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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17

Tracy give his general ideas toward the ftu-
Their increase of the navy, and the policy to
be pursued by the department on naval
matters. His opinions were those expressed
in his annual report for 1889. In regard to
increasing the naval establishment, the Sec
rotary thought the time had come for build
ing fighting vessels. Our ability to con-
struct them had been satisfactorily demon
strated, and he urged the committee to en-
deavor to enact legislation for the building
of them. The work, he thought should
commence at once, and the vessels should
be as large as the size of our harbors would
permit. While the secretary did not in
stance any particular kind of vessel that he
wanted constructed, he introduced some de-
signs, not in detail, indicating general
type of battle ship. This ship is novel in
regard to the distribution of its battery. All
the guns can be used at once, the armor is
heavy, and the speed is placed at seventeen
knots per hour. In regard to the question
of coaling stations for foreign squadrons,
the secretary used as further argument in
favor of building fighting ships that it
would be necessary to maintain these sta
tons when established.
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TOTAL LOSS.
An Elevator and a Steamship De.
stroyed by Fire,

An Elevator and a Steamship De-
stroyed by Fire.
BALTIMORE, Special.-Elevator No. 3, on
the north side of the Patapsco river, be-
longing to the Baltimore Elevator COM
pany and used by the Northern Central
Railroad company, was burned tonight
with all its contents. The total loss is be-
tween $4,000 and 100000. The British
steamship Sacrobosco, which was lying
alongside, was also totally destroyed, in
volviDg a loss of $15O,OOO. Three of the
steamers employes-the chief engineer
whose name is said to be Roby, and two
seamen, whose names haye not yet been
learned-were either burned or drowned.
The origin of the fire is unknown. A gen.
eral alarm brought all the fire engines in
the city to the scene, but the combined eff
forts OF the force'proved of little avail. The
fire rapidly encircled the elevator and en-
braced the steamship before she could be
run out into the stream. There were 500, 600
bushels of wheat and corn in the bins and
this, too, is entirely destroyed.
The following named, all of the Sarco-
bosco, were injured:
Thomas Knight, the colored cook, of New
York, injured about the body with timbers; Eli
,Whitside, aged twenty-four, Of England, face
hurt; A. J. Robinson of England hands and
arms burned; Charles Appleton, steward, OF Eng
land, hands burned.
The British steamships North, Erin and
Khio, which were living aside and were
waiting to load, had their masts burned
away. So quickly did the fire spread, that
the men on the vessels were obliged to jump
overheard into the water, and the excite
ment and confusion was so great that many
of them did not get ashore for over an
hour, having to cling to spars and floating
timbers
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
Worked Both Ways.

Col. Mosby relates the following
amusing incident, which occurred in
a cavalry fight in the Shenandoah
Valley in 1864: In the midst of a
sharp cavalry engagement with Sher-
idan's men in a charge near Berry,
vile there came riding into our lines
like whirlwind Yankee soldier on
a black horse. A score of men tried
to stop horse and rider, but the old
blacks blood was up and he went on
clean through our lines before he was
under control. The rider was sent
to Libby prison, and we mustered
the black charger into the confeder-
ate service. A few days later we
charged some of Clusters men, and
that old black horse was ridden into
the engagement by one of onr SOL
diers. The old black evened up things
too, for he carried his rider into the
federal lines and never came back
Youths Companion.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
TROUBLE Elm PORTUGAL.
The Old Ministry Resigns and a New
One VIII be Formed.

Inc Old Ministry Resigns and a New
One Will be Formed.
LISBON, Special-The cabinet has re-
signed. Senior Pimental, the Liberal Con-
servative leader, voted with the minority
at the meeting of the council
when the demands of England were
acceded to. The king has accepted
the resignation of Senior Barros de Comes
and has charged Senior Pimental to con-
struct cabinet PimentaFs full list
will be handed to the king tomorrow.
Senior Comes has personally expressed to
Mr.. Glynn Petre, the British minister his
regrets at the insults offered to him: The
government officially assured the minister
damage repaired and all persons concerned
in the outrage punished. There is move
ment for the formation of Patriotic
league to put into operation an interna-
tional boycott against English commerce
The fermentation in the street con-
tinues Crowds of students congregated
in the streets in the neighborhood Of the
cortes shouting 'Viva Portugal!" "Viva
Pinto!" and at a meeting of students it was
Pinto. The rioting students to-day en-
deavored to force an entrance into the
chamber of deputies But only a
deputation was admitted for the
purpose of presenting to the
president patriotic resolution
At IL p. m. the streets were still thronged
prisons bearing the national flag. These
visited and cheered every legation in the
city except the English. Especial demon
Spanish and French and Austrian embas-
sizes. The papers generally give the highest
praise to the support received from France,
Spain and Austria.
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SEVERE STORMS.
Damage by Wind in Various South
ern and Eastern Cities,


ern and Eastern Cities.
CHICAGO, Specialize rain storm of YES
terday afternoon gave place to a gale which
ragged with great force and velocity all last
night, and which has only diminished with
the advent Of colder weather While dur
ing part of yesterday the thermometer was
so and 60 above zero, it began falling rap
idly late last night, and early this morning
marked only IS above. The signal service
bureau reports the storm general, and tele-
graphic advices from the West, Northwest,
and Southwest fully corroborate this re-
port The wind played sad havoc
with the electric wires all over the West
During the height of the storm here the
wind reached velocity of forty miles an
hour. Reports from Wisconsin, Iowa.
Nebraska and Kansas indicate about the
same weather in those states, the only vari-
alton being that the blizzard is more in
tense and the snow much deeper in the
north. Dispatches from points in Kansas
and Missouri state that the storm has
ceased. No human lives were lost in the
blizzard so far as reported. nor was any live
stock frozen to death. This morning the
weather was moderated. At Detroit, Mich,
considerable damage was done but no build
ings were destroyed and no accidents re-
ported. Wires are Frustrated in every direc-
ton around Pittsburg. A local train on
the Grand Trunk road was blown from
the track near st. Hilaire, Can. The con-
ductor, brakeman. mail clerk and three
passengers were seriously injured, and sew
eral other persons were slightly injured. At
Buffalo, N. Y, the wind reached a velocity
OF ninety miles an hour. A good deal of
damage was done about town, but nothing
of a serious nature is thus far reported To-
night the hurricane passed over the State Of
New York. At Rochester many buildings
were partially demolished two laborers
were killed and several other persons in
jured by falling debris. Steeples of several
churches were blown down and the Normal
school badly damaged at Syracuse The
roofs of several dwellings were carried
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away. The wall ofthe Rome, WATERFOWL
q Ogdensburg freight house atSyracuse was
blown down. w. III. Willis. carpenter,
was buried under the wall and was taken
out dead. A dozen people or more, mostly
carpenters. were injured more or less seri-
IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS
The storm did q vast amount of damage
throughout Illinois. At Macsburg, little
hamlet near Olney, several residences and
barns, together with the parsonage of the
ID. +. church. were blown down. In the
parsonage were Philip Nicholson and FAM
,ly.. They all escaped with more or less
bruises, except Mrs. Nicholson, who was
Eliled outright by the falling building. At
Cooksville, near Bloomington, q drug store
q general store building and another build
ing were completely demolished, and sew
eral were unroofed and otherwise damaged.
several people had narrow escapes, but no
one was badly injured. At Brooklyn and
Venice, ILL.,, across the river from st. Louis
ten houses were blown down and q dozen
people hurt, but no one was fatally injured.
A great deal of damage was also done in
southern Indiana, many houses being I'M
rooted, and barns and fences leveled in the
tornado's path.
NINETY MILES AN HOUR.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Special.-The wind
here reached a velocity Of ninety miles an
hour, carrying everything before it and
destroying outbuildings, barns. trees, tele-
graph poles, railway semaphores and
fences. The wind struck the
building of the Canadian Web
company tearing the roof from the brick
walls, tumbling the north and west walls in
upon fifteen girls who were employed in
the upper story. One girl, Alice Deckon,
aged fifteen, had her leg broken and was
badly bruised about the body. The
guys Of the foot and carriage sus-
pension bridge that has recently been
dae snspp os and fell t into the hn T. Ihe
standing. Telegraph and telephone wires
are down in all directions. The water rose
several feet in the river, washing away a
portion of the promende and buildings OF
Whirlpool Rapids Park.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-17
FOR A NEW NAVY.
The Construction of Many New War
Vessels VIII be Recommended.

The Construction of Many New War
Vessels Will be Recommended.
WASHINGTON, Special.-The naval board
policy appointed to formulate plan for
the building ofa navy commensurate with
the dignity and power of the nation, in
their report to the secretary of the navy.
will recommend the construction of ninety
two vessels Indifferent tyyes and Sizes These
will be built, according to the plan of the
board, in fourteen years, and will cost, to-
gether with their maintenance during the
fourteen years, $3.50, 100000. They say that
the cost of maintenance of a fleet of vessels
such as they propose would be only one
quarter that of keeping up the same num-
Der of old style vessels. The scheme of the
board comprises the following vessels, the
estimated cost of which, with the arma-
ment complete, is appended:
Ten battle ships of 10000 tons. S., 600, 900
each; eight of 5000 tons, S., 900, 900 each;
twelve of 1000 tons, 81, 500, 900 each: five of
5000 tons, So, GOO, 900 each; ten rams of $500
tons, 81, 100000 each; nine armored cruisers
of 6, $50 tons, to make 10 knots an hour, 49,
800 600 each; four protected cruisers of I, 400
tons, to make % knots an hour. S., SOC, 900
each; nine protected cruisers of 5, 400 tons,
to make 20 knots all hour, 50, 800, 600 each;
two protected cruisers Of 1900 tons to make
10 knots an hour, $1,000, 900 each five spe-
cial cruisers of 1900 tons, to make Is knots,
$780, 1000 each; fifteen torpedo cruisers of 900
tons, to make % knots an hour, $500, 900
each; three arti6cers' ships, $4,000, 600 each.
The eight ships which Secretary Tracy
recommends in his report shall be begun at
once, are not the eight proposed by the
board, but eight of the first ten.
MR.. TRAcY's VIEWS.
The naval committee of the house devot-
ed two hours to-day to hearing Secretary
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AGAIN THE cRONlN CASE.
A Teleg ram Said to Have Been Sent
to MINNEAPOLIS.

"A Teleg ram Said to Have Been Sent
to Minneapolis.
CHICAGO, SpecfAl-A morning paper saws
that telegram, which has recently come
into its possession may, if it is followed up
closely by the proper authorities, lead to
an explanation of the extraordinary verdict
in the Cronin case. The following telegram
was sent Sunday, Dec. Is:
Chicago, Dec 15.-To Matt Gallagher, Fifth
Avenue and Lyndale, Minneapolis: Juror Culver
will never agree but for acquittal. He's all
right. PIG
Doubtless other kilograms of the same
sort found their way over the wires to al
legged patriots in ever city in the country
The states attorney could easily find out if
this is so through the medium of a grand
jury, Just as he found out the contents of
the kilograms Alexander Sullivan sent and
received just before and after DR.. Cronin
was murdered. Before Judge Mcconnell to-
day the motion for the new trial of the
Cronin case came up, and Mr.. Forrest, for
the defense, asked that the argument be
put off for week, owing to the absence of
Judge Wing, one of the defendants coun-
sci. Any further delay was opposed by the
states attorney, and, after considerable dis
cussion, the court adjourned the argument
in the matter until tomorrow.
SATISFACTORILY EXPLAINED.
CHICAGO. Special Telegram.-The
mysterious dispatch sent to Matt Gallagher
of Minneapolis by "P. H. G." on Dec. Is,
while the Cronin jury was trying to framea
by P. H. Gibbons of Minneapolis, the
sender. In the dispatch Gibbons stated that
Culver would never agree but tor acquittal,
and added. Hes all right" He said to-
night: II based the dispatch upon the ru-
mors that were published in the newspa-
pers and flying around the streets Perhaps
some part Of the dispatch was trifle fool
always been in favor of the prosecution"
Gibbons called on Judge Longenecker this
evening, and after telling his story was
readily acquitted of having any knowledge
of Juror Culver's intentions.
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IDENTIFIED THE EARL,
Four Persons Testify to Seeing the
Earl Of Euston in the West End
Anncn

Four Persons Testify to Seeing the
Earl Of Euston in the West End
House.
LONDON. Specialize case of the earl OF
Euston against Mr.. Parke, editor of the
North London Press, for criminal libel in
charging that the earl was implicated in
the West end scandal, came up for trial in
the Old Bailey to-day. Sir Charles Russell,
counsel for the earl of Euston, opened the
case, and said he would prove that
Mr.. Parke had published a libel.
Mr.. Lockwood, of counsel for the defense,
in reply censured Sir Charles for withhold
ing the earl Of Euston for crosse xamina-
ton at the preliminary hearing until the
evidence for the defense had been given.
Mr.. Lockwood declared that the earl had
shirke ed going into the witness box, and
upon the witnesses for the de-
Tense, who were necessarily tainted
A coal dealer named O'Loughlin,
living twentyseven yards from Hammond's
house on Cleveland street; railway porter
named Grinley, barman named O'Lough-
lin, and Hannah Vorgan, residing opposite
Hammond's, were called to identify the
earl of Euston as visitor at Hammonds
the meantime standing by, by Sir Charles
directions, they said they had seen him
enter the house on different occasions. Sir
Charles commented upon the hesitation
shown by the witnesses, and declared that
their Identification of the earl
was valueless. John Saul testified
that in May, 1887, he met the
earl of Euston in Piccadilly and drove with
him to Hammond's house. where they COM
mittcd criminal action. The earl of Euston
testified that, with the exception of the time
when in consequence of receiving the pose
plastique card in Piccadilly he visited
Hammond's house and left indignant upon
learning its true character, he was never
in Cleveland street in his life He did not
know the witness Saul, and denied that he
had made any of the visits to Hammond's
house testified to by the preceding wit
neSses.
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RIGHTS OF THE RACE.
Colored Men of the Country Hold a
National Convention.

COlOTeO men OF the Country Hold
National Convention.
CHICAGO Specialize national conven-
ton of Afro-American leagues was called
to order to-day by T. Thomas Fortune, ed
itor of the Age, of New York Delegates
were present from twenty -one states and the
District of Columbia, but the delegates from
the State of Illinois more than outnumbered
all the rest. Altogether there were 200 col
ored persons in the theater when the pro-
ceedings commenced. T. T. Fortune was
chosen temporary chairman, and addressed
the meeting. He said:
We are met here to-day representatives
of s, 200, 600 free men, who know our rights
and have the courage to defend them. We
are met here to-day to emphasize the fact
helplessness upon men who have used us
for selfish and unholy purposes, who have
murdered and robbed and outraged us,
must be reversed. We have been robbed of
the honest wages of our toll; we have been
robbed of the substance of our citizenship
by murder and intimidation; we have been
outraged by our enemies and deserted by
our friends. 1t is time to call halt 1t is
time to begin to fight fire with fire. Ispeak
as an Afro-American first, last and all the
time, ready to stab to death any political
party which robs me Of my confidence and
vote and straightway asks me what am
going to do about it.
In conclusion he urged the convention
to leave each local league free to pursue
such political course in its immediate COM
| munity as the best interests of the race
seem to indicate. In national affairs the
league should not commit itself officially
to any party. C. J. Taylor, ex-minister to
Liberia, who came to Chicago to report the
convention in detail for number of pa
pers in the South left the city by an even
ing train. In an interview he declared the
proceedings were deprived of any practical
South, where the colored people were most
vitality interested in the race question. In
addition the leaders in whom the colored
population of the country had confidence,
| and whose names are familiar to the public,
were almost absent to man.
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MUST WAIT UNTIL SPRING.
Settlers Cannot Take Land on the
Sioux Reservation for Several
Morthe

settlers cannot axe Lana on the
Sioux Reservation for Several
Months.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram
President Harrison, in his proclamation
opening the Sioux reservation, will prob
ably take p1ecaution to save what he be-
ieves would be a calamity to many intend
ing settlers by fixing time when settlement
may be made. 1t is not known at what
date he will allow settlers to take up the
lands, but there is an intimation that some
time in the spring has been decided upon.
The president wishes to declare it opened
before the time fixed by law for the expira-
ton of the treaty, and at the same time
save settlers the disasters they might meet
in going upon the land in winter
He will, therefore, proclaim the pro-
visions of the treaty complied with,
and fix time when settlers
may go upon the lands. The South Da-
kota members are anxious to have the
proclamation issued early, so that they
may secure legislation on several matters.
They want to place Pierre in one of the
land districts and Chamberlain in the
other. They want to establish these land
offices and appoint the officers. There are
several minor matters that will need atten-
ton in congress and in the interior depart
ment as soon as the proclamation is once
issued. and the South Dakotans are in q
hurry to get the business cleared up. If
Representative Gifford's bill allowing the
location of Sioux scrip upon the reservation
becomes law the townsite trouble will be
obviated, and the man who has town site
can secure his scrip and title to the lands.
It will prove wise provision, inasmuch as
it will enable some good towns to be built
where they are needed.
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WAS KNOWN IN ST, PAUL,

Judge G. E: Flandrau was personally &C
quainted with Mr.. Blaine and was much
surprised to learn of his death. 81 am
somewhat believer in condolences" said
he to PIONEER PRESS reporter last evening.
''Only a few moments ago l was talking
about Walker Blaine, and the very next
bit of news hear is that he is dead" Judge
Flaudrau knew young Blaine when he
first came to st. Paul in 1879, and during
the time he was in the law office of Hon. G.
X. Davis. About a year later he
formed law partnership with
Tilden r. Selmes. son-in-law of Judge
Flandrau, under the name of Selmes &
Blaine and occupied an office on Third
street. Two years afterward Blaine went to
Washington and remained about year.
when he came to Chicago and opened law
office. During the administration of Presi-
dent Arthur he had a commission to visit
South America, and upon his return he was
appointed United States attorney before the
commission appointed to adjust the French
spoliation claims. Judge Flandrau speaks
very highly of Blaine and at the time of
his residence in St. Paul he was one of the
leaders in literary and social circles.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-30
The RuiIder,. Convention.

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Jan. 29.-The builders
convention met and discussed the eight-hour
question this morning. The Boston delega-
ton offered the following substitute in place
of the substitute resolution offered by the
executive COMMITTEES yesterday:
Recognizing the agitation for shorter hours
of labor than those now prevailing, the
National Association Of Builders, in conven-
ton assembled, declares that as 9 CEN
trail body representing 90 many diff
fsrent constituents, 1t is not. compe-
tent or proper for It to define q
certain number of hours for the building
trades generally to adopt. but that it should
be left to the local bodies to adjust the mum.
Der Of hours Of labor - circumstances and
conditions by which they are surrounded
may dictate, but We do believe that this bod,
should consist, urge upon all local bodies
that the thorough establishment Of the sys
tam of s'paymeat by the hour" IL an abso
lutely necessary safeguard, aud they shouli
earnestly labor to secure the establishments o
the System. This resolution was adopted b,
n vote of III to f.