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AFTER YOU HAVE MOVED MET THK PI BLIC KNOW WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED. The Every morning Globe la THE BEST WAST DIRECTORY! VOL. XIII. JUDGE TAFT IS.DYIHG. The Venerable Ex-Secretary of War Passing" Away in California. Canadian Counsel File a Sup plementary Brief in the Sayv/ard Case. The Percentage of Assets Held Against Demand Liabilities. A. Monument on the Spot Where Columbus Landed Is Proposed. Washington, May 2.— Solicitor Gen eral Taft was to-day summoned from "Washington to San Diego, Cat., to the deathbed of his father, Hon. AJphonso Taft, ex-secretary of war, and ex-min ister to Austria and Russia. .ludire Taft suffered so severely from pneumonia while in St. Petersburg, Russia, as United States minister, that he never fully recovered. A complication of ailments followed, and pres ently he went to Chili, South America, where he spent some time trying to recuperate his health. It was on his return that he stopped at San l)iego, Cal. .where, for a time, his health appeared to improve. He was Intend to return to Chili when summer weath er came. The sad news of a chamro for the worst was against what his family and friends here had reason to expect, since the last advices from him encour aged hope. Cincinnati. (.)., May 2.— The family Of Charles P. Taft, of this city, received brief news to-night of the dying condi tion of Judge Alphonso Taft in San Diego. It is feared that his son, Will iam H. Taft, the solicitor eeueral, will not arrive before the supreme moment. The family of Charles P.Tafc have been trying to find means of reaching him by wire, but have not succeeded. He Started to go to Arkansas Pass. Tex., to loook after a large ranch there. He is supposed to be either at Arkansas Pass or near there to to-night, or pos tibly at Corpus Christi. CANADA'S RKJOIXER. Counsel File a Supplementary Brief in the Sayward Case. Washington, May 2.— Messrs. Cboate and Carlisle, counsel for the Canadian government in the Sayward case, holding before the United States supreme court, which involves the validity of • the position of the United States in the Behring sea fish eries, have prepared a supplementary brief in the case in the nature of a re joinder to the brief of the attorney gen eral. In this supplementary brief coun sel submits that the seizure of th 3 Say v aid was either made without warrant of law or under an executive construc tion of section 1956— R. S., and claim that the section committed no discretion to the president of the United States, and so far as any duty to carry out the laws is imposed, it is upon the secretary of the treasury by virtue of his office. The ciaim is made that all courts are in ferior to the supreme court, and subject to its mandamus or prohibition. Coun sel says that while the question of jur isdiction was not formally raised in the Alaska court duringtthe proceedings.the claimant did raise the question before decree that the district court had no jurisdiction to try and punish his ves sel. Counsel then defines the only real question in the case: "Has the united States jurisdiction of the conduct of a foreign vessel in the waters of Behring sea more than a marine league from its shores?" That is the question the petitioner has sought to present to this court lor its decision, for upon that question his lights must depend. After discussing the objection of the attorney general to the examination by this court of the en tire proceedings of the Alaska district court, counsel says that "the only ques tion with which this court is called upon to concern itself is that of the jurisdic tion of the district court." In reference to the claim of the attorney general that claimant did not apply for a writ ofpro liibition before sentence, and therefore the judgment must stand. Counsel says the petitioners could not apply for want of time, and whole proceedings from libel to sentence being completed in six days, and was in September, when the euprenie court was not in session. Counsel contends there is nothing in the evidence to show that the seals were killed within the three-mile limit, and quotes from the evidence to prove that assertion, and further says: "So that in point of fact that evidence m no sen c tends to snow that the Sayward was en gaged in killiug seals in the pass, but all tends and was all designed to prove that the seal killing was not in the pass, but in the Behring sea. Jt is manifest, therefore, that there is absolutely noth ing in this record upon which to make the pretense that the seal killing was done in the pass. But even were it true that seal were killed in the pass, as the pass is twenty-three miles wide at its narrowest point, it could not raise an inference that any were killed within three miles from land. The pretense that there was evidence showing seal killing within three miles of the shore is mere wild speculation, and as the record shows was never pre tended to in the court below." The brief concludes: "In the appendix to this brief will be found the official re port of Capt. Shepperc 1 of the 6eizure cf the Sayward." HOW WE STAND. the Percentage of Assets Held Against Demand Liabilities. Washington, May — The following statement, prepared at the treasury .de partment by Mr. Whelpley, the assis tant treasurer of the United States, •hows the percentage of assets the treasury holds against demand liabili ties, exclusive of the amount known as ♦'trust funds" for which the full amount is held: Assets and liabilities of the United States treasury on April 30, 1891, Including in the liabilities $346, --681,001 United States notes outstand ing: ASSETS. Coin, gold. 8220,773,624 05 Standard dollars, act IS<B „. 316 GO2 079 00 Standard dollars, act 1890....... 21 686*430 00 Fractional silver.. 20.568.406 81 * V," ;V -338",098 66 Bullion, gold . 59,850,115 49 Silver, act 1878 446 '{5 <> 43 Silver, act 1893.:. 22,142.943 740 Trade dollar bars 5,011,137 71 Currency, United States notes.. 14.496,821 6 Treasury notes of 1890 4,710,946 00 National banknotes 4,055 750 90 Silver certificates 3,309,417 00 Cold certificates 27,309.?% 00 ' Fluids held by the United Stales l Sunday ST PAUL Globe. depositaries 20.;"4 ! >.-)40 44 Total 1751,160,081 44 LIABILITIES. " Trust Funds— Gold certificates 190.999 00 Silver certificates 310,242,857 00 Certificates Deposit Account- United States 14,000,000 00 Treasury notes, act July, 1890. . 41.7111,200 00 Total* J538,174,056 00 CCBRKNT LIABILITIES. National bank 5 per cent re demption fund : :... . $5,699,384 01 Disbursing officers balances. etc .-. 34,707,064 16 Postoffiee funds 4,0 .'6,615 53 Outstanding drafts and checks. 5,928,867 3D Mittared debt and interest .. .. 1,894,733 5) Interest due tind unpaid 892,32] 07 United States notes 848,631,016 00 Total ..$400,780,002 16 Excess of assets over trust funds equal to 53.15 per cent of current liabilities 212,056.025 28 Total $751,160,081 TO MARK THE SPOT. A Monument On the Spot Where Columbus Landed. Washington', May 2.— C01. F. F. HUder, an American capitalist residing in Honduras, lias proposed to the de partment of state that a subscription list be opened, at Chicago during the world's fair to raise money to erect a monument on the spot where Columbus first stood on the continent of Amer ica. This was at what . is now known as Point Castilla, ne'ir TruxilJo, Honduras. The department of state Das received a cablegram from Col. W. I*. Tinsdell, special commissioner to South America, in the interest of the Colum bian exposition, announcing his return from Bogota. Mr. Tisdell cables as fol lows: "Exposition* matters could not be more satisfactory. The government of Colombia will erect a building at Chicago and appoint commissioners to the exposition. The Magdalenn Steam ship companies will make a reduction from regular rales. 1 leave as soon as possible for Quito." WEATHER AND CROPS. Weekly Bulletin of the Signal Office. Wasttixgton, May Following is the weather crop bulletin issued by the signal office, Washington City, Satur day, May 2, 1891: Temperature — past week has been . warm in the Northern states east of the Rocky mountains, except in Northern New England, while about the normal temperature has prevailed throughout the Soathern states and on the Pacific coast. The excess of temperature has been most marked in the Northwest, where, over the spring wheat region and a lartre portion of the winter wheat region, the daily temperature ranged from 5 to 10 deg. above the normal for the week. About . the same excess of temperature is reported from the Middle Atlantic states. The tem perature for the season from Jan. 1 to May 1 continues in excess throughout the Northern states, and this excess is apparently on the increase in the prin cipal grain-growing states. In the cot ton region the thermal conditions for the season are about normal, the aver age daily temperature in that region differing less than one degree from that of previous years. Precipitation— The week was dry gen erally throughout all the agricultural districts, the only sections reporting an excess of rainfall being Washington and Northwest Oregon, portions of Idaho and Montana, and Eastern Florida. There was a totai absence of rain generally throughout the Gulf and Middle Atlantic states, the upper lake region, the central Missis sippi valley and California. Li"ght showers, occurred in New England from the lower lake region, southward to East Tennessee and in Minnesota, lowa and the upper Missouri valley. The rainfall for the season continues in excess over the greater portion of the principal agricultural regions, notwith standing the total absence of rain in many sections during the week. There was a lanre excess of moisture, generally throughout the states west of the Mississippi and generally from the East Gulf states northeastward to the St. Law rence valley. In the Central Missis sippi valley the rainfall for the season generally exceeds the present of the normal, while in Northern Florida and extreme southern portions of Louisiana less than 70 per cent is reported. General Remarks — weather dur the past week has been specially favor able" for all growing crops throughout the grain regions of the Northwest and the central valleys; excessive sunshine and warm weather favored farm work, and early-sown wheat in Minnesota and Dakota is in excellent condition. The lieht frosts which occurred during the . week in the central valleys did not prove injurious. In the winter wheat region extending from the Ohio valley westward to Kansas and southward to Tennessee and Arkansas, all crops are reported in excellent condition; wheat and grass growing nicely, and much corn planted. The warm, clear weather has caused very rapid evaporation, and although there has been excess of pre cipitation during the season, there are many localities in the central valleys where additional rain would prove ben eficial, and the indications are that these rains will occur during the early part of next week. In the cotton region cool nights have retarded growth.and crops are generally in need of rain. Crops are backward, although a good stand of cotton is re ported in the west portion of the cotton region, while in the east the ground is too dry for planting. In the states on the Atlantic coast the weather, although clear and dry, was not favorable, and ciods in this section would be much improved by rain: frost during the early part of the week did slight damage to fruit in New England, but reports from New Jersey say "con ditions are favorable, and fruit pros pects in all districts never better." " Oregon reports normal weather con ditions and wheat prospects most ex cellent; no .damaging frosts, and all fruit trees heavily laden. Rain to the east of the Cascades would be bene ficial. Colorado reports rain needed, ground crusted by high winds and hot sun. corn and potato planting well advanced and fruit 111 splendid condition. California reports that high winds and hot weather damaged wheat crops materially in the latter part of the week. Frost in coast counties slightly dam aged fruit prospects. Haying' is in progress in Southern California; pros pects good. Orange and lemon trees are blooming well, late started, but promise well. «=» The Fisheries Question. Washington, May 2.— Secretaries Blame and Foster had a three hours' conference to-day ou the fisheries ques tion. Secretary Foster submitted a rough draft of the instructions he had prepared for the guidance of the United States agent at the seal islands during the coining season; also the sailing instructions of the rev enue cutter Rush, which will leave San Fraucisco on the 14th inst. for Behriug sea. Secretary Foster declined to indi cate the nature of the instructions In either case, but said the matter was such a delicate one that the utmost pains were beine taken in preparing the instructions so as not to trench on treaty rights or agreements. PT. PAUL, MINN.. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 3, 1891.— TWENTY PAGES. BISMARCK THE TOPIC. Tendencies of Government Toward the Conciliation of the Poles. Prince Bismarck Received 2,000 Few Votes Than His Predecessor. He Declares That He Will Never Oppose the Em peror. Other News of Importance Cabled From the German Capital. Bermv, May 2.— The prospect of Prince Bismarck's early reappearance in the reichstag has sriven an impetus to the government's plans for the con ciliation of the various parties, so as to render them ready to coalesce in the government's interest. The Center and Freisinnige parties and the Guelphs and Poles in turn receive govern ment inducements. Though the Poles only count sixteen in the reichstiitr, their steady support is worth securing. The recently developed tendency of the government towards the conciliation of the Poles outfht justly to be ascribed in part to a quickened sense of justice in dealing with them. Whatever mixed motives may animate the government, the Poles of Western Prussia and Posen have been favor ably influenced by a freer use of the national language in the schools, by the greater facilities afforded them for the acquirement and sale of land, and by the increased courtesy ac corded by officials to Polish families. To-day's debate in the lower house of the diet on the budget commission for the German colonizing of Western Prussia occasioned remarks touching the government's policy in Posen, and provoked Chancellor yon Caprivi to ex plain. He denied that the government had conceded to the Poles anything be yond what came within the scope of the settlement law. It had nietthe wishes of the Poles as regards both the schools and church. The Poles, on their part, had also manifested a desire to bring themselves into closer accord with the government. The desire found ex pression in the support which the Poles gave the government proposals for in creasing the defensive power of Ger many. This, the chancellor said, was indeed a pleasant and surprising change.' if the Poles would take the lead upon the Path of Reconciliation the government and the Germans wore ready lo follow. Alluding to the sug gestion that the amicable treatment of the Poles had a latent aim to make proselytes among them. Chancellor yon Caprivi scouted the idea that the sole aim of the government was to conciliate the Poles through a sense of justice. The speech met with general favor in the house. If he had designed to contrast the conditions ot the Poles in Posen witn that of their harassed kindred over the Russian border, the chancellor could not have spoken better. Prince Bismarck's victory in Geeste munde is modified by the fact that he polled 2,000 fewer votes than did his Na tional predecessor in the seat. The so cialisl ballot was reinforced by over a thousand Guelphist and Freisinnige voters, whose hatred of the prince ex ceeded their dislike to the socialists. The semi-official press abstain Irom commenting on the result. The Freisinnige Zeitung hails Prince Bis marck's entrance into the reichstag as an act of homage to the parliamentary system, which he persistently tried when chancellor to discredit and weak en. The prince, in an interview on the eve of the reballot, declared that if he went to the reichstag he would never attack any policy directly initiated by the emperor, and that his line of con duct would be the same as that followed by him since he lel'k Berlin. He was convinced, he said, that the greatest danger to the fatherland was not from without but from within. He would not refrain from exposing it, but he certainly would neversay anything to give his opponents reason to charge him with AiisuUlnii tlie Emperor from personal motives. This sort of as surances promises lively times in the rsichstag. The Hamburger Nachrichten holds that the death of Count yon Moltke adds to the desix - e of Germany to see the prince in the fore front of politics. "A sentiment of disquiet," says the Nachrichten, "tills the empire. The future is uncertain." The new men into whose hancts have been conhded the destinies of the fatherland cannot reassure the country." The Freisinnige and Centrist press is indignant at this language, and the Ger mania responds as follows: "True Ger mans have the fullest confidence in the emperor and the new counsellors, and disquiet will only arise if apolitical des pot again becomes the master of the fate of the nation." The Austro-Gerinan plenipotentiaries will sign a treaty of commerce at Vi enna to-morrow. The Swiss bundesrath to-day received an invitation to send delegates to the commercial treaty conference which is to open on the 15th instant. Neither Belgium nor Italy appears to be willing to assist in the formation of a customs union directed primarily against the new French tariff. The results of the conference cannot affect the commercial relations between Germany and Amer ica. The jurisconsults to whom the gov ernment sometime since referred the Position of Germany under the Frankfort treaty are under stood to have concurred in the opinion that it is impossible for Germany to grant preferential tariffs against France under a strict construction of the pro visions of the treaty. The American department of the in ternational art exhibition is a thorough success. Bierstadt sent four pictures. C. S. Pearce's "Shepherdess is among the largest canvasses exhibited. It has received high praise from the critics. Gari Melcher's work occupies the place of honor. E. L. Weeks exhibits his "Pear Mosque:" Walter MacEwen, his "Absent;" Eu gene Vail, "The Thames:"' Walter Gay. "The Spinner;" and Julius Steward. liFull Speed. 1 ' Other fine works are sent by Frank ßridgeton, Julian Storey. T. L. Clarke, Miss Lee-Robbins. Miss Greatorex, Humphrey Moore, G. P. Heady and A. D. Anderson. Messrs. Melchers and MacEwen are here as rep resentatives of the Paris-American ar tists. The committee are guests of the emperor at a banquet to-night at Pots dam. The appointment of Lieut. Clarke, of the United States cavalry, to serve with the Dusseldorf hussars has evoked ap proving comments teotn tbe press. The Vossische Zeitung says it is the first case of the kind, and ought to be recog nized by America as aproot and pledge of the warm feelings which those in the highest station in' the German em pire entertain towards the great com monwealth. lion: Charles Emory Smith, the retir ing American minister to Russia, and wife, while, passing through this city to-day en route for Liverpool, were pre sented by lion. William Walter Phelps, the American minister to Germany, to the Count ■ and Countess Schouv'aloff, Heir Barth. member of the reichstag; ' Gen. Yon Versen, Count and Countess .< Pappenheim- and tne members of the American legation. . -' ■ RIOTS CONTINUE. Miners in France and Belgium Fight Police ami Military. ..- Loxnox", May 2.— From reports re ceived Here it is learned that the turbu lance continues in the mining districts of France and ' Belgium. Resentment for the sentence of two years' imprison ment upon the Anarchist leaders in the riot which took place in Charlville and -St. Quinton in France led to fresh scenes of trouble in this place, while in Seraene and Liege, in Belgium, at tempts were made by the strikers to prevent any of the men who refused to join their ranks from working. When the non-strikers attempted to com mence work they were attacked by the strikers who assailed them with a shower of stones and other missiles. The gwndarmes who had been placed on duty at the mines to protect the men who were willing to work, found that all their efforts to repress the disturbance were useless, and they were finally compelled to invoke the aid of the military. At the llarlost colliery, in St. Nicholas,' where these soldiers have been ordered to preserve the peace, a rifle fire failed to awe the rioters, although several of them . fell wounded. The strikers very stubbornly resisted the military, and even with stood a charge made on them with drawn swords, and only dispersed in the fac.e of a cavalry charge. About I thirty of the rioters were arrested. During the riot on Mayday at Bekes, in Hungary, a number of enraged peasants made a savage- attack on the chief mag istrate of the place for prohibit ing the people from holding May day demonstrations. The magis trate - was thrown to the ground, and the peasants trampled upon and kicked his prostrate form, inflicting terrible injuries on the unfortunate man. Upon the military coming to the rescue of the imperiled magistrate a sharp affray took- place between them and the desperate peasants. The sol diers charged upon the crowd and twoof the rioters were pierced through the body by bayonets. The rioters were finally forced to retreat, and two of them were captured and are under arrest. The fighting caused the greatest excitement, and the affairs are in a dangerous shape and the authorities were' compelled to declare the place in a state of sieee. All the shops have been closed, and the latest reports say that the people are wildly: excited. - - / : News of further rioting in Belgium has been received here. It Is learned that a conflict took place in Mons to night between the gendarmes and the} miners, and that the officers opened fire upon the rioters, two of whom were se riously wounded. GOT THE GRIP. London Is Experiencing an Epi demic of Influenza. London. May 2. — Influenza is spread ing rapidly in London. Many barris ters and officials of the law courts have been attacked by the disease. In addi tion to members of the house of lords and house of commons already referred to as suffering from the epi demic, several ■ other members of the lower house "are suffering seriously from the epidemic. Herbert Spencer, the English philosopher, is under the in fluence of la grippe. Mr. Spencer is confined to his room, suffering from the | prevalent malady. At Woolwich ar- ! senal so many of the workmen are suffering from influenza that the work there is greatly in terfered with. At Leicester the disease has appeared in a serious form. Num bers of people are already confined to their beds. At Widnes, Lancashire, in fluenza has developed into a veritable epidemic of a dangerous and peculiar type. The physicians of that town and neighborhood are working night and day. At Sunderland there have been several fatal cases of influenza. . SCHELGOUNO Ws'pUXERAL. Students March in Violation of the Order of the Police. ST.PETERSBUKG.May The funeral to-day of Schelgounow. the well-known Russian political economist, was made the occasion of a great demonstration. The students of both sexes marched through the main thoroughfares In defiance of the police order prohibiting them from so doing. The latter, having I no suspicion that the students would I venture to disobey the orders issued, were not out along the line of march ' followed in sufficient force to stop them. The police, however, afterwards arrest- ! ed a large number of the students who had taken part in the demonstration, and. several, of them were afterwards dismissed from their schools, and '■ have been expelled from this city. . ■. - TROUBLE IN BELGIUM. Thirty Thousand Miners and Four Thousand Iron Workers Strike. Brussels, May 2.— spite of the manifesto .issued by the council of workingmen's party urging the work iugmen not to go out on strike pending the decision of the chamber in regard to the demands being made throughout Belgium for universal suffrage, 30, 000 miners and 4,000 iron workers in the : Charleroi mining district have struck work. At Liege numbers of people who are out of work attempted to-day to march in procession through the' streets, but were prevented from so doing by the police. The action of the police in stopping the procession' re suited in the end in several riots, durinst < which the police used their batons freely and made many arrests. .•■•-.. Joined the Greek Church. Athens, May -2.— Duchess of Sparta (the Princess Sophia of Prussia, sister of Emperor William of Germany, and wife of Constantin, Duke of Sparta' heir to the throne of Greece) was to-day, formally admitted into the Greek church at the royal chapel here. The metropolitan of Athens officiated and ouly the members of the royal family of Greece and Premier Delyanula : were present. 'Thanksgiving services in com memoration of the conversion of the crown princess were held in the. Greek church and throughout the kingdom, i'j Bolckow Art Sale. London, May 2.— The Bolckow art collection was sold at auction to-day, and realized the sum of $340,900. Meis sonier's "Sign Painter" was sold for I $33,300, . " .- ( MANY TO BE GALLED But Only Seven May Go to Congress in Eighteen Ninety Two. Seven Districts in Minnesota Present an Array of Talent. Patriots Are Plentiful and Soft Berths Will Be Left Empty. A Review of the Situation as It Appears at a Long 1 Distance. The fight for the seven congressional seats to which Minnesota is entitled in the Fifty-third congress of the United States promises to be one of the most exciting and interesting in the history of the state. For the first time since the admission of the state a non-parti san congressional apportionment has been placed on the statutes under which the stated is divided as contemplated by law. Shoestring districts, the old gerrym andering dodge of the Re publicans,have dis appeared, and un der the Craig bill every one of the faeven districts is composed of terri tory that is "com pact, contiguous and adjoining.'' The politics of the several districts created by the Craig bill may be set down about as , follows: Two Democratic, the Third and Fourth. Two Republican, the Second and Fifth. One Alliance, the Seventh. Two doubtful, the First and Sixth. Of course there js likely to oe a differ ence of opinion in regard to several of these districts, but a very brief glance at the political history of the counties composing these districts will demon strate that the classification ffivvn above is a fair one. No one can predict the outcome of a tidal wave, but from pres ent indications the next election will be a very peaceable one. The Alliance will certainly hold the greater part of its strength, and in the Seventh district especially is sure to elect its candidate to congress. The Sixth district is close, and the result will depend to a large ex tent on the labor vote of Duluth and St. Louis counties. The past history of the First district proves it to be politically unsettled. The Fifth district.Hennepin county, is conceded to the Republicans, but the Democrats will have it at least half the time. In the Third and Fourth dis tricts the Dem ocrats will have things about their own way, while the Re publicans i n the Second can defeat any thing except a rock -bound combi nation between the Democrats and farmers. But the inter esting question to several scores of aspir in r statesmen at present is uot this question of poli ties, but rather who are to be the nomi nees of the different parties in these dis tricts in 1892. In many of the outside districts the nominee of the leading party can even now be named, in the city districts the conventions only can decide such questions. In the First district the Democratic nominee will,of course.be Capt. Harries, the present member, and an able and popular man. On the Republican side there are already a half-dozen names being prominently mentioned, among them Senator .James A. Tawney, of Wi nona; Hon. Allan J. Greer, of Waba sha; N. H. Kingsley, of Mower: and A. D. Gray, of Fillmore. Gen. Jim Di ment, of Steele, and J. Arnold Keyes, of Winona, are looking: on with wistful eyes, and neither would refuse the job if offered them. Senator Tawney is clearly in the lead and can have the nomination if he wants it. His record in the late legislature was a good one and will certainly aid him in future political conflicts. The first bill he introduced was to repeal the struck jury law which allowed the rich a special jury that the poor could not obtain. This measure passed and is now a law. The next bill pushed through the senate by Mr. Tawney was one pro viding for the revision of the statutes. This died in the house, but on the last night of the session the Indefatigable Winonan took ud a similar house bill and pushed it through the senate. The most important meas ure considered by the senate was A-J GREER drafted by Senator Taw ney, aud was designed to re lieve property from double taxation. Aft ter a hard fight the bill was defeated by one vote. It wo u 1 d cer tainly have passed had it not been for the panicky condition of the senate, caused by the passage of the Davis usury bill a day or two previous. In all the hard contests of the session Senator Tawney took a leading part, and made strong speeches on the income tax bill, the Davis interest bill, Donnelly's railroad amendment and the Hompe railroad bill, which latter he helped to prepare. Senator Tawney, however, is not now a candidate, although he may change his mind later. Although a compara tively young man he has fought his way upward step by step, and is at pie seat enjoying a large law practice which lie feels that he cannot "afford to drop. With Tawney out ot the lace "Nate" Klnersley, of Austin, will be a strong candidate, as he will receive the sup portrof Fillmore county when it be comes evident that Archie Gray can not win the nomination. Nearly every county will have a candidate, and it may take as loug to pick a candidate as it dici in 1886 when Lovely was nom inated. The Republicans claim the Second district, and all other parties save the Alliance are disposed to con cede it. Of course if the Alliance holds all its streneth a strong man like Buck. La Due or Sevat son on both the Democratic and the Al 1 i a ue c tickets could win. Here the Republican nomination will probably go to Senator 0. R. Davis, of Nic ollet county. Congress man Lind having wisely determined to retire at the cn tl of the next term. Senator Davis wa s pretty extensively advertised through out the state when his interest bill was under lire in the senate, but this advertising did him an injustice. He is not a crank. In drawing his bill he acted on the theory that the people were in favor of usury laws, and he simply tried to strengthen the pres ent laws and reduce the rate of interest at the same time. Regardless of the merits or demerits of the bill. Senator Davis is entitled to great credit for the fight he made iiw pushing the bill through the senate. At the present time it looks as though Senator Sevatson would be one of Sena tor Davis' opponents in the eongres- £.SivAT6O*V sional vRCi next year. The wily Jackson senator will first try to corral the Alli a n c c nomln&s tion and then take the field in a po si tion to to \vr eck the party that does not take him up. As things now stand the Kep v b l i ca n bosses are bit terly opposed to Senator Sevat son, and unless things change very materially he has nothing to hope for from them. The third district is Democratic by an average majority of nearly 3.000, and no one has yet heard of a Republican who desires the nomination. Even Capt. A. 11. Reed, who was foolish enough to run against Senator Sam Brown last fall, has no wish to try for the seat in congress that will be tilled so ably dur ing the next and succeeding sessions by Hon. O. M. Hall, of Red- W ing. In the Fourth and Fifth districts, St. Paul and Minneapolis, local considera tions will enter largely into the se lections of can- dklates by both parties " and time only can tell the names of the different standard bear ers. The Re publican fac tions in both cities will be given a splen did chance to "scrap," and tjjat will sat isfy them to a certain extent, amuse the pub lic greatly, and what will be best of all, insure the election of two staunch Democrats to the lower house of the national congress. The new Sixth district is pretty evenly balanced politically, although tne Re publicans seem to have slightly the best of it. The lesult will usually hinge on the labor vote of St. Louis county, and, unless the Republican party changes its leadership in that section, the Demo crats will secure the congressman every time. A number of prominent Demo crats are already being mentioned for the nomination, prominent among whom are Hon. 11. C. Stivers, of Brainerd, who is especially strong with the labor ing classes; Senator Geonre Geis sel, of Morrison. a straight forward, honest and conservative man in whom the people have confi dence, and Senator Keller, the Steams county inventor. In audition to these Hon. 11. H. Hawkins, of Carlton county, and Hou. C. D'Autreniorit. of Duluth, are being groomed in the northern end of the district. Any one of the five would prove a strong candidate, and stand a more than even chance of de feating any man the Republicans can nominate. The Sixth district is formed in such a manner that sooner or later a conflict must come be tween the Repub licans of Meeker, Wright, Steams, Benton and other counties in the south, and St. Louis county and its neighbors in the north. Du luth will demand the congressman, but for the pres ent at least will not have the votes of the Republican convention to en force her de mands. As it is, (2. i/ fafZi; there will always be a contest between the two ends of the district. The south ern end ot the district already has one active " and one pensive candi date for the Republican nomination. Representative F. E. Searle, of Stean s, Is the former, and Senator Eaton, of Wright, the latter. Senator Eaton, when the time comes .if he decides that he wants the honor, will probably be able to give his Steams county neighbor a lesson in the art of politics that he will remember, for when it comes to carry ing primaries and conventions, the Wright county statesman is second to no one in the state. The Seventh district is so overwhelm ingly Alliance that neither Republican nor Democratic candidates for congress are very numerous at the present time. It will be remembered that in this dis trict there were last fall more Alliance votes than there were of Democratic and Republican ones put together. Of course, the old parties will hold conven tions, and it is ten to one that the Democrats indorse some strong man like Senator John B. <3oJT_N ft, UOMPLi Hompe,of Otter Tail. In Sen ator Hompe the people of the Seventh dis trict have a man upon whom they can depend "at any and all times. He was clearly the leader ot his party on the floor of the senate during the late session, and was one of the really strong men in that body. Ilih nomination and election ta eon- Kress by the Dcoiocuilc aud Alliance voters of the ' Seventh district would be a good thins fjr the entire state. On the Republican side in the Sev enth district the bo ses, although badly defeated last fail, are still hoping for a restoration next year. They are dointr all they can to poison the minds of the Eeople against the Alliance lesislators, ut in this they will fail, for the people are thoroughly tired of county rings, es pecially in the counties that compose the new Seventh district. Hon. llalvor bteenerson, of Crookston. probably the only Republican who would stand' any show of beinir elected, is opposed by a powerful but now considerably broken county ring that will oppose his nomina tion, and so insure the election of an Alliance man. REAGAN'S RESIGNATION. Correspondence Between the Vice President and Senator. Washington-, May 2.— The follow ing correspondence was made public to-day : Palestine. Tex.. April SL- Hon. T>vi P. Morton, Vice President of the United States Washington, D. C— My Dear sir; Saving agreed to accept a palce on the railroad com mission of Texas, ana having rendered my resignation to the governor of the state of Texas of the position of a senator in the con gress of the United States, to take effect on the 10th of June next, it becomes my duty to advise you of the fact of my resignation. From a sense of duty to the people of Texas I terminate my connection with the senate with regret to accept a place of less dignity and less emolument.-. And I leave the sen ate with the sincerest wishes for the welfare and happiness of yourself ana each individ ual keußtor, for my relations have been pleasant with all. Very truly and respect fully, JohkH. Rkaqax. "Wee President's Chnml.er. Washington. D. C, April ßo. — My Dear Senator: I have th< honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 24th, in which you in form me that you have tendered your resig nation as a senator in the congress of the United States to his excellency, the governor of the state of Texas, to take 'effect from the 10th day of June, 1891. It will be a soun I personal regret to me. as I am confident it will be to every member of the senate to learn that you have decided to terminate yoni Offi cial connection with that body, you will, I uni assured, cany with you on your retire ment from the senate chamber ihe personal good wishes of every ludividoal member that many years of health.* usefulness and happiness may remain in store for you. With the assurances of my high regard and per sonal esteem, I have tho honor to be. very faithfully yours. I.cvi P. Mobtox. No Loss to Humanity. Mn>DLEBBOBOUGH, Ky., May 2.— The little town of Walnut Mills, Va., near this city, was disturbed yesterday by a sensational and tragic occurrence. For a lontr time an implacable feud has ex isted between .Jim .Jackson, alias "The Chicken Eater," and .Jim Crabtree, alias "Big Bulldog." two of the most danger ous outlaws of the Cumberland mount ains. Yesterday they met face to face. With terrible oaths they drew their re volvers and tired simultaneously. Crab tree shot Jackson through the heart and .Jackson's bullet penetrated Crabtree'a biaiu. Both men died instantly. Stretched Hin Neck. Seattle, Wash., May 2.— Jack Smith was caught by miners at Gilman to-day with a bottle of kerosene in his posses sion, acting in a suspicious manner. The miners claimed he had been hired by the coal company to create a prejudice against them and to furnish a pretext for having guards at the mine. The miners, therefore, hung Smith to a tree, with a rope around his Deck, until he confessed that he had been sent by a man named Brundage for the purpose* of burning the buildings. He was then let down and taken to jail. Slept a Hundred Hou rs. Pla infield, N. J., May 2.— After sleeping almost steadily for 100 hours. Frank Gray, the milkman, at Samtown, awoke at about 1 a. m. yesterday. When told of the length of time he had been unconscious he was very incredulous and said that it seemed but a Jew hours. He had no recollection of any of the at tempts of the doctors to awaken him. He was about as usual yesterday, but complained of feeling a little weait. Support the Strikers. London, May 2.— Ten thousand car penters and joiners met to-day in Hyde park in support ot the 4,000 members of those trades who went out on a strike to-day for forty-seven hours' work per week and 10 pence (20 cents) per hour as wages. The speakers who . addressed the meeting declared that the strikers had plenty of money and that they did not stand in any fear of "scabs." City of Paris Tested. Londox, May 2.— The City of Paris has made several runs to test her new boiler. The steamer attained an aver age speed of 21.045 knots per hour. One run was 500 miles down the channel. She maintained a steady rate of speed of 19K knots per hour, aud everything worked perfectly. Mexico* Exhibit. City of M&iuro, May 2.— Lieut. Baker, the Chicago fair commissioner, says he is receiving every courtesy and all the aid possible from the Mexican government, and that he has every rea son to believe that Mexicon will make a creditable exhibit. Lieut. Baker will soon make a tour of the different states. Citizens of Vera Cruz last night wit nessed a bull fight by electric lij>ht. Daly in London. London, May 2.— ln theatrical circles here it is reported that Auttustin Daly, of New York, will take the new theater to b3 erected on the site of the old Waterloo house, tor the next l,ondon season. He has secured a new coinedv, called "A Shadow iiunt," by Walter Pollock. Mail Robbers Arrested. Washington*, May 2.— Chief Post office Inspector Ralhbone is advised of the arrest at Antouia, New Mexico, of four highwaymen, who, are charged with having robbed the mail carrier near Santa Fe. April 29. They have been taken to fc'anta Fe for trial. They Are Rescued. Loxdox, May 2.— The eleven persons who were missing in a small boat be longing to the British steamer Drnm burlie. which foundered in the frlsTi channel while bound from Glasgow for Bombay, have been rescued. Bismarck Accepts. Berlin, May 2.— Prince Bismarck to day received a deputation from the Na tional Liberal committee at Gestemunde. He accepted the mandate, and thanked the delegates warmly for the honor which had been conferred on him. Death of a German Poet. Berlin, May 2.— The death of Ferdi nand Gregorovlas, the German poet and nistor"an, is announced. He was born Jan. 19, 1821, at Neidenborug,Prussia. Bismarck Elected. Berlin;, May 2.— Complete returns from the election in Geestemunde to fill a vacancy in the relchstag, show that Prince Bismarck has received 10,554 v<> iisriiiust 5,480 for flerr Schuiai feld. the Socia Ist candidate. iF YOU HAVE REAL ESTATE TO SELL, OK WANT TO BIV, ADVERTISE IN THE GLOBS, IT IS CLOSELY READ BY ALL WHO SEEK INVESTMENTS I 0. 123. LYLE IS LEVELEU. A Southern Minnesota Ham<y let Wiped Out by the Fire Fiend. Stores, Residences, Elevator? and Depots Among: the j Property Burned. The Damage Will Exceed $100,000--Insurance Not Half That. A Big- Machinery Firm at Devil's Lake Goes to the Wall. Special to the Glolie. Arsnx, Minn., April ?. -The pretty and prosperous \ Mage of Lyle, situated. just this side of the Lowa line and twelve miles south of here,on the Chicago,Mln neapolis & St. Paul and Kansas City j railroads, is in ashes. Out of about thirty business houses, which had well filled stores and thrifty tenants when the sun arose this morning.only four rn main at sunset. The fire which ' caused this devastation originated at about 9:15 this morning in I a small dwelling house occupied by John E. Flood. The house was cousumed hi a very short time, and the flames rap idly spread to the adjoining buildings. The people at once became alarmed, and telegraphed to this place for as sistance. The call for help was re sponded to by both hose companies and about 200 citizens. When they ar rived the fire was beyond control, and but little could be done. : All the business houses on both sides of the principal street were destroyed, Hunting & Co.'s elevator, with all the grain it contained, and the Kansas City and Milwaukee depots. The damage will exceed $100,000, and while it is im possible to learu the exact amount of insurance at this writing, It will not exceed 640,000. Amoiigj the principal losers were Lund ft] Lundland, dealers in general mer chandise. Their stock was valued at 120,000, covered by 112,000 insurance, i John Myber, general store, loss $18,000,' $10,000 insurance; Myers & FrazierJ loss §8,000, 13,000 insurance. A. J/ Knudson's hardware and agricultural implement business was a total loss, estimated at $'2:J,000. The Commercial hotel, Stanley's barber shop, Hart & Conner's saloon, Are n's meat market; McCarteyUros.' saloon and a number of residences were burned. The burneu district covers the entire four blocks. There is strong suspicion that it is the work of an incendiary. PUSHED TO THE WAUL. A Devil's liaku Firm Makes an As signment. Special to the Globe. Devil's Lakh, N. D., May 2.— Ed. I. P. Staede, for several years the leading tarra machinery dealer of this city and district, made a general assignment for the benefit of his creditors this evening. The liabilities are t7o,ooo;assets 1100,000. A.O.Whipple, mayor of Devil's Lake and vice president of the First National, is named as a-signee. The general catiso of the assignment is inability to make collections, and the immediate cause the crowding of a machine company of Chicago. Staede was one of the best rustlers Of North Dakota. His business extended into all the towns neighboring to Devil's Lake. With time he prob* ably could pull through. Received Coolly by Lcntz. Special to the Globe. Mankato, Minn., May 2.— The news of Gov. Merriam's commutation to life imprisonment at hard labor of the death sentence passed upon William Lenta was favorably received in this city. William Lent/, was tried and convicted of the murder of John Schwartz, of Ain boy, July 10, 18S'J. On seeing the dis patch containing ths good news Lents did not seem to be affected. He owes bis deliverance to his attorneys. Lenta is about twenty years old. ■ Crushed l>y the Cars. Special to the Globe. DiLtTir, Minn., May ".—At Fond dr» Lac this afternoon at4;SOJ Thomas Mel ville, baggagema.ster for the St. Paul <Xa Duluth railroad, fell from a flat car and had both his legs crushed by the train. He was brought to Duluth, and died at.' '.» o'clock, He leaves a wife and little child. Kicked by a Mule. Special to the Globe. Asiila.ni>, Wis., May 2.— William V. Chase was fatally kicked by a mule to day. He was grooming an animal which belonged to the Keystone Lum ber company when it kicked him in the face, fracturing his skull over botl* eyes. A Farmer Kills II mi-,. I r. Special to the Globe. Redwood Falls, Minn., May 2. — Coroner G. It. Pease was notified this afternoou that James Brown, a farmer living in the town of Kepo, had com mitted suicide by hanging himself. The motive for the commission of the act ia unknown. .Died at Seventy. Special to the Globe. Noktiifikld, Minn.. May 2.— Lyman Miller, aged seventy, died this morning-. He has resided in this state thirty-five years, and leaves a wife and four chil dren. They Don't Like It. S pedal to the Globe. Redwood Falls, Minn., May 2.— Citizens of this city s»ro very much dis gusted because Gov. Merriam commuted Clifton Holden's death sentence to lif« imprisonment. Two Vessels Icebound. Spec'.al to the GloDe. Ashland, Wis., May 2.— Two large vessels, icebound, have been sighted off the Apostle islands, where the ice hag been piled up by the winds*