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VOL. XIX.—NO. 140.
BULLETIN OF
THrE ST. PflrUL GLOBE.
TUESDAY, MAY 10.
tVcathcr for Today—Fair, Warmer.
PAGE 1.
Lochrcn's Nomination Confirmed.
Ceremonies at Moncow Besnn,
CrookMton Partly Submerged.
Forty More Victims of Cyclone.
PAGE 2.
Bcvann Author of Garfleld Protest.
G. A. R. General Orders So. 0.
PAGE 3.
Xnvs of Minneapolis.
Illinois Pythians Coming:.
Oates Retain* His Seat.
Prison City Affairs.
A. P. A. Split Over M'Kinlcy.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
Eighth Ward School.
More Streets to Ue Paved.
PAGE S.
Saints Entertain the Buckeyes,
Latham May Play in St. Paul.
Brewers Defeat the Gold Bugs*
Tie In Kansas City.
Results in the National.
Rate War Talk Ended.
PAGE 6.
Bar Silver, 07 7-Bc.
< ash Wheat In Chicago, OO l-4c
Stocks Firmer at the Close.
Official City Notices.
PAGE 7.
Official City Notices.
Globe's Popular Wants.
PAGE 8.
Nelson Preparing to Move Out
News of the Courts.
A'ew Conduits Ordered.
EVENTS TODAY.
Met—Ladies' Orchestra, 8.10.
Mozart—Midnight Flood, 8.30, 8.15.
Aurora Park—Base Rail, 4..
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.
PHILADELPHIA, May 18.—Arrived: In
fliana, Liverpool.
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The Buckeyes were nuts for the
Apostles.
Driver Platt is having hard work
getting a band for Morton's land
wagon.
McKinley will be careful that no dark
horses will be attached to his band
wagon.
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The old saying that the wind "blows
Beven ways for Sunday" seems to have
been proved in Kansas.
This free coinage of wheat in Europe
must be stopped if the American farm
er is to prosper this season.
Government officials in Madrid will
do well to notice that Cuba has more
dynamite where that came from.
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Yamagata wasn't a guest at Li Hung
Chang's reception in St. Petersburg. A
little oversight on Li Hung's part.
Australia has a fence 400 miles long.
What a great country that would be
for the Populists and mugwumps this
year.
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One thing is proved by the recent
storms. It will take more than a cy
clone to lift the mortgages on Kansas
farms.
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One more Minneapolis man has
learned that it is best to take to the
cyclone cellar when a woman is learn
ing to shoot.
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Since the czarina has become a col
onel in a German regiment, the czar's
household is apt to be more of a mili
tary despotism than ever.
The coal trust has put up prices an
other notch, but this is the time of
ye~r when the householder can read of
the fact and smile serenely.
While the "old professionals" are
citing instances of Commissioner Loch
ren's hostility to the "old soldier," why
do they not mention Pembroke's case?
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Judging from the scramble for the
vacant bishoprics, there seem to be
some Methodist ministers who think it
is better to be right (reverend) than
president.
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The senate committee reported favor
ably on the nomination of Judge Loch
ren. Will some one ascertain the pre
cise weight in Washington of Garfield
Post No. 8?
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When the spectators get to putting
in hot balls with a revolver, as they did
Sunday at Hazelton, Pa., very few base
ball players care to fatten their bat
ting average.
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The safest place in Kansas during the
cyclone season is underground. But
there's the trouble. Most Kansans don't
care to go underground, even by the
cyclone route.
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John J. Ingalls is not to be relegat
ed Lo oblivion. He has just scored for the
second time in a suit against him over
a calf, a case which promises to rank
with the famous Jones county calf
case, of lowa. •
By day after tomorrow the morning
and the evening Tribune will have be
come unanimous in their agreement
that that paper, "four editions daily,"
is published in the Fifth congressional
district instead of the Fourth.
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The Rocky Mountain News suggests
Senator Teller aa a Democratic nomi
r.ee for president. The Democratic
party went into the Republican camp
once for a nominee, and the experience
it gained will hardly justify a repeti
tion of that nonsense now.
The monarch business is one of the
Industries which seem to be badly af
fected by the hard times. The Tybee
of the lloonans Is in jail at Juneau
for torturing his nephew for witch
c:ai't, a little amusement which too
practical Uncle Sam didn't sympathize
Y/ilii.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE.
LOCflREfi IS JUDGE
HIS NOMIXATION TO SUCCEED
JUDGE NELSON CONFIRMED
BY THE SENATE.
THREE MINNESOTA CASES.
DECISIONS IN ALL OF THEM AF
FIRMED BY THE SUPREME
COURT.
ST. PAUL POSTOFFICE CONTEST.
Mr. Wagener Now a Candidate, but
the Indication* Are He Must
Walt Awhile.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May 18.—The senate has
put a sudden end to the move which has
been inaugurated at St. Paul against Mr. I
Lochren, by confirming his nomination to be i
federal judge for the district of Minnesota, to
succeed R. R. Nelson. The nomination was
favorably considered by the senate committee \
today, and when the senate held a short ex- |
eeutive session just before adjourning, the j
report was taken up and adopted. There was
no opposition.
MINNESOTA CASES.
Three of Them Affirmed by the Su
preme Court.
Special to the Glebe.
WASHINGTON, May 18.—The supreme court j
today rendered decisions in three Minnesota i
cases, in each of which the opinion of the j
lower court was upheld. The case of The :
Northern Pacific vs. Ole L. Egeland was de- j
cided in favor of the latter, who claimed dam
agea for injuries sustained by him during a !
ride on the road. The case of Alfred F. Web- j
ster vs. Milo B. Luther and Louis Rouchleau,
involving the ownership of two sections of I
land near Duluth, was decided in favor of ,
Webster. In the case of William Burfening
Vs. Omaha Railroad, involving the owner- |
ship of an island in the Mississippi river in
Hennepin county, the decision favors the
railroad.
POSTOFFICE CONTEST.
The End of Mr. Castle>s Term In Not ]
Yet in Sight.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May 18.—The postoffice de
partment officials are experiencing consider
able trouble in deciding the long-drawn-out
contest over the St. Paul postmastership. The
papers in the case are now with the president
and ready for final consideration, but the de-"
partment has made no final recommenda
tion. The difficulty is that no one candidate
haa the unanimous indorsement of the Demo
crats of St. Paul. Each aspirant has his own
backing from his own faction. It is not be
lieved that the administration will allow the
matter to go unsettled until the end of the
session, and yet it is possible that Castle may
be the Incumbent of the office for some time
to come.
Congressman Kiefer today stated that
Treasurer Wagner is a candidate for the St.
Paul postmastership. He says that he has j
reliable information to that effect. Inquiry at j
the postoffice department, however, results in
information that no papers in Wagner's behalf
have yet been filed in the department.
Letter Carriers' Petition.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May 18.—Senator Davis to-
day presented the petition of the Minneapolis
Letter Carriers' association in favor of the
bill to increase the pay of letter carriers.
Dendn'ood Bill Panned.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May 18.—Senator Pettigrew
today called up and secured the passage of |
his bill appropriating $30,000 for a public
library building at Deadwood.
Headstones Ordered.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May 18. — Congressman
Kiefer today received notice from the war
department that headstones for the graves of
soldiers, deceased during last year, were
sent on May 13, and will be placed in posi
tion probably before Memorial day.
WILD WEST TRAGEDY.
Discarded Lovers Ended Three Lives
in Revenge.
TACOMA, Wash., May 18.—In Beaver
Prairie, Clallam county, in the dense forest,
seventy miles from a telegraph office, last
Tuesday, Charles Paul, of Wisconsin, killed
David McConchle and his wife, and then took
his own life. The tragedy happened at the
home of the McConchies. Paul was a dis
carded lover of Mrs. McConchie, who manied
McConchie last fall while Paul was away.
. As soon as Paul learned of the marriage he
wrote letters to her swearing he would kill
her and her husband. Charles Terwillinger
was examining his bear traps on the shore
of the lake on Tuesday, and saw a note pinned
to the door of a deserted cabin, which gave
directions to look in a certain place in the
house for a letter. This letter was addressed
to Christian Crossklaus, and said Paul had
gone to kill Mr. and Mrs. McConchie, after
which he would take his own life. A party
was formed, and, reaching the shore of the
lake opposite McConchie's house, they found
McConchie's boat, and In it the dead body
of Paul. The body of Mrs. McConchie was
found on the floor of her home, her head near- |
ly severed from her body, and everything
showed that a fearful struggle had taken place
between the woman and the man.
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BRUTAL TORTURE.
Young Indian Killed for Alleged
Witchcraft.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 18.—In jail at Ju
neau, waiting trial, on the charge of murder,
is Chief Ye Teetleeh, the Tybee of the Hoonan
Indians, a small tribe of some hundred mem
bers occupying Chikakoff islands, about 100
miles southerly from Juneau. The offense with I
which the old chief is charged is the murder
by torture of his nephew, whom he accused
of witchcraft. The chief had a disease affect
ing his right leg. He dreamed that his
nephew had bewitched him, and on the
strength of this, he proceeded to inflict pun
ishment due the crime. The victim's knees
were bent close back, and in this position
he was bound tightly to a tree. An iron band
a quarter of an inch thick was then placed
around his face, sinking into the nose, and
covering the eyes, and this was also made
fast to the tree, so that he was unable to
move his head in any direction. He was left
in this position to starve to death. He lived
five days. He was twenty years of ag*.
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HOLT WILL CASE.
Trial of the Noted Action Begun in
Washington.
WASHINGTON, May IS.-The trial ct the
noted Holt will case began today The ques
tion at issue Is the genuineness of a tattered
alleged will of the late Judge Advocate Gen
ere! Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, which was
found in the mails of the register- of wills
here last year.
Judge Holt, who died in August, 1894, was
supposed to have died intestate, and tne>
validity of the alleged will, whose myste
rious appearance created widespread inter
est, has been vigorously contested. The ben
eficiaries under the alleged will are Miss
Josephine licit Tbrocfciuorton and Miss Us-
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 19. 1896.
zie Hynes, of Kentucky, between whom the
estate was equally divided. The signatures
of Gen. Sherman and Mrs. W. T. Sherman,
which were on the will, were identified as
genuine by Senator Sherman, of Ohio, and
Col. Fred Grant, of New York, testified to
the genuineness of the signature of the late
President Grant.
WEYLER IN A RAGE.
Wanted to Execute Competitor Pris
oners Without Delay.
NEW YORK, May 18.—A special to the Her
ald from Havana says: The action of Consul
General Williams, protesting against the meth
ods of trials of the prisoners of the American
schooner Competitor, adopted by the Spanish
authorities, is worth more than a passing
mention. Within three hours after the court
martial closed its members sent to Admiral
Navarro a sealed verdict which was imme
diately opened and approved by the naval
chief. The sentences of all five prisoners to
death, in accordance with the verdict, were
signed at once, and preparations were made
to have the men shot. Neither Consul Gen
eral Williams nor any attache of his office
was present at the courtmartial, nor was he
allowed to see the prisoners until after the
trial had closed. Naturally he laid the whole
case before the state department at Wash
ington, by wire, early and promptly received
instructions as energetic. When these ar
rived he went directly to the palace where I
a stormy interview with Captain General Wey- I
ler occurred. The captain general told the j
consul general that if the men had been con
victed as the latter supposed, they would
! most certainly be shot at sunrise the follow
' ing morning, despite any protest the United
| States might make.
"If you shoot them." said Mr. Williams,
"my government instructs me to cose its con
sulate here and demand my passports, as it
shall most certainly hold you and your gov
ernment responsible, should these prisoners
be executed before our protest be given due
consideration."
When Consul General Williams bowed him
self out of the captain general's presence and
drove back to his office, the excitement that
followed at the palace became almost lndes
i cribable. The president and judges of the
j supreme tribunal of the island, the chairmen
I of the leading conservative parties, and the
\ managing director of the Spanish bank wore
| called into consultation by Captain General
; Weyler end Admiral Navarro. The majority
! of those rprsorages advised the authorities
I to suspend the pxpout'on pending higher'in
| structions from Madrid. Gen. Wey'er gad no;
! that if th* men were not executed he would
resign. He so telegraphed the Spanish min
| istry. it is reported. In the meantime, it ap
| pears, the United States was. through Mln
' ister Taylor, bringing pressure to bear also
at Madrid. Orders-came from Spain to sus
pend all proceedings, and directing the cap
tain general and Admiral Navarro to transmit
all documents in the case to Madrid, for
consideration there by the supreme military
] and naval council and cabinet. Gen. Weyler,
It Is said, also received a message telling him
to await a more opportune moment to give
up his command, as for diplomatic reasons
the government could not afford at this
crisis to have him suddenly resign. Consul
General Williams had won. The transfer of
the case to Madrid will give the prisoners at
least a month or six weeks' respite.
REDUCED RATES.
Rtale Regarding Their Consideration
Repealed by Western Road*.
CHICAGO, May 18.—Notice has been given
by the Illinois Central that it will run home
stekers' excursions independent of the other
roads in the Western Passenger association
from all points on its lines north of the Ohio
river to all points in Kentucky, Tennessee
and Louisiana, except Memphis and New Or
i leans. The excursions will be run June 9 and
! 23 and July 7 and 21. The rate for the ex
j cursions will be one fare, plus %t.
It Is reported that when the Illinois Cen
tral assumes charge of the Chesapeake, Ohio
& Southwestern next month W. A. Ellond will
become general passenger agent in charge of
all the business south of the Ohio river. His
headquarters will be at Louisville. Mr. El
lond is now assistant general passenger agent
at Netf Orleans.
Roads in the Western Passenger association
have reconsidered their rule providing that
applications for reduced rates will not be con
sidered until within cixty days before the
date.on which the meeting for which, the rates
are asked is to be held. Under the new ar
j rangement the matter is left to the discretion
! of the chairman, and If he decides that the
rates are to be considered earlier they will be
taken up on the day specified by the chair
man.
MORTGAGE REDEMPTION.
Kansas* Decision Reversed by the Su
preme Conrt.
WASHINGTON, May 18.—The supreme court
today, in the case of Martha Barnitz versus
John L. Beverly, In error to the supreme
court of Kansas, reversed the decision of the
lower court. The opinion was delivered by
Justice Shiras. This case was brought on a
note for $1,500 and interest, but its decision
involves the constitutionality of the mortgage
redemption law of Kansas of 1893, and is
far-reaching in effect. The case was twice
heard in the state supreme court. The opin
ion in the last hearing was in Beverly's favor,
holding the act in question to be applicable
and valid in ease of contracts made before
and after its passage. The supreme court
reversed this decision, holding that no law
was valid which prescribed the mode of en
forcing a contract in existence when the law
was enacted.
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TO BE DISMISSED.
End of the Sensational \e\v York
Police Investigation.
NEW YORK, May 18.—Final disposition is
to be made on Thursday of a number of in
dictments against police officials, the out
growth of the senate investigation of 1894-5.
District Attorney Fellows said today that it
is probable that all of the untried cases will
be dismissed except the one against former
I Building Superintendent Thomas J. Brady,who
| is charged with accepting a piano in return
for favors extended by him.
% "JIM CROW" CARS.
The Supreme Conrt Siys That They
Are Constitutional.
WASHINGTON, May 18.—The supreme court
of the United States decided today in what
is known as the "Jim Crow" car case of
Plessy versus Ferguson that the statute of
the state of Louisiana, requiring railroad com
panies to supply separate coaches for white
and colored persons, is constitutional, affirm
ing the decision of the court below. Justice
Brown delivered the opinion. Justice Harlan
dissented.
ALLEGED TRAIN WRECKERS.
Too of Them Captured at Waldo,
Win.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis., May 18.—Fred Green
and Joseph Wildman were arrested today at
Waldo by the sheriff, on the charge of hav
ing caused the wreck of the freight train on
Friday night in which three men were killed
and two injured. Other arrests will follow.
This is the third train that has been wrecked
at Waldo in six months.
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Drawing: Room Held.
LONDON, May 18.—The Princess of Wales,
assisted by her daughters and Prince Charles
of Denmark, held the largest drawing room
of the season at Buckingham palace today,
in behalf of the queen. The Americans pre
sented were the Duchess of Marlborough, for
merly Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt; Mrs. Calvin
S. Brice and her two daughters, and Mrs.
Douglas Grant, of New York. Mrs. Henry
Asquith, formerly Miss Margot Tennant, was
also presented.
German Financier Dead.
BERLIN, May 18.—Herr Otto Camphausen,
formerly Prussian minister of finance, is
dead. He was born In 1812, and as minister
of finance In 1870 had to meet the necessities
of the situation caused by Uie war between
Prussia and France,
GZfIR IS Ofl UP
HIS ARRIVAL MARKS THE BEGIN
NING OF THE CEREMONIES AT
MOSCOW
CHEERED BY HIS PEOPLE.
ALEXANDER RECEIVED WITH
EVERY DEMONSTRATION OF A
LOYAL AFFECTION.
PREPARATIONS ON A LARGE SCALE.
The [•clps Will Culminate With the
Grand Entry of the Czar on
Thursday.
MOSCOW, May 18.—The arrival of the czar
and czarina this afternoon may be said to I
inaugurate the festival season in celebration j
; of the coronation, for which the city and j
the- whole empire have made months of prep- I
aration. Their majesties arrived In their :
| special train at the Smolensk station. The
! station is about half-way between the Krem- ,
lln and the Petrovskl palace, which is to be
i the abiding place of the czar until the tri- ',
umphal entry .into the city on Thursday. The
rain was pouring down in torrents as the
train arrived, but this seemed to have no
effect on the loyal ardor of the people and
they were gathered at the station to the
I number of several thousand to accord a
; greeting to their sovereign and to catch a
! glimpse of his august person. The streets
; were full of mud, and the countless flags
i and streamers fluttered fitfully in a gusty
■ breeze.
An imperial pavilion had been erected at
; the station., into which the imperial party
j stepped from their train, and from which
they emerged into the equipages which car
: ried them to the Petrovski palace. The
' pavilion was carpeted and was bright with
! floral decorations. A squad of the czarina's
j regiment of Uhlans was the guard of honor
!on the platform. The Grand Duke Sergius,
uncle of the czar and governor general of
! Moscow, with a brilliant suite of officers,
' awaited the arrival of the imperial party at
the station. The appearance of the train
was the signal for an outburst of great cheer
ing,and the military band played a regimental
march as the train entered the station and
the czar left his carriage. The czarina, when
I slit entered the imperial pavilion, was at
tired in a white tulle dress, which was
, adorned with silver spangles, and she was
presented with a bouquet. Their majesties
descended the carpeted stairs from the pa
vilion, entered a carriage and were driven
to the Petroviski palace, escorted by a cav
alry officer of the highest rank.
The passage of the party through the streets
was greeted with grtat enthusiasm, the route
being lined with great crowds of cheering
spectators. One of the special features of
the present events In Moscow is the doing
away with the custom of employing, special
! constables in citizens' dress to guard the
! route of the czar's coming and going from the
| city. On general occasions the route of the
csar's progress is guarded by a double line
of military, a double rank of swwn eiviliausi,
the ordinary- police in uniform, the police of
the defense department and the detective po
'■ lice. The doing ay/ay with the sworn civ
■ ilian ranks will give better opportunity for the
I czar's subjects at large to witness his progress
to the coronation.
Preparations for the grand entry into the
city are not yet completed, but they are far
advanced, and on all sides are evidences of
the confusion and hurry of the last touches
i for the great celebration. The character of
the preparations is most imposing. The pal
ace of the Grand Duke 1 Sergius Is especially
magnificent. This is situated upon the Tver
skaja street, along which the czar goes from
the Petrovska palace to the Kremlin on Thurs
day.
Tverskaja street, being the czar's route,
has concentrated within its length much of
the preparation. The competition for posi
tion among those not officially provided for
has been unprecedented. Many nouses along
the street have been rented at high rates for
the whole year, merely to secure the lessee
a window for the procession on Thursday.
For single windows fabulous prices have be*>n
oftered, and many bitter disputes over points
for seeing the spectacle have already found
! their way into the courts. The street shows
' along its length many commodious pavilions,
j set aside for the lavored ones, all solidly
built, are they, and with the bulbed roofs
and towers characteristic of Russian archi
tecture. These pavilions are placed at the
intersection of Tverstaja street with the
broad highways that follow the course of the
various ramparts which have been built in
rings about the ancient city. The coloring
of all ■ these temporary structures is most
brilliant, in accordance with the Russian
taste, and is confined to the primitive colors
in broad stripes and splotches on roofs and
side walls. Great jron columns have also
been erected along the street's lengih for a
brilliant electric illumination. Electricity
is used for the first time in the illuminations
for a czar's coronation, and elaborate prepar
ations have been made by the authorities to
avail themselves of this agent. Nearly all
the public buildings have their complete out
lines traced by light wooden framework for
the support of the electric lights' and fairy
lamps, which show the architectural outlines
of the city traced in fire and light. The
walls of the Kremlin itself and the towers of
the buildings within it are thus outlined
against the night sky by electric lights and
by thousands of yards of gas pipe perforated
at short intervals for gas jets. Everywhere
the Russian flag is flying, especially con
spicuous being the yellow imperial banner.
Many of the pavilions and grand stands show
the woodwork elaborately carved. There are
numerous triumphal arches inscribed "God
Save the Czar," and nightly rehearsals of
the Illuminations of the public buildings and
of the Kremlin are taking place.
THE DOUBLE DRAGON.
Li Hnng Chang's Banner Floating at
Moscow.
MOSCOW, May 18.—LI Hung Chang and
suite arrived here today from St. Peters
burg. The Chinese *avoy was received in a
most brilliant manner, and afterwards pre
sided at a reception given in the Chinese
embassy, which was profusely decorated with
flag's. Field Marshal Yamagata, the Jap
anfse envoy, the DuKe of Najera, the rep
resentative of Spain ami the crown prince of
Roumania have also arrived. The latter
was received at the railroad station by the
grand dukes, grand duchesses and high of
ficials, with military honors, the band playing
the national anthem. Representatives of the
rural population to %be number of about 800
have reached hero, and are lodged in the
Korch theater, whose stage has been trans
formed into a vast dining hall. Over tha
Maison Perlow, in •which the Chinese em
bassy is located (the building belonging to an
important firm of tea importers) floats LI
Hung Chang's crest, the double dragon. The
house" is furnished throughout in Chinese
stjle.
HONORED IN DEATH.
Demonstration at the Funeral »t a
Pretoria Reformer.
PRETORIA, May 18.—There was a great
demonstration today on the occasion of the
funeral of F. L. Gray, the reform commlt
teeman, who committed suicide by cutting
his throat while in jail, laboring under mel
ancholy, Induced by his prosecutoin. Barney
Barnato rode in the first carriage. The
streets were packed with people. Many
wreaths were scat by Gray's fellow pris
oners.
EVICTED BY WATER
A HUNDRED FAMILIES AT CROOKS.
TOX COMPELLED TO SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
WHOLE COUNTRY IS A LAKE.
TWO HIMIRKI) MEX DYKING THE
RIVER TO PREVEXT FUR
THER OVERFLOW,
LOG JAM AT LITTLE FALLS.
It Threatens to Break and Cause
Disaster—General News of the
Northwest.
Special to tbe Globe.
CROOKSTON, Minn., May IS.—The Red
Lake river is higher at this point than it has
j e\er been within the memory of man. A
i hundred families have been compelled to va
i cate their home in this part of the city and
| In Jerome's addition. Two of the three wagon
i bridges in the city are in imminent danger of
; being carried away. Two hundred men are
employed in dyking the river in Chase's ad
. dltion, and the work is being pushed as rapid
ly as possible in the hope that the water may
be kept from overflowing that portion of the
i city. The effect of the rainfall upon the crop
i prospects is disastrous in the extreme. The
I prospects of further wheat seeding are very
: poor, as the country is In many directions a
boundless lake.
Special to the Globe.
LITTLE FALLS, Minn., May 18.—The Mis
sissippi river at this place is a raging vol
i ume of water. The river has not been so
; high in twenty years. People on the flats
j are being drowned out, and many have
I moved. The log jam Just above this city is
in danger of breaking, and considerable dam
age would be done.
STATE LANDS STOLEN.
Part of the City of Chamberlain on
Government Property.
PIERRE, S. D., May 18.—For several years
rumors have been coming to state officials
that the town of Chamberlain extended onto
and occupied a tract of state land, and sev
j eral months ago O. C. Jewett was employed
j by the state to make thorough surveys and
i find out what foundation there was to the
j rumors.
Mr. Jewett has been at. work for several
I months and has definitely located the corners
: «f the original government survey, and to
; day filed his report, which proves that flfty
j four acres of section 16 is included In the
i town, which was accomplished by changing
! the lines and obliterating the original corners.
: There is yet a balance of fifty-one acres of
! school land left, which was platted as the
; state addition to Chamberlain, while MaJ.
Ruth was land commissioner.
The tract in question lies between the
state addition and the main street of Cham
; berlain, and is in the heart of the town and
, valuable. The change in lines was easily
made on account of the wide variation in the
government survey of 1868, which was all very
bad work.
The original town boomera probably made
i $70,000 out of the tract, and it is worth a
large sum to the state as it stands today.
There will be a great deal of litigation on
: account of the many owners of lots in the
i state's tract, but the case will be pushed as
i soon as the attorney general can secure the
necessary data.
MOONAN FOR DELEGATE.
Waseca Democrats Have a Candi
date Who W'antM to Go to Chicago.
Special to the Globe.
WASECA, Minn., May IS.—First district
Democrats are becoming active in anticipation
of the coming election, and plans are being
laid for an aggressive campaign. District
Chairman of the Congressional Committee
Thomas Bohen, of this city, and Hon. John
Moonan, candidate for congress from this
district in 1894, express themselves as pleased
with the outlook, and are advocating the or
ganization of Democratic clubs to further
party interests. Already district delegates to
Chicago are being mentioned, and indications
from different parts of the district point to
Hon. John Moonan as the one most favorably
looked upon as yet. He made a hard up-hill
I fight in the campaign of 1894, and there Is a
! sentiment in the district to select him as one
of the district delegates to Chicago as a par
tial acknowledgment of his services. The
district convention will be held in St. Paul
at the time of the state convention.
SECTION LINES AS HIGHWAYS.
Interesting; Series of Suits Over the
Question Will Be Brought in
South Dakota.
YANKTON, S. D., May 18.—A series of in
teresting litigations is about to be commenced
I by the South Dakota authorities to test the
' validity of an act of the territorial legislature
! of 1871 by which all section lines are declared
j to be public highways, and the owners of
| adjacent land required to throw them open
!to the public as such. Until a short time
ago this law seems to have been overlooked,
the county commissioners making a practice
of purchasing right of way along section lines
j for use as roads. This expense and the cost
i of opening the roads has been a considerable
item in the past. The Yankton county com
missioners recently stumbled on the old stat
ute authorizing them to appropriate the nec
es&ary land for the roads without recompens
ing the owners and determined to enforce it.
The owners maintain that their patents from
the government embrace each a certain num
ber of acres from given points, and that as
no deduction is made for highways the state
has no right to confiscate their land without
payment.
INDIAN APPLIES FOR A PENSION.
White Buffalo, Son of Sitting Ball,
Seeks Government Aid for In-
Jarles.
PIERRE, S. D., May 18.—White Buffalo,
captain of Indian police at the Cheyenne res
ervation, has applied for a pension on ac
count of injuries sustained while a member
of the Third United States cavalry. Examin
ing Physician Hurley says the Injuries are
such as would give a white man a pension.
White Buffalo Is a son of Sitting Bull, and
has always been loyal to the whltea as a police
or soldier. When Hump, as commander of
the police, tried to raise a revolt at Cheyenne
at the time of signing the last Sioux treaty,
the command was given to White Buffalo,
who kept the police to their work and saved
what might have been serious trouble.
Struck Themselves Out of Work.
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn., May 18.—The
seventy-five men employed as stonecutters in
the Morton quarries, opened about three weeks
ago, have struck for an advance In wages
from $3.50 to $4.25 per day, in accordance with
an order Issued by the stonecutters' union.
As a result the quarries at Morton were shut
down for good this morning, and stone for tho
Minneapolis dam will be taken from another
quarry.
Moorhead Wants Lower Rates.
MOORHEAD, Minn.. May 18. — Invitations
will be Issued ia a few days for a convention
to be beld in Moorhead for the purpose of
demanding the came grain rate per. ton per
mile (.8 mill) to the seaboard that Ut« pro-.
PRICE TWO CENTS—] £$?SJm
ducers of Kansas and other Southwestern
states now enjoy. Delegates will be invited
from Wisconsin, North Dakota. South Da
kota and Minnesota and a definite plan of
action mapped out.
CYCLONE AT ELVA.
Operator at Osakis Attempts to
Spring a Sensation.
Some bright young man at Osakis last night
attempted to spring a fake of the rankest
kind on the Globe. As this is the sea
son of cyclones he told a harrowing tale of a
twister which passed through that county,
leveling everything in its path and com
pletely wiping out a family of six. The story
was well told, but, unfortunately, it was
printed in yesterday's Globe as occur
ring 24 hours previously in Kentucky. The
Western Union company has taken the matter
in hand, and the principal sufferer from the
cyclone in Osakis will be the bright young
"operator." The following is the dispatch
sent in and the article printed in yesterday's
Globe:
Osakis, Minn., May! Benton, Ky., May 17.
18.—A terrible cyclone,—A terrible cyclone
passed over the north-passed over the north
west corner of this west corner of this
county this morning county this morning
about 1 o'clock, doing about 1 o'clock, doing
damage to everything:damage to everything
in its path. At Elva'ln its path. At Elva it
it tore down the housejtore down the house
of Andrew Jones and of Anderson Jones and j
killed the entire fam-jkilled the entire fam-
I ily,consisting of Jones, lly,consisting of Jones, j
aged eighty, his wife, |aged e'ghty; his wife,
aged fifty-five, his old- aged fifty-five; his old
est child, a son seven- est child, a son seven
teen years old, and teen years old, and
two girls, one ten andjtwo girls, one ten and I
the other twelve, [the other twelve, i
' Jones was a poor man Jones was a poor man, i
| and had only lived in;and had only lived In '
i that community about this community about
six months. Five eof- six months. Five eof- ,
fins were sent to Elvaiflns were sent to Elva |
I today, and the entire today, and the entire |
j Jones family were' Jones family were
I -buried in the same buried in the same
j grave. The scene was grave. The scene was
; visited today by hun- visited today by hun
dreds from all the dreds from all the
country around. country around.
—Operator.
Co-Eds Mated.
MADISON, Wis., May 18.—Eta chapter of
I Kappa Kappa Gamma will give a banquet at
i the lodge tonight in honor of the engaged
' members of that chapter. These are Miss
Agnes C. Butler, to Prof. Benjamin W. Snow;
i Miss Bertha S. Pitman, to Prof. F. C. Sharp;
Miss Francis Bowen, to Jesse Sarles, a theo
logical student at Yale, but formerly at the
university; Miss Susie Main, to Charles P.
Spooner; Miss Emily Parsons, of Whitewater,
to Dwlgbt Coe, son of Editor E. D. Coe and
nephew of Chief Justice Cassoday, and Miss
I Edith Griswold, to Mr. Williams, both liv.ng
iln Columbus. There will be toasts, each of
' the "engaged girls" to make a response, and
a happy time generally.
Paving at Grand Forks.
GRAND FORKS. N. D., May 18.—Grand
I Fcrks is to have paved streets. The busi
ness men and the property owners are at
work hand in hand to bring about the de
; sired end, and a petition was circulated
[ among the property owners of Third street
[ and De Mers avenue for the purpose of se
' curing the consent of the necessary two
: thirds to the paving plan. By the time the
city council meets again the B. M. U. com
mittee will have things in shape to report
j that the citizens want paving, and there is
little doubt but it will be ordered laid.
Steamer Rosebud a Wreck.
PISMARCK, N. D., May 18.—The steam, r
! Rosebud, of the Benton Transportation com
pany, has sunk in about twenty-five feet of
' water, and now lies careened over, one end
burled in the sand at the bottom of the
ri' ir, and the other supported above the
water by the piling which i 8 driven along
the shore. The boat Is sunk beyond recov
ery, and men are at work saving whatever
i ot portable property can be carried ashore.
Big Stone After Immigrants.
Special to the Globe.
ORTONVILLE, Minn., May 18.—At a large
and representative convention of farmers and
business men held at Clinton, a permanent
Immigration association for big Stone county
I was formed. Hon. Oponiet, of Clinton, was
made president, and W. C. Whiteman sec
retary, with a committee of representation
from each township and village. Measures
will be at once Instituted to induce new Bet
tiers to come to this favored county. *
Sioux Falls Hotel Burned.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., May IS.—The Mcr
] chants' hotel, owned by Capt. W. E. Willey
| and ex-Mayor Williams, was destroyed by fire
i this morning at 3 o'clock. The loss Is $20,-
UOO; insurance, $16,000. The hotel was filled
with guests, some of whom nafrowly escaped
I with their lives, losing all their effects. The
fire originated from the range in the kitchen.
Safecrackem at Wanbay.
WAUBAY, S. D., May 18.—Yesterday morn
ing between 12 and 4 o'clock the safe In the
I postofflce was blown open by burglars by the
i use of giant powder, and between $400 and
$500 in money and stamps taken. No clue
to the burglars has been obtained up to the
present time.
Barn Burners at Faribault.
Special to the Globe.
FARIBAULT, Minn.. May 18.—The barns of
Richard Smith and Joseph Kiesel were burned
this morning. A horse, carriages, harnesses,
etc., were burned in the first. Loss about
$000. On the Kiesel barn the loss was $200.
The fires were incendiary.
Strongly for Van Sant.
I Sreeial to the Globe.
PRESTON. Minn., May 18.—Capt. Samuel
R. Van Sant, of Winona, Republican candi
l date for governor, vi rived in Preston today,
I and received a warm welcome. There is a
| strong Van Sant feeling in Fillmore county.
Accidentally Shot Himself.
Special to the Globe.
WELLS, Minn., May 18.—While out hunt-
Ing yesterday Charles Scarbowitzki, a har
| nessmaker at Easton, was fatally wounded
1 by the accidental discharge of his gun. He
I was found in S. Bradley's pasture, where
! the accident occurred. He died last night.
St. Panl Park Man to Bnlld It.
Special to the Globe.
WASECA, Minn., May 18.—The contract for
the erection of Waseca's new court house was
today let to J. D. Carroll, of St. Paul Park.
Twenty-one bids were received, his being the
lowest, at $34,593.00.
Farlbanlt Norsemen Celebrate.
Special to the Globe.
FARIBAULT, Minn., May 18.—Norwegians
from Kenyon and other places Joined their
j brethren here in celebrating May 17, Norway's
Independence day. Salutes were fired and
speeches made.
Little Falls Democracy.
Special to the Globe. ,
LITTLE FALLS, Minn., May 18. — Demo
cratic primaries will be held In this city June
6 and the county convention June 8"to elect
thirteen delegates to the state convention.
Gave the Visitors a Drubbing.
Special to the Globe.
ST. PETER, Minn, May 18.—St. Peter out
played the Austin base ball team today on
the home grounds. Score, 18 to 7.
Col. Cockerlll7s Funeral.
NEW YORK, May 18.—The obsequies of the
late Col. John A. Cockerill were held today.
From the Press club, where the body had laid
in state since Saturday, the remains were
conveyed to Scottish Rite hall. The services
at the hall included brief addresses by T. K.
Brohan, exalted ruler of the B. P. 0. S., and
J. Howard Jr., president of the Preas club.
Then the body of the distinguished Journalist
waa conveyed to Calvary Baptist church,
where religious services were conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Dr. McArUiur.
FORTY MORE DEAD
PAWXEE RESERVATION IX \E«
BRASKA WAI VISITED BY THE
KAW\s CYCLOXE.
REPORTS ARE ONLY RUMORS.
COMMI XICATIOX WITH THE DEV«
ASTATED COIMRV (IT OFF BY
THE STORM.
FALLS CITY WAS ALSO VISITED.
There It Is Known Four l'eopl*
Were Killed and Many Others
\\ <t«- Wounded.
OMAHA. May 18.—A special to the Be«
from Humboldt, Neb., says, forty people
were killed on the Pawnee reservation, by a
cyclone. Four people are known to have been
killed near Falls City by the same storm.
HUMBOLDT, Neb.. May 18,-The trainmen
> arriving here this evening bring reports of
I frightful results of the cyclone on the res
, ervation adjoining this county. They assert
■ that forty persons were killed by the cyclone
on the reservation. No ptrtlculars are ob
tainable, as all communications by wire Is
; down. Those killed are supposed to be In
; dians, as there are few whites on the res
ervation.
FATAL AT FALLS CITY.
Fonr DentliN Are Reported Front
That Place.
FALLS CITY. Neb., May IR.-Thls city an<J
surrounding country Is in mourning tonight,
with dead and injured in many families, und
! debris of devastating elements coverta* ev
erything. As far as can be learned at pres«
! ent the killed and injured are:
Dead—Eight-eyar-old son of J. M. Houcks,
Mrs. Sam SaJlor. Mrs. Shock. John Smlrh.
Injured—William Brannon and wife. J. H,
Houcks. severely bruised; Mrs. J. M. Houcks,
bruised arm and shoulder; Isaac R. Rhodes,
very badly cut and Injured internally; son
and daughter of .Mr. Rhodes, both severely
bruised; William Hlnton; Mrs. William Hln
ton. bodily Injuries; daughter of Mr. and
Mis. Hinton, face badly bruised; tramp at
; Missouri Pacific depot, broken leg and lncer
! ated knee; William Stnlck, wounded on the.
left arm and ankle.
The farm houses of H. E. Lemon. I. R,
Rliodes. W. R. Kent. Dan Sailor. Jacob
Lichty, Thomas Eakin and William Drug-
I miller were all blown down, and mi I
I the accidents and deaths occurred at these
places. It Is estimated the damage will be
J7f.,f100 to the city. The damage In the ruraj
districts is supposed to be much heavier.
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The Kantian < jclonr HeportM Wer«j
.\ot Exaggerate*.
KANSAS CITY, May 18.-News of the loss
of life and destruction of property by yester
day's cyclone In Kansas is slow in coming In.
What has been received makes It plain that
, previous estimates of the damage done w«-ro
, i none too high, and In fact may be added to
• ' when communication is contpletel] r.'oij»'i>ed.
[ Fully half a dozen towns were struck by tho
. twister, and the known d> ad arc seven. The
\ Injured number fully thirty, many of-whom,
j It Is feared, are fatally hurt. Itswil 11), a
. village on the Missouri Pacific in Hrown
. i county, seems to haw felt the brunt of the
Btcrm. But five houses are taid to have
been left standing there. The list of killed
at Reserve Is as follows:
Killed—D. W. Terhune, aged sixty; Ralph
■ Sweeney, aged nine years; Viola Phillips,
j four years; Mrs. John Rynder.
A special to the Star from Reserve, says:
; This town was almost wiped out of existence
( by yesterday's cyclone. Hardly a houso
remains standing, and wreckage is strewn
; everywhere. The whole population is home
-1 less, and great confusion prevails. Forty
buildings in Reserve alone were razed. The
confusion was indescribable. Darkness added
to the crash of fulling timbers, the cries of
the hurt and the almost deafening bias and
roar of the wind, struck terror to the hearts
. of all. After the storm had passed, those
! fortunate enouch to have escaped Its rav
ages set about helping the victims. All night
long they searched for the wounded and miss-
Ing, and lanterns could be seen durtlng here
I and there. The Injured are being well cared
for.
The cyclone seems to have spent Its force
at Preston, Neb., where half of the buildings
aro reported wrecked and several people re
■ ported Injured, some of them dangerously.
' . Details are lacking, telegraph wires to that
1 point being down.
WEST VIRGINIA FIHKS.
Great linmuu<- Ilciniv Done to Sland*
Ing Timber.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va., May 18.—Forest
, fires are raging in Tucker county. Yesterday;
| hundreds of men Ineffectually fought the fires
: I which are burning more fiercely this niorn
; ■ ing than last night. Lumbermen estimate th»
' i loss at $500,000. The Mlddlcfork portion of the
county Is completely wiped out. The adjoin
ing forest Is now burning, with Indications
that the entire county will be devastated un
less a rain prevents. Weather dry and warm,
with high winds. Farmers have left their
1 I hoipe3 to seek refuge In larger towns. So faf
■ j no deaths are reported.
FIRES STILL HLR.MNG.
Mure Damage Report* Front IVmi
*> l\ nnlu Toivnx.
CL.EAUFIELD, Pa., May IS.—Forest fire*
aro still raging in many places throughout
! this county. Word was received from Ma
! ; gee's Mills this morning that five houses and
ij a church had been destroyed. At Montgom-
I cry the fires are burning fiercely, and many
houses and barns are In danger. The liarrett
hotel, at Barrett, was burned lest night, and
the town is entirely surrounded by a big
woods, which Is all ablaze. In Goshen town
ship Archer Spencer's barn was burui-d las|
1 night.
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POPILAR CATECHISM.
Metbodi.it Proi.--t.-int* Will Mnkfl
Some Cliaritff* in Itn Form.
KANSAS Crr% Mo.. May IS. - President
Herring presided at the morning Msslca of
1 the Methodist Protestant conference. An Im
portant item in its work was the adoption
of a resolution providing for the printing
each week in the various religious; w-'.klics
of extracts from the catechism. A hot discos*
sion arose ever the resolution, v.hl-.-h was
, presented by Rev. A. J. Relrhard. ebairmasi
of the Sunday school committee, but It waa
finally adopted by a decisive vote. The prop
osition to revise the catechUm latfl a mors
popular form, next caused general 2is
cussion. A general ccmplalnt v.a... ms4o
that th>3 present form did not m-><-t tii»
needs o? tho masses. It w?s lasit) de
cided to make a revision, whldl WM left
with a committee of live to rtpo:;. tt tho
next general conference. Uev. John Sr^lt, of
Allegheny City. Pa., wna appointed chftir
man of the committee. Resolutions "<ib
horring the use of tobacco" r.nd forbidding
mcmberß, either lay or otlu-rv.l.-.e, to use tb»
weed or alcoholic liquors. wa:i maaUcotnlK
acoptcd. _
No Sunday Fretslitn.
WASHINGTON. May IS.—Justice Hnrla*
today delivered tLe opinion of the supreme
court la the case of Hernlngton yfitraa tlio
State of Geork'U. In-.olvlr.s ihe eMUliiutlMH
Kitty of the sute liw pro::ir>:iltt tt.» r.ia
nii's "' freight cars in i eorgla on Cunday,
The opinioa held lilt Uw to be val'C