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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-21
John Bull,

Hol Ho You blooming German,
So you think you viii determine
The complexion Of the action that each one
of us must take;
Go on and do your pleasure
In accordance with that measure,
But ere you rake the ocean take a good look
at your rake.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-21
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS

The Samoan Question-Not tespon'
sible-Was Not Love sick-He
Had Been There, Etc, Etc.
Bismarck.
i will ride the mild Pacific
In manner quite terrific,
And will make myself the great and only
terror of the seas;
] will smash your silly treaties,
No matter how your fleet is,
For I'm the Giascutis that will do just as l
please.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
Prefers Friendly Rivalry.

would not favor an immediate consolida-
Gon of Minneapolis and st. Paul / do not
think our interests, material or otherwise,
would be advanced by such course. l be-
lieve the friendly rivalry now existing q
greater aid to the development Of both cities
than political union would be. To the mer-
chant. manufacturer and capitalist OF the
East, as well as to the merchant, miner and
farmer of the West, VIC are one now. Our
commercial interests must be protected and
advanced-if at abby the voluntary Or
ganization and cooperation of the business
men Of the two cities. They can unite while
we are two as well as they could were we
one, and their organization is as important
in one case as in the other. The time may
come when consolidation would be wise; to
attempt IT now would be, IN my Judgment,
extremely unwise. While the centers OF the
two cities are SO far apart as they are at pres
ent union of municipal governments would
change friendly rivalry into bitter antagon-
isms. and the one CITY would grow, prosper
and improve much more slowly in proper
ton than the two cities will if left as at
present. E. NJ. JOHNSON.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
BREWERS CONFIRMATION.

It is probable that the naming Of
Judge BREWER, of Kansas, for the Su-
preme bench was 4 hasty resolve, and
the presidential mind did not turn
back on the judicial deliveries of the
man; but it is intimated that there will
be opposition to confirmation On the
ground shat exhibitions of individuality
have been given. as in the case of the
brewery view. That is probably the
chief Offense. He held that the state
ought to reimburse parties when they
build up extensive manufactures en-
couraged and recognized by law, and
popular gust comes along and is put
into legal enactment for the purpose of
destroying that business and uring
the plant. When the state prohibited
the brewing of beer. the court held that
it should recompenSe the owner of the
br VERY for the embargo it had put
upon the property for the only use it
was adapted for. The supreme
count, in its venerati ton for prece-
dents, overruled BREWERS decision, as
1t had in the case of slaughter house
in one of the cities, declared anuisance,
held that the owner should not be
awarded damages. The cases have
many points of difference, but if the APP
prOval of the authorities, express or I'M
piled, was had in either case in the es-
adjustment of the industry, the un-
preiuGiced mind would see equity in
making the state that had made the use
of the plant illegal a shaTer in the loss.
In Iowa, Kansas and Dakota men have
had the hard earnings of years swept
away without the least recompense. 1t
was not very wild freak of the juriSt
in presuming that they had grievances
against the state. Perhaps it is appre-
hended that he will still hold TO the
same views, and opposition to his con-
firmatiOn will ue had on that account.
The mere fact that his decision in a
case had been overruied would consti-
tute no objection. The president has,
perhaDs, made better hit than intended
in the selection,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
Advises Through Discussion.

have always thought that the two cities
of Minneapolis and st. Paul were ultimately
to become one grand city. am in favor Of
such union when the time arrives for it
and believe that it is for the interests of both
cities that they be united. 1t would give the
new city a splendid standing among the cities
of the world, and that city would be given
many advantages which neither St. Paul or
Minneapolis could have in themselves alone.
do not think that the union is possibility
Of the near future. 1t must come about by
the natural course Of events, and by natural
growth. l am not wise enough to lay out any
plan by which that union might be brought
about. / think that the remarks of E. NJ
Wilson. at the Commercial club last week,
were sensible and to the point. They ex-
press my views. As to first step, or what
is to be done at present, can say very little.
One thing think should be done soon, and
that is to place the capitol at a point be-
tween the two cities The park at Mime
haha should be made park forboti1 cities.
and l think that in this vicinity the capitol
should be placed. 1t is the natural place for
il. Fort Smelling, with all its important gov
ernment accessories, is in the near neighbor-
hood. and would be one reason for locating
the capitol there.
This question should be discussed and
thought of by both cities, and as their in
terests are now the same, they should each
put away all petty rivalries and work for
union. GEORGE A. BRACKETT.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
The Starting Point.

You ask me if am III favor OF IAN imme-
diate consolidation of ST. Paul and Mime
apolis under one municipal government
l answer, not to-day. The time mag and.
think, will come. when such a consolidation
will be for the interest of both cities. do
not think IL has arrived. But the day has
already como When we can work unitedly
and tremendously together for mutual adj
vantage. Unitedly we have already me-
tropolis Of nearly q half a million people.
The country naturally tributary thereto is
enormous. The energy and enterprise of the
business men of these two cities is not sur
passed by a like number of men on the
globe. What mean practically by working
unitedly together is, to take single illustra-
ton, when man comes from this tributary
country to q merchant artisan, or whoever
it may be, in either city, to supply his wants,
il such person to whom he applies can not
supply them, then to recommend him to
some one in the neighboring city who he has
reason to believe can do it. This is a starting
point TO build up unity of interest. Munich
pal consolidation is subsidiary to this, and
will come in due time if found more practical
and enconomical. l. ATwATEB.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
From an Interested Outsider.

do not feel that am competent to give q
reply to your queries, except in so far as they
relate to the systems of public improvements,
the designing of which has been intrusted
to me by the park boards of both cities.
AS had reached the age Of threescore and
ten before became q resident OF this Sec
ton, aud have been solely occupied ever
since with the study Of the development OF
the park systems OF Minneapolis and ST.
Pahl, having no connection or interest ia
eli her which should give me any feeling of
preference for one over the other, can only
claim TO speak impartially ON the only point
on which have any right to speak at all.
have been ana am still profoundly i'm
pressed with the vital importance to the
future metropolis which, cannot doubt. is
eventually to occupy the whole area between
the two cities, of united action in the devel-
opment of the wonderfully picturesque feat
ures with which nature has endowed them.
/ see plainly that by such action we may
secure benefits the value of which, in the
unique character they will confer. is not
only beyond estimate. but cannot be ex-
pressed I'M pecuniary terms, because they
comprise what no money could purchase
1t needs no argument to prove that such
action could best be secured under one mu-
nicipal government: but whether the time
has yet arrived when such measure can be
safely attempted is a question on which
feel it would be impertinent for a newcomer
like me to offer an opinion. I can only VEN
ture to say that in my opinion, the first
course of procedure" would be to frown
upon every expression of local jealousy,
whether in word or deed. as inimical aud in-
furious to mutual welfare. and certain to be
seized upon and riGiculed by enemies
abroad. Fl. ". s. CLEVELAND.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
Murderer Wilkinson Plays the
Principal Role at a Neck
tie Social.
Charges Of Financiering a La
Ives Preferred Against a
i Il Chicagoan.
Big Blocks Of Bogus Mexican
< Bonds Sold to Unsuspect-
ing MiSsouPians.
Dozens of Banks Hold the
Spurious Securities as
2 Collateral.

PLAQUEA1NE, La, Dec. 13.-Carter
Wilkinson was hanged here to-day for
the murder of his wife in Dorseyville.
1t was most brutal murder. The exc
cutiOn took place in the jail yard, In the
presence only Of legal witnesses.
Friends of the prisoner called to see
him. but few were admitted. His min
lister, Rev. b. Dorsey, was with him to
the last, and walked with him to the
scatfOld. Never did a criminal mani
fest as stOlid an Indifference as to his
fate. but instead his every act dis
played anxiety to meet it. Williamson
was neatly dressed in dark suit, white
gloves and slippers. AS he mounted the
gallOwS the curtains of the screen were
pulled aside and he was allowed TO ad-
dress the crowd awhile. He said:
My friends, grieve not after me, for am
going 10 glory; l am going to meet my God
who has prepared place for me, SO grieve
not after me; l am going to my eternal
crown.
He then wheeled around and stepped
rapidly to the scatfold. Deputy Sheriff
R0zano stepped forward and lead the
death warrant. Wilkinson stood with
head erect and without twitch of
muscle. After the warrant was read
he closed his eyes. the halgman stepped
forward, tied his feet, put on the black
cap, adjusted the knot. and with one
stroke of the axe launched him into
eternity. The fall was nine feet. The
neck was broken and Coroner Barker
pronounced life extinct in ten minutes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
EIGHT HoU.s A DAY..
The Federation Of Labor Pre-
pairing to Partially Enforce the

pairing 10 GdEtidkiy EnAoFcS TIC
system.
Boston, Dec. 15.-The federation OF
labor resumed its sessions this morning.
A resolution urging the abolition of
child labor before the age of fourteen
years was adopted. A resolution for the
protection for the various trades from
convict labor was reported fayorably.
A resolution demanding that the var
iOus legislatures enact laws making it
unlawful for employers to COMPEL their
employees to sign away their rights as
citizens was adopted by a vote of 50 to
25, there being fifteen delegates absent,
The committee OH the presidents adj
dress submitted its final report and
it was adopted. A resolution condemn
ing the buying and selling of ball players
by the National league, and calm upon
labor unions to support the Brother
hood organization, was referred to the
committee on boycott. At the after
noon session the elght-hoGr committee
reported that existing conditions uo not
justify the hope that all the crafts
will be prepared to successfully
enforce the eight hour system on
May, L, 1890, though many are now
ready and many more will be 10y that
time. The committee therefore recon-
mend that the executive council have
power to select such trades as shall
seem best prepared to achieve success,
and that each union in the federation
be requested to assess its members 10
cents per week for so many weeks
as shall be necessary to secure
the short hour day, payment on
such assessments to begin not later than
March l, 1890. Also that all trades APP
point committees to confer with en-
plOyes to secure, if possible, a reduc-
ton of the hours of labor to eight. The
report was adopted. 1t was voted that
the basis of representation in the fed
Grafton shall remain as at present. The
convention then adjourned until to-
morrow.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
BOGUS MEXICAN BONDS.
Thousands OF Dollars Worth
F!oated in the Southwest.

Thousands OF Dollars Worth
FIoated in the Southwest.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 13.-MeXican
Vice Consul Mauricea Ridden claims to
have discovered that large amount of
! fraudulent Mexican bonds are floating
.around in Kansas City, and that many
persons in Missouri, Kansas, and
especially in the latter state. are being
yictimized by the inscriptions hand
Y lers of these fraudulent bonds. Thou
sands of dollars worth have been
placed in the two states named and, in
many instances, banks have been
caught. they taking the worthless bonds
as collateral for money loaned. The
history of these bogus bonds dates back
to the early '6O's, when the unsettled
lcondition of affairs offered excel
dent opportunity for the issuance
of fraudulent securities. At that time
toyer million dollars worth of these
bonds were issued. Publicity was i'm.
mediately given to the frauds, and the
disposal of them was stopped for time.
Recently they began to appear again,
gandsVice Consul Rabden received word
/ Yesterday that a handler of these bonds
is now in this city and has made offers
to several of the banks here. One bank
IN the city has bundle of them hold
ing them as cOllaterals. They repre-
sent face value of several thousand
dollars, but are not worth cent. Said
Consul Rahden in an interview this
evening:
You have no idea how many Of these bonds
have been placed in the state of Kansas. II
was only short time since that received
letter from an individual in Kansas who has
O stack Of these bonds. Numbers OF people
who could not resist the temptation to buy
handsomely designed bond at very low
figure have been taken in. [ am Informed
they are now being offered for sale in this
ri
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
THE TWO :. ENnENCIEs-

There is little positive opposition in
the Republican press to the scheme TO
put congressional elections under con-
troll of federal officials. Here and there
is some apprehension that it will prove
an unpopular measure and hurt the
party, but there is no vigorous dissent
on the ground of principle. The preSi-
dent paltered with the subject in his
message without going out of his tenn
PORTING attitude towards most eOntro-
verified measures. The object is, of
course, to control the elections in the
South. If all the. officers who form the
election and canvasslng boards are the
selection of the central federal power
and hold positions for long term of
years, at the will of the president, there
would be Irresistible temptations to
abuse by jealous partisans. and
the party in power would practice
strange Self-abnegation and virtue
if it did not avail itself of the machinery
at its disposal to perpetuate its power.
The bill introduced ia the senate by
Senator SHERMAN comprises the most
Odious features of this scheme, and will
perhaps be considerably modified before
it comes up for action. While the tend
ency of the Republicans is toward this
arbitrary and dangerous system, the
Democrats, both South and North. are
taking ground for the Australian ballot
method. Recent interviews with the
governors of both the Virginias. Ten
nessee, Arkansas and other Democratic
states, show entire unanimity In favor
Of the reform, and they are believed to
reflect the sentiments of their states.
With the adoption of-this, or its essen
tial features, there is no excuse for the
interference of the federal authorities
in the methods of voting in the states.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
TIE STORY OF 4 DAY.

The Cronin case is in the hands of the
jury.
Democratic senators IN Montana talk of re-
signing.
Deadly electric wires in New York arc to be
removed.
sullivan and jackson are to fight in San
Francisco for SIS, 900.
An unknown woman commits suicide by
hanging in Minneapolis.
Z The union Of the Twln Cities is discussed
by many prominent men.
Heavy sales of wheat break the price
point on the Chicago board.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland are eheered on
their way home from Boston.
Z Senator Tom Bowen must pay Editor Col
Inns $500 for asSaulring him.
leading society woman Of Berlin is
charged with being procuTesS.
Overhead wires in Minneapolis will not
come down for at least six months.
The government commissioners lack FORTY
one signatures to the Sisseton treaty.
bill granting woman suffrage is intro
duced in tic North Dakota legislature.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
SHALL We unite :?
Continued From First Page.

could not get the commercial interests OF the
two cities to work tremendously, as each
has established its own reputation, and
one would conflict with and antagonize the
other. If there Is TO be an attempt made to
consider the union Of ST. Paul and Mime
apolis, we must first conciliate the railroad
interests: secondly, draw together as near as
possible the representative heads Of the COM
mereial interests; third, leave 1t to the popu-
lar vote of each city TO decide whether or not
the general public desires such union. As
to the municipal government, there are
brains enough In both communities to ar
range and form one great city government.
But tear that the union of the Twin Cities
is too good a thing to ever materialize.
". L. STEELE.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14

mate possibilities of the new city would be
beyond all conception.
Can 1t be donef There is nothing very en-
barrassing about 1t II there's only the will.
Ten good men from both cities could soon
formulate plan. the Legislature could ratify
it. and we would drop into the new situation
as readily as the candle drops into the candle
mold.
Our area. len miles by fifteen, would be no
greater than that of New York and Chicago.
OF course, there must be established new
center. but that would only be for the munic-
ipal machinery. That at either end there
would be our present business centers would
be no detrimenI or embarrassment 1t can be
done without Inconvenience. The systems OF
schools, parks. police, street improvements,
fire protection, water, etc., taxation and dis
bursements. can as readily be brought into
one as they can be kept as they are-separate
and distinct. A. I. AEKENY.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14

perhaps an explosion of dynamite under
certain manipulating forces. There is
another legislature and state govern
ment to elect the coming year, and next
winter there will be a United States
marck member. The campaign is al
ready under way. The people are
thinking and making up their plans.
JOHNSON and others, who have had
glimpses behind the scenes, are throw
ing out pointers and incentives to
popular reflection. Some who have
swayed the wand with magical response
are likely TO ind their arts Ineffective.
An uncrowned king or two will be
allowed to follow Dom PEDRO. The
revelations show that there was set
tied purpose on the part of the manipu-
latOrs to defeat JOHNSON for SENATOR
regardless of any vote in caucus. and 1t
was expected to placate him and his
friends 10y throwing him chunks of tatfy
and bone or two. ORDwAY was de-
serted by his partner after the latter
had caught his fish, although the tackle
and equipment had all been paid for by
him. 1t is related by those who should
know the facts. that the man who has
always been credited with a JerebOam
finger in the dominant politics of that
section professed to stand as an
invincible bulwark for ORDwAY,
and vehemently asserted his heroic
purpose in much more emphatic
language than RUTH adopted in
the BoAZ episode. He would perish
in his tracks sooner than turn an eye
away from his versatile chieftain. But
an enemy relieved itching palms, and
"IchabOd'' w Il be his legend. As the
narration is, political biographies fur
nish no more fragrant illustration of the
migrate dyed in the darkest hues of
treachery. All these things, as they
come to the pellucid light that shines
out from the honest popular heart, are
calculated to make things interesting in
a political way. The stipendiaries of
corporations will hardly be able to OPP
crate the next legislature. and the great
Red river valley will not give way to
the undeYeloped Missouri and the Bad
Lands.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
THE PLAN is FEASIBLE.
Proposed Route OF the Illinois
Central to the Coast.

Il
Central to the Coast.
Special to the Globe.
TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 13.-The pro-
posed extension of the Illinois Central
railroad to Puget Sound, engineers say
is perfectly feasible. Civil engineers,
who have been over every part of the
ground, give details of the ground not
generally known. From Sioux Falls,
S. D.. the road should come to Butte,
Mont, from there across the the Bitter
Root mountains through Talo pass.
which has been examined by railroad
engineers and declared to be the best
pass through those mountains. Then
the road should come down along the
Clearwater river to Lewiston, Idaho,
and thence down the Snake river to
Pasco, crossing the Columbia river
at that city. 1t shOnld reach
out to the horse heaven country in the
Klicticut valley, going to Big Camos
prairie and through to Cispas. pass in
the Cascade mountains north of Mount
Adams. and down the CiSpas and Cow
litz rivers to the foothills, and striking
the Northern Pacific on line with Cen
tralia or some of those towns, proceed
north to Tacoma. paralleling the North
ern Pacific for that distance. The route
would be through the richest agricul-
tural regions of Washington, and al
together much better than the Northern
Pacific, and $50 miles shorter from
Butte. There are whole mountains of
naked copper in the Snake river cOun-
try, and other minerals almost in pro-
nOFtiOu
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
EXECUTED In PUBLIC.
A Negro MaD-killer Hemped I'm
the Presence oP Hundreds

the Presence Of Hundreds.
BATON ROUGE. La, Dec. 49, Thomas
Spooncr, young negro twenty-one
years old. was executed at Port Allen,
West Baton Rouge parish to-
day for the murder of Seth
Swearlngt0n. white man, on
Nelson plantation the night of Oct. Is,
1855. SpOOner. after the murder, fed,
but was captured last May and re-
turned to the scene OF the crime. After
conviction. SpOOner's case was appealed
to the supreme court, but the
verdict of the jury was af-
flrmed and the governor signed
the death warrant Nov. Is, fixing
the execution for to-day. The con-
demned man rested well last night. He
arose early this morning, dressed him
self In his burial suit, and took cup of
coffee. de was attended in his last mo-
ments by Rev. William Pelton. of the
BAPTIST church. who prayed with him.
Spooner walked to the scatfOld say
ing: Il am going to the graveyard"
On mounting the scaffold he advised
those within hearing at some length
that he was ''going to glory and was
ready to go; the minute this
rope is cut my soul hops up
into heaven" He confessed his
crime and expressed his sorrow at the
commission. At 1920 the drop fell,
and sixteen minutes later he was pro-
nounced dead from strangulatiou. The
execution was witnessed by hundreds
OF negroes with an absorbing interest.
The body, after being cut down, was
turned over to relatives for burial.