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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-18
Big Railway Deal ON P,ot

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Feb. 1s.-It is
reported on good authority that .
movement is on foot by the Northern
Pacific Railway Company to secure CON
troll of the Baltimore 4 Ohio, thus
making. with the Wisconsin Central, q
complete line from ocean to ocean.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-18
a Prominent I.nwyer Dead.

New York, Feb. s.-Beniamin V.
Abbott, a prominent lawyer of this
city, is dead at his residence. No. :.
Middagh street, brooklyn. Mr.. Abbott
who was one of the commits toners Tor
the revisal of the United States stat
utes, was the author of the National
Digest" United States Digest" and
other legal works.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-18
N, Lancaster Murderer Res,rt.a

LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. 1s-Governor
Beaver has resp! ted John W. Rudy, the
parricide, sentenced to be hanged on
Thursday next, to April 8.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-18
Dir. Dcpew Followed Home.

Mr.. Depew rode up town in Fourth
avenue car with his wife and other
members of his family. He was fol-
lowed from the side door of tho hall by
an excited mob that cheered him voieif-
erously. AS the car moved off Mr..
Depew lifted his hat to the crowd re.
peatedly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-18
Outdoor Meetings.

While the meeting was in progress
within the hall the thousands of peo-
pie outside. who had been unable to
get inside, we're holding an overflow
meeting, presided over by Mr.. T. Fulton
Cutting. and addressed by Capt. Thos.
Il. Cullom, G.. &. Sbaync, }. Waldo
Smith ana others, Finally the meet
ing divided into Il number OF smaller
ones, each listening to some popular
orator of local repute.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-18
WORLDS FAIR BOOM
A Monster Mass Meeting Held
in New York City.
A COMPROMISE IS EFFECTED
Mr.. Platt Sends Word that He Will Favor
Chauncey Depew's Amendment:

Intense Enthusiasm Over the Announce
~
Miller. and samuel Gompers-Mr. De-
Dew Followed by an Admitting Crowd
''
New YouK. Fob 1S.-The Cooper
Ir,;ou h,ll ,,,, a,,so,r orowaoa Last
,,i,.l,, ,a ,,,,,,IrI,as,> oo,>Ia ,voro Nv
" ""'. !" C"S W psUio
aole 10 gam 9'"iiSsioa' Inc oceasion
OF the throhS was Il mass mee'lhs 10
protest against legislative delay In
passing the " o:lu'> Fair bill.
L Among the prominent persons on the
platform We're Warner Miller, Z. NJ.
i'cpew. John IL. Starln, Ambrose Snow,
Joseph &. Hendrix. y. Nj. Tenney,
James w. Tappen and John Foord.
Mr.. Starin presided, and called upon
Mr. foord, as secretary. to read So
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-18

Other speeches of similar import fol
lowed. Finally Mr.. John l.. Hummer
appeared on the platform and ANNOUNCE
ed that if Mr.. Depcw's ''two-thirds"
proposal or compromise was endorsed
by the meeting. NJ Platt would agree
to IL. The question WAS put. and the
proposal was heartily endorsed. This
had the effect of bringing tho meeting
To sudden close with three cheers lor
Thomas {. Plat.
The difficulty at Albany has been
smoothed over by the proposition that
it will need two thirds vote of the in
corporators to direct tho expenditure
or the Worlds Far funds an amend
ment to tho Albany bill which nobody
will oppose. and provision which
might. without any difficulty, have
been put in the original bill.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-18
NEW YORK N,.axk Ess

New York, Fob. 1T.--Money Va IN
to-day, So and 1 per cent.
BONDS,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-01
MAY BE RENDERED. SAFE.
Overhead Electric Wires Can Be
Made Harmless.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-The Electric
Age, of this city, in its issue of to-mor-
row, will contain the beginning of series
of interviews with prominent electrical
experts in the United States on the
question of making electric wires safe
and harmless to life and property. The
persons interviewed represent the var
ious systems of electric lighting and
other departments of electrical work.
The general opinion is that over
head electric light wires can be
rendered reliably safe at all times
by proper construction and the
use of proper insulating material,
and that placing electric light wires un-
der ground by the usual method would
increase rather than diminish the dam
gers. The dangers, however, of under
ground wires could be overcome by con-
structing the wire conduits themselves
of insulating material. The present
system of underground conduits of iron
is generally condemned. In reference
to the protection of buildings against
fire in case of arrangement of electric
light wires, the opinion is unanimous
that all danger would be removed by
the use of automatic cut-outs and fuses
on the outside of the building.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-01
CRAFTY WANTS HIS MONEY.
Archbishop Ireland Made Defend
ant in Big Suit.

CHICAGO. Dec. 31.--An amended bill
was filed to-day by Lawyer Josiah
Crafty in his creditors suit against n.
G. Frederiksen, the land specuiator and
fugitive, which embodies some interest
ing discoveries made by Mr.. Crafty
since he first began to probe into the
peculiar methods of Frederiksen & 90.
The amended bill makes defendants
nearly fifty men whose pames have not
heretofore been mentioned in connection
with Frederiksen. Prominent among
them are Rudolph Nunnenacher, E. G..
Comstock, the Milwaukee banker,
Charles Dupee, Frank Collier, John A..
Rice and Archbishop John Ireland.
These parties are all said to have had
some Interest in notes. mortgages or
contracts obtained from or through
Fredericksen, and the amended bill
seeks to have the new defendants dis
cover what relation they hold to such
securities, mostly for wild lands in the
Northwest, in order that the receiver
may get hold of them and apply them
on Mr.. Cratty's Judgment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-01
Every Road Comes in for the
Chicago and st. Louis Pas
senger Slash.
Doubts Whether Several An
nouneements Comply
With the Law.
Grain Shipped From Nebraska
to the Seaboard Via
st. Paul.
General Offices of the Wiseon-
sin Central to Be Re-
moved to Chicago.

To-day the Burlington will inangur-
ate its reduced rate of 50 firSt-clasS
limited and 81 second-class to Chicago,
with a S13 rate to st. Louis. All the
roads will meet the reduction. The
Wisconsin Central was the last to post
its notice of intention to meet the ''cut, "
and this it did yesterday. setting forth
the reduction would be enforced from
to-day. This is palpably in contraven-
tion of the law. which specifies that
three days notice of a reduction must
be given and ten days notice of an in
crease. The all-round reduction will,
in all probability, therefore take place
to-day. Railroads are pretty much like
sheep-when one strikes to the front
the rank and file invariably follow.
An almost ludicrous aspect was yes
terday given to the rate war. The OBJ
ject of the Burlington in springing its
reduction was to make those roads do
ing business through steamship agents
and brokers show their hand. Various
of the Chicago lines are alleged to have
been thus knifing their competitors on
the quiet. The Burlington puts in its
reduction, the other roads follow, and
then another Richmond appears in the
field, giving totally different aspect to
the rate war. The dark hand which
rises to upset the original plans of the
Burlington is that of General Passenger
Agent Taylor. of the 500 road. With
the reduction made by the Chicago
lines, the rate to Boston is reduced to S2S.
The present rate of the 500 line is S2S.70.
so. as Indicated in yesterdays GLOBE,
Mr.. Taylor will apply what is termed
dlfferential rate, reducing the 500 fare
below that of the Chicago lines. Mr..
Taylor stated this yesterday at meet
ing of the st. Paul e Minneapolis Pas
senger association. He also said that
no matter what rates were made via
Chicago the 500 would meet them. Gen
eral Passenger Agent Kenyon lmme-
dIately declared that he would meet
through Chicago whatever rates Mr..
Taylor quoted. The rate war. it will
thus be seen, has resolved itself into one
between the 500 and the Burlington,
with the rest of the Chicago lines fol-
lowing IN the wake of the latter; The
outcome is consequently more obscure
than ever.
The applying of this ditferential rate
by the 500 road is questioned by the
other members of the st. Paul and Min
neapolis Passenger association. When
the 500 road was admitted to the assOci-
alton, the members agreed to allow
President Lowry's line to apply diff
ferential to protect itself against roads
quoting East through Milwaukee. But
such situation is not presented now.
All the roads are working through Chi
eago, and it is alleged there is no reason
why the 500 should claim this ditferen-
tial
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-01
DEADLY CURRENTS TESTED.
Experts Size Up Electrical Ex-
ecutiYe Machinery at Auburn

ecutIVe Machinery at Auburn.
AUBURN, n. Y, Dec. 31.-The COM
mission to test the electrical execution
machinery in the prison in this city
reached here to-day. The following
gentlemen are present: DR.. C. f. Mac
Donald, of Albany; DR.. A. d. Rock
well, of New York, and Prof. Lany, of
the school of mines, Columbia college.
with Harold P. Brown. the expert who
furnished the machine; DR.. Fell, of
Buffalo, and a gentleman who refused
his name, and concerning whose ident-
ity no one would speak. The commits
sion would allow no reporter to be pres
ent at the test, claiming that one who
was present at the Sing Sing tests told
the public much more than the commits
sion desired it to know.
The commission desired to test the
machine upon animals, aud an old horse
and four-weeks-Old claf were procured
and taken into the prison. Reporters
were not allowed TO witness the tests,
but this evening DIR. Mcdonald an
nOunced that the calf and the horse had
been put to death with a suddenness
that was highly gratifying to the COM
mission. A current of about thousand
volts was used. The horse was killed
first. The wires were attached to his
head and to one of his hind feet just
below the gambril joint. The animal
was instantly killed, the time of the
contact being less than half a minute.
The
HORSE MADE NO STRUGGLE
and there was no evidence that he suf-
fered. This experiment on the horse
confirmed an experiment which Doctors
McDouald and Rockwell had at the
Ehicnn 10 hnratn bo
horse which was killed made no strug-
gle. In the experiment OD the calf the
time of the contact was less than ten
seconds. AS soon as the calf fell over,
and the current was shut off, DR.. Fell
performed the operation of tracheotom-
ny Opening the wind pipe), and applied
his patent resuscitating apparatus, MAIN
tanning an artificial respiration for half
an hour, but the calf was beyond the
help of science. In this case there was
no suspended animation. The alternat-
ing current had done It's deadly
work so effectively that death
was instantaneous. DIR. Fell. who
is the professor of physiology in the
Buffalo medical college, has used his
resuscitating apparatus successfully in
five cases when an attempt to take life
had been made by the use of poison or
by cutting the throat. In these cases
an artificial respiration had been kept
up for several hours. and the patients
had recovered. The apparatus consists
of tube and bellows, and some
delicate mechanical cOntriYances to con
troll its workings. The members of the
commission had him come to Auburn
expressly to attempt to restore the lives
of the animals operated upon, and his
inability to do so, they think, demon
strates that the electrical current is
sure death every time. The commission
returned to New York this evening.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-01

measure, consists mainly of the fact
that the representatives of the two sides
IN this discussion who trust each other
and who work together in all the other
business of life, distrust each others
methods and acts ON this Que subject.
How shall this mutual distrust
be removed? [ regard that as
the most important question now pend
ing. When mutual trust and
confidence in the sincerity of purpose
of all who engage in the work shall
have been established in the progress
of legislation, we may then for the first
time since 1861 be in a position in which
the true tariff question itself can be en-
tered upon by reasonable men in a man
ner consiStant with common sense and
common honesty. AS Mr.. Wells once
said, a question having arisen as to what
mans shirt was made of, it became
necessary to wash 1t first in order to find
out. Our present
TARIFF NEEDS TO BE SECURED
before any one can tell what it really is.
More than one-half of the subjects of
taxation under our present tariff could
be put into the free list without dimin-
lShlng our revenue from customs 10 per
cent in what they have yielded up to
this time; without doubt with similar
results. refuse to believe that the rep
reSentativeS of the great national Re-
publican party, to which | was proud to
belong for so many years, have become
so narrow and so bigoted in their sec
tional feeling as to be incapable of
rising to the level of their present re-
sp0nSibiiity. We only ask some of them
to give their support to measures which
are consistent with their own personal
convictions. In the time of danger there
were seven men in. the great Republi-
can party who saved the country from
what | think nearly all reasonable men
now admit would have been Il political
convulSiod, when they voted on their
personal convictions, but not with their
party, against the impeachment OF An
drew Johnson. Are there not now
seven men in the senate and relative
number in the house of representatives
who may at the present time be capable
of the same independent Judgment, who
may unite with their party opponents
in such a reasonable and judiclouS
reform of the tariff as will put
us in the way toward establishing con-
ditions in the future IN which this coun.
try may attain the paramount position
to which it is entitled in the great COM
merce of the world?" Letters of regret
were received from eX-SDeaker Carlisle,
Representative Breckenridge. of Ken
tucky; Gen. John NJ. Palmer, of I'LL
noiS; ex-Gov. Hoadley, of Ohio; exGoy.
Chamberlain, of South Carolina, and
others.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-01
WITHOUT AN ORGAN.
The Greenway Government Lose.
Its Only Newspaper.

Inc Greenway Government Loses
Its Only Newspaper.
Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man., Dee. 31.-The Sun
newspaper changed hands to-day and
will change politics IN it's next issue.
This paper was started three and half
years ago as an independent journal in
politics, but since the demise of the
Call. the Conservative organ, and the
revolt of tho Free Press against the
local Liberal leaders, the Sun has been
an ardent supporter of the Greenway
government, and advocate of Liberal
principles generally. The head
OF the new management is j. b.
Somerset, formerly superintendent
OF education for the Protestant
schools, who resigned when At
torney General Martin announced the
intended abolition of separate schools
and the placing of all educational mat
tiers under the control of cabinet min
lste. The future politics of the Sun
Will be Conservative, with the special
mission, no doubt, of killing Attorney
General Martin politically. Purchase
price was $4,000 and $4,000 bonus to
tue managing director, F. H. Preston,
who held a controlling interest. Mr..
preston agreed not to re-enter the jour
nalistlc field in Winnipeg for five years.
This deal leases the Greenway govern
ment without an organ just on the eve
of a most critical session of the legiS-
latur6 and one or more bye-electiOnS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-01
POPE LEO DEFIANT.
The Sovereign Pontiff HauIs
Italy's Government Over
the Goals.
1t May Hamper the Church,
but Cannot Change It's
Course.
Parnell Wants the 0'Shea
Divorce Case Brought to
Trial at Once.
Twenty-Four Persons Cne-
mated by the Burning Of
a School.

ROME, Dec. Si.-The pope at yester-
days consistory said he was rejoiced at
the building of Catholic universities at
Washington, Ottawa and Freibourg.
Catholicism, he said, prospered under
the favorable laws of America and the
equity of the men who administered
them in that country. His Joy at this
prosperity rendered the grief italy
caused him more striking by contrast.
The Italian adversaries of the church
persistently continued their war against
it. as was made evident by the recent
utterances of persons in public
positions acquainted with the in
tentions regarding the church OF
the rulers of Italy. Among other re.
cent Insults to the church was the
demonstration in honor of Giordano
Bruno. The Italian governments. seek
ing to detach the people from the
church, opposed the action of the pope
in every way. His holiness referred to
the temporal power as necessary to the
independence and liberty of the nope
in the exercise of his mission, and de-
clared he did not claim the restoration
of the temporal power from human
motives. 1t was his right, and lie was
required to preserve it intact and trans
init it to his successor as one of the in
alienable treasures of the Christian
faith. The new Italian penal code, just
coming INTO operation, also attacked the
JUST LIBERTY OF THE CLERGY,
and hindered their work with new OBJ
stacles. An additional wound was about
to be inflicted upon the church by the
law regarding charitable trusts, which
had recently been enacted with un-
seemly haste. This was q fresh step i'm
the endeavor to, etface every vestiga
OF religion from civil institutions. By
this law all pious establishments were
10 be suppressed or transformed, eS-
pecially those for the lowering of girls
without portions, those regarding girls
entering converts, and those by which
1t was provided that masses should be-
said for the souls of the dead.
This law violated the wishes of the
founders of all those charities. Priests
we're excluded from the benefits of
charitable institutions, and women were
admitted to such benefits. 1t was ar
gued that charity should be secular, in
order that it might be more acceptable.
But, indeed, the unfortunate are too
proud sometimes to accept Christian
charity; and outside the church there is
no true charity. Other blows also have
been leveled at the church by the inva-
sion of the, civil power forcing itself
into sacred things. For time all these
things might embarrass the church, but
they can never definitely change its
course.
ROME, Dec. 31.-The Riforma says the
violence of the language used in the
pope'S allocutiOn will not prevent Italy
from being governed in harmony with
the necessities Of progress and the as
pirations of her people.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-01
RATES WIZ. .,...,f' TO-DAY.
The Wisconsin Central Meets the
Big Cut.


Big Cut.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 31.-Notice Of a re-
duction in passenger rates between St.
Paul and Chicago, corresponding to the
cut made by the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul and the Chicago, Burlington e
Northern, has been issued by Traffic
Manager Barlow and Assistant Gen
eral Passenger Agent Eckstein, of the
Wisconsin Central. AS in the case of
the other roads the reduction takes
effect tomorrow, and only affects
south and east bound rates. The notice
is dated Dec. %. from which it is evil
dent that the rate cutting an
nounced yesterday was not alto
gether unexpected. Referring to the
charges that the Wisconsin Central
caused the dissolution of the Western
States Passenger association and pre-
cipitated this rate war. Traffic Man
ager Barlow says: 1.-The Wisconsin
Central refused to file its contracts be-
cause the other roads in the association
failed to file statistics of their passenger
traffic. In case it was found desirable
or necessary to make an equalization of
c0Apetitive traffic. it was to be done on
the basis furnished by these statistics.
All of the Northwestern lines have ar
rangements w tn the transatlantic
steamship companies, and they con-
tract to transport whole stacks of
passengers, six hundred or seven
hundred at time. Through rates are
made from European ports to st. Paul
and from st. Paul to European ports,
and while through tickets are not sold,
the emigrant receives a certificate en-
titling him, on arrival in New York. to
railroad transportation to his distina-
ton. In taking large party, the steam
ship company might accept less than
schedule rates for the ocean passage,
and while the railroad rates would not
thereby be affected. it would be re-
duction from the regular through tariff,
and would have the appearance of
manipulation. We do not anticipate
the rate cutting will extend beyond the
st. Paul and Chicago business.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-01
STILL IN THE RING.
South Pierre Boomers viii Try
the Power of Money.


Special to the Globe
PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 91.--The agita-
ton of the South Pierre boom has sub
sided somewhat, but the boomers are
still at work. At last nights secret
meeting they resolved to attempt to buy
the land they tried to take by force, and
which is held by the half-breeds. The
boomers are secretive, and will not li-
vulge their full intentions. acting eau
tiously since their recent failure. Or
ders were received by the commandant
at Fort Sully to send several companies
of the Twelfth infantry TO Fort Pierre
to preserve order, and occupy the mile
square. The half-breeds and some 9TH
ers who drove the boomers away Satur-
day got on glorious drunk yesterday,
and rode on horseback through the town
Of Fort Pierre dlscharging fire arms,
but iniuring nobody. Some of the BOOM
ers were hung in effigy, and the 'scare-
crows" then rtddled with bullets. The
Fort Pierrites have formed a secret So
ciety, with an ironclad oath, to help
each other in retaining possession of
the land they have settled on. One man
refused to join, and was driven out of
town.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-01
A Change ofBase.

CHICAGO, Dec. 3O.-The offices of
the Wisconsin Central railroad, it is
stated here this evening, will be re-
moved to Chicago in the spring. Like
the Milwaukee S st. Paul. the main
business of the Central originates and
terminates here, and its construction of
a large new depot affords opportunity
for properly handling freight and pas
senger trains. In view of the conven-
ience of having the officers located at
the central point of activity for the road,
it has been determined to bring the
officers. now located at Milwaukee, to
Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-01
Receipts and shipments at Duluth

DULUTH, Mimi, Dec. 31.-Collector
of Customs Moore completed probably
his last annual report to-day. and it
shows very gratifying increase in the
business of his Office. Official figures
are given for which receipts and Ship
ments foot up 173,31O,6O5 bushels re-
ceived at Duluth. and 173. .307, 1857 bushels
shipped out. Corn receipts were 1854
237; shipments, 1,7S2,205. By months
November was the largest in both re-
ceipts and shipments of wheat. January
being the smallest. Flour receipts were
1,949,246 barrels; shipments, 1920, ,953
barrels. The value of bonded mer-
chandise received was $705. .495, against
$245,094 last year, and sS2.415 in 1897
The harbor opened March 25, earlier by
nearly month than any year since
1880, and is yet open. The report is
voluminous, and was forwarded to Com
missioner Stockenstrom this afternoon.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-01

Railway association agreed to-day upon
a basis of freight rates to apply on Kan
sas and Nebraska local traffic. New
tariffs were adopted to take effect Jan
uary 10, making slight advance i'll
Nebraska rates, as they now exist, and
a proportionate reduction in Kansas
rates, in order to place them in uniform
basis. A meeting will be held next
week to adjust the through rates from
Chicago to Kansas and Nebraska points
in conformity with the local rates thus
established.