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Washington Special: Quite sensation was
created In the treasury department Friday
morning bya lively set to between one of the
clerks and an outsider Between and 10
o'clock stranger asked for John T. Cramer,
and was directed to the fourth auditors Office
He proceeded there and called Cramer into
the corridor With bnt two or three prelimin
airy remarks the stranger knocked Cramer
down, kicked him, and handoled him pretty
roughly generally, scattering blood all around
he was prevented from doing further damage
by . messenger. The watch was
called and the man was arrested
He gave his name as John r. Risdon,
grocer, and stated that Cramer had
used his influence to obtain q position on the
extra force in the internal revenue bureau for
his sister in-law; that Cramer then addressed
letters to the lady, asking her to meet him at
night These were shown to Risdon, who pro-
ceeded to take summary vengeance in the man.
ner described He said his sister law did
not want to see Cramer, but he did He was
released. Risdon returned to the treasury de-
>partment at noon and laid before Secretary Fol-
ger the letters referred to. TIE secretary i'm
mediately wrote aletter to the fourth auditor,
ordering Cramer's dismissal from the depart
ment
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17

Connecticut as well as New York is
beginning to suffer from the wholesale
destruction of forests, and the decrease
of the volume of it's streams is already
marked enough TO arouse alarm. The
matter has been brought before the
legislature, and it is proposed to have
the state Board of Agriculture make q
thorough investigation and report next
year, not only as to the best action for
the state to take, but also as to the pos
sibility of securing concurrent action by
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and
Vermont for the protection of forests
near the sources of the Connecticut and
other rivers. The destruction of the
forests about the headwaters Of the
Connecticut has already diminished the
volume of that stream, and it's future
navigation below Hartford is threatened,
as is the navigation Of the Hudson be-
low Troy.
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The country will soon be deluged with

The country will soon be deluged with
congressional speeches. This occurs
every presidential year, and as usually
the case, the more new men there are
In the house the more speeches will be
printed. Not one in ten are ever de-
livered, but the orators get leave to
print and then put their speeches in the
record, commencing "Mr., Dusenberry
than addressed the house as follows"
with applause" continued applause"
cheers" and similar parenthetical
words run in through the text. The
practice has been severly ridiculed but
without apparent effect, for this year
the nuisance is more aggressive than
ever before.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17
Railroad Ru1uclingS.

The Crookston, Grand Forks i Lake Supe-
rior directors, at recent meeting, decided to
issue $luO 00O worth of stock, and throw 1t on
the market at 80 cents Oh the dollar.
The report that an agreement had been made
between the Burlington and st. Paul by which
each will suspend for two years construction
into each others territory is not generally be-
heved
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the La Crosse Iowa & Southwestern, has been
called for Charles City, Iowa, May g. board
of directors is to be elected, and other business
of importance transacted
John W. Cary of Milwaukee, attorney Of the
Milwaukee 4 st Paul road, is in Washington
looking after the bill granting that road the
right of way through the Sioux reservation and
other legislation affecting the road
O. H. Smith, formerly agent for the Northern
Pacific at Belknap, has been arrested, charged
with embezzlement He issaidd to have been
short 81, 600 in big accounts with the express
companS xnd about 500 with the railroad
company
The new railroad construction in the north
west will be less than last year, and probably
will not reach more than 800 miles, as follows:
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17

Why Judge Ludlow Refused Mrs. KilGoxe
Admission to the Bar.

Judge Ludlow, of Philadelphia, in
refusing Mrs. Kilgore admission to the
bar, took occasion to say: at may be
admitted at once that no inherent reason
exists why woman, married or single,
may not engage in any business which
man may lawfully follow. It ought,
however, to be remembered that the
Creator of the universe, for reason
which any reasonable being ought to
consider self-evident, made a dis
tinction between the sexes, and saw
fit, in the propagation of the species, to
protect the physically weaker sex by
laws as infexible as other and general
laws governing the universe, and to
place under the protection of the male
sex the female, simply because, as a
general and universal law, applicable
to all created living organisms the fe-
male requires protection. OF excep-
tional cases we do not speak, but of gen.
eral laws, by which alone we must de-
termine principles of universal apph-
cation. Again, experience, if it proves
anything, establishes the fact that,
while dividing line cannot be accur-
ately drawn between duties chiefly per-
tanning to the male and female, the laws
of God or for those who deny his ex-
istence. the laws of nature distinctly
point to the female for the performance
of these duties-to my mind of thehigh-
est and noblest nature which, may be per-
formed by her-if not in private, at least
from public glare and public exposure.
| These duties are SO various and many
that it is needless tn enumerate them.
[ am opposed to the admission OF this
lady who is married woman of unques-
tionable character and ability, first, be-
cause no law or custom sanctions, but
on the contrary, contemporaneous ex-
| position and universal practice condemn
it; second, to grant this motion would
be, in the present condition of the law,
an act of judicial legislation, and there
fore of judicial usurpation; third, be-
cause in this instance the applicant, be-
ing married woman, cannot enter into
those contracts without ability to make
what she cannot legally practice as an
attorney of the courts: fourth, because
the question is one peculiarly the sub
ject of legislation, and therefore must
be solved by legislative and not by judi
cial authority"
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MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.


In response to question Of State Auditor
Braden, rs to who is to assess the property in
o village organized under the general village
act Of 1885, Attorney General Hahn Saturday
rendered the following opinion upon what he
styles very serious question, and by no
means easy of solution: s'This act of 1883 is
entirely silent on the subject of assessment fol-
general purposes, and no where speaks OF o.,
authorizes the election or appointment of ar
assessor or any other officer answering thereto.
That the Legislature designed that the property
in the various villages in this state should en-
tirely escape all taxation, can not, OF course bt
entertained But If taxes are to be levied and
extended, the first prerequisite under our sys.
tenn is the assessment Of the property to BIZ
taxed This is the foundation of all which fol.
low it; without itthey have no support.and are
utilities. The assessment can only be made by
some officer or body duly authorized to make
the same by the legislature There being nc
warrant in this law for the election or appoin T.
ment Of any such officer, or for the perfor-
nance of the duties imposed upon the asses
sor by any other person, 1t seems to me that il
must be concluded that the Legislature intended
that for this purpose, at least such villages
were to continue to be part of the town OF
towns out of which they were carved. In other
sessment in the village. That the legislature
did not mean to make these villages separate
and distinct municipal bodies, for all purposes
is evident from section 30 Of the act. If de-
tached entirely from the town by the act of in
corporation as village, there was no necessity
to provide that none of the streets or highway
of the village should be in any town road dis
trict or be under the control of town officers.
nor that the town should not be liable for dam.
ages occasioned by want of repair of such road
This conclusion is strengthened by section 81.
which seems to assume the existence of a re.
lation between the town and the village other
than exists between separate municipalities.
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The duke of Buccleugh and Queensbury is
dying IN London. He was born in 1906
The Paris Monde, clerical newspaper, says
FIVE French missionaries and thirty catechists
have been massacred at Thanhoa Tonquin.
Steson 4 Sons, owners of the Theater Royal,
marlborough, England, have failed. Liabil-
tiles estimated at from Gl0O O0O to ESQ 600
They have large trading stores at various
towns in the North of England
Prime Minister Ferry has written NJ. Cicero
vet, of the Franco American idemnity commits
sion expressing regret that the decisions of the
commission were not dictated by amore liber-
al spirit. He was glad, however, that the cause
of Frenchmen had not been absolutely sacri-
feed.
Patrick N Fitzgerald, who was arrested in
.1d ;un, on Thursday the 10th;
beng implicated in the west of Ire
land murders offered to turn informer He
claims to have been an associate of P. j. Sheri-
dan, and to be able to impicate him in the work
of the Irish invinobles, and claims also to have
belonged to the gang of invincibles which was
led by the informer James Carey, and to be
possessed of full history of the doings of all
the Irish secret societies. The government
detectives express belief in the truth of Fiiz-
gerald's pretentions, and affect to regard his
capture as one of the most important made
since the Phoenix park assassinations.
The English minister has dispatch from
Gen. Gordon, bearing date of March 80 1t
says that on March % Gen. Gordon disarmed
25U -bazouks who had mutinied. On the
following day he shelled the rebel camps on
the Blue Nile, killing forty Of the enemy On
March 20 the rebels fired upon Khartoum from
village opposite. They were soon forced to
evacuate losing fifty nine men in the engage
ment. Bashi-bazoukso occupied the village. and
held it until March30, When the rebels returned
in force and drove them out, but then retired
themselyes. The White Nile district is quiet
Ih61hhartoum market is well supplied Ell
>e6ahdi sent the rebels six guns. Gen. Gordon
estimates that the rebels about Khartoum num-
Der fully 1900.
The Emperor William, it is reported on good
authority, has entered into state of pr O.
nounced dotage, He is at present suffering
greatlyfrom the insomnia that set in during the
| congestive chill which Frustrated him last
Tuesday the Sth, and which kept the attend
ing physicians desperately engaged at his bed
! SIDE all that night 1t is on the programme
that the emperor shall go ~ DaIIns te 4. ccxt
Tuesday that Queen Victoria shall arrive there
the following Thursday, and that a state meet
ing between the two shall take place on Monday,
the Ast There is great anxiety both in Lon
| don and in Germany to have this meeting take
| place, and there can be little doubt that VIII
liam will keep his appointments alive and the
! doctors dare not allow him to Co. no matter
| what may be the consequence to his health.
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4 Fensioned Mule.

A mule, belonging to the army has
been "pensioned" and laid aside from
service, under circumstances which are
creditable to the kind heartedness Of
several officers. The circumstances are
disclosed in the following narrative:
Lieut.. W. A. kobbe, of the Third Ar
tillery, who is stationed at Mount Yer
non barracks, Ala, reported to the war
department that there was at that post
a white mule named Mexique, which has
been for many years in the service OF
the United States, but which at last b as
been ordered sold.
The officers of the post, Lieut.. Kobbe
said, desired permission to purchase the
animal and keep and care for it at their
own expense.
Mai. F. T.. Guenther, of the Second
Artillery, to whom the petition was re-
ferred, reported that the mule in ques-
ton was originally left at Key West BAR
racks in 104S by portion of the army
returning from Mexico at the close OF
the war. He added:
During the time that served at Key
West-from 1S75to 1S80-the mule did
not miss days work from any cause.
He is very old, and has been worn out
by his long service in the Quartermast-
er's department.
If there is any way of providing for
him, should be glad to have it done,
as the expense to the Government would
be little or nothing.
The petition went through the regu-
lar channels until it reached Quarter.
master General Holabird, who endorsed
it as follows:
To promote the sentiment of kind
ness toward animals that are so init
mately associated with man, it is recon-
mended in this special case that this
mule be kept in the department, and
left to the care of those whose kindly
feelings are SO deeply enlisted in its be-
half.
Gen. Sherman submitted the case to
the Secretary of War with the following
report:
I have seen the mule; and whether
true or false, the soldiers believe it was
left at Big Spring, where Mount Yer
non barracks now are, at the time Gen.
Jackson's army camped there, about
1890.
Tradition says it was once a sorrell,
but now it is white from age.
The Quartermaster's Department will
be chargeable with ingratitude if that
mule is sold, or the care or mainten-
ance of it thrown off the charitable
officers of the post.
I advise that it be kept in the depart
ment, fed and maintained till death. I
think the mule was at Fort Morgan,
Mobile Point, when Twas there in 1912.
The Secretary of War thereupon
made the following order:
Let this mule be kept and we'll cared
for as long as he lives.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17

In the commons on the 4th Justice Mccarthy
moved that "the condition of the Irish maggie
tracy constituted as it is almost entirely Of one
religious denomination and one class, is offen-
sive and injurious to the majority Of the peo-
pie and calculated to destroy confidence in the
administration Of justice" In supporting the
motion several speakers urged that magistrates
be, elected by popular suffrage. Lord John
Hamilton Conservative said IT. the experience o. 2;
Cincinnati, were sufficient warning against the
system Of popular election. Trevelyan, chief
secretary for Ireland, declared the system Of
popular election could never be adopted. The
Irish chancellor, he said, would impartially ex-
Of magistrates McCerthys motion was re-
jected-106 TO 50.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17

Joseph Edwards, connected with one of the
wealthiest families of Houghton, Mich. COM
mitted suicide.
A new trial has been refused in the case of
Andrew J. Korner, Indianapolis, convicted of
wife murder, and the prisoner was sentenced
to be hanged June q.
Shep Tucker, noted Pennsylvania thief, who
knew the works of Shakespeare, Milton, Homer
and Byron by heart, has gone to his reward
Lewis Tracy, . saloon keeper Of Hartford,
Conn, in st of playfulpess, aimed pistol al
the heart Of George Either, French Canadian.
The weapon was exploded and Either fell dead
Tracy ''did not know it was loaded"
An attempt was made recently to destroy,
with dynamite, the magazine Of Fort George, q
few miles from Inverness. The marauders os-
capped in boats, but not before sentry bayonet-
ed one Of them
Mike Berry, Texarkans barkeeper, was
shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff J. F. Clark.
Berry frequently threatened to kill Clark on
sight When they met Clark opened fire.
Several shots were fired by both sides, when
Berry fell dead
Wesley Debolt and Charles O'Hara were Or.
rested in Cincinnati, one on charge Of contempt
Of court and the other for obetructing the
United States mails. Both were strikers on the
Cincinnai Northen division Of the Toledo, Gin
cinnati 4 St Louis.
The prisoners confined in the county jail q
Des MOines, succeeded IL cutting through the
outer wall, abont three feet IN thickness, and
fifteen Of them made their escape, three Of
them remaining within. None of them have
been recaptured The names Of those who %.
capped are: John Lay, Fred Doud, Andrew
Mulhollan, George knight Dan Smith, william
Cslbert, Ed Kelly, Thomas IAlley. james Guam
William Howard and Ed Ryan. They were ~
sisted by parties on the outside Most of then
were serving short jail sentences
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17

The Wisconsin Central will confine itself
to building its ST. Paul extension from Chip
pewa Falls, a distance Of nearly one hundred
miles. The line will cross the st. Croix about
three miles north of Saltwater, and the Omaha's
tracks at New Richmond 1t will cross the
Duluth road four miles this side of Saltwater,
and again at Lake Phalen, from which point il
may use the track of that road to reach St
Paul If such an arrangement is not made the
Wisconsin Central will build its own line to the
northeastern section of the city, where juno
ton will be made with the proposed line of the
st Paul Northern Pacific, aud the two roads
enter St Paul over the same track
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Since the Cincinnati riot, one of the

Since the Cincinnati riot, one of the
branches of the Ohio Legislature has
passed law repeating the exemption OF
those belonging to military companies
from jury duties in important criminal
cases; reduced the criminals right to
peremporty challenges of the jury from
twenty-three to six, and raised those of
the prosecution from two to four. The
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette urges
two more-the relief of the Supreme
Court from the revision and reversion of
verdicts; and the reduction of the time
between murderer's sentence and his
execution from 100 to thirty days.
The Legislature had already passed q
law prohibiting his intelligence from
disbaring man from jury duty; so that,
altogether, it will be observed that the
news from Cincinnati has reached Co.
lumbus.
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The scientific officers of the United

The scientific officers of the United
States Signal Service at Washington
have been making close observations of
late in order to satisfy themselves as to
the theory that disturbances in the sun
cause unusual atmospheric disturbances
on the earth. Their conclusion is that
so-called sun-spots have very little if
any connection with our great wind
storms. They give it as their opinion
that these terrific storms are caused by
a collision of warm and cold currents of
air, especially in the springtime, fol-
lowing the advance of the warm weather
northward.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17

Iowa has adopted scheme for the
semi-annual payment of taxes-half at
one time and half at another-similar to
that of Ohio and other states, and very
popular with forming communities. 1t
makes little more trouble for county
treasurers and clerks, but generally
works we'll. OF course, those whose
taxes are small, and those who do not
want to be bothered with two payments,
can pay the whole at ono time, if they
choose to do so.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17

There are hundreds of women clerks
and accountants in this country, some
holding positions of great trust, and it
is said that no one has yet heard of one
of them being guilty of embezzlement
or defaleataon. There are several
thousand woman employed by the
government but not one has ever proved
unfaithful to her trust. Many have
been discharged for incapacity and
for other reasons, but never one for
dishonesty,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17

There were 1876 failures reported to Brad
streets during the past week, against 143 in the
preceding week, and 1885, Ill and SO in the cor
responding weeks of 1882 and 1881 respectively
whose capital was less than 81, 600. Among the
suspensions reported were-Hagen & Billing,
bankers and special brokers, New York city
the First National Bank of St Adams, vt the
Exchange Bank of Versailles, Ohio; the First
National Bank Of Monmouth, H.: Farmers
Wholesale provisions. Baltimore; Lee Potts Potts
pork packers, Richmond, Va Henry s. Rosen.
thai, cattle, Albany, N. Y; Davis Taylor
Wholesale grain and flour, Pettingin Everett
merchants Boston
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Favorab1y Reported.

The house committee on commerce directed
that favorable report be made on the bill au-
thorizing the Chippewa Falls & Western Rail-
way company to construct a bridge over the st
Croix river A similar report was directed on
the bill authorizing the Winona Alma & North
ern Railway company to construct bridges
across the Wisconsin, Chippewa and St Croix
rivers in Wisconsin, and also on the bills au-
thorizing the Chicago, ST. Paul 4 ST. Louis
Railroad company to construct bridges across
the Mississippi river in Wisconsin, and between
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17
John N. Pattison, who on the night

John N. Pattison, who on the night
Of March 8 was announced on concert
programme at Chickering Hall, New
York, as 1.-THE milkman pianist" instead
Of "the eminent pianist" probably
through typographical error, is still
suffering from the effects Of the shock
his nervous system received when be
read the announcement, and immedi-
atelY therefor left the hall. He said
it was . deliberate and preconceived in.
suit, and has brought suits Ggsinst
Chickering y Sons, claiming $1,000
damages,
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Reports show that the .rosant cont1i.

Reports show that the present condi.
ion of winter wheat is excellent, and
with but single exception chat OF
Georgia. the promise is for q copious
yield in all parts of the winter wheat
section. Spring wheat also looks we'll.
The figuring fellows will soon be at
work on the average and total yields
which will be far outside of truth as
usual.
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A Temporary Injunction Obtained.

Elias F. Drake and Amherst II. Wilder, as
trustees Of the Sioux City & St Paul land grant,
in the district court at Sioux City obtained q
Temporary injunction against Buren, R. Sher-
man, governor Of Iowa. restraining him from
conveying the uncertified land Of the company
to the general government in accordance with
the act of the legislature at its recent session.
It is understood the case will be transferred
from the district to the federal court
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17

James Boggs Livingston has been sus-
pended from the Union Club Of New
York City for three years because he
refused to apologiae to Freddie Geb-
hardt, whom he publicly called . cow
nd and : cur = wUIk go,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17

At Northampton, mass, the Elisha Graves
house, over 200 years old, was burned recently.
A blast in the Calumet and Hecla mine in the
Lake Superior copper district, killed Thomas
Tremberfh and blinded Nicholas johns.
Tremberth leaves family and eight children.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17

The secretary Of the interior has ruled thai
land officers may charge fee for taking testi.
mony IN proving presumption and homestead
sntries, where the testimony has been reduced
hs11 r5duoid . writing y The otaosTv them
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-17

Bradstreets reports trade livelier IN North
western cities thsn elsewhere.
Fifty poor New York gamins were given
homes around Vsnda1ia, he this weak
The Monmouth, NJ, bank fsiiurs e worse
thAp aqpyo6ed nSpoatorA mostly paa peo.