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Windom Succeeds in getting One of
the Numbers in the Gig.
VOTE REDUCED TO FORTY-FOUR.
The Balloting Without Incident Worthy
of Special Note.
THE DOG LAW IN THE SENATE.
Prolonged {Debate on the Anti-Subsidy
Amendment to the Constitution.
SAGE BUT CONFLICTING VIEWS.
1
Senator. Wilson Makes a Vigorous As
■ sault on the Railroads.
JOINT CONVENTION.
The t^o houses convened in joint con
vention at noon yesterday, for the purpose
of ting for a candidate for United States
senator. There was only a small attend
ance of spectators, bnt few ladies being
among the number. The interest in the
election 3m3 to bo rapidly dwindling
away.
Immediately following the announce
ment of Speaker Fletcher that the clerk
would proceed to call the roll for United
States senator, Senator Morrison of Olm
sted rose to a question of privilege. He
said that the Pioneer Press contained what
purported to bo an interview with one C.
H. Chadbourn. of Rochester.
In that interview Mr. Chadbourn is made
to say (reading from the paper):
"Morrison was elected on a Windom platform
and pledged over and over again to his support,
lie said freely, before the meeting of the legis
lature, that he was a friend of Mr. Windom'e,
that he would go into caucus, and if Windom
was nominated would give him his hearty sup
port. 1 have talked to him about his course
Bince, and he says things are so mixed up he
don't know what to do, and complications have
arisen that prevent him from voting for Windom.
A. ('. Smith tells me that Morrison was as
strongly pledged to support Dunnell as he ever
was to support Windom. That shows what kind
of a man he is."
Continuing, Senator Morrison said he
simply had to say that the statement of
Mr. Chadbonrn, as reported, is false from
beginning to end. There is no truth, or the
semblance of truth, in it. And so far as
concerned the reference to a statement of
Mr. A. C. Smith, he was authorized by that
gentleman to say that he had never made
any such statement to Mr. Chadbourn, or
anybody else, or anything that could be
construed to mean that he (Morrison) had
ever made any such promise. In short,
said Senator Morrison, I again pronounce
the statements of Mr. Chadbonrn as abso
lutely false in every particular. ,
A ballot for senator was then taken, with
the following result:
FIE3T BALLOT.
Senate. House. Total
Windom 15 29 44
Wilson 5 21 26
Cole 5 11 16
Dunnell 4 6 10
Hubbard 2 7 9
Kindred 14 5
Start 13 4
Farmer 1 3 4
Davis 2 1 3
Wakefield 112
Strait 1 1
Castle 1 •- 1
Armstrong 1 1
Berry 1 1
Gilman , _J_ 1
Total 38 90 128
Those who voted for William Windom
were:
SENATORS.
Chandler, Honlton, Shaken,
Compton, Liingdon, bteenerson,
Fletcher, McLaughlin, Tmax,
Gilfillan, C. "D., Pillsbnry, Wheat,
Giltillan.J. B . Bice. Waite—l6.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Anderson, W. Crawford, Sm*h, J.
Baker, Knde, j" 10 .-. .
Barker, Hicks, Spanlding,
Batchelder, Johnson, M. Strong,
Bean, t Miller, Swenson,
Bonrdman, Nelson, Thuyer,
Bohleter, Porter. Thompson,
Bohland, Peterson, Ok«, Tun-ell,
Child, J. E. Peterson, J. A Mr. Speak -23
Collins, Rammer,
Those who voted for Thomas Wilson
were:
SENATORS.
Castle, Craig, SaokeU —5.
Christensen, Grigga,
REPRESENTATIVES.'
Baumgarten, Culler, Lenz,
Becker, Demeoleb, ' Patterson,
Borak, Emery, Rahilly,
Brown, Farrar, Smith, J. Jr.,
Back, Gregory. Stahlman,
Capeer, Hill, Stegeman,
Cook, Jackliu, White—2l. .
Those who voted for Gordon E. Cole
were:
SENATORS.
Blake, Clement. Van Hoesen—s
Clarke. Knudson,
REPRESENTATIVES.
Cornish, Morris, Seymour,
Gotziao, Morse, _ Peterson, John,
Gray, MortensoW, Way, •
Merriam. Wells—ll.
Those who voted for Mark H. Dannell
wo •
SENATORS.
Crosby, Hollister, Ward,
Hickman4.
* REPRESENTATIVES.
Bell, Carson, Johnson, W. H.
Blackman, Finch, Potter—6.
Those who voted for L. F. Hubbard
were:
SENATORS.
Johnson, Peterson —2.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Doyle, Paulson H, Sampson,
Groetsch. Paulson, T. Sidener—7.
Hulebak,
Those who voted for C. F. Kindred were:
SENATOR.
Buckman—l.]
REPRESENTATIVES.
Hartley, Parker, Sadley— i.
Moore,
Those who voted for C. M. Start were:
SENATOR.
Morrison —1.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Daniels, Dyar, Frahm—
Those who voted for J. Q. Farmer were:
SENATOR,
Sergeait—l.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Baarnaas Frank, Greer—3,
Those who voted for C. K. Davis were:
SENATOR.
Bills a, O'Brien— . ?
,'■■■• '-,•:. REPRESENTATIVE.
Grimshaw —1
Those who voted for J. B Wakefield
were:
SENATOR
G < >drich—A
EEFBESEXTATTVES
J" ■ roster—-1
i> itor Wilson voted for J. N. Castle.
Ivir. Anderson, 11. voted for H. B. Strait.
3lr. Cole voted for John M. Berry.
Mr. Peterson, 0., voted for T. H. Armstrong.
Mr. Van Dyke votal for C. M. Oilman.
The ioint convention then adjourned
no choice having been made for United
States senator.
SENATE.
The senate wa3 called to order at 10
o'clock yeiterday morning, which was an
hour earlier than has been the custom. The
attendance was not so full as heretofore,
several senators having been detained by
the blockades ©n the railroads. Several
new bills w ere introduced,- among which
was one making negligence on the part of
railroad employes resulting in death mur
der in the third degree, and prescribing a
penalty for it as such. Senator Rice's bill
repealing the dog law elicited a lengthy
d'ssuf sion in committee of the whole, and
it was reported back with the recommenda
tion that it pass. Senator Wilson's joint
resolution proposing an amendment
to the constitution prohibiting the giving
of bonu?e3 to railro; Js, arid a bill upon
the same subject, were also considered at
some length in committee of the whole,
but not having been fully discussed they
were made the special order for 3 o'clock
to-daj.
In taikina: about the United Sti
torship it was thought that the grand dis
play of forces in the contest would proba
bly tako place on Wednesday, and that the
election would not be delayed beyond Thors
day. It wa3 also thought that Mr.Windom's
presence would raise his strength a few
votes, but that he would still fall far short
of an election.
Jionth.i- Report.
Senate met at 10 o'clock and was called
to order by the president.
Devotional exercises by the chaplain.
Roll called and journal read and ap
proved.
BILLS INTBODUCED.
By Senator Griggs—To authorize
the city of St. Paul to issue
$500,000 in bonds to improve and enlarge
the water works of said city. Passed un
der suspended rules.
By Senator C. D. Gilfillan—To amend
section 112, chapter 74, general statutes
of 1878, relating to the capital stock of
certain corporations.
By Senator C. D. Gilfillan—To punish
railroad employes for violation of duty
whare human life is endangered. The bill
makes negligence of employes resulting in
the loss of life, murder in the third degree,
and fixes the penalty of imprisonment in
tha btate prison not more than three nor
less than one year in the county jail.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Senator'C.D.Gilfillan in the chair,the sen
ate took up Senator Rice's bill repealing
the dog law, and it was debated at great
length by Senators Rice, Castle, Hickman,
Steenerson, Hollister, J. B. Gilfillan, Ser
geant, Wheat, O'Brien, Waite, Clari and
Ward, and it was the sense of the commit
tee that it be recommended to pass.
The committee then took up Senator
Wilson'B joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution prohibiting
the granting of aid to railroads and other
corporations by towns, counties, oities or
other municipalities, and S. F. No. 25, a
bill relating to the same subject, and pro
posed to consider them together.
Senator Billson moved to amend the bill
by striking out of the first section the
words: "Or make any donation or loan of
its credit to any suoh corporation."
Senator Wilson —In other words, Mr.
President, this amendment means to strike
out the whole bill. That's what it amounts
to.
Senator Steenerson favored the adoption
of the bill, assigning for a reason for this
course on his part the fact that railroads
had never been constructed by local bonuses
and he did not think they ever would be,
while the power to grant such aid wrought
great injury to the towns through which,
rttilroads pass, by vastly increasing the
amount of municipal debt, and did not
hasten the time of building such railroads
or materially alter their course.
Sanator Waite was surprised at any op
position to bonuses from a senator who rep
resented a frontier constituency. It was a
fact that most of the railroads in opera
tion in the atate had been constructed by
land grants and bonuses, and he thought
the older portions of the state ought not to
object to bonuses being given to aid in the
construction of roads iv the new and unde
veloped portions.
Senator Wilson snid he expected to en
counter opposition when ha introduced the
measures under consideration, but the ar
guments advanced were not good. By
reference to a map of the state it would
be seen that the state was gridironed by
railroads.
At this point further consideration of
the measures was cut short by the an
nouncemnet that the time for meeting the
house of representatives in joint session
had arrived, and the committee rose.
When the committee rose Senator Cas
tle moved to refer Senator Rice's biil re
pealing the dog law to a special committee
for amendment.
Senator Rice approved Castle's proposi
tion and calied for the ayes and nays.
After some informal discussion the
president ruled that the senate must pro
ceed to the house of representatives.
Upon the re-assembling of the sanato
the discussion of the dog law wns resumed,
and upon the proposition to rdi^r ir to a
special committee for revision, the roll
was called, when it appeared that there
wero sv. renteen in favor of reference and
twenty-two opposed, so the bill was recom
mended to pass without amendment.
IS COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Senator Morrison in the chair, consider
ation of the proposed amendment to
the constitution prohibiting th« giving of
aid to railroads and its companion bill was
resumed, and Senator Wilson took the
floor. He said that the state was beiug
gridironed with railroads being construct
ed without the aid of local bonuses. Roads
were being constructed parallel to one an
other and only a few miles apart in their
struggle for territory. He was aware
that tha state had donated vast acres of
swamp lands to aid in the con
struction of railroads, and in some in
stances the railroads which it proposed to
aid bad never got an aore of the lands.
He knew that a munificent donation of
iwa<np lands had been made to the railroad
b ailt from St. Paul to Winona. and he
knew further that that railroad company
never got an acre of it. The land was held
by a construction company of men resid
ing in St. Paul and elsewhere, who had
made themselves millionaires by this sort
of thing. At the time the road was built
to which he referred men came down from
St. Paul to secure the issue of bonds as a
bonus. He said that work was actually
held back to force bonuses from the towns
along its line, and threats were made to go
by towns and make their stations else
where. He had no objection to any man
potting his hand into his own pocket and
giving as much of his own money as a
bonus as he pleased, but he did have very
decided objections to the voting of bonds
and raising bonuses by taxation where the
people were in no condition to stand up
nnder its burdens. He called to mind the
case of the city of Duluth which had got
permission to issue bonds for railroad aid
and then resorted to a tricky expedient to
get rid of the payment of the bonds which
was considered not quite honoraWe. The
city of St. Cloud had also asked permission
to issue bonds for a like purpo.-. '
results. He said that the bornit -
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had fraudulently gotten possession of
bonds of his town and that he had as
oounsel contested their payment and that
the Hon. Samuel Lord had on the bench
decided that they were fraudulently ob
tained, and that subsequently the Hon.
O. P. Steams had decided the same
way. He then said that if the gentlemen
of the senate ever again heard that Winona
did not pay its debts they would know that
it was not so. She had paid every cent
that she owed. He was opposed to giving
aid when a factory was started or anything
else of this description. There was such
a thing as learning wisdom from exper
ience, and he hoped the past would not be
forgotten. It was his opinion that no
town had been benefited by the giving of
bonuses, and in many instances farms were
not worth one-fourth what they would be
with the incubus of bonus debts removed,
and protested against the continuance of
a policy which he considered so ruinous.
St-natoT Comstock said he enjoyed an
ingenious argument as well as anybody
did, and he was highly entertained by the
remarks of the gentleman from Winona.
But he was opposed to the giving of every
thing to a few favored points and leaving
nothing for the rest of the state. A small
portion of the state, mostly in th 3 southern
half, had been gridironed with railroads,
constructed by the aid of local and state
swampland bonuses. The last swamp
land bonus had been bestowed because the
state had diverted what was left of
them from the original purposes for which
they were bestowed upon the
state and given them to the
state institutions. It was the
policy of railroad companies jto get all
they could and then keep out competition
by the keeping out of rival lines. This
was the point in the recent railroad war;
and prohibiting the giving of bonuses to
new lines of road was a move in the same
direction, for to overcome this parceling
out of the state to railroad corporations,
we must vote bonuses to induce rival coi
porations to build new roads. He did not
believe it was just and right to tie up a
portion of the state hand and foot bo that
they could not aid capitalists who would be
willing to come in and build new roads.
The only question in this bill was
whether the people of the Btate
should be allowed to use their own discre
tion as to whether it is expedient to aid
railroads or not. He assumed that the
people knew what they desired to do, and
by this bill the legislature assumed to
know more about the wishes of their con
stituents than they did themselves. He
trusted that all wisdom would not perish
with the present legislature and that there
would still be good judgment enough
among the people to manage their own
affairs properly.
Senator Rice said it was unjust to give
all the state swamp lands to public insti
tutions, but at the same time
he was opposed to giving lo
cal bonuses to railroads. and
he cited an instance where a majority of
eight votes at a popular election had sad
died a debt of $221,000 upon a smalt com
munnity unable to bear it, and he charac
terized this sort of thing as an outrage.
Senator Waite wanted the matter left in
the hands of tke people, whom, he assumed,
were as competent to judge of what they
wanted to do as the legislature were, and
he new no reason why the majority should
not decide what was best. The 500,000
acres of internal improvement lands had
been applied to the payment of bonus
bonds for roads constructed chiefly in the
southern part of the state, and
the northern part was the great field from
which all the roads drew the major part of
their state land bonuses. There was little
left now for the frontier but the right to
bond themselves to secure railroads, and
it would be a great injustice to deprive
them of that right if they should deem it
expedient to use it.
Senator Steenerson said he was from a
part of the state not as well supplied with
railroads as it should be and he should be
glad to see more, but the arguments of
senators had failed to convince him that
bonuses had stimulated the construction
of railroads. It was true, however,
that large land grants had in
duced th^ir construction in
advance of the requirements of settlement.
It was a great wrong to take all the swamp
lands to a few railroads,but i* was a great
er wrong to vote the people's property
away in the foA of bonuses- -bond 3of
cities, towns and counties. Railroads were
private enterprises and should be con
structed as such, and not by bonuses voted
by people who do not bear the burden of
taxation. It was said that the legislature
had the right to fix rates. <He hoped it
was so and they ought to do it. The power
to grant bonuses had given corporations
the opportunity to demand mouey
as a condition for coming to their
towns and he did not believe in it.
The state had violoted faith in
granting subsidies of swamp lands that
were intended to form a drainage fund to
railroads, and they still were not satisfied.
He did not believe the majority ought to
be allowed to vote away the property of
the minority, and he did believe the min
ority had some rights that the majority
were, bound to respect. He was radically
opposed to this whole bonms system and
he believed his constituents would sustain
him in this matter.
Senator Comstock moved to amend by
making a two-thirds vote necessary to give
a bonus.
Senator Waite thought that the constitu
tional limitation of 5 per cent, as the
maximum bonus was an infringement up
on the rights of the people.
Senator Steenerson —Upon this princi
ple what protection have I in the enjoy
ment of my property ?
Senator Waite said he had the constitu
tional protection, and wanted to know
what farther protection he wanted.
Senator Steenerson said he wanted all
his property protected —not nineteen-twen
tieths of it, bnt all of it.
Senator Castle said if he was satisfied
that by voting for this amendment he
would cripple the frontier he should not
vote for it. He had doubted the propriety
of voting away the 500,000 acres of inter
nal improvement lands. He had doubted
the propriety of donating the swamp lands
to aid in the construction of railroads, but
the simple question was whether the peo
ple should be permitted to vote bonuses.
None of the law books regard railroads as
publio corporations.* They are all private
corporations. He believed the true doc
trine was that private property should not
be taken for private purposes. This system
of bonuses has the effect of taxing property
owners to death. He spoke of the evils
caused by the issue of the old state rail
road bonds, and said that it would have
ueen better not to have had the roads when
they were started and not to hare had the
bonds. He believed that public highways
would come as soon as there was support
for them. He said the city of Stillwater
had never voted a dollar in bonds and the
result was that it was in an exceptionally
flourishing condition, and could float its
bonds in the markets of the world at i per
ceDt. He had known of a hundred men
being colonized on the road from Still
water to Hastings to vote bonuses, thus
imposing burdens that residents did npt
sanction. He did not believe in lending
the public credit to private enterprises.
Senator Pillsbury moved that the reso
luion and the bill be made the special or
der for Tuesday at 3 o'clock in the after
noon.
The committee then rose and the senate
adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
The house made p. eood show of indns
try yesterday, lemaining in session from
11 a. m. until 2:30 p. m., minus the recess of
only about half an hour for the joint con
vention. Six new bills were introduced,
the most important being that of Mr.
Gregory, of Washington, changing the
manner of drawing juries, Mr. Cornish,
of Ramsey, also introduced a measure that
will undoubted'y attract considerable at
tention, being a bill making it a misde
meanor for a telegraph clerk, or other
employe, to divulge the contents of a tele
graphic message. /
In committee of the whole, the house,
led by Col. Hicks, set down upon
J. E. Child's bill to regulate the drawing
of statutes and session laws by members.
Child in his bill proposed to have £10 col
lected from members who should fail to
return such books by process of law. Mr.
Hicks and the majority of members seemed
to think that such a law would be a reflec
tion upon the honesty of members,
and so they amended tbe
bill to have members, when gdtting
the books, deposit $f>,to be retained by the*
state if the books are not retained at thi
end of the session. As tbe state has to pay
at the rate of $5 per volume for 'the stat
utes, when taking a thousand volumes, it
is fair to presume that should the act be
come a law, few of the §5 deposited will be
called for. Child fought the
amendment vigorously, and pointed
out its inconsistencies, but to
no use. He then sought to have the bi
indefinitely postponed but here, too, he
failed.
Another measure that excited consider
able discussion in committee of the whole
was that introduced by Mr. Rahilly fixing
the maximum rate of interest at 7
per cent, instead of 10 per cent,
as now. At his motion 8 per
cent, was substituted for 7, and then
he spoke earnestly in favor of the measure
He claimed that there was a plethora ©
money in the country, and that the cap
italists of the country would be glad to loan
it at five per cent, if the law did* not allow
them to demand more. Cheap money, he
said, made good times, and he knew from
his own experience that money could
be made cheaper in Minne
sota. A few years . .ago, when
the present usury law was passed, and the
maximum of . interest was reduced from
.2 to 10 per cent., a hue and cry was
raised that it would drive money from the
state and create stringency. But the
fact was that money had never been so
plenty in the state as since the passage of
that law, and the passage of the present law
would make no difference whatever with the
volume of money to loan. Mr. Rahilly was
supported in his advocacy of the bill by
Messrs. Brown, Barker and Thayer, whil
Messrs. Boardman, Collins, Cornish, Hart
ley and Gregory opposed it. In his argu
ment Mr. Boardman alluded to the fact that
the maximum rate of interest in Wisconsin
and lowa was 10 per cent., and in Dakota
12 per cent., and that eastern capitalists
could not be expected to put
money in Minnesota, when higher
interest could be got in adjoining states
and territories. It was also asserted that
money was not so plenty as for the past
few years, and that merchants and manu
facturers were now experiencing more or
less trouble in securing the short accom
modations required in their business at
the present maximum rate. Mr. Cornish
stated, not. he said as ; a threat,
but as a faot, that if the
interest was reduced as proposed, the new
bank with $2,100,000 capital it was pro
posed to start in this city, would not be
started. All the speakers in opposit.'oa
claimed that the present flexible law was
in the interest of the business community,
satisfactory in the main to both borrower
and loaner, and that it would be unwise to
change at this time without disposing of
the bill. The committee reported progress
and were given leave to sit again. The
senate has already killed two such bills,
and the indications are the house will fol
low suit.
Routine Reztort,
Mr. Child, E. A., at his own request, wa_
excused from serving upon the bribery
committee, appointed Saturday.
NEW BILLS.
By Mr. Hicks —To ' abolish the poll or
personal tax, and providing for the collec
tion of such tax by assessment upon real
or personal property. Towns and coun
ties.
By Mr. Brown — to the dis
charge of attachments on real estate.
By Mr. Johnson, W. A., (accom
panied by petition) —To appropriate
$500 to build a bridge across
the Dcs Moines river in Murray county,
and $300 for a bridge across Lime creek,
in lha same county.
By Mr. Cornish —To amend the act of
incorporation of the Mount Zion Hebrew
association.
By Mr. Gregory —To amend the act re
lating to making up jury lists. Places
the duty in the hands of the judge of th«
district court, clerk" of the county and
chairman of the county commissioners.
By Mr. Cornish —To amend section 83,
chapter 95, general statutes 1878, relat
ing to violation of the control of tele
graph messages by clerks or others. Make?
the act a misdemeanor, punishable by fine
not exceeding $1,000 and confinement.
BILLS PASSED.
J. E. Child's bill relating to the setting
of prairie and wood fires.
Relating to juries in Ramsey county.
Authorizing the county commissioners
of Crow Wing county to issue bonds t in
$8,000 for the construction of a bridge.
BILLS APPROVED.
A communication was received from the
governor|announcing that he had approved
the bills authorizing Scott county to issue
bonds and to allow Lake city to maintain
a ferry boat at that point.
PAGES. ..'/. •'
Upon motion of Mr. Rahilly, the speaker
was authorized to appoint two additional
pages at the usual compensation.
COMMITTEE OP THB WHOLE.
In committee of the whole, Mr. Buck in
the chair, the first bill taken up was J. E.
Child's, regulating the issuance of statutes
to members, making it a penal offense
for ' a member to ' fail to return
such statute so received. Mr. Hicks mov
ed to amend by striking out the clause re
lating to the penal offense and making it
obligatory upon a member to deposit $5
with the librarian before he could receive
the same. Mr. Rahilly moved to report in
favor of the indefinite postponement of
the amendment and bill. Wbil&the sub
ject was being discussed, the hour of 12
m. arrived, and the committee, rose and re
ported progress, and the clerk' was directed
to notify the senate the house was ready to
receive it in joint convention.
The joint convention over the house went
into committee of the whole, and resumed
consideration of Child's statute bill and Mr.
Rahilly's motion to indefinitely postpone
was lost, Hicks' amendment adopted and
the bill recommended to pas*, ' though
Child moved its indefinite postponement.
The next bill to excite discussion was
Mr. Rabilly's u&ar/ bill, fixing the maxi
mum rate of interest at 8 per cent, instead
of 10 per cent, as now. Tee bill was re
ported upon adversely by the judiciary
committee, 9 to 2, and it met with a vigor
ous opposition on the Hoot, Messrs. Board
man, Collin«,Cornish, Hartley and Gregory
speaking against, while it 3 advocacy was
left to Messrs. Rahilly, Brown and Thayer.
Without disposing of the bill, the commit
tee rose and reported progress, and the
house adjourned to 10 a. m. to-day.
HIE GAMBLERS.
Arraigned Kefbra Judge Burr Yesterday
and liieir Cases Continued One Wteli.
Yesterday morning was the time set by
Judge Burr for hearing the gambling cases
and at i) o'clock the court room was pretty
well.filled with members of the sporting
fraternity, their - friends end- interested
spectators. Mr.; Olmsteatl, attoiaey for
the prosecution, was present and seated by
his side was Mr. Jordan who swore out the
complaints. The cases were called in
batches, and a number of attorneys were
present in the interests of their respective
client?.
Mr. I. V. D. 'Heard appeared for the
defendant -, Martin and Bibbins, end by'
consent this case was continued for one
week.
The ca?3s of Thompson, Evans, Chirm,
Morgan, Shanks, Donahue, Childs and
Gore were called and on motion of Messrs.
O'Brien & Wilson, the hearing were con
tinned a week.
In the case of Morton, Hanlin and Hail
Mr. W. W. Erwin appeared and made a
motion to dismiss which was argued at
some length. He based his motion on the
grounds that the court had no jurisdiction,
and that the action should have been
brought in the name of the county and
not in behalf of the state.
Counsel also held that the complaint was
defective inasmuch as it did not allege
that the property or apparatus was owned
by the defendants or under their control.
Mr. Murray, in behalf of the city, made
a vigorous argument to have the cases go
on and the motion to dismiss was taken
under advisement.
A decision will probably be rendered to
day, and pending the result the cases were
continued a week, with the exception of
the Morton case, which is set for trail
next Thursday at 2 o'clock p. m. The case
will be tried by a jury, and it is understood
that juries will be had in the remaining
cases. • ;■:>';
AMUSEMENTS.
_____
Edit Lynnc.
The engage of the distinguishcl
emotional actress, Miss Ada Gray, and the
Fifth Avenue company,at the Opera house,
commencing on Thursday evening, prom
ises to afford a fine dramatic treat to the
amusement-going public of St. Paul. She
will appear in her great dual role of "Lady
Isabel" and "Madame Vine" in East
Lynne, concerning the enactment of which
an exchange has the following:
The acting of this lady, unlike that of
many who, from time to time, have ap
peared in our midst, presents a finish truly
attractive to those who know how to appre
ciate such acquirements. Whether Miss
Gray appears as "Lady Isabel" or "Mad
ame Vine," she holds the mirror a3 to life.
One sees her as the beautiful, jealous, lov
ing wife, full of hope that the "joys once
tasted" may yet return, and he loses sight
of the woman in the character she as
sumes. Again he is brought face to face
with the wound which mars that beauty,
and he sees nothing but the scars which
sear her heart to every noble impulse. No
one can witness Miss Gray's version of
"East Lynne" and say in which act she ap
pears to the best advantage, and no critic
can draw a comparison without endanger
ing his reputation.
. Meaaiheroirl Marimoramd.
Such gentle reader is the linguistic soc_-1
doiiget which best describes the unique
exhibition which is to be throw _ open to
the amusement public of St. Paul, at No.
12 Third street this afternoon. In other
words, Mr. Fred J. EDglehart, who used to
be the right bower on sporting matters of
the New York Herald, and who like all
good newspaper men amassed a large for
tune ana put his surplus wealth into the
show business, will throw his museum
composed of monsters from the deep, and
other curiosities open to the public to-day.
The collection embraces a group of enor
mous tea. turtles, . alligators, a mammoth
saw fish, eighteen feet long, with a blade
full of teeth as keen as a razor, a hammer
headed shark, white sharks or man eaters,
porpoises, sturgeons, sea urchins, flying
fish, shark pilots, a sea cow and a host of
other interesting objects. The most curi
ous attraction, however, consists of the
strange and wonderful transparent or
translucent head, being that of a healthy
child, the crown of whose head, from the
ears up, is perfectly transparent, disclosing
the brain and structural formation of the
head. This is one of the great scientific
conundrums of the age. Then there are a
tribe of Zulu warriors and an endless va
riety of things to appreciate which must
be seen.
Lenritt's Minstrels.
The fine aggregation of minstrel talent,
consolidated under the above name, will
appear at the Opera house on Monday and
Tuesday evenings of next week. \ The com
pany has been performing to appreciative
and large audiences throughout the coun
try, and the jokes are said to be new and
bright, the specialty acts unique and fine
ly given, and the songs are lively and well
sung. In short, it is an admirable com
pany throughout.
Notes.
Mr. E. M. Gotthold, the genial and ef
ficient agent of M. B. Leavitt's Gigantean
minstrels, arrived in the city last night.
Mr. Gotthold is the husband of the leading
lady, |"Miss Jennie Gilbert," in.the Ada
Gray East Lynne company, and she is
moreover an accomplisked actress.
Mr. Edward L. Bloom, the enterprising
manager of the Ada Gray, "East Lynne"
combination, leaves St. Paul to-day for
Milwaukee.
It may be interesting to know that the
three,'property" suppers served in the
"Hearts of Oak" brief engagement in St.
Paul last week were supplied by a caterer,
and cost $18. ■-
;;> '■■'■: $3.00 Reward.
Totbe Editor of tbe Globe:
Winona, Jan. 19.—What has beoome of
the Honorable Milo White? We heard
several weeks since that he had opened
"Windom headquarters" at the Metropoli
tan. Since then we have heard nothing
from him. 'We jfeel anxious concerning
his welfare and fear that he may have "got
lost" in your large and wicked city. He
is either strayed or stolen and we will pay
a reward of *5 for his safe return and no
questions asked.
Sinclair. Simpson & Dye.
Don't Die in the House.
"Rough on Rats." Clears out rate, mice
ooacbes, bed-bugs, flies, ants, mole?, chipmunk,
gophers, 15c.
TWO TRAGEDIES.
A Young Man Shoots Himself at the St.
Paul Hoa*< -Lark of Work and Finan
cial Embarrassment Thought to be the
Cause—Another Young Man Found Dead
in .1 Saloon After a Protracted Spice.
Last night was a busy one for the coro
ner, undertakers and the rapoiters. A sui
cide iS/always more or less tragical and
sensational, -while there is always a pathet
ic mystery in the suddennes conveyed in
the announcement of "a. man found dead."
The men whose duty it is to look up mat
ters of this sort were confronted last mght
with cases in each of the above named in
stances. As the suicide comes first in im
portance it will take precedence in the
narration of facts in conjunction with this
article.
About o o'clock last night a-message wa3
received by Coroner Davenport to the
effect that a man had committed suicide at
the St. Paul house, corner of Fort and
Chestnut streets, by shooting himself
through the head. Dr. Davenport and a
Globe reporter at once repaired to the
hotel and the spectacle was presented of ii
your;/ man shot through the right temple.
The entrance of the bullet was indicated
by a congealed holo in the temple and a
five-shooter, large caliber revolver, lay
near the body on the floor.
The body was neatly and respectably
clad and the deceased lay on the floor
where he mast have fallen after commit
ing ! lie deed. Death must havo been in
.stantaneous. Inquiry of the landlord, Mr.
Fabel, resulted in the following informa
tion concerning the suicide: His name*was
Herman Dallmann and he was a discharg
ed soldier, it is believed, having served in
the Seventh calvary. He was about twen
ty-eight years of age, and- so far as known
has no relatives residing in this city.
He came to the St. Paul house on the
13th inst., and is not known to have had
any employment. It is supposed that this,
with the fact that he was evidently out of
money, induced him to commit the deed.
That be was in the condition known as
"hard up" is evidenced from the fact that
only a day or two since he borrowed a
dollar from the landlord. The last seen of
him alive was about 9 o'clock Sunday even
ing, when he was in conversation with a
boarder named Wm. Geis.
His absence did not excite suspicion un
til about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
when the chamber maid tried to get in the
room and found the door locked with the
key on the inside. The barkeeper, Chas.
Scholl, was called and together they
opened the door. *
Dallmann was found lying on the floor
dead'as described. Inquiry of the board
ers was made, two of whom state that
they heard the report of a revolver about
8 o'clock yesterday morning. *
The deceased must have dressed himself
to go out, probably in quest of employ
ment, when becoming possessed with the
idea of suicide, he shot himself. He board
ed at the hotel for the first time about a
year ago, and was always honest and cor
rect in his habits.
A few days ago he told one of the
boarders that he had a brother, a stone
cutter by trade, in Chicago/ The body
was removed to McCarthy <fc Donnelly's
and an inquest will be held this morning.
FOUND DEAD.
About 8 o'clock last night word was sent
to the coroner that a man had been found
dead in a chair at the boarding house
kept by Gus Holberg, and located
at No. 386 Rosabel street.
Upon being investigated it was learned
that a Swede named A. Larson had been
discovered abnut 7:20 o'clock, sitting in a
chair in the bar-room of the house, dead.
A singular coincidence is the fact that Lar
son arrived at the house on the ICth inst.,
the same day that Dallmann, the
suicide, came to the St. Paul houso.
On the day named he arrived in St. Paul
from Carver, and since his arrival he has
been out of work and addicted to drink
Yesterday afternoon, it is stated, he was'
quito drunk, having been seen on
the street shouting and singing.
He came into the bar-room early in the
evening, and sat down in the chair.evident
ly in a stupor. After remaining quiet for
some time, one of the inmates of the house
tried to arouse him, when it was found that
he was dead.
The deceased was about thirty years of
age and has no family in this country.
He was known as a boy in the old country
by Mr. Holberg, the keeper of the house,
and the latter recently loaned him several
sums of money, amounting in all to §30.
The body was taken to McCarthy & Donnel
ly's rooms and a post mortem will be held
this morning, when the cause of death will
by ascertained.
Board of Public Works.
An adjourned meeting of the board of
public works was held yesterday after
noon.
The assessment for the extension of
Pleasant avenue from St. Clair street
south to the city limits was first consid
ered, and the clerk was directed to make
several corrections.
The matter of the assessment for the ex
tension of an alley in block 15, Hoyt's ad
dition, was next taken up and it was
ordered confirmed.
Notices of confirmation were ordered in
the matter of an assessment for the open
ing of an alley in lot 1, block 7, Robert-
Bon's addition, of the Sixth ward.
The board then considered the proposed
new driveway along the foot of the bluff
to Fort Snelling. It was decided that
several alterations might be necessary and
the matter was laid over for two weeks.
Adjourned.
The Stabbing Affray. ; i
John Tachenski, Jhe tough and desperate
looking Polander, arrested for stabbing a
countryman -named John Pck, during a
row last Sunday night, was before Judge
Burr yesterday, charged with committing
an assault with a dangerous weapon with
intent to inflict great bodily harm. The
hearing was continued one week, and the
prisoner was committed in default j of
$2,500.
The victim to the assault is very low and it
is thought that the wound will prove fatal.
He was stabbed in the abdomen and should
he recover it will be almost by miracle.
These Sunday night fights in this and other
disreputable neighborhoods are becoming
too frequent and the offenders should be
made to realize the strength of the law.
Iron in the Blood.
. It is not the amount of iron that one swallows
that does the good, but the amount taken up by
the system. The iron in "Allen's Iron Tonic
Bitters" is in shape to be assimilated by the ays
tern. For sale by J. P. Allen, Druggist and
Manufacturing Pharmacist, St. Paul, Minn.
Xelyaska.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 22.—The sixty-ninth
ballot for United States senator to-day
stood: Stiekel, 22; Thayer, 15; Millard,
15; Saunders, 13; Cowin, 12; Brown,
9; Manderson, 7: Morton, 5; Savage, 4;
Conner, 4: Monger, 3; Lake. 2; Livingston,
2; Crounse, 2; Weaver, 1; Doane, 1. The
entire vote cast for Ashby, Saturday, was
given Stiakel on this ballot. , The seven
tieth bailor .was taken immediately after
wards, with the following result: Stiekel,
ID; Millar;!. 16; Thayer, 16; Cowen, 12;
Manderson, 8; Saunders, 13; Brown. 5;
Moiton, 4- Conner, 3; balanoa. scattering.
NORTH MINNESOTA.
A. Severe Storm—Two Nac ow .Escapes
from Freezing—lnjured by a Falling
Tree— lnhuman Hotel Keepers—Choice
for Senator.
[Special Correspondence Globe.] -..■.;-.;■.)'--.5
Detboit, Minn. Jan. —The severest
storm of this winter is now iaging. The
thermometer stands at 25 decree? below
zero and the air is filled with enow so
densely that objects can not be seen more
than fifty yards distant. Passenger
trains are from one to eight hours behind
3chednle time, and many freight trains are
abandoned. Railroad cuts west of here'
are full of snow and the 6 a. m. passenger
train was held here for seven hours to- day
waiting for the cuts to be cleared of snow.
Weather during the p .st two weeks is tha
severest since the winter of '72. A farmer
lost his way while crossing Detroit Lake
last night ;nd was severely, but not
fatally, frozen. A. R. Holton, a farmer liv
ing some seven miles north of Lake Park,
this county, was on the rone! to town last
Monday, with a horse and cutter. The cold
was so severe and ii; c^Lving snow so
blinding that he could not drive, became
bewildered and lost his way. He unhitched
the horse,and taking off the harness, turned
the horse loose, thinking he would go home
or at least find shelter. Mr. Holton then
started to walk in the direction he thought
Lake Park, and after traveling through
deep snow for several hours, arrived
at the house of M. E. d'Engel
bronner, • where be wai - obliged
to remain till the storm was somewhat
abated. Search subsequently being made
for the horse, he was found frozen to
death.
N. W. Nunn, a prominent farmer of this
vicinity, was quite seriously injured yes
terday, while felling a tree, having a twig
a sixteenth of an inch thick and two inches
long forced into the orifice of the ear.
There is no hope of saving the hearing of
the ear.
Detriot seems afflicted with inhuman ho
tel keepers. A short time ago a man who
had a leg amputated had to be placed in a
cold, vacant building because our hotel
keepers would not give him a room. He
took a chill and died. Another case we re ■
collect. A railroad brakeman was run
over by the cars, which necessitated the
immediate amputation of his leg. He was
moved to Brainerd,because our hotel keep
ers refused him admittance. He died..
At our most prominent hotel there is now
a man lyinrj very sick with erysipelas, in
so cold a room that he has to keep his
head covered to keep from freezing, and
nurses wear buffalo overcoats for the same
purpose / and then cannot stay in the room
for more than half an hour at a time. If
this is not inhuman we have yet to learn of
a case of inhumanity.
Detroit and vicinity is'looking with in
terest upon the senatorial election and
hoping the legislature's final choice will
not be so long deferred* as the Pioneer
Press desires, nor do they wish Mr. Win
dom to be the choice of that august body.
The people would like to see Hon. C. F.
Kindred elected as successor to the barrel
candidate, but all admit that this is scarce
ly a possibility and almost unanimously
join in the hope that the people's repre
sentatives will ultimately rally around
Hon. L. F. Hubbard and tender him the
United States senatorship by a rousing
majority.
THE COURTS,
XT. S. Circuit Court.
Before Judge Nelson.]
Horatio Secord vs. the St. Paul, Minne
apolis & Manitoba Railroad company, mo
tion to set aside verdict; argued and sub
mitted.
S. H. Daniels vs. Newark City Insurance
company; time to answer extended thirty
days.
Probate Court.
[Befoie Judge O'Gorman.]
The will of Willin G. Ewing was admit
ted to probate. Bond filed and approved
and letters issued.
Municipal Court.
3 i ' ' [Before Judge Burr.l
T. L. Cro3sley, drunk and disorderly;
committed for thirty days.
John McLain, John Erickson, Wm.
Lof John McGoeven, drunkenness, com
mitted for five days.
O. Oleson, contempt; dismissed.
Herman Andrews, larceny; fine of §15
paid.
John Tachen3ki, assault with weapon;
continued one week and committed in
default of $_,500.
Thos. Murphy and J. Puliss, disorderly
fine^pf $10 paid.
Sonn Healey, horse stealing; held to the
grand jury in bonds of §2,000.
Bibbins and Martin, gambling; continued
one week.
Thompson, Evans, Chirm, Morgan.
Shanks, Donahue. Childl; and Gore, gamb
ling ; continued one week.
Hall, Hanlin, Morton and Connors,.
gambling; motion to dismiss. Taken un
der advisement.
Case of Hall and Hanlin continued one
week. ,
Case of Morton to be tried Thursday at
2 p. m.
%*"Help yourself and others will belf you."
But don't fail to nee Kidney Wort for all liver,
kidney and bowel complaints, piles, costiveuetta,
etc. The demand of the people for aud easier
method of preparing Kidney-Wort has induced
the proprietors, the w U-knovi.i wholesr'e drug-
I, *»ts, Wells, Richardson & Co., of Burlington,
Vt., to prepare it for talc in liquid form as well
»8 in dry form.
FRANCE.
Paeis, Jan. 22.—During the annual ser
rices for the repose of the soul of Louis.
XVI. an unusually large body of police
syas posted outside the chapel in readiness,
to suppress any demonstration.
The weakness on the bourse is due to
large forced Bales owing to an apprehended
ministerial crisis.
Ex-Empress Eugenic has arrived. It is.
again rumored that the senate will be con
stituted a court for the trial of Prince
Jerome. According to the latest intelli
gence the government will adhere to bills
against the royalists. The right, the rad
ial left and extreme left have determined
to oppose the passage of these measures,
arhile the republican union favor a com
promise. It is believed the government
rill only be disposed to accept an
imendment depriving princes who may
)e expelled,; of their rank
md political rights. In the senate Mr..
iVaddington declared the republic 'vine de -
ended by nobody and had nothing to fear
ixcept the faults which itself commits.
Che Paris States Elysee (quarters was pa
rolled last|night it was feared a
egitimist manifesto would be posted.
Che Bonapartist members of the chambers
>f deputies have decided that three of
heir number resign their' seats, after
he liberation or expulsion of Prince Je
om9 in order to allow him to contest a