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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22

e st. Paul road have been abandoned.
The Central is blocked in ten miles
north Of here, and the Mason City &
Fort Dodge are blocked near Meseryey.
AT SIOUX CITY.
Special to the Globe
SIOUX CITY, To-, March 21.-The cold
snap has probably delayed the breaking
up Of the river several days. The gorge
five miles up the river is increasing.
All ice has gone out between the gorge
and Prospect Hill and the bridge. This,
of course. has had the effect of increas-
ing the danger below. Perry creek is
above its banks, and the pens at the
stock yards were flooded last night so
that 10 hogs could be sent across.
Should the gorge at the bridge go out
first all danger would be averted, but
should the one at Prospect Hill or
further up the river start first, tronble
may be looked for. There is some talk
of blowing up the gorge at the bridge,
but that might shake the piers and
cause much damage to work done on
the bridge.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
THE HOUSE.
Another Day Taken Up in the Dis
CuSSiOn of Labor Bills.


WASHINGTON. March 21.-Mr. Ran
dali presented resolutions of the Phila-
delphia hoard Of trade declaring that
the Mills tariff bill, if it should become
law, would prove injurious to many
important and long established indus
tries Of the country. Referred. The
house then went into committee of the
whole on the bill referring to the court
of claims for adjustment the accounts of
laborers, workmen and mechanics aris-
ing under the eight-hour law. Mr..
Rogers, of Arkansas, in opposing the
bill, said that it would involve an eX-
penditure of nearly S100,000.000. The
proposition was ill-cOnSidered and vi
ciouS in its tendency. Mr.. Lane, of Hi
noiS, denounced the bill as being not in
the interest of labor but in the interest
of Otficeseekers. Mr.. Lodge, of Massa-
chusettS, supported the measure as did
Messrs. Compton. Dingley, Cummings,
BOOthman and Buchanan-the latter
asserting that the bill would involve an
expenditure of more than S6,000,000.
Mr.. TarSney, of Michigan, earnestly
supported the bill and declared that to
him it was a revolving proposition that
men sent here to make laws should
themselves publish to the country that
they as representatives, violated the very
laws they told their constituents TO obey.
He stated that the committee on labor
had given careful hearing to mechanics
and labOrerS who asked that which
should never be denied in any civilized
country, the right to go into the courts
of their country and have their rights
and their duties defined and placed on
record. Mr.. Tarsney then moved that
the committee rise, stating that his in
tention was to let the bill go over until
April 16, in order that the gentlemen
who were shooting at a bird that they
did not see and was not there. might
have an opportunity to examine the rec
ord and become better informed as to
the merits of the case than their
speeches to-day indicated them to be.
The committee then rose and the bill
went over. Bills were passed to pre-
vent the product of convict labor from
being furnished to or for the use of any
department of the government and from
being used in public buildings or other
public works, and to prevent the en-
plOyment of alien labor ON public build
ingS and public works and the various
departments of the government. The
house then went into committee of the
whole (Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, in the
chair on the bill to establish de-
partment of labor. After some discus
sion and the adoption of some amend
ments, the committee rose and the
house adjourned.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
BALLS OF BLUE FIRE.

Occupants of the National Capitol
! Electrified by Stroke of Light
ming.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-At p. m.
during heavy thunder storm lightning
struck the senate wing Of the capitol,
but apparently did no other damage
than to brighten the occupants and de-
stroy Geographic and telephone COM
munication between the building and
the outside world. The flash was vivid
in the chamber itself, and startled every
one, but the source was known at once,
and the proceedings continued without
more than mOmentary interruption. In
the lobby of the press gallery it ap-
peared as if ball of fire dropped from
each chandelier to the floor. In the sub
basement an engineer was Frustrated.
A cab horse outside was knocked down..
The report was not louder than
pistol shot, but seems to have been
heard in all quarters of the wing, as if
each gas chandelier had made its own
special report. In the supreme court
room every lawyer at the bar and every
clerk at his desk sprang to his feet, but
sat down again very quickly and tried
to look as if nothing had happened.
Theorists have it that the charge struck
the plume of the goddess on the dome,
spread over the metal roof in all direc-
tions and sought the ground by the
thousand chandeliers, steam pipes and
electric wires in the structure. Similar
phenomena were noticeable in the house
wing of the capitol. BALLS of blue fire"
played about the corridors, and each oc-
cupant of the house or of the committee
rooms seemed to think he was the espe-
cial object of attack. The crash led
some members of the house to the be-
lief that the roof was tumbling in.
Electric lights in some parts Of the wing
were eXtinguiShed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
ANTICIPATE TROUBLE.
The Differences Must Be Adjusted
or There Will Be Trouble,

Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man., March 21.-Much
satisfaction is felt in Winnipeg at the
proposal made by Premier Macdonald to
Premier Greenway to return to Ottawa
and endeavor to make an amicable set
Element of serious grievances existing
between the province and the Ottawa
government. st. John, d prominent Ca
madam writer, says: 81 have known
ManitobanS for some time, and as a rule,
do not pay much heed to their threats
or violent language, but | confess that
after much patient and careful inquiry
and analysis of defamation, | think it
would be unsafe to reckon on the pres
ent storm blowing over with the difficult
ties unadjusted. There is a large ele-
ment which would welcome row. who
would prefer it to peaceful settlement,
and so much has been said on the sub
ject of building the road that the indif-
ferent would be obliged to go with the
crowd. Moreover, many of the men in
the province whom the government
regard as their friends first and
Manitobans afterwards are not to he
trusted. Secretly they are in sympathy
with the rebelliOuS ones, privately they
encourage them, while at other times
they speak in an Indifferent spirit"
The writer goes on to say that he ven
tured to ask one gentleman from Mani
toba what the effect would be of the
the government sending a force of sol
diers up to enforce the decision of the
courts, and he replied that he did not
know whether Canada would consent to
Canadian militia being employed for
such purpose, but it mattered little,
since no force could get INTO the coun-
try. He said there would not be
bridge or mile of railway left between
Port Arthur and Winnipeg, distance
of $50 miles, for force to come by, and
he said he thought they could run
NJ anitoba as well out of the Dominion
as in it."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
A SORROWFUL STORY.
Indian Chiefs Tell the Story Of
Their Wives and Chill
dpen'S Deaths.
With Nothing to Eat They
Soon Succumb to the Raw
ages Of Hunger.
Successful Closing Of the
Farmers Institute at
st. Peter.
Northwest News Gathered by
the Globes Own Special
Correspondents.
Snecial 10 the Globe.

Special 10 the GLOBE.
WINNIPEG. Man., March 21.-AnOther
public interview between the assistant
Indian commissioner and Chiefs Alex
ander and Michael, with their cOun
sellOr, has taken place at the police bar
racks at Edmonton. Alexander opened
the interview by saying that he spoke
as it might be, for God and for the gov
eminent, on behalf of the people who
could not speak for themselves and who
were starving. Alexander SAID he had
waited for an answer to telegram sent
Sir John, but had received no answer.
Il have waited for an answer" said he,
"but have yet got none. l
look like dog before you,
Commissioner Reed, but l have a
mind to think of those things. We
killed our cattle from hunger. Hunger
might make us kill each other. What
my poor people are saying every day
rings in my ears" Skull-Rue blamed
the Ottawa government officials for the
starvation. and accused them of miSuS-
ing the money placed to the credit of
Indians. A young Indian present at the
interview with Indian Commissioner
Reed said he had lost his wife and two
children by hunger, and as he was now
alone he could manage to support him.
self. Another councillor said that the
government wanted to kill those on the
reserve. An Indian nicknamed Jim"
said Indians aid not go the whites to
sell their country. The whites came to
them, and now they would not pay the
price. Alexander closed the interview
by saying: "Thirty have died on my
own reserve, and fifteen, besides five OF
my own children, have died, most of
them grown up, and sent word to the
government officials every day, but You
would do nothing for me. | tell you in
your ears you lie when you say you take
part of the sick children" Reed
ordered dinner for the Indians, and as
sured them they would receive increased
food.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
RAILROAD LANDS.
a Lively Row Going on at Ash
land Wish.

Special TO the Globe.
ASHLAND, Wis.,, March 21.-A large
number of parties, with attorneys, APP
peared at the local land Office today to
attend the hearing of the application to
file entries on railroad lands which were
made last December. K. K. KEENAN, APP
peared for the Wisconsin Central rail-
road, and, somewhat to the surprise OF
the claimants, presented patent from
the Unites States of the lands in ques-
ton, and raised the point that the local
land officers had no further jurisdiction
in the matter. The land Office officials
took the same view, and it is now pro-
posed to take an appeal in one of the
cases in order to test the matter more
fully. Some of the claimants were quite
bitter against 'Old Sparks" for having
made a pretenSe of throwing railroad
lands open to settlement and allowing
poor men to waste time and money in an
Intellectual attempt to get the lands.
The application of Charles TOliver to
file on indemnity land in the Illinois
Central indemnity limits was made "a
test case. The officers dismissed the
case holding they had no jurisdiction
oven the land in controversy, having
been patented to the railroad company
subsequent to the application to make
filing. An appeal was taken. This Is
the first case of the kind on record. The
decision, in reality, Overrules the right
of the commissioner of the general land
office to order such a hearing. Twelve
other cases are under continuance
awaiting further action on the Toliver
case. Toliver's claim is said to be worth
Sin 00O
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
THEY ALL CELEBRATE.
All South DakOtianS We're
Wild With Enthusiasm
Last Night.
The Occasion Being One Of
Rejoicing Over the Sioux
Reservation.
Capital City Statesmen Elee-
tpified by a Stroke Of
Lightning.
A Flood of Resolutions by
Senator Sabin--Genepal
Washington News.
Special to the GLOBE.

Special to the GLOBE.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-The Sioux
reservation bill passed the senate to-
day. John j. Kleiner, John Fl. King
and Commissioner Mcclure are the only
DakotianS here to rejoice over Dakota S
good luck, and they improved their time
by sending congratulatory kilograms to
friends at home. The bill as sent to
the conference committee is essentially
the same as passed the house, and no
doubt will be agreed to readily. The
clause preserving cash annuities is
valuable, not only to the Indians, but to
the country contiguous, because it keeps
gOodly sum of money in circulation
annually. The allotment of land in
SeVeralty is another feature which
has been successfully battled
for, and will hasten civiliza-
ton and political economy ideas among
the Indians, besides giving more land
to the public domain without requiring
legislative conflicts to secure the same.
The clause granting school houses to
the Indians is not only beneficial to
them, but will tend to materially aid in
securing their consent to the ratitica-
ton of the measure. The Dakota con-
tingent are happy tonight.
PIERRE IS WILD.
Special 10 the Globe.
PIERRE, OAK, March 21.-News of
the passage Of the reservation bill III the
senate has just reached here, and our
city is ablaZe with excitement. A score
of cannons are belching forth their
thunder, while the populace is going
wild with excitement. Never will
Pierre celebrate any event as she does
tonight over the opening of the great
Sioux reservation. COngratulatOry tele-
grams are constantly received by our
prominent citizens from congressman
and Pierre's faithful workers in Wash
ington, and like answers returned.
REGULAR FOURTH OF JULY.
f59eeial to the Globe.
RAPID CITY, OAK, March 21.-News
Of tie passage of the Sioux reservation
bill by the senate was received here
with Fourth of July demonstra-
ton. Fire works, etc. help the
people to express their joy.
An interview to-day with j.
l.. Hird, just retu rned from Pine Ridge
and Rosebud agencies, shows there Will
be no difficulty i'll securing the sigma
lures of the Indians to the proposed
cession. Even old Red Cloud has ex-
pressed his willingness to sign. The
only question with the Indians is the
amo unit of money they are to receive.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
Subcommittee Appointed.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 21.-John G.
Priest, of this city, has received letter
from f. o. Prince, of Boston, secretary
of national Democratic committee, in
which he stated that the subcommittee
of the national committee has been APP
pointed by Chairman Barnum to
come to st. Louis and arrange,
in conjunction with the local
committees, for holding the Democratic
national convention here early in June.
The subcommittee is composed of Chair
man Barnnm, Secretary Prince, Col. j.
&, Prather, of Missouri; Senator A. p.
German, of Maryland: Senator NJ. W.
Ransom, of North Carolina; ex-senator
W. A. Wallace, of Pennsylvania; p. III.
Kelly, of st. Paul, and 0. w. Tulloway,
of New Hampshire. Mr.. Barnum has
not yet called meeting of the sub-com-
mIttee, but he is expected to arrive here
hjC week
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
HARRISON AT WORK.
He Gets Himself Banqueted by a
Chicago Club.

CHICAGO, March 21.-The second an
nual banquet of the North Side Mar
quette club was held last evening at the
Grand Pacific hotel, covers being spread
for 125 members and guests. The ocea-
sion was important.as being the opening
of the presidential campaign of ex-
Senator Ben Harrison, of Indiana,
who was the chief guest of the even
ing, and who was down on the pro-
gramme for an address of 1.-The Repub-
lican Party" When the senator rose
to speak he was warmly greeted.
After thanking the club for the
honor done him, he began by say
ing that the Republican party was
young party. He was not an old man
himself. but he cast his first vote for
the first Republican candidate and had
voted for every one since. The Demo
cratic party has lived longer than the
Republican party, but it had lived to
less purpose. But who could say his
party was not safe one with whom to
trust the ship of state after carrying it
through the rough seas it had encOun-
tered? Who could say this party could
not pilot safely when the wide and open
sea was reached? On the tariff ques-
ton Senator Harrison was pledged and
ought to be pledged to the protec-
ton of American labor. He believed
that the American market ought to be
kept for America. The senator closed
with the prediction of success next fall
and sat down amid long and repeated
shouts of applause,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
A Fireman Killed.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
ANoKA, Mimi, March 21.-A fright.
full accident occurred here this morn
ing at 8 o'clock to Frank Randolph,
driver on the fire engine, in response to
the steamer slipped on the ice, swayed
heavily. and as he jumped his feet
caught in the lines which were fastened
to the seat, and he was thrown under
the ponderons wheels, which crushed
his head out of all sembIance to
humanity, killing him instantly. Coro-
ner Sherman thought it unnecessary to
hold an inquest. Randolph was forty
one, and leaves q wife and two step
children. The funeral will be Friday
afternoon, at o'clock, under the
auspices of the fire laddies and Grand
Army bows.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
THE SENATE.
A Number of Important Bills
Passed.

Passed.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-Mr. Blair,
in reference to his bill to give prefer
ence for civil service appointments to
wounded ex-soldiers of the Confederacy,
as between men who had been dislOyal,
said that several senators on both sides
had requested him to have the bill lie
over still further. He, therefore, asked
its postponement till next Tuesday.
when he would ask the senate to dis
pose of the pending questionable sec
ond reading of the bill. The bill pro-
vidine, for the inspection of meats for
expectation, and prohibiting the impor-
tatiOn of adulterated articles of food or
drink, having been reached, Mr.. Beck
asked Mr.. Evarts (who had reported it
from the committee on foreign relatiOnS)
whether it was the unanimous report of
that committee, and whether due care
had been taken to protect property
rights.
Mr.. Evarts replied that like bill had
been introduced, reported and passed at
the last session. 1t was the unanimous
report of the committee, but he had an
amendment to offer allowing the inspec-
ton of meats at places of packing. The
amendment was offered and agreed to,
as follows: To establish United States
court in the Indian territory; to allow
soldiers and sailors, who have lost both
hands, or the use of both hands, pen
sion of 500 a month; granting to the
Washington & Idaho Railroad
company the right of way through
the CGur d'Alene Indian reservation;
house bill for relief of volunteers of the
Fourth regiment of Iowa infantry,
amended by a substitute entitled for
the relief of certain volunteer soldiers.
The substitute provides that the act of
April %, 1872, in relation to bOunties,
shall have restrictive words ''befOre
Aug. 6, 1851 struck out, and that the
claims of all soldiers and their heirs
who had denied the bounty of 500
granted by act of April %, 1872, shall be
reconsidered, allowed and paid if found
correct and just, provided the soldiers
were enrolled or enlisted prior to July
%, 1861, for three years. Authorizing
the construction of bridge across the
Red River of the North. To modify
and amend the provisions of the dedica-
ton to public use Of Dearborn park in
Chicago. Granting $40 acres of public
land in the territory of Wyoming for
fish hatchery. ETC. 70 authorize the
jurieS of the United States circuit and
district courts to be used interchang-
able, and to provide for drawing tales
men. To provide for holding terms of
the United States courts at Mississippi
City. Regulating fees for eXemplifica-
ton of land patents. House bill to di-
vide the Great Sioux reservation into
separate smaller reservations, with a
substitute, being the senate bill Ito di-
vide portion of the reservation of the
Il I
separate reservations and to secure the
REIMBURSEMENT of the Indian title to the
remainder" 70 provide for the sale of
site of Fort Omaha, Neb., and for new
site and construction of suitable build
ingS thereon. Is. 49, ats 49,,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
WISCONSIN.
GREAT FLOODS REPORTED.

RACINE, Wis, March 21.-The warm
weather of the past week and the heavy
fall of rain yesterday, broke the inn
mense volume of ice in the river above
the Northwestern railroad bri;i ge, and
in the afternoon it began to move down
the river. When the immense blocks
reached Mead street bridge, the outlet
was not sufficiently wide, and gorge
was formed about forty rods wide and
from fifteen to twenty high. The
cracking of the ice could be heard for
blocks, and hundreds of people visited
the scene. The gorge having formed a
perfec dam, the rapidly running river
was soon forced over the adjoining Ock
property, and in less than an hour the
land contiguous to the river was sub
merged. At Herrick's flats the river
OvertioWed its banks and soon covered
the entire country south of the river up
to Thirteenth street, a distance of half
mile. The water was from three to
five feet deep, and all the houses were
flooded. Families were obliged to move
out in boats, and the roads are absolutely
impossible. Nearly all the houses on
the river, with their contents, have been
destroyed, and abutmentS and dock
property have been seriously damaged.
Vessel property in the river is in
danger and large gang of men are
working to keep the craft to their moor
ings. The damage cannot be estimated
as yet.
AT CHIPPEWAoFALLS.
Special to the Globe.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, March 21.-
A cold wave struck here last night and
high wind prevailed all day blowing
railroad cuts full. The train on the
Omaha, due from the West at II :05 a.
M, is stuck in drifts between here and
Eau Claire
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
A Peculiar Accident.

SptCIuI 20 me TIODt.
OMAHA, Neb., March 21.-Barton VI.
Mills, a travelling salesman of Lynn,
Mass, met with a peculiar and painful
accident this morning at the Burlington
depot. Mr.. Mills alighted from a car
rage at the entrance and proceeded to
walk around the depot to get to the bag
gage room. Just as he reached the
southwest corner something struck him
fairly in the eye and knocked him down.
The cause of the mischief was an Eng
lish sparrow. The bill of bird pene-
trated the eyeball and the unfortunate
man will lose his eye. The bird was
picked up dead. One of is eyes was
closed as the result of a fight with an
other sparrow, which was in progress
when Mr.. Mills was struck.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
PREACHERS AND LAWYERS,
A Lively Set-tO Over Il Liquor
Case.

Special to the Globe.
MILBANK, OAK, March 21.-The first
ripple of excitement that has oc-
Cured in this quiet and peaceable city
since last fall, occurred to-day by the
arrest of John Carlin and Andrew
Oelhafer upon complaint charging
them with selling Intoxicating liquors
contrary to law. The justice court was
crowded in anticipation of an exciting
hearing, but the district attorney moved
to dismiss the case upon the ground
that the parties had agreed to close
their places of business, and under the
circumstances he did not feel justi-
fled in involving the county
in a prolonged and expensive
litigation which would follow if
the defendants were bound over. The
justice dismissed the case. Two preach
ers, who made themselves very cOnspic-
uOus in matter that agitated this COM
munity last fall, assailed District At
tory Fisher and John w. Bell, Esq, at
torney for defendants, denouncing
them rOundly for shutting Off the hear
ing. The lawyers retorted with Ted-hOt
shot and lively fusilade of words fol-
lowed. One of the ministers will prob
ably carry the matter into his pulpit.
Public sentiment generally approves
the action of the justice of the peace.