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ST. PAUL, FRIDAY, FEB. 9. 1883.
~Febbuabt may well be termed a month
of misery from fire and flood.
Ir doesn't pay to bean Ohio man just
now. It looks as if half the people in this
State were being drowned out of house and
home. Time is sure to bring its revenges
-
The city of Toledo, Ohio, was greatly
damaged two years ago by ice and flood, and
another ice gorge has formed three miles
out in the lake, which threatens to be still
more damaging. The city will have to be
removed to dry land for safety. .
The Bazille claim to the block upon
which the state capitol is located is again
before the legislature. It promises to be
as long-lived as the McGarrahan claim be
fore congress, and unless disposed of will
cause no end of annoyance to future leg
islatures. ______
Nearly all the leading officers of the
government were present at the marriage
of Miss Alice Blaine, daughter of Hon. J.
G. Blame, with Col. J. G. Coppinger, U. S.
A. The ceremony took place in St. Mat
thew's Catholic church at Washington, on
the Gth inst.
When Gen. Walker proposed his incom
prehensible • census plans, Mr. Conkling,
then senator, said it would cost $9,000,000
to carry them out. The sum of $5,600,000
has already been expended, and $3,000,000
is needed to complete it. Mr. Conkling
was not so very far out of the way.
President Gbevy can't induce Jules
Ferry to form a new cabinet, and is trying
to get Brisson to undertake the job. The
present cabinet has been in office only
about ten days, and the members are no
doubt exclaiming:
"I; bo soon we're done for,
We wonder what we were begun for?"
Tiie destruction of the Globe's special
wire by the fire last night, interrupted the
transmission of our market reports and
other special features of our daily issue.
Although strenuous efforts were made to
restore connection around the break, it was
impossible to repair the damage in time to
be of service for this morning's issue.
The gratifying intelligence comes this
morning that Freebooter Payne has been
captured by the troops and will be taken
to Fort Reno. It is sincerely to be hoped
that he will not be permitted to go free,
but will be taught a lesson that shall suf
fice to deter him forever from future
incursions into territory that belongs
to the Indians. •
■
The state is being asked to pay alto
gether too much for the care of the small
pox patients. Every community that has
had a case of the disease sends a petition
asking to be reimbursed for doctors'
bills, nursing, and consequential damages
besides. Tho result is that tho bills foot
up to thousands of dollars. Every com
munity is of right compelled to attend to
its own sick at its own expense. This is
done in all the cities of the state, and the
rural districts are certainly entitled to no
greater privileges.
The act for the protection of livery
keepers introduced in the house yesterday
is by far too sweeping a measure, and if it
pose that any person who hires a horse
becomes a law will work great injustice
to honest citizens. It is prepostrous to supo
can tell tha precise number of miles he
will drive before returning the animal,
and the best men in the world are liable to
change their minds as to the direction in
which they will go after they shall have
started on a drive. The best place for the
bill in question ithe waste basket.
Dubing yesterday a large number of
people interested in the prosperity of the
State Agricultural society congratulated
the Globe upon its fair, honest and com
plete report of the proceedings of the offi
cial meeting held at the Metropolitan ho
tel, in this city, on Wednesday. The report
in a morning paper was so palpably un
just in its discriminations, and so notable
for its omission of that, which in all fair
ness, should have been reported for the
public, that it was universally condemned.
Nair play is a virtue unknown in the quar
ter alluded to. Those who want the true,
unbiased facts, always find them in the
Globe.
About the year 1866, the late President
Garfield endorsed as surety, certain notes
made by his brother-in-law Joseph Ru
dolph, and given to one E. J. Sweeny for
a patent right. The patent right proved
valueless, at least in Rudolph's hands, and
he refused to pay the notes. Sweeny
brought suit against Rudolph and Gen. Gar
field for $1,500. The case has been tried five
times. Upon the first two trials the jury
disagreed. At the third trial a compro
mise verdict was rendered, which neither
party would accept, and the litigation con
tinued. The fourth trial resulted in a ver
dict for the defendants, and the fifth trial,
which was concluded on Tuesday of this
week, resulted in a verdict for the defen
dants. Sweeny has filed a motion tor a
new trial. Mr. Rudolph is tha administra
tor of the estate of General Garfield.
At the banquet of the Beacon Society of
Boston, Mass., entertaining the Merchants
and Commercial clubs,among the speeches
made was one by Roland Worthington, the
collector of the port. The president of the
evening, with subtle sarcasm, said Mr.
Worthington "represented the president of
the United States." Mr. Worthington, re
garding himself highly flattered, proceeded
to say:
Perhaps no president ever was called into the
chair U'idsr more trying circumstances than
President Arthur since the days of Lincoln. He
was sure that all present would appreciate the
position of President Arthur. Since the death
of the last president, Mr. Arthur has carried
li iu self with a great deal of true cemmon
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sense. He has shown the firmness of Grant :
with the political sagacity of Garfield, so that J
to-day it may be said of him, "We have a man .
who will administer the government with a great I
deal of caution, and with care to execute the
Laws of the land for the benefit'of the people;
who made him president.
There's your Boston flunkey, in all the
bloom of his official collar. If ever a
travesty upon good common sense was j
uttered upon a post prandial occasion,
Mr. Roland Worthington did it. The idea
that the people made Arthur president,
has no lodgment outside ot an office hold
er's vision.
A New Yobk special of the 8th says:
It is slid on good authority that Mr. Windom
will go from the United States Senate to New
York, to become president of a banking con
cern. Mr. Windom some time ago, as if antici
pating what lias happened to him, sold out liis
property in Minnesota and invested it elsewhere.
Mr. Windom has the warm and unqualified sup
port of John Sherman for the New York place.
li was by protecting John Sherman while secre
tary of the treasury that Windom pot his fall.
It is only right that Sherman should certify to
Windom's qualifications now that ho is out of
employment.
While the senatorial contest here was in
progress, the Globe stated, "on good au
thority," that Windom was booked for a
New York bank presidency. His friends
denied it, but Windom's friends have very
often been misled as to the truth. Every
day affords some striking evidence that
the people of Minnesota should rejoice
that they have got rid of Windom. The
statement above, that he is a pet of John
Sherman, is proof enough that Minnesota
did wisely in rejecting the arrogant Boss.
Contemplate the rout of Windom from any
standpoint, and tho nearer the day of Ju
bilee seems to have come. It was a happy
day for Minnesota, and for the country,
when John Sherman's satelite got the
'•grand bounce."
When the late President * Fillmore died
he devised his property to his wife. Mrs.
Fillmore died in 1881, leaving a large es
tate, the property which came to her from
her husband having much increased in
value. Mrs. Fillmore, by will, distributed
the estate, and the will was filed for pro
bate Oct. 24, 1881. It is provided by the
laws of New York that the heirs and next
of kin may, within one year from the date
of probate, enter contest of a will if they
are so disposed. Upon the 23d of Octo
ber, 1882, just one day within Hie
limit, a petition was presented asking to
have the will set aside. It was conclusive
ly shown that the contestants were neither
heirs or next of kin, and could not take
under the will. Foiled in this scheme,the
contestants have resorted to a strategic
movement to reopen the probate. Parties
who are not heirs or next of kin have been
induced to come forward and claim shares
in the property and to petition asking
that the will be set aside on the ground
that they were not cited to appear when
the will was proven. This has put a new
phase upon the case, and the claimants
who set np that they are heirs, etc., are
hopeful that on the conclusion of the re
hearing the will may be set aside, and
they will get shares in the property.
THE BOARD OP CHARITIES AND
CORRECTIONS.
If any can understand the animus of
the opposition to the bill now pending in
the legislature creating a state board of
charities and corrections, the Globe can
not. , For some reason, a fierce, factious
opposition appears, and a gentleman, who
will do well to think twice before he
speaks once, is the apparent leader.
Who is engaged in pulling wires
through J. E. Child may be dimly guessed
at, perhaps, but is not as clearly discerna
ble as it may be hereafter.
The proposal to create this board has
been carefully considered. Gov. Hubbard,
in his able message, earnestly and cordially
recommended it. The leading and influ
ential journals of the State have spoken
approvingly of it. The pending bill is
substantially the same that is in successful
operation in nine States, and possibly
more. In Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin
the measure has been fully tested, and
in its beneficent operation is esteemed of
the highest public utility. It is wholly and
Dreeminently a humane measure. It can
not be,and it is not urged.that it will prove
an expense productive of any burden to
the state. The proposition has the en
dorsement of all enlightened and patriotic
citizens who have become informed upon
the subject. It has been favorably re
commended by the delegation sent by
Gov. Hubbard to attend the session
of the National Convention of Charities
and Corrections, at Madison, Wis., last
August. Those who are at all familiar
with our poor houses, jails, etc., are its
strongest advocates. The best and noblest
impulses have suggested it. It is incom
prehensible, therefore, thaj;. it should be
antagonized by anybody. The sentiment
of the community favors it. The interests
of a generous humanity demand it. The
measure is deserving of a hearty support,
and the more it is understood the stronger
will be the sentiment in its favor. There
is no shading of politics or partisanism
about it. It is simply an appeal to oar
broadest humanity. Let the bill pass with
out delay. '
A SENSIBLE SETTLEMENT OF A VEX
;.* ED QUESTION '>
The senate of France is composed of
sterner and more sensible stuff than the
chamber of deputies. At least, it is not as
easily frightened by the apparition of the
monarchy as the lower branch of the
French congress was. The committee of
that body, to whom was referred the. bill
for the expulsion of all pretenders to the
throne, yesterday reported disapproving of
the measure in its entirety, and it is very
manifest that the measure will receive its
quietus in the senate.
• The manifesto of Prince Napoleon as
serting his right to the throne has created
more fright than harm throughout the
country. Indeed, it now looks as if some
good has been accomplished by the pro
ceeding, for it has awakened republicans
from the lethargy into which they had fall
en by showing them that the republic has
strong and active foes, ever on the alert
for an opportunity to work the overthrow
of the existing government. But even if
the demonstration had been far more im
posing and menacing than it was, the pas
sage of a law to exile all pretenders
not have been wise or just. It is far easier
to control those who would undermine a
government when they are subject
to its jurisdiction than when
they- are plotting in foreign countries
over which jurisdiction does not extend.
Surveillance over rebels in exile is very
difficult to maintain, but is an easy matter.
at home, where the force of courts and leg
islative bodies have full sway.
The injustice of the proposition is in
the fact that the punishment was imposed
upon the innocent as well as the guilty.
THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1883.
The Bonapartists were guilty of the offense
that called forth the act of the deputies.
The legitimists, it was afterward aseer
tained, were engaged in intrigues to ob
tain the succession. But the Orleanists,
against whom the rigors of the expulsion
bill were chiefly directed, were guiltless of
any overt act, but had maintained.through
out an attitude of the most perfect loyalty
to the republic. ,
Now that the first scare is over wo may
expect affairs in France to resume their
normal condition for a time, at least. But
any permanent content need not be antici
pated for years to come. The people are
too easily.influenced, too fickle to give war
rant for such a hope. The sensible action
of the senate, however, will go a creat way
towards restoring confidence among the
people, and convincing them that the gov
ernment is strong enough to withstand all
such assaults as the abortive Napoleonic
manifesto.
THE YELLOWSTONE PARK.
Among the multitude of iniquitous
grand larcenies which have been commit
ted upon the public during the past twen
ty-five years, there is none, perhaps, more
outrageous than the lease of the hotel priv
ileges of the Yellowstone National Park to
' a company of capitalists, consisting of
Rufus Hatch, Hobart, "Brother-in-la"
Douglass and others. The lease was grant
ed by Joslyn, assistant secretary of the in
terior, in Secretary Teller's absence, at the
earnest solicitude of our immaculate ex
statesman, William Windom, who did not
dare to appear in person as one of the
stockholders of the company, b,ut commit
ted his interests to the care of his kins
man, a devoted henchman and worshiper.
The lease is one of the most extraordina
ry on record. It grants for a nominal con
sideration the exclusive and perpetual
right to the company to build hotels and
other structures for the convenience or
comfort of tourists, and compels the Unit
ed States army to drive out all intruders,
including sportsmen, Indians, traders and
all other persons save those who may con
tribute to the coffers of the hotel keepers.
Gov. Crosby, of Montana, alleges that it is
the intention of Hatch and his associates
to establish vast cattle enterprises
close to the park and secure un
limited forage and immunity from dis
turbances in their trespass by controlling
the park as hotel monopolies
The lease, he says, covers some 4,000 acres,
embracing every object of interest to tour
ists, and the company mean to let their
cattle obtain free pasture over the remain
ing millions of acres. The scheme is
nothing more nor less than a device for
permission to rob the public, and is in all
its details a gigantic plan of extortion and
a perversion of the terms of the act dedi
cating the park to the pnblic use.
Gen. Sheridan, who passed a -portion of
last summer in the park, made a report to
the war department a short time ago pro
testing in the strongest possible terms
against the lease of the park privileges to
the company in question or to any other
combination of capitalists. Senator Vest, of
Missouri, also called attention to the lease
upon the floor of the senate, and pointed
out its enormity. For these services the
legislature of Illinois passed a joint resolu
tion of thanks to both of the officials re
ferred to. A copy of the same resolution
was offered in the Minnesota senate yester
day, but its passage was antagonized by
Senator J. B. Gilfillan, who ha3, it is al
leged, a financial interest in the Hatch
company. It was laid over under the rule,
notice of debate having been given. There
should be, however, no doubt of its final
passage, Minnesota has a more direct in
terest in the Yellowstone park than
ony other state in the Union,
for all the travel to and
from the park will pass through our state.
If the great national pleasure ground is
committed to the keeping of monopolists,
that travel will be greatly restricted, while
if it is left free to the world, people from
every section will flock to see its won
ders and to breathe its health-giving at
mosphere. The consummation of the
lease can yet be prevented, for it is the
opinion of eminent lawyers that it is ille
gal, and can be set aside. Congress, at
any rate, has the power to abrogate it, and
whenever influences can be brought to
bear npon that body should be used both
by individuals and by the legislatures of
the several states.
HAZEN TALKS.
Tlie Chief of the Weather Bureau Replies
to an Attempt by Representative Beltz
hoover on the Conduct of that Service —
Why it should not be Put Under the Con
trol of the Interior Department.
Washington, Feb. 8.—Gen. W. B. Ha
zen, chief signal officer of the United.
States army, has sent to press for publica
tion, a statement in reply to the charges
against him, and attacks upon the signal
service by Representative Beltzhoover, and
a number of anonymous writers. The
charges, Gen. Hazen says, have their origin
in the resentment of dismissed employes
of the service and' are untruthful
and slanderous and the attacks
are made for the purpose
of bringing about the removal of the weath
er service to the interior department.
Gen. Hazen then gives briefly some of the
reasons why such removal should - not be
made, viz: First, because experience .has
shown that the head of the service must
have power to punish men for neglecting
to take observations at precisely the pre
scribed times, and such power cannot be
had under civil law. Second, because the
work is done more cheaply by the present
signal service than it could be done by a
civil bureau. ' Third, because the govern
ment must be able to hold observers
by enlistment in order to receive the ben
efit of their services in return for instruc
tion given them. in meteorology. These,
he says, are some of the reasons why the
weather bureau should be retained as a
part of the service , which has made it a
success. General Hazen calls attention to
covert attempts which he thinks are being
made to destroy the weather service
by indirectly hostile legis
lation. The army appropriation j
bill, as reported to the senate, contains a i
provision that officers who have served in •
Washington more than three years shall !
return to their regiments. This, he says, j
•would destroy the weather service or .-at
least suspend it for a long time because :
every officer except one who can make a j
weather prediction has been in the weather
service more than three years. In I
conclusion, Gen. Hazen says: "If con- j
gress wishes to know all the details of the
bureau, it can appoint an investigating fl
committee, to which every possible oppor- ■
tunity and facility will be given." V [
The speech of Beltzhoover, referred to
above, was not delivered in the house, but
he obtained leave to print it and it appears ,
in the Congressional Record this morning.
It contains a bitter attack upon. Hazen
personally and the workings of - the bureau "i
generally. I
WASHINGTON.
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Ill IS OF SEWS FROM THE SEAT OF
GOVERNMENT. ■";'.,
The Mississippi' River Improvement—The
senate .Labor Investigation—Starving
Plates— Route Trial.
Washington, Feb. 8.— committee has
been appointed by the secretary of the
treasury to investigate the circumstances
attending the loss of numeral stamps,
figure 1, used in printing tens of internal
revenue stamps which have been missing
from the bureau of engraning and print
ing, since Jan. 31, last. The committee is
to determine where the responsibility of
the loss rests, and whether the use of the
set of numerals to which the last stamp
belonged, shall be discontinued.
The house committee on patents authro
ized Mr. Vance to prepare a bill to so
amend the revised statutes applicable to
patents as to provide that an American
patent shall run fifeen years from the
time the invention was patented in a for
eign country, making all patents of what
ever class extend seventeen years, not to
revive the American patent now dead or to
extend any living . patent, but to apply
only to patents hereafter granted..
The senate committee on education and
labor resumed its inquiries this morning,
and examined Frank K. Foster, secretary
of the Massachusetts Federation of Trade
and Labor unions. Witness made a gen
eral statement as to the laboring classes of
New Englai d in general and Massachu
setts in particular. Speaking of the moral,
intellectual and physical condition of
printers as a class, he said the lines of
caste were growing more and more defined
each year, in New England, at least. The
mill operatives of New England as a class
are perhaps the worst off. and their pres
ent condition is sure to produce an
enfeebled race of men and women in the
next generation, as . the same conditions
have already done in England. The work
ing people in Massachusetts are better off
than those of other New England states on
account of the enforcement of the ten hour,
law. The hours worked in Massachusetts
ar sixty per week, while in the weaving
district of England they are but fifty-six.
The wages are about the same. Since 1878
the average of wages has increased six and
nine-tenths per cent., while the average
cost of the necessities of life, including
meat, breadstuffs, vegetables, dry goods,
boots, board, etc., has increased , twenty
one and three-tenths per cent.
nominations:
Postmasters—Jas. K. Fisher, Nobles
ville, Ind.; Edward Savin, Notre Dame
Ind.; H. M. Goodspeed, Ligonier, Ind.;
Jno. Clinton, Brownsville, . Tenn.; L. H.
Warner, Superior, Wis.; Chas. W. Wood,
Burlington, Wis.; Squire D. How, Marshall,
Minn.; Hattie E. Carroll, Plainview,Minn.;
Hy Baltin,Miamsburgh,0.; Oliver C.Easton,
Havana, III.; T. G. Lawler, Rockford, 111.;
Orville Sanborn, Chenoa, Ills.; J. Burnes,
Ft. Smith, Ark.; W. Egbert* Smith, Butte
City, Mont. '
whisky taxes.
The speaker laid before the house to-day
a communication from the acting secre
tary of the treasury urging the necessity
of an amendment to the pending internal
revenue bill providing that any package
of distilled spirits shall be forfeited to the
United States if such shall be found to
differ in proof from proof indicated by
marks and stamps thereon, unless such
differences shall be occasioned by lapse of
time. The conditions under which spirits
have been 'stored or ■ kept, or by other
natural action in matter, by the present
congress. ■' Ak.u
MISSISSIPPI IMPBOVEMENT.
The special committee on improvement
of the Mississippi has agreed upon a ' re
port. The committee is divided into sub
committees upon jetties, outlets and gen
eral improvements. That on jetties will
be unanimously in favor of outlets. There
were six against three ;Butterworth,Holman
and Hazeltine in favor of continuing work
at Plum Point and Providence Beach, with
auxiliary works at Memphis and Vicks
burg. On the question of levees as an im
provement to low water navigation these
six voted against, Thomas and Ellis in
favor and Carlisle reserved his
vote. The majority believe that
in this matter it will be better to await
the further operation of the works at Plum
Point and Providence Beach. Burrows
will write the report on the general
improvement, . Butterworth, Holman and
Hazeltine reserving the right to make a
minority* report. Nothipg was said at the
meeting this forenoon about the amount
of money to be expended, but it is under
stood the committee will favor and appro
priation for work below Cairo of $2,500,000.
STABVING PIUTKS.
The Piutes Indian of Nevada who refus
ed to go on a reservation, are starving and
have appealed to the government for aid.
THE STAB BOUTE TBIALS.
In the star route trial the route from
Vermilion to Sioux Falls being under con
sideration, Alex Miller, sub-contractor, tes
tified that the mail sometimes consisted of
a postal card and sometimes two or three
letters. It might have averaged three let
ters daily. It was not the labor of hauling
that postal card but the time he had to
make had run his horses down. •
Wilson —They were a little bit thin, you
bet. [Laughter.] . ,
Bliss—Did you get thin?
Witness—Yes sir, but I never had a bet
ter appetite in my life. Laughter. ] .-,..'
• NOTES AND NEWS.
\ Friends of Col. Corkhill say there is
truth of a revival of the rumors of a
change in the office of the district attorney.
A. O.U. W.
Close of the Session of the Grand Lodge—
A- AH ■ Election of Officers. .'.'-'•
The grand lodge of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen having been in session
for three days in Workman hall, in this
city closed its session yesterday after
noon. ':H:'A AAAf
There were almost, ninety delegates in
session, and the action was very harmo
nious. : ',,-. '. iA-AAA
Some very important, legislation was
had, bearing on the medical examinations
of future applicants. .
The time of meeting of the grand lodge
was changed to the first Tuesday in May,
1884, and hereafter at the same time of the
year. The next session of the grand lodge
will be held in St. Paul.. * •
There was a large * amount of business
transacted, largely of a routine character,
and of no particular interest to the general
public. .'. -V
* The election of grand officers resulted as
follows: -
. C. H. Rob: its, of Rochester, Grand Master.
D. E. Vance, of Winona, Giand Foreman.
E. H. Sterene, of St. Paul, Grand overseer.
• Wm. Cheney, of Minneapolis, Grand Recorder.
J. J. NcCirdy, of St. Paul, Grank Receiver, -l
W. T. Branch, of Parker, Dak., Grand Guide.
H. F. Burch, of Wadena, Minn., Grand
Watchman. '••;;>;.
J. W. Soule, of Rochester, Grand Trustee.
A. L..Levi, of Minneapolis, J. M. Nye, of
Wells, Thos. H. Pressnell, of Duluth, Grand
; Representatives to the Supreme Lodge. ; • -
The Grand Master Workman elect, ap
pointed the following standing committees: '
Judiciary Yau Ghck, of Hastings, W. P. J
Murfay and Fr. F. Wilde,* of St. Paul. . . |
■*.'.• Finance—David RamaL-y and Monroe Sir ire,
of St. Paul and A. O, Sather, of Cannon Falls. .■
TENNESSEE'S DEBT.
The Message of Gov. Bates to the .Legisla
ture of that State on the Subject— His
Views,of the Necessity of the Repudia
tion of Last Year, and a Recommendation
' that the Unsettled Balances be Funded in
the Same Manner—History of the Various
Issues of Bonds— Other State News.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. —The message
of Gov. Bates was read before the legis
lature this afternoon. The greater por
tion refers to the settlement of the state
debt, the payment of interest on bonds
funded under the 60 and G act, together
with the late defalcation, which the gov
ernor says has left the treasury com
paratively empty. The funding of
the debt has frequently been
a subject of legislation from 1865 to 1882,
but under none of these acts has the ma
jority of outstanding bonds been funded
nor has the entire indebtedness under all
of them taken together, been found. A
large number are yet in their original forn.£
The first. funding act was by request or
consent of the creditors, and when passed
and put in operation, three-fourths of the
voters and tax payers were denied the right
to vote or hold office. The funding act, of
1873 was so objectionable to the people
that subsequent legislation made no pro
vision for the payment of interest. The
100 and 8 act was declared unconstitution
al ; and void by the courts. The
CO. and 6 act, passed by the
same legislature, fell short of its
aim, as official reports show that owners of
more than one-half of the outstanding
bonds declined to fund under that act.
Since July, 1875 no interest has been paid
on any bonds save those belonging to edu
cational and charitable institutions and to
Mrs. Polk. , The interest paid out by the
state treasurer was from funds not col
lected for that purpose, but of funds pre
viously in the treasury. The Governor
maintains that none of the five funding
acts grew out of an expression of popular
will, nor was acquiesced in by the people
after their passage. The people seeing
the constant and systematic efforts to foist
upon them laws touching the state debt
and witnessing the schemes and prac
tices of corrupt speculators and lobbyists
preying upon the crippled credit of Ten
nessee, took the matter in their hands and
for the first time - expressed their will
through the ballot box last November, to
tender terms of settlement to our credit
, ors, which every disinterested right-think
ing man must regard as just to all. The
duty of the state is to tender settlement
and let each creditor act on it as he deems
best. The governor then reviews at length
the history of the creation of the debts,
and states that $14,000,000 of bonds
were issued to railroads immediately after
the war, when a majority of the citizens
were disfranchised, and it is a part of pub
lished history, in connection with the issu
ance of these bonds, that purchasers were
put upon their guard as to dealing in
Tennessee securities. The evidence of the
previous investigations show that many
bonds were issued wrongfully. The devas
tation of war, the usurpation and
misrule of the state government,
the tardy recuperation therefrom,
the doubtful authority of the state gov
ernments which issued certain ' of the
bonds, has been recognized and acted on
by holders of other Southern securities, as
a just and equitable reason for the abate
ment of the amount of the debt, and the
governor doubts if any Southern state has
settled this class of indebtedness upon
more liberal terms than those proposed by
Tennessee. In accordance with the will
of the people he therefore suggests a ten
der of settlement of the state debt as
proper in full, less the war interest, with
the same, interest as the original bond;
also those held by educational and char
itable institutions, and twenty-nine bonds
of Mrs. Polk, and he suggests that the
remainder of the contingent debt be settled
at fifty cents on the dollar, principal and
interest, and to bear interest at 3 per cent.
Maine.
Augusta, Feb. 8.—The house, by 104 to
37, ordered engrossed the prohibitory
amendment. An attemp; to except tie
order failed, 56 to 80.
California.
Sacbamento, Feb. 8.After a long dis
cussion the senate passed a concurrent
resolution memoralizing congress not to
pass the pending bill which provides for
the consolidation of the Southern Pacific
railroad with other lines. The resolution
passed the assembly last week.
STILLWATER GLOBULES.
There will be no preaching this evening
in the -Methodist church.
The prophets have left the weather and
taken to the water. A great flood is pre
dicted to take place the coming spring.
The Swedish Lutherans are discussing
the feasibility of building a new church
the coming season. Should they conclude
to erect such an edifice it will make the
third for the year.
.Only one drunk at the police court yes
terday. When the logs come down in the
spring, his honor will not have such an
easy time of it. The boys will make things
lively while their money holds out.
Mrs. Nellie Karst, wife of John Ears!,
died at 9:30 oclock yesterday morning, at
the residence of her father, John Londel,
427 Broadway. The funeral will take place
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
There is quite a number of cases of
diphtheria on the south hill. At one time
this winter there was scarcely a case of
this dread disease in the city, but it seems
to prevail quite extensively at present.
When will that coal arrive? is the great
question at present. Those fortunate
enough to have . a couple of tons, of the
article in their cellars, are greatly looked
up to*by the neighbors, all of whom intend
to borrow a scuttle full of the black dia
monds until their own arrives.
The firemen of this city will give a mas
querade ball on . the evening . of Feb. 22.
Five hundred invitations will be issued.
Without the necessary permit no person
will be admitted. By this action on the
part of the committee, no improper per
sons will be permitted to take part in the
festivities of the Occasion.
. From Mr. Joy it is learned that. the reg
ular life insurance company and the
Masonic relief associations have signified
their willingness to pay their insurance on
the life of John Darmes. One'policy of
$2,000 in a certain protective union is en
tirely worthless, the company having
passed quietly away.
A suit was tried in the municipal court
yesterday wherein the defendant was
charged with cruelty to animals, a cow
which had got into defendant's barn hav
ing been driven out with a pitchfork. Th
cow, it was claimed, was .cut m severa
places, which were a long time in. healing.
The case was decided against the com
plainant. An appeal will be taken. ,-
Fire at White Bear. ••
Saturday evening last from«the upset
ting of a lamp a fire was started in the
kitchen of the house of C. B. Cobb, station
agent at White Bear village. The neigh
bors rallied and the 5 fire was controlled.
The loss is estimated at $200. In the en
deavor to put out the fire Mr. Cobb's left ]
hand was seriously burned, and he will be '■
disabled for two or three months. • I
OLD DOINGS.
PARNELL ON THE DUTIES OF IRISH
MEMRERS OF PARLIAMENT.
Union of Action Necessary to Success—The
Lord Lieutenant Guarded by Troops and
Detectives—Arrest of the Supposed Car
Driver at the Phoenix Park Murders—
French Senate Committee Reports
Against the Expulsion Bill—A Miscel
laneous Compilation of European Events.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Dublin, Feb. 8.—The trial of Dowling
for the murder of Policeman Cox began
to-day.
Archbishop McCabe is better, .but is still
very feeble.
Parnell, in a communication asking the
attendance of the Irish members of the
house of commons at the opening of par
liament next May, says an event of great
importance to Ireland will be discussed.
A preliminary meeting of the party will
be held on the 14th to consider the action
of the Irish members during the session.
Mr. Parnell, writing to Joseph Walsh
concerning a possible vacancy, in repre
senting county Mayo, - deprecates the
election of a member who refuses to take
his seat. If the time came for Irish mem
bers to retire from the house of commons,
he says that they should do so in a body.
They earnestly advocate the adoption of
some system of pecuniary compensation
to members. If constituencies do not
make an effort in that direction, he would
be obliged to consider whether he could
persevere in the thankless task of endeav
oring to keep together an independent
Irish party.
London, Feb. —A schooner has been
wrecked near Port Aferry, Ireland, and
another near Shetland island, Scotland.
In the first, five sailors were drowned; in
the latter, the whole crew perished.
The lord mayor of London to-day re
ceived a deputation asking him to open a
fund for the relief of distress in western
Ireland. The mayor said such speeches as
were made by O'Donnell and others at the
meeting from which the duputation
emanated were certain to frustrate the
accessory fund traceable to such agency.
He was, however, willing to receive con
tributions, and, if the amount justified, to
eventually open a fund.
| Dublin, Feb. 8.—Earl Spencer arrived
from London and was escorted from the
railway by a troop of hussars followed by
cars laden with detectives.
Dowling has been convicted of shooting
with intent to murder a detective and sen
tenced to penal servitude for life. The evi
dence against Dowling was merely a repe
tition of the well known facts of the affray.
The defense of Dowling was that Police
man Cox was shot by Constable Stratford.
Carman Fitz Harris, who is supposed to
be the driver of the car employed by , the
murderers of Lord Frederick Cavendish
and Burke, has been arrested.
London, Feb. 8.—The steamer Bavarian,
whith sailed Jan. 23 for Boston, returned
to Liverpool with her machinery damaged.
The regulation enacted some time ago
that military telegraph stations should re
main open all night in case of sudden ne
cessity for the dispatch of troops, is now
suspended.
The Times says Lord Dnfferin, who is
now in Egypt representing the English
government, has drafted a dispatch enforc
ing the necessity of protecting the gov
ernment of Egypt against external in
trigue and internal weakness until it is
able to stand alone. He condemns alike
the premature abandonment of responsi
bility and annexation.. ?'•'*,
London, Feb. 8.—Detectives have arrest
ed Thos. Fitzpatrick in parish Poplar, and
conveyed him to Ireland, charged with
complicity with the other prisoners arrest
ed for conspiracy to murder government
officials. Fitzpatrick is a farmer. His
associate was recently suspected of turning
informer.
London, Feb. 8.—The survivors of the
disaster to the steamer Kenmore Castle,'
which foundered in the Bay of Biscay, on
the 2d inst., existed three days by chewing
flannel vests. The third officer became
starving mad, and jumped overboard, but
was rescued.
Dublin, Feb. 8. —Davitt, Healey and
Quinn, arrested some time ago for making
inflammatory speeches, have refused to
give bail, and this morning were lodged in
jail for a term of six months.
London, Feb. 8. —Ashton Wentworth
Di Ike, liberal, has accepted the steward
ship of "Chiltern Hundred," the vacant
seat in the commons for New Castle-on-
Tyne.
Dublin, Feb. 8—Two farmers were ar
rested at Newtown, Hamilton, county
Armagh, on a charge of conspiracy to
murder government officers. '
Dublin, Feb. 8.Chief Secretary Trev
ellyn started for England to-day, escorted
by detectives.
London. Feb. 8.—The bullion in the Bank
of England increased £280,000 the past
week. The proportion of reserve to lia
bility is 40 % per cent.
Thirty thousand .tons of new shipping,
were ordered on the Clyde during the past
fortnight, including two steamers for the
North German Lloyd company. ;*.:.
London, Feb. 8. —Aribaux, the artist, is
dead.-;,; .
Dublin, Feb. —Thos. A. Grnnnes is
the liberal conservative candidate of
county Dublin for parliament. An in
fluential meeting has asked Col. King Har
man to be a candidate.
T. M. Healy, in a speech advocating a
better system of government for Ireland,
advised that all local affairs, such as the
management of estates, appointment of
magistrates, etc., be confined to elected
boards, each of which shall send delegates
to a central council of the province which
shall have powers in regard to private bills
now exercised by parliament.
Cobk, Feb. 8.—The White Star Stearr
shiD company have subscribed to the Cork
exhibition and offered to carry free 100
tons of American exhibits. 'p
' GERMANY.
Beblin, Feb. The reichstag
voted 100,000 marks for exploring Central
Africa. r*.':-v: : ;v-:*' "Arf':% -'■
Beblin, Feb. 8. —In Prussia a motion in
the bnnd^srath for an increase of the duty
on timber was constantly opposed. It is
thought it will only be adopted after being
greatly modified. The bill providing for
fortifying harbors has been dropped for
this session. The reichstag Committee
has resolved to prosecute Deputies Griser
and Frohm, socialists, for improper uses
of railway free passes. . jy.-J'
Beblin, Feb. 8.—The . North German
Gazette, referring to the aimadversions of
the German newspapers on the appoint
ment of Gen. Thebaudin as French minis
ter of war, in view of his conduct at Metz,
says the criticism on French home affairs
ought to be left to the , French press. "It
is to be regretted" the : Gazette says, "that
German conservative journals disregard
the reserve dictated by political propriety." j
I
FRANCE.
Pais, Feb —The report of the committee
on the expulsion bill totally rejecting the '
bill was read in the senate to-day. Debate J
on the report was fixed for Saturday. The j
report states that in the opinion of the
committee there is no cause for the repub-
lic either to feel alarmed or resort to th
violent measures embraced in the pro
posed law, would be a step on a dangerou
path and one contrary to the ideas on
which the republic is founded. The report
says the conflicts on dissolution do not
disturb the committee, which is steadfast
republican. Urgency was voted for the
debate on the bill Saturday, and much
excitement exists in parliamentary circles.
London, Feb. 8.—A Paris dispatch says §
it is stated that Jules Favre has declined'
to form a cabinet, and President Grevy
will summon Brisson for that purpose.
Pabis, Feb. 8.The socialists in Fiance
decided to convene a meeting with a view
to organizing and being in readiness for
the anticipated general election for the
chamber of deputies.
Pabis, Feb. 8.—Dealers and the demi
monde mainly attended the sale of the
Bernhardt jewels. A necklace of rose
diamonds brought 24,000 francs, and two
bracelets 8.009 each.
Pabis, Feb. 8.- Members of the right in
in the senate resolved to abstain from dis
cussion of the expulsion bill. The left
propose to introduce a counter bill. It is
stated if the bill be summarily rejected the
government will expel Prince Jerome and
retire the military princes.
AUSTRIA.
Vienna, Feb. 8.—Prince Henry VIII. of
Russ, German ambassador at this court,.
had a long interview with Herr Tisza, pres
ident of the Hungarian council, when he
directly afterwards drove to the resdence
of Count Kalnoky, imperial Austro-Huaga
rian minister of foreign affairs, where he
stayed several hours.
The Hungarian minister of finance op
poses the construction of strategic rail
roads on account of the expense. At a
recent meeting of the Austrian and Hun
garian cabinets, it was decided, however,
that such railroads are necessary.
Vienna, Feb. 8.—Count ' Blyandt Rheydt
has recovered, and resumed the duties of
minister of war.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Xebes, Spain, Feb. —A party of soci
alists here condemned and murdered a
peasant. Fourteen persons accused of
complicity in the crime have been arrested.
Madbid, Feb. 8. —The council of minis
ters decided on the proposition of the min •
ister of the colonies to treat as free men
40,000 slaves who were not liberated by
their owners in Cuba in 1870. #
Copenhagen, Feb. 8.In the folkething
to-day the left moved the appointment of
a committee to ascertain the position of
Danish subjects abroad, especially those
in Schleisnig.
Mabbid, Feb. 8.The minister of the
colonies will Grant Cuba electoral laws
similar to those on the peninsula. The
press applauds the decision of the minis
ters in regard to Cuban slaves.
. The press generally approve the reply
the lord mayor.
Judah P. Benjamin, queen's counsel, re
tired from practice.
Dublin, Feb. 8.Two thousand starving
persons surround the hotel on Glen Columb
kill of the poor law inspector, and demand
employment.
CUBA.
Havana, Feb. —During a review Sun
day, while the volunteer forces were march
ing past Captain General Prendergast, a
man left the ranks and planting himself
in front of the general,cried aloud, "Death
to the Bourbons! Long live republic!"
The offender was immediately arrested,
but liberated the next day and bailed by
the colonel of the battalion. The order
was given that during the march past the
general the captain should give the cry
"long live the king," to be repeated by the
men. The offending volunteer was perfect
ly sober. It is currently reported that a
number of men in the same regiment had
pledged themselves to take up their com
rade's cry, but their courage failed.
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MONTENEGRO.
Cettinge, Feb. 8.—The Montenegrin gov
ernment announces a rupture of the rela
tions between Montenegro and Turkey be
cause the latter failed to agree to a cession
of territory.
NIHILISTIC NONSENSE.
The Moutbings of Leo Hartmann, the Es
caped Russian Nihilist—The Coronation
of the Czar Not to Take Place in May—
The Extent ofthe Organization.
Philadelphia, Feb. —Leo Hartmann,
the Russian nihilist who arrived in this
city in company with six other men, four
of whom are known to be Russians, speaks
freely of the revolutionary movement in
his native country. He denied that nihil
ism had been suppressed, and declared the
coronation of the ' czar ' would
not take place on the 27th
of May. The reason the czar could at
present move from one point to another in
safety was because each district was
under complete police surveillance, and
filled with spies. The nihilists permitted
the czar to live simply because they failed
to reach him. The hour for action, how
ever, was near at hand. Krapotkine was
not really the chief of the nihilists. They
had ho personal chief, and recognized no
leader. His action in the social movement
in ' France was simply that of a
representative of the Russian nihilists
when they met to form a propoganda. The
nihilist headquarters were not in England.
The executive committee, composed of
persons living in different sections, met
when necessary'; then dispersed. Their ac
tion was not binding. The organization
existed in all parts of Europe. Hartmann
and friends left to-night on the Baltimore
train. Herr Most remains until Satur
day.' A A^A'
Philadelphia, Feb. 8. —At the opening
of the new rooms of the Socialist Lieder
safel society, Herr Most was the principal
guest. When asked by a reporter if his
friend Hartmann, the nihilist, was present,
he said Hartmann had gone to New York.
When asked if Hartmann had cbme to con
fer in regard to the coronation of the czar,
he replied, that was not his immediate
business, but that subject was discussed.
He' added . that the coronation
of the czar would not take
place. He said Hartmann came to confer
with him concerning secret matters of
their organization, before leaving for
England. These matters were such as
could not be trusted to writing. Herr
Most spent the evening enjoying singing
in the society of ladies. A communistic
recitation was favorably received. Herr
Most leaves to-morrow for Baltimore.
Philadelphia, Feb. - 8. —Leon Hartman
Russian nihilist, arrived from Washington
last night and had an all night conference
with Herr Most and three members of the
International society of New York. The
conference was had in relation to the coro
nation of the czar. Bachmann, another
nihilist, arrived to-day and another con
ference took place. Herr Most sent a
cipher dispatch to Berlin socialists and ar
ranged for another conference this even
ing. Hartmann declared to the German
socialists there that the coronation will not
be allowed to take place.
Valentine*
of all styles, the finest assortment in the city %
Davenport's got 'em, at 27 West Third street.