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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-06-26
Two Timber Trees.

The London Garden speaks of two trees
which have proved valuable for their tim
Der, and which we think may at the same
time be largely planted on the broad
plains of the West as protection from de-
structive winds. One is ''the willow" the
wood of which never splinters-a quality
which specially fits it for the bottoms Of
carts and wagons for carrying stones, or
wherever it receives rough pounding. 1t
is proposed, also, to use it for paving
streets. But this writer does not say TO
what species of these remarks apply; of
these there are several, even among good,
sized trees What is the experience in
this country with the different willows
for timber? The white willow has already
been largely planted for screens at the
West. AS nearly all are really propagated
by cuttings, plantations on cheap land
may be easily made.
The other tree mentioned by the Gar
den is the Norway spruce. Although not
holding a high position in market on ac-
count of its knotty character from the
numerous side branches of the trees, 1t
may, il properly trained, be made in rails
pit props, roofing, rough flooring and joists,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-06-26

Nearly everybody needs a good medicine at
this season, to purify the blood and build up
the system. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the most
popular and successful spring medicine and
blood purifier. 1t cures scrofuls, all humors,
dyspepsia, sick headache, that tired feeling.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26
LANDS IN DISPUTE.
Important Railroad Litigation on
Trial at Duluth.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, Jan. 25.-In Judge
Stearns' court this morning the case of
the Brainerd & Northwestern road VS..
the Duluth 81 Winnipeg, a suit in
which the plaintiff seeks to debar the
defendant from securing title
to certain valuable swamp lands
granted by the state legislature.
was called. This case is one OF
unusual Importance to Duluth and is of
great interest. 1t is based on facts as
follows: A number of years ago the
state legislature granted to the Duluth
u Winnipeg road a land grant OF So
called swamp lands; lands which revert
to the state on survey by the general
tons per mile OF road completed.
This grant was to lapse in
1883. Later small part of these lands
were given the Duluth d Iron Range,
and have been accepted and selected by
the latter. Two years ago the st. Paul,
Brainerd & Northwestern road, crea-
ton of Jim Hills, came to the front
and request was made for the
should It lapse. This request
was granted. Now the Duluth
6 Winnipeg has completed two ten
mile sections of the road, and asks for
two allotments of land. This the other
road endeavors to stop. Hence the suit.
Its outcome will undoubtedly be favor
able to the Duluth d Winnipeg, for
it is held by the supreme court
that the act of giving to a
second road land grants un-
earned by first is illegal, as
the land reverts to the state, and it re-
mains vested in the state with no
further right to give. And it is ques-
ton whether. after a grant is once
made, it can be forfeited. The case
will be watched with great interest, as
it is of good deal more than local i'm
portance, besides being in the nature OF
test case to settle law points now
open and disputed. 1t will I'M
doubtedly be carried up to
the supreme court by whichever
company comes out behind here.
At the hour of adjournment the matter
had not come before the judge, the
plaintiff making no appearance by its
attorney OF otherwise. MesSrs. Kerr
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26
MOCULS 1ALklT over
Consideration Of the Agree
ment for the Interstate
Railway Association.
y
Presidents of Western Roads
SupmOunt ALI But One
j Obstacle.
The Question of Territory
9 Is the Problem Not Yet
Solved.
To-Day's Session, It Is Ex-
peeted, Will Settle the
Whole Business.
Snecial to The Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-The presidents of
the Western roads reconvened at the
Grand Pacific hotel to-day, and during
the day settled all differences in regard
to the agreement for the proposed In
terstate Commerce Railway association
with the single exception of territory.
This latter question was brought up
Just before adjournment tonight, and
as their was some difference of
opinion in regard to the limits OF
the new ASSOCIATION, it was referred
to a committee. This committee will
submit a report to the presidents at
their meeting tomorrow, which, If
adopted, will conclude the labors of the
presidents. The representation at to-
days meeting was larger than Oh yes
terdav, all roads necessary to the agree
ment being represented, with the single
exception OF the Illinois Central. The
agreement formulated at the New
York meeting was taken up, section
by section, and many minor modlfica-
tons and changes were made. The
clause providing arbitration for the set
tlement of disputes caused more dis
cussion than any other. 1t was finally
agreed to adopt the clause as originally
drawn, with the exception of the sec
ton referring to rates. Ii the arbitra-
tors award fixing rates is not salts
factory. any road, by giving
ten days notice, can establish
its own rates. 1t was also
agreed to refer all ques-
lions arising under the agreement
to one arbitrator instead of three, as
provided in the original agreement.
Tie arbitrator, however, shall have the
right to call two other persons who
shall act in an advisory capacity in mat
tiers in regard to which the chairman is
not fully informed. As all the roads,
except the Illinois Central, necessary to
the agreement, are in favor of it, rail-
road officials feel very sanguine
over the result of the two days
meeting. A communication from
Manager jeffrey was received by one of
the managers to-day, stating that while
the Illinois Central was in harmony
with the object of the proposed agree
ment, its management was OF the OpIn-
ion that the present agreements were
good enough, and that an agreement
among presidents was no better than
an agreement among general managers.
1t is expected that the presidents will
make short work of the question of ter
ritory tomorrow. Following their adj
journment meeting of the managers
will be held next week, when the de-
tails of the new railroad association
will be.further considered.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26
SPRINGER's NEW SCHEME.
He Will Introduce Another Omni-
bus Bill Admitting Arizona,
Idaho and WYOMING

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 25.-Rep-
resentative Springer, chairman of the
house committee OH territories, has pre-
pared, and will at the first opportunity,
introduce in the house, another omnibus
bill providing an enabling act for the
admission into the Union of the terri
tories of Arizona. Idaho and Wyoming.
The bill embodies all the features of the
omnibus bill recently passed by the
house, with the following exceptions:
The elections for delegates to the con-
stitutional conventions are to be held in
each of these territories at the Novem-
Der election in 1889: the constitutional
conventions are to assemble in the CAPT.
toll in each territory on the first We'd
ncsday in January, 1890; the constltu-
items framed by these conventions are to
be submitted to vote Of the people for
ratification or rejection of each terri
tory at the November election of 1890;
at this election the governor and other
state officers, the members of the le-
gIslature, and other cuunty officers and
Representatives in congress are to be
elected: the legislators then elected are
to be authorized to assemble and elect
two United States senators. A special
act OF congress will then be necessary
for the admission Of the territories into
the Union.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26
Mrs. Burnett's Eccentricities.


New York Letter.
Frances Hodgson Burnett remains a
regarded figure here in New York for
her eccentricities of dress and behavior
and her oddity of appearance. Her
conspicuOusness in town is due to the
stage use of her story, Little Lord
Fauntleroy." Boston lionized her, but
the metropolis is inclined to be amused
with her. Washington is her home.
The Burnetts have bought a pretty
house at the capital, on Massachusetts
avenue, between Seventeenth and
will fill it with her foreign bric-a-brac,
and take her place again in the
literary and social lotteries. 1t has
frequently been printed that her young
est son is the hero in '.Little Lord
Fauntleroy." but few people realize
that Mrs. Burnett's Vivien is no longer
little, but that he is in his teams and
taller than his mother. Mrs. Burnett's
new home is only three squares from
the magnificent mansion of Mrs. Made
line Vinton Dahlgren, whose acquaint-
ance has followed her friend since Mrs.
Burnett's effort, when few people fore
saw the popular authoress of to-day in
the struggling writer of fifteen years
ago. No woman has ever had more
brilliant social life than the widow of
Admiral Dahlgren, and although her
substantial income makes it unneces-
sary for her to supplement it by literary
work, Mrs. Dahlgren has more pleasure
in her little study, at her writing table,
penning tales of the world and of the
society that she knows so well. than she
would have surrounded by its glamor
and glitter.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26

land allotted and patented to certain
members of the Black Bob band OF
Shawnee Indians. blouse billy For
the presentation OF suitable medals to
the survivors Of the ''Forlorn Hope
Storming Party" of Port Hudson, on
June Is, 1868. Senate BILLY To pro-
vide for the deposit of savings of sea-
men of the United States navy. blouse
BILLY To provide a temporary
home for certain individuals
discharged from the United States
navy {house bilD. For the relief of the
Protestant Episcopal theological SEM
mary and High school in Virginia (sen-
ate billy. 70 regulate the jurisdiction
of the United,States district judges and
courts in Alabama (hOuse bilD. To
authorize the construction of bridge
or bridges across the Mississippi river
at La Crosse Senate bilD. 10 make the
salary of the supervising surgeon gem
eral of the marine hospital Service the
same as that of the surgeon general of
the army Senate billy. To transfer cer7
tain couties from the Southern judicial
district to the Northern district in the
state of Georgia, and to divide the
Northern district in such state in two
to be known as the Western and East
ern divisions of said district and for
other purposes (house bill, with amend
ments). TO authorize the conveyance
of certain absent Shawnee Indian lands
in Kansas SENATE billy. Among
the bills reported to the SEN
ate from committees and placed
on the calendar were the follow
ing: Granting right of way to rail
road company through the Sioux Indian
reservation. In relation to dead and
fallen timber OH Indian lands. For the
purchase of portrait of Gen. Ward b.
RurnRtt
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26
Tony Pastors First Show.

"When YOUTH" says Tony Pastor in
the Christmas Mirror, II travelled with
Mabie's circus, and the sight of thou
sands Of people struggling at the wag
OnS, eager to exchange money for tick
cts of admission. reused in me the fire
of speculation, and gathering my bOyish
possessions l raised capital to purchase
a peep show, which consisted of small
collection of pictures, with the lenses
and lights to produce the wonderful eff
fects of night and day by turning the
lights up or down. This Grand Tour
Around the World was six cubic feet in
bulk and stood on pair of trestles such
as carpenters use, the whole gaudily
decked with red, white and blue muslin
and equipped with peep holes on the
four sides. The price for a glimpse OF
the splendors within was a six
pence, which included all the views
and the aforementioned wonderful
day and night effects. set up my show
on street adjacent TO the circus lot
and began to blow as the circus
method of attracting trade is deSig-
mated in the vernacular of the arena. [
extolled the beauties of my entertain
ment in superlative terms; the jays
gathered around, and siXpenceS began
to jingle in my pockets. As the pile of
shekels grew heavier, my spirits grew
lighter, and the visions of brown-stOne
fronts and boxes at the opera, seaside
villas and grand equipages chased each
other across my mental vision. But my
dream was short. | was brought back
to reality by rude rustic, who lifted
my curtains, and in other ways exam
ined my property with an unpleasant
familiarity.
".What you got here?' he asked.
"'Peep show, Sir-all the wonders Of
the world-only sixpence.'
"'Make much money with it?' he
asked.
"'Money? Yes, sir-r-r-e. lots of it,
"'Ah! Have you license"
"'License? Weller - I-er LEI
don't need any. you know--nOt for this
"'Oh, guess you don he said. and,
turning back his coat, displayeda badge
as big as pie plate, OH which was the
legend 'Constable.' "'Now, young
man, l want 81 for your license
IL tried to explain. | offered him a
dead-head view of my show. He took
that, but still demanded 81. l sat down
to count my days receipts. They were
just 1924. l offered that, but he in.
sisted on the full amount, and, seeing
that could not or would not pay, he
grasped my peep-show and carried it to
the town hall. where l learned it was
sold for Is cents. Thus ended my first
experience as a manager, and for years
| hesitated to launch my bark again on
the troubled sea of finance. | have
never forgotten since then to have
front seat for the man who collects the
licenSeo
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26

was ushered in. He was toothless old
man, gray, and with his face lined with
seams. Though not drunk he evidently
had drop, and was holding forth
about the troubles of lite. ''I'm re-
ligiOus," he said. '!FOur years l have
prayed the Lord. | pray-I pray-I
pray-I'm always praying, and yet
somehow the Lord don't seem to hear
me; anyhow He don't answer my pray
ers." l asked him what he prayed to
the Lord for, if he had anything definite
in view; but he did not appear to know
quite what he expected would be done
for him. He had originally come
from st. Louis, years back, with
several hundred dollars, and stopped at
the Astor house. AS his funds began
to run short he moved to cheaper
place, and kept moving on the down.
ward scale from hotel to boarding
house, from boarding house to lodgings,
and thence to the police stations and
the park, where, unless in some unfOre-
seen manner his numerous prayers are
answered, he is likely to remain.
Two of the men, evidently partners or
friends, were mapping out their next
days WOrk-one was to work in one dl-
rectiOn and the second in another.
They were to meet at noon, and, if their
funds were sufficient, have drink and
something to eat. Among all the men
in those two rooms, about thirty in all,
there did not appear to a single decent
man, with the exception of the old sailor
who left, and who. am glad to say, had
his papers with him. and was on his way
to Snug Harbor, where he had work
| promised him. All the others were beg
CARS, beats and bummers not deserving
q of eli
stole over the scene and all was quiet,
with The exception of steady snoring
from some of the somnolent, and a
periodical seratch-scratch of some vic
| tim of the vermin. In the morning at 6
o'clock the Sleepers were awakened and
rose yaWning, gaping and stretching
| themselves. Under charge of the boss
bum' they set to work to clean up their
sleeping apartment, washing it down
and withdrawing it. Every morning
this process is gone through. and during
the day not one could wish to see a
cleaner or nicer place than the rooms
for casual dodgers.
In the early morning more horrible
hole could not be imagined than the
same rooms, yet day after day the foul
est and about the lowest specimens of
humanity are only too glad to make the
place their feasting spot. Nothing can
be done for them, and they probably
would not thank you for trying unless
it took the form of money.
AS far as the authorities of the sta
ton are concerned, they do all that is
possible. They supply day by day a
clean room for their casual dodgers,
smelling of fresh whitewash, but with
in few hours the room has been re-
duced to a state of one of the most hOr-
rible and filthy dens in existence.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26
WAsECANs ARE WEALTHY
Railroad Officials Have Some
thing to Say Concerning a Pro-
;oo%ad

Railroad Officials Have Some
thing to Say Concerning a Pro-
jected Line.
Special to the Globe.
, WAsECA, MIMI, Jan. 25.-Prominent
officials of the Minneapolis, st. Paul &
Southwestern Railroad company, i'll
this city, were seen with reference to
the article which appeared in to-day's
GLOBE in relation to the proposed road
and they stated that kilograms had been
received here to the effect that G. II.
Evans, an employee of the company, who
had been arrested at Boone, To-, had
since been released, and that he, with
the other surveyors, are now cOntinu
ing the surveys of the line; that the ar
rest was caused by a disgruntled en-
ploye who had been discharged by
Evans; that Messrs. Garland, Taylor
and Smith, when they became men,
bers of the company, represented that
they had capital which they would put
into the enterprise, but that they wholly
failed and neglected to furnish any
and in consequence OF such failure on
their part they were not Informed of
the affairs of the company as they would
have been had the promised capital
been forthcoming. That for some time
past it was understood that Messrs.
Garland. Smith and Taylor were men,
bers of the company, in name only.
That Notwithstanding the foregoing
facts all the members of the company
save Mr.. Taylor were cogniZant OF the
fact that the articles were about to be
filed in this state yesterday. That the
articles of incorporation were drafted in
quadruplicate and that as to whether or
not the names of Messrs. Garland, Tay
Ior and Smith were stricken from all or
any of the copies they have no knowl-
edge or information. AS to the respon-
sibility of Mr.. Courian, they know him
to be thoroughly reliable and that no
doubt he would be heard from later on.
As to whether or not the road, when
constructed as it will be, will be profit
able, it is a matter that concerns the
individual stockholders and not the
public.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26
SCHOOLS IN MoRMoNDoM.
They Are Poor Affairs. Says the
United States Commissioner.

United States Commissioners.
WASHINGTON, d. G., Jan. 25.-The
report of p. L. Williams, commissioner
of schools of Utah Tor the year 1888.
was transmitted to the senate to-day.
The report says that taxation in the
territory for school purposes is insuffi-
cient, and that tuition fees, to exc out
the teachers salaries, have to be
charged in the district schools. In the
charge for tuition prevents many poor
children from attending the schools.
During the past year the legislature
passed an act increasing school taxa
ton, but as it provided that private
schools, not under government control,
should receive a part of the money
raised, the bill was vetoed by the gov
ernor. The leaders of the Mormon
church, the report says, are ac-
lively pushing a scheme to estab-
lish Mormon denominatlonal schools
in each ''Stake' in the
territory. The report quotes a circular
letter Of Mr.. Woodruff, chairman Of the
Norman educational board, saying that
religious training is practically excluded
from the district schools, and that the
perusal of books which the Mormon
people regard as divine Is forbidden.
The letter urges all Mormons to assist
the church authorities i'll establishing
private schools. Continuing. the re-
port says that it is manifest that no adj
ditiOnal provisions for the support OF
public schools will be made by the
legislature as long as the Mormons re-
main able to control territorial legisla-
ton, unless private schools lin which
the Mormons may control affairs and
teach their tenets) are allowed to share
with public schools in the money raised.
A census of children of school age (be
tween six and eighteen years. shows
that there are in the territory 3,941 boys
and 3,641 girls of non-Mormon parents
and 34,OS2 boys and 1929 girls of Nor
mon parentage.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26
RAISE THE CUSTOMS WALL.
Vermont Farmers Petition the
Senate for More Protection.

WASHINGTON, Jan. pa petition
presented in the senate by Senator
Morrill, from Vermont urges congress
to increase the duties on various farm
products. The farmers of the United
States, the petition says. are undersold
in many of our cities and towns by the
products of ill-paid or unpaid foreign
labor. Onions from Spain and Egypt
appear in markets as far west as Chi
cage. Tobacco raised by coolies in
Sumatra and imported, the petition
says, by tricks and frauds lessons the
reward of American growers. Wool
clipped by slaves, by convicts or by
creatures scarcely less degraded stops
wool growing by an army of American
farmers and sends 6,C01,000 sheep an
nualy to the slaughter. Potatoes and
cabbages by the cargo from places
where women work daily in the fields
come here as ballast. with eggs by the
ship load from Holland, cattle from
Mexico and barley from Canada.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-26
Will Survey a New Line.

Special to the Globe.
MASON CITY, To-, Jan. Sd. W.
Wheeler, chief engineer of the Winona
& Southwestern railroad, to-day moved
his crew from here to Nora Springs. an
nouncing that he intends to run line
from Usage to that point, thence i'll a
southwesterly direction. The condi-
ton under which the Usage bonus of
nearly $4,000 was voted was that the
road should come to Mason City. There
are also some requirements under which
the Mason City and Fl. Dodge bonus
was voted here that would not be full
filled by connection with that road
south of this city that would be enforced
or the road would have to refund $40,-
0G0 already paid.