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VOL-. XVII.— TWO CENTS— { *°$Z*£$ c .} NELSON IMPOSSIBLE, And There Are Thousands of Republicans Who Will Not Grieve. RAN BEHIND BEN HARRISON. Cutcheon Rebukes the Un- American Influence Back ing 1 Towne. HE WOULD BE A MARKED MAN Nobles County Democrats Are Real Democrats— ical Gossip. The Minnesota Democracy com mences the last week of the campaign with a decided advantage. The fight has been simplified by the elimination of the Republican candidate for gov ernor. Nelson is no longer a possibility. This is good news, and there will be many Republicans who now think that they prefer Nelson, who, after the smoke has cleared away, will be glad of the relegation of the Douglass county man to the shades of private life. Honest and straightforward Repub licans have never taken kindly to Mr. Nelson since he deserted his party in congress and then did not have courage enough to change his party name. His trade in lS*n, when his friends did their best in various ways to defeat Gov. McGill, left a bad taste in the mouths of the best Republicans, and ouly after Gov. Merriam had declared that .necessity demanded Nelson and the state house ring and the matchless personal machine of the ex-governor had been kept at work constantly for ■ more than a year was the nomination of Knute brought about in 1892. Although his nomination was hailed by the state house ring as the one thing needful to iusure a new lease of life for the ring, and all sorts of wild predic tions were made as to the phenomenal vote he was to poll, yet when the votes Had been counted after Nelson and the Republican . machine bad made a ter rific expensive campaign he was only 14,000 votes ahead of Dan W. Lawler, and in a minority of nearly 40,000. votes in the state. But more than this. Although Pres ident Harrison was unpopular among the Republican of this state, the greater part of whom were for Blame at Minne apolis, and who also resented the fail are of a portion of the delegation to cast their votes for Blame, yet Nelson ran nearly 14,000 votes behind Harri son. This means that there were 14,000 Republicans who voted for Harrison who could not be induced to vote for Knute Nelson; in other words, one eighth of the Republican voters ot Min nesota refused to vote for Nelson two years ago. KM Republicans Dislike Knute. This great defection.- which would have been sufficient in any off-year since IH-il to have defeated Nelson, goes far toward explaining the great revolt against the governor in all parts of the State. Nelson's record as governor has taken away at least an additional two lighths of the regular party vote, and shows just why Chairman Bixby's best figures on his poll of the state places Nelson's vote at 62,000. This is too high. As a matter of fact, unless the Republican managers can turn the tide, Nelson will not have over 70,000 Repub lican votes. A few Democrats who are in the toils may be found to help this rote up a few thousands, but no one seems to kuow where they are to be found. Nelson is beaten, and the Globr takes great pleasure in Inviting those members of the Republican party who don't want Mr. Owen for governor to cast their votes for Gen. Becker. if they are the high-minded patriots they have advertised themselves to be they will not hesitate a moment in mak ing ud their minds to do so. This action will increase Gen. Becker's lead, for he is going to be elected by Democratic rotes alone. And now, just to show how the Demo srats are standing by their gallant itaudaid bearer.the Globe takes pleas lire in printing one of the many letters Ihat have come to it during the past lew days, showing that Democrats are roing to be Democrats in the cities and towns and on the prairies this year the tame as ever. This particular letter tomes from Worthingtou, and is the ex pression of the David B. Hill Campaign club, an organization with members in ever township and precinct in Nobles :ounty. It follows: Nobles County All Right. to the Editor of the Globe. Wobtbikotok, Minn., Oct. 25. Dear Sir. We. the Democrats of Nofcles county. admire tbe way you have of working up campaign Bailer. The Democrats of Southwestern liiimesota are Democrats. See Nobles county's motto on letter head. Every Dem ocrat vote cast here will be for Gen. Becker md the entire state ticket. A good man 7 Republicans will support Gen. Becker oil tecount of opposition to Nelson. The above is not a single case. While the lack of funds has prevented the Democracy of Minnesota making as much noise as usual, it has not had the effect of stopping the quiet and vigorous work that counts. All Southwestern Minnesota will give Gen. Becker the full Democratic vote, a gain over the Wilson vote of 1830 of at least 5,000. EXPOSED BY CUTCHEON. He Tells the People of the Sixth District Some Truths. No district can afford "to elect a man to congress who either belongs to the A. P. A. or is under obligations to that un- American organization. So declared . Hon. F. W. M. Cutcheon in a vigorous speech delivered at Sauk Rapids a few evenings since. His speech, which so clearly expresses the positson of the Democratic party everywhere on such organizations, follows: "And there is another thing I want to say to you about Mr. Towne, and I wan! to say it in all seriousness. It is this: If Mr. Towne were to be elected to the Fifty-fourth congress, he would be a marked man. He would enter that body with the mark of . Cain upon * * I 1 I - m m , M . ,- PHPr 1 8p3 his forehead. It is so well understood that It weula be useless for him to deny it that Mr. Towne is the candidate, the representative of. Is committed, heart and soul, to that un-American, un christian, that infamous organization, called the American Protective associa tion, known as the A. P. A. You all know what this contemptible conspir acy is. At least. 1 suppose you do. If you do not, 1 will tell you. I remem ber to have heard Adam Bede once Describe It Humorously as a society composed of persons who refused to be saved by a foreign Re deemer. But unfortunately it is worse than this. There would be nothing par ticularly extraordinary or particularly unfortunate in the fact that persons such as these should refuse to be saved, for. if 1 read aright the great teachings of Christianity, those who hold views so lacking charity and loving kindness as those of this order cannot be considered as either very worthy or very likely to be saved. But the lamentable fact is that the members of this asso ciation, under the mask aud pre tense of a new Xnowuothine cru sade against our foreign-born fellow citizens, which by itself would be bad enough, are engaged in a ruthless at tempt to ostracize from the honors of office, the emoluments of private em ployment, the kindly intercourse of so ciety all those whose convictions lead them to give allegiance to that great church which for its spiritual teach ings looks to the Eternal City. Person ally, gentlemen. lam neither a Catho lic nor a Protestant, lam unfortunate in belonging to that increasing number, who.ardently longing for spiritual light, are vet condemned to walk in a night absolutely black save for the single star of a natural faith that anything so wonderful and so holy as the human soul can never die. " ; . But I Am an American— an American whose great-grandfathers fought for the liberty of our republic an American whose' father fought to free the African slave— an American who is himself ready to fight again, if need be, for the freedom of the thought, the speech, the conscience of every American; and this creed of the A. P. A. means slavery of thought, speech aud conscience, the basest and most insupportable form of slavery human cruelty or folly ever inveuted _or ever can. "To those who hold this doctrine the Democratic party is unalterably, expressly opposed. We have said it in our platforms, and we still proclaim it. To those who hold these doctrines Mr. Towne is irrevocably pledged— none the less securely because the understanding may be tacit. And he is bound to them by a bond stronger than any pledge, stronger even than the iron oath of the A. P. A.— his own self-interest. "lt is to the votes of this organization in Duluth, which — I say it to her ignominy— is a stronghold of the A. P. A., that Mr. Towne looks for the votes which he hopes will place him within reaching distance of election. "WhenMr.Towne was asked his opin ions upon the subject of this organiza tion, he is said to have replied that he was not a member of the association, but that he had no criticism to make upon any secret society. "He dared . not deny his affiliation with them. • "And this is why I say to you that if Charles Towne were to be elected to the Fifty-fourth congress he would take his seat as a marked man. He would bear the brand of this infamous con spiracy upon his brow. Can the District Cord It? "Do you know the sentiment that ex ists in the national house of representa tives toward this American Protective association? 1 know it, and it is almost as bitter, almost as -unforgiving as the spirit of that order itself. The feeling is that thisorganizatiou must be hunted with fire and steel and until the snake is dead. "If Mr. Towne, bearing this stigma, were to become a member of the house of representatives, lie would be a lonely man. When he entered its hall, no hand would be stretched forth to him in friendly greeting. When he departed, his colleagues would linger behind, lest they might be thought his friends. When he rose to speak— if indeed he were permitted the" opportunity— his audience would melt iuto the cloak rooms, like snow before the sun of spring. When he sat with his commit tee his voice would be unheeded and the responsibilities confided to him would be only those that could not be with held. His usefulness, even his happiness would be gone. "Can you gentlemen, citizens of this imperial district, the needs of which are as great as its promises for the future, afford to be represented by a mau who has deliberately condemned himself to a legislative career such as this? Are you willing, whether you can afford to or not, to be represented by a man who has servilely bowed' the knee aud pledged his faith to these' ing visitors who are basely trying to filch from us the liberty of conscience that our fathers bought, but not too dearly, with their blood?" POLITICAL GOSSIP Gathered in All Quarters of the North Star State. . The Democrats of Minneapolis are making great preparations for the meet ing to be addressed by Congressman Harter, of Ohio, tomorrow evening. Mr. Harter is one of the leading mem bers of the lower house of congress, and, while an extensive manufacturer, is one of the advanced tariff reformers ofthe house. He is a convincing speak er aud will give his n hearers lots ' to think 1 about. The stato central com mittee in conjunction with the Minne apolis committee, have arranged for re duced fares on the railroads aud a great turnout may be expected , ■ * * H. J. Miller, the Republican candi date for the state senate in] the district composed of the counties ot Rock, Mur ray, Nobles and Pipestone, has declared that he is not pledged to Senator Wash burn. The sentiment in that district is strongly anti-Washbttrn, and Mr. Miller was forced into declaring himself thus far. He has not stated that he will not favor Senator Washburn, but simply that he has not pledged himself. WSBmmm&&& ' * * « Candidate Heatwole will slip Into one or two towns again' this week, and, without seeing more than one or two bosses whom he thinks will take care o. the voters, slip out again. The follow ing day his official organ will announce that he has delivered another speech. * * # One "Charley" Lienan has j found out by this time c that he does not " carry 3,000 German votes around "in 1 his trousers pockets to be.delivered to any one who makes terms with him. The Democrats of the Third district are going to show him that he has made his last play in their names. * * * ™fx*wjHt.TUjM Congressman Baldwin Is not riding up and down through the Sixth district "in special trains, but he is gathering in Continued on Fifth Page. HALL SERIOUSLY HURT The Congressman SteDS Off a Trestle and Falls Twenty Feet. FACE, HEAD AND HIP HURL Receiving Medical Attention at the Gardner House, Hastings. LUDWIG ON THE SITUATION. The Winona Leader Says Becker Is Making a Mag nificent Canvass. Special to the Globe. Hastings, Minn., Oct. 28.— After the Democratic rally at the court house last night Congressman O. W. Hall, of Red wing, went to the depot to board the midnight freight for home, being es corted by a number of prominent Dem ocrats, including R. C. Libbey, Hast ings' well-known lumber merchant. The party started for the railroad drawbridge and in endeavoring to reach the caboose, stepped oft' the trestle in the darkuess, falling a distance of twenty feet. Mr. Hall was badly bruised about the face and head and sustained an injury to the hip. Mr. Libbey received a severe shock and in« " jury to his back. Mr. Hall was re moved to the Gardner house, where he is at present receiving medical attend ance. On account of his injuries Mr. Hall will be unable to fulfill his engagements in Meeker county. He expects '" to be able to be out on Wednesday, Oct. 31, and meet his Faribault engagement, and probably all following appoint ments. : "BECKER'S ORE AT CANVASS. Hon. John Ludwig Is Pleased With It. Special to the Globe. Winona, Minn., Oct. 28.— Hon. John Ludwig arrived home this morning from Stewartville. where, in company with John Moonan, the candidate for congress on the Democratic ticket, he addressed a large and - enthusiastic meeting. It is an interesting item in connection with the rally of last even ing that is told of J. H. AVitherstine, the mayor of Rochester. This gentle man has always been considered a rank Republican, but it seems this was no hindrance to his occupying a sea*, upon the platform and expressing himself as favoring the Democratic state ticket. During several weeks past Mr. Lud wig has been inucu in company with Hon. G. L. Becker, the candidate for governor. When questioned regarding this gentleman, Hon. Ludwig said of bun that he was making a most favor able impression wherever he went aud spoke of him as a gtand man and one that the Democrats might well be proud of. He said of htm: "He did not want the nomination, but when he learned, the Democrats of the state had ex pressed their desire very emphatically for him to make the run, he has made au aggressive campaign and is succeed ing admirably. As a campaign speaker, he does not attempt to soar, but con fines his remarks to a clear and con vincing argument, presenting them in a forcible manner, but never stooping to malign his opponents or any political party." "I first became personally acquainted with Mr. Becker on the opening of the campaign, and was instantly struck with his line appearance and apparent great force of character. Our subse quent associations have . fully verified my first impression. He is a plain, un assuming man, the same in demeanor to rich and poor. The people of Min nesota will make no mistake in electing George L. Becker to the high office of governor. Under his supervision their interests will be safe." W_\_t_\ A UNION MEETING. Blue Earth and L,e Sueur Counties Join in a Great Meeting. Special to the Globe. Madison Lake, Oct. 28.— Chairman Thomas J. McDermott, of the Demo cratic state committee, and John E. Hearu, of St. Paul, addressed a large meeting here last evening. All Southern Le Sueur county was represented and a splendid meeting was the result. Both gentlemen delivered vigorous and vote making speeches, and aroused the great est enthusiasm. Congressman Hall is very popuiar among the people of all parties in this 'locality, and while only a part of last evening's meeting live in his district all the rest wished that they did for the purpose of election this year. MARY WAS MURDERED. _.* . Probably Hanged by One of Her. Neighbors. Vieoqua, Wis., Oct. 28.— Little doubt now exists in the minds of the people that Miss Mary A. Jones, who was found hanged by the neck in her lonely house, a few miles from this city, on the 22d iust., was murdered. Samuel S. Buxton, a neighbor of the woman, has been placed under arrest charged with the crime. The theory of suicide has been exploded. Buxton and the mur dered woman are alleged to have been criminally intimate for two or three years past. Buxton's hearing will occur tomorrow morning. 7 Miss Mollis Mather Dead. Special to the Globe. '- Hastings, Minn., Oct. 28.— Miss Moi lie Mather, oldest daughter of Aid. W. R. Mather, died suddenly this evening, aged twenty-three years. Snow Storm in Nebraska. Hay ■ Springs, Neb., Oct. 28.— section of the state was visited by a heavy snow storm today, lasting eight hours. Stock is suffering greatly. George Ohren Dead. Winnipeg, ilan., Oct. George C* Ohren, a St. Paul jo urnallst, died here last night of consumption. ■ SAINT PAUL, MINN.. MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1894. NEW YORK'S BIG VOTE i - \ Politicians Discussing How It Is Likely to Be Di- pjf% vided Up. STATE DEMOCRATS ELATED. They Claim That Tammany Is Defeated By-More Than 40,000. *.; • GOV. FLOWER'S GREAT TOUR. It Is Considered a Master Stroke By the Friends Of Hill. ; New Yoiik, Oct. 23.— Dullness was the feature of the political headquarters in this city today. The work of corre spondence was carried on as usual, but there were few visitors and no signs of activity, except at the Grant headquar ters, where Mr. Grant's letter of accept- j ance of the Tammany nomination for mayor was made public. Col.' Strong's headquarters were closed during the day, aud Col. Strong himself was not in evidence except to a few of his closest supporters. At Republican headquar ters a long dispatch was read from Albany, and was at once given out for publication, to the effect that the em ployes in the state department there were employed in preparing and dis tributing thousands of campaign docu ments in the interests of the Democrats. The dispatch reads in part: This Is Horrible. ' "The campaign work, which should be done by the Democratic state committee, has been forced upon the state depart ment, and paid for from the state treas ury. These documents are printed by State Printer James B. Lyons, and a* large force of the department clerks are taken from their duties to the state to shove out, in individual envelopes, Hill's campaign documents." The very large registration of voters in this city has been the subject ot much discussion and speculation with both patties, each, claiming the ad vantage from the additional votes that will probably be polled on election day. At the state Democratic headquarters on Twenty-third .street* there was a general feeling of elation . today over the results . of the registra tion. The leaders agreed, in saying that it meant the overwhelming defeat ' of Tammany Hall. • Frauds M. Scott' said that, in his opinion, Mr. Grant' would not got more than 100,000 votes.. He believed that the Socialistic-Labor-_ Populist-Prohibition vote would not be. . over 20,000, which would leave in the vicinity of 215,000 votes to be divided between Grant and Strong, thus ; allow-] lug 45,000 plurality for Strong. This _ was the substance of a computation' made by the various leaders early in the' day. The recent arrest ot several hundred men for alleged Fraudulent Registration it is believed had a deterrent effect, and the large registration is considered a : big increase in men entitled to cast their, ballots. District Attorney John H. Fel lows today, however, expressed himself as not at all surprised at the registra tion. He though ; there was nothing extraordinary in it, and said that he could see nothing substantial to be de rived tor either side from it. The chief interest of the present week among Re publicans centers in the appearance of ex-President Harrison on Wednesday evening next at Carnegie music hall. In Democratic circles the starting tomorrow of Gov. Flower ;on a tour through the state iv the in terests of the . Democratic ticket is raising much interest because' of the master stroke the Democrats claim Chairman Thacher has made in secur ing the services of the governor on so important a mission. There has been a disposition on the part of the various organizations here to make public their allegiance to their respective tickets. Today, however, the executive board of the grand lodge of the Independent - Order Sons of Benjamin resolved not to permit the use of its name in connection with politics. This decision was ar rived at at a meeting ofthe board today, at which resolutions were adopted re- " pudiating any attempt to make use of the order for political purposes. This action was taken because it was said an attempt had been made to represent the order as opposed to the candidacy of Senator Hill. A*P- S . Henry Has a Great Head. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 2S.— Henry W. Bennett, treasurer of •* the Repub lican county central committee and president of the Indianapolis Stove company, employing several huudred hands, in an interview in the Indianap olis Journal this morning, says that be has within the past week advanced the wages of all his employes 5 per cent. In justice to the men. The advance has been caused by the revival of busiuess. Won't Go to Tennessee, L ; . Columbus, 0., Oct . 28.— C01. A. S. Colyaraud Maj. A. W. Wills, of ' Nash ville, met Gov. MeKiniey, who stopped over hert%oday on his wav to Illinois, and tried to induce him .to renew his Nashville engagement.- but the gover nor had to decline. It has •> been ar ranged for the governor to speak at Erie, Pa., on the morning of Nov. 3. Indians Registered. j' - San Diego, Cal., Oct.:2B.— lt is al leged that several hundred Indians who have been allowed lands In severalty have been registering as voters in tills county. The authorities are divided* in opinion as to the constitutionality 7of the procedure. ■-.'-.-■ .Vi mmmmt^mmmmmmmmmm -* - ~ - Grunt Accepts. * ' New York. Oct. 23.— Hugh J. : Grant ' today sent a letter to the executive com mittee of Tammany hall accepting the nomination for mayor of New. York. A VICTORY AT DAWN. Early Bird Japs Correctly Size Up the Celestials Ap for Worms. LICK THEM GOOD AND PLENTY Thirty Large Field Guns, Rice, Food and Tents Taken. CHINESE GUNS FULL OF RUST Half a Million Cigarettes Presented to the Japan ese Soldiers. Washington, Oct. 28.— Japan ese legation received today a dispatch which confirms the news published this morning in dispatches from Shanghai of a second ■ victory ot the Japanese army under Marshal Yamagata. The ! telegram is dated Hiroshima, and reads as follows: "Before dawn of Oct. 26 our army, under Marshal Yamagata, attacked Kin Len Cheng, one of the important strong holds upon the Chinese frontier. The place was defended by 16,000 troops, under Gens. Lin and Song. They fled alter ottering only a slight resistance, and the Japanese forces took posses sion of the fortifications and the city. They captured thirty large field guns, an immense quantity of rice, food of other kinds, etc., and more than 300 tents. The Japanese loss was twenty killed and eighty-three wounded. The Chinese lost more than 200 killed. The exact number of their wounded is not kuown."Jß|i^3| Gen. Lin's Identity. It is believed at the Japanese lega tion that the Gen. Lin mentioned in the above dispatch is the noted Chinese commander who played such a promi nent part during the Ton-King diffi culty, and to whom it was recently re ported Viceroy Li had offered the chief command in the Chinese army. The Japanese legation lias received : its first mail of Japanese newspapers since the battle of Yalu aud Plug- Yang, and ■they are filled, with the = , details of the 'engagements, lists of killed and wound ed, accounts of heroism, and other evi dences of war. The bad tactical meth ods of the Chinese soldiers excite the derision of the Japanese. The latter point out that the Chinese, erect breast works and then sit quietly, within them, without throwing ; out skirmishers to harass the enemy. The Chinese soldiers also raise a number of banners just as they fire a volley, so that the Japanese troops always know when a shower of lead is impending. The Chinese .also exhaust their cartridges in the maga zine guns as fast as they can fire them, making a hail of bullets and then a long calm. The rifles captured from the Chinese show p'-fy Rust of Lous Standing . and other careless treatment. A touch ing story is told of a Japanese bugler, who had just sounded the "charge" when he received a bullet in the breast. He was urged to lay aside his bugle, as any fresh exertion would make a hem orrhage, ptoving fatal. His reply was another blast of the "charge" as he toppled.over. The members of the Jap anese house of peers have sent half a million cigarettes to the Japanese sol diers. The leading tea merchant of Japan has presented the war office with 1,000 chests of tea. Snow fell in Japan* on Sept. 22, which is the earliest in ten years. The cold weather may put a stop to the campaign until spring. The Japanese press go to extremes in their demands- for indemnity from China. Dne of them says China must pay Japan Ten Times the Cost of the war, and must agree to let Japan ese troops be stationed throughout China hereafter. A Tokio paper states that prior to a Chinese naval inspection by Li Hung Chang, the men manu factured cannon balls out of clay, painted them black and passed inspec tion with this bogus • equipment. A Yokohama paper prints portions or the poetical tariff speech of Representative Brossius, of Pennsylvania. Large coal merchats of Japan are charged with secretly furnishing coal sup plies to the ' Chinese navy. The gold ingots and coin captured :by the Japanese at Pine-Yang amount to 700, --000 yen. Count Oyetna, war minister, has issued a proclamation urging troops to shoW every ' kindness to Chinese wounded, adding that they "should not be more anxious to display carnaee than, charity." The Japanese naval experts say that torpedo boats proved to be a failure at the Yalu naval battle. A Japanese clerk recently beheaded in Tien-Tsin is supposed to be one of the two students surrendered by the Ameri can consul. . •j The Japanese legation tonight re ceived the following cable from their government. • "The second army of Japan, under the command of Marshal Oyama, effect ed a landing - near Ta-Leu-Wan with great success." , London. Oct. 28.— The "Japanese le gation here has received official tele grams from Tokio confirming the re ports of the fighting at Kiulen. They state that the Japanese loss was twenty killed and eighty-three wounded. Field Marshal " Count ramag*atif« U now at Col-Ju. -";." * *=. St. Petersburg, Oct. 28.—Negotia tions have . been opened for a Russo- Japanese treaty of commerce. ■'.-■ London. Oct. 29.— A dispatch "to the Times from Tien-Tsin says \hat a large Russian fleet has assembled at Che- Foe. ... - V..-;* London, Oct. 28.— A dispatch from Shanghai states that several thousand troops at Nankin mutinied and refused to march *; to Tien-Tsin because . their pay. was In arrears for several months. ff- London, Oct. 29.— A dispatch to the rTiinesfrom Shanghai says that the Chi nese fleet has been Ordered - to protect Shanghai Kuan. The dispatch adds that a Japanese fleet with thirty-four tor pedo holds is threatening Wei Hal Wei. KNUTE IN A CORNER. Childs Will Probably Trans mit an Opinion on Great Northern Land. THE. LAW IN THE CASE. Statutes and Supreme Court Are Directly in Support . of the Auditor. BIERMANN WRITES A LETTER. Not Losing: Any Sleep About the Result of the Novem ber Election. Attorney General Childs returned Saturday from a canvassing tour of the state, and immediately repaired to his office, where it is presumed he began the work of drawing up his formal opinion upon the Great Northern laud grant. During the past week Mr. Childs' assistant, Mr. Edgerton, has been engaged in looking up the law in the case and chasing up the dozen or more irrelevant* matters included iv Gov. Nelson's demand for an "immedi ate" answer. !^W Mr. Childs was seen by a Glob c re porter yesterday and asked if he had submitted his opinion to the governor. He replied that he had not. To a fur ther inquiry he made answer that the opinion was practically drafted, and would be transmitted to the governor orthwith. The attorney general de clined to give any intimation as to the purport of his opinion, but unwittingly committed himself by saying that "it would, of course, be based entirely upon the statutes and decisions of the supreme court." It will be remembered by readers of the Globe that in trans mitting the deed to the governor for his signature Auditor Biermann cited the "statutes and decisions of the su preme', court" bearing upon this matter. The contention of the governor in this matter has been that the auditor had no right to make these arbitrary selections, and he has been slashing around in the trough 100 king for some place where he could put in his oar. As a matter of fact, the governor has no more to do with making these selections than, has his inspector-in-chief of stale butter and decayed eggs. Wherever the question ,of state laud is involved the ouly person authorized to act with dis cretionary powers is the land commis sioner, who is also the auditor, ln all the statutes and decisions ou this sub ject where action is being taken by "the state ," or where the lauded rights of "the state" are involved, "the state" is represented in ' the person of the land commissioner. In the decision by Judge Mitchell, rendered Dec. 17, 1800, of the case of the Minneapolis aud St. Cloud selections, a case which covers all the points in this one, the following extracts set com pletely at rest the legal status of the state in ': the ■ premises, and since "the state," as an immaterial, abstract some thing, cannot act for itself, it must be acted for by the state land commis sioner: »**.•;■* successive grantees of ' lands to be selected. Special Laws 1800, chapter 50. although in form an amendment to Special Laws 1565, chap ter 3, is in itself a complete act, making a "float" grant to the plaintiff In aid of its "Hinckley" branch of ten sections to the - mile without any limita tion as to the locality where the lands shall be selected. But the right of selection, not being given to the plaintiff, belongs to the state, which may fill the grant out of any of its swamp lands. Notwithstanding the grant to plaintiff, the state had a right to graut any ot its swamp lands to any one else, provided only that it retained enough to fill plaintiff's grant. lt will be observed that the act is silent as to who shall make the selec tion of the land. There are two rules of law applicable to such a grant that have an important bearing on the re sult in this case. The first is that the right of selecting the lands to fill the graut, not being given to the gran tee, belongs to the state. It can, so far as plaintiff's rights are concerned, till the graut out of auy swamp lauds in the state. The second is that such a grant does not tie up all the swamp lauds in the state until tbe grant is act ually filled. Notwithstanding the grant to plaintiff, the state could still dispose of any of Its swamp lands and give per fect title to them, provided only that it retained enough to fill plaintiff's grant. U. S. v. McLaughlin. 127, U. S. 428 (Sup. Ct. Rep. 1177). It will thus be seen that on either of the two rules of law quoted the right of selection remains with the state, and that the state land commissioner can at any time he may see fit select such lands as he deems proper, for the filling of the grant. With this view of the case, and looking at the decision of tbe supreme court, there is only one opinion tbat Mr. Childs can give, and that is that the statute, the supreme court ana the land commissioner are better authorities than Gov. Nelson, and in consequence the deed goes. There is only one course left ooen .to the -governor, and that is to taKe the position assumed by one of his unfortu nate organs, which yesterday declared itau injustice to the Great Northern road to force it to accept lands it did not want. • The governor was expected to be at his office again today,' but was informed by wire last night of the probable com ing of the attorney general's opinion today, and it is not improbable Chat he will delay his visit to the capitol "until the campaign is over." . ; BIERMANN INTERVIEWED. He Is Surprised at the Coarse of Some Political Newspapers.'... • Auditor Biermann wis) Interviewed by a Globe * reporter ' yesterday, and expressed himself as entirely satisfied with ~ his prospects of * election. ; ; "Of course lam . not making ■'• any personal canvass ot the state," said he, "but I have ; a good many friends •; here and . there, and they L occasionally write to me. Yes, I think I will get quite a few votes— more than some people think. No, I am not giving out any estimates, but lam not making any preparations for moving you will notice. I want to say this much, however. I am really surprised that ' newspapers of such standing as some of the -l Re PRICE TWO CENTS— { '&ISSB& }— NO. 302. publican papers which are oppos ing me should attack me In the manner they have. Of course I did not expect their support, and : would have respected them all the more for making a manly and dignified - campaign for their, candidate, but 1 bad supposed when a man performed a duty that was so clearly laid down before him ' as was mine iv the matter of filling the Great Northern land giant that there would be no two opinions about it. If I was right, 1 deserved at least the sanction of their silence, and if I was wrong, of course I would expect their condemna tion. But here . you show me a para graph, which you say is clipped Irom the Pioneer Press, saying that 1 deserve no credit- for "simply doing my sworn duty,' and then, in the same paper, sundry excoriations for doing that same 'sworn duty.' 1 did not ask or expect any one to give me any extra credit for performing so simple a duty, but I cer tainly did not expect to be condemned for doing it." Auditor Biermann has evidently had little experience in trimming his sails to the conflicting breezes of political journalism, and the Pioneer Press is just giving him a few lessons. BIERMANN WRITES. A Letter Prom the State Auditor to a Personal Friend. The Olmsted County Democrat of Oct. 25 publishes a letter from Auditor Biermann to a persona! friend in Roch ester, who had written Mr. Bierinanu a letter sympathizing with him over his prospective defeat. The letter was written some time ago, but its publi cation at this time shows most con clusively that Mr. Biermann had prop erly forecasted the situation even at that time. Here is the letter: St. Paul. Sept. 20, 1891. Friend Durand: Your sympathetic epistle of the 21st hist., with clipping from the St. Paul Globe about Gov. Nelson's speech at Granite Falls— at tached with a hardwood toothpick— is received. I confess my disappointment at its contents and wonder if any man on earth is blessed with truer and more faint-hearted friends than 1 am. Your very encouraging conclusion is shared by sundry other politically short-sight ed friends in my immediate surround ings. The above-mentioned dispatch seems, in your opinion, to have settled the result of the campaign. Why you should be thus stunned by such a little incident passes my compre hension. You ought to be in my place and read pretty much every thing said about you in print through out the state. Some six weeks ago 1 invested $5 a month for clippings from papers commenting on your bumble servant. I will forward the entire lot if you will send me the necessary postage. You will then discover that 1" am the blackest villain ever occupying a place iv the state eapitol. There is nothing iv the calendar of crime out what lam accused of —from robbing the state and school children out of millions of dollars down to the petty stealing of forty-acre lots. I confess that I was somewhat surprised at , being advertised in this fashion, uot remembering to have com mitted crimes of any nature whatso ever.' ". ;-.; ■ '.: , •. . 1 You- are' a thinker, a student and a profound philosopher. lam somewhat of a philosopher myself, but of a mora practical mould than you. The ungeu tlemanly and uncalled-for attack of the •governor seems, to have upset you en tirely. How would you feel after read ing the shameless assault made on you by hundreds -of newspapers? You, doubtless, would naturally conclude that a close inventory of the votes cast next November would be necessary, in order to prove that 1 had been iv the campaign at all. 1 differ with you and will now proceed to piove that you know nothing about human nature, and that you are especially ignorant as to the manly attributes which have ever characterized the American people— although your ancestors have liveu here for centuries. .A full Democratic ticket is nominated. A stately and superior gentleman leads the ticket and his associates— except the nominee for slate auditor— are conceded by all to be honorable . and worthy gen tlemen. Why am I singled out "for at tack? Because I am a thief and a scoundrel? Not much, '-Mary Ann." • Of course you. know that no person in the state believes me either a thief or a scoundrel and least of all the intelligent editors who daily and weekly make me their sole target for attack and abuse while they have nothing but words of praise for my colleagues on the ticket. Between you and me .it may as well be admitted that tins is not a Democratic year to any alarming extent. For this reason 1 consider myself highly compli mented by causing the entire party batteries to be directed against - me alone. This can be accounted for only in one way. They fear my election even under present adverse circumstances. Can you conceive of a higher compli ment being paid me? They evidently know that the people of Minnesota have implicit faith in my honesty and inleg rity.and that all these villainous attacks made upon me are instigated by a pow erful railway corporation and its agents because they could not control me, aud thus rob the state out of millions, to be finally placed in the coffers of the Great Northern- Railway company. I don't blame them for being anxious to trade me. off for "Honest" Bob Dunn. I also take it for granted that it is gen erally understood that I could have made a nice little fortune for myself, "unbeknownst" to any one; that I would have received the Populist and Democratic nomination without lifting a finger aud been elected without any material opposition if 1 had been clever enough to sorve the interest of the Great Northern Railway company instead of the people of Minnesota. In a contest of this kind have no doubt as to what the verdict will be. Politics will cut no figure in this case. They can buy the newspapers against me but the people of Minnesota can't be bought to vote against their own interest. They know that my defeat means that future state auditors will think twice before they antagonize the Great Northern when certain defeat and disgrace will lie their only reward. But it is getting late, and 1 must quit. I quote the last sentence of your singular letter. "God bless and help you— but you must suffer de feat all the same." Thanks, awfully. As an offset and as an illustration of how widely we differ, I assert that 1 will be elected by a plurality or major ity unprecedented in the history of Min nesota politics. My good friend, "put that in your pipe and smoke it." Sin cerely yours. _ A. Biekmass. Guarded by 20,000. Yokohama. Oct. 28.— The forces at Kiulen were commanded by Gens. Hong and Lin. - The Chinese occupy a very strong position at Hong Wang, the castle being - guarded by 20.000 men. Troops are being massed at Kin Chow with a view to the defense of Pott Ar thur. The Japanese have completely blockaded Tallen Wan and Port Arthur and all the adjacent bays and ports. Further Japanese forces have landed at Seiklofu, southeast |of Port Arthur. To Aid a Republican. Nashville, Term., Oct. 28.— J. A. Gates, the Pooulist -candidate for con gress In the Eighth district, has been withdrawn by the Populists, and an at tempt made to fuse with the Repub licans and support McCall, Republican, against Euloe, Democrat. TONS OF DYNAMITE Sent Sky-Rocketing by a Fool in Possession of a Rifle. PROBABLY LOST HIS LIFE. Dynamiters Blow Up a Board ing House at Laurel ' Run, Pa. THREE PERSONS ARE KILLED. A Large Number of Others Receive Very Serious Injuries. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Oct. 28.— ' The city and vicinity were terribly shaken today by an explosion, which' occurred on the summit of a hill a mile from town, where was stored in a small building five tons of dynamite. The stuff had been sent here on consignment from a Chicago house to a local hard ware merchant. It is presumed that a rifle bullet, fired by a hunter into the building, lodged in some powder, and that the person lost his life. The ground was torn up to great depth for some distance, while trees and fences for many rods were torn and twisted, and quite numerous trees were pulled out by the roots. The glass in every farm house for miles around was shattered.' In this city the effect was disastrous to plate-glass fronts, and windows "in a' number of dwellings were blown out. The shock came while people were on ! their way to church, and threw women and children down and caused several* women to faint. The village of Bloomer, '. twelve miles distant from the scene, j appears to have felt the force more severely than here. The scene of the i disaster was visited by thousands today. A handkerchief and piece of a coat > sleeve were found about fifty rods away, ; and they are thought to be part of the* clothing of Paul Brohar, an Austrian, who was seen going in the direction of the magazine a short time before the explosion. DONE BY DYNAMITERS. . •*; Three Killed and Many Injured by --a Pennsylvania Explosion. Wilkesbariie, Pa., Oct. 28.— A large, Hungarian boarding bouse, at Laurel Run, this county, was blown to atoms by dynamiters at S o'clock this morning and three of the inmates kiliect out right, four fatally injured and half a' dozen seriously hurt. The killed are: FKiSK Xowaski, aged twenty-eight, sin gle. " Jlichael Calletz, aged forty, married. George Selockt, aged twenty-eight, mar ried. . r . v j The most dangerously injured are Jo-. seph Calletz, back broken; Mike schitz, head and face cnt and left arm broken: Kasha Cataresk, aged ten, one leg broken, other crushed, necessitating amputation; Michael Uritz, abdomen torn ; Blast) Krell, both arms brokeu; Fahr Kotsch,' shoulder broken and in jured internally; Anthony Sechleck/ back and breast crushed; Uritz Misko, ! legs crushed. The fiends who planned the explosion, did their work well, despite the fact that part of the plan failed. They, placed about twenty-four sticks of dynamite under the building, each be-; iug about nine inches long and weigh-, ing half a pound. A wire connected the slicks with a battery about fifty 7 yards away. When the signal was given only about half a dozen of tha sticks exploded. They were sufficient, however, to completely wreck the building, not a beam or plank of which was left standing. Several of the in mates who occupied beds on the upper floor were hurled fifty feet in the air, some of them escaping fatal injuries by alighting in the trees near by. Half dazed by fear and sleep, they managed to hold on the limbs until they recovered their senses and were able to reach the ground. The trackwalker, Wjo arrived on the scene shortly after the explosion, says it resembled a bat tlefield. The cries of the Injured were heartrending. Some of them were in the trees. Several of them were lying on the ground. One of the boarders who escaped injury made his way to a neighboring shanty and woke the in mates. Blankets and bedding were carried to the scene and the injured made as comfortable as possible. At daylight the officials of the Lehigh Valley railroad were notified . and a special train with a number of pbysU eians was hurried to the scene. Tha doctors dressed the wounds of the in< jured, who were then brought to the hospital in this city. The boarding boss says he is at a loss as to what prompted the dastardly deed. As far as he knows he has no enemies in the world. Some of the boarders think the motive was robbery, as several of them were known to have considerable money in their possession. If this was the object of the fiends it is plain why they placed so much of the explosive under the building. They wanted to kill every person in the place in ' order to get the plunder and escape detection. Up to 7 o'clock tonight no arrests baa been made. One of the wounded men says that directly after the explosion ha saw four strange men running down the roadway leading, to the village o( Miners' Mills. They carried lanterns, While he lay on the etound another stranger approached him and rilled life pockets. :He also cut the belt which encircled his waist, and carried it away. Another of -the injured -gives it as his opinion that the men seen on the ground after the explosion were tramps. The dynamiters used Pittsburg dynamite, which fact may leal to their discovery., as dynamite of that character is used by the railroad contractors, whose tool house is near the scene. The house had. been broken open and a new battery . taken out. Au old : battery was found" near by. The : supposition is that thg latter would - not work - and a new out was necessary. v