VOL. IV.
SPRING FLOODS.
THE VI.ATTE RIVER TB NEBRASKA,
OX THE RAMPAGE.
The Country for allies on Either Side In
undated—People Driven to, the Roofs of
Their Houses for Safety— Outbuildings
Swept Away and Stock Drowned- Great
Damage to the Railroads-Masked Safe
Bobbers at Work In Chicago-Terrific
Encounter With a Crazy Man-Miscel
laneous Crime and Casualty Record.
Omaha, March 27.— The he started out of
Loup river in the central portion of the State
this morning, and carried bridges before it till
it reached Columbus, on the Platte river, and
the Union Pacific railroad, where a gorge
flooded Columbus and inundated Benton, seven
miles below, r?a chin r there at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon. A ' .meudous body of water
moved down on Sehuykr, Rogers and North
Bend, which must be doing tremendous dam
age, but as the wires are down nothing more
can be learned. Several people were drowned
at Columbus, and great damage was done to
buildings and live stock. There is apprehen
sion of more fearful destruction in the lower
Platte valley for fifty miles, before it reaches
the Missouri river.
FCRTHER REPORTS OF DAMAGE.
Chicaro, March 27.— A dispatch to the
Inter Ocean from Omaha, Nebraska, says the
Platte valley, about seventy-five miles west of
here, is a scene of the most disastrous floods
experienced in the history of the Union Pacific
railroad. The Platte is a broad and shallow
stream, which easily overflows its
banks, and all its tributaries are now
pouring vast volumes of water and ice into it
until It has become a rushing flood, pouring
out over the level prairies for miles on either
side. The freshet which has done the most
damage, occurred yesterday, when
an immense ice gorge in the
Loup river, which is a tributary
of the Platte, broke and let 10060 the accumu
lation of water which toie out the Omaha,
Niobrara A Black Hills railroad l>ridgf\ this
side of Lost Creek. The waUr flooded the
surrounding country and struck the main hue
of the Union Pacific, washing out the tiack
and telegraph poles between Union Pacific
bridge over the Loup and Columbus, about a
mile and a half. The damage
done will probably reach several
thousand dollars, and fears are entertained of
loss of life. When news of the flood was re
ceived at headquarters warning^ was tele
graphed to towns below on the Platte river,
and the people took refuge ou the tops of
houses. B^rns and fences were carried pway,
and all stock drowned. Tho fif
ty thousand dollar wagon bridge at
Columbus; was washed away the flood 1 cached
Schuyler at eLt. o'clock last night, and was a
raging torrent at North Bend at nice. The
telegraph poles at all these points are down,
shutting of all communication, so it is im
possible to state the ios.s of property, or
whether any lives have been lost. The Union
Pacific head just finished building a mile and
a half of new track around the wash out of
Freemount when the disaster came.
Fears are felt for the Burlington
& Missouri bridge at Oreopolis. This after
noon the river began breaking up there, and
crewds gathered on the banks to see how it
would affect the great Iron bridge of the Un
ion Pacific road. Tug Ice went crashing with
fearful force against the Iron piers, which
withstood unshaken and unhurt by its at
tacks.
ATTACKED BY A MANIAC.
Louisville, Ky., March 27.— Paducah
etiecial to the Courier Journal: Some weck6
ago I telegraphed about John Humphrey, this
city, who was subject to fits, supposed to
have been caused by the bite of a dog some
years ago, and of his attempt to kill his wife.
He recovered from that spell and was all right
until Thursday afternoon lie went perfectly
wild and told liis wife he felt Impelled to kill
her, and If ehc did not get out of the way
he would do 60. She ran off and
be took to tUe wosds, n frenzied
maniac. At U o'clock that night he reached
Marsac, a town nine mile 3 from Paducah.
Procuring »v axe iind pitchfork he attempted
to enter the house of Samuel Gholson, who
was absent, but whose wife and five children
were in the house. Failing to gain an en
trance at the door he went to a window, and
while attempting to get iv Mrs. Gholson
snapped two barrels of a gun at him, but it
did not go off. She then struck him with the
butt of the gun as became through the win
dow, breaking the stock of the
gun. He jumped into the room and
struck at the woman with his axe,
but being too close the handle struck on her
head and the axe flew out of his hand. He
then knocked her down and seizing his pitch
fork was in the act of killing her when,
nroused by her screams, neighbors came to
her rescue. One of them 6truck Humphrey
on the head with a stick, stunning him suf
ficiently to give the woman a chance to run
out of doors, and he soon followed her, when
chase was given and he was captured, secured
ana brought here and lodged in jail for public
safety. Mrs. Gholson i 3 enciente, and it is
thought the wounding nnd fright she received
will prove fatal I er. Her condition to-day
is critical.
RIOT IN MICHIGAN.
Detroit, Mich., March Trouble has
broken out in Presque Isle county, this State,
among a large settlement of Poles. The sheriff
undertook to arrest ten men for threatening to
burn a man's house down and kill him, cmt
was attacked by a mob of 200 or 300 and driven
from the place. The mob then attacked and
destroyed the complaining witness' house and
drove his wife and baby, fourteen months old,
into the snow. The sheriff appealed to the
governor, who has telegraphed to him to use
every available man in the county to suppress
the incipient rebellion.
DIED OF HER INJURIES.
Erie, Pa., March 27.— Miss Kate Lehan,
who was horribly burned Friday, by her cloth
ing catching fire from the stove, died to-day
in great agony.
drowned.
Boston, March 27.— The body of Rev. Abiel
Selver, aged 50, the well known Swedenbor
gian clergyman of Roxbury, was found to
night in the Charles river.
BLRXEIS.
Elizabeth, N. J.. March 27. --Fire starting
in No. 87 Broad street, destroyed that and ad
joining buildings. Loss, $50,000; insurance
about $25,000.
Norfolk, Va.. March 29.— Fire in the cot
ton press of James L. Harway, Boston Steam
ship companies wharf, caused a loss of nearly
?r00,000: insured. The burning cotton and
shingles of the sheds, borne by the high
wind to different purts of the city, started a
number of other tires, but these" were easily
extinguished.
SAFE KOBBEKY.
Ciikauo, March 27.— office of Geu. W.
iliggins & Co., pork packers at the stock
yards, was burglarized last night, the safe
blown open and robbed of some $2,000. The
night watch was overpowered by the masked
burglars, who threw him to the floor, and
while one 6tood over him with a revolver the
other three drilled the safe door. After it was
shattered by the explosion, they ' seized the
contents and made off, dropping $23 on the
floor in ♦heir haste.
ASSACLTEDJjBT BURGLARS.
New Yor.K March 27.— Thos. T. lEgan,
printer, living at 158 East Forty-second street,
went out with his wife last nlght,leaving their
nelce, Nelly Cunningham, agn 19,
alone in the house. Soou after
two burglars, who had gained access
to the premises, entered the parlor, and when
Miss Cunningham screamed, one 6tuffed a
handkerchief in her mouth,and the other bound
her with a clothes line. Having tied her so
she could not move, they removed
the handkerchief, threatening to kill
her if she made a noise. They then
demanded information as to where Mrs.
Egan's jewelry and money was, but Mi6s Cun
ingham refused to tell, when one of the ruf
fians struck her in the face. Still exasperated
by her refusal to answer their question the
other burglar stabbed her several times in the
arms, face and hands with a penknife. The
young lady became insensible when the burglar
fearing they had killed her, fled. Miss Cun
ningham was found in a state of iusensibllity,
and securely bound. To-day she became part
ly paralyzed and was unable to speak. Later
the police arrested John R. Camp, and Miss
Cunningham recognized him as one of the as
sailants.
CATHOLIC RELICS
How Secured, and Care Taken to Prevent
Fraud.
New York, March 27.-The World says
John A. McSorley, custom house broker, has
had charge of all the custom house business
In this city, of the Catholic clergy, for the last
thirty years, and has obtained clearance of
most of the relics Imported into the country
in that period. Speaking of the cable dispatches
published in yesterday's World in regard to
spurious relics, he said he had no idea how
traffic in such articles would exist. In the
first place the sale or purohaee of relics is for
bidden by the Catholic church. A clergyman
who bought relics would be liable to excom
munication. In tho second place, McSorley
said no relics would b« accepted or venerated
unless Its identity was not conclusively es
tablished. MoSorley gave the following in
stance to 6how how relics are transferred:
About a year ago, when the mother superior
of the convent of sisters of mercy at Cincin
nati, was in Rome, she begged from the
general mother of the order a relic that was
m the church of the order In Rome. It was
granted after some difficulty, and about three
months ago arrived in New York, packed In
two cases, the inner case being sealed. Cer
tificates showing it had been In the
Roman church more than one
hundred years and tracing its precious history
were cent separately. These papers were ex
amined by McSarley* If any of the seals on
the chest had been found brokeu investigation
would have been required to show how the
break occurred. The examination would have
been couducted fIV the bishop who, if the ex
planatiou was considered satisfactory, would
have affixed a new seal. A bishop alone could
break the Bcals to open the chest. As to
the second part of the dispatch to the effect
collections of bones purporting to be remains
ofjearly martyrs .recently dug from the cata
combs had been shipped to America, McFarley
said that tho only relics he knew of that were
coming to this country were the remains of
H . Justina , expected In New York in two weeks.
They were obtained by Rev. Mr. Mollinger,
pastor of the church of the Most Holy Name,
ot Allegheny city, Pa. McFarley t-aild he did
not believe Father Mollinger would be likely
to be deceived in such a matter or would ac
cept relics without making (.artful investiga
tion?.
CHURCH SENSATION.
Alarming Illness of Sirs. Henry Ward
Beeclier.
New York, March 27. — The World says:
After lie had dismissed his congregation last
night, Rev. Henry Wardßeecher stepped down
from the pulpit to go to his pew in whlcli.
were his wife, and two other ladies. Mrs
Beeclier was sitting upright and rigid and when
he spoke to her she was unable to answer.
He soon saw she was in an almost unconscious
condition. Thinkiug the crowded state of the
church had caused her to faint he stood upon
the seat of an adjoining pew aud asked the
congregation to hasten out. The tone of dis
tress in which he spoke created alarm and sur
prise, aud nearly all stopped to inquire
what was the matter, but he re
peated his request and the church was
soon emptied. In the meantime several
ladies had tried to revive Mrs. Beecher. Mr.
Beecher, with their assistance, carried her into
the lecture room and there efforts were made
to restore her, but she grew worse, and pre
sently became entirely unconscious. From
the first she was unable to speak. A carriage
had been ordered at the first alarm and 6ne
■w as carried to it aud taken home.
ANTI-RENT LEAGUE.
Organization In Brooklyn Against a Pro
posed Increase of Rent.
Ne-.v York, March 28.— A mass meeting
was held yesterday in Germania hall, Brook
lyn, to form a permanent organization to pre
vent the contemplated increase of rent from
Mayl. About 5,000 persons were present,
amongst them many socialists. The speakers
were all socialists of more or less pro.
nounced type. Wm. Burke said the tenement
house population here was worse off
than ihe peasantry of Ireland. Florien
Paull, German socialist, announced himself as
against all payment of rents. Mr. Holler said
just rent should include nothing on capital in
vested, only the cost of taxes and necessary
repairs. Other speakers followed, and finally
the suggestion of Franz was adopted and the
name 01 the organization chaureJ to anti-rent
league by a large majority.
Death of a Well Known Irish Leader.
Chicago, March 27.— Thomas M. Halpin,
aged 58, a well known Irish leader, died In
this city to-day. Deceased was secretary of
the Irish confederation movement in 1849, and
was associated with Dorcy McGee in the publi
cation of the New York Nation. He was a
member of the Illinois legislature from 1872
to 1876, and published the first directory of
Chicago. Among his other ventures he pub
lished the Memphis Bulletin in conjunction
with Admiral Semmes, of the Confederate
navy, and Col. McClure, of this city.
Social Democracy in Germany.
St. Louis, March 27»— F. W. Fritschc aud
Louis Vierreek, prjminent social Democrats
of Germany, the former a member of the
reich6tag, were entertained by
a large number of German citizens
at Apollo theater, this morning. FriUchc
made a speech in which he explained the con
dition and object of the Democrat party in
German. He took strong ground against the
aesasination of rulers and said the condition
of the people can only be changed and bet
tered by educating the masses up to Republi
can principles.
Found Dead iv Bed.
St. Louis, March 27. — E. G. Knowles, a
well known merchant of Cotton Gin, Miss.,
who came here last Friday to buy goods, was
found dead in bed at Sprague'6 restaurant to
night. It is supposed he died of congestion
of the brain.
Answered the Summons.
New York, March 2".— Thoe. J. Barr, uude
of Peter B. Sweeney, of Tammany ring notorie
ty, died suddenly to-day. Barr held many
New York public offices here.
Clark Summit, Pa., March 27.- Gideon W.
Palmer, died at his home in Glenburn to-day.
He was father of the present attorney general
of the State__ "
Duluth Tribanc: It will be gratifying to
all our citizens to learn that the Hon. W. W.
Billson, formerly of this city, but for the past
several years United States district attorney
for this State, with headquarters at St. Paul,
ie to return to Duluth, at no distant day, and
become one onr permanent citizens. Mr. B.
and his excellent wife will be a grand acces
sion to Duluth's society, and they will be wel
comed among us most cordially. "
In Fairmont the other night wolves attacked
a flock of sheep and killed thirty.
Daily
SAINT PAUL, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1881.
OVER THE OCEAN.
New York Officials Waiting For the Man
sion House Guy Fawkes— Spread of the
Plague In Turkey— The Remains of Alex
ander 11. Finally Deposited In the Im
perial Vault— The Fishery Dispute With
England in a Fair Way of Settlement—
Miscellaneous.
GREAT BRITAIN.
THE MANSION HOUSE GUT FAWKEB.
London, March 27.— The government has
taken measures to interrupt the steamer
Austria before she reaches New York and
arrest Coleman, implicated in the Mansion
House exploits.
THE FISHERY DISPUTE.
London, March 27.— The News has reason
to believe the fishery dispute between England
and the United Btates Is in a fair way towards
settlement. The fact being admitted that
American fishermen are entitled to compensa
tion for injuries to vessels and tackle England
has proposed two alternative courses, one
being the payment of a lump sum, the
other reference of the question to
arbitration,two governments nominating each
one person.these nominees appointing a third.
Difficulty at one time aro6e from the exces
sive claims of the United States, but the latest
telegrams from Secretary Blalne point to the
willingness of the Washington cabinet to ac
cept one or another of the above plans.
SPUEIOUS RELICS TOE AMERICA.
LOXDOK, March 27.— A Rome dispatoh says
the pope recently ordered the cardinal vicar to
institute a strict Inquiry into the sacrilegious
traffic in spurious relics. The cardinal ac
cordingly addressed a circular to Catholic ad
ministrators throughout the world intimating
that no bodies have been taken from the cata
combs for thirty years, and -warning them
against imposters. Entire osteologlcal speci
mens purporting to be the remains of early
Christians martyrs freshly dug from the cata
combs in Rome have been shipped to America.
TAILED.
London, March 27.— Rudolph Zigler & Co.,
rice merchants, have failed. Liabilities esti
mated at £100,000.
FENIAN PLOT.
Dublin, March 27.— The two Nallys, charged
with shooting Hearne, have been discharged
for lack of evidence. The Mansion house out*
rage is regarded a 6 the outcome of a Fenian
plot to injure public buildings. Two sus
pected parties nave been traced across the
channel. Detectives have gone afier them.
RUSSIA.
OBSEQUIES ENDED.
St. Petersburg, March 27.— The remains
of Alexander 11, were deposited in the imper
ial vault of church of Petro Paulovski fortress
to-day amid salvos of artillery. The church
was densely crowded. The catafatque was
strewn with flowers and wreaths.
SHOT HIMSELF.
St. Petersburg, March 27.— Moscow pa
pers announce that Rousakoff s father shot
himself.
GENERAL FOREIGN.
PETARD EXPLOSION.
Madrid, March 27.— A large petard was
exploded Saturday at the door of the Carme
lite church, which was considerably damaged.
EOrPTIAN CONTINOENT.
Constantinople, March 27.— The sultan
has sent a communication to the Egyptian
agent asking a contingent of Egypt's troops l
in the event of war.
PLAGUE.
The plague has appeared at Kufa, forty
miles 6outh of Bagdad. The mortality In
Nedjib is increasing.
Paris, March 27.— Oscar De Lafayette, sen
ator of France and grandson of Gen. Lafay
ette, is dead.
Paris, March 27. — Many people are still
reported missing at Nice. Several more
bodies recovered from the ruins. The man
ager of the theater denies that he was forced
to play in spite of misgivings as to the eafety
of the house.
OFF FOR MEXICO.
Geu. Grant and Party Leave To-Day to
Look After His Railroad Venture— Why
He Was Elected President.
New York, March 27.— Gen. Grant said to
a Tribune reporter: We start to-morrow for
Mexico. Our party consists of Senor Romero,
of Mexico, my son Ulysses, my secretary, Mr.
Dawson, from the war department, Washing
ton, and myself. It is our intention to go
through without stopping, because the
steamer starts from Galveston the 2d. I
shall be gone from four to ten weeks on busi
ness connected with the railroads. Senor Ro
mero, who was next seen, in speaking of the
trip said: "Gen. Grant was elected president of
the Mexican Southern railroad for two rea
sons. The first and perhaps more important
was a desirejto cement more strongly the
friendly feeling between the two countnes,and
the other thatit was considered to be in the
interest of the company. The railroads are
pushing ahead, developing the country very
rapidly."
Gould's Terms For Ending the War.
Chicago, March 27. — Advices received here
to-day from Jay Gould, who has had a con
ference in Florida with J. C. McMillan, of the
Chicago & Alton, and John C. Ault, general
Sassenger agent of the Chicago, Wabaah
; that he is willing
to end the Northwestern passenger
rate war, if all unlimited tickets sold during
the cut be accepted over all the lines without
reference to the line by which they were sold.
Ab the Wabash sold most of the unlimited
tickets, it is thought this proposition will not
be accepted here.
Declines the Spread.
New York, March 27.-The Tribune: Wm.
M. Evarts writes from Washington declining
the public dinner tendered him by many emi
nen* citizens of New York. '
Workingmen.
Before you begin your heavy spring
work after a winter of relaxation, your
system needs cleansing and strengthen
ing to prevent an attack of Ague, Bilious
or Spring fever or some other spring
6ickness that will unfit you for a season's
work. You will save time, much sick
ness and great expense if you will use one
bottle of Hop Bitters in your family
this month. Don't wait.— Burlington
Haickcye.
So insidious are the first approaches of con
sumption that thousands remain unconscious
of its presence until it has brought them to
the verge of the grave. An immediate resort
to Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant, upon the first
appearance of cough, pai» or 6orene6s of the
throat or chest, would very generally preclude
a fatal result, or, in case the symptoms indi
cate the presence of latent consumption, would
tend to subdue the violence of the disease, and
thus materiallj assist in prolonging the life of
the patient. Lsethe Expectorant, therefore,
when you take a cold, snd by st> doing prevent
the necessity for its use in* more dangerous
complaints.
The Duluth Tribune of March 18 says: "Jay
Cooke Howard, youngest 6on of Senator J. D.
Howard, is very dangerously ill, with cerebro
spinal menengitis. His physicians have but
little hope of his recovery.
NORTHERN PACIFIC STOCK
President Billings Explains aa to the Re-
cent Issue,
New York, March 27.— President Billings
of the Northern Pacific Railway company,
telegraphs as follows, from w oodstock,Conn..
I 'There has been no new issue and no increase
of Northern Pacific stock. « The whole issue
was provided for by the plan of reorganization
and the whole amount was long since listed on
the New York stock exchange. The stock
now in question was held in trust by the
treasurer for. those to whom the plan said it
should go. I have heretofore hoped it would
go out gradually as tb» road was built, but
the parties in interest claimed they were en
titled to its delivery and counsel so decided,
and it was distributed instead of being longlf
held in court.
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
Prince Charles has been proclaimed king of
Roumania.
A special from Rome, Ga. , says the Bank
of Rome has suspended.
Carl Bchurz was dined Saturday evening by
prominent Germans of New York city.
Gen. Jas. B. Steedman has bten nominated
by the Democrats of Toledo, 0., for mayor.
The Jay Gould administration is making
numerous changes in the operative force of
the Western Union in New York city. .
General Wood has been appointed high
commissioner of Southeastern Africa and
governor of tho British possessions.
Somebody unknown has been writing
threatening blackmailing letters to F. C. Ses
sions, a bank president at Columbus, O.
The pigeon shooting match between Dr.
Carver and Kover, to have taksn place the 31st
inst. , has been abandoned by mutual consent.
Hattie Deue, the silent woman of lowa City,
has completed tha thirty-first day of her fast
and is considered good for several days more.
James Walsh, tried for the murder of his
sweetheart, Barbara Gryenthal, in Brooklyn
last May, has been found guilty of murder in
the first degree and remanded for sentence.
The Central Tunnel railway company filed
articles of incorporation at Albany Saturday.
Capital $5,000,000. It is to run from city hall,
New York, to the Grand central depot, New
York.
The woolen mills owned by Dolbreck, Ser
geant & Co., at Columbus, Ind,, were burned
Saturday morning. Loss, $75,000; insurance,
1(15,000.. John Knight, watchman, perished
in the flames.
A missionary (M. Milum) reports that the
custom of making human sacrifices still pre
vails at Abomey, Africa, fieveral hundred na
tives having been barbarously sacrificed dur
ing his recent stay there.
A coroner's Jury Saturday returned*^ ver
dict in the case of the little boy found djjad in
an alley in the heart of Detroit last week that
he came to his death from causes unknown.
The case is a very mysterious one. ,
A train on the Little Miami railroad at
Jamestown Crossing Saturday morning
6truck a wagon containing William Dean and
wife. Both were seriously if not fatally
injured and the team was demolished.
Michael J. Reilly, who killed Rufus Hatch
on the 9th inst., was discharged by the crim
inal court at Carrollton, Mo., Saturday, after
hearing the evidence for the prosecution, the
judge holding the homicide justifiable.
John F. Cahlll, of St. Louie, has obtained
the indorsement of the president fai the Cin
cinnati board of trade to the recommendation
given him by the St. Louis chamber of com
merce and board of trade for the position of
minister to Mexico.
The wife of ex-President E. lr. Fairchild, of
Hillsdale college, Michigan, and present chan
cellor of Nebraska State university, was found
dead in bed Saturday morning, at Mendon,
111. She had been at her daughter's in Kala
mazoo and was going home.
St. Louis rejoices over a new time indicator,
a ball on top of the Jaccard building, which is
dropped at exactly noon each day, St. Louis
tima, and is operated by electricity from the
Morrison observatory at Glasgow 200 miles
away, by Prof. Pritchett in charge of that
institution.
The Excelsior stove manufacturing company
of St. Louis, whose hands struck about three
week 6 ago because they would not discharge
four non-union men in their employ, an
nounces that hsreafter no member of the
union will be allowed to work in its shops un
der any circumstances.
The Edison Light.
New York, March 28.— J. B. Eaton, vice
president of the Edison electric light company,
was asked by a Tribune repoter for further de
tails of the company's plans in regard to
erecting buildings in the city. The company,
said Eaton, has not made application to light
the streets, and will not do so, certainly, for
the present, as it is a system of lighting es
pecially adapted to domestic use, a field bo
large lt will engross all the resources of the
company for a long time. Statistics show
there are SOO gas jets in houses for every street
lamp, and our company seeks first to supply
the larger demand for 300 lights than foi the
smaller demand for a single lamp. We shall
have larger revenue from power than from
light.
They Have Been Heard From.
To Reporter of Globe.
Eau Claire, Wu., March 25.— The two (2)
"suspicious braves" you spoke of in your Is
sue of the 23d, have left St. Paul and arrived
safe, here, on our way to Chicago. We are
doing well and thank you for your good puff.
Give our regards to our friend " Cap Clark,"
and the great and only Chief Weber. We wil!
be back some time this summer, when we will
be " tickled to death," to 6ee you.
Spitz and Radigan.
An Unkind Thrust.
[Minneapolis Journal.]
Ex-Senator Ramsey has given up his house
in Washington, and the St. Paulites are iv
hopes that he will come home and turn his at
tention to demolishing the tumble-down
wooden buildings on his property there and
replacing them with substantial structures.
Minnesota Economy.
[Boston Post]
The Baltimore Sun says the Minnesota legis
lature is going to be both economical and
sensible in building a cheap State House, in
stead of an elegant and elaborate one. We do
not look at it in that way As Minnesota
pays her debts 3 pafaee costs no more than a
barrack-
DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. "*
Office Observation, Signal Corps.U.S. A. )
Ingersoll Blocs, Third Street, >
St. Paul, Minn. )
Observations taken at the same moment of
time at all stations.
Meteorological Record, March. 27, 1881,
9:56 P.M.
Bar. Tver. Wind. Weather.
Fort Garry.. 30.01 SO E Cloudy.
St. Vincent. 29.B7 33 NE Cloudy.
Duluth 29.92 34 .... L. Snow
M00rheud... 29.86 33 S Cloudy.
St. Pau1.... 29.85 37 8E Cloudy.
DAILT LOCAL MEANS.
Bar. Ther. Rel. Hum. Wind. Weather. '
29.910 35.0 70.3 SE Theat'g.
Amount of nitlted snow, .00 inches; max- |
imum thermometer, 42; mininum thermome
ter, 27.
O. S. M.Cone,
Sergeant Signal Corps, U. S. A.
WEATHER TO DAT.
Washington, March 27, 1 a. m.— lndica- i
tions for the upper Mississippi valley, cloudy j
or partly cloudy weather, occasional snow or
rain, easterly winds becoming variable, sta
tionery or iower temperature and barome
ter.
Prang's Easter Cards.
A magnificent assortment at Sherwood
Hough' 6, corner Wabashaw and Third streets. '
©lobe.
AMONG THE HORSES.
Norman W. Klttson's Late Purchases —
The Trotters at Lake Elysian Stock Farm
---Entries for the Great Stallion Race
—Miscellaneous.
The Globe's reports of Mr. Norman W.
Kitteon'6 purchase of trotting Btock at the
Kellogg combination sale, New York city,
week before last, did injustice to one of the
pioneer and most enterprising breeders of
Minnesota, Mr. C. A. DeGraff, proprietor of
the Lake Elysian stock farm. Mr. DeGraff
attended the sale with Mr. Kitteon for the sole
purpose of purchasing Little Ida, the dam
vtfSo So, by Alexander's Edwin Forrest. Mr.
fieGraff had been trying to buy this mare for
three years, at one time offering $2,500, quite
aa advance over what be paid at the auction
sale. The fact that Mr. Dan Woodmansee.who
represented Mr. Kitteon at the sale, bid Little
Ida in, led to the mistake ot crediting her to
Mr. Kittson. With this exceptlon.tbe Globe
was correct in naming the animals pur
chased by Mr. Kitteon. They were,
Mr. DeGraff says, the pick of
the entire lot of the one hundred and sixty
three head offered, all upon which bids were
made in his interest being struck down to
him. Of the purchaues, Astoria, Emily R-
Romney and Emily A are to be bred to Mr. De-
Graff 's Alexander this season. Mr. Kittson
having determined to postpone the purchase of
a stalflon until later in the season, when his
arrangements for the location of his
breeding farm are fully
completed. Though not fully
determined upon , Mr.T)eGraff thinks it prob
able, from conversations with Mr. Kittson, he
will put Astoria, Emily R. and Zalie at regu
lar track work as soon as in condition, with
the purpose of entering them in races in this
section this fall. Neither of the three have
records, but all are royally bred as trotters and
have shown their ability to trot fast, and
with Frank Fisk, record of 2:29, the property
of Mr. Kitteon, to head .the list, will
make the most formidable stable ever present
ed by a Minnesotian. Mr. Kitteon's New
York purchases will probably reach here Tues
day.
As we supposed and stated In la6t Monday's
issue, the telegraph was in error in crediting
the Alexauder entered for the great stallion
race to be trotted at Rochester, N. V , July 4,
to St. Paul. The entry is France's Alexander,
of St. Louis, record 2:2l. Mr. DeGrafTs Alex
ander is fully engaged in the stud for the com
ing season, already having sixty-five mares
booked. He has, however, determined to
commence the practical development of his
j'oung stock, the get of Aiex tnder, and
to that end has secured the services
of Mr. E. A. Parker, the well known driver
and trainer, who will work the coming season
at the home farm, Railroad, Minnie D, Minne
sota, Prospect, Lucelle, Elysian, Alexander,
Carrie B , Nancy 8., Walrus and Washtenaw.
A better looking lot of youngsters than the
above would be hard to select from any breed
ing establishment in this country, and if some
of them, under Mr. Parker's tuition, do not
make their mark as trotters, it -vill lie storage
indeed.
The Great Stallion lines
The Globe of Monday last gave the entries
for the great stallion race to be trotted at
Rochester, N. T., July 4, for a purse of $10,
-000. This will be, by odds, the most import
ant trotting event ever witne&sed in this
country, ana that Globe readers may be fully
posted, we copy from the Spirit of the Times,
its description of the horses entered, as fol
lows:
The entries for the great $10,000 stallion
purse, at Rochester, N. V., to be trotted July
1, closed Tuesday, March 15. The names of
ten stallious have been sent us, whose owners
have nominated them for this contest, and
there miy be one or two more. The list, as it
stands, is a splendid one, and insures a race
such as has seldom, if ever, been witnessed in
this country. The result demonstrates the
wisdom of the Rochester Association in com
prehending the situation, and boldly offering
such a magnificent premium for this class of
heses. The chances are that the prize will be
fully paid by the entrance money, as it is
scarcely likely that any of those nominated
will forfeit $500 and not start. Not one of
these stallions has been named as an adver
tisement. They are all trotters, and eager for
the fray.
The ten whose uaines thus far have been re
ceived by us are Wedgwood, Bonesetter, Rob
ert McGregor, France's Alexander, Independ
ence, Amber, Monroe Chief, Banta Claus, Vol
taire, and Hannis. Wedgwood is the brown
horse, by Alexander's Belmont, dam. by Wood
ford, who was purchased a few weeks since by
W. P. Balch, of Boston, from R. B. Conkling,
of Greenport, L. I , for $20,000. He made a
grand campaign last season, and got a record
of 2:19 at Hartford, August 28. He can put
in heats all day long at about that figure, and
might go a little faster. Long headed John
Bplan will be likely to keep him waiting on
this company for a heat or two, and then go
in to win.
Bonesetter, bay 6tallion, by Brook's horse,
dam by Adam's Stump the Dealer, is owned
by H.Mr.V. Bemis,of Chlcago,lll. No horse on
the turf is better known than he, for none has
been a more industrious trotter lor the past
few seasons. His record of 2:19 was made at
Rochester, August 15, 1879, which shows that
he likes that track. Dan Mace, we presume,
will hold the ribbons over him, and will not
miss many points in the road.
Robert McGregor !s a chestnut, by Major
Edsall, dam by American Btar, who got a rec
ord of 2:23 « fat St. Louis, October 2, 1880.
He is owned, we believe, by R. J. Lee, of
Prairie Dell Farm, near Topeka, Kansas.
While his record is not 60 fast, it is well au
thenticated that he has trotted a trial in about
2:18, and great stories are told of his speed.
Frank Van Ness will be likely to drive him in
this race.
Alexander (France's) is a black horse, by
Ben Patchen, dam by Canada Jack, owned by
W. C. France, of St. Louis, Mo. His record
of 2:21 X was made at Milwaukee, Wie., June
11, 1880, and he Impressed all horsemen who
noted his performances last year as being a
fellow of extraordinary speed. We are not In
formed who will drive for Mr. France this sea
son.
Independence, gray stallion by Gen. Knox,
dam by Gideon, is owned by Mr. Wm Rock
afeller, of New York city. At the Hartford
meeting, la6t August, this horse was driven
two exhibition heats, and he trotted the first
In 2:l9tf, and repeated hi 2:18 V- He was
driven by A. S. Odell, a non-professional
driver, and 231bs over weight. With John
Murphy, 'for instance, behind him, and with
the speed he had last summer, this compar
atively unknown stallion i 3 extremely likely
to be in the front rank.
Amber is a bay stallion, by Clear Grit, dam
by Royal Revenge, owned by J. W. Prender
gast, of Syracuse, New York. He got a rec
ord of 2:25 X , at Rochester, June 3, 1880, but
has beaten 2:20 in trials. He will be driven,
we presume, by A. J. Feck.
Monroe Chief, brown stallion, by Jim Mon
i roe, dam by Bay Chief, had a mo6t triumphal
career last season, making a clean sweep in his
class through the Grand Circuit, and, before
that serhs of races began, getting a record of
2:18,"* , at Chicago, 111., July 24. His owner
is A. W. Longlcy, and he was driven last sea
son by Peter v. Johnson, who will probably
hold the ribbons over him in thi6 race. He
] will be one of the favorites in the betting.
Santa Claus is the horee among the entries
! whom we are most pleased to see there, as
I there 1b no trotter living about whom there is
so much unsatisfied curiosity in the East.
This brown stallion, by Strathmore, dam by
Williams' Mambrino, owned by Mr. P. A.
Finigan, of San Francisco, was the sensation
of 1879, through trotting in 2:18 when but 5 i
j years old, and he still holds the best record
■ for that age. He has since duplicated and re
| duplicated that record, and it is claimed for !
| him that it is no measure of his speed. He
will be handled, we do not doubt, by Orrin A.
Hickok, and he will likely be the most fan
cied for first choice. If he beats the party he
will meet at Rochester, the Californians can
win enough to make their long journey home
luxurious.
Voltaire, brown stallion, by Tatlcr, dam by
Mambrino Chief, is owned by John W. Conley
and W. H. Crawford, and will probably be
driven at Rochester by the latter. He has a
record of 2:21, made at Hartford, Conn., June
27, 1879. Perhaps he has not quite as much
speed as some of the party, but he can trot all
day, and is dangerous when heats are split.
Hannis, the last of the list, as we received
the names, is very likely to be the first when
the story of the race is told. He is a chest
nut, by Mambrino Pilot, dam Lady Stewart,
owned by David Logan, of Baltimore, Md.
He has the fastest record in the party, 2:17 ft ,
at Hartford, Angust 26, 1880, and he can beat
that figure. It is needless to add that John E.
Turner will be behind him, and there is a
prevalent curiosity to see what Hannis can do
when Turner does send him for all there la in
him.
Miscellaneous.
C. L. Hunt, an old and wealthy citizen of St.
Louis, and a well-known turfman, was, last
week, elected president of the St. Louis Jockey
club. L. A. Clark is the secretary, and Samuel
Ecker general manager.
Mr. C. A. DeGraff, of the Lake Elysian
stock farm, on Friday last sold a weanling filly
by Alexander, dam Frankle P. by Gage's
Logan, to a St. Paul party for $WO.
AX OLD MAN AND HIS DARLING.
They Elope and Are Pursued by the Wrath
to Come— Leap From a Window and
Flight.
An elopement of a married man and his
sixteen-year-old charmer, their flight to
this city, pursuit of the irate wife and
her discovery of the guilty oouple,
together with thoir novel flight from the
wrath to come, is the rose-tinted sensa
tion which culminated in St. Paul yester
day afternoon. The why and wherefore
of the racy rumpus, in brief, is as follows:
Saturday evening there arrived in Bt.
Paul a well-to-do lumberman from Elk
River named Charles Chamberlin. He
was accompanied by -a blooming damsel
of sixteen summers and a glance could
not help but reveal the disparity of their
age. Upon their arrival in this city they
repaired to an up-town hotel, where they
registered as father and daughter.
The old man seemed to be a little soft
on the girl, but his blandishments were
attributed to the natural but somewhat
florid affection of a father. However,
they secured adjoining apartments and
the scheme went well.
Among the passengers on the Elk River
express which arrived yesterday morning
was a genteel looking matron of some
forty odd summers.
She seemed to suffer great distress of
mind, and scouring the services of an
acquaintance she at once proceeded to
visit the several leading hotels of the city.
This woman was the wife of Chamber
lin; she was in- quest of her recreant
husband and his mistress, a girl named
Ross Peppin, sixteen years old and good
looking. The couple were found at one
of the up town hotels. At the time of her
arrival they were up stairs, their
rooms being located on the
second floor of the hotel,
lt transpired that information was con
veyed Chamberlin of the presence of his
wife immediately after her entrance to
the house. Here was a predicament.
Retreat by the entrance was cut off, for
at that moment she was supposed to be
on her way to the room. Something
must be done and quickly. There was
the window, opening on an area yard;
the distance was short and they decided
to make the break. Both parties clam
bered to the window and jumped, reach
ing the ground in safety. A hack was
taken and they sped away. "When the
wife entered, the room was deserted. She
swears to yet overtake them.
COLD COMFORT.
He Was a Stranger and They Took Him in
For a Cool Century.
He is tall, gaunt, hungry-looking, and
his soul was dejected with the weight of
a heavy grief. He gave the name of
Comfort Pinkam and was strutting about
town yesterday looking for a magistrate.
Saturday evening this most uncomforta
ble Comfort came down from Mille Lacs
county fresh from the lumber camps.
He carried an even century in his weazle
skin and wanted to see the sights.
A friendly hackman was on hand and
the rig was chartered for the evening.
Thus equipped and armed with a bottle
of greased lightning, he started out to do
the rounds. As usual, the precious indi
vidual was landed at a den of infamy,
where he was turned over to bad whisky
and depraved women.
On retiring he put his bundle, contain
ing §100, under the pillow, and during the
night it took the proverbial wings and
vanished.
Poor Comfort made a terrible squeal,
but it was of no use. Like a lamb he
had been led to the shambles and shorn.
When last seen he was after ft warrant
for the arrest of the hackman, supposed
to be a man named Webber.
The American Porker.
Washington, March 27.— The treasury de
partment's report on trichinca and trichinosis
is nearly ready for distribution. The folly of
any nation prohibiting the entry of pork
from abroad when, in point of fact, no coun
try Is without trichlnea of its own, Is well
shown, and It is held to be ridiculous to as
sume that the foreign variety is more harmful
than those of native production.
Afraid of Free Speech.
Datton, 0., March — Much indignation
has been caused among the Irish people in
this city by the refusal of Gen. Patrick of Day
ton Soldiers' home to permit Redpath to
lecture last night. He was invited by a com
mittee of the home to organize a branch of
the Irish land league there, but Gen. Patrick,
who is governor of the institution, declared
Redpath an agitator, and refused to permit
him to deliver his lecture at the home.
PERSONAL.
Lt. Geo. Rubier, Seventh infantry, and U.
8. Marshal Jno. B. Raymond, of Dakota, arc
at the Merchants.
Gen. B. C. Card received an order by tel
egraph Saturday, directing him to report in
person at Washington, forthwith, to relieve
Col. A. F. Rockwell, as depot quartermaster.
| Gen. Chas. H. Tompkins, late chief quar
termaster of the department of Dakota, now
chief quartermaster of the Division of the
Missouri, ended his brief visit to St. Paul,
Saturday, and has returned to Chicago.
Messrs. Caldwell & Dow, proprietors of
the new sample room and restaurant, No. 1
West Third street, Bridge square, will inaugu
rate the business with a grand and brilliant
opening to-morrow evening. The special
features announced are, a concert by the Great
Union band, singing by a trio of select vocal
talent and a sumptuous feast, all of which
combine to make an inducement which will
draw the largest and certainly the most appre
ciative audience of the season. The restaurant
is bright, commodious and inviting; patrons
will receive the best of attention, and the cui
sine will be second to none In the city. At
the bar, pure goods will be offered, and it is
the intention of the proprietors to conduct in
every respect, a thorougly appointed and first
class restauraht.
NO. 87
OUB BAILWAYS.
A Sleeting to Fix Warm Weather Rates-
Will the Companies Try to Shift Their
Share of the Winter Losses— Lake Supe-
rior— The Missonri -Personals, Etc.
The Chicago papers of Friday aesert that
Mr. A. Manvel, of the Rock Island, road, has
accepted the position of assistant general man
ager of the St. Paul & Manitoba railway.
Judge Chandler and Mr. J. C. Boyden, from
the M. A St. P. general offices at St. Paul, and
Messrs. F. B. Clarke and J. H. Hiland, from
headquarters of the C, Bt. P. A O. lino, Bt.
Paul, havi gone to Chicago, to attend a meet
ing to-day at which freight rates for the com*
ing season, in the Northwest are to be settled.
It is believed that better rates than have ever
been made before will be given to the mer
chants and shippers of St. Paul, although
among railroad men there U a strong feeling
in faror of prolonging the present winter rates
to as lats in the season as possible, for helping
their companies to make up for the losses ana
the extraordinary expenses Incurred on ao
count of the snow blockades of the winter.
Oar merchants accept the loss of two to
three months of winter trade, occasioned by
the communications between dealers and con
sumers being cut off by the snow drifts, as
one of the incidents of Irade— as an interrup
tion of trade, of which consumers, perforce,
have borne their share, and of which mer
chants, in the interest of legitimate traffic,
must consent to bear their share. The railroad
companies, being so far as relates to their per
sonal interest as common carriers, more
closely identified with the common interests
of the country than any other investors, will
act unwisely if they undertake to recover
their losses of the winter season from their
patrons. If the railways are maaaged with a
view to their permanent value as common
carriers rather than with regard to the tempo
rary values of the stock board, they will bear
their share of the winter losses, and so
strengthen all the communities, and the in
terests with which they are connected.
Each of the Chicago com panics will bring
St Paul this morning an extra train loaded
with colonists' goods and stock, bound for
Manitoba, the Red River Valley and northern
Dakota.
The M. & St. P. company is again receiving
freight and selling passenger tickets to Rem
ville on the H. & D. division, and the work of
opening the road west of that station is being
vigorously prosecuted.
lhe spring opening of Lake Superior— that
is, the clearing of Its western ports, Dulutb
and Superior, from ice, is already a matter of
Interesting conjecture. There Is much more
ice than usual in the bays and along the shores
of the lake, and the prospect that more ice
than usual will come out of the rivers empty
ing into the lake. If all this ice Bhould be held
in the narrow western end of the lake by east
erly winds, the west end might be closed until
weeks after the Bault Ste. Marie river and
canal are opened. But if the prevailing: winds
are westerly, the ice will be soon ground U p
and melted in the open lake, and the opening
of navigation may be as early as though the
winter season had not been an extraordinarily
severe one.
Over one thousand immigrants, coming
from Ontario, Quebec and the Eastern States,
bringing horses, cattle, household goods and
capital for building and for improvement of
lands, are to-day en route to St. Paul, bound
for the Red River Valley in Minnesota, for
Northern Dakota and for the Eritish Province
of Manitoba.
The Northern Pacific earned west Saturday
995 colonists with their movables and stock,
and 161 head of mules for the Dalrymple
farms. To-day It will take forward a train
load of mules and farm supplies for the
Cooper Bros.' great farm in Northern Dakota.
About twenty of the Erie (Pa), party of col
onists of the Red River Valley in Dakota as
sembled here last week and some thirty more
were due last night and this morning:. This
party is madeupofeightortencapitalists,who
have bought the lands and in part furnish the
means for their improvement, while the rest
of the party are farmers, mechanics and
laborers, except about a dozen
women, whose part is to lead
in establishing the new social and home life of
the colonists. These people bring with them
from their Pennsylvania homes a large amount
of moveable property, including horses, cattle'
and machinery, but are also large buyers in this
maket of supplies and farm fixtures. About
half of the party intendto return to Pennsylvania
for the next winter, but meantime they will do
their best to add to the wealth of the country
in which they have bought lands and, whether
they will it or not, they will make permanent
homes there for many of their employees and
eventially for themselves or others who, like
them, have capital to use in a new country.
Latest advices from Bismarkan that although
the ice at and above that place in the Missouri,
still floats unbroken on top of the flood tide,
holes are wearing through in many place and
the brake up will 6oon come. The ice except
in sports, is three to five feet thick, and when
it does break and begins to pile up, as it will
wherever Its course down stream was ob
structed, there will be some wonderful sights,
showing what a MUsouri flood can do whan
It has solid cafres of heavy ice to play with.
The railroad iron which has been transferred
across the Missouri at Bismarck during the
winter is now being conveyed by rail to the
end of the track ou the border of the Yellow
stone valley. The weather In that region has
for the last ten days been favorable to the
early spring operations, preparatory to the
year's work 01 exteuding the railroad, and
every day Is being improved.
The work of clearing the Sioux City di
vision and Sioux Falls branch of the St. Paul
& Omaha line has been vigorously prosecuted
since settled weather and fixed snow gave en
couragement to the belief that the road
couldbe opened and operated without waiting
for 6un and rain to melt away the
snow and ice. The snow is found to be In
greater quantity than expected, and so hard
that both pick and shovel have to be used for
its removal, but it is nevertheless now confi
dently anticipated that the road will be
opened so- that trains may be run through
between St. Paul and Sioux City on Wednesday
or Thursday.
Annual Report of the € M. & Bt. P.
The Milwaukee Republican, having had ac
cess to advance sheets of the annual report of
President Mitchell.whlch is delayed by reports
not having been received from all the now
lines beyond the big snow drifts, presents thr
following figures, showing the aggregates of
business transacted by this great corporation
and their rapid Increase.
FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION.
Year Eastward, tons. Westward.! ons. Total, ton*.
1880 I,BjB,BX> M' 6.693 3,260,583
1379 1,624,063 9t5,0J2 2,W0,754
Increase, .229,793 471,021 709,819
PASSENGERS CARRIED.
Eastward, So. Westward, No. Total, No.
1880.... 1,089,673 1.(96,827 l t la7,«<o
1879.... 778,074 777,372 1.55S 448
loerewe.. 261,599 319,465 673.C51
These increases are at the rate of 27.3 pe r
cent, on freight, and 36.7 per cent, of passen
gers, alike bhowine the development of the
country traversed by the company's roads,
and the growth of transportation business
from the extension of its lines.
In 1880 the company built new roadway as
follows: In Illinois 27.68 miles; in Wisconsin
83.60 miles; in Minnesota 27.10 miles; and in
Dakota 227.54 miles— in all 316.93 milee, mak
ing the total mileaee owned by the company
January 1, 1881, 3,783.73 miles.
SEC V BE A HOME.
A Rare Opportunity to Obtain a Great Bar
gain.
FORTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
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with ten rooms, lot 80x150. Splendidly locat
ed. Excellent neighborhood. Terms of pay
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or for an investment. Apply to B. W. John
son, real estate office corner of Tfiird and Ce
dar streets.