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BT. PAUL, SATURDAY. APRIL 3. 1880.

The public debt decreased nearly fifteen

millions during March. Mr. Sherman no

doubt oonsiders this a boom that may be of

service at Chicago. The ratio willprobably

be continued for two months longer. %

The Termont Democratic committee is

strongly impressed with the merits of Gen.Hancock as a Presidential oandidate. There

are worse men in the country than Gen.Hancook, but they are not mentioned asPresidential possibilities.

A newspaper printed in the City of Mexi-

oo aoouses the United States government of

selling land located in Sonora to Amerioan

citizens. The acoasation may be true, but

itis no grave crime, as itis but anticipating

the future by a few years.

The New York papers ara abusing John

Kelly for the disreputable manner in whichhe scoured control of the majority of the Ex-press stock, but have not a word to say in

condemnation of the man whosold him thehypothecated stock. Fairnes3 is a jewel,and even Mr.Kelly deserves fair treatment.

It is probable that Gen. John F.Farns-worth willbe the Democratic oandidate for

governor ofIllinois. If the lot should fallupon him there willbe a red-hot canvass, forthe general is one of the best stump speak-ers in the United State3and is fully postedon the inside workings of the Republicanparty.

The regular Democratic committee ofNew York has engaged the best hall and thebest hotels^in Syracuse for the use of thedelegates to their convention, and JohnKelly.and his crowd willhave to be contentwith second-class aocomodations. They will

be able to get along,however, for from pres-ent appearances it looks as if they wonldnot require very extensive quarters either inhalls or hotels.

Sooth Carolina will send a solid delega-tion to Chicago for Grant. Sherman, not-withstanding his lavish distribution of pa-tronage, has been unable to'secure cv en asemi-respectable following. Every countythus far heard] from has instructed for

Grant. As the Palmetto State is overwhelm-ingly Democratic, there is no hope that thepreferences of the Republicans willmeetwithrealization inNovember.

Thb present seems to be an era of scandal |at Washington. Scarcely a day elapses thatdoes not witness the unearthing of somepiece of nas tineas involving some official inhigh authority. The details are too filthyfor publication in decent papers, and have

•*consequently been omitted from the col-nmns of the Globe. Itmight be suggestedthat'

Anthony Comstook should transfer theseat of his operations'f rom New York to thenational capital.

The astounding announcement is madethat the contract for the erection of a uniondepot at the corner of Canal and Madisonstreets, Chioago, has been let. For yearspast the location has been ocoupied by threeof the wealthiest corporations in the ooun-try, the Pennsylvania, Chicago & Alton,andChioago, Milwaukee &St.Paul railroad com-panies. The buildings used for depot pur-poses have been nothing more than shanties—

hardly fit for hog-pens—

yet the publichave tolerated them. The prospect thatthere is at last a chance of decent accom-modations for passengers on those lines willbe hailed withsatisfaction by thousands.

Itis the sheerest nonsense to talk aboutdelaying a decision in the.Donnelly-Wash-burn contest until after the Presidentialelection. The Presidential election has noth-ing to do with it. Mr. Washburn should beexpelled because he secured his majority bybribery. Mr. Donnelly should be seatedbecause of the unbought and unintimidatedvotes he received the majority. If heis ever entitled to his seat he is entitled to itto-day, and a decision one way or the othershould be made at once. The Democratshave nothing to fear ingiving Mr.Donnellyhis seat at onoe, because itis right and just.To delay until after the Presidential electionwould be an admission that the Republican

• charge of "outrage" is just. Let the decisioncome immediately.

WASHBURN'S BRIBERY TACIICS INWASHINGTON.

Bill Washburn evidently relies upon re-

taining his seat by transferring his Minne-sota tactics toWashington. Our Washingtonspecial shows that there is likelytobe another

. investigation of the rascality and sooundrel-. ism which is embraced inthe significant term—

Washburnism. If the investigation ispushed, there is no doubt of rich develop-ments. Mr.Springer, the chairman of thecommittee on elections, received a letterthree weeks or more ago, offering to presenthis wife with five thousand dollars ifhewould aid in keeping Washburn in his seat.

Does any one familiar with Washburnismdoubt the source of this offer?

Mr. Springer's action on Thursday, thoughnot entirely inaccordance with the $5,000

letter, was nevertheless peculiar and a com-plete change from his earlier position in thematter. He has certainly rendered himselfliable to grave suspicion, and we trust the

effort for an investigation willprove success-ful.

If the matter is pushed, as it should be,

there are other hearts which will aohe, asthere is no doubt that a systematic effort is

being made to save Washburn by the samemeans which secured a large portion of themuch boasted three thousand majority.

A congressional inquiry, if thoroughly

made, willdevelop Washburnism in Wash-

ington whichmay make Washburnism in

Minnesota respectable.The music has struck up and the danoe

has begun. The merry scoundrels who have

no higher idea of political honesty than the

cash purchase of their fellowmen should be

given opportunity to waltz about on the

gridiron of public opinion, unmasked, and

their hideous rascalities should be exposedto all the world.

Those Republicans and pseudo Democratswho endorse Washburnism have reason tobe

proud of their champion. A general expo-

sition of the distribution of the "hams" willbe interesting, and may account for a greatdeal of the "undue enthusiasm."

"On with the dance. Let joy be uncon-fined."

THE KANSAS RUCTION.

The leaven is working. The sharp prac-tice of the Elaine adherents inKansas in se-curing the control of the Republican con-

vention of that State has reunited in a bolt oftwo of tbe Congressional districts, and theselection of men to represent them at Chi-cago pledged to support Grant. The fightwas a bitter one, the factions being very

nearly equal in point of strength. The in-structions for Blame were voted amid thegreatest confusion and open threats of rebel-lion. The bolting gathering was held inharmony among the participants, but withthreatenings and slaughter against those whohad placed them ina false position beforethe country. Itis now evident that, which-ever of the two rivalcandidates wins the dayat Chicago, a lively opposition willbe devel-oped in Kansas against his election.

The Republican party has never beforebeen so seriously distracted by dissensions asat the present time. A very considerableminority of the party do not desire the nom-ination of Gen. Grant, and willnq£ supporthim in any contingency. An equally 'largeminority oppose Blame, and will fight him

to the bitter end. The prospect is, there-fore, that the Chicago convention willhavebut two alternatives

—the certainty of defeat

withGrant as a candidate and the certaintyof defeat nnder the leadership of Blame.This is not very comforting, it must be ad-mitted, but the fact is self-evident. Thequarrel between the factions iBnot confinedtoKansas, but has been waged nnrelentless-lyinMisHouri, Pennsylvania, New York andother States, withevery prospeot that itwillspread all over the Union. Harmony is outof the question, and even the semblance ofit cannot be maintained in the conventionexcept by dropping both of the principalcandidates now before the party and settingupon a dark horse. Of this there is littlehope. Washburne represents theGrant interest so closely thathe would be regarded by theadherents of Blame as quite aa objectionable

as his chief. Edmunds is scarcely a possi-bility,and outside ofNew England possesses

no strength. Conkling and Cameron arewillingto be regarded as available timber,but their strength ie mainly local. Neitherwonldpoll the fullstrength ofthe party. Ifthe" quarrels continue as they have begunthere will be a lively time at Chioago

whiohwillultimate ingiving the Democracy

a good chance of carrying the country.

THE NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS.

The Democrats of Nebraska have followedthe lead of the party in Rhode Island by in-structing theirdelegates to the Cincinnaticonvention for Mr. Tilden and adopting aseries of resolutions denouncing inunmeas-ured terms the great eleotorai fraud of1877,whereby aman not elected to the Presidencywas installed in the oiiice. This issue willprobably be the keynote of the campaign. Itwillmake no difference whioh of the many

candidates named shall carryoff thenomina-

tionat Cincinnati, the party as a whole mastprotest against the iniquity that robbed itof its prestige in the present government

and defrauded the people of their right to aPresident lawfully elected.

There is littte significance in the instruc-tions given the Rhode Island and Nebraskadelegates. Both are Republican by a largemajority, and ,as both are comparatively in-

significant States they willnot be apt to ex-ercise a great deal of influence unless sup-ported by some of the greater States of theUnion that are potential inall elections of ageneral nature. They have, however, decidedto support Mr.Tilden as a means ofrebukingfraudmore than from a personal preferencefor that gentleman, and ifthe vote should bedose in the convention they might hold thebalance of power.

The Republicans admit what the Demo-crats charge upon them as to the electoraldishonesty, yet they seek to evade it as anissue in the pending campaign. The Demo-crats willforce this issue upon them andcompel them to regard it. The party atpresent in power in the White House willbeforced to acknowledge the injustice of theaction that led to the seating of Hayes, andwe opine that the verdiot of the people willcause them toregret that such an infamousscheme was ever entered into.

The resolutions of the Nebraska conven-tion touch the right spot in the pendingcampaign. They should be duplicated bythe conventions of every State in the Union.

Thebe seems to be littledoubt of the com-plete rout of the conservative party in theEnglish parliamentary elections. Beturngfrom allquarters show large liberal gainsthat are already sufficient to extinguish thegovernment majority andare liableto be con-siderably increased. This result ensures theretirement of Beaconsfield from the controlof affairs for a time ifnot forever. He hasreached an age

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at which mostpublic men seek the retirement of privatelife,and even ifhe should succeed at thenext election in defeating his opponents, itis altogether likely that some younger manwillbe cho3en to occupy the post of premier.We do not anticipate that the domination ofthe liberal party will be of long con tinnanceand in the meantime expect that the Mar-quis of Salisbury willgo into training withthe intention of stepping into Gladstone'sshoes when he shall be invited to step downand oat.

A. O. U. W.

The National Convention at Boston and ItsWork. #

Mr. J. H. Bryant, a delegate to the Na-tional convention of the Anoient Order ofUnited Workmen, whioh dosed its labors atBoston the latter part of last week, returnedto this oity on Thursday afternoon. Thesession lasted eight days, and the proceed-ings were exceedingly interesting, a fair ac-count of whioh was gleaned by a Globe rep-resentative from a conversation held withMr.Bryant yesterday afternoon. The orderwas represented by 100 delegates represent-ing every State aud Territory in the Union,the delegates from Minnesota being Messrs.J. H.Bryant and M. Sheire, St. Paul, and T.H. Pressnell, of Duluth.

Among the important results accomplishedby the convention was their unanimous con-currence in a national relief law, whichrecognizes the jurisdiction of the supremelodge over all sab- divisions of the orderthroughout the United States. It was de-cided that in case of epidemics or otherwide-spread calamities, the liability of allmembers throughout the order is not to ex-ceed the sum of $3 per oapita, that beingthe outside limit of the assessment. Ac-cording to the secretary's report the totalmembership of the order is 80,000 souls,and general prosperity was reported in allthe lodges throughout the country.

During the year last past the assessmentson death losses amounted to between oneand twr million dollars, that being the ap-proximate amount paid on losses.

Inbehalf of the lodges of Minnesota Mr.Bryant took withhim the balance of the yel-low fever assessment, amounting to $1,300,making a grand paid up total of $6,255, con-tributed by the order in this State for therelief of the sufferers. Mr.Roderick Hose,of lowa, was elected as the supreme masterworkman for the year 1880.

The election for supreme recorder and re-oeiver resulted in the choice of the samegentlemen that presided last year. Mr.Bry-ant was appointed a member of the com-mittee on laws and supervisions, a distin-guished honor which he has had the pleasureof representing once before. Of their re-ception inBoston Mr.Bryant has naught tooffer but words of praise. The delegateswere accorded a most hearty and hospitalwelcome. The courtesies of the city wereput at their disposal, and Gov. Long called abanquet in honor of the visitors.

A reception was also tendered the lelegatesby Mayor Prince in behalf of the oity ofBoston, and the visitors were shown all theprincipal points of interest in the city. Thecity also pit a steamer at their pleasure andthey paid a delightful visit toDeer Island.

Returning home, Mr.Bryant stopped inCanada and passed through thirteen States.He reports the spring most backward in allsections of the country and states that thefirstbright healthful day that he has seen ina week greeted his return to St. Paul.

HAVINGSIGNED AWAYHER DOWER,

The Courts Decide That She Can't Come inand Get it Back Again.

A decision was rendered by Judge Brillonyesterday in the matter of the appeal of-Sallie Denoyer fronT the judgment of theprobate court. The plaintiff is the widowof the late Stephen Desnoyer

'and brought

suit to recover her dowry in the estate.Judge O'Gorman considered the prayer of

the petitioner and rendered an adverse de-

cision to the claim.The case was then carried to the district

court, and after reviewing the oase at lengthJudge Brillsustains the finding of the lowercourt. The questions of law consideredwere as follows: The deceased, StephenDesnoyer, and Sallie Johnaon, his formerhousekeeper, were married in May 1873.They lived together as man and wifeuntilthe time of the death of deceased, which oc-curred in 1877.

Atthe time of their marriage the partiesentered into an agreement to the effect thatduring the term of her life Mrs. Desaoyerwas to have the income and charge ofcertainreal estate and an annuity of $500 per an-num, oncondition that she release all rightof dower.

Ingiving his opinion Judge Brill re-viewed the conditions of the agreement, andooncludes with the decision that itmust re-main binding.

He Hankers After Tools.Thursday night Detective Bresett encoun-

tered James Powers on the street, andthought itsafe to take him in, as he is a no-torious sneak-thief. Yesterday morningBergstrom &Ingram, sash and blind manu-

facturers at the corner of Sixth and Cedarstreets, reported the loss of $35 worth oftoois by burglary the night before. Itwasthought Powers was the neat hand who hadabstracted the tools, and he was taxed withthe theft, but denied it.

Meanwhile he was taken over to the policecourt and from there to jail on a commit-ment as a vagrant for sixtydays. Just aboutthe time sentence was pronounced SimonJacobs, a second-hand dealer, No. 131 EastSeventh street, came to headquarters and re-ported he had bought a lot of tools the nightbefore for $4. Jacobs and Powers werebrought face to face, and Powers was identi-fied as the man who had sold the tools.Later Bergstrom identified the tools as hisown. The result willbe that Powers willserve sixty days and then come up on thecharge of burglary and larceny, with theprobabilities of seeing Stillwater at somefuture day. Powers has been a publionuisance for a long time, his specialtybeing to break into poorly secured carpen-ter shops and riflethe tool chests.

Wanted to Take to the Woods,

"Well-a-day, ah me, to the woods I'llaway;and from thence I'llnever, hardly stray."Jerry Malloy was in the act of murmuring theabove refrain to a sweet melody at the openingofcourt yesterday morning, and had reached apoint in the stanza indicated by the dash whentwo young sprigs of the law jumped to theirfeet and made a frantic break for the door. Atthe same time Clerk O'Brien crained his neckover the railing and shouted, "Plaster hisyawp," which was the signal forBailiff Dowlanto snatch the offer der into the bull yen baidheaded. The prisoner looked as if he mighthave been struck by a section of the day ofjudgment as he stood transfixed with amaze-ment. "Stand down," cried the court, "yonare accused of being drunk." "Y'er honor, Icame down from the woods yesterday morningand Itook a drop of something to keep mespirits «p and take the chill out of mybones.Ifyour majesty orders me to lave I'llgo rightback to the woods." One eye of the prisoner'swas draped in mourning and he cocked theother sympathetically npon the bench as hecast himself upon the mercy of the court.You'lldo nothing of the kind, sir, replied hishonor, "yos have outraged decency and wiilstand committed for three days." Thank y'erworship, was the reply, as the dizzy worthywas led ont of the court room.

John MeCnllough.

The engagement of Mr. John McCulloughnext week promises to be a highly successfulone. Mr.McCnllough in without question thegreatest tragic actor of the present century.He brings to his work of delineating charactera high degree ofintelligence to which has beenadded a diligent study of both history and tra-dition, so that a correct appreciation of thevarious roles may be obtained. He has, incon-sequence, been enabled to present to the publica finished conception of each of the protraitureshe essays. A master ofthe art of elocution,studied inall the details of stage business, andfullyversed inall the minutue of the costum-ery that marked the ages in which the plot ofthe dramas he presents lie, he gives to the pnb-lic » production vastly superior to that of anyactor who now treads the stage. On his forth-coming visit to St. Paul he willbe supportedby a company ofsuperior actors and actresses,all of whom are well versed in their respectiveroles. "Itis a matter of congratulation thatMr. McCullongh has realized more money thepresent season than any other actor in thecountry.

EASIER GRADESWOULD HELP THE RAILROADSNOW-

A-DAYS.

For They are Crowded With Heavy Freight*—Blore Immigrants— Sad Loss to a Mi-

grating Family—Their Horses and Cattle

Iturned on a Car—The Improvement

Boom at Duluth—St. Paul &Duluth Com-pany's Report for Seven Months—The

Milwaukee &St. Paul's Lease of the Chi-cago &Pacific.

Pretties immigrant train, which came inyesterday morning from the East, was sent for-ward to Manitoba with bo littlt \elay here thatseveral of the passengers were left, but follow-ed in the regular train an hour later.

A party of French Canadians, fifty to sixtyinnumber, arrived here yesterday over the 0.,St. P. A M. road, and willgo forward to-day toCrookston and Grand Forks, over the St. P. AM.road.

A second sleeper had to be attached to theNorthern Pacific train which left here lastevening and the regular business of the road,both freight and passengers, is not only largerthan ever before but exceeds the anticipationsof the officers of the company.

Mr.J. H. Drake, land commissioner of theSt. P. A S. C. company, returnedyesterday from Chicago, where hesold a small block of thecompany's lands and was welcomed back by asmall host of land seekers who propose to maketheir homes inthe southwest counties.

Editor Wise has sent to the St. Paul A SiouxCity land office two samples of amber cane su-gar made inBlue Earth county. One is toofine grained and decidedly acid but has a goodcolor. The other, whilea little darker in color,would be preferred by refinerß on account ofthe crystals being much larger and lesß acid.Either would be accepted as a fair to goodquality of raw Bugar for refining, but neitherwould be graded equal to Southern.

Judge Chandler was cheerfully busy yester-day.

HOUSES AND CATTLE BUBNED.

By one of the freight trains on the Chicago,Milwaukee A St. Paul river division which ar-rived here yesterday morning James White andfamily, from Zumbrota, started to found a newhome at or sear Crookston. While Mrs. Whiteand eight children were made as comfortableas possible in the caboose Mr. White and hiseldest son, a boy ofabout 16 years, rode in abaggage car, in one end of which waspacked the household goods of the family andsome farm implements, whilein the other endwas their span of horses, two cows and threeyearling oalves, a dog and about forty hens.At Newport Mr. White went back to the ca-boose, and his son, lying on top of the house-hold stuff, fellasleep when the train was againinmotion. A few miles out from the city hewas awakened by noise made by the animals,and saw that the straw at the bottom of thecar was on fire, and the flames were takinghold of the car and the goods. He quicklyclambered through the car window and madehis way along the tops of the cars to the ca-bo ise, and told that the car was on fire. Thetrain was near a watering tank, where the firewas soon put out, but not before ithad burnedthrough the top ofthe car and burned or dam-aged mo»t of the goods. The animals andfowls were alldead

—suffocated and then baked

to a char, allparts exposed to the fire. The car,inthe upper levee yard yesterday morning, was anobject of considerable curiosity. The pooranimals, scorched and burned by the fire, withtheir lips parted and their teeth contrastingwith their blackened faces, lay in a huddle,distorted by their last agonies, and the deaddog lay upon the body ofone of the cows as ifhe had crouched there to sleep instead of toescape the fire. The fireis supposed to havestarted from a locomotive spark droppingthrough the window into the straw under theanimals. About all of the property of thefamily was in the car and the loss to themwouldbe a severe one. Doubtless the railroadcompany will recompense Mr. White, but,meantime, withhis large family, the situationis a hard one.

MINNESOTA'S LAKE POBT.Mr.Albert M. Eddy, general freight agent of

the St. Paul A Dulutb railway, returned yes-terday from a visit to Duluth. He reports theprospects for through business by his rosa andthe nor them water route as very good. Theofficial freight rates, it is understood, willbethe same as last year, fcut the facilities for fastshipments and opportunities for sail charterswillbe better than ever. The only steamerwhich wintered at Duluth was the J. L.Hard,of the South Shore line, but five lines of steam-ers willply to and from the port this season,viz:The Lake Superior Transportation line,from Lake Erie; The Northwest Transporta-tion line, from Sarnia; the Collingwood ALake Superior line, from Collingwood; theLakeMichigan ALake Superior Transit line,from Chicago; and Leopold AAustrian's SonthShore line. These several lines will make upeight or nine boats to leave Duluth each week;but intending travelers may as well bear inmind that salt water notions rule the freshwater sea, and no voyage will be begun on Fri-day.

Anew era of prosperity has come to Duluth,and its people are buoyant withhopes and fullof plans ef improvement and businessenlargement. The blast furnace, onwhich work was suspended in 1873, after theexpenditure on itof $175,000, is now ready forbeginning operations. The engine, which waslast put inmotion when Gov. Davis visitedthe place in the winter of 1873, has again beenput inorder, tried and found .o work satisfac-torily. A large number of charcoal pits arebeing made at Mahtowah, thirty-six miles thisside of Duluth, to provide the charcoal to beused, and the furnace willbe put inblast as soonafter the resumption of navigation as its sup-plies ofore can be brought from L'Anse andMarqnette

—probably about the Ist ofJune. A

foundry and machine shop is about being start-ed, a large sawmill is being built; the St. PaulADuluth company is completing large addi-tions to its docks ;the Northern Pacific elevatorcompany is building a million-bushel elevator—

altogether not less than a million dollars willbe expended this year at Duluth on buildings,docks, mills, furnaces, etc. Solidmen are coming in to takehold of the new enterpriseswith cash and] cred it to back them;and, inshort, the "boom" has struck Duluth. Iftheboom was only some sort of a hard fact whichwonld knock common sense into the land andlot owners, all would be well withDuluth.

\u25a0EVEN MONTHS' BUSINESS.

The stockholders of the St. Paul ADuluthrailroad, having voted last June to have thecompany's fiscal year end Dec. 31st instead ofMay 31st, us heretofore, the company's reportfor the seven months, June Ist to Dec. 31st, haslately been printed. The total earnings for theseven months were as follows:From freight $333,505 88Passengers 61,587 63Mails 4,536 09Express, rent, etc 4,527 68Government transportation 4,265 24

Total receipts $408,502 52The total expenditures, including $144,448.55

for the maintenance of roadway and equip-ment was $275 791.56

—the net receipts of

the road being $132,720.96. The net receiptsof the land department, from sales of landand timber, were $91,163.16. The fixedcharges, or amount of rent, interest, insur-ance, taxes, etc., were $31,032.07; the pre-ferred stock received for land and timberamounted to $65,792; and $114,172.88 wasexpended for additions to the company'sproperty

—leaving a cash surplus of $12,977.17

from the seven months, earnings. Nine hun-dred tors of steel rails were laid by the com-pany laet year and 1,500 tons were contractedfor at last year's prices which are to be laidthis year. The St. Paul freights for the sevenmonths, not including transfers here to andfrom other roads, amounted to 20,751 tonsfrom 8t Paul and 91,238 tons to St. Paul. Thetotal freight of the road was 226,653 tons andthe whole number ef passengers carried was56.956, of whom 17,294 were fromSt. Paul and16,939 to St. Paul.

The St. Paul shipments included 650 tons ofmachinery and castings, 210 tons of animals.14,857 tons of wheat, 1,672 tons of other grain,6.950 tons of flonr.1,327 tons of feed, 248 tonßof brick and stone, and 2.,927 tons of mer-chandise.

This company has set a good example inmaking its fiscal year correspond with the cal-endar year. The end of the calendar year isthe best time for closing up accounts and re-viewingprogress, and the officers aßd clerks aremost likely to have leisure for making up theiryearly reports at that season.

STTLLWATEB 4 HASTINGS B. B. COMPANY.

Articles of incorporation of the Stillwater AHastings railway company were filed in the

office of the secretary ofstate yesterday. Theobject of the organization is the constructionofa line of railway from Stillwater to Hast-ings, and it is togo into operation on Aprilsth. The amount of capital stock is $1,G00,--000, to be paid inupon call of the directors,while the highest amount of indebtedness islimited to $500,000. The inoorporators areD. M.Safcin, Chas N. Nelson, E. W. Durant.H. W. Cannon, R. F. Hersey, James S. Ander-son. Isaac Staples, J. H. Elward, G. L. Hos-pes, Fayette Marsh, John G. Nelson, DavidBronson, J. H. Townshend, John McKu-sick and Samuel Mathews, allStillwater; S. H. Patterson, Afton; L. A.Hunton and John C. Higgins, Lakeland. Thefirst board of directors are E. W. Durant, R.F. Mersey, David Bronson, Charles N. Nelson,Isaac Staples, D. M. Sabin, G. L. Hospes,Samuel Matbews, J. S. Anderson, and FayetteMarsh, of Stillwater, and John C. Biggins, ofLakeland, to hold their offices until the firstannual meeting of the corporation the firstTuesday of July next.

THB CHICAGO & PACIFIC.Chicago, April2.—Some of the bondholders

in the Chicago APacific railroad not includedin the syndicate, which proposes to lease theroad to the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paulcompany, applied in tbe United States courtthis morning to Judge Blodgett for an injunc-tion to restrain the syndicate from voting forthe lease on the ground that they would beprejudiced in their interests by such lease andtransfer. Judge Blodgett refused to grant theinjunction, but said he would hear argumentsafter tbe lease shall have been consummated asto what disposition shall be made of the moneyto be paid by the lessees. A meeting of thesyndicate is now progressing and the lease willdoubtless be confirmed.

The syndicate during the afternoon ratifiedthe agreement and the lease willbe formallyexecuted at once, giving the St. Paul road fullcontrol of the Chicago APacific. Judge Jame-son this afternoon on application in the super-ior court by a stockholder of the Chicago APacific, issued an injunction restraining cer-tainnamed stockholders from voting on thelease, but as those stockholders did not controlmuch of the stock, the injunction was of noeffect.

REDUCED TELEGRAPH RATES.

The Northwestern Telegraph Company3lakes Lower Bates to the Public,

Areduction of telegraph charges goes intoeffect on the Northwestern lines to-day, whichaverages nearly fortyper cent. The chargesfor messages from St. Paul to Chicago orMilwaukee are reduced from seventy- fivecents to fiftycents. All rates to points onits lines whioh have been above seventy-fiveoents are reduced to that rate; all750 ratesare reduced to 50c; all 500 rates are reducedto 350; and all 400 and 350 rates are reducedto 250. The public will appreciate theseconcessions, and probably nse the wiresenough more to keep up the oompany's re-ceipts and prohts. Low telegraph rates aredesirable, and the Northwestern company istobe commended for the liberal managementwhich keeps itwellup to the front inprogresstoward the cheap telegraphing whioh willsome day make the wires, muoh more thannow, a substitute for the mails.

STILL EXPLAINING.

The Public Examiner •'Vindicating" Him-self inthe Martin County Matter,

To the Editor of the Globe.A recent issue of the Fairmont Sentinel

eohoes your oharge that the "partisan exam-iner conceded the fact for six months,"that the treasurer ofMartin county was a de-faulter because he was a Republican.

This is the only statement affecting myofficial conduct made by your paper in orderto break the force of my Ramsey county re-port.

Having proven from my letter-book thatthe deficit in the Martin county treasury wasreported to the governor on April 30, 1879,twelve days after it was discovered (the in-termediate time having been given the treas-urer that he ''might compare my figures withhis books") the Sentinel echoes the Globe'sextraordinary change of front that Ihad in-dnoed the governor to "pigeon-hole" the re-port in these words: "Nodoubt but that Gov.Pillsbury was controlled by Kxox'a recom-mendations." And the Sentinel also adds:"Knox's visit to Fairmont in Aprilgave thepeople confidence in Hackett's financialsoundness. He conveyed the idea that thetreasurer was all right, and the feeling ofin-security which the bondsmen were begin-ning to be troubled with at once vanished."

My letter-book is a very conclusive andunimpeachable witness to the incorrectnessof these wild statements. Pages 247-8-9contain the copy of a letter written by meofficially to the board of commissioners ofMartin county,and dated April29th (the daybefore my report was transmitted to thegovernor) in which Igave them inthe plain-est language the information of Mr. Hack-ett's defalcation; and, after statingthat Ihad given Mr. H. time to demurto the correctness of my figures. The letteradds: "Not having heard from him Imustassume that he admits the figures to be cor-rect, and have informed him that Ihavewritten you of the facts that your board maysee that he at once makes up to the treasurythe amount due to it."

This is certainly a curious way to*'con-

ceal" the facts and to "control" the govern-or. The consistent answer to itcan only bethat "there is no doubt but that the board ofcommissioners were controlled by Knox'srecommendations," and that the "partisanexaminer" induced them to "pigeon-hole"the letter because Mr.Hackett "was a Re-publican!"

The Sentinel has also this to say, viz.:That "Mr.Knox recommended the board ofaudit to give Hackett a little time to makegood the deficiency." Mr.Knox did not doany such* thing, and he calls upon the editorof the Sentinel to publish any wordof his,verbal or written, that affords a shadow ofevidence that he ever made any such sug-gestion orrecommendation.

Henry M.Knox,Public Examiner.St. Paul, April 2, 1880.

Wants to "Soc Ittv 'Em."To the Editor of the Globe.

St. Paul, April2, 1880.— From the fact thatithas become a common practice inthis cityofusing one's officialposition, or that of an em-ploye of some one of the various corporations,firms, or individuals that are noted for promptfixedpayments of allDalances due sach offi-cials or employes forobtaining credit, and thenabase itafter having received his or her nextand all subsequent installments of salaries, byrepudiating their indebtedness and seekingother victims under the same glittering promiseof payment, the writer is led to assert that ithas become almost unbearable and beyond en-durance, and deserves exposure, to a certainextent, at least.

The various railroad companies have estab-lished a rule to the effect that if it be garni-sheed twice upon a single claim against one ofits employes that person must quit its service.Some business firms, as well as individuals, inthis city, have adopted a like course, which hashad a very beneficial effect upon certain deadbeats. Such a rule is not applicaDle and is ofno consequence to honest persons, for Bochnever sell or obtain credit beyond the amountof their monthly wages or income, unless itbeoccasioned by sickness or other unnaturalcauses, in which case the servant would not bedischarged, but would in every way be pro-tected.

The practice ofgarnißheeing corporations ofa municipal nature is not known to the law,bat insnch cases, if the corporations wouldadopt tbe rnle of practice now in use in theCnited States mail service, of dismissing Jhedelinquent debtor, such corporations would atonce elevate their fair names to a most envia-ble point an having a proper regard for thecharacter of its servants.

One of Mant Victims.

Babies' Carr ages.

When visiting the Fire Sale, don't forget todrop in at the 99 Cent Store and examine tbebeautiful line of babies' carriages. Itis thefinest stock in the city, and selling at the low-est prices. Be sure to see them before pur-chasing.

Nobby Spring Ulsteretts at Johnson's, 66East Third street, St. Paul, Fair Dealing

clothier.

BANKING IN COURT.

Judge Nelson Benders an Important De-

clslon Hettllnc Some Fine Points.

The followingopinion »nd judgment was de-

livered by Judge Nelson, yesterday. As it in-

volves some novel points, a mention of which

was made in the Globe at the time of trial, the

opinion is given in full:United States Cirouit Court—District ot Mm

nesota. _. . .N. A. Andressen et al. vs. the First National

Bank of Noithfaeld, April,1880—Action at law tried before the court without

& iurv»Cameron, Losey A Bunn and Geo. L.&Chas.

E. Otis, for plaintiff.Perkins & Whipple and Gordon E. Cole, for

defendant.Nhlson, J,—This suit is brought to recover

from the defendant two thousand seven hun-dred and twenty-eight dollars and forty-nineoents withinterest from October 1,1878.

The trial is before the court without a jury,and the followingare the facts:

The plaintiffs, citizens of the kingdom ofNorway, aw bankers doing business at Chriß-tiania. The firmof Wilson &Jurgens, bankersin the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin,

and the correspondents of the plaintiffs, sentto them a printed list of their correspondentsin this country, among whom was the defen-dant, and authorized the plaintiffs to drawdrafts on them to be paid on account of Wilson&Jurgens.

The plaintiff drew a draft as fellows:"Christiania 16. Aug. 1878. For $2,724.87ct

gold. *»

Three days after sight pay this first ofex-change (second nnpaid) to the order of Mr.OleMikkelsen $2,723.87 gold, value reoeived, andplace itto account of W 4 J, withomt, or as peradvice from N. A. Andbesben & Co.To the First National bank, Northfield, Minn.

In need with Messrs. Wilson & Jurgens, LaCrosse.-' \u25a0

The First National bank, N*thfield, had nofunds of the plaintiff's, and was unknown to

them except as included ameng the correspon-dents of Wilson &,Jurgens.

Ole Mikkelsen, the payee in the draft, pre-

sented itto the drawee Sept. 7th, 1878, and anofficer of the bank Baid itwas all right; re-ceived it;paid $24 upon it; issued a certificateof deposit to the payee for the balance, andmade the followingentries in the bank books :

Debit. Credit.Sept. 7, 1878. Certificate of

deposit favor of Ole Mik-kelsen, No $2,700 00

Sept. 7, 1878. Cash paid... 24 87Sept. 7, 1878. Wilson*Jur-

gens, draft forwarded forcollection $2,724 87

Sept. 9, 1878. Draft was in-tercepted and handed toBatavia bank, La Crosse,for protest.

Sept. 10, 1878. (Certificateof deposit withdrawn andcanceled and receipt givenfor collection).

W. AJ., draft returned $2,724 87Certificate deposit account

canceled $2,700 00Bills receivable, Mikkelsen

note 24 87The draft was sent toWilson & Jurgens by

the First National bank, witha request toBendgold draft on New York for amount, and ondiscovery of Wilson & Jurgens' bankruptcy itwas subsequently intercepted at La Crosse andthe Batavia bank,having no interest in it,caused it to be protested at the instance of theFirst National bank of Northfield.

The plaintiffs had ample means, some $4,500,on deposit with Wilson A Jurgens when thisdraft was drawn. On August 29, 1878, WilsonA Jurgens were adjudged bankrupts. Theirassets were in the hands ofan assignee at thetime the draft was presented for payment bythe Batavia bank.

The draft was returned to Andressen A Co.with the protest and the following letter fromOle Mikkelsen:

"Nobthmbxd, Sept. 18, 1878.Messrs. N. A. Andressen A Co., Christiania:

Deab Sres-The draft, $2,724 87-100, Ibought from you on the 16th of August hasbeen protested on the grounds that Messrs.Wilson AJurgens, ofLa Crosse, became insol-vent. Ireturn this to you through the FirstNational bank of this city and Messrs. Knauth,Machod AKuhne, New York, for collection.Ihave bargained for a farm here and hope

there willbe no delay incollecting the amountof the draft. Yours, etc, OliMikkklsen."

The plaintiffs believing that the defendanthad not paid the draft as itasserted, and thatWilson A Jurgens had not been able to pay onaccount of insolvency, when returned to thempaid it. i

On discovering, from a correspondence withthe assignee in bankruptcy and others, thefacts, suit is brought to recover from defend-ant the amount paid.

CONCLUSIONS.

The draft, on its face, indicated that itwasdrawn for the account of Wilson A Jurgens, andifnot paid for any reason by the drawee theholder could apply to Wilson A Jargens forpayment.

Defendant was not authorized to pay for theaccount ofthe drawers.

The direction being clear, the defendantcould not pay the draft and charge the drawers.

Thc facts proved establish an acceptance ofthe draft, charging Wilson AJurgens withtheamount, issuing to the payer, withhis consent,a certificate of deposit for all bat a small por-

tion, which was paid in money. This was apayment as to the drawers, and when thusmade cannot be revoked by the drawee so as tocharge them.

Any act which cleat lyindicates an intentionto comply with the request of the drawer willconstitute an acceptance, and when the draftis received and the proceeds credited to thepayer who presenta it,the drawee cannot by asubsequent arrangement withhim cancel thepayment and hold the drawer.Itis true a certificate of deposit is not inlaw

an extinguishment of a debt or paymentunless there was an agreement to so accept it.

Inthis case the evidence shows that Mikkel-sen authorized the deposit of the balance ofthe proceeds of the draft mt paid to him incash to his credit, for bis benefit. The un-contradicted evidence of Mikkelssn is: "Ipre-sented the draft and they said itwas all right.They asked ifIwanted it right away. Theypaid twenty.-four or twenty-five dollars, andgave me a note for the moneyIleft." Had theFirst National Bank failed immediately afterthe certificate was issued and received by Mik-kelsen the loss would have been his: so thateven as between Mikkelsen and the bank thecertificate, whatever its form as to time whendne, was a payment of the draft.

The subsequent payment by the plaintiffson the return of the draft protested was madewithout fullinformation of all the facts, andtbe effect of the letter of Mikkelsen was tomislead them. A payment thus made i§ notvoluntary, and the amount can be recovered.Judgment for plaintiffs.

THE COURTS.

United States Circuit Court.[Before Judge Nelson. I

N. A. Andressen vs. the First National bankof Northfield. Judgment for plaintiff.

Municipal Court.[Before Judge Flint.|

CRIMINAL.

The City vb. James Powers; vagrancy. Com-mitted be sixty days.

The City vs. John Stewart; drunkenness.Committed for seven days.

The City vs. Jerry Mallory. Committed forthree days.

The City vs. Peter Hanson . Fine of $3 paidand discharged.

The City vs. Lizzie Hines; drunkenness.Committed to the House ofGood Shepherd forsixty days.

STILLWATER.

D. W, MoKusick, Republican, has an-nounced himself as an independent candidatefor city treasurer.

The Democratic caucuses held last eveningelected delegates to the city convention, asfollows:

First ward—

James Foley, John McCarty,E. S. Brown, J. F. Burke, Michael Giilespie,George Low,David Tozer.

Second ward—M. M.Clark, Samuel Mat-

thews, C. P. Gregory, W.H.Brown, MichaelMoffatt and R. A. Anderson.

Third ward— W. G. Bronson, M.W. Mur-ray, J. H. Donnells, John Keilley, L. E.Thompson and Samuel Register.

Michael Moffatt was nominated for alder-man in the Second ward and John O'Shaugh-nessy in the First ward.

GLOIIKLKTS.

Aboard of trade has been organized at Bris-tol, Term.

Jay Gould wears a charm chain, and dailyconsults an oracle.

Minister Lowell is at Bramita with his wife,who is much better.

Ther« are 800 cases of typhoid fever ina bad-ly drained part of Pittsburgh.

ARussian lady is translating Poe'a p*emnand tales into her native tongue.

Dnnng the month of March 114 white per-sons left North Carolina for Western States.

A sparrow attacked an oriole on a woman1

it

bonnet inHornellsville, N. V., a few days ago.Profestor Nordenskjold has been appointed a

commander of the order of the Legion of Honorat Paris.

The ear of Louise, which was injured in therunaway accident, is almost well enough towalk offnow.

Mrs. Langtry's chief charm is said to be inher soft, timid eyes, to which no mere picturecan do justice.

Senator Bruce, of Mississippi, intends, it issaid, to become a lecturer when his Congres-sional term expires.

Rev. Dr. Crayon, of the Methodist EpiscopalChurch Sonth, dedicated a cotton factory in aNorth Carolina town.

Two women, formerly connected with theMay Fisk show, were fined f5O each for fastdriving inNashville.

According to an estimate of the Financia IChronicle, of New York, Jay Gould controls7,864 miles of railroad.

H. VictorNewcomb has made an individualcontribution of $150 to the Jackson equestrian

statue fundat Nashville.Jim Eeene goes toEurope inJune to person-

ally superintend the races in which his stableof flyers have been entered.

There is a great rush in Europe for Bis-marck's autographs, but they are becomingrare and more difficult to obtain.

The Rev. William M.Baker is writingaBhortstory, in which the principal characters in hisnovel. "His Majesty, Myself," are introduced.

Twenty-five bushels of corn, received atConcho, Texas, on Wednesday, was sold at$1.75 per bushel as fast as it could be meas-ured.

Amansard roof isbeing placed on the towerof the First Colored Baptist church at Nash-ville,inplace of the spire blown down by thetornado not long since.

The Jews of San Franoisco have put Davidontrial ina mock court, rabbis, lawyers and otherprofessional speakers arguing for and againstthe morals of the great Jewish king. The dis-cussions are held ina large hall before crowdedaudiences.

Vicar General Doane, of Newark, has beenraised to the dignity of a prelate ofthe Papalhousehold, which carries withitthe dignity ofRight Rev. Monsignor. He is the first Ameri-can priest who has been thus honored at theRoman court.

Maj.Gen. Hancock has a farm of 480 acresof fino land near Windsor, Mo., which he looksnpon as his homestead, where he means to

pass the latter years of his life. Before going

into the army he was a citizen of Missouri,and married in that State.

Mr.Fletcher, the father of the clever youngauthor of "Kismet" and ''Mirage,

"is quoted as

saying: "Iwould rather see my daughter mar-ried toan American blacksmith, possessing the

ttributes of a true man, than any scion of theJritiuh nobility lacking them."The Hon. Mr. Bagot, aide-de-camp to the

Marquis of Lome, and Mr.Madden, the groomwho rendeted valuable services at the time ofthe accident to Princess Louise, have receivedgold watches, sent by Queen Victoria. Thc

gifts were presented by Princess Louise.

Mrs. Spencer, of Burleigb, Canada, gave

birth to triplets and lout no time in asking forhe $25 that Queen Victoria has been accus-

tomed to give in similar cases. She has re-ceived from the undersecretary ofstate the re-

>ly that the queen has ceased this bounty ex-

cept inGreat Britain itself.In Charleston, S. C, while a man named

Bresnaham, was walking on the street afterdark, he was accosted by two men, JoUn Hoganand Billy Redman, who asked him to treat.Refusing to treat them he was set npon by thopair and badly beaten, his leg having beenbroken and his body badly bruised inotherplaces.

A new edition of Victor Hugo's works isabout to appear, all but two of which, "Hand'lalande" and "AmyBobsart," willbe printedfrom the original manuscripts, fetched fromGuernsey for that purpose. Many cancelledpassages will be reinserted in the text or asnotes, among these being a whole act in "An-gelo."

General Lesiie Combs, of Kentucky, says hewouldn't vote for Tilden to save the latter*life. He thinks Hancock the most avai tableman. His argument runs that ifthe Republi-cans should nominate Grant the Democrats canafford to throw New York away, for they couldcarry bo)h Pennsylvania and Ohio by nominat-ing Hancock.

The German Publi&iwrs1 Journal has issuedstatistics concerning the number of periodicalpublications published in the world. Accord-ing to them the total number is about 93,000,of which Germany boasts 3,778; England, 2,800;France, 2,000: Italy,1,226; Austria. 1,200; Rus-sia, 500. Asia produces 387; Africa, 50; Ameri-ca, 9,129, ami Australia, 100.

The policeman's lifeis not a happy one inJapan, especially if he happens in the dis-charge of his duty to arrest a law-breakingprince indisguise. To the average Americanitseems hard lines that the Japanese police-man who arrested Prince Henry, Kaiser Wil-helm's grandson, while he was violating pro-prietary rights incognito, should be dismissedthe service and fined.

The Australian papers report the perfor-mance of a remarkable journey across the con-tinent from north to sooth. Three Europeansstarted from Bnrketown, on the Gulf ofCar-taria, with two hundred head of cattle, andhave been successful in bringing them to Ade-laide in good condition. They traveled in

early a straight line from point to point, thejourney taking six months.

According to the St. Petersburg correspond-ent of the Cologne Gazette, Vera Sassalitch, *theugh neither arrested nor inSt. Petersburg,is nevertheless no longer inSwitzerland. Sheis keeping the Russian police on the alert byhaving taken up her abode on the Russian fron-tier of Austria, witha view,it is supposed, todiverting the attention of the police from someother political refugee to be got across thefrontier.

Cardinal Newman has so far recovered fromhis recent accident as to sit up. Arib that isover eighty years old is, of course, broken with-out any reasonable hope of its ever joiningagain; but his Eminence, though unable tostand, and therefore to say mass, has now theconsolation of reading and writing almost anincessantly as before. Itis not explained veryclearly how the accident occurred, though itis supposed that somnarabulency is a danger towhioh he is exposed.

Harmony Mills Strike.Couoes, N. V., April 2.—To-day 2,000 loom*

are in operation, and one extra pair of mule*

was started in No. 3 mill. Until the spinnersresume work no further increase willbe madein the number of weavers, the superintendentproposing to permit the operators now in theHarmony mills to weave the balance of the fill-ingon band.

tHE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 1880.