Country and City Buyers
Should send their orders to adver
tisers in
THE GLOBE!
.And always mention where the ad
vertis-enieut was seen.
VOL. XII.
LEVEES MELT AWAY.
Greenville Inundated by a
Ead Break at Catfish
Point.
Ks Main Business Streets
Converted into Creeks
ry the Flood.
Inhabitants of the Sunflower
Lowlands Slowly Starv
ing 1 to Death.
For Shelter They Have Noth
ing 1 but the Canopy
of Heaven.
Greenville, Miss., April s.— The
levee, which has all alone been in great
• lanncr of breakinir at Cattisli Point,
near the Connolly plantation in Bolivar
county, about twenty miles by land
above Greenvflle, gave away yesterday
morning, and from the latest reports re
ceived the civvnsse is from 1..700 to 1,800
Feel wide and increasing. The levee
there is very sandy, and the wash will
be bad. The water reached Greenville
about :> o'clock this morning, and up to
this writing has risen one foot in our
streets and is still rising steadily.
Washington avenue, the main business
street, is now one slveet of water from
the corner of Poplar street to the race
track, and water is making its way over
the sidewalks into the stores. The
water i* coming up through the lloor of
Moore <fc Archer's drug store. Vonnus
Bros., Garrison &i Jackson's store, and
Henniug's furniture establishment have
got nearly half a foot of water on the
Hoor. A great many people had to
acate Their Residences
to seek? higher quarters on account of
the su dden rise. All lhe ditches.
other channels leading to the bouthern
portion of the town, are beiug dammed:
rip to preserve the ridge situated be
tween Washington and Uentral avenues
from being tiooiled, is tiiis spot will per
liap>, in -a lew days, benhe only Rvait
able piece ot hind where the many
horses, mules, cattle, etc., can be con
gregated and kept out of the water un
til the Hood falls. Parties who
arrived here to-day from Greenwood,
the. greater part of their journey
being made in a skiff, describe the situ
dtion in the Sunflower lowlands as a
terrible sight to be looked upon. At an
astonishing spjed, the water is spread
ing over the. vast improved and culti
vated lands and forests of our planters,
many of whom would have been at the
end of another weelc or so through with
their planting. Houses of all descrip
tions and fences in long sections are
easily carried away by the terrible cur
lents, and every conceivable house
hold object is seen floating
down the . \Bogue Phalia swamps.
Stock and worldly effects that
can be transported are now beinc hur
ried to the front by those who have not
taken precautionary steps. In the
neighborhood .of with tents are
badly needed by the colored people.
* The "levee there presents to a person
witli kindly feelintrs and sober thoughts
a terrible s"is;ht, which must grow great
er in the future if substantial aid and
speedy relief does not come. At every
siei> the colored laborer, his family and
his all, are
Found Almost Destitute,
Arrayed in garments that have seen
their best days, and affords them little
comfort, and no protection from the
howling winds. For shelter they have
nothing but the canopy of heaven, and
the night dews in pity must weep as
they fall. If no assistance comes to
these people many will die from ex
posure. Food will soon be needed,
and, if not provided, great
suffering will be the conse
quence. The government officers have
done a great deal of good iv that sec
lion, but as there are other localities
which are now showing signs of ap
proaching distress their means have to
be divided. Capt. Ilider left this morn
ins from Skip with with two barges to
help (.'apt. Tollinger get out the people
and stock at Catfish Point, where as
sistance is badly needed. In the
vicinity of Winterville a great
many cattle are dying from
a disease called hollow horn.
At Mound Landing, seven miles below
Catfish Point, the river fell two feet
to-day, no doubt owing to the large
break which is said to discharge a vol
ume of water in a vertical way, which
lias rarely been witnessed at any break
of its nature. The Lake Washington
country and its highest points in the
banks of the beautiful lake are also rap
idly disappearing out of sieht, a thing
which has not been known since 1854.
The
Outlook Is Not Hopeful
/ur the planting of othe ovcM-flowcd re
gion before May. Just as soon as the
water subsides sufficiently they will
temporarily close the hreak'so that the
ito|) may be protected against any l'n
i lire rise this season. Returning to ISB2
for comparison, the hiirh water this
year is nearly a month later. This is
discouraging, though the situation has
its hopeful feature, too. Lake Bolivar
crevasse in 18S2 let in perhaps as much
water as all of these we have now;
J-tivi'rton near as much as all of them.
while the river had to fall below V>7
feet before Lake Bolivar quit feeding
the floods over the fields. Offutls anil
limiting-tons will cease to be serious
feeders, it is presumable, at 40, Kaston
at 39; but there is a menace and danger
so long as the present height is ap
proximated. In 1883 there was a most
disastrous second flood, beginning May
7. The newly-planted crops were
drowned out. Despite the numberless
outlets the river rose to within a
foot and a half of the previous
height and broke the levee, May 20,
at < lark's il'rcnt. This rise, which was
mainly from the Arkansas river, did
not co off until late in June, and on
many plantations no cotton was raised.
There is this consolation, that if the
levees have gone to pieces in spots, it
took the highest water on record to do
it. The highest point has not yet been
touched at Cairo, but in duration of
Hood heights— the true test— lß9o takes
precedence over all recent years; no
year of which we have full record, but
1882 compares with it. For illustration,
water passed above forty-six at
Cairo this year, March 3rd, and
will not, it is safe to say,
go Ix-'ow tliat stage before April 15.
Forty-three days of such a stage a*
Cairo is unprecedented. In Vi it was
reached Feb. 20 and passed below
March 21. or lasted twenty-nine days.
The average of the Arkansas Is about
the same for the two years, but there
was a phenomenal flood out of the
White river this year. The condition
•>f upper rivers is not hopeful. Cairo is
still standing above forty-eight feet and
then* is a rise out of the Arkansas
which will probably <jhecls the fall here.
stjStiSJl'Y" issue;
RESCUING THE PERISHING.
Government steamers Save Plant
ers and Their Families Prom
Drowning.
Arkansas Cirr, Ark., April s.— As
soon as the news of a break at Cat Fish
Point reached here the government
steamers Speed and Graham toolTsev
eral barges to that point and
brought away about 150 people
and their effects, also a lot of
stock, etc. Capt. Tollinger, of the gov
ernment service is on the ground doing
everything lie can to save life and prop
erty. Those who wish to come will be
brought here by the government's boats
and quarters provided for them. Par
ties whi> visited the scene of the disas
ter to-day state that the torrent coming
out of tin; opening has about spent
its force. Although this is much
the largest break that has
yet occurred on the Mississippi
side, the territory that will be affected
by it will be comparatively small. Out
side of the Catfish Point peninsula the
water iiom this crevasse will reach but
little territory that was not already in
undated by the crevasse at Mound,
lluntington and (Mutts, but the de
struction of property in this little
peninsula is dreadful. The planters
who owned the plantations around
Catfish Point are almost ruined.
It is estimated that over
a hundred houses have been washed
away, and ther« is very little hay, corn
or planting seed left. The planters
will be so badly crippled that they will
meet with considerable difficulty in
making a crop even if the water re
cedes in time. The flood has left al
most nothing. The whole bend was
filled with water as high as that in the
river within a few hours after the break
occurred. To-day the water broke
through the levee at Eutaw landing In
the lower end of the bend, and it is now
running back into the river. It is
thought that several lives were lost.
THERESA IN RUINS.
Major Portion of a New York Vil
lage Burned.
Watektown, N. V., April s.— The
business section of the village of The
resa, about twenty-five miles from tins
city, was entirely destroyed by fire this
morning. Forty-two buildings were
burned, twenty of which were resi
dences. The fire originated in the store
of F. N. Peck, which was closed by the
sheriff last evening. There was no fur
nace in the building, and as there had
been no fire in the stove for;
some time, it is believed the
fire was the work of an
incendiary. The village has
no fire apparatus, and help was sum
moned from this city, the steamer and
firemen, however, arriving too late to
bo of much service. Some of the prin
cipal losses and insurance are: Get
naan Bros., block and store, $8,000; in
surance small. J. 0. Bedleman, build
ing, $2,500; insurance, $1,000. F. M.
Peck, building, 13,500; insurance, SI. 300;
merchandise, £9,000; insurance on stock
and fixtures. $3,100. \V. L. Root, build
ing $2,500, stock 83,000. Caroline Dress
uier, block, £3.000; insurance, 82,55).
Mrs. L. Hannah's block, $3.50!); insur
ance, §3,000. 11. Kedenhuist, brick
block, $4,000; insurance, $4,000; stock of
hardware, $8,500; insurance, §4,000. W.
M. Lambie, $3,500: insurance. §1.500;
stock, $!),000; insurance, *2,400. F. L.
Santway, block, 18.00: insurance, $1,700.
Masonic hall, $3,000: small insurance.
M. L. Stotler, block. $3,000; ma
chinery, $1,500; Cheesenian &
Evans, block, $8,000; insurance. 9300.
David Wilson, drug and grocery stock,
§5,000 stock; insurance, $4,350. Chap
man & Son's block, $3,000; insurance,
13.J00. L." Tyler, tenement, $3,000; in
surance, $1,000. A. T. Smith, drugs,
$4,000. \V. P. Chapman, jewelry, $tt,ooo.
Kelsey & Swartz, $7.OiX). Other losses,
not estimated, will make about 1125,000.
The principal insurance companies los
ing by the fire are the Home, the Hart
ford and the Orient,
A FULL SCORE PERISHED.
Twenty Knights and Ladies of
Honor Killed by. Louisville's
Tornado.
Louisville. Ky., April s.— Jewel
lodge, Knights and Ladies of Honor,
which was caught in tiie tornado, at a
meeting to-night reported the following
members of the order killed by the
storm :
Joiin M. Stephens, "patriarch of the
order:" l'eter Fuller, "faithl'nl sentinel;"
Annie E. Niles, guardian; Belle Peterson,
acting chaplain; Mary Hnsseu. Emma
Iloffstetter, John Renouf, John 11.
Puff. Bridget Horan, B. F. Randolph
Mary McLonghlin. Bridget Kelly, Sallie
Bishop, John K. Hamilton. Henry King,
Carrie Baker. Members of other lodges:
Christ Miller, Pearl lodge; Elmer E. Barnps,
Imperial lodge; Mrs. Maggie Kyan. Hope
lodge: Charles Fleischer. Victoria lodge. Of
fers of assistance are freely made by other
lodges.
STARTED BY A FIREBUG.
Incendiary Blaze in the New York
Custom House.
New York. April 5.— A lire occurred
this evening in the room on the fifth
floor of the custom house which is used
for the storage of drawback vouchers,
ledgers, etc. The origin of the fire is a
mystery. The llames were observed in
time to prevent much damage to the
building. The books and papers were
scorched, but it is believed that no
records were entirely destroyed. The
firemen very freely expressed their be
lief that the lire was an incendiary one.
Indeed, they claimed that there was no
other way to account for it. If their
opinion is correct, the incendiary must
have aimed at the destruction of certain
documents, as the building itself is
practically indestructible by lire.
CAR HIED OVER THE FALLS.
A Farm Foreman Engulfed in
Niagara's Abysses.
Xiagatia Falls, N. V., April 5.—
William A. Welch, who has for several
years past held the position of foreman
on 11. C. Howard's farm near La Salle,
is missing, and there seems but
little doubt that be was carried
over ihe falls. On the evening of
March 27 hejwas seen by his stepson to go
out Into the river opposite to Mr. How
ard's residence to set a nisht line. A
search along the river began yesterday.
An oar bearing the name ot the missing
man was picked up below the falls, and
a short time afterward a portion of the
boat, which proved to be a part of the
side of the boat belonging to Howard,
was caught, which makes it almost cer
tain that Welch was carried over the
precipice. Welch was about forty years
oldj and leaves a widow aocl stepson.
Dallas' Bi^ Dam Breaks.
Dallas, Tex., April s.— The Trinity,
river, like all others, is overflowing its
bottoms, and much damage is resulting
therefrom by the drowning of stock. A
dam broke at the unfinished city water
works above the city last night, and'
now the new $30,000 pumping engine is"
100 feet under water.- 7 The unfinished
reservoir will also sustain . damages to
the extent of many ? thousands of dol
lars.
ST. PAUL, MINN., SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1890.— TWENTY PAGES.
TOOK A DOSE OF LEAD
Millionaire Marcus Steams, of
Chicago, Shoots Himself
Eour Times.
"Rough on Rats" Given to a
Family of Four by a
Servant.
Students at Michigan Univer
sity Miss Their Mail by
a Rush.
Archer's Peculations Aggre
gate Close Upon a Quar
ter Million. .
Chicago, Anril s.— Marcus C. Steams,
one of Chicago's oldest and wealthiest
residents, attempted suicide at his hand
some Michigan avenue residence to-day.
He fired four bullets into his head, pro
ducing: wounds from which recovery is
impossible. One shot fired into the
mouth almost split the tongue in
two. The members of the family
profess absolute ignorance be
yond the fact that for some
time Mr. Steams had been in depressed
■spirits.' The four shots were heard in
rapid succession, and a moment later
Mr. Steams was found stretched on his
bach on the floor in his room, his head
in a pool of blood. It is surmissd that
his depression was due to the recent
death of his tavorite daughter, the wife
of ex-Mayor Carter Harrison. Mr.
Steams was one of the leading members
of the board of trade, and has an estate
worth, perhaps, 81,500,000.
ROUGH ON R*ATS FOR FOUR,
A. Servant Girl Poisons Several
People.
Chicago, April 4.— Englewood is
excited over a poisoning mystery which
promises to develop into a perplexing
sensation. The present indications are
that the case is one of murder, George
P. Newland, a wealthy retired real es
tate man, and family consisting of wife
son and daughter, residing at G23G Wa
bash avenue, were taken violently ill
shortly after supper last night, with all
the symptoms of arsenical poisoning.
Mr. and Mrs. Newland died this morn
insr in spite of the best medical assist
ance. There is hope expressed that the
I son and daughter will recover. It was
at first thought that the poison had
been put in some canned corn that
the family eat freely of, but as
yet there is no proof. Emma Starr,
a servant girl employed by the
family who is said to have bought some
"Rough on Kats'' yesterday, was this
afternoon arrested at the Park theater.
She gave her name as Delia Foster and
said she was a variety actress, and that
her real name was Mrs. Starr William
Hay. She said she had a daughter nine
years old who was living with her hus
band, a bill poster, at Ft. Wayne, lnd.
She said she never saw Mr* or Mrs.
Newland and never heard the name.
She was taken to Mr. Newland's house
and identified by Charles White, the
colored servant, and by Dr. Roder, the
druggist who sold her the rat poison,
After which she was locked up in the
Armory station.
DUFFY HOLD ■. THE FORT.
Ann Arbor's Postmaster Teaches
Fresh Students a Lesson.
. j Ann Aiibok, Mich., April s.— Several
hundred students missed their regular
Saturday night letters from home to
night. While the mail was being dis
tributed the boys in the lobby began in
dulging in a little rush. Postmaster
Duffy went outside to quiet them, when
they rushed him outside the building.
He was mad all through, and, calling
his assistants, the crowd was forced out
side and the doors locked, no more mail
being given out. The crowd hung
around outside howling and making
considerable noise, until Marshal Walsh'
marched one of the boys to the jail,
followed by the crowd. The prisoner
was let off,and the boys, after marching
through the streets, went home. •;..
SLAIN BY A HOODLUM.
A Peaceable - Pittsburger Mur
dered in the Street.
Pittsbuhg, April s.— John O'Hara.
aged eighteen, was shot dead at 11
o'clock to-night by a colored man yet
unknown, and Martin Faher was shot
in the shoulder by the same man. A
crowd of five colored men, intoxicated,
were walking down Fifth avenue, push
ing people off the sidewalk as they went
along. One of them pushed a lady in the
gutter, when a gentleman interfered
with the colored men. During the con
versation which followed young O'Hara
stepped up, when a negro hit him in the
forehead, knocking him down, and then
pulled out a revolver, and shot him
through the heart. He then fired two
more shots one of which struck Faher,
another onlooker, iii the shoulder. The
five colored men '-. then escaped. The
police are searching for the men, but
have thus far failed to make an arrest.
FRAUDS AT JBUSEY POLLS.
Warrants Issued for Ballot-Ro.v
Staffers.-/,- •''"■
New YonK, April • The investiga
tion into the alleged frauJs in connec
tion with the recent election in Jersey
City resulted to-day In the issuance of
warrants for the arrest of the members
of the election board for the First as
sembly district of that city. The inves
tigation has developed a remarkable
variety and extent of fraud. * . Votes
were cast in the name of many persons
long since dead, or who had moved
away from the places mentioned in the
registery. and ballot-boxes were stuffed
in the most flagrant manner. - '■"■* •-'
STOLE ALL HE COULD.
The Peculations of Maryland's
Treasurer Foot Up Nearly $200.
--000. I
: Baltimore, Md., April s.— The legis
lative committee authorized to Investi
gate the accounts of State Treasurer
Archer, prosecuted its work In this
city to-day. ', A number of bank presi
dents and cashiers and stockbrokers with
. or through whom Archer diposed of the
■ state seciuities,\were ; examined. One.
witness. C. C. Shrivcr, president of: the
Metropolitan Savings bank, swore posi- |
tively that' the V first transaction ($G,000),
was made with Archer in the safede-;
posit buildinz, wherein the state securl-.
ties were kept in a vault, and . that the
state treasurer handed him ; the bonds
there as collateral. ; The amount of the
defalcation is now known to be at least
f 192, TOO.
ELEVEN THOUSAND SHOUT.
Bookkeeper Porter Shown to. Be .
a Defaulter.
Kansas City, April s.— John B. Por
ter, formerly bookkeeper of Hal! &
Willis, wholesale hardware, has left for
parts unknown. An examination of his;
accounts shows him to be a defaulter.
The defalcation extends over a period
of several years, and the books are in
such a condition that the amount cannot
as yet be accurately determined. A
member of the firm says he does not
think it will exceed $4,000, but it is
stated on different authority that the
amount is $11,000.
Killed Over a Shell Game.
Kingfisher, lnd. Ten, April 5.—
Jacob Cline was shot and killed by
Jacob Pecora at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
The shooting occurred on a public
street. Both men were gamblers. attU
the trouble grew out of a disagreement
over a shell game. Cline has a family
in Wichita, and Pecora is a single ippn.
The murderer was arrested and is in
custody of the military. This is the
first murder that has occured at King
fisher.
Choate Wants His Liberty.
NewYokk, April s.— Dilworth Choate,
the eavesdropping reporter, who was
committed to Ludlow street jail for
thirty days, to-day throueh his counsel
secured from the supreme courts writs
of habeas corpus and certiorari directed
to the warden of the jail and Judge Bar
rett for his appearance and the pro
duction of the record of his disgrace In
court on Monday next.
BOWMAN CAUSKS A SPLIT.
The Deposed Bishop Oreanizes ■ a;
■ -i Conference of Bolters. : j .• . J
Dcs Moines, 10., April . s.— Bishop
Bowman, who was locked outorTrihity
church by the trustees, and \ whom the
Dcs Moines conference of the Evangeli
cal church refused to recognize as its
presiding officer, . organized a : con
ference .of V' his own and trans
acted'some business. The session
was held at":.. the 1 bishop's rooms
'at his hotel. After attending to the i
routine business of the conference, the
Rev. J. F. Yeger \yas elected presiding,'
elder and given "charge of all the con
gregations connected with the ; confer
ence. ; iThe same ; gentleman was also
elected to represent the conferance at
the general board of missions, which
convenes in October next in Cleveland, v
and .which irianakes all lUe foreign and :
home mission work connected with the
church. >3Kev. -J. H. Yaggy was
elected trustee of the . orthwesteru;
college '■■' for •--. three years. ' • This |
prosperous educational institution
is located at Naperville, 111., and Bishop
Bowman is ; ; president. Rev. Dr.
W. 11. Reese and Rev. Dr. C. : W.
Biodgett, presiding elders of the Meth
odist Episcopal ', church, were- intro
duced to the conference and expressed
their surprise at the very peculiar con- 1
duct of the ministers who refusod to
recognize the bishoo. Thediscipline of
the Evangelical association' being In
mauy respects similar to thai of the.
Methodist churcU they unhesitatingly
expressed their opinion that tho
bishop's opinion^, so .... far- as the
legal status of the difficulty -is
concerned, is right. Resolutions were
adopted, deploring the trouble,' the re
volutionary spirit of members, and «£*•
pressing ■ confidence in the honor,
honesty and piety of Bishop Bowman, .
and upholding him as bishop. At the
. regular conference, a resolution was
adopted that J. H. Yaggy, J. F. Yeger,
J. H. Work, J. 11. Hillman, G. W. Day,
and H. M.' Kippler be ; considered 1 as
withdrawn from this conference and re
quested to return all documents aud
moneys belonging to this conference. _ :
j P AY TAXES FO i. PUOrKCTION.
I Hint to Minnesotans Who Brought
■ '■ l ljands Proirn Prederick9eri. .; |
- CHjOAGO^April 5.— E. A. Filkins, re
ceiver of Fiedericksen & Co., whose ex
tensive system of ; land swindling was
exposed some 1 months ago, when N. C.
Frederickseli. the head rof the firm; ab
sconded, makes an : announcement that
is'; of interest to all who par
chased." land from the 'firm. . He
says that :it will be ot advantage to
those people, especially the Minneitoar
stale land purchasers, to protect . the
same from sale by the state auditor on
May by paying the taxes state in
terest thereon before that date. x Many
paid this money ;to Fredericksen, who"
did hot remit it to the county , treasurer.
The receiver is not in a position to pay
the taxes, ; and purchasers will have- to
do so in order . to , protect their rights.
They should write for- information to
the county treasurer of the county ?in
Which their lands "are located. ; >..- v,«
'.■ '-^-^^ ■ ■■■• - — _. - •*'--•
: Commissioners Cornered.
Special to the Globe. ~" - : .
: ] Bismarck, N. D., April s.— The action
brought to oust County Commissioners
Healey Ecklund f t maladminis- .
tration was argued before Judge^Yin-
Chester to-day, and finished at 11 o'clock
this evening. Judge Winchester issued
an order restraining .them -from acting
as commissioners during the pending
of the trial and determination of the.
cas . The feeling,.is iDtense on both ■
sidaS. . ". -.. '.- _ -.■) ■"
■ •-.. •■ .■- ■ . ... .. • ■-.' .\ ac; --
; ;' The Deputy ; Was Careless. -.£ |)
Special to the Globe. • . -- . \
; Aitkin, Minn., April Itasca
county, which is , attached'Tto' .'-• 'Ait&inj^
contributes many criminals to our coun
ty jail. " There are now ten from Itasca,
and if there is no term of court this
spring they will be a big expense to
this county. To-night a deputy came
down with a prisoner. He started with
two, but one jumped from the Northern
Pacific train near Kimberly and es
caped. .Ofhcers are out : searching for
the fu gitive. ..;-,,> f:
.:--•■ -■" —■ '. *'. _ >^ ; - .. ;
Red Men Seek Information. ';•
Special to the Globe. . ... ~ • V i;V ; - '•(
>' : Brottn's Vai/i.ey, Minn., April % — _ :
Between 75 and 100 Chippewa- Indians,
among them the \ hereditary chief, were:
here to-day to obtain Information re
specting the Sissetqn bill now.peiuirrigi
in congress, providing for-the opening
:of the reservation. lion . A. S. Cross- I
field, who has just returned from Wash
incton, explained the bill, and -the In
dians are perfectly satisfied. V
. Engnl fed by the. Flood, i i. V
Grf.exvjle, Miss., April s.—Yester
day while a colored man with three
women were fleeing from the approach
ing flood in the Bogue - country on the
Georgia Pacific railroad, the skitt" com-,
menced leaking, and 'before any-assist
ance { could be rendered to ; them •* tliPj
whole party,vvent down. The man^hjitti
- a narrow escape, but the three 5 women
were swallowed up by the flood. : ---f^',.- :
-/- ; ' ?.-*.~- : T» • — m "~~ ' "'.'- "'" '""."Si'V."";
•;■ 1 Two Men Blown to Pieces. ;
New York, April : 5.— A terrific ex- .-:
plosion occurred at about 2 o'clock thiV' j
afternoon iii the powder mill at : f Bay
Chester, near Barlow, N. Y. -; TwolUieirr-.
unknown, - 1 were I instantly r'tilledif itnd
houses in the vicinity for some distance 1
were damaged. The railroad station at
Bay. Chester. was also damaged. • r J
ONCE IN TEN YEARS.
Republicans Think That Is
Often Enough to Redis
trict a State.
Having 1 Gerrymandered Them
selves Into Power, They
Cry Halt.
Breadwinners Present a Novel
Banking Scheme to the
Senate.
Secretary Proctor deceives
the Record in the Steele
Court Martial.
Washington, D. C. April 51— The
house committee on the election of the
president, vice-president and represent
atives in congress to-day authorized a
favorable report on the bill introduced
in the house by Mr. McComas, of Mary
land, to regulate in part the time and
manner of holding elections of repre
sentatives in congress, known as the
'■Gerrymandering" bill. The bill passed
the committee by a strict party vote-7 to 5
Mr. McComas will submit a report con
taining the views of the majority. The
minority will submit also a report pro
testing against the passage of the bill.
The bill provides that in each state en
titled under an apportionment of repre
sentatives in congress to more than one
representative, the number of repre
sentatives to which the state may be
entitled in the Fifty-third and each sub
sequent congress shall be elected by
districts which have as nearly as prac
ticable an equal number of inhabitants,
so that the most populous district
in the state shall not have more than
15,000 inhabitants in excess of the pop
ulation of the least populous district.
They shall be composed of territory
contiguous, adjoining, and, as far as
practicable, compact. They shall be
equal in number to the number of rep
resentatives to which the state may be
entitled in congress, and no one district
-shall elect more than one representative,
and the number of districts shall
be equal to the number of representa
tives to which the state may be entitled.
After each national
Decennial Census
of population shall have been com-
: pleted, congress is to determine the
number of representatives in congress,
and reapportiorithem among the j sev
eral states as entitled,* and the iegisla
ture of each state elected nextafter this
rapportion merit by congress is to 8 redis
trict each state} under the restrictions
and i regulations as to ; ; population '
• and territory, and vwhen' made by
the state legislature -i the .redistricting
shall not be altered by any succeeding
■ legislature durmg rtreterm ten years,
) nor until the next succeeding decennial
census. Until tao next 'apportionment
of representatives shall be made by
congress confirmably to the events,
there shall be no change of boundaries
of any of the congressional districts in
any state to alter them as they existed
when the representatives of the fifty
first, congress were elected, and the rep
resentatives id?.tho Fifty-second con
cress shall be" elected: from districts
having the same boundaries as those
from which the representatives of .■: the
Fifty-first congress:.. were elected, any
law of any state heretofore or hereafter
passed to the contrary notwithstanding.
■Jn any state ' where no ; legislature is
elected subsequent to the reapportion
ment by congress, and prior to the elec
tion of representatives congress un
der the new apportionment, in case of a
decrease in the number, of representa
tives te which 'the state is entitled, the
legislature of the state ■ may . redistrict
the state; and in case ot increase in the
number of representatives which may
be given to the state under the appor
tionment by congress may be elected by
the state at large, and the other.- repre
sentatives by districts under the legis
lature shall redistrict the state. Pro
vision is made for the certification by
the. authorized boards that the members
have been elected in accordance with
-the provisions of this act..;... ■;■;, ■-, .-.;■"
Senators Launch Another Scheme
lypA conference of the Republican mem
bers of the senate committee on ! privi
leges and elections was held - to-day,. as
a resultof which ; Chairman Hoar was
requested to prepare a bill to ; regulate
: elections of members lof congress. It
is understood that the | measure to be
proposed 2- will provide for the ap
pointment of national supervisors ii
every district in which a certain num
,ber of voters shall petition therefor ;
these supervisors shall watch and count
the vote, and make a certification there
of to a state board of canvassers, who
shall 'thereupon issue a . certificate of
"election to the candidate receiving the
highest number of votes, and these cer
tificates shall -be - used by the clerk of
the house in making up the roll of mem
bers-elect. ■■ .■. ; r r . < \-* ~
- : NEW Il>l<JA I liANKIXG.
Wageworkers Present an Klab
• < - orate Scheme. ,
Washington, April s.— By request
Senator Ingalls to-day introduced a bill
pra ying ; a system Z of '.' banking by the
United; States [ proposed by the . Wage
workers' alliauce. It provides j for the
establishment -of ■; executive depart
ment of banking, with a secretary at its
head, whose salary shall: be f B,OOO, and:
four assistant secretaries with salaries
of $5,000 each. - At ; tbe department the
banking for the people shall be done
free of • cost,' except such merely. nomi
nal fees 9as are necessary to. pay ex
penses. Branches shall be established
at postoffices -throughout the country'
and maintained so long as they are nec
essary. Loans shall be made on : secur
■ity, the interest payable on the 81st of
: December' every ■* year. Failure to pay
interest shall terminate the loan, and
after the sale of the security, the excess
•over the :' loan, if any, shall be paid to
the borrower. The money necessary to x
transact the business of the department
shall be ' furnished by the treasurer of
the' United States, 1 and it shall be full ;
legal : tender for all / debts and { dues ;
within the United States. . The money:
shall be printed by hand on silk-thread- ;
ed paper, at the bureau of engraving
and printing, in the °:. following ; denotni-"
nations: 1, 2, and 5 mills; 1, 2, 3 and
.5 cents; 1,2, 3 and-s 'dimes;l, 2, 3 and
s dollars; 1. 2, 3 and 5 eagles, 1, 2, 3 ant!
seondos (?100) and 1, 2, 3 and 5 talents
(11,000). ; ■'■■>;■>■.- ■■--./ '; : -:;-;:,;-,.:-.- ':
MAMY YARDS OF KED TAPE.
The " teel c- Wi Id Cou rt ./' Martial
■{■;. i ".'-ri" - Reaches, Proctor. . ■
WA^niN'GTOX, April s.— The.Steelc-
Wild court martial is transferred t from
Chicago to Washington, the V record of
the court having been received at the
war department this : mbniing.'^^The:
&**£\: - ■■;.. ..' -. ■;■•■■•
record is quite voluminous, giving in
extenso the testimony taken, together
with the charges preferred and the con
clusion of the court as to what was and
what was not proven. Inclosed in the
record is the name of the staff officer
in charge at Ciicaeo, and the
name of John M. Schotield, in charge
pro tern of the department of the
Missouri. The record was at once
placed in the hands of Acting Judge
Advocate General Guido N. Liebr. He
will proceed at once to go carefully over
the recoid to see that all the legal re
quirements have been complied with
and then make his report direct to Maj.
Gen. Schofield. After the record
reaches General Schofield he will indi
cate his judgment as to the correctness
of the findings in the light of the evi
dence and the army reeulations and the
case will then reach Secretary Proctor
for his final and conclusive action. No
intimation can be gathered in official
quarters as to the recommendations and
tindines of the court and nothing au
thorative will be known until Secretary
Proctor makes the record public. This
stage of the case will not, it is thought,
be leached for ten days or two weeks.
PROCTOR'S RIGHT BOWER.
Grant, of Minneapolis, Appointed
Assistant Secretary of War.
Washington, April s.— The presi
dent to-day sent to to the senate the
following nominations: Lewis A.
Grant, of Minneapolis, to be assistant
secretary of war: Brig. Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, major general; Col. Benjamin 11.
Grierson, Tenth cavalry, brigadier gen
eral. Postmasters: Wisconsin — An
drew W. Young, Wausaw; .lames T.
Green, Fond dv Lac. lowa— Charles E.
Johnson, Clear Lake: Frank W. Mahin,
Clinton.
.^tmJC'A %AMrd-
Gen. Lewis A. Grant, of Minneapolis;
Minn., whose nomination as assistant
secretary of war was sent lo the senate
to-day, was bred a lawyer, and at the
breaking out of the war was a partner
in the firm of Stoughton & Grant, one
of the leading law firms of Vermont.
He entered the army as major of the
Fifth Vermont regiment in September,
18(51. He arose by regular promotions
lo the rank of brigadier general, April
17. 1804, and commanded the so-called
"Vermont Brigade 1 ' to the close of the
war. This brigade was well-known as
one of the best fighting brigades of
Sedgwiek's corps, and Gen. Grant's
record of hard service is second to none.
Gen. Grant received the brevet rank- of
major general Oct. 19. is<u, -'for gallant
and meritorious services in the present
campaign before Richmond, Va,, and in
the Shenandoah valley." Since the
close of the war he has been actively
and successfully engaged in business,
first at Dea Moines, 10., and then at
Minneapolis, Minn., where he removed
about six years ago. His appointment
was recommended by the Minnesota
senators, by Mr. Snider, the member
from Minneapolis, and by Gov. Gear
and others from loiva.
At Minneapolis.
Tlic appointment of Gen. L. A. Grant
as assistant secretary of war created no
littlo interest at Minneapolis, where lie
has resided since ISB3, especially in G.
A. K. circles, in which. he has been
somewhat prominent, but particularly
among the politicians. There was a
general rejoicins, of course, that Min
neapolis had captured another appoint
ment, and the usual speculations as to
the cause of the appointment and its
probable effect upon other political ap
pointments for which efforts are being
made by Northwestern men. Gen. Grant
Jeft last evening for Washington, hav
ing been notified of his prob
able appointment the day be
fore. He said before leaving that
he believed he was quite as much sur
prised as any one by the unexpected
honor. He understands that the newly
created office is similar to that of assist
ant secretary, which was in existence
during the war, and that he will be ex
pected to divide the duties of the secre
tary and become actuary secretary in
Secretary Proctor's absence. In appear
ance (Jen. Grant's personality is pleas
ing. He possesses a frank, open face,
and cordial, but quiet manner. He has
been engaged in the real estate business
since coming to Minneapolis, and is
comparatively little known.
FOR THE BOYS IN BLUE.
The Honso Passes a Batch of 81119
Kelating to the Army.
Washington, April s.— The house
to-day passed a number of bills relating
to military affairs, and listened to eulo
gies on the late Newton \Y.
Nuttinsr, of New York. Among
the bills passed were the following:
Amending the articles of war so as to
provide that in times of peace general
courts martial for the trial of commis
sioned officers shall be appointed only
by the president, the general command
ing the army or the general officer com
manding a military division, and
that judges advocate must not be
present at any deliberation of courts
martial in close session; granting the
right of way through the Fort Pem
bina military reservation to the Duluth
<fe Manitoba Railway company; pro
viding that in time of peace all en
listed men charged with offenses non
cognizable by the garrison or regimental
courts martial shall, within twenty
four hours after their arrest, be
brought before a summary court,
which shall consist of the line
officer second in rank at the post or
station or in the command of the alleged
offender, who shall hear and determine
the case, and when satisfied of the guilt
ot the accused party adjudge the pun
isimient to be inflicted. The accused
may object to a hearing by a summary
court and demand a trial by court mar
tial, which demand shall be grant
ed of right. Providing for retain
ing fi from each month's pay
of enlisted men of the army during the
first year of enlistment, the sum so re
tained to be paid on discharge from the
service, aud to be forfeited unless there
is an honest and faithful service. In
time of peace the president may permit
any enlisted man to purchase his
discharge. A bill was passed granting
to Miles City, Mont., a portion of
the Fort Keouah military reservation
for use as a public park: also a hill for
the erection of a public building at
Aurora, lil., at a cost of ?70,W0.
BETTER LET IT DROP.
Hint to the Prosecution in the
Famous Harned-Beeehep
Case.
The National Administrat
Is Placed in a Peculiar
Light.
Alex McKenzie Advances the
Money to Buy Seed for
Farmers.
Twenty Mormon Convicts In
voke the Law to Set Them
Free.
Special to the Glybe.
Tacoma, Wash., April s.— Some sen
sational developments are likely to
occur soon in ttie famous Beecher-Har
nedcase, in, which several prominent
ex-officials the Port Townsend cus
tom house are - charged with dishonesty
in the govyrnment service. The prose
cution of these officials began duriug
the Cleveland . administration aud
was continued by the treasury de
partment after the incoming of the
tlarrisou administration. It is alleged
that a number of prominent officials,
including the present attorney general
of tho United States and one of the
Oregon senators, are making an effort
to have the prosecution of Harned,
Beeclter their colleagues dropped.
Ex-United States Attorney White, of
Seattle, discloses information which se
riously reflects upon the action of At
torney Genera) Miller. In tl«e language of
Mr. White,that distinguished memberof
President Harcison's cabinet has " put
his foot in it." While W. 11. White
wns United States attorney for the terri
tory, of Washington Attorney General
Miller wrote him, White says, asking
him to drop the prosecution of the
Harned-Beecher cast*, alleging that they
were being politically persecuted.
While in Washington about a month
ago JJr..WJiit« -loariw 1 at the treasury
department that Attorney General
Miller had requested that the.
Prosecution Be Dropped
without ever consulting Secretary Win
dom, of the treasury, under whose di
rection it had progressed thus far. The
treasury officials were surprised to learn
of the attorney general's action. Mr.
White claims he has papers to sub
stantiate these facts, and publicity is
likely to be given in the near
future. Circumstances indicate that
even the president is inter
ested in the dropping of the
prosecution of the Ilarned-Beecher
cases, as Scott has a brother-in-law
who is superintendent of the govern
ment building now being erected at
Port Townsend, and is, it is claimed,
making streneuous efforts to assist the
attorney trenvral in getting them
dropped. United States Attorney P. 11.
Winston says he lias been written to by
Attorney "General Miller regarding
those cases. Miller asked him to in
vestigate them and prosecute if he
thought proper. They are not entirely
political cases, though considerable
polities is mixed up with thorn, he
says.
M'KENZIE'S GKKKXBACKB.
He Puts Them Up to Supply Farm-
ers With Seed.
Special to the Globe.
Bismarck, N. D.. April s.— lt has
been estimated thas from :),000 to 5,000
bushels of seed grain would be required
in this county, and word having been
received that the elevator seed wheat
combination had refused to furnish any
wheat for this county even at $1 a
bushel, AKfln tuber of farmers were In
town to-day disappointed. A meeting
was held this evening at which Hon.
Alex McKenzic agreed to furnish
5.000 bushels of wheat at 13 cents
per bushel the farmers to give a crop
security note payable Nov. 1 at 0 per
cent interest. Not more than thirty
bushels of wheat, or its equivalent in
other grain, are to be given any one
farmer. A committee, consisting of
John Yegen, John Quinlan and J. F.
Fields, was appointed to look after ae
tails and supply the wheat. It is stipu
lated that the committee shall pay 75
cents per bushel to the farmers who
have wheat to sell, and charge but 75
cents to farmers needing seed. Mc-
Kenzie put up his check for 83.750. and
applications for several hundred bush
els were made at once. This will take
care of all the needy farmers in Bur
leigh county.
WILL FIGHT FOX FREEDOM.
Mormon Convicts at Siouv Falls
Tired of Imprisonment.
Special to the Olobc.
Sioux Falls, S. D., April 5.— An ap
plication for a wait of habeas corpus
was made before the United States dis
trict court in this city to-day for the re
lease of twenty Mormon prisoners, who
were sentenced to imprisonment in
Sioux Falls penitentiary, most of them
a year aso. In their application they
argue that they were sentenced 'to be
confined in the United States peniten
tiary at Sioux Falls, and by the omnibus
bill their place of confinement was
abolished, and owing to the fact that no
such place as the United] States peni
tentiary of Sioux Falls now exists, they
petition tnat cause should be shown
why they should not be given their lib
erty. Money has been sent from Salt
Lake City to fight the case to the end.
A QUESTION OF POLICE.
Speculation as to the Political
Issue in Wisconsin Next Fall.
Special to the Globe.
CiiirrEWA Falls, Wis., April 5.—
As far as can be ascertained from inter
views with prominent Democrats in
this city there will be strong opposition
by the leaders of the party throughout
the state to the proposition to make the
Bennett law an sssue in the campaign
next fall. Gen. (iinty, editor of the
Herald, stated in a recent issue of his
paper that he had positive knowledge
of certain Catholic priests who are in
favor of the law, but as he is a Jtepub
lican there is not much credence
given to the statement by Catholic
Democrats. As far as this city and
county is concerned the Bennett law
will cut no figure in politics. Many
Germans, both Catholicj and Lutheran?,
whose children attend parochial schools,
state that if the law is made, an issue
next fall they will support the Republi
can ticket. These have ever been
strong adherents to the Democratic
party. This feeling is universal among
the Germans throughout the Northwest,
and no doubt it will tend to induce the
parly to consider well its policy bciovc
entering upon the campaign.
IF YOU WANT TO BUY
Go to those who advertise la
THE GLOBE!
Aud don't forget to tell where you
snw the advertisement.
XO. 90.
ami: lind bill's fortune.
A Fergus Fall Man Thinks It Will
■ :',. Pass.
Special to tbe Globe.
Febctus Falls, April 5.— C. T*.
Lewis, of this city, who just returned
from Washineton, says there is no
doubt of the passage of the Unrl bill,
red is trie tint? Minnesota and establish
ing terms of the United States district
court at St. Paul, Minneapolis. Winona,
Fergus Fails, Maukuto and Duluth.
Senator Davis, he says, has been del
uged with •remonstrances from Moor
head and Crookston to the bill going
through in its present form, but will
make no effort to have it changed. In
regard to the proposed public build*
ins at Fergus Falls, he says the
senators and Representative Conistoclc
aeree that it would be unwise to push
the matter, ou the ground that in a few
years a lanre appropriation can bo got
easier than a small one- now. He also
says there is not much chance of tne
passage of the bill restoring a United
States land ortice to Fergus Falls. In
his opinion Senator Davis is look ing
forward to a re-election next winter
with a reasonable degree of confidence,
and showed a great deal of interest iv
the Fanners' alliance movement.
A VACANT ARCHBISHOPRIC
Wisconsin Catholics Discuss iho
Successor to Archbishop Heist*.
Special to Hie Glooe.
CmrPKWA Falls, Wis., April s.— lt
has been a subject of much comment
among the Catholic clergy of this dio
cese who will succeed the late Arch
bishop lleiss. of Milwaukee The Very
Ilev. C. P. X. Goldsmith, of this city, is
mentioned as a probabie successor to
Bishop Flash, of La Crosse. in the event
of the latter securing the pallium.
Father (ioldsmith is one of the
most learned theologians in the
state, and an eloquent pulpit
orator. For the past year lie has suffered
greatly with hemorrhage of the stom
ach and for a time his life was despaired
of, but now he is almost entirely re
covered. The selection of an arch
bishop is confined to the Dishops and
archbishops Of the province. They are
to select three names which will be sent
to Rome and then the successor to Arch*
bishop Hess will be appointed.
Badgers Demand a Recount.
Special to tho Globe.
jAsr:.svn,r.K, Wis., April s.— On 1 lie
demand of T. W. Coldin, Kepublicau
candidate for city attorney of this city,
a recount of the votes cast at the recent
election in the Second and Third wards
will be had next Tuesday. J. B. Doe
Jr, Democratic candidate for attorney,
was electect by seven votes. Tho Be*
publicans believe errors will be shown
suffieienttoelectUolditi. ,i. c. lirownell.
Republican, was defeated for alderman
of the Third ward by two votes on thu
same returns. It is believed a recount
will elect Browneil, giving the R«pul>
licans the common council by ooeTOte.
The council as returned was. a political
tie with a Democratic mayor. Other
wards will be contested.
diets an Ohio (iii I.
Special to tlia Globe.
Fakiuault, April 5.- -Thomas Car
penter, of this city, left for Ashtabula
county. Ohio, yesterday morning, to bo
absent about two weeks, ami it is ait
open secret that when he .returns Mrs.
Thoiuifs Carpenter will return witli
him, tin; bride elect being .Mi-- Irene
(Jee, sister of Mrs. J. R. Pnrshall, who
has many friends in this city, made dur
liiir her recent and forrier visits bete,
who will be only too giad to fiavo hrr
return to them under such happy aus
nices. Tht! weddini: is announced foe
taster Monday, at tlie bride's home. ii>
South New Lynn.
Will Sell His Hotel.
Special tO tho Globe.
Fergus Falls, April s.— The owner
of the Grand hotel here, William Ta>
lor, of Scotland, has served notice on
the landlord, B. s. Hall, to vaeato
within sixty days. Tho hotel will Ikj
offered for sak\ Mr. Taylor i< sroing to
dispose of all his interests in this neigh
borhood. He has made many losing
ventures, and several judgment"! and
lawsuits which have .been prosecuted
against, him have had - the effect of ir
ritating him to the last - dee rco." .The
hotel cost $IOO,O;)O. B. S. Ha II com
to St. Cloud, where -he has leased tho
West hotel. . .
Duluth's Second Flour Train.
Special to the Globe.
ptTLtrra, Minn.. April .">. -This morn
ing the second of the Duluth flour
trains pulled out of the Duluth, South
Shore ft Atlantic yarcU and started
Eastward. It will go over the Canadian
Pacific to Newport, where it will bo
divided up. The train consists of fifteen
cars for the following places: Law
rence, Mass.. Brattlebora, Vt., Biddc
ford, Me., Contocnok, N. 11., Boston,
Holton, Me.. New Haven, Conn., Read
ing, Mass., Intervale, N. 11., and Plain
lielcl, Yt. It will pass through the Can
adian cities in the day time, and h
decorated with banners.
Foil Under a Moving Train.
opcclnl to the Globe.
Chippewa K.vi.r.s, Wis., April 5.—
Jake Urban, a brakeman Ofl the Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis «fe Omaha rail
way, slipped and fell between the cars*
at Cameron last eveninir and was killed.
The deceased was twenty-live years old
and was a resident of Eau Claire, 110
leaves a widow and two children.
■ JnstieeTempcred With Mercy.
Special to the Globe.
•Wadexa, Minn., April s.— CharlC3
Taylor, of Leaf JJiver, was arrested
yesterday and brought to this city on »
charge of rape, the victim being Rekka
Hanson, a girl ot . fourteen years. . The
charge was later changed to assault in.
the second degree, and the trial took
place in the police court to-day. Taylor
was sentenced to imprisonment for a
period of three months.
Symptoms of Cyclones.
Special to the Glodc.
Abkispkk.v. April s.— The appearance
of the heavens to-night is ominous.
Clouds arc rising from the east in the
face of strong west winds and the fall
of the mercury' from seventy to fifty
above during the last few "hours, is
thought here to indicate heavy rains,
and possibly development of cycloniu
disturbances further east.
No Bndzc for flaw key es.
DBS Mnixi;s, 10., April s.— Tbe hotisa
this morning by a vote of 51 to -i.i de
cided to indefinitely postpone the local
option bill. Every Republican and
Ewart, independent, voted for postpone
ment. This settles the fact that prohi
bition will continue in lowa, at least
Hotel Gacsts. Evicted by Fire.
Special to me Globe. • V
• Grajtd Forks, N. ; I)., April s.— Fire
early this morning destroyed tbe Ottawa V '■
hotel in tins city, together with its con
tents. The guests barely escaped' witli
their live.?. "None of the furniture was *
saved. Los 3 on building $3,500. Insured '" "
■for $3,003; loss on furntture f-.\ooo, no
insurance.' '