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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-05

Because They Could Not Get Speclai
Schemes Before the House.
Special Telegram.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-Under the new
rule adopted yesterday efforts were made by
Mir. Pusy in the house to day to put upon its
passage the bill appropriating $780,
600 for completing the new
public building at Council Bluffs, Iowa,
Objection was made by more than ten mem
bers and the effort failed.
Mr.. Nelson, Of Minnesota, also made an
effort to yet up a bill to empower the Missis-
sippi Waterpower and Boom company Of
Brainerd, MIMI, to construct dam across
the Mississippi river, but his motion was
overwhelmed with objections as were dozens
OF other members who attempted to bring up
special measures. Finally before the house
had been in session an hour most Of the
MEMBERS BECAME so DGsGUsTED
that Lamb, of Indiana, arose and said that
he thought it would be well for the house TO
adjourn until such a time as it would suit the
convenience of Randall and Holmes ana their
immediate followers TO allow the house to do
soLle business. 1t seemed to him that they
anc be therefore, would move that the house
adjourn. The motion was voted upon and
resulted in tie vote, there being
1O5 on a side. This rule in
brief prevents any bill TO be brought
up for one hour after the ruling Of the gen.
erai to which there are not ten objections.
Over fifteen bills were tried to-day and every
one failed, because double the required num-
Der Of objcctors were on their feet.
The house is wasting time on the
river and harbor bill to forestall
the calling up Of the bill
to forfeit the land grants of the Northern
Pacific railroad. which has the right Of way
after an appropriation Till.
a long fight is sure to be made on the
paragraph TO give Capt. Eads
A COLOSSAL APPROPRIATION
for the improvement of the Galveston har-
Dor. 1t will eventually fail.
The annual payment from the Union Pa
cifc Railroad company to the United States,
under the provisions of the Thurman act, was
due on the lst inst. No demand, however,
has yet been made upon the company for p
per cent. Of its net earnings for the reason
that its accounts are not yet
made up. The dispute about the
definition Of net earnings which has been
pending IN the court of claims until Monday
last, prevented any action up to the present
time, but now the work Of estimating and
calculating will be commenced. 1t is re-
ported that the road viii make an attempt
to avoid paving It's d1es to the
sinking fund, urging as reason therefor
that legisationis is pending for an extension
OF time. This excuse can hardly be recog-
nized If made, for congress will, in all prob
ability, have adjourned when the amount due
Is determined on, and there will be a new
administration in control TO enforce the law.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-05
To Explore the Alaska Waters.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The secretary Of
the navy has authorized Lieut.. Geo. NJ.
Storey to make further explorations of the
Alaskan waters. The plan Of the expedition
is in brief that Lieut.. Storey shall proceed to
the Mare Island Navy yard and superintend
the construction of steam launch suitable
for making the proposed explorations. Early
in the spring the expedition will start from
San Francisco. Its personnel will consist of
Lieut.. S5or ey, Ensign Purcell Passed Assist
ant Engineer Zane, Passed Assistant Surgeon
Nash and about ten men. These, together
with the exploring launch, win be conveyed
TO the vicinity of Putnam river in schooner
and further explorations will be commenced.
II is expected the expedition will continue
for at least a year. Lieut.. Storey will leave
Washington Tuesday next for San Francisco
to begin preparatiIus for the expedition.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-05
AN OLD LEGISLATIvEFIGHT.
The Duluth Lumbermen vs.. The Knife
River Boom Company.


River Boom Company.
Bienpially with the meeting Of the legisla-
ture the fight Of the Duluth lumbermen with
the Knife Falls Boom company is resumed.
and except some relief be granted the men
from the Zenith city at the present session it
threatens 10 GO on forever. The courts have
decided that no relief can come except
luth people are again found around the corri-
dors ard in the committee rooms Of the capt
tol. They have presented a memorial
reciting their grievances and praying for
redress. This memorial his has been referred
10 joint committee Of the senate and the
house, aud will be reported on this week.
THE HISTORY Of The CASE.
The history of the case IA interesting. As
far back as 1872 c. II. Graves, g. s. Russell.
Wm. II. Feller. Charles E. Furuess and
James Smith, Jr., all, with the exception Of
the last, being citizens OF Duluth, organized
the Knife Falls Boom company under the
general laws Of the state, for the purpose 70
''eouStruct and operate one or more boOms
for the collection, safckeeping. scaling and
delivery Of logs and lumber, and the eharg-
ing and collection Of reasonable tolls in COM
peusaiion therefo-" The toll was placed a;
thirty cents a thousand, but BY an amend
me1t was afterwards raised 70 forty-ave
cents. This Is the sum At present de-
mznded. Before the charter was granted Il
vas not thought that logs eOuld be success-
fully ioated down the rapids OF the s.. Louis
river, so vide aud favorzbly known as the
DAlIes, but the ST. Louis River In
provsneut company, b. building dams
ami blasting rock have SO far improved i,
that any number Of logs can come down In
the proper stages Of water. Ia 1850 the
Boom company b-zan the erection Of piers
aud boom works in the river at Knife Pals
Just above the rapids In this same year the
Iaaber business at Duluth began 70 dsvelope
rapidly, twelve saw mills having been erected
Ia that and the succeeding year. This de-
velopneut was due mainly to the insur o.
Michigan lunbermen irto Duluth They
had alrs ssdy purchased hundreds OF millions
Of pine timber on the s. Louis Ever and its
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-05

m; leave Labree Tuesday at 6 q. m; arrive
at Saint Hilaire by 12 II.
To A. n. Sanborn, for SS1 per year, on the
route from Hoff to Asbby, miles and back,
once week. Leave Hoff Saturday at 10 a.
m. arrive at Ashby by l2 m.; leave Ashby
Saturday at p. m arrive at Hof by p N.
To B. w. Beedy, for S233 per year, on the
route from New York Mills to Paddock, IL
miles and back, twice a week. Leave New
York Mills Tuesday and Friday at a. IN. :;
arrive at Paddock by II H.; leave Paddock
Tuesday and FnGay at 2 p. m; arrive at
New York Mills by 6 p. IN.
ToL B. COlgrove, for s199 per year, on
the route from Huff to Little Falls, l3 miles
and lack, twice week. Leave Huff Thurs
day and Saturday at a. m; arrive at Little
Falls by u N =; leave Little Falls Thursday
and Saturday at l D. m.; arrive at HuH by D
p IN.
To B. W. Beedy, for s270 per year, on the
route from Bay Lake, by Nichols and Hick-
ory, to Aitkin, 25 miles aud back, once
week. Leave Bay Lake Friday at a. m !;
arrive at Aitkin by 4 p. m; leave Aitkin
Saturday at 6. m; arrive at Bay Lake BY 4
p. m.
To a. y. San nborn, for S131 per year, on
the rOut: from Henry vile To Olivia, g miles
and back, twice week; leave Heuryviile
Thursday and Saturday in time to con meet
with mail bv railroad: return same day; run
ming time each way not Ia exceed two hours
To A. n. Sanborn, for 1851 per year,on the
route from Carson, by Linnell, Jarvis. Erie
aud Dix to Detroit City, 40 miles and back,
twice week; leave Carson Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday at a. m; arrive at De-
troit City by p. m; leave Detroit City
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday ut a. IN.
arrive at Carson by D. m
ToJ. B. Colgrove, for S299 per year, on
the route from Warner, by Lake In. o., to
Lake Johanna, - miles and hack, twice d
week: leaver Warner Wednesday and Sdtur-
day at a. IN; arrive at Lake Johanna at II
IN. leave Lake Johanna Wednesday and
Saturday at l p. H.; arrive at Warner BY D
p. m.
To J. B. Colgrlve, for s179 per year, on
the route from New Canada to st. Paul.
miles and back, three times a week; leav e
New Canada Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day at a. M; arrive at St. Paul By IL a.
m. leave ST. Paul Tuesday and Saturday at
12 m; arrive at New Canada by 2 p. m.
The contract on the route from Slettin, by
Mentor, to Maple Bar. IL miles and back.
once week, is yet to be awariad. The bond
required to be flied with the bid is 5000. The
service required is: Leave slettin Saturday
at a. m. arrive at Maple Bay By II m;
leave Maple Bay Saturday at p. H.; arrive
at Slettin by 5 p. IN.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-05

out by the imbecile girls Of this in Institution,
were shown, of which one Of the pupils had
lately presented a fine specimen to Gov.
Hubbard. 1t is understood that an appro-
priation of S25, 900 will be asked of the
building for the imbecie children Of
the state, and the visit yesterday
and the reasons set forth for its granting can
hardly fail to have great influence upon the
legislators present.
The visitors at 2 O'Clock were taken to the
blind asylum, in charge of Prof. j. j. Dow,
who, in the exhibition given with its thirty
six inmates in fancy and bead work, read
ing, and In vocal and instrumental music,
showed a thorough knowledge of.the interest
ing instruction and training in which be is
engaged. The duet by Johnny Linnehan,
of Minneapolis, and Nora Caul, Of Chatfield,
received hearty encore and was repeated,
while the reading from raised letters and
dotted indentations, by a boy and girl with
their sensitive finger touch, was peculiarly
interesting.
THE DEAF MuTEs.
At 4 O'Clock the visitors were driven to the
spacious deaf and dumb institute, having
150 pupils and in charge of Prof. j. l..
Noyes. Alter visiting the fine workshops
in whi, the inmates are taught trades, an
| adjourn ...ent was made to large hall, where
quite variety of exercises took place in il
Illustrative subject blackboard writing, MIN
icry, and the teaching of the deaf to articu-
late, the loss of hearing generally being ac-
companied by the total loss of speech, and
this latter accomplishment being taught by a
peculiar movement of the lips by
the instructress. One of these
lads made short address of welcome to the
visitors, while Forest Marshall, the youngest
inmate, and but six years old, showed re-
markable progress and promise of future use
fulness.
The necessity of the provision of gymna-
sum and other means of recreation for the
pupils in this institution was very apparent,
while its appliances for graduating thoroughly
skilled dressmakers, housekeepers. tailors,
shoemakers aud printers were thoroughly
appreciated by the visitors.
After bouutiful dinner in the spaciou;
dining rooms the party took trains at
O'Clock and were landed in the capital city
at 8.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-05
Barber for Postmaster General.

WASHINGTON, Feb. AT a. meeting to-
day Of the Virginia members-elect to the
executive com mittee of that state, resolu-
ton was agreed upon indorsng Representa-
tive Barber for the postmaster generalship
under the coming administration. OFFER
rell Croxton, Robert. Beverly, Anderson,
Watts and GOode were appointed a commit
tee to confer with President-elect Cleveland
In Barber's behalf
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-05
Hendrieks' Trip through the south.

CINcTSNkTI. Feb. "A large crOzd gath
cred a. the Central Union depot this morning
to greet Hon- Thomas Hendricks, but aside
from an informal reception and hsndshSk-
iug there was no demonstration The route
% the party hSs been changed. aud on invi-
tAiiou u the Denocraiie committee az At
lautA, Mr.. Hendricks viii proceed there first
arriving tomorrow morning. He win leaTe
in the afternoon for Birmingham, and siay
there till Friday afternoon when be VIII con-
tIsus to New Orleans No pubic denonsirs-
ton Is anticipated. as Mr.. Hendricks has ex-
pressed desire 70 t-xTel quietly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-05
Probable Finding. of the Swain Court

WASHINGTON, Feb. At is said to-day
upon the authority of one Of the counsel for
Gen. Swain that the findings of the court
in his case are IN substance as follows: AS to
the first charge, viz, that of conduct unbe-
coming an officer and gentleman in viola
ton OF the sxty-frst article, not guilty.
To the second charge Of conduct prejudicial
to good order and discipline. failing TO re
port 10 the secretary of war his knowledge Of
alleged duplication of Col. Morrows pay ac-
counts, guilty, with a recon me ndatiOn that
Gen. Swain be temporarily suspended on
half pay No Information is as yet obtain
able at the war department as TO the findings
Of the courts. The officials in whose custody
they are being under pledge Of secrecy and
the members sworn 10 secrecy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-05

complished would, to Democratic apprehen-
sion, be much more apparent in about
thirty days than it had ever been before.
The bill having been perfected, 1t was re-
ported to the senate from the committee OF
the whole, read third time and passed,
yeas 43, nays l2. The vote In detail is as
follows.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-05
THE COUNTRYS CAPITAL.
Letting of the Contracts For the Min
s9SOta Star ROutes-Repre-
sentative Nelson Wanted
TO be Heard in the House, But Met the
Fate of Others With Special
Legislation.
Union Pacific legislation Cabinet Gossip
The Sawim Trial-New Postmaster
Appointed.
MEMBERS MAD

Because They Could Not Get Special
Schemes Before the House.
Special Telegram.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26
An Ancient voI,In,e

Probably the Oldest book in Maine is one
owned by Mr.. Roscoe G. Smith of Cornish
The cover and fly leaves of the book have
evidently been placed upon the book in re-
cent years, for they are much less yellowed,
dog-eared and dusty than the title page and
the coarsely printed pages of Latin verso
with its fanciful paragraph vignettes and
quaint styles of type which are found be-
tween the covers. The titlepage of the book
shows that it was printed in Weinberg in
1888 which makes it 345 years old. The
words '.Typls loannis," are appended to the
date and place. The title of the book is in
cantica Canticorum breyis, sed admodHaa
dlluclda enaratio d. Martini Luther" Tho
book is of 153 pages. The most curious fea-
ture OF this quaint volume is an appendix of
manuscript notes. The MS. is in a crooked
German script, looking more like the modern
hen-tracks Of a stenographer than the cop
perplate OF German student or teacher of
even three hundred and fifty years ago. 1t
covers three pages of the fly leaves, and is
crossed and recr0ssed with additions. The
original owner of the book, from whom Mr.
Smith secured it in London said that compe-
tent judges believed this MS to have been
Luther own writing, and that the book was
once his personal property. The Oldest book
known to exist is Gutenberg's '.Psalter,"
printed by him in 1861, of which three copies
are known to exist. The oldest book in
America Is said to be known as "Doctrina,"
and to be the work of Cumeregua and owned
in the library of the late Emperor Maximili-
an OF Mexico. Mr. Smith obtained the book
described above from A. L. Luyston of Lon
don. Mr.. Smith is an Enthusiastic collector
OF old books, and has made many valuable
contributions to the libraries of ork county.
he holds this relic of the days of Luther at
a high value and proposes some time to con
tribute it to a Maine library.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26
eIoHr DOLLARS A MONTH.

The National Department by an over
whelmlng majority yesterday refused to give
its Endorsement to the proposed bill giving
every man who served in the army sixty days
during the war of the rebellion and was
honorably discharged, $S month pension.
This project had its origin, we believe, in
John A. Andrew Post of Boston and most of
the agitation in its favor has come from men,
Ders OF that Post 1t was brought before
the Massachusetts, department last February
and defeated, and in the departments of sew
eral other New England States it has met
the same fate.
The advocates of this measure have con-
tended that it would correct many cases of
injustice arising under the present law. That
Is true. 1t is doubtless a fact as the friends of
this measure say that there are many soldiers
deserving pension who cannot obtain one
by reason of inability to furnish evidence on
points which the present pension law insist
shall be proved, who would obtain part at
least Of their just dues under such law as
this. But door as wide as this measure
would prove would admit not only these
cases of justice, but very much larger
number of cases of injustice. 1t would be
c-AoAoAAso AOc III cNeIypOuy VINO re-
NAMED in the army sixty days and was hon
orably discharged, no matter what his physi-
cal condition was when discharged or what is
his condition today. The country is ready
and anxious to make restitution as far as
lies in its power to every soldier or sailor
who was permanently disabled, no matter
In how slightidegree, in his country's SER
vice. 1t is inclined to go further and make
provision for the support of the soldier who
has became poor and needy in his old age,
even If his present condition be the result
In no degree of his service in the army
But 1t Is unjust and unreasonable to ask, as
this bill does, the country to pension every
man who served sixty days in the army, no
matter whether he was disabled or not. no
matter whether today he is rich or in poor cir
cumstances, and 1t speaks well for the SOL
der that this scheme of John A. Andrew
Post has been defeated by convention of
representative soldiers from all over the
land.
There are some features of the present
pension laws that need changing. Many, if
not all of them, are provided for by the
Mexican pension bill, which was before Con-
gress last session, and to the defeat of which
the advocates of the eight dollars a month
bill contributed something. All the soldiers
can fairly ask, we think, and all the majority
Of them certainly are inclined to ask, is
granted in this bill
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26

The Veterans have come and many of them
have gone. If there have been any signs of
that drunken carouse which was predicted
In some quarters they have escaped public
observation. The carloads of liquor that
were to roll in along with the Western dele
gates apparently did not roll in There have
been fully twenty thousand boys in blue in
the city, number equal to more than
two-thirds of our entire population.
and yet scarcely an intoxicated veteran
has been seen. The result has been precisely
what the PRESS anticipated last week. While
there Is no doubt that some people sincerely
believed that there was going to be carnival
of drunkenness, there is little doubt also that
a good deal of the scare was purposely
worked up for booming purposes. Para
graphs complimenting certain officials will
soon be set in motion.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.

V,HE subcommittee on examination of eandi-
"A oates for teaching in the public schools of
IoFuahd, Will meet for the examination of
tsachers at High School Building on TUESDAY,
must pass satisfactory examination in the follow
ing branches viz:
Arithmetic, including the Metric system of
Melgnts and measures, Bookkeeping. Physical
ana descriptive Geography English Grammar,
melu9lng Composition, United States History,
PHYSIOLOGY and Hygiene. with special reference to
tne effects Of alcoholic drinks stmulants and mar
eotles upon the human system, Elements Of Music
AMasOns), Elementary Free-Hand Drawing, and
Iheory and Practice OF Teaching
All applicants must be present ON the morning
ABOVE specified, and the examination will continue
through two days unless sooner finished.
No other examination will take place prior 10
the opening Of the schools.
bIhQMAS fash, Superintendent of Schools
Portland, June 5, 1885 ieSdtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26

The editor of the Atlanta Constitution a
few weeks ago declared in the Century that
the negro race was booming right along
toward perfect equality with his white
brethren. Now he admits in the columns of
his newspaper that the colored man will
hook watermelons, This is either compli-
ment to the colored man or confession in
behalf of the first families of the South.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26

Three months ago man was killed at the
point where Old Mexico, New Mexico and
Texas joins. His body being in three states,
three coroners quarreled over the matter and
the skeleton still lies there as monument to
the international boundary line. We do not
tell this on our own authority, but Chicago
paper says so and of course it must be so.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26

The Conservatives have finally made up
their minds to go ahead. at first they were de-
termined not to do so unless they received
pledges from the Liberals. They evidently
changed their minds, for Mr.. Gladstone has
given them nothing which can be considered
pledge. The most he has done is to give
assurance that he viii support just legisla-
ton; but as the justice of legislation is large
ly matter of opinion the Conservatives of
course can get no comfort out of this assur-
anca
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26

Buddensiek is not yet safely landed in the
penltentiary, we regret to say. His lawyers
are still laboring for his liberty, and stay
OF proceedings has been granted by Judge
Van Brunt. The modern method of shutting
up villain in the State prison is altogether
too slow and not sure enough to compensate
for Its slowness Legal procedure is so en-
numbered with technical forms which must
be complied with and the culprit is so hedged
about In the name of liberty that the public
prosecutor is placed at an immense disadvan-
tage
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 20.

We do not read anonymous letters and commun-
cations. The name and address of the writer are
Ia ell cases Indispensable not necessarily for pub
neation but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26

Vice President Hendricks, as he passed
through New Haven on his way to Harvard
told the Yale collegians that a ''publc office
was a public trust, just as if the express
ion were original with himself, and just as
If he believed it ALL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26

The large four-nasted wooden sailing yes
sci which is now being built at Camden leads
the New York Sun, in speaking of the big
ships of the world, to note the fact that the
biggest wooden ships are now built in
Maine
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26

Mrs. Phelps, wife of our minister to Eng
land, has danced with the Prince of Wales,
and Is reported as wearing superb diamonds
This will furnish fine text for the tail
twisters' to discourse upon when Congress
meets
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26

A Colorado miner fired rifle at mark on
the door of magazine containing eighteen
tons of powder. That tells the story. He
saved time and money by not coming east to
Jump off the bridge
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26

Dennis Kearney, it is said, will run for
governor of California ON the labor ticket 1t
Is not believed however, that he will run far
enough to endanger his health.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-26

We are glad to see Mr.. Meade of Copiah
county, Miss, go, but we are sorry to see
him going alone. The administration should
not be particular in this matter of kicking
out bad appointments.