St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-10
His Tenure of Life Extended Till the
10Th Inst, but Execution Prepare
tions Continue.
More Trouble in the Northwest Feared and
ekaadian Troops Ordered to Be
in Readiness.
Robbery ut Fergus Falls--The Eau
Claire Murder--Red Wing Has
Mystery.
The New Telegraph Line to Duluth
Sensational Suit just Begun at
Des Moines.
Riel Respited.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
OTTAWA, Ont, Nov 9.-At the CABINET
council to-day it was decided to further
respite Riel until the 10th No ofhcial IN
formation can be obtained as to the OBJECT,
but il is generally believed that MS eXecu-
ton will take place then. SO Tar as pre-
yiously stated no commission de Iunatlco
has been amounted, nor does there at pres
emf seem to be anything to indicate devia-
tion from the original policy. This makes
the supplementary resplteS all the
more mysterious. The question has
caused serious dissentionS in the
Dominion government cabinet. Some of
the ministers are very much opposed to the
appointment of a proposed lunacy commits
sion. and threaten to resign if any other
course than hanging is followed by the
government. Premier Macdonald, being
anxious for entire nnanimity of the cabinet
in the disposal of Riefs case, has granted a
respite of week in order to bring pressure
to bear on the dissenting ministers to obtain
their concurrence in the appointment OF a
lunacy commission.
TROUBLE ANTICIPATED.
Special TO the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man., Nov. 9-Sir A. P. Caron,
minister of militia and defense for the Do
mnion, and Hon. Thomas White, minister
OF the interior, who are now here, were in
terviewed to-day on the subject of RieFs
execution They pointed out that Riel was
respted until the 10th and consequently
could not hang on the 10th, as the respite
included that day. A convict in the North
west territories is not treated the same as
one in a province of the Dominion.
In the latter when a convict IS
sentenced he hangs, unless the gov
ernor general interferes with his
warrant to save. In the territories, when
a convict is sentenced, the sentence is not
carried out unless the governor sends his
warrant to go on with the execution. Caron
now urges that inaSmuch as the governor
general only returned from the Northwest
last week, and it was necessary to hold
meeting of the council before the fate OF
Riel could be settled, and then the warrant
had to be sent by mail to Regina, 1t would
be impossible for the warrant to reach
Regina by Wednesday, and In the event or
it's not arriving, the hanging could not take
place and the prisoner must be reprleNed
He intimated, however, that he would be
respited for but a few days at most, and
that the law must then take its course. He
denies that an insanity commission has been
arise here should the sentence not be carried
out Wednesday. The Conservative club
will give a banquet to CarOn and White to-
morrow night but the president and vice
president declare they will not attend, and
the public will not go unless 1t be
definitely announced tomorrow that Riel
will be hanged. 1t is also feared that an
attack will be made on Archbishop Tache's
palace at ST. Boniface if the sentence be
not executed, as that prelate is blamed for
using his influence to have RiePS life
spared. Feeling runs very high here, and
a mob demonstration may be looked for If
the sentence is committed.
READY TO RETURN.
QUEBEC, Nov. 9.-Since the return of
the detachment of B battery from the
Northwest grave rumors have been circulat-
ing in military circles and the members of
the battery are convinced that their officers
have received orders from Ottawa to hold
everything in readiness for a return to the
Northwest in anticipation of more trouble,
especially of a raid upon some Of the forts
in the territory. Their conviction on the
subject is strengthened by a recent dis
patch respecting the doubling of the force
at Regina.
DECLINES TO INTERFERE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Maj. Edmund
Mallet of this city, the well-known worker
in the French cause in the United States
and an intimate personal friend of Louis
RieI, the Canadian revolutionist, had an
interview with the president this afternoon.