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J'IP.IUSR- 1 f" 1 ''j PROBABLY TWELVE. Victims of the St. Paul Disaster Will Undoubtedly Reach That Number. flight Already Dead, Two More Will Die and Two Others Are Missing. The Coroner's Jury at Present Investi gating the Affair—List of the Dead. ST. PAUL, Dec. 7.—Up to the present time the number of fatalities reported from the disaster at the corner of Third and Wacouta streets is eight, and of those now in the hospital it is thought that two must soon die. The others may surrive. The corrected list of the killed and injured is as follows: EDWARD WILCOX, employed by Kenny Bros, to make contracts. JOHN ADAMSKI, laborer. CHARLES KATKITZKI, foreman. JOIIN KOLESKI, laborer. FRANK SEW EL, laborer. ALLEN YOUNG, laborer. FRANK MARKS, laborer. PETER LARSON, laberer. LiMt of Injured. Frank Teshler, will probably die. Thomas Morter, skull fractured and can not live. Frank St. Peter, chance of recovery very doubtful. John Maurer, badly bruised. Thomas Seemutter, face and hands hurt. Mike McNamara, left hand smashed and right hip hurt. Stephen Rohde, left arm severely in jured. Two men are still reported missing, and their mangled bodies will probably be found in the ruins. A coroner's jury has been summoned, and are at present investigating the cause of the disastar. STRUCK BY AN ENGINE. Fiocngeri of tn Indianapolis Street Car Scattered in Hvery Direction. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 7.—As a West Indiar.apolis street car was crossing a network of railroad tracks at Kentucky avenue, a Big Four passenger engine backing down from the depot struck it and made a complete wreck of it. There was sixteen passengers in the car and they were thrown in every direction. Strange as it may seem, none were killed outright, but three persons were seriously hurt and six others more or less bruised. Four in One Grave. CRESTON, la., Dec. 7.—The horrors of Thursday's gasoline accident have in creased. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Mans died during the morning, and will be buried with little Bessie and Walter, aged 2 and years. Carl, the surviving boy, aged 6, though painfully burned on both hands and feet is not seriously in jured. He will be cared for by Mr. and Mrs. David Bonham, his mother's pa rents, who live near Macksburg, la. Onlr Two LiT«s Lost. NYACK, N. Y., Dec. 7. —It is learned that only two lives were lost by the sinking of the barges near Haverstraw. The dead are Nicholas Nagel and Frank Murray. Captain Albertson, of the .schooner Alice Snidecker was struck by the boom of the vessel and killed. The gale did considerable damage in Rock land county. Fire at Arple. ARGYLE, Minn., Dec. 7.—Fire started here during the night while the wind was blowing thirty-five miles an hour and before it was extinguished burned an entire block of buildings. The total loss is about $37,000. Five Men Killed. CITY OF MEYICO, Dec. 7. -A boiler exploded in the San Francisco mine at Sombrete, Tuesday, killing five men outright and wounding nine more. The engineer's negligence was the cause of the accident. Some BaUding* Wrecked. MUSKEGON, Mich., Dec. 7.—Kelly Bros.' factory, the Heights hotel and a few smaller structures at Muskegon Heights, have been wrecked by a cy clone. Fortunately no one was injured. The loss will be heavy. Iiiff Fire at Coeur IV Alene. SPOKANE, Wash.. Dec. 7.—A dispatch received from Coeur D' Alene city, Idaho, states that a terrible fire is now raging at that place, and from present appearances there is every probability of the whole city being wiped out. Committee Meeting Postponed. ST. PAUL, Dec. 7. -The date of the meeting of the Republican state central committee has been changed from Dec. 7 to Dec. 17. This is owing to the fact that a number of committeemen could not be present on Dec. 7 and can be on the 17th. The fact that J. S. Clarkson. chairman of the national committee, will be in the Twin Cities during the week of the 17th, and has promised to address the committee, is also given as a reason for the change. Train Ran Away Eight Mile*. DEAD WOOD, S. D., Dec. 7.—By the creaking of an eccentric on an engiru hauling the Fremont, Elkhorn an,. Missouri Valley passenger train, the en gibe become unmanageable and rai down a steep grade for a distance of eig! miles before it could be stopped. 11 engineer remained at his post and finai, stopped the train. No one was inju Cruiser No. 9 Launched. BALTIMORE, Md.,Dec. 7.—The Up states cruiser No. 9, named the gomery, was launched at the Coluui„., iron works at 11:15 a. m. 'n DOM PCDRO IS DEAD. The Deposed Kmperor of Brail! cumbs to the Inevitable at Pari*. PARIS, Dec. 7.— Dom Pedro, ex-em peror of Brazil, died during the even ing. The ex-emperor's complaint was diabetes, and for the past forty-eight hours his life has been despaired of. '-•f ir-**-* Mf" W iS.'-i •tSjrJS- Mrs. Parnell Oil' for England. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Mrs. Delia Par nell, mother of Charles Stewart Parnell, and her son John, will sail for England on the steamship Aurania. They were to have sailed on the Majestic Wednes day but were unavoidably delayed. THE BUSINESS SITUATION. Trade Brisk and Collections Satisfactory at Western Points. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: The one sign of unfavorable character of the business situation is that collections at some points are slower and harder than usual, particularly Where the low price of cotton leads holders to defer selling as long as possible, but at the principal Western points. Chicago, St. Louis, Cin cinnati and St. Paul, collections are very satisfactory, the larger trade centers re porting most, favorably in that respect, and there is less difficulty at Eastern cit ies, though at the South some embarrass ment continues. The speculative mar kets have tended downward on the whole, although wheat is unchanged in price with sales of 28,000,000 bushels here during the past week and the receipts continue at the rate of over 7,000,000 bushels for the week, with exports unabated and at the rate of nearly 3,00(1000 bushels for the week From Atlantic Ports Alone. At the expiration of November corn dropped sharply about. 6 cents, but the market has by no means recovered its natural condition. At Chicago receipts of flour are slightlv more than a year ago, of dressed beef and oats a third more, of wheat three times and of rye four times as large, but a slight decrease is seen in barley, a decrease of a quarter in cured meats, a third in lard and wool, and one half in cheese. Trade at Milwaukee is un iformly good, at St. Paul larger than a year ago. and at Duluth sales are large for the season. At Minneapolis the out put of flour is 173,000 barrels against 105, 000 barrels last year, and receipts of wheat in three months 25,000,000 bushels against 21,000,000 bushels a year ago. Cold weather has stimulated trade at St. Louis. Business Failures. The business failures occurring through out the country during the last seven days number, for the Uuited States 305, and for Canada 2(3, or a total of 330, as compared with totals of 295 last week and 285 the week previous to the last. For the corres ponding week of last year, the figures were 312, representing 282 failures in the United States, and 30 in the Dominion of Canada. SHE WAS EXCUSED. A Pennsylvania Woman Summoned a* a uror. PITTSBURG, Dec. 7.—Presiding Judge Thomas Ewing, of this county, has jnst achieved the distinction of summoning the first woman juror in Pennsylvania. Recently the name of "Ilga Hoffman, jeweler, Twentieth ward," came out. When court met Ilga Hoffman did not answer, and, persisting in apparent con tumacy, the sheriff was summoned. He deposed that Ilga had been regularly summoned, so Deputy Sheriff Richards was instructed by the court to bring Uga to the front to show cause for nonappearance. Rich ards repaired to Ilga Hoff man's place of business, when a vision of beauty answered the summons and demanded to know what he wanted. He explained, and she declared she was the person named. The gallant Richard* caught convulsively at the jewelry case for a moment and then fled. On his re turn he reported that Ilga Hoffman, though taxed and held amenable to the laws of Pennsylvania, wore petticoats, and the judge accordingly made an order excusing her from jury duty. Since then every lawyer has had a laugh on Judge Ewing. A Regretable Incident. NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—A Valparaiso special says the appearance in court of a sailor of the United States steamer Bal timore in an inebriated condition was a regretable incident in more than one way. The judge of crimes calls the at tention of Captain Schley to the sugges tion that the probable cause of the disor ders of Oct. 16 was a similar state of intoxication on the part of his men. This is taken to forecast a decision by the court to that effect. Tranquility Heine Restored. LONDON, Dec. 7.—A dispatch from the correspondent of The Times at Santiago le Chili, says that General Castillo has decided to be reappointed governor of .he Brazilian province of Rio Grande Do Sol, and that the Nationalists troops ire gradually being disarmed. Tran quility, according to the same corres pondent, is being slowly but surely re stored in Brazil. 13MI11III The princess Isa bella was at her father's bedside at the time of his demise and was with grief to such an extent that it is feared that she too may be se riously ill. The Count d'Eu, hus- O E O a princess, was also present. Details of the last hours of Dom Pedro show that in the afternoon his condition was one of grave seriousness while the increase of the fever indicated that he was get ting worse. In the evening the attend ant physicians held a consultation, btit could see no hope for tlieir illustrious patient. The 9 o'clock bulletin showed that the fever was still increasing and the end came about midnight. Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg, Dom Pedro's grandson, was at his bedside with Isa' bella, Dom Pedro's daughter. CLARKSON'S OPINION. The Chairman of (he National Repub* lican Committee Talks Aboat the Presidency. lie Thinks Harrison's. Renominatton Inevitable, bnt Doesn't Care to Give Reasons. The Field Against Crisp Is the Way the Speakership Fight Is Sized Up at Present. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 5.—The Tribune's Washington special says: Chairman Clarkson has expressed himself very positively on the presidential question. Coming from one known to be partial to Blaine his words assess much sig nificance. He says: The ivnomination of Harrison is inev itable. I do not care to explain why I think this, but such is the fact. The course of the administration has not been stich, politically, as to please me always—in fact I, in common with other members of the national committee, have often felt aggrieved but it has been the ablest since Lincoln, and this, combined with other circumstances, and the logic of the situation, will make Harrison the next nominee. I think this will be accepted as a fact by all within the next sixty days. It is believed from the above that Mr. Clarkson has assurances that Blaine will soon declare that he cannot be a candi date. FIELD AGAINST CRISP. That Appears to lie tlie Situation in the Speakership Contest. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—The field against Crisp is the situation of the speakership contest. Whether the field can center upon one man now in the race or anew man is the question asked on all sides. Crisp has a commanding lead, but is some distance from the goal, while the other candidates are a considerable distance in the rear. Wil son, of West Virginia, is mentioned as the man most likely to be taken up if McMillan, Springer and Hatch are dropped by their supporters. No break in their lines was affected during the day though several efforts in that direc tion were made, especially among the Springer forces. The headquarters of the different as pirants were crowded during the even ing and the utmost good feeling pre vailed. Judge Holman, of Indiana, the caucus chairman, has arrived but did not visit any of the headquarters. He refused to express his preference. The total Democratic members of the house is placed at 2o3 but as a matter of course candidates will not be present and voting. The claims of the several candidates on the first ballot is: Crisp, 98 Mills, 67: Springer, 59 McMillan, 39 Hatch 33. This total gives more votes than there are Democratic members, so that somebody is over estimating his strength. The Crisp people claim they cannot be beaten. Wanamaker's Estimates. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—The post master general's report shows that the postal deficit of $6,000,000 is surely dis appearing, notwithstanding enormous losses by a reduction of the postage re ceipts due to a discontinuance of the lottery business, and that the service will probably be self-sustaining on July 1, 1893. The estimated expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1895}, are $76,755.542 revenue, $72,777,149 leaving an estimated deficiency of $3,978,392. For the year ending June 30, 1893, the receipts are estimated at $80,336,350, and expenditures, $80,323,400, leaving a surplus of $12,949. Rrufth Will Not Resign. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 5.—Colonel C. H. Brush, United States bank examiner for Minnesota, Wisconsin and Northern Michigan, was seen in regard to a Washington special to a St. Paul morn ing paper to the effect that he was about to resign that position. The colonel denied the statement in very emphatic tones and said that his work was de layed on account of his predecessor going out of office and leaving a large amount of work for him (Colonel Brush) to do. The colonel stated that an acci dent received several weeks ago retard ed the work to a certain extent, but he was now catching up and would be even inside of a month. Fuller's Estimates. I WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Commodore Folger, chief of the bureau of ordnance, in his annual report to the secretary of the navy, estimates the expense of the bureau for the next fiscal year at $4, 780,291, of which the total sum of $4,186,250 is to be applied toward the armament of new vessels authorized to be built. The number of guns required to arm the new vessels is placed at 347, ranging in calibre from four to thirteen inches. Iowa's Vote Counted. DES MOINES, la., Dec. 5.—The state board of election canvassers has made a canvass of the vote cast at the last elec tion. The pluralities are as follows: Judge supreme court, Kinne (Dem,) 2,977 superintendent of public instruc tion, Knoeffier (Dem.) 839 railroad com missioner, Dey (Dem.), 7,486. The votes |jr governor and lieutenant governor will be canvassed by the legislature. Nchools May He Closed. REDWOOD FALLS. Minn., Dec. 5.— Four new cases of diphtheria are re ported and the public schools may be closed as a whole unless the disease is speedily checked. Two of the primary grades are closed for two weeks. Every effort is being make to prevent any further spread of the disease. *r*w*^"«ir.if#i* ••.°:W' ,'M 1 HALF STARVED ORPHANS. Horrible Treatment of Children la ft Tennessee Institution. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 5.—The removal of Mrs. Steele, the matron of the Colored Orphan asylum, create.} uu immense sensation. Miss Maud Do Long, of Olierlin, O., who came to Chattanooga Oct. 4 to accept a position in the home, leaving her own homo with Mrs. Steele, who had been lectur ing in that city for the benefit of the orphans, said in an interview: "With three other ladies on Saturday we left the institution because Mrs. Steele made it so unpleasant for us that we cotild not stay. Tho children were treated iu the most horrible manner. They were poorly fed and half clothed. Mrs. Steele's rule was that the children should have meat to eat twice a week, but if they got it that often wo did not know it. The children would come into my room eating bones like dogs, and they would act like one of these beasts when the bones would be taken away from them. They were required to do without food for two or three meals as a punishment. The usual food consisted of peanuts, crackers and baker's bread. Each of the children would have tlieir allowance issued out to them and I have seen them pick up the crumbs on the floor from ti»e table after finishing eat ing what was given them. To cut a long matter short, they were half starved. RETURNED THE WRONG VERDICT. A Mistake In an Indiana Court That Profited Not the Prisoner. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 5.—A ludicrous scene occurred in the federal court when Judge Woods called in the jury that had tried B. H. McClond for counter feiting. When the jury retired he in structed the foreman to return a sealed verdict, and yesterday he was too sick to occupy the bench. The jury entered the room during the morning and the clerk read the verdict, which found the prisoner not guilty. McQloud rose, smiled and bowed his acknowledgement to the jury. The judge was very much surprised, for the evidence of guilt was clear, and he asked if all the jurors as sented to the verdict. Every one replied in the negative. It then developed that the jury had been given two verdicts in blank and the foreman by mistake had signed the wrong one. The court de cided that the mistake might be recti fied, and a new verdict was handed in and McCloud was remanded to jail to await sentence. Stabbed His Kival and the Girl. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. a.—A fatal stabbing affray occurred at England, Ark., during the evening. Sibe Martin and James Reeves attended a dance at that place. Both were enamored of a young lady in attendance and a quarrel arose between the men over the dis puted right to a waltz, and resulted in Re?ves stabbing his rival twice in the back and plunging the knife deep into the bosom of the girl. Both will die. A Bold Diamond ltobberv. ST. PAUL, Dec. 5.—An unknown man dashed a fifteen pound stone through the plate glass window of J. E. Ingham's jewelry store, 327 Jackson street, seized a tray of diamond rings, estimated by Mr. Inghain to be worth $2,500, and ran. He slipped down near the middle of Jackson street and spilled from the tray over half the rings, then gained his feet and escaped with the rest. Violated Insurance Laws. BOSTON, Dec. 5.—Benson C. Hazleton, treasurer of the Order of the Royal Ark, which recently failed, withdrew his plea of not guilty of the charge of violating the insurance laws and was fined $200. L. C. Powers, secretary of the same concern, also withdrew his plea of not guilty on the same charge and was fined $400. Judge Sherman said that he was sorry that he could only impose fines. Officers of Pilots. WINONA, Dec. 5.—At the annual meeting of the Upper Missippi river pilots at La Crosse the following officers were elected: President, Hon. George Winans, of Waukesha vice president, Joseph Buisson, of Wabasha secretary and treasurer, D. C. Law. of Clinton, la. directors, Thomas Davidson, A. M. Short, V. A. Bigelow, John Walker. The meeting was a very lively one and larcelv attended. faying Off Red Men. WHITE EARTH, Minn., Dec. 5.— United States Indian Agent B. F. Shuler and party, who have been mak ing the annuity iiyment of Leach Lake, are expected to raturn here within a day or two, when the annuity payments due the Mississippi, Pembina and Otter Tail bands of Indians, living on the White Earth reservation, will lie made. The pay party will then go and pay the Red Lake Indians. Many Deer Being Shot. WHITE EARTH, Minn., Dec. 5.—Since the first fall of snow upward of fin hundred deer have been killed on the reservation, all of which have found ready market at prices ranging for sad dle from 5 to 6 cents per pound without hide, and 8 and 9 cents with hide in cluded. Old settlers say that they have never known deer to be so plenty as the present season. Wants Flos for the Army. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 5.—The Rus sian ministry is considering a decree to bring Finland under the same regula tions as to emigration as the rest of the empire. The Fins are desirable re cruits for the Russian armies, but lately the young men have been emigrating in such great numbers that many of the farms are without workers, and obliga tory military service is a nullity. Her Clothing Caught fire. MARTINSNILLE, Ind., Dec. 5.—Mrs. James Sargent, of Brooklyn, this county, was preparing breakfast when her clothing caught fire and she was fright fully burned. Her injuries will prove fatal. 4 Vr'T t#w. MIL FROST EXPLAINS. A South Dahl ia Volltidan's Story In Regard to Ili8 Presence in a Lady's Room. Purely Accidental on His Fart—Pre sumably the Victim of a Slur dcrous Conspiracy. A Californian's Estate Being Fought for by Three Wives and Their Descendants. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Hon. Charles C, Frost, the prominent South Dakota Democrat who was shot last summer in the bed room of Mrs. Le Cointe, has been on the witness stand for the past three days giving testimony against tho man who attempted his life. Mrs. Le Cointe, the wife of the man who at tempted to commit a double murder, gave very damaging testimony against lier husbund, and all that she said was corroborated by Frost. The other woman in the case, Miss Grace Eaton, is expected to give testi mony to show that there was a conspir acy between herself and Mr. Le Cointe, to lure Frost into the house and into the bed loom, where there would be ample excuse for the double murder of Frost and Mrs. Le Cointe, in order that the said Le Cointe and Miss Eaton might live together. There was no reason for ill-feeling towards Frost, much less the harboring of murder in his heart against the young Dakotan. Frost was merely an incident in the game. It was necessary to have a man in the room in order to make the mur der of his wife palliable before the law. Present indications are that Le Cointe will go to the penitentiary for life. Frost seems to have entirely recovered from the three wounds received that night and will probably take his Christ mas dinner in Huron, where he former ly published 'ftie Free Trade Democrat. RATHER MIXED. Three Wives and Their Descendcnts Claiming a Californian's Property. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4.—Thirty-one years ago, in England, Joel R. Carter married a charming lass and lived hap pily with her until two children were born. Then he resolved to seek his for tune in America. Going to Akron, O., he began business in a modest way, but his establishment grew rapidly and he soon was considered a solid citizen. While in Akron he corresponded with his family but appeared to weary of them, and. selling his property, moved to Peoria, Ills., where he sunk his iden tity by calling himself Cramer. He ceased writing to his English wife and married again. Cramer and his new wife left Peoria and came to Sacramento two years ago. He brought $30,000 in greenbacks on his person. Then his wife secured a divorce and married a man named Campbell. Carter also mar ried again. Recently he died, leaving a large estate and now there a lively row going on in the probate cou t. The news of his death rapidly spre.iu and his family in England soon had a repre sentative for California, and now Joel R. Carter, Jr., son of wife No. 1. is in the city. Mrs. Sarah J. Campbell, wife No. 2, is here, and the son of No. 1, together with wife No. 2, wife No. 3 and her infant, occupy the same house in Sacra mento. CLEMENTSON'S CHARGE. A Wisconsin Judge Sees Mo Reason For Not Indicting Lynchers. DARLINGTON, Wis., Dec. 4.—The gTand jury called to consider the lynch ing of Anton Sieboldt here on Sept. 21 have met and Judge Clementson de livered a charge to the jurors, which leaves no room to doubt that, as far as he is concerned, he realizes fully the fact that the crime cannot be justified and that the perpetrators should suffer the penalty which the crime of murder demands. Local interest was renewed in the case by .the meet ing of the grand jury and the knowl edge that it would be charged. There was quite a crowd in the court room, and it is fair to presume that some of these who participated in the lynching are beginning to feel a little nervous. Judge Clementson's charge was listened to with close attention. He said very plainly that Sieboldt's misdeeds fur nished no excuse for his lynching, and that the lynchers were guilty of murder in the first degree. The crime, he said, was committed in broad day light, and in the presence of many people. Ther« ought therefore to be no difficulty in as certaining who the guilty parties were. Their duty, he told the jurors, might be an unpleasant one, but they had been sworn to do it, and that they owed it to the law and to tlieir oath that the guilty men should be found out and punished. Era In Pmha I'roiu. BERLIN, Dec. 4.—Another dispatch to The Tageblat from East Africa says that, when last heard of. Emin Pasha was marching in a northerly direction with a formidable force. Ae had ovei 9,000 men in all, of whom about 1,600 were armed with breech-loading guns and the remainder with muzzle-loading rifles. It is supposed that he was mak ing in the direction of Kurkartom, and perhaps intended to attempt the recap ture of that place from the Mahdist forces. Itocommends Separate Coacncs LOUISVILLE. Dec. 4.—The annual re port of the Kentucky railroad commis sioner recommends that a law be passed providing for separate coaches for whites and blacks. This is probably due in part to the shooting of Miss McEwan, by a negro in a row between whites and blacks on a Louisville and Nashville railway train in September last. 11 HI .In littteliiiiiiiBiiuAliM1''' |l^" NEBEKER'S ANNUAL. The United States Treasurer Submits Ills import to Secretary Foster. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Hon. E. H. Nebeker, treasurer of the United States, has submitted his annual report in re gard to the operations and condition of the treasury to Secretary Foster. The report says: The not ordinary revenues of the gov ernment for the past fiscal year were $89^,612,446, or $10,468,535 less than those of the year before. The net ordi nary expenditures, exclusive of the amounts paid in premium on bonds pur chased were $355,372,684, an increase of $57,630,198. The surplus revenues were thus cut down from $105,344,496 to $37,239,763, which last suni was applied to the reduction of the iblic debt. Tho postal revenues amounted to $65,762,908 and the expenditures to $72,067,580, an increase of about $5,000,000 on both sides. The reduction effected during the year in the principal of the bonded debt and the circulating notes which cannot be reissued amounted to $116,599,273, and required an expenditure of $126,991,494, including the premiums on bonds pur chased. This sum was made up by tak ing $89,751,731 from the reserve in the treasury, in addition to the surplus rev enues of the year. The consequent re duction in the annual interest charges was $4,442,092. HIGH SENSE OF DIGNITY. The Laborer in America Kolieved to lie a Man. LONDON, Dec. 4.—The royal labor commission has decided it to be desir able that two women be appointed sub commissioners to be assigned to the duty of inquiring into the subject of women's labor. Factory Inspector Hen derson testified that when he visited America he had found factory buildings and arrangements there to be superior to what was furnished in England. The buildings were more comfortable and better ventilated and the arrangemnts such that there was less, danger of acci dents. He did not attribute the su prior conditions in America to legisla tion, but rather to the high sense of dig nity that he! had found among Ameri can workmen—a feeling that had no counterpart among English workmen. McManu* Ilunj PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.—John Mc Manus was hanged in Moyamensing prison yard at 10:08 a. m. After the prisoner had ascended the scaffold he deliberately sat down and took off his shoes, he having sworn that he would "never die with his boots on." He then stood up, and in a broken voice said that he humbly asked forgiveness, and said that he freely forgave everybody. His arms were then pinioned, the rope adjusted to his neck, the black cap placed on his head, and while the priests were praying for him the signal was given and the drop fell. His neck was broken by the fall, and at 10.29 the doc tors pronounced life extinct. His crime was the murder of Eugene McGinnis on Feb. 21. Rushing Lands to Patent. WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.—It is learned at the general land office that 4,252 patents had been signed in four and one-lialf days, and 3,010 of them transmitted to the local offices. It is the best record ever made for a similar length of time. The information was also obtained that 820 mineral entries have been approved for patent, and on Monday next the chief clerk will assign a sufficient force to this branch of work so that the whole number can be copied and sent out within ninety days. The rapid progress of the work in connection with the land and mineral patents is especially import ant to Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Da kotas, Montana and Colorado. Placed at a Per cent. ST. PAUL, Dec. 4.—Governor Merriam was doubly exhuberant on his return home. He was pleased from a political standpoint that Minneapolis had se cured the convention, and he was pleased from an executive standpoint that he had finally succeeded, while in New York, in placing with Blair & Co., the banking firm of that city, $1,600,000 worth of bonds of the state at 3 per cent, interest. This amount represents the repudiated debt of 1857, on which the state is now paying 4 per cent, inter est. Had a Free Figrht. FULDA, Minn., Dec. 4.—A.saloon row occurred in Suding's saloon in which Germans, Russians and bad whisky pre vailed. The marshal and constable were called and when they entered the saloon the crowd locked the door and commenced an assault on the officers, whereupon parties outside broke through the front of the saloon and as sisted the officers, and the saloonkeeper and four others were locked up. War rants were issued for three others who will have a hearing on the arrival of the county attorney. seenrtd a iXury. DENVER, Colo., Dec. 4.—A jury to try Dr. Graves for the murder of Mrs. Barnaby was obtained at noon, and an adjournment taken till morning, when the trial will begin in earnest. District Attorney Stevens will make the opening argument for the prosecution and will probably occupy the entire ay. Judge Furman will open for the defense. $ Brush's Health Is Poor. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The controller of currency has for several days been looking for a bank examiner in Minne sota. No fault is found with Colonel Brush, but his health has been rather poor, and it is impossible for him to keep up with the large amount of busi ness in his district. Who will be the appointee is at present very uncertain. Ksiituiiioii In a Tuimei. LONDON, IX-C. 4.—A dispatch from Glasgow says that a serious explosion of gas has taken place in the underground railway workings there. Six persons were seriously injured. 1