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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
TELEPHONE ExAoTIoNs.

An investigation made by the Ohio legis-
lature discloses the fact that the Bell Tele-
phone company is not only most outrage
Gus monopoly, but it is also an artful tax
dodger. The report of the legislative COM
mittee shows that this company has S40,-
600 invested in II, 600 instruments used in
the state of Ohio, from which it draws an
annual rental of S240, 900, or six times the
amount of capital invested. This is an ex-
tortion beyond all precedent, and cannot be
submitted to by the public. While the pat
ent laws are designed to protect the III
ventor, they are not intended to become the
instrument of public robbery. No company
controlling patent, no matter how valu-
able, has any right to exact such an enor-
nous tribute as this for its use
The report of the Ohio legislative com
mittee states that the rentals charged for in
struments by the local companies are about
as low as can be charged and leave any
reasonable profit to the companies. The
difficulty is with the Bell Telephone COM
pany, which controls the patents and rents
the instruments to the local companies, eX-
acting an annual rental of $50 for each in
strument. 1t was also developed in the in
vestigation that the Bell company only pays
tax on each instrument at valuation of
So. so, whereas they have net rental value
of $50 each year. The developments made
by this investigation of the Ohio legislature
lead us TO inquire might not st. Paul be in
the same bad fix as the Ohio cities in regard
to its telephone service. OF one thing
we are sure, and that is there is
no city in the Union which has
more miserably inefficient tele-
phone service than st. Paul has, and
the probabilities are that our people are
more thoroughly victimized than the people
in Ohio have been. We are not told what
rates are paid by telephone customers in
Ohio, but it is hardly possible that they
could be greater than we are paying, with
all the probabilities that the service there is
better than it is here. The extortionate
charges for a poor service in this COM
munity are so outrageous that it is worth
the while of our city authorities to look
into the matter, not only for the purpose of
seeing whether or not something can be
done to relieve our people of the extortion
in the way of charges, but also to see
whether the city treasury is getting its due
from the telephone company in the way of
taxes. Any company which is making a
profit of 600 per cent. annually on its in
vestment ought to be made to contribute its
Just proportion of the public tax.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
Coming prohibition Ticket.

PITTsBURG, April 16.-The Prohibi-
tionists are already outlining their cam
paign for the next presidential election.
Secretary Swager of this city in an inter
view to-day said, 1.-The candidates will
come one from the strongest Northern
state and thee Their from Southern statee
Judge Hopkins, of New York will almost
certainly head the ticket and Senator Col
quill of Georgia will likely be the candi-
date for second place on the ticket. Judge
Hopkins, in 1882, polled rs, 600 votes IN
the gubernatorial election, and Senator Col
quit is one of the most popular men of the
South. Although still member of the
Democratic party, we have had the assur-
anee that in the next presidential election
he would sever his allegiance from the old
party and join with the Prohibition party.
The two men l have named will, in all
probability, be on the ticket next campaign.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
Late minneapolis Fire.

Shortly after midnight an alarm from box
1876 called the entire fire department to the
corner of Broadway and Fifth street north
east, where large cooper shop was in
flames. Owing to the combustible mate
rails in the building the flames spread rap
idly and fiercely, Illuminating the city for a
mile distant. The department had streams
of water playing on the flames in
remarkably short time considering
the distance, but all attempts to quench
the destroying element were futile and the
whole establishment was burned to the
ground, as was the stock and tools. The
shop was tWo-story frame structure built
last season at cost of 81, 800 by the Min
nesota Cooperative Barrel company, COM
posed of thirty-fVe coopers, who were EN-
ployed in the shop. There were thirty-ive
sets of tools-worth $700-and the stock in
the building was estimated at $3.50. The
warehouse, a tWo-story frame building
30x62 feet, was also burned with contents.
This building was worth $3.50 and the
stock stored worth 80, 500, making total of
Sc, 900. The insurance on the whole
aggregated $4,000, divided in companies
represented by agents as follows: Milligan
& Ermentraut, $4,000; Gale & Co., 1900;
r. W. Cummings, $500. George A. Pierce
is president and G. W. Martinson, secretary
and treasurer of the barrel company.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
BANQUET to Minister Pendieton.

CINCINNATI, April 16.-A compli-
mentary dinner was given tonight to Mr.
George Pendleton, the recently appointed
minister to Germany, by his fellow-citizens
of Cincinnati, under the auspices of the
Ohio club Although this is Democratic
club the demonstration was in no sense a
political one. Among the 100 guests fully
One-fourth were prominent Republicans.
Letters of regret was read from Hon, John
G. Carlisle Gov. Hoadly, Durbin Ward
and others, and kilograms from Hons. A.
G.Thurman and JIG. Macdonald. Speeches
were made by J. p. Carberry who presided,
Hon. George II. Pendleton, Hon. L. +.
Noyes. Omar Won Machl, the German con-
sui. Mayor Smith, Hon. A. +. Perry,
William NJ. Ransom, William Henry SAKE
and Emil ROthe.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
THE New YORK Tribune has been revising

THE New York Tribune has been revising
Mr.. WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS recent inter-
view in which he commended the administra-
ton of Mr.. CLEVELAND. The Tribune is con-
WINGED that Mr.. PHELPS did not intend to say
all the good things about the administration
that he did say, so that paper has supple
mented Mr. PHELPS opinion with what it
thinks he ought to have said. Mr.. PHELPS
ought to have a head of his own, and ii he
has it is likely he will resent the New York
organs effort to put words in his mouth. But
the Tribune had hardly finished touching Mr..
PHELPS up when Senator SHERMAN arose to
repeat the same sentiment of admiration for
the CLEVELAND administration. If the
Tribune undertakes to wipe out all the good
things people are going TO say about this DEM
ocratic administration it will have its hands
full.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
Heirs to Five Hundred Millions.

Speclal 10 Tue dlOUe.
TORONTO, Ont, April 16.-Advertise-
ments have appeared in newspapers in
nearly every state in the Union and in every
Canadian city during the past ten years in
curing for the heirs of the Lawrence
Townley estate in England, which has been
accommodating during the past century, and
Until yesterday the heirs were unable
to prove their lawful claim
to the vast sums of money
and lands inValued, which amount to $780,
900, 900. A meeting of Canadian heirs to
the estate was held here yesterday, when
it was reported that the only missing link
necessary to prove their rightful claim to
the estate had been found. The necessary
evidence is the marriage certificate of Mrs
Sydney 7. Brown of Bagdad, near To-
wanda, New York state. Mrs. Brown is a
relative of claimants and will re-
ceive 81, 600, 900 as her share of the estate"
The Canadian heirs say they will now have
no Trouble in proving their identity as heirs
of John Lawrence and Mary Townley by
the marriage certificate of Mrs. Brown,
whom they had not been able to trace for
the last half century. The Canadian heirs
have appointed an agent to 60 to New York
to confer with the American heirs regarding
the estate. Mrs. Brown, it is understood,
is comparatively poor.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
PRETTY ACTRESSES In A FIG HIT.
Stage Beauties Severely Injured--A
Connecticut Governors Son
Involved.

Special to the Globe
NEW YORK, April 16.-The story of the
desperate fight between Misses Adelaide
Cherie and Maggie Arlington was told some
weeks ago in the New York papers. Sub
sequent to that time the case assumed even
more serious proportions than were then in
Dictated. Miss Cherie, through her lawyer,
NJ. j. Murphy, brought civil
suit against Miss Arlington for as
sault and battery, but it seems
the injuries inflicted on her by Miss Airing
ton were great deal more serious than was
supposed, in fact, for three or four days
Miss Cherie fingered between life and
death. She was attended by DR.. Hill Of
Fifth avenue, and he stated yesterday that
she suffered from inflammation of the
stomach and peritonitis, besides
BRUISES ON THE FACE AND NECK,
which he at first supposed to be all the re-
suit of an assault made on her. 1t is now
probable that Miss Cherie will be out in
three or four days. AS soon as she is able
to make her affidavit in police court she
intends bringing criminal suit against
Maggie Arlington. The third party
in the caseis the son of an ex-goy-
ernor of Connecticut. Naturally he is ex-
ceedingly nervous about his name being
dragged into the case. He is said to have
offered all sorts of inducement to Miss Cheria
to take no action criminally, but she is de-
termined on some other compensation
than the long delays of civil suit, which
would probably result in nothing, as Mag
gle Arlington is not rich woman. 1t
seems from Miss Cherries statement that
during the entire fight, in which Miss Ar
lington held Adelaide Cherie down on a bed
and pounded her and jumped upon her, this
son of Connecticut was present. What he
did except look on is not apparent Both
these ladies are well known in the theatrical
profession. Miss Cherie has played num-
Der of the leading parts in some of the best
companies of the day. and Maggie Airing
ton, ever since her connection with Mckee
Rankin's ''Danites," has been prominent
figure in theatricals. Her last appearances
in New York were made in blue Blood"
at the Bijou opera house, where she led the
march. Miss Cherie remains in bed at Alb
botsford and Miss Arlington has moved to
the Gedney, on Broadway.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
MORMON HAREMS.
The Domestic Inig uify Must Co.
POiygamists Alarmed.

Special TO the Globe.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 1e.-The
unmistakabIe determination of the federal
judicial authorities to convict and punish
yiolat0rs OF the anti-bigamy law of congress
is having a wholesome effect upon the Nor
mons. The keepers of harems have at last
discovered the hand writing Oh the wall,
and are trembling at the inevitable cOnse-
quences. They are panic stricken. They
see in the person and in the judicial fear
Iessness of Judge Zane of the United
States court terrible lion in their path
He is bound to fulfill his official oath, and
to enforce, as far as his jurisdiction is COR
cerned, the law against the do
mestic iniquity that viii disgrace
and curse the whole country if
not soon OyerthTOwn. For the first time i'm
the history Of the Mormon polygamists the
leaders are actually frightened. They ex-
pect that all those indicted Of the crime of
having more wives than the law allows will
be convicted, heavily fined and sent TO
prison. They see no way Of es-
cape if they stand the trial. The
prospect IS at last encouraging that
pOlygamy viii be crushed out. The Nor
mon church organization, as such, which is
entitled to liberation and protection the
same as any other religious sect. will re-
main. but polygamy must be eliminated.
That iniquity is doomed, especially if, as is
authoritatiyely reported from Washington,
President Cleveland is in full and hearty
sympathy with those opposing it,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17

have no sympathy, and if it could be blotted
out we feel that the world would be better
for its obliteration. So far as Canada is
concerned we find barbarism in arms
against the legally constituted government,
There is nothing suggestive of revolution
in the half-breed uprising. 1t is merely
an outbreak Of half-civilized race
of sayages who would rather fight for a liv-
ing than to work for it. The mere fact that
they have French blood in their veins does
not entitle RiEL's rebels to sympathy un-
less they have some stronger claim upon
humanity. Our American civilization Re-
volts at murder and plumber such as has
marked the rebel uprising in the Sass
katchewan country. Suppose that RIEI.
was successful in his rebellion and
established his supremacy over Can
ada, would the civilized world be bene-
fitted by his success? No one would con-
tend for such an absurd proposition, In
respect to Ireland, however, there is en-
tirely different phase of the situation. Ire
land has had the active sympathy of the
American people in her struggle for exemp-
aid that America has extended to the Irish
cause great deal has been accomplished in
the way of emancipation. And our SYM
pathies for the Irish people will never know
abatement until home rule is established in
Ireland. At the same time American civil
ization revolts at dynamite and will never
comtenance its use in any sort of warfare.
In the war which the French have made
upon the Chinese the French reverses have
excited merriment, because the French are
known to be a martial people and the pig
tails were not even suspected of possessing
warlike courage. And, more than that,
when a nation goes to war prompted alone
by the lust of conquest it deserves the
frown of the civilized world. These are
some of the reasons we could give for what
our correspondent regards the enigmatical
tendency of the American spirit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17

WE are sorry that Gen. BARRIos did not
live long enough to receive our thanks for an
interesting pamphlet entitled "Notes on the
Republic of Guatemala. Her Progress From
1871 to 1884 Under the Government of Gen.
j. RUFINo BARRIos," which has just found its
way to our sanctum. From a cursory
glance over it we CLEAN that corn cakes and
black beans form the chief food of the native
class in Guatemala and butter is 81 cents per
pound. While we have no doubt that Guate-
mala has very fine climate, still, with our
simple tastes, we prefer to stay here and
worry along on Minnesota creamery butter ut
IS cents per pound.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
Successful Balloon Ascension.

PHILADELPHIA, April 16.-Prof. Wise,
the aeronaut, accompanied by several mem
bers of the signal service corps stationed in
this city, made another balloon ascension
to-day from the Guard college grounds
for the purpose of taking OBJ
servations of the wind currents,
and other meteorological subjects. The air
ship arose about noon, and. catching a
northwest current sailed off towards south
ern New Jersey. A dispatch received at
the signal Office here this evening says the
balloon landed at Williamstown. Gloucester
county, Y. j.. at $3.50 p. IN, with thmnp,
breaking several of the meteorological in
strIiments.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17

IT doesn't make a particle of difference 10
the GLOBE whether the Frsnch-Canadians
sympathize with RIEL or not, but merely TO
show thst we knew what we we're talking
shout when we said that the RIEL rebellion
had It's origin in the race Jealousy between
the French and English inhabitants of the
Dominion, we call attention TO our Montreal
dispatches this morning. which bring the infor-
nation that the Sixty-ffth regiment refuses 20
proceed against RIEL- This is the only French
Canadian regiment OF Montreal and the dis
patches inform US that its refusal to fight
against RIEL is supposed 10 be because of the
sympathy Of the men for the French half
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
THE WHEAT OUTDOOR


In very sensible review of the outlook
for the wheat market, the Philadelphia
Times says:
AS American wheat is almost certain to
be shut out of France and Germany by the
high duties which have been established by
those countries, the war between England
and Russia, if engaged in, will not be likely
to increase the demand for American wheat.
except in England and in the south of
Europe. The extent of the increase in the
English demand will depend entirely on
how greatly the war interferes with the
supply of Indian wheat. But granting that
England must buy her entire supply from
the United States, it would require less
than forty millions of bushels to fill the
place of the Indian wheat consumed in
Great Britain last year. This would still
leave surplus of forty or fifty millions to
go and come on.
In view of these facts it will be for the
interest of the American wheat growers and
dealers to maintain prices at which their
staple will be called for. They should try
to find foreign market for every possible
bushel of it, and booming the prices up to
fancy figures certainly will not aid in Sc
curing this desirable object. What is
wanted is to sell the wheat to our foreign
neighbors and get their money for it, not
put the price so high that nobody will want
it and thus leave it on our hands. The old
business maxim of the superiority of the
nimble sixpenee to the slow shilling can well
be put in practice in dealing with the problem
of marketing our chief agricultural staple.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
A SENSATIONAL LEoIsI..srURE.

OF all the colossal figures of modern his
tory some may bob up more serenely but
none more frequently than Speaker
NAMES of the Illinois legislature. As a
sample Of HAINEs' capacity for doing
things on big scale the report of the spe-
cial committee appointed by the Illinois
legislature TO investigate the pay rolls of
that body discloses the wonderful fact that
the Illinois Ell MAHDI had surrounded
himself with retinue that reads like the
court roll OF some monster empire.
For instance, il was found that 20 pages
were on the pay rolls of the house of
representatives. There were IS janitors
and 10 policemen in tie service of Speaker
NAMES, whereas the committee says 10
pages, policemen and 10 janitors are suffi-
cieut TO do the work of the house, and they
likewise recommend that the number of
committee clerks be decreased from % to
Is. When the report was read in the house
on Tuesday and its adoption was moved
Speaker HArNEs descended from the chair
10 the floor and proceeded to rattle the CON-
mittee in lively style. He said the document
was not such an one as sensible men ous 1t
to present. A charge of cowardice against
the committee for the way they had
handled the matter was made by the
speaker. Asa specimen Of Mr.. HAINEs'
Sequence and also his Qualities OF states
manShip we quote from the printed report
of his speech the following paragraph:
Brass was sometimes mistaken for wisdom.
The chairman of the committee, Mr. Dill. pos
sessed neither. ILaughter.l Moreover Mr..
DIX had recommended the appointment Of
ave janitors. He had followed the speaker
and asked him to appoint eight persons in all
Dlrs appeals had been irresistible and the
speaker hsd yielded. Great laughter Mr.
Dill had q room all 20 himself and clerk and
ianitor,too. AL named by himself. No man
had done more toward cruwding the pay roll.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
Tracing the Cholera.

CHICAGO, April 16.-At the quarterly
meeting of the Illinois state board OF health
held here to-day, DIR. ROUGH, the secretary,
in his report spoke Of information having
been received from private sources that
Asiatic cholera existed in Paris up to Jan.
10: that it had since broken out in southern
Russia: that it had appeared in Valencia,
Spain. in March, and that there was danger
Of its introduction into the Mediterranean
by snip from Bombay. In view Of these
reports the board considered the question Of
maritime quarantine OF great Importance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
The Montreal 11alf-hreeds.

MONTREAL, April 16.-Great surprise
has been caused here by the receipt of news
that the Sixty-ffth (MontreaD regiment of
volunteers, now at Calgary, refuses to pro-
coed against Riel, making the excuse that
they need equipments. Col. Ouimet, Of
the regiment, has returned to Winnipeg.
This is the only French Canadian regiment
of Montreal, and its refusal to proceed is
generally supposed to be due to unwilling.
ness to be led against the French half
breeds under Riel
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17

THERE Is a refreshing sort Of independence
about the Chicago Times that commends 1t as
"a newspaper. In making its acknowledgment
for the bestowal of federal patronage in the
way of government printing that journal
says: 1.-The Times viii publish the advertise
ments of any government that pays its adj
vertising rates-that of President CLEVELAND.
OF of Russia China, Afghanistan. England.
Guatemala OF Ar. RIEI.-giving them 10 dis
tirsctly understand, however, that its prices
for advertising do not include its opinions"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17

THE Russian government having explained
to the English government that when Gen.
KoMARoFP is walking along on his way to
Herat and sheep jumps out to bite him he
is justified in chasing the animal away, Mr..
GLADSTONE expresses his satisfaction and is
really sorry that the subject was mentioned
at all. And so the war mists clear away and
wheat drops away down.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17

THE circulatory war waging between Re
publican newspapers is not confined to the
West. In Baltimore the American and Morn
ing Herald, both Republican Journals. are
fighting for the Herat of circulation. The air
is darkened with shower of sworn afidavits
and at every fire slaughtered figures fail by
the thousand
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17
Death of Edwards Pierrepont.

ROME, April 16.-EdEards PierTepont,
secretary Of the American legation at Rome
died to-day. He was left in charge Of af-
fairs in Italy by Minister Aston, when he
returned 10 this country.
The remains viii be buried On the 18th
inst al the Protestant cemetery. Mr.. By
ers- the United States consul general here,
viii conduct the affairs of the legation until
the new minister arrives.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17

The Winnipeg Sun is disguised at the igno-
rance displayed by Harper's Weekly in its
discussion OF the Indian uprising in the
Northwest. and wants to know what is the
matter with the common school system in the
United States that geography is no longer
taught in the schools. The only apology that
the Harpers can make is that Canada mas
occupied such an unimp0rtant place in mod
ern history that geographers have forgotten
to mark down the boundary lines of the new
DYoViuceS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17

IT IS stated that France is at the bottom of
the Central American trouble and that she
means TO use it as an excuse for getting up a
trouble with the United States. 1t looks as If
France had a quarter of a century job with
the Chinese, and cdght to be satisfied to let
civil folk alone. But if she really is spelling
for good licking we are happy to inform her
that this country is always at home and our
offic9 hours are continuous.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17

DR.. TALMAeE is loudly applauded by
the rink managers for his sermon in favor
of roller skating. A correspondent sug-
gests that there be Kinks for gentlemen and
Kinks for ladies. If the sexes are content
to skate apart, then roller skating is bound
to live
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-17

Mr.. PHELPS, the new Vermont minister
to England, says the New York World. an
nOunces that he means to retain in the ser
vice of the legation the present force of
secretaries and clerks. This is more
..sniyeIn sery ice reform.