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/ I] *¥*HE Big Sunday Globe = "'. * will please you. Buy It and Sample It. ... , ... . Weather: Showers; Warmer. Weather: Showers; Warmer. VOL. XVIII.— PRICE TWO CENTS—] | ON A COINAGE BASIS Leaders of Democracy in Illi nois Propose to Reorgan ize the Party. CURRENCY THE ONLY ISSUE In the Coming* Campaign, It Is Claimed— Tariff Rele- Is Claimed— Tariff Rele- gated. STATE CONVENTION CALLED At Which the Policy of. the Party Is to Ec Decided Upon. SPRINGE! "T_D, 111. April 4 — SPRINGFITLD. 111. April 4.— fThe Democratic state central com mittee of Illinois, at a special meet ing today, issued a call for a state convention to meet at Springfield June 4 next to consider the cur rency question, which it is proposed to make -the issue for the next cam paign. The call issued to the De mocracy of the state says in part: The ; only national question now before the American people is that of the currency. The war is over. The force bill is repealed, never to be re-enacted. Tariff legislation of a general character will not be at tempted for several years. The next national campaign must be fought out with the currency as the issue between the parties, and it behooves the Democratic party as a party, to assume a decided position on ; this question, and to draw -its party lines according to the wishes of a majority of its members. The :£. =. BASIC PRINCIPLES of Democracy forbid the decision of important questions by the parly leaders without instructions from the people, and it is therefore proper for this committee to call on the Democrats of the precincts, town ships and counties of this state to meet in convention in their respec tive localities to discuss freely the great questions before the people, to give expression to their views In appropriate resolutions, and to select delegates to a convention to be held at the state capitol. The call' then sets forth the basis of representation, etc., and urges the Democrats to turn out freely to the meetings in their various localities, and give free expression to their views, in order that there may be no doubt-as .. to. the position of the. party on .this great and important question. . -«■ '•_ '■■_/ At the conclusion of the meeting Chairman Hinrichsen gave out an interview of some length in regard 'i to the action of the committee, and its expected effect. He said he is in receipt of information from every county in the state, outside of Cook, which convinces him that 90 per cent of the Democracy favors the free and UNLIMITED COINAGE a, of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, with out waiting for the action of any foreign government. The committee expects that the resolutions adopted by the county conventions will be in line with this feeling. Mr. Hinrich sen says he does not think the plan will commit the party to a fiat currency, or cause the disappear ance of gold from circulation, and thus cause it ' to go to a premium. On. the contrary, he states that the object of this movement is to pre vent that very thing. Regarding this he says: fe "This movement will spread from Illinois to every state in the "Union, and long before the election comes around it will be evident that the congress to be chosen in 1896 will pass al6to 1 free coinage act. Now, when capitalists realize this they will begin to purchase silver bullion, which r can now be bought for, say, 55 cents for 412% grains. The sure profit of 45 cents on each 412% grains will bring out all the gold from hid ing places. The result will be that the price of silver will rise steadily, and when the law goes into effect the question of the parity will be settled." As to the bankers he says: "The bankers cannot combine and refuse to buy silver bullion. The profits on silver speculation will be so sure that they will tumble over each other in order to buy. Gold will roll in from Europe to purchase silver bullion. Certificates will be in demand and trade stimulated by the letting loose of hoarded millions and the certainty of a final settle ment of the currency question will bring on a more prosperous period without danger of following panics A few leading Democrats may be driven from the party by this move - ment, perhaps, but most of them will be swept along in the tide, espe cially as the character of the move ment and its certain results will re move the only serious objections to the free coinage of silver. EFFECT ON G. O. P. As to the effect upon the Republican party, Mr. Hinrichsen said: "As a party they are pledged to monometal lism and take no other ground, unless they straddle the question. Thousands of them will join the Democrats, for they believe In free silver. I certainly expect to carry the state and country in 1890. This movement will be in effect a reorganization of the Democratic par- ty. -It will be- built from the town chip up." . Regarding the prospects of an inde- pendent silver party, he says: "The attempt begins at the wrong end. A few.- men at Washington cannot-con trol 12,000.000 voters. The county move- ment grafted into a strong party or ganization is the only way in which such political results can be produced. The extreme gold men In our part j.' ; will go over, to: the Republicans: The free silver men of all parties must come to the Democracy, arid with our r objectionable statesmen eliminated. the confidence of the people in the Demo- cratic party will be strengthened and confirmed." "p^wpp/y- ■■''.". p.'/- ■'.' ... RHODE ISLAND'S VOTE. "T. ypppyi - — ; — ; — -"..' Official FißnreH ou tlie Rexult of Official Figures on tlie Result of Wednesday's. Election. PROVIDENCE, R. 1., April 4.— F0l- lowing are the official figures on the ' state election: For- governor, Lippitt (Rep.), 25,097; Littlefleld ! (Dem.), 14,191; Lippitt's plurality, \ 10,901; - , lieutenant governor, Allen (Rep.), ii 25,349; Miller. (Dem.), 13,431; Allen's- plurality, 10,866; ; secretary of state, Bennett (Rep.), -25, - Greene (Dem.), 13,247; | Bennett's plurality, 11,811 ; attorney general! Dv- bois (Rep.), 22,342; Brown. (Dem.), 13,897; Dubois' plurality, 8,415; general treas urer, Clark (Rep.), 24,199; Perry (Dem.), 13,250; Clark's plurality, 10,949. The Re- publicans elected 34 members of the senate, the Democrats 3. In the house the Republicans have 67 members and the Democrats 17. All the towns and cities voting on license voted yes. . WINSLOW ELECTED. His Majority Sufficient to Make It Certain.' -T-- MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 4.— Re- ports '- on the supreme court election indicate gains on the part of Winslow over Clementson that will give the former a majority of from 4,000 to 5,000. The official count changes many of the former estimates; ' but Winslow's gains over last night's estimates are nearly 2,000 ahead of ; Clementson's gains. Many blank judicial ballots were cast. The lack of interest in the contest for supreme court justice causes delay in forwarding returns to' the county clerks. While the foregoing estimate is reasonably correct, the receipt of returns from rural precincts may pos sibly change the result. .• RIVAL OF THE BELL. NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY SAID TO BE FORMING. CLARKSON AS PRESIDENT It Is Rumored, and Pillsbury One of the Main Movers in the Or- ganization.' CHICAGO, April The Times-Her- ald says : What . the Bell 1 Telephone company has been fearing since its patents expired has now assumed defin ite shape. This •is nothing more or less than that a competing concern is in process of construction, the mission of which will be to fight the Bell people wherever they: operate. ! According , to the reports, a telephone company has been formed in New York, backed by a number of wealthy men. -The capital stock of the company is given as $160, - backers said to be con- nected with this- new' enterprise are: The Parrot company, of New York ; the' Standard Oil company, Searles, of the sugar trust; George Crocker, the San - Francisco millionaire; Pillsbury, the Minneapolis flour man, and J. •S. Clarkson. About a week- ago whispers of a rival of the Bell company were heard ;in San Francisco I they were echoed in Wall i street; and - now they swell to pretty . authentic assurance that such a stupendous enterprise has been planned. ' • y ' BADGERS INTERESTED. ! APPLETON, Wis., April Concern- ing the new telephone company men tioned in today's Associated Press dis patches as having been organized in New York with a capital -of $160,000,000 to fight the Bell company, something is known here. For several weeks it has been known in some circles that such a project was maturing, and that several heavy capitalists of the Fox River valley were interested in it. This district will be. composed of the states of Wisconsin, Illinois and lowa, and the president will be Gen; J. S. Clarkson, ex-chairman of the Repub- ican national committee. The full de- tails of the project will ,be given out very shortly, it is understood, and then it will be found that capital from the Fox river valler is very prominent in the company controlling the dis trict of Wisconsin, Illinois and lowa. NEW YORK, April There Is no . doubt that a new telephone company, to be known as the Standard Telephone company, is now being organized ... in this city. Several of . those whose names have been mentioned in connec tion with the project declare, however, that they have no interest in it what- ever. ■/■■'< ''■ ■'.-'- ■-■■';,'. F.i It is understood that Thurlow Weed Barnes is to be president of the new concern, and it is known that Henry Merz, of the firm of Heller & Merz company, of 55 Maiden Lane, is inter- ested in the organization," but in what capacity he refused to say. p-j'pi: Merchants have been asked to pledge their support to the new concern and to take Its service. "V - REFIT THE CHICAGO. WASHINGTON, April 4. — The naval inspection board -which re- cently made a careful examination of the ! United ■ States - steamer Chi- . cago has made ; a report to the sec- retary of the navy suggesting impor tant changes in the rig and battery of the ship. p2:7Pi. .'-. '/': The Chicago was one of the first vessels of -the new. navy to be launched, and she . has rendered ex- cellent service and has made long cruises to every part of the globe. * In the years she has been in serv- ice great progress has been made in the naval construction, and in view of the good qualities of the ship the board believes that she should be supplied with modern appliances. Congress has already made an appro- priation to fit her with " new en- gines and boilers, which are now •being constructed,. and will result in largely increasing her speed and coal endurance. Now the board expresses the opinion that her battery should be brought up to date. " This now consists of 'four ' eight-inch, "eight six-Inch and two five-inch breech loaders. The 7, war In the east has emphasized the belief of- the ord- nance officers that for the -.mailer callibers, .the rapid-fire type guns, using fixed ammunition .like a revolv er cartridge, are | absolutely neces sary to fighting off torpedo- boats and .': general ; efficiency, TyiTherefore^ the • board recommended that; while "the eight-inch guns be retained, rapid-fire five-inch irifies be sub-'. : stituted for the r six and Qye-inch i breech loaders. It is also held that the masts and rigging of the Chicago J are of no service. j ST. PAUL, MINN.: FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1895. BANDITS RUN DOWN The Hold-Up of a Rock Island Train In Oklahoma Is Train in Oklahoma Is r-r Quickly Avenged. > ONE KILLED-MANY INJURED In the Fight Between Outlaws and Pursuing Sheriff's :; and Pursuing Sheriff's Posse. Posse, ROBBERS MADE LIGHT HAUL They Relieve Passengers of a Half Dozen Revolvers and a Few Valuables. - CHICAGO, April 4. — The Rock Island train was robbed at 11:50 last night twenty rods, west of Dover,. Okla. The train, No. 1, was held up by Aye mounted men, who ordered the baggageman to open the door of the "baggage car. He refused, and the robbers . fired twelve shots through the door, wounding the bag- ' gageman in the wrist. The robbers then broke open the door with a sledge, but did not succeed in get- ting any plunder from the baggage.. They hurriedly proceeded through the smoker and one day coach, se- curing about $300 in money from the; passengers. In addition to. the $300 cash, the robbers also obtained from their victims in the day coach and smoker six revolvers and a number of watches and rings. The passen gers in the sleepers were not dis turbed. The robbers were last seen from the train, going west from Dover, all mounted, the leader being upon a mettlesome gray horse. A posse started from Kingfisher, the next station, in pursuit of the ban- dits. ,;;^r; :f/.-iiiip:':/: BANDITS BITE THE DUST. WICHITA, Kan., April 4.— Late tonight word was received from the territory that the posse had come up with the Rock Island robbers, and that in the fight which followed one man was killed and several wounded. Names are not given, and it is not likely that further par- ticulars can be gotten tonight. The leaders of the robbers were Charles Bagly and Sell Wyatt, of Ingalls, Payne county. They were recognized by ex-United States" Marshal Grimes, who was on the train. They were formerly prisoners in his custody, and greeted him courteously. The -others were evidently .local thieves from Kingfisher. ; The delay caused by the robbing of the express cars gave the passengers an opportunity to hide their valuables. What they had handed to the robbers were such amounts as they chose. to give up. The negro porter was forced to carry a small sack and go in front of the bandits. Bagly kept with him, telling everybody to chip in, and with his Winchester ready to shoot any one who' resisted. The Rock Island has offered a reward of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of each of the robbers. DASTARDLY REVENGE. Residence of n Lady IMillnntlirop- Int in Nova Scotia Darned. HALIFAX, N. S., April 4.-It was learned here today that the residence of Miss Sterling, a well known English j woman, who several years ago came to Nova Scotia and purchased a mag- nificent property in Annapolis village, together with - several other buildings, ! were destroyed by an incendiary fire yesterday morning. The fire is thought* to have been started on account of. Miss Sterling's refusal to admit to bail two persons now in jail for complicity in the performance of criminal opera-! tion upon a young Scotch girl, .. who was under Miss Sterling's protection. The purpose of the woman in coming to Nova Scotia was to establish com- fortable homes for orphans. Upon her property, here she. built elaborate houses, into which the children" were received, not only from this vicinity, but from England. Ireland and Scot- land. From the latter country came Grace Feagan. Last week it became known to the matron that an opera- tion had been performed on the girl, and on Saturday Dr. S. N. Miller and Robert S. Parker, of . Aylesford, were arrested for being responsible for the girl's condition, which is very serious: Miss Sterling made the complaint against the prisoners, and, in spite of persistent attempts to have them re- leased on bail, Miss Sterling has - re. fused to consent to 'such proceedings! and. the men are still in jail. The. au thorities will investigate the matter. ,: X SAT IN THE DEATH CHAIR. Lake, the Murderer of Emma Unit, -_. ... Elect ted. -V-..'., AUBURN. N. T., April 4.— William Lake was executed by electricity in the state prison here at 12:45 .p.j m. William Lake murdered Emma Louisa Hult, a fellow servant at the Van Camp homestead, near Carlton, in Oc tober of last year. The crime was ac- companied by manifestations of feroc ity and depravity almost beyond be- lief. The victim's head was beaten to a pulp and- her body mutilated in a barbarous manner. After the crime Lake fled, but a few days later he was captured. He freely admitted the crime,, and did not plead any provoca> tion or excuse. It had been deliberate^ ly planned, and the details committed to writing, together with a brief story ' of the murderer's life. -The fact that he was of illegitimate birth, he said . had. embittered all his ': life. He ' had " professed love for Miss Hult, but she refused his attentions, . and he deter- mined to kill her. : Lake, ■ upon his trial, . expressed a desire to go to the electrical ,_. chair, and ever £ since ' his condemnation ; has said that he would joyously welcome the day of his execu tion. , Urate's Case Goes Over. -*~y Brute*l* Case Goes O ver!.* r, y, •■- NEW ;: YORK, April 4.— William Cae sar, the negro who was arrested for the murder of Mary Martin, was arraigned in.- the Tombs police court today. On request of - Supt. Byrnes the prisoner . was remanded to police headquarters '". until 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. • Acting Inspector McClarkey said that Caesar had been unable ■ to sleep all last- night. The inquest on the body of . the "- murdered . woman - was " ad- journed today until Monday next: at 1 10:30. Caesar .will be brought .-. before the coroner . tomorrow. -'- ' V.-.J^t JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE. - '.1. Jury Acquits a Profesnor for Kill-. '■':■'.' ' irftf a Drunken Man. "'"'•- ;: MILLEDGEVILLE, ;*Ga., April 4_^, Last night about 12 o'clock Prof. W. E. Reynolds shot . and killed • Pat Shea, a young white. man of. this county, who » was;, on Reynolds' | front porch and who Reynolds thought was a burg- lar. It appears now, however, that Shea was in an intoxicated condition and did not know what he was doing. He was shot in the neck with a double- barreled shotgun. Reynolds Is a pro- fessor in the military college here and is one of the most prominent citizens. Shea. was about thirty years old and a law-abiding man. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict of justifiable homi- ; cide. I FUNDS UNACCOUNTED FOR. j _ FUNDS UNACCOUNTED FOR. ' Big: Frauds Charged in the Cm j- cinnati Bank Failure. ; CINCINNATI, O., April 4.-Great in- terest is being taken in the hearing of the officers of the Commercial bank who are to be examined by "the insol vency court tomorrow, . nearly all 'if I the bank presidents and officers of the city having been subpoenaed as wit- nesses. It is charged that President Foote had j $35,000 borrowed, that the capital" stock was. reduced ,to $200,000, and yet $328,000 was floated; that "the'l $40,000 of surplus and $.50,000 in bills re- ceivable are not yet accounted for. :'" ■■ - ~ — : ; ' ' i, . -i . 2 i -One of the Oscar Wilde Sov'tr.;^ One of the Oscar Wilde Sort. ! BALTIMORE, Md., April 4.— The -jury in the $20,000 suit of William Ben- nett against. Alexander Falconer, of Hodges Bros., thought that Bennett being caught ki3slng several male. em- ployes and his general effeminate con- duct was .what caused the rumors con- cerning his morality, and that, they did not ' originate from Mr. Falconer, ' and they gave a verdict for the defend- ant. P'z/ip-'i -y~-y Stealings Over Twenty Thousand:' • NEW YORK, April Nothing < has been heard of William T. Nolan, for- merly clerk of the Park Avenue hotel, who disappeared Saturday last, leav- ing many irregularities in his books. \ It had been said that the extent of No- lans defalcations might run up from $20,000 to $30,000, but Gen. Earle, propri etor of the hotel, said that he did not think the amount would be over $3,000.' The story of Nolan's leading a double; life is indignantly denied by his friends. ' . . yy. Defaulter .Will Plead Guilty. '^ CHICAGO, ; April 4.— Fred W. Griffo, the defaulting assistant cashier of the Northwestern National bank, was ar raigned before United States Commis sioner Humphrey: this afternoon. He gave bonds for $15,000 and was re> leased.- It -was announced that he will. plead guilty when his case comes up ' for trial, hoping in this way to lessen the severity of his sentence. , ;, ;: ".V An (Mile. the Guilty Man. Pi. ■ SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 4.— Customs Collector Wise [■ has discov ered the work ; of some traitor in his office. He learned today that some one; in the customs house has been falsify- ing the records there In order to fa- cilitate the smuggling of Chinese into the country: No arrests have yet been. made. . ; ■■'■'*••■' ; • "•".■■ -1 :- ■"■'./.: '. St. John Claims It Was Accident. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Ter., j April 4.— Mrs. St. John is" to' be buried to- morrow. : St. \ John's preliminary, ex- amination will be held next Friday. At present he is in jail without bail. He will be defended by William Sy Douglas. The defense will be acci- dental shooting. /'///:.. • ;• Colorado Official Indicted. / : DENVER, ' April 4.— The grand jury returned an indictment against Fish ; Commissioner .L. R. Colliette for - al- i leged malfeasance in office. He is ac- ' cused of having used . state funds to pay a private obligation. . ,r ' . y —^_D^- NOT EASY FOR JAPS. NOT EASY FOR JAPS. FORMOSA NOT TO BE CAPTURED. FORMOSA NOT TO BE CAPTURED AVITHOUT A STRUGGLE. iy / PICK OF THE CHINESE ARMY Garrison .the Island Activity in .Japanese Military Circles- j;------ Unabated. LONDON; April 4.— The Times to- morrow will publish a dispatch from j Hong Kong saying that the Chinese army in the.. northern part of the i island of Formosa numbers . 80,000 men, .: of which 50,000 are splendid ' i soldiers - -who are ' well armed.* The j remainder are raw levies, and in- I elude a great number of beggars. -Fighting, is said to be imminent, j but the foreigners are believed to be safe, j Vigorous measures are be- , ing ' taken at Swato w. and at ;' Can- ton in order to resist the Japanese. Booms have been constructed across the Canton river, and levies of : men are being enlisted for military pur- poses. ' ■'-■'.'■ ;y .' ; --'":-. LONDON,; April 4.— A dispatch to the Times from Shimonoseki, dated Sunday last, says the military ' ac- tivity of the Japanese is unabated." Five transports having infantry and , cavalry on board were hurried away on the day j previous to the filing of the Times dispatch,: and . before , the , armistice was ' officiailv •declared;. .--.ci;... . '-ip 'ir- ■'""-- Actor Payne Sentenced. -:.:ji:^c*.?r-?a>'ne Sentenced, t " C .. FOND DU LAC. Wis., April 4. - Bishop, alias '-/ Charles* > A; . Payne, an actor, who pleaded c guilt y some time-ago to abducting Clara Vel- ters, was sentenced to one' year ,^a;t- Waupun by Judge Gilson .this raori." ing. M. iV. >. Sullivan, .5 a : leading ',&,; chant convicted recently of petit lar ceny, was fined $50 and costs. ;- : i .-. '- ' '. Spinners Want Shorter Hours. \ BOSTON, April 4.-The National Mill Spinners' convention \ adjourned today. \lt decided to 'petition to iegislatores of the several' New .: England^ state, to reduce' the weekly working hours from sixty to fifty-eight, - - - -p'- >' -ty^p/7 ly'P7/P-' ■ .•.'•...:,r-:.'..l\i-":'A:V.-.-3. J _■ sa DEAL of comment ill- r~- / ; _:;;,.. t.OjCQasioned Over the Opening Occasioned Over the Opening of the Yankton Reser- I (of the Yankton Reser- y; |[f:"| " ''"/" vation. 'T^X- ''//J. « '. P77 : ■ • - - *ri-. ;■= ■■ JANGLE REGARDING LANDS^ JANGLE REGARDING LANDS. 5 * " ' ■ '■■'"■ - - ■ -■-•••. Land Commissioner Lockhart I| Tries His Hand at Un- ' raveling. % ill raveling 11 THE RELEASING OF FILINGS f"H ' - ' - ' " •-'-'--' - '-- :"'. '."■■ '*'/'■ '- ■:.--■" 'i-'-'; '-■: '*'^**''.t V ■***-'? Not Carried On by the Com- Not Carried On by the Com- Sii missioner—Has No Such H -r-\ Authority. ' ":- 'i '(■ '. ■' ■ r-y/'i/.p- ''• i > •'' Special to the Globe. -_■"'..;■■ **. PIERRE, S. D., April 4. The •Yankton : reservation matter and the • connection of Land Commissioner i Lockhart thereto are 'creating a. great deal of comment in the vicin ity of : the reservation. Your corre spondent called upon Commissioner Lockhart today for a correct state- ment of the facts. One article sent out 'states positively that the com- i missioner has released • filings of state lands :on the Sioux reserva tion and in the northern part of the state to file on the Yankton lands, and also that the officials at the Mitchell land office had refused to accept the filing fees for the state lands, and -.that the state filings are \ not" recorded in the Mitchell office. In reply to these assertions, Mr. Lockhart states that he has released no filings in any part of the state to • file on Yankton lands, as he has no authority for such action, the bill i introduced to give him such au thority having failed to pass the £ legislature. •.• - And as ,to releasing filings on the Sioux reservation, the 'Office has never made a filing on that • reservation, and has nothing to re- lease, even if it so desires. ; The re- ceiver of the' Mitchell land office did i show a little reluctance in accept- ing the fees presented, but did ac- . : cept them, and agreed to make an pearly report of them ;to the depart . ment. In relation to the fact of the strong objection of that portion of 5 the state to filings on the Yankton reservation, Commissioner Lockhart rs thinks that, as the southeastern ■ part of the state - gets nearly . all the benefits of the endowment - lands, it Should not object to allowing a share of such lands to be taken in that •■■ ©option of the state, the Yankton fil- ings being r the only ones south Wessington Hills, and the people of the south, who took up all the land before the state was' given its grant, " are now asking that the people of ■ the state furnish the lands for which 5 the southern portion is to reap the benefit. The 58,000 facias in the Yankton reservation will not take from them anything near like their just proportion, as the lands are located by the office. .\ ! .. '■■:--- RUSH FOR LANDS. Timber and. Stone Claim- Wanted .i- - on Ash River. DULUTH, Minn., April 4.— When the land office opened this morning 100 men made a rush to file timber and stone claims in 66-21, a well timbered: town on Ash river, a tributary of Rainy lake. The crush was terrible. There were only twenty-seven who made ' filings, • and of them a dozen were in conflict. A large number, stood in' line out on the street all night, and there were some decidedly unpleasant experiences. "Two men were found con- cealed in the tower of the government building at . midnight and bounced from the building, and when the men were let into the corridor, at 6 o'clock this morning they found that Phillip .-Hasseldad,- a -mailing, clerk, had got In through the" postofflce and had hold of the land office door knob. They used him; so roughly that he had to retire. The. business of. the land office for the first quarter was only $19,993, as against $101,283 one year ago. This is due in great measure to the rigid investiga tion being made by the government into claims, so that men are afraid to take up land, and partly, also, to the difference in the lands thrown open to settlement. :y..; \ ...-.-- , '"; ' ALBERT LEA EVENTS. Young: Man Dieu From Injuries' Received in ii Runaway. Special to the Globe, y- : ' . ' ALBERT LEA, April 4.-A team ran away with Oliver Stensrud, and, after lingering a few days, he died from the injuries. He was twenty-four years of age, and had hosts \of friends, who mourn his violent death. ' j The clerk of the courts licensed twen ty-three couples, to wed during the month of March. • i Wednesday evening of next week the .people of this school district will vote upon the question of building another house for high school purposes. - i Tho shores of Fountain, lake are .strewn with dead fish , now that the ice has gone out, no doubt the result of. the severe weather the past winter. j There are perch, pickerel, suckers, etc. Seeding is progressing finely in this county, and the small acreage to wheat makes the job much shorter than was formerly, the case. The ground is In excellent shape, and this week will see all of the wheat and much of the oats done. ■-•' .;-".._'; DONE , AT MADISON. Date Set for the Vote on the Wor n Right*. Bill. '"-" ; . ; MADISON, Wis., April 4.— ln the as- sembly the. county option billy which i was j recommended for. indefinite . " post- ponement, was taken from the file and made a special order ,"- for P tomorrow. The joint • resolution proposing -a . con- stitutional amendment to allow women to vote was made the special order for next Wednesday evening. :■ The ~ engi neers' bill r was amended several times, and ■ then * ordered 'to'; a third reading. In .the senate, the committee on state affairs f reported . favorably ;on the : ap pointment of Halford Erickson as labor . commissioner, - and the appointment was confirmed : unanimously. The -] bill revising the school cod e,* amended by a substitute, which provides for a .codifi- THE VENEZUELAN SITUATION. . _. In His Attempt to Interfere Willi the American Children in -he Division of Venezuelan Pie, the British Lion is More Than Likely to Step on a Few Monroe Doctrine Tacks. cation; of the school code by State Su perintendent Emery at a cost of $3,750, was passed to engrossment and third reading. . y- :y. POISONED FISH. They Come Pretty Close to Killing Several People. PARKHURST, S. D., April 4.— A Men- nonite colony, sixteen miles southeast of here, had a close call from poisoning last Sunday. Some of. the men had caught a mess of fish, and had pre pared -them for their . Sunday dinner, and the cook took several pieces and put poison in them for rats.laying them aside. As is the custom of the colony, they changed cooks on Sunday, and the new cook, seeing the meat, gath ered it up and put it with the rest of the fish for dinner. But fortunately the other cook noticed the poisoned meat was gone and made inquiries. A piece of the cooked fish was given to a dog, and in five minutes it was dead. • Estes' Skull Crushed. ANOKA, Minn., April 4.— Samuel Estes, well known to Minneapolis peo ple and lumbermen throughout the state, was killed here yesterday after noon about 4 o'clock while crossing the Great Northern railroad bridge. Estes had been in Anoka, and when in the middle of the bridge the accommoda tion- train leaving for . Milaca came"on. . The engineer reversed and applied the i brakes, but the man had disappeared. .Eatesftwas found at once on the logs twenty feet below with his skull crushed. ;•; /"^y.^;-'::;.;-^^;^. - Vet Keep Open. •GRAND FORKS, April 4.— At Its re cent meeting the board of university , trustees checked up accounts and as certained that after running the insti tution through the school year there would be still left about $5,000 in the treasurer's hands. I The board also passed a resolution to the effect that no action would be taken by it towards tho closing of the institution until the : very j last - effort that could be made towards raising money had proven futile. The members express confi dence in being able to raise the amount required, $33,000, among the people of the city and state. Don. Move the Monument. REDWOOD FALLS, Minn., April 4.— The action of the joint legislative com- mittee on the Birch Coulee monument to move the same, created consider able feeling ' here, where Hon. C. D. Gilfillan, one of the commissioners, resides. Every one believes that Mr. Gilfillan and the commission did what was right in the matter and that the monument was located on the best spot on the battlefield, overlooking, as it does, the 'entire Minnesota valley, where railroad -passengers can easily see it. If it is set back It will be out of sight. Bevlnurton Acquitted. SIOUX CITY, April 4.-Today the jury in the boodling case of ex-County Attorney Bevington was instructed by the court, upon motion of counsel for the defendant, to return a verdict of not guilty. The remaining case against Bevington, the one which charged him with obtaining money on fraudulent bills for witness fees, was dismissed upon motion of the county attorney. - .:. Has Only One Saloon. LUVERNE, Minn., April 4.— 01e Os- trem's saloon was closed last night by Sheriff Black on an attachment in fa vor of -the Gund Brewing company. Now'Ostrem has made an assignment to T. J. McDermott. Liabiities, $1,800; assets, about $900. There in only one saloon "left In Luverne. License here has been fixed at $1,25u, and three will drop out. • (p ii/p/py __ _ . Refractory Gold. Refractory Gold. REDWOOD FALLS, Minn., April 4.— Alfred Edlund, president of the Minne sota Gold Mining and Refining com pany, of Delhi, arrived here in company with H. R. Owens, of Minneapolis, yes terday, .and proceeded by team to the mines. Mr. Owens was asked for a plain statement regarding the property, and he stated that up to date it was a mere experiment. Some gold has been discovered, but it was of the refractory kind. Y'X"J '■•■■■': Seventy Dolnrs a Ton. " BOISE, Idaho, April 4.— News has reached, here of a remarkably rich strike, made in the Alta mine, at Delamar. An air shaft is being sunk, the result of sampling and assaying showing the ore to average $70 per ton in gold, and the shaft has hardly been started. . Chicago capitalists , have bought bends, which ' they claim are now worth twice what the purchasing price was. y /.-/.'// .' Amelia at Hof Springs. ;^yr_y- /: , - HOT SPRINGS, S. D., April The famous authoress, Mrs. 'Amelia "Rives- Chanler, has been [in this city a few -weeks.: She has been here incognito, ' registered i under/; the ;. name "of Mrs. r Pratt, of : Denver. Mrs j- Rives-Chanler and her party ■ have left for California, -after .", which they will return to Hot Springs for a two months' stay. * : From Minnesota to Kansas. AUSTIN, Minn., April 4.— H. Day- idson, of this city, has, with his cousin, PRICE TWO CENTS-{^^^«^;jT-N0.95. purchased a controlling interest In the . Kansas National bank, at Wichita, Kan., and will move there. 9 Mr. David- son willl become manager of the bank. He will resign the presidency of the Austin National .bank, and G. Shel- lender will take his place. BADGER TRAIN WRECKERS. Attempt to Ditch the Chicago «& Northwestern Limited. j BRILLION, Wis., April 14.—Un i known persons made an attempt to j wreck the limited express on the Chi- • J cago & Northwestern railway that ; passes through this place about 10:30 j tonight. The would-be wreckers piled 1 ties and planks across the fails, and | had it not been for an extra freight going south, the engineer of which 1 saw the obstruction in time to stop, ' there would have been a bad wreck. Mitchell Forms n Syndicate. Mitchell Forms a Syndicate. ' MILWAUKEE^ Wis., April . 4.— A syndicate of which the _ stockholders 'of the Wisconsin Fire and- Marine t (Mitchell) bank are the principal mem- I bers have formed a company to buy j the chamber of commerce and Mitch ' ell buildings for about $700,000. The principal stockholders .in the new • company are :..;'. John L. Mitchell, I Washington Becker, E. J. Lindsay, John Johnson, J. A. Roundy, E. P. Hackett and S. H. Samuel Mc- Cord, George Hiles, Frederick Lay ton, " "RobertLNunnemacher, .WyT. Durand, Altrd'Saxa&Bp Angus Smith, and H. C. . Payne. ... , ' .,..'.; ..r1y.,... /. /pi Rockefeller '.'-.Testimony Wanted. I Rockefeller Testimony 4.— An' im- DULUTH, Minn., April 4.— An im portant paper" in the ■" Merritt-Rocke | feller - $1,000,000 case \ was filed In the United - States court here today. It was a notice that the defendant would sue out a commission. to take the tes- I timony of John D. Rockefeller In New j York Instead of in Duluth, at the time of the holding of the trial. .Hans Larson Missing:. J Special to the Globe. BRASINGTON, Wis., April 4.— A deep myistery surrounds the disap pearance of Hans L. Larson, the miss- ing town treasurer of Salem. He was last seen in St. Paul on the 30th ult. He left here with the Intention of doing some carpenter work and wore an old suit of clothes. Bids for Red Cliff Timber. ASHLAND, Wis.,. April 4.— lndian Agent Mercer today opened bids for timber on Red Cliff reservation, which has been ordered sold by the govern- ment. J. J. McGeehan, of Ashland, made the highest bid— s324,ooo. There ! are 100,000,000 feet of timber on this j reservation, one half being white pine. Hotel nt Montevideo.' - MONTEVIDEO, Minn., April 4.— A stock subscription is being raised here to build a hotel on. the site of the old I Sherman house. The stock subscribed j now is nearly $7,000. The proposed building will cost between $10,000 and $15,000. No Firemen's Tourney. Special, the Globe. CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., April 4.— The South Dakota Firemen's associa tion has decided to dispense with the annual tournament this year,' but in- stead will hold a convention at Scot-: land June 11. -. j y Blaze at Leeds. LEEDS, N. D., April 4.— Fire this morning destroyed the general store of W. I. Brown and the Benson County Star offlce, adjoining. Brown's stock was quite heavy, though his stock was less than a short time ago. Day's Case on the Docket. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April The case of F. T. Day, president of the defunct Plankinton bank, charged with receiving money from depositors I when he knew the bank to be insol- vent, will come up before Judge Wall- ber tomorrow. -, -y. Mill Hand Sawed in Two. j Special to the Globe. LITTLE FALLS, April 4.— Pose Dei- vln, working near, a circular saw in Robinson & Hall's mill, today acci- dentally fell across It, cutting him al- most in two just above the heart. Little Fulls Police Force. Special to the Globe. LITTLE FALLS, April 4.— Thomas Bailey has been appointed chief of police by Mayor A. D. Davidson, and William Tourtilote, John Roy and J. M?ozik have been appointed patrol- men. Thenter for Redwing:. Thenter: for Redwing. REDWING, Minn.; April The Com- mercial club. is making an attempt to have a . new opera house built here, at a cost of $35,000. - Rally to "the- Gold- Standard. ;-s, • BERLIN, April The association for the protection of the gold standard; was formed today under the presidency. of Privy. Commercial Councilor" Front-* zel. It comprises seventy- manufact urers arid-' merchants, ' belonging'. ■■; to various parts of 'Germany, and is under. the leadership of Siege., of Stutt gart; : Herr Ludwig, Bamberger fend Prof. Huber. '-..--'...,_... ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS ||\ *• —Call a Convention to l!=s Consider the Money Question. Gov. Marshall Still Lives. ■'(' QUEER ENTERPRISE. General Indignation at the Dispatch fop Its Publica tion of EX-GOV. MARSHALL'S DEATH Without Seeking to Ascertain the Facts in the Case. ■-"" ~ — ' HIS RELATIONS ARE PAINED HIS RELATIONS ARE PAINED At the Premature and As< inine Publication—Was . Only a Rum.qr. LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 4.— A dispatch from St. Paul today stated that somebody had received' a r dis- patch from Pasadena announcing the death in that city of William R. Marshall, ex-governor of Minnesota. While Mr. Marshall is quite ill, suf fering from nervous prostration and a partial paralysis of the lower limbs, he still has a very substan tial lease on life, and his physicians are hopeful of his recovery. The asininity of the St. Paul Dis- patch in publishing as a fact the rumor of the death of ex-Gov. Will- iam R. Marshall without first ascer taining whether it was true, has caused general Indignation in the community, to say nothing of the pain it has occasioned the governor's family, relatives and immediate friends. Gov. Marshall is still alive, and was resting easy at the hour the false publication was issued. , There was no occasion for the story beyond the rumor on the streets, and this the Dispatch distorted into fact and published as, such with- out a line of Information from Pasa dena, Cal., where the governor is at present, on which to base it. Such action on the part of the evening paper is regarded as wholly inex cusable, as, had it made the least exertion to ascertain the facts, it would have speedily learned that Gov. Marshall was far from being a dead man. It was assured by Gov. Marshall's immediate friends in this city, who took the pains to call at its office, that Gov. Marshall had not died, and, after publishing this as- surance, it .follows with the bare statement that Gov. "Marshall | had ; died, and devoted two ;, columns : to an obituary. '"V :\-' . '' '*. On the preceding night at 10 o'clock word reached the GLOBE office, that Gov. Marshall had died at Pasadena. The GLOBE did not accept the rumor as. true, and rush blindly into print, but followed the rules observed by cv- cry reputable, fact-giving newspaper, and telegraphed to Pasadena for con firmation or denial of the report by those at the governor's bedside, or others in actual possession of the truth. This was not hard to do, as there are numerous lines of telegraph into Pasa dena, and it required but an hour to ascertain that Gov. Marshall was still in the land of the living. , ti'.'i The Dispatch did not observe this common-sense rule. Evidently It feared being left on th© news, and preferred to run a chance of plunging the Mar- shall family into unnecessary grief rather than be considered a truth-tell ing publication.. The premature publication occasioned the Marshall family much pain. Being aware that the governor was alive, they were naturally pained and morti fied to witness this cold effort to hurry him into the great beyond. Near friends of the family , called at the GLOBE office last night and expressed the indignation they feel over the ac- tion of the Dispatch, and It will be many days before this unprecedented stroke of enterprise will be forgotten. MRS. LANGFORD'S DENIAL "There is no foundation for these painful reports," stated Mrs. N. P. Langford, a sister-in-law of Gov. Mar- shall, when questioned last evening at her home, 291 South Exchange street, as to the published reports of the gov ernor's death. "Mr. Langford is not at home just now," she continued, "but he is utterly worn out running about the whole day trying to find the origin of the state ments you speak of. He is now at Mr. Cathcart's. Mr. Cathcart, you know, is a brother-in-law of Gov. Marshall, and neither he- nor his children, nor Mr. Langford's sister, nor ourselves have received a telegram of any sort as to the governor's condition. It was reported that Judge Greenleaf Clark, v.'ho Is at Pasadena, Cal., where Gov. Marshall Is ill, had telegraphed to Justice Collins or Justice Mitchell, of the supreme court, the news of the governor's death. Mr. Langford post ed down there at once, and found that no such message had been received. It is certainly very painful to relatives and friends here that such rumors should gain currency. Indeed, it is likely to cause many unnecessary heartaches. "Of course, the governor was quite ill when he left St. Paul, and his strength has bean falling gradually during the last few weeks. But I'm quite sure that he can't be very low at the present time, or' Mrs. Alexander Cathcart, his own sister, would be, in Pasadena. She left there about a week ago, and is now in San Francisco, and she certainly wouldn't have come away if her brother's condition was at all alarming." mm ■I'lHiliiinillcJs Annual. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., April 4.-The directors of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway com pany, better known as the Panhandle, met today and approved the annual report. The report follows: Gross earnings, $14,247,055. a decrease of ,502,962; gross expenses, $10,755,513, a decrease of, $1,279,111; net earnings, $3,487,335, a decrease of $233,841. . The annual |- meeting, . of the stockholders will be held next Tuesday. . !'' — «»■ Cliulerst A|ip<-.-tr« in Wossi.-i. Cholera^ Appears in Uiixsi.i. ... ST.- .'. '.PETERSBURG.-' April 4.—Be tween . March 10 and March 23, i.fii the province of Podolia, there were" eleven j cases of cholera and six deaths from 'that disease. From Starch 10 to March j 16 ' there were ;';fty-sit oases of cholera and four deaths In thft province of land four deaths In th* province of Voltiynla.