St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-06
DAKOTA AND MONTANA.
Jud La Moure Wants the Charge OF
Fraudulent Taking of TeSti-
mony Investigated.
A Romantic StOry-Stanley Huntley, News
paper Man, Becomes a Head
Indian Chief.
Items of News Collected from all Points
by Wide-Awake G ODE Cor
respondents.
DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.

Mr. La Mouze Wants an Investigation.
Special Telegram.
BISMARCK, OAK, Feb. Sin the council
La Moure urged that the Wilson petition,
charging fraud in taking testimony in the
late Wilson-Ll Moure contest should be taken
D. Mr. La Moure said the object Of theipe-
tition seemed to be to place odium upon the
person taking the testimony, and he desired
to place the matter where it could be reached
for future use. If the ayerments Of the pc
ition are true, somebody has committed a
grave crime. If committed in his interest,
he wanted those responsible punished. If
by other parties he would attend to them.
The matter was finally referred to the at
torney general and the district attorney of
Walsh county for investigation.
The Ordway university bill being reported
adversely, Mr. Kennedy made minority
report and the measure was made the special
order for D. IN. tomorrow.
4 resolution was unanimously adopted
thanking Senator Harrison for his interest in
Dakota, and for his efforts on behalf of ad-
mission and division Of Dakota.
Mr.. Pettigrew again rose to a personal ex-
PLANTATION, and said any gentlemen having
letters from MIN in relation to any subject
are at liberty to publish them, and defed any
one to produce a letter duplicating him in
jobs of any nature.
Mr.. Kennedy said, thinking himself as
sailed. he was hasty yesterday, that the
letters be had were private letters and ought
not to have been referred to.
Mr.. Pettigrew again urged that be was at
liberty to publish them.
Sometime ago, at the request Of the Grand
Army post, Mr.. Williams introduced in the
house memorial to congress IN behalf Of
the Mexican war pensions. Speaker Rice
left the chair TO amend the bill by striking
from the preamble, THE legislature in ses-
sion at Bismarck, the capital" the word Bis
marck. This was agreed to without objec-
ton, and the point sought to be gained was
lost
To-day when the bill came up in the coun-
ell, Mr.. Gamble moved to strike from the
preamble the words ''at the capitol" The
motion WAS lost y to 3, i've members from
the south voting with the north, one member
being absent.
In the council bills we're passed creating
Independent School District No. 4, in Lake
county the charter OF Sioux Falls,
making Ransom an ] Sergeant counties sub
division Of the judicial district.
The house bill was passed appropriating
pay TO persons employed in and about the
capitol building.
In the house the afternoon was consumed
principally on the proposition to divide Bur
leigh county, to adopt Melville's Justice
Court Practice, and other unimportaBt meas
ures. Bills were passed vacating the town
site Of Belmont, adding quarter section TO
Independent School District No. l in Moody
county. Council bills were passed provid-
ing for the purchase Of water tor the capitol
building, requiring construction Of passage
ways sor FISH in the James and other rivers.
Mr. Myrous' bill requiring sixty days resi-
iieuce In the county and ten IN the pre-
cinct as now, was passed by unanimous
vote.