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DEFAULTER TAYLOR HAS PALS AT WCRL Turtle Mountain Troubles Ap proach a Crisis. Eckels and Depew TaEk, Finances. VOL. XVIII.— PRICE TWO CENTS—] y^SfiSR. \ A BUSK HOME. Detroit Celebrates Comple tion of New Chamber of Commerce. ELABORATE BANQUET HELD. Exceptionally Able Discus sion of Commercial Questions. DEPEW ON UNION OF STATES /lon. James H. Eckels Dis cusses "Currency "--Oth er Toasts. DETROIT, Mich., May Up wards of 350 leading business men of Detroit, with their guests of the evening, enjoyed the banquet given at the Hotel Cadillac tonight in cele bration of the completion and dedi cation of the new Detroit chamber of commerce. After upwards of an hour's discussion of the elaborate menu, the company listened to cx i Mortally able discussions of sub jects of interest to the commercial world by representatives of leading business and financial interests of the country. The guests were wel comed by Rufus W. Gillett, presi dent of the Detroit chamber of com merce. Ex-Seniatc r Thomas W. Palm er presided happily as toastmaster. The first toast was eloquently re sponded to by Hon. W. C. Maybury, of Detroit. His subject was "No North, No South, No East, No West; but the Commercial Supremacy of a Great Nation." "Commerce of the Inland Seas" was responded to by Harvey D. Goulder, counsel of the Inland Car riers' asscoiaition. After citing the progress of the Great Lake traffic as compared with thait of other water ways, he, in closing, dec! ire 1 that the Detroit chamber of commerce was looked to as the concentrated en ergy of Michigan, in behalf of the lake traffic, in which Michigan is so especially 'interested. Hon. Chauncey M. Depew was t? en Introduced, and spoke on "The Union of States— 'the Bond of Commerce Is Their Mutual Dependence and En during Prosperity." In opening, Mr. Depew said that while business men might differpolitically.the various chambers of commerce consid ered only th? questions affecting com merce upon the recognized principles of commercial prosperity, the immuta -1.1 laws of trade, saying: "Thus it is that the commerce of the United States is the ever-strengthening bond of union of the commonwealths which consti tute the republic." He referred to the necessity for the association of inter ests and capital, and said: "There is no more beneficent form of associa tion than those boards of trade and chambers of commerce which are now established all over the country. They are the sources of commercial and na tional union in a republic. li time there will be a central chamber of commerce in Washington, in which each of these bodies will have repre sentation. When a business man be comes a member of congress, the ef fort to spread himself over this great country seems to so thin his gray mat ter as to make him incapable of bring ing to the business of the nation the same common sense which made him successful at home. The most re markable illustration of this is the congress that has just adjourned. In stead of relief, we had a Babel .of propositions which only added to the general confusion, and made the day of the adjournment of congress a day of national thanksgiving. The national chamber of commerce would be a kin dergarten on economical and financial questions for the instruction of the members of congress." The speaker went into details on the freight rates of the world, showing that in this country the rate per ton was only one third that of Europe. Continuing, he said: "The INTFRNAL COMMERCE of the United States makes our coun try the most wonderful market ever known. Our Internal commerce Is so vast that the sum of the traffic of ! Rome when she commanded the world; of Genoa when she was queen of the Mediterranean, of Venice when -she commanded the seas, are but as rivulets to the Father of Waters. We will always and must always avoid cemplieations in European and Asiatic politics, but no foreign power can ex ercise a hostile authority in Hawaii, or Central America, or Mexico, or sister republics of the Southern hem isphere without receiving from us pro test the resistance. How are we to ]. serve our prosperity? With con fidence, a business of incalculable magnitude can get along with very lit tle currency; without confidence there is not enough money in the world to conduct the business of the United States. We have been at the bottom, and we arc- on the UP GRADE OF PROSPERITY. We should have a revenue system so well defined that it could not be dis turbed except in minor details for a generation. While not discussing tar iff or lice trade, wo should have a revenue system which will meet the requirements of tho government and to support it without direct taxation. The United States is a debtor, na tional, municipal, railway and indi vidual, to the extent of about fourteen billions of dollars. Of this, one-third Is held abroad. A well-defined policy to pay our debts at 75 cents or at 50 cents on the dollar would lead to two cr three thousand millions of dollars of our securities coming home for us to take. The presentation of them In cur markets would endanger the sta bility of every bank, derange every exchange, and- paralyse every indus try? In the United States. There can be but one. standard of value, and . that, is a metal that will bring the tamo price whether it is in bar or has the stamp of the government upon it. A dollar must be worth a hundred cents anywhere in the United States, and a hundred cents any where in the V.'CI el." - icr'Ad'd^d. "The Effect Upon Commerce of Pool ing by Transportation Lines" was re sponded, to by George R. Blanchard, , commissioner, of the Central Traffic association. Hon. O. D. Ashley, president of the Mr *~sZZA i s^dZf*~^? 4***^^2s'aV^sa» Wabash railroad, responded effectively to "Commerce * and Transportation, One and Inseparable." "-">.:.• Hon. James H. Eckels, comptroller of the currency, responded to the toast "Currency," as follows: ECKELS' SPEECH. ' "It is impossible within the brief limits of a conventional after dinner address to do more than to touch upen the sentiment which has just been an nounced, and to which I am asked to respond. I shall, therefore, content myself with giving expression to such general views as seem to me to be pertinent to a single phase of the cur rency question, as it today engages public thought and commands the peo ple's attention. I am sure all will agree that it is the most important problem with which the executive and legislative branches of the government have now to deal, and as such de mands that there be brought to bear to its solution a statesmanship as wise as it is patriotic, and as honest as it is wise. It involves too great interests and is too far-reaching in its effects to be considered from any other stand point than the desire to reach such conclusions as will work out the best results to this land in which the wealth, the happiness, the aspirations of every patriotic American citizen. "Its discussion has been precipitated at a time when the country is emerg ing from: a period of financial and com mercial depression, wide-spread and of long-cOntinued duration. It finds every avenue of trade giving evidence of RENEWED ACTIVITY; mill and factory again in operation and agriculture promising to those engaged in its pursuit abundant har vests and appreciating prices. It press es itself upon the laborer now no longer idle, but busy with the employment which has come with the settlement of questions which have long vexed the public mind, and after ampls demon stration of ability of the government to maintain untainted the public faith and the nation's credit. If under such circumstances the cause of these who stand against the schemes proposed to rid, by means of law, a people from making proper payment of their just debts,, and give them riches through legislative action, cannot be sustained, the experience of all monetary history will be reversed. If this contest shall end otherwise than in the triumph of that which is right in theory and sound in principle, it will be because the American people have lost much of that good sense and honesty which a great writer declared, though some times permitting an agitation for some thing wrong and mischievous, always, when the danger point is reached, brings forth a mass of opinion which, though ordinarily quiescent, at such time forces itself into activity, puts down the wrong thing and peremptor ily demands the right thing instead. I believe we have come to a point in this discussion of our monetary sys tem and agitation for A COMPLETE CHANGE in our standard of value when this mass of opinion should not only be aroused, but should make itself an active force . in putting an end to the currency vagaries of which the free silver movement, as today presented, is the culmination. If commercial and industrial revival is to continue; re curring loss to every citizen prevented; national and individual financial credit and integrity maintained, and ultimate disaster averted, there must b*j no long er a spirit of hesitation in those who know the baneful effects of the thing proposed. _ "The American people cannot too quickly recognize that they are in the midest of a propaganda, skillfully and zealously being carried on with the end in view of revolutionizing the country's existing monetary system. The position which they now assume of necessity eliminates from their ranks all who heretofore have strug gled to bring about a larger use of silver in the country's currency at an increased ratio, and drives into the camp of the opposition every honest champion of international bimetallism. The plan laid is of their own making; the issue of their own choosing, and in the face of their acts the believer in the SINGLE GOLD STANDARD and the believer in a standard of both gold and silver should Rive them neither aid nor succor. They chal lenge the one and repudiate the other, and from both should come a united opposition. :■';- „-\ : •-•-.. "The contention which is now. made by the single silver standard adherents: reduced to its last analysis is silver fiatism pure and simple. It is the theory of the Socialist and Populist ! applied to monetary science: It Ms based upon the belief in what has been ably termed 'the all-powerfulness' of the state and is in utter disregard of that great fact in financial history that mediums of exchange- and -stand ards of value did hot : find their origin in law, but were born of the needs of trade and commerce.- They came into use through no legislative action save that which was wrought in the. great parliament of commerce, ..and? from then until now the enacted laws of councils and of congresses, In viola-" tion of the principles underlying them have failed to control and regulate them. The end always sought by com merce, the great arbiter of every monetary system since the dawn of civilization has been to have in every metallic money such Intrinsic value as makes the unstamped coin of the same value as a commodity of mer chandise as the stamped. ? It has with i equal rigor insisted that in bank cur cency there shall be immediate re demption upon presentation in SOUND METALLIC CURRENCY. "It Invokes in behalf of the money which it sanctions and accepts no j alchemist, and believes in no philoso ! pher's stor.o. It has, throughout all the centuries, stood defiant against the error:: of legislative bodies and the wrongful "edicts of kings, and action upon the principle that "value knows its own laws and follows them, in spite of decrees arid penalties," has taken the coins of every country for what they are intrinsically worth, and not for what the legal stamp repre sents them to be worth. The commer cial world has with unvarying precis ion drawn the true distinction which exists between true value in a na tion's currency and the sign of value affixed to it, and standing upon ' that line of demarcation it has been as in different to the laws of great nations as of small. The question to which tho friends of the maintenance of a medium of exchange of unquestioned and unquestionable value must ad dress themselves is not how to tem porarily defeat the advocates -of free coinage of silver as they now present it, but how to permanently insure the country against the danger which would flow front crystallizing into law any monetary suggestion?. which I is based in whole or in part upon the doctrine of fiatism. The forces of fiat silver currency, of irredeemable pa per and their Popullstic.'allies -can be permanently eradicated: as factors worthy of consideration and sources of ST. PAUL/MINN.: FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1805. discontent and financial loss In but ! one way, and that lies through the I gateway of sound monetary education. To this work "the individual and the nation's good demands that in season and out there be such labor per formed as shall at no distant day result in their being beaten squarely upon the issues for which they stand and the country rid of the disasters at tendant upon their hope of ultimate success." Letters of regret were read from President Cleveland, ex-President Har rison and Senator Burrows. LEO'S POLITICAL POLICY. Document Has Been Issued Set ting Forth His Desires. LONDON, May 3.— A dispatch to the Standard from Rome says the pope has sent has sent to all the cardinals, heads of orders, etc., a doc ument referring to the political .con ditions of the papacy, which takes the form of his political testament. His holiness reviews the history of his accession to the see of St. Peter, and makes a warm appeal to the cardinals at any future conclave to keep his ideal before them and continue the policy he has hitherto pursued. He requests the cardinals to hasten the election of the next pope as much as possible, so as to give no time for outside intrigue or jealousy of the powers to influence in any way the free votes of the cardinals or to place difficulty in the way of the newly elected pope. The whole drift of the document is to secure as his succes sor one who will continue his policy and efface at the moment of the con clave the divergencies at present ex isting. NO BAIL FOR DURANT. ■ HE IS HELD FOR TRIAL ON CHARGE OF MURDER. HIS GUILT WELL PROVEN. Judge in Reviewing the Case De clares Nothing Wanting in the Chain. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 2.'— Theodore Durant wail be placed on trial for his life for the murder of Minnie Williams. He was held to an swer on -tiiui't charge in the superior court today and bail refused. Police Judge Conlan, tihe comrnitibing mag's ttate, in rendering his decision, brief ly reviewed the case and the evi dence adduced against Durant. In conclusion the judge said: "TCie peo ple, I consider, have surely wound the. chain of circumstances in this case around one Durant, and, to cap the climax, 'the property of the dead giirl was found In Ibis possession. The . chain is complete, and -in my opinion nothing is wanting." Subsequently Durant's preliminary examination for the murder of . Blanche Lamont was taken up. The evidence so far given was a precise repetition of that at the inquest yesterday, and related to Durant's accompanying the girl from school on the day, she was mur dered vend to his social intimacy with her. Blanche's aunt, Mrs. Noble, was asked by the defense to identify the dead girl's 'handwriting. She was cross-examined for an hour at this point. The only writing which has concerned the caste hitherto was that on tihe paper enclosing Blanche's lings and bearing the names of George R. King and Prof. Schern sltein. The defense apparently, wish to show that Blanche herself wrote these names to establish their new theory that Blanche had not been killed and that the body found in '.he church was that of some one else. A. R.U. CASES DROPPED NO FURTHER - PROSECUTION OF OAKLAND STRIKERS." SUCH IS OLNEY'S ORDER. Railway Men Are Much Pleased With the Attorney Gener al's Decision. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 2.— ; The federal officers have reccilved word from Attorney General Olney to drop all legal proceedings against' the Oakland strikers. When the jury disagreed in the • protracted Cassi day case Mr. Olney was said to have ordered a new trial. District Attorney Foote, however, was adverse to an other such siege, and on his advice the matter will now be dropped. The A. R. U. men are very much pleased at this decision. PREDICTS FAILURE. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 2.— have made predictions, on strikes for the past twenty years, and I have never been mistaken yet. My prediction on this strike is that it is lost." These were the words of Col. W. P. Rend, the Chicago coal operator, who is in this city looking after his interests in the Pittsburg district. He was discussing the present strike for 69 cents, and continuing, he said: "The strike is a lost cause, and the operators will not pay over 60 cents per ton, even if the Ohio miners do strike, in which event it is calculated that the demand for coal from this district will be so great that it will compel the operators to start their mines at any price." The mines in the Wheeling division of the Baltimore & Ohio road are having more success today in getting out coal. Im portations of men have continued, and there are. 100 negro miners from West Virginia at work at the Jumbo mine, and thirty at the Midway mine, both of which aro owned' by F. L. Robbins. The mine.; and the non-union men are closely guarded by deputies, but thus far no serious collisions have occurred. On the other hand the miners are more confident of success than ever, and say that there are fewer men at work at the 60-cent rate now than at "any other time, and that in a? short time they will have the Pittsburg & Chicago "company's men all out. At this time the men have just renewed their con tract with the company to w«e,*k eight months at the 60-cent rate' with 10 per cent off. to be paid them at the expira tion of the contract, if its terms have been complied with. ADVAHCEOH REDS. Marshal Cronan and Posse Depart for Scene of Trouble. SETTLERS ARE IN PERIL Hostiles Practically in Pos session of the Village of St. John. SHOULD THE MARSHAL FAIL It Is Expected Troops Will Ec Called Out From Fort Buford. I ■ : — YVASHINGTON, May 2.— Gen. Schofield does not apprehend any serious trouble with the Indians at Turtle Mountain, N. D., but, as a matter of. precaution, he has ordered the troops at Fort Buford, the near est military post, to be in readiness to proceed to Turtle Mountain at the first sign of danger to the residents. CHURCH'S FERRY, N. D.. May 2. United States Marshal Cronan left here for St. Johns this afternoon with Deputies Daggett, Loom;:?, Leech, Regan and Wood, of Fargo; Mcßr'ide, of ' Bismarck; Armstrong, of Buffalo; Hannah, of Grafton; Hen nessey, of Grand Forks; Hurst, of Devil's Lake; McCune, of Cando, anl Schindler, of Rolla. Indian Agent Hall, from ToCten, accompanied the party. Indians on the Turtle Moun tain reservation are in his charge, though Capt. Brenner is subagent. The posse will go no farther than Rolla tonight, which lis twenty miles sc-uT.ih of St. Johns. From informa tion gathered 'there the best method of procedure tomorrow can be.de cided. The breeds are encamped at Joseph Dangan's, three miles, west of St. Johns? Langan is the breed who was arrested by Deputy Schind ler two weeks ago and was rescued. He 'has the reputation of being a fair citizen and has much influence over the breeds, Who. say they will fight before they will let him be taken. The deputies are each armed with a Winchester and 'revolvers, are all picked men and will give good ac count cf themselves if necessary. Agent Hall thinks he can keep the Turtle Mountain reservation Indians quiet, leaving the deputies to cope with the Canadian Indians and half breads. Unless great caution is exercised by the posse it is feared that their visit may result disastrously to white settlers before the requisition for troops is granted, as the Indians have 'threatened to -"-'V": WIPE THE WHITES from the face of 'tihe earth if any of their number are arrested, and they are well enough armed to do it if aroused to action before the troops arrive. Many of the late settlers at St. Johns and Rolla have left their hous es for fear of the violence of the Indians. Other settlers do not ex pect to be molested, but are anxious to have the matter settled, as their title to their homes ds continually br ought into question by the reiter ated claims of the Indians. So far all reports agree 'tJhat the Indians have shown no signs of join ing the half-breeds in making trou ble, though Little Shell is one of their chiefs. "They say the govern ment has net treated them light in withholding payment for their land 3, but that' they will not join the breeds in fighting, dd'd'd There is some likelihood of a clash between the marshal and the Indian agent, who says that he does not pro pose to see them imposed on in any manner. ".' : REDS IN ST. JOHNS. Parties passing through here from St. Johns stated that the Indians are practically.- in possession of that vil lage, the .whites being without means of defending themselves from depre dations. Under, the leadership of. Chief Little ''-Shell, the redskins, 250 • strong,, are encamped a short dis tance west of the village, where they subsist by • making foraging raids upon the settlers. They have already killed all the cattle belonging to three settlers for the beef, and have seized all the ammunition from the hard* ware, store' at St. Johns. They are? showing no signs of active hostilities against the persons of the whites, but pay for none of the property they ap propriate. Crowds of Indians and"' half-breeds continuously throng the railway station, anxiously awaitii?* dispatches concerning the forwarding of troops to the scene of the trouble. It is believed .here by those best ac quainted with the situation that the Indians will make a dogged resistance if troops are sent, out to make arrests, and that by retreating into the timber in the Turtle mountain country, they will be able to cause such annoyance to - the federal authorities that the government will be induced to take action toward satisfying their PENDING LAND CLAIM. ", The claim affects the original title of the government to land extending from the Cheyenne tract north to the Canadian' boundary, and from a line thirty miles west of the Red river, west to the ' Crow creek reservation, the entire 'tract having been pur chased, it" is said, from the -Sioux" ; prior to its opening for settlement in 1881. .. These Indians claim that "the" Sioux had no right to the tract, and no power to _ make- conveyance thereof, basing their claim on an allotment agreed to at a treaty held at Wash ington in 1549, at which all the North west tribes of Indians were represent ed. The Turtle mountain s braves, nearly all of, whom are of the Chip pewa nation? now . demand 25 cents per acre for "this tract, which would' j amount to more than $2,250,000. They 1 also demand that their reservation* /-.';;-::,-.' ■- - .- 2&i* which was reduced in 1883 from twen ty-five townships to two townships, be increased to at least twelve town ships. This claim to land they assert boldly in support of their action in resisting the arrest of the indicted tim ber thieves among their number. They argue that the timber is their own, and will demand payment so until the government satisfies their demand. dL\d-. The white settlers in the disputed "tract, especially thosa near the reser vation, believe that in justice to them and to the Indians, the matter should be promptly and effectually settled by the government. Refuse Militia. GRAND FORKS, N. D., May 2.— A telegram to Marshal Cronan from Dep uty Schindler at Rolla says: "You cm take the prisoners with a posse. They are preparing to fight. You must have trcops. Pcsse no use." Other telegrams say the half-breeds are be coming threatening and trouble is un avoidable. Families continue to leave the. vicinity for safer locations. Citi zens of Rolla and St. John have been wiring Gov. Allin to call out the mili tia, but the chief executive seems to regard the trouble as one which the United States government should set tle, and' is not likely to order out the militia till he sees what the United States -authorities will do. The half breeds are all armed with rifles, but are said to have not much ammuni tion, and, while reports come that they are preparing a position for a defense, it is more than likely that they will skip over the border if troops are ordered out, and commit their depre dations by making raids en unpro tected points. Troops Needed. FARGO, N. D., May 2.— This after noon Olney wired United States Judge I Thomas whether in his opinion war rants should be served without calling j on the military. Thomas replied that ' it was useless sending a posse. The only result would be useless bloodshed. It i. expected here tonight that troops will be ordered to St. John from Ft. Buford, where are two companies. Mar shal" Cronan and posse leave in the morning. .;».*'- %"(ln <■■•(» mi Ugly. GRANTS FORKS, N. D., May The ' Indians about St. John are growing more. ugly, and the situation is becom ing more serious. There are 300 Amer ican Indians on the reservation, which • is thirty twenty-four square miles, and;7oo Canadian Indians have crossed | the line. Ch^-f Little Shell and Chief j Red: ThundeMwant a" fight. They are ! on a tear, and have commenced burn j ing dwellings, barns and other prop erty. The reds are driving white peo ple from the reservation. '.-;:' For a Ituud Tournament. ORTONVILLE, Minn., May 2.— A ; committee' meeting of delegates from j eight different brass bands from/neigh boring towns was held in this city j yesterday to set a date and make pre i liminary arrangements for a two days' ' band convention, to be held here in ' Jwjjv The invitation is general to. all bane's that wish to participate.., and some twenty will be present*, the r date. hems' June 18 and 19. Doable Wedding.' MILACA, May 2.— Yesterday occurred the double wedding of Miss Eveline Doherty and Raymond Davis, and Miss Carrie Doherty : and J. H. Ward. Friends from Anoka, Princeton, For estbn and this village were present. The presents were numerous and cost- I ly. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Davis, of Mike Drew, gave a recep tion at their home in honor .of the happy couples, which was largely at tended, and a very enjoyable affair. .-id Another .Van's Wife. ' ROOKSTON, May 2.— The sheriff of Vilas county. Wisconsin, has appre hended the wife of a man living at Spencer, Wis., living with Dr. Hawk ins,* the physician and superintendent of the government school at Red Lake agency. The party passed through here last night en route for Wisconsin. Dr. -Hawkins came here about the first of the year from the Omaha reserva tion in Nebraska, and has given good satisfaction in his work. -.*"?: Who's Lost .an Arm, ST. CLOUD, Minn., May 2.-Some excitement was occasioned at the Northern Pacific depot this afternoon by the discovery, among a lot of old bones collected and being shipped by a second-hand dealer, of a human arm. The entire arm, including the shoul der blade and fingers, was intact, but just who it belonged to will probably remain a mystery forever. Olivia Gets County Seat. FAIRFAX, Minn., ,May 2.— The * question of dispute as to the removal of -Renvile county seat from Beaver ; Falls to Olivia is settled. The order • of Judge - Webber, dissolving the in ! junction that was issued against the j county commissioners and. officers has been confirmed by the supreme court, and Webber is sustained. >.<-; Not ii Springtime Wedding:. ED WOOD FALLS, Minn., May 2.— Rev. John Sinclair united in marriage yesterday Stephen Russell and Mrs. Martha Hyatt, whose united ages are . over 140 years. Both are prominent j members of society. Both were mar j ried before and have large families. . Mrs. Russell is a Quakeress. • i : -"■- ■• ' : '•* Held for Petit Larceny. Specvai to the Globe. OWATONNA, Minn., May 2.— George i W Brookings, the barber who was ar rested in St. Cloud on Monday and ; brought to this city last night, upon the charge of obtaining a watch from th' cook at the Winship house, was tried this afternoon and bound over to the grand jury in the sum of §300. Fiiwordi Learners' Gathering. Special to the .Globe. .OWA.TONNA, Minn., May The fifth annual convention of the Mankato District Epworth league opens in this city tomorrow afternoon. The pro gramme is an excellent one, and con tinues through Sunday evening. Kohnka Called Back. :- Special to the Globe. - ST. CLOUD, May 2.— Chief of Police Wheeler returned today from Delano, Minn., having in charge John Kohnka, : who* was arrested upon the charge of swindling Peter Gondringer, of St. I Cloud out of $280. Kohnka pleaded not "guilty, and bail was fixed at $500. d.rd±-- — : — r-' - ; ??^' ■-.- ?' Wedded at Chatfield. '■: CHATFIELD, Minn., May 2.— Dr. Charles 7M. Cooper, one of the leading physicians of Southern Minnesota, was united in marriage yesterday to Miss Katharine Cole, of one of Chatfield's first families. The wedding was a very elaborate affair. id.,::: A. . _:_._/._. V PALS OF TAYLOR Seem to Be in Communication With the Missing Ex- Treasurer. RESIDENCE BURGLARIZED And the Defaulter's Dress Suit and Fine Linen Car ried Away. HIS NEED OF A DRESS SUIT Hardly Compatible With the Idea That He Is in South America. Special to the Globe. REDFIELD, S. D., May 2.—An other sensation tin connection with Defaulter Taylor comes to light to day in the discovery itfhalt some night this week some parties gain forced entrance into Taylor's former resi dence here, now with tis household goods held by 'the sheriff on liens by the -sta.te and First National Lank authorities, and abstracted Taylor's full dress suit, his plug hats, silken j.'.^s, fancy waistcoats and fine linen shirts. While there were plomty of valuables of all kinds at hand, noth ing else was molested. The robbery is the topic of much gossip, since it leads to surmises that Taylor MUST HAVE CONFEDERATES here, and these speei'al articles of dress were singled out from a great quantity of other clothing and sent to him or to some friend East for shipment 'to him. The sheriff had the doors padlocked and bolted, and en trance was effected by means of a crowbar, when an experience I burg lar would have entered by the win dow. There seems to be no doubt but thait certain parties here are either in direct communication with Tay lor or wth confederates of the latter in the East. The abstracting of the dress suit, which was Taylor's wed ding garmenit, and leaving untouched a multitude of valuable articles from cellar to attic leads to much conjec ture and query as to what Taylor wants with a dress suit in South America. ALICE TOLD HER STORY. Evidence Strong: AKiiinsit Bixby, the Alleged Wife Murderer. . • HUDSON, Wis,, May The Bixby trial had its sensation again .this af ternoon? ""Judge Bundy had ruled out all evidence of improper liberties by Bixby with Alice, offered by the state. The defense, in cross-examination, en deavored to show that Alice had threatened to run away from home ! after the shooting. She admitted the fact on re-direct examination. She said it was because her father, as she believed him to be, misused her. The defense tried to have the ' answer stricken out, but the court refused. j Alice became much excited today, saying if one of the Bixbys claimed that she had made certain state ments he was a liar. She broke down immediately afterwards under the strain of cross-examination, and was excused for a period by the court. The witnesses examined this fore noon testified to different statements Bixby made after the shooting as to the cause of his wife's death. His stories differed in some particulars, but in each he had claimed the shoot ing occurred by the accidental fall of the gun. The state will construct a I full-sized south end of the Bixby cot tage in the court room tonight for the use of the jury tomorrow. It was yesterday that the state first introduced Alice Bixby, .its star wit ness. The girl is about sixteen, modest, and possessed of more than average good looks. She said that on j the morning that her mother was shot, j Bixby had sent the oldest boy away i to town. About 7 in the morning he ! sent the hired man and the next oldest i boy, named Robbie, to Fleming's Mills. j About 11 o'clock the witness went j down to the barn, where she remained about five minutes. While there she met a younger brother coming out to feed the chickens. At the same in stant they both heard the report of a gun. Witness returned and met her father at the door. He said to her: ."Poor mother is shot." '.' At the same time Bixby told the wit ness to tell the people that came there that she was in the house arid he was out doors. He wanted her to say that she was standing by the window in the kitchen when she heard the gun go off; that she looked in the sitting room and saw her mother sitting in the chair with her elbow on the sew ing machine. She was to say that the gun fell from the nail and was ac cidentally discharged. He further told her to say that when she turned around and went out doors he was outside, on the steps, and then came in. Witness stated that he had several I talks with her at different times, and I insisted that she should stick to the same story. At the coroner's Inquest Bixby told her privately that if she I said anything different he would do something to her she would always I remember. Witness stated that in the summer he had "made some advances, and one day had put his arm around her out at the stable and taken other liberties. She told him to stop and said she would tell her mother, which she after ward did. On cross-examination she admitted that . she had told the story of the accident to the justice at the examina tion and to various other persons, but insisted that she was now telling the truth. Maud Le Grant, the daughter of the nearest neighbor, testified that on the morning of the shooting Bennet Bixby, the.youngest son, asked her to go over to Bixby's, saying that his mother had been shot. She found Mrs. Bixby ly ing on the floor in a small pool of blood. Mrs. Le Grant and I. T. Haley,' storekeeper at Emerald, were the other witnesses of the day. ■ Sowing Seed for the Church. WHEATLAND, N. D., May 2.— There' has been great excitement in this com munity over a "church bee." "The trustees of the M. E. church leased 160 acres of land, bought wheat and made a bee. There are forty-nine four PRICE TWO CENTS-j^ E T i?S.(- NO. 123. and five-horse teams now at work, be sides some two-horse teams. They be gan yesterday morning to plow and to harrow and have drilled just as soon as plowed. The entire quarter was seeded last night. Mr. Dawson, super intendent of the farm of Muriger & Markell, of Duluth, has agreed to thresh the crop, and others have agreed to harvest it. The sale of wheat is ex pected to furnish money enough to pay off the church debt. M7M ASTER. CONFESSED. Eau Claire EmhexKlements Were Voluntarily Exposed. EAT* CLAIRE, Wis., May 2— the two embezzlement cases Greene has not yet pleaded to the charge against him and is still in jail, where he slept last night. He keeps his nerve, has secured an attorney, and will probably plead not guilty, meantime awaiting, it is said, financial help from wealthy relatives of his wife. McMaster re mains at his home. He is on the verge of nervous prostration. His wife, who was visiting her parents in Minneap olis, arrived here last night. McMaster has no' attorney, and says he will simply throw himself on the mercy of the court. The first that was known about Mc- Master and Greene's shortages was the disclosure voluntarily made to the bank officials a week ago today by McMaster. His shortage commenced last August. He and Greene operated together in wheat through a Minne apolis bucket shop. Greene raised money by overdrafts on the bank and McMaster by drafts on the bank's cor respondents. McMaster could easily have continued his speculations in definitely, but determined to make a clean breast of it. He had been trying for a week to settle with the bank by giving notes indorsed by his father and father-in-law, and Greerte mean time was arranging for money to square himself with the city, . but in getting between themselves Greene and McMaster were $4, C00 apart, and this complication was what finally brought the climax. Mayor Daly was first in formed of Greene's shortage yesterday. The council last night turned the city treasury over to tho finance committee and the books are being examined. It is said Greene's books are all right, and the impression is he will get out of the scrape. ONE LIMB SHOT AWAY. Hoy Hunter Meets With Fatal Ac cident, Special to the Globe. - LIT VERNE, Minn., May 2.— While Fred and Peter Keen, aged seventeen and twelve, sons of Nicholas Koch, were out hunting late yesterday after noon along Rock river, seven miles east of Luverne, the gun In the hands of Peter was accidentally discharged, almost tearing Fred's right leg off be low the knee, both barrels discharging at the same time. He immediately plunged into the river, while the other ran for assistance. He died, however, shortly after the physician arrived. MILLS SHIT DOWN. Low Water Seriously Affect* Pn j per Making- Industry. APPLETON,-- Wis., May- Water in the Fox * river** here fell .to such a low stage today that the mills on the upper power were compelled to shut down. The condition of things seems to grow more strained for the mills as time goes on. It is even intimated that if rain does not afford relief soon the government may insist upon a complete, shut-down. Such extreme action would be a severe blow to the paper-making interest of the valley. Caught H:n*.*j;l:iri/.lngr. WEBSTER CITY, 10., May 2.— Early this morning George Carr, a well known man about town, was cap tured in the act of burglarizing Ger ber's drug store. For the past month stock had been missed from the store, and although a close watch was kept the stealing seemed to go on under their very eyes. Last night a man was secreted in the cellar to watch, and Carr was captured without a struggle, as he was taking goods out preparatory to placing them on a wagon. Phelan Denounced. DULUTH, Minn., May The Northwestern Witness, the Catholic paper of Bishop McGolrick's diocese, touches up Father Phelan, editor of the Western Watchman, for his attack on the Protestant societies known as the Epworth league and Christian En deavor. "There is no denying the fact," says the Witness, "that for this once Father Phelan has thrown the a virtue of charity overboard, unreined his zeal and flourished the weapon used by the oath-bound bigots." Puyallup Indiana Threaten. TACOMA, Wash., May 2.— The Puyal lup Indians threaten to put on the war paint if the United States land commissioners persist In selling their lands. For nearly two years the gov ernment has had agents hero assessing lands owned in severalty by Indians on the Puyallup reservation, and to day offered a large portion 01' the reservation for sale. Many of the Indians protest against this action and have publicly proclaimed that they will not allow any purchasers to take pos session. Minnesota Pensions. WASHINGTON, May 2.—Northwest ern pensions were granted yesterday as follows: Minnesota— Original, William Lewis, Rockford; Andrew J. Bliss, Beaver Falls. Additional, James Tansey. Min neapolis. Renewal and increase, Obed Averill, Lewiston. Increase, George W. Mapes, Bertha; Josepi S. Edwards, Henning. Reissue, Robert R. Jenness, Windom; Bernard Kirst, Winona. Widow, Andrew J. West (father), St. Paul Park. To Prepare for the Saengrerhund. Special to the Globe. FARIBAULT, Minn., May 2.— Officers of the German Harmonian society of this city will go to St. Paul tomorrow, accompanied by Prof. Roese and Frank Engle, to rehearse with the St. Paul societies for the grand choruses which are to be sung at the state saenger bund in Faribault June next. A con ference will be held to further ar rangements for the state event, and make it a worthy entertainment for the thousands who will come to Fari bault at that time. "Will Represent Ilaslgers. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 2.—Secre tary U. O. B. Wingate, of the State Board of Health, will go to Baltimore tomorrow to attend the biennial meet ing of the American Medical society, which will be held from May 6 to 9. He will assist in preparing a bill for 'congress that is to authorize the ap pointment of a national secretary of public health, who shall serve as a I cabinet officer. _._._.. oWm LIGHTS DECLARED DEFECTIVE. riamie Schwartz Abduction Case Revived. The Apostles Submit to a Defeat. TO THE AID OF ERIN. Irish - Americans Decide to Inaugurate a New Move. AN APPEAL TO NATIONS Contemplated to Secure Au tonomy Denied by En gland. SUGGESTED BY GLADSTONE, Men Prominent in Hiberniaa Councils Interested in the Plan. NEW YORK, May 2.— The follow ing will be published . here tomor row: A movement Was been set on foot to hold a convention of Irish-Ameri cans in one of 'the targe cities alt an early date. A number of gentlemen who hJave been prominent in the Irish cause and who are of various schools of poDtfli tl though)!, have come "to the conclusion Bhart tin* time has come for Irish-American's to in augurate a new and bolder policy in the interest of li'isi'.i independence. The agitation known as the Parnell. or parliamentary movement, as far as Irish nationality is concerned, is dead. The 'home rule question has bean ruled out cf practical British politics by 'the British people. The new movement abides by the decis ion, as far as the further prosecu tion of parliamentary -agitation is concerned, but de'ttrmines to keep the flag of Irish independence still flying, and will devote itself to forc ing the Irish question upon the alt ;tention ii,' the world, in such a man ner as will inevitably compel a stit itlement more satisfactory 'to Ireland 'than any heretofore offered by any BrOtish party. Mr. Gladstone said, in moving his home rule hill: "If, nhere fore, 'the resistance to this measure were to be bitter, obstinate and pro longed, 'the question of repeal might finally become "AN INTERNATIONAL ONE." The promoters of the new move ment have been driven to adopt the alternative suggeoied by Mr. Glad stone, and will try to make the de mands of Ireland a subject for in ternational consideration. Several hundred Irish-Americans have pledged their sympathy and co operation, and the . names an- resehtatlve of every section, of. the United States. Among them will be found the Hon. L. C. E. Weadock, of Bay City, Mich.; M. J. Murphy, Bay j dly, Mich.; Hon. O'Brien, J. Atkin . son, Fort Gratiot, Mich.; O'Neill Ryan, i Andrew Hoolan, and .1. J. O'Connor, St. Louis, Mo.; Hon. John Fitzpatrlck, mayor of New Orleans; T. Moloney, New Orleans; Hon. Maurice F. Wil bere, ex-president of the A. O. 11., and Patrick O'Neil, of Philadelphia; Thomas Greevy, John -O'Toole, and Mayor S. M. Hogan, of Altoona, Pa.; Hon. M. Cooney and Dr. M. <". O'- Toole, San Francisco; Hon. William J. Gleason and Capt Patrick Smith, of Cleveland, O.; Senator I*. V. Fitz patrlck, Frank Agnew, and John I. Finerty, Chicago; Chris A. Gallagher, Minneapolis, Minn.; Maurice Donnelly, Indianapolis, md.; John thrie, Wilmington, Del.; William Lyman and John P. Sutton, of the Irish National League of America; M I). Gallagher, a prominent land league worker, and M. J. Lanagan, of New York; John D. Carroll, Brooklyn; Thomas J. Dundon, ex-national treas urer of the A. O. H., Columbus, 1 >. ; James Killelea and M. Martin, Nash ville, Term.; Hon. C. T. Driseoll and Hon. David Callaghan, New Haven, Conn.; Patrick T. Moran, Washing ton, D. C. ; John H. Vaughan, West Sunperior, Wis.; ('apt. Michael Mangan, Fond dv Lac, Wis.; J. M. Leonard, Fall River, Mass.; p. J. Judge, Holyoke, Mass., aid a large number of others. Men from the most distant point.-!, Including such cities as Seattle, Tacoma and Los Angeles, and tho various centers in Montana, Idaho and Colorado, have signified their Intention of being present at the meeting. All are unanimous that the proposed movement Is not only opportune, but a positive necessity tor the Irish cause. WOMEN WANT WOOLEY. JOHN ('... the MIXXESOT.I APOS TLE OF PROHIBITION, IS NAMED FOR PRESIDENT. Frances I". Willard and Other XV. C. T. V. Leaders Will Sup port. Him. BOSTON, May 2.--A movement is on foot among the Prohibitionists of the East to support lion. John G. Wooley, of Minnesota, as the presi dential candidate of the Prohibition party in the campaign of 1 96. It is announced that Mr. Wooley has the support of Miss Frances E. Willard and other leaders of the W. C. T. L*., who will strongly support his nom ination. VILLAGE WIPED OUT. Sand Lake, .Mleh., Suffers Front Fire. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., May 2.— Every business structure except a res taurant and a depot in the village of Sand Lake, twenty-five miles north of this city, were destroyed by fire there this afternoon. Several residences were also burned, and there are not enough left to accommodate the home less people. Three general stores, two drug stores, two hardware stores, one livery barn, one furniture store, two meat markets, the hotel, barber shop, wagon shop and three groceries were . totally wiped out. The total loss 13 estimated at 100,000, with less than $20,000 insurance. The village Is on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad, and ha-s a. £PAul_a^io:i Of about T.J.