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Merriam Convicted by His Own Actions of Being the Foe Of the Farming- and Laboring" Classes, Whose Votes He Bids For. As a Member of the Legisla ture of 1883 He Voted With the Railroads. He Voted Against the Bill to Reduce the Rate of Interest. On Mortgages That Were Crushing Life and Hope Out of the Farmer. When It Was Attempted to Legally Control the Rail roads He Voted "No." He Was Pledged to Vote for Low License Two Years Ago, And Skulked Away From the House When the Vote Was Taken. MERRIAM'S RECORD. 15 S3. Voted against the Frank railroad bill. Voted against the reduced interest bill. Voted for the Peterson Minneapolis millers'' grain bill. Voted for railroad discrimination. Voted for high interest rates. Voted for low license. Voted against prohibition. ISS7. Refused to vote for high license. [To be continued.] For the last twenty years, or since the close of the war and the commence ment of the era of unnatural -pecula tion, there has been in Minnesota a per sistent conflict between the agricultural classes on the one hand and the ele ments and posts of tyrannical and monopolistic capital on the other. The result has been an oppressive and de structive rule upon the farming and laboring classes of the state. Taxes have steadily increased, the state been flooded with watered railroad stock, un lawful combinations been made to con trol the price of wheat, the system of grain Inspection Riven to the railroads nnd the state treasury depleted. Legis lative sessions have been notorious for their extravagance, and the interests of labor and agriculture ground down until to-day they labor under a depression unknown hitherto in the state. This has been the work of the Republican party, which for a quarter of a century has had control of the affairs of the state. And it is to con tinue the nefarious system which it has created that the Republican party litis nominated William 1!. Merriam for governor. It is to keep the railroad commission, the grain Inspection and tbe legislature under the thumb of the railroads and corporations that Merriam has been brought .to the front by the Republican party. He is in perfect ac cord with all the principles of that party— taxes, subordination of state to railroads, corporate rule, the monopolistic few against the oppressed many. As the friend of the common people and the implacable foe of all that threatens their existence, the Globe for them presents a small — very small— portion of his rocord and in vites every candid voter to consider whether or not such a man is fit to be the governor of Minnesota. Mr. Mer riam began his public career in ISBS as a member of the house in the session of that year. THE USURER. William R. Merriam Favors His Cause." In the session of is**:;. Representative I\ 11. Elahilly, a Democratic member of the house, introduced a bill changing the maximum rate of interest in the existing interest and usury law of the state from 10 to s per cent. This was a measure designed expressly to benefit the farmers of the state. The farmers by some occult law are always bor rowers, and the Minnesota farmers have been no exception to the rule. Here was a measure to test the principles of any member of the legislature and to put him on record as a friend or foe of the fanning interests of the state. Mr. Merriam was a member of that house, and upon the floor, when the bill reducing the rate of interest and striking a blow at the usurer, was introduced. On Feb. 21 the bill was presented for final pass •;_■<*. with a strong argument by Mr. Rahilly in its favor, He represented a farmers' district and knew of the injus tice being done to them in a main tenance of the high rate of 10 per cent. The bill was put to the final vote ami defeated by ■ vote of 48 to __. Mr. Merriam voted against its passage, as is verified by tlie house journal for that session. A bill that Representatives Paulson, Greer, Thompson, liaarnas, Dell, Johnson, Buck, Enery, Baum garten, Patterson and Sampson— all representatives of farming districts of the state— could support, Mr. Merriam could not support and did not. A CORPORATION TOOL. Merrfaun Further Illustrates His Enmity to Farmers. The session of ISS3 saw a large num ber of bills introduced by the farmer members designed to better regulate and control the railroad transportation of the state. The Farmers' al liance was just in its youth and beginning to make its influence felt upon the legislators. The railroads were practically uncontrolled by law, and from all parts of the state the cry was coming of extortionate rates, in sufficient supply of cars, corrupt eleva tor Influences, and combinations by railroad corporations to force down the prices of the pro ducts of the farmer. This led to the introduction by Representatives Frank, Peterson and other's important railroad bills which sought to make ■- -— '■■■■■■-. ■ ■.■..-.'-■•..-- ■■.. *l^* ■*.»■'. ■■.. .'■:"* .■•■-":»;-.. :_.---'': ■-->**: '" THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL. Tiie Riotous feast-era roijse from their dream of "spoils" to read their ruin. The tillers of the soil have written it in letters of fire. rates reasonable and to bring the rail roads under the control of the state. On February 27th these bills were all ! brought before the house, after able j discussion in their favor, and on a mo tion to indefinitely postpone, were defeated by a vote i of forty - four ayes and forty-one j nays. Mr. Merriam voted to indefin itely postpone these bills, thereby mak- i ing it impossible for the farmer to se cure in that session the justice he demanded. The Frank bill was one of the fairest ever introduced !n a Minnesota legisla ture. It gave to the railroads a just rec ognition, and yet made it impossible for them to continue illegal practices. The | bill was so fair that the lobby organized ! by the railroads to fight it was extraor- i dinarily strong. Yet even with this op- j position the bill with the others that : shared its fate came within three votes of victory, and would have been within ono if Mr. Merriam had voted with the farmers. Three provisions of the Frank bill , and which were practically embodied j in the others, were vitally important to i every producer in the state. j If Mr. Merriam had cared a picayune | whether the farmers perished or lived, i these alone would have caused him to | have given an honest support to them. If J he had not been bound up hand and soul in the interest of the railroads, and of every other monopoly in the j state he would have seen that the jus tice of the farmers' cause demanded his support of these vital measures. Sec- ' tion 4, of the Frank bill was: Hakes it the duty of railroad companies to provide warehouses and elevators for the i receipt of freight, and makes It obligatory upon them to remove freight to and from ! warehouses and elevators and than those j owned by such company at the same rates as from warehouses and elevators owned by j such companies, and prohibits discrimina tion. The law proposed to prohibit discrim ination. '•".'-';"*■'* Merriam voted to continue discrimin ation. Section 8 of the bill read: Provides that the railroads shall transport all freight offered within a reasonable time I in the order of the reception of the same by j tbem for carriage; and provides lhat if any ! railway company or corporation shall trans port freight of any description for any per son or persons, company, corporation or as- '■ sociation at rates less than are pre cribed by this act, then such company or corpora- ' tion shall thereafter transport frieglits of tlie j same description over its fine or lines of rail- j road for all other persons at the same rates ; during the time such discrimination is in i force, and in addition thereto such railroad i company shall be liable to each and every I shipper and receiver of freight who has been ! discriminated against by such railway com- j pany or corporation in a sum ten times the amount of freignt charges snch shippers and i receivers of freight have actually paid in ex- I cess of such reduced rates during the time of ' such discrimination, with costs and disburse ments of suit. A proviso is added excluding ! reduction or gratuitous transportation for J the relief of parties suffering Irom extensive ! public calamities. The last sections of the bill were— Sec. 9. Declares all lines of railroad In the ' state public highways and the railroads com- j mou carriers. i Sec. 10. .Makes the rates the maximum of reasonable rates, and any railroad wiiich. shall receive a higher rate snail be deemed to have misused its powers and vio- ; lated the terras and conditions on ; which Its charter and franchises -were granted, and it is made the duty of the attorney gen- ; eral to institute proceedings for the for- i feiture of the charter and franchises of such I railroad company or corporation, or for the j collection of a fine not exceeding $1,000 for each and every violation of the provisions of this act, at the discretion of the court before which the case shall be tried. Did Mr. Merriam support these? He voted against them, and the records In the archives of the state show that he did. TO CHEAT FARMERS. Merriam Voted for the Peterson Grain Bill. One of the most notorious "wood chucks" of the '83 session Vas what was known as the Peterson grain bill, and which was championed by Loren Fletcher and all of the Minneapolis grain buyers and mill men. Fletcher was speaker of the house and it was under his special care that the bill was carefully considered in the committee and finally presented to the house, lt had no sooner been sprung than the secret was betrayed that the bill gave to the Minneapolis millers absolute control of the wheat inspection system of the SAINT PAUL, MINN. SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1888.--* -TWELVE PAGES. state. The farmers rose in arms against the measure, and their protests were so effectual that the bill was de feated by a vote of 36 to 34. Mr. .Mer riam voted for the passage of the bill. His name is on the records of the state as voting for this bill, when almost the entire farming interest of the state as represented in that house voted solidly against it. THREE OPPORTUNITIES Merriam Had to Show His Politi cal Character. Here were three opportunities for Mr. Merriam to show that lie was the friend of the farming and laboring interests of this state. He could have voted for a reduced rate of interest, lie could have voted for restrictive railroad laws. lie could have voted against a grain bill that lie must have known was drafted to favor the Minneapolis wheat ring and not the farmers. In none of these instances did he do so, nor is there in the legislative records of that time, nor the public prints, a single ray of evidence that during the session lie once opened his mouth to advocate these measures. The final vote on the motion to indefinitely postpone the rail road bills pending was .by the legisla tive records) : TEAS. Baker, Emery, Patterson. Bell, Ende, Peterson, Ole, Boardman, Finch, Mummer, Bohland, Gotzlan, Potter, Borak. Gregory, Randall, Buck, Halgren, Sadley, Capser, Hartley, Smith, J., Jr. ( mi.l. E. A., Hill, Stahlraan, chisholm, Johnson, W.H.Stegeniau, Cole, ' Linnell, Strong, Collins, Mi Naniara, Torgerso n, Corals-, MERRIAM, Tur roll, Crawl ord, "Moore, Van Dyke, Culle n, Jlortenson, White. Denieules, Nelson, NAYS. Anderson, 11., Farrar, Paulson, T., Baaraaas, Frahm, Peterson, John Batohelder. Frank, Peterson, 0., Baunigurlcn, Greer, Kahilly, Bean, Grimsha - Sampson, Becker, Groetsch, Be. moor, Blackman, Hicks, Siaener, Brown, llohnstrom, Smith. J., Burmestcr, Jackliu, snow, . Carson, Leuz, Spauldiug, Child. 1. E., Lydiard, Thayer, Daniels, Miller, Thompson, Dilley, Morris, Way, Dyar, Morse. TEMPERANCE Made a Football or by Mr. Mer riam. It was not necessary two years ago for Mr. Merriam to give a wine banquet to the members of the house to demon strate that he was an ardent advocate ot low license. His course on the tem perance question has been as zig-zag as that ol an Illinois "worm" fence, In 1883, under a direct pledge to the liquor dealers, lie voted against the Hicks constitutional prohibition bill. Later in the session he voted for the Cole bill, which was to fix licenses at ._.* jo and $500. but he did this with the knowl edge that every one posted had that the bill alter leaving the house would never pass the senate. In 1886 a select committee from the Columbia associa tion*; (the liquor dealers' order) called on all the legislative candidates in Ramsey county before the election to as certain whether or no they would vote for high license. Among those called upon was W. K. Merriam, then a candidate for the house. After a conference with the committee, Mr. Merriam gave his pledge that he would not vote for high license. The committee at once returned to a called meeting of the Columbia association and reported that every candidate in Ramsey county, including W. R. Merriam, and except Mr. Ames, would vote against high license. The chairman of this committee was one of the most prominent Germans in St. Paul, and with the committee he distinctly told the Columbia association that W. R. Merriam was pledged to them to vote against high license. Now, what hap pened? The high license debate came up, and the battle raged fiercely day after day. As Speaker Mr. Merriam sat in the chair day after day and watched it. The final day for its possage came, and there was such a gathering at the state capitol of the beauty and strength of the state as had never been seen before. The atlend ance was so great that the supporters in the galleries cracked and the great roof above the hall of representatives began to settle. At 2:30 that afternoon of Feb. 9, 1887, just before the house was called to order and the last struggle over high license was to be had, Mr. Merriam sat in the speaker's chair. Mr. Donnelly was in his seat and Mr. Merriam beckoned to him. There was a whispered conversation between them., and then suddenly Merriam left his seat, stole down a side aisle, crept into the cloak room, hastily slipped on his coat and hat, and, avoiding all notice, scurried away from the capi tol as if the pestilence was after him. A minute later Ignatius Donnelly called the house to order. Two hours later the high license bill passed. But in all that "time Mr. Mer riam did not show his face in the body over which he had been elected to pre side. '** Weighed down by his pledge to the Columbia association, afraid that the vote on the passage of the bill would be a tie and that he would have to decide whether high license should pass or not, he skulked away, shirked the re sponsibility and saved his bacon for an other day. This is the man whom the Repub licans of Minnesota have nominated on a high license platform to be governor of Minnesota— a man who has twice given his pledges to the liquor dealers that he would oppose it. This is the man, sneaking away from the state capitol for fear that he might be called upon to do his duty, while hanging above him was a pledge given to the Columbia associa tion that he— a Republican— leader of the high license party of Minnesota —would not vote for the bill. lias be reformed? Is there any evi dence at hand to show that Low Li cense Merriam of ISB7 is not Low Li cense Merriam of 188S? HIS CAMPAIGN*. A Still Hunt to Be the Pro gram in no-. Mr. Merriam will not speak on any public topic in his campaign. lie will exhibit himself at agricultural societies, but nothing more. It is be coming evident that his nomi nation was made only to elevate him to the position of treasurer and cashier of the Republican party. It lias been given out that the Republican national committee will not put any money into Minnesota this year, send jiit. only campaign orators to preach high taxes. It is re-, ported that Loren Fletcher, John S. Pillsbury, B. B. Lamrdon, and a num ber of other leading Republicans have declined to contribute ' a cent. Mr. l'illsbury is quoted as saying: "If it is ptoven to me that votes were bought in the state convention to se cure Merriam's nomination, I will vote against him and support Wilson." The result of ail this is that the campaign expenses are to fall upon Meniam, and he to be a prey to every shark in the Republican party. The programme arranged for his campaign is to flood the state with high-tax ora tors, including his "obese highness," Bob Evans. Beyond this no particular work is to be. done until just at the close of the campaign. The Republicans calculate on Merri am's election by 15,000 majority, but to be certain that he gets it, they are going to do some heavy work In the counties of Cass, Cook, Luke, Itasca, Beltrami and wherever population Is scarce and "tricks" not discernible. The older and settled counties dare not be approached in this manner, but it is reported by Republicans who are not friendly to Merriam that in these coun ties he hopes to make such prepara tions as will make his defeat impossi ble. If this is not done,aud Mr.Merriam trusts to a fair contest, he is beaten. The confusion and bewilderment of his managers is amusing. Since his nomi nation they have done nothing but hang about the Merchants and hurl taunts at the McGill and Scheffer men. They have no campaign 'plan arranged, their journals -..*■' don't even "hurrah" for . Merriam, and they are all afraid of what the Democrats are" going to do. It is amusing to hear them inquire as to Democratic plans and then Continued ou Fourth Page. % FAR WORSE THAN WAR Veterans Escape Bullets Only | to Be Mangled by Collid ing Trains. Frightful Wreck on the Bal timore & Ohio Near Ank neytown, 0. Two Persons Killed Outright and Thirty-Six Injured, Three Fatally. All Were Returning Heme From the National En campment, G. A. R. Special to the Globe. Mansfield, (>., Sept. 14.— Balti more & Ohio north-bound passenger train No. 9, due in this city at 5:53 a. m., jumped the switch this morning at Ankeneytown siding, twenty-five miles south of this city, and collided with a freight train on the siding. The mail car, followed by the express car and two day coaches, struck the engine and rolled over on their sides badly wrecked. Almost immedi ately the freight engine ex ploded, throwing wreckage in all directions. The two coaches contained 110 passengers, nearly all returning from the encampment at Columbus. The hot water and steam from tho boiler poured into the coaches, and the passengers that had not been hurt by broken timbers were scalded. The en gine on the passenger train, which, with two express cars, had safely passed the switch, was immediately taken to Independence and Bellevtie, and all the doctors in these places were, taken to the wreck. The passengers who were not ■ t-7. HELD DOW!! BY TIMBERS crawled out of the windows, and by the time the doctors reached the spot, all but four or five were out of the broken coaches. Mrs. Edward Valentine, of Chicago, and F. Luckens, the express agent, were fairly pinned under the wreckage. Harry Tomlinson, the freight engineer, was standing on the side track next to the passenger train, and lie was found between the tender and boiler of his engine, with the front part of his bead blown. off. He was unmarried, and resided at Newark, 0., with his mother. David Wilson, the baggage master, was found doubled up alongside the freight train, with his neck broken and his skull crushed. lie has a wife and two children living at Sandusky. Mrs. Edward Valentine, of 084' Madison street, Chicago, and Will iam Grinsley, of Shawnee," a brakeman on - the freight train, cannot live. The ; dead men were laid on cots alongside the track, and the wounded were taken to houses near by. The wrecked train consisted of engine, two express cars, mail car, baggage car, two day coaches and two sleeping cars. The ony persons injured were in the day coaches. The sleepers did not leave the track. Following is a list of the killed and wounded: ,~, ( KILLED. HENRY TOMLINSON, Newark, O. DAVID WILSON, Sandusky, O. FATALLY INJURED. WILLIAM GOHNSLEY, Shawnee, O. AARON DICKSON, Aversville, O. Mrs. EDWARD VALENTINE, Chicago, 111 INJURED. A. KITCHEN. Dupont, O. ; face and breast scalded. A. C. HENRY, Ayersville, O.: left hip, both feet and body badly bruised and cut. J. C. MYERS, Dupont, knee hurt. tl. EL MYERS, Defiance, shoulders and hands scalded and back sprained. JACOB DASE. Newark, passenger brake man, cut on head and body wrenched. .GEORGE DANIELS, Sandusky, back hurt. 'L. J. MYERS, North Baltimore, right arm broken and bruised. C. E. McBRIDE, Mansfield, bruised. JOHN BRECHBILL. Defiance, legs and head seriously scalded. A. T. BRECHBILL, Defiance, scalded and hip dislocated. L. D. BLUE, Ayersville. badly scalded. PETER WENTsELL, Ayersville, slightly scalded. J. D. THOMAS, commander Burnside Post No. 56, Shenandoah, 10., left clavicle broken and breast injured. EDWARD WALDENER, Defiance, scalded and bruised. EDWARD VALENTINE, Chicago, bruised and cut about tlie lace and shoulder. W. H. BRIDENtfACH, Bumersburg, 0., bead cut. -\ ; MICHAEL HEALY, Newark, foreman on freight train, scalded on face; hands and shoulders bruised. Mrs. SARAH WENZ, Shelby, cut on fore head and bruised. HENRY WEN Shelby, slightly bruised JOHN SHLETER, Syracuse, Ind.; back bruised. ■■':-■■ CRAWFORD PORTER, Allen county, Ind. ; scalp wound. WM. PONTIUS. Circleville. Ohio; hands binned ami Internally injured. ■ . J. F. McKINLEY. Mansrield, Ohio; scalded on left side of the face. J. 11. FLANAGAN, Clinton, Iowa; feet and arm hurt. '. . ~ F. LUCRE Newark, express messenger; scalp wound and bruises. ERNEST WALDENER, Defiance, hands and face scalded. ARTHUR WING, Defiance, face cut and scalded.' J. C. Mvers. Dupont, leg cut. R. FRA'ZIER, Baltimore, Md., leg bruised. EDWARD DALY, Chicago, head and legs bruised. : SYLVESTER KIRKENDALE, Plymouth, 0., leg hurt. JOHN BRAND, Fontana, Kan., scalded about face. LAURA BOYCE, Trenton, Mo., hands cut by glass. - -^ The majority of the injured men are members of the G. A. R. Some of them were put in sleeping cars and taken to their homes this afternoon. Those who could not be moved were taken care of at neighboring houses. The loss to the company is estimated at $15,000. BEHEADED BY A TRAIN. Through the Carelessness of a , Flagman a Fireman Loses Bis ' "Life. Special to the Globe. Youngstown, 0., Sept. 14.— seri ous accident happened near Furnace Junction, one mile west of Lowellville, 0.,0n the Pittsburg & Lake Erie rail road, at C:2O this morning. Henry Dickson, fireman of local freight No. 28, was beheaded and his arm also cut off. The crew of No. 28 saw the caboose of No. 26 ahead, and all jumped off except Conductor Kimble. Dickson fell under the wheels. Kimble ran forward and reversed the engine and stopped the train in time to prevent a collision. Dickson is from Pittsburg. The flag man of No. 26 has not been seen since the accident. His train had disregarded 'orders and was running on the time of a passenger train. '•"• Sentenced to Stretch Hemp. Suawneetown, 111., Sept. 14. — .George W. Milliken was yesterday found guilty of murdering his wife, and Judge ! Jones sentenced him to hang Nov. 23. Hester Annie Dewes got fifty ' years for being an accomplice. LEGALLY CHOKED. Murderer Goldensen Expiates His Crime on the Gallows. Special to the Globe. San Francisco, Sept. 14.—Alexan der Goldensen was hanged In the city jail a few minutes after noon to-day for the murder, on Nov. 10, 1880, of little Mamie Kelly, a schoolgirl fourteen years of age, who had rejected his at tentions. Goldensen, who was but twenty years old, passed last night in drinking, playing cards and singing songs, and met his fate to-day with the bravado which he has all along shown. The case has excited more interest on the coast than any murder that has oc curred for years. Two attempts were made to lynch Goldensen during the two years which have elapsed since the murder, but in both cases the police succeeded in beating off the mob. A determined and able legal fight has been made for the prisoner, and it was only yesterday that all hope was aban doned. UNDER TONS OF DIRT. Sewer Excavators Suffocated and 0 Fatally Injured by a Cave In. Special to tne Globe. Seymour, Ind., Sept 14.— -While William Vondehren and a number of assistants were 'at work this afternoon in the bottom of a sewer excavation seven feet deep the quicksand gave way and the sides of the ditch fell in, burying Vondehren and one of his assistants, Arthur Orrcll, under about eight feet of sand and clay. Vondehren was ex tricated alive, but terribly injured in ternally on his breast and shoulders and is dying to-night. Orrell was suf focated before he could be rescued. The others escaped with slight injuries. . Modern Bor_iuism. Parkersburo, W. Va., Sept. 14.— This morning Mrs. Varner, a woman of uncontrollable temper, living in tho neighboring county of Tyler, gave her three children "Rough on Rats," and then took some herself. The children's lives were saved, bnt Mrs. Vainer died ill a few hours. , i A Sneak Thiers Haul. Buffalo, Sept. 14.— A package of money containing $2,049 was stolen yes terday from the paying teller's counter in the Third National bank while he was at lunch. It is supposed to have been the work of an expert sneak thief. Hempcd Into Eternity. Columbia, S. C, Sept. 14.— Dock Dargon, a negro boy nineteen years old, was hanged in the jail at Bennettsville to-day for the murder, in April last, of William F. Coxe, Jr., a white boy of the same age. He met his death calmly and declared that he was going to heaven. He died without a struggle, his neck being broken. -■■- Hacked by Her Husband. Tuscola, 111., Sept. 14.— M. !0. Easton, a farmer living near Areola, grew violently insane this evening and attacked his wife with a corn knife, hacking her terribly. She will die be fore morning. SOLDIERS ON' THE MARCH. Closing Session of tbe National En campment G. A. R. DELEGATES RETURN HOME. The Famous Rebel Flag Episode Crops Out at tbe Mexican War Vet erans' Convention. Special to the Globe. Columrus, 0., Sept. : l4.— largest and most successful encampment in the history of the Grand Army of the Re public came to an end this afternoon, and with but a comparatively few ex ceptions the delegates and visitors are homeward bound. At the final session of the grand encampment a report from the council of administration recom mending that tlie old per capita tax of font cents per quarter be restored was voted down, for a large number of delegates, led by Comrades Bennett, New York; Gregory, Massachusetts, and O'Donnell, Illinois, taking the ground that the present revenue was large enough and that it was bad pol icy to accumulate a large surplus in the treasury. After an animated de bate it was decided by a large majority to attach salaries of $000 per annum each to the positions of judge advocate general and inspector general, and the commander-in-chief announced the fol lowing as his choice for staff officers: Adjutant general, Eugene F. Weigel, Missouri; quartermaster general, John Taylor, Pennsylvania; Inspector General, George S. Evans, Massachusetts. The new council of administration was announced. Among members are; Dakota— C. Smith. Grand Forks; lowa— E. Fickell, Dcs Moines; Michigan— X. A. Alger, De troit; Minnesota— Lewis Marsh, Minne apolis; Wisconsin— George 0. Ginty. Resolutions '-?v£ : EULOGISTIC OF GEJT. SHERIDAN and expressing sympathy for the family were adopted by a rising vote. Com plaints were made by several of the del egates from New Mexico, Washington territory and the Pacific coast that they had been unjustly treated by the rail road companies, and alter a resolution to suspend next year's encampment had been voted down in favor of an amend ment recommending comrades not to attend the next encampment unless jus tice was done in the present case, a committee was appointed to take such action as might be necessary in the matter. The encampment then adjourned sine die. At the annual con vention of the National Association of Mexican veterans to-day, some com motion was created by a young girl de livering a recitation reflecting strong upon the famous Rebel flag order. She was permitted to finish, and then the president, Gen. Denver, said amid great applause that the selection was ap propriate neither to the time or place, that the • organization had always held itself aloof from politics: that it recognized no sectional lines of internal disturbances, and that the moment it departed from that posi tion he would cease to be a member. The convention of the Womens' Relief corps to-day- elected Mrs. Charity It. Craig, of Viroqua, Wis., president for the ensuing year. Mrs. Emma K. Ogden, of Detroit, formerly a mission ary to India, volunteered to go as a nurse to the yellow fever districts in be half of the organization, and the offer was accepted. Thr next convention will be held in Milwaukee. ■'7~7\ A Snow-Capped Peak. Special to the Globe. Sr :i 7y Mount Washington, N. H., Sept. 14.— Yesterday two inches of snow and sleet fell here, and the glass stood at 28 j deg. above zero. It was the third snow storm and the sixth time the thermom eter has been below freezing point here since July 1. LEGALLY CHOKED. SCODR6EDBY FLAMES Washburn, Detroit and Spo - kane Falls Experience a Baptism of Fire. The Business Portions of the Three Towns in Smoul dering Ruins. Horse Thief Wise Lynched in the Turtle Mountains by Settlers. Convict "Charley' Miller's Pal Fighting for Posses sion of a Clue. Special to the Globe. Spokane Falls, Wyo., Sept. 14.— The most serious conflagration in the history of this city occurred at 6 o'clock this evening. At that time a flame was observed issuing from the Queen chop house, which was surrounded by rows of frame buildings. The firemen hurriedly responded to alarm, but the fire had made considera ble progress before their arrival on the scene. It was but a brief period ere the flames had passed beyond the con trol of the firemen, and it was apparent that tho whole block was doomed to destruction. At this writing, 7 p.m., the fire is traveling from building to building, and in consequence of lack of water the firemen are unable to cope with the element. The Star lodging house and Mint sa loon at the corner of Main and Howard street has gone up In smoke; also the Pioneer restaurant and Dr. Morgan's residence on Main street. The fire is now traveling northward along Howard street, which is LINED WITH FRAME BUIDINGS The streets are thronged with men, women and children, all of whom are rushing about in the wildest excite ment. AS EXPLOSION OP POWDER in a pawnshop his just occurred, and missiles of almost every variety were sent flying through the air, falling on several people. No one was seriously injured. Fortunately there is no wind and on this alone depends the safety of the city. The new Frankfort block, which was nearing completion, has just ignited, and a stream from the fire is unable to reach the flames. The scaf folding surrounding the building is on fire, but the workmen are pul ling it down as fast as pos sible. The -building is owned by Jacob Goetz and Harry Baer, and cost about $200,000. It is one of the hand somest brick blocks in the territory. The Arlington hotel, a handsome brick block on the opposite side of How ard street from the point where the fire started, has taken fire, and unless controlled half of the town will be burned up. LATER- After two hours' hard work firemen mastered the flames, but not until the entire block, from Main to Mill street had been reduced to ashes. The Frank fort block, Arlington hotel and the buildings along Howard street opposite the fire were badly damaged. The loss will be over $300,000, partially insured. The buildings consumed are as follows: Mint saloon and Star lodging house, owned by Saling & Perchlskl; 11. Whitehouse, jeweler; Mrs. Vliet, millinery; Aid. Kohlkoff, notions and fancy goods; Ed Watson, Argonaut salon; Skerrett & Donnelly, boots and shoes; M. Abrahams, fish es tablishment; Seaman's restaurant, and several other smaller establishments. Had not the night been calm the flames would have swept the whole city. WASHBURN'S CALAMITY. The Business Part of the Place Wiped Out by Fire— Losses and Insurance. Washburn, Wis., Sept. 14.— A fire which broke out in this city about 3:30 this morning wiped out the business part of the place, destroying in all about thirty buildings and causing a loss of 'about $150,000, with small insurance. The village has no fire apparatus, and as soon as it became evident that .the flames could not be checked, assistance was asked of Ashland, just across the bay, but the company arrived too late to be of service. The principal losses, with insurance, are as follows: Opera block, owned by Aune & Overby, $15,000, insurance $5,000; Aune & Overby, saloon, $2,000; Hettinger Bros., printers, $1,200; Corning, Sullivan & Co., general merchandise, $7,000, in surance $3,000; O'Rourke & Donahue, saloon, $1,009; Charles Furlatt, barber shop, $1,300; Charles Flynn, saloon, $3,000, insurance $1,000; John A. Ja cobs, stationery and confectionery, $4,000, insurance $1,000; S. A. Yates & Co., jewelry, $3,000; Washburn News, $1,000: R. Green wood, meat market, $1,000; Peter Nelson, hardware, 15,000, insur ance, $1,000; F. J. Median, clothing, $7,000, insurance, $4,000; A. Verson, boarding house, $1,500; Griflin, saloon, $1,000; W. H. Freenett, saloon and boarding house, $3,500, insured $1,000; John Starr, boarding house, $2,200; W. H. Fergusoh, saloon and boarding house, $7,000, building insured for $2, -000; Johnson Bros., blacksmith shop, loss $2,000. • ;_• . SEEN FROM ASHLAND. Special to the Globe. Ashland, Wis., Sept. 14.— Ashland is within plain view of Washburn, being directly across Chequamegon bay, and the fire was plainly visible here at 4:40 a. m. An alarm was turned in and Chief Scott with a number of firemen and light apparatus went over on the steamer Emerald, but were too late to render any service. HANGED TO A TREE. Summary Punishment Meted Out to a Horse Thief in the Turtle Mountain District. Special to the Globe. Bismarck, Dak., Sept. ■ 14.— 1t has just been learned that a man named Wise was lynched for stealing horses in the Turtle mountains on Wednesday, and the fact calls to mind the further fact that Wise was at one time a very prominent citizen of Wyoming, and during his residence In thp.t territory was prominently mentioned for the leg islature. ' Private advices from the scene of the lynching are to the effect that Wise was overtaken by several set NO. 259. tiers who had missed horses. He was en route to Manitoba, and it is believed that many of the animals which have been missed in that vicinity of late were taken by him across the border. He was overtaken in a ravine and at first showed fight, but as his pursuers had, the drop on him, he whs forced to throw down his rifle and surrender the horses, and was driven to the nearest tree, where he was lynched. Wise came from Pennsylvania, where, it is said, his family still reside. DETROIT DEVASTATED. Buildings and Contents Valued at $50,000 in Ashes. Special to the Globe. ; ." r* Detroit, Minn., Sept. 14.— At about 2 o'clock this morning fire was discov ered in the warehouse at the rear of Bowman & Day's double store under the opera house, and had gained such headway by the time the alarm was given it was beyond control. In an hour these stores with their contents, the opera house, the Foss building ad joining, and 'league's drug store and barn on the west were burned to the ground with all the contents of the law offices in the second story of the opera house. D. J. Griffin lost nearly every thing and had no insurance; Jeff H. Irish lost all but a portion of his law books, having $300 insurance; John T. Brown lost all his office contained, $400 insurance; Bowman & Day's loss is about $22,000 with $18,000 insurance; E. G. Holmes' loss on the opera house is about $12,000, with $9,000 insurance; loss on building about $I,Boo. with $1,000 insurance. N. P. Albnktsen's loss on contents of saloon is about $5,000, part of stock saved, with $2,400 insurance. The Pioneer store building also went, with about $10,000 worth of stoves stored in it belonging to Bland in & Smith, and very badly scorching Heas lip's store across the street, breaking most of the glass in the front. Camp bell's clothing store and Bush's barber shop were badly scorched and nearly all the front glass broken out. FIGHTING FOR A CHILD. The Pal of "Charley" Miller, the Horse Thief, in a New Role. ' Special to the Globe. Sioux City, 10., Sept. Sheriff Magee returned from Dcs Moines to-day with the woman and child, who for years were supposed to be the wife and daughter of Charley Miller, the horse thief sent up from here last spring, and who turned out to be a woman in dis guise, and had lived here for eight years and always passed as a man. There is no charge against the woman, but the child was wanted by its rightful mother, Mrs. Odin Moe, of this city, and the Miller woman accompanied the officer home after he had taken the child. She claims that Mrs. Moe gave her the child, and she will make an ef fort to regain possession of it. It is now pretty well established that she is a sister of Miller with whom she lived so long, although she will not admit this fact. .When asked by a reporter who was the oldest, she or her sister "Charley," she looked surprised and said, "How did you know she was my sister?" Further than that she Is not disposed to talk about the matter. THE NORTH WIND. : " * Completion of the Second of the Swift Steel Steamers. Special to the Globe. «■ West Superior, Wis., Sept. 14.-- The North Wind, the second completed vessel of a line of six swift steel steam ers, whicli are being built by the North ern Steamship company, arrived at the port of Superior, light, yesterday after noon at 4:35 p. m. and cleared two hours later from Elevator No. 1, of tho Sawyer system, with a cargo of wheat consigned to Buffalo. She is 312 feet in length over all, forty feet beam and twenty-eight feet in the hold. Her registered tonnage is about 2,500. Her equipments are of the most modern design, and all of her apparatus employed is of the most prac tical construction. This line of steam ers is distinctively a Superior line, and each of these vessels will read "Of Su perior," and to accommodate their traffic the Eastern railway has built at West Superior a large merchandise dock 2,000 feet in length, upon which are built four warehouses, each of which is 324x50 feet. The third of this elegant line of steamers will also be completed this season. The remaining three will be completed next season. The crew, of the North Wind is made up of twenty five men. LEVEL-HEADED SIOUX. Those Accredited to Lower Brule Agency Are Coming to Theie Senses. Special to the Globe. Lower Brule Agency, Dak., Sept. 14. The Indians are still coming in single and signing the treaty. Those who have alrerdy signed in favor of the treaty aggregate 245, and it is expected that nearly all of the fifty-five who have not signed will do so within a few days. The commissioners are still here, with the exception of Capt. Pratt, who is conferring with Secretary Vilas in Wis consin, but on the captain's return, they will leave for Cheyenne. Favorable re ports continue to arrive from Crow Creek agency and word was brought here yesterday that 230 signatures had been obtained there and that Indians were continually coining in and sign ing. The good work done here will have an excellent effect on the Indians at Standing Kock and Cheyenne. IN FINANCIAL STRAITS. The Co-oporative Implement and Hardware Company Forced to the Wall. Creston, 10., Sept. 14.— The Co-oper ative Implement and Hardware com pany, with houses in Creston and Lenox, 10., has assigned. The company ' was incorporated under the name of the Fuller Implement company a year ago, and recently changed its name as above. A. R. Fuller, the manager, estimates the assets at $20,000, but an inventory will, probably, reduce the figures to $15,000. The liabilities are unknown as yet, Maynard's Unsavory Muss. Special to the Globe. Eau Claire, Wis., Sept. Sheriff Dunn arrived from Waukesha, Wis., to-day, having in custody Hazen W. Maynard, a beardless boy of eighteen or nineteen who belongs to one of the first families of Waukesha. He is ac cused of illegitimate parentage. The girl is Mary Hahn, a girl of seventeen and of respectable connections. She is ill at the Temperance Union hospitable for women, and as she could not appear aeainst Maynard to-day the case was adjourned till to-morrow, Maynard re maining in jail. The couple became acquainted while the girl was visiting at Waukesha. Mayuard says his fam ily does not know he has been arrested .-. and think he is visiting here. He was arranging to start for college when ap prehended. ■•• . ■ The president has vetoed the house bill \ ' granting a pension to Jesse M. Stillwell, on the ground that his present disabilities are in no wise due to his. service in the army. Michael Garver has been appointed store keeper and gauger at Sacramento, Cal,