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The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17
WISCONSIN,
THE STATE OFFICERS CHOSEN.


Governor .JE EREMlAH NJ. RUSK
Lieutenant Governor. PAM - f!tlEnD
Secrenrv OF State. ERNST I1MME
Attorney G neral. ....... .LEANDER +. FRIsBY
State Superintendent. ........ ROBERT GRAHAM A1N
Railroad Commissioner ........ NILS p. HAUGEN
Insurance Commiss oner PHILIP L. SPOONER
DEMOCKATIC GAINS.
MILWAUKEE. Nov Sat l o'clock, reports
received At the united headquarters Of the Re
publican and Democratic managers from 135
If the 2, 335 precincts in the State gave q net
Democratic gain of $500 Rusk, however, l.
undoubtedly elected by small majority. The
total vote on the gubernatorial ticket III thecity
Of Milwaukee is as follows: Rusk, Rep, {, ,O02;
Fratt, Dem. 5,693: Kanouse, Temperance.
338; Allis, Greeuback, 3l9; Rusk's majority
over Fratt, 800. This vote shows falling of
of over 1000 Republican votes as compared
with the gubcrnatorial vote Of 1879.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 8.-Out of 1000 towns
in the State, l25 have been heard from, which
give Democratic gain Of 1,8OO. Returns VI
to $50 p. NJ. indicate very light vote all over
the State. Milwaukee, city and county, gives
Rusk Rep, for governor, 255 majority, while
Falk, Democratic candidate for state treasurer.
runs over 5000 ahead Of his ticket, and
there Is bare possibility Of Falks election
Returns from 81 towns, comprising over 200
precincts in the State, show net Democratic
gain of 2, $50. The Republican State central
committee at this hour claim the State by
10000 majority.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17
FIRES AND OTHER CASUALTIES,

The Frapklinvil'e, Md, cotton mills were
burned Saturday night. Insurance, 500, 600
At Cincinnati fire destroyed MCGUIRE l.
Co. g Ohio and Mississippi elevator, with 1876
600 bushels of grain, with loss of 200 900
At Orchard Beach, Maine, the old Blanch-
ard, the L swrence, the Aldene, the st. Cloud,
the Belmont and the Fiske hotels burned. Loss,
$92,OOV
disastrous confagration reported from
Woodstock, N. B. Atla accounts the entire
north part of the town Eas been burned, and
the fiery element was still rampant
AtNa,ara, N. Y, the public scbo1 1!s are
temt orar,ly closed, owing TO the prevalence of
cifhtheria. A large number are sick The
deaths 80 far have been confined to children.
J. A. Poorman of Paw Paw, Mich, and bis
two children ate pancakes on Tuesday last
mixed with arsenic used by mistake for baking
powder; Poorman has since died and it is
new reported that both children cannot recover.
Ten boilers at the extensive Timber and
salt mandatory Of Ham lton d Mcclure. ak
miles below East Saginaw, Mich, exploded
recently, wrecsiDg property to the extent of
81 = OO, killing four firemen. Michatl and
Joseph Lsbon, Frank Blanchard and Charles
Carpenter. Low water caused the explosion.
Martin G. Hesler, married man, thirty
years old, resident of lola. Waupaca county,
Wis.,, went out hunting Sunday and not It turn
ing IL due time search was Instituted result
ing in the finding Of his d. al body, shot COM
p!etely through and his rifle lying empty by his
side The suppssiton is that death resalteo
accidentally.
James Fee, conductor on freight train of
the Milwaukee l. st. Paul, was killed at Shel-
don, Iowa, On Tuesday evening. He tried to
step from the depot platform to the steps of
the caboose and fell un .er the car wheels He
was cut all 70 pieces. Fee was single man
aged about ~, and had been on the road three
years.
Three railroad accidents were reported Fri
day, one On the international l. Great Northern,
By which twenty three Texan conv'cts are re-
ported killed; one on the Hannibal l. St 10 iu
which the fireman was killed and two coll ding
freight trains we're demolished. and tn. third
near Centralia, To-, wherein Engineer Dayton
and Fireman Purdy were scalded.
Bedford l(nd.) special: A train of four cars
including tho engine, tender aud ,ose, on
The B. =, o 4 B. narrow gauge road, broke
through the White river bridge, twenty-five
miles from this place, killing brakeman lian,ed
Gardner, and slightly injuring eight or ten
more peleons. The train fell bout thirty
feet and IS q complete wreck. This bridge has
been considered unsafe for some time
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17

DIR. LoR1Na. the new agricultural COM
missioner, made hosts of friendsl during his
late tour to the south. His addresses at
Atlanta and elsewhere are highly com.
mended.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17

which c!osed Saturday night after ten days
duration, realized 8 1000, Eross receipts, Of
which S6 900 was clear profit The net pro-
oeeds, $50, ,OOO. 60 to the benefit Of the Jew
ish orphan asylum at Cleveland.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17

A bad man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was
arrested the other day for profane swear
ing, and under q statute which has been in
force there ever since the year 1894, he was
fined fivs Pennsylvania shillings, or 67 "a
cents, for each Of ten separate offences that
were proved against him. The costs
brought the total bill up to about $l5 and
as the offender declared upon oath that he
would not pay tho amount until certain
tropical region had been converted into q
skating park, the magistrate thought it not
worth while to wait bat thrust the cursor
into Jail where be must remain "a hours for
each profane remark that has been legally
established against him.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17
The special laws of Minnesota passed
last winter till volume Of over thousand
pages.

The principal hotels OF St. Paul and
Minneapolis have agreed to advance rates
fifty cents per day on the 18th inst. owing
to high cost and of labor and provisions.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17

Owing to the high price CT butter, and
because -four is Sc and $7a barrel, Mr..
Charle> Delmonico. of New York, has an.
nounced that he is compelled to slightly
alter bis schedule. Sirloin steaks hence.
forth will Be 81. instead Of seventy five
cents. and mouthful Of celery that former
" cost quarter Of a,iollar will now be
rated ct forty cents. Foreign wines and
brandies have advanced about 100 per
cent. The new sc1edule Will no doubt
whst the appetite of the DeImonico patrons.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17
MISSISSIPPI.

0EM0CRAT1C VICTORY.
JACKSON, Miss, Nov. 8.-The heavy rain
the State to-day causes election returns to
come in much slower than usual The vote Of
this city will give the Greenback aud Republi-
can tickets majority of 2OO but the county
will undoubtedly give majority for the Dem
ocratic State and county tickets of about 500
The returns up to this hour give the Demo-
cratic State ticket q majority Of 9. 500 Little
doubt IS felt as to the final result which will be
the election of the entire Democratic State
ticket with large majority in both branches
of legislature. The election has passed of
more quietly and peaceably than was antici-
Led. lAe only disturbance thus Tar rep"lteu
occurred at Marion, Lauderdale county, where
four white men, Democrats, were killed by
The difficulty is said to have beer
entirely unprovcked, and has caused much
excitement in that neighborhood. Full par
ticulars have not yet been received here.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17
M SSACl. l.USETTS.
PENNSYLVANIA.

BOSTON, Nov. 8.-The election in Massachu-
setts to-oay ended In a walk over for the Re-
publicans, with majority of about 35, 600.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17
Tyner's CrOokeauess Mt Albart Lea.

1yUcT tTUOAtuue60 Nv hlUefG AeHs
Albert Lea, Freeborn county, has had a first
cises ct nsation in the departure Of Theodore
Tyner, prominent business man. loan and ill.,
earance agent, his subsequent arrest, and the
discovery shat he has been engaged in various
criminal transactions. He took train last
"wednesday night, which was wrecked two miles
from Albert Lea. from which point he walked
to Benson's Grove and took the Fort Dodge
passenger train Thursday afternoon He was
recognized by the conductor, who
pointed him out to the officer at
Forest City, by whom he was arrested.
The Freeborn county bank is reported to be
loser for So, 900 or SO, 600, and great many
creditors at various amounts ar turning up
hourly. When he was arrested only abont
$500 were found on his person, while it is
generally thought that he must have had
at least $4,000 when he left.
He was sent to the penftentiary from Buffalo,
N Y. some years ago for forgery, but was par
doued out BY CIV. Tilden, When he came to
Albert Lea and went into business. Some time
since he was compelled by Minneapolis bauk
to mortgage all Of his property to it to make
good some crooked transac ioos, and it is thought
he has left his family penniess. He occupied
high position in church aud society circles.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17
Judge Shannon Goes For His Enemies.

Chief Justice P. G. Shannon, of Dakota Ter
ritory, in Pittsb"rs, sad that the charges
Washington, were the work of the Indian and
land rings who oppose him, and also of those
who wish to defeat him for the United States
senatorehip if Dakota becomes state. He III
end'reed by Secretary Kirkwoo1, Hugh Camp
many others He says the territorial rings
fear him and want some new man. He is
backed by Simon Cameron, Don Cameron, Sec
retary Blaine, Macveagh, Grant, Logan, mem
bers of the Chicago bar: Robert Lincoln, Sec-
retary Hunt, Senator Lsphaa and others, and
has been tod by Presiien Arthur that the
charges would lave no avail
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17

Minnesota Congressional Apportionment
] he congressional districts Of Minnesota will
lie reafter be arranged as follows, provided
congress passes an apportionment bill which
ehall entitle Minnesota to five members:
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17
NEW YORK.

LATER-Retarns show that the republicans
have won the fight The entire state ticket i.
elected, with the exception of Hustled for
treasurer, by q majority estimated at
1881. Hustled ran several thousand
" to, behind his ticket. The legis-
lature is democratic in bnth h 'usos the Gen.
ate will stand II democrats to Is republicans
The assembly will probably be comprised Of 6e
democrats and GO republicans o 10 or two
doubtful districts have not been heard from
but they will not wipe out the majority il con-
coded to the republicans.
VIRGINIA.
PETERSBURG, Va, Nov 9.-Returns received
Tonight from different parts of the eta+e give
Cameron in the neishburhool Of 200 ma
j,ritv.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. o-Lster returns fur
ther reduce III Democr I'll grains in tn. leg;s-
lature, and there is no hope of recovering the
lost ground in the coun les to hear from
Pretty full returns have been received from
over half OF the state. and the Indication are
that Cameron is elected and that the Readjust-
ers will have good working majority on joint
ballot in the legislature. At tie Re ,djuster
headquarters the election Of the state ticket is
claimed by not less than 8. 600, an6 major
ity in the legislature of from seventeen to
twenty on joint ballot
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17
THE STAR KOUTERS.
The Judge Discharges Them on Account OF H.
legal Bringing OF Suits.

On Thursday last, in Washington, the gov
eminent received its first setback in the star
route c ses The supreme court OF the dis
trict, Judge Cox presiding, quaehed the jnfor-
nation filed and set free the defendants,
Messrs Bardy, French, Turner and Brown.
As the court was opened by the crier, Judge
Cox rose, and addressing himself particularly
to the assembled council sitting direct
~ before him, delivered his decision
He went on to deal with the main point at Issue,
as to whether conspiracy was an iafamous
crime and could be charged by information.
After renewing argument Oh bo'h 81 les of the
ty, at the close OF which, he said:
1t seems to me- therefore, that the effect 0:
the legislation we hav, been considering is to
classify the offeoce here charged among the
Infamous crimes and thereby t. secure the de-
PENDANTS from prosecution Of 1t, except on in-
dictment II that ba so OF course, the infor-
ma,ioa never could have been rightful!y fled
Leave ought to have been refused and the or
der giving leave must necessarily be racinded
and nothing re mains for mo
but to grant the motion made Oh the
part of the defendants and order this scharge.
Thi. decision was exDucted an will not en-
barrass the prosecution, always provided the
cases are pus ned vigorously and with intent to
brought the action within the statute of limita-
ton, and its failure leaves the proseca ion
free to proceed now by Indictment
Col Cook gives the assurance that this will be
done without delay. There ,s no legal obsta-
Gle to the prosecution of the cases to convic-
ton, but there is debauched atmosphere in
Washington which m 'kes it almost i'm possible
to convict snybo " accused OF ste Ling because
t'they all do it, Wnen they gst chaLoe.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17
POLITICAL NOTES AND NEWS.

POLITICAL NOTES AND NEWS.
Mississippi has gone democratic by nearly
5000
The Connections republicans elected 10 Of
the IA senators, giving them IL OF the 24 SEN
ators Last year t'e senate stood IL to5.
3 his year there are three new districts The
house stands, according to Courapt returns,
l49 republicans, SO democrats aid green.
hacker; lset year, republicans 1856, democrats
50, Rreenb ecker l.
Latest returns from New Jersey show that the
next legislature will be: Senate, ropublcana,
13; democrats, &; . democratic gain g. As
sembly, republicans, 80; democrats, 80; =
democratic gain Of 4.
In Massachusetts,, with two small towns to
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17

tue close division In tho house may result In
our having good business congress and .
| short session.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17
THANKSGIVING.

nation was Issued from the department OF
state to-day:
By the president Of the United States of America
A proclamation. 1t has been pious custom of our
people with the closing of the to look back
uuon the blessings brought to them in the changing
Course OF the seasons aud to return solemn thanks
6ow, and although at this period, when
OF our sacred duty is at hand, our
nat nation M lies in s the shadoT h Of great
finds sorrowfu expression toward the God before
whom we hut lately bowed in grief and suDplica-
ton. ye! the countless benefits which have been
-showered upon during the past Twelve months
call for our terveni gratitude. and make IT fitting
that we should rejoice with thanstuEess that
tue Lord in lis infinite mercy has
Peace wi hout and prosper y within have been
v"uclisafed to US. No pestil-nce has visited our
shores. The abundant privileges OF freedom which
our fathers left US in heir wisdom still iu-
creasng heritage, and If iu parts of our vast do
main some ai1iiction has visited our brethren
da,1 @ nsr na forest Deb h0ms asDerd yet in this
manner sanctitied by generous compassion for tho
sufferers which has been called forth throughout
cur land. For all these things it is meet that the
voice OF t be nation should 60 up 10 G d in devout
homage Wherefore l, G lester A. Arthur. prssi-
nj of the Until States, do reconn euA that all
people observe T iurs'ay. the 24:h day of Novsm-
prayer. by ceaSing SO far as may be, from their
Of worship there to ioin in ascribing hono5and
has become m fest in our history and in
Ives. and Offering earnest that his bounes
may continue 10 US and to our children In witness
whereof, l have hereuntO set my hand and caused
the seal OF the United States to lie affixed Done a.
the CITY of Washington tbs fourth day OF Novem-
ber. in the year of our Lord ono thousand eight
hundred and eghty-one, and Of the INDEPENDENCE
Of the United States the one hundred and sixth
CHESTER A. ARTHUR
BY the President:
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17

The returns from Nebr.ska indicate 4 re-
publican majority Of 30, 600. =. i
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ESCAPE OF STAGE RoBBER FROM SAN QUENTIN
Determined Attempt of San Franciscan
to Kill Himself.
CALIFORNIA.
The storm.

YREKA, January 15th.-The storm sub.
sided Yesterday afternoon, though still threat
ening continuance. Over 10 inches Of rain
fell IN about seventy hours, the heaviest ever
known for the time. The streams carried off
barns, lumber, trees, fencing, etc, with a
rush, as the deluge was too heavy for the
watershed of this section. At Callahan's,
on the Scott valley road, both bridges are
gone. The stage.driver packed the mail
over the mountain trail to Fort Jones yester-
day, reaching Yreka this evening via Nc
Adams creek. Scott valley looks like an in
land sea, and all the mining claims on South
Fork but one are ruined. There has been no
stage since Wednesday on the Sacramento
route from Redding, the rivers and all the
little streams being impossible. The Shasta
river bridge on the new Oregon stage road.
below Hawkinsville, is gone; also, the small
bridges over the sloughs at the old Oregon
road bridge. The culvert, and water escapes
in Yreka had TO be torn out and enlarged to
prevent the flooding of houses and stores.
No stages are expected to be started from
here fer week, as the bridges must be re-
placed and the roads fixed on all the routes
southwark and northward.
SHASTA. January 14th.-The rain still con-
tinues to pour down in torrents. The Sacra-
mento river at Waugh's Ferry is within four
feet of where it was in the winter of 1861 2.
Two ferry.boats passed down the river this
afternoon, supposed to be the Bass and the
Silverthorn ferries on Pitt river. The Sac
ramento is still risirg Most all our streams
and creeks are said to be higher than ever
known before. There are no signs of clear
up.
GEORGETOWN, January 16th-During the
storm which began here last Wednesday
night, and has continued up to the present
writing, over inches of rain has fallen.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
The Irish Trouble.

DUBLIN, January l6th-The Grand Or
ange Lodge has forwarded memorial to the
Queen, praying her Majesty to take steps to
arrest the terrorism caused by the Land
League.
LONDON, January 16th.-The organization
of series of local demonstrations against
coercion has been agreed upon. Preparations
are already making for monster meeting in
Hyde Park.
DUBLIN, January 16sh.-At marlborough
six traders have been summoned on charge
of attempting to compel persons to join the
Land League.
Davitt spoke to-day near Kanturk. He
vehen.ently attacked the landlords. Gov
eminent reporters were present.
New York, January 17th-A. B.-The
Heratds Dublin special says: Land League
prosecutions are cropping out all over Ire
land. On Saturday no fewer than ninety -six
summonses were served on six prominent
members of the Mary borough Land League,
charging them with Boycotting aud intimids-
ton. Their cffense consisted in call
ing on shopkeepers and endeavoring
to compel them to join the League.
Five Leaguers, charged at Tralee. o. Sstur-
day, were returned for trial. Informations
were sworn before magistrates, and warrants
were issued for the arrest of eleven officials
of the Kerry branches. among whom is a
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Gilmore's bill can have no other object
than to make it easier to swear in votes
of the legality of which no satisfactory
evidence can be advanced. Any unnat-
uralized alien could get himself upon
the register under this bill, and it would
be impossible to pursue him for perjury, or
to punish him in any way. 1t would be
as well to abolish registration altogether as
to remove from the system all the safe.
guards which give it value. Neither Me-
Gallons nor Gilmore's bills ought to pass.
They are both emphatically against public
policy. There are far too many ignor-
ant aliens voting now for the good
OF the country, and these measures
would make it impossible to prevent
any kind of impudent fraud upon the
register. In fact if aliens are to be allowed
to swear themselves on the register in this
way, good many of them will think it
unnecessary to go through the form of
naturalization at all. Messrs. Gilmore and
Medallion appear to have devoted them
selves to the enterprise of debasing the
suffrage with an energy worthy of a better
cause, but we trust that the Committee
on Judiciary will make adverse recon-
mendation on both their bills, and that all
attempts of the kind will meet the same
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THE CHINESE TREATIES.


We publish this morning the full text OF
the treaties which have JUS been nego-
tiated by the Chinese Commission, and
which are now before the Senate for ratifi.
cation. The chief interest will no doubt
center in the treaty which relates to Chi
nese Immigration. In regard to this the
Commissioners appear to have been per-
mitted almost to make their own terms.
The whole power of regulating, limiting or
suspending the immigration of Chinese la
borers is placed in the hands of the United
States, the only condition being that their
immigration shall not be absolutely pro-
hibited. The value of this condition does
not appear to be great, for when Congress
has the power OF indefinitely suspending
this form of immigration, it can matter
nothing whether absolute prohibition is or
is not named The Pekin Government
,ems TO say in effect to the United States,
a You may stop this immigration as CON-
- pletely as you please, but you must not
say that it is completely stopped. The
Chinese already here are, however, ex-
pressly exempted from any such actual or
nominal prohibition. 1t is provided that
they, and all of them, shall be free to come
or 90 without let or hindrance and this
we presume means that the Chinese popu-
lation OF California shall be suffered
to remain at about its present figures.
Chinese who come as teachers, students,
merchants, OF for curiosity and pleasure,
are not included in the regulative authority
conferred upon the United States, and this
clause may possible require the word
merchant to be defined with more pre-
cision than it has yet been, since other
wise it would be possible for almost anyone
to gain admission through 30 elastic a
term. Even laborer may in one sense be
called merchant, for he deals in labor,
which it is his business to sell in the best
market As however Congress will have
full power to throw all possible safeguards
around the provisions of the treaty it may
be presumed that it will be effective in the
main. The commercial treaty gives
several advantages to our merchants, and
affords China the opportunity to attack
the opium clause in her treaties with
England, as heretofore intimated. Ii by
any means that most abominable traffic can
be rooted out, it could be worth great deal
to the cause Of human progress to have
facilitated such an event. The action of
England in forcing her opium upon China
at the point of the bayonet was beyondques-
ton one of the most atrocious deeds ever
perpetrated by power which pretends to
pride itself upon its Christian character.
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his message
MORE PREPARATIONS FOR NATURAL
IZATIoN FRAUDS.

A few days ago We directed attention TO
a bill introduced by Assemblyman Nc
GALLON, and the sole purpose OF which APP
peared TO be the facilitation of frauds
upon the register. We are now called upon
to expose another attempt in the same di-
rectiop, and holder one than the first.
Assembly Bill No. As, introduced by Mr..
Gilmore, proposes to amend Section 1897
Of the Political Code, by providing that
when person claiming to have been nat.
uralized applies for registration, his own
affidavit that his papers are lost, or cut IF
his possession, together with his affidavit
that he has resided five years
in the United States, and one year
in the State, shall be sufficient for the pur-
pose Mr.. McCallion's bill provides that
the applicant shall not be required TO desig-
nate the Court wherein he was natural
lied, and thus opens the door to fraud
Dir. Gilmore's bill goes further. and re-
lieves the applicant from all necessity of
swearing either to the place of his nativity,
or the time, place and Court of his natural
ization. 1t is perfectly clear that Mr..