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VOT,. XVIII.— PRICE FIVE CENTS. CITIES JHSAPPEAR. Annihilation Is Caused by Breaking of a Dyke in France. SWEPT ALL IN ITS PATH. Flood Completely Destroys Eonzey—Other Villages Damaged. SCORES OF PEOPLE DROWN And Hundreds of Others Ren dered Homeless by the Disaster. EPINAL, France, April 27.— The great Bousey dyke of the Epinal dis trict of the Vosges burst at 5 o'clock this morning. The cubic area of the dyke is 8,000,000 meters. A great" rush of water and much loss of life followed. In a single commune, that of Uxegeny, seven kilometers from the scene of the disaster proper, twenty-three persons Were drowned. At Nomexy eight bodies have been found. Wherever the water flowed it destroyed everything in its path. The village of Bauzey, with its extensive pisciculture establishment, has . dis appeared. The steep, vertical' banks of the Canal de lEst burst and emptied a reach of water eleven kilo meters long into the Aviere valley, which the flood followed to Nomexy, where it flowed into the River Mos elle. At Darnieulles all the houses were destroyed and a few were spared at Euxiorges. Hundreds of families have been rendered homeless, and many asleep at the time lost even their clothes. The bursted res ervoir which supplies the canal is situated at Biuzey, and was formed by a dyke 500 meters long. It was built during the years from 1879 to 1884 and was strengthened in 18SS and 1889. It consists of a wall of masonry twenty meters high and twenty meters thicket its base. The founda tion was nine meters deep. The bed of the reservoir is of natural rock. The dyke was regularly inspected, ana no signs of weakness have been de tected since 1890. The damage done by the flood was immense, and it is believed V" will amount to $10,000,000. TOLD OF WILDE'S GUILT. Witnesses Tighten the Net Arouixl the Prisoner. LONDON, April 27.— trial of Os car Wilde and Alfred Taylor, charged with serious misdemeanors, was re sumed at the Old Bailey court today, with a large attendance. Alfred Wood was cross-examined by Sir Edward Clarke, Q. C, counsel for Wilde, but his evidence was not shaken. Frederick Atkins, described as a va riety singer, gave evidence as to know ing Alfred Taylor and others men tioned during the trial. This witness was also questioned by counsel with the view of showing that he received $500 from a foreign count whose yacht was lying at Scarborough, but the witness denied having received the money. After Atkins had repeated his previous testimony concerning his in timacy with Wilde, and told how ;he accompanied him to Paris as his sec retary, Sir Edward Clarke severely cross-examined him, endeavoring to show that Atkins was a professional blackmailer, and that he had black mailed gentlemen at Nice, Paris and various other places. During the cross -examination, Sir Edward Clarke asked: "Did you, two years ago, extort a large sum of money from two Ameri cans who were staying at the Hotel Victoria?" Atkins, in replying, said he had not blackmailed the two Americans. The names of the Americans alleged to have been blackmailed did not tran spire. When Edward Shelby, the former em ploye of the publishers, Matthews & Lane, was testifying, and was asked to tell the jury what had occurred' in Oscar Wilde's rooms, the witness pa thetically appealed to counsel to read it from his previous deposition, and thus spare him the shame of repeating it. Counsel, however, made the wit ness repeat his story. The day was occupied by the examination of the same witnesses who have already been called to the stand, and the testimony was of the same character as already outlined. The trial was finally post poned until Monday. WHOLE VALLEY DEVASTATED. Scores of People Drowned and Their Homes Demolished. EPINAL, Prance, April 27. — The whole Avoire valley is a scene of ruin and desolation. The roads are strewn With the debris from the houses, the barns and the fences of the peasants. Many deal cattle and horses have been found along the route taken by the Hood of water. At Demevro seventeen houses were destroyed and twenty five of the inhabitants were drowned. At Oncourt three houses collapsed, but only one person is known to have been drowned. Seventeen persons are missing at Uxogeny, where sixteen houses are in ruins. It is believed a total of seventy-six lives were lost as a result of the giving way of the dike at Bauzey. Word has been received from President Paure that he will visit the scene of the disaster at once. McCarthyites Won. *'. DUBLIN, April 27. -The result of the election for a member of parlia ment in the East division of Wieklow yesterday, to succeed John Sweetman, who resigned his seat on account of refusing any longer to vote with the McCarthyites, and who sought re-elec tion as a Parnellite, is as follows: Mr. O'Kelly (McCarthy! te),. 1,253; John Sweetman (Parnellite), 1,191; Col. Tot tenham (Unionist).. 1,165. Plantation Building* in Ashes. LONDON, April 27.-A dispatch 're ceived here by Lloyds states that 180, --000 pounds of leaf tobacco, with a number of barns and dwelling houses, have been entirely destroyed by fire on the Kalian jer plantation of the "aoemlar estate on the island of Java. Malt Duty Increased. CHRISTIANIA, April 27.— The storth ing has increased the import duty on malt from 28 to nO 1 /*". ore, and on all cereals for malting purposes from 21.1 to. 37.1. ore per kilogram... The change takes effect today. TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED. Miscarriage "or M Plot to Hot,! I7j> an •¥. I*. Traiu. TACOMA, Wash., April Five masked men attempted' to hold -up Northern Pacific Train No. 2 six miles this side of Clelum station, which is nine miles from Tacoma. The ; plot miscarried because the train ran 1,400 feet after being signaled to stop, in stead of 1,000 which the robbers cal culated on. The railroad officials had knowledge that the attempt was to be made, and had planned a warm re ception. Ten men were stationed where the express car was to be robbed of $30,000, sent to pay off the Rosiyn miners. When the engine stopped the two robbers who were to board it were too scared to run 400 feet to get on. The train, accordingly, went ahead. The two men started across the bridge, ran into a posse and were taken to Emmettsburg. Their names are Hank Harrington and Jack Harrison. The others escaped. SHOT SANGER DEAD. TRAGEDY INVOLVING PROMI NENT MILWAUKEE MEN. A BROTHER'S VENGEANCE For the Inhuman Treatment of His Sinter— of Do- ,'. '. .".' ntestic Drolls. ". MILWAUKEE. .Wis.,. April 27.-En.il Sanger, a brother of .Walter Sanger, was shot and killed by Robert Lus comb, ex-city attorney, at a late hour tonight, and Luscomb is in jail. Sanger and Luscomb are brothers-in-law, and there has been bad blood in the family for a number of years. Sanger's wife is a sister of Luscomb; Tonight she sought shelter in Luscomb's house, claiming that her husband was ill treating her. Sanger went to Lus comb's house, sought admission, and Luscomb thereupon shot him through a. plate, glass door with a double barreled shotgun. The charge entered his head, killing him instantly." ' . Mrs. Sanger's body is black and blue -from tho beatings that her husband has given her, and she has been under a doctor's care for several days! ' * Emil Sanger is the president of the C. M. Sanger Sons company," manu facturers of sash, doors and blinds, and is the «well known bicyclist's elder brother. - ; .VAV'- '" Luscomb is the son of one of Mil waukee's oldest and best known fami lies, and is a life ding lawyer with a large practice. It is stated late to night that Mr. Luscomb has repre sented interests in the courts adverse to his brother-in-law, and that there has been no very good feeling between the men either in a social or business way for a long time. Mrs. Sanger is the divorced wife of Frank Jermain, ex-treasureV- of the Wisconsin Tele phone company, and married the mur dered man three years ago. Mr. Luscomb says that Sanger came to his house at 11:45 tonight and b« gan kicking at his door. As he (Sang er) had warned his wife that he would kill her if she went to Luscomb's, he was afraid for his own and his' sister's safety, and he fired the fatal shot Mr. Luscomb says that Mrs. Sanger has suffered the hardest kind of treat ment from her husband, and is now under the care of Dr. J. H. Johnson. Mr. Luscomb naid further: "For sev eral months Sanger has been making threats against me. He said to S. S. Barney, of West Bend, that he would kill me on sight. I kept out of his wav and went away Jan. 10, and was gone for two months.- After I came back he continued his threats. "I had two men stopping at my , house Monday, and in the afternoon, i about 3 o'clock, Sanger .came there and said to one of the men: 'Is this where that Luscomb lives?' ; "The man replied: 'Yes; Mr. Lus comb lives here, but Is not at home Sanger replied, so I am told, "Well. I will go and see for myself.' He went up to the door and rang the bell, but there was no one home and he went" away." WILL SUPPORT JAPAN. ENGLAND REFUSES TO JOIN OTH ER POWERS IN ASKING MODIFICATION Of Treaty Terms, Between China and Her Late Con- ' finer er; SHANGHAI, April 27.— is reported here that a high official In the north is authority for the statement that Eng land will support Japan, who will re fuse to listen to the remonstrances of the other powers regarding the terms of the treaty of peace with China, which gives the Japanese possession of Chinese territory. A dispatch re ceived from a private source in Japan today says that the condition of af fairs between Russia and Japan is beginning^ to look very serious. LONDON, April Inquiries made in official circles here today in regard to the Shanghai dispatch of this morn ing would seem to show that Great Britain does not favor the annexn tion by Japan of the Liao. Tung penin sula, but that she did not see her way to join at this juncture in the demand of the other powers. ;. • -'.','..-■.' PARIS, April 27.— Is reported on the bourse here that Japan has agreed to revise the terms of the 'treaty of .peace with China, as desired by the in tervening powers. ST. PETERSBURG, April 27.-The supreme military authorities have held" conferences during the week, in order to decide upon the military measures to adopt against Japan in the event of the rejection of the Russian de mands regarding a modification of the terms of the treaty of peace arrived at - between.' Japan and ; China.; V V " : f. What He : Does; Indianapolis Journal. Mrs. Watts— you ever do any thing at all*?'" " >S" : ->- Weary Watkins— yes, mum. Sometimes I does time. ST. PAUL, MINN., SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 2?, 1895.— TWENTY PAGES. BRITISH IN CORINTO Troops Are Landed and the Customs House Taken Pos session Of. NICARAGUA CHECKMATES. They Desert the City and De clare It a Closed Port. ZELAYA MAKES A PROTEST Before All Nations "Against the Outrage of British Occupation." NEW YORK, April 28.— The As sociated Press yesterday cabled Pres ident Zelaya, of Nicaragua, asking him for an expression of opinion as to the situation in that country. Shortly after midnight the following reply was received: Managua, Nicaragua, April 27.— Associated Press, New York: Nica ragua protests before all nations against the outrage which Great Britain inflicts upon her by the mili tary occupation of the port of Conn-' to, in order to seize from her by force a sum of money which is not owed, in absolute disregard of inter national laws, and of the dictates of right, justice and equity. Nicaragua, although counting upon the sympa thy of all, as she is powerless to op pose the aggressor, is ready to sub mit the case without fear, bewailing her smallness and her weakness. TROOPS LANDED. Nicaragua immediately Declares the" Port Closed. WASHINGTON, April 27. — The events of the day in diplomatic circles here were the landing of the British troops at Corinto, Nicaragua, the abandonment of the town by the native officials and the population, and the shrewd move of the Nic araguans in declaring Corinto a closed port. The first news of these events came in the afternoon. Dr. Guzman, the Nicaraguan minister here, had been waiting for several hours at the state department to see Secretary Gresham. He was in a fever of anx iety, and in the absence of news from his own government came to learn what the department had received as to the British movements at Cirinto. He was unable to see the secretary this morning, as Mr. Gresham had been suffering' from a severe tooth ache, and was obliged to spend some time in a dentist's chair. At noon the minister returned to his home for luncheon, and found there were two cablegrams from his government for warded from San Juan del Sur, the Nicaraguan cable port, about 125 miles south of Corinto. The first cablegram stated that the British troops had \ LANDED AT CORINTO, and that a British flag was flying over . the town, .which had .been deserted by the Nlcaraguan officials and the native inhabitants. The second cable-, gram showed that the authorities had ■ gone to San Juan del Sur, cutting the. I wires connecting the cable port with j Corinto, so that the British forces at | the latter place could not communl- 1 cate with their home government ex cept by sending a boat to the cable station. The main body of the Nic- : araguans who had abandoned Corinto ] had crossed a lagoon which separates • the town from the mainland, and had! strongly entrenched themselves. This . information was promptly, communi cated to the state department.* Mr. Guzman, who has been in ill health' and has suffered so much from the nervous strain of the last few weeks as to be obliged to take to his bed this afternoon, would not do so until he had gone through the rain to see Secretary Gresham and officially com municate the substance of his cable grams to him. The news it was ap parent was not expected by the state department, which had never believed that the Nicaraguans would go to the length of permitting the occu pation of Corinto in preference " to paying the indemnity. That the only difficulty in the way of a speedy settlement of the trouble was that arising from raising the money hast- \ ily, and that the British admiral would 'be indulgent on this point when once satisfied of the disposition . of the Nicaraguans to comply with the terms of the ultimatum otherwise, had never been doubted by the . de partment. IV. For this reason the first reports of the occupation of Corinto received at the department . . from urtofficial sources were discredited, and doubt expressed as to their accuracy. The secretary had been unable to obtain any direct information from any of his own agents as to the ' action of the British, probably for the reason that Mr. Baker, our minister to Nicaragua, is not at present in that country, and there is no charge at Managua. There is a consular agent at Corinto, Henry Palazio, but he is not an" American, and could scarcely be re- : lied upon in a matter" of this kind to keep the department informed in the . absence of express orders. The situ ation-at Corinto is. now ■ - ■ , • ;? : -■' REGARDED AS OMINOUS - of serious trouble, for the dispatches indicate that the Nicaraguans are dis- . posed to resist any further advance by the British. V .*-•:-.• r. ;',".. The information reaching here is to the effect that the Nicaraguans ' may . further isolate the British at Corinto ' : by burning .the bridges . across the lagoon, separating the town from, the mainland. The " British ; position is said to be very ! bad from a strategic standpoint. - The. town'; is practically on an island, being separated from the mainland by . a stretch of marshy" ground. This is traversed by bridges" and without them Corinto is cut off from the shore. . The Nicaraguaaa have retired to the shore end of the bridges, and those well informed on the situation believe that if the Brit ish make any move to cross the lagoon the bridges will be burned and the lit? tle band of Nicaraguan troops will make a stand against further en croachments. - The -British are evidently appre hensive of trouble on this score, as indicated by '* the cablegrams- from Colon, showing that the three vessels, •the Royal Arthur, the Wild Sw_» and the Satellite, have been so placed as to command the town. • WITH THEIR GUNS. It is probable that this disposition has been made so as to insure the oc cupying forces, numbering about 400* armed men, from an attack by the Nicaraguans, . rather than with any deliberate purpose of bombarding the town, for there is no evidence that the British desire to advance into the interior at present, and it is certainly not a part of the original programme of operations, as made known to our government, to bombard the place. The news of the situation at Corinto created a commotion here, and partic ularly in the state department. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am bassador,- came to the department, and after remaining in private con sultation with Secretary Gresham for a short time, the two repaired to the war department to consult with Sec retary Lamorit. The latter was ab sent at the time, but coming in later repaired immediately to the state de partment, and , talked over matters with the officials. Later on, the news came to the department through the Associated Press from Colon that the Nicaraguan government had made a sharp move by declaring Corinto '.'"*,' A CLOSED PORT. , This was. evidently a disturbing ele ; ment in the" calculations, for Assistant Secretary Uhl was at once dispatched ■ to the British. embassy to confer with Sir Julian Pauncefote, a most unusual proceeding in department etiquette^ ■' "' It is said at the embassy" that Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British'ambas-' sador, had not received confirmation from the foreign office of the occupa tion of Corinto up to the close of the embassy at 3 'clock. The embassy did not expect*, direct information from London, as it is said the foreign office has no occasion to communicate. with the British representative at; Washington. •" ' ' . V V " There can .be no doubt that the action of the Nicaraguans in declar ing Corinto a closed, port has seriously complicated this "most troublesome question, and even if there. is no re sort to hostilities at present it opens a prospect of alarming events in the future, which may be, and in fact are, even regarded as likely to V W INVOLVE THE UNITED STATES. - directly in the affair, in spite of the earnest disposition of the administra tion to avoid the entanglement. The action means that no goods can now be entered at Corinto, a port which ' has heretofore received over .half of the imports into the country, -without violating the national law of Nicara gua. The British, may collect duties ' If any goods enter the * place. But tho latter would be liable to seizure the moment they crossed the British lines into the interior. They must do this to find a market, for the coast being, unhealthy, .is thinly populated, and the great consuming class of the popu lation lives In the interior. • . The first effect of the decree closing the port, therefore, will . probably be = to divert nearly all, if not the entire " Import trade of the place', to San Juan del Sur, or perhaps Realajo, a sea port; near*, by, for .It is Improbable that: many merchants: will take the chances ; of getting their "goods into Nicaragua; .through the British lines, under the circumstances.;.;. ■■-.\ '.; .In this case, the length of. the stay of the ; British at Corinto is problemat ical, conditional' as It is -upon collect ing enough revenue from customs to make good* the Indemnity demanded.. But another consideration arises at .this, point? for pur government has been assured that- the occupation .will not be permanent, and Indeed . f the. first, "paragraph of the V/s V. CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY l expressly pledges Great Britain against" any. occupation, of Nicaragua territory.! So the problem will arise now to col-; .lect the indemnity within a reasonable: time. This may be settled summarily; by simply extending the occupation' arid blockade beyond Corinto so, as ' to; Included 'all tho Pacific ports of Nicaragua.- From the disposition; shown by the Nicaraguans at present this can be done only by force, and I*4 is likely to add very largely to the ex pense already . incurred in the collec tion of the indemnity, which will surely be added by the British to the original sum. This course, moreover, would seriously embarrass the commerce of [ the United-. States, and on this point 'Great- "Britain- has" given Secretary" i Gresham certain assurances.- i .' "■; ."'■ | Another manner in which the British may be able to secure their ends is ; by a. prompt declaration of war, and an INVASION OF NICARAGUA,' !. involving' the capture of the capital; Managua, and the imposition upon"' the .Nicaraguans of the British terms as the price of pe^ce. It may be that the British govern ment will be driven to the latter, course in interests of trade, our own as well as that of her own merchants,- which; she is bound to safeguard. If . goods entered" at Corinto after payment of duty to the British occupants should be seized in the interior, the owners, Brit ish or American, would have a very' good claim for reparation. The only question is as to whose duty it would be "to secure this, whether the United States would feel bound to intervene in the case of an American merchant in such case, and therein lies one of the factors which' may involve, our country directly in the dispute. It.has been : 'asserted as a hard and fast rule of!in ternational law that duties cannot be twice collected, and our own govern-; ment has taken an advanced posltioribri. this question. At one time. when the diplomatic ; relations between - Great Britain and Mexico were interrupted, ) .and a revolutionary movement was in progress in the latter country, a Brit ish ship entering one -of the revolu tionary ports of Mexico paid-jtlutia' .upon -;. her goods Ho the Insurgents.*' Afterwards, the .government' Kagairi "^assessed - the, duties upon, the ' same goods, ; holding that - the insurg ents- had jno authority to make the first' collection, and refusing to recog nize it. The British minister at Well ington, Sir Edward Thornton, appealed to our government, Great Britain lav ing no representative in Mexico,! to What Is Uncle sam Going to Do About It? secure the release of the goods from ' this imposition. We acted, very promptly, and obliged the Mexicans to release "the goods; and to acknowledge the- principle that duties cannot be twice levied. This case differs in many Important features from .that presented by the closure .of .Corinto, and it Is difficult to ascertain the ap plication of international law in -this ■ last, case, though the . general broad principle would seem to-be similar. '*; NICARAGUA'S CHECKMATE. T ' ■ It Only Complicate* arid Does Not •U{. ;. : ■ Settle the Trouble. .H WASHINGTON,- April 27.— The an 'ndune'ement from '.'Colon of the closure of Corinto by the Nicaraguan government is exactly what was ex pected by the South ; American diplo matic representatives here, "although it has probably taken the administra tion by surprise. As Interpreted here, it means, that the-Nicaraguan govern ment, with an intention to circumvent ' the British; have withdrawn . from Co rinto the privileges of a port of entry. It is expected that the entire business : of the port will thus be transferred to- San Juan del . Sur, a- -port f lyings. 100 --miles south of Corinto. --; -^^- V It is undeniable that this •action-' by the NidairaguansV.threatens very seri ously to " corn "plicate^ the jj already deli cate question. If the British can in duce ships to discharge at Corinto, and pay to them the legal duties, the Nfcafaguans will probably refuse to perrnlt these goods to enter the in terior, where the bulk of. the consum ing population lives. If the British iaro^ thus prevented from collecting • from customs a sufficient sum of money to meet the indemnity demand ed within the calculated period of time, in this case about thirty days, the result may be hard to. foretell. If j they' felt It necessary to continue the j occupation of Corinto for an indefin- ! i lte period, they would be guilty of a j ['violation of the assurances that they have given our government. The only 'j j resort would appear to be an exten- | i ! slori of the occupation to San Juan del I ['Sur, or to any other Pacific ports that I ■ 'may be "opened in place of Corinto, | and this would probably, be obnoxious ! I fo : us as Interfering .with our trade at ! 'least,- If for. no other reason. It is j feared that the affair is rapidly, assum i Ing. more serious phases, and is shap j big' itself so that our government may ! ] be. .embroiled against its own desires. j ! Dr. -Guzman communicated -'officially.! to Secretary Gresham. this afternoon ! . the | news • he ■ had received by cable 1 from Managua of the landing". of the British at Corinto, and. the abandon ment of the town by the Nicaraguans. JV CORINTO CLOSED.' -V.j - — : Mciirnniuin - Government Given •;!;-"" r- Formal Notice. ._, . »• $ COLON, April 27.— ■* Nicaraguan ! government, in view of the occupation ] of Corinto by the British force's under j j Admiral Stephens.on, .for- the purpose.; of collecting the customs revenues; at j that port to' satisfy." the demands' of"! Great Britain for an indemnity for the j ' expulsion of 'Pro-Consul - Hatch and! other British subjects from Bluefields, ! ) has decreed the closing .of the port.'! ; On account of this action of the gov- I I ernment, the Panama Railroad com- j | pany' has issued notice to the agent* I of the various steamship lines whose 1 I ; vessels run to the isthmus, notifying ""them of the closure of Corinto, -in or- ] der that they may take the necessary action as to freight and passengers en r route for Corinto." V;,..- SHUT OUT FROM ARMENIA. Turkish Authorities Allow No - ' Tourists in the Country. : BOSTON. Mass.. April ' 27.— Advices received here by letter : from'^Con- J stantinople. . Two English newspa pers say: Correspondents recently ar ! rived at Trebizonde from Constanti- | i ribple with full passports to go' to ' ' Erzoom. The officials at Trebizonde ' refused to allow them to continue their I journey. The English consul demanded i r permission for them . to go, and if ■ permission was refused an indemnity ; of thirty Turkish liras'(sl32) for each traveler. The authorities telegraphed : rto Constantinople and the reply came , back: "Pay the money but do not per mit the men to go on." - ' .•■;:.-. FIRE THIS MORNING. ; - s - » ________ stock of the Capital Grocery Com "\'-' ' '_' psiny Ruined. S . Asi 3 "o'clock this morning a fire broke outin the Capitol Grocery store, corner Fourth and > St. Peter ; streets. The -bi^ldli^' contained several: barrels of gasoline in the rear portion, which if or. a §me "caused ' grave J fears . of 4ah ex . pteiMon, |as the fire : originated |ln3 the ; vanity ' 'immediately - "surrounding tlfern.:.* The greatest .loss. will be from the drenching the stock received, which is quite heavy. OPEN TO TRAFFIC. Hastings' Handsome New Bridge Formally Turned Over to Public. GOVERNOR DID THE DEED. Company D and Many Twin City People Participate in the Event. MOST UNIQUE STRUCTURE. Only One of the Kind in the -.? Conntry, and Probably in | . VV^ the World. ' Special to the Globe. i HASTINGS, April 27.— At the for { mal opening of the" high wagon bridge ! for travel over the Mississippi at this ) point today, the declaration being j made by his excellency Gov. D. M. j Clough, the weather was perfect and" , the attendance large, from 6,000. to i 8,000 people being present, who shared ! I in Hastings' hospitality by partaking j i of an elegant free dinner in court j i house square. The city was gaily at- I tired. Thousands of yards of bunting, > with the national colors floating to the breeze, decked the residences and I business houses of her public-spiriteu j citizens. At the speaker's stand, cor j ncr Third and Sibley streets, Kleist's ! I Second regiment band discoursed . choice music.and addresses were made ; in connection with that of the gov j ernor by Hon. Albert Schaller, of this ! city; Rev. Robert Forbes, of Duluth, j chaplain of the senate; Hon. C. F. i Staples, of Mendota, and L. H. John ! son, of Minneapolis, general North- I western agent of the Wisconsin Iron | &'"Bridge- company,; builders of the j Hastings high bridge, which is one of ! the finest ' structures spanning the Lj river between St. Paul and SL Louis'. The governor and the other distin guished visitors, accompanied by Kleist's* Second regiment band, were met at the - depot upon the arrival of the 8:42 train by the city council . and Company E, N. G. S. M., and escorted to the Gardner, where an in formal reception was held before the exercises proper took place. The I state training school band from Red Wing was present, and made a cred j itable showing. At 3:37 p. ,m. Col. Joseph Bobleter, of the Second regi j ment, arrived;' being met by Company E, and an extended order" drill was J 'given across the river. At 7:33 Com i pany D, ,the crack organization of the l state, arrived from St. Paul, giving I a creditable j exhibition drill on Sec ond street. The opening of the new bridge greatly . facilitates intercourse j with the counties of Washington and Pierce,' and will have an immediate tendency to largely increase the trade from .that direction. The bridge is | built throughout in a very substantial manner, the iron and mason work be j ing first-class in every particular, and is the only one of its kind in I ■America, and probably in the world, a peculiar feature being the spiral ap proach at the south end. The large span is 380 feet in length and is cal culated to carry 256% tons besides I its own weight, and the smaller span I more in proportion. The beauiful new ' structure will stand as a lasting mon -1 ument to our citizens, and the thanks of the community* are due to Mayor i John Heinen, Irving Todd Jr., city j clerk, and - members of the city ' council, Aldermen Owen Austin, I N. Bailey, Michael* Graus, Nicholas • B. Gergen, W. R. Mather, J. P. Som- | mers, Caspar' Schilling, E. E. Tut tle and C. W. Westerson, upon the i auspicious outcome of their labors. Babe's Fatal Fall. Special to the Globe. 'GRAND FORKS, N. D., April 27.— The little two-ychr-old daughter ' of George Angus was accidentally killed this afternoon by falling, downstairs and striking her." head on' the - brick floor..' *;"'...'. .< *; : '/- ■* V ~ r ~~ Bride Didn't Materialize. , .' BRYANT."; S. D., April 27.— Earnest i Nebring, a German farmer living Heat here, decided -a short time ago to give j up : single blessedness, but, unfortu- ,' nately, It seems" that the fates decreed j otherwise. He has been in correspond- | PRICE FIVE CENTS.— NO. 118. ence with a buxom woman In New York, and finally she consented to come to Dakota and become his frau if he would send her $10 to pay her way. He sent the money and has visited every incoming train ever since In search of his bonny bride. She has not put in mi appearance yet, and Mr. Nehring lias about decided to charge up $40 to experience. « «.v?T HAVE HOLMES. Habeas < <>i-|iiin Proceeding's in Case sit Lake City Defaulter. Special to the Globe. ABERDEEN, IS. 'D. April 27.— 1n the habeas corpus proceedings insti tuted -in behalf of Walter N. Holmes, ex-cashier of the Lake City, Minn., bank, charged with making false en tries in the bank Look, Judge Campbell decided today that the papers were defective In several particulars and ordered the immediate return of Mr. Holmes.. Sheriff McKenzie, of Waba sha county, attempted to take Holmes to . Lake City with a requisition with above results. HI LETTS: WILL VOID. slmlKe Itc sisters Decision in Favor ... . a<if lira. ,I'oiiieroj-. ' u'..-)A .Til. . Mum.. Aprjl . V.—T he j noted NehemlahHulette will case, in I which a contest was inaugurated by | Lucy A. t'omeroy, who claimed to be t the common law wife of the deceased, was ended today, when a decision was | filed -by Judge . Moer, finding .Mrs. Pomeroy's claims good and setting aside the will by which she was de barred from sharing in the estate, and giving her much valuable property. The case involves ?3C0,000. M-WAB'S HODV FOUND, Every K*isJ«-nee That the Captain Wit* Murdered for Money. DULUTH, Minn., April 27.— Two Fins, who arrived hi Duluth today, re- I port finding the dead body of Capt. J. '. McNab, in a small lake near this city. As tho captain had considerable money with him lien he disappeared two weeks ago, it is believed he was mur dered "and his body thrown into the lake. The coroner will bring it In Sunday. « railed Tramps. ROCHESTER. Minn., April 27.—As sistant Marshal Ranfranz shot a vag : rant who resisted arrest at the rail way depot last night. The bullet lodged in his hip, but the wound was not serious. The fellow was taken to the Riverside hospital. ,Five confreres , were afterwards corralled, and now languish in police cells. All are well dressed, and are presumably profes sional crooks. "V • . Kl»i<l«-inle at Renville. RENVILLE. Minn., April 27.— An epi demic of measles is raging here and ! threaten." to turn the entire community Into a hospital. Diphtheria is also epi demic in the town of Ericson. Wheat is growing in fine shape and promises splendid harvests, although it is too dry for meadows. X© I,«ng«r a. Pop Orgnn. EDGE LEY. N. D., April . 27.— The Edgeley Hail, for so many years a Democratic and Populist paper, has changed hands, Grant & Hancock hav ing sold out to the Mail Publishing company. C. 11. Shiels, a local Repub lican politician, Is the new editor. Captured in North Dakota. MONTEVIDEO. Minn., April 27.— John I*. Hildestad, who passed the forged note of Hans Larson for $175 on the Chippewa County bank, has been arrested by Sheriff Amundson, at Jamestown, N. D. V '-{ui?Auu>as tire BttMinar- OWATONNA. Minn;, April 27.—War rants are out. for the arrest of George Brookings, a' barber, who has en trapped several people of this city. Brookings came to this city some two months ago and since then has played a confidence game. He is now absent. Has■> a n for Waterworks*. ST. CHARLES, Minn., April 27.— At a special election this city voted $17,000 bonds for waterworks. The vote was' 224 for and MO against. Contracts will be let and work commenced as soon as possible. JTitry I •!»... re. <I. PINE CITY", Minn., April 27.— jury disagreed in the Green murder trial. They were discharged and the prisoner released on bail till fall term. He killed' Glenn, of Sandstone, in a quarrel last November. • He«J as I ii^- Wants to Pave. REDWING," Minn., April' 27.— city council will In all probability take into censideration the matter of hav ing the business -streets here paved. Curfew for Owutomin. OWATONNA. Minn., April 27.—Owa tonna is to have a curfew ordinance such as is now in effect in Stillwater and other cities in our state. DEBS CASES ENDED, Or Practically So, Says His. Chief of Counsel, W. W. Erwin. CHOOSING THE TRIAL JUDGE Olney's Move a Most Surpris ing One, If Reports Are Correct. DOUBT IN ERWIN'S MIND, Emphatic Declarations of Be lief by the Commoner of the Law. Counselor W. W. Erwin, chief of the legal army of defense in what have become known as the Debs cases, believes that the government has be gun to realize that the indicted men can never be convicted"? A GLOBE representative called on Mr. Erwin last evening to ask for an expression of opinion on the action of Attorney General Olney in putting off the day of trial. With a reticence born of his regard for the professional spirit, the great lawyer declared at first that there was nothing to be said. When the interviewer urged", however, that even the smallest move ment in such a famous dispute is of deep interest to the people, he con sented to talk on this latest develop ment, as it is regarded from the stand point of the defense. "Allow me to premise what I shall say," he remarked, "by the state ment that I cannot believe the news paper reports to be well founded. I do not think the men who sent out those reports have secured and pub lished the real facts." "In what respect do you consider the reports faulty?" "To explain what I mean It will ba necessary to go back almost to the beginning of the cases. In the first place, injunctions were issued In Illinois, Kansas, lowa and Missouri, not to specify further. On taking up my work for the defense, I made strenuous personal efforts to get a hearing of the civil questions in volved at some point AWAY FROM CHICAGO, the seat of war. In that attempt I was not successful. None of the judges appealed to would consent to hear the arguments. Judge Caldwell wrote me to the .effect _ that .we could not - choose our judge. 1 . (On this statement Mr. Erwin dwelt with emphasis.)' His position was that we must-, go on before Judges Woods and Gross cup, and that, we were forced to do at Chicago, under circumstances and surroundings peculiarly against us, and amidst an exhibition of prej udice on the part of the ruling ele ment that could not bode any good to our position. "Now, to say or intimate that the chancellor of the government defers trial because of the illness of a par ticular judge, and In order to choose their own judge — such a move would amount to, in effect— is to say that there is being attempted a most desperate assault on a sacred consti tutional guarantee — the right to a fair and a speedy trial. If the defense could not choose a judge, away from the center of prejudice arid passion, to hear argument on vital issues that should have been settled, as we main tain, before the main action was brought to trial, how much more dangerous to the constitutional spirit it would be for the government — strong, powerful and all-controlling— > to attempt to abridge the right of citi zens' trial without unnecessary delay, The right of trial by jury, the safe guard that there must be an indict ment by a grand jury, will NEVER BE SURRENDERED. "If the chancellor oould say, ot should undertake to say, that a citizen must be tried as he desired, and onlj before a judge to be chosen by him, then the federal constitution would very quickly be amended." There was an earnestness of man ner about the speaker, and a virility ol language, when he uttered the words quoted, that cannot be given in an off hand report. "Do you regard the attorney gen eral's action as Indicating a disposi tion to allow the cases to drop?" was asked. "Most assuredly. In my opinion they realize the hopelessness of evei making criminals of Debs and his associates. I do not believe the cases will ever come to trial. Why, sir, (and here Mr. Erwin- became vehement) in stead of being lawbreakers, or the in citers of lawlessness, the peace and safety of Chicago were preserved by the wise and patriotic counsels of Mr, Debs and his companions at Ulrich'S hall. I was there, and I know. It la the most sublime farce this side of hades to attempt to brand those men as criminals. The report of the board of arbitrators appointed by the presi dent placed the blame for the violence and the lawless . work of the mobs upon the shoulders of the railroad managers. In the future the verdict of the public conscience will be that Debs and the others who were in dicted with him acted the part of patriots at the most critical moment! in the history of that great strike." .DRILLMASTER AND RECRUIT. While Mr. Erwin and the reportei were still talking, Capt. Wilkinson, o{ Fort Snelling, joined them. Incidental! ly, the captain spoke of being down for a speech at the Grant anniversarj celebration of Acker post. . This led j Erwin to remark that he detests mak ing a speech. He has never com : mitted to paper but two speeches, be fore delivery. Asked about the great speech delivered in court at Chicago, on behalf of the A. It. U. leaders, he said he had not formulated any pari of it when he rose to speak. He had eaten scarcely anything in the twenty* four hours preceding, and when pos sible, went to sleep in order to keej from thinking. Another interesting point developed from Capt. Wilkinson's presence. In 'til Mr. Erwin undertook to raise a company of volunteers in his county, and that he might be able to drill then}