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PUBLISHED BVEKY DAT IN THE YEAS.
LEWIS BAKKR.
BT. PAUL. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21, 1886.
THE ST. PAUL. CLOSE
Hii a Larerr Circulation than tnat
of Any Other Newspaper Printed
Northwest of ChicaKo.awd it i« Stead
ily and Rapidly Increasing. Keeping
Pace -with the Growth of the Great
City of -ujiirli the GLOBE Is Admit
tedly the Journalistic Hi-pn».uia
tive.
It is the Best Advertising medium !
for Those who Desire to Beach all j
Classes of Newspaper Reader* in tbe
Great Northwest, and Especially in
Minnesota and Dakota.
HIGH-HANDED ROBBERY.
Mr. tVW LT*> testimony yesterday
before the house labor committee reveals a
system i>f injustice, oppression and robbery
practiced by the management of the Gould
railway system, which is simply appalling.
So outrageous is it that it will be necessary
for Mr. Powdebly to adduce evidence of
it before the country will credit his state
ments. It is hard to conceive how such
infamy can exist in a land where law pre
vails and justice is supposed to reign.
Even n, Bedouin robber of the Arabian
deserts would have been dishonored
in the sight of his tribe if he
had boon guilty of such a cowardly
theft as Powdebly lays to the charge of
the managers of the Southwestern railway
system. If the management is guilty of
the charges, it is a little but very mean
species of theft to take ~5 or 50 cents
monthly from the wages of the employe for
a hospital fund when no hospital was ever
provided. But the grossest robbery of all
is tlu> practice of selling the lands which
the people donated to the railway corpora
tions to the employes on the installment
plan and when nearly paid for to discharge
tbfl employe and thus deprive him ot the
opportunity of earning enough to pay the
little balance that might be due, the
result being that the railway company
would get his earnings and the land too.
This is a cowardly kind of robbery that
Jesse Jakes and his bandit gang would
have shrunk from in disgust as being be
neath tlie honor of a highwayman. If
Powdebly's statements are true it is not
30 much a matter of surprise that the rail
way employe! should strike as it is that they
lid not wipe the whole Southwestern lail
way system from the face of the earth.
They have displayed a forbearance that is
remarkable under the provoking circum
itances. Unless the Gould man
agement overthrows Powdekly's tes-
Suiony there will be awakened
l public sentiment against Gould
nul 11 ox if. and their associates bo
lerce in its character that they will call for
ihe rocks and the mountains to fall upon
them to shield them from an avenging
breath. The American people are lovers of
fair play and exact justice. They despise
oppression in whatever form it appears;
and they hold that no punishment is too se
veie for cowardly rogues who will throttle
a man and then pick his pockets. Further
developments in this investigation will now
be watched with increased interest. It is
to be hoped that Mr. Powdebly is mis
taken. But if the evidence sustains his
statements there will be a mighty hot time
for Gould and Hoxie in the Southwest.
WINTEB WHEAT.
Reports from Kansas indicate that the
■winter wheat has been killed in that state,
as well as in other sections in the West and
Southwest. Ordinarily an occurrence of
this kind would be regarded as a matter for
lamentation. But in this case it is not
There is a providence in it Kansas is in
the corn belt and ought to confine itself to
the production of that cereal. The North
west is the wheat growing section of the
United States, and it should not be inter
fered with in respect to this industry.
Nature has marked out the several boun
daries for the various products of the earth.
The soil and climate of Minnesota, Dakota
and Wisconsin are adapted to wheat grow
ing. That of Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois
ami Missouri to corn . raising. Each sec
tion should confine its agricultural efforts
to the production of just such grains as best
suit its adaptability. In this way competi
tion between the sections would
be avoided and each would enjoy
the full benefit of its staple
pnxluct. As long as Kansas or Missouri
will insist on wheat raising, with no other
purpose in view than to lower the price of
Minnesota's or Dakota's chief product, then
Providence deals justly to send the frost
and the blight to destroy the Kansas wheat
crop. The time must come sooner or later
when the Northwestern farmers must com
bine and adopt some plan to discourage
wheat production in other sections. If it
can We done in no other way it would pay
our Northwestern fanners to put down the
price of wheat for several years so low that
no other section could afford to even attempt
to raise it When its production in other
quarters is once stopped then the North
west will have full control of the American
wheat market.
SAUL, AMONG THE PROPHETS.
The senate of the United States was sur
prised the other day and the corporation
lobbyists around the senate chamber thrown
into a state of consternation by a speech
from Senator Camdks of West Virginia,
advocating the passage of the Cullom
interstate commerce bill. Senator Cam
dex is the president of two railroad com
panies and largely interested in other rail
way enterprises, and was one of the sena
tors conlidently relied upon to stick
to the interests of the corporations
through thick and thin. It was
natural, therefore, that when he arose in
the senate and advocated the passage of a
measure which is designed to relieve the
people from railway discriminations, there
should be a manifestation of surprise
around the capitol. Senator Camdex's
speech was an able exposition of the abuses
which have grown up under the railway
management of the country. lie took the
ground that the interests of the country de
manded that these abuses should terminate.
Although he had some railroad interests he
held it to be his duty as a senator
to rise to the level of a disinterested con
viction on this important subject It is
eucouraging to observe that a poiut has
been reached when a congressman can get
up to this high plane. It is an indication
of the advance aud increased strength of
public sentiment. Congressmen are be
ginning to realize that the people are in
earnest in this matter, and that even po
litical bonds are not strong enough to hold
them to a party which over-rides their in
terests.
A GOOD BEGINNING.
The appointment of Senator Jacesox to
the office of federal judge in Tennessee is
the first Democratic invasion of the federal
Judiciary for twenty-live years. It is an
Bvent not to be rejoiced over so much as a
partisan advantage, as that »t is a move in
the direction of an evenly balanced
Judiciary. It is a deplorable condition for
the country when the entire bench is filled
with one class of partisans. However
fine the theory of divorcing politics
from the judiciary may be, yet
It is a practical impossibility. There
lore, it is all the more important that
-»i i.i ill ■■ ehnuld h« rßnrasantttd on th«
bench. As long as people will differ in I
their views regarding constitutional ques- I
tions it is right that each side should havu
an opportunity to occasionally givo its con- ,
struction an airing. An equal division of i '
parties is always a healthy condition for the j
nation, and this equality of division should
prevail in the judicial department above ail
others. It would be a patriotic act If some
of the superannuated members of the su
preme court wouW retire on their pensions
and allow the president to place some Dem
ocratic judges on that bench.
A JOURNALISTIC SQUABBLE.
There's a pretty how-d'ye-do among New
Fork journalists. Editor Dana of the Sun
charges that Editor Pulitzeu of the World i
contributed a 55.000 check to the Hi aim
campaign fund. Editor Pulitzeu meets
the charge by calling Editor Daxa a liar
and dotard. Mr. Stkvk Elkins, who
managed the financial department of the .
Blaixe campaign, says that he didn't get
his hands on any of Mr. Pulitzer's
money during the campaign. The Sun re
affirms that the check was there, and thus
the matter stands. If Mr. Pulitzer gave
the check and it wasn't honored
he will stand in about the same
relation that the Texas Confederate chap
lain did when he took an oath
after the close of the war that he had never
given aid or comfort to the Southern Con
federacy. When arraigned before the
church authorities for swearing falsely he
explained that all he did was to pray for
the success of the Confederacy and as long
as his prayers were not answered there was
neither aid nor comfort given to the re
bellion. A check that is never paid doesn't
rise to the dignity of a contribution.
IMMUNITY OF PURE WOMANHOOD
"Why don't you say a word in behalf of
the sacred immunity of pure womanhood
from being made the common talk of a con
tinent?" was the reply President Cleve
land gave a press reporter who had the
courage to interview the president in refer
ence to his rumored marriage. The presi
dent Is perfectly right about it. It is time
that pure womanhood should be shielded
from the wagging tongue of gosslpers. ' It
is nobody's business whether the president
gets married or not. The fact that he it* a
public official does not make public property
of his domestic affairs. Nor does it justify
the press in making public property of the
name of any young lady whom the presi
dent may deem worthy to bear his honored
name. The way in which this rumored
marriage of the president has been gossiped
through the newspapers is a stain upon
American chivalry.
IT PATS TO ADVERTISE.
In our local columns is the description of
a scene yesterday at the opening of a new
clothing house in this city which is a forci
ble illustration of the value of newspaper
advertising. The late A.T. Stewart, the
merchant prince of New York, always at
tributed his success In business to the news
papers. He was lavish in the use of printer's
ink, and yet he affirmed that for every dollar
he spent in advertising he always got a three
fold return. And such has been the experi
ence of every successful business man in the
country. And yet there are people who
are foolish enough to say that it doesn't do
any good to advertise in the newspapers be
cause, as they affirm, people do not read the
advertisements. The scene described in
our local columns is a complete answer to
such an assertion. The great mass of the
people read the newspapers, and they read
the advertising columns along with the
other departments of the paper. It is a
wise man who advertises.
THEY ARE COMING.
St. Paul's proposition was so well re
ceived by the Montana cattlemen that they
appointed a committee to immediately visit
this city to make an investigation of the
matter of establishing stock yards here.
The committee will reach here on the Sd of
May, and In the meantime our own people
should be prepared to present to our visit
ors all the facts relating to the advantages
St. Paul possesses as a beef distributing
point. It is an opportunity to secure the
establishment of an additional and valuable
industry that St Paul cannot afford to let
pass by.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Yesterday the Globe forwarded $80.25
to Mr. W. B. Neymax, chairman of the
relief committee at Sauk Rapids. Of this
amount $31.25 was contributed by the citi
zens of Ottawa, Minn., £25 previously ac
knowledged as having been received from
Jordan, Minn., and the remaining $24 was
contributed by the employes of the Globe
office. _v. v
Secretary Bayard has at last consented
to bis son's marriage to a poor and unpre
tentious girl. The secretary has evidently
been looking over his Tennyson and has at
last discovered that love and faith are more
than Norman blood, particularly in dem
ocratic America.
Ex-Senator Wadleiqh of New Hampshire
finding a tiurglar in his room in a Boston
hotel, promptly threw him from a fourth
story window. Haying frequently wrestled
with Brothers Edmunds and Logan it was no
trick at all to down a common every day rob
ber when once be bad axed him with his glit
tering eye.
An ex-minister, who, when a poor editor
was appointed minister to Spain, is now liv
ing in great magnifioence in Washington, and
the source of his wealth is a mystery. It
should be remembered that it was a very
advantageous thing fora poor man to hold
office under a Republican administration.
An aged couple residing at West port, Conn.,
have just celebrated their diamond wedding,
having lived together seventy-four years.
There is very little to disturb the oven cur
rent of life in a Connecticut village. Living
there, no necessity arises for dying In order
to attain complete rest and solitude.
The New York World loftily refuses to be
lieve many of the remarkable incidents of the
recent cyclone's work. These Eastern papers
are so often Imposed upon that they are nat
urally suspicious, but this time the World has
been deluded by not believing enough.
St. Louis school boys, who went out on a
strike, have been partially successful, a num
ber of their demands having been granted
by the, authorities. It is inferred, therefore,
that there was a suspension of striking in the
homes of the school children.
Having completed their pleasant duties at
Miles City, and having convinced the stock
men that St. Paul Is the only natural cattle
market, the St. Paul delegation is headed
homeward with the proud consciousness of
having nobly performed Its duty.
It is said that Doorkeeper Bassett of tbe
national senate is so ceremonious in tbe per
formance of his duties that he is one of the
sights of tbe capital. It is well that some one
preserved the dignity -which is popularly sup
posed to attach to the senate. '
Two mashers In Tennessee were filled with
shot by the seventeen-year-old brother of the
girl they Insulted. It is not yet known
whether the people intend to erect a bronza
statue of him or simply present him with a
gold medal. . .
The Democrats of Louisville are indignant
because of tbe reappolntmcnt of Mrs. Thomp
son, as postmistress of that city. It does so
frail a man, in spite of his native gallantry, to
have his letters handled and guessed at by a
woman. '„ a
New York finds a new meaning in the
Lenten sack cloth and ashes since she has
been called upon to part with "Adonis"
Dixey. ". It requires very little to open the
flood gates of New York's grief. .
...:.■,'.■ .'.•..■■ —^^— —
. . .The . president indignantly arraigns tbe
newspapers for commenting upon bis pros
pective marriage. It is calculated to bother a
man wko« b« taows other people are watch
rHE ST. FAUL DALLI 15KLU131S. WEDNESDAY MORNING APRIL 21, 18U. -TEN PAGES.
In? his sparking. Tee president should be •
permitted reasouahle privacy.
t A NINE-YEAR-OLD QIRL at La CrOSSO IS ex
citing much Interest from ho fact that she '
refuses all food. She still, however, pre
serves the feminine characteristic of continu
ing to talk with frequency and fluency. .
A roi.iTiciAN at Capo May was cowhided (
by a pretty jrirl becauss ho gazed at her too
intently. One summer resort has thus lost
all chaneo of attracting many of the much
desired beaux.
— «. |
Now that Mr. Campbell's nomination as
marshal has again been reported oruhlv.
the Easter song* of gladness will have an
added meaning to the genial Lltcutleld states
man. ■ I
It is now asserted that I'ausull hat writ
ten a novel. The English must indeed be iv
»ore straits when they pursue such a line of
at lack upon the home rule leader.
Tue mikado of Japan has appointed twelve ,
ports laureate. Aspiring spring poets can •
learn tho rates of fare to Japan by applying
to tbe nearest ticket office. . . a•.O ~
All Scotland is excited over a fair robber
in petticoats. Presumably the first Indication
that the spring bonnet season has struok
Scotia's sea-girt shore.
MIDST THE MADDING THKONG-
A singing society Is ;
a great thing. It
keeps the members
out of worse places. '
When a singing so- '
cif ty appears before (
Lthe public, the visl- (
1 le. singing mem- i
5 its have some pity i
H ■ the audience and •
• sing not more than •
" ten numbers. They
diversify the entcr
taiiuui nt somewhat ,
by having 1 solos, <
duets and unar- 1
tetter. All gle e s
and nothing else '
make an audience
weary even unto the point of going borne.
People get the worth of their money In short
order when the singing society keeps pound
in? away on the same piece. A full grown
singing society— one that has summered and
wintered and still exists— will change its
tunos. There aru things on top of this ter
restial globe that are more exhilarating', more
lasting In their pleasure, than a singing so
ciety.
V
A practice night In the hall Is when a sing
ing society come nearer being subject for the
national board of health than anything save
the cholera. A practice night is worse in the
summer time than it is during the winter
carnival season of mid-winter. Persons liv
ing near by a singing society's hall, would
prefer, if they could have their way, to have
below zero weather every time that a singing
society is gathered unto itself for singing pur
poses. Nights when sinking societies have
business meetings are generally encored.
They cannot have too many of them to please
the people who live within a block or so of
the hall. In the winter time the singers are
more or less clogged up with colds, and the
windows of the practice ball are closed down
tight. With the coming of the spring time
the vocalists open up and the hall windows
are likewise thrown open on practice nights.
V
A man who lives, or has his place of busi
ness next door to the headquarters of a sing
ing society, will be agreeably surprised when,
if ever. ho bos occasion to visit the lower
region. His satanic majesty cannot create
anything that will get away with a singing
society for genuine unpleasantness. Deaf
ness is a desirable thing when the night is
warm, the windows of the hall are open and
the practice largely attended. Neigh
bors are saddest those evenings. 1
would sooner bury a promising
young man— in fact I would sooner
follow the whole family to the city of the
dead— than see him join a singing society. It
will knock an amateur "tiddler" or cornet
player all to pieces. They become ashamed
once In a while and give their forced auditors
a holiday, but a singing society, like the old
RiArd, never gives up learning a tune, and
will not surrender its lease, no matter how
large the bonus. A singing* society and a
livery stable can injure adjacent property by
locating on any particular spot. Experienced
people say they would sooner have chills and
fever than to endure a seige of singing so
ciety. They claim the latter is more demor
alizing.
V
I lived near the headquarters of a vocal
cyclone once. When I got through with it, I
was as weak as a' cat. The society moved. I
attended church the next Sunday. They sing
once or twice a week, at least that is the term
they applied to It. They appear best when
they tackle a new song. First the man at the
piano gives it a whirl, then the first and sec
ond tenors yell it to pieces, the auditors get
the tune. If there is any doubt about it, the
first bass mumble through their score and are
followed by the second bass. On the sixth
round they all go it together, and they keep
at it until the song gives up and anybody can
sing it. A singing society and a hand organ
can do a great deal to make a song unpopu
lar. When one thinks of the many singing
societies about the land, can he wonder at the
horrible increase of crime?
*•*
It was 2 o'clock in the morning In the com
posing-room of the Pioneer Press when Night
Editor Foote and the foreman were disc- u. -sing
the "make-up" of the paper.
"Here are the cuts that arrived from Miles
City to-day of the noted cattlemen in session
there," exclaimed Mr. Foots.
"Let's see," exclaimed tho foreman; "they
are W. H. Taylor, the New Mexican cattle
king, Granville Stewart and T. I. Dryan."
"Well, run them in the dispatch about the
stockmen's meeting," said Night Editor
Foote.
The paper came out the next day and the
article from Miles City was duly illustrated.
It contained pictures of the three prominent
cattlemen of the Northwest. First, as the
most prominent, was the face of W. H. H.
Taylor. Mr. Taylor is the efficient stat« libra
rian at the capitol and has resided in St. Paul
for years. He is devoted to books and owns
not a cow; in fact, he knows just as much
about cattle as a Minneapolis managing edi
tor knows about news.
A mistake was doubtless made at the Miles
City end of the wire, as in some unaccounta
ble way the Miles City artist sketched the pic
ture of the St. Paul Taylor for the New Mex
ico cattleman, as it is not probable that Night
Editor Foote would attempt to run off a cut
of W. H. H. Taylor for every man of that
name in the Northwest. Ho would not trifle
with the foreman, much less the reading pub
lic. The look eh.
Dally Weather Bulletin.
Office or Chief Stoical Officer. Wash
ington, D. C. April SO, 13 p.*rn.—Observa
tions taken at the same moment of time at
all stations:
Stations. I Wth'r Stations. % W'th'r
71 II ?
Dulutb.... ! 54, Clear :|Ou'Ap'elle 57 Cloudy
St. Paul.. |69 Clear Albany 68 Clear
LaCrosse.. «9 Clear New York. 51 Clear
Huron.... ! 67 Clear i Chicago... 48 Clear
Moorbead. 53 Clear j Cincinnati. l 64 Clear
St. Vincent 53 Clear i Cleveland.. i 54 Clear
Bismarck . 62 Clear 805t0n.... 47 Fair
Ft. Buford 63 ' Clear Galveston. 69 Clear
As'n'boine 53 Clear Memphis.. 68 ear
Ft. Custer.' ..| N.Orleans. 71 Clear
Helena.... I 53 Clear |Shreveport 71 Clear •
Fort Garry 54 Clear St. Louis.. 71 Clear
MinnedosA i 49 Cieur Vlcksburg. «9 dear
Mod. Hat.. 59 Fair , j ' |
TH« HOME REPORT. * $ ?£fjh
Barometer. 30.33: thermometer. 69: rela
tive humidity, 66: wind, southwest; weather.
clear: amount of rainfall. .0; maximum
thermometer, 79: minimum thermometer. s*l;
daily range, 85. River— Observed height,
6.C; rise in twenty-four hours, 0.8. Note—
Barometer corrected for temperature and
elevation. .' -
P. F. Lyons. Signal Corps, U. 8. A. ;
INDICATIONS
WjisnixCTOJr, April th 1 a.m.— Upper lake
region: Generally fair and lightly warmer
weather, variable winds and falling barom
eter. Upper Mississippi valley: Fair weather,
followed by local rains, variable winds, nearly
stationary temperature and falling barometer.
Missouri valley: Fair weather, followed by
local rains, variable winds, generally shifting
to south— tarty, falliu- barometer. ■
LAWYER AND LABORER
Get Together at the National Capital to
Determine the Cause of the South
western Strike.
Chairman Powderly Telia the Investigat
ing Committee the Troubles That
Led to It.
President Cleveland Urged to Un
. earth and Upset Railroad Land
Grabs.
Sketch, of Tennessee's New Senator-
Senate and House Proceedings—
Washington Waifs.
Labor Inve»fifration.
Washington. April 20.— special
committee of the house to Inquire into the
labor diflk-ulties in tho Southwest held its
first public session to-day, all the members
being present with the exception of Mr.
Stewart- or Vermont, absent on leave.
The first witness called was Grand Master
Powderla. who appears to be a quiet, re
served gentleman. In response to a re
quest of the chairman, Mr. Powderly went
over the history of the strike, which, while
very Interesting, presented nothing new or
remarkable. He stated, among other
things, that while in the West he heard
from the men of little abuses, such as the
taking of 25 cents a month from the wages
of a man receiving a dollar a day and 50
cents a month from a man receiving S3 per
day, and so on in proportion, for the benefit
of an hospital fund, which hospital, the
men claimed, they were denied the right of
entering when sick, being discharged hr
stead. Then there were instances, he
said, where men had made contracts to
buy land from the company on
REGULAR YEARLY INSTALMENTS,
and where having paid all but the last in
stalment, they were discharged from the
employment of the company. In that sec
tion of the country it is different from the
East. Men couldn't go into the next town
and get a situation, and the consequence
was in that at least one particular case, the
man was obliged to remain idle so long that
he lost his property. The men claimed that
there were several instances of that kind.
The Chairman — you have witnesses
called before the committee to show these
facts?
Mr. Powderly— Undoubtedly, if I am cor
rectly Informed.
Mr. Buchanan— ln your inquiries you have
found that these causes of discontent ex
isted?
Mr. Powderly— Yes.
The Chairman— WiU you state the purpose
of the organization of Knights of Labor,
whether its purposes are the protection of the
Interests of labor, and whether it is peaceful
in all its actions?
Mr. Powderly— The aim of tho organization
of the Knixbts of Labor is to benefit the la
borer and to secure a better feeling between
him and his employer. All our methods are
peaceful. We never counsel anything of a
violent nature. A member of tho organiza
tion may once in a while
COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
□We cannot help that, it is a matter beyond
our control, because, when men feel that
they have endured wrong, there is no law
which can properly restrain them.
The Chairman— I understand that the
Knights of Labor as an organization do pro
tect labor, not only on railroads, but also in
mines and factories?
Mr. Powderly— We attempt to do that. Our
association is Intended to bj an educational
one. We aim at having our members study
the conditions by which they are surrounded,
not only their own conditions, but those of the
men for whom they*work.
Mr. Bickman — order to pave the way to
intelligent action?
Mr. Powdcrly— Yes, sir. I have claimed
that It is no more than right for both to meet
on equal terms and have a thorough under
standing of the wants of each other, and it
seems to me that until they do that they
cannot fix up their differences.
Mr. Powderly then went on to explain
the objects of the organization and stated
that when he stated that they were willing
to meet their contestants before the courts
he spoke fairly and, truthfully. He thought
that when any man, whether a private citi
zen or a Knight ot Labor, violated the
LAW OF THE LAND
he should be punished for it He also con
sidered that the man who violated the law,
whether he was worth millions, should
suffer the same as the poor man. In an
swer to a question Mr. Powderly
said he would be able dur
ing the sitting of the committee to
give his views on the question of the rem
edy for the many. Continuing his story of
the abuses Mr. Powderly said that he had
been told that along the Iron Mountain and
along other Texas roads the superintendent
and foremen were interested in company
stores, at which* the men were compelled to
deal, not being told in so many words that
they must do so. bnt being reminded that it
was to their interest to do so. In these
places double prices were charged and if a
man uttered a word of complaint he was
discharged. On some of the roads, too.
convicts were brought from the penitentia
ries and that striped suits were thus to be
seen along side honest labor. All these
things Mr. Powderly claimed were suscep
tible of proof. He stated also that the men
asked for redress in these particulars time
and time again, but without avail, the gen
eral superintendent of the Missouri Pacific
refusing to agree to a conference. He then
went into an explanation of the aims and
objects of the Knights of Labor, claiming
that they were to settle all disputes by ar
bitration and reconciliation and in short to
bring labor and capital into closer relations.
The committee then adjourned.
KANSAS USD GRABS.
Ex-Got. Crawford I rjrrs the Presi
dent to Up«»et Steals.
Special to tbe Globe.
Washington, April 20. — Ex-Gov. Craw
ford of Kansas, who is here trying to get
an adjustment of the quarrels of his state
with the railroad companies, regarding laud
in Kansas claimed by those companies, in a
long letter to President Cleveland on land
grabbers and grabbing says:
The work of adjustment now commenced
by Commissioner Sparks, if carried to com
pletion, will bring to light at least some of
the outrageous frauds, and it is to be hoped
to th-« bar of justice. the perpetrators of such
frauds. But the adjustment now com
menced will not, in my opinion, be carried to
completion unless you and tbo secretary of
the interior stand flnnlv by the commissioner
until the work Is finished. The combined
power and influence of these companies which
have obtained and are now try in* to bold
millions of acres of land not lawfully belong
ing to them, supported as they are by leading
newspapers throughout the country, by in
fluential members In both bouses of congress,
by prominent men in both political parties
and by strong personal friends of those* in av
thority.are a power which no ordinary man can
resist. That the present administration will
prove Itself equal to the emergency is the
prayer of many homeless people. The rail
road companies are fearful that it may. The
people of this country believe that it will. A
grander work than the
ADJUSTMENT OP THESE GRANTS
and the undoing of other land frauds which
have been perpetrated on a gigantic scale,
has never before been undertaken in the his
tory of this government, and, if successful,
it will not only redound to your honor and the
honor of your administration, but It will
desire ale the end of a dark period and the
beginning of an era of respect for the law.
but, if unsuccessful, God only knows where
the end will be. These lawless creatures have
gone - on uninterruptedly from year
to year plying their peculiar methods In
a ; shameful manner . upon legislative
leaders, public officers and inferior courts,
until they have acquired an utter contempt
for the . law. Whenever it is possible they
defy the law and rely upon their corporate
privileges and purchasing power to screen
them from its penalties. That such a state
of things cannot long continue without im
parting to others the same lawless spirit and
corrupting Influence is as true as the light of
day. To you and your administration, Mr.
President, the country must look for relief.
You have it In your power to scatter these
organized bands of public robbers and teach
them that the law is supreme. That you will
find occasion to exercise that power before
the end is reached In the adjustment of these
grants I have not the slightest doubt."
Rejected the Treaty*
; Washington, April 20.— senate in
executive session rejected the proposed
treaty to reopen the Wiel and Laßra claims
against Mexico. The vote was 83 yeas to
26 nays, being less than two- thirds neces
sary for its ratification. Proceeding to the
n*Unriar of confirmations a considerable
number of cases were disposed of. Among
the confirmed Is Mr. Zach Montgomery, to
be assistant attorney general for the Interior
deportment ,
TEJUHEMEK'S SENATOR.
Interesting Sketch of Mr. Jackson's
Successor.
Special to the Globe.
\\ ashinotox, April 90.— Whit
tborne, the newly-appointed senator from
Tennessee, spent a good deal of time in
Washington last summer and In the early
spring. He was a candidate for office under
tills administration. lie had served twelve
years in congress and had performed a
most important work as the chairman of
the investigating committee of the
house, which brought to light and estab
lished officially the frauds of Kobeson's naval
management. Mr. Whitthome would have'
liked the position of fourth auditor of the
treasury. This official audits the accounts
of the navy department Mr. Whitthorne,
through his long experience as an investi
gator, understood thoroughly every branch
of the business of that department. He
knew the names and faces of every one of
the swindling contractors who had grown
fat upon the dishonest management of the .
navy, and would have been invaluable In
that position. There was some delay In
appointing Mr. Whitthorne and he became
indignant, lie said that he was not here
as au applicant for an ortice. He thought
the advantage would have been with the
administration in securing his services. He
was cold-shouldered and rebuffed. His
friends were told that a younger man was
needed. Mr. Whitthorne went home dis
couraged with the administration of his
party at Washington. His return here as a
United States senator will give him an op
portunity, for a
BRIEF PERIOD AT LKAST, .
to show the administration people that he
is a man entitled to special consideration.
His appointment as a senator is a severe blow
to the aspirations of Mr. Porter, the assist
ant secretary of state, who Is himself a can
didate for the senate. Ho and Whitthorne
are enemies. It will be remembered that
Mr. Whitthorne last summer bad a very
severe correspondence with the assistant
secretary on account of certain reflections
made by Mr. Porter in an interview
published in Memphis. Mr. Whitthorne
challenged Mr. Porter to fight a duel, but
the latter declined, whereupon Mr. Whitt
horne proclaimed Porter to be a coward.
The new senator is a man of medium
height and well-rounded figure. His coun
tenance is one indicating shrewdness and
ability. His forehead is broad, but low,
overshadowed by thick Iron gray hair; his
eyes keen and of very Intense blue;
his nose a drooping aquiline; bis
cheek-bones high. the lower part
of his face sunken and angular.
He wears a gray mustache and chin whis
kers. He uses nearly halt a pound of to
bacco a day. He is a man of uncomprom
ising honesty. He holds -Electric stock
to a very small amount, which he pur
chased, as did Senator Vest His careless
ness of dress is such that his friends told
him it stood in his way to getting a cabinet
position.
HOUSE PKUCkJtSISGS. '
A Number of Bills Ucnorted Back—
Hirers and Harbors*
Washington, April 20.— 1n the house
to-day Mr. Mills of Texas, reported a joint
resolution to give notice to terminate the
convention of June 3, 1875. with the king
of the Hawaiian Islands. Referred to the
committee of the whole, Mr. Breckinridge
of Kentucky tiling a minority report Bills
were then reported back from various com
mittees as follows: Fixing the salaries of
United States judges at S5.000; to regulate
the commercial sales of goods by sample
price-lists between resident* of the several
states and territories; to create the office of
assistant Indian affairs commissioner; to
provide for- the study of the nature of
alcoholic drinks and narcotics and their
effects upon the human system, in the mil
itary and naval academies, the Indian and
public schools of the territories and of the
District of Columbia; to amend the statutes
so as to give honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors a preference in public appoint
ments; to extend the laws of the United
States over the Indian territory. In the
morning hour the house resumed the con
sideration of the joint resolution for the
appointment of a • commission to inquire
into and report upon the condition of the
Indians. After an unsuccessful attempt to
secure action on the measure, its further
consideration was postponed until May 15.
The house then went Into committee of the
whole on the river and harbor appropriation
bill. Easy progress was made, and when
the committee rose the house adjourned.
Another Bond Call.
Washington, April 20. — The secretary
of the treasury to-day issued a call of 3
per cent bonds issued under the act of
congress approved July 13, 18S3, and num
bered as follows: i
Fifty dollar*, original number 271 to origi
nal number 274, both Inclusive: $100, original
number 2007 to original number 2018. both In
clusive; original number 9917 to original num
ber 9921, both Inclusive; $500, original num
ber 908 to original number 921. both inclusive,
and original number 4219 to original number
i.is.l, both inclusive: $1,000. original number
7336 to original number 7659, both inclusive,
and original number 23712 to original number
24712, both inclusive; $10,000, original num
ber 13625 to original number 14596, both In
clusive. Total. $10,000.000.
A Short Seuatorlal Session.
Washington, April 20.— 1n the senate
to-day Mr. Gibson gave notice of his inten
tion to ask consent to-morrow morning to
make some remarks on the subject of open
executive sessions. The senate then on
motion of Mr. Frye went into executive
session and when the doors reopened ad
journed.
Washington Waifs.
Brig. Gen. Potter will shortly be assigned
to the command of tbc department of the
Missouri, vice- Brig. Gen. Miles, transferred
to the department of Arizona. Brig. Gen.
Kuger Is to be assigned to the department of
Dakota, with headquarters at Ft. Snelllng.
vice Moj. Gen. Terry, placed in command of
the department or the Missouri.
Senator Logan has reintroducad In the sen
ate hi* bill to increase the efficiency of the
army, with the sections stricken out which
provide for the number of men, relating to
the pay of chaplains and authorizing commis
sioned officers to make deposits of money with
the army paymasters.
The officers of the Seventh regiment called
upon President Cleveland yesterday, and
while at the White house presented Capt.
Abraham of Company G with a handsome
diamond-mounted cross or honor, In token of
bis twenty-five years' service with the regi
ment.
The bouse committee on foreign affairs has
agreed to report favorably the Beloiont Chi
nese Indemnity resolution and tho Morrow
Chinese bill.
The secretary of the treasury yesterday
afternoon issued a call for $10,000,000 3 per
cent bonds. The call will mature June 1.
Secretary Lamar returned yesterday from
his Southern trip much Improved in health,
and attended the cabinet meeting at noon.
Telegraphic Trifles.
Traffic on the Canadian Pacific la impeded
by floods in the neighborhood of Lake Neip
slng. Since Friday no trains have reached
Ottawa from Winnipeg.
Hon. Cheng Yen Woon, the new minister
appointed to represent the Chinese govern
ment In this country, arrived in Chicago yes
terday morning on his way to Washington.
His embassy consists of the minister and bis
suite of thirty-nine people, in which there
are no women. The embassy will remain la
the city until this afternoon.
The first day's sale of seats for the season
of the May musical festival, at Cincinuati,
brought $9,924, or which $3,494 represents
the premium upon the 643 seats sold. The
average premium li $543. In 1384 when the
tickets sold for $12 (they are now $10 each)
the total soles first day were $7,2B2,premiums
233, number of seats sold 437. The highest
premium paid to-day was $10. The sale will
be continued to-morrow. The association is
much gratified with to-day's result
W. C. N. Carr died on Saturday at Ashland,
MU.. from a stroke of paralysis, aged 89
years. He was minister to Constantinople
during the administrations of President* Polk
and Tyler.
Mr. Charles Crocker, the well-known Cauv
foruia capitalist, was thrown from bis wagon
while driving in New York yesterday after
noon, and severely though not fatally Injured.
He was cared for at the Manhattan hospital,
and will be taken to his home to-day.
Safford & Sargent, dealers In hides and
leather at Boston, made an assignmentyes
terdar. The liabilities are $200,000, and it is
hoped that the assets will equal that amount.
The cause of the failure is dullness In trade.
GUBERNATORIAL GUFF.
Illinois' Executive Points Oat tbe Folly
of otrikefl, ani Draws Harrowing
Picture.
Switohmen Confer With Chicago's Sheriff
With a Possibility That Peaca
May Result.
Augusta Cotton Manufacturers Re
fuse to Uecoßnlze the Kuiglits of
of .Labor.
Mllltla to Remain at St. I.ouls--A
Voluntary Advanced-Indus
trial Items.
Scaring: the Strikers.
Chicago. April 20. — Gov. Oglesby
visited the scene of the Lake Shore strike
this afternoon in person. lie arrived at
Forty-first street on a special train at 8:85
p. in. general Superintendent Wright,
Division Superintendent Anisden, Yard
master Jones and General Freight Agent
Blodgett and other officials were on the
traid. The governor got on the platform
and wa9 soon surrounded by a crowd of
400 men. He advised the men to p.eserve
the peace and endeavor to have their wages
adjusted in a more quiet way. He said
that strikes were futile to effect any per
manent change in the condition of affairs.
lie reminded them that the government
was organized by workingmen to
protect property and lives and it
would use force If necessary to effect
that puri>ose. He further said that
he was the instrument of the state to use
that power, and while he deplored a neces
sity that would compel him to call out the
militia, yet it might be his duty, and if it
was his duty he would certainly do so. He
teen went on to picture the scenes of blood
shed which would follow such action and
called on the men to avoid the loss of a
single life by using a little forbearance and
returning to their work. Gov. Oglesby's
speech was not received favorably at first,
the crowd interrupting by such cries as:
"You're wrong there. Uncle Dick; that
aint what we're driving at."
But when the governor had finished the
crowd broke into lone and hearty cheers
which were kept up until the train was
pulled away. During the speech engine
No. 119 steamed out from the round house,
but after a conversation with the strikers
the engineer took it back again.
Hilitia still on Duty.
Springfield, 111., April 20.— Order
having been restored at East St. Louis it
has been decided to reduce the militia on
duty there as soon as practicable by the
withdrawal of as many companies as can
be spared, retaining a sufficient force to in
sure protection of the operations on the
railroads. None ot the companies will be
kept on duty for an unreasonable time, but
each will be relieved from time to time by
fresh forces so as to divide the labor. This
is made possible by the agreement of the
managers of the various roads centering at
East St. Louis to transport relief companies
free of expense to the state, otherwise it
should not be done. This policy would
seem to indicate that it is intended to keep
a military force on duty at East St. Louis
until it is demonstrated that there is no
liklinood of a recurrence of the outbreak.
All the companies of the Sixth regiment.
Illinois National guard, have been ordered
to be in readiness for a sudden call tor
service, either to reinforce troops now on
the ground or relieve them so as to divide
the time.
SAW THE SHERIFF.
Lake Shore Switchmen Talk With
the Authorities.
Chicago, April 20.— A conference last-
Ing over an hour and a half was held this
evening between the executive committee
of the switchmen's union, consisting of
three persons, and Sheriff Hanchett. The
committee stated in full detail their side of
the case, and endeavored to show the
sheriff that there was no reason why he
should side with the railroad authorities, or
take active measures to assist the railroad
company in the moving of their trains.
The sheriff, on his part, suggested measures
toward a compromise, but nothing on that
line was definitely settled, excepting that it
was agreed that the sheriff should see the
railroad officials to-morrow with a view of
arriving at some basis for a settlement of
the difficulties. The sheriff says he was
very much pleased with the conduct of the
committee who conferred with him, but
he felt unable to give any opinion as to
whether his conference "with the railroad
officials will be likely or not to result in a
final settlement ot the strike. He was
asked whether or not he would relieve the
town of Lake authorities to-morrow from
the protection of raiiroad property, and
answered positively that he would not do so
under the present circumstances, but did
not know what he might do should circum
stances seem to justify it after to-morrow.
Gov. Oglesby to-night said:
The only understanding arrived at thus
far is to leave the work of preserving the
peace in the hands of the sheriff and the po
lice authorities of Chicago and the town of
Lake. From what I have seen 1 am of the
opinion that the strikers and tbeir sympa
thizers can be controlled by the civil process.
The railroad officials will to-morrow. I sup
pose, try again to raise the blockade. In any
event I shall remain in the city uutil to-mor
row night, at least.
Trouble in SigJitat Auiriuita.
Augusta. Ga., April 20. — Two -weeks
aeo the executive committee of the Knights
of Labor presented a petition to the presi
dents of the cotton mills setting forth cer
tain concessions which they would like to
have made, including a submission of
charges to the board before the discharge
of any Knight of Labor, also an advance
of 15 per cent, in wages. There are eight
mills, employing about 3.000 hands, most
of whom aie Knights. The presidents to
d;iv issued a circular to their employes, en
tirely ignoring the Knights, in which they
say among others things:
We decline most p >sitively to recognize any
outside interference between our employes
and ourselves. Wo are always prepared to
confer with you as employes, but in no other
capacity, upon all subjects of common in
t^r.-t. We recognize that the rate of wages
is a fair subject of agreement betwoen em
ployer and employe and that the right to work
or quit working for anybody beloags to every
person who is not a convict or slave, and the
right to employ or not to employ another Is
absolute and incontestable. These rights can
only be limited by the parties themselves. We
shall, therefore, be glad to receive and fairly
consider any communication from our em
ployes as such, but we will not allow any out
side parties to manure our i.ffairs.
The Knights met to-night and decided to
notify the presidents that they would only
treat through their executive board.
Struck For a Single Session.
Boston, April 20.— Sixty pupils of the
South Boston public schools struck yester
day for a single session. They marched in
procession to the city proper, where they
tried to persuade the scholars of other
schools to join them. Failing in this they
returned to South Boston, where they had
several banners painted. This morning they
again assembled, and standing in line
across the street, prevented other boys from
entering the school house. They were
dispersed by the police, but met an hour
later and, with flags and banners flying.
marched to the Seminary and Brimmer
schools singing and yelling. Before dispers
ing they opened the windows of the Brim
mer schools and threw stones at Mr. Mason,
the assistant teacher.
Furnaces Banked.
EABTON. Pa., April 20.— The furnace
men employed at the Coleraine iron works
at Reddlngton struck last Saturday for an
advance of wages and were joined yesterday
by all the laboring men at the works. The
superintendent refused to grant the demand
and ordered the furnaces "banked." All
the single men were Daid off this morning
and discharged. The married employes
were told that they would be served in the
same way as soon as they removed from
the company's houses.
Action at Albany.
Albaity, N. V., April 20.— A resolution
was introduced in the state senate to-day
providing that whan in cases of tie-uus
there is danger of loss of life and property
from the running of street care, companies
so tied up may refrain from operating their
lines without forfeiting their charters. In
the assembly the bills forfeiting the fran
chise of the Broadway surface railroad were
discussed nt great length and considerable
bitter feeling, was shown. No action was
taken. .' : ;v'*iii
GETTING TOGETHER.
New York Street Car Striker* and
Employers Kegiiiin? 10 Arree.
New Yobk, April 20.— The state rail
way commissioners were in conference in re
lation to the Third avenue employes and
their demands. About 5 o'clock Mr. Lau
terbach, counsel for the Third avenue line,
joined the commissioners and the strikers'
committee. One of the latter stated that
the men were anxious to have the
strike settled at once. Mj. Lauterbach said
his company would arbitrate hours or
wages, but would not consent to arbitration
on the question ot discharging men now in
the employ of the road. There was so little
chance of settlement then that the confer
ence was closed, with the understanding
that it should be renewed later in the even
ing. Agreeable to this understanding the
parties went into session at 8:30 p. in. The
conference, however, excluded the strike
committee, and Mr. Lauterbach alone con
ferred with the commissioners until 10
o'clock. He then left the commissioners
and stated that the matter rested where it
had all day. He added: . ' .: :
"We refuse to discharge the 200 men we
have employed since the strike began, and we
refuse to take back any more strikers than
will complete our necessary working force.
As to hours and wages, we will meet the de
mands."
The commissioners at a late hour gave
out a statement of their efforts at settle
ment, and in it recite the attitude of both
sides as already known, and added that the
question wbetnerthe Third avenue road had
tilled its obligations to the public was a
matter for future consideration and decis
ion. After this statement had been Riven
out Mr. Lauterback and Mr. Ecclesine,
representing the company and the strikers
respectively, had a conference until mid
night. Mr. Lauterback then said that the
strikers had modified their demands to
the extent of withdrawing their proposi
tion that the eight obnoxious non-union
men should be dismissed, the company to
take back all the strikers who have not
been guilty of overt acts. This would in
volve the dismissal of the men employed
since the strike began. He was not fully
satisfied with this plan, but had promised
to give a definite answer to-morrow.
Co-Operative Stores.
Pittsburg. April 20.— Jarrett,
ex-president of the Amalgamated association
of iron and steel workers, and Andrew
Carnegie, the millionaire ironmaster, have
in contemplation the organization of an im
mense co-operative store and bank. The
stock is to be taken by members of labor
organizations exclusively, and no person
will be permitted to have more than S2OO
worth of the stock. If the scheme is suc
cessful stores will be started in a number of
cities in different parts of the country.
A Voluntary Advance.
Mt. Pleasant, Pa., April 20. -This even
ing the coke syndicate caused to be posted
thoughout the Connellsville region a notice
voluntarily advancing wages of the miners
and coke drawers from 5 to 16 per cent
arter May 1. The increase affects all of the
10.000 men who took part in the recent
successful strike.
Industrial Items.
The miners of Luzerne. Lackawanna and
Lehigh counties, Pennsylvania, are forming
an organization known as the Miner's Protec
tive association. Numerically it is strong and
rapidly increasing-. It is the intention on May
1 to insist on the enforcement of the eight
hour law. They also ask that wages remain
the same. There is every probability of a
long and disastrous lockout if the demandi
are not granted.
The switchmen employed in the yards ol
the Rock Island road at Rock Island,
111., on Monday made a verbal requesi
of Yardmaster Raines for an advance of 1C
per cent. They have not yet made any de
mand in writing, to be forwarded to the gen
eral superintendent, and no ill feeling exists
apparently.
A good many New England textile manu
facturers are improving their plants, putting
in new machinery, buying stock, taking
orders and preparing for a big fall produc
tion. Several now knitting, mills are projected
in New York, in spite of the complaints of no
profit.
The Cleveland bricklayers employed by the
Standard Oil company have advanced wages
from 3.25 to $3.50 per day, and have reduced
the hours of labor from ten to nine hours. In
Cincinnati most of the organizations have re
solved to work only eight hours.
The committee at New York to determine
from mouth to month the output of anthra
cite coal, decided yesterday that the produc
tion for May should be 2,000,000 tons. This is
a smaller amount than was expected.
None of the Lake Shore switchmen at To
ledo have struck yet, but »hey frankly avow
their determination to go out in a body the
moment orders are received, which may come
any instant.
The employes of James Irving & Sons, ex
tensive cotton mills at Irvington, have struck
for an advance of wages. The firm refuse to
accede to the demands and the mills have
been closed. . •
Next week the work of organization among
the Knights begins. Several hundred new
assemblies are waiting for the expiration of
the forty days' suspension.
One of the deputy sheriffs who was hurt
while guarding Iron Mountain property at
Little Rock, has received a check for $500
from Jay Gould.
Glass manufacturers at Pittsburg report a
boom in domestic glassware caused by the
great strike in Belgium, which, they claim,
has curtailed the foreign production fully 50
per cent.
According to the statements of officers of
the Southwestern roads, the strike in and
around St. 'Louis is gradually losing its effect,
Rock Island railroad switchmen are now
said to be preparing for a strike in the event
of non-discharge of non-unionists.
Another appeal has been issued to the
Knights of Labor, trades unions and others
asking aid for the strikers.
* A couple more sentries have been fired at
while patrolling railroad yards In East St.
Louis.
Colored assemblies of Knights of Labor are
being organized in Arkansas and Texas.
The journeymen tailors of Lynchburg, Va>,
have struck for higher wages.
Foreign Flashes.
Count Herbert Bismarck presided over a
meeting of delegates of the powers at Berlin
yesterday, to conclude the business pertain
ing to the formation of the Congo free state.
All the powers but the United States -were
represented. The meeting drew up a proto
col recording and ratifying the Congo treaty,
The town of Llstowel, County Kerry, Ire
land, is placarded with notices of a boycott
against Lord Ormathwaite. The boycot\
orders the tenants on Lord Ormathwaite'i
property to resign their holdings within a
week.
The Queen will open the Indian and cole*
nial exhibition on May 4. A special poem
written by Tennyson will be recited, and Si*
Arthur Sullivan will conduct the music which
has been composed for the occasion.
The work of relief at Stry, Austria, is going
on very slowly. There are 7,000 homeless
persons encamped la the fields without food.
A heavy snow storm raged all last night.
Peasants are plundering the town unchecked.
The mills of Broden & Co., corn merchants,
maize crushers, cattle feed, oil cake, etc.,
manufacturers. Whites Grounds, London, S.
E., were destroyed by . fire to-day. The loss
is $250,000.
The Land Department association, limited,
of No. 6, Great Winchester street, E. C,
London, has failed, with liabilities amounting
to 500,000.
Prince Bismarck's saw mills, on his
estate at Fredorichsruhe, have been destroyed
by fire, involving a loss of $25,000.
Abbe Liszt left London to-day for the conti
nent. A large crowd assembled at the rail
way station to bid him farewell.
Another of the wolf-bitten Russian mujiks,
under treatment by Pasteur of Paris, has
died of hydrophobia.
Tho Duke De Castries, the well-known
sporting patron and brother-in-law of Marshal
MacMabon, is dead.
The crown prince, Frederick Wiilium, has
fully recovered from his attack of measles. "
Cowboys to Join the Strike.
Estelline (Dak.) Bell.
It is reported that the cowboys of 'Western
Dakota will Join tbe general strike. When
they do any man being appointed a deputy
sheriff to help arrest them can send his ad
dress to the leader and one of the boys will
M detailed to go around and shoot him at his
own residence. No publicity. Death guar
anteed In every case.
Ex-Mayor Julian 9. Rums'ey of Chicago is
dead. • . : = • , ■