Mrs. Bayard will leave London oa- Friday i next 'i for \ Dublin In order '& spenp a few days '- at - the castle - as.tU* guests of ? Lord iloughtou, lord lieu tett- " ant of Ireland,, '•— - •-;. : J\ , Jig ■ Andrew Carnegie has taken a beauti ful seat at Buokhurßt,uearWhitins:hanj^ Sussex. ' , -■ : _■<:', +;r^*o THE ZOLLOMANIC BRAIN IN ACTION ZMggrn ELECTING ASSEMBLYMEN WHO WERE DEFEATED The credit of this discovery is due F. W. Zollman, secretary of the committee, who detected the constitutional violation and laid the facts and law before the committee. —Last Night's Dispatch. CHIEF ARTHUR CHEERFUL. THE A. R. U. NOT DESTROYING THE BROTHERHOOD. ITS FUTURE IS VERY BRIGHT. He Insists That No Divisions of the Old Organization Desire to Join the New — Mr. Arthur Thinks That Judge Jenkins Got All He Deserved From Congress. Chicago, May 7. — Chief P. M. Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers, arrived in Chicago today on his way to St. Paul, where the bien nial convention of the brotherhood of which he is the head will be held this week. 110 denied emphatically that the new railway organization, the American Railway union, is "making inroads on the brotherhood, or that the latter is likely to be supplanted by it. "The brotherhood" said he, "has ex isted for thirty-one years, and it is good for many years more. In spite of the. claims made by certain labor leaders in the newspapers, I regard the future of the; brotherhood as very bright. We have no official notice that any division of the' brotherhood desires to leave the old organization and go to the new, No individual member can Join any other ' labor organization without resigning from , the brotherhood, and whether any - attempt will be made at this con ventiou to change tli is law, Ido not know." Concerning the recent congressional committee report, censuring Judge Jenkins, Mr. Arthur said the report was a severe one, bur no worse than was deserved. j ANTI-OPTION BILL. Some of the Features of Hatch's Measure. WAsniNGTON.May 7.— Representative Hatch completed his report on the anti option bill today, and will submit it to the house of representatives tomorrow. Mr. Hatch sums up the features of the anti-option bill as follows ; First, it raises much needed revenue. Second, it relieves producers from the competion of fictitious tales not ter minated by actual delivery. Third, it restores to the law of supply and de mand tbat free action which has been destroyed by the practice of "short selliug," now so common on the ex changes, where not to exceed one-tenth of the grain growth is marketed, prices are determined for the entire product, and often months in advance of sowing the seed, thus despoiling the farmer and planter of that voice in fixing the price to be received from the product of his labor and capital which is accorded to other producers. Fourth— That market quotations may again be determined by the offerings of real products, by the owners thereof or by those who have acquired from such owner the right to the future posses sions of the articles offered, and there by limit to the amount actually existent the offerings of the staple products of the tarm. Fifth— To prevent the overloading of domestic markets and the breaking down of prices of farm products by "short sales" made by foreign mer chants. Sixth— l hat by restoring the func tions of the law of supply and demand, now Inoperative by reason of the limit less offers of thfe "short sellers," a measure of relief will be given and prosperity partially restored to the farmers. Seventh— To restore to the producer an honest market. MRS. COKEY MAD. She Will Have the General and Partner Browne Arrested. Maßsillon, 0., May 7.— The pros pects of arrest on the criminal charge of abduction await Messrs. Coxey and Browne when Judge Miller, of Wash ington, is done with them. This trouble Is in consequence of the appearance of the "angel of peace" in Coxey 's May day Dart The "angel" was Miss Mamie Coxey. who is still in Washington and who got there without her mother's knowledge or consent. The mother, Mrs. Caroline Coxey, is the divorced wife of the general, and secured her decree on the ground of excessive cruelty, and was made legal custodian of the girl. Young Jesse Coxey was Bent from Rockville, Md., and succeeded in getting his sister to run away with him. After their departure, a note was found in Mamie's room, written by Carl Browne, In which that Inspired gentleman says: "There oan be no harm in your visiting Washington accompanied by your brother." Mn. Coxey announces her intention of having Browne and Cpxey arrested the moment they put foot on Ohio soil, and she may carry the war Into the District of Columbia. OLD EDITOR DGAD. George Kuessuer Dies at Roches ter of Consumption. (Special to the Globe, 1 , RocfeESfEß," 'Minn., May 7.— George Kuessner, who for about seven years in the 80's was the editor of tha German Herald of this city, died here of con -sumption this afternoon at 2 o'clock. For several years he has been editing a paper in Sioux Falls. S. D., but two two weeks aero he came back here that he might die among friends. HELP FOR KELLY. Sovereign and Debs Blake an Ap peal for the Cranks. Dcs Moines, May 7.— Up to this even ing US of the 150 barges had been com pleted. Kelly had been compelled to draw nearly $500 from his army chest to help pay for lumber. The provisions have been falling low, and today an appeal for help was sent out, signed by J. ft. Sovereign, general master work man K. of L. ; Eugene V. Debs, presi dent American Railway union; L. P. Jones, president State Federation of Labor, and others. The appeal is for organized labor all over the country to help Kelly's army. It says: "Gen. Kelly's army is largely composed of members ol organized labor. They are anijaeed in a crusade calculated to bene fit labor in various ways, and especially in an educational way. The army is sadly in need of material support. Every effo rt is being made by a combi nation of corp orations to impede the course of its march, and if possible an nihilate the army as a body of unem ployed working uieu. "Without committing itself to any i particular theory Or legislative policy, now is certainly one of the times whJa organized labor can further its cause and the interests of labor in general by doing a simple act of charity. Wt, therefore, appeal to you in this emer e«ncy to' contribute toward' helping Kelly feed his men. We trust that every trades or labor organization in the country will contribute at least £1 each, and that unorganized labor will also do its full part. Remit to J. K. Sovereign, master workman, K. of L.. Dcs Moines, Io." SEVERE ON PREACHERS. Col. Breckinridge Denounces Those Who Have Opposed Hfm. Paris, Ky.. May 7.— Fifteen hundred people listened to ths addresses of Col. Breckinridge and Hon. Evan Settle In presenting their claims for the congres sional nomination herd today. The speech of Col. Breckinridge was about the same as the one at Lexington Saturday, except that he was more severe on the preachers who are op posing him, and he deuounced the Courier-Journal and the press generally for their attacks on him. Mr. Settle's remarks were eloquent, and he made several cuts at Col. Breckinridge. After the speaking a man who gave his name as Harry Gordon was arrested as the cro wduas leaving tlie court house. He is waTrtW at Lexington, Ky., and Chi cago on charge of pocket-picking, and was attempting to go through tne crowd when caught. TOOK HIS LIFE. An Insane German Jumps Into the Missouri River. Special to the Globe. Yankton, S. D., May 7. — John Brasche, a German of Hot Springs, who has been a patient at the state insane hospital in this city for several months, took his own life by drowning in the Missouri river this morning. The body was recovered, and will be buried under the auspices of the Phil Kearney post, G. A. R. He escaped from the hospital last night, and being pursued by a po liceman this morning, Jumped into the river. Lumber Burned at Cloquet. Special to the Globe. Cloquet, Minn., May 7.— Fire broke out here this morning about 4:30 in the C. N. Nelson Lumber company's upper yard. It looked dangerous at first, but was extinguished after about 900,000 feet of lumber were consumed. The fire* waa evidently of incendiary origin. _____^_^ Howe & Co. Stock Sold. St. Cloud, Minn., May 7.— The stock of the defunct firm of Howe & Co. was sold today to Fryberg F. Hogan, of Pelican Rapids, for $5,077, 40 per cent of the invoice price. Republican Victory. Special to the Globe. Miller, S. D.. May 7.— The city election today resulted in a victory for the Republican ticket, except one alder man, though politics did not enter into the election. 4,000 Will Strike. Pittsbukg, Pa., May 7. — District President Cairns, of the United Mine Workers of America, has received a letter from Organizer Miller, at Leon ing, Md., in which he says that all the miperi of Maryland will likely stiikeon Wednesday. There are abput 4,000 In the district. A jolntjuigeiing of the railroad and river opera*""**)! Pennsyl vania has been called foftFrlday to take action regarding the Cleveland conven tion. Steamship Movements. Liverpool— Arrived: Arizona, from New York. Mo ville— Arrived: Numldian, from Portland. Amsterdam — Arrived: Schiedam, from New York (May 5.) New York— Arrived: State of Cal ifornia, from Glasgow, PRICE TWO CENTS— { r °i^ T g^ M T §,}— NO. 125. A MYSTERY TO BE SOLVED WHAT HAS CAUSED THE PRESENT ■■ INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION? ; ' A MEMBER. WANTS TO KNOW. Congressman McGann Proposes . a Committee to ' Find Out the Secret of the Business Troubles and .Advise a Remedy— A Rue Job for the Washington. Wise .'- Men. krf'% - . ■ * '■.. :\: I .Washington, May 7.— Mr. McGann, of Illinois, as chairman of the house committee on labor, has framed a terse joint resolution proposing the . appoint ment of a committee of three senators and three ;. members, of the house to inquire.into the cause of the present in dustrial depression and idleness, and to report within /thirty days., both, on causes and probable remedies. The resolution will bo laid before the house Wednesday. The resolution is to make the inquiry on broad lines, so the effects of the tariff, uncertainty, silver legisla lation, will all be considered without ; reference to the politics involved. ■'• . : Mr.McGanu says he thinks it can.be done, and that it might do a positive good, irrespective of the political the-, cries « hich suffer. - i: "* y: "" ! ' r '■ -f"y '-■*< . ' RETALIATION". v Senator Lodge's Scheme to Bring • ;,. ; "J V John Bull to Time. "■* •^■-■■.L\. .'. Washington, May 7.— Mr. Lodge in- ! troduced an amendment to the tariff bill in the senate today, of which he gave notice . some , time ago, providing that as against Great Britain, or any of her colonies, a duty double the amount imposed in the proposed tariff bill shall be levied, and a duty of 35 per cent on, all articles on the free list, such duties to : continue until* Great Britain shall assent 10 take part in lan international agreement with the United (States for the coinage and use of silver..'; WILL NOT FILIBUSTER. If the Democrats Are United the Republicans Will Call a Halt. i Washington. May 7.— The Repub lican steering committee of the senate held a conference today for the purpose . of considering the attitude of the Re publican party In the senate on the tariff question .in view of . the - claims j made by the Democrats that they have! assurance of the forty-three votes ■ nee- : essary .. to ; pass i the ' bill. [ I While . the members of the committee do not freely. discuss the | action of the committee, it is.uuderaLQQd that they decided to notify the | DeffiOCratic leaders I that * they trad no intention of filibustering against the v; tariff, and especially would not be iifCiined to resort to dilatory tac tics -if . the Democratic . party " should prove to be united upon the tariff bill. The interchange of views developed the fact, ; l«vex£r, that the Republicans think timttffere is much material in the new compromise bill for legitimate dis cussion, and that they will insist upon the right to discuss the bill, as amended, upon its merits. The suggestion was made during the : conference that a Re publican i caucus should be held, and some of the members of the committee stated later in the day that they consid ered a caucus within the next two or three ■ days t probable. The committee was assured . of a solid Republican vote against the compromise bill. GOTHAM BRIDGE BILL,. Passed the House Under a Sus pension of the Rules. Washington, May 7.— The house be gan business today by making some committee provision for the newly elected members of the house. The New York and New Jersey bridge bill was passed under a suspension of the rules on motion of Mr. Dunphy. It meets the objections of the president to a pier in the river, by referring the question to a commission of engineers, one to be an engineer officer and four to be civil bridge builders, all to be appointed by the president, whose duty it shall be to determine the question of practicability of building a bridge of a single span. A special order was adopted making the bills for the erection of a new gov ernment printing office and a new hall of records in the city of Washington, the business of the house until disposed of. The printing office, bill was dis cussed until 5:07 o'clock, bin long before that hour the dibate degenerated into a tariff discussion, and Mr. Milliken, of Maine, delivered an amusing speech, arraigning the Democratic party for bringing on the financial depression which the country has been suffering. At 5:12 o'clock the house adjourned. Postmasters Appointed. Special to the Globe. Washington, May 7. — Minnesota: Cook KoL'bius, Gordonville, Freeborn county, vice Neem Nelson, removed; John Oilman, Rock Creek, Tiue couuty, vice Enck Younger^ Sheriff Marty Lost. Stillwateb, Minn., May 7.— W. A Hursey won a suit in the municipal court against Sheriff Marty, obtaining a verdict for $392, representing the value of property attached by defendant. A GREAT GOXEY SCHEME, SEVERAL WESTERN CITIES SH.PPIHi DEAD BEATS EASTWARD DISGUISED AS COXEYITES The Great Northern Order Afreet. Ing Certain Strikers Caasei Uneasiness at St. Cloud — Mrs, Keller Will Appeal Her Cas« — Stillwater Kailroad Sold v the Bondholders. Fekcius Fai/ls, Minn., May 7.-4 Coxey organizer, who was here with I wing of the army, in an interview said that *5,000 was raised in Butte to hel| take the army which he was ornanizin| from the West to the East. He sayi that other cities on the coau are raising large sums to send unemployed work' iueinen East. They rare nothing aboul the effect that the movement is expected to have on legislation, but it is a cheap and pop ular way to return to the East i larce army of men which tloated VVesl during the boom days on the coast, ani who are now a drug in Western cities, While the organizer was here a prom Inent and wealthy man gave bin a list of 104 undesirable citizens, and offeredc him $10 per head for as many of them as he would take East, the money pay able when he reached Pittsburr. so that the men will not drift back at once. Tut West has been getting the dead-beatj and undesirable citizens of the East, and is now shipping them back by tv« freight train loads. A. R. U. MKN UNEASY. President Foster and Other* Plead to Be Reinstated ou the Great Northern. St. Cloud, Minn., May 7.— General Manager Case's order that no Great Northern employes who did violence to the company's property or violated the United Sutes laws during the strike will be giveu employment is causing uneasiness here among the local A. R. U. men. At a meeting held by them it was decided to send a committee to wal( on President Hill requesting him to re< instate the men thus affected or modifs the ord*r. Twelve men on this division are affected, including President Fo» ler. DEHDRRUIi OVERRULED. Mrs. Kellar Will Take an Appeal to the State Sapreme Court. St. Ci.oud. May 7.— ln the sensational case for damages of Mrs. Mary Knwssiu against Mrs. Senator Kellar for thi alienating of the affections of the for mer's husband, Judge Searle overruled tue deinurrer.settinir askle the presump tion by the defendant that the c;ts« could not lid. It will ba appealed to tua supreme court. STILI, WATER'S RAILROAD la Sold to the Bondholders ai Their Figaro. Stili.tvatek, Minn., May 7. — Th< Stillwater street railway was sold at auction this morning by Sheriff Marty. There was only one bid excepting thos« in the interest of the bondholders. A. T. Jeuks, a capitalist of this city .started, with a bid ot $10,000, which was raised by successive bids to $69,254, this being the amount of indebtedness against ttia road and the costs. The property wa» struck off at that figure to Judge Netu« away, attorney for Allen G. Curtis, who is trustee of the bondholders. Receiver Hewitt will be immediately discharged and the road continued by the pur chasers as heretofore. A WICKED STORM. House and Barn Near Mazcppa Totally Wrecked. Special to the Globe. Mazeppa, May 7. — The storm ai Schulze's farm, a few miles from this place, wrecked both house and barn, worth about $2.50 i. Mr. Scliulze drew about fI.OUO out of the Rochester banka last summer, and had the sum in the house when the storm came This niopey was scattered over considerable ground, oue $20 bill being found a mile away. Of the 81,900, about 51,500 has been found. The storm was a peculiar one, having come down over a erova near the house without damaging but a few trees, and twisting the house and barn from their foundations, and tear iug both buildings into fragments. INTO SCALDING WATER, The Fate of a Little Son of a Wlnuna Preacher. Special to the Globe. Wixoxa, Minn., May 7.— The tliree year-old son of R«-v. Philip yon Rohr was fatally scalded by falling into a tub of boiling water this morning. All of his body above the knees was immersed, and he was so severely scalded that though he is not yet dead the attending physician pronounces his case as hope* le.ss. HE TOOK MORPHINE. A Deadwood Doctor Crazed by a Fatal Operation. Special to the Globe. Deadwood, S. D., May 7.— Dr. Charles Bergflahal committed suicide this morn* ing by taking morphine. The man was suffering lrom remorse for causing the death by malpractice of a young coun try woman. Bergdahal had been a res ident of this city but a month, lie was for some time on the stall of the county corps of physicians. Archbishop Znrdctti's Farewell. fc>T. Cloud, Minn., May 7 t -At the pro-cathedral yesterday morning Father Mayer read a letter from Arch bishop-elect Zardetti. It was in the nature of a k'ooii-by to his people, and was listened to by an iiumeusu congre gation. St. I.ouih River Forest Fire. West Supeisior, Wis., May 7.— A big forest lire is raging two miles this siila of Fond dv Lac, on the St. Louis river, and is makinc rapid progress before the strong wind which is blowing today. Valuable Colt Lost, Special to the Globe. Fabibault, Minn., May 7.— George Scott, of Mils city, lost a valuable Motor colt. Tire hastier having left him out grazing, he ran into a barb wire fence, bleeding to deatb, today.