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Fourteen mexicans slain.

EAGLE PASS, July IA ranchman
named Malone brought in the news to-day
of an Indian raid in which fifteen Mexicans
were killed. The raid is said to have oc-
CURED last night on several ranches
about forty miles above Eagle Pass, on
the Rio Grande. An officer with small
detachment of troops were Immediately sent
from Fort Clark to-day to investigate the
matter. All the cavalry at Fort
Clark having been sent to
the Indian Territory this country
is left in bad situation. 1t was not known
that there were any Indians nearer than the
Santa Rosa mountains, and those Indians
have showed no signs of hostility.
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Foreign FLASHES.

4 papal cOnsistory has been appointed
for the 9th of July, when six cardinals
will be created.
The long continued drouth in the south
ern provinces of Russia has completely ru-
ined the crops in that section.
1t was falsely reported that the queen
and Mr.. Gladstone had written to the editor
of the Pail Mall Gazette thanking him for his
recent exposure of the traffic in young girls.
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WILL AID THE AAfEER.

LONDON, July IA. - Lord Randolph
Churchill, secretary for India, stated in the
house of commons this afternoon that the
government had no intention of negotiating
with Abdurrahman Khan, ameer of At
ghaniStan, for the defense of Candahar.
England had, he said, given certain pledges
to assist the ameer if an emergency requir-
ing arises, and the ameer asks for assist
ance. Whatever government might be in
power, the secretary continued, the course
of England was clear if the ameer should
ask for assistance.
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WASHINGTON, July 14.-Judge Maynard,
second comptroller of the treasury, has rem
dered decision that naval officers who
travel at the government expense are not
entitled to mileage, and that mileage is al
iowable only when they travel at their own
expense. This is a reversal Off former de-
cision of the accounting officers, and will
result in saving to the government of sey-
eral hundred thousand dollars.
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The Washburn Estate.

MILWAUKEE, July 14.-The annual ae-
count of the Washburn estate was filed at
La Crosse to-day. 1t shows the cost of ad-
ministration to have been S74, 900, of which
$40, 900 is for attorneys fees. Annuities
have been paid to the amountof S45, 600.
The value of real estate is placedat 3 045,-
467; personal property, S751, $50; cash on
hand, $161, $40, and profits, $500, ,276.
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Thrifty Contractors.

Ell PAso. July 14.-Investigation of the
alleged corruption in municipal affairs here
has been brought to a sudden climax. Brit
ton & Long were awarded the contract, Aug.
last, for the court house and Jail, and Al
fred Giles was chosen architect The iail
was completed March last, and the court
house is now under construction. Three
local architects recently preferred charges
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GrenfUneasiness.

LONDON, July 14.-The remaining men,
bers of the British Afghan frontier COM
mission, with their military escort, have
suddenly struck their tents and are march
ing rapidly toward Herat. The reason for
their haSty retirement is unknown and the
news has caused much uneaSineSS. 1t is
thought that there must be good reasons for
leaving the cool hills for the hot Herat
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that the plans and specifications have been
altered so as to save the contractors nearly
S50,000. CoRactor Brewer produced
blue print from the plans he and Architect
Krause made in June of last year. Com
parison showed difference in the words,
figures and scales from the plans. 1t is
known that on Sunday the offer of a bribe
was made to the attorneys representing
the county for Browers blue print aud their
withdrawal from the case. Subsequently
an agent of the defendants went to the
house of the attorney to pay over the
money. The attorney had the sheriff and
another hidden behind the curtains as wit
nesses. The agent paid 50, 600 in 500 bills,
$500 in check signed Britton & Sons, and
agreed to pay So, 900 more in bonds. The
attorney turned the blue prints over, where
upon the witnesses came forth and de-
manded and took the prints. The commits
sioners have removed Giles as architect and
Britton q Sons as contractors. Work on
the court house has been stopped and a
guard placed in the building to protect it.
Giles and Long have been arrested on
charge of perjury and placed in the Jail they
Just built. The exposure has caused a
furore in the city, and blue print neckties
are being bought and worn by everyone.
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Reform at Chicago.
Special to the Globe.

CHICAGO, July 11.-Secretary of the
Treasury Manning issued an order to-day
which caused considerable CONSERVATION
about the government building. 1t reduces
the compensation of the assistant custodian
from S1,S00 to 81, 500 per year. of the
chief ianitor from 81, 200 to $1,000, of the
chief fireman from S. to $3.50 per day.
Two elevator men named Elliott and Oar
row are discharged, as are four firemen.
two watchmen and several other en-
ployeS.
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General Notes.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 14.-Gen. Kom-
arof recently informed the government
that the Afghans were advancing their out
posts and that the Russians remained in
their former positions, and asked instrue-
tions. The government replied that he
should avoid any step that would lead to a
collision and to strictly remain on the de-
fenSiva
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Billy Chandler DeFcnds Roach.

BosToN, Mass, July 14.-Hon. w. E.
Chandler, eX-Secretary of the navy, has
written a letter TO the Journal in reference
TO the recent opinion of Attorney General
Garland that John Roach's contract
for building the dispatch boat Dolphin is
void. that payments to him are illegal and
may be recovered, and that the Dolphin may
be seized as security for repayment. The
eX-secretary SAYS: This may seem to be
an extraordinary decision, but it was not
difficult to an attorney general, who, when
so requested, wiped out an amend
ment of the United States consti-
tuition with the utmost prOmptneSS.
Lawyers, business men and fair-minded
citizens must judge of the sOundneSS of
his present position. 1t depends ap-
parently upon the proposition that
it was an essential and fundamental
condition of the act of congress
that the Dolphin should have fifteen knots
sea speed, which Secretary Whitney says.
she has not reached, that the
contract omitted to require the
contractor to produce the speed.
and on the contrary expressly provided
that failure to reach ., 800 horsepower
should not prevent the acceptance of the
ship if the materials and workmanship were
good and that the omission was
a FATAL DEFECT,
and rendered the contract wholly inoper-
ative and void from the beginning.
Let it be noted that the wicked
assault upon Mr.. Roach by two
full-fledged cabinet ministers. resulting
in misused power, is perpetTated solely for
the assumed reason that the Dolphin has
not fifteen knots sea speed, when, in
fact ON every one of her several
test trips she has reached fifteen
knots, and the last trip was made at sea in
pursuance of the orders of Mr. Whitney,
but Mr.. Whitney, enraged at the re-
suit, says the sea was not high
enough, and fifteen knots sea speed means
seventeen and One-half knots when there is
not a high sea, and upon this ar
bitrary assumption the whole fabric of
outrage committed by him is built"
The communication concludes by saying
that even the picked board organized by
Secretary Whitney to condemn the
Dolphin reported that the engines
boilers and main machinery appeared to be
in accordance with contract.
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PIngue.Stricken Spain.

MADRID, July 14.-There were reported
throughout Spain yesterday 1, ,O92 new cases
of cholera, and 47S deaths from the disease.
The returns from. Valencia, however, are
incomplete. A number of suspicious cases
of illness are reported in the city of Zgovia,
but the authorities there refuse to admit
they are cases OF cholera.
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Minnesota PostOffices.
Special TO the Globe.


WASHINGTON, July 14.-The following
fourth-class pOStmaSters for Minnesota
were appointed yesterday, but were
not given to the press until to-
day: Pine City, Miss Mary Muir
ply, vice Emma Week; Garden City. Gar
rett Murphy, vice L. 3. Evans;
Elyrsian, lie Sueur county, ]. T.
McNeal, vice w. NJ. Sterling;
Waterville. lie Sueur county, Patrick
O'Leary, vice w. A. Campbell; New Prague,
Scott county, w. S. BOoy, vice A. Al. Nor
ley; st. James, Watonwan county, a. X.
Preck, vice q. NJ. Herick; 0din, Waton-
wan county, +. I. Barrett, vice Warren
Patten; Montgomery. lie Sueur county,
John Shea, vice Frank Becker. Cleve-
land, lie Sueur county, w. +. John
son, vice p. Il. hampton; lie Sueur
Center, lie Sueur county, j. +. Quinland,
vice J. n. Chapman; Watertown. Carver
county, y. Campbell, vice c. G.. HOlgraw;
Caledonia, Houston county, L. Dorivalt,
vice PrentiSs 4. Pope.
II. p. Hanmore of st. Paul and Gen. \.
B. Nettleton are here. Edward IL. and
William w. Cutter of st. Paul are at the
Ebbett
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Ne.ntiafions Failed.

LIMA, July 1s--The papers publish a
letter.from Gen. Mas TO the minister of war
in whfchEhe states that Delegate Tonvsr has
Uniformed him of the complete breakdown
of the peace negotiations with Caceres.
In view of thesnew aspeceof affairs Gen.
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Bad Crops i'm Russia.

LONDON, July 14.-Dispatches from Rus
siast that the harvest prospects through
out the empire are the gloomiest expe-
rienced for many years, and that unless
there is general rain forthwith the whole
crop will be lost.
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Union Pacific Director

WASHINGTON, July 14.-The president
has appointed Lamar B. Harrison of Gin
cinnati TO be government director of the
URiOn Pacific railroad. Mr. Harrison is
president of the First National bank of
Cincinnati.
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of the medical society OF this state, and usu-
ally attended the annual gatherings OF that
organization in this city. He is very pleas
ant gentleman, and those who know him viii
rejoice at his good fortune. His home has
been at Little Falls for the past two years.
By birth he is a Frenchman.
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NIinnesotn's Collector of Customs.
-. OH.

SpeSlal 10 ine OlODe
WASHINGTON, Jnly 14.-The president
has appointed Adelard Guemon as collector
of customs for the district of Minnesota.
DR.. Guernon is about forty years
of age and has been a proini-
nent figure in the politics of the
state, but has never held Office. He was
Endorsed by the members of the Democratic
state committee of Minnesota, by the men,
Der of the national committee and by many
leading Democrats of the state.
DR.. A. Guernon, who receives this appoint
ment, was known TO many OF st. Paul's citi-
Zeus twelve or fourteen years ago. He lived
here about that time for three or four years
2nd resided on Cedar street, little
north of Seventh, in the rear of Whist
is to be King & Rogers block. on the
northwest corner OF Seventh and Cedar. He
came here as a practicing physician, but he
did not find the practice as remunerative as
he wished 10, and, after remaining three or
four years. he leftSSt. Paul and went up into
the northwestern part of the state. He
has visited ST. Paul at ikte :
yals since. He is member
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Mas, for the purpose of better defense, has
ordered the army under his command to re-
tire toward the capital. The army was ex-
peeted yesterday at Chiela, where the
forces will temporarily concentrate.
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Ofher AppointInenrs.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The following
appointments were made to-day: William
c. Bird of Florida TO be United States mar
shal for the y CTthern district OF Florida;
William III. White of Washington Territory
to be United States attorney for the Terri
tory of Washington. Mr.. White has been
a resident of the territory fourteen years,
was competitor OF voorhees, for the nom
inatiOn for congress last fall, is
43 years of age, and is said to be one of the
ableSt lawyers in the territory and one of
its most prominent citizens; William Joseph
Bryant of Sch0nie, w. T.. to be inspector
of hull at Puget Sound, w. Z.
William II. Stidman, who has been chief
of the navy pay division of the fourth audi
tors Office for twenty-one years, resigned
to-day, and James NJ, Wright of Alabama
was appointed in his place. Morris +.
HOulihsn of Tennessee has been appointed
chief Of division in the Office of the COM
missioner Of customs to I'LL a vacancy.
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The Grcen-Eyed monster.

LOUISVILLE, July 14.-Albert Ross,
well-known grocer, shot and probably fa-
tally wounded his wife, and then killed
himself this morning at his home in Jeffer
sonville, Ind. Five shots were heard and
when the neighbOrs rushed in they found
Ross dead with the bullet through the brain
and Mrs. Ross lying bleeding on the floor,
her face burned with powder and horri
bic wound ranging upward in her jaw. The
cause of the tragedy is said TO be jealousy.
The couple were aged % and % respect
lively, and had only been married two
weeks. Ross is well connected and his
family were well-to-do, his father being eX-
tensively known as trader in
the South and West Mrs Ross
maiden name was Maria DansfOrd
of Jetfersonville, and she is described
as being pretty, with penchant for fiirt-
ing, which led to the shooting. Ross COM
planned this morning of rheumatism, and
did not go to work. Without saying any
thing he suddenly pulled off ring that he
was wearing, threw it at her and began
shooting, firing at her three times. He
then put bullet through his own brain.
Mrs. Ross is in dangerous condition and
may not recover.
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Ease Ball.
AT DETROIT.

DETROIT, July 14.-The st. Louis club,
during the first four or five innings, played
sleepily, and the home club easily won the
game. Thompson made a fine running
catch of difficult fly in the fifth inning,
and the Detroiters all played finely. Fol-
owing is the score:
Detroit. ...........1 4 0 0 SIS
st. Louis. ........0 0 0 0 0 90
hits, Wood and Hanlon; three-base
hits, Bennett and McQuery; passed
balls, BeyOdy, L; wild pitches, Daily 1;
first base on balls, off Daily, 1; off Weld
man, 1; first on errors. Detroits, 3; st.
Louis, 1; struck out, by Weidman, 1;
by Daily, 2; double plays, Quest, Crane
and McQuery, 2; McKinnon and Quinn;
umpire, Ferguson; time, 1 hour and so
minutes.
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Grants Condition.

Mt. McGREGoR, July 14.-Gen. Grants
condition was unchanged at midnight and
the prospects were for quiet night.
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Judge Tnlley Of Chicago has decided
that the order iimisina the timefor the res
toration Of files and.records in the circsit
court after the great fA~ vas invalid.
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Gorman's Friend Higgins.


New YORK, July 14.-Senator German,
who is stopping at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
was interviewed by reporter for a local
journal. 81 see, senator, your friend Hig-
gins is still quite prominent figure politi-
cally," the newspaper man began. Tell
me-" returned the senator, "why do great
papers like those of New York pitch so omuch
into Higgins, who is a mere clerk? Why.
he is not the responsible man at all. He
has no such power as he is described to
possess. / saw last Monday an editorial on
Higgins and the Keller matter, stating
large number of details of that affair. not
one of which was true. / can't understand
how such statements came TO be made edi-
torially. 1t may be, of course, As TO the
general attack, that Higgins is taken up as
a type and held up TO view because of that:
but it does injustice to the man." ''What
of the administrations" 1.-The president is
going cautiously. 1t is possible that change
in the public service might be a little more
rapid, but the offices are not the govern
ment We shall get through discussing
offices pretty soon and go at something
more solid and substantial"
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Villas New Rule.

WASHINGTON, July 14.-The postmaster
general has promulgated the following rule
in regard TO the allowance of leaves of alb
senee: Leave may be given to any clerk
whose conduct and services have been sat
isfaetory for such portion of thirty days as
may remain after deducting all the days of
his or her absence for any cause, whether
or otherwise, since the 1st day of
January. Chiefs Of divisions will recon-
mend The granting of leaves in such order
as shall interfere as little as possible with
the performance of the duties of the divis-
ion." The new rule changes the existing
practice in the matter Of deducting from
the thirty days annual leave of absence all
time lost from illness OF other reasons. 1t
is understood that the rule wills be adopted
in all the excessive departments
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Opening the Races at Pittsburg.

PITTsBURG, July 14.-The summer trot-
ting meeting of the Pittsburg Driving Park
association was inaugurated at HomewoOd
this afternoon. The weather was clear and
pleasant, the track fairly good and the
races exciting. The attendance was 5000.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-15

James Welch of Toledo was killed by .
Nickel Plate train at'Payne. O., yesterday.
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BAD WEATHER,

the substitution of other crops for half
destroyed acreage and palmer demonstra-
ton of the half concealed injury to the
roots at this date of the 1st of April, in
more Northern latitudeS. 1t is fair, Just
and reasonable difference, which proves the
inaccuracy of judgment of our observers and
puts to shame the efforts for distortion and
representation indulged by ignorance and
speculative greed. Before dismisSing this
subject it may be well to say for the in
formation of all honest inquirers as to ex-
tent and efficiency of the department sys-
TEN, that it includes more than ., 600 boards
of observers, in as many counties, farmers
of experience and judgment, representative
men of public spirit and promoters of intel
ligent agriculture in their neighborhoods,
and not stipendiaries clamoring for pit
lance of official pOpularitV
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AT NEW YORK.

AT NEW YORK.
New YORK, July 14.-Despite the
threatening weather of to-day, about 500
people saw the New Yorks beat the cham
pion Providence nine. The visitors played
a poor fielding game, and the home team
won easily. Both pitchers did good work.
Gerhardt made a remarkable one-hand
catch that was loudly applauded. Follow
ing is the score:
New York.......2 0 0 0 *-3
Providence. o 0 0 o 90
Home runs, 2; base hits, 8; base on
errors, Providence 3, New York 4; struck
out, Providence 2, New York L; double
plays, Gerhardt and Connor, BasSett and
Start; umpire, COnnel.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, July 14.-Bufinton
pitched one of his.old-tim games for Boston
this afternoon, only one hit being made off
him. The ''only" Nolan occupied the box
for the home club and also pitched in splen-
did form, receiving almost perfect support.
The visitors made only two runs of the
game in the seventh inning, which Sutton
opened with a single. A passed ball adj
vanced him to second, and Merrelps
double brought him across the
plate. BuffintOn made hit
to left, which Andrews fielded home to
catch Morrell. The latter beat the ball,
however, and Buffiinton took second.
Manning flew out to Muloney, and McCar-
thy hit to Bastian. The latter fumbled 1t,
and BuffintOn made desperate attempt to
score, but was thrown out at the plate.
The home club did not get a man beyond
second. Attendance, $500. Following is
the score:
Philadelphia 100 O o 0 o o o 0 90
Boston. o 0 0 O 0 2 80
Earned runs-Boston, q; base hits-Mor-
rell, 1; passed balls-Cusick L; first base ON
balls, off Butfinton, 4; first base on errors,
Philas, 2; struck out, by Nolan, 3; by
Bufinton, 6; double plays-Sutton, Wise
and Morrell, BaStian, Farrar and Mulony;
umpire, Sullivan.
AT BUFFALO.
BUFFALO, July 14.-Chicago outplayed
and outbatted Buffalo to-day and won cas-
lily. Excepting Anson'S excusabie errors
on first, the visitors played perfect field
ing game, while the home team made some
very costly errors. Clarkson changed
places with Williamson after the sixth in
ming and the Bisons did not get single hit
from him. The feature of the game was
the playing at short and second by Burns
and Pfeffer. Gore was fined SO by the
umpire, Gaffney, for abusive language dur
ing the contest. Following is the score:
Chicago. ........3 o 2 0 O IL
Buffalo,. .....0 0 0 o 0 0-f
Earned runs-Buffalo 1, Chicago q, HoE1(
runs-Crane, Anson, 2. Base hits-Dalrym
pie. Rowe. Passed balls-McAuly 1. VIII
pitches-Serad 2. First base on balls-Buf
falo 2, Chicago 2. First base on errors
Buffalo 1, Chicago 8. Struck out-By Serad
2, by Chicago 2. Umpire-Gaffney.
AT. ST. LOUIS.
n
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SOAIE CRITICS

is lOoSeneSS of statement which has no
foundation in fact. The first report of
winter wheat made on the 1st OF April, be-
fore growth had commenced, on part of
the area, and when several states were COW
cred in part by snow, indicated a probable
reduction of 90, 900, 900 bushels as compared
with the previous crop. This was the low
est estimate ever made in April. 1t voiced
the opinions of the farmers of the apparent
status of the crop at that date, but it is
said, further, the real status of the crop
will be better shown a month hence, when
the vitality of sthe roots has been demon
strated and the character of the spring de-
temined. On the 1st of May, after an un-
unfayorable April, when the plant had
PROGRESSED SUFFICIENTLY
TO show the real injury by freezing, the in
dicatiOns pointed TO a crop of 24O, 900. 600
bushels, reduction of $4,000, 900 only.
On the 1st of June the returns showed that
the discouraged farmers plowed up millions
of acres of damaged grain in the hope of a
more profitable crop of corn, oats or other
grain, thus reducing the prospect again, for
much of this area would have brought
partial crop. The June returns showed a
promise of 207, 600, 600 bushels, reduction
of 56, 900, 900 bushels from the April prospect
which was fully justified by the fuller
revelation of winter inquiries, the bad
weather of April and May and the substi-
tuition of other crops on an immense area
of injured wheat. 1t is a reduction of
149, 600, 900 from the winter wheat record
of 1888, or almost AZ per cent, of which
over 20 per cent. was reported on the 1st of
April. Less than 1G per cent of this re-
ductiOn is the difference between April and
June due to