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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
MARITIME CANAL.
Arguments in Favor OF IncOrpOr-
atins the Maritime Canal Com
rany of Nicaragua

p2ny Of Nicaragua.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Judge Charles
P. DAILY and Hiram Hitchcock, of New
York, ex-senator Macdonald, Admiral
Ammen, Commander Taylor and Civil
Engineer Menocal, of the navy, APP
peared before the house committee on
commerce in advocacy of Representa-
tive Norwood'S bill to incorporate the
Maritime Canal company of Nicaragua.
Judge DAILY made the principal argu-
ment, devOting his attention mainly to
the constitutional question involved in
the proposed charter and demOnstra-
ton of the financial ability of the COM
pany to carry out the work. On the
first point he quoted the Interpretation
given by Chief Justice Marshall to the
article of the constitution giving con-
gress power to regulate commerce with
foreign nations and among the states.
This Interpretation, he maintained
completely covered the present case.
On the second point Judge DAILY said
that the company had positive assur-
ances from Berlin, Boston and New
York bankers that the one hundred
millions of bonds would be speedily
taken up when the United States char
ter was grated. The association which
thousand dollars i'm its treasury, and had
spent S20O,OOO in preliminary work upon
the canal. Eight fully-equipped work
ing parties were in the field, employing
TO people. Six of them were land par
ties, one was photographic party, and
the other was making borings to deter
mine the nature of the cutting to be
done. While the association did not
absolutely require a charter from the
United States, the application for one
was made out of respect to the govern
ment. Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas, wished
to know if the company would object to
the bill furnishing it by forfeiture OF
charter for any combination with the
Pacific railroads to raise tolls. Judge
DAILY did not feel authorized to give a
positive answer, inasmuch as he had
not consulted upon the subject with the
| other members of the association.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
A Cargo of Monkeys.

Far1S faper.
A French paper relates good story
about a merchant in Marsellles who
wrote to correspondent on the coast
of Africa asking him to send him at his
convenience two or three monkeys of
the rareSt and most valuable species.
AS chance would have it the merchant,
in stating the number. wrote the on (or)
between the figures two and three with
a very small and diminutive II. How
great events may issue from small
causes will appear from the sequel. A
few months passed over, when at last a
messenger was sent from the harbOr to
inform the merchant that his menagerie
had landed. ''My menagerie!' was the
astonished reply. Eyes, menagerie;
in fact whole cargo of monkeys have
come for you" The merchant could
not believe the man until a letter
was delivered to him from his
friend in Africa, a person of the most
ScrupulOuS eXactneSS, in which he
gravely apologized for his having been
unable, Notwithstanding all his efforts,
to procure more than 100 monkeys in
stead of 203 as ordered, but promised to
forward the remainder as soon as posi-
BILE. Imagine the feelings of the mer-
chant ON going down to the port to con-
vince himself with his own eyes OF the
existence of his 100 monkeys, which
were all comfortably housed, and which
grinned at him through the bars of their
cages,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
HARD ON THE BOARDERS.

A New York Landlady Steals Her
BOarders' Valuabies and Disap-
pears.
New YORK, Feb. 3.-Laura c. Cotton,
a handsome woman, the widow of a
journalist who died in May last, leav-
ing her with five young children, was
arrested to-day charged with larceny.
She kept fashionable boarding house,
and series of thefts from her boarders
were of the most mysterious character
till ten days ago, when her son, aged
thirteen, was detected in stealing a
check from his employers and ar
rested. He declared that his mother
told him to steal it. Mrs. Cotton disap-
peared leaving note inclOsing about
fifty pawn ticket fOrS the articles stolen
from her boarders. Her whereabouts
was not discovered till to-day. 1t trans
pires that her costly furniture is not
paid for; that her butchers and grocers'
bills are unsettled land that $4,000 which
her husband left in bank has all been
drawn. Her friends believe that she is
the victim of a blackmailer, who has
got all the proceeds of her wrOng-doing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
Sold the Entire Plant.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. Feb. 3.-The entire
plant of William Washburn & Sons, of
this city, dealers in naval stores, include
ing a large oil warehouse and the en-
tire interests of the Iron Mountain
Warehouse and Tank company, was
sold to-day to the Waters-Pierce
company, which is the local
branch of the Standard Oil
company. Washburn d Sons
ran tank line into Alabama and Miss
issippi, and practically controlled the
turpentine product of those states. The
price paid for this plant is not known.
but it is supposed to be pretty large, as
it disposed of the last competitor of the
Standard Oil company. gives them con-
troll of all tankage in this city, and leaves
them without any formidable competi-
ton in the turpentine trade in the South.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
No Signs of Weakening.

PITTsBURG, Jan. s. Master Work
man Lewis. of the Miners National as
sembly oflthe Knights of Labor, arrived
in the city to-day to attend the interstate
convention of miners and mine owners,
Lewis, who has been giving the Read
ing strike his personal attention, says
the strikers do not show any signs of
weakening, and have no intention of
abandoning their claims. A few mines
were allowed to resume, in order to sup
ply the miners and poor people with
coal for domestic use. as many were suf-
fering for want of fuel. He does not
anticipate any relief from the proposed
congressional Investigation, as he says
it will be too slow to benefit the strikers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
Troubled with Land Slides.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 3.-The re-
Gently completed Oregon & California
Railroad company, operating between
San Francisco and Portland, have
sustained two land slides, one
in Sacramento canon and one
in SiskiyOu mountains owing
to heavy rain storms. The company
ceased running through trains between
the two terminal cities last Friday and
ceased booking through passengers
but have been running its trains south
from Portland. carrying passengers
to SisSonS, taking them by stage
around the break in the SiskiyOU
range, and has been running trains
north from San Francisco to Delta in
the Sacramento canon. The company
has force of 900 men at work repairing
the road, and expects to begin running
through trains as usual next Sunday.
AS the rainy season is about ended, no
further trouble is anticipated.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
Rad Treatment ofPatients.

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Feb. 3.-Suit is
about to be brought against the author
tiles of the Michigan Asylum for the In
sane in this city, by three discharged
attendants, for the recovery of a months
pay, forfeited under the rules for
cause of discharge. The suit is
to be made the medium for
sensational charges against the conduct
of the institution, alleging that one pa
tient, having propensities to destroy his
clothing, was kept without covering at
night two weeks in November; that two
patients were kept without food two to
four days for refusing to work: and that
in two cases patients very i'll were neg
lected and left without food, and subse-
quently died. The physicians of the
institution give on entirely different
statement Of details, while affirming
some of the circumstances which are
given bad coloring in the charges put
into circulation,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
AN OMAHA SCANDAL.
Another Sensational Step in the
Mcnamara Scandal.

Special to the Globe.
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 3.-Another SEN
sational step in the Mcnamara scandal
was taken this afternoon, when the
lady's father, Major p. r. Sullivan. filed
a petition in the county court for the
removal of Mrs. Mcnamara as admins
tratriX of her late husband and the ap-
pointment of a guardian for her five
children. Her case is a remarkable one.
By the death of her husband, McNam-
ara, Mrs. Nellie Mcnamara came into
the control of property in this
city valued at over $4,000. For
failure to make proper reports as
to her administration of the
estate. she was subsequently removed
and shortly afterward began most eX-
travagant course of living. On trip
to Chicago she met and became infatu-
ated with bucket shop man named
William Hagle, and lavished on him
rich presents and large sums of money.
He frequently visited her here during
his stay, spent money profuSely among
his companions and openly boosted of
Mrs. McNamara's favOrs. Subsequently
he removed to Denver. where he went
into the brokerage business. Mrs. Nc
Namara paid him visit there and the
two openly INDUCED in the most eX-
travagant and ScandalOuS conduct.
Last week Hagle paid her visit here
when he was arrested as vagrant at
the instance of her father and compelled
to leave the city to avoid imprisonment.
Mrs. Mcnamara has been cited to ap-
pear in answer to the allegations of the
petition on the Doth instant.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
Crushed by Snow.

OSHKOSH, Wis.,, Feb. 3.-People in
the northern part OF the city were
startled tonight by loud report, which
seemed to give warning of an impend-
ing earthquake. The fire department
was called out and located the trouble
at the fair grounds, just out
side the city limits, where the
immense frame structure known
as the exposition building
had been crushed in by the weight of
snow. The building was about 400 feet
long, and is a complete wreck. This is
the third time the fair association has
suffered the loss of its building, the
first by fire and the second by cyclone.
The present building was constructed
with a special view of having
it withstand cyclones and snow
The loss is estimated at SO, 600, on which
there is no insurance, though both
cyclone and fire policies were carried.
It is believed that this disaster will put
an end to the exhibitions for some
years to come, as the various disasters
and bad weather had made the fair BUSH
ness very improbable.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
"No Use Cussing."

He was hurrying along Nassau street
the other day, carrying basket of
lunch, says the New York Tribune.
The slippery condition of the pavement
made the greatest care necessary to
maintain the perpendicular, but some
thing attracted the lunch carriers at
tention, and he stopped for moment,
then starting ON again, his feet flew out
from under him, and he and the lunch
came down Old the edge of the sidewalk.
Over the person Of the unfortunate
youth there was a generous distribution
of viands. His waistcOat was deco
rated with patches of chicken salad,
there was milky way of charlotte
russo on each trousers leg, and in his
hat, which had fallen off, nestled two
buns and cranberry tart. The un-
happy lunch carrier arose and began to
scrape himself off, in complete silence.
"Too bad" said a bystander, sympa-
thetically, 'but you don't seem to care
much; why don'tyou swear little? 1t
might relieve you."
"We1l, the situation kind erspeaks for
ITSELF" said the lunch carrier sadly, as
he extracted the tart from his hat and
gathered up the shattered repast. tits
no use to cuss words now. When / get
to the Office and the boss sees the salad
on me vest he'll cuss enough for two.''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
A TRICKY PARTNER.
Joseph Zehnter, Of Madison,
Wis, PuploinS the Firms
Cash.
His Partner Sets a Pinkerton
to Watch Him, and He
ConfeSSeS.
A Young Norwegian at Hay
field Robbed by His
Roommate.
L u
Chippewa Falls Is Presented
With a Fine Site for a
Park.

MADISON, Wis, Feb. 3.-R. B. Ogil-
vie and Joseph Zehnter, who for the
past four years have owned and con-
Quoted the largest dry goods establish
ment in this city, have dissolved part
nership under sensational circum-
stances. Last night Ogilvie boldly
charged Zehnter with purloining a
large amount of money, in small sums,
belonging to the firm, and backed up the
charge with incOntrOvertible evidence,
which Pinkerton detective, who had
been employed in the store for ten
weeks past, produced. Zehnter weak
ened and the matter was quietly set
tied, Zehnter turning over to Ogilvie his
$1,000 interest in the store for 81. Zehn-
ter then left the city. Ogilvie will
make no criminal charge against him.
The case is especially sensational on
account of the previous high standing
of Zehnter, whose reputation in every
way was unassailable. He has young
wife and child. He has been devOting
his leisure time of late in purchasing
and stocking with blooded animals a
fine farm near this CITY.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
MARDI GRAS AGAIN.
Prizes for Those Who Waded in
the Slush Last Night.

The illuminated, deserted home of
Borealis afforded an admirable place
for the second Mardi Gras last night,
and there were many more characters
than on Tuesday evening, though the
variety was no greater. The spectators
were not many, because of the bad
weather, and festivities closed rather
earlier than usual. The Columbia band,
stationed at the palace entrance, fur
nished lively music for the occasion.
The prizes were awarded as follows:
GrOtesque male costume, first prize,
Frank Lawson, rooster; second prize,
Ryan Fruit company, pineapple; gro
teSque lady's costume, first, Bertha Bod
ford, husk lady; second, Beatrice
Yorke, flower girl; fat man, E. E. Hull
Ster; fat woman, III. q. Wild
man; female impersonator, first,
M. e. Jewell, ballet girl !;
secOud, John HOTTER, straw lady; win
ter costume, first, Mrs. A. Schaefer;
second, Mrs. FlOurnoy; old sport, II.
Hazurwinkle; group of six, first, Misses
Rebholz, Gillett and F1ei, Quaker girls i;
second, Y. Fandel, b. Marks, p. Moch,
Rice, five bearded women and
owner; male negro, first, L. G.. Wimpf;
second, S. Stoneman: female negro,
first, s, A.. Golden; second, TOrato;
male Irish, first, ]. ]. Preston; second,
Continued ON Fourth Page.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
CURLING FOR MEDALS.
Sixty-seven Entries in the Con-
test for Individual Excellence.

The individual point contest was
played upon the Carnival rink yester-
day, and resulted in victory for Mani
toba, w. G. Frazer, of the Winnipeg
GRANTEES, the winner of last years bon
spiel trophy, scoring the highest, eight
cen points, and carrying of the s75 gold
medal. G. p. Wilson, also of the
GRANTEES, secured second prize, his score
being sixteen points, and S. J. jackson
took fourth prize on score of fourteen
points. George Wood, of Chicago,
scored fifteen points and won third
place. The four prizes are gold medals.
Winnipeg won the point contest last
year also, but yesterdays was
much better playing than when
Mcneil carried off the first prize
On score of nine points only.
The ice was good enough yesterday.
The wick and curl in seemed to be the
hardest point to make. The points
played were striking, in-wicking, draw
ing, guarding, chap and lie, wick and
curl in, raising and chipping the win
ner. Il. A. Abbott and w. P. Abbott
were the official scorers. The mist did
not make the curriers' any the less cheer
full. There were SiXty-Seven entries.
only one curler entering from Milwau-
kee, and none from Waupaca and Fargo.
The game lasted until after o'clock.
Following was the score:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
HONOR TO ERICSSON.
Efforts Being Made to Have
Lief EricSSOn'S Memory
Perpetuated
AS the First True DiScOVerep
of the American Con-
tinent.
Arguments Favoring the In
CORPORATION of the Mari
time Canal Company.
Agent Jenkins Says There Is
No Suffering Among the
SiSSetOnS.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Miss Maria A.
Brown, of Boston, is here endeavOring
to have the discovery of America by
Lief Erickson in the tenth century made
a part of the centennial exposition of
1892. celebrating the anniversary of this
governments Inauguration and also the
discovery of America by Columbus.
Miss Brown is Endorsed and aided in her
endeavor by all the Massachusetts, con-
gressmen, and Knute Nelson says that
the Scandinavians of the Northwest, as
well as everywhere, will be pleased to
know that an effort is thus being. off,
cially made to give public recognition to
the race and the hardy explorer who
really discovered America 400 years be-
fore Columbus ever thought of sailing
west to the East Indies. Lief Erickson
sailed enthusiastically from Iceland,
landing at Labrador, and settling for
months at or near Boston, naming the
country Vineland, in the Norske Ian
guage, because of vines of fruit there
discovered 10y him. Miss Brown will
probably accomplish her mission.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
Burrows Makes a Confession.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. "a dispatch
from Little Rock, Ark, says: Jim Bur-
rows, the train robber who was brought
there from Texarkana for safe keeping,
has made confession, and says
he is ready to take whatever
punishment may follow. Detective
Williams, who assisted in the cap
ture of the robbers, says the srOry about
Brock being Pinkerton man is false.
Brock was released on nominal bail, but
was Immediately placed in charge of
two detectives and taken to Dallas,
where he is to serve as witness in an
other case.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04

Portland; monograms on robes and blankets.
Mrs. c. w. Griggs-Chestnut team; scarlet
ana gold plumes; carved Russian swell Vic
toria.
W. E. Mathies-single bay and single seat
Portland: ribbon decorations.
j. X. Donahue-Chestnut TWO tandem; or
ange and cardinal plumes; two-seated swell
Portland.
yellow plumes; Portland.
A. b. Wilgus-Span of sorrels; sea-green
plumeS; phaetOn shell on hobs.
John Zelch-Shetland roam double: jump
er pony sleigh.
l.. \. Dion-Single chestnut sorrel; orange
plumeS; Portland.
Mrs. A. X Murray-Dark brown single;
cream plumes; Portland.
ii. 7. McClung-Two bays tandem; orange
and garnet plumes; Portland.
Mrs. William Bickel-Bay single; garnet
and black plumes; Portland.
j. II. Butterfield-Single gray; olive horse
blankets: Portland.
II. X. Evans-Span of bays; orange and
gold plumes; Victoria shell.
P.V. Dwyer-Slngle bay: silver gray and
garnet plumes; covered old colonial QS32)
sleigh.
Mrs. E. E. Mattox--Single bay with Port
land; gold plumes and ribbon decorations.
w. Z. Schutte-Single sorrel and Portland.
George Powers;-Span of bays; black, car
| dinal and gold plumes; Portland.
Peter Schonarth-Single black; yellow
| plumes; Portland.
George Langevin-Span of SOrrelS; old gold
and cardinal plumes; olive horse blankets;
| two-seat Portland.
Capt. Edward Sim onton-Single dark
brown; square box cutter; red plumes.
II. kent-Norman gray team; yellow
| plumes; two seat Portland.
| Mrs Joseph r. Weide-Single bay; green
and black plumes; Victoria shell on hobs.
| F. 5. Haupt-Two bays tandem; gold and
| white plumes; black blankets; square box
| Gutter
F. D. Hager-Span of clipped browns;
| victoria on hobs.
Maj. j. S. Robertson-Brown single with
| Victoria.
George W. Burden-Span of blacks with
B. A Taylor, of Kansas City-single chest
nut, with Portland.
j. Schroer-Single bay and swell-body
| Richard Price-Chestnut sorrel single white
and bue ribbon decorations; Portland.
Mrs. Haas-Single sOrrel; blue and white
| plumes; Portland.
Jacob Mainzer-Bay team, with double
seat Portland.
Z A. Fitzgerald-Black single and swell
body.
Theodore Griggs- Single bay; turquoise
blue plumes; dog cart on pair of hobs.
NJ. n. Williams-Span of bays; two-seat
Portland.
Mrs. ". c. Warner-Clpped iron-gray
team; cream and indigo plumes; swell-body
phactOn.
c. W. Jones-Span of creams; sea green
plumes; two-seat swell-body.
George Palmes-Slngle dark-brown race
horse; two-seat Portland.
Fred S. Bryant-Brown double; garnet
plumes. silver chimes (both backband and
collar; Russian shell Victoria.
F. NJ. Schutte-Single black; pink and vel
low ribbon decorations; Portland swell body
C. A. B. Weide-Team of bays; red and
black plumes and pompons; two-seated Port
land.
W. NJ. Bushnell-Single chestnut King
Herod colt, Nellie; plumes of sapphire and
orange: Portland.
w. H. Thurston-Single bay, clipped, 6
brother of Jay Eve See; Portland.
E. NJ. Hallowe1 and George Eallowell-
Span of dapper grays; grange and turquoise
blue plumes; Russian swell-body sleigh ane
chimes.
F. E. Magraw-Single dark bay and Port
| land.
Mrs. Adam Fink-Team, black and dark
brown; amber plumes; two-seat Portland.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
COUNTY SEAT WAR.
Two Kansas Towns Engage in a
Disgraceful Fight Over the
County Seat.


Disgraceful Fight Over the
County Seat.
Topeka, Kan, Feb. 3.-Dispatches
gave particulars, few days ago, OF the
contest between the towns OF FuStls
and Goodland for the county seat OF
Sherman county. The latter town was
seemingly the winner at the election,
but the old officers were in Fustis and
refused to certify to the new election
and surrender the records. Then the
Goodland people armed themselves and
fOrcibly seized the records, holding their
rival at bay with revolvers and turpen-
tine balls, with which they threatened
to burn the town of Fustis if resistance
was offered. Upon an appeal to him,
Gov. Martin appointed Gen. Adam
Dixon and Capt. McGrath, of the state
militia, to go to the scene OF the dis
turbance and enforce the law-if it was
necessary to call out the militia. Gen.
Dixon has submitted a report to the
working on the case for a week
with little hope of an amicable settle
ment of the controversy. Both parties
are armed and fortified, the towns being
only two miles apart and the feeling be-
tween them very bitter and hostile. He
says the Fustis faction will be satisfied
with nothing but criminal proceedings
against the Goodlandites for the seizure
of the county records, regardless of the
consequences of delay in settlement and
the further distraction of the commune
ties. Trade is at a staDdstill. No crops
to market. taxes high, money scarce,
very little work for the ordinary me-
chanic and laborer, while the land office
in Oberlin refuses to give claimants
| their final land proofs for the reason
that the records at the county seat are
incomplete and not available. Gen.
Dixon said: "While no train of cir
cumstances justify the lawless invasion
of Fustis by an armed mob, it is true
that the direct cause of the outrage was
the greedy overreaching of Fustis in re,
fusing the officers-elect their official
positions, and, after the most searching
Investigation, find that the general
election, and also the election for the
county seat, was good average of such
elections in new counties, and that the
officers-elect received an honest ma
jority. as did Goodland. also, for the
| county seat.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
Postoffice Expenses.
Special to the Globe

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Sowing to the
unexpected and rapid increase in the
expenses of postoffices in the matter of
rent, fuel, lights and clerk hire above
the estimates made under Villas admin
istration, letter was sent to-day by
Postmaster General Dickinson estimat-
ing deficit of S125, 900 for the current
fiscal year. The increase III volume in
this branch of business is shown to be
IL per cent in excess of Villas estimates.
There is an increase of business phe-
and Northwest, which, in Dickinson's
Judgment, necessitates the deficiency
appropriation asked for. Meantime the
money now on hand, as well as that
asked for, will be handled, disbursed
and controlled by Republican chief Of
division, named Scott.