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VOL, XTTT.
SWITCHMEN ARE OUT.
The Northwestern Discharges
Every Switchman in Its
Employ.
This Action Is the Result of
Months of Careful
Planning".
fyhen Old Crews Were Paid Off
New Men Took Up the
Work.
Officials Claim It Is a Matter
of Discipline and
Necessity.
Chicago, May 14.— This morning
every union switchman in the employ
of the Northwestern railroad, not only
in Chicago but at every other point, was
discharged. This was done in carrying
out the company's resolve not to allow
the switchmen to interfere In the affairs
of the road and dictate as to the dis
charge of yardmasters, etc. For months
the company lias been preparing lor the
battle and has been hiring non-union
switchmen all over the country. So
quietly has it been doing this work that
the union switchmen did not get an
inkling, until the very last moment, of
what was going on. As soon as the
local force was discharged 200 new men
•were ready to take their places at the
switches. The new-comers were for
the most part experienced men,
and under the supervision of the vari
ous division superintendents, had no
trouble in doing the work. Each divi
sion superintendent had his crew of
men, and went at the work carefully
nnd systematically. The result was
that the passenger and suburban trains,
as well as all freight trains, came in and
went out on schedule time. All live
stock and perishable freight was also
promptly handled and delivered. No
violence was offered by the old men,
who stood about in groups, watching the
new-comers at their labors. Policemen
were stationed all through the yards and
about the down town depot to prevent
any trouble. The Northwestern officials
are very confident of victory, while the
discharged men are somewhat dazed at
the turn affairs have taken and have not
yet determined upon their policy. Dis
patches from various points on the road
tell of the discharge of the switchmen
there and the
Hiring of New Ztlen.l
At Milwaukee twenty-five new
switchmen took hold, and all trains are
leaving on time. No trouble is reported
there. The Northwestern officials state
that for more than two years the situa
tion regarding the switchmen has been
constantly growing worse. The men
have not only struck frequently for
trivial causes, at timas seriously delay
ing suburban trains at the busiest part
of the day to the great inconvenience of
thousands of people, but they have a
Dumber ot times demanded the dis
charge of men who performed satis
factory work, and whose only lault was
that they were not members of the
Switchmen's union. About two months
aeo they demanded the discharge of
Yardmaster Frank Mclnernev, and to
avoid trouble was ostensibly, dismissed,
but he was kept on the pay roll of the
company, and was this morning rein
stated in his old position. Geuaral
Manager Whitman says: "The man
agement has fully determined that this
state of affairs has gone far enough,
and while it proposes to deal fairly and
justly with all its employes, and to give
fair and just consideration to any griev
ance properly presented, it also pro
poses to manage its own property and
its own business in its own way, and to
place itself in a position where the
public which it serves can be properly
accommodated "without being put to in
convenience or annoyance." All the
other railroad companies are applaud
ing the action of the Chicago & North
western, and will come to its support if
necessary. It is understood that the
switchmen on all the roads were pre
paring for a general strike June 1. and
it is thought they may change their
minds as a result of steps taken by the
Northwestern. Discharged employes
are only those on the Northwestern sys
tem proper, which does not include the
lines west of the Missouri river, the
Sioux City & Pacific or the Chicago.
Minneapolis & Omaha. Reports from all
points are to the effect that
1^^ — ■■in atom, nfir**Viifffl
Trains Are Moving
pretty generally on time, and the Inter
ruption to business is very slight. At
all points where new switchmen have
not been provided the trainmen are do
ins the switching. The circular an
nouncing the discharge of the switch
men .stated that in reorganizing (the
Bwitching service preference would be
given to such men previously employed
as were, in the judgment of the
company, capable and worth y, other
wise their positions would at 'once be
rilled by other men arranged for. Quite
a number availed themselves of the
offer and went to work with the new men,
and the company claims that with its
new force it has been able to handle all
its passenger and suburban bussiness
and perishable freight. About »'OO po
licemen are stationed at different points
hi the city. About fifty men of this
force were stationed at the North Ave
nue and Wood Street yards, the most
threatening points. The precaution of
massing a larger force at those two
points than at any other proved a wise
one. as mobs of angry switchmen as
sembled at botli places. They were ex
cited and demonstrative, but "refrained
from any serious outbreak, being appar
ently overawed uy the superior force of
police. The company claims that it is be
ing supported by all the oruers belonging
to the federation of lailway employes,
except the Switchmen's Mutual Aid as
sociation. All trainmen are doing the
■work of the discharged switchmen. A
committee representing the men who
were discharged called on General Man
ager Whitman this forenoon and asked
for a conference looking toward an ad
justment of the trouble. The confer
ence lasted some time. "This is not a
light directed against the union, nor is
it instituted tor any question of wages,"
6aid President Marvin Ilughitt, "but a
simple matter of discipline. For the
last two years the oflicials of this road
nave been
Humiliated by Employes.
We now propose to ascertain who is
running the Northwestern railroad. As
to our plan, all I can say is that it has
been well arranged, and I feel confident
0.1 success. We decided to discharge
every switchman in our employ. We
are backed up by every trainmen's order
In the Federation except the switchmen.
Now, this is not an attack upon unions
in any way, but simply a matter of dis
cipline. \\ c must know who are going
to dictate, officials or employes." This
afternoon the discharged men in the
"West Chicago yards went into secret
meeting to settle upon a course of
action. It is, known that some of them
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are in favor of going to the company
and asking to be reinstated. Others
counsel holding out and a resort to
violence if necessary. There is a
rumor to the effect that the
order will be called on to declare
a general strike on the St. Paul,
Kock Island and Burlington roads,
whose managers are supposed to be In
sympathy with the action ot the North
western. At Fort Howard, Wis., not a
wheel is turning. Green Bay freight is
therefore tied up. Work at Escanaba,
Winona, Baraboo and other points is
proceeding quietly with new men. The
company is supported in its position by
the conductors' firemen's and brake
men's unions. In fact at the lime of
the Mclnerney trouble, a deputation
from these unions called on the offi
cials of the road and demanded Moln
erney's reinstatement, promising that,
if the switchmen should strike in con
sequence, they would furnish mon to
fill their places. The switchmen's
union is not included in the National
Federation of Railroad Employes. This
afternoon the Northwestern officials de
cided not to run out any freight trains
nor do any freight business after (j
o'clock p. m. each day for the present.
The reason given is that the men hav
ing been paid oil to-day, are drinking
and growing belligerent and that trou
ble may ensue if night work were at
tempted.
Secretary Hall, of the Switchmen's
Mutual Aid association, said this after
noon: "We have received no official
confirmation fiom the Brotherhood of
Trainmen that their older is supporting
the railroad company in this matter. It
is true that the places of the discharged
switchmen are being filled by
members of the Federation of Train
men, but we are inclined to
believe it is an individual
act. and not ihe wish ot the order. The
trainmen support themselves in their
action by claiming that there is no
strike, but that they are merely filling
the places of discharged men. We have
telegraphed the headquarters of the
trainmen at Galesbunf to ascertain the
exact condition of affairs with the lodge
as a whole. We have, received no re
ply as yet and cannot tell what the
result will be. We have also tele
graphed the supreme council to come
to Chicago and assume entire charge of
affairs. The supreme council is com
posed of the three highest of
ficers in the switchmen's, con
ductors', trainmen and firemen's
orders, and the council ois expected to
arrive to-morrow or as soon as possible."
Secretary Hall received a message to
nleht from President Sargent, of the
supreme council of the United Order of
Railway Employes, saying that the
supreme council would be here Satur
day. Continuing, he sail: "There is
no likelihood ai present of the switch
men, of other roads being called out."
j|f ALL, OUT AT WINONA.
The Switchmen Paid Off and Dis
charged.
Special to the Gioue.
Winona, May 14. — All the yardmen
employed on the Chicago & Northwest
ern railway in this city were discharged
at 6:50 this morning, together with all
the switchmen on the Northwestern sys
tem. There were eighteen in
number, and none have re
turned to work. They are
members of the Switchmen's Mutual
Aid association and wilJ wait for orders
from headquarters in Chicago. They
were given their pay this uoon. P. Ilai
lenueck, assistant general superintend
ent of the road, slated that the men
were not giving satisfaction, but were
continually creating trouble of some
kind and had assumed an attitude of
dictating to the road. The trainmen
were discharging the switchmen's duty
to-day.
AFTER THE DIRECTORS,
Chicago Labor Organizations
Want Some Concessions.
Chicago, May 14.— The joint commit
tee on world's fair met last night. A
committee was sent to the builders' and
traders' exchange to ask co-operation in
the request of the directors to grant a
minimum rate of wages. Another com
mittee was selected to visit the promi
nent and influential politicians of both
parties ana enlist them on the side of
labor. Steps were also taken to call a
mass meeting of working people at Bat
tery D, to which the fair directors are
to be invited. The International Labor
Congress association reported that
unless local labor bodies were fairly
treated, they stood ready to report to
the international labor congress soon to
be held at Brussels, and to the trades'
union congress, soon to assemble in
London, these facts, and to start a prac
tical boycott. A resolution was adopted
to the effect that, "if the directory re
fuses to further confer with the labor
committee, we see no need of a so-called
labor representative on the directory,
and we ask Robert Nelson to step out""
In Other Places.
MHiWJLTJKEE.May 14.— A1l the regular
switchnieD of the Chicago & Northwest
ern road here, comprising eight crews,
were discharged and paid off at 7 o'clock
this morning, in accordance with a gen
eral order of dismissal over the entire
6ystem.
I3ooxk, 10., May 14.— A1l the switch
men and yardmastera of the lowa di
visions of the Chicago & Northwestern
were discharged this morning in this
city. Three crews and two yardmasters
were dismissed. The switching is be
ing done by trains, and there is no in
terruption to business.
Omaha, May 14.— The Northwestern
road discharged the eleven union switch
men employed in its Couucil Bluffs
yards this morning, and tilled their
places with brakemen and non-union
men. About 100 switchmen on the lowa
division have been dropped to-day. The
officials say they will re-employ the old
men if they do not insist on the switch
men's union being recognized. There
was no trouble at Council Bluffs.'aud
none is looked for.
Work Resumed.
Coshoctox, Ohio, May 14.— The
miners' strike that has persisted here
for two months was declared off this
morning, and as a result about 400 will
resume work Monday morning.
Pittsbubg, Pa., May 14.— A special
from Sharon, Pa., says: The first cast
of pig iron in the Sheiiango valley for
over four months was made last night
at the Sharon Iron company's furnace
in this place. The big plant will run
as Jong as coke can be obtained.
Pittsbukg, May 14.— Work was re
sumed to-day on the National Tube
works, and the beginning of next week
will find all departments in full opera
tion. The strike was on the part of the
machinists, who had been working nine
hours and refused to work ten hours, as
demanded of them by the company. The
strike has been on fifteen weeks and the
men came out victorious, going back at
nine hours.
Trouble in Coal Fields.
Terre Haute, Ind., May 14.— The
trouble among the miners in this section
of the state is not yet over, and the
prospects are not very bright for an
early settlement. Many factories are
closed on account of Ihe'scarcity of coal.
The bituminous operators and miners
have had a joint; scale committee to
gether for. iLe past twenty-four hours iv
this city. Both sides are decided, and
the result caunot be told. The miners
held out for 70 cents per ton, and the
operators refuse to pay more than 6o
cents. Seven thousand miners are idle
in this section.
The joint convention of the Indiana
bituminous coal operators and miners
this evening asrreed to disagree, and ad
jourued without date.
Coke Ovens Resuming.
Pittsbukg, Pa., May 14.— A Scott
dale, Pa., special says the Stonerville
and Eatrle plants resumed to-day witli
an increased number of men. The offi
cers now have over 5,000 ovens burning,
and more than that number of men
working. Since resuming operations
the last of March they have been in
creasing production each week, this
week's increase probably reaching 450
cars, but the strikers are still hopeful
and believe they can win. There are
over l'-'jOOO men now idle.
St. Louis Painters.
St. Louis, May 14.— Matters have come
to a crisis on the painters' strike. This
morning the building trades' council,
which is composed of delegates from all
the building trades, indorsed the broth
erhood of painters, and issued an order
prohibiting mechanics to work with the
the journeymen painters' union. When
the brotherhood of painters went on a
strike the journeymen painters' union
declined to co-operate, and a great deal
of ili-feelinff was engendered. But with
the support of the building trades'
council the brotherhood expects to carry
the day.
The Denver Killing.
Denveb, May 14.— The coroner's jury
resumed investigation of the death of
Thomas Kelly at 9:30 this morning.
The jury returned a verdict that the
deceased came to his death from the
effects of gunshot wounds inflicted by
F. N. Davis and his party, as to whether
feloniously or not the jury was unable
tosay. There will be a mass meeting
to-night of the trades unious to take
action In the matter.
Building Paralyzed.
New York, May 14.— There are
ninety-two lumber dealers now banded
together in the lumber trade associa
tion. Nearly all shops have joined the
general lock-out. Over 1,200 house
smiths were paid their strike money to
day. The framers are still keeping the
strike up. The combination of strikes
seem to have paralyzed the building
trade.
THE INGERSOLL LECTURE.
A Brilliant Audience Hears the
Great Iconoclast.
It is interesting to observe the entire
ly explicable curiosity in all classes and
ranks of people to hear the famous and
eloquent agnostic. Col. Robert U. Inger
soll. Few people are insensible to the
power of eloquence, and that gift Col.
Ingersoll enjoys to a rare degree. He
reached St. Paul yesterday afternoon, and
tookquartersat the Aberdeen, where he
was fairly besieged with callers. Sev
eral interviews were attempted. As an
interviewed. Pope Bob is a peculiar
quantity. The interviewer must hand
in his questions in writing and the col
onel writes out his answers, thus insur
ing absolute accuracy and prevent mis
quotation. In appearance the great
discipline of "being happy by making
others happy" has changed little in the
past few years, and age is laying its
hand lightly upon him. He is the same
jolly, amiable and eloquent exponent of
the golden rule he always was.
He lectured at the PeoDle's church
last night, about 1,500 people crowding
in to hear him. His subject was
"Shakespeare, and His Creations." the
same as in Minneapolis, where he was
fully reported by the Globe, it is a
magnificent lecture, but marred some
what by the fact that he has not deliv
ered it enough to have it fully com
mitted, and in bending over the maniK
script lowered his voice to a pitch that
failed to carry it to the rear of the audi
torium. J?ut the peroration was
grand. He left the manuscript,
airl coming to the front of
the stage poured forth that wonderful
tribute to the genuis of Shakespeare.
The house was still as death as those
glorious, burning sentences poured
lorth, and when the peroration was
brought to a brilliant finish, there was a
thunderburst of applause, in the midst
of which the orator bowed himself out.
The audience was a representative
one, including many prominent mem
bers of the clenry. The latter could not
have regretted their presence, as there
was nothing said to offend their re
ligious views.
Deplorable Accident.
Colorado Springs, Col., May 14.—
A very distressing accident occurred
here to-day, caused by the careless hand
ling of firearms, resulting in the death
of Mrs. Winn, of Corondado, Kan., who
with her husband, Dr. H. P. Gandy and
wife were returning from a month's
pleasure trip in the mountain. The
party rode in two carriages, the ladies
being in the rear one. There were two
loaded shot guns in the first buggy, one
of which was accidentally discharged
by beine moved by Mr. Winn, the charge
taking effect in Mrs. Whin's neck, caus
ing almost instant death.
To Receive the Kaiser.
Lohdok, May l4.— At the meeting: of
the corporation council to-day the ques
tion of the reception to be tendered by
the corporation to the emperor of Ger
many on his approaching: visit to Eng
land was again discussed, and £3,000
were appropriated for the reception ex
penses and £500 for street decorations.
The queen was also invited to be the
guest of the city on the occasion.
Robbed and Insane.
Lexixgtox, Ky., May 14.— Samuel
Wilmoth, the old Paris distiller, who
mysteriously disappeared, returned
home Tuesday night. His 'mind is en
tirely gone, and he is a pitible object.
He can give no account of his wander
ings. Some one had stolen his watch,
money and papers.
Foul Play Feared.
Wheeling, W. Va., May 14.— W. F.
Dillon, prominently connected with the
wholesale trade of this city, and a mem
ber of the Vance Shoe company, has
misteriously disappeared, and foul play
is suspected. He has a large 6uui of
money with him.
To Punish False Mediums.
Springfield, 111., May 14.— The
senate to-day passed a bill providing
for the punishment of false spirit me
diums.
Spitz Gets $5,000.
Boston, May 14.— A. P. Spitz, who
sued the Globe for $100,000 for libel, was
awarded $5,000 by Chief Justice Mason
yesterday.
A Nebraska Blaze.
Hardy, Neb., May, 14.— Fire de
stroyed nine business buildings, caus
ing a loss of SSO,QfH»
ST. PAUL, MINN., FPJDAT MORNING, MAY 15, JB9l.
FOSTER AFTER FRAUDS
Orders to New York Customs
Officers to Refuse Certain
Entries.
Irregularities of Brokers and
Consignees Must Be
Stopped.
Trouble Brewing- Among
South American and Eu
ropean Diplomats.
Agricultural Reports Marked
by a Cheerful Feeling" All
Around.
Washington, May 14. — Secretary
Foster has directed the collector of cus
toms at New York to refuse entry of
goods in the name of the custom house
brokers or others who are merely con
signees, unless they disclose upon the
entry the name of the ultimate con
signee or purchaser, or file a certified
copy of the invoice by which settlement
for the purchase of the merchandise is
made, and disclose all the facts and cir
cumstances necessary to satisfy him
that the transaction is free from the taint
of fraud. The secretary in his letter
to the collector says: The re
cent investigations concerning valuable
silks and other line goods consigned to
a firm of customs brokers at your port,
as well as previous investigations of a
like nature, which show the existence
of double invoices, one at low prices in
francs for custom house purposes, and
the other prices nearly five times
greater in dollars and cents which is
forwarded to its ultimate consignee as
representing the actual purchase price.
When taken in connection with the fact
that the statements required by section
8 (of the act of June 10. 1890). were not
presented at the time of entry, and that
the merchandise was appraised at more
than 75 per cent in excess of the en
tered value, indicate clearly that frauds
on the revenue are Intended by such
questionable consignment; that prompt
and energetic measures must be taken
by the customs authorities to prevent
and detect the same."
DIPLOMATIC FACTIONS
Are Building a Foundation for a
High Old Time.
Washington, May 14.— There is
trouble in the diplomatic corps. The
Europeans— to use a distinguishing
term— have boycotted the Central and
South Americans, and no end of ill-feel
ing has resulted from it. For years the
entente cordiale between the two fac
tions has been severely strained. The
Europeans affect to regard the repre
sentatives of the Latin-American re
publics as uncultured and socially in
ferior to them. The Latin-Americans,
on the other hand, insist that the Eu
ropeans are jealous of the favors
shown them by the people ot the
United States, and that this, and
this alone, is the real cause of the diffi
culty. This was the situation whsn the
Pan-American congress assembled,
eighteen months ago. The purpose of
the congress was to strengthen the rela
tion of the several republics to each
other and bring them into a close com
mercial and fraternal intimacy. The
great states of Europe, which are inter
ested in the rich trade of those couu
tries, followed the sessions of the con
gress with deep interest, and when it
was seen how strongly marked the
preference of the South Americans was
for the United States, the diplomatic
representatives of Europe retaliated by
organizing a social boycott against
them. This, you roust under
stand, is the story the South
Americans tell. They will tell you also,
if they feel they can talk with you con
fidentially, numerous instances which
illustrate the truth of this statement.
Quite recently, for example, the Ger
man minister save a banquet to cele
brate his birthday. All the members of
the diplomatic corps were invited, with
the exception of the representatives
from the Latin-American states. On
another occasion the secretary of a
great continental power met the secre
tary of a certain South American lega
tion. With some embarrassment he
informed the latter of his personal
recard for him. but begged, as a favor,
that their future intercourse be
limited to a strict observance of
polite conventionalities and noth
ing more. He frankly added that the
prejudices of his Europeau confreres
against the Latin-Americans was so
great that he dared not run counter to
it, notwithstanding he did not share in
these prejudices himself. And so mat
ters have gone on growing worse with
each succeeding day, until a peisonal
encounter between the hot-blooded
young men of the respective factions is
quite Jprobable. In fact, some of the
South Americans feel so keenly the
slight that has been put upon them that
several of the number are talking of
forcing a duel upon the Europeans as
the only means of vindicating their
honor. Whether they will do so or not
is an open question. They are certainly
angry enough to proceed to any ex
treme.
A HOPEFUL TONE
Prevails in Reports to Jerry
Rusk's Department.
Washington; May 14.— The report
of the statistician of the department of
agriculture, now In press, shows an in
crease since April of last year of more
than 100 per cent in the price of corn
and oats, 50 per cent and more in wheat
in primitive markets, 52 per cent in
Chicago for choice beeves, and 34 for
Texans, ann advanced values of all ce
reals and meats. A hopeful and cheer
ful feeling is noticed, says the report, in
official correspondence from all parts of
the country. The elimination of the
surplus of corn and oats, through the
under-production of last year, insures
good prices for those crops, and the
shortage of the wheat of the world for
two years, with the low foreign pros
pect for the growing crop. promises the
largest foreign demand for ten years at
remunerative prices. Fortunately pres
ent appearances indicate ability to meet
such demand with ease. The opinion is
expressed that farm lands at present
prices are promising investments.
Arbitration After Diplomacy.
Washington, May 14. -It is said at
the state department that there lias
been no suggestion of arbitration of the
difficulties between Italy and the United
States growing out of the New Orleans
tragedy, as was reported In a special
dispatch from Home. Arbitration is the
last resort after diplomacy has failed,
and as Secretary Blame has promised to
consider the claims £»r indemnity it
cannot be held that the diplomatic stage
has been passed. The rather indiscreet
utterances of the Italian consul at New
Orleans relative to the conspiracy to
kill the mayor and other prominent
persons caused some amusement at the
department, but as they have not taken
an official shape no notice will be taken
of them by our government.
Paintings on Glass.
Washington, May 14.— The board of
general appraisers in March last ren
dered a decision affirmiug the act of the
customs collector at New York in as
sessing duty at 45 per cent ad valorem
on certain paintings on glass, imported
for the use of the Convent of the Sacred
Heart at Philadelphia. The circuit court
of New York, on the application of the
importer, reviewed the decision of the
board of appraisers, and held that tho
paintings were entitled to entry free of
duty, under paragraph 757 of the free
list. The treasury department is dis
satisfied with the decision of the in
ferior court, and will appeal the case to.
the supreme court of the United States
Change of a Fort Name.
Washington, May 14.— 8y direction
of the president the military post at
Mammoth Hot Springs, in the Yellow
stone national park. Wyo., heretofore
styled Camp Sheridan, will hereafter be
known and designated as Fort Yellow
stone.
Export of Mineral Oils.
Washington, May 14.— The chief of
the bureau of statistics reports that the
total value of the exports of domestic
mineral oils from the United States dur
ing the month of April, 1891, was $3,808,
--259. The value of beef and hog exports
for April, 1891, was 19,289,781.
BAPTISTS IN SESSION.
Decreased Baptismal List and
Protests by the Score.
The Eastern association of Baptist
churches was in session yesterday at
the Parfc Baptist church on Selby ave
nue. Rev. W. E. Barker, of Lake City,
opened the sessiou with devotional ex
ercises. A special prayer wis offered
for Supt. T. R. Peters, of the state mis
sion, who was sojourning in Kansas on
account of ill-health. A telegram
expressing sympathy was subsequently
sent to Mr. Peters. Mrs. 11.
D. Gates delivered an address on
women's work in foreign missions, and
speeches were delivered by Revs.
Thomas Morris, V. A. Sage, R. C.
Mosher, of St. Paul, and Rey. E. J.
Brownson, of Duluth. The morning
I session was filled with these exercises.
A report on the state of religion opened
the proceedings in the afternoon. There
were seventeen churches reporting. It
was found that four churches were with
out pastors. Seven churches reported
a net increase of eighty-two members
the past year. Four of these churches
are in Duluth, the increase at this- city
being fifty-nine members. The other
ten churches acknowledged a decrease
of thirty-six members, so that the actual
net increase of members is twenty
three. Fourteen out of the seventeen
shurches reported ninety-one baDlisms.
'Fifty-three of the. baptisms were those
of Sunday scholars reported by eleven
of the churches. Last year there were
US baptisms recorded. There is ac
cordingly a decrease this year of nearly
44 per cent. The decrease was accounted
for by removals. Mrs. W. S. Barrett
of Minneapolis, representing home mis
sions; Mrs. S. C. Haskell, of St. Paul,
representing foreign missions, made in
teresting reports of what had been ac
complished by tho churches in the line
of their special work. Mrs. Ashmore,
of Minneapolis, a returned missionary
from China, spoke in a lively strain,
showing the sources of contributions to
foreign missionary work and the dis
tribution of the same.
The committee's report on resolutions
urged united effort for the extension of
the gospel, rejoiced in tho growing
efficiency and usefulness of the Pills
bury Academy, pointed out the need
for increased attendance of members at
church services, deplored the increased
desecration of the Lord's Day and
strongly disapproving of the opening of
the Columbian exposition on Sunday.
Rev. George 11. Kemp, of Duluth,
proposed a preamble and resolution
noting the death of City Comptroller
Roche, and extending the sympathy of
the association to the "sorrowing mem
bers of his bereaved family in this hour
of their deep affliction."
L. E. Whitticr, of St. Paul, seconded.
Rev. R. C. Mosher, of St. Paul, said
the St. Paul delegation were not favor
able to the adoption of such a resolu
tion, it being out of place in the con
vention of that association.
With this objection raised, the reso
lution was not acted upon.
The history of the lied Wing church,
read by A. Kosenberger, of Ked Wing,
closed 'the session.
Prof. Carmen, of the high school,
opened a discussion on "Sunday School
Work" at a meeting held iv the church
during the evening.
A reception is to be given this even
ing to Dr. li. C. Woods, first pastor of
the church.
Republicans Will Triumph.
Paris, May 14.— Zorilla, the exiled
Spanish republican leader, ridicules
he statements published here yesterday
as coming from a member of the Portu
guese legation and Montenegro, a Span
ish deputy, especially the statement
that upon the first attempt to establish
. republic in Portugal the Spanish pre
nier would interfere and assist the Por
tuguese monarchy. Zorilla declares
that republicans have already triumphed
•; n Spain, and that therefore they will
triumph in Portugal, and that the af
lalrs of the two countries are so closely
allied as to be inseparable.
The French Tariff.
Paris, May 14.— An important meet
ing of the chamber of commerce was
held here to-day. M. Cousted, president
cf Ac chambar of commerce, said that
ihe new tariff proposed by the customs
committee of the chamber of deputies
*as simply a prohibitive tariff. The
ipvernment, he added, ought not to
Uttd itself to a fixed minimum tariff,
l»nt should have full liberty to conclude
treaties of commerce. It ought to pn>
tcct French industries in such a manner
a^ not to jeopardize the export trade of
}<ranee. M. Cousted'a speech was
\ armly applauded.
Rudini on the Lynching.
Rome, May 14.— The Marquis di
P,udini in the chamber of deputies to
cay, discussing the New Orleans affair,
&■ iid that it was simply a legal question,
i'ihe departure of Baron Fava from
Y/ashiugton, he continued, had been
ordered as a piotest against the
action of the United States in re
jactiug responsibility for the affair.
European sympathy, the premier added,
v.as with Italy, and he hoped for a
friendly solution of the Questions in
volved.
Sunk in Collision.
Bbest, May 14.— A collision occurred
during a dense tog yesterday morning
between the Britisli steamer Montana
and the German steamer Friedrich
Krupp eighteen miles off Quesand isl
ands'. The Mentana was so badly dam
aged that she sank. No lives were lost.
THE FLAMING FORESTS
Are Still Creating Havoc in
the Fire-Afflicted Dis
v tricts.
The Lower Peninsula of Mich
igan Is Afire Over a Vast
Area.
Two Million Dollars Will Not
Cover the Estimated
Loss.
Rain Would Prove a Precious
Boon in Many Local
ities-
Special to the Globe.
Carlton, Minn., May Forest
fires in this vicinity are still raging, and
in many localities have cut off travel on
public thoroughfares for hours at a
time. The only cessation being when
a change in the direction ot the wind
would take place, or coming up on
places where previous fire 3 had
burned everything. Indications are of
of rain, which is much needed.
Bio Rapids, Mich., May 14.— The
forest fires in the lower peninsula are
still burning from Manistee to Iluiou.
The loss from these conflagrations is
Already estimated at $2,000,000 or more,
with a probability that it will be
doubled, unless checked by rain. Some
of the losses in detail are as follows:
Newaygo county. $100,000: Mecosta
county, #50,000; Lake county, $75,000:
Osceola county, $50,000; Oceana county,
*30,000: total for five counties, $305,000.
This is the estimate of a man who has
spent a great many years in this section.
If it is nearly accurate and the counties
in which most of the good pine has been
taken out are damaged over a quarter
of a million, the loss of the upper tiers,
where there are vast acres of unbroken
forest, will far exceed $2,000,000.
Lvdington. Mich.. May 14.— last
one of the inhabitants of Walkerville,
which burned Sunday night, has been
heard from, and the first report of a
number of lives lost proves untrue.
Those who escaped had nothing but
their wearing apparel, and are in desti
tute circumstances.
Baldwin, Mich., May 14.— Over one
hundred homeless, houseless women
and children are here, sheltered and fed
by charity, while the men have re
turned to their late homes, whence they
were driven by the fire, to see if any
thing remains worth saving.
Hart, Mich., May 14.— Fully two
score of families are here destitute, hav
ing walked twenty miles to escape the
fires, leaving homes and everything be
hind them. . :
Twin Lake, Mich., May 14.— 8y hard
work, the men, women and children
helping, this town has - yet been saved
from the forest fires. The loss so far to
the mill and timber is about $10,000.
The fires are still raging in almost
every direction, and the clanger is not
over. Three families have been burned
out. The men that were fighting the
fire were nearly hemmed in, and came
near suffocating.
White Cloud, Mich., May 14.—Re
cent rains have subdued the forest fires
in this vicinity. Hundreds of families
are destitute, and within twenty-five
miles of here, and many hundreds who
have nothing to eat save what charita
ble people give them. Some of them
are badly burned.
Eecanara, Mich.. May 14.— N0 rains
have fallen in four weeks, and the situ
ation is very serious. The forest fires
are now doing great damage in Delta
and Menominee counties, and are
spread over a vast area. With a high
wind this city would be in great danger.
Gaylokd, Mich., May 14.— The home
of Robert Duke, a farmer of Remington,
Montmorency Jcounty, was burned, and
two of his children perished.
Pittsburo, Pa., ilay 14.— A special
from Punxsutawney, Pa., says: A great
fire is raging along the mouutains be
tween Punxsutawn?y and Pelhvood, on
the line of the Pennsylvania & North
western. It is sixty miles in length and
is still burning. Many people have
been made homeless. "The officials of
the Pennsylvania & Northwestern rail
road have repeatedly called out their
force of men to protect their property.
A daily and nightly viiril is kept along
the line in order to protect, if possible,
property that must otherwise surely
suffer the ravages of the flames. Men
who live in this section of the moun
tains, and are acquainted with the his
tory of the country around, state that
this is an unusual affair, and that a fire
of like proportions previous to this date
never was known.
«■»
WOO HOO MAY 800 HOO.
The Sea Warriors of Britain Will
Take a Hand.
Shanghai, May 14.— Further partic
ulars received here from WooHoo, the
treaty port in the province of Ngan-
Hoei, show that the men who aided in
the burning of the Catholic mission and
other European buildings in that place
are liable to bring upon themselves the
wrath of the British government. The
wife of the British consul, disguised as
as Chinese woman, managed with diffi
culty to escape from the consulate and
made her way to the banks of , the Yang .
Tse Niang, where, in company with the
other Europeans, she took refuge on the
hulk stored in the stream. The British
consul was wounded while on his wav
from the consulate to the hulks. The
European portion of the population of
Woo Hoo is anxiously awaiting the
arrival of her majesty's ship Incon
stant.
Russia's Heir is all Right.
St. PETEttSBUKG, May Is.— Official
dispatches received here from Japan in
regard to the condition of the czarwitch
announce that his physicians are satis
fied with tho progress towards recovery
which he has made. The mikado, the
princes of the imperial family and the
state dignitaries have paid several visits
to the czarewitch since he was wounded
and they will all accompany the impe
rial traveler to Kobe, on the bay of
Hlogo, where he embarks on board a
Russian war ship, which will couvey
him to Yladivostock.
Bnsiness Is Business.
Washington Post.
He had obtained a place in a real es
tate office and was doing everything he
could for the interest of his employers.
The other evening he was at a social
gathering, and was asked to sing. He
responded with "Home. Sweet Home."
His friends were a little surprised at
the selection, but he was heartily ap
plauded. Stepping forward, he said:
"I am 2lad you liked the song. There
is nothing like 'Home, Sweet Home,'
and let me say that the company 1 rep
resent is selling them on terms to suit
yourself, within twelve minuted ride of
the city. If you don't want to live
there it's the chance of your life for an
investment.
ASSIGNEE'S REPORT
On the Affairs of the Citizens' Mu
tual Insurance Company.
"Watehloo, 10., May 14.— The as
signee of the Citizens' Mutual Insur
ance company, which assigned in Feb
ruary, to-day filed a report and action
tor orders in the district court. The
report of the total amount of claims
against the company is $30,320. It is
estimated it will take 15.000 to close the
company's affairs, making total liabil
ities of *85.32 U. In response to the pe
tition the court directs the assignee to
make a new assessment on $227,370
premium notes held by the company.
Those wno paid the former 25 per cent
assessment will be credited for the
amount paid, and the old assessment, so
far as it relates to those who refused
payment, is annulled- The protective
league recently organized to tight the
25 cent assessment will resist the new
one, and a prolonged fight is looked for.
The University Prosperous.
Special to the Globe.
Vkkmili.iox, S. D., May 14.— Judge
Edgerton, president of the board of
regents, arrived here last night from
Sioux Falls and stayed till noon to-day.
While here he called together a handful
of such citizens as would fairly repre
sent all factious and principles pertain
ing to the university. He told them
that he called them together for con
sultation, not because they had more to
say about the university government
than those of other parts of the state,
but because, being on the grounds, they
could see and know things which those
more distant could not, and that it was
the desire of the board to make a thor
ough investigation of all matters re
garding the university. The result of
the meeting and most of the matters
discussed are kept strictly secret, but
one decision was so unanimous that it
leaked out, that the school was fast re
gaining its old-time prosperity under S.
G. Updyko as acting president.
Two Hastings Weddings,
Special to the Globe.
Hastings, May 14.— William J. Tang
and Miss Anna M. Yolk were married
at St. Boniface church to-day it 9 a. m.,
Key. Othiuar Erren officiating:. Miss
Maggie Dreiss, of St. Paul was brides
maid, and Jacob V. Yansr eroomsir.an.
Many beautiful presents were bestowed
upon the newly wedded couple.
Harry G. Liddle, of Duluth, and Miss
Lavinia P. Kico were married at the
residence of her sister, Mrs. A. U.
Truax, at 10 a. m. to.day, Key. R. M.
Donaldson officiating. Miss Elberta
Truax was bridesmaid, and M. A.
Knapp, of tbe state university, grooms
man. The newly wedded couple left
on the 12:15 train for their future home
in Duluth, accompanied by the well
wishes of a host of friends.
Martin Draws Out.
Special to the Globe.
Winxipko, Man., May 14.— Clifford
Siftoti, M. P., P. for Brandon North,
was sworn in as attorney general- this
evening in place of Joseph Martin, who
has retired. Slfton is a young man, and
is not noted for anything excepting his
ability as a platform speaker. The ma
jority of the people of this province
would like Martin to have retained his
portfolio until the school question is
definitely settled, but his private affairs
reqitire all his time. Hence the neces
sity of his withdrawal from office.
Mrs. Cockrane, wife of Archdeacon
Cochraneaf St. John's, dropped dead
at home tu,is afternoon.
They Pleaded Guilty.
Special to the Globe.
DuiAJTH, May 14.— The graud jury in
the United States district court, now in
session in this city, has been discharged
after having brought in six indictment-,
one lor murder and n've for selling
whisky to the Indians. All but one. of
the alleged whisky sellers pleaded
guilty, and were sentenced to four
months imprisonment uud to pay a line
of $10 each.
Raised a Bonus.
Speci.'il to the Globe.
Wixoxa, May 14.— 8y subscription
about fifty citizens of Winona have
raised a $ 10,000 bonus for Scnroth &.
Ahrens, whose planing mill, sash, door
and blind factory and lumber yards
were devastated by tire. The bonus is
on condition that the firm rebuiid in
V. inona, and it is most probable thai
they will.
The Artesian Basin.
Special to the Globe.
VEKMII.I.ION, S. D., May 14.— Prof.
Culver will leave here next Monday for
a geological survey of the artesian
basin of Dakota and Montana. He will
be engaged in this work during the
greater part of the summer.
Found Unconscious.
Special to the Globe.
Mabkl. Minn., May 14.— S. S. HooK
laml, living north of here, is not ex
pected to live, having met with an acci
dent on his way home from town yes
terday. He was found lying in the road
unconscious, and his team entangled in
the fence.
Death of Dr. Strong.
Special to the Globe.
Mabel, Minn., May 14.— Dr. R. 11.
Strong, an old pioneer of Winneshick
county, lowa, died at his home in Iles
per, 10., about 4 o'clock this morning,
aged over seventy.
Burglars Captured.
Special to the Globe.
Nor.TiiFiKLD, Minn., May 14.— Peter-
Icky, the burglar, was caught in the
woods to-day, and now reposes behind
the bars.
His Keck Broken.
Special to the Globe.
Pipestoxe, Minn., May 14.— Jim
Simons, a tarm hand, was thrown from
a wagon to-day and instantly killed,
his* neck being broken. lie was unmar
ried.
Collision at Sea.
Gibraltar, M?y 14.— What might
have been a repetition of tho fearful
Utopia disaster occurred at 11 o'clock
last riieht off Uuropa point, very near
the spot where on March 16 last the
Utopia sank, carrying down with her a
large number of her passengers and
crew. The British steamer Buccaneer,
bound from the Metitenanean for an
-English port, collided with the Italian
steamer Stura. A scene of wild con
fusion followed, but after much trouble,
and in some cases after the use of force,
the officers of the steamer succeeded in
restoring order among the terrified em
igrants. No one was hurt.
Merely Practicing.
Texas Sittings.
- Aunt— Do not be so impudent . and
rude, Charles. It is bad manners.
Charles— l know it, aunt, but I'm
going into the life insurance business.
IF YOU HAVE REAL ESTATE
TO SELL, OR WANT TO BIY,
ADVERTISE IN THE GLOB£
IT IS CLOSELY READ BY
ALL WHO SEEK INVESTMENTS*
SO. 135;
RUMORS, BUT RUMORS
The Chase of the Chilian Ij
Becoming: Somewhat
Tiresome.
No Certainty That the Charles*
ton Has Even Sighted
the Itata.
Pursued and Pursuer Are Out
of Sight and Reach Ud
to Date. j
Naval Circles Have Nothing
But Figures on Speed and
Distance.
City of Mexico, May 14.-The An
glo-American prints a special from San
Bias, on the Pacific coast, stating that a
coastwise schooner, which arrived here
yesterday, reports having sighted two
unknown vessels about 2 o'clock Tues
day afternoon, and another about dark
some distance off that port, both
going south and steaming fast The
captain of the schooner was unable to
make out the names at that distance.
1 here is a general belief in San Bias
that the vessels sighted were the Itata
hist and the Charleston second, chasing
her. If this is the case, the
Charleston is between four and
five hours behind. There were,
persistent rumors in circulation in this
city to-day that the United States cruiser
Charleston had overtaken the Chilian
vessel Itata on the high seas and a naval
engagement had been fought, in which
the latter vessel was worsted and
blown out of the water. WhetheS
she exploded her magazines or
was sunk by the cruiser
Charleston is not stated. The runiorS
fail to state where the engagemen was
fouejht. Inquiries at the war depart*
merit tailed to bear out the street re
ports, though some maintain that they
have inside information to that effect
A special at 4 p. m. to the Anglo-Amer
can from Acapulco states that neither
tho itata or the Charleston had beeu
sighted, though there is
A Vigilant U'atcli
maintained at the signal station tot
them. A deal of excitement prevails In
commercial circles in San isias the
merchants believing tnat a naval ban In
will he fought off that port. Humors
continue to be circulated that the Itata
has been sunk by the Thai lesion. The
Itata us said to have returned the
Charleston's tire, and to have been
'rL ow "i opieCL ' s by llie cruiser's guns,
me affair is represented as occurring
outside the three-mile limit, but the re
ports cannot be traced to an authentic
source. Ihe government denies that
any Chilian ship touched at a Mexican
port up to a late Lour last i. ■-:.., or that
any conflict took place near .San Bias
as rumored and published by the \h-klo
American. fa
Washington, May U.— There was
no news ot the Itata or the Charleston
at the navy department this morninir
>o credence is given to the report that
the Charleston has sunk the Itata. In
the first place, It is said, that news
pr such an event could only
be received through the arrival
of the Charleston at some port
connected with the telegraph lines
which has not so far occurred. In the
second place, nobody supposes that tho
Itata would resist the Charleston, for
she is totally unprepared to do so and
even if she attempted it the Charles
ton could readily subdue her
force without resorting to the ex
treme measure of "blowing her
out of the water/ as it is rumored she
has done. It is apparent that the navy
department officials are somewhat puz-»
zled to account for the lack of news
from the vessels, and are obliged to
content themselves with the the
ory that the Charleston Is not
pursuing a straight course, but is
steaming easily to and fro ovei
haaling and examining merchant steam
ers, and looking around the islands off
the upper Mexican coast.
San Francisco, .May 14.— Rumors
coming from the City of Mexico are to
the effect that tiio cruiser Charleston
had
Overtaken the lisitsi,
and lias iired upon that vessel, are re
garded hen: hs having no foundation.
The Charleston passed fean Diego at
noon Monday. The run to Acapulco,
the nearest telegraphic point below the
Gulf of California, is 1,800 miles. The
Charleston was steaming at the rate of
abut fifteen knots, and was Been to
be moving out ot her conree to
inspect passing vessels am!. even though
pushed to the highest point of speed,
could not reach Acapulco before to
morrow, and any news therefore of her
operations could not be received
through Mexican sources before her
arrival there to-morrow. It Is re
ported this morning that ordeis
have been received at Mare Isl
and to have the modern steam
cruiser Mohickon ready for sea as fast
as possible. Her officers make no secret
of the fact that she is under orders to
proceed to southern waters as last as
steam and sail can carry her. The Mo
hickon is said to be going to Central
America to relieve the Itantrer. It will
take the Mohickon at least "fifty days to
reach Calloa.
City of MrcxTro, via Galveston, May
14. -A delayed telegram from Acapulco
states that the Esmeralda had left that
port after having sought several favors
which were refused. The Esmeralda is
well armed ami equipped. She received
telegrams from the Lnited States and
tnen went to meet the Itata. A Hauza
uillo telegram says that the captain of.
a fishing boat there claims that his ves
sel was nearly run down before day
light by a large steamer without lighta,
bound north.
Boilermakers' Officers.
St. Loins, May 14.— At to-day's srs
sion of the American Boilermakers' as
sociation the foil awing officers were
chosen for the ensuing year: Presi
dent, James Lappan, Pittsburg, Pa.;
first vice president. Philip Italian, St.
Louis; second via: president, .hunts
Kinney, St. Paul: third vice president,
Charles Krocscheil, Chicaco; tren-iurer,
Jiichard Hammond, Buffalo: secretary,
£. D. Meier, St. Couis. The next con
vention will be held in Buffalo, on the
second Tuesday of June, 1- ..
Omaha Is Named.
Cixcixkati, 0.. May 14.— The com
mission of the location of the general,
conference of ISO 2of the Methodist
Episcopal church, which held a session
here last Saturday, and adjourned until
to-day m order to correct some infor
malities on amusements, received com
munications from Omaha which were
satisfactory to the commission, and It
was definitely stated that Omaha will
be selected as the seat of tiie next gen
eral conference