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TO-DAY'S WEATHER.
Signal Office. War Department, St.
Paul. Minn.. March :t, 1888, 12:15 a.m.—
Indications for twenty-four hours commenc
ing at 7«. m. to-day: For," st. Paul, Minne
apolis and vicinity: slightly colder.followed
by warmer, fair weather; light to fresh vari
able winds. For' Minnesota and Eastern
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wind-. For Southwestern Dakota: Warmer,
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
St. Pa i:l. March 2.— The following observa
tion.-, were made al 8:48 p. m.. local time:
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Place of ~~ Br; Place of g~- go
Obsvatiou. gc »c. Obs'vation. 88, g a
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2 : 2 "• -5
p : 7 • ■'*?
SI Paid ...130.521 61 Omaha 30.78 8
St. Vincent 30 08 -12 Huron 30.72 —4
Moorbead.. 30.70 — Yankton... 30.72 0
Dtibiih. ..:... | ... Ft. Totten. 30.74
Lacrosse.. 30.50 12 Bismarck.. 30.70-10
Milwauk'e. 30.30 20 Helena.. .. 30.38 —2
Marquette 3038 0 Ft, As'b'ne 30.54 -10
Chicago. 30. in 20 Medic'e 11.. 30.66 -14
Dcs Moines 30.00 12 Qu' Ap'lle. 30.72 -12
St. Louis... 30. I 30 Minnedosa. 30.82 -18
Ft. 5mith . .130.44 34 Fort Carry 30.70 -12
—Below zero.
-**.
The street car company should be
ware of springing an issue.
-Let us now hope that the Heoexeks
Will sink into well-merited obscurity.
I'm. land lobbyists are hard at work
in Washington; Their ways are slip
pery.
«^
■ Tin New York grand jury failed to
indict Cot-Lin Did any sane man sup
pose that it would do otherwise?
If the street car company wishes to
encourage leg talent it has certainly
taken effective measures for doing it
—
Tin: compliments which the street
car company is receiving just at present
arc rather of. a sulphurous and burning
nature. _
«o»
If the belated blizzard will only
freeze up the budding spring poet, and
make him stay frozen, we may all be
happy enough.
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We ii dno idea base ball men were
such bloodthirsty fellows. Just think of
deciding that next season there shall be
two umpires for the crowd to jeer at.
«o>.
Toft i. At: opinion regarding the new
tariff bill: •It's not as deep as a well,
or as broad as a church door, but 'twill
do—un til something, better can be se
cured; "'•'
The March lion and lamb metaphor
seems to be a little overworked just now,
but if the weather bureau will yank the
lion's tail effectually, nobody will mind
that. _
■ ■ — ■
Now LET some public-spirited con
gressman take a whack at that pro
vision of the tariff bill which still affords
protection to the iron kings and coal
barons. '>:: <-';
: —
Slits. l.ANtiiitv's magnificent private
car has been seized for debt. This
seems to be the kind of advertising that
doesn't advertise— from the box-office
standpoint.
— ♦
Montana range cattle are said to be
in excellent condition. Just observe
the correspondingly good effect on St.
Paul's stock yard interests a few
months hence.
Tu mm: must be a right side and a
wrong side to the dispute between the
"Q" anil its engineers. A board of ar
bitration ought to be able to decide
which is which. )
■: m —
Presioext "Tim" Bv i:\es, of the
Republican State league, has been
achieving tame as a magazinist, which
is about its much as President "Tim"
ought reasonably to expect to get out of
his position.
— «»
The tariff bill will find interest in its
discussion discounted by the announce
ment that the distinguished Sulli
van and the evasive Mitchell have
made the final 'arrangements for their
light to the finish. v ;| V
■
The English police have bound Pugi
list Mitchell over in the sum of $1,000
not to fight. It looks very much as
though the Englishman believes he has
lost the light already.
— *".
The committees appointed to solicit
subscriptions, for St. Paul's athletic
park should meet with a generous re
sponse. The park is needed and will be
a public benefit. That ought to be suf
ficient.
♦
Ax American; newspaper man at San
KetttO Inning declared that the crown
prince must die. it remains to be seen
whether the crown prince will be as dis
obliging toward his predictions as he
lias been toward those of his doctors.
,Oi
Tin: darkened railroad situation ap
pears to be clearing up a little. All
concerned will find that promptness in
taking the initial steps to bringing
about a settlement will be much appre
ciated by the public.
, Paintings, if the new tariff bill
passes, may . come in free of duty, but
sugar must pay a tax three-fourths as
great as that now existing. Chairman
Mills should have better discrimina
ted ween the rich man's luxuries
and the poor man's necessaries.
PAINTINGS NOW FREE.
It appears from the proposed tariff
bill that, in » lie event of its becoming a
law. paintings and works of art from
the sculptor's chisel may come into the
country free of duly. This is what cult
ured people who appreciate art, but
whose purses" weie not of a length in
accordance .with their appreciation,
have long desired. Were it necessary
to the raising of revenue that, heavy
•import duties should still be, retained,
then the most reasonable procedure
\.oiild be the imposition of duties upon
all luxuries, under which head works of
art would naturally fall. ; V • : i
But since the revenue necessary for j
the expenses of the government is more
than provided for, it is well that the
heavy tax imposed upon paintings!
should be removed. Native art '• will
develop itself in spite of the practically;
prohibitory tariff upon the efforts of;
foreign genius. The tariff resulted not
so much in encouraging the sale, of
native artists' works as it did in limit
ing the possession of -examples of
foreign artistic schools to a, compara
tively few wealthy people. i
As a means of raising revenue the tax
on foreign art was eminently proper;
from a protectionist standpoint it was;
quite indefensible. But it will strike
the average person that, however desira
ble it may be that paintings should
come in free of duty, there are other
articles which might with more justice
have been put upon the free list. ; . 'r\}[
If it were a choice, for , instance, be
tween sugar, which yet remains heavily
taxed, and art, it would certainly seem
that an error was made in discriminat
ing against the former in favor of the
latter. The average citizen is far more
interested in the cost of his yearly con
sumption of sugar than he is in the val
uation of the works of Conor, Rois
seau or GKBOME. Had the tax upon
the former been released at the expense
of its retention upon the latter, the re
sult would have been viewed with equa
nimity. < '
Both should be free, but if we can only
have one of the two, the necessary
should have been given the preference,
despite the vigorous protests of the few
monopolists who benefit by the tax
which the vast army of consumers must
pay-
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EMOTIONAL INSANITY.
In public opinion the verdict of ac
quittal rendered in the Bektha Hege
xi: b case was justifiable without any
regard to the technical pleadings in the
trial. If a man deliberately defames the
character of an honest woman, and re
sorts to tricky devices in order to give
coloring to his defamation, he richly
deserves the fate that overtook Jonx
Murphy. It is creditable to the moral
sentiment of the Northwest when such
an emphatic public expression can be
given that a woman's honor is held in
greater value in this community than
human life. ;
At the same time there will be some
misgivings in the public mind as to
whether there was anything in the pica
of emotional insanity other than to fur
nish the jury a pretext upon which
to hinge a verdict of acquittal. It
is true, in this particular case;,
there was sufficient proof in sup?
port of the plea to justify the jurors
in finding the verdict that was rendered;
regardless of the sentiment that was in
volved, and particularly as ho effort was
made by the state to rebut the evidence
bearing on this point. It is a very nice
question to determine what con-
stitutes emotional insanity. Medical
experts and legal experts have
been discussing the question for
centuries without coming to any
very clear conclusion on ' 'the/ sub
ject. There is hardly a murder case in
the courts that in same form or other
the question does not come up. j In fact;
it has been urged by some I eminent
authorities that no murderer is of sound
mind— that the deliberate taking of
human life can not be done by one
whose brain is in a perfectly healthy
condition. This view of the matter, for
tunately, has not grown into sufficient
popularity to have any weight with the
average jury. Another extreme view
is that there can be no insanity without
a complete and permanent loss of
the reasoning faculties. There are
those who hold that what is com
monly designated as . emotional
insanity or temporary mental aberra
tion is nothing more than a violent ex
hibition of temper, and ought not to be
received in -extenuation of crime, be
cause each individual is presumably in
control of his temper. If he didn't per
mit himself to get unreasonably mad he
wouldn't be tempted to do deeds of vio
lence. After all, this seems to be a
pretty reasonable rule to establish in
criminal jurisprudence. The emotional
insanity plea is dangerous to the secur
ity of society, and the emotional insan
ity dodge is played too often to permit
it to gain a foothold in the criminal
courts. It sometimes; answers a good
purpose, as in the Hegener case, but
it is such a very rare exception that it
does, that it will not do to give encour
agement to the emotional insanity plea.
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ROBBING THE TERRITORIES!
A cry is going up from '■•Montana- that
the territory is being, robbed by the
Northern Pacific Railroad company,
and an appeal is being made to the au
thorities at Washington tor protection!
The trouble has come about in this way:
It has always been supposed to be the
policy of the government to reserve
from settlement and survey the mineral
lands, and particularly to keep them out •
of the hands of corporations. It. seems
that under the land grant of the North
ern Pacific a great deal of land in Mon
tana passed into the possession of that
company containing valuable minerals.
This fact was not known at the time the
grant was made, or if known was
not made public. Prospectors have
since gone ahead making mining loca
tions, supposing that the fact that they
were mineral lands exempted them
from the possibility of their being
claimed by corporations. They new
find that the Northern Pacific company
is asserting its title to these lands, and
this title is recognized as valid by the
interior department . at Washington.
The commissioner of the land office
holds "the statutory exception of min
eral lands from the grant to the railroad
companies is construed to include any
lauds known to contain valuable miner
als prior to the issuance of the patent.
The railroad company will, therefore, get
a patent to all lands to which it is en
titled, including mineral land, unless
tbe government is apprised of their
character."
It goes without saying that such 'a
strained construction in favor, of the
railroad company would not! have been
given under the Sparks? administration
of the land office. But Sparks is out of
office now, and the railroad sway over
the territories, including Montana,
seems to have a good chance for restor
ation. The Globe has no disposition
to reflect on Secretary Vilas, nor to
indulge in harsh criticisms on his ad
ministration of the interior department;
but it does take the liberty of saying,
by way of a passing remark, that if he
would take his mind off/ of that vice
presidential bee in his bonnet audi de
vote more attention to the cause of i the
unprotected people of the territories,
who are being made the' victims of cor
poration rapacity,he would not only im
prove his own chances for ; the second
place on the Cleveland ticket, but he
would add just that much more to the
reputation of the Cleveland adminis
tration, and thus promote the welfare
of the Democratic party. '-..
Montana's surest protection* against
the rapacity of the railroads is in state
hood." As long as she remains a terri
tory, with duly one delegate in congress,
and he' without a vote, there is not much
prospect of obtaining relief from the
federal government. A : territory-seems :
to be regarded as legitimate prey for 4
the corporations. They gobble up ; :
THE SAINT PAUL DAILY : GLOBE : SATURDAY 1 MORNING, MARCH 3, 1888.— TWELVE ' : PAGES.
everything in sight, and what they can ;
not see they feel around , for. " But as
soon as a territory %is invested with
statehood the people are self-armed and
capable of taking care of themselves.
It is a shame that Montana, with its
150,000 population, and Dakota with its
600,000 people should longer remain in
such defenseless condition. .7.7.
MR. BYRNES' VIEWS.
We have been considerably interested
and not a little amused by an article
contributed to the North American Re
view by President T.E. Bvkxes on the
Republican clubs in Minnesota. Mr.
Byknes is doubtless a well informed
gentleman, but he takes a Utopian
view of the object of the organization
of which he is the head, wtoich, it is
safe to say, is not shared by many
other members.
For instance, he declares that the sole
object of the league is the inculcation
of sound political principles: that the
clubs "are to go beyond the individual,
and build their foundations upon princi
ples, not men; they are "to promote
good government, and become the
schools where the voter shall receive
his political education." Commendable
and lofty are Mr. Bvkxes'- ideas of
what the clubs should do. to be sure;
but if he really believes he has enun
ciated the purpose of their formation,
he is not the intelligent man we take
him -to be. Begging Mr. Bvi:Xi:s'
pardon,. the men who are prominent in
the national and state Republican
movements are not the sort of men ac
customed to placing principles above
party, and lofty aims above individuals.
They are for the most part practical
politicians, and even Mr. Bvkxes will
admit that your practical politician is
not overburdened with principles.
The fact that the Minnesota league
was founded for a more immediate ob
ject than the teaching of good govern
ment must have been patent to Mr.
Byhxes, as it was to the rest of the
state, at the Minneapolis convention.
The fact that it certainly was founded
to advance the interests of men, rather
than measures, must have been evident
to him when the league was struck with
consternation, amounting almost to
annihilation, when Mr. Blame's with
drawal was announced.
Then, again, Mr. Bvkxes is false in
his premises, when, though he himself
cites the fact that the Republican ma
jority fell in the last election from
41,000 to 2,600, he says that Minnesota
is as overwhelmingly Republican as
ever, and that all that is lacking is or
ganization and a more vigorous attempt
to encourage thought among the people.
If the possession by the Democrats of
three out of the five members of con
gress is an evidence of Republicanism,
we fail to see it, and the very fact that
the Republican majority has virtually
disappeared is proof sufficient that the
people have thought considerably upon
the: principles of the Republican party
and have found them wanting.
7 We fear President Bvkxes is an en
thusiast, and an enthusiast rarely suc
ceeds in the field of practical politics.
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7 MR. LlM> TALKS.
I Congressman John Lind, of the Sec
ond district of Minnesota, has been in
terviewed. He has unburdened himself
oh the Mills tariff bill.
. After reading what Mr. Ltxi> has to
say it is disappointing to find that he
has neither political honesty nor cour
age to rise above his parly, nor to be
true to his constituents.
In plain language, Mr. Lind will op
pose this honest endeavor to reduce an
iniquitous tax because it has a Demo
cratic origin and he is a high protec
tionist and partisan Republican.
No other construction can be placed
upon an interview whose author has no
weightier objection to offer.. to the bill
than that "it seems to be directed par
ticularly against the farmers of the Sec
ond district." ,7:
Undoubtedly the framers of the bill
had but one locality in the Union
against which they intended to. direct
their dreadful animosity : and that the
district of Congressman John Lind.
It has taken twenty-live years of Re
publican misrule to fasten upon the
people a tax of $750,000,000; and because
the tariff reformers in one day do not
wipe out of existence this monstrosity,
forsooth, Mr. Lixd will have none of
reform.
In touching language he cites that the
flax seed, potato and bean industries
of the Second district are ." immediately
to be annihilated, adding pathetically
that this great government, which raises
$225,000,000 on imports, received last
year $250,000 from the importation of
potatoes alone. ..
Mr. Lind in his distress sees the Sec
ond district flooded with foreign beans.
He. pictures the unsophisticated granger
eating, with manifest disgust, foreign
beans, and his gorge rises. "Beans or
bust," vulgarly put, is evidently Mr.
Lixd's motto, and with that poor dis
guise he will fight any attempt to re
duce the cost of the necessaries of life.
"It is the Second district of Minneso
ta which I represent," j announces Mr.
Lind, "and because this Democratic
tariff reduction affects beans, potatoes
and flax seed 1 will oppose it."
I What arrant humbuggery this is, can
be illustrated by a few figures.. In 1885
Brown county," where Mr. Lind has the
: honor to reside, raised just 219 bushels
of beans. Blue Earth county, one of
the wealthiest sections of the Second
district, raised 750 bushels of beans,
Redwood county, in the same district,
raised 56 bushels of beans.
The entire product of the state in
beans in ISBS was 2-2,000 bushels, of
which the Second district produced
' about 6,000 bushels. Yet Mr. Lind, in
his anxiety for the farmer and desire to
defend the iniquity jof protection, will
oppose a tariff reform measure. Oh,
Beans, what sins are committed in thy
name.
Mr. Lind displays the to-be-expected
selfishness and provincialism of the
average protectionist. He is willing to
have a tariff bill passed if no measure
is connected with it that might affect
his own locality. Vr; 7 1 ?
In his devotion to potatoes and beans
he is but illustrating the affection of the
iron manufacturer or the wool raiser
for his own pet schemes. - '-'3 7-7
Because the largest (the only one we
believe) oil mill in the state is 111 his
district, and gives flax seed a market,
he must pose for flax seed. His wild
assumption ' is that flax seed can be
raised abroad, shipped to New York,
transported to Minnesota and laid at the
doors of this oil mill cheaper under free
trade than the farmer living within five
miles of the mill can raise it. 7 Mr. Lind
evidently is a foe to the logic of facts.
OThe potato crop of the Second district
was- about one-fifth that of the entire
state, arid ' the state ranks tenth in the
production of this crop.. Mr. Lixd feels
keenly that the price of potatoes must
fall perceptibly under foreign competi
tion.
Blinding himself . to the. tribute that
the agriculturist is paying to-day on al
most every, article - that .he buys, Mr.
LiXD.would keep him taxed from 15 to
. 20 per cent on the cost of the necessaries
of life to save the price of potatoes. :
It is -a^ mistake that the Republicans
of ,'■ Minnesota . j have been ;. making for ,
years, . this sending of 7narrow minded
men to congress. They persistently re
.'fuse to keep abreast, of the times, and ■
misrepresent, not represent, the state.
Moved by local prejudices^ unfitted by 7
education or talents >to consider the
Union jas |a % whole, they parade their _
ideas and mstic schemes of finance be- .
fore" a delighted . audience of congres- "
sional critics.
. : Mr. Lend has shown his colors early ;
in the fight. \He has placed' himself , in :
close communion with the monopolistic
interests of the country.' .'.
He will vote 7 against this bill unless
the voice of : his constituents cows him )
into temporary submission.
Minnesota beholds ; the spectacle of
Senator Davis in the senate voting to,
compel . Americans to buy American!
products, and. Mr. Lind, in the house,;
as the champion of the bean and potato i
industry against everything else.
The country needs immediate relief
from taxation— from the mortgaged'
farming centers to the stagnant labor!
circles there is one cry for reduced!
taxes. In the face of it, Congressman
Lind gives notice of his opposition to a
measure designed to afford some relief
—the stepping stone to final reform. 7 i
And for what? 7: v ;
To save beans and potatoes. i '
THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE. I j
The private detective is responsible;
for another life wrecked and another,
soul sent to its last account, blackened
with the sin of self-murder. Our dis
patches of yesterday contained the ac
count of the suicide, in a Chicago hotel,,
of : Mrs. Manice, a reputable woman.
It now appears that she had been liter
ally hounded to death by private de
tectives who .had pursued her like a
pack of bloodhounds, at the bidding of
her husband, who was seeking evidence
to sustain a divorce suit he had brought:
against her. :
Harassed on all sides, unable to stir
in any direction without being cognizant
of the fact that sh; was shadowed by a r
hired spy, she in desperation, though
professedly innocent of any heinous
wrong-doing, took her own life, and the
husband, whose jealous insanity has
presumably made him as miserable
as a man well can be, finds the release
he sought to secure by the contemptible
methods of the - spying system. The
private detective may be in some in
stances, and in some lines of work, a
reputable man. He is more frequently
a scoundrel, by the side of whom the
ordinary informer is a saint. He finds
his reason for existing, when he under
takes the collection of divorce evidence,
in the meanest of human passions, and
to this he must pander, by fair means or
foul, in order to keep in the good graces,
of his employer and assure his salary.;
The calling, when thus prostituted, is
not a reputable one. It has been pro-'
ductive of more misery and unhappi*
ness than good. 7.7.
Society at large, and individuals, of a
suspicious nature in particular, will be
the better off when private detectives
who respect themselves refuse the kind
of "business" that led to Mrs. Manice's
death, and divorce courts refuse to ac
cept evidence collected in such a despi
cable manner. 7?; 7
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HOW MINNESOTA TALKS. «
But if the Republicans nominate
Kuute for governor, how would it be
about electing him, Peter?— Red Wing
Republican., - . . -*-;i.i
The Chief is not strong anti-McGilh
It is McGill if the governor can convince
us that he is governor and not the gang.
— Hokah Chief. - :
The Globe of Feb. 24 has a very good
article on "Trusts." It ought to be read
by every citizen of the state and coun-
Stillwater Democrat.
Our Republican friends keep on throw?
ing rocks at Grover Cleveland. They
are aiming at the next president of the
United States just the same.— Stillwater
Democrat.;... : .!
Impecunious Republican country
newspapers are preparing to support
William R. Merriam for governor,- Sweet
William has a "bar'l," you know.—
Morris Sun. ';
A marble trust or corner in tomb
stones is the latest project. Widows
and widowers had better get monu
ments for their dead partners before the
prices go up. — Rushford Star.
Republican country newspapers think
they will find in Hon. W. R. Merriam
another Kindred. He threw them a sop
while president of the Agricultural so
ciety.—Morris Sun. :7 r 7:7 '7^7
Gov. McGill is setting his pins for re
nomination, and it is not altogether cer
tain that he will not get it. In that case
it will be fun to see Doc Ames mop the
"rooral deestricts" with the fine-haired
gentleman.— Democrat.
Gov. McGill is a nice little man and
has a pretty mustache, but he has been
feeding out.of the public crib for a good j
many years now and must make room
for some of the thousands of hungry
outsiders.— Elk River Star-News.
The Globe of Friday shows up the
trusts and the way they work. The
"trust" is a combination of rich capital
ists to rob the people, and is only per
missible with country newspapers. The
trust must go.— River Star-News. 7
The early organization of Republican
clubs have failed to produce any en
thusiasm in the ranks.'while upon the
other hand the movement is bringing to
light the fact that Grover's administra
tion has some warm" friends in the g. 0.
p.— Rochester Democrat.
Mark H. Dunnell seems to have the
preference for congressmen of the First
district Republicans, § Mark is a very
good man for the position, but Judge
Wilson is a better one, and the people
will be loth to trade = him off. Wilson
first, last and all the : time.— Brownville.
•News..: / -. ir:V^77>7 : :
Too Small a Man. - ; ._.
Morris Tribune. . :. '•'-••' . --*>£?•;
The Tribune believes that it will be
suicidal for the Republicans of Minne
sota to re-nominate McGill. He is too
small a man for the place, and can not
command anything like the united sup
port of the party. Some abler man
must be placed at the head of tne ticket.
They Are All Upset. ]\
Ked Wing Argus. : . ; - -;X- 7% {.
There appears to be a growing doubt
as to whether Judge Gresham, of Indi
ana, can carry the delegation of his own
state at the coming national Republican
convention. The withdrawal of Blame
has so upset all the calculations of the
leaders that they don't know what they
do want. - - %'~}j!A'i
Will Make Him Hustle. /i i
St. Cloud Journal-Press. V" !
Ex-Lieut; ' Gov. Barto , is making a
thorough canvass of the district to fur
ther his candidacy for the congressional
nomination, and judging from the news
paper comments in the various counties
his chances are good. One thing is cer
tain, if the jolly governor does not get
there, he will make the man "hustle"
who does. - • - -
The Young Giant Will Smite.
Herman Enterprise. " •'
While the monopolists and trust-mak
ers are intoxicated with ( delight at the
apparent success of the thievery, there
is a young giant growing up -in this
country that will * ; smite . them to the
ground in a very short time. • This
champion is public sentiment,, and it is'
only waiting now for some one to di
rect it. "7 ;; ■';-': ', ■■/■' - •
. How Nicely It Works. .
" Stillwater Democrat. ;...;. .7 7^7.;.?;
77* The nail { trust ;.; has .arranged to cut
down the product 40 per cent. .' . At ; the
same time prices have; been, advanced.
How! nicely. the 'tariff helps 'the poor
artisan . Instead ." of \ seeking ;a : foreign ;
market they unite in. holding up prices.
and cut down the product. A reduction
of the tariff could . not reduce ; wages 40
per cent.
Their Object Is Plunder.
Warren Register. . ..
To the organizing of "trusts" there is
no end. Such thieving combinations
ought to be "prohibited by law. and the
penalty made sufficiently severe to se
cure its enforcement. Like all : the or
ganizations of like character, the object
is to plunder the producers and con
sumers of the country.
Lookout for Joel.
Willmar Argus. -
The Third district, that stood so nobly
by McGill before, can knock them
higher than "Gilroy's kite" in the next
round. The trouble is, the governor is
very popular: When the clique de
mand the head of the secretary of the
state central committee because of his
opposition to McGill, we * say, take it,
but in taking be careful that you do not
decapitate your master.
sVcY-i; A Year of Hard Luck.
Stillwater Democrat.
The withdrawal of Blame, the evi
dent intention of McGill to run for gov
ernor again whether or no, and the
probable fact that Hon. Knute Nelson
will ere long abandon the party of
monopolies and trusts lead Minnesota
Republicans to exclaim, "What more
calamities are in store for us?" Our
Republican friends should not get
rattled by such little things. This is a
year of calamities for them, and this is
only just the priming as yet.
Sticking to Principles. : .
Hastings Democrat. YYY"
| Hon. John L. Mac Donald has been ap
pointed a member of the Democratic
congressional committee at Washington.
Our congressman is recognized as not
only a wide-awake representative, but
an energetic and trusted exponent of
Western interests. He is carrying out
the very doctrine he advocated in the
campaign last fall, and is making him
self felt in the halls of congress. .....;
Another One for Grover.
Winona Herald.
The announcement of the. selection of
June 5 for the national Democratic con
vention, with the certainty that the
early date means a vigorous campaign
on the lines of the president's message,
was followed by a marked improvement
in the financial markets of New York.
This is only an additional straw of evi
dence that the business world has per
fect confidence in Cleveland, and is in
accord with his cutting down war taxes
and releasing the unnecessary surplus.
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LET THE NATION SHOUT.
Such a tariff as ours tends to make
wages lower rather than higher.—
cago Times.
It is not likely that the Mugwumps
can be won back to the Republican fold
this year.— St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Brother Blame is perfectly willing to
be interviewed. In fact, he is said to
be too sick to resist the newspapermen.
—Atlanta Constitution.
One of the Kilkenny cats was for
Blame and the other for Sherman, and
they emigrated to Kentucky just before
their first battle.— Louisville Courier-
Journal. y7y:Y
There can be no surer sign that the
postoffice department is a grand success
than is found in the fact that the Re
publican press is roundly abusing it.—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
d: The report that the Ohio people have
formed a "trust" in eggs, will raise no
apprehension until the hens of other
states conclude to go on a strike.—Pitts
burgh Dispatch.
The Republicans already see enough
of the long, prospective explanatory
campaign just ahead tomake them fairly
wish the summer was Columbus
Dispatch.
:i There is little room to doubt that the
withdrawal of Mr. Blame was urged
and quickened by. his belief that the
election of Mr. Cleveland -cannot be de
bated.-—Louisville Courier-Journal:
I It is reported on the authority of the
lowa State Register that Robert Lincoln
and Judge Gresham both refused to take
second place on a ticket with Mr. Blame
in 1854.— La Crosse Chronicle.
While the other Republican candi
dates are planting their presidential
booms in hot-beds, Blame lias to put his
out in the cold, frosty air to keep it from
growing too large.— Cleveland Plain
dealer.
The Globe-Democrat declares that
talk about the popularity of Ben Harri
son in Indiana is all bosh. Yet we be
lieve that Ben has figured in our con
temporary's presidential suggestions.—
Kansas City Times.
The leader of the Blame forces in
Minnesota has some very correct views
touching Mr. Cleveland. The impres
sion that Cleveland will run like a grey
hound is very strong in the Northwest.
—Kansas City Times. ' ■'■'■'
Chauncev Depew has joined the grand
army of decliners. Like Blame and the
others, he don't see anything in being
taken up into a high . mountain and
promised something that he cannot pos
sess.—Pi rg. Post.
■ The rationale of the Harrison boom
seems to be that inasmuch as candidates
cannot be elected on their fathers'.vir
tues, we will have to go back and try
what can be done on the strength of
having had a grandfather.— Pittsburg
Dispatch. " ~'-'rX'.\
Mr. Depew thinks that if the Repub
lican party can agree upon nobody but
Blame as the standard-bearer: for 1888
that patriotic man will consent to make
the race. Of course Mr. Blame ; would
sacrifice his life rather than see the Re
publican party disband "for lack of a
leader.— New York World. ; . ; .-;;';
Politics is war. War is a fate of ups
and downs. Still, this is a presiden
tial, congressional and gubernatorial
year. The democracy must have peace
if it has to fight for it. Harmony is a
necessity— harmony with a hatchet if
must be— but harmony at all hazards.—
Brooklyn Eagle. • y^ yY_Y;
In lowa the coal trusts have thus " ar
bitrarily advanced coal $5 : and SO per
ton to pay a suitable profit on the in
:flated stock. Every house in lowa that
burns hard coal has had to pay .'this' tax
•this winter. The lumber trust works in
% similar way.— Moines State Reg
ister. ..-", - •.•■..,. V" ,* ;
According" to a Washington letter to
the Philadelphia Press, Senator Cam
eron frowns at the mere mention of his
'name as a presidential candidate. He
and Senator Quay advise sending an
unpledged delegation from • the -Key
stone state to the Chicago convention.—
1 Baltimore Herald. --'-"-> YY^Y^Yi
fit The object of making the date of the
Democratic convention a ; fortnight
earlier than the Republican is that the
Democracy shall take the aggressive in
the campaign —in other words, the
(Democrats intend that the Republicans
shall dance to their music— Butte Miner.
The Republicans stepping down from
their position, outlined by Mr. Blame,
John Sherman and others, of . making a
stand up fight against the recommenda
tion of the president's message, have
changed their line of attack to a flank
movement.— La Crosse Chronicle. .
As the • Republicans seem to find it
difficult .to ; select a candidate for the
presidency the Evening Herald suggests
the following: For president, R. B.
Hayes, of Ohio; for vice-president,
William E. Chandler, of '■■ New Hamp
shire. Platform : Blessed "be the mem
ory of the returning boards.—Philadel
phia Herald. '■"
V Entirely Unnecessary. , -~
Boston Globe. : ■;-.■;. : <r Y^--;- . —
; i If the Republicans feel that it is their
duty to have a candidate at all— for it
will be wholly unnecessary, Mr: Cleve
land being as good as elected— let them
nominate - somebody- - like Foraker, of
Ohio, the Rip Van Winkle of the West,
who went to sleep before the South was
reconstructed, and is still dreaming of
war. and talking of battles in his dreams.
A good hot campaign, full of ; energy
and lively debate, might awaken him
from his slumbers and make a good
citizen of him even at this late date. On
the whole, Foraker will be a good man
to nominate.
Sherman the Scapegoat.
St. Louis Post Dispatch.
When John Sherman at the head of
treasury bossed Wall street and the
banks and the Hayes administration,
and used the whole power of the latter
to pack the convention with Sherman
delegations, he was still too weak to
clutch the coveted prize. If the party
nominates him now it will be as a sacri
fice and scapegoat for the party's sins,
and to save some younger and better
man from inevitable defeat.
A Tool of the Trusts.
Boston Globe.
Perhaps the most serious charge
which the Republican party must meet
in the coming presidential campaign is
the charge that it is the tool of the
"trusts," the champion of the great and
unscrupulous "combines" against the
common people who make up the body
of consumers. Republicans in high
places seem to lend themselves to the
service of undemocratic "combines" of
capital as naturally as ducklings take to
water.
All Right for the Bosses.
New York World.
Senator Chandler explains with refer
ence to the league of Republican clubs
that "a fundamental principle of the
new organizations is that they shall not
undertake to influence or control nomi
nations." All that is expected of them
is that they shall bring voters to the
polls. Senator Chandler and his ilk
will take all the responsibility for the
nominations and administer upon all the
effects. It is a beautiful arrangement
for the bosses.
Sherman's Support Irresolute.
Clevelaud Plain Dealer.
The talk about J. B. Foraker as a Re
publican candidate for president grows
louder. It will swell to a roar presently.
The fact is that Foraker has ten chances
for the nomination where John Sher
man has one. Foraker's friends are en
thusiastic, aggressive and they will stay
by him. Sherman's support is half
hearted, irresolute and ready to desert
him at any moment.
Nominated for Slaughter.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
There is a growing desire among the
enemies of John Sherman to have him
nominated for the purpose of compass
ing his political annihilation. The time
seems to be favorable for such a scheme.
The idea that Sherman will command
any enthusiasm outside of Ohio is one
of the jokes of the season.
Conkling Under Suspicion.
Washington Star.
Roscoe Conkling withdraws, nowevet,
his letter stating that "he is not an as
pirant for political preferment" closes
like Blame's, with the submission of a
few remarks respecting the Republican
party and politics generally, and those
who suspected Blame's withdrawal will
be bound to suspect Conkling's, unless
they look upon it as a matter of 110 con
sequence.
Sherman's Senatorial Profits. .
Cleveland Plain Denier. .* .
John Sherman earned his first dollar
on a canal towpath— Springfield Repub
lican. .
Yes, and lie procured the other $2,
-999,990 while a United States senator.
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SMILE AND READ ON. f
"Uncle Rastus, I am very sorry to
hear that you have lost your wife." 7.
"Neber mind, boss, neber mind. I's
had de 'sperience."— Tid Bits.
There is only one thing we know of
that is worse than being called upon
unexpectedly to make an after-dinner
speech. That is to prepare an after
dinner speech aud never be asked to de
liver it.— Life.
Stranger (to Washington hotel clerk-
Will you direct me to the bar-room?
Clerk— Tea, sir; follow the proces
sion.—Epoch.
"Pa, do actors walk and talk like hu
man beings when they are off the
staee?"
"Yes, my son— as you say, when they
are off the stage."— Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Eliza J. Nicholson, editor of the
New Orleans Picayune, says that the
happiest moment of her life was when
she saw her first poem in print and got
$10 for it. Alas, we fear the pleasure
was all on her side.— Columbus Dis
patch. .7 7.-7 : .'<-: : '.^'-
Toadituft— Hallo, Sangbleu! So glad
to meet you, dear boy! Fearful lot of
people here-trade, you know; sort of
folks I hate meeting!"
Lord Sangbleu— so; I suppose
it reminds em of their accounts.—Lon
don Fun.
Woman (to tramp, to whom she has
given some cold potatoes)— lf you like,
you kin step into the cowshed while
you're eatin' them 'taters; it's rainin' so
hard.
Tramp— ma'am, but I'm no
dude.— New. York Sun.
TASCOTT WAS HERE.
Chicago People Have Found Out
That Snell's Murderer Was in
St. Paul.
Chicago, March 2.— The fact leaked
out to-night that the police have ascer
tained to a certainty that Tascott, the
•alleged murderer of Millionaire
Shell, wns in St. Paul Feb. 17
He was under the name of Dixon. At
St. Paul he disposed of the clothes he
had been wearing and secured an en
tire new outfit of which the
police have now a description
in detail. The fugitive pawned jewelry ■
in St. Paul bearing his name. He de
parted as if bound for Manitoba. Offi
cers from Chicago are already at Winni
peg on his trail.
Tascott's ring and diamond stud
are.in the possession of the St. Paul
police, and have been for over
a week. They were pawned
in this city two weeks ago yesterday by
Tascott himself for $10. Tascott has
not been seen since that day, which was
the day the papers made public that
he was the murderer. This positive
proof that he had been in St. Paul was
unearthed by the St. Paul detectives,
who have , been untiringly at
work on the case for two weeks,
but they are not yet willing to make
public what they have accomplished,
for reasons . best known to themselves.
The Chicago police were a long
time finding out that Tascott had been
here, and for all the efforts they have
made he has had abundant opportunity
to get away. The facts recently pub
lished in the Globe showed conclusively
that Tascott had been In St. Paul, but
when he left or in what direction went
can only be a matter of surmise.
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The Retort Courteous.
Chicago Times, -
The St. 'Paul Globe says: "The
Chicago Times has an editorial on 'The
Best Brain Food.' We ; are glad to see
this evidence of groping in the right di
rection: If there is anything the average
Chicagoan needs it is brain food of the
strongest possible variety." Yes; there
is a good deal of f wear ■ and tear on the
Chicago brain; it is used too much.
We've often told our people to follow
the example of the St. Paul folks and
do more of their thinking 7 with their
lungs.' They wouldn't need so much
brain food.
DOOMED TO DIE.
The Crown Prince Undoubtedly Hearing
'■•-7W His End.
SUPPRESSING THE FACTS.
Chamberlain's Report on the Fisheries
Treaty— Foreign
News.
London, March, 2.— Official news has
been received here that the condition of
the German frown prince is alarming.
Upon receipt of this intelligence the
lord chamberlain- communicated with
the queen with reference to altering the
court arrangements for next week,
which include a levee and a
drawing-room. He was directed not to
alter the present arrangements, but to
prepare to postpone the receptions at
the shortest notice. The Prince of
Wales has left the Riviera and is return
ing to London.
Arrangements are being made pri
vately to transport the German crown
prince to Berlin. On account of the
animosity felt in Berlin Dr. McKenzie
will not accompany the prince, but will
proceed direct to London.
San Remo, March 8, Midnight— The
crown prince has passed a satisfactory
day. He coughs less frequently. The
patient spent a good deal of the day on
the balcony. Dr. Mackenzie still de
clines to admit that the existence of
cancer has been proved.
Berlin, March 2.— The cessation of
the daily bulletins and the strict pro
hibition of all authentic information re
garding the condition of the crown
prince has caused intense excitement in
Berlin and no little indignation. The
Germans in general are venting their
spleen upon Dr. Mackenzie and it would
not be safe for that gentleman to make
his appearance in Berlin just at pres
ent, for should he be seen and recog
nized upon the streets he would un
doubtedly be mobbed, so great is
the feeling against him. This re
cent suppression of news of the
royal patient is at the command
of the emperor, who was grievously of
fended at a report which appeared in a
Berlin newspaper, containing an ac
count that came too near the truth to
suit the authorities. It is considered on
all sides that this is but the prelude to
the fatal end, and that official silence
will give way only to the official an
nouncement of the sufferer's death.
Many other signs point to a crisis which
seems now in the gathering darkness to
be not far off. Orders for usual festivi
ties remain ungiven,and postponements
of those already planned are announced.
The Berlin Tagblatt says it is re*
ported that Dr. Bergmans has asked
Dr. Lauer to prepare Emperor William
for the worst. All kinds of rumors are
in circulation. The Vienna Freie Presse,
referring to the German crown prince's
alleged attack of suffocation, says that
one of the doctors in attendance nearly
brought on a catastrophe by his lack of
experience and skill.
HE IS HIGHLY PLEASED,
Mi-. Chamberlain Thinks the Fish
. cries Treaty a Great Success.
London, March 2.— The foreign office
has made public the dispatches received
from Joseph Chamberlain during the
progress of the negotiations at Wash
ington for the fisheries treaty. In a
communication to Salisbury dated
Washington, Feb, 16, Chamberlain says
the satisfactory result of the conference
was in a large degree due to the spirit
of conciliation manifested by both sides
and the strong sense of all the conferrees
of the importance of removing all cause
for irritation, and of promoting good
neighborhood and friendly intercourse
between the United States and Canada
and Newfoundland. The relations
between the British plenipotentiaries,
Mr. Chamberlain says, were of tlie most
cordial and harmonious character
throughout. He speaks in high praise
of Minister West and Sir Charles 'flip
per, and also calls special attention to
the services rendered by Messrs Bergne
and Maycock. The dispatch further
stated that the American government
on the present occasion repudiated any
desire to share the inshore fisheries of
Canada. The point of dispute was
therefore turned to the ques
tion of commercial facilities.
In 7 the course of discussion
it became evident that there
existed a substantial agreement on the
main facts of the case, and that while
on the one hand the United States were
ready to recognize the right of Canada
to guard the interests of her fishermen
and withhold any of the special ad
vantages conferred by the proximity of
her ports and harbors to the common
fishery grounds, on the other hand the
Canadian government was ready to af
ford all possible conveniences and as
sistance which the claims of humanity
or courtesy of nations justify, provided
the concessions were not abused or con
strued into a surrender of privileges
essential or important to a successful
prosecution of the fishing industry.
- „. GIVEN A DINNEIt,
New Yoke. March 2.— The Canadian
club of this city gave a dinner at the
Hotel Brunswick to-night to mark the
completion of the labors of the
British fisheries commissioners. Cov
ers were laid for nearly 200. Eras
tus Wiman, president of the Can
adian club, presided, and on his
right sat Mayor Hewitt. At the chair
man's left were the niemlHjrsof the
fisheries commission, Right Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain, Sir Lionel Sackville West
and their associates. Among the guests
were Jonathan A. Lane, president of
the Boston Merchants' association; C.S.
Smith, president of the New York
chamber of commerce: ex-Gov. D. 11.
Chamberlain;. Gen. Horace Porter, Sir
Alexander Gait, George a. Williams,
J resident of the Chemical bank ; C. L.
Jordan, president of the Western Na
tional, bank; C. J. Cauda, vice presi
dent of the Western National bank,
and Ex-Postmaster General James.
Letters of regret from Secretary Bayard
and Sir Charles T upper were read.
Secretary Bayard, in his letter says: "1
hope the treaty now pending for "ratifi
cation may be thoroughly comprehended
upon both sides of the bonier and be
tried upon its merits. As its arrange
ments come to be understood the more
it will be approved by all fair-minded
and : reasonable men as an honorable,
practical and just settlement of. a con
troversy that for generations has
baffled adjustment and threatened the
friendly status of two neighboring states
who have no just cause to be other than
steady friends. The treaty has been
framed in a . spirit of just arid mutual
conciliation aud advantage and I earn
estly hope that the blindness of parti
sanship or the influence of local selfish
ness or ignorance may not be suffered
to deprive the two countries of its great
benefits. Its defeat would be a great
public calamity which I hope patriotism
may arrest.".
The Pope.
. Rome. March To-day has been cele
brated here as the tenth anniversary of
the coronation, and seventy-eighth an
niversary of the birth of the pope. In
receiving the congratulations of the sa
cred college, the pope lamented more
than ever his present position, which,
he said, was unbearable. He said that
in not prohibiting the jubilee fetes re
cently celebrated, Italy had dieted from
selfish interests and . not from any re
spect to the holy see. No arrangement
with the government was possible until
the independency of the papacy was
recognized and restored.
Bulgaria.
London, March 2.— Lord Salisbury,
in an interview with Baron de Staal,
■ the : Russian ambassador, to-day, de
! clared that he would oppose the deposi
; tion -of Prince Ferdinand unless the
powers agreed upon his successor on
the Bulgarian ■ throne. He added that
; the nomination ol tho l*riuee of Mm;
; grelia would not receive the assent of
. England. -•••• . .".
Wilson's . Sentence.
j Paris, March 2.— M. Ferry aud num
erous'; opportunists called upon M.
Grevy to-day and expressed sympathy,
with him on the fate of his son-la*
law. The ex-president preserves a
dignified demeanor. In conversation
to-day he expressied the opinion that
the court of appeal* will reverse the
judgment in the case of M. Wilson.
This is also the opinion of many jurists.
A Costly Present.
Loxdox, March 2.— Liverpool to
night Lord Lnthoin publicly presented
to Madam Marie Rose, the prima donna,
a tiara of diamonds as a birthday gift.
The Jewels bad been purchased with
funds subscribed by citizens of Liver
pool. Ihe queen sent her congratula
tions to Madame Rose. James Russell
Lowell and Mr. Russell, the United
states consul at Liverpool, were
present.
Deadly Avalanches.
Rome, March 2.— Reports arc con*
tinually being received here of damage
done by snowstorms and avalanches
throughout Northern Italy. At Leg
horn the water supply was cut off for a
few days owing to an enormous land
slip extending over 600 feet on the
aqueduct near San Guisto. Most of the
bouses in the track of the land slip were
destroyed. The occupants escaped.
He Gets Three Months.
Dublin, March 2.— A newsdealer
named Dingle has been sentenced to
three months' imprisonment for selling
copies of United Ireland containing re
ports of suppressed meetings' of
branches of the National league.
The Soudan War.
Rome, March 2.— Advices front Mas
sowah say thai Chief Debeh aud his rob
lowers, who have been powerful allies
of the Italian forces, have deserted to
the enemy, taking with them firms and
equipments which the Italians had sup
plied them. *
Mcatiy's Body.
Drvi.iv, March 2.-The bisbon of
Cork permits the body of the "late
Stephen J. Meany to be placed in the
cathedral there on the condition that
there shall be no political demonstra
tion.
An Extra War Grant.
Viexxa, March 2.— lt is expected
that an extra war grant will be de
manded by the government at the next
meeting of the delegations which will
exceed 100,000 florins.
Sixty Prisons Drowned.
London, March 2. The French
schooner Fleur de la Met has found
ered off the Island of Cayenne. Sixty
passengers were drowned.
For Idle Workmen.
Rome, Match 2.— The government has
given orders to begin work on several
public Improvements with the view of
giving employment to workingmen now
idle.
TERRIBLE IP TRUE.
Rumors of a Deadly Accident on
the Panhandle Road,
Pittsburg, March 8, ia. m.— is
rumored that two trains came into colli.
sion on the Panhandle railroad, near
Surgettstown, to-night, through the
failure of a telegraph operator to
deliver an order. The report says
that the crews ol both engines and many
passengers were killed. One report
places the number killed at twenty-nine
and the Injured at .seven. At the offices
of the Panhandle here the report is de
nied.
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Jo Chamberlain.
New York, March 2.— Joseph Cham
berlain is greatly pleased over the re
ception accorded him in Philadelphia
during the past two days, ami says that
the St. George's Hall Union league and
George W. Ghilds banquets, and the
Horticultural hall reception would com
bine to burn the recollection of the
Quaker city into bis memory. This
afternoon he will lie banqueted by the
Canadian club of this city, and among
the other guests will be Sir Charles
Tupper, finance minister of Canada;
Sir Lionel West, British minister at
Washington: J. S. D. Thompson. Cana
dian minister of justice, and Mr. Poster,
Canadian minister fisheries.
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A Suffering Town.
Washington, March ■.*. - The follow
ing telegram has just been received:
Mt. Vernon, 111.. March 2.— Reached
Mt. Vernon yesterday. While reports
have been correct, ii has not been pos
sible for words to adequately describe
the situation. The destruction, loss and
needs are far greater than is realized by
the public. Everything is needed, and
every aid ami welcome should be ten
dered. A cold, hard tain falls on a thou
sand houseless and homeless people
hereto-day. Clara a. Barton,
President American National lied Cross.
A Sad Affair.
Philadelphia, March 2.— The fu
neral of Miss Carrie Sheets and her
father, John A. Sheet-, the wealthy
lumber dealer of this city, the latter of
whom dropped dead at hi- residence at
Haddontield, NY .1.. upon returning
home and learning of his daughter's
death, took place at Laurel Hill ceme
tery yesterday afternoon, a large num
ber of friends being present at the
double funeral. It was commented upon
as a peculiar coincidence that the
daughter was born the sth and the
father the nth day of March, and that
they both died within one day of each
other.
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Dislike the Mormons.
i HENS, Ga., March 2.— The city was
much aroused about noon when it was
publicly made known that Mormon
elders had suddenly appeared iii Athens
and were getting read] to issue cheap
excursion tickets to Utah. The matter
will be immediately investigated. in
the meantime the elder- will probably
disappear. It i- thought that several
converts have been made recently.
floats Burned.
New York, March 2. Several barges
ami canal boats loaded with bay were
burned at their wharf in Wallabout
Basiu, Brooklyn, to-day. The wharf
was also damaged. Several families
living on the barges had harrow escapes.
Loss, about .ftio,(>oo._
Fight With a Convict.
IXDiAXAi'Oi.is, March 2.— A I West,
colored, a work house prisoner, assault
ed a guard named Stewart, fracturing
hi- skull with a stone and fatally Injur
ing him. Stewart, in tailing, shot West
dead. 85^35
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Henry George Restrained.
New York, March ■.'. -Judge Patter
sou to-day granted Rev. Dr. McGlvun a
permanent injunction restraining Henry
George ami Ills followers from incor
porating an anti-poverty society.
Tbe Illinois Central Sued.
Chicago, March 2.— -A bill in equity
has been tiled here by the trustees of
the Cedar Falls & Minnesota railroad
against the Illinois Central road, pray
ing that the latter road be enjoined from
interfering with the Cedar Falls road.
An accounting to also ashed.
Chips From the Ties.
c. A. Lawrence has resigned his j>osition
as engineer of maintenance of way on Hie
Manitoba to become engineer of the Eastern
Minnesota.
Howard .lames, chief cleric to Mr. Afanvel,
of the Manitoba, is to be treasurer of the
Battern Minnesota road. The office of the
road for the present will be lathe block
owned by Kdmund Rlcel .Ir.. on the comer
of Fifth and Jackson streets.
The Milwaukee & St. Paul baa accepted lbs
cut made by the Rock Island on carload
classes between Chicago and "'-■•* Moines.
The Jnstroeiiotia formerly Issued by the
Milwaukee A St. Paul road, prohibiting the
importation into or transfer across the statu
of Miunesota or the territory of Montana
from the state of Illinois of tiny cattle, have
been Modified so that shipments of eattla
may now Ik- received from all parts ot the
state of Illinois, except certain parts of Cook
county.
The Milwaukee & Si. Paul has just issued a
special tariff on seed wheat, flax or barley
between all otatiot-s re... its reed tt>. carload
lota or less. ■-'•-* -' - •' -~ ' - ,r