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St. Paul daily globe., 1884-09-24

For the office of coroner the names of P. NJ.
Dohl and Frank Plummer were presented. The
ballot gave Plummer 73 and Dohl 20, and the
former was declared the nominee,
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Racing.

C~ovINGToN, KY. May 30.-The spring meet
ing of the Latonia Jockey Club began to-day
with q very large attendance. TIL weather was
fine, and the track deep in dust.
A purse race, distance one mile, opened the
meeting, and was won by Patrick Dennis: Ferg
Kyle second, SliDaway third. Time, Ids ID. e
In the Clipsetta stakes, for two-year-old FLIES,
foals of 1882, distance five furlongs, the starters
were Ultimatum, Tabitha. Miss Derby, Exile,
Eileen, Wanda. Impromptu. Retinue, Valliss
and Anna Woodcock. At the head of the
stretch Impromptu took the lead. At the eighth
pole Wanda took the lead and won easily by a
length, Retinue coming in a very fast second,
Vallisa third, Time, Los. Tabitla was the
favorite in the pools.
In the Merchants stakes for all ages, distance
one mile and n furlong, the starters were Free
land, Springer. Berlin, F~osteral, F~ellowplay,
Billy Gilmore, Mammonist and Richard L. The
betting on Billy Gilmore was $12O, Fellowplay
$50, Mammonist $40, the field S92. AT the upper
turn Freeiand moved up to third place. In tho
back stretch Freeland was second, with Berlin
in front, and the race was between these two TO
the end Freeland won easily by half a length;
Berlin second, Mammonist third. Time 1:571-2.
The purse race, one mile and a half, was won
in a canter by Loftin; Levant second, Ober-
meyer third. Time 2;44.
The fifth and last race was for a purse of $500;
distance. one mile and a quarter. The race was
won by Lord Edward by a head; Silvio second, a
neck in front of Baronella, third. Time, Els IL.
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is one that may well cause them to wonder
what to expect when the very Pharisee of pol
itics confesses his shame. What argument
can that party make to these novices in
p%olitics9 Decrying Democratic methods
and ~denouncing that party in I'M
qalifed terms, how can it reconcile
its action Of Thursday last, whereby n Demo
crat was importuned to bear the Greenback
standard and the Democratic party was asked
to admit it to 4 place within the Democratic
camp? The lust of Office has been too strong for
these Performers" and virtue has gone down
under temptation. The eyes of the nation
are upon the men who barter in politics and
attempt to inaugurate a "~reforn" under the
guise of what is nothing but a bid for trade
and dicker.
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THE late William Maxwell, who left u bequest
Of $4OO, 900 for the purpose of aiding experiments
IN aerial navigation. is now located Ii at Bridgeport.
Conn: instead of Milwaukee, or at least his trus-
tees are supposed to be there, Sixteen Darius
Greens. with their flying machines, have already
visited the place In search of the person who can
deal out funds for perfccting their invention,
but the number of visitors is a snail proportion
of che persons who disclose an describing interest
In the subject through the medium Of the mails.
Nearly two thousand letters have been received
making inquiry about the bequest, nearly every
one stating that the writer thereof has the only
successful machine yet devised, and only needs
a little money to make it fly to the uttermost
parts Of the earth. One man writes that he has
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it is said he enjoys a story told by
himself to himself, about as well as If
it came from any other good story teller.
Robertson is a funny fellow, and if he thinks Of
something interesting he is just as liable to stop
and enjoy it all by himself, up in front of the
Speaker, as if he were on an ~unfrequented
thoroughfare.
One not infrequently hears Tom Ochiltree
give audible answer to some inaudile question he
propounds to himself, and if Mr.. Cannon, of
Illinois, was alone and should be struck with a
self-made query, he is just as apt as not to an
swer it aloud, or ulutter something and gestiou-
late at the same time as onlyhe can.
Senator Van Wyck talks to himself very well.
He sometimes grows weary pacing around the
cloak rooms or in the space between the seats
and cloak-rooms, and sits down on a sofa and
comments to himself upon the current pro-
ceedings. Senator Beck talks to himself. It is
generally when he is mad, however, and then he
says damn itr
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THE STAR-ROUTE INQUIRY.

Expectation that the Testimony of Mr.. Mer-
rick VIII BE Very Interesting.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. May 30.-A good deal Of inter
est is manifested in the Forthcoming testimony
of Richard Merrick before the Springer commit
tee. All others connected with the star route
prosecutions have maligned each other without
touching the reputation of Mr.. Merriek, who, it
will be remembered. was the leading 'tbook law
YER for the government-that is, the prosecution
depended mostly upon him to produce the law.
He knows a great deal of inside history Of the
star-route cases, and he has by note informed
Mr.. Springer that he will testify fully and unre-
servedly as soon as his business would allow his
absence from it. He will probably appear the
first part of next week. He is a Democrat, of
considerable reputation here and in Marland,
and it is said that he was employed that his par
ty might assume some of the responsibility of
he prosecutions, and that it might be known
that it was not a partisan matter.
Following Mr.. Merrick, it is expected that At
torney general Brewster will testify. That will
close the governments side of the investigation.
Then, it is said, ex-senator Dorsey will be heard,
and also General Brady. Then the committee
will be ready to make up its report. 1t is said
by a good many who have watched the investi
CATION that the committee does not intend to
report at this session of Congress, but Chairman
Springer said to-day that there could be no doubt
that the report will DE made before adjournment.
He thinks the observations of the majority of
the committee will make a good compaign docu-
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AN OBJECTIONABLE rAx.

Business Men Interesting Themselves in the
Bill for Relief of Commercial Travellers.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-It appears that the
commercial organizations of the country are be-
the bill for the relief of commercial travellers by
forbidding States to levy a tax upon those from
other States who sell goods by sample. Mem
bers of Congress are receiving petitions from
boards of trade, chambers of commerce ex-
changes, ETC., in all parts of the country on
the subject. They demand the passage of the
bill, which is on the House calendar now, ac-
mittee.
One of the boards Of trade in the East char
acterizes as infamous the present State and
municipal laws on the statutes and codes in
some parts of the country, and which assess
from $75 to $500 upon each person, annually,
who sells goods by sample. In the District of
Columbia 5000 is the tax charged, and the mer-
chants here are raising a great rOokery over the
prospects of the law levying, it being repealed
by the passage of the bill.
Most of the organizations that are petitioning
Congress are suggesting a form of bill TO be
passed 1t makes it a misdemeanor, punishable
by a fine of $500, for any officer to interfere with
commercial travellers who sell goods by sample.
Nearly all of these petitions come from the East.
but it is a matter of great interest to merchants,
and especially wholesalers, everywhere. The
tax upon commercial travellers is most generally
levied in the South,
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The Knupp,s rupnel Accident.

PITTsBURG. May 30.-The c%oroner's investiga-
ton of the Knupp's tunnel accident was con
Guided last night, and a verdict rendered
generating the contractors from all blame.
An examination showed the accident to be
the effect of quicksand. Following are the names
of the men killed outright: Joseph Frank, An
cello Frank, Frank Fraze. Francisco Rizzi, Luigi
Corladino, Giovanni Cuircio, David Carmichael.
They were Spaniards and Hungarians. Two
others have since died, but their names were not
learned. as they were known to the boss by mum
Der. The injured will probably recover.
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MINOR MENTION.

Senator Brown Receives Letters of Advice
from New England.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
W~AsHINGToN, May 3O.-Seuator Brown, Of
Georgia, is a pillar in the Methodist Church.
The other day he made a remarkable speech
about the morals of New England, especially
Massachusetts. He has since received a number
of letters from modest ministers, telling him
that they do not think he does any good by
publicly, and in such outspoken language, deal
ing with the sui ject of which he treated in his
Speech.
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RIVERS AND
A Growing Anxiety Lest the Appropriation
Bill May Fail in the House.
nent.

Bill May Fail in the House.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-There haven't been so
many nervous men in the House or Senate since
the whisky bill was son" as there are to-day.
Their nervousness is brought about by the jeop-
ardy in which the river and harbor bill is. In
deed it looks now very much as though Congress
would adjourn without passing a river and har-
Dor bill. 1t will if Mr.. Randall can do it. He
doesn't believe the country wants a river and
harbor bill, anyway.
Many others, there are. too, on both sides of
the House. besides Mr.. Randall, who do not think
1t material that a river and harbor bill should be
passed. One of them said to your correspond
dent this morning:
The threatening words of members of the
committee on rivers and harbors don't scare me
very much. l don't caro- whether the bill passes
at this session or not. Chairman Willis is fright
ened. and says that unless we can get the bill up
right away it will have to go over, and that as
there was no bill passed at the last session of
the last Congress, the works must stop all over
the country on account of the money being ex-
hausted. The people of the country generally
don't care a fig whether the bill ever passes.
They are not crying for us to disburse this
tgrslve or thirteen millions the bill appropriates.
There's n prejudice against river and harbor
bills, and 1 don't believe we will be forgiven if
we consume a week on the river and harbor bill
right now, at the cost of such measures as the
shipping, bankruptcy, and a lot of others which
the business interests are demanding. 1 think
the river and harbor bill should be jeopordized a
little longer yet; it does it good.s
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A Fight which Ended in Murder.

NEWCASTLE, Pa, May 30-William Peters,
aged twenty-five, died, last night, from wounds
received in a quarrel three weeks ago. Peters
and a man named Kelley had a dispute about a
coal account. which finally ended in blows. Kel-
ly's son interfered, and in the scuf1e it is alleged
stabbed Peters in the back with q penknife,
Kelly is under arrest, but claims he did not in
fict the wound. .
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Arrest of -Cattle-Rroker.

CHICAGO, May 30.-Simon Marks, a we'll
known Pittsburg cattle dealer, was arrested
here to-day on a bench warrant, but was after
wards released on furnishing $4,000 bail. A
claim is. made that he is indebted to the Droveis'
National Bank to the amount of So. 900 by a
curious method of exchanging checks. Marks
ascribes his troubles to his son having run away
with all his funds. 1t is rumored, also. that
banks at Allegheny and Pittsburg have sus-
tanned losses ia the same manner.
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Officers

WAsHlNGToN, May 3O.-The grand lodge of
Good Templars installed, to-day, its newly-e elect
ed officers, namely: John B. Finch, of Nebraska,
chief templar, who succeeds George B. Kat
z%enstein, of New York; councillor, DR.. Orion
hyeteka, of Canada; vice-templar, Mrs. SARAH
Leonard. of Mississippi; secretary, D. P. Sagen-
of Illinois; chief superintendent Of Juvenile
Templars, Miss Gertrude Cushman, of Ohio.
Toronto, Canada, was selected as the next place
for meeting. =.
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MEN WHO TALK TO THEMSELVES.
Peculiarities of Messrs. Pettlbone, Robertson
Van Wyck and OchiItree.

van WyUK and OOhlILft6'
Speeinl to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. May 3d. walked up to the
Capitol, the other morning, behind Representa-
tive Pettibore, of Tennessee, and found that he
talks to himself continually when alone, He
spoke out loud, and discussed and argued. some
matter pending in the House with very great
zest- At times he gesticulated and spoken tones
quite loud. Mr.. Pettibone Is one of the most
forcible characters in the House. and is a faithful
servant of an Intelligent constituency. But he
is not the only member Of Congress that talks to
himself. Mr.. Robertson, of Kentucky, successor
TO Proctor Knott, now Governor. is fond of
having a little chat With himself, and
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manufacturers and the Amalagamated Associa.
5iQn is called for to morrow, when. it is stated,
last years seaie will be signed without amend
ment and work continued. The Leechhurg, Pa.
mill, kirkpatrick & Co, signed the scale to-day.
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A Sinking of the Earth.

SHENANDOAH, Pa, May 30.-A cavern under
the tracks of the Reading railroad, at Turkey
Run. yesterday, rendered six collieries idle. The
ground is still sinking, and all traffic on the rail-
road is suspended. The body of aworkman who
was buried has not yet been recovered. The
breach now covers 200 feet. A new track is be-
ing laid around the breach.
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Miss FLORENCE MARRYAT, the English nov
elist, will come over to America and lecture
upon What Shall We Do with Our Menu The
lecture. which must, of course, be intended to
benefit the women folks, will probably be intro
duced by a paraphrase of the famous English
recipe for cooking a hare First, catch your
man."
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TROY, N. Y May 30.-Twenty yearsSago six
silver spoons and a silver butter knife were
missed from a table in the house of Mrs. N.
Crandall. at Cohoes, and suspicion rested upon q
servant girl. The summer kitchen has just
been raised for the purpose of making repairs,
and the missing silverware has been found UNI
injured in q rats nest. q.
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Business Houses Burned Mt Akron. O.

AKRON, o., May 30.-A destructive fire ragged
in two frame business and tenement blocks last
midnight. The buildings were owned by Sarah
Steinhour and Felix ONeil, and occupied by J.
R. Dietzolts grocery, Herman e. Reder's com
mission house and Henry Thelsshamer's store.
The loss aggregates $l3, 900, and the insurance
81, 600, in small amounts.
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A Broker.

New YORK. May 3O.-Perrin ii. Sumner, o
broker. has been arrested on charge of swind-
ling Daniel NJ. Davidson. late of West Virginia,
out of over $40, 600, and has been committed for
examination.
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CATHERINE LAMBus, of Cincinnati, has insti-
tuted a suit for damages in s, 900 against Lille
and John Dollar, for having charged her with
the theft of diamonds. The idea of getting 700
dollars out of two Dollars, does not seem to haxe
struck Catherine as a mathematical absurdity.
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'STRAwBERRY short-cake flour" is the latest
invention of an improving civilization. An en-
terprising Connecticut firm stirs flour, butter,
baking powder and salt together in proper pro-
portions, evaporates all moisture from the COM
pound, boxes and labels it, and it is ready for
use. All the housewife needs to do is to mix the
-four with milk, bake it, lay on the strawberries
and allow her hungry family to take the cake.
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A coLoRED man who claims to be the Messiah
has arisen in Georgia and is creating some ex-
element among the devout. He announces him
self as being ready to forgive sins, enthusiastically
probable that when he comes to realize the ex-
tent of this contract he will be anxious to sub
Lot Il
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sage eats. Mr.. Springer is evidently of the
that a doctor in the house is a well
spring of health, a view of the fraternity not
shared by the vast majority of citizens.
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Political Crisis in winnipeg.

MINNEAPoLIs. May 30.-The Journals Win
nipeg government caucus sat all night, and is
still in session, and has decided to reject the
terms offered by the Dominion government and
will insist upon control of land matters. Sew
eral government followers have left the ranks,
and a crisis is expected. f:
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New YORK. May 30-Ferdinand Ward to-
day saids 'The responsibility Of General Grant
and John D. Fish in the firm of Grant q Ward
was tho same as my own
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THE Chicago ) Inter Ocean published eight
original Decoration Day poems, but will try to
continue publication as usual. Justice Is at q
discount for a fact.
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Col. Burnside.

WASHINGTON, May 3O.-Up to 3 p. m to-day
Col. Burnside had not succeeded in obtaining
bondsmen in numbers and responsibility sufi-
cient to satisfy Judge Smell in releasing him
from durance.
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A Defanlting Town CIerk.

W~nLIMANTIo, Conn, May 30.-Dwight Web
Der. town clerk and treasurer of Coventry, and
probate judge of tho Coventry district, has left
town. A.slOrtage of over 5000 is reported iu
his accountS
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IT will be more or less painful news to many
persons who reverence the Father of his Country
as a man without guile, to learn that he once
owned and played upon a fiddle. The regents in
charge of Mt. Vernon are negotiating for tho
purchase of the instrument, which is in the pos
session of Colonel j. Washington, and is valued
at 81 500. When secured they will place it be-
side the flute which the illustrious George used
to blow upon when not fddling. AS yet there
is nothing to show that he was addicted to the
piano.
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THE potato-bug is devastating New Jersey this
year, and the native Of that State will be forced
to import the early tuber and ,theEuddy tomato
or content himself witt last years crop as it is
found in the can.
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PITTsBURa. May 30.-Reports from eastern
Ohio and western Pennsylvania indicate severe
damage to early vegetables and fruits by heavy
frosts the past two nights. In some sections ice
formed a quarter of an inch thick. Farmers
report corn, wheat, potatoes and tomatoes badly
Trojan.
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A LOVE SICK swain went to Hoboken to commit
suicide. Arriving there, his heart failed him.
Death is not 50 dreadful, but at Hobokeni 49,
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Ia General Fremont, of war fame. in the land
of living or not9 If. where does he live, or where
is his final resting placei JOHN GoODALE
SEYMOUR Ind
General Fremont lives in New York.
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''tho only flying machine on earth in his mind
and wants $500 right off to make drawings and
the first machine. In a postscript he adds that
he will send for another $500 if the first is not
sufficient. Another man, from st, Paul, writes
that he has invented a flying machine on the
frog system" The machine is to give gigantic
leaps of 800 yards, and come down easily on the
inclined plane plan. Another proposes to reach
the uorth pole by strapping some other man to
a balloon holding enough gas only to lift part of
his weight, so that he could leap over an iceberg
with perfect ease and go skipping along until
the pole" was caught. 1t is hardly necessary to
say that no funds have yet been distributed.
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THE California delegates to the Chicago cons
vention will, it seems, combine business with
pleasure and politics. They are not occupied in
booming any candidate, and will, therefore,
according to a San Francisco paper, indulge in a
little boom for their State by making a grand
display of California products at their head
quarters in Chicago. Whether these products
will all be contained in bottles or will consist,
in part, of dramatic rehearsals of scandalous
senatorial divorce suits, is not stated by the
home organ.
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We are now giving with our Suits
Of $12 and upwards is a novelty in
troduced here by the MODEL.
Specially low prices will rule for
the next 80 days:
$40 Mems frst-class Cashmere
Suits at $8-every suit would be
cheap at $40.
Finest and best All-wool Suits for
Men at $40, $12 and $15-worth from
S. to $40 more a suit.
Special attention called to an in
voice of 1000 pairs Mems Fine Cas-
simere Pants, at $2.75, $3.50 and 81
every pair worth from $3.50 to 50
more.
Understand that we give you,
with Suits Of $12 or upwards, choice
of a Luminous Clock or a
Nickel-plated, Stem-wind-
ing Waterbury Watch.
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CONGRESSMAN SPRINGBR believes that DIR.
Tild4n Is as good as new because he keeps a doc
Ter in the house who prescrtbes every. m0uthfll
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NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS.
Anxious to Hear What Merrick Has to
Say About the Star-ROute Cases.

Congressman Said To Be Growing Nervous
Over the PerilOuS Situation of the River
and IIarbOr Appropriation Bill,
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THE fact that ffty-three bankers were lost on
the brig Senorine, which was STAYED by ice re-
Gently on the banks of Newfoundland, caused a
profound sensation among commercial circles,
many imagining that these half hundred men
had taken this means of avoiding a meeting with
depositors. 1t has since developed that the bank
ers" were not bankers at all in the opprobrious
sense of the term, but simple minded fishermen
who beguile the even more ingenious cod on
the Banks. We make this explanation in justice
to the fishermen.
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Urgent Petitions in Behalf of the Over
taxed Commercial Travellers.

Representatives and Senators Who Are Fond
of Holding Little Discussions with Them
selves-SuggestiOns to Senator Brown.