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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
SIBERIAN MINES.
George Remnants Graphic Ac-
count OF Them.


Could the car of all the Russias have
heard the graphic description of exile
life in Eastern Siberia, delivered by
George KEENAN, at the First Baptist
church Minneapolis it should have
given him an unpleasant feeling, if he
has the last spark of manly feeling left
in his despotic breast. The lecture
sounded like chapter from a novel,
and the large audience listened in SYM
pathetic horror to the tale of the suffer-
ings of the poor souls who had been
sent to that barren country to pass
living death in the filthy convict pris-
ons or III the underground mines.
They listened with bated breath to his
story of the manner III which he de-
livered letters and presents to the eXiles
from their friends in European Russia.
He told of the systematic plan adopted
by the officers of the government to pre-
vent him from finding out the state of
affairs among the political cOnvicts, and
the manner in which lie used his Amer
lean wit to circumvent the officials and
get access to the people he was in search
of would have formed theme for an
act in drama.
During the lecture Mr. KEENAN, alb
scented himself for few moments from
the room, and reappeared clad in tho
complete outfit. chains and all, of the 81
berlan exile. The suit consisted of
pair Of wide, baggy trousers, and s
blouse shirt, of dirty-whte material, al
most as coarse as gunny-sack material,
a long coat of coarse gray felt, hat OF
the same, and pair of low slippers OF
the poorest kind. So poor, in fact, that
Mr.. KEENAN, stated that they sometimes
nj "a In n
march. A coarse belt of black leather
confined the waist, from which hung
strap that supported the heavy iron
chain that passed from heavy ring
that is worn riveted on one ankle to the
other. He stated that no undercloth-
ing was furnished with the suit, and, in
lieu of stockings, coarse linen band
age was given about as large as pocket
handkerchief, i'll which the feet were
bandaged.
Often the men are chained to a wheel
barrow night and day, and no pillow or
blanket is given them, they being com
PEELED to sleep on the hard, rough
boards, with only the gray OVercOat for
covering or pillow. The dress OF the
women differs from the men in only
one particular; a course pettcOat is
given them in place of the baggy trOw-
ers.
He read a letter sent by one of the
convicts to his father just before he
committed suicide, in which he de-
scribed how the horrors of the life were
driving him to imbecility, and how he
was taking that last means as being
preferable to becoming a maniac.
Mr.. Kenhan has passed through it all,
and had ample opportunity to collec
proof, and he gives an account of suffer
ing, misery and oppression that it
seems hard to believe can exist on the
face of the earth in the present cen
fury.
Mr.. KEENAN, will deliver a new and
supplementary lecture Friday evening
on "Russian Political Exiles,"' in which
he will give history of nihilism, and
give many personal histories of some
of the most noted eXileS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
OUR CURIOSITY SHOP.

Olean is advertising for couple to
offer themselves for public marriage at
a fair in that city in April.
Apples are selling for seven cents.a
pound at Vancouver, Wash, while
''SpudS'' can be had for 81 bushel.
A new borax deposit was found re-
Gently twenty miles from Independence,
Inyo county, Col. The lucky finders
took 260 tons from less than three acres
of the marsh.
The Atlantic e. Pacific Railroad COM
pany use only Mojave Indians as sec
ton hands and in ordinary construction
work. They are much better than Chi
neSe.
Hydraulic power at a pressure of 750
pounds to the square inch is now con-
veyed about beneath the streets of Lon
don as steam is conveyed in this cOun-
try.
Michigan has pop ulation of about
2,500,000 and mortg age debt of $780,
100000. In 1870 the state had pOpula-
ton of 1,350.000 and mortgage debt of
S72,000,000
Fifteen thousand people in the Rogue
river valley, Or, have been without let
ters or papers for the past month. and
they may not get any for the next six
weeks.
The Yreka, Or, Union office ran short
of white paper during the recent snow
blockade, but 1T came out regularly
every week. One issue was on purple
paper, another was printed on a light
buff wrapping, while the next showed
up on regular Manila, such as is used
in grocery stores.
j. W. Nance, Texan, advertise d
that he would be at MuIfreesboro,
Tenn, one day last week to buy all the
hens he could get at 25 cents apiece.
He came along in poultry car, capable
of holding 5000, and he had to telegraph
for another, as there were 10000 pullets
waiting for him.
The oldest lawsuit on record, perhaps,
is one now being tried in the highest
Russian court, at st. PeterSberg. 1t
was brought 500 years ago against the
city of Kamanez-PodolSk by the heirs
of dead nObleman. to recover many
thousand acres of his estate, which had
been confscated by the municipality.
The written testimony is said to weigh
forty-fve tons.
On the Willamette river, near Dun
dee, Or, in 1861, man chopped a
notch in tree at high water mark, and
since Cnen thousands OF people nave
said they didn't believe the water ever
got up to that notch: but last Tuesday
some of them saw the waves running
over that very spot on the tree. So it is
said. 1t is in order now to ask whether
or not that tree has grown any since
1861?
After delay Of nearly five years the
committee of the Palestine exploration
fund ha va reoaivpd their firman grant
ing permission to eXcavate on site pre-
viously approved by the porte. 1t is
understood that all objects Except du-
plicates) found in the course of the eX-
cavations shall be forwarded to the mu-
scum at Constantinople; but that the
committees agents shall have the right
of making squeeZes, sketches, models,
photographs and copies of all such OBJ
iectS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
TUESDAYS ELECTIONS.

The result of the charter elections
throughout Minnesota last Tuesday is a
straw to show how the wind blows.
Like the charter elections in Iowa a few
weeks ago, they indicate the tide of
popular sentiment to be clearly in the
direction of Democratic principles.
While local issues always cut the prin-
cipal figure in these charter elections, it
so happened in this particular instance
that these local issues involved the diff
ferences between the Republicans and
the Democrats on some of the livest
questions of the day, and in almost
every instance the advantage rested
with the Democrats. A particularly
noticeable feature of last Tues
days elections was the Democratic
victory won in Congressman DUNNELL's
home town. Mr.. DUNNELL is a bright
and shining light of the protection
school, disciple who studied at the feet
of the great protection laWgiver, JAMES
G. BLAINE; and yet the town of OWa-
tonna, where Mr.. DUNNELL lives, went
squarely back on the whole Republican
outfit. 1t is black eye for Mr.. Dun
NELL, but it is something more valuable
than that. The result of Tuesdays
election is an object lesson for the Re-
publican managers, who imagine that
the people of this county can be for
ever wheedled into a support of the
high-tariff- prohibition ideas of the Re-
publican party. 1t will be wisdom on
their part to study the lesson we'll and
profit BY it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
CANNOT IMPORT SERVANTS.
Wiudom Upsets the Plans OF
EIOrjdans

ElOridanS.
WASHINGTON. March 12-Secretary
Window to-day addressed a letter TO the
bureau of immigration of Florida
in reply to their request whether
it would be a violation of law to
import servant girls from Sweden and
Norway, the girls paying their own way
and the bureau agreeing to furnish
them places in Florida on their arrival
i'm the United States. After quoting the
law on the subject and portions of the
letter preferring the request, the
secretary says: ''While the depart
ment does not undertake to determine
questions of law or fact upon hypO-
thetical statements and in advance OF an
opportunity for official action. yet in
this case there is no hesitation in eX-
pressing the opinion that the provisO in
section 5 of the alien contract labor
law, exempting from its opera-
ton persons employed strictly
as personal or domestic ser
wants." was intended to apply only
to servants who should come into this
country with their employers. Without
attempting to pass upon the action of
the bureau at this time, / do take the
liberty of calling attention to the lam
guage OF the first section of the act re-
ferred TO. Parol OF special, express or
implied contracts, are alike under the
ban of the law, land whether court would
determine that there was an implied
agreement on the part of the bureau to
furnish homes after arrival TO from 500
to 1000 servants at from So to IS a
month implied from the language of
their answer-they can determine as
well as L. do not think it proper to
say more at this time.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
For Gen. Barrett's Eye.

To the Editor of the Globe.
In reply 10 Gen. Barrett's cOmmunica-
ton of the Sth inst. | will say that cash
No. northern wheat In Duluth or Min
cents per busheI. To find cost of same
delivered in Buffalo add for elevator
charges II cents: freight, 49, cents;
commission in Buffalo, a cent; short
age on shipments, u cent; exchange,
state charges, etc, 4 cent, making
total of 16 cents per busheI, which,
added to rs cents, cost Of wheat at Du-
luth, makes the cost of same delivered
in Buffalo "a cents, against IS cents,
price it is now selling for. Respectfully
yours, A. j. SAWYER.
Minneapolis, March IL.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
SELECTED WITTICISMS.

It was a Chica go in the house yester-
day.-Washington Star.
Chicago has called the first turn in our
fair-o Washington Star.
A Chicago View-New York-There'll
be DO fair by d sight.
ChicagO-No, but there will be by a
Chicago ste.-WaShington Star.
"You got off brilliant thing just
now," said an editor to professional
humOrist, as the latter arose from sit
ting on pair of shears.-New York
Morning Journal.
Col. Ingersoll says himself that as
long as he is in this world he will
smoke. As to the next. it is the opinion
of good many he will smoke there,
too.-Philadelphia Times.
CalIer--IIOw have you managed to get
such big circulation for your paper?
Editor of Penny Sheet-Oh, we sell
them by the pound. Ragmen take an
unlimited number of copies. CHAM
ton Republican.
Experience Teaches-Do you think it
will rain to-day, Gen. Greedy?
'sOh, no; there isn't the slightest dan
ger. By the way, I'd like to borrow an
umbrella for an hour; forgot to bring
mine" New York Sun.
"Was my name brought up last
night?''
Yes"
"Would you mind saying what was
done?"
Il was there. The treasurer was in
structed to buy three quarts of black
balls for the use of members" life.
MOTHER GOOSE REVIVED.
Hey diddle diddle,
Tom Platt's fiddle
SnT -iI and por
That Republicans laughed
To see such sport.
And Chicago ran off with the fair.
New York Telegram.
Easily Repaired-She (crying)-And
now you're home in this beastly condi-
ton once more. The promise you've
made so often is broken again, and so is
nv heart.
He-NOw, my dear sh-don't take on
shat way over I'LL tri1e like that. It'll
be all'Sh right, | tell You. If you've
I'll make you mother t'morrer.-Detroit
Journal.
His Blunt SaXon-"Do you speak Ger
man?'' asked the linguist.
"Nope," replied the man addressed.
''Parley vous French?''
"NOt any"
''Talk SPANISH"
"Nary trill."
'sItalian?"
mot word"
"Then what do you speaker
''Plain English, you foOlH'-ChicagO
Times.
Deacon Jones remarks, abstractedly.
as he puts dollar-bill into the con-
tributlon box: "l'll go one on it,"
Deacon Smith. in the next pew, also in
a brown study, reaches out his con-
tribution with the remark: ''I'll 90 you
one better" Then the two good broth
ers look at each other and blush deeply.
Boston Transcript.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
RETAILERS suEEER. TOO.

The wholesalers in sugars want more
profits by about rs cents on barrel, or
100000 on the years trade, according
to reports; but they are too numerous a
body to be able to make it success if
attempted, although the trust is under
stood to be favorable to it. The great
profits made in the sugar business have
not been very considerably by the
wholesalers, and the retailers have
made least of all. If it were possible
and they were disposed to combine to
get liberal share of the profits on the
article, the consumers would howl.
Nothing the retailers handle very
largely affords them so little profit as
sugar. The cheap varieties, made
mostly of glucose and authorizations,
may have better margins, but the stand
ard sugars are staple that hardly
leaves anything in the hands of the re-
taller. 1t is a leading article in the
grocery trade, and used chiefly for adj
yertising purposes. With the time,
wastage and wrapping material used
the retailers who are able to net any
thing on this article of universal use are
rare. They suffer from the trusts above
them as well as the consumers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13

curious to lean the operations of the
mortgage business can have his curl
osity satisfied by stepping into any
reputable loan Office and making in
quiry. Our Western farmers and our
Western business men in the cities will
continue to borrow money just as long
as borrowing is profitable, and when it
ceases to be profitable here the brokers
will have TO seek newer fields and
greener pastures for their operations.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
In Uncle SANS Clutch.

NEW ORLEANS. March 12.-In the
suit of the Uuited States VS.. The Mo-
bile & Girard Railroad Company to re-
cover 500, 900 acrss of granted land I'M
earned, Jugde Pardee to-day appointed
L. w. Walker receiver, and issued an
injunction restraining further cutting
of timber on the land pending the de-
cision of the suit and instructing the
receiver to take charge of the 100000
worth of timber already cut.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
The Lake street Line.

Aid. Hansen, OF the Eighth ward, is
bitterly opposed to the plan of running
any kind of street ears upon Lake street.
He believes that a crOsS-tOwn line on
Thirty-hrst street, running it from Lake
Calhoun to the river, is just what is
wanted, and will reserve the Lake street
drive. He thinks that property would
be benefited enough on Thirty-frst
street, to pay for the grading of the
street for the full course. He is of the
opinion that the Lake street line would
ruin the residence property, while the
other line would benefit it considerably.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
AIoes and JaIap.

Sioux Falls Press.
1t was supposed that the birth of the
state of Nebraska was attended by
about as much official bitterness as
could be crowded into the early history
of any single commonwealth; but the
cradle of North Dakota has dripped and
lost unobServed more aloeS and jalap
than all that was ever developed in Ne
braska or anywhere else.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
Better Than the Other

Jamestown Capital.
Viewing the South Dakota legislature,
with only seven working days before it
until it would be dissolved by constitu-
tional limitation, the Canton Advocate
last week pronounced it "stupendous
failure" 1t says the legislature ''start-
ing as the great reform legislature Of
the age, its course has been marked by
an uninterrupted series of plumbers for
which there can be neither excuse or
palliation.n 1t may be small comfort,
but our North Dakota legislature can
congratulate itself that 1t is not the
worst legislature on earth,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
Michigau RaiIroads Sold.

BAY CITY, March 12.-There was
placed on record at the court house in
this city to-day deed transferring the
two divisions of the Toledo, Saginaw
& Mackinac railroad to the Cln-
cinnati, Saginaw 81 Mackinac company,
the consideration being $4,000, 900. Ac-
companying the deed was a general
first mortgage issued by the T., S. & M.
company to the Central Trust Company
of New York, for S2,OOO.OO0. OF this
amount $5,000,000 is to be used in
purchasing additional terminals in Sag
NAV, West Bay City and Bay City.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
Declined to Alter Existing Laws.

BERLIN, March 12.-In the lower
house of the Prussian diet to-day Herr
Stablewski moved that the Polish Ian
guage be used in religious education in
the schools of Prussian Poland. Herr
Won GoSsler, minister of public worship
and education, said that the government
declined to alter the existing laws. He
referred to the difficulties encountered
in the enforcement of the present laws
III the face of Polish agitators, who, he
said. did not scruple to attack even the
bishops. The motion was rejected.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
Levees in Imminent Danger.

GREENvILLE, Miss, March 12.-Capt.
Young, chief engineer of the govern
ment fleet. has just returned from an
inspection trip along the Arkansas
shores. He says the levees on
that side are in imminent danger and
warns everybody who lives and has any
interest in the adjacent bottoms and in
the Tensas basin to prepare for the in
and other movable property to the front
or tho hills
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13

alton. The most prominent French
club has declared squarely for indie
pendence. That is the object most
likely to concentrate public sentiment.
1t is virtually left to Canada to deter
mine whether it will abide by the ma
ternal parent OF set up for itself. There
will be no armies sent over to interfere.
The only concern on this side is to Sc
cure commercial relations unvexed by
tariffs. This could be as well effected
as an independent nation as by annex
alton. The interests OF both countries
are involved in this matter.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
WAR UPON SOCIALISTS.
SaXony's Military Societies In
Rugurate a Crusade.

BERLIN, March 12.-The military So
cieties of SaXony, apparently with a
common understanding, are making
war upon the Socialists with all the bit
terness of which they are capable.
Within the last few days a number of
these societies have held special meet
ings, and by large majOrities voted TO
expel every member known to be in act
i've cooperation or sympathy with the
Socialist party. A strong anti-So cialist
society had been formed in Germany.
men employed in the gun factories and
other military works at Spandau be re-
duced to ten hours per day. Heretofore
the men have worked thirteen hours.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
HouIdsworlh Honored.

LONDON, Morch IL. - Sir William
Henry Houldsworth, Conservative mem
Der of the house of commons for the
northwest division of Manchester, has
been appointed the second delegate to
represent Great Britain at the interna-
tiOnal labor conference at Berlin. Sir
Wilton is in business as a cotton spin
ner in Manchester.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13

eral Goodwin is calculator of the deep
est dye. He seems to have known that
the lottery "iniquity," as it has since
been termed. was coming on to blast the
reputation of the state, long before the
bill was introduced. yet he waited
patiently and never sounded the alarm,
but planned to knock the monster silly
after it had appeared.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
Agreed Upon Modus Vivendi.

PARIS, March 12.-There is reason to
believe that England and France have
agreed upon a modus vivcndi extending
to the right of prosecuting the fishery of
thai there shall be no interference on
the part of either with the other. 1t is
not known whether the French trade in
Newfoundland anchOyieS has been con-
scented to.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13

ONE branch of the Kentucky legisla-
ture has passed bill requiring county
assessors to list the number of family
Bibles belonging to heads of families
n that state. Yet some Republicans
think there is more interest in whisky
than Bibles there.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13

SENATOR DAWES article in the
March Forum is an attempt ''to show
that the Republican party is keeping its
promises to the people, and that the adj
ministration is in every way worthy of
the past history of the party" That is
tough on the past history, but the Mas
sachusetts senators got their men into
the offices, and may be expected to
stand by the administration.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13

BARNUNI made good stroke for an
old man in getting the English nobility
to come to his show in swallow-tails;
but Wild West BUFFALO BILL took the
ribbons when he invaded the Vatican
and got the pope's blessing. 1t is big
advertisement for him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13

INSTANCES are beginning to turn up
in congress where Republicans are
knocked out by their scheme to give the
speaker dlctatorial power in order to
suppress the Democrats. The speaker
could see quorum when JOSEPH CAN
NON couldn't. The discerning man in
the chair has been able at times to see
members who were not present. Gen.
GARFIELD. when the question was up
in his congressional days, said: "There
is no one to control his seeing.' On
partisan measures, such as unseating
Democrats, it is waste of time to take
the vote. The speaker can see ma
jority.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13

A SCoToH court is trying to deter
mine if dehorning COWS hurts them IN
reasonably. 1t has become quite COM
mon practice in some of the Western
states, and the animals make no COM
plant to speak of.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
Only Politicians.

HURON HeIuIu.
Among all the committees appointed
Monday ito secure seed wheat for the
farmers, ETC.. not a single representa-
tive farmers name appears. Couldn't
trust the farmers, eh? Politicians are
the only people vino can look after the
farmers interests
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
Socialists Make Concessions,

BERLIN. March 12-Interview with
leading Socialists reveal an inclination
on the part of a considerable section of
the party to abandon anti-monarehica
agitation, provided the emperor will
adhere to his social reform proposals.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
Want Them to Come.

Pierre Free Press.
The rumor that a delegation Of women
representing the equal suffrage party of
the country would start from Washing
ton about week ago to lobby with the
South Dakota legislature proved fie-
ton. but the boys awaited their coming
nevertheless.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13

BLAIR told the senate the other day
that if the Republican pledge to pass
his educational bill were broken it would
end the party. If broken promises are
to effect its demise, it will driit into the
receptacle of the defunet. TANNER
sees that terminus, too. But it is TO be
hoped they are not first-class prophets.
1t is embarrassing to fight a moribund
party.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-13
Col. PIummer's View.

Casselton Republican.
There is but per cent of illiteraey in
North Dakota, but that per cent seems
to get the bulge on the 95 per cent when
it comes to making up the legislative
Jewels. Moss agates are preferred to
diamonds,