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VOL. XIX.— NO. 315. BULLETIN OF TrtE ST. PflrUL. Gl^OBE;. TUESDAY, NOV. 10, 1890. Weatlier for Today- Fair and Colder. PAGE 1. England Gives in as to Venezacla. Spanish Outrages in Cnba. Prohibition Lost in South Dakota. New Trial in Rockefeller Suit. PAGE 2. Assembly Possibilities. Assembly Delays Action on a Loop. Star Chamber Election Count. Social Gossip of a Day. PAGE 3. Minneapolis Matters. Mill City Assembly Meets. Bell Telephone Case Heard. Shrewd Swindlers Exposed. PAGE 4. Editorial. Comment on Election Results. PAGE 5. Gold Pouring Into the Treasury. Shower of Meteorites Coming. Day's Athletic Events. PAGE 6. Final N. P. Bond Issue. Gossip of the Railways. Bar Silver 05c. Cash Wheat in Chicago 77 5-Bc. Bullish Sentiment in Stocks. PAGE 7. Gen. Mason Gives Some History. Queer Mankato Mystery. Wants of the People. PAGE 8. News of the Courts. Tillie Schrumpf's Assailant on Trial. Decision in Rockefeller Case. TODAY'S EVENTS. Met— Man in the Iron Mask, 8.15. Grand — New York as It Is, 8.15. MOVEMENT OF STEAMSHIPS. NEW YORK— Arrived: Tauric, from Liv erpool; Hindoo, from London; Friesland, from Antwerp; Yumuri, from Havana. Sailed: Trave, for Bremen via Southampton. CHERBOURG— Arrived: Saale, from New York for Bremen. LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Beuna, from New Orleans; American, from New Orleans; Hen rietta H., from Galveston. HAMBURG— Arrived: Sibun, from Gajves ton. _ Advance, agent of prosperity, and give the countersign. The crank with freak election bets to pay is now playing a star part. i*»- Public office is a public trust — a trust which even the silverites were not down on. ■_»- Too bad that McKinley vrasn't in London yesterday to get pointers on inauguration. -*»■ It is the church deacon just now who is most strongly opposed to the free coinage of campaign buttons. The rout of Gen. Jones has given Gen. Weyler and his bureau of infor mation a chance to come to the front again. i The trouble with Congressman Towne is that the voters decided to place an ex before his name instead of after it. The diamond industry can't be bad in this country. Five of the National league magnates are said to be mil lionaires. ._*_ In this snow and slush the voice of the cyclist is stronger than ever — and more vigorously emphatic — in favor of good roads. m In the tranquil silence of the deep recesses of Wolfert's Roost, David B. Hill possibly does not know that the war is over. .^M_ The Bristol clock works will run overtime hereafter, says a news item. A poor advertisement, certainly, for Bristol clock works. It is one of the inconsistencies of campaign bets that the man who was talking through his hat doesn't get the new head covering. _ Tom Watson got thirty-five electoral votes— enough so that even "if" Bryan had been elected, the selection of a Re publican vice president a cer tainty. _i What a wood pile Bryan will ac cumulate if he keeps at it for four years. But, come to think of it, Bryan is not the man who "says nothing and saws wood." Wheat 80 cents and still rising. Financially, that little vote for sound money has already been a great in vestment for the Minnesota and North Dakota farmer. If Gov. Clough Is more expert at whist than at politics, as he says, will he please inform an anxious public whether he prefers the short lead in the former game also? _e»- Kentucky remains the stronghold of the old Democracy. The vote for Mc- Kinley means a vote for sound money and honesty and not a vqse for pater nalism and protection. ii .. Weyler has gone forth to fight and has left his bureau of information in charge of some one else. Can it be possible that he has secured Chairman Jones as an assistant? m Li Hung Chang's coffin has be~n burned in a fire on board the Glenar teney. Li will do well in ordering an other to order it fireproof. In any case it might be a wise precaution, m Senator Gorman does not view the future with any great degree of en thusiasm. The senator would have stood very much higher with the Amer ican people had he kept quiet during the campaign. _ . — , Uncle Sam is unfortunate with his battleships. The Texas is again at the bottom of a dock just because some one got careless and accidentally pushed a hole through the formidable armor plate. If this thing keeps on it will be necessary to put up a sign on each of the war vessels, "Hands Off." THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE. POLICY OF PEACE OUTLINED BY SALISBURY IN HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS AT GUILD HALL. NO WAR OVER VENEZUELA. ENGLAND MAS ACCEPTED AN AMERICAN BASIS FOR ARBI TRATION. THE NEW LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. 1 His Inauguration the Occasion of a Stately Ceremonial nail I." n usual Honor to Mr. Bayard. LONDON, Nov. 9.— The interest of London and of all England today cen i tered around the annual "lord mayor's show" and most of all in the address which, according to custom. Lord Sal isbury delivered at Guild hall at the formal banquet which followed the inauguration of the newly chosen of ficial. The show was eminently suc cessful, and the address of the premier of quite as general interest as had been anticipated. In informally outlining the policy of the government, Lord Salis bury said that England and the United States had agreed upon a basis of ar bitration in the matter of the Vene zuelan boundary, and that it was an American basis, though not the one originally submitted by Secretary Ol ney, and that the episode might be considered as closed. In reference to the Eastern question, the premier said that England would not depart from the plan of action which has been fol lowed, but would act only in concert with the other powers. He denied that England would abandon Cyprus as a means of settling the policy toward Turkey. In his address the premier also made guarded references to the election in America and to the revela tions regarding German diplomacy which have been the talk of Europe. A feature of the events of today was the marked and unusual honor paid to Am bassador Bayard and the friendly spir it shown toward America. All the morning papers contain editorial ref erence to the Marquis of Salisbury's speech. The Graphic says: The Vene zuelan settlement is practical and equi table and is a credit to all concerned. It fully justifies the intervention of the United States. The Daily Mail comments as follows: Now that the United States has met us on such satisfactory terms, the ar ranging of the final settlement will be awaited with quiet confidence. The grave danger of a fratricidal war has been safely passed over. The Times expresses regret that the change of presidents in the United States will serve to remove Mr. Bay ard, United State ambassador, from a post which he has filled with so much distinction. As to Lord Salisbury's speech, it says: "Lord Salisbury omit ted to state the details of the Vene zuelan settlement, but we believe that it will be found that where fifty years Britisn occupancy can be proved, arbi tration shall be barred." The Graphic, on the contrary, in referring to the same subject, thinks that twelve years' occupancy is meant as the limit be yond which arbitration shall be barred. The Chronicle (Liberal) condemns Lord Salisbury for his flippancy in dealing with the grave Turkish prob lem. "His Venezuelan statement," adds the Chronicle, "which, momen tous as it was, he characteristically be littled, is rather puzzling. But we sup pose it is all right, and that we shall soon be celebrating our great arbitra tion treaty with the United States." The Morning Post (Conservative) re gards Lord Salisbury's statement of the Venezuelan question as wholly sat isfactory. The Standard (Conserva tive), in its editorial, says: "How far the decision in reference to the settled districts (in Venezuela) implies an abandonment of Schomburgk line as a detail which a fuller knowledge of the local facts will clear up. At present it is enough to welcome an adjust ment of differences which were deeply deplorable on both sides of the At lantic." The Daily News (Liberal), arguing some previous decision of the privy council in colonial cases, notably in the Quebec case of Mac Donald vs. Lambe, supposes that fifty years' oc cupation of the settled districts in Venezuela gives title. LORD MAYOR'S SHOW. In bright, crisp, sunny autumn weather today the time-honored "Lord Mayor's Show" took place, and the new lord mayor of London, Mr. A. Faudel-Phillips, was formally installed In office, succeeding Sir Walter Wil kins. * The old-established custom showed little sign of becoming obsolete, and, owing to the popularity of the new lord mayor and some unusual feat ures in the street parade, the occasion was the most interesting of recent years. The committee having charge of the arrangements wisely determined to eliminate certain absurd features from the parade. Hitherto it has been cus tomary to have a series of triumphal cars, representing some allegorical or historical subject, upon which numer ous young women have shivered in the November winds. In place of these in today's procession the cars were occupied by groups showing the vari ous conditions of London's industries during the past century. The proct-ssion started from the Guild hall at 10:30 a. m. Along the route the usual bunting and decora tions were displayed, these being par ticularly noticeable in Cheapside and Newgate street. A particularly pleas ing feature of the parade was the maids of honor who accompanied the lady mayoress. The ladies who offi ciated in this capacity were Miss Fau del-Phillips. Miss Stella Faudel-Phil lips, Miss Wingfield, Miss Churchill, Miss Watrond, Miss Fitz George, Miss Evans and Miss Walter. For the first time in the nistory of these parades the maids were attended by the fol lowing gentlemen as groomsmen: The Hon. N. W. Hill-Trevor, Second Life Guards; Capt. Ellison, Ninth Lancers; Capt. Taggart, Fifteenth Hussars; Capt. Freyer, Seventh Hussars; Mr. Cecil Lowther, Scots Guards; Mr. R. M. W. Larking, Scots Greys; Mr T Mathieson. Coldstream Guards, and Mr. Chatworth Mustors.Third Hussars. Another feature of the procession was the military display. The new lord mayor is an authority on street pa geantry. He is also a great advocate of military bands and military specta cles, and this feature was largely de veloped. The Scots Grays furnished the escort, and several line regiments also marched in the procession. The boys of the ships Arethusa, Chicester and Warspite attracted much atten tion and were supplemented by a di vision of the Gordon boys orphan age. The fire brigade also made an inter esting showing, and the advance which has been made in locomotion during the century, was demonstrated by one of the most perfect motor cars, in con trast with an old style coach, equipped TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1896. with coachmen and attendants in old fashioned liveries, which followed. Mr. Faudel-Phillips, the new lord mayor, is the youngest son of the late Sir Benjamin Samuel Phillips, who was alderman of the ward of Farringdon. within, from .1879 to 18S3, and who served the office of lord mayor in 1866. He- was born in 1846, succeeded his father as alderman in 1888, having three years previously filled the office of sheriff of London and Middlesex He has, for the past three years, been chairman of the special committee of the corporation, appointed to defend the rights, privileges and existence of the city under its present conditions. He had also, for several years, occu pied the position of governor to the Honorable Irish society, a body which manages the extensive estates of the corporation in Ireland. He served the pest of high sheriff in London in 1895, and is magistrate and deputy lieuten ant for London and Herts, in which latter county, Balls Park, his residence, is situated. In 1885 he unsuccessfully contested the Waterford division of Bertz, in the liberal interest, but is now a liberal-unionist. He is a mem ber of the firm of Messrs. Faudel- Phillips & Sons, warehousemen and manufacturers, Newgate street. He married, in 1867, a sister of Sir Edward Lawson, of the Daily Telegraph. The new lord mayor is the holder of high decorations from Belgium, Servia, Persia and other countries. He is a j member of the Reform and Garrick [ clubs. He is the fourth lord mayor of the Jewish persuasion, his father hav ing been the second. HONOR FOR BAYARD*. The decorations in front of the Guild hall were of the customary description. The arrival of the guests lasted from 5 o'clock till 7. Seated in a state chair surrounded by a throng of officials, bravj in glittering uniforms, the host rose to receive the guests who passed between the double line of ladies and gentlemen. The arrivals of special interast were those of the lord chan cellor, Lord Halsbury; the chancellor of the exchequer, the Right Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach; the prime minis ter, the Marquis of Salisbury; first lord cf the admiralty, the Right Hon. George J. Goschen; Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe- Weimar; Lord George Hamilton, Lord Cross, Lord Ashbourne, lord chancellor of Ireland; Sir Richard Webster, Sir Rob trt Finlay, Hon. George N. Curzon, Lord Onslow, United States Ambassa dor Bayard, the Chinese minister, the Japanese minister and the Danish min ister. The procession was then formed for the large hall where dinner was served. On arriving in the hall, the procession walked around the tables which furnished seats for over 900 guests. The lord mayor sat at the south ta ble near the center of the room with the two sheriffs, C. T. Richaie and R. H, Rogers, at his right and left. The Marquis of Salisbury came next and the marchioness sat upon the right cf the lady mayoress. Mr. Bayard had a special seat of honor at the main, cr south table, while all the other dip • kmats were seated at the side table Mr. Bayard was the third person to be presented to the lord mayor and lady mayoress. His predecessors were scarcely noticed, but as Mr. Bayard approached the dais and bowed, there were cheers from the guests. Mr. Bay ard took his place on the dais behind the Marquis of Salisbury. The scene in the banquet hall was a brilliant one. The huge oaken rafters were decorated with flags and bunt ing, the hall was brilliantly lighted showing to the best advantage the glittering uniforms and the dresses and jewels of the women. Mr. BayarJ responded to the toast of "The Am bassador" in the following terms: I am honored in being chosen to speak for the corps of which I am a humble member. I confess that until 5:30 this evening I did not expect to be asked to respond to a toast. However, I have obtained an idea from a distinguished diplomat, Lord Dufferin, who recently said that the governments of the world were a mass of nervous sensations. The result, he said, of bringing together these sen sations was to destroy isolation, splendid or otherwise, and to induce nations to feel and act as ladies and gentlemen, with considera tion for each others' feelings and interests. The people I represent have made a declara tion In no narrow sense and in no local or limited sense, which stands as a verdict and declaration for national honor, speaking to the human heart and mind in favor of that honesty which is essential for the civilization of the world. You cannot today shock civ ilization, even on its exterior boundaries without effecting its heart. This enables me to speak not for myself nor my country, but for the whole diplomatic corps, the world Is one. Who does not perceive it does not real ize the truth and force of the day in whi«-h we live. Mr. Bayard concluded with the words "God speed the City of London." His remarks were received with a tumult of applause. Lord Salisbury laughed at the ambassadors reference to "splen did isolation," a phrase credited to a cabinet minister as describing Great Britain's position in the family of the nations. After Mr. Bayard had concluded, the lord mayor proposed "the ministers," upon which Lord Salisbury arose, mid loud cheers which quickly subsided into breathless silence and close attention to the annual guild hall speech of the prime minister, which is, by common acceptance, looked to embody the offi cial announcement of the government's policy to the nation. Lord Salisbury said: I thank Mr. Bayard for his presence here tonight and for his joining in the historic meeting. By the few words he has uttered he has raised his own plane of observation so high above the mere level of party that though contrary to our practice to make ob servations on the internal policies of other states, I may be permitted, without imperti nence, to congratulate him upon the splendid pronouncement which the great people he represents has made In behalf of the prin ciples which lie at the basis of all human society. It is rather like bathos to turn from that matter to the not very important controversy which his country and ours have had during the recent months. I only do so for the purpose of expressing my belief that the controversy is at an end. (Cheers.) It is often surprising by what very obvious ar rangements matters of great difficulty are solved, and in the continent which Columbus discovered, the traditions of Columbus and the egg should be reversed. In the discus sions we have had with the United States on behalf ot their friends In Venezuela, the question has not been whethter there should be arbitration, but whether the arbitration should have unrestricted application. We have always claimed, respecting those who apart from historic right, had the right which' attaches to settled establishment, that the settled districts should be excluded from ar bitration. VENEZUELA PROBLEM SETTLED. Our difficulty for many months has been to find how to define the settled districts; and the solution has come, I think, from the country Mr. Bayard represents, in the sug gestion that we should treat the colonial ! empire just as we treat individuals; that ! the same lapse of time which protects indi viduals in civic life from having their title questioned, should also protect the English colony from having Its title questioned; and where that lapse of time could not be claimed though there should be an examination of the title, yet all that equity demanded in consideration of such title should be granted. It is a very simple solution, and I believe it is not using unduly sanguine words when I say that I believe it has brought the con troversy to an end. It is a matter of no small satisfaction to the government at a time when anxious social questions, which are of far more Im portance than political questions, are troub j ling America, and, therefore, troubling the I rest of the world, that we should remove I from the board, at all event 3, any semblance j of political difference which might hinder i our common action in defense of the common heritage of society. We have had an anxious year in the foreign office, but we have floated into a period of comparative calm. Unfortunately, one mat ter has not passed by. That is the troubles in Turkey. Continuing, Lord Salisbury said that he believed that the people of Great Britain were now virtually unanimous against isolated action, than which a worse course could not Ije adopted to benefit the Armenians. If it was mere ly wishing to pursue a course to punish Continued on Third Page, 7i&F^bj " / -'-i \ x \> GOV. CLOUGH PREFERS THE GAME OF WHIST TO THE GAME OF POLITICS. VYING WITH TURRS FREISH OUTRAGES AGAINST CIVILI ZATION CHARGED TO SPANIARDS IN CUBA. ONE VICTIM AN AMERICAN. HACKED BY TROOPERS FOR AN AT TEMPT TO PROTECT HIS HOME. NON-COMBATANTS SHOT AND KILLED Twenty Cubans Massacred by Sol diers Wbo Were Frenzied Over the Escape of Insurgents. KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 9— Advices received from Havana last night, per Olivette, give details of an outrage on an American citizen, and the butcher;' of nine noncombatant Cubans, includ ing four women, by Spanish soldiers. The massacre occurred last Thursday, near the town of San Josede las Layas. Havana province. A detachment of Spanish soldiers surprised six insur gents, who, however, made their es cape, which angered the Spaniards, and they began to raid the houses In the neighborhood, alleging that the in habitants were in sympathy with the rebels. The Spaniards went to the sugar estate of Frederick L. Craycroft, who came here from Indiana, about three years ago. Some of the soldiers entered the house and two of them seized Mrs. Craycroft and assaulted her. The husband, in desperation, rushed to his wife's aid, but was struck down by a sword in the hands of an officer. Two horrible gashes were made in his back, and his right arm was nearly severed. The Span iards looted the house, took $850 in cash, and then raided other houses on the estate. They burned eight build ings and shot and killed nineteen in mates, four of whom were women. Craycroft, when he recovered suf ciently, wrote to Vice Consul Springer, of Havana. It is understood that the vice consul cabled an account of the outrage to Secretary Olney. The Spanish authorities in Havana are greatly disturbed because several thousand insurgents from Gomez's army have entered Matanzas province. So serious does Weyler consider the situation, that he has withdrawn 6,000 troops from Pinar del Rio, and dis patched them into Matanzas to stay the advance. During the seige and subsequent cap ture of Guayamara city by the insur gents, the Spaniards' lost 260 killed and wounded. Three hundred and seventy Spaniards surrendered to Calixto Gar cia, commanding the beseiged force. Garcia sent word to Gen. Castella nos, that they would be exchanged for Cubans held by the Spaniards. Washington, Nov: $.— At the state de partment nothing has been heard of the reported outrage on the family of an American sugar planter named Craycroft. DAUNTLESS OFF AGAIN. New Expedition Is on the Way to Cuba. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 9.— The steamer Dauntless, which has already landed three expeditions In Florida, Is off again with a large cargo of arms, ammunition, medicines and supplies for the insurgents In Cuba. The Dauntless was released from custody yesterday morning, by the United States commis sioner at Fernandino. She at once took on a supply of coal, but not enough to attract the attention of the revenue officers. She then went down Nassau Sound, where she lay to until sundown. Three yawl boats manned by seven Cubans each, and towing two flat boats boarded the Dauntless at 6 o'clock. The Three _ Friends and Kate Spencer joined the ,Dauntless, and a number of boxes and packages were transferred to the Dauntless. The steamer, with Capt. John Myers on board, then headed Southeast. The steamers Kate Spencer and Three Friends returned to St. John's bar, but had hardly teotten inside when the revenue cutter seized the Three Friends on a charge of aiding an ex pedition against Spain. Lieut. Hil dritch, of the Boutvfell, was placed on board and the vessel broug_tt to Jack sonville. This expedition is the most daring of any yet undertaken, as the Windom, Boutwell; and Colfax have been stationed in She St. John's river to prevent any steamboats leaving and the Raleigh arrived off St. John's bar last night from Key West to watch fllibusterers. WEYLER IN COMMAND. — ' 1 Cuban Captain General Takes the Field in Person. HAVANA, Nov. 9.— Capt. Gen. Weyler has taken the field in person again_t the insurgents under Antonio Maceo in the province of Pinar del Rio, and re liable news received from the front In dicates that the Spanish columns are approaching close to the enemy. Gen Weyler left Havana on board the cruiser Legazpy half an hour after midnight, his destination being the poit cf Mariel, province of Pinar del Rio. From Mariel, it is understood, the captain general will go southward by the highway to the town of Artemisa, and along the line of the trocha. Sirong reinforcements are being em larked to support the captain general in the operations now in progress against the insurgents. The Marquis de Ahumada remains in charge of the captain general's ofh?e here, with Col. Ramon Dominguez a_ his chief of staff. The committee of the national de fense has passed a resolution request ing the government to finish the re bellion by the use of the army and without political interference. Gen. "Weyler arrived at Mariel at ft o'clock this morning, and left shortly afterwards, going in the direction ot Guanajay, on the military line and to Artemisa. Heavy firing was heard in the direction of Zayorro and Maya. The insurgents have attacked the vfi\ lages of San Vincent and Dos Bocas. Telegraphic communication with Cristo is interrupted. Near Jaguey la Grande an elctrioal battery and fifty dynamite cartridges have been found buried. Spanish Minister Silent. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.— Senor Dupuy De Lome, the Spanish minister, would not be interviewed concerning the report published here today that he was to be recalled, but sent word to a reporter that there was no truth in the report, which also was not cred ited at the state department. m PENNSYLVANIA PLURALITY. --iclal Count Put McKinley's Lead Above 300,000. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 9.—Of ficial returns from a majority of the counties in Pennsylvania and com plete returns from those in which the official count has not yet been 'com pleted, give McKinley a plurality of 301,606; the vote being: Republican, 726,823; Democratic, 425,217. The vote cast for the Palmer and Buckner ticket foots up only 10,878. There were 19,000 votes for the Prohibition ticket and about 10,000 for the other candidates and "scattering," making a total of 1,191,918 votes in the state for all parties. In this city McKinley's plu rality was 113,774, in a total of 243,781. This exceeds the vote of 1892 by 40,678. Four years ago the total vote of the state was 1,003,010, or 198,918 less than cast on Tuesday last. It was learned today that the cost of the election in Philadelphia alone for printing, rent of polling places, advertising, pay of election officers and assessors, etc., amounted to $138,500. WAGERED HIS WIPE. Novel Election Bet Made by an In diana Man, LA GRANGE, Ind., Nov. 9.— George Barnell, living near the Elkhart coun ty line, has deeded to William Corbus a house and lot valued at $5,000 in ful fillment of the conditions of a novel election wager. Corbus and Barnell signed an agree ment which stipulated that in the event of Bryan's elction Mrs. Corbus was to marry Barnell, her husband to pay all the expenses of securing a di vorce and also procure a marriage li cense and pay the magistrate for per forming the ceremony. Barnell agreed to convey to Corbus a house and lot in the event McKinley was elected. The wager was made in good faith, and its conditions have been fulfilled. Mrs. Corbus was so confident that the judgment of her husband was not at fault that she willingly became a party to the unique contract. GEORGIA'S NEW SENATOR. Caucus Unable to Agree Upon a Can didate. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 9.— The Demo cratic members of the house a?nd sen ate met in joint caucus this afternoon to select a candidate for a seat in the United States senate, which will be made vacant by the expiration of Gen Gordon's term next March. Among the names formally presented to tho caucus were those of Gov. W. Y. At Uneon, State Chairman A. S. Clay, J. W. Robertson and H. T. Lewis, who nominated Bryan at Chicago. Fiv° ballots were taken with Atkinson and Clay leading, but with no one candi date in sight of a majority when, at 6 o'clock, the caucus adjourned until 8 o'clock, at which hour balloting was resumed. The first ballot on re-assem bling for the evening session resulted. Atkinson, 52; Clay, 52; Lewis, 35; scat tering, 43. The twelfth and last ballot taken at 10 o'clock resulted: Atkin son, 47; Clay, 47; Lewis, 21; scattering, 51. As a vote must be taken in the gen eral assembly tomorrow, a resolution was adopted to distribute the Demo ciatic vote so that the Populists and Republicans could take no part in the result. Belknap Elected. CHICAGO, Nov. 9.— The Third congressional district official count was completed this afternoon. The plurality of Representative Belknap (Rep.) over Clarence Darrow (Dem.) is 616. Record Breaking: Majority. DENVER, Col., Nov. 9.— The official re turns show that the majority for John F. Shafroth in the First congressional district of Colorado is 54,373. This is the greatest majority ever given a member of congress since the foundation of our government. Clough Selects a Farmer, ADA, Minn., Nov. 9. — Gov. Clough has ap pointed W. Calkins, of this city, as associate delegate from Minnesota to the National Farmers' congress to be held at Indianapolis this month. PRJCE TWO CENTS— J <>_*"*«*• • WfVK CENTS JlO LONGER "DRY" SOUTH DAKOTA TIRED OF EX PERIMENTING WITH PROHI BITION. REPEALED BY A BIG MAJORITY. LATE FIGURES GIVE M'KINLEY A LEAD OF FIFTY IN THE STATE. RETURNS SLOWLY COMING IN. Official Count In a Half-Dozen More Minnesota Coun ties. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. 9.—Re ports have been received from nearly half the counties in the state as to the vote on the proposed amendment of the constitution by striking out article 24 relating to prohibition, and the indi cations are that it has been overwhelm ingly adopted. The figures as to ma jorities from nineteen counties, either complete, partial or estimated, are given in the subjoined table, from which it will be seen the affirmative is more than seven times as great as the negative. In addition to returns from these counties, word is received from Clay and Codington that the af firmative vote there is three times that of the negative, and from Beadle that it is twice as great. The definite figures, so far as re ceived, are as follows: —Majorities— Bon Homme X Against g ro 7 n 777. '300 Brule TO Clark .I ™ 2M Davison (partial) .*." 97 Fall River " 97 Hamlin (partial) .....;.'' "en Hand 9 Z Hughes i....'.'.."!'."'. "8 Hutchinson , 1 °3Q Lawrence ??".'.. .'..'. U99 77. I Lincoln jog McPherson (partial) ....!.'.'!.'.".'.' 522 McCook 300 Minnehaha (estimated) . . . . ... "l 000 Moody ' iAq Sully ; {49 I ' 3 Turner 454 Unl °n 77.77. ... 240 Totals 7000 "9^3 There is no great change today in the total vote on president for South Dakota, McKinley leads by about fifty votes. The official canvass is being made in several counties, and changes in the totals consist sonerely of the usual corrections as compared with the first count on the electoral vote. The Republican congressional and state ticket is 200 ahead in the same coun ties, and is undoubtedly elected. Brown County's Sew Officers. Special to the Globe. NEW ULM, Nov. 9.— The following are offi cially declared elected to fill the county ef fices: Auditor, L. G. Vogel, Rep.: treasurer August Schwertfeger, Dem.; sheriff, Nels An derson, Rep.; register of deeds, Fred Pfaen der Dem.; judge of probate, Jonas Lor _n schlager, Rep.; county attorney, Albert £•-n --hauser, Dem.; surveyor, Julius Berndt, Dem. by 6 votes; county superintendent, William Runck, Dem.; coroner, Rothenburg, Dem and Rep.; county commissioner, Frank Schu bert, Rep. Rice County Close. Special to the Globe. FARIBAULT, Minn., Nov. 9.— Rice county gives McKinley. 3.483; Bryan, 3,402; Palmer 110; Levering, 103; Matchett, 13; Clough 3 104 : Lind 2,342; Dean, 113; Ames, 40; Hammond' 17; Gibbs, 3.240; Bowler. 2,168; Berg, 3 264 : ?£ i ? ri^,_ 2,10 o 8 i™ Koeraer ' 3329 = McKinnon! 2,154; Childs, 3.169; Key:_, 2,134: for confess Heatwole, 3,517; H. J. Peck, 2,041. Sound Money in Mille Lacs. Special to the Globe. PRINCETON, Nov. 9.— Mille Lacs county gives McKinley 977; Bryan, 456; Palmer, 13- Levering, 13; Matchett, 4; Clough, 957; Lind, 473; Dean, 12; Ames, 19; Hammond, 1; Gibbs 906: Bowler, 397: Berg, 915; Heinrich, 392 : Koerner, 930; McKinnon, 395; Childs, 870- Keyes, 358; for congress, Morris, 909; Towne' 532. Tawney Ran Behind Here. Special to the Globe. WASECA, Nov. 9.— Waseca county gives Mc- Kinley, 1,902; Bryan, 1,244; Palmer, 29; Lever ing, 57; Matchett, 3; Clough, 1,561; Lind 1.493; Dean, 51; Ames, 15; Hammond. 6' Gibbs, 1,713; Bowler,, 1,291; Berg, 1,730; Hein rich, 1,265; Koerner, 1.784; McKinnon, 1,243; Childs. 1.722: Keyes 1.217; for congress, Taw ney, 1,833; Fitzpatrick, 1,318. Wabasha County's Vote. Special to the Globe. LAKE CITY, Nov. 9.— The complete vote on president and governor in Wabasha county gives McKinley, 2,541; Bryan. 1,646; Clough 2,115; Lind, 1,951. Beltrami's Vote on State Officers. Special to the Globe. DETROIT. Minn., Nov. 9.— The official can vass of Beitramit county gives Clough 193 Lind 218; Morris 202, Towne 191. Bitten By a Mad Dos. Special to the Globe. PIERRE, S. D., Nov. 9.— Near Fort Pierre this afternoon a mad dog made its appearance in the camp of cowboys, who were holding a bunch of cattle for shipment, and attacked two of them, who were on horseback at th a time. The brute only tore the clothing of Henry Jeffries, one of the men, but severely lacerated the foot of Horace Baird, eon of Col. W. F. Baird, of this city. Before any further damage could be done the dog was roped and killed by others of the party. Baird will be at once taken to New York for treat ment in the Pasteur hospital. Wo|! OH AU EfIROR JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER SECURES A NEW TRIAL IN THE MERRITT CASE. JUDGE SANBORN'S OPINION EXPLAINS THE REASONS WHY TIUJ VERDICT FOR $940,000 CAN NOT STAND. COMPUTED ON A WRONG BASIS, Certain Errors Allowed to Creep i^ Which Were Fatal— Compre hensive Opinion Given. John D. Rockefeller will not have to pay to Alfred Merritt the $940,000 which a Duluth jury decided would be about the right sum to square up a transac tion in which Mr. Merritt claimed a large sum of money was due him. The United States circuit court of appeals has decided there was an error in the way in which the jury figured up this sum, and therefore Mr. Rockefeller is entitled to another trial. Judge San born wrote the decision, which was filed yesterday. Owing to the general in terest in the case, the syllalus and de cision are given in full as follows: United States Circuit Court of Appeals— Eighth Circuit. No. 707. May Term, 1896. John D. Rockefeller, plaintiff in error, vs. Alfred Merritt, defendant in error— ln error to the circuit court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. Cushman K. Davis, George Welwood Mur ray (John M. Shaw aad Joseph B. Cotton were with them on the brief) for plaintiff in error. A. A. Harris and J. L. Washburn (Henry B. Harris and O. W. Baldwin were with them on the brief) for defendant in error. Before Caldwell, Sanborn and Thayer cir cuit judges. Syllabus— l. In the construction of a con tract the court may put itself in the place of the contracting parties, and then, in view of all the facts and circumstances surrounding them at the time the Instrument was ex ecuted, consider what they intended by tha terms of their contract. When the intention is manifest after such consideration it will control in the interpretation of the instru ment regardless of careless recitals or inapt expressions. 2. Parties to an agreement for the ex change of mining and railway stocks and se curities of various corporations for the bonds and stock of a new corporation agreed in the contract upon the values at which tha exchanges should be made. Held, this agree ment did not constitute a contract that the stocks, bonds and securities were of tha actual market values specified in the contract. 3. The true measure of the damages suf fered by one who is fraudulently induced to make a contract of sale, purchase or exchange of property is the difference between tho actual value of that which he parts with and the actual value of that which he receives under the contract. Sanborn, J., delivered the opinion of tha court. This writ of error challenges a judgment of $940,000 against Jonn D. Rockefeller, tha plaintiff in error, for fraudulent misrepre sentations of the financial standing of two mining corporations, which induced Alfred Merritt, the defendant in error, to make and perform a contract to exchange stocks in several corporations for stock in a single corporation. The contract was made on Aug. 28. 1893. The parties to it were Alfred Mer ritt, ten other gentlemen named Merritt, some of whom were his brothers, and Charles W. Wetniore. parties of the first part; John D. Rockefeller, party of the second part, a_d the Lake Superior Consolidated Iron mines, a corporation, party of the third part. For the sake of brevity, Alfred Merritt. who was the plaintiff in the court below, will be called the plaintiff, John D. Rockefeller the de fendant, the Lake Superior Consolidated iron mines the Consolidated mines, the Penokea & Gogebic Consolidated mines, a corporation, the Penokee corporation, and the Spanish- American Iron ompany the Spanish company. The plaintiff Merritt alleges In his com plaint that he was the owner of certain shares of stock In certain mining corporations and in a railway corporation, which were of tha reasonable and agreed value of $1,533,000; that the defendant. Rockefeller, was tha owner of certain stocks, bonds and notes of the Penokee corporation and the Spanish company; that Rockefeller falsely and fraud ulently represented to him that these two cor porations were- -solvent and prosperous, and owed little above their funded indebtedness, and thereby induced him to enter Into the contract of Aug. 28, 1893, to the effect that he would convey his stocks, for certain prices specified in the contract, to the Con solidated mines, a new corporation, and take in payment therefor stock in that corporation at 50 per cent of its par value, and that this new corporation would take the stocks, bonds and notes of the Penokee corporation and of the Spanish company and cerain other se curities held by Rockefeller at the prices named in the contract and pay him for them with its bonds at 90 per cent of their par value, secured by a mortgage on all Its prop erty. He alleged that this agreement was per formed and that he received 30.660 shares of the stock of the Consolidated mines of the par value of $3,060,000 in exchange for his stocks, which were of the reasonable and agreed value of $1,533,000. but that these shares of stock in the Consolidated mines were not worth more than 10 per cent of their par value or more than $306,600, ajid that in this way he was damaged by the fraudulent representations of the plaintiff in error in the sum of $1,225, --000. The defendant answered this complaint. He denied that he made any of the alleged representations, denied that the plaintiff was Induced to make the contract by any such representations, denied that he, the defendant, ever agreed that the stocks of the plaintiff were of any stated or particular market value whatever, and denied any knowledge or Information as to the value of his stocks in his original corporations, or as to the value of the stock in the new corporation. He alleged that about four months after the contract of Aug. 28. 1893, was made, he first learned that the Penokee corporation and the Snanish comnany were financially embarrassed, and that he thereupon returned to the Consolidated mines its bonds to the amount of $2,799,000, and took In exchange for a portion of these bonds, which amount ed to more than $2,000,000 at their par value, the stock of the Consolidated mines at its par value, which was then worth but 10 per cent of that value. REVIEW OF FACTS. It is assigned as error that the court below refused to permit the defendant to prove that the stocks which the plaintiff exchanged for the stock of the Consolidated mines were in fact of no greater value than the latter, re fused to permit him to show their actual value at all, and charged the jury that the measure of plaintiff's damages was the dif ference between the values at which the plaintiff's stocks were estimated in the con tract of exchange of Aug. 28, 1893, and the actual value of the stock of the Consolidated mines which ■ he received in exchange for them. A brief reference to the facts present ed at the trial below, which were material to this question of damages, Is requisite to a full appreciation of the character and effect of these rulings. Prior to Aug. 28, 1893, the Merrltts owned stocks in several min ing corporations, which either had title to or leasehold Interests in actual or prospective mines on the Mlssabe range in Minnesota, and they also owned stock in a railway cor poration, which had a railroad from Duluth, Minn., to that range. The defendant had some shares of stock and some trust notes of the Penokee corporation, some shares of stock and some bonds of the Spanish com pany and some shares of stock and some bonds of certain other corporations whose names are not material here. For about two months the Merrltts and the defendant had been negotiating and contracting with a view to perfect and carry out a plan by means of which the Merrltts might vest the title to all their stocks In their various min ing corporations and their stock in the rail way comnany In a single corporation to be controlled by themselves, might have that corporation give each of the Merrltts a just amount of its stock at 50 per cent of its par value In exchange for his stocks in the^e original corooratlons, and might have the new corporation take the stocks and bonds of the defendant and give him its bonds In exchange for them at 90 per cent of their par value, secured by a mortgage upon all of its property. The Consolidated mines waa the new corporation which was formed to toV^ the^n various securities. The Interests of the individuals who s.omTK.sed the Merrltts In the stocks which they proposed to convey to