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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
DEPEw,s CONTRIBUTION.

MI. CHAUNCEY DEPEW's contribution
to the war annals is not likely TO reflect
much credit upon the author. In the first
place Mr.. DEPEw should not have CON
nected Gen. GRANTS name with the story
unless he had done so before the latter's
death. Now that GRANTS voice is still in
death there can be neither contradiction to
the story nor confirmation of it, 1t affects
the character of an eminent American eiti-
zen now dead. and if it was true ought TO
have been told, if told at all, in the lifetime
OF Gen. GRANT. who could have confirmed
its truthfulness or have proven its falsity,
as the case may be. President JOHNSON
was man who created bitter political
antagonisms, and had many unrelenting enc
mics. Yet no one can ever induce the
American people to believe that he was
implicated in the assassination of
President LINCOLN. Mr.. DEPEw's at
tempt to fasten the suspicion of
completely in the blacklist crime of
American history upon an ex-president of
the United States is as cruel as it is unjust
and viii be received with merited scorn by
the American people. But when he at
uCLAptS W COupIc lIS uGille VI ORANI VIII
it, now that the old hero is dead and UNI
able to vindicate himself, places Mr.. De
PEW in the light of a very small and very
mean man. Nobody will believe that Gen.
GRANT ever told Mr.. DEPEw any such
story. 1t was not like GRANT to blacken
the character of any man, even though that
man was his worst personal enemy. Every
BODY knows that Gen. GRANT had great dis
like for President JOHNSON, and if there
had been any ground for the assertion that
JOHNSON was a party, to the assassination
GRANT would have boldly proclaimed it.
and would not have been dropping it into
the ears of individuals to retail the SANDER
as a subtle poison at time when there
was no opportunity to resist its effects.
That was not GRANTS way SO Mr.. DE-
PEW will have the satisfaction of writing
himself down. in the estimation of the pub
lie, as the champion maligner of the age
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
THE GERMAN ARMY.

In a recent article in La Nouvelle Revue
the French general, DE VILLENoI SY.
frankly admits that the organization of the
German army by districts has arrived to
such degree of perfection that half a mill
ion of men could be put in the field in few
days. He also lays great stress on the inn
portance of that continuity of management
for which the German army administration
is Justly famous. All the officials, from
the minister of war downwards, are rarely
changed, so that the same system of man
agement prevails year after year, which
adds greatly to the efficiency of the army
as a military machine. The two vicious
points in the German army system, ac-
Gording to Gen. DEVILLENoIsY, are. first.
the treatment of the soldiers when with the
colors; and second, the method of supplying
the army with officers. After referring 10 the
preliminary ordeal through which the Ger
man soldiers pass, subjecting them to sys-
TEN of espionage, Gen. DEVILLENoIsY saws:
1.-The soldier is considered 10 be a machine
from which the largest amount of service
must be drawn at the least expense. He
is insufficiently fed and badly clad. except
on days of show and parade, and when
his term of service is over he is sent back
to his family without money and almost
without clothes. Every means is consid-
cred good that realizes the slightest profit
at his expense"
With respect to the method of supplying
the army with officers, he says: 1.-THE
separation of origin between officers and
soldiers is vigorously maintained. The
| former would lose a portion of their prestige
if there existed the slightest suspicion of
their having risen from the ranks. After a
course of instruction in the military schools.
pupils are admitted to serve in the army as
aSpirants to the rank of officers. provided
they belong to noble family. At the end
of a certain period Of probation, and after
passing an examination, the aspirants are
admitted to the rank of sub-lieutenants.
subjected to the condition that the officers
of the regiments to which they are ap-
pointed accept them as comrades. Aspi-
rants may be excluded from regiments by a
simple majority vote of officers. no matter
what their qualifications may be-"
While Gen. DE VILLENoIsY does not re-
gard the German army model organize
ton, he does exhort the French to initiate
the sentiment of duty pervading all ranks
of the German army, and the exactitude
with which the smallest duties are per-
| formed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
IN NEW OuARTEpS-

The opening of the new chamber of com
merce building yesterday and its occupanev
for the first time by the body which owns
it is an epoch in the history Of this CITY. In
his address of cOngratulation President
SANBoRN sketched the rapid growth of ST
Paul within the five years of his incumbancv
Of the office of president, in which. in a
most comprelensives style. he tells the story of
the rise and progress to wealth of a great CITY.
which reads ike a romance of the Orient
And yet every word spoken by Gen. SAN
BORN was truth and abundantlv proven by
the figures and statistics he presented. In
the accomplishment of this marvellous
growth Of the city the chamber of COM
merce has been an important factor In
fact this city owes to that body fine
origin and success of many of the most i'm
portant Improvements, and its members
have contributed individually and collect
lively to nearly all. if not all, the various
enterprises which have been projected and
carried through to successful completion.
and which are to-day the chief pride and
ornaments OF the city. The new building.
which was formally opened yesterday. is
itself a credit to st. Paul, as it would be Ia
any city in the land. The chamber of com
merce, as body, has kept pace with the
progress of the city, and is to-day in con-
dition to perform even more valuable ser
vice in the future than has been rendered
in the past
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
Races atmonmoutb PARK

NEW YORK, Aug. 1O.-The weather
was, fine and the attendance very large at
Monmouth dark to-day. The great event
OF the day was the defeat, with the greatest
ease, OF Miss WoOdfOrd by the Western
horse, FreelSnd He demonstrated his
superiority i'll such definite way as to
leave the owners of the eX-queen of the turf
nothing to urge i'll eXtenuatiOn. The West
ern men also carried off the champion
stallion stakes with their horse Banfox.
VINO proved ncOnteStably the best two
year-old OF the season. Both victories
were greeted with the greatest
applause, and Appleby g John
stOn were credited with paying SIT. 600
for Banfox after his victory. The first race.
for three-year-olds, one mile; Lennox,won
by two lengths LaSymphide second, Hazard
third. Time, 1:45. In the second race.
the champion stallion stakes for 1885, for
colts and tillies years old, of $3.50, each.
with $500 added by the Monmouth Park
association to a subscription of $500 each
by the owners OF stations, whose get alone
shall be qualified to start, the second horse.
and the subscribing owners of its sire each
to receive 81, 200, the third horse and the
subscribing owner of its sire each to
receive $500, the winner to receive the
stakes of horses entered for the race
and One-haf the money remaining after
the foregoing deductions, the other half to
go to the subscribing owner of the sire Of
the winner, three-fourths of mile. Banfox
won hot contest by half a length. BIZ
gonnetta second, Preciosa third; time lis.
In the third race the champion
stakes, one and half miles.
Freeland ran last for nearly a mile
and then moved up to test Miss Woodford's
speed. Satisfied his jockey took him back
to the mares girths and so ran till into the
stretch, when he gave Freeland his head,
and he came away and won with ease by a
length and a half, Miss Woodford
second, Fouisette third; time 2:36.
Fourth race, free handicap, one mile
and furlong; Heel and Toe won by half a
length, Tolu second, Miss Brester third:
time, 1:5S14. Fifth race, the Seaside
stakes. Welter handicap, three-fourths mile:
Slasher won by a length, Executor second.
Petersburg third; time, lis. Sixth race,
for six-year-olds and upwards, selling al
lOwanceS, one mile and furlong; Detective
won by length, Heava second, Joe
Mitchell third; time, 200. Seventh race.
handicap, steeplechase, the full course:
Sunstar won by two lengths, Jim MCGOWAN
second, Aurelia third; time, SIT.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
Divide ON the River.

As an evidence of the tendency of public
sentiment the Diana Monitor, leading
paper of the South, which has been an
urgent advocate of division on the forty
sixth parallel, says: From conversation
mad with leading Democrats throughout the
territory, and from a conversation had with
one In particular who occupies high place
IN party councils, we are now firnIv con-
WINGED that there is no use to push division
on the 1orty-Slxth parallel at all, but if
division must be had it should be worked
for unitedly on the line of the Missouri
river to a point near Bismarck and from
thence north on an imaginary line vet TO be-
established. The theory is that the people
in Northern Dakota want statehood as well
as do those of South Dakota. and as a large
percentage of Dakota population lies within
the borders of the territory east of that
line, that division would then accommodates
all interested, and in ten or twelve years
the territory west would be ready for adj
mission.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
SOUND FINANCIAL POLICY.

The administration is criticised by the
Republican organs because, as is alleged, it
has announced no definite financial policy.
The criticism is entirely unjust, for the adj
miristration is pursuing the best financial
policy the government has had for many
years. 1t is industriOusly at work collect
ing the revenues and is making an honest
and economic expenditure of them. That
is the limit of the administrations power to
shape financial policy, except its ability
to let well enough alone. This everlasting
tinkering with the finances is Just what the
country does not need. The country is in
good financial shape and it is to be hoped that
the administration will persevere in the eff
fort TO let the finances alone.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
CHOLERA is MARSEILLEs.

DR.. BRoNARDEL, the eminent Pa ris ply
stefan, says that the epidemic at Marseilles
is Asatic cholera, that it began in the very
houses that were infected last year, and is
due to local uncleanliness. He explains
the difficulty In securing good sanitation be-
cause of an absurd French law which per-
mits landlords to appeal against injunctiOns
to cleanse their property. He says the
only way to fight the cholera is to hunt it
down, isolate it. and disinfect all solled
linen with a solution of sulphate of copper
1t is singular how the citizens of an in
fected town hold on to the delusion that
the epidemic is not really Asiatic cholera,
but are inclined to treat the statement as
the invention of some rival town or as
newspaper sensationalism. 1t is so now in
Marseilles, and in numerous cases the citi-
zens take advantage of the absurd law to
prohibit the health officials from securing
perfect sanitation.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
He'd wing.

The Red Wing Sportsmen's club have IS
sued a circular offering S25 reward for in
Formation leading to conviction for viola
ton of the game laws. N. b. Fulmer,
general agent for the Mccormick harvester,
has sold over one thousand machines in his
district this season. Miss Emily Willard
of this city has been engaged TO teach in
the Rush City high school the coming year.
The saw mills belonging to Charles
Betcher and +. b. Howe d Co. have shut
down. The Red Wing mills property
will be sold at auction ON Thursday, Aug.
13. The farmers say that heat has been
tenfold more injurious than had been
chinch bugs. . l.. J. Boynton has returned
from New York. A. McKinnOn, boiler
maker. will manufacture steam boiler es-
pecially to exhibit at the coming Industrial
fair. An engine manufactured and eXhib-
tied by Densmore Bros. will be on eXhi-
bition, and printing press. also. running
by steam power. Mr.. J. +. Porter will eX-
hibit one of his new patent evaporatOrs, in
full operation. manufacturing syrup.
Harvesting is nearly finished.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
Brntnerd.

The board of managers of the Crow Wing
County Agricultural society has changed
the date of the fair to Friday and Saturday.
Sept. IL and IS. e. e. L. Webster, we'll
known and prominent young attorney, will
shortly 20 to Fargo 10 accept the position of
attorney for the Northwestern Trust com
pany of that city. Anton KOpp. a eapi-
taliSt OF Cleveland, o.. has invested $50
600 in the Ort brewery here and will greatly
enlarge its present capacity. Mr.. Peter
Ort will not sever his connection with the
brewery. The church property in Brain
erd Is estimated by the assessor at a valua-
ton of $50. 100. ~ project is on foot bv
Minneapolis capitalists to locate large es-
Enlistment here for the purpose of manu-
featuring hre-proOf building material Of
wood by new process. 1t is proposed 10
invest 100000 in the enterprise and en-
ploy force of 500 men. MIR. GrigsIev of
Grigsley Il Selden, Minneapolis. is at the
head of the enterprise 1t is stated posi-
lively that the capital has been secured and
that the plant will be located here.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
AnE1inrS.

Cashier E. A. Whitford of the German
American bank is one of those happily-bal-
anced mortalS that always does Just the
proper thing in the tight time and in the
neateSt possible way. His latest was the
presentation OF an elegant flag to the Hast
ings lancers on the eve of the memorial
services. M. V. Seymour will be absent
for some ten days longer with his mother
visiting friends in New York. Meanwhile
his partner, Z. c. Stringer, Esq, ATTENDS to
the legal business of the firm. LAWYER
ID. L. Chamberlain is also taking a vaca-
ton in some of the Eastern states. u. X.
Claggets address on Memorial day is COM
mented upon as one OF the best literary pro
auctions delivered in Hastings for long
time. wv. F. Cross, Esq, of Red Wing
was in consultation with the directors of
the HaSting Union Industrial association
Friday and some changes were made in the
racing program for the Hastings fair. so
that horsemen can go from Saltwater to
Hastings and Red Wing and then to the
state fair. The 2:2S class for trotters and
PAGERS Friday was made 2:3O class. and
the time for closing the entries was set for
, p. III. Aug. 20.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
wisconsin License Law.

Special TO the Globe.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 10.-The Sentinel of
this morning publishes returns from nearly
one hundred towns and villages of this
state in answer to request sent out for
reports OF the results of the practical opera
ton OF the new high license law for saloons.
The new act of the legislature increased
the minimum annual license fee from SIS
TO $500, and has now been in
force three months. The returns show
that the law is generally approved and that
Us effects are in high degree satisfactory.
The Sentinel says: Even in those lOcali-
ties which opposed the measure when it
was pending in The legislature. public Seni-
ment has turned strongly in its favor. The
benefits of the increased business and the
local Improvements which il permits with
out any increase in taxation are such as
every taxpayer can appreciate. The chief
effect of the high license law as shown
by Its workings thus far is the increase of
local revenue and better government Of Sa-
looms. There has also been decrease i'm
the number of saloons In seventy-fiye
cities and villages. exclusive OF Milwaukee,
there has been a total decrease in the NUM-
Der of saloons of 25T. and a total increase
in the amount of money derived from
license of Sl2S. 900. Including Milwaukee,
the decrease in the number OF saloons is
432, and the increase in revenue is 1924. 900.
The number of saloons and the increased
amount of license derived therefrOm will
continue TO grow as new licenses are
taken up.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
Regents at Grand Forks on Trial for
kalfeasanoe in 0ffice-New Land
Agent at Bismarck.
Several Stores BurglariEed at FairmOnt
With Small Losses-A Duluth
German Ras Fatal Fit.
Junior Pioneers OF st. Paul on a
Lake Excursion Chippewa
Falls Laborers strike.
News From Various Points In the
Northwest Cleaned by Globe
Correspondents.
strike at Chippewa Fails.
Special TO the Globe.


CHIPPEWA FALLS. Aug. 10.-The labor
strike predicted in yesterdays dispatch was
inaugurated this morning by the men at
work on the water works. The shOvelers
had been receiving S1.25 per day, while
the men at work on the rock work, drilling.
blasting, etc, were getting $3.50 per day.
more than they asked, yet the strikers
stopped all work and tore up the pumps in
the bitches. There is strong talk among
the strikers of raiding the big mill and stop
ping work there. IN which event there will
be serious trouble. There are 213 men out
on the strike. nearly all of whom are resi-
dents of the city, composed largely of French
and NorwegianS. They are so far quiet
and peaceable, with no drunkenness or riot
ing. An interview with the mayor demon
strates that he proposes to see the law en-
forced, and 10 that end has sworn in large
number of special police, who will be put
on duty at once, To protect such of the men
As wish to resume work. The fact seems
70 be that the men who are stirring up the
strike are outsiders from Eau Claire and
other points. and have not been employed
on the works at any time.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
The Saratoga Trouble.
New York Mail and Express.

New York Mail and Express.
That thorough gentleman and valuable
turf patron, Commodore Kittson, has with
drawn all his horses from Saratoga and has
ordered Maj Hubbard to scratch his NOM
nations in all the stakes for 1856 and 1887.
This action was caused by the harsh SEN
tence recently imposed upon Jockey Nc
Carthy, who was first ruled off for life and
finally suspended for year because Starter
Wheatly imagined the lad did much to de-
lay the start in the Spinaway stakes. A
great many who witnessed the races said
Starter Wheatly was just as much to blame
as Mccarthy and the other Jockeys who
were suspended. The Mail and Express
said so. too, and recommended
communication of the sentence in
the case of Mccarthy, Green and
Martin, and the suggestion was
acted upon. Commodore Kittsun, however.
does not think he can get justice at the
Saratoga track. He considers the starter
unfair towards his jockeys, and as a result.
will not send his stable to Saratoga again.
This is to be regretted. MesSrs. Pierre and
George LOrillard do not send their horses to
the inland course, either, because, they
claim. they, too, were treated unfairly in
past years. The Dryers have not been
represented at Saratoga thus far this sea-
son, and only one or two Eastern stables Of
any note have had horses on the track.
This will not do. If the contests for the
big stakes at Saratoga are left altogether to
competition between Western horsemen.
their interest in the Saratoga track will die
out in this vicinity and the attendance of
Eastern spOrtsmen will diminish, The
Saratoga association should do what it can
to right any wrong done to Eastern turf
man
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11

borhood OF Mott and Hester streets.
i'm houses near which twenty tons
of rotten meat and decayed veg
etables have been confscated within the
last thirty days, an epidemic of acute
dySentery has appeared. The same condi-
tons were found in Brooklyn with similar
results. That partly decomposed meat may
under certain conditions act as a deadly
poison has recently been proved in the
towns of Momence. in Illinois, and Porter
station, in Indiana. What occurred in those
places is liable TO occur anywhere. Too
much attention cannot be given by the
health officers of the various cities and
towns to the condition Of meats and vege-
tables exposed for sale in the markets. A
rigid inspection should be had each day,
and whatever is found to be unsound
should be cOnfscated and destroyed At
the same time there should be proper pun
ishment awarded dealers who will offer
such stuff for sale
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
a Presidential Parann.

CINCINNATI, o., Aug. 10.-Police Lieut..
Michael Mullen was to-day released from
the county jail, full pardon having ar
rived from Washington tonight signed by
President Cleveland. Mullen had charSa
of the Hammond police district at the pres
idential election last November. and he
was convicted of having locked up in tine
station-house over one hundred colored
men on the night before election. They
were detained until after o'clock p. m.
on election day, when all were released.
No charge was entered against any of them
Mullen was convicted in the United States
court for violation of the federal election
laws and sentenced to one years intprison-
ment, which began on Jan. 8. The par
don gave as the grounds for the action of
the president the general good reputation of
the prisoner. the fact that the application
was signed by many first-class citizens.
mat Mullen probably Inexperienced his
duties, and various other reasons.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
DAKOTA.
APeculinr Deci.ion.

In the long and holly contested case
against David Wass, wealthy farmer, for
criminal assault in the court at Valley
City. which resulted in verdict of guilty,
the Times reports this incident as illustra-
tive of the peculiar administration of Judge
Francis, which causes such vigorous kick
ing:
During the progress OF the wass-Murray
case at one particular point the prosecution
attempted TO Introduce testimony to which
the defense objected. The court oyerruied
the objection, and stated that il would by no
amount OF argument reverse Its decision, and
ordered Mr. Green. the Fargo attorney, TO sit
down. Mr.. Green didn't do IT, but went on TO
argue his point of law.
The Court-Mr- Green, viii you please sit
down. The court has Jerruled your objec-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-11
Brighton Reach Racas

New YORK, Aug. 1O.-The weather was
delightful at the Brighton Beach race track
to-day, and the course was in excellent
condition. About three thousand persons
attended the races.
First Race-For non-winners at Brighton.
one mile; Harry Morris won by a length
Bonnie Lee second, Halbor third. Time
LAG. Mutuals paid S117.
Second Race-Maidens three wears old
and upwards, selling allowances, three
fourths mile: Tom Kerns won by a length
and half, Tecumseh second, Niobe third.
Time, lis.
Third Race-Selling allowances, SCREEN
eighths of mile; Weasel won by a length
and half, Whispering second, Montauk
third. Time, 1870.
Fourth Neutrality-suspicious. and I'D
wards, one and three-eighths miles: Oil
yette won by head, Tattler second, Topsy
third. Time, 2:26. ~
Fifth Racial ages, one mile; High
flight won by five lengths, Frolic second.
King Fan third. Time. 1:4215.
Sixth Race-Light weller weights. one
and one-eighth miles; Blue Bill won by
two lengths, Joquita second, Judge Grit.
fifth third. Time, 900. Mutuals paid
$162. P'''N