OCR Interpretation


St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, August 11, 1889, Image 5

Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN

Persistent link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1889-08-11/ed-1/seq-5/

What is OCR?


Thumbnail for 5

HEPBURN_IN_ A HOLE.
The Solicitor of the Treasury
Puzzled Over a Peculiar
Question.
Wanamaker's Smooth Scheme
to Corner Jay Gould Is
Impracticable.
Crops in Good Condition and
the Weather Favorable for
Harvesting".
Fears of an Indian Uprising
in Washington Territory
Are Groundless.
Washington, An?. 10. — Solicitor
Hepburn, of tbe treasury department,
has been called upon to decide an in
teresting question iv regard to the in
troduction into the United States of
electricity generated In a foreign coun
try. It seems tiiat an association of
gentlemen has established an electrical
lilantat Niagara Falls, on the Canadian
side, and propose to extend their wires
to Buffalo lor purposes of illumination,
etc. Before doing so, however, they
desire to know whether the electrical
current thus transmitted into the
United States would be subject to duty
or other tax. It is believed that the
solicitor will evade the question by in
forming the persons interested that it is
contrary to the rules of the office to
answer hypothetical questions of this
character.
CAN'T Sl]N!) "COLLECT."
Wanamaker's Scheme to Down
Jay Gould Won't Work.
Washington, Aus. 10.— Assistant
Secretary Batchellor, of the treasury
department, hod an interview with As
sistant Postmaster General Clarkson at
t.ie postoffice department to-day in re
gard to the trouble the recent order sus
pending the telegraph contract is caus
ing the treasury department. Secre
tary Batchellor explained that the propo
sition to send all bills " Collect" would
not serve, if carried out, to relieve the
treasury department from itsembarrass
ment. it would do, he said, in instances
where telegrams were received at the
treasury department, but the difficulty
arose from the sending of messages be
tween officers of the department not
stationed at Washington. No decision
was reached, and it was decided to
await the return of the postmaster gen
eral before taking action in the matter.
WHAT OF THE WEATHER?
11 Is Favorable for Harvesting in
Minnesota and Dakota.
Washington, Aug. 10.— Tempera
ture: During the week ending Aug.
10 about the average temperature pre
vailed in the Southern states, in the
Missouri valley and Dakota, while it
was slightly cooler than usual in the
Northern states, east of the Mississippi,
the coolest section being the upper
Mississippi valley and the upper lake
regions, ~ where the daily temper
ature was from 3 deg. to 6 deg.
lower than usual. The thermal con
ditions for the, season, from Jan. 1
to Aug. 10 continue substantially as re
ported at the close of last week. The
large excess of temperature which ex
isted in the Northern states in the early
portion of the season has be* n reduced
as the season advanced, and the only
sections at present reporting an excess
of temperature are portions of New
England and the Middle Atlantic states,
the states of the Missouri valley and the
west portion of Minnesota. Ovei the
greater portion of the cotton region the
daily temperature has averaged about
1 degree below the normal. Precipita
tion—There has been an excess of rain
tall during the week generally through
out the South Atlantic and Gulf states,
Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, lowa,
Eastern Minnesota, Northern Missouri
and the eastern portions of Kansas and
Nebraska.
WELL-DISTRIBUTED SHOWEBB
occurred in all other sections of the
Kooky mountains and in some sections
of New York and Pennsylvania. The
local storms were attended by excessive
rainfalls. The heaviest rains occurred
in the South Atlantic states, where
from two to four inches are reported.
The rainfall for the season continues
in excess from Northern New York,
southward to Florida and in Texas,
Western Nebraska, Western Arkansas,
Northern Kansas, Northern Illinois and
Eastern Wisconsin. Over the principal
corn states and the central portion of the
cotton region, the rainfall for the season*
generally exceeded eight percent of the
normal, but there is a small area
in the Ohio valley, extending from Cen
tral Tennessee to Northern Ohio, where
the rain fall for the season ranges from
60 to 70 per cent of the normal. In
Northern Minnesota and Northern Da
kota, and in Oregon and Washington
Territory, about one-half the usual
amount of rain has occurred since Jan.
1. General remarks— The weather was
generally
FAVORABLE FOX HARVESTING
in Minnesota and Dakota. Threshing
is in progress in the southern portion of
those states, and harvesting well ad
vanced in the northern section, with a
good yield reported. Some damage re
sulted from hail in Minnesota and Ne
braska, and the light frost on Sunday
morning in the extreme north did no
damage to grain; but injured vegetables
slightly, in Michigan, Illinois, lowa
and Missouri, the cool nights were gen
erally unfavorable, and retarded the
growth of corn, which, however, con
tinues in good condition, but is much in
need oi warm, clear weather. In Ohio,
Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, all
crops were improved by favorable
weather. Corn is reported in ex
cellent condition. Tobacco was im
proved in Ohio, but this crop needs
more sunshine in Kentucky. In the cen
tral portion of the cotton region extend
ing from Mississippi to Georgia the
weather was more favorable than that
of the preceding week, and the condi
tion of the cotton crop was somewhat
improved. In North Carolina and South
Carolina excessive rains caused some
injury to the cotton and tobacco crops.
In the western portion of the cotton
region the weather was generally favor
able. Prospects are reported as excel
lent in Arkansas, and in Texas a heavy
cotton crop is expected, if rain occurs in
the next few days. From present indica
tions these rains are likely to occur. In
Kew England and the Middle Atlantic
states the weather of the week was gen
erally unfavorable. Throughout these
sections the potato crop has been
seriously injured; the fruit crop in Xew
Jersey has been largely reduced, and
, in New York the hop crop lias been
damaged. All crops were improved in
Virginia by the favorable weather of
the week. Corn is reported in excellent
condition in Xew England, and was im
{)roved in Pennsylvania; on the North
'acific coast the cool weather was an
fayorable for late crops; extensive for
est fires caused great damage, but an
average wheat crop has been secured.
REDS NOT TO BLAME.
Reported Outrages in Wash ins
ton Territory Prove Groundless.
Washington. Aug. 10.— Adjt. Gen.
Kellon lias received a telegram from
Gen. Miles at San Francisco, informing
him that the commanding general of the
department of the Columbia telegraphs
that Capt. Luhn, Fourth Infantry, sent
with his company to Calispel, Washing
ton territory, to investigate reports of
an Indian outrage, reports under date
of Aug. 7, that mere were no haystacks
burned and no threats made by the In
dians. Some land was burned over, but
there is no reason to think the fire was
started by the Indians. Capt. Luhn has
been ordered back to Fort Spokane.
CONDITION OP THE CROPS.
Uncle Sam's Statisticians Say tbe
Showing Is Good.
Washington, Aug. 10.— The August
crop report of the department of agri
culture makes the condition of com
94.8; spring wheat, 81.2; spring rye,
95.4; oats, 82.3; barley, 90.6; buck
wheat, 95.2; potatoes, 94.3; hay, 94.5;
tobacco, 84.4. Corn has made an im
provement during the past month of 4X
points, and is now less than one point
lower than at the same ('ate last year.
The August return of condition has not
stood more than one point higher dur
ing the past nine years, and the present
return has been equaled but three
times during that period. The improve
ment is quite generally distributed
throughout the country, following
favorable growing weather, and suffi
cient rainfall. In a few states, es
pecially along the Atlantic coast, condi
tion has been somewhat reduced from
excessive rainfall and local floods and
overilows, while in many other dis
tricts, where improvement is noted,
similar causes have prevented full cul
tivation, and thus lowered what other
wise might have been nearly perfect
condition. In Ohio, Michigan and In
diana, the results of early unfavorable
meterological conditions are being
overcome, and the crop prospect is
rapidly improving. The drought which
in portions of the Northwest threat
ened the crop has been broken by
seasonable rains, and the present
returns show high condition in
that section. The figures for the princ
ipal corn states are: Ohio and Indiana,
87; Illinois, 90; lowa, 100; Missouri, 96;
Kansas, 102; Nebraska, 101; Texas, 99;
Tennessee, US; Kentucky, 97. The gen
eral average for the seven surplus
states is 90, against-90 last month and 96
for August 1888.
SPKIXG WHEAT ITAS SUFFEUED
a further falling off during the month;
the decline amounting to nearly three
points. Condition is now nearly three
points higher than in 1887, and one above
that of 1880. With these exceptions, it
is the lowest since the very small crop
of Ibßl. Minnesota records some im
provement since last report, but in Da
kota there is a further decline from
is higher than August of any year since
1885. In many sections the crop has
suffered from heavy winds and rains
about harvest time, and the next report
may show damage from this cause, not
yet" appreciated. Potatoes have main
tained their high condition of a month
ago, and now stand one point higher
than at this date last year. Tobacco
has fallen off materially on account of
excessive rain. The decline is espec
ially marked in the Atlantic states and
in Indiana. Fields are full of weeds
and there has been a lack of sunshine
for proper development. Averages in
tobacco states are Pennsylvania 99,
Maryland 66, Virginia 80, Kentucky til,
Ohio &3, Indiana 55, Wisconsin 93.
the same cause noted last month. Da
kota is now the largest spring wheat
state, and the very low condition there
reduces ihe general average. In the
rest of the spring wheat district the
condition is generally good, perhaps
above the average for a recent series of
years. Averages in the principal states
are: Wisconsin, 90; Minnesota, 93;
lowa, 94; Nebraska, 91; Dakota, 57;
Washington, 75. The quality of the
crop will be better than usual.especially
in the extreme Northwest. Rye and
barley each decline one point, the fall
ing off being mainly in Nebraka and
Dakota. The condition of oats,whiletwo
points lowei than reported last month,
FIGURES THAT DON'T LIE.
Statistician Adams Gives Some
Facts Regarding Railways.
Washington, Aug. 10.— Henry C.
Adams, statistician to the interstate
commerce commission, has submitted to
the commission his fiis annual report
on the statistics of railways in the
United States for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1388. A summary is given of
the number of miles of lines existing in
the states and territories on June
30, ISB3, from official and unofficial
sources. The totals are as fol
lows: Official, Io9.151.83; unofficial,
10,799.89; grand total 149,901.72, which
is one mile of road to every forty-two
square miles of country exclusive of
Alaska. A summary of railway capital
representing 136,883' miles of line shows
the totol amount of stocks, bonds, and
other debt outstanding to be $8,129,787,
--781, or $59,392 per mile of road. The
total income from the same number of
miles of road (excluding credits sold) is
shown to be $1.000,214,691 : the total ex
penditures excluding betternienss, $BSO,
--487,089. The revenue per passenger
per mile is 2.349 cents; average cost of
carrying one passenger on mile,
2.043 cents; revenue per ton
of freight per mile 1.001 cents;
average cost of carrying one ton of
freight one mile, .030; revenue per train
mile, passenger trains, f 1.139; average
cost of running a passenger train one
mile, 84.691 cents; revenue per train
mile, freight tra> s, $1,657; average cost
of running a freight train one mile,
(1.025; average cost per train mile on
all trains earning revenue, 90.050 cents;
per centago of operating expenses to
operating income, 65.34 cents. In a
table classifying the stock and bonded
debt according to revenue paid, it is
shown $2,:574,200,906, or 01.44 p"er cent of
the total stock and $872,554,319, or 21.69
per cent of the total bonded debt pays
no revenue.
NO FEVER AT TAMPICO.
Yellow Jack's Last Visit Was Ten
Years Ago.
Washington, Aug. 10.— Surgeon
General Hamilton has received the
official report of Dr. Combe, who was
sent to Tampico, Mexico, to investigate
the report of yellow fever at that port.
Dr. Combe reports as follows:
I called upon the United States con
sul, who emphatically denied the report
that the disease prevailed there, as did
the profession. 1 was shown the hos
pitals, civil and military. I examined
the records, and made as thorough an
examination as possible. On all sides I
was met with the assurance of the non
existence of yellow fever, in any of its
forms, in this section of the country.
The members of the board of health
here say that yellow fever has not been
seen here, to their knowledge, since the
epidemic of 1878 and 1879, when it was
imported from New Orleans. At pres
ent there is not a suspicion of a sporadic
case of yellow fever in Tampico. This
is surprising, says Dr. Combe, as this
city is in constant communication with
Vera Cruz, where the disease is said to
annually prevail. Malaria abounds
here owing to the negligence among the
natives and the lower classes, who su
perstitiously flee from medical attention
and advice.
NO BACK PAY ALLOWED.
Greedy Postmasters Headed Off
by a Shrewd Official.
Washington, Aug. 10.— First Comp
troller Matthews has given an opinion
that the increased rate of compensation
of third-class postmasters, under the act
of March 3, 1883, readjusting the sala
ries of postmasters, does not commence
until their commissions are issued by
the president and they have taken the
oatli of office. It was claimed by some
of the postmasters that the increased
compensation began from the date of
the order by the Dostmaster general
changing the offices to third class. A
great many officials and a large amount
ot money are affected by this decision.
Statement of Bond Purchases.
Washington. Aug. 10.— The follow
ing is a statement of United States
bonds purchased from Ausi. 3, 1886, to
date: Amount purchased. 4s. $61,751,
--650; 4^3, $115,443,300; total, $177,194,
--950. Cost, 4s, 579,136,717: 4> 2 's, $124,908,
--291; total. $204,045,008. Cost at matur
ity, 4s, $108,806,362; 4>£s. $131,186,978;
total. $239,993,610. Savinc, 4s, $29,669,
--915; 4^3, $6,278,680; total, $35,948,601.
THE SAjNT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUNDAY MORNING AtfatTST 11, 1889.— SIXTEEN PAGES!,
FAVORITES OF FARO.
Some of the Big* Games That
Are Well Known to Gam
blers.
Did Dixey Salt Down $100,
--000 In the Dealer's Little
Drawer?
Dink Davis' Remarkable Luck
--Making Ten Dollars Into
Thousands.
Pat Sheedy's Winning- Against
the New York Banks
$35,000.
PARTY of eara
blers sat out on the
veranda of the
Ocean Club house,
Long Branch, says
the New York Jour
nal. There was no
business, and the
rattle of the chips
and roll of tho
merry little ball
were stilled. The
gentlemen were in
a reminiscent uiood,
and as they smoked
their Reinas and ex
amined the polish
on the?f boots, which were at a higher
elevation than their heads, they began
to tell stories. ■
One of those present startled the com
pany by suddenly asking: "Do you
know what Dixey did with all the
money he made when he played
'Adonis' at the Bijou?" No one an
swered, so the gentleman continued:
"Well, I'll tell you. lie lost his money
chiefly at fairo bank. Now. you fellows
have all been at work in New York for
the last few years, and not having seen
Dixey around any of the banks probably
think lam not telling the truth. But I
know what lam talking about. His in
come in the way of his share in the
profits and saiary during the time he
was at the Biiou must have amounted
to at least £100,000 in round numbers.
Every cent of that went over the layout
into the little drawer at the dealer's
right hand. That is a pretty stiff state
ment, but it is true.
"All sports know that Dixey is a high
roller. He is a good loser, never kicks,
and is always around next day, looking
for the best of it again. When he first
produced 'Adonis' in Chicago he was iv
the habit of dropping into No. 125 0r No.
98 every night after the show and play
ing in a few stacks. It soon became
known to all the gamblers the country
over, and when he came to New STork
there was a general desire to get his
play.
"The steerers all made his acquaint
ance and tried to induce him to play
against their respective games. But he
had become wary and would not be
steered. He thought he had been
skinned long enough. So several of the
boys got together and fixed up a scheme
for him.
"The proprietor of one of the batch
fronting on Union square was ap
proached, and readily fell into the plan
to increase his bank account. A club
was organized, and in due time Air.
Dixey was induced to become a member
of tho very select organization. Rooms
had been fitted up in an elegant man
ner, and at first nothing stronger than
short-card games were played.
"That was not strong enough, and
soon poker, hearts, casino, stud and
similar childish amusements had to take
a back seat. A faro layout was sent
for, and the gentlemen or the club who
were looking for quick action on their
money were soon satisfied. Of course
they had to have a professional to deal,
and another for a lookout.
"Then somebody put in a bank roll.
Perhaps an examination of the bocks of
the hotel man 1 spoke of would show
where that came from. The club or
ganization was abandoned and the place
took on the appearance of a regular
gambling house.
"Well, Dixey came around just the
same, knowing that he was in the tem
ple of the fickle goddess, Fortune, but
satisfied that he was still in the house
of his friends. None of the ordinary
sports were admitted. There was no
hole in the door, and the elect few who
were admitted had keys. Dixey brought
his bundle around every night and
played 'em pretty high. At times he
got a good hold on "the tail of the tiger
and gave it such a twist that the beast's
face took on a most distressed look.
"It was noticeable after a while that
Dixey did not win, as he had been In
the habit of doing, and then luck went
back on him and he began to lose.
Then they let him win again, just to
encourage him, but he never got to the
top again.
"The result was that at the end of the
season he was practically broke. That,
I think, was pretty good losing. Just
think of it— a cold $100,000 lost against
the bank."
This little tale led to the revival of
the stories about the big winning made
by Dink Davis five years ago. He
reached New York one day with a few
hundred dollars in his pocket. He
dropped in at a Barclay street house in
the afternoon and started in a faro
game. Luck was with him from the
start, and he won £8,000 before stop
ping. The same evening Davis visited
a noted resort up Broadway and won a
great deal more. Just how much was
not known at the time. At any rate he
won enough to buy a quarter interest in
the game at 8 Barclay street.
After a few days' experience behind
the table Davis concluded to try his
luck again, and. buying some checks,
began to play against his own game.
He" won §18,000 and his partner turned
up the box on him. Davis next went to
the Broadway game again and then
beat the Washington game at Thirty
first street and Sixth avenue. He played
very steadily from the day he reached
New York and Inside of three weeks he
had won 185,000.
Of this he sent $15,000 to his mother,
and then he started out West. It did
not take him long to lose all his gains,
and he found it necessary to go to work
in a Hot Springs gambling house for $5
a day. He also worked in Chicago for a
short time. Winning another stake, he
returned to New York, bought an inter
est In the game at Twenty-eighth street
and Sixth avenue and is there now.
Davis never plnys any system, as do
other gamblers, lie says he simply
guesses which way the turn will go.
Herbert Atkins, the well known New
York sport, was here this week. He
went to the Long Branch Club, bought
a $10 stack of chips, sat down to keep
the caser and made two bets of his
cheeks. He won, and never lost a bet
until he had checks stacked up in front
of him to the value of ?2,600. Getting
out of his chair and yawning and
stretching himself, he said he was get
ting sleepy and guessed he would go to
bed. His checks were redeemed and he
went to the Ocean house, put his money
in the safe, and next day returned to
the city.
Dwyer Smith, a grizzled old veteran.
was part proprietor of a little game in
Sixth avenue in ISS7. He took the bank
roll, amounting to $900, and strolled into
a neighboring gambling house and an
nounced he had come to make a play.
Ht> sat down with a case keeper and a
tab. and the duel began. Smith is a
cool player, and inside of three hours he
had won ?9,000. His next move was to
go back to his 1 1 see and report to Bar
ney Ha^an, his partner.
Smith sat down to count his winning,
and divided it into two equal parts.
Uagan asked why it was necessary to
to through all that trouble and sug
gested that they play seven-up for the
whole business. That is what they did
—old sledge, best three out of live
games.
Smith lost three straight games, and
inside half an huur ho had not a dollar
to show for his big play, while Hagan
was $9,000 richer.
C. L. Prentice, now dead, who used to
sell tickets at Madison Square Garden
for Barnum's circus, was one of the
most reckless gamblers Gotham ever
knew. He made some of the most phe
nomenal winnings known to the fra
ternity, and they were always''scratch
es"—that is, big sums won "from mere
nothing. From a ten-cent piece first
placed on a roulette wheel and the
winnings taken thence to the faro game,
he won t2,500. In New York he started
in one night with 75 cents. He won
from the first until he had all the white
checks out of the rack. Then he
changed to red, and, getting all of those
before him, he thought he would try
blue, and finally played chocolate-col
ored checks at a valuation of $350 each.
The night wore on, but none of those
present were sleepy. The play was
lively, and Prentice had no one at his
side to distract his attention. He was
good-natured, however, and when the
dealer was shuffling the cards or wait
ing for him to place his bets, he cracked
jokes vkh the spectators. When day
light broke he was ready to cash in
$16,000.
Prentice could never win when he
had money, but was always lucky when
reduced to his last dollar. He earned
at >ut $6,000 a year, and was always
broke at the end of the season. At one
time the sporting men made up a purse
to send him to Hot Springs. He stayed
there as long as his money lasted, and
went to New Orleans.
With only ?2 to his name he won
$3,300, and "he started back to New
York. He dropped his money soon
after getting back, and, though it was
the dead of winter, he pawned his over
coat for $10 and lost that. He walked
out of the house and met a friend who
asked him to go over to the St. James
and get a drink. Knowing his condi
tion the friend gave him the change out
of a- silver dollar. With this 75 cents
Prentice went back, and before morning
had won $950 and redeemed his over
coat.
Pat Sheedy has made and lost several
fortunes over the faro table. Last fall
he won $35,000 against the New York
banks. When he was running a game
in Chicago a rival came around with his
bank roll and announced that he had
come up to close up Mr. Sheedy's place.
He lost $15,000.
Some amusing things happen around
the gambling houses. One of the wait
ers at the Hollywood staked 50 cents on
the turn of a card here two weeks ago,
and inside of three days had accumula
ted $5,600. He was so elated that he
could not contain himself, and. getting
his particular friend in tow, they pro
ceeded to make howling swells
of themselves in the literal sense. They
bought loud clothes and lots of jewelry,
and drank wine until they were full to
the necks. They rushed into the clubs
as if they were millionaires and pushed
their way to the tables in an offensive
manner. They played their money so
recklessly that an old gray-headed
"lookout" said to them: "You'd bet
ter hold out enough money to buy a
stack of aprons with ; you'll need 'em
soon."
They wish they had taken his advice,
as their money soon vanished, and now
they are at work again for $8 a week
and their board.
ALL CAN BE METHUSELAH'S.
Brown-Sequard's Elixir Is What
Ponce de Leon Looked for in
Vain.
Chicago, Aug. 10.— Health Commis
sioner de Wolf was asked to-day what
success he had met with in the admin
istration of Dr. Brown-Sequard's elixir
of life.
"I have administered this solution," the
doctor said, "once a day to ten people, every
day since last Tuesday. They have beeD, for
the most part, cripples and other sick people
whom I have calied into my office from all
the streets. I have, however, administered
it to a physician of Lagrange, a physician
of Joliet and a physician of Chicago. The
Chicago physician is Dr. O. P. Hathaway,
who is a great sufferer from disease of the
heart and dropsy. I have also administered
it three times to a lady who has been con- ;
fined to her bed for three or four weeks with,
nervous prostration, without any organic,
disease."
"What has been the effect of the treat
ment?"
'"I can say that In no ease has it been fol
lowed by injurious or unpleasant effects. I
say. further, that some of the patients claim
to have been much benefited. The effects on
the condition of the lady referred to have
been very marked and very beneficial. Dr.
Hnthawiiy. on the other hand, has undergone
little or no change."
''What opinion have you formed of this
remedy?"
"Of course I have no settled opinion yet.
But I believe that in conditions of exhaus
tion, without organic disease, It acts as a
stimulant, without any subsequent depres
sion. The people who are benefited begin in
a few minuies to feel well, as if they had
taken a little champagne, and they Keep on
feeling so. The good done seems to be per
manent."
ROUGH ON THE CITY.
Toledo Bankers Injure tbe Credit
of the Buckeye Burg.
Toledo, 0., Aug. 10.— There Is much
comment here over the $500,000 issue of
bonds to furnish natural gas by pipe
line. Spitzer & Co., bankers, were the
successful bidders, but refused to take
them unless the words "natural gas
bonds" ou their face was changed to
"general purpose bonds." This was
done, but they sent a letter to the ways
and means committee to-night refusing
to take them, alleging they had legal
advice the bonds are invalid, because of
defective wording of the ordinance au
thorizing them. The committee, after
a long debate, decided to readvertise
them under the same ordinance. There
is much feeling engendered by the
muddle because of the supposed injury
to the city's credit.
THEY OWE MILLIONS.
Brown, Steese & Clark's Liabilities
About $3,700,000.
Providence, R. 1., Aug. 10.— Wilbur
Jackson & Co.. who handled Brown,
Steese & Clark's paper, make the state
ment that the firm had negotiated paper
of Brown, Steese & Clark for about six
months; that they had placed in this
city and vicinity in all about $300,000
worth. The report that large quantities
of the paper of the Riverside mills and
of Brown, Steese & Clark had been
placed here last Saturday and last Mon
day was emphatically denied. The
total liabilities of the Riverside and
Osweeo Mills company are placed at
12,700.000. providine there is no
"crooked" paper out for which the com- ,
pany would be held liable.
A PETITION FOR INSOLVENCY. -
Boston, Aug. 10.— Lawyer Dickinson, :
counsel for the embarrassed firm of I
Brown, Stfese& Claik, filed a petition
for insolvency in behalf of his clients
to-day. The petition is voluntary as far
as Messrs. Steese and Clark are con- ■■
cerned, and involuntary as relating to
Mr. Brown. _
BENNY RETUKNS THANKS.
President Harrison's Compliments
to the Sioux Com miss ion.
Chicago, Aug. 10.— Gov. Foster this ■
afternoon received the following mes- ;
sage from the president:
Boston, Mass. Hon. Charles Foster, Chi- '.
c.iro, 111. : I desire not only to congratulate,
but to sincerely {hank the commission for the
successful negotiations with the Sioux.
Bexjaxix Harbison.
Four to Be Made One.
PrrrSßtrßG, Pa., Aug. 10.— Meetings
have been held in this and other cities
for some time past between representa
tives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, Brakemen's union and
Switchmen's union. looking towards the
amalgamation', of the four unions into
oik: great body, which will be known as
the Supreme Council of United Order
of Rail way. employes. Delegates from
all parts of the United States will meet
in this city the latter part of next
month to form the great federation of
railroad employes. j r->j;v; : ■'■ '=■'
Bay view, Mich., Aug. 10.— Rev. I;r.
Ba\ less, of Cincinnati, editor of West
ern Christian Advocate, died here to
day from the effects ot a carbuncle.
HORRORS OF MAL DE MER.
President Harrison Too Sea Sick
to Enjoy a Yachting Trip,
Bar Harbor, Me., Aug. 10.—Presi
dent Harrison went for a sail to-day, the
guest of Secretary and Mrs. lilaine.
The passenger steamer Sappho, which
usually plies between Mount Desert
ferry and Bar Harbor, had been select
ed, and it carried nearly a hundred
ladies and gentlemen, who went partly
round the island and into Somes sound
with the president by invitation of
the secretary of state. Before the
steamer had been away from the
wharf ten minutes, some of them be
came rather uncomfortable. The after
noon was f oegy and the sea choppy, and
the steamer pitched and rolled as if she
were several days out of port. The
president stood in the pilot house, now
with one companion, and then with
another, while most of the other gov
ernmental people occupied chairs or
settees on the deck or lounged in the
saloon. President Harrison kept his
place in the pilot house, and while he
was not actually sick, the change in his
face showed that he felt the motion of
the boat and did not quite like it.
Meanwhile the Turkish minister took a
lounge in the saloon, evidently feeling
pretty badly, and when Walker Elaine
asked if the
INTERNAL RELATIONS OF TTJKKEY
were entirely peaceful, he rolled over
and with a groan said tiiat he hoped so.
Many others aboard the boat showed
symptoms of sea sickness, but the sail
through the roueh water lasted less
than an hour and the effects were not
severe. The steamer ran up Somes
sound, stopping to enable Mr. Blame to
invite Bishop Doane on board. The in
vitation was declined as the bishop was
awaiting the arrival of friends. Then
the steamer drew up alongside
the Clytie, a three-masted schooner
which was anchored in the mid
dle of the channel, and asked
for a rope. The two boats were made
fast, and while the boats were lying
together a lunch was served in the main
saloon in true democratic style, the
president sitting on a settee with a nap
kin on his knee and a plate in his hand.
The steamer went a little further up
the sound, but before returning, when
near Souiesville, a boat was lowered,
and the president, Mrs. JBlaine, Mr.
and Mrs. Lodge, Mrs. Patterson and
others took seats in it. They were
rowed to the shore, whence they started
in a buck board for Bar Harbor.
After dinner to-nieht the president and
the Blames went to a reception which
the Kebo Valley club gave in its club
house in the president's honor,followed
by refreshments and dancing. Seven
hundred and fifty people were present,
among them being Secretary Tracy
and Mrs. Wilmerding, his daughter.
President Harrison went with the
Blame party, which also included Sen
ator and Mrs. Hale. President Ogden
Codmon presented him to the people,
and he remained there about an hour.
__ WINONA WINNO WINGS.
Saturday's Chief Kvents in a Bus
tling City.
Special to the Globe.
Winona, Aug. 10.— Ed Hynes, the '
horse thief, who was taken back to
Houston by the officers yesterday,
proves to have been a young man very
fertile in expedients. Another of his
little schemes has come to light. When
he reached here he tried to bor
row $5 at the Anderson house, and
on being refused, asked if he could get
it'on his watch. Being asked to pro
duce the watch, he went out, and some
time after returned with a watch and
chain worth about §25 on which he got
the |5. A telegram to Houston proved
tlfat he had no watch when he left
there, lnvestigition shows that when
he left the Anderson house he picked
up an old man, drove him around town
until he got him well nlled, and then
quietly abstracted the watch.
Arrangements are complete for cele
brating the quarter centennial of the
Wiuona Normal school at the alumni
reunion here Aug. 27 and 28. Reduced
rates have been secured on all railroads
and all I visitors will be entertained by
resident alumni and citizens of Winona.
The programme will open with an infor
mal reception at 9a. in. Tuesday,. Aug.
27. At 2:30 p. m. there will be a
business meeting of the alumni
association, reports of committees and
general historian. At Bp. m. there will
be promenade sociable, president's ad
dresses, addresses of welcome and re
sponses. On Wednesday at 9 a. m.
will be class reunion, and at 2p. m. a
steamboat excursion. The banquet will
take place at 6:30 p. m., followed by ad
dresses commemorative of the reopen
ing of tho school in 1864. There are
now over 800 alumni.
Owen McCabe, employed at the Laird-
Norton mill, was knocked down by the
log carriage and received several severe
gashes. His wounds will not result in
permanent injury, though he will be
laid up some time.
The Owatonna nine plays here Sun
day.
Reports of the big storm continue to
come in. In the town of Fremont,
Chairman John Lonle had two head of
stock knocked down. Charles Bradt
had twenty fine turkeys killed.
The Philharmonic singing section
will entertain the sineers of Alma and
Beef River to-morrow, having chartered
Hanson's garden across the river.
The fine new Methodist church at
Minnesota City has been completed, and
will be dedicated to-morrow. Presiding
Elder Chaffee will direct the services.
The church stands on a high elevation,
and is neatly finished and furnished.
R. T. Lauiberton was summoned to St.
Peter this morning by a telegram an
nouncing the sudden death of his father,
Hon. A. J. Lamberton, of heart disease.
H. W. Lamberton, brother of the de
ceased, also went out.
In reply to the recent report of the
board of trade, asking changes in the
new government building plans, Post
master Whipple received to-day a letter
from the supervising architect asking
for information as to cost of stone,
brick, lumber, etc., and the assurance
that he wished to give Winona the best
building possible within the appropria
tion. Mr. Wnipple sent him the de
sired information at once.
VETERANS OP^OTH ARMIE S
VETERANS OF BOTH ARMIE S
They Will Fraternize at the Base
of Lookout Mountain.
Chattanooga, Term., Aug. 10.—
Great preparations have been made here
for,'the entertainment of the Society of
the Army of the Cumberland, which
holds its next annual reunion in this
city Sept. 19, 20 and 21. Notice has al
ready been received from different
brigades and divisions of. the Army
of the Cumberland to insure the attend
ance of many thousand of veterans ot
the Union army. During the reunion
the Chickamauga Memorial association
is to be organized. This society has for
its purpose the purchase ana preserva
i tion by the government of the Chicka
mauga battlefield and making a national
park there. A temporary organization
was last spring effected in Washington,
in which participated a great number of
veterans of the armies of the North and
; South. At the meetiug there were
present a number of senators
and members of congress. The
association has received a charter
from the state of Georgia, which en
ables them to secure the land embraced
in the field by condemnation. Efforts
are now being made to secure a large
attendance of veterans of tne Southern
army. Tliis will be the first organiza
tion ever attempted of veterans ot both
armies, and it is thought it will do more
than any other movement to cement the
union. "There is great enthusiasm in
the movement throughout the South,
and many of the leading men 'have
given it their hearty indorsement.
; • The Monon Is Generous. :
' Cincinnati. 0., Aug. 10.— The Cin
cinnati. Hamilton & Dayton railroad
(Monou Route) has contracted with all
the Grand Army posts in Ohio north of
Columbus, to carry the members-desir
ii!<r to attend the G. A. R. encampment
at Milwaukee t!ic latter part of this
month at $7.55 for the round trip. Cin
cinnati to Milwaukee aud return. This
rate Is less than a cent a mile, and is a '
result of the reduction in rates from this
city to Chicago made a week or more
ago, and which is still in offect.
ORATORY AS*A PINE ART.
An Eminent Englishman Says Its
Decay is Due to Cheap Litera
ture.
Sir Morell McKenzle in the Contemporary Re
view.
In antiquity the training of an orator
was almost as elaborate an affair as the
training of a racehorse is with us. Not
only the voice, but the whole man, phy
sical, intellectual and moral, was care
fully prepared, with conscientious
minuteness of detail, for the great busi
ness of life, the making of speeches. In
this system of education the develop
ment of the voice naturally held a large
place, and the phonascus, or voice
driller, was an Indispensable accessory,
not only of every school of oratory, but
of many former orators. Of the meth
ods of the phonascus we know little, but
we find hints in some of the classical
writers that, like certain of his profes
sional brethren in more recent days, he
was not disinclined to magnify his
office. Senaca, In one of nis letters,
warns his friend against living, vocally
speaking, in subjection to his phonas
cus, and implies that he might as well
keep another artist to superintend his
walking. Inourownday the phonas
cus still survives in public life,
though perhaps more as a luxury
than as an acknowledged necessity.
A celebrated novelist, dramatic au
thor and orator who passed over to the
great majority many years ago, used al
ways to put himself under the guidance
of a vocal mentor before delivering a
speech. Every tone, every pose and
every gesture wascarefull prepared and
industriously practiced under the direc
tion of Frederick Webster, brother of
the celebrated comedian. Benjamin
Webster. That the elaborate training
of the ancients was eminently success
ful is shown by the powers of endurance
which it is clear they must have pos
sessed. They habitually spoke for five
or six hours, and even longer, and, in
order to appreciate their staying
power, it must be remembered
that they spoke in the open
air, amid all the tumult of the
forum, which was capable of holding
80,0C0 people, and with an amount and
vigor of action of which the gesticula
tions of an Indian preacher are but a
pale reflex. Longwindedness was at
one time cultivated as a tine art by
Roman orators, when they had to plead
before a judire whom they supposed to
be in favor of the other side. These
prototypes of our modern obstructionists
were aptly termed moratorea, or delay
ers, because they postponed as far as
possible the passing of the sentence.
The abuse fiually reached such a height
that a law had to be passed limiting
the length of pleadings in public
cases to the running out of one
clepsydra. It is impossible to say ex
actly what period of time this was
equivalent to, as the water-clocks of the
Romans were of different sizes, and the
rapidity of flow must have varied under
different circumstances; from twenty
minutes to half an hour may, however,
be taken as roughly representing the
average length of a speech under the
strict system of "closure."
If the Romans carried the culture of
the speaking voice to a pedantic ex
treme, we, on the other hand, un
doubtedly « neglect it too much. It is
not that we speak less, but that we
have less appreciation than the an
cients had of oratory as a fine art, and
we are therefore more tolerant of
mumbling: utterance and slovenly deliv
ery. Many an inarticulate speaker who
in these days hums and haws through
an hour or two of dreaiy platitudes,
would have been hooted down in five
minutes by a Greek or Roman audience.
The comparative decay of orators In
modern times is due to the diffusion of
cheap literature; the function of the
public speaker has been to a great ■ ex
tent made obsolete by the daily newspa
pers. Information and arguments
on political matters, which had for
merly to be supplied by word of
mouth from the rostrum, are now
served up, spiced to each reader's
taste, by Innumerable "able editors."
But though the necessity for what I
may call professional orators no longer
exists, a large part of the business of
the state in a free country must still be
carried on or ontrolled by talk, and the
living voice must always have a power
of stirring and swaying popular senti
ment—the collective feeling of large
masses of men, which is some
thing more than the sum of
their individual feelines— far be
yond the reach of the pen. John
Bright's exquisite purity of style would
have made him a most effective writer,
but would his great speeches, if cut up
Into leading articles, have stirred the
national heart as did his burning words,
thrown red-hot among a mass of en
thusiastic hearers? On the whole 1
think we use the voice in public even
more than the ancients, and there is,
therefore, all the more reason tor its
being properly trained. Good speaking
Is nowadays important, not only from
the artistic, but from the business point
of view; and, even for "practical men,"
it cannot be a waste of time to acquire
so valuable a faculty.
. io
MAHAFFY'S MOUTHINGS.
A Renegade Celt Denounces Irish
Autonomy.
Chatjtai'Qua, N. V., Aug. 10.— Prof.
J. P. Mabaffy, of Dublin, lectured this
morning on the "Irish Question." He
said that he was not a Tory; that he had
voted with the Liberal party until it
was disrupted by Mr. Gladstone, and
was now a Liberal-Unionist. The great
strength of the home rule cause in Ire
land lays, he said, in the money that
country receives from the United
States. He classed the interference of
England in behalf of the South
ern states during our civil war
'. as a grave instance of international
discourtesy and stated that the sym
pathy and money we send to Ireland is
in the same way a breach of interuation
, al courtesy. He said the home-rule
movement is not national in any real
sense, but an unholy alliance of paid
agitators aud Romish priests; that it
was not safe to give constitutional liber
ties while a Roman Catholic majority
will distort them into an oppression of
the Protestants. The information we
receive in this country is poisoned and
one-sided. Agitators always describe
Ireland as it existed twenty years ago.
The tenantry is better protected by law
in that country than in this.
■'■ '.;-;.■;_':- ": ' ««» — H •" .'
G. A. R.
To All the Old Soldiers: The "Bur
lington" is undeniably first among
Northwestern railroads as an excursion
line, having carried larger excursions
and more of them than any of its com
petitors. It now offers to the members
of the Grand Army a pleasant trip to
the National Encampment. A scenic
journey will be taken down the Missis
sippi to the historic city of Galena, where
R. P. Kittoe Post will welcome their
comrades, and an opportunity will be
given to visit tbe former home of our
lamented great captain, Gen. Grant, fol
lowed by anold-fashionedreunion, after
which the journey will be resumed to
Milwaukee, whose citizens have made
magnificent preparations to entertain
the veteran host. A very- low rate of
fare will be made. For tickets and full
information apply to O. Thompson,
ticket agent, corner. Third and Robert,
or union depot, St. Paul.
A Hundred Glasses of Beer a Day
New York Letter to Philadelphia Bulletin.
There is a vast deal of lager made in
Hudson county, but there is also a vast
quantity drank there, so there isn't
much exported by the breweries of the
county in which tjje Democratic ma
jority in the state of New Jersey floats
on a sea liquor. Up in Union hill there
is a Dutchman who drinks just double
the quantity consumed by the biggest
drinker in New York. The latter puts
down fifty glasses in a day, but "Hans"
gets away with just a hundred glasses
daily, or precisely a keg. Hans is so
busy swallowing that he_nasn't time to
tell the balance of his name.
-A.T
Below we mention some of the rare bargains which
can b a found on oar counters this week :
Bargain 1. Bargain 2.
50 Check and Plain Silk and Satin 50 dozen Black Silk Milts, regular
Parasols, in pretty shades of tan, price 40c; this week
brown, black and cardinal, former nr tt> A /^TX
price $2.50 and $3: sale price this (dOQ Hij^LO-tl.
week,
<I»1 A o T"» A rvrr 100 dozen Ladies' Fine Linen Hand
tpl.42 A.v ill, kerchiefs, former price 10c and 12c;
this week
~^T~ ~T ~JT 5c EACH, or 50c PER DOZES.
Bargain 3. . -
100 dozen all-linen Towels, four fcHlfll^O'fS Ifl CLm
different pat ferns, regular price 25c; ■■^V*! gv&llfl ■ ■
price this week, o _ . .^7 , . _„ ,
iy^ • T-i A /vrT 25 dozen Ladies' Vests. This has
1 C iliAvJJbi. been our regular 50c Vests. We
will close them out this week at
75 dozen extra large size Momie •_ _ __, .
Linen Towels. 25C EACH.
JLo C JiixxOJri. 50 dozen Ladies' Hose, guaranteed
__ , ' M ,. A _.. _ Fast Black; regular price elsewhere
25 dozen extra quality Bath Tow- 40c ourpr ; ce this week
els.
19c EACH. 25c PAIR.
Bargain 5. Bargain 6.
53 40 pieces 52-inch All-Wool Wind
-18 dozen Gentlemen's Fancy- sor Cloih, in 24 different shades;
Trimmed Night Shirts. new goods, just received,
50c EACH. 50c YARD.
25 dozen Gentlemen's Scarfs, tecks 75 pieces 36-inch yard- wide French
and four-in-hand, in new faff color- Cheviot Plaids and stripes; the very
ings; sold elsewhere at 50c, oW thing for school dresses or ladies'
price, house or street dresses,
25c EACH. 50c YARD.
REMNANTS! SILKS!
1,000 yards of Remnants In order to make room
in French Sateens, French for our new fall Silk stock
Ging-hams, Domestic Gin£- we will close our Printed
hams and Points will be China and India Silks at
sold this week at just one- actual cost to import, for
half actual cost. this week only.
55, 57 AND 59 EAST THIRD STREET.
pDnprDQ' p trkc'
uUUULIId ILLIUIO
■PICNIC !■
At Coney Island,
AUGUST 14.
GREAT EXCUBSION !
The first annual picnic of the St. Paul Grocery Clerks' Association
will occur on
WEDNESDAY
AUG. 14, at Coney Island, Waconia Station, forty miles northwest of St.
Paul, on the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad. The committee of ar
rangements have spared neither time nor expense to make this a grand
success, and all who go are assured of a splendid time. Brooke's famous
band and orchestra will furnish the mnsic. The programme of sports
promises to be very interesting" ami amusing 1 , nnd some valuable prizes
have been offered for those who excel in these sports. •
Among the sports is the base ball game, Grocery Clerks vs. City
Salesmen; grocery clerks' tug-of-war, potato race, foot race, jumping
race, sack race, fat man's race, boat race, boys' running race, game of
ten-pins, ladies' waltzing race.
THE PRIZES!
BASE BAUL— S2O cash, given by A. Booth Packing Co. ; and to the captain
of the winning team 1 barrel of O. B. flour, given by the St. Paul Roller Mill, to be
donated to the St. Joseph orphan asylum.
GROCERS' TUG-OF-WAR— Five boxes Rose Queen Soap, given by the
Minnesota Soap Co., to be donated 10 the Home of the Friendless.
GROCERY CLERKS' TUG-OF-WAR-Fifty pounds of Coffee, given
by Jewett, Sherman & Co., Milwaukee, Wis., to be donated to the St. Mary's
Home. The losers one pair of suspenders, each, from the Plymouth Clothing
House.
POTATO RACE— First prize, 1 large box Manilla Wafers, given by F. A.
Kennedy & Co. Second prize, 1 sack of Lindeke'a best Flour, given oyjthe Lin
deke Roller Mill.
FOOT RACE— First prize, 1 Coat and Vest, given by Herz Bros. Second
prize, 1 Meerschaum Cigar Holder, given by Adam Fetsch.
JUJIPISG RACE— One 10-pound can of Snow Flake Baking Powder,
given by C. K. Groff.
SACK RACE— First prize, 1 box of Tea, given by Creelman, Avery & Co.
Second, 1 tub of Butter, given by Pearson & Wells, of Zenith Creamery.
FAT JIAiVS RACE— One case of E. B. Miller & Co.'s Chili Sauce, finest
made, given by their representative, U. H. Heath.
BOAT RACE— First. 1 French Clock, given by Allen, Moon & Co.; second,
1 box of fine Imported Cigars, given by Maxfield & Seaoury.
GAME TESf-PIISS BY GROCERS' CL.ERKS— I Case Limburgei
Cheese, given by Walde, Milwaukee.
LAMES' CHOICE AVAI/TZI3G PRIZE— I Silk Parasol, given by
Lindeke, L.add & Brust; to her gentleman partner, 1 Derby Hat, given by J. L.
Hudson.
BOYS' RITXXESG RACE-First, Shirt Studs, given by Frank the Clothier.
Persons Donating to the Grocery Clerks' Association— P. H. Kelly, 300 ci
gars; Ed Tubeson, one box peaches; Jerrard & Decamp, one barrel apples; Max
field & Seabury. cigars; George Astrom. representing Reid, Murdock & Fisher,
Chicago, one box finest imported cigars; Yantz, Grisgs & Howes, 100 poinda
granulated sugar; Potts Bios., one bunch bananas; B. Pressley & Co., one box
lemons: D. B. Johnson, one box Badsrer soap; Marvin &Cammack,one box cheese;
St. Paul Tobacco Works, one pail finest tine cut, one box smoking.
Tickets for the round trip, including boat ride, 11. May be obtained at any
grocery, or at the Minneapolis & St. Louis depot, foot of Broadway. Half tickets
may be obtained at depot. Excursion train starts it S:3O a. m. Do not go to un
ion depot.
8

xml | txt