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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
Senator Davis Will Attempt to Place
Binding Irvine on the Free List,

Senator Davis Will Attempt to Place
Binding Irvine on the Free List,
WASHINGTON. Special Telegram
Senator Davis will make a speech on the
tariff BILL He introduced an amendment
to the Mckinley bill to-day which was re-
1erred to the committee on finance, which
proposes to put binding Irvine on the free
list. Speaking of the amendment, he said:
send to the desk amendment to be pro-
posed to the bill to reduce the revenue and
equallZe duties on imports and for other pur-
poses. The purpose OF the amendment is to put
binding Irvine on the free list. and desire to
give notice that at some time during the prog
ress of the bill intend to submit some remarks
on the tax in it's present form, and in the pro-
posed modified form which is considered by the
ing and extortionate.
The bill has not yet been discussed by the
finance committee of the senate, and the
statement that a substitute would be re-
ported to the senate instead of the McKin-
ley bill with amendments was at least pre-
mature. A leading member of the COM
mittee said to-day that the policy of the
committee in regard to the manner of
treating the bill would be determined
by the nature and number of amendments
or changes it was found desirable
to make to the bill as passed by the house.
Representative Carter has received tele-
grams from various sections of Montana
congratulating him upon his winning fight
on the lead schedule in the tariff bill. The
last was from the Butte board of trade. The
lead lobby is making determined effort to
kill the lead tariff in the senate, but the
Western senators say they will have ma,
jOrity of seven for it,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
IN GENERAL.

The Bank Of Middle Tennessee has made an
assignment. Liabilities, 500, OOO assets be.
+ tween $685. and $4,000.
Michael Sheehan, aged twenty .one years,
attempted to initiate Steve Brodie by Jump.
ing from the Mohawk river bridge in Amster.
dam. N. I. Sheehan jumped head first and
after striking the water did not rise again.
The cruiser Charleston has been sent to
Honolulu at the request of the Hawaiian
minister. Possible trouble on the converting
of the Hawaiian legislature, when new mem.
bers take their seats and new officers are
elected, was the reason for the request.
The grand jury now in session in Cham ber-
lain, 5. D., is after gambling dens, holes in
the wall and houses of ill fame in red hot
style. There is liable to be wholesale con-
victions of this class of people. The
grand jury intends to round them up COM
petely. The states attorney has been sent
Tor to take charge of several violations of
the prohibition law The grand jury will re-
turn fully twenty-five indictments
The boodling sensation reached climax
at Madison, Wis. when the common council,
without a dissenting VOTE expelled Aldermen
John T. King and F. C. Sheasby and re.
moved from Office W. H. Hughes chief of the
fire department.. There was nothing sensa-
proceeded in its unpleasant duty with severe
determination to perform it's trust without
fear or favor. All the men were charged with
being in conspiracy to defraud the city in
the manner of the purchase of 1000 feet of
hose from the Northwestern Rubber company
of Chicago.
The supreme court Of the United States
denied the application for a writ Of error in
the case of kemmer under sentened of death
by electricity. The court says that it is urg.
ed in Kemmler's behalf that the Fourteenth
amendment is prohibition on the state of
the imposition of cruel and unusal punish.
ment this being included in the term due pro-
cess of law. The origin of the phrase cruel
and unusual punishment was in the English
act of settlement OF 1888, and meant that
barbarous methods of punishment should
not be inflicted. 1t meant that a man should
not be sentenced to death by torture, but
did not mean that the death penalty itself
was cruel.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
BROKEN HEART.
Grief Causes the Sudden Death Of
an EStranQed Wife,

New YORK, Special-Mrs. Florence r.
Masterson. wife of ex-Judge Murat Master
son of Prescott, Ariz, the man whose
sho ting affair in Alice Hopkinsons fiat
recently brought him into notoriety, died
suddenly to-day at the Grand Union hotel,
this city. She was 80 years old-much
younger than her husband. There had been an
arrangement between them for some
months, but when Mrs. Masterson heard of
the shooting affair she started East in the
hope of effecting a reconciliation with her
husband, and also for the purpose of seeing
again her fourteen-year- old son, who was
with his father On arrival she wrote Mr..
Masterson requesting an interview. There
was no response, and she wrote again,
with the same result. Though
her health had always been good,
the excitement and grief drove
her into condition of nervous prostration.
The body was removed to an undertakers
establishment, and when the reporter called
there this evening he found Judge Master
son sitting with bowed head beside the
casket containing the body. He seemed
overcome by his emotions, and would not
utter WORD to any one. Coroner Jenkins
will make an autopsy tomorrow. He says
there is no doubt that it is case of broker
heart if here ever was one.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
THEY DO LIKE

England Considering Retaliation for
the Increase in the American Tar
iff.
LONDON, Special.-In suggesting in reply
to query as to the United States tariff
bill that there IS no opportunity of pro-
curing reciprocal reduction unless we are
imposing duties upon staple articles of
product from the country in question, the
ministry has thrown out a hint OF
a possible policy o: retaliation upon the
United States for an increase in the
tariff. Much feeling prevails throughout
the manufacturing districts of England in
regard to the proposed increase of Ameri-
can duties, and this sentiment, as indi-
cated in former dispatch, is shared deep
ly in Holland, owing to the expected dis
astrous effect of the American tariff on the
trade in Sumatra tobacco. It is thought
possible, there ore, that some policy MAY
be formulated as already suggested in Hol-
land. of discrimination against American
products.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
MR.. RUSK'S REPORT.
Facts of Interest Contained in the
May Report Of the Secretary of
n

Facts OF interest Contained In the
May Report of the Secretary of
Agriculture.
WASHINGTON. Special Telegram
Secretary Rusk to-day issued a report for
Nav on the condition of winter wheat, cot
ton planting, the wages of farm labor and
freight rates of transportation. 1t contains
many facts of particular interest to the
Northwest. In discussing the foreign dis
tribution of wheat and corn surplus the Sec
rotary says that only about one-sixth of the
foreign export Of wheat goes to other than
the European countries. In the last fiscal
year there were sent to all the countries of
Central and South America 10 per cent;
the islands of the seas 7.3 per cent,
and only 2 per cent altogether to
Asia. Africa and Australia. Less than
1000. 600 bushels, either as flour or grain.
represent the markets of three continents
and nearly two-thirds of the population of
the world. A single county of Dakota
could supply from its surplus this require
ment, and in any good season each OF five
principal counties could do it easily, viz
Brown, Cass, Grand Forks. Pembina and
Walsh. and possibly each of several others,
and vet all the back counties of the two
Dakotas are forward in their search for
more markets of more continents to con-
quer. 1t is an ambition that hass already
seriously reduced the price of wheat Of the
United States.
FARM LABOR IN MINNESOTA.
The report gives brief summaries Of the
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
ROMANISM ATTACKED.
The Catholic Church Arraigned II
an Address by Baptist Minis

The Catholic Church Arraigned in
an Address by a Baptist Minis
ter.
CHICAGO, Special.-To-day's session of
the Baptist anniversaries was devoted to
reports and discussions of mission work
Rev. j. d. Fulton of Boston in an address
on the subject severely attacked Romanism
and made an appeal TOR the redemption of
Italy from the curse of the Serpent" Rev.
I. G. Field of Minneapolis in an able adj
dress presented the missionary problem.
The annual meeting of the American
Baptist Missionary union was contin-
ued to-day. The greetings. OF the
society were sent to the Presby-
terrain general assembly, in session at Sara
toga. A communication from the South
ern Baptist convention proposing conven-
ton OF English and American Baptists to
celebrate the beginning of Baptist foreign
report oh European missions; presented by
W. P. Hellings, D. D.. of Milwaukee,
stated that the missions in Swe-
den, Germany, Denmark, Russia and
France were greatly successful while
that in Spain only held its own.
lively discussion was provoked by a res
olution by Rev. P. S. Moxam of Boston, in
structing the board of managers to consider
the question of holding the annual meet
llngs apart from the other societies. The
board was finally instructed to consider the
best method for improving the annual
meetings OF the society SO as to allow more
time for discussion of missionary questions
Philadelphia was decided on as the place of
the meeting next year. Rev. G. w. North
rup OF Chicago was elected president.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
state agents Of the supply of farm labor as
compared with the demand in Minnesota.

state agents OF the supply OF farm labor as
compared with the demand in Minnesota.
1t says:
The supply Is equal to the demand. There is,
however. q great diversity in the price of labor,
it being much higher on the frontier and in the
more recently settled portions than in the other
parts OF the state. One correspondent in Min
neSOta calls especial attention to the fact that
farmers sons occupy their own land, and thus
reduce the demands for hired labor.
Some changes in transportation rates are
noted, among them the more important be-
ing from some Northwestern roads. The
st. Paul & Duluth reports decrease ofone-
half a cent per 100 pounds in the rates upon
lumber and fax, Rush City to Duluth, as
compared with the rates reported April 1,
which We're to 10 cents respectively. This
company also reports decrease in the rates
upon certain grain. except wheat. from
Minneapolis and St. Paul Of from 10 cents
April to cents May l. from Hinckley
to 5 cents, and from Kettle river 81 to S
cents. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul reports an increase in the rates upon
grain other than wheat, in car load lots, of
from 10 cents per 100 pounds April to 124
cents May l. lumber from 10 to IA cents
Chicago to st. Paul and Minneapolis, and
from Chicago to Chamberlain q reduction
in the rates upon livestock.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
ANINDEPENDENT REPUBLIC.
A Minneapolis Man Said to Be in {
Plot to Capture Lower California.

Plot to Capture Lower California,
SAN Francisco, Special.-The Chronicle
this morning devoted four columns to Civ
ing complete details of an alleged con-
spiracy to capture Lower California and to
found an Independent republic to be fol-
lowed by annexation to the United States.
The revelations claim to involve number
of prominent capitalists interested in
Lower California land and Mines and well
known citizens of Los Angeles and San
Diego. which latter city appears to have
been the headquarters for the filibusters.
When the peninsula had been seized pro-
visional government was to be declared on
or about Aug. l. and martial law was to be
enforced. The land Of the peninsula was to
be nationalized, and after a peaceful order
of things had been secured negotiations for
annexation to the United States would fol-
low. The names OF the projectors are given
and the treasurer of the company is
wealthy resident of Minneapolis.
THE SCHEME MATURING.
SAN DIEGO, Cal. Special.-Unted States
Marshal Gard and Collector of Customs
Berry to-day expressed themselves as being
satisfied that well organized scheme has
been maturing, in pursuance of which the
Mexican officials of Lower California were
to have been seized. This action, it was
believed, would cause all uprising of the
dissatisfied residents of Lower California.
Among the statements published in con-
nectlon with the affair is one that the inter-
national company was to further project
and 100000 was to be expended for arms
and ANN unition by an agent who is in New
York for that purpose.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
INTERESTING DECISIONS.
Two Rulings by the Interior Depart
ment Affecting Land in South Da'
kota

Two Rulings by the Interior Depart
ment Affecting Land in South Da-
kota.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram
Assistant Secretary Chandler to-day gave
an opinion on review of Frank Aldrich's
appeal from an order suspending his entry
on account of excess of acreage. 1t is of
interest as the tract of land involvedis now
plated and has become Forest CITY, S. D.,
once the county seat of Potter county. The
entry was made before it was surveyed and
the tract claimed was 176. 20 acres Atfidavits
from leading citizens are to the effect that
if any part of the entry is Cancelled the
buildings of the town will have to be
streets and business buildings Of the
town. The secretary rules that excep-
tons may be made to the rule
that homestead entries for parts
of different quarter sections must ap-
proximate when valuable Improvements
would be disturbed and he allows this to
come in as an exception. A technical err
ror requires Aldrich to give new notice of
proof and if no protest is filed the former
Chandler to-day affirmed land office de-
cision from Mitchell, S. d., which Cancelled
the entry of Katie Lewis, nee Albert. The
case is a peculiar one, though there have
been others like it. Katie Alberts' claim
was for the southeast quarter of section 81,
township 106, range 81 in the Mitchell dis
trict. Joseph w. Lewis made homestead
We're married afterward and building a
house on the dividing line they attempted
to secure the two homesteads. The secre-
tary affirnls the ruling that the residence of
the woman was in TACT on the land claimed
by her husband.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
RECORD OF CASUALTIES.


George Patterson, his wife and two children
of Sainevi!le. OHIO, were instantly killed BY
lightning while standing under tree.
Slope No. of Burr Creek mines at John S,
Ala. is on FIRE. The slope turns OFT seven
hundred tons per day. No one was il the
mine when the Ere started.
The recent heavy rains have caused much
damage around Vance, Edwards county.
Tex. The Nueces river has been higher than
ever before known, carrying off farm houses
and even entire settlements in several places.
Several lives we're lost.
Peter Smith. Jr.. con o! Contractor Smith
OF st. Cloud, Mimi. while working on a
scaffold. fell by the breaking Of a plank. sus.
tanning the fracture of three ribs and also
spinal injuries, Fears are also entertained
that he has suffered internal wounds.
A. Collins, young man living near Benscn
Mimi, took swallow of carbolic acid by mis-
take and, although Two doctors reached him
in about fifteen minutes after with stom ach
pump and did all they could to save him, life
was extinct in about twenty-five minutes after
taking the fatal dose. He spoke but ones or
twice after it had passed his lips.
The Danish steamship Thingvalla, from
Copenhagen, collided with an iceberg The
engines were reversed, but the vessels ran
with full force into the berg The iron boz
plates were ripped off ond considerable dam.
age done to the stem. Pieces of ice came
tumbling upon the deck. The steamer re-
ceived no damage below the water line. There
were 500 steerage and 80 first-class passen-
gers on board.
Fire broke out in a barn back of the print.
ing office in the neighborhood of Cambridge,
Wis, and before it was stopped a dozen
buildings had been destroyed. The flames
swept eastward along Main street. consum-
ing building after building, despite every eff.
fort of the people to stay their progress The
total loss is $35 900, with insurance to half
that amount.
Gloversville, N. Y. was visited with a severe
earthquake. Large buildings were shaken,
people were thrown out Of chairs and out of
bed, and glass was shattered. The earth.
quake was preceded by large rumbing
sound. At the same moment the fire alarm
bells rang out and the whole city turned out,
the excitement being intense. small we'll
ing was burned. Later in the morning, when
excitement had hardly subsidized, the fire bells
again gave the alarm and a large brick build
ing in the rear of the opera house was dis
covered to be in flames. 1t was entirely
destroyed. Another slight shock OF earth
quake was felt about noon. The shock was
the most severe ever felt in this vicinity.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
ORGANIZED BY WILLARD.
A Company Which VIII Control tn,
Chicago Terminals.

NEW YORK. Special telegram
1t is said that Henry Willard and Els asso-
ciatess, organized as the Chicago &
Northern Pacific Terminal company.
have acquired all the terminal prop
erty that was formerly controlled BY
owned by the Wisconsin Central company
at Chicago, as we'll as other facilities in the
latter city. The property is said to include
about fifty miles of terminal railways and
several hundred acres of land.
mortgage of 10000 900 has been
authorized upon this property. The
bonds, secured by the mortgage are to run
for long term of years and to bear S per
cent interest The Deutsche bauk of Berlin
is to negotiate SIS, 100000 of the bonds and
with each bond the sum subscribed
will be given as bonus so
per cent OF its face value in
the stock Of the Chicago & Northern Pacific
Terminal company. The Wisconsin Cen
trail company will hold majority of the
stock OF that company to secure to it and
the Northern Pacific company, which leases
it. the control Of the property.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
THE ABERDEEN BILL,
Senator PettigreW Opposed to the
Bill In Its Present Form.

WASHINGTON, Special Telegram,
Efforts are being made to pass the Aber-
deem bill, which grants to the city of Aber-
deem, s. D., the quarter section known as
the Dayton tract. Senator Pettigrew is OPP
posed to the bill in its present form, and
will move to amend it in the senate by the
addition of clause granting rights to
squatters only where they had located prior
to the application of the city to take pos
session of the tract or at the time of the in
PRODUCTION Of the bill The provision at
present is that all rights shall be reserved to
the squatters who are on the land at the
time the bill becomes a law It is claimed
that in view of the probable passage of the
bill many people have rushed upon the
land, and that they are in no way entitled
to consideration, and further that they will
get the land for nominal sum and the city
will secure no advantages from the sale OF
the lands.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
THE MAHnETS.
The Latest Quotations from West
ern Markets.

STn MdFk9CSs
CHICAGO.
WHEAr-No. 2, Spring, 93h@94c.; No :
Spring 75@S3c.; No. 2 red. 931a@94c
CoRN-No. 2, $3.50.
OArs-No. 2, Csc.
RYE-No. 2, 49hc
BARLEY-No. 2, 55@57c.
FLAX SEED-$1.4S@1.4Sk
BuTTER-Elgin creamery 23A@24c.; West
EGGs-Quiet at lie
ST. PAUL.
WHEAr-No. hard, Sc: No. 1 Northern,
S5@S6c.; No. 2 northern; S2c.
CoRN-No. 3, Sic.
OArs-No. mixed, 24c.; No 2 white, 251ac.
No. 3, 241ac.
BARLEY-No: 2, 5o@55c No. 3, 4o@45c.
RyE-No. 2, SIC.
GROUND FEED-No. 1, $13@13.25.
BRAN-Bulk, $40.
HAy-Upland prairie, $3.50; No. l, $e.75;
EGcs-Fresh. $3.15@3.3o.
BUTTER-Extra creamery, 15016c.; dairy
15@1Sc.; roll and print, S@12e
MNNEAPoL1s
WHEAT-No. hard, 9Oc; No. 1 Northern
s9Kc: No. 2 Northern, S5@S6c
FLouR-Patents, sacks to local dealers,
f5@5. 20; patents to ship, sacks, car lots,
$4,000. 70; in barrels, $4.65@4 IS; baker 9
here, $50; supertine $1.7O@2.5O red
dog sacks, $1.1O@1.25 red dog barrels,
$1.25@1. so.
CoRN-Fair mixed, 3Oh031hc.
OArs-No. 2. 25025hc.
BARLEY-29@35c.
HAY-Upland prairie, $6.@7.25.
BUTTER-Fair to fancy creamery, 1O@17c.
per ID; diaries, medium to fancy, 7Q15c
grease and packing stock. 2@3c.
MILWAUKEE.
WHEAr-No. 2 spring, 65165c; No. ]
Northern. 9O@91c.
CoRN-No.3, 32@32Ac.
OATs-No. 2 white. 27Ac
RYE-No. l, 5O@5O1ac.
BARLEY No. 2, 44c
EGGs-Fresh, 1O1ac
BUTTER-Dairy, 13@14c.
CHEEsE-Cheddars, 9AD10c.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
FOUND FRAUDULENT.

Montana's Supreme Court Passes
Upon the Alleged Returns From
Precinct 81.
HELENA, Mont, Special Telegram.
The supreme court to-day decided the
case of John E. Lloyd. appellant VS.. Eu-
gene Sullivan, respondent, to decide which
is rightfully entitled to the shrievalty of
Silver Bow county, from which district the
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
PISTOLS, sWoRDsoR FISTS.
A Mexican Q ffers to Fight an Edito,
in Any Manner,


SAN DIEGO, CAL, Specialized. Ferrer, a
we'll known Mexican resident of this city,
and formerly of the Eleventh regiment of
cavalry of Durango, Mex, has taken Of
Tense at an editorial which appeared in the
Sun Yesterday, in which the Mexican was
referred to as one "who is invincible in
peace and invisiblein war" The Sun is pub
lished by Walter G. Smith, who was men
toned prominently in connection with the
allegen tilibustering scheme to capture
Lower California few years ago, and who,
it was stated, was to be governor gen.
eral of the new republic. Col. Fer
rer issued challenge to-day. in
which he offered to fight Editor Smith
with pistols, swords or fists. if the latter
would cross the border onto Mexican soil
Col. Ferrer said he was willing to have Sec
onds chosen at once, and let Smith name
the day for the fight. Smith is not in the
city to day, and no reply has been received
from him.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30

As the bills o. Indictment were read loud
groans and sobs came from Shellenberger
His counsel entered the plea of guilty in each
case. When the words dropped from the
judges lips: twenty-five years at solitary
confinement with hard labor" Shellenber-
ger gave groan of anguish and almost sank
to the door The blow seemed to stun the
prisoner. 1t was necessary to partly carry
him from the court room.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-05-30
NEWS BREVITIES.
The Latest Telegraphic News
Chilled from Associated
Press Dispatches.
PERSONAL MENTION.

President Diaz Of Mexico speaking OF the
ilibustering movement in Lower California,
said that he placed little importance ir the
movement. He knew that the United States
government would not allow neutrality TO bs
violated and the Mexican government would
protect her territory 1t had sufficient forces
in Lower California to rope! any invaders: