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VOL. XVIII.-PRICE TWO CENTS— U^KAJSKJ -ST. PAUI,, MINN.: THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1895. PRICE TWO CENTS-} fWK&KB. }-N0. .262. BULLETIN OF THr^ OftlLY GI^OSE. f THURSDAY, SEPT. 10. _|l' on tli or for Today— - Fair, Southeasterly AVinds. PAGE 1. Cleveland Starts the Ills. Expo. Child* Plays a Lone Hand. Mow Facts in Taylor Case. Milwaukee Kx-Oilioinl Missing. Ceremonies at Chlcl_.amau_j;a. TAGE 2. Commercial Club Hustling. German M. E. Conference. PAGE 3. Hill City Matters. llrs. Perkins Goes Free. page: 4. , v Editorial. - ' I page: 5. Apostles Win in a Walk. Hoosiers A__;aiii Beaten by Millers. Brush After Apostles. Gentry Defeats Patolion. Culberson Will Stop the Die Mill. Answer to Dunraven. PAGE O. Milwaukee Cnts Coal Rates. 1. O. O. F. Bars Saloonists. Consrroi_ratlonnlistt> Elect Officers. Blue nt Oshkosh. $500,000 Loss at Indianapolis. PAGE 7. Bar Silver. GS 7-Sc. Stocks Quite Feverish. PAGE 8. St. Paul Friends of Erin Aroused. TODAY'S EVENTS. Me.— As You Like It, S.IS. Aurora Park— Base Ball, 3.30* City Hall— Assembly, 7.30. Mackubin Dutch Street Fair, 8 Cretin Hall— Father Nugent, 8. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Sept. 18— Arrived: Indiana, Liverpool. , LIVERPOOL — Arrived: Aurania, New York. LONDON— Arrived: Manitoba, New York. NEW YORK— Arrived: Havel, Bre men; New York, Southampton. GENOA— Arrived: Steamer Werra, New York. ■_*» Piatt's "Me too" is still good in New York Republican circles. The. state fair surplus is the bulk iest bit of. boodle in Minnesota. The president pressed the button end the new South did the rest. The Jewish New Year passed off as quietly as a May snow storm. Harrison has left New York. Tom Piatt wouldn't let him take it with him. High water is backing up into the Duluth elevators and swelling the receipts. Secretary Berg sang so loudly at Rush City yesterday that his voice was plainly heard at the state cap itol the day before. Miss Grace Cloes has won the championship of a Chicago tennis club. There is something suggestive of a full suit in that name. When the great Indianapolis fire occurred the hottest thing the Hoos ier capital ever produced, its ball team, was away from home. Sarah Bernhardt is "forninst" the bicycle. But then there are said to be reasors why Sarah would not appear to advantage in bloomers. Peffer taking up arms to prevent another bond issue would be almost as impressive a spectacle as Sov ereign boycotting the national bank note. Col. Robert G. Evans states with indignation that he has not an nounced himself as a candidate for governor. Neither has Col. Towne nor Col. Bixby. . •___»» ■ A school of pugilism might thrive in Winona. A sixteen-year-old boy there has brought suit against the superintendent of schools for giving him a black eye. Campos should prod his literary bureau with a bayonet. We have not had word of one of those de cisive defeats of the insurgents for lo these many days. We will give the' New Orleans Times-Democrat thirty days and the Atlanta Constitution ninety in which 'to find out that the free coinage Is sue is a back number. The Dispatch grape vine to Chat tanooga didn't work well yesterday. It put a speech in Gen. Bishop's mouth and had a whole lot of Min nesota exercises going on, none of which occurred. You must wait for the morning papers to get the news. Henry M. Stanley, now an M. p., Bays that Colonial Secretary Cham berlain proposes to construct a rail road penetrating Central Africa, to be 657 miles long, the cost of which is to be $8,750,000, or $13,300 a mile. The figures indicate that the methods of the American promoter will not be followed, and the cost will be all cost and not half water. Only Free Trade Will Settle It. Naw York Times. It may not be true that Senator Sherman is consciously making the best of a bad situation, but he is do ing the only thing left to him to do His course 1? a striking Illustration of the inevitable tendency of the Repub lican party. It is a challenge, whloh, we think, the country will not de cline, to .Settle the tariff U-fiUfc So that 1 will stay _>«-._*£_. - ---— • — U_4-_4at_____. Haste pill) pi A LITTLE INSIDE HISTORY IN ™ 'UE SOUTH DAKOTA EMBEZ ZLEMENT CASE. TAYLOR WAS IN A FRENZY, _^____ "?<sly. .;..':■?■ T -' AND FLED * JUST WHEN HIS . VRIENDS WERE READY TO AID HIM. THEY HAD RAISED THE CASH, And in Twenty-Four Hours More Would Have Squared Up His Accounts. •Social to the Globe. ' .- HICAGO, 111., Sept 18.— Had W. W, Taylor, the embezzling treasurer of the state of South Dakota, now under sentence of five years in the penitentiary for his theft of $350,000 of the funds intrusted to his official care, not lost his nerve and patience at a critical hour and unceremoni ously fled from Chicago his crime j would, in all probability, never have been made public and he today | would be a free man. This much is admitted by Lawyer D. K. Tenny, who in the early part of the ex posure acted as the defaulter's legal representative. Mr. Tenny tonight made public the story. "Early last December," said he, "I was apprised i of Taylor's defalcation. One of the i treasurer's securities said that Tay- j lor had confessed that he was short over $300,000. Taylor wanted the ' bondsman to arrange a settlement with the man who was to step in/to his shoes, and had threatened if this proved impossible to take every thing in sight and flee. It was this last condition that I was asked to help avoid. Friends raised $100,000 i in a jiffy, and a few days later when ! the bondsman introduced Taylor, ail he needed was $50,000. This he tried to raise in New York, but failed. The bondsman went to St. Paul, where he was well known, to make another effort. I ordered Taylor to turn over in trust to a man named Wells all his ; property, which amounted to more than $500,000 on its face value. This I was understood to be for the pur- i pose of either making good the lien ' of whoever might advance the need- j ed $50,000, or, failing in that effort, to protect the bondsmen. Taylor had $45,000 cash. He turned over this money on the same conditions. Then | with only $10,000 in his possession i he became nervous, almost frantic ! and secretly departed. Had he wait- ! ed twenty-four hours his good name i might have been saved. The next j morning his bondsmen arrived in i Chicago with the $50,000 necessary to tide over, the trouble, but he was too late. The bondsmen had a meet ing here. After this an effort was made to bring about a settlement through overtures to the Dakota legislature. The state attorney gen- i eral, Mr. Crawford, came here to j consult with me. He thought we | had possession of the $367,000 in cold j cash, and he went back to Dakota with the intention of forcing us to ' disgorge what we never had.? Be- I fore a Pierre peace magistrate he \ made complaint of conspiracy to de fraud South Dakota out of $367,000 I against Taylor, myself and others, j Had Taylor only remained here till ! his bondsmen returned he. might have been saved." HE,S SADLY MISSED. A Former Milwaukee _ Official Is Mourned for by Mankato Busi ness Men. _; •. Special to the Globe. MANKATO, Minn., Sept. 18.— J. D. Whaling, a former Chicago, Milwau kee & St. Paul railroad official, who has been in the city for several days ! past, is today reported missing, and the Saulpaugh hotel, John F. Meagh er, president of the Citizens' National bank, and J. C. Moore, local agent of the Milwaukee, are mourning his de parture on account of money ad vanced him until his mail contain ing drafts arrived. Whaling worked his alleged swindling neatly, and his snow white hair had much to do with his success. At the Saulpaugh he registered as "J. Whaling, Chi cago, Milwaugee & St. Paul rail way." To John Meagher he ex plained a "gas-making scheme," which he endeavored to interest Meagher in. Whaling was secretary to General Manager Merrill, of the Milwaukee system, in Chicago twen ty years ago, and' later a member of the firm of Pearsons, Whaling & Co., Milwaukee, which had a disastrous failure In 1880. A letter from Special Agent John Hinsey, Chicago, states that Whaling's principal occupation is to take advantage of everybody. Smashed Up a Freight Train. Special to the Globe. .... ■ WINONA, Minn., Sept 18.— train of some six or _ seven freight cars in a pretty well smashed up condi tion were hauled into this city from the West on the Northwestern road last night. It seems that night before last, while going down a grade near Dover, a freight train broke in two, and before the level was reached the rear cars smashed into those in the front, making something of a i^-jeck. A couple of the cars were thrown off the track, and some half a dozen more or less injured. Fortunately, no per | sonal Injury resulted:. The wreck was cleared from the track in a few hours. y.*y • ...j.- Lynchers Are After the Brute. Special to the Globe. " GREAT FALLS, .'. Mont., Sept. 18.— News reached Great Falls tonight of a fiendish case of assault five miles from Sand Coulee at a coal camp. The vic tim was the seven-year-old Gaunter of Frank Cutts, a rancher. . The child was deformed, deaf, dumb and ! blind, and was left in the care of Joe Weir, j 1 the perpetrator of the deed, while j Mrs. Cutts was in town. When the. I mother returned, the chili was inland j a physician tras "svftnmon'ed. _V com- I pany of armed coal miners have been I scouring the country for I Wler since i noon today. The report is that the child cannot live. • Wedded at Hastings. Special to the Globe. -^Z-Z'yy. HASTINGS, Minn., Sept. 18.— Miss Cleo P. Stuart, of this el'ty, and George A. Kenney, of Minneapolis, were mar ried at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Stuart, on West Sixth street, this evening, at 7 p. m., the Rev. C. E. Barker perform ing the ceremony. Only immediate friends were present. They left on the evening train for their future home in Minneapolis. Rejected Lover*-* Revenge. Jr?" Special to the Globe. MITCHELL, S. D., Sept. IS.— Wilbur Stafford was arrested at Alexandria today on complaint of Mrs. Annie Mertz, of this place, charged with stealing her dresses, waists, cloaks, etc. He became smitten with the fair widow, who coolly threw him over. Stafford would not stand this, and se curing entrance to the Mertz dwelling, carried off everything he .claimed he had given her, with the above re sult. r Z^ "'■'-" r<t ','i Decided Against Homes. -ike. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Sept. 18.— Judge J. E. Carland has been notified that the United States circuit court of appeals has sustained the decision of the lower court in the personal dam age case brought by William Fuller ton, of Mitchell, against the Home stake Mining company. The original verdict awarded $23,000 to Fullerton, and the whole Judgment, with costs and interest, amounts* to $26,700. " Nicollet County's Fair. "■ Special to the Globe. ST. PETER, Minn., Sept. 18.— The Nicollet County fair, which opens on the twenty-sixth of this month and | continues for three days, promises to j be the grandest fair ever held. The j management have secured Seibert's grand regimental band, of St. Paul, and will have balloon ascensions.Rom an chariot races and running and trot ting races each day, which are open to all. Eloped With a Cook. MASON CITY, 10., Sept. 18.-Harry Robinson, cook on Supt. Cosgrove's special car, eloped last night with a seventeen-year-old daughter of W. H. Alexander. Both parties are colored. j Robinson is a married man, with one child. They were traced on the^yen ing train to Dubuque, but escaped the officers there by getting off in the yard. Sheriff Clark has gone to find them. . Wendlund Seeking Liberty. FARGO, N. D., Sept. 18.— bill of exceptions in the Wendlund murder ; case was completed this morning and ; an appeal, will probably be heard at '■ the October term of the supreme ' court. Wendlund was convicted of the j murder of Louis Johnson, near Fargo, ! in June, 1893, and is now serving a j life sentence at Bismarck. Receiver Petitioned For. . Special to the Globe. " ST. CLOUD, Minn., Sept. Cred ! itors of the Marx & Wier Cigar com i pany today applied to the district court I for the appointment of a receiver and i secured a restraining order preventing ! the company from doing further busi ! ness until the court shall pass upon ! the application. The trouble is due to a fight among stockholders. Too Dry to Plow. NORTHVILLE, S. D., Sept. 18.— ' Farmers here have stopped plowing on | account of the dry weather. The pros- I pect for next year's crop is consid ! ered very poor without early moisture. I Farmers will raise more stock in the j future, as there is no money In rais i ing wheat at 35 cents per bushel. Ex-Banker Goes Free. MILLER, S. D., Sept. 18.— The case I against United States Land Receiver j A. D. Hill was dismissed by" Judge I Gaffy this morning for the reason that I Hill made restitution of deposits made | in his bank after it became insolvent ■ and that he did not know of such de posits at the time they were made. New Grain Carriers. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., Sept. 18.— The barge company, has plans in its draughting room for two very large steamers which are to be built the coming winter. They will have a com bined capacity for 10,000 tons. As yet no announcement has been made as to their owners. - Wants the Pedagogue Arrested. Special to the Globe. WINONA, Minn., Sept 18. — John Looby, a sixteen-year-old boy, this afternoon entered complaint in the municipal court against Superintend ent of Schools B. L. Davis, who gave • him, he claims, a black eye in a whip ping. . Doles on Silver. DUBUQUE, 10., Sept. 18.— At the j Lake district fair at Ruthven this af j ternoon. ex-Gov. Boies delivered a I speech on the silver question, ln I which he reviewed the country's finan- I cial system and demanded the free coinage of silver. . Perished With the Equinox. j Special to the Globe. MITCHELL, S. D., Sept. While j undertaking the removal of five horses from a burning barn here today, Oliver Reed was fatally burned. The origin of the fire is unknown. CONFERRED WITH CURTIS, But There Was No Talk About a Bond Issue. NEW YORK, Sept. 18.— The First National bank has deposited $250,000 in gold at the sub-treasury in ex change for greenbacks. Oelrlchs & Co. have engaged $150,000 in gold for shipment tomorrow. W. H. Cross man & Bro. say that they j expect (to ship some, but have not yet decided on the amount. Gold to the amount of $50,000 has been deposited In the sub-treasury here, for which • $50,000 in currency has been transferred to Chicago. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Curtis was at the treasury today, dn conference with Sub-Treas urer Jordan. Mr. Bacon, of J. P. Morgan & Co., was also present. Mr,. Curtis . said this conference : in no way related to an issue of gov ernment bonds, his visit being en tirely on private ' matters. Mr. Ba con and Mr. Jordan confirmed this statement and said that the confer ence | does not In any : way call for a statement to the public. DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 18.— The Detroit Clearing House association * today wired the secretary of the treasury offering $500,000 in gold to ward 'assisting' in maintaining the '■. gold reserve. V HOfIOHEDTHEDEfID «p i ' NORTH AND SOUTH JOIN HANDS ON THE FIELD OF BAT TLE. DEDICATORY EXERCISES, LEADERS OF THE NATION PRAISE THE DEEDS OF AVAR US- . '' , ROES. MANY ELOQUENT SPEECHES. Stirring; Patriotic Addresses by Secretary Herbert and Ser«i- *. iii. 3lnn.der_.on. CHATTANOOGA, Term., Sept. 18. —If one may judge by the events of the last ten days the Mason and Dixon line has been wiped off the map. The friendly, brotherly feeling that has been displayed here this week, and was shown at Louisville last week by" the boys of the gray ! toward the boys in the blue, " shows that the. bitter sectionalism which -so long divided the Union no longer exists. For nearly a fortnight the l doors of the South have been thrown open to the men who came here thir ty years ago bearing arms of slaugh ter ami - destruction. Not a . single incident that would indicate a feel ing of hatred on /either side has' bee i recorded. "Yankees" and "Johnny Rebs" grown gray with years have gone over the great battlefield, . to gether discussed the events of tb^r— . . awful days, drank together, ani_. even in some instances slept togeth er, without, stirring up anything like an angry thought. Generals* who commanded armies for the. Unitr!! have been guests of the generals of the Confederacy, and each has sol emnly declared that there is "no North' "and no South." ,; "The. events of today have bound us together as nothing else could i have done, and the solemn yet joy ous event of tomorrow will seal the tie forever." So spoke a venerable >. soldier of the North . to one of the South at Snodgrass j Hill today, ; and the latter replied, with tears in Ms eyes: "Comrade, y you .; are right. Shake hands," and they did. ? *0& OLD WOUNDS ARE HEALED. ?■ Chattanooga is an enterprising, Chicago-like town, with 40,000 In habitants. Both the* town and? the people have every look of prosperity".: The people .did as much for the en tertainment of their Northern Visit ors as any. one could wish. At early dawn the town and • • surrounding country awoke. In less than two hours there 'was a general exodus, to the battlefield. There were bands pf music, followed by: regiments of militia. .There were thousands upon thousands of battle-scarred veteran!-, and there were thousands of men, women and children who person- j ally never knew what war was. Then there were carriages, wagons and vehicles of every description, in which the people rode. The cars were loaded to the guard rails. Many of the vast throng looked over the field of Chickamauga, sadly remembering the awful scenes of carnage and . death they had wit nessed there thirty years ago, but { all felt a thrill of joy to know that old. wounds had healed, and that the. j hatreds of those days were no more. Such were the conditions that pre vailed at the preliminary exercises attendant upon the dedication of the historic battlefield as a national park, which will take place tomor row. Estimates as to: the size of the multitude vary. . Some of the con servative - say there were not over 50,000, and others place the number' at 100,000 or more. . y; ;•■?. _ DEDICATORY EXERCISES. •. The first event of the day was the dedication of the Michigan state monu ments on Snodgrass hill, a point whore there was probably more harl fighting during the battle than at any other point on the field. Gov. John T. Rich, I with his staff and the park commission- I ers, arrived at the hill shortly after 9 j o'clock. Chairman C. E. Belknap, president of the Michigan commission, in a brief speech, in which he told of the work done by the commission, called the assemblage to order and then | Introduced Gov. John T. Rich, who spoke for his state. Col. Henry M. Duff-eld, of Detroit, ; responded.; When he had finished. there was music i by a military band, after which the benediction was said? i In the northeast corner of the Kelly field the monuments of Wisconsin w<*jre i turned . over to the government at *11 I o'clock. The exercises were presided over- by Col. W. W. Watkins, chair man of the state commission. After the audience had been called to order Rev. U. E. Webster offered prayer. Col. Watkins formally, turned the mc*h ., uments over to Gov. W. H. Upham, who received them" and then trails^ ferred them to the government '^Gf-fn.; Harding made a speech in response,'- ; after which speeches were : made by Col. B. H. Bryant, ex-Gov. ?W. D. Hoard and E. W. Tlmme. ■ . ._ Z ? • * ' | ; The veterans of Ohio took possession' I of Snodgrass Hill as soon ?as those , from Michigan had finished. Gen. John Beatty, president of the commis | sion, presided. . When he had called . the audience to order. Bishop Joyce in \ yoked the- blessing of the Deity. Fol lowing | the "prayer Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor. addressed the gathering, and short addresses were made by cx i Gov. Campbell, who was governor. at the time, the commission was created; Hon. J. S. Gill and Gen. J. C. Mc- Elroy. Gen. Aquilla Wiley made a formal address, turning- the monu ments over to Gov. McKinley, who in turn received them and transferred them to the government : GOV. M'KINLEY'S SPEECH.", y Gov. McKinley said in part: "But after all, my countrymen, what was lt all for? What did it mean? What was all this struggle, all this ex hibition of heroism, and those appalling sacrifices for? A reunited . country makes answer. No other is needed. A union stronger and. freer than ever before; a common flag dearer and more glorious than ever before; and all, all of them secure from any quarter, be cause the contestants against each other on this historic field thirty-two years ago are now united, linked in their might forever against any enemy which would assail either, union or civilisation or freedom or flag. . The sacrifice here made was for what we loved, and for what we meant should endure. A reunited people, a reunited country, is the glorious -reward. "The war has been over thirty-one years. There never has been any i trouble between the men who fought ! on the one side or the other. The 1 trouble has been between the men who | fought on neither side— who could get • on the one side or the other, as oc ! casion or interest demanded. The bit ! terness and resentment of the war, be long to the past, and its glories are the common heritage of us all. What was won In that great conflict belongs just as securely to those who lost as to those who triumphed. The fu ture is in our common keeping, the • .■ ... - - - . - BIROSEYE VIEW OF** ATLANTA'S EXPOSITION GROUNDS. ~ ~ sacred trust of all the people. Let us make it worthy of the glorious men who died for it on this and other fields of the war. It is ..gratifying to -the state that these monuments are here after to be in.the keeping of the United States government. The government they preserved should guard them; that is where they belong.. Henceforth these monuments shall be the precious pos session of all the people. :. They show, -Mr. President, the honor -paid by a s great" commonwealth to the patriotic valor of her sons.* They are calculated to encourage patriotic devotion for all time. They are the nation's guarantee ' that .the -bond of union shall not be broken. Their lesson is that the con stitution is and shall remain the su preme . law over all. • : ~. "In. this great battle some fought to save the union; others to divide it. Those who fought to save triumphed, and so the union survived. - Slavery was abolished; peace restored; the union strengthened; and now, hand in hand, all stand beneath the folds of one flag, acknowledging no other, marching forward together in the enjoyment of one common country, - and in the fulfillment of one glorious - destiny." Brief addresses by Col. Andrew Jackson, Fred; Wendell and other members of the commission followed.- ALTGELD ON CORRUPTION. ? The Illinois monuments were dedi cated on the site where the Widow Glenn's house stood during the bat tle. It Is a few hundred yards south of the famous "bloody pond." The widow's house was burned during the fight, but "bloody pond" is still there. It was so named because Its waters were red with human blood after the battle, and the people living in the vicinity , say that since that terrible day animals have refused to drink of its water. It was 2 o'clock when Gov. Altgeld and his party arrived." Several thousand people, principally from Illi nois, or those who had served in Illi nois regiments, were there to witness the ceremony. Col. H. S. Reeves, president of the Illinois commission, called the meeting to . order. Prayer was offered, after which Gov.. Altgeld was Introduced and made his address turning the monuments over to the government. Responses were made by Col. Smith D. Atkins and Col. J. G. Everset. Vice President Stevenson and ] ex-Senator Palmer spoke briefly, and the benediction was pronounced. Gov. Altgeld's speech created a sensa tion, his closing remarks being as fol lows:. "Instead of an armed foe that we can meet on the field, there is today an .enemy that ls invisible, but is every where destroying our institutions. That enemy is corruption. It seeks to di rect official action. It dictates legisla tion and endeavors to control the con struction of laws. ! It ; seeks to con trol, the press, to set the fashion and to shape public sentiment. -It has emasculated American . politics and placed lt on the low* plane of jugglery. The tendency now is for political par ties to shirk principle and follow ex pediency, and their platforms are often drawn to evade or straddle every live issue. The idea now is to cajole rather than convince; to Ignore great wrongs and wink at abuses; to court the sup port of conflicting interests, though it involves the deception of one or both. We are substituting office-seeking and office-holding in place of real achieve ment and , instead of great career in public life; we are facing a harvest of slippery and blear-eyed and empty mediocrity, which melts Into oblivion without the? assistance Of death. To be an eligible candidate now often means to stand for nothing lft particular and to represent no definite principle, but to ?be . all things to all . men, and in the end be contemptible. ?. TRUE MEN ARE NEEDED. : "Thirty-four years ago - the call was for men to fight an open enemy in the fleld. Today our country Is calling for men who will be true to Republican in stitutions at home. Never before did this republic call so loudly aS it does today , for a Strong, Sturdy manhood that .will stand ,up defiantly and dare to do right. For more than a decide the tendency in. this country has been toward a colorless and negative dilet tantelsm.havlng the countenances of tne wolf and drawing all inspirations from the altar of and "corrupt ing wealth. The nag has been praised at champagne dinner**- while the very pole from which lt floated was being eaten off by. corruption, and republican institutions were being, stubbed to the vitals.- A new gospel has come among us, according to which 'it Is mean to rob a. hen roost or hen, but plundering thousands . maK§s us gentlemen.' My friends, the men of the past did their duty. Shall we do ours? They were asked to face death— may have to face calumny and obloquy. No man ever served his country without being ... Continued en Third Pttf« t .. TOUGHED IT OFF. CLEVELAND PRESSES THE BUT TON AND ATLANTA'S EXPO y77 IS OPEN. THE SOUTHS GREAT SHOW. FORMAL INAUGURATION WITH A . PARADE AND MAKING OF SPEECHES • ". * — EMORY SPEER THE ORATOR. Succi'Nsfiil Starting; of the Machin ery by the Electric Circuit to Gray Gables. BUZZARD'S BAY, Mass., Sept. 18. The gold-rimmed button attached to a wire connecting Gray Gables, the summer residence of President Cleveland, with the motor in ma chinery hall at the exposition at At lanta, was pressed by the chief ex ecutive of the United States at 6:56 ; this evening. This act, coming at i the close of an elaborate opening programme at Atlanta, was intended ' to furnish a fitting climax to the ! | day's events in that city. At the moment the button was pressed at Gray Gables the wheels of the great exposition hundreds of miles distant should be started. The linemen of the -Western Union Telegraph com pany? yesterday completed connec tion between Gray Gables and the . main line of the company, which runs , parallel with the N. V., .N.- H. & H. railroad. At ' first it was' thought best to place the operating mechanism in the reception room at Gray Gables, in order that several guests who might wish to be present could be more pleasantly received, but in consideration of the possible disfigurement of? the room, as well as for greater convenience, the wire, after being carried over the poles bearing the private telephone line to Gay Gables, ended in what is ! known as the "gem room," an apart i menit on ; the second floor, in which ! the president keeps his hunting "and 1 fishing paraphernalia. The button J was placed not far from the tele phone cabinett, and here, in the pres ence of the family, Private Secretary j Thurber, Western Union employes j and ?. a . few; : 'representatives of the press, the president filled the part for which he was cast. * . ~~ : ; Early this morning this end was in readiness, but it was reported that there had been some delay in making necessary connections at At : lanta. Later in the day, however, j the line was tested and found to j be ready for use. It had been ar | ranged that a signal should be ready and sent from Atlanta when all was ready there. Twelve o'clock passed and no word came. The president waited. At 2. o'clock a message was received from Atlanta stating that it had been decided to defer the starting of the machinery until the last.thing on "the programme. " At ! that time the hour for action was set at 5:30 p. m., Boston time, which is one hour earlier than the time in Atlanta Half past five came and the clock moved on, but the expected word ..was not received, and it was nearly an hour and a half when the signal came and the president pressed the button. EXCHANGE OF MESSAGES. Almost immediately after the presi dent had exerted the required pressure upon the button, Word was wired back that the wire had worked perfectly. Just before 5 o'clock the following message came from the committee on ceremonies at Atlanta: . - "To rover Cleveland, President of the United States, Gray Gables— The committee on ceremonies are instructed by the president and director general and by the board of directors to ex press to the president their high ap preciation of the thanks for the great interest the president has shown, both on this and other occasions, in behalf | of the success of the Cotton States and International exposition. Under the guidance of the hand of President Cleveland one of the most important commercial and industrial efforts ever attempted in our section has now started on its career for the upbuild ing of our material interests by closer commercial relations with all portions of our country, and with sister repub lics south of us. The mingling of prac tical people from all sections, made possible by the president's approval and aid to our efforts, will render fut ure ill between the sections impossi ble. RUFUS B. BULLOCK. ;.•••.-_: "Chairman.'' This dispatch was accompanied by the request that President Cleveland's reply be sent to Atlanta before the but ton should be pressed, in order that the president's "message might be read to the assemblage before "the opening of the exposition. The following mes sage was sent from Gray Gables: * "To the President and Board of Di rectors of the Cotton States and In ternational Exposition, Atlanta, Ga.: Fully appreciating the value and Im portance of the exposition inaugurated today, I am especially gratified to be I related to .its Inception and progress, ■ and to participate in Its opening cere monies, 'I^sinderfely 6o!_grAtulate those whose enterprise and energy hive ac complished such splendid results.- and heartily.-', wish . the exposition * which they have set on foot will be complete ly successful in consummating all the ___.._--. -_^ good results contemplated by Its pro moters. GROVER CLEVELAND." THB OPENING EXERCISES. Notable People Add revs., a Va*t ; y'-- v Gathering. " ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 18.— morn ing of the opening day of the Souths great show, the Cotton States and In ternational exposition, dawned auspic iously bright and clear, affording to the thousands of Northern visitors in the city a sample of typical Southern September weather. As the day wore on the heat threatened to pass the limit of comfort, but the buoyant crowds on the streets did~not seem to mind the temperature and good humor reigned supreme. During the night the finishing touches had been put on a number of the buildings, and every effort had been made to get the grounds in good shape for the opening, and those who left the park yesterday afternoon found this morning that a great transformation had been wrought. From the tops of the 347 flagstaffs on the buildings around the grounds there floated the pennants and flags of th© nations of the earth, and the doors of the buildings which have been closed for several days were all thrown open. In the interior of the buildings a great deal of work has been accomplished. Over nine-tenths of the exhibits were complete and neat ly appareled attendants stood at each booth. The policemen had been ap pointed and v were patrolling the grounds.. Exposition guards were everywhere and everything was ready for the crowds. As the day grew older the crowds that had been admitted to the grounds gathered around the gates and anxiously awaited the appearance of the military directors. I Down town preparations began early j for the parade to the grounds, and the uniforms of United States regulars and visiting and local military lent a mar tial tone to the multitudes j that con gregated in the neighborhood at the corner Broad, and Marietta streets, .where the marching forces were mob ilized. The city, is) a mass of bunting, and the waving decorations, flying flags,' bands of music and r the general atmosphere .of gaiety and rejoicing, offer the strongest possible contrast to the dismantled Atlanta of '64, so fa miliar to many of the veterans of the federal armies who today participated in the celebration of the greatest vic tory of peace the South has ever won. ON THE MARCH. _. At high noon every steam whistle in the city, broke forth into noisy chorus, the crowds _ in the streets cheered long . and loud, and the fes tivities of opening day were fairly be gun. At 1 o'clock the procession, un der command of Col. W.L. Kellogg, of the U. S. A., as marshal, began to move. In the line were the Fifth regiment of United States infantry; the Washington artillery, | New Or leans' crack company, commanded by Col. John B. Richardson; the Fifth regiment of Georgia volunteers, and various visiting state troops, making twenty-flve companies in all. Five bands, including Gilmore's famous or ganization, headed by Victor Herbert, furnished music for the tramping col umn, which swept its brilliant length out towards the exposition park be tween continuous lines of admiring and cheering spectators. The parade was one of the most notable ever seen in the South. It included the follow ing members of the government board in carriages: Dr. W. C. Dabney; J. M. Biddle, representing the state de partment; Commander C. G. Train, Capt T. H. Barry, Frank Strong, W. DeC. Ravenel, Charles E. Kemper, Prof. F. W. Clarke, E. G. Brown good and Kerr Craig. In carriages were also the following mem bers of * the staff of the gov ernor of Louisiana: Gen. E. P. COttreaux, Col. C. L. Walker, Col. J. C. Andrews, Col. George H. Var nard, Maj. Maurice Generelll, " Maj. George S. Kouster and Col. Fred A. Ober. The following foreign represent atives were in the line: Luis M. Jove, representing Venezuela; A. Macchl, the European commissioner; Grego rlo E. Gonzales, representing Mexico; ] Dr. Niederlin, representing Argentina; I Theodore H. Mangel, representing Costa Rica; Consul General D'Aug lade, of France; M.Sanlay, of France; Mr. Hlllman, of Great Britain; Prof. Trentaeve, Italy, and Mr. Seastagilli, also from Italy. Among the state commissioners who rode in the line were: Messrs. Frank Weeks and J. H. Vail, Mrs. D. Ward Northrup and Mrs. Sarah T. Finney, of the Connecticut board; Willis J.. Abbott, of the Illinois board ; Will iam Wilson and L. F. Meade, commis sioners from Iowa; Mrs. Helen- M. Winsley, from the Massachusetts ; board; Hon. James Edwards Gray- I bill, of the New York board; J. E. Vincenheller, commissioner from Ar kansas, and a number of others. A unique feature was the appearance in the line,? Immediately following the carriages containing the woman's board, of a number of representa tives of the negro board, as follows: J. Garland Perm, B. T. Washington, Bishop W. K. Galhes, W. O. Emery, Arkansas; W. C. Coleman, North Car olina; G. V. Clark, Tennessee; Will iam Brown, Virginia; T. B. Gibbs and A. L. Levy, Florida. ? AT THE GROUNDS. As ; the head of the column reached the gate the companies were halted and the exposition directors and their f:uests in carriages passed in. Then he military companies marched in, stopped, on the plaza, stacked arms and were taken to the barbecue stand, where they were the guests of | the exposition fora short while. ?' The guests arid directors entered the building, where the j formal exercises were" performed. ' The _ speakers were seated on a small stage, which was profusely decorated. While the crowd Continued ou Fourth Pace* CjMiDS' liOflE HAP HE PREFERRED TO FIGHT COY SOLID ATION IN HIS OWN . V> WAV. POINTS HE WILL DEVELOP PUBLIC INTEREST DEMAND? MORE THAN VESTED RIGHT}*. OF A COMPANY. MONTANA READY - TO FIGH._V Some Fact* About the New Suit .**/ General Public Inter est. \ Attorney General Childs' action against the Northern Pacific and ! Great Northern railways yesterday,! took the companies as well as the' public by surprise. While the ex- 1 elusive announcement in the Globe of Tuesday had advised the public' that the attorney general had de cided upon such a course some time ago, It was not expected to follow, ' so closely, the decision of Judge Sanborn. But it came and its com-' ing created a good deal of talk among the legal fraternity of St. ' Paul, although the general public seems to take little more than a. passing interest in the whole ques tion. The action of General Childs in the matter is believed to have been taken purely in the interest of his constituents. When the first intima tion .of the proposed consolidation was given, the general got the idea that while it might be a good move for the railroads and a good thing for the men whose money is invest ed in the big concerns, that .it would not be a good thing for Minnesota,' For that reason he proposed to fight it and fight it in his own way. Ha didn't want to indulge in any part of Pearsall's suit or that of any body else except Attorney General Childs. And on that line he has car ried on his ] work. He has learned, too, that the state outside of the Twin Cities is intensely Interested in every move of the legal chess game and he has entered upon the work with more than usual zest, believing that he has the backing oi the people of the state. The new case is different from the one just decided by Judge Sanborn, notwithstanding the fact that an evening paper said it is the same thing over again. While they, are In" general along the same line, the vested rights question was foremost in the former suit -In this suit it will become secondary, it is said/ to the question of the"public interest Gen. Childs and those who are op posed to the. consolidation claim that the public has rights which legislation cannot deprive it of, and that one of them is involved in the present consolidation. They claim that with the consolidation they will ■' be compelled to accept just what the roads care to give them in the way of accommo dations on rates and everything else pertaining to the service of rail roads. There have been decisions and decisions on the question of the public interests, and it is said that General Childs will, when he pre sents his case, have an array of au thorities as formidable as those used in the interest of the roads on the side of vested rights. The gen- 1 eral is devoting his entire time to the case, and yesterday, when in terrupted by a reporter for the G lo b c, was deep down in the work.-) He said that while the two cases were essentially similar in their im portant allegations, the state in its case emphasizes the fact that the; roads in many places are parallel* and competing lines and shows how, any change will be to the injury ofr the people of the state. "We maintain," said he. "the effec tiveness of the agreement is in *- fa- : stance a consolidation against the pub lic interest and is wholly unauthorized under the legislation under which tha' company is operating."' , A. gentleman who has taken as much interest in the case as any private in-' dividual said, yesterday afternoon that he .would not be surprised if this suit would be the means eventually of end-' ing all negotiations looking to consoli dation. "I do not know how it will succeed in the courts," said he, "but I have no doubt it will develop a wider range in the law on the case and may" result in an injunction. I was talking? with Judge Sanborn today and he told, me that certain points would come im in this case upon which he was not called upon to pass an opinion. An* anyway if it is 7 successful the road* : will still find plenty of opposition be fora they ever carry their idea into eft feet They will fight it in Montana I where there are constitutional previa*' ions forbidding such a course j -•th I a A c '" , C nUnUed the eentlemanV that Mr. Hill is going to Europe again * I suppose he will go over there with the recent decision and say to the Deutsche bank people, 'Well 1 told you I could legally consolidate the 1 roads, and hero Is the proof of it I am ' ready now to do my part if you gentle- . men are willing to do yours.' it re-' mains to be seen whether or not thaw, will do so. My opinion is they. will! not, however, go into the consolidation! scheme any further but will reorganize the Northern Pacific road, which is im their power to do." ! Sanator C. K. Davis, one of the at- . torneys for the Great Northern in tha injunction suit, was asked yesterday? for an opinion with reference to the action begun by Attorney General Childs. . . y. ■ "All- the questions raised by the arC torney general were raised when that case was up before Judge Sanborn,": replied Senator Davis. "But the for mer action was by a stockholder, while " this is by the state. There is no con •flict of jurisdiction, for in the event oft the railroad being beaten in the states courts, then a writ of error will li» " with the United States supreme court. The Injunction proceedings begun by, Gen. Childs will come up in the Ram sey district court in a couple of weeks. Of course an appeal will be taken nqt matter what the decision of that court may. be and the ease will go down, it is understood, on the April term of the supreme oourt „. .' ._•- -*-\ -.