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•*' PUBLISHED EVERT DAY IN THE YEAH. LEWIS BAKER. ST. PAUL, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1887. ST. PAUL GLOBE SUBSCRIPTION RATES. \ -; Daily (Not including Sunday.) 1 yr. in advance... 00 I 3 too.. lin advance.?- 00 _ _uo_..!n advance. 4 00 ( 6 weeks.in advance. 1 00 Oue month.. 70s. 7Y-7 DAILY AND SUNDAY. Iyr. in advance.. 00 I 2 mos., in udvancQ.s3 50 BBOB.,inad-nncc 500 | & weeks.in advance 1 00 One month 8. "y'*7:' SUNDAY ALONE. _r In advance.. $2 CO 3 mo*., in advance.. soc _c 0.., in advance. 1 00 j 1 mo., in advance nti-WEEKLY— Monday, Wednesday and Friday.) 1 jr.. in advance. .s4 DC I 6 mos., in advance.*- 00 .month-, in advance. ...SI 00. WEEKLY ST. PAUL GLOBE. One Year. $1. Six MO.. -a cts. Three Mo.. 35 eta. Be'ected communications cannot be .preserved.. Address all letters and telegrams to THE LOBE. St. Paul. Minn. ~ TO ADVERTISERS. On Sunday morning, May 1. will be is sued from the new Globe Build'nte a' ' special edition of this paper. It will be a unique and intensely interesting publica tion—just such a paper as every Business Man, -Manufacturer and Dealer in Real Estate will desire tube handsomely repre sented in. The space devoted to advertis- ; ing favors will be necessarily limited; therefore, those desiring to avail themselves , of this unusually desirable medium of com munication with the public, should indicate that desire to the Publisher at an early day. All contracts must be made directly with this office. The edition will be composed of 50,000 copies, with neat and attractive lithograph covers. | :} Y. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. Washington, April 21, 1 a.m. — Indica- tions for Michigan and Wisconsin: Generally fair weather; variable winds and stationary tempera ture. For lowa and Min nesota: Fair weather, ■fc.*"o! lowed by local rains by T/.'iidny morning, variable triads, generally shifting to southerly, stationary temperature except in western portions of lowa aud Minnesota, aud slightly cooler. For Eastern Dako. a: Local rains, winds becoming variable and slightly cooler. GENERAL OBSERVATION'S. St. Paci., April 20.— The following observa tions were made at 8:48 p. m.. local time. ~ Bar. j . Ther. __ 1 E jrj ■ h [{ ° 3*2 • Place of Observation. 5. ■{_ £p 22, »5 O r 3 -. =* sc o « er «■ ft _ © . a - * * -s — • : *» - ■ x _: " Duluth I 29.92 47 +21 ' Clear St. Paul I 29. 53 +12 Clear- La Crosse j 29.90 53 +14 Clear Huron i 29. 5S 49 +16 Clear Moorhead .; j 29.90 40 +4 Clear " St. Vincent. 29.92 45 +14 Clear Fortßuford I 29.70 50 +11 Cloudy- Fort Custer 29.54 53 +21 Cloudy- Helena 29.75 30 +11 Lt. snow Ft. Garry 29.87 39 +2 Clear Mlnnedosa 29 87 .... Medicine Hat 29.70 49 +20 Clear ; Qu 'Appeile 39.78 49 +18 Cloudy •♦■Higher. * Lower. BLAINE'S LAST MOVE. lt has lone been known that there was an estrangement between Gen. Sherman and the late Gen. Logan, but the cause of the breach was never made public. Gen. Logan was a politician with presidential aspirations, and was consequently reticent on the subject. It would not have been policy for him to have reopened the Jong concealed sore, for by doing so he would have aroused the antagonism of the power ful Sherman family. He didn't even refer to it in his book. But now that Logan is dead, and tliere can be no possible chance of hurting his friends by its publication, the enemies of John Sherman propose to un fold the whole matter, with the expectation that it will antagonize the soldier element against the ambitious Ohio senator, and to that extent contribute to his defeat as a presidential candidate. A revised edition of Logan's book is to be issued, in which the secret of the known estrangement is to be given to the public. It will place Gen. Sherman in a very sorry light before the public, and . .the bad treatment Gen. Logan received at his' hands will naturally excite the indignation of the volunteer soldiers, who respected Logan above all other officers of the war. This publication will come in bad time for John Sherman's candidacy, and people who are familiar with Mr. Blame's polit ical methods will not be slow to jump to the conclusion that the man from Maine has a hand in it. ■■ •• ■_■ LEVEL-HEADED TEDDY. Teddy Roosevelt is himself again. He is back on his Montana ranch, where he is more in his element than he was running on a Stalwart ticket for mayor of New York. He is a better ranchman than a politician, and lie ought to stick to the business. He is too clean a man for poli tics, but he is just level-headed enough for the cattle business. He is a qualified leader for the cattlemen of the West, and they y recognize that fact. The deference paid by* the cattle men to Mr. Roosevelt's opinion respecting the interstate commerce law shows in what esteem they hold him and to what extent he ci joys their confi dence. And it is fortunate for the cattle men that they have such a wise leader. He prevented their convention from making the mistake of playing, into the hands of the railway companies by join ing in the foolish outcry against the opera tions of the interstate law. As Mr. Roosevelt says, the law may be defective, but its object is good. It is not the wise thing to ask for its repeal when it can be perfected by future amendments. The in terstate commerce law lias come to stay, and the sooner all hands recognize that fact the better it will be for all Interests. Kickers against the measure are only bark ing their own shins without crippling the Jaw. m ■ A WAT OFF. The New York Herald has a reputation as a reliable newsgatherer, and, notwith standing it is afflicted with that peculiar weakness in New . York journalism of ■"blowing its own horn," still it is regarded as reasonably reliable, lt is, therefore, with a good deal of surprise and no little apprehension for its future reputation that we find a leading editorial in last Mati|{C*v*s issue starting off in this way: "'fife tor nadoes which occurred on Friday last in West Virginia. Ohio and Minne sota fulfilled the recent warnings given by the Herald that the season for such storms was about to open." That was a terrible break for a newspaper that prides itself on its news department to make. There was something of a tornado down in Ohio and West Virginia, but as for Minnesota, it was just as calm as a summer sea. If the Herald has been predicting any storms for Minnesota on that day it was away off- just a year and one day off. On behalf of Minnesota we desire to enter a protest against this reckless manner of associating Minnesota's name with every tornado that skips around -over - the country. The tornado is hot native here, nor is it & fre quent visitor. Occasionally a n Eastern, cyclone slips from . its Atlantic moorings ■ and bounces down on Minnesota territory. But it doesn't often occur," and certainly has not occurred this season. Our Eastern contemporaries will please make a note of this the next time they go into the business of weather prophesying. £;;"!; A TIMELY SERMON. •*, There is unquestionably > a good deal of , the sensational, and possibly a good deal of gross exaggeration ; in the report made by the Minneapolis Society for the Prevention of Sin and Vice, which was published in yesterday's Globe, still it contains a con siderable amotiut of food for reflection. If one-half of its revelations are true there is immediate necessity foa the application of some social purifying processes.' It is pos sible that the" society, is too prudishly inclined, - and sees obscenity In that which is not obscene; and vulgarity in that which is hot vulgar. To the mind of the true artist there can :be no suggestion of baseness in a study of statuary and paint ing. But it must be admitted there isa frightful profanation of art in these' degen erate days. Cloaking itself in the garment of art, vice is making sad havoc among young people of this generation. This is nowhere more apparent than in the pre vailing system of illustrated advertising. There is scarcely a soap manufacturer, a patent medicine vender or a cigarette maker but sends broadcast all over the country his illustrated advertising cards ou which is printed in glowing colors a gross caricature of the * '(.'reek Slave" or some other cele brated work of art, always taking care, however, that the subject shall be some nude female figure. , These advertisements are the basest profanations of art, because, as a rule, they are so horribly executed that there is nothing about the pictures to sug gest art. They are merely immoral sug- i gestions, and because they *r are so they are regarded as valuable for advertising pur poses. Society must be getting down to pretty low moral stratum when the com mercial and industrial departments of the country rind it profitable to resort to immoral devices in order to extend business. It is a stratum below the lax moral conditions of partisan society, for there they have a real aristocracy of art which make it im possible tor such gross caricatures as exist here to gain currency. But this is not the wOrst form of vice which the Minneapolis society alleges to exist in our midst. Not satislied with a profanation of art, vice has desecrated the most useful branch of sci ence to its foul purposes. Medical science is made the victim of its impurity. The abortionist and the magnetic healer are charged with being the fiendish instruments by whose hands more deviltry is being done than by all other vicious agencies combined. And in this connection is made the most startling statement of all the revelations made by the society's report, and right along with it goes a suggestion which un folds the cause of the fearful demoraliza tion which the society is aiming to check. Speaking of the work of the abortionist the report says: "This crime is not confined to the poor and ignorant, but rather to the wealthy and refined, and to the religious people." That is a horrible revelation, if it is true; so horrible in fact that we are in clined to doubt it until further proof of its accuracy is furnished. The report con tinues: "There is no doubt but that they do a work of great demand, and : .this demand is increasing and it will continue to increase so long as parents bring their, children up in idleness and allow them to believe that there is no harm in wrong doing, if no evil results fol low in their indiscretions." There is the key to the whole demoralization — "bring ing children tip hi idleness." The devil always finds employment for idle hands. Idleness is the source of more iniquity than all other agencies of evil put together. And yet with the full knowledge of this fact society is cultivating this prolific source of evil. If the vices of which the Minneapo lis society complains are more preva lent among the wealthy and intelligent classes than among the poor and ignorant, it is simply because the former encourage idleness, which the latter cannot afford to do. The foolish idea that work is degrad ing has been tlie ruiu of many a person. The proud mother, who will not allow her daughters to do housework because she is afraid it will lower their position iii society, little dreams of the danger with which she Is environing their young lives by permit ting them to grow up in idleness. Better, a thousand times better, that the girls should do the housework, and the kitchen work, too, for that matter, ami grow up in the blessed moral influences of home life than they should kill the idle time, which lays so heavy on their hands, by be ing drawn into the vortex of temptation which outside society presents. Girls who have house-cleaning and needle work to do at home under mothers' tuition have neither the time nor inclination to be running around with idle companions, seeking the haunts of the fortune teller aud the den of a magnetic healer." In its report the Minne apolis society very forcibly suggests that there too much parade being made by a certain class of female reformers — women who are agitating female suffrage, tor in stance, and others who are over zealous in regard to reforming the vicious elements in our jails and penitentiaries. Reform, like charity, should always begin at home. That is the place for the female reformers. Let them begin : by teaching their sons and daughters to live purer lives and not to en courage others of an opposite sex to act in an improper manner. The Minneapolis so ciety may be off in a great many things, yet it is correct to the letter when it says th c only solution of the problem is to raise up a generation of young women who will de mand clean, pure young men for lovers and husbands. . - yy DASEXBOWEIt'S DEATH. There is something peculiarly sad about the death of Lieut. D aneniioweb. The terrible sufferings the poor fellow endured on the. remarkable Arctic voyage of the Jeannette affected -his reason. And it is not singular that it did. The physical suffering and the menta! torture that all our . Arctic explorers have been compelled to undergo ought to be a lesson to our government and people to never repeat the folly of sendlhg another party out in search of the North Pole. There have already been sacrifices enough to appease the craze of discovery in this direction. The world has gotten along well enough up to date without any definite knowledge of the North Pole, and we can afford to remain in ignorance on that subject the balance of our days. ________ -i'y 7; .■ ■ ' • "i— —^— ■"•' -.'•»<•''' STRAY SUNBEAMS. Everybody seems to be rejoicing over the appointment of Gen. Lawton as minister to Austria. Outside of Georgia nobody knows anything about Gen. Lawton. The cause of the general rejoicing seems to be that there is to be one important foreign mission which will trot be tilled by a New England Mugwump. *** The fight between Blame and Sherman is assuming a religious aspect. Col. Bob In gersoll has always been a staunch Blame partisan. Nobody is capable of giving a more melodious blast on the Blame bazoo than this same Col. Bob. He it was who dubbed Blame as the "Plumed Knight" and elevated himself into fame with the stirring eloquence of . bis nominating speech at Cin cinnati. V Gen. George A. Sheridan is Col. Inger sot.L'S main rival as a bazoo orator. The general delivered a public lecture at Wash ington the other night entitled, "The Modern Pagau," in which he selected Inoersoll for bis subject_and rattled him with great effect. He -branded Ingeusoll as * l a moral and in tellectual anarchist", and held him up to the contempt of the world as the champion ; of the red : flag. The most significant part , of ' 'the c't'Cture was : that the rJstßl st. PAUL DAILY GLOBE. THIIRSDAr MORXTXa, APKTT. 21, 188 T. lecturer was introduced to the audience by Hon. iotas Sherman, who sat ou the stage while Sheridan was speaking aud vigorously applauded every time lie poured hot shot into Pagan Bob. *** The sale of the Southern Bivouac to the Century company Is a serious blow to South ern literature. ' The. Bivouac was the most creditable effort at magazine publication in the South.' The Century company realized this fact and has bought a formidable rival out of its way. , ■ *** A Richmond gentleman tells a good story of Henry Ward Beecheb's visit to that oity a year or two rta-o when he went there to de liver his lecture on "The North and South." There was a distinguished audience assembled in Mozart ball to listen to the eminent lec turer, but the reception he received was of the most frigid character. The fair sex glared at him through their opera glasses, the gentlemen sat stern and silent, while the rougher clement gave a demonstration of antagonistic feeling by occasional hissing. V Mr. B^echer took in the . situation at a glance. When he arose to speak he stepped to the tront of the platform, and stood for a few minutes looking down upon the audience. Then leaning his body forward and pointing his finger In the direction of a gentleman who sat in oneof the front orchestra rows, he said: "I have seen pictures of Gen. Fitz-Hugh Lee, and I think I recognize that gentleman here to-night. Am I right?" The gentleman who was being pointed at by a constraiued for ward motion of his head nodded assent. It was F;tz-Huoh Lee. •»_.* ' "Then," exclaimed Brooklyn's famous preacher, his face glowing with an expression of genuine pleasure, extending at the same time his right hand, "I want to offer you this right hand, which in its own way fought against you and yours 25 years ago, but which I would now willingly sacrifice to make the sunny South prosperous and happy. Will you take It, general." For a moment everybody in the hall seemed paralyzed. The silence was pain ful. But as soon as Gen. Lee had realized the gravity of the situation he arose from his Seat, advanced toward the stage, reached his arm across the footlights and the hand of the brave Southern military leader grasped that of the equally courageous Northern orator and writer iv a warm and friendly manner. * ■ * Mr. Beecher had broken the ice. There was a complete revulsion of feeling In the audience. Cheer* after cheer resounded through the hail. When the storm of ap plause had subsided Mr. Beecher's eyes were moistened and with voice trcinbliug with emotion, he said: "When Igo back homo I shall proudly tell that I have grasped the hand of the nephew of the great Southern chief tain: I shall tell my people that 1 went to the capital of the Confederacy with a heart full of love for the people whom my principles once obliged me to oppose, and that I was met ball way by the brave Southerners, who can forgive as well as they can fight." Judging from the monkey and parrot time the Florida legislature is having over the sen atorial election it was a very rational thing in Jones to run away from the state. Another evidence of Jones' sanity Is that he returned home before the interstate railway law went Into operation and his puss was valid. It costs a good deal of money to buy a ticket from Detroit to Florida, and it is a very long walk. *_* The West Virginia legislature reassembled yesterday and will proceed to play a return engagement ot that side splitting farce, "How Not to Elect a Senator." There is a great deal of complicated nonsense in your average legislature these days, anyway. Maj. Eugene Field has taKen to base ball sports. The last number of the News has a cut of the distinguished Chicago humorist's improved movement from second base. The major seems to be going up all right, but we have some apprehension as to his come down. ■ —^_» . If Ehle Allen ever had his I fortune told. I If Jim Doran would miss a i base ball game for a corner lot in Duluth. How much Dr. Quinn is bet ting on the St. Paul ball team this year. . What . made Ed Hilton gain twenty-two pounds of flesh in four weeks. What kind of gum Lawyer Erwin chews. ' If that remark Judge Brill made to Judge Egan yesterday wont drive him to smoking cigarettes. ::' ; / ; Why Sheriff Kichter don't invent a machine for cutting out first-class jurymen. If Col. Allen proposes to devote himself ex clusively to base ball matches this summer. When Lew Maxfield is going to harvest his crop of whiskers. If the mayor's office will be closed during the base ball season. Who started the style of trowsers with flowing knees. If Judge Parker wasn't the first man to ap pear in a white hat this spring. What there is about a (.ame of ball that makes Assistant General Manager Odell shout so loudly. ■ . They Preach a Sermon. Red Wing Republican. The work of impanneling a jury to try Frank J. Mead for.the shooting of hit former friend, Frank Farnsworth, in the Merchants hotel, St. Paul, last fall, commenced in St. Paul yesterday. The carrying of a revolver by a man who had beeu on an extended de bauch, and was nearly, if. not quite insane from alcoholism, was the immediate cause of the murder. The facts contain a sermon that ought to preach itself with greater elo quence than words spoken or written. Should Never Have Been Second. : Red Wing Republican. State Superintendent Kiehle ; says that the recent legislature exceeded all others in im portant work dove for the public school sys tem. The result is to be a half a million added to our current school fund, libraries of choice reading in every neighborhood, aud improve ment in institute work and in the high schools. He promises by Sept. I to offer a series : of books second to none now before the public, but thinks that competent teachers are more important than even the best text books. We guess that we will agree with him, although failing to see why Minnesota should ever have bad text books in any way second to the best, or why, with her large expendi ture for normal schools, there should bfi at this day any but the most competent teachers in any of our schools. -.~7 The Duluth Pastry Cooks. . Duluth Tribune. Duluth starts out with immense nerve in the base ball struggle, and if her boys keep it up at that rate they will walk off with the pastry again this season in the face of greater odds than last year. Chaplains for the Directors. Duluth Herald. . -_teJJ--ftg&lgMjj^B| The railway commission has decided that roads have the right to grant special privi leges to religious teachers. They might put them on the pay roll as chaplains to look after the moral welfare of the directors,fiome of whom want preaching to very badly. .. The Washburn Will In Court. Bpecial to the Globe. La Crosse, Wis.', April 20.— Argument will be made by distinguished council' id the probate court to-morrow on the matter of the will of the : late .Gov. Washburn oh the petition of the executors. The court is asked to construe sections 3 and 4,' to de termine the rights of Mrs. Kelsey and Mrs. Payson, the daughters of the testator. The object is to determine just what sum of money shall be deposited with the Fidelity Safe Deposit company, of New York, front which Mrs. Payson shall receive Interest so as to give her the $7,000, which lt was in tended each of the daughters should receive as an annual income. Mrs. • Pay_on and children will be represented by aaA Judge'-' Cameron, the Deposit company will be represented by G. M. Woodward and J. W. Losey, and; the ex ecutors by S. U. Plnney, and M.' P. Wing. Mr. Losey will also . appear as a special guardian for Mi's; Kelsey and John J. Cole as guardian of the residuary legtates. THEY ARE ALL AT IT. The Interstate < Commission Hears Argu ment, From Eepresentatives of All. Sections. A Harrowing Picture Drawn, of the Al leged Damage to Boston's Big Ex : port Trade. Railroad Men From Minnesota Also Unload a Bundle of Griev ances. Judge Chandler Thinks- F. S. Bond . YY. Will be the St. Paul's Next President. Washington. April 30.— E. M. Her rick, president of the Pacific Lumber com pany, anil E. C. Williams, president of the Redwood Manufacturing association, ot San Francisoo. have telegraphed the inter state commerce commission as follows: '. Our two corporations, employ 8,000 to 10.000 meu aud about $30,000,000 capital* have addressed you by mail stating that our east ern business has been entirely destroyed by tbe operation of the law and asking your in terposition on our behalf. Meanwhile, will you allow the roads over which we have been operating to give old rates anil so revive our business with the East, provided the rate is open and available for all?' A. Lusk & Co., of San Francisco, have telegraphed: ; y '•-" The fruit Interests of this state, which are of grain and growing importance, are seri ously jeopardized by the workings of the interstate commerce bill. Inasmuch as this interest cannot avail itself of water competi tion we respectfully ask that section 4 be suspended, that | these interests be not en tirely paralyzed, and great loss ensue. 'cyclers HEARD from. . ■■'; * __. S. Rogers, counsel for the League of American Wheelmen and secretary of the Kenton Wheel club. . of Covington, Ky., complains to . the commissioners that the Covington & Cincinnati Suspension Bridge compauy compel bicyclers to dismount and walk over their bridge, and yet have to pay an extra charge for their bicycles, threaten ing arrest if a wheelman attempts to ride over. The bridge has street railways over it, hence the writer assumes that it falls under the provision of the the interstate commerce act. Ex-Senator Van Wyck has notified the commissioners of his purpose to be present to-morrow at the hearing of the Transcontinental railroad interests. The representatives of various business in terests centering in Boston were present in the rooms of the commissioners at 10 o'clock this morning and the hearing of their argu ments began at once. Judge Soule, attor ney of the Boston & Albany road, said the route taken by shipments to Boston was not the same as that taken . to New York, but was between GO and 100 miles longer. Of course the rates to New York were fixed by the shorter line. There had grown up a large export trade in Boston^ made possible by an arrangement with the rail roads which brought traffic at the same rates charged by the Now York roads to that city. This trade made it i possible to maintain a line of " steamers to England, which line could not be maintained with out this traffic. Hence the question be came one of greater, moment to Boston interests than would appear merely from the amount of traffic itself. He SUBMITTED A STATEMENT showing the extent of the traffic referred to. Mr. Mills, general traffic manager of the Boston & Albany road, was sworn, and set forth in greater detail : the history of the growth of the traffic" which is said to be jeopardized, and the extent of the interests involved. The local rate from" the West to Boston was about 5 cents greater on grain and certain Kinds of produce than that upon the same merchandise intended for export. If the local rates' were charged on the ex port traffic it would kill it. A certain por tion of this traflic came on through bills of lading from the West to foreign ports. About an equal amount was brought to Boston and held there by dealers until they could see a favorable, market abroad. It was only, upon this last class that relief was asked. V The Boston dealer wasn't able to avail himself of the through bills. They were given by. the Western roads to West ern men. In reply to Commissioners Schoonmaker and Bragg, Mr. Mills stated that the rates upon oil from the Pennsylva nia oil regions were higher than before the law went into effect. There was , discrimi nation, but there was none from these sta tions. The company did not know the Standard Oil company in any of these transactions. It received the oil from the New York Central, but, with all due re spect to the commission, was he : compelled to answer questions relatin_ to these matters? He was willing to state anything he knew respecting mat ters subsequent to the -date when the law took effect, but were the previous matters to form a part of this inquiry? The com-, mission thought the inquiries were legiti mate. The witness said there were rebates upon oil and upon other commodities. His road, he repeated, did not know the Stan dard Oil company. They only knew the Boston refinery's lines, to which organiza tion it delivered the 0i1. ,. It had made re bates on Western produce, the beneficiaries of which were the Boston exporters. The Western through shippers had no claim for a rebate. They got an equivalent in their through bills of lading. George A. Torrey, attorney of the Fitchburg road, addressed the commission. He exhibited maps of his line and a photograph of the immense wharf and elevator property of the company, which would become useless if 'the former privileges were not restored. ' Mr. Torrey called Mr. Whitinore, general traffic man ager of the Fitchburg road, to state to the commission, under oath, the difficulties of doing the export business under other than the old methods. One of these was found iv the fact that > FREIGHTS VARIED , from week to week,' yet through rates can not be changed by the railroads without giving notice in advance. The Fitchburg company was entirely dependent upon Bos ton traffic for its prosperity and for this rea son was perhaps more deeply interested than the other companies represented here.' John Porteous, general traffic manager of the Grand Trunk, representing on this oc casion the Central Vermont and Boston & Lowell roads, addressed the commission. These lines had about 1,000 tons of freight a day for export, besides a large traffic of various kinds from Canada and the West - for the coastwise. If ,they were refused | the privilege of making a rebate, New York i .would handle both the export . and the coasting trade. '• William H. -Lin coln, 1 agent of a line of trans-Atlantic steamers, then addressed the commission under oath. The commission he said could hardly appreciate the gravity of the ques tions presented. The whole business of Boston was involved in this matter, both local and export. . THIS EXPORT BUSINESS i.7; had grown up within the last fifteen years. It was a fact not generally known that Bos ton was the second port of the country in the amount of its exports and imports. This trade had all been built upon the basis of equality with New York on rates. This did not mean equality in all respects. "NOW York 1 had an open waterway from tne West, and this gave her an ' advantage, lt meant merely this equality was such; that the average rate of ocean freight during the last season had been from a penny to a penny and a half in her ■ favor. This ques tion was of such importance he had cabled his people in Liverpool the day be fore leaving Boston, to delay the sailing of a steamship which was', about to sail, until it should be settled; and he knew that other lines - had done the ; same.' Despite the quality y ; of railroad " rates in the past such Were the other, advantages of New .York that one-half of his company's' steamers during the year had been diverted to New, York. .: The through rate from Chicago to Liverpool to-day is less than the local rate from. Chicago to Boston. So that if .ft man were, bring grain to Boston and reshlp it to Liverpool the ship would have not only to take the grain for nothing, but. • " PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE of carrying it. C. H. Allen, representing the Allen line* was sworn. He said the law had greatly interfered with the business of the 7 steamers. . The Pavonia, which sailed a few days aeo, was short about 1,200 tons of her cargo; another steamer, which sailed last night, was .short about 700 tons. Mr. Torrey, of the Fitchburg road, in answer to a question by the . chair man as to what power conferred by law on the commissioners it was desired should be exercised, said it was his own opinion that the law did not forbid the continuance eof the drawback, but other i gentlemen * r disa greed with him. Suppose the commission were of the opinion that shipments destined for Liverpool were not handled under sub-, stantially the same circumstances and con ditions as those coming from" the West to Fitchburg. or locally. to ; Boston, then! why : not allow these parties to withdraw, saying that no case of a violation of the law has been made out. : y ..7Yy A. TEST CASE could be n.ade up to be sure, but it would take time, and it would be difficult, if not impossible, to " get back the trade Which would in the meantime be lost. lion. Allien Spear, of the Boston Merchants', club, argued the unfairness of making New England, . which produced nothing but manufactured everything, go to New York for her materials. Mi". Totrey said that so far as the Fitchbunr road was concerned, if it could hot do the export traffic" except by taking the local traffic on the same terms, then It would take it on these terms.. But the trunk lines would not assent to this. This ended the hearing. The commissioners gave no intimation as to what their action would be. During the progress of one of the brief incidental discussions, the chair man remarked that if ' the law forbade re bates the commission had no power to sus pend or waive the legal provisions. . So far as- they go these inquiries accord with the already expressed purpose of the com mission to leave the interpretation of the law primarily to the railroad companies, themselves, and to confine its operations to the hearing of -complaints of violations of the law and passage upon them. ', After the recess the commission gave a hearing to the representatives of certain NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD INTERESTS. J. A. Hanley, general manager of the Minnesota & Northwestern railroad,.pre sented a petition for an order to allow that line, in connection with the Wabash and Central lowa company, to regulate the tariffs on through business between St. Louis and St. Paul and Minneapolis to meet, the water competition .upon 7 the Mississippi; also to allow the company to regulate its tariffs between St. . Paul and Minneapolis and Peoria to meet competition between these terminals irrespective of its local tariff; also for an order to authorize rates in connection with the Illinois Central upon through traffic to meet competition upon the lake. W. • S. Mellen, general manager of the Wisconsin ..Central line, addressed the commission in. connection with his petition for the suspension of the long and short haul, filed last week. Dur ing an informal discussion of half an hour these gentlemen made known their purpose TO FILE PROTESTS at another time against the continuance of the transit system, by means of which certain roads having connections through and beyond Si. Paid and Minneapolis give through rates from the points beyond Chicago upon grain, with the privilege of stopping it at Minneapolis, having.it con verted into flour and then : carried on to Chicago, practically at rates which are but a fraction of the local rates from Minne apolis to Chicago and with which the non transit routes cannot compete. The transit roads have, to be sure, suspended the system for sixty days, or pending the action of the commission, but there was shell an accumulation of '-transit" material on hand in. Chicago that material which had to pay the rates from Minneapolis could not be sold in competition with it. It was also stated that. under the present rates much of the flour made in Minneapolis which formerly went by rail was being SHIPPED TO DULUTH . by a line wholly within the state of Min nesota and therefore not a subject of the new law, there to be stored to await the Opening 6f navigation. Attorneys for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis. & Omaha Railroad company presented petitions for relief from section '4, so as to be allowed to make rates from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Superior and Washburn, Wi;*., aiul to Duluth. Minn., to meet the rates fixed by the St. Paul & Duluth road, which is wholly within Minnesota and therefore not a sub ject of the 'hew lav?. The manager of a Chicago manufacturing house in a letter to the commission complains that he is now compelled to pay his fare, whereas formerly he rode upon a pass, tie asks that section 22 be suspended for the Chicago^ North western road. - •' Hi CiTl MR. ITCH ELL'S SUCCESSOR. It I_ Thought Probable That F. S. Bond Will Take the Helm. ! ; The death of Alexander Mitchell, presi dent of the Milwaukee & St. Paul road, has. very naturally, caused a good deal of speculation as to who his successor will be. The only persons whose harnes have been mentioned in connection with the position are Phil Armour, F. S. Bond and John Plankinton. Judge Chandler, when asked yesterday afternoon to give his opinion, said: yyi^-^-y' I can tell you, sir, I have a very decided opinion, aud have no doubt I can name the man. That man is F. S. Bond, of New York, vice president of the road, lt was very well understood by all at the last election, when Mr. Mitchell was elected, that he would not hold longer than next June, and that at that time Mr. Bond should be selected to fill the vacancy that would be caused by his final de clination. Mr. Plankinton is wholly out of the question. He is a very nice gentleman, but he would not take it. He is too far ad vanced iv years. He is about TO, and the work is too much for him. Phil Armour can not take it. He has too much business on bis hands. His vast interests in Chicago would not allow him any time to attend to such a vast system of roads as the Milwaukee & St. Paul now has. Ho Is weighted down now with more business cares than he can attend to, and ought to unload some of . them. You can rest assured he would not touch it. Mr. Bond is the man. He is comparatively young, of good ability, and I have no doubt at all he will be elected. A TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD. New York. April 20. At a special meeting of the directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad called by Vice President Bond the following pre amble and resolutions were adopted: ; . Alexander Mitchell, of Milwaukee, presi dent of this company, departed this life in this city on the ■ evening of yesterday,* April 19, after a brief illness, lhis company is called on tO mourn the loss of its best known and most distinguished member, whose va cant place has left a chasm in its counsels as well as in the hearts of all who have ever been associated with him. He was from an • early period of its history a director, and has been for many years the president of ' this company. He had known it in its infancy, had witnessed its early struggles, and had watched its growth from weakness to strength until it had reached its present vast and com prehensive system. During all this period his far reaching sagacity aided to outline its policy. His sound judgment directed its counsels and his energy and perseverance contributed in a great measure to secure to them their practical results. But it was not alone to this company that his mind and char acter gave direction. . In the city where he resided, aud in his adopted . state, and in the councils of the nation, the same" clear discrimination and judgment and , strong traits of his character were equally felt, so that his influence wherever he was known was supreme and to his fellow citizens he was a tower of strength . In private life kind, ■ courteous and large-hearted, trUe in all his. I relations with others, and :■ of unblemished s integrity, be was beloved by all who j came ; within the circle of his friends and associates. . The directors, many of whom have long been I associated with him in this board, especially mourn the death ' of the president' upon whose judgment they have been accustomed to rely in the conduct of the affairs and In the management of the vast interests of the com- - pany. •"- — Resolved, That we tender to the family of the deceased our "profound sympathy in the great loss they have sustained and that they; be furnished with ; a copy of this minute and the resolutions. '<■■■■ ■ Resolved, That ft committee ofthe directors consisting of Messrs. Bond, Armour, Plankin- ' ton,: Geddes, Easton and Mllbauk be ap pointed to attend the funeral of tha de ceased. Y-'7~' ::i 'y . MR. MITCHELL'S FUNERAL. ' '■'' . Milwaukee, April 20.— Though no definite arrangements for Alexander Mitch- < ell's funeral have -been made it will proba bly occur next Monday. It will be one of the most largely attended ever held in Wis consin. To-day flags oh all the public and private buildings were at half mast, and the union depot,' general offices of the Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, chamber of commerce and numerous other buildings '. are heavily draped in mourning. All rail way engines leaving the city were bedecked with the same Insignia of . mourning. ; The merchants, through their association, have decided to close their establishments on the day of the funeral, and a committee will be sent to Chicago to meet and escort the re mains to. Milwaukee. The elaborately planned military ball of the Light Horse squadron at the exposition has been post poned. . . Valley Road Earnings. Cleveland, 0., April 20.— The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Valley railway was held in this city to-day. The net earnings were 859. 01 ; increase over 1885, • 559,357.t5. .YyYYAYYyy Y;ii7: The ver. . Yesterday the Pittsburg, the first boat of the season, reached St. Paul. . It left St. Louis bust Thursday evening, and brought up somethiuir over 200 tons of freight. Chips From the Ties. Luke and rail rates, via Lake Superior and St. Paul & Duluth railway, or St. Paul, Min neapolis & Omaha Railway Transportation company, via Duluth or Washburn, are as follows for the different classes: 90c; 75c; 57c; 42c; 33c, and 28c. The trunk lines com menced yesterday, the 2Cth, receiving freight on westbound shipments iv New. York and other sea ports.. 7 y -b-7 . The Three Falls railway scheme, ih which Sioux Falls is Interested to some extent, met on Friday last at Redwood Falls and elected the following, officers: O. 11. Furrell, presi dent; Hans Gruiinerud. vice president; T. D. Welsh, secretary; W. P. Dunnington, treas urer, and C. T. Ward, solicitor. Fred Madera, traveling agent of • the Canadian Pacific, was in St. Paul yesterday, having brought up 150 emigrants from Chi- | cago in colonist cars. They are bound for j Port Angeles, W. T., and are the second lot l he lias brought up within ten days. Madera is now in the railroad business. T. W. Teasdale, the general passenger agent of the Omatia road, is somewhat better and will probably go to Chicago on Friday next. From that city he will go to some point where he can obtain three or lour months of quiet and rest. Hon. Frederick Hillings, chairman of the executive committee of the board of direct ors of the Northern Pacific road, will arrive at St. Paul to-day from California, where he has been spending the winter with his family. S. D. Mason. principal assistant engineer of the Northern Pacific, will arrive at St. Paul Thursday from a trip to Washington Terri tory. Y : 7<Y"* .' The St. Paul& Duluth road will sell .round trip tickets to parties of ten or more at one and one-third of the first-class single trip fare. There was no meeting Of the St. Paul and Minneapolis Rate Sheet association ye-tercay. Mr. Hambllu.of the Burlington & Northern, has gone to Winona and La Crosse. Mr. Egan, of the Manitoba, returned last evening from the Northwest. Howard Morris, attorney for the Wisconsin Central, is in St. Paul. 7. Col. Clough is expected back from the East in about one week. y. Recline of Fortune-Telling. Hartford Times. A business followed chiefly by women that has declined greatly. in New York in twenty years is that of the fortune-tellers. A good deal of it still remains, and doubt less will remain, Dut the golden age of the fortune-tellers seems to be past. I have an idea that the business never recovered from the hammering it got from that old genius, Philander Doesticks, in the Tribune, away back before the war. Doesticks (Morti mer Thompson) visited all the fortune tellers in turn and wrote them up in a way that amused the town, and, by expos ing their tricks, shams and nonsense in general, hurt their crafty calling pretty badly. The impostors of this class who still ply their trade do so obscurely and as much out of public sight as possible. Only a few of them now advertise in the news papers. Instead of inviting notice they are rather inclined to shun it. One expla nation of this is that publicity is dangerous to a certain immoral traffic which most of them carry on- in connection with star-searching, card-shuffling and hand- reading. In other words they are afraid of the police, for the law deals sharply with the crime of luring young girls to paths of ruin. Fortune-telling and what is known as procuring are often one and the same thing. So bad has the repute of fortune tellers in general become that women and girls who value a good name won't risk going near them, and as nine-tenths of their dupes in the most prosperous times were either women or girls their trade is suffering very much. They still catch a servant girl or a shopgirl now and then and stuff them with lies, but these are growing more wary and chary of them every day. yry^.JAn Injunction Granted. Special to the Globe. Duluth, Minn., April 20.— The oppo nents of the scheme to bond the city of Duluth and county of St. Louis, to the ex tent of §400,000. for the erection of a court house, are jubulant over the permanent in duction granted by Judge Steams this even ing. - Judge Steams granted the injunction on the ground that the city of. Duluth was not in existence at the time of the passage of the act authorizing the issuance of the bonus. ' — •— Fargo'sNew Couucil. Special to the Globe. Fakgo, Dak., April 20.— The city coun cil organized under the new charter to-night, and the mayor sent in a message indicating the greatly enlarged powers of the execu tive and making various recommendations. He also nominated J. M. Rose for city en gineer and O. J. Olson for assessor. The council ordered the immediate building of a third electric light tower 125 feet high. a Plenty of Funds. Special to the Globe. Sauk Centke, Minn., April 20. — The village council, its meeting Monday even ing, donated §300 to the G. A. li. encamp ment fund in addition to what has already been subscribed by the citizens, which makes a handsome fund with which to pro vide for the entertainment of the state en campment of the Grand Army of the Re public, to be held from June 7 to 10 inclu sive. : 'YY' — . A missionary Gone. Special to the Globe. Red Wing, April 20.— Rev. Samuel Spates died at his home in Burnside last evening after a painful and protracted ill ness, aged 72 years. He has resided in the Northwest nearly forty years,. devoting a large portion of the time to missionary work in the interests of the M. E. church. He was one of the best known divines in the. Northwest. Of late years he has re sided on his farm in Burnside. . -^»»- — — Burled at Lake City. Special to the Globe. ': y . Lake City, April 20.— The remains of County Treasurer J. E. Favran. of Stevens county, were brought here for burial to-day. , The services were conducted by the Mas ons and G. A. R.. of both of which he was a member. He is an old citizen of this place and was in business here many years. '■ ■ — — : m ■■ Watertown Waterworks. Special to the Globe. • % .Watektown. April 20. — The vote for Waterworks for Watertown was almost unanimous. The system is the finest and most complete in the world and will cost 5150.000. Within sixty days this city will be supplied with pure Lake Kampesca wa ter. : .' ' _ -':--*:; A Heavy Transfer. Special to the Globe. FAkgo, Dak., April Among the deeds recorded in this county to-day* was one of the estate of ex-Gov. Coburn, of Maine, covering a consideration 0f§171, --500. Gov. Coburn owned .about 13,000 acres in this county. YaY!Y- ■ Washington Personals. Special to the Globe. .-.\v7 ; ;.";/V:-''.-.> -"' . Washington, April 20.— Arrivals: E. H. Evans, Duluth; Mrs. Hugh Campbell and maid, Dakota. Discretion the Better Part of Vai or Detroit Free Press. ; ; "Isn't that the gentleman who paid our fare and was so ; polite the other night?" she asked in a whisper. /'••Yes.", y ■■"..",'., ■'. "And why does he treat us Iso coolly to night?'' • • Vi-'. -• „ "Hush! He has his reasons. That's his wife with- him!" wmmm* : A PHENOMENAL "MASHER/ 1 He Numbers His Female Victims bj the Score, And Has .Long .Lived Off His Confiding Fiances. .. .— ~ Special to the Globe. Boston, April 20.— 50 far as New England is concerned. Dr. Andrew Jackson Grant, the sixty- year-old Astralian now In Cambridge jail on a charge of polygamy, is the greatest "masher" ever known in these regions. Tales ot his conquests come from the White mountains, Old Orchard, Bar Harbor and Cambridge. Everywhere he was successful in his suit. Like Csesar, .he came, he saw, he conquered. After he conquered he took all the money, clothing and jewelry he could get and left for fresh fields to renew his assaults . upon the hearts of the ladies who looked for male companionship. It is probable that when the full list of his victims is made out it will exceed 100. The latest accessions come from New York, where the doctor lived during the winter of 1885-0. Having some time on his hands, he put the following ad in two New York papers: A wealthy man, money no object, desires to form the acquaintance of aiady of educa tion and refinement with a view to matri mony. TWO REPLIES were received the next day, one from Miss Mary Sturgiss, of West Twenty-third street, New York city, and one from Mrs. Annie M. Bulquin, of 80 Poplar street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Personal interviews fol lowed and courtships at once commenced. Matrimony was talked of from the very beginning. With Mrs. Bulquin he lost no time, and exacted a pledge of marriage be fore he had been calling upon her two weeks. The Sturgiss woman fared no bet ter and like her sister victim became.be trothed to the doctor about the same time. Of course neither knew of the existence of the other, the doctor taking separate nights for his visits. Both Mrs. Bulquin ana Mrs. Sturgis visited the doctor at his home, or rooms, at 1 Commerce street. They called at different times, and so never had occasion to meet until some time' after they had LOST ALL THEIR MONEY and personal effects. Both marriages were fixed for March 26, but as it rained that day, the doctor went to both women and said that he was sorry to feel obliged to postpone their marriage, but the fact was he was very superstitious. Of course, it was foolish in a man, but still he should always feel as though their married life at some time would be crossed by an unseen misfortune. The wedding day was post poned. In the meanwhile the doctor had induced Mrs. Bulquin to sell her furniture at auction, prior to their departure for Aus tralia. The proceeds of the sale and about 8600. in money were taken by the doctor for safe-keeping. He also got possession of her trunks, and when she called at his Quarters to have the ceremony performed, the rooms were vacant. Today she saw him again at the jail. The doctor HELD OUT HIS HAND when he met her. She declined to take it, but at once, asked him what he was going to do towards making restitution. ••Why," said he, "your affair is a mere nothing— a bagatelle. I don't see what I can So for you. You haven't much to complain of." Mrs Bulquin then asked him to give her an order for the recovery of her sealskin sacque and muff. He declined to do as she wished, saying that the matter was wholv in the hands of his lawyer. He advised "her to see him. The sacque and muff in question she readily identified by a private mark. She will be present at the trial in June. Mrs. Sturgis also lost her trunks and con siderable jewelry. Her money she wisely retained. Fought All Night by Mistake. Poplar Bluff, Mo., April Satur day night Constable Charles Barfield. of Butler county, went to Neeleyville with a posse of half a dozen deputies to arrest two outlaws, desperate fellows, and, finding them away from the house, quietly tool possession to await their return. On the same night the Ripley county sheriff came to Neeleyville on the same mission. The affairs of both parties were so secretly car ried out that neither knew of the other's presence. The Butler county men had hardly taken possession when . they heard the Ripley county deputies approaching, and supposed they were the outlaws, who had come with a large force. Scarcely had the Ripley men surrounded the house be fore the Butler deputies opened a fusil ade upon them with Winchester rifles. The fire was returned, and for several hours the deputies waged a desultory war fare. At daylight the besieged recognized tiie besieging party, and a parley was effected which ended the battle. Two men were wounded though not fatally. The outlaws Lave left the country. An Infernal machine. Cleveland, 0., April 20.— A special from Kent, 0., tells of a diabolical attempt to kill Prof. Thorn as Sanford of that place with an infernal machine. A small box was left in the hallway of his residence, lt was peculiarly constructed, with a knob at one end with which to open a small drawer. Being suspicious, Prof. Sanford shook the box and a few grains ot gun powder fell out. Upon closer examination lie discovered several matches ranged so as to be ignited when the drawer was opened. He threw the box into the door yard, when an explosion occurred which shattered the windows of an adjoining house. There is no known motive for the dastardly deed. < The Chicago Boodlers. Chicago, April 20.— counsel for the indicted Cook county officials argued a mo tion for a change of venue for certain of the defendants before Judge Tuley to-day. The plea was urged that the defendants could not obtain an impartial trial in Cook county. In support of this view extracts trom the daily papers were read to the court The reading of these extracts it is expected will consume nearly all of to morrow. . 7Y7a DIGGING FOR IKON. Fortunes Being Iflade in mining on the Menominee Kange. Crystal Falls, Mich., 'April iff. —The developing of iron mining properties in this region of country is something remarkable. This is comparatively a new region, ami only within the last year has its wonderful resources become known. Considering the number of mines yet to be opened very few have been worked. Capitalists have se cured options oil nearly all of the valuable property, and many new companies will be organized during the coming summer sea son. The Youngstown and Kimball mines, that were eutirely unknown a short time since, • have proved to be veritable gold mines, and millions of dollars will be made out of them as rapidly as the ore can be taken from mother earth. The Paint river mines are proving of equal value, and all the surrounding property is as good as government bonds. The Windfall Iron company's mines on north one-half of north one-half section 22, in town 43, range 82. just east of the Great Western; the Paint river and Youngstown mines contain' 100 acres,' and is one of the most promising properties oh the range. The managers of it have fifteen to twenty pits in good ore, the vein running east and west through the whole length of their property. Extensive machinery and a twenty horse power boiler and pump have just been put in. These properties pay from $1.50 to 51. 75 per ton net, taken out; particularly the. adjoining mines to the Paint river and Windfall mines, by reason of the low royalty of SO cents per ton. : 7 The officers of the company are: H. D. Fisher, president; Capt. R. P. Fitzgerald, vice president; John S. George, of Mil waukee, secretary and treasurer. The low royalty is of great value to permanent min ing. Five thousand shares can be had for development purposes from the secretary at $3 per share. Steamship Arrival.. New York WeStenland, from Antwerp. Philadelphia Pennsylvania, • from Ant werp. : . - -.'.. • . y A. . ., ■ . • 'Hamburg— -Wleland, from New York.