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VOL. XII. CHECKING THE COUNT. A Committee Verifies Enumer ators' Work in Doubt ful Districts. Enumerator Davis Pours Hot Shot Into Supervisor Smith And Claims His Work Was Done Under Written In structions. Correcting a Rumor of an Enumerator Bolting Into Canada. "Is Smith right or wrong?" This question was asked a thousand times about the city yesterday, and cur-\ rent sentiment may be summed up thus briefly : "Every public assurance of the accu racy of the St. Paul census was based on repeated statements by Supervisor Smith that all was right. He must now vindicate himself, or stand convicted." He has plenty of friends about the city who stand by him and declare that in spite of the fact that appearances and Porter's report were against him, he would come out all right. It was confi dence in Smith, as much as anything else, that induced a party of gentlemen to organize yesterday morning and pro ceed to a thorough investigation of the specific cases pointed out by Sunt. Porter and published yesterday morn ing. This committee employed com petent men, and had each separate place visited, with the exceptions of the Globe, Pioneer Press and Union build ings, the hotels and the union depot. It will be remembered that Supt. Porter, rely i he largely upon an insurance atlas, had pointed out a lons list of houses, principally upon Wabasha, Seventh, Cedar, Jackson a nd Wacouta streets, where an unreasonable number of per sons had been returned. The committee reported, last night, that in every single case their asrents had verified the enum erators' returns. Said a member ot the committee: '•We have obtained enough evidence to knock Mr. Porter's insurance atlas 6illy. Take, for instance, the case at 831 West Fourth, which Porter could not find. We found that the house opened on both Fourth and Franklin, and had the same number on each. Porter claimed that there was no such number as 161& West Third, yet we found it was correct, and that Charles J. Johnson had put on that number him Belf. We found every one of the eight een cases of differences in number from his atlas to be absolutely correct. All of this was telegraphed to VVashington to-nieht, and will be laid before Secre tary Noble, to show him how absurd is Mr. Geographer Gannett's atlas for this work." Many private individuals also looked op the specific cases reported in the papers and found that the enumerators' returns were correct. An example of this is found at Nos. 44C, 448 and 450 Wabasha, where Mr. Porter seemed to find evidences of fraud in the number of people found. The location is on the east side of Wabasha, between Seventh End Eighth streets, and a trip through the building yesterday showed even more people than the enumerator dis covered. At 450 Wabasha is A. Engle's bakery, which returned ten persons. As a matter of fact it contained twelve on June 1, while on the second floor were that many more, including a dentist and his family, two dressmaking establish ments and a room occupied by two men as a sleeping apartment. The returns from 440 and 448 were similarly corrob orated. UNDER SMITH'S ORDERS. JEiiumerator Davis Tells a Plain Story of a Troublesome District. L. I. Davis, the e»one*ator of Dis trict 171, which includes Wabasna and East Seventh streets, was interviewed by the Globe yesterday relating to the discrepancies and charges of fraud in connection with his enumeration, made by Superintendent Porter in the pro ceedings before Secretary Noble. •'1 am astonished to see that Mr. Smith told the authorities that he had always been suspicious of my work." said Mr. Davis, "for 1 worked strictly tinder his instructions and did nothing but what I was authorized to do. When 1 turned my schedules in, Mr. Smith complimented me on the character of my work, and then assigned me to extra work in five other districts. More than that, 1 was one of three out of 125 enu merators selected by Mr. Smith to go over and correct the returns of the other enumerators, and was appointed on his recommendation by the census bureau to do this work of revision. I had previously passed a civil service examination. I say this much in re buttal of the charge of incompetency which Mr. Smith is pleased to pre fer against me. I reside in the district where I worked and think I ought to have been familiar with my field of operations. 1 say this much— if there was any fraudulent work in the returns of my district, Mr. Smith is re sponsible for it. I did exactly what he told me to do, and Mr. Smith went over my schedules in my presence and pro nounced them correct. Now, as to some of the flaws that were picked in my re turns. I found ninety-two persons in No. 27 East Seventh street, and Mr. Porter says there is no house there. Anybody can walk around there now and see the four-story white brick build ing winch stands there and has for years been a tenement house. The number is marked plainly on the en trance door. I found ninety-two people who lodged there, and I so enumerated them. Slost of them, if not all of them, are there to-day. The three houses on the corner of Eighth and Cedar, in which I am said to have listed thirty persons to the family, are well-known houses of prostitution. 1 found between fifty and sixty persons in the three houses who claimed to be permanent lodgers, and I so enumerated them. 1 took such names as the inmates gave me; whether they are right names or not I don't know, nor do I care. I complied with the law. Now as to the number enumerated at the Market restaurant. Mrs. Burns, the wife of the proprietor, who Is cashier and book keeper, informed me when I visited that place that a number of railroad em ployes, some seventy-five or eighty, ate there, had their lauudrying done there, and \ycie registered on the poll books as being residents there, although they slept in cars and cabooses. I had some doubt as to enumerating them as resi dents of my district, so I referred the matter to Mr. Smith. lie instructed me positively, by written instructions, which 1 have in ray possession, to enumerate them. Acting under his in structions, 1 sc enumerated them, and DAILY ST.PAUL GLOBE. Mr. Smith afterwards approved it. In any instance where 1 had doubts about the residence of an individual being: in my district I invariably referred the matter to Mr. Smith, and always acted under his personal instructions. Mr. Smith gave very strict orders to all the enumerators, and I have known In stances, where enumerates rebelled against his instructions because their private conscience and individual judgment did not approve of his instructions, he would threaten to report them to thn census bureau for dereliction of duty. There is a com plaint that too many persons were listed in office buildings a"nd in the large busi ness houses. I think I can explain that. There are a great many single men who work in offices and in various business establishments. They are never at the lodging places during the day time, and it was in the daytime the enumerators were at work. Consequently Mr. Smith gave orders to all the enumerators to catch these persons at their places of business and enumerate them there. That is why the returns show such a big proportion of people located in business blocks. I hear that some of our boys have skipped^for Canada, but I am going to stay right here in the United States until I get my pay from the gov ernment. 1 did honest work and earned every cent that is due me. If my work was not done according to law, Super visor Smith is to blame for it, and not myself, for he was my chief and 1 fol lowed his instructions to the letter." 'HE DIDN'T SKIP. Investigation Refutes One of the Current Census Stories. There was a well defined rumor about the streets yesterday that Enumerator Boles, in whose district the Pioneer Press building is located, had skipped to Canada. In connection with it was a story that Fred Driscoll Jr. had advised the move and furnished the mouey. A little investigation by the Globe showed that is certainly no truth in the latter, and probably none in the former story. Mr. Boles is very well connected in the city, and bears a first-rate repu tation everywhere. His brother vyas seen yesterday and told the following story : "My brother is now out West on a trip, and we do not know his exact lo cation. We have received letters regu larly as he proceeded, and in a day or two will learn his location. As soon as we do so we will telegraph him to re turn at once and make a statement. He is not running away, and will be able to show his work was all right. He has nothing to fear, and his statement will make a clear showing." Fred Driscoll Jr. laughed when told what was said of him. "Oh. they say that, do they? How absurd! There is no shadow of truth about it, I don't think I ever spoke three words with Boles in my life. I understand he 13 a first-rate young man and stands high. I think he will return from his trip at once and prove himself strictly honest." His friends say Boles had no idea of the row kicked up in his absence and will hasten home the moment he learns of it. ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK. Capt. Castle Telegraphs That the Case Is Brightening. Capt. Henry A. Castle yesterday sent the followiug telegram from Washing ton to H. P. Hall: Responding to your inquiry, I will say there is nothing but encouragement in the situation here. Yesterday's pan icky editorial in the Pioneer Press is re ported in the morning papers here, and impairs our standing, but does not stop the work of the committee. We shall go to the bottom of the charges, and prepare a statement for Secre4ary Noble that will vindicate St. Paul from Por ter's sweeping aspersions. There are only three classes of alleged irregular ities. First— The work of one enumerator ad mitted to be fraudulent, which has been already recounted. Second— The cases resting solely on the correctness of the insurance map and the so-called "expert's" examina tion thereof. We have already progressed far enougli to warrant us in the belief that all these will be straightened out. Third— The cases of enumerations in the business blocks. The validity of these rests on a construction of the law. The schedules do not allege, as Mr. Porter assumes and the Pioneer Press seems to suppose, tnat these people "lodge" in these buildings. The offi cial instructions to the enumerators say that the definition of the terms "usual place of abode," etc., rest largely on their discretion. As only a tenth of the habitues of the Pioneer Press block were returned, it would seem that the enumerator had tried to be discreet. He certainly at tempted no "fraud" unless he knew some of these men had been counted elsewhere. If the secretary rules these uames out he must purge the returns of every city in the Union.for so far as we can 'learn all have followed the same system. We shall present the facts to the secretary as we find them. So far as they exculpate St. Paul they will inure to our benefit. So far as they in validate the returns we shall admit them and consent to the logical se quence. In case of a recount of the sus pected districts, if individual acts of fraud are developed we shall demand the punishment of the offenders. If any general, permeating system of fraud is discovered we will consent to a recount willingly. But the probabilities are overwhelmingly against the alter native last named. Our case is bright ening every hour. Kruse Is at Work. Kruse, the census supervisor, was on hand yesterday in Minneapolis, and im mediately assumed the duties of his po sition. He and E. J. Davenport were in consultation the greater part of the day. When asked concerning his plans, Mr. Kruse said: "I have no plans as yet. Mr. Daven port and 1 were in consultation this morning, and will be again this after noon. 1 intend to count all the people in Minneapolis and no more, and do it as quickly as possible. I do not know how many meu will be employed, nor whether or not any of the old enumer ators will be used. My plans will be more definite to-morrow. I hope to be able to start in good shape Monday." A Sensation in Store. Dr. Blanchard. one of the experts sent out by the census bureau to exam ine the contents of the famous Minne apolis census gunny bags, has com pleted his work and returned to Wash ington last night to make his report to the census bureau. When interviewed by the Globe reporter as to the conclu sions he had arrived at, Mr. Blanchard positively refused to divulge anything, but there was a quizzical smile on his face which seemed to indicate that there was a full-sized sensation in store. Will Buck the Trust. Louisville, Ky., Aug. I.— A Phila delphia syndicate recently purchased the distillery of John G. Roach, at Uniontown, Ky., for 1100,000. It is now claimed that they propose to make co logne spirits, rye whisky and the like, and compete with the trust known as the Distilling and Cattle Feeding com pany, which has its headquarters at Pe oria, 111. ST. PAUL, MINN., SATOBDAY, MOBNTNGr, AUGUST 2, 1890. THESE AIOERELICT, Scores of Congressmen Ab sent From Their Posts of Duty. And as a Result the Popular Branch Is Without a Quorum. Plumb of Kansas Changes Front and Is No Longer a Protectionist. Mr. Baker Wants Congress to Protest Against Russian Barbarity. Washington, Aug. I.— Among the members of the house who are still faithful In their attendance in that body, much, indignation is manifested with their less faithful colleagues. The list of absentees is daily growing larger, and. although the Democrats look upon it with a feeling of equanimity, the Re publicans, who are responsible for leg islation, regard it with Impatience. They feel that they are entitled to the attendance of their colleagues, in order to control the business of the house. On the call of the house to-day the fol lowing members failed to respond to their names: Alderson, Dlngley, Nute, Allen. Miss., Dunphy, O'Neill, Ind., Andersou.MissEvans, Owens, Ind., Andrew, Ewart, Owens, Ohio, Atkinson. Pa., Fitch, Parret. Baker, Flood, Payne. Baukheed, Flower, Payter, Barnes, Funston, Percy, Bartine. Gear, Phelan, Beckwith, Geissenhainer Pierce, Belden, Gibson, Quackenbush, Biggs, Gifford, Quinn, Blauchard, Greenhalge, Mandall, Bland, Grimes, Reyburn, Bliss, Grosvenor, Hire, mount, Grout, Robertson, Boatner, Hansbrough, Rusk, Bowden. Hare, Scranton, Brower, Henderson, of Seney, Browne, Va., N. C, Sherman, Browne, Ind., Herbert, Shively, Bullock, Hermann, Skinner, Bunn, Hooker, Hpinola. Burrows, Hopkins, Stahlnecker, Butterworth, Houk, Stewart, Vt., Caldwell, Kennedy, Stockdale, Campbell, Kerr, Pa., Stone, Mo. Candler. Ga., Ketch urn, Stump, Candler.Mass., Kilgore, Sweuey, Carlton, Kuapp, Tarsney, Caswell. Laidiaw, Taylor, Term., Cheatham, Lansing, Taylor, Ohio, Clancy, Lester, Ga., Townsend.Pa. Clarke. Ala., Lino, Tucker, Clark, Wis., Lodge, Turner, N.Y., Clements, Maguer, Vaux, Clunie, Mansur, Venable, Cobb, Martin, Tex. Waddill, Coggswell, Mason, Wade, Counell, McComas, Walker, Cothran, McCormick, Wallace, N. T., Cowles, McCreary, Washington, Culbertson, McDuffie. Wheeler, Ala., Tex., McKinley, Wheeler, Mich. Culbertson.Pa.Miles, Wbittborne, Cutcheou, Milliken, Wickham, Dalzell, Mills. Wiley, Dargau, Moore, Tex., Wilkinson, Darlington, Morey, Willeox, Davidson, Mudd, Wilson, Mo., De Haven, Mutchler, Wilson, W.Va., Delano, Neidringnaus, Yardley, Dibble, Norton, Voder. Dickerson, Mr. Cannon has eiyen notice that at the earliest opportunity he will ask ac tion on a resolution revoking all leaves of absence, excepting those granted on account of sicuness. PLUMB CHANGES FRONT. The Kansas Senator Is No Longer a Protectionist. Washington, Aug. 1. — In the senate Mr. Blair offered a resolution, which went over, to provide a method of order ing the previous question. The tar iff bill was discussed further, and on motion from the finance committee, sponges and sulphate potash were put on the free list, and the rate on sul phate soda was maae one-tenth of a cent per pound instead of 20 per cent ad valorem. Mr. Plumb proposed sev eral reductions in the rates fixed in the earthenware schedule, but they were voted down. Mr. Plumb made a bitter attack on the. senate bill, particularly on the schedule under discussion. The whole tendency of civilization, he said, was toward a reduc tion of prices of all products of human labor. To claim that the tariff had been the sole or the main factor in the reduction of prices of manufactured goods was to ignore the foroes of civil ization. But as fast as the point was reached where lower prices might be expected, the manufacturer came to congress demanding more duties, where by "the reduction of prices might be stopped. The tax on china was a per capUa tax, because china was used on the table of the rich and poor alike. He said he spoke as he did, not with any hope of influencing the fate of the bill, because its passage was a foregone con clusion. The cohorts of protection were organized and intended to push the bill through the senate as it had been bolted through the house. Manufacturers, he said, had always had what they wanted. They had the present law passed by a Republican congress, on the report of a Republican tariff com mission, designed to be helpful to them, and now they were not satis fied, but were asking that another bill for their benefit be put through. He charged that the pottery men of Ohio had entered into an agreement with the importers, by which they were to divide the market. When structural beams were needed for the slate house at To peka, and for the Texas state house, the American manufacturers refused to supply them at fair rates, and the con tractor had to import them, paying a duty of 103 per cent. He thought the senate owed something to the American people as well as to the manufacturers. The Democrats should have their full share of the responsibility, he said, be cause in the house, instead of trying to correct the iniquities of the McKin ley bill they had sought to evade the responsibility of their votes. It was a continual fight for political and for personal advantage, and between the two the great Ameri can people were being crushed and ground. Mr. Sherman replied to Mr. Plumb. He spoke of the development of the crockery industry, and said that it should be accorded every reasonable demand. Strange to say, the price of chinaware to-day was less than the duty which it paid ten years ago. The bill went over without a vote, Mr. Vest having modified his amendment so as to make it provide for a rate of 50 per cent on decorated and 40 per cent on plain china. The senate adopted a resolution of Mr. Sawyer, calling on the attorney general for information about the awards made under the Fox and Wis consin river improvement. The senate then, at 6 p. m. adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. RUSSIAN BARBARITY. Representative Baker Wants Con gress to Protest. Washington, D. C, Aug. I.—Repre sentative Baker, of New York, to-day offered for reference to the committee oil foreign affairs the following: Whereas, It is reported that the Russian government has ordered to be euforced the edicts of 1882 against the Jews. Resolved, That the congress of the United States earnestly protests in the name of hu manity against such Inhuman and barbarous acts. That the president be re quested to transmit through our representa tives in Russia its respectful but earnest pro test against such proposed action by the Russian government. PREFERS WIFE TO TITIiE. Count Pappenheim Proves Him self to Be a Nobleman. Washington, Aug. I.— The an nouncement that Count Maximilian Pappenheim, of Bavaria, has been com pelled to surrender his title and estates as the penalty of allying himself in marriage with Miss Mary Wistar Wheeler, of Philadelphia, has created a great deal of comment in diplomatic and society circles. There are two stories concerning the matter. One is that Pappenheim has been absolutely outlawed; the other, that in resigning his hereditary rights he has simply given up his rieht to succeed to the es tates that go to the oldest son, as well as the right of presen tation to the court of the em peror. This latter can be regained, how ever, by the paymentof the heavy mort gage upon the vast estates, and it is said that the family of the bride have determined to pay this off in order that the young couple can be placed upon a court footing. The bride herself is practically helpless in the matter, as her wealth does not exceed a half million of dollars at the present time, with an other half million in the prospective. There are, however, several millions in the family, and it is thought that they will come to her relief. It will require 500,000 marks a year for ten years to pay off the mortgages. The trouble which has been created is entirely ascribed to the mother of the count, who absolutely refused her consent to the match until within a few hours of the wedding. Pappenheim, moreover, acted in ft pigheaded way in the matter, as he made no effort to obtain the consent of the prince regent, which, under the Ba varian laws, is absolutely necessary be fore any one can marry outside of the noble orders. The penalty is the for feiture of the title. The iiKeresting feature in diplomatic and sfcciety cir cles, however, in view of the large num ber of American maidens who are mar rying into noble families, rests in the fact that the count is given the choice of deciding between his title and estates and his American wife. Had he chosen the former, it would have been tanta mount to the annullment by Bavarian court of a marriage completely legal ac cording to the laws of the United States. Had the matter taken this form, the friends of Miss Wheeler could prop erly and legally have appealed to the state department, and the question would have become one to be settled by diplomatic correspondence between the two countries. NOT MUCH OF A DECREASE. The Public Debt Cut Down Only $395,257 in July. Washington, D. C, Aug. I.—Fol lowing is the public debt statement is sued to-night by the treasury depart ment: Interest-Bearing Debt — Bonds at 4V2 per cent ... $107, 047,550 00 Bonds at 4 per cent....... 593,648,050 00 Refunding certificates at 4 percent 103,760 00 Aggregate of interest-bear ing debt exclusive otU. S. bonds issued to Panfic railroads 700,799,360 00 Debt on which interest has ceased since ma turity 1,803,135 00 Debt Bearing No Inter est- Legal tender notes 8346,681.016 00 Old demand notes 50,032 00 National Bant Notes — Redemption account (de posited in treasury under act July 19, 1890) 54,207,975 00 Fractional currency, less $8,375,934, estimated as lost or destroyed 6,91 1,5 10 00 Aggregate of debt bearing no interest.including na tional bank fund de posited in the treasury under act ot July 14, 1890 8407,856,533 00 Certificates issued on! de posits of gold and silver coin and legal tender notes: Gold certificates 160,021,869 00 Silver certificates 302,191,171 00 Currency certificates 11.860,000 00 Aggregute of certificates offset by cash in the treasury $474,073,040 00 Aggregate of debt, includ ing certificates, July 31, 1890 $1,584,532,063 00 Cash in the Treasury — Reserved for the follow ing purposes: For redemption of United States notes.acts Jan. 14, 1875, and July 12, 1882 100,000,000 00 For redemDtion of gold certificates issued 160,021,809 00 For redemption of silver certificates issued 802,191,171 00- For redemption of cur rency certificates issued. 11,860,000 00 For matured debt, accrued interest,and interest due and unpaid 6,855.757 00 Total cash reserved for above purposes ... $580,928,837 00 Available for other pur poses: Fractional silver, frac tional currency and mi nor coin not full legal tender 22,541,719 00 Net cash balance, includ ing $54, 207,975 national bank fund, deposited in the treasury under act of July 14, 1890 104,672, 400 0 Total $708.142,950 00 Debt, less cash In treas ury July 31, 1890 8876,389,113 00 Debt, less cash in the treasury June 30, 1889. 876,784,370 00 Net Decrease of debt dur ing the mouth f 395, 257 00 Kote— The following items heretofore re ported under the heaa of "Interest-bearing debt" will no longer appear In the debt statement under that head: Bonds issued to Pacific railroads, $04,623,512; navy pension fund, $14,000,000; total, $78,023,512; an 3 for purposes of comparison they are also omitted from the totals reported in this state ment for the month of June, 1890. Under the head of -'Debt bearing no Interest"' there is included the sum of $54,207,975, the bal ance of the fund on deposit with the treas urer of the United States for the redemption of notes of national banks "failed," "iv liquidation" and "reducing circulation," covered into the treasury under tne pro visions of the act of congress of July 14, 189'J; and the available cash in the treasury July 31, 1890, id increased by a eorrespond' ing amount. Her Accounts Are Square. : Louisville^ : Ky., ' Aug. I— Mrs. Vir ginia C. Thompson, for 2 thirteen i- years pdsttnistrss here. ? to-day formally turned over the office sto her successor, Johti Barrett.' > - ■ Inspector T: George : Holden, - who 5 is i here, found the i- office in , good condition. The employes 'i presented Mrs. Thompson with a handsome dia mtfcd pi ii. BUZZARD OF DUST. Aberdeen Is Visited by a Storm of Most Peculiar Character. South Dakota Editors Shown the Elephant by Citizens of Deadwood. Pastor McAllister's Treatment by Conference Causes In dignation at Butte, Heirs of the Folsom Estate Involve Mrs. Cleveland in Litigation. ■Special to the Globe. Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. I.— A dust blizzard struck here at 8 p. m., lasting five or ten minutes. When the wind subsided the thermometer stood at 105 deg and the air was like a blast from a furnace. A dangerous looking stornx is coming up from the southwest. All crops have been seriously damaged by heat and drouth the last week. There has been scarcely a drop of rain since Jlyul 0. MULDERS OF OPINION FETED. South Dakota Editors Tendered the Freedom of Deadwood. Special to the Globe. De adwood, S. D., Aug. I.— The South Dakota Press association, to the number of 120, headed by Pierre's big boomer, Hon. P. F. McClure, arrived in Dead wood to-day. They were conveyed in carriages and tally-ho coaches from JSturgis to Deadwood, and when the company reached Deadwood there were were twenty conveyances in the line. The procession was headed by the Dead wood Metropolitan band, while the Pierre band brought up the rear. The members of the association spent the afternoon in looking around town see ing the sights, and many were driven to the suburban resorts to get a glimpse of the country. A banquet was given in city hall this evening in their honor. Hon. Sol Star, mayor of the city, deliv ered an address of welcome and acted as toastniaster. To-morrow the crowd will be taken up to Lead City, through the mills and out over the Homestake rail road. ROUGH ON THE PASTOR. Rev. McAllister the Victim of a Clique. Special to the Globe. Butte, Mont, Aug. I.— Great Indig nation has been aroused in this city over the treatment accorded Rev. J. J. McAllister, pastor of the Butte Metho dist church, at the recent conference. Mr. McAllister was. brought to the Butte church from the Michigan con ference two years ago, and his salary ivas 51,800 per year, jle was brought here at the request of J. E. Rickards, lieutenant governor of Montana, and a prominentMneniber of the church. Mr. Rickards, however, did not seem to }i\m Mr. McAllister's style of preaching. He thought him too pointed on some things in that the pastor made references to hypocrites, etc., which a prominent politiciau like Mr. Rickards thought might refer to him. Accord ingly, Rickards used his influence to have Mr. McAllister removed at the re cent conference and succeeded. Fur thermore, he had Mr. McAllister as signed to a church at Stevensville which ouly pays a salary of $300 a year, one-sixth ot what the pastor got here. The members of the church outside of tli© Rickards faction are greatly stirred up, and declare that they will leave the church and start a new one. Mr. Mc- Allister will not go to Stevensville, and it is likely a people's church will be started to-day. A protest to Bishop J. IJ. Vincent has been extensively circu lated, and Mr. McAllister will present it to the bishop at Helena to-morrow. MRS: CLEVELAND IS SUED. Litigation Among Heirs of the ■JF'olsom Estate. Special to the Globe. Omaha, Neb., Aug. I.— Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Folsom and other heirs of the Folsom estate are made defendants in a suit brought by Alice R. Folsom for an accounting of the rents of the estate in this city, her por tion of which she alleges has been with held from her. Lightning Strikes a Depot. Bpecial to the Globe. Winnipeg, Man., Aug. I.— The Cen tral Pacific railroad depot was struck by lightning this evening and damaged to the extent of $5,000, principally by water, the building having been flooded by firemen. An operator in the dis patchers' office was lifted from the chair in which he was sitting and thrown across the room by the force of the shock. Semsch Is Surprised. Special to the Globe. Caledonia, Minn., Aug. I.— This morning the sheriff of La Crosse county arrested the alleged forger, J. •Senisch. who has just returned from Germany. He was visiting his wife, now living with her father, J. Bouquet. Semsch failed in crockery and glassware at La Crosse last year. Failed to Pay for Light. Special to the Globe. Eau Claire, Wis., Aug. I.— The Frawley house, a leading hotel of this city, was attached this afternoon to sat isfy a claim of an electric light company amounting to $500. The proprietor, H- Isaacson, was about to move his hotel business to Superior. Battery Is the Charge. Special to the Globe. Eau Claire, Wis., Aug. I.— Mrs. Moron and Mrs. Mills, who were en gaged in the battle of yesterday with Alex Watson's nurse, were arrested to day on a charge of assault and battery and were placed under bonds of $10 each. Superior Gives Up Its Dead. Special to the Globe. Dultjth, Minn., Aug. I.— The body of C. H. Clark, one of the yachtmen drowned in the yacht race during the regatta last week, was recovered this afternoon. It was not disfigured. Liakeside Will Incorporate. Special to the Globe. Dui/Uth, Milin. Aug. I.— At a largely atieuded meeting this evening, the cit : izens of Lakeside decided to incorporate ; as a city, and a committee was appointed ) to draft a charter. v." f RATES ON FOOD PRODUCTS. . The Interstate Commerce Will ' ." - _ Order a Reduction. ' Washington, Aug. I.— The Inter- i state commerce commission has issued and will send out to-morrow ; its order, to take effect : Sept. 1, 1890, for the : re duction of rates on food products . based on its report sent to the senate June 7, 1890. The order 7is accompanied by a copy of that report; also the opinion of the commission overruling " the protest and motions of the roads j to dismiss for want of jurisdiction. This opinion "re .views the powers and duties of the com mission in the matter of 'beginning and conducting investigations, and the com mission i holds i its ■ proceedings s legally sufficient and the • reduction necessary to '? make the ~ rates - reasonable. The reductions ; may apply only to corn, oats, : wheat ■ and : flour carried T from lowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska to Chicago, St. Louis and the Missis sippi river. The reduced rates are from Missouri river to Chicago on corn and oats, 17 cents, and wheat and flour. 20 cents -per; 100 pounds. From Kansas and Nebraska points, corn 18 to 23; wheat 21 to 27 cents. Reductions ex tend ." 200 miles in Nebraska, and > 250 miles in Kansas from the Missouri river; where rates are fractional the; roads may charge even cents, which considerably modifies the . reductions. No reductions are required which will leave the roads less than 6% mills per ton per mile for hauls not longer than 500 miles, nor less than 6 mills for any distance. As to rates east, of the Mis sissippi, the commission says: The rates from Chicago and St. Louis and the Mississippi river now charged on corn, oats, wheat and flour to the East ern seaboard are not found to be exces sive; the charges on other principal food prod ucts between the Mississippi and the seaboard are involved in pending complaints heard on petition and an swer, and therefore no order as to these rates and charges will be now issued." «•« TINKERING ; THE . TARIFF. Quay Seeks to Amend the Sugar Schedule. Washington, Aug. 1 1.— Senator Quay Introduced in the senate to day the fol lowing (amendments to the tariff bill: "All sugars above No. 13, Dutch stand ard in color, shall be classified by the Dutch standard of color, and shall pay duty as follows:. All sugars above 13 and not above 16, Dutch stand ard, in color, three-tenths of a cent per; pound. •-■ All above 16 and not above 19. Dutch standard in color, shall pay a duty of six-tenths of a cent per pound; all sugars above 20, Dutch standard in color, one cent per pound ; provided, that if an export duty shall hereafter be laid upon sugar or- molasses by any country from whence the same may be Imported, such sugar or molasses so im ported shall be subject to duty as pro vided by law " prior to the, passage of this act." Also imposing a duty of 20 percentum ad valorem on all live animals net specially provided for in this act, except wild animals intended for exhi bitions in zoological gardens for scien tific and educational purposes, and not ■ for sale or profit, which animals shall be admitted free of duty." ' NO QUORUM ON HAND. Legislation Delayed by Absent Representatives. Washington, D. C, Aug. I.— The house to-day adopted a resolution call ing on the secretary of war for the re port of the engineers on the Galveston harbor improvement. The sundry civil bill, with, senate amendments, was taken up, and the item for a light house near Maryland Point, Potomac river, was disputed. The speaker hav ing recognized Mr. Cannon to move the previous question, Mr. Rogers, of Ar kansas, charged him with discourtesy In refusing to recognize him (Rogers). The previous question was ordered, but the rest of the .after noon was wasted in vain attempts to secure the presence of a quorum. At 5:30 the house took a re cess, the evening session being devoted to private pension bills. MAULED BY HIS WIFE. Good Reasons for Refusing a Di- vorce to a "Worthless Fellow. Wilkesbakbe, Pa., Aug. I.— Judge Woodward refused to graut a divorce to Henry D. Spenner to-day. His deposi tion was that his wife Sarah knocked him down, split his lip, blackened hrs eye and tried to choke him while asleep. The husband weighs 181 pounds and his wife 214. The defend ant denied the charge and said her hus band was worthless and let her attend to all business. One day she challenged him to be a man or get out. It was de cided to settle the difficulty with bare fists in the parlor. The woman came out first best, knocking her husband out in the fourth round. Mrs. Spenner then said; "Now I am boss and am going to run the business." Speuner got mad and sued for divorce. Both parties are well connected. ELAINE AT CAPJE MAY. The Band Plays on ths Arrival of the Plumed Knight. ■ Cape May, N. J., Aug. 1.- Secretary of State James G. Elaine : arrived at Cape May, this evening at 8:30. He was Immediately; driven ; to Congress hall, " where he will remain until tomorrow morning, when he will be driven over to ' the presidential cottage at Cape May ; Point, to stay until ; the ■ president returns to Washington, which will be ; Tuesday or. v Wednesday. .-next. rAt Congress: hall the people ip: the lobby greeted the secretary's arrival with a great clapping of hands, and Hassler's orchestra struck up the '*atar- J Spangled Banner." . Mr. Blame was shown to his room, where he made his toilet and came down to supper. xHe then ; retired to his . room and : received several prominent gentlemen. '.I ■,"_;',' .'.—■". '.' Heat Prostration in Gotham. New York, Aug. • There were many cases of heat prostration to-day, though the temperature was much lower than . the day before. J Several deaths were reported. The highest •point reached by. the thermometer ■ was 87. The average was 80>£. " Gobbled by a Syndicate. Fesdlat, 0., Aug. L— lt is reported here to-night that thirty-three flint glass tableware houses in the United States, four of which are located in this city, were to-day sold to an English syndicate. The "price cannot be defi nitely stated. The Widow Gets All. New Tokk, Aug. I.— The will of GeA\ Fremont was offered for probate in the surrogate court to-day where it had been deposited according to statute many years before. It was executed Aue. 19,1854, and leaves the entire es tate to his widow. RAGES NEAR AN END. The Jockey Club's Running Meeting- Will Close This Afternoon. Yesterday's Events Rounded Up Several Very Pretty Finishes. Prince Fortunatus Landed for His Owner the Ryan Ho tel Handicap. Jenny Gronrud, Anne Eliza beth, Onlight and Chap man Other Winners. The end approaches. The Twin City Jockey club meeting of 1890 closes with to-day's programme, after a successful run of ten days, durine which the peo ple of St. Paul and Minneapolis have had an opportunity to witness first-class horse racing. Strictly speaking, the at tendance during the greater part of the meeting has not been so large as it should have been, considering the ex cellence of the attractions offered. STet, taking into consideration the fact that racing is in its infancy in this section of the Northwest, the success of the jockey club's enterprise in the two years which comprise its history has been little short of phenomenal. It is but a very short time since that trotting was the only form of horse racing in which local sportsmen found interest — since the best field of runners that ever were sent away would have failed to turn out even a corporal's guard. Two runnintr meetings with the best horses in the country making up the fields have already created a radical change in the tastes of these old-time sportsmen, and now sulkies and toe weights are relegated to the rear, while the former devotees of trotting howl themselves hoarse over a close finish on the flat. Derby day is now a regularly recognized institution. Twenty thousand people saw the son of Prince Charlie win the honors and the money this season. Thirty thousand will witness the event in '91 and a corre sponding increase may be expected at eacli meeting imtil eventually the grand stand at Hamliue will not hold the peo ple, and the erection of a structure worthy the day and the crowd will be begun under state and jockey club au spices combined. The seventh race on the programme for to-day is the closing event of the meeting. Within the next two days the couple of hundred flyers belonging to the various stables repre sented at Hamline will have departed with their owners for other fields of conquest. Good bye for another year to the little jocks, the stable boys, the touts, and all the other attractions that go with a race meeting. Farewell also to the sporting journalist who develops with the advent of the annual meeting, talks horse with an air of profound Knowledge for a couple of weeks, and then subsides for the balance of the year into an ordinary routine news hustler. All these characters, now en evidence at Hamline will have disap peared ere to-morrow's sun has set, and nothing will remain to mark their former positions but the remnants of pool tickets bearing the names of horses that Failed to Win. A Jong farewell, too, to the youths from the country who shriek in wild abandon as the horse they have backed for a bill looks like a winner In the stretch, and who subside into sober faced disgust as they see their champion beaten out Dy a nose in a close finish. Judge J. J. Burke, than whom a cooler-headed or better man in the stand could not be conceived, leaves to night for Guttenberg. and will open there on Wednesday. J. B. Fergusson, than whom a more careful or successful starter does not exist, goes down to his old Kentucky home for a time, leaving St. Paul on Monday. The fourth race on the programme yes terday was delayed something like fif teen minutes, from the fact that young Penny, who had been employed by McGuigan to ride Onlight, was objected to by the judges as being an em ploye of the Montana stables, owning Rimini, also entered for the race and ridden by Porter. The fact that Rimini started first favorite, and was easily beaten by Onlight under young Sullivan, of the Hearst stable, goes to show that the action of the judges was well taken. Lord of the Harem's finish under Brown in the fifth race yesterday, was the best piece of work the colt has ever done, and al though he failed to land first, he made things decidedly warm for Chapman, and would have passed him had the distance been three lengths longer. Anne Elizabeth ran splendidly in the second race, won it easily, and showed not the slightest trace of the poisoning or colic from which she is said to have been suffering. W. G. Deakin's Little Joe came nearly stealing the finish from Foster's Jennie Gronrud for the first race, surprising both his owners and backers by the speed he showed in the stretch. There will be two additional races to-day, which will prolong the programme somewhat. The indications from sales last evening are that there will be a large attendance to-day. A PRETTY FINISH. Jennie Gronrud Takes the First by a Nose From Little Joe. For the great race there were five entries, W. S. Deskin's Little Joe, N. Finzer's Vinegar. J. S. Johnston's Min neapolis Boy and Flora McDonald and Jennie Gronud, the Foster stable's en try. There was a good deal of trouble in getting them off, Vinegar breaking away half a dozen times and tlie others acting badly at the post. At last they went away with Flora McDonald in the lead, Jennie Gronrud second at the stand, and Little Joe running well at third. At the quarter the order was the same, Minneapolis Boy and Vine gar last by eight lengths. At the half Jennie Gronrud and Flora were running head and head, Little Joe coining up under Fitzgerald's whip at third, and the others out of the race. There was no change of posi tion until the stretch was reached, when the stable's entry were making the run ning and Little Joe under Fitzgerald was coining up rapidly. Ten lengths from home Joe made a phenomenally fast burst, and, passing Flora McDon ald, gave Jennie Gronrud a close thing for the finish. It looked like a dead heat from everywhere but the judges' stand, but the official figures showed Jennie Grourud first, Little Joe second, Flora McDonald third, Minneapolis Boy fourth by five lengths, and Vinegar away last. Summary— First race, purse 8500, dis tance one mile, for Minnesota-bred horses; $100 to second, 850 to third— F. Foster's br f, 3, Jennie Grourud, 96, Porter. 1 NO. 214. W. G. Deakin's b h, a, Little Joe. 114, Fitz gerald :•'.■;'. .*. ....:.". r........ ..' 8 F. Foster' a cb f, 4, Flora McDonald, Mc ;" i Lc1en ... ... ....'.. 3 J. S. Johnson's : b c, 3, Minneapolis Boy, . ■'■■-> Gilmariin.Y:'. '..'"..■;.' .. .." ... ... 0 N. Finzer's br m, 6. Vinegar, 109, Hollis... O - - Betting— Straight. Place •'■ Vinegar ....4.— 1 Even Jennie Gronrud » 1 „,. i *>„__., 1 Flora McDonald; f • — •;•—• ofc-lOßarrea :- Little Joe ........ ........... B—l Even Minneapolis 80y.'.;.: ......... 30— 1 6—l FAVORITES PLACED. Anne Elizabeth . and Anarchist Run One, Two Easily. There were nine starters for the sec- ; ond race. Anne Elizabeth was favorite at 2 to 1, with Anarchist wanted in view of the bay filly's recent disorder at 3 to 1. ; Donatello at 7 to 1 had some friends, and the others caught some money at all sorts of odds.' The distance was five furlongs,, and Silver Charm got away with a lead; Miss Dawn- close by her, ; Yolande third, "and Matttie Me. after fifteen minutes or bad behavior, left at the post. : At the quarter the order was Mannose by a length from Silver Charm, Yolande third, .Mattie Me last and coming up. In the stretch all are whipping, with Anne Elizabeth in an easy lead from Marmose and Anarchist third. The finish is under the whip, with Anne Elizabeth by half a length, Anarchist second, Silver - Charm third. Rose Howard fourth, Yolande fifth,- Donatello sixth, Marmose seventh, Mat tie Me eighth and Miss Dawn last. '•". Summary— race, purse $000, dis- t tance rive furlongs: J. U. Davidsons b f Anne Elizabeth, 108, Blevins X George Hearst's , eh c Anarchist, 111, Free • man.. :. ....a Park Ridge stable's Dr I Silver Charm, 108, Spooner : '....3 A. McGuigan's b f Rose Howard, 108, Fink....!..:.... .7.....^0 Marcus Daly's eh f Yolande, 105, Will iams... .: ...• t.'.'.O' Ireland Bros', eh c Donatello, 111, Tom kins...... ."....: 0 R. A. Swijjerl's b f Marmose, 105. Porter. . 0 W. R. Letcher's b f Mattie Me, 105, El -m0re..:..:: :.......... 0' C. H. Carmichael's br f Miss Dawn, 105, Sloan ...; : 0 Betting— Straight. Place. Anne Elizabeth 2—l 3—5 Anarchist 3—l even Donatello 7—l 2—l Rose Howard .10— 4—l Silver Charm... 10—1 3—l Marmose .10—1 3—l Yolunde 10—1 3—l Miss Dawn... 15—1 B—l MattieMc 20—1 B—l THE RYAN HANDICAP. Prince Fortunatus ■ First and Out* bound Second Under the Wire. ' "It's a hard day to pick 'em," said a regular follower of the . circuit yester day after he had dropped a couple of fifties on Flora McDonald for ; the first race and a like amount on Anarchist for the second. He voiced the sentiment of the fancy, for all had found it hard to select pets from the entries in the various events. Especially was . this true of the third iace, the '.-.Hotel Ryan handicap. The * starters for this event were the Cumberland stable's Miss Leon, J. W. Guest's - Doctor Nave, J. E. Cushing's , Longlight, W. R. Letcher'B Prince Fortunatus,.- the Park Ridge stable's ; Outbound, and .J. S. O'Brien's Longshot. Outbound was. first favorite .at odds, of 3to 2, Lontrsliot and Fortu- . natus started at 3 to 1, Lomrshot had , friends at 4 to ■1, and; Miss Leon and Doctor ~ Nave • . carried .- some money at "6 and ~,?8. ■to 1, respectively. The distance was a mile and a half, a race : calculated to show up the staying powers of the field.- Prince Fortunatus was -first- out with Porter up, and as he SDun down past the stand in his warming-up gallop :he looked fit to . run for his owner's pile. Then came Doctor Nave, Guest's bay three-year-old, and his action was good . enough as he passed down to secure him any number of friends at the odds. Outbound, the chestnut son of Blue Eyes, came next, under Hollis, and the fellows who play favorites all the sea son over went into ecstacies over him. Well, lie looked likely enough, but no more so as he - cantered down to the post than Lonzshot, with Hill in the leather, ror Longlight under Sloan. After fidgeting at ; the post, ■ with "Daphine," the invaluable assistant of Starter Ferguson, whipping them into line, they were found all in a row like the first form In a Methodist Sunday school, every horse jumped simultaneously, the drum rat tled, down went the flag, and they were •off. As they passed the stand, the bunch could have been covered easily with Ally Sloper's umbrella; there wasn't two" lengths of difference between first and last, but the Doctor had what lead there was,' with Miss Leon at his withers and Prince Fortunatus at hers. ; The whole field was under a pull, which re laxed a little at the • quarter, when Doc- ■ tor Nave was leading by a neck from Miss Leon,' Prince Fortunatus third,' Longlight fourth. Outbound fifth and Longshot last. The order continued the same to the quarter, and had only chance;! at the three-quarters in that Doctor Nave had increased his lead to a lengtn. In the next quarter Hill called on Longshot for r speed and went through the others to first place, with the Doctor running second, Outbound third, and the field stringing out, with Prince Fortunatus at fifth place. "Letcher's borst) is beat: the . Prince can't go the distance." yelled a fat sport in the stand who ; had played the favorite. Prince Fortunatus has been running easily under Porter at fourth place, and his rider had not yet , called upon him for hard work. Now they are Hearing • the turn into the stretch. Longshot is leading, but his stride lacks -elasticity. Hill is whip ping right and left already, and Long shot is slowly but surely dying, so far as his chances for this race are con • cerned. They spread out at the turn, and as they come ; into : full view in the stretch Hollis is seen whipping and spurring the favorite. Porter still sits quietly on Fortunatus and waits. Doc tor ; Nave, Miss Leon, Longlight and : - Longshot are all coming home under the w l iip, and all have run out at the mile and a quarter. Miss Leon,' under whin and spur, is making a brave try for the honors with; Outbound,- and fifteen lengths from the,' finish they .ire a length away 1 from Prince Fortunatus. Porter's time t has come. He gives the brown horse ' his : head,' swings the ' whip right and left like a lightning flash, touches Fort : unatus with the spur, and away he.goes. -Miss Leon . is passed in the next three strides, and the 7 finish is between the favorite and the pet of the Letchei . stable. If there is any rider who can ride a whipping finish any better than Hollis that rider's name is Porter. , Now they are three lengths ;' from the wire, . i both horses under severe ' punishment. . '•Outbound takes, it," yell a multitude of voices whose owners stand > to lose money if he doesn't. . "Fortunatus In a walk," answer: the stable gang in 'chorus; and ere the echoes ' have died away ; the race is won by Fortunatua • with *a length to spare, Outbound sec ond. Miss Leon third, Longshot fourth, * Longlight fifth. Doctor Nave last. A . good start, as pretty a race as any one wanted to see, and the best horse won. Summary: Third face,' Ryan hotel stakes, 'distance one mile and a half. ' ' " ■ W. R.jLetcher'B br h Prince Fortunatua, , i Continued on Fifth Page.