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Center. He addressed the convention
and in the face of the vehement
opposition of Senator Henry Kel-
lar and others succeeded with
the help of c. F. Macdonald
in preventing the nomination of any
one. The local Democrats went home
diSheartened, and Nelson had a walk
away. He received 1887 votes, having
as his only opponent j. ii. Long, the
Prohibition nominee, who pOlled only
1889 votes. The vote of the district
was $4,000, an increase of 1000 over 1884
1t will probably be $4,000 this year.
Why 1T was decided best to make no
fight against Mr.. Nelson then has al
ways been matter of conjecture. The
gentlemen who dictated this action have
alwas kept discreetly silent. But the
effect on the party in the district was
not good. Whatever dicker or deal was
under the surface, it did not prove to be
of benefit in congressional matters. 1t
may have helped to augment the i'm
mense vote DR.. Ames received there,
but there are great many good Demo-
Gratis who believe that if strong con-
gressiOnal nomination had been made it
would have given the gOverno1Ship to
the Democracy. This is only surmiSe
though.
The Democratic gubernatorial ticket
OF 1856, with its tremendous fight on the
wheat ring of Minneapolis and its strong
pledges for a fight against corporate
monopoly came very near to carrying
this district. The changes it wrought
were wonderful. The Democratic vote
on governor in 1888 and in 1886 in Ger
tain counties are herewith given:
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GREAT STEAMERS.
A Splendid Line of Boats to Be
Put on Lake Michigan.


CHICAGO, June 1O.-The most impor-
tant project for lake travel yet brought
forward for Lake Michigan is the Chi
cago 81 Milwaukee Transit Company.
which, it is announced to-day, will be
incorporated this week. A number of
the best known marine men Oh the
chain of lakes are amOngS its organizers.
The boats of the new line will far eX-
ceed anything now afloat on fresh
water, and will be modelled closely after
the great excursion steamers in New
York. They will be out of the ship
yards early next spring. The capital
stock of the company will be 81 Sl.000,000.
once, and two others will follow.
The company will set aside $3.50, ZOO
for her construction, though her cost
may reach 100000 judging from the
plans in view. She will be side-wheel
steamer, with a guaranteed speed of
twenty-five miles an hour, and will
carry 1000 people comfortably. This
may be increased to 1,500 without too
great crowding. The first boat will be
put on the run between Chicago and
Milwaukee, and will make the round
trip each day, going up in the morning
and returning in the evening. With
the speed she is to be given she can
make the trip easily and give excursion
lists some time in the Cream City. The
aim of the projectors is to meet the
popular demand for a days pleasure
trip on the lake, and they figure that
Chicago and Milwaukee combined will
furnish patronage that will make the
boat highly profitable at low rates of
fare. The other boats to follow will
find routes to ports across the lakes.
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A FEMALE FIGURE.
The Design for the Monument to
Chicago Policemen.

CHICAGO, June 10.-It is authori-
tatively stated to-day that the monu-
ment to the policemen who fell in the
Haymarket massacre will not be in the
generally proposed form of an officer
with a club, rampant on a heroic ped
estal, and it is further stated that the
memorial will be located fully a mile
and quarter from the Haymarket. The
reasons assigned are that the Haymar-
ket, surrounded with factories and sa-
looms, is not we'll suited for work of
art and that policeman with a club
has been demonstrated to be a thor
oughly inartistic subject, however ad-
mirable he may be on beat. Union
Park, beautiful piece of green sward,
in a choice residence district, will be
the site of the monument. The design
will be that of a female figure, austerely
draped, holding aloft an open book.
The figure is law, the book the statutes.
The pose bespeaks the triumph of or
der over anarchy. The book proclaims
that in this commonwealth law is su-
Dreme.
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STABBED TO DEATH.
A Mysterious Affair on Board a
Railroad Train,

BANGOR, Me-, June 10.-Last night
just as the train was starting on the
Bangor & Boston road the engineer was
signaled to stop, as jeremiah G. SIN
clair, the postal clerk, was taken
with severe hemorrhage. Sin
clair was taken to hotel in an
omnibus, but died on the way. 1t
was then aScertained that death had re-
suited from wound i'll the breast. A
large artery was severed, and death
must have been almost instantaneous.
The only persons known to have been
with Sinclair in the car are Postal
Clerks o. &. Sellen. of Massachu-
setts. and S. Lyman Hayes, of
New Hampshire, who had run
for years with Sinclair, the
latter having been on the road fourteen
years. From the appearance of the
wound it would seem it might have
been inflicted either by blow in front
or behind, or might have been self-in-
hicted. Sellen and Hayes were subse-
quently arrested and confined in
separate apartments. 1t is rnmored that
Hayes has made statements implicat-
ting Sellen as the one who perpetrated
the deed. The officers neither affirm
nor deny the truth of the rumor. The
parties are well known here and highly
esteemed by their associates. This is
the most shocking and mysterious af-
fair that has ever taken place here, and
the community is in high state of ex-
citemant
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dred, of Brainerd. The representation
in the convention will be as follows:

Necessary to choice, so. The estimate
of the strength of the different candi-
dates on the first ballot is:
BartO, "a: Buckman, 20; Comstock,
10; COrliss, IA; Stearns, 21.
The candidates are all prominent clti-
Zens of the district, and men who have
been more or less prominent in the af-
fairs of the state. of them all Barto is
the only pronounced tariff refOrmer,
and his position is that of Knute Mel
son. His nomination seems improbable,
as does that of Judge Stearns, the fight
seeming to be between Buckman, Cor
liss and ComStock. Should deadlock
be sprung, an opportunity might be
given for the introduction of the name
of Kindred, and by surprise his nomi-
nation be effected.
The canvass has been clean and hon
orable one, but before it is over some
strife and hot blood may be looked for.
The East is fighting the West, and
the northern and southern portions OF
the district are not Over-friendly. Will
kin county. the home of Stordock, and
supposed TO be sOlidly for McGill, has
Stearns is solid for Barto. a, Otter Tail
backs Corliss, Benton and Morrison are
for Buckman and st. Louis for StearnS.
1t is not believed that either Gilman or
Nelson have interfered in the contest,
although Barto is supposed to be their
choice. He has always been trusted
lieutenant of theirs. HalvOr Steenerson
is limited at as a possible dark horse.
and as the unexpected sometimes hap
pens, his name ought not to be forgot,
ten. All in all, the convention is one of
the most important Republican ones to
be held in the state this year.
n. B.--If the fight becomes fierce will
they have to renominate Nelson to
preserve harmony with big H? Or
perhaps it is Gilman, eh?
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GOSSIP OF DELEGATES.
Two or Three Who Spent Sunday
in ST. Paul.

Two or Three VINO SpenC Sunuay
in ST. Paul.
c. Mattson, w. j. Champion and
Robt. Glover. of Breckenridge, and w.
j. Bodkin, of Moorhead, are at the Mer-
chants. They talked politics last night.
They are all delegates to the st. Cloud
congressional convention to be held next
Tuesday, where lively and interesting
time is promised. The candidates in
the field are Corliss, BartO. Buckman,
Comstock and Stearns,. with little
cloud on the distant horizon in which
may be detected the hazy outlines of
Charley Kindred's face.
Speaking of the chances of the re-
spective candidates. Mr.. Bodkin said:
''Comstock will go into the convention
with four votes from Clay county, four
from Becker, two from Wilkin and four
from Norman. He will also get Polk,
Kittson and Marshall counties, and a
majority of the Otter Tail delegation.
The Norwegians in these counties are
not free traders. and Comstock repre-
sents mild type of protectionist, so he
will meet them half way. L would not
be surprised if a moderate protection
plank was put into the platform at the
st. Cloud convention. Why, he'll go in
with nearly enough votes to win.
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CAN'T SWALLOW WELL.
The Latest Bulletin on Emperor
ErndanioLr,S Condition

The Latest Bulletin on Emperor
Frederick's Condition.
BERLIN, June 10.-An official bulletin
concerning the emperor's condition says
that during the last few days the en-
peror has had slight difficulty in swal-
lowing, which, however, has not affected
his general health. On Saturday even
ing the emperor conferred with Minister
Friedberg. He passed good night last
night. He rose at 10 a. m. to-day, went
into the park, and. after interviews with
Count Radolinski and Prince Bismarck.
drove with the empress and daughters
and DR.. Mackenzie to Bornstedt. The
emperor's disquieting symptoms have
almost entirely disappeared. The Post
states that the new canula in the en-
peror's throat is provided with an at
tachment with which to introduce air
into the lungs by means of compressi-
BILE ball in the event of difficulty in
breathing. DR.. Mackenzie to-day pre-
sented to the empress DR.. Mygind, of
Denmark, the translator of DR.. Macken-
zie's books. The empress conversed
with both physicians regarding the en-
peror, and as ked DR.. Mygind to convey
her greetings to the Danish royal
family
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THE KEMP-HANLAN RACE.
First Description of the Grea
Race on the Paramatta.

First Description of the Great
Race on the Paramatta.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1O.-Of the
great three-mile sculling race for the
championship of the world between
Hanlan and Kemp, which took place
May 5, on the Paramatta river, New
South Wales. only meager details were
received by cable. Mail advices from
Australia now bring full particulars.
Both men were in excellent condition,
but OF the two Kemp seemed best pre-
pared for the struggle, Hanlan appearing
to be somewhat excited. AT the start
Kemp shot ahead with jump, and OBJ
tanned lead of fully half a length.
After pulling half a dozen strokes, the
were rowing at the top of their speed.
Kemp was striking forty-two and Han
Ian f0rty-one to the minute. Hanlan
soon increased his speed and with a
mighty effort drew level with Kemp in
less than 200 yards from the start
Kemp now quickened his stroke, and
rowing in grand form, the Aus
trallan seemed to shoot ahead
like an arrow and soon
led the Canadian by quarter of a
length. Up to this point the speed had
been tremendous and the race was a
magnificent one. Hanlan and Kemp
now made for across the beacon. About
this time and place the claim was at first
made that Hanlan had fouled his oppo-
nent. At any rate Hanlan quickened
up, rowing iforty-twO and pulled down
to the mile point in good style. He
passed the beacon in 6:14, and here led
the Australian by a good length.
Kemp was now pulling a splendid long
stroke down upon Hanlan amid frantic
shouts of applause from thousands of
Onl0okers. Great excitement followed
as the Australian was seen to range up
alongside Hanlan. A little lower down
the stream Kemp was leading by half a
length. He rowed nice even stroke.
The Canadian was laboring at his work,
and all his mechanical precision of
movement seemed to have departed
from him. Before reaching the Cabar-
ita wharf Hanlan, who was pale
and perspiring freely, was thor
oughly done up. Here the Aus
tralian led by four lengths. At
what is known as Zone Man Wharf,
Hanlan made a final effort and went up
bit, but scene of unparalleled eX-
citement ensued at the wharf as Kemp
spurted. proudly passing that structure
two lengths in front of the Canadian
The Australian was received with a
wild roar of enthusiasm and cheering
from the assembled multitude. Kemp's
time at ''One Man Wharf" was 1920.
From this time out Kemp did as he
liked, and, putting on squirt and row.
ing with skill and ease, he shot past the
winning post three clear lengths ahead
of Hanlan. Time, 81 :36.
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reasons for his withdrawal from con-
gressional labors. In doing so he un-
Consciously, perhaps, gives the De-
mocracy an opportunity. Wisdom de-
mandS, insists, that they recognize it.
THE FIFTH DISTRICT
when Mr.. Nelson first ran for congress
lin 1882 contained about $4,000 votes, or
more than any other district in the
state. He had as his opponents G. f.
Kindred and the Democratic nominee,
Z. p. Barnum. OF all the votes cast
Mr.. Barnum received but 6,24S, OF
about one-siXth. In the coun-
ties of Aitkin, Beltrami, Cook
and Kittson, no Democratic votes
were cast. The Democratic or
ganizatiOn was so slight, and the odds
against it so discouraging, that in one
county only one vote was cast, in
another eight and in another thirteen.
In 1884 there was marked improve
ment. Mr.. Nelson was reIominanated
by the Republicans, and l.. L. Baxter
put up by the Democrats. Of $4,000
votes cast Mr.. Baxter received one
third, or $4,000, double what Mr.. Bar
mum had polled in 1SS1-a gain of over
100 per cent. The changes in certain
counties were striking, as evinced by
this table:
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Gould's Chronic Insomnia.

NEW YORK, June 1O:-A special to
the Times, from st. Louis, says: ''Dr.
Curton. the family physician of General
Manager S. d. H. Clark. of the Missouri
Pacific, who has been attending Jay
Gould in the West, returned to st.
Louis last night. To reporter he said
that it was not true that Mr.. Gould
had been sick. He was troubled
with insomnia and was very weak.
Within the last few days he had some
what recovered under the influence of
medicine and was now up and attending
to business. From the physicians talk
from chronic insomnia, and the torture
to which he is subjected is excruciating.
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The Gen. Terry Sinks.

OMAHA, Neb., June 1O.-The Gen.
Terry, from Bismarck, Dak., with 500
men of the Fifth regiment, bound for
Texas, struck an old pier above the
Union Pacific bridge and sank in shall
low water near the shore about half
mile below this city this evening, All
the passengers went ashore on the gang
plank, but the clothes and household
goods of the officers and men and their
wives went down. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. The Helena, of
Omaha, which contained the rest of the
regiment, will continue on down the
river, while the Gen. Terry's passengers
will continue their journey by rail.
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A Terrific Rain Storm Strikes
the Town and Stops
the Havoc.
But Two Stores Left--The
Loss Foots Up Over
100000.
Disastrous Fires Reported at
Fresno, CAL, and Trim
dad, Col.
Special to the Globe.

CpecIai to tue GlOOe.
MARQUETTE, Mich, June TO-
Nearly all the business portion of Nor.
way, Mich, is in ashes. In all forty.
seven houses are destroyed. The fire
broke out at 2 p. m. yesterday, and the
engine broke down before getting
stream on the flames. A terrific wind
swept the flames over the town, and
until 8 o'clock there was moth.
ing to bar the progress OF
the fire. As it swept through the bust.
ness portion toward the residence Dor.
ton, scene of widest excitement pre-
vailed. Everybody in its track hastily
removed their effects to places of safety,
and the town seemed doomed to total
destruction. The fire department from
Iron Mountain was dispatched as soon
as possible. Before it reached the
scene, however, most terrible storm,
amounting almost to cyclone, accom-.
panied by terrific rain, struck the burn
ing city and soon put a stop to the
havoc. Thousands of dollars of damage
was done to household goods exposed to
the storm, while hundreds of people ara
homeless. The damage is fully $780,
oUo, ana owing to the exposures the i'll
surance was very light. But two stores
are left and were it not for the prompt
assistance of the people of iron Mount
ain. much suffering for food would re-
suit. There is no immediate suffering,
however. Norway was the first town built
on the iron range and had about two
thousand inhabitants. 1t is on the Me-
nominee branch of the Northern.
There were no fatalities.
TRAVEL DELAYED.
Reports received from thirteen places
in the upper Michigan peninsula agree
that last nights storm was unprece-
dented in severity and amount of rain
fall. No approximation of damage is yet
possible. Houses were undermined
and in some cases swept away, culverts
and bridges were destroyed and miles
OF fences and sidewalks were swept
away. Although several railroad Gull
verts were destroyed no accidents oc-
CURED, but travel is generally delayed
Oh all the peninsula roads.
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that remark of Gen. Sheridan's to
rankle in your bosom. 1t was doubtless
uttered after long Indian campaign,
aud before your state had grown to its
present proportions"
am still in the dark" said Kilgore,
..an1 would like you to explain your
self.''
vi mean that Gen. Sheridan once said
that if he owned hell and Texas he
would rent out Texas and live in hell.
Now that was rough On Texas, but am
sure he would change his views if he
could visit you now."
Kilgore laughed heartily and re-
marked: "Well, I'll change my views
and withdraw my objections" He did
SO, and the bill passed,
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The Mississippi and Mud Riv-
ers Extremely High
Around Aitkin.
Two Montana Murders--One e
at Sun River and One
at Spokane.
Singular Actions Of a Man
Buried to His Armpits
in Quicksand.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WATERLOO, To-, June 10.-Word has
just been received here of terrible
tragedy which occurred in Hazel
Greene township, seventeen miles from
Monticello, last Monday. An old man
named Rothbacher, who was working
in stone quarry, undertook to whip
his boy, lad of twelve, but was pre-
vented by a fellowworkman. In the
evening the old man again tried to
whip the boy, when he attempted to
run. The father gave chase, and, hav-
ing captured him, knocked him down
and cut his head off with an axe. Up to
last night the old man was stIll at large.
An attempt will be made to lynch him
when captured.
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MRS. PoTTER's HUSBAND
Arrested Last Night, Charged
With BIackmaiI.

New YORK, June 1O.-James Brown
Potter was arrested tonight on charge
of Dtackmail and larceny, preferred by
Burnham Rigby, an artist. Potter fol-
lowed his wife to Rigby's studio to-
night, and, after struggle,
was arrested on Rigby's complaint.
The artist says Potter is a
broken-down business man to whom he
had given employment as collector.
He claims that Potter has embeZzIed
some of the money collected. Potter
alleges that his wife inspired the artist
to make this charge in order to get him
out of the way. The police think that,
minus the tragic finale, the case resem-
bles the recent Hatch-Scofeld episode.
Mrs. Potter is handsome women.
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Buried in Quicksand.

Special to the Globe,
BENKLEMAN, Neb., June 1O.-A
farmer in crossing the Republican river
on his way to town yesterday morning
found an old man fast in one of the
quicksands which are quite common
along the river. He was buried to the
armpits and slowly sinking deeper. He
had evidently been there several hours.
When the farmer attempted to pull him
out he fought desperately, and even
after the farmer, with the assistance of
another man. had rescued him, he at
tempted to jump into the treacherous
sands again. His mind Is still deranged
as result of his terrible experience.
From papers found ON him he is sup
posed to be Edwin Bowers, of Waro,
Kan. He had 1000 in currency in a
belt around his body.
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MACDONALD A HUMORIsT.
How He Caused Kilgore to Change
His Mind.

WASHINGTON, June 1O.-When the
bill to re-create the title of general of
the army was called up. in the house,
Mr.. Kilgore, of Texas, was the most
persistent objector to its consideration.
and there seemed tobe no possible chance
to induce him to withdraw his objection.
Some headstrong members tried to
"bulldoze" Mr.. Kilgore and this only
made him the more persistent. When
threats and pieadfhgs without success.
Representative Macdonald, of Mime
sofa, warm friend of Kilgore's under
took the task. "KiIgore," said MacDon-
aid, 81 understand yoE position; it is
not manly and l am surprised at YOU,
''What do you mean?' inquired Kill
gore.
al mean that you ought not to allow
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tion of the state where the burdens of
the tariff, of corporate monopoly, of
trusts. fall the heaviest. 1t is that sec
tion of the state where in almost lit
eral sense the farmers have fought hand
to hand with railroad monopoly, and
have felt cruelty the burden of unjust
taxation. By all circumstances it
ought to be good seeding
ground for Democratic doctrines. 1t is
a most promising field for heavy cam
paign work in the interests of tariff re-
form. Hitherto Democratic organiZa-
tion in the district has been a thin af-
fair. Any fight against Knute Nelson
was hopeless, and the depressing effect
of that fact made organization and Spir
tied efforts nigh impossible. 1t has
never been district in which Demo-
cratic doctrine could be preached with
reward until the presidents message
came. That made an opening that if
followed with vigorous work. will ma
terially change the political complexion
of the district.
Fortunately for the success OF Democ-
racy there, none of the Republicans
who desire to succeed Knute Nelson are
his equal in ability, and none of them
have his almost absolute control over
the Scandinavian vote. The bulk of
the %. coo Norwegian and $4,000 Swedes
resident in Minnesota are citizens of the
Fifth district. and it is their vote that
has kept the radical and brainy Knute
in a congressional seat that no one has
dared to contest.
No one dared to contest?
Well, one Charles f. Kindred thought
he would contest it. He did.
The tombStones that mark his buried
hopes dot the prairieS from Stearns to
the Manitoba line.
Mr.. Nelson's retirement from con-
gressional laborS is due to number of
different circumstances which might be
called a combination. In the first place
the house, for an ambitious man, is in
Vne sense a stepping to higher things,
and in another an unariStocratic bull
pen, where opportunities for fine work
and great influence are more often lost
than secured. Mr.. Nelson feels this.
He has SO expressed himself to his
friends.
The United States senate offers him a
field more cOngenial to his nature.
He is candidate for the United
States senate.
Then his health since that ducking of
two years ago has been a subject of anX-
iety. He is no longer the man of Drawn
that he was. His escape from death was
miraculous, but in escaping he paid the
penalty of a lost vitality that may never
come back. Last-it is true that Mr.
Nelson is a-weary of some phases oi
political life. His position has moi
given him opportunities for study thai