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VOL. re. THE GAT DRTJMMEES. "Being Snow Bound at Aberdeen They Get Lot. of Fun Out of the Situation. They Organize a Blizzard Club, Banquet Gor. Church and Give the Girls a Dance. . A Growing Impression That the Dead lies Moines Merchant Was f7i':7 Self-Slain. The Dakota Legislature—Anarchists at Omaha —An Alderman in Trouble. Special to the Globe. Aberdeen, Dak., Feb. 14.—Over sixty commercial travelers who have been block aded here the past few ' days organized a Blizzard club to-day. and Gov. Church be ing in the city, also blockaded, he was given a grand banquet by the. club at the Sherman house at 1:30 this afternoon. Over 100 members and invited guests partook of the banquet. The toasts were as follows: "Dakota," Gov. L. K. Church; "Commer cial 'travelers."" L. G.Johnson; "Dakota .Newspapers."' John H. Drake; "Our Hon ored Guests." Gen. X. H. Harris. This afternoon invitations were given by the club, and a grand ball took place this even ing. This is the pleasant side of Dakota blizzards. The snow-blockade parade of the commercial men, headed by a band, showed over seventy-five travelers present to the roll call of the blockaded workers for Dakota's prosperity. Gov. Church leaves during to-night over the Milwaukee road for Bismarck. WAS lie S-_I.F-S_.AIN? The Mystery Surrounding the Death of a De. Moines merchant Still Un solved. Special to the Globe. Dcs Moines, la., Feb. 14. —The coron er's jury is still engaged in solving the mys tery which surrounds the death of E. S. Todd, whose body was found in the re frigerator of his commission house, and while no verdict has been announced, there is little doubt the conclusion will be death by suicide, induced, it is supposed, by financial embarrassment. A few days ago one of the mercantile agencies in the city received several inquiries from outside par ties asking for information regarding Todd's standing, saying that they had presented heavy accounts and he had asked for an extension of time. A representative of the agency called UDon him and he denied hav ing asked an extension, and appeared nervous and undecided. Last week he was talking with the officials of the lowa Lan and Trust company with the avowed intention of securing a loan. A draft for §2,500 came to one of the local banks a few days ago. and is said to be here still. The Dcs Moines National bank holds a draft against him, but refuses to divulge the amount. Several other banks are said to hold drafts, but are very reti cent. Todd's life is said to be insured for §17,500, 510,000 of which has been placed as follows: Merchants' Life. $2,550; Woodman. S3,000; A. O. U. W., 82,000; Knights of Honor, §2,000; Mutual, of Pennsylvania, £1,000. Chattel mortgages tvere to-day filed by Mrs. E. S. Todd in favor of the Valley National bank for 540, --172, and Caroline Judd for 50,000. DAKOTA LEG!.' ATCRR. Doings at Yesterday* Session--.. Bill co Tax Ka-lroads--The Court Uemoval War. special to the Globe. Bismarck, Dak., Feb. 14.— was ex pected that Matthews' division bill, that cut such a figure in the proceedings of the council Saturday, would be put on its pass age without argument to-day and put through, but instead it was postponed until next Monday. This was done in anticipation of amending the local option bill that passed the house, so that an elec tion on both questions could be held the same day aud the division bill would get the benefit of the temperance vote. The Dill legalizing the election at Sioux Falls passed to-day, and will be sent to Acting Gov. McCorniack to-morrow, probably, lor his approval. The following bills were intro duced: C. H. Sheldon, a bill for an act to amend section 378 or chapter 15 of code 3, civil pro ceedure. entitled "Costs and disbursements in civil actions." Mr. McCumbur, a bill for an act to amend section 407, article 3, chapter 33, civil code, relutinar to co-operation. Mr. Lawler, a bill tor au act to provide funds for the construction and liuishiug of the neces sary buildings for Dakota reform school at Plankinton, Dak., "and for other purposes; the appropriation asked for is $.0,000. Mr. Lanier, a bill for an act to change couuty seats that are located away from railway stations to towns on railroads by a majority vote. Mr. Cain, a joint resolution relative to the division of the territory and the admis sion of each half iuto the union. Mr. Grimsby, by request, to amend section 1, chapter 33 of the laws of 1881. Mr. Grigsby, to amend section 413, code 3, civil procedure, and chap ter 13, session laws of 1.T., relating- to ap peals to supreme court. THE HOUSE. It was exceedingly quiet in the house and an unusually early adjournment was taken. The vote taken on the bill providing for the office of territorial statistician, taken last week, was reconsidered, and liouse bill GO, an act providing for the assessment and taxation of the property of telegraph com panies, was passed. The bill was introduced by Mr. Hawk and is an important measure. The bill abolishing the office of commissioner of emigration was reported favorably by the committee on territorial affairs. Tom Elliott's railroad bill, which was made a special order for this afternoon at :i o'clock, was post poned till to-morrow at the same hour, in consequence of the neglect of the printer lo furnish amended copies of the bill to the members as ordered. Then, too, Tom wanted McDonnell present to vote on the measure. He will be here to morrow. The following bills were intro duced: Mr. Harkins, an act to provide funds for the purchase of au experimental farm. Mr. Fletcher, a bill to amend the charter of the Graton Collegiate Institute. Mr. Bedlake, an act to regulate attorneys' fees in case of fore closure of chattel mortgage by advertise ments. Mr. Bedlake. a bill for an act for the establishment of free libraries and reading rooms in cities, villages and townships in the territory of Dakota. Mr. Aikeus. a bill for an act to prevent the spread of infectious dis eases among domestic animals. A RAILROAD BILE. Berry, of Clark, a representative of the farming element, has introduced a bill in the house that is liable to create consider able argument pro and con. and if it gets through both houses it will be obliged to run a gauntlet of sharp-edged railroad lobbyists. The bill provides for the taxation of th. property of railroad companies on the basis that other property is taxed. "Mr. Berry says lie is hot a crank on the sub ject, but he thinks railroad companies should pay taxes on property owned by them in the territory as well as farmers ana other property holders. The bill is now in the hands of the railroad committee, who have it under consideration, and will proba bly report it with amendments before the week is finished. The measure has inter ested the committee so deeply that the opinion of Attorney General Engle on various points of law embodied in it • was asked for and he yesterday submitted his opinion 'which was in substance as fol lows:,- '.:■:' . , Under the existing laws of this territory a per centum of gross earnings of each railroad is made parable to the territorial treasurer Id lieu of all other taxation, and, therefore, nil railways paying this per centum are not subject to any other taxation. ;An act of ***** ' - -- ■ • .-^ig^gggff* fc <^_^-^>w--^^ -'■.-... congress, grantiug lands to aid in the con struction of a railroad line from Lake Supe rior to Puget sound on the Pacific coast, by the northern route,, exempts from taxation the right of way of the Northern Pacific rail way 400 feet wide, With the track and neces sary grounds for station buildings, etc. lam not aware of any. law exempting other rail road property in the territory from taxation. Mr. Berry says they will be obliged,- of course, to exempt the right of way and property mentioned in the act of congress of the Northern Pacific Railroad company, but he thinks other roads who are not thus protected should pay, and he proposes to make them, if possible, lt is hard to get an expression of a majority of the legisla ture on this bill, but in the house the farmer element prevails, and with one ;or two slightly modifying amendments it will probably pass that body. But there is a council, and it is quite likely the bill will get badly cut up in its hands, and may never show up after reaching it. THE MITCHELL COURT BILL. Smith, of Yankton, threw the council into a state of ebullition this afternoon by moving that the Mitchell court removal bill be taken from the hands of the judiciary committee and given to the house for con sideration. The bill which was introduced into the house two weeks ago, and which was worked through in diplomatic style by Bentzer, provides that the .United States court shall be removed from Yankton to Mitchell and the judiciary com mittee of the council has held. on to it this time without making a move that indicated they even intended to report it. The Yankton champions got tired of this proscrastination, and concluded to bring the committee to time, and to this end Mr. Smith's motion was made to day. Alex Hughes was equal to the emergency, and he moved that consideration of the bill be indefinitely postponed. It looked as though the council would be bathed in gore before the question was settled. Grigsby charged the judiciary committee with holding important bills back of . the order in which they were presented for the purpose of legislation, and hinted that the bill in question was being used so in order to build a combination. It is fair to assume that Mr. Grigsby entertains no very great affection for Mitzer and Sullivan for the bull-dog pertinacity with which they fought against the house passing the Sioux Falls bills over the veto of Acting Governor Mc- Cormack, and although he was a member of the judiciary committee he hammered Dodge and Hughes for neglecting to attend to business in its regular order, and stood by Smith in his motion. If the bill could have been brought before the council to-day it would have died a sudden death, for the forces had been concentrated against it 11 to 8. A vote was taken on Hughes' motion to indefinitely postpone consideration of the bill, and it was lost. A vote was then taken on the original motion made by Smith, and it passed on a vote of 10 to 9. Consequently the bill will be reported to the house to morrow, and unless its champions can by some combination strengthen their forces in the meantime it will be placed on its passage Wednesday and will go under on a vote of 1. to 11. Iv connec tion with this bill it may be well to outline two or three combinations that we now have in course of construction which, if everything works smoothly, will result in benefiting Bismarck materially. In case Mitchell fails to get the United States court from Yankton, Redfield is putting in a bid for it, and it is claimed that rather than have Yankton retain the court the Mitchell forces will combine with the North and Redfield faction and remove the court to the latter place. There is another question of considerable importance before the legislature, in which the supreme court is the bone of contention. A bill has been introduced in the Louse providing for the removal or the supreme court from Yank ton to Sioux Falls, and the doing away of j the supreme court at Deadwood." This bill has raised the hair of the Deadwood people and they swear if the Sioux Falls gang don't draw off they will go into a combination with the Noith and pass a bill abolishing the supreme court at Yankton, and give Bismarck the only term. Bismarck is working to this end. but it is claimed she has an eye also on the United States court at Yankton. There is a great deal of- ear pulling at the Sheridan house nowadays, and it is hard just at present to tell how the matter will culminate. Tee Aitch. ■ An Anarchist Plot. Omaha, Neb. Feb. 14.—There is a marked activity in the movement of the anarchist associations of this city, which has culminated in a plot which has just been exposed, to murder J. A. Hospodsky, the editor of a Bohemian paper, and Frank J. Kasper. Wednesday night last, it has been disclosed, seven anarchists went to Hospodsky's house for the purpose of kill ing him. He was absent and thus escaped. He has since been served with a notice to leave the city on pain of death, and has ap pealed for police protection. Pierre Fears a. Flood. Special to the Giobe. Pierre, Dak., Feb. 14.—The first east ern mail in the last, six nights arrived to hight, brought by the mail train which has been two days in the snow. The storm has been severe with the mercury twenty five below. It is feared that the heavy fall of snow may cause a flood on the Missouri river bottoms which would prove disastrous to cur citizens. A -Milltie* it.inner. Special to the Globe. Washington. Feb. 14.— W. E. Dodge, formerly of Owatonna, now a patent at torney here, gave a dinner last night to a number of Minnesota friends at his resi dence on Capital hill. Among those pres ent were Senator Sabin, Hon. Lewis Baker, Maj. Strait, Judge Crowed and Hon. S. G. , Anderson. Charged With Kapc. 7.YYY Special to the Globe. /.''/A'YY LaCrosse, Wis., Feb. 14.— "Jacob : Halm was arrested to-day on a charge" of rape, made by Mrs. Theodore Mott. The a'leged offense was committed Thursday night last, while Mr. Mott was absent from home. The examination will not take place until a week from Saturday next. A Church Burned. Special to the Globe. Fairchilh. Wis., Feb. 14.— Roman Catholic church, three miles from this place, was burned last evening. The loss on building and contents was 52,500; in surance, SI,OOO. The origin of the fire is unknown. Held, to .tail. Special to the Globe. Moor__EAD, Feb. 14.—The examination of John and George Bolton, accused of cutting timber on government land, took place this afternoon. They were held in 32,000 to appear before the district court at Winona in June. Nominations. Washington, Feb. 14.—The president sent the following nominations to the sen ate: Receiver of public moneys,Everett B. Lande, of Elroy, Wis., at Wausau, Wis. Postmaster, St. Charles, Minn., Hiram W. Hill. ; ■ Died wff Suffocation. Special to the Globe. Lancaster. Wis., Feb. 14.—One of the inmates of the Grant county insane asylum, named Catherine Murray, died this morn ing from suffocation from the smoke of yes-; terday's fire. Burned to Death. Special to the Globe. Bp.eckeniiidge, Minn.. Feb. 14.—Chas. Miller's house, in ■ McCauleysville, on the river, burned last night. Miller and family barely escaped. The hired man was burned to death. . Additional North _vc_>t News on the F urih Vtkge. ST. PAUL, TUESDAY MORInTNG, FEBRUARY 15, 1887. v WASHINGTON EVENTS. Weaver Still Making Mysterious Brags About What He Will.Do to Manning. Meanwhile the Secretary Tenders His Eesignation and Takes a Train to New York. The House Foreign Affairs Committee , V Fix "Dp a New Retaliation Measure. The Naval Sill Gets Little Show in . the Senate--Northern' .;>'"' Pacilic. Special to the Globe. "Washington, Feb. 14.—Gen. Weaver is still at work on the impeachment of Secre tary Mann ing. the latter's resignation will save him from action in the house, un less he obeys the law or resigns. Nothing new can be learned in regard to the disputed point about the. reissue of Si and 8. cieen backs. The treasury officials emphatically deny that any instructions have been re ceived from the White house in the matter. Treasurer Jordan said to-day that there had been no change made in the practice of his office in redeeming such notes. "Mem bers of congress insist that the president directed Manning to reissue the notes. Secretary Manning called at the White house this afternoon and placed his resigna tion in the hands of the president to take effect on the election and qualification of his successor. This action is taken in order to allow Mr. Manning to accept the presidency of the Western National bank of the city of New York. His letter of resignation will not be made public for some days: It is stated at the White house that no immediate appointment will be made to the office, and that Mr. Man ning will continue to act as secretary for several weeks, It is known that the presi dent parts with Mr. Manning with sincere regret and that he reluctantly consents to his withdrawal from the cabinet. Secretary Manning left Washington this afternoon for Albany via New York. He was ac companied by Mrs. Manning. Miss Man ning and Robert L. Fryer. He expects to return to Washington Friday or Saturday. THE SENATE. Debate on the Bill tor the Construc tion of _'cis New War Ships- Northern Pacific. Washington", Feb. 14.— motion of Mr. Cameron the senate took up for con sideration—37 to 17—the bill introduced and reported by him "to increase the naval establishment." An amendment was added to the second section in these words: Save that in all their parts they shall be of American manufacture. On motion of Mr. Morgan a section was added requiring the construction of three of the vessels on the Pacific coast, three on the Gulf of Mexico and four on the Atlantic coast. Mr. Van Wyck inquired whether provision was made in the bill for war ves sels on the lakes. Mr. Hale. chairman of the committee on naval affairs, replied that the companion bill, which he would call up at au eaiiyday, covered the futures of flotilla batteries on rafts for harbor defenses, torpedo boats and other appliances, and also of light draught gunboats for use on the Western lakes. Mr. Butler, a member of the committee on naval affairs, suggested to Mr. Hale that he would be safe in adding that both bills (Cameron's and Hale's) had t!l°.,-_.„..,-_. _iV ' .'NANIMOUS SANCTION' of the committee on naval affairs. Mr. Van Wyck made a calculation that the ag gregate amount appropriated in these bills, and in the twin ordnance bills recently passed, would reach $11,000,000. Mr. Hale said that even if they did their ex penditure would range through a period of from three to six years, and, therefore, would only interfere to that extent with that treasury surplus. Mr. Van Wyck remarked that the surplus was problematical. It was extremely doubtful if there would be any surplus for the coining year. He agreed, however, with a remark made by the sena tor from Kansas (Mr. Plumb) that there was no danger of this bill becoming a law. He presumed that it was not introduced and reported with the expectation, hope or desire that it would become a law. The people were not complaining of there being a few million dollars in the treasury, but they were complaining of high taxes. The object of these bills was to give an excuse for not reducing the taxes. The object was to drain and empty the treasury, so as to be able to say that the taxes could not be re duced, and when pensions were asked for disabled and impoverished soldiers they would be told that that could not be done, because there was no money in the treasury. They were more valuable than steel ships and fortifications. They would have to. be niggardly in paying the men who had offered their bodies as bulwarks against those who sought to take the life of the na tion, because, forsooth, there would be no money in the treasury to pay them. He believed that the best way to make provi sion for the next war would be C.ENEIiOI'S PRODIGALITY, liberality of the government toward its de fenders. Mr. Iliddleberger (st member of the committee on naval affairs) said that he might be i classified as one of those who "had sought to take the life of the nation," but now, since it had become a nation, he was willing to vote the money necessary to maintain it as a nation. At 2 o'clock the presiding officer laid before the senate the unfinished business, being the Eads- Tehauntepec bill. Mr. Cameron moved to postpone that bill till to-morrow, so as to get with the naval bill. The motion was defeated."Y\ Yeas 24, nays 28. Mr. Riddle be: _er observed, "as a parting salute to the naval bill," that the vote just taken was a record to'show the American senate pre ferred V'to S take up the Eads ship railroad bill to doing that which American sentiment demanded toward the recon struction of the navy. The naval bill was laid aside. Mr. Dolph, from the confer ence committee on the senate bill restoring; to the United States certain lands granted to the Northern Pacific Railway company, reported that the committee had been un able to agree. Mr. Plumb inquired as to the cause of the "seemingly great delay" in making the conference report. Mr. Dolph thought the inquiry V V; A PERTINENT ONE, and he sent to the clerk's desk and had read a letter.written to-day by the senate con ferees to the house conferees, of which the following is an extract: Since then (Feb. 4) we have heard nothing, officially or unofficially, concerning: the mat ter, although we immediately renewed our re quest for possession of the bill so as to enable us to submit the conference report iv the senate. We cannot comprehend the cause of the delay, as we do not understand that there is any difference of opinion between the man agers on the part of the house as to what shall be done to secure the submission of the con ference report. If there is any difference of opinion upon this point please inform us: if not. kindly send the bill by the bearer, the clerk of the. committee on public hinds, or adopt such other method of transmission as you are advised is proper. Mr. Plumb stated the reason why the de lay was a proper subject of inquiry was that all the time the while question was in \ suspense the Northern Pacific Railway com pany was constructing additional sections of the road and earning lands which it. was the beneficient purpose of the bill to forfeit. He believed that at least 1,000,000 acres of j the public lands had passed from under control of V the United States. For that reason the question of delay was a very im portant one. Y-' The report was adopted and a new conference ordered, Dolph. Teller and Cociirell being reappointed on the part of the senate.;. Y_j£BtaHHnß^ir:Y.~'Y The senate then resumed consideration of the Eads bill, but adjourned without ac tion. - The Mouse. Washington, Feb. 14.— Henderson (Iowa) called up the resolution offered by him on Monday last discharging the com mittee of the whole from the further con sideration of the senate bill granting a pen sion to Mary S. Logan,and making that bill a special order for to-morrow immediately after the reading of the journal. After dis cussion the matter was laid over. . TEXAS "OUTRAGES." Ex-Gov. Ireland Tells the Facts in the Recent Troubles. St. Louis, Feb. 14.—Ex-Gov. Ireland, of Texas, accompanied by twenty-eight citizens of Washington county, Texas passed through this city on his way to Washington, where he and his companions will appear before the senate committee which will investigate the charges of elec tion outrages made against the citizens of Washington county by those Republicans who fled the county for fear of being lynched, and who claim to have been driven out by the Democrats. Ex-Gov. Ireland says that at the close of the election in Washington county, Dewees Bol ton, the son of a candidate for county com missioner, rode up -to the precinct, dis mounted and demanded admittance to the polls. He was told to come in, and unon opening the door was shot down in "his tracks by a neerro named Hill. Eight of the occupants of the room were arrested, and three of them were subsequently lynched. The others fled the country* for fear of being similarly treated, and brought the charge against the Democrats of the county that they were driven out. The ex-governor says: .". :YYYY The whole story of these men Is a pure fab rication. Every statement they have made to show that they were the objects of politi cal prosecution is absolutely false, and that they will be easy to prove it by all these wit nesses. They were not driven from the county, but left of their free will and de sire. The Retaliation Bill. Washington, Feb. 14.—The sub-com mittee of the house committee on foreign | affairs, consisting of Messrs. Belmont, Clements and Rice, to-day presented its re-1 port on the retaliation bill. A substitute < bill is recommended for the senate bill and the Belmont bill, It provides that when the president is satisfied. that American vessels are denied treaty rights or reason able privileges he may, by proclamation, prohibit the entry . into American ports of vessels owned wholly or in part by British subjects, or arriving from Canada or New foundland. Also the importation of all goods, wares or merchandise from Canada or Newfoundland, or any locomotive, car or other vehicle in violation of this provi sion is made punishable by fine and im prisonment. A section of the bill author izes the creation of a commission to take testimony with respect to the damages in flicted upon American citizens and Ameri can vessels. The substitute bill was de bated at length, but no action was taken.. Jameson Retires. Special to the Globe. Washington, Feb. 14.—C01. Vilas to day had to yield to the accumulating pres sure against Jameson, superintendent of the railway mail service, and accepted his resignation. The reason given is that Jame son has made other arrangements, which will be better for him financially. He had received no intimation from the postmaster general that his resignation would be ac cepted when he tendered it. Gen. Vilas ex pressed his approbation^ i his service and paid a high tribute '_"£"'Col.- Jameson's ability.. Mr. T. E. Nash, chief clerk of the department, has been appointed to succeed Col. Jameson. Col. .Vilas will look for another chief clerk in Wisconsin. Nash has made an excellent official and is just the man for his new place.. As chief clerk he got §2,200. He will now receive 33,500 a year. Failed to Sig--._ It. Washington, Feb. 14.—The president has allowed the act appropriating §400,000 a year to provide arms and equipments for the militia to become a law without his signature. His failure to . sign the bill within ten days is regarded as an /over sight, as he was not known to object to any of its provisions. '■[[: ■ m .*?■_' DEATH BEFORE DISGRACE. A Woman, on _iein_r Accused of In* fidelity. Takes Her Own Life. Boston, Feb. 14.— Mary Silva, who committed suicide last Saturday, was born of wealthy parents in the Azores, and about a year ago married a sailor, a Portuguese like herself, with whom she came to live in Boston. Each was about 20 years of age. The wife possessed a graceful, petite form, handsome face, jet black hair and merry blue eyes, while the husband was a fine, well educated fellow. They made their home in a house with the husband's brother. Silva's employment was on a steamer ply ing between Boston and Philadelphia,: and his trips lasted eight days each. Early last week a Portuguese, whom Mrs. Silva' had known in tier native isle, called on her sev eral times in the absence of her husband. The brother's wife viewed these visits, with suspicion and taxed her sister-in-law with infidelity to her husband. Mrs. Silva pro tested that she was innocent, and through out the evening she bemoaned her position, protesting that she would rather die than face her husband and be held up as a false wife. The fact that she was with child added to her misery. Next day she bought a box of "rough on rats," swallowed its contents and soon after died in agony, speaking of her husband in endearing terms with her last breath. I'rison Wardens to meet. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 14.C01. Fenton, of the Chicago house of correction, Warden McCloughrey, of Joliet, and Capt. Joseph Nicholson, of the Detroit house of-correc tion, have issued a call for a meeting of prison wardens to be held in this city March S. The object of the meeting is to draw a line betweon the accidental and habitual criminals. The meeting has been indorsed by seventy-two wardens from all the leading penal institutions of America,. and the result of it will have an important bearing on the care of criminals in the future. It is proposed to keep a record of every criminal in each .. institution and this will be sent to all others, thus greatly aid ing iv their management. The Lyons Flood. Lyons, Mich., ; Feb. 14.—The whole country from Lyons to Muir presents an Arctic panorama of desolation.- Many merchants have been unable to visit their stores since Thursday morning, and several who attempted it were swept down by the current and narrowly escaped death. All tho merchants lose heavily. All- the manufacturing establishments are crippled, and many buildings ruined. The ice gorge shows no signs of breaking, extending as a solid glasier five miles long and fifteen or twenty feet thick. The loss of property: is enormous and will doubtless reach 3150,000. The Holly water works .building stands m the midst of the flood and has been liter ally ground to pieces.^ A Horseman Dead. •'I Mobile. Ala., Feb. 14.—Capt: William • Cornell, the well-known thoroughbred j horse raiser and owner, died this morning j at Magnolia, below ;; this city, after 'a long j ill ness. He was born in . England in ISIS. • j A Rabbi married. v Baltimore, Feb. 14.—Rev. D. Kohut, i of the Congregation Ahabath Chessea. i New York city, was married in this city to- j day to Miss Rebecca Bettelheim, daughter j of Dr. A. S. ; Bettelheim, formerly of San ! Francisco. ::'■'. *;___ ALL EEADY FOR A EOW. —■— China Making Preparation to Take Ad vantage of Any Great War in Europe. Thousands of Mongol Troops Being Massed in the Provinces of Kashgar and Knldja. Various Rumors and Reports From the Different Capitals of the Continent." The Trouble in the Soudan- Irish Question—American Cardinals at Rome. London, Feb. 14.—A St. Petersburg dispatch says that China is massing troops in Kashgar and Ktildja, and that 30,000 men are already assembled in these dis tricts. St. Petersburg, Feb. 14.The czar is reported to have said: The Panslavist agitations are antagonistic to the great Russian policy and have assisted in entertaining the. Bulgarian confusion. Panslavism cannot be identified with the mon archal policy, to which it is opposed in many respects. • Paris, Feb. 14.— dispatch from St. Petersburg says that Gen. yon Schweinitz, German Ambassador to Russia, recently sounded the czar as to .whether he would remain neutral in the event of war between Germany and France, and that the czar re fused to make any engagement respecting the matter. The Journal dcs Debats has telegrams from Mancy saying that nu merous German patrols have been stationed along the frontier, for the purpose, it is supposed, of arresting deserters, whose number has rap idly increased since war rumors have been in circulation. The dispatches also say that the French government has issued an order directing that if any patrols should by accident enter France only formal notice shall be taken of such violation of French territory, the matter to be subsequently made the subject of a diplomatic protest. Strasburg, Feb. 14. —Police are busy searching the houses of the people for the alleged purpose of ascertaining the nature of the relations of the French populace of Alsace-Lorraine with the organization known as the 'French Patriotic league." A fort created at Cummersdorf, an exact replica of French frontier forts, was de stroyed in forty-eight hours by a new ex plosion. Madrid. Feb. 14. — large number of men are employed in strengthening the fortifications of Cadiz. THE IRISH Q.ESTIOIV, A Debate on the Situation in the House of Lords. London, Feb. 14. —In the house of lords Baron Inchiguiu, Conservative, demanded that the government take immediate mea sures to deal with lawlessness in Ireland. He said the league was carrying terror throughout the country and should be in stantly suppressed. The worst feature of the struggle in Kerry was the part taken by the priests. If the league was proclaimed the priests should be debarred from taking part in the meetings. An amendment to the jury law is also a necessity in order to secure the administration of justice. Baron Bi .bourne. Conservative, said he did not wish to ensure the government, but the ex ecutive at Dublin had been■■'. rather lax in dealing with disorders. The executive should not appoint as sub sheriffs or- com missioners men ,vho approved of the plan of campaign or who had taken part in land agitation. Earl Cadagan, speaking for the government, deprecated A DESULTORY CONVERSATION on the condition of Ireland by members. Such conduct was not calculated to [ strengthen the government or lead to any thing useful. If any sheriffs or other offi cials were found violating their oaths or acting illegally they would be decisively dealt with. He reminded members that the number of agrarian of fenses had trraatly decreased, and added that speakers who urged the instant adop tion of severe repressive measures forgot the promises in the queen's speech that special power would be asked only when needed. Baron Fitzgerald, Liberal, said before there could be peace or prosperity in Ireland the land question must be settled and in dustries must be encouraged. He reminded members that since the Sixteenth century the whole course of legislation had been to repress Irish industries. Adjourned. The Vatican. Rome, Feb. 14.—The propaganda will give a banquet in honor of Cardinals Gib bons and Tascherean after the consistory. The Armenian patriarch at the pope's re ception to-morrow will present his holiness with a diamond ring from the sultan of Turkey. Numerous visitors, Jay and ec clesiastic, called upon Cardinal Gibbons, among them Cardinals Jacobini and Parocchi.. Cardinal Gibbons this afternoon quietly visited several members of the sacred congregation. Besides - receiving visits the cardinal was busily occupied in various matters. Cardinal Tascherean re sides at the French seminary at Santa Chiard. Zanzibar and Portugal. London, Feb. 14.Advices from Zanzi bar state that the sultan has refused to comply with the demands of the Portugese governor of Mozambique to surrender the territory claimed by Portugal, but recog nized in the Anglo-German agreement with the sultan as belonging to Zauzibar, and has referred the matter to the friendly powers. Portugal has, on this account, ruptured diplomatic relations with the sul tan and has hauled down the Portugese flag from the consulate at Zanzibar. In addition to this, a number of Portugese men-of-war have proceeded to Tungi, the bombardment of which is threatened. Interested in Africans. Chicago, Feb. 14.—A memorial from the World's Christian Temperance union, addressed to all the governments concerned in the independent state of Congo, has been started by the American secretary; Mrs. Hannah W. Smith, on its way around the world to receive the signatures of the officers of the World's Women's Christian Temper ance union, lt is to be presented, when signed, to the different governments in suc cession, and is an urgent entreaty for them to investigate "the enormous and iniqituous trade in; alcohol, which is producing such appalling results in the degradation and ruin of the helpless natives of that vast state." IrnfSßff The Soudan War. ''"Rome, Feb. 14.A dispatch from Gen. Gene, the Italian commander at Massowah, Feb. 9, says the situation is unchanged. King John, of Abyssinia, is sending troops to Aegratt. A force commanded by,the son of the king fought a sanguinary battle with- the Sandanese near Metemneh,.which resulted in the victory of. the Abyssinians. Conspiracy Trial Begun. Dublin, Feb. 14.— trial of Dillon, Redmond, O'Brien and others on the charge of conspiracy, for agitating in favor of the plan of; campaign, has opened. Redmond is absent on, account .of illness. The Traversers' counsel raised several technical points against the proceeding. i Arms Seized. -.Dublin, Feb. 14^—Fifty men made a raid this;* evening upon houses in Bally vourney and Kilmichael, County Cork, and seized all the fire-arms .they could find. They evaded the police. f THE MOSiTRi;.U CARNIVAL. Returning Traveler. Complain of Lack of Railway Convenience*. New Yoke, Feb. Several trains filled with passengers from Montreal ar rived at the Grand Central depot yesterday, at different hours. They were all tourists who had been attending the carnival. V A more disgusted set of people it would have been difficult to have found in a week's journey. They complained bit terly of the way the ' railroad company had had treated them at - the.'out set of the trip. A prominent. merchant re turning with his family did not: hesitate to give expression to opinions which his fellow passengers indorsed. He said: ' % %**•}: I have traveled many hundreds of miles in this country and in Europe, and I can say positively that I have never witnessed such gross mismanagement and disregard of the comfort of the traveling public as I did last night at Montreals We were Informed that ' tho . Delaware & Hudson Jtrain left the Grand Trunk station in Montreal at 4:20 p. in. and the Cen tral Vermont at 4:30 p. m. Passengers for these trains were taken to the depot and de posited on the platform, where their baggage was piled up waiting to be checked and ex amined by the custom house officers. Not an official or attendant was to be found to point out the trains. The trains were not made up. The cars belonging to a train were scattered about tho yard on . diffeuent tracks, and delicate women were sent from place to place, lugging bundles and wraps, trying to And their trains. There was neither system nor order, and berths were sold twice over for the sleepers. There were in the yard sleepers belonging to the snow-bound Friday trains, the held-back morning trains, the two loner specials, the regulars and some thirty odd private cars. At last, after waiting three hours, three or four cars, after much pulling and backing, drew out and proceeded to Rouse Point, where, after many delays, a few more cars were run down. In this way trains were made up. HUNTING FOR WORK. The Strikinir 'Longshoremen Gener ally Refused Reinstatement. Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 14.— striking 'longshoremen of the Red Star and andlnman steamship lines, returned this morning in a body to obtain work. They stated their terms, which were 40 cents an hour, to Superintendent Brewster, who in formed them that the company did uot want them at 40 cents an hour, nor at 25 cents an hour, which they were getting before the strike. The striking freight handlers at the Pennsylvania company's freight stations in this city applied to be reinstated this morn ing. They were informed': by the agents that they would not be wanted until orders were received from Presi dent Roberts. The striking freight hand lers at the Erie yards here also made application in a body to. be taken back but they were refused work. Positive orders to their dock agents. from many rail way companies prohibited any strikers be ing taken back under any circumstances. Agent Boden, of Pier H, of the Penn sylvania railroad, says he has refused the application of a deputation from the old men for the reinstatement. "I will stand by those who have stood by me," said he. '"Not a man who does good work will be discharged." But little inconvenience, he says, has been caused his company by the strike. At the New Jersey Central Dier, the Lehigh Valley railroad pier and the Anchor line pier many of the old hands are working among the Italians aud freight is being moved rapidly. Gangs of strikers are going about from pier to pier in search of work. —— «» — —-"'■• ■YY,TI_E BEN BUTLER SUIT. The Ulan Who Wants $100,000 From the -.-.-General Tells His Story. ■ New York, Feb. 14.— the case of J. H. Lester against Gen. B. F. Butler for false imprisonment and $100,000 damages, to-day in the United States circuit court Gen. Butler stated that he had juris diction over Lester's imprisonment. He was tried and convicted by the military commission. The complainant, John A. Lesler testified to being an inventor in 1859 and going to Rich mond to start in business. He made a ma chine that could be used in the manufacture of arms and sewing machines. '.'/He manu factured sewing machines until 1800, when the company he was with tried to freeze him out. With a moneyed man he started a company called the Lester Manufacturing company, of which he was manager. When the war broke outjQßobinson, the man with whom he had started.engaged him to erect a number of machines for the manufacture of guns. Robinson was em ployed ty the Confederate government, who afterwards bought the concern out. For his share of the profits Lester received 617,000. Witness then related his trip to Washington, and his arrest and sufferings during bis imprisonment. On cross examination witness said he had several times taken the oath of allegiance to the Confederate government and had frequently gone North for sup plies of guns and machinery. Witness went to Harpers Ferry in 1861 to examine some guns captured by the Confederates.' While in the South he was exempt from military duty, he was in the manufacture of arms. He came North after he had sold out his business. Adjourned till to-mor row. j'YY'Y A mysterious Death. New York, Feb. 14.The body of Miss Lugart Heck was found in her room at No. 443 East Eleventh street last night. The coroner believed it to be a. case of murder. On the woman's body was found a will bequeathing SS,:.OO'. to Mrs. Schaefer, from whom she rented her room. Frederick W. Hollis, lawyer, says Miss Heck visited him on Feb. 7 for the purpose of making a will, leaving the whole of her property to churches and charitable institutions in this city. She referred casually to a brother or sister living in Boston, but made no men tion of the aefers. She imagined that she had not long to live, but expressed her intention of visiting Europe in the spring, aud the lawyer believes that she was of thoroughly sound _ mind. • TheY draw ing of the will was postponed to the next day, but she never came again.' A brother of the woman, who lives' in the city, identified the body to-day, and states that the will transferring her property to Mrs. Schaeffer was a forgery., The coroner caused Mrs. Schaeffer :to write a few sentences in Ger man, and the handwriting is V said to closely resemble that of the will:-.. Lawyer Hollis said the dead woman spoke excellent German, while the writing of the will is very bad German. Miss Heck was an ex pert cook, lt is denied that she was a. mother. Her physician says she had a pre sentiment that she would not live long and harbored a hallucination that she was being pursued for her money. -*V, _ A Child Cremated. New York, Feb. 14.— The badly burned remains of a new born female'child were found this morning in front "• of. No. 524 West Twenty-eighth street. The coroner is investigating. The body had '.been run over by, a truck and crushed.intoYay shape less mass. The pavement had been black ened by fire e^dently fed with kerosene." The legs were burned off. A neighbor had seen a bonfire last night at midnight, and at 4; o'clock this morning it was noticed that a big pile of straw was burning. —— '_-'/'" — -^— "■ ■ Len (.rover in Trouble. - New York. Feb. Leonard 'Grover,. the actor, has been adjudged guilty of con tempt of court by Judge Andrews. ;. v He >is charged with neglecting to pay \ his wife, Ida May rover, *§ 17.50 per week pending her suit against him for divorce. . •Grover was committed to jail until the full amount I has been paid. YVv ' :"-;_.' NO. 4 6 A HIGH PRICED PLATER Kelly, of the Chicago Nine, is' Released! and Signs a Contract "With Boston. The Latter Club Pays $15,000 in All to Secure His Services for One Season. ' A Duluth Pugilist Makes a Goocl Showing Against La Blanche at __au Claire. Preparations for an Ocean Yacht llace of Extended Dur ation. . Chicago, Feb. 14.—President Spalding, of the Chicago base ball club, said this evening that he had released Kelly from his contract with the Chicagos for next year, and that Kelly had signed with the Bostons. It is understood that §10.000 was paid for the release. Kelly will captain the Bostons, alternating between back-stop and right field. Poughkeepsie, N. V., Feb. 14. — Michael Kelly, right fielder of the Chicago Base Ball club, was released from that organization to-day by the payment by the | Boston club of §10.000. Kelly then signed for the season with the Boston club, who agree to pay him $2,000 for his services for the coming season, and to give him §3,000 for his photograph to place the club album, making his compensation for the season 85,000. Kelly received §2,250 from the Chicagos last year. THE DEAL consummated to-day has been under con sideration for a month. Boston had offered 5T.500 for Glasscock, and had been pre vented from getting him by the interposition of the league supervisory committee. About a month ago Director Billings, of Boston, heard that Kelly said he would leave the profession rather than play in the Chicago club another year, and at once proposed to his colleagues that an offer be made for Kelly's release. An offer of §5,000 was made, which President Spaiding, of the Chicago club. refused^ say ng that it would take §10, 000 to get him. Boston then offered $9,000, and Mr. Spalding then wrote that if Boston would make a boua fide bid of §10,000 and give him until the middle of March to talk over the matter with the stockholders they could have Kelly beyond a doubt. The Boston men wrote Spalding saying that §10.000 would be paid for Kelly's immedi ate release, but that the offer would not be left open. Friday afternoon a reply came from Spalding accepting the offer, and on Sunday morning Director Billings started for this place to secure Kelly's signa ture. Kelly was found to-day at the Nelson house and was shown Spalding's letter, and said he would not sign for less than §5,000. An hour and a half of dis cussion failed to shake his determination and bis terms were accepted. The Bostons will make a further effort to secure Glass cock. Not since the "big four," consisting of Spalding, Ross Barnes, Jim White and Cal McVey. deserted the Boston nine and went to Chicago in 1865 has there been a base ball deal ot as great interest to th© Boston club as the release of Kelly by the same organization which carried away its four best players twelve years ago. Fought Two Rounds. Special to the Globe. ' Eau Claire, Wis., Feb. 14.—What was to have been a six-round glove contest for points took . place at -the opera house to night between George La Blanche, the Ma rine, and John W. Curtis, of -Duluth, with six-ounce gloves. Two rounds only were fought, and these were character ized by hard hitting on both sides. One fall was scored against Curtis. The fight was declared a draw on account of a broken glove with which Cur tis finished the second round, and which could not be replaced. The fighting of Curtis was pronounced to be superior to that of his opponent, notwithstanding he used only his left, his right being partially disabled. The crowd endorsed the decision of the referee. An Ocean Yacht Race. New York, Feb. 14.— R. T. Smith owner of the Coronet, and Caldwell 11. Colt, owner of the Dauntless, will meet, some evening this week and arrange the details of the ocean race between their keel schoon ers for §10,000 a side. The understanding now is that the yachts will start from Sandy Hook on March 15. One of the things to be agreed upon at the conference is a sys tem of signals by which they each may be distinguished at night by vessels they may meet on their course and by the judges at the finish. Mr. Colt may take passage in his yacht, and will be accompanied by one or two friends, but Mr. Bush will not go in his, and is opposed to having any one aboard except the crew. He contends that ! passengers would only be in the way, and that the sailing master would feel that he had more lives in his hands, and would not be disposed to take the chances of spread ing sail in rough weather which he would, take if only the crew were aboard. The two yachts are being rapidly put in trim for the race. ? i. .-.> City Joc.oy Club. S. 15. Lovejoy and F. C. Pillsbury' of Minneapolis, and T. B. Marratt, E. C. Long, George W. Sherwood, C. A. De Graff and D. W. Wooduiansee, of St. Paul. met at Aid. Long's office in the Gilfillan block yesterday afternoon and completed, the organizing of the Twin City Driving and Jockey club. F. C. Pillsbury was made chairman, after which, on motion of E. C. Long, J. C. Oswold was made presi dent of the club, Bruno Beaupre vice president, W. E. Steel treasurer and D. W. Wooduiansee secretary. It was determined not to give a running meeting, but to hold a pacing and trotting meeting, commencing on June 30, and continuing through the Ist, 2d and 4th of July. The meeting then adjourned to meet again at the same place at 2p. in.'-; Saturday, Feb. 26. The usual' committees will be appointed by the presi dent, and delegates will be selected to at tend the convention to be held at Detroit. March 1. to consult as to a new national association. To a Finish With Hare Knuckle*. W.R. Mansfield, of St. Paul, and Pet. Enright. of Victoria, B. C, fought a bare knuckle prize fight on the .Wisconsin side of' the Mississippi river, opposite Lake City, late Saturday afternoon. The fight lasted three rounds, resulting in Enright being knocked out. Enright was thirty pounds heavier than Mansfield, who tipped the beam at 158. The fight was for §*100. -Several St. Paul sports witnessed the fight. ea________te_j_aß_fi ■ Adrian storm Bound. Special to the Globe. Adrian, Minn. Feb. 14.—Adrian har been storm bound for a week. The Sioui Falls Express was derailed near Rushmorf Thursday and is still In the ditch. Th« blizzards which have come nearly every daj since have completely snowed in the entire tiacks. Passengers; have been taken by teams to Adrian and Worthington. We have had no mail since the 9th. The cats are all full. It is much warmer this morn ing," almost raining. The road will hardly be open before the 16th, and in the mean time we are hungry for the Globe. if.; Detective Turtle Dead. Chicago, Feb. 14.—Capt William Tur tle, one of the most noted of American de tectives, died heretoday of paralysis. His most celebrated capture , was that of .Thomas Morriasey and William Prout, who robbed the American Express company of §41,000 in 1886. v.Y y