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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07
ON THE HoMEsTRETCH.
South Dakota's Legislature Will
Adjourn To-Day.


Special to the Clone
PIERRE, S. D., March Elm both
houses to-day vast amount of work
was done, and practically the business
OF tile session was closed. Bills were
rushed through Oh their final passage
without much consideration or speech
making, and so much confusion resulted
that the clerks were unable to straighten
out the days proceedings until late to-
night. Tomorrow the legislature holds
two sessions to finish up the business
and final adjournment will be taken.
The most important measures c0nsld-
cred to-day we're the appOrtiOnmeLt
and approximation bills. The first. after
some consideration, was made special
order for tomorrow, when it will Ee
passed. The appropriation bill was
passed and, contrary to expectation,
the allowments for the expenses of the
state institutions were raised consider
ably on final consideration. One of the
pleasing events of the day was the
presentation to L. P. McLaren, corre-
spondent of the Sioux City Journal, Of a
fine gold watch by members of the
house, in appreciation of his services in
reporting their proceedings this session.
Mr.. Star, of the Black hills delegation.
made the presentation speech, and
"Mack" responded feelingly. The mem-
bers, during a short recess, sang sew
eral songs and much jollifcation was in
dulged in. Saturday morning special
train will leave at O'Clock to bear the
members away to their homes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07

ever | tried to get him in range of my
rifle he would get behind MeservOy, and
hold his knife at the back of the latter's
neck so as to stab him through the
spile." At last, by sending Dep
uty Warden Hawley to talk with
another convict on the other side OF the
cell block, | distracted his attention for
moment. His right hand, holding the
knife, lay on his knee. [ took steady
aim and planted bullet right in his
knuckles. He got up and called out.
well, you've done it, all wa lked to
ward his cell" The heavy bullet from
the Martini rifle tore away all OF his
right hand fingers and smashed the
metacarpal bones: only his thumb
is left. 1t graZed Meservoy's leg. but
he was not hurt. HolZhay was seen
this evening. He lay groaning with
pain and refused to answer quest
ions. Meservoy said: 81 knew the fel-
low wonld kill me if covered, but re-
lied on Mr.. TOmpkins to save me, ana
he did. | think l owe my life to the
warden's coolness and sure aim. am
in here but don't care about dying just
yet. That fool Of HOlZhay
DESERVED WHAT HE GOT,
and | told him So" The knife is a
murderous weapon, made by grinding
an ordinary table knife to sharp point
on the cell floor. How Holzhay
got it is not known. He may
have stolen it from the table or
been given it by some other convict.
His probable intention was to stab the
night keeper and thus get the cell keys.
This would not have let him out how
ever, as there are still three steel
gates which he could not pass. The
affair was not known to many people
heard of it generally regretted that the
convict had not been killed. He will
propably make no more mischief, as
without his right hand he is practically
helpless.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07
ANNOYED BY QUARTERS.
Nj lille Lacs Indians Make a Wig
OrOus Protest.

Nj lille Lacs Indians Make Wig
OrOus Protest.
Special to the Globe.
WHITE EARTH, March 6.-Capt. join
H. Beaulieu. government farmer, who
was dispatched by Agent Shuler TO go
and issue provisions, ETC., to the poor
and destitute Indians of the Mile Lac
reservation. returned here to-day. He
states that the Indians most urgent
needs were supplied. and believes that
they will now be able to get through the
winter without any further suffering.
Capt. Beaulleu, at the request of the
leading chiefs of the reservation, made
some careful and extended inve,tiga-
tiOnS regarding the rush of squatters
on the reservation, especially the past
winter and since the visit of the United
States commission last fall, and the
facts gathered from his inquiry and OBJ
ServatiOn more than confirmed the state
ments made by the Indians and the
gravest reports published in the public
press. 1t was discovered that the
greater portion of the Indians maple
orchards, or sugar bushes, have been.
cut down and destroyed by white squat
tiers the past winter, and thus not only
are the Indians being dispossessed of
their lands, but one of the chief staple
factors contributing 10 their subsistence
is being wantonly destroyed. Chiefs
Wah-We- yah-cum-ij and Nah-yOu-a--
bee both made statements TO
Capt. Beaulien. They said: "Since
the commissions visit here last fall
the white settlers have been coming in
Oh the lands more than ever; they are
settling all over on our gardens, iii our
timber and sugar bushes, which they
are cutting down before our eyes,"
"when White Rice tHon II. NJ. Rice) was
here last fall, we told him how the white
people We're taking up our lands. and
begged him to help us. He told us to
be patient, to do no violence, and all
would be WELL" We have been patient,
but there Is no change. and the whites
are coming on our lands more now than
before, and are destroying our most
valuable timber" From facts
gathered it would seem that
the numerous sQuatters now
ru5hing on the reservation, were being
impelled and encouraged by secondary
influence, presumably pine timber spec
ulatorS and others extensively engaged
in script, of which gOOdly portion is
spread over the reservation, to crowd
out the Indians by vigorous measures.
and thereby goad them to acts OF vio-
lence, when, they hope, there would
then be good grounds for their final and
conclusive removal from the Mile Lag
regions. 1t is to be hoped that the act,
as presented by the United States COM
mission and signed by all of the Mile
Ldcs Indians, and now before the presi-
dent, will receive all early aud favorable
consideration, TO the end that the right
and patience of a wrOnged and perse-
cuted people may at last receive the
rights of American citizenship, the pro-
lection of its laws. and the possession
and comfort of home assured to one
and a II ,f than
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07
WITH A GREAT CRASH
A Lake Shore Train Breaks
in Two and Then Tele-
scopes.
Ten Passengers Killed Out
right and twenty-five
Others Injured.
Only One of the Dead Has
as Yet Been Iden-
titled.
The Warden of Marquette
Prison Shoots Off Bandit
Holzhay's Digits.

BUFFALO, March 6.-Train No. ~. on
the Lake Shore railroad, from the West,
due in Buffalo at 9:l0 p. M, and run
ming very fast to make up lost
time, broke in two near Ham
burg about $3.50 o'clock. The
front part of the train con-
sisted of engine, tender, three
baggage and four day coaches, was
quickly brought to standstil. The
rear half composed of four heavy Pull
mans came down the grade and crashed
into the second day coach. The Pull
man being the heavier lifted the day
coach into the air, and they
now lie one on top of the other,
both having telescOped the first
day coach, AS nearly as can be learned
at this hour, ten were killed and twen-
ty-fiVe injured. The list of injured as
near as can be ascertained, is:
B. T. JAEGER. -
CHARLES j. RYE, Newton Falls, Mass.
II. B. FISHER, Boston, leg sprained and
chin badly cut
REV. THOMAS A. HALL, leg badly cut.
+. A COOMBs New York, head and chin
cut and both legs SprAined.
JULIA HALEY, Boston, cut IN breast, over
left eye and head
GEORGE t. ALLEN Buffalo, ankle sprained.
JOSEPH d. BARNES and wife, Boston, the
man not much hurt The woman fatally.
A great bonfire on the side OF the
track throws lurid light upon the ter
rible scene. A passenger says the
coupling was defective. 1t broke pre-
cisely in the same place as the train was
leaving Cleveland. At 1890 o'clock
a relief train was made up and ten
of the most seriously injured were taken
TO the Fitch institute at Buffalo. The
forward portion of the train was stopped
by Conductor HOughtalng, who pulled
the bell rope. Most of those IN the last
day coach were warned OF their peril in
time to leave the car, but those i'll the
first Pullman car had no warning and
were in the car when it telescoped and
was buried under another. j. E. Min
ME, who
HAD HIS ARM CUT OFF,
was placed on the engine which started
at once for Buffalo to bring relief. 1t
was two hours and a half before ply
sicians arrived, but wrecking tram
came sooner. and began the work of
eXtricating the victims. The bodies
taken out were placed i'll a bag
gage car. One of them was that
of j. S. Swan. a coIOred porter,
W. f. Deland, of Fairport, who man
aged to get aboard the relief train, says
the wrecked train was behind time and
was having trouble with the brakes. At
Bay View the train came to sudden
stop, and a moment later there was
terrible crash. The sleepers had
become separated from the rest
OF the train and had dashed into the day
coach, tclescoping it completely. There
were forty or fifty people in the day
coach, and Mr.. Deland says he cannot
see how any could have escaped un-
injured. He stepped off just before the
crash, and was so far as he knows the
only one who escaped.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07
STRUCK ON sCITUATE sHoAL.
The Belgian Steamer De Ruyter
a Total Wreck.

SCITUATE, Mass, March 6.-The Bel
gian steamer De Ruyter, Capt. Arfsten,
from Antwerp for Boston, came ashore
at Lighthouse Point at O'Clock
tonight in thick showstorm.
The crew of twenty-seven men came
ashore safely. The vessel has a
general cargo consigned to Gill Il LootZ,
Boston. The De Ruyter left Antwerp
Feb. 20, with cargo of plate and Win
dow glass, iron, rags, and general mer-
chandise. The captain states that
about 9 O'Clock this morning
it commenced to rain, and
continued until noon, when a
very thick snow storm set in, accompa-
MED by a heavy gale. Thatcher's island
light was passed about 9 p. III. He
heard the fog whistle on the light and
supposed he was about four miles from
sn0re. He then shaped his course for
Boston light. standing very slowly and
picking his way through the binding
snow at about three knots per hour. Sud
denly the vessel struck and almost
instantly was high and fast on the
sandy bottom. lie Immediately gave
signals of distress. He blew the whistle
and sounded and found no rocks, and
then sounded the pumps and found that
water was making in the engine room
at the rate of about three feet per hour.
This
PUT THE FIRES OUT
in very short time. AS soon as posi-
bic one of the vessels boats was low
cred and seventeen men out of the crew
of tWenty-seven entered and put off for
the shore. The sea was running
very nigh at the time and the
trip was accomplished with great
difficulty, but in safety. The
vessel was found to be on Cunning
point, about a quarter OF a mile north of
Scituate lighthouse. Citizens of Scitu-
ate HarbOr village saw the signals and
a volunteer crew of nine men was inn
mediately collected. and, manning
q life boat, Immediately put off
to the vessel and brought off
the captain, chief engineer, assistant
engineer and steward. In the meantime
another Iifeb0at manned by a crew from
the government station at North
Scituate had reached the scene, and
the remaining members of the crew
were rescued. The vessel lies head on
to the beach about 1000 yards from
shore. Her stern is under water, and
she is rolling badly. 1t is not thought
probable that she can be got off,
as she is already filled and very
deep in the sand. The vessel is bark
entine-rigged, iron steamer of l.754 tons
register, built at Glasgow in 1878. She
is owned in Antwerp, and is valued at
$250,000 and is insured. The cargo Is
valued at $4,000, and is also insured.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07
THE FARMERS PLATFORM.
A Democratic Tariff Plank-Ring-
inc UtteranCes on Live Issues.


/. The Farmers Alliance of the State Of
Minnesota in convention assembled hereby
Ordain and establish the following declara-
ton of principles:
2. That we maintain the free shipment Of
grain from side tracks, and the right TO con.
struct warehouses without regard to capacity
contiguous to the railway tracks at all local
stations, must not be abridged. This is es-
sential to an open market. and any attempt
to limit their number or control them by
either state or railway negotiation, limits the
number of dealers and therefore destroys a
free market.
8. That option gambling on the boards of
trade should be abolished, and we ask the
state and congress to pass such laws as shall
make all such trans actions q criminal Of
fense.
T. All forms of determinations, including
passes, transit rates and determinations in
terminal charges must, cease. The smallest
village must have the use of the tracks Oh The
same terms conceded to the largest city
These rights are essential to the liberties of
the people.
rates for this state. we believe that the raiI-
Way commissioners should be guided mainly
by the schedule Of rates now in force in
Iowa. But if the interstate railways leading
TO Chicago shall make q less rate than the
Iowa rates we demand that the rates 10 Du-
luth shall be no greater per ton per mile than
the rate per ton per mile to Chicago: reason.
able terminal and transfer charges being
added to the mileage charges as provided for
by the freedom of traffic law now in our
statutes.
6. Railway property should be taxed as
other property is taxed and we demand that
it pay its just proportion Of all state, county
and other local taxes.
z. We are opposed to the passage of the
bill now pending in congress for the relief of
the Union and Central Pacific railroads, and
urge congress to insist upon the roads COM
plying with their obligations. The PROPOSE
lions to extend the time of payment to the
Union Pacific fifty years and reduce the in
terest on its bonds from 6 to 8 per cent, Cen
tral Pacific bonds, now due, bonds bearing
la per cent to be paid in 10 wears we de-
Continued ON Fourth Page.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07
HIS BRIDE WAS DEATH.
A Pine Tree Publisher Dies on the
Eve of His Marriage.

A Pine Tree Publisher Dies on the
Eve of His Marriage.
PORTLAND, March 6.-George H.Wat-
kins, of the publishing firm of Brown,
ThurstOn q Co., of this city, was found
dead in bed at the United States
hotel this evening. He was to have
been married this evening to
Miss Mary Balm, and the guests
were assembled to witness the cere-
mony when they were informed that
MIR. Watkins was ill and postpone
ment would be necessary. Later the
fact of Mr.. Watkins death was made
known to Miss Balm and the guests.
The lady was prostrated by the shock.
MIR. Watkins death was caused by
hemorrhaSe of the lungs or stomach. He
was apparently in his usual health We'd
nesday. He was not seen to-day, but
his friends supposed that he was sOme-
where about town, and no alarm was
felt until tonight, when the room was
entered and it was found that MIR. Wat
kins was dead. II is thought that he
died Wednesday night.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07
NO EQUIvoCATIoN THERE.
The Farmers Speak Right Out on
the Tariff and Other Mafters

The Farmers Speak Right Out on
the Tariff and Other Matters.
There's no misunderstanding what
the farmers Of Minnesota want now
since the session of last evening. Their
platform which to some may APP
pear radical, is in the main an
able and comprehensive declaration
of principles, and it will go hard with
the political party that isn't prepared to
desert the idols of protection and join
hands with the farmers of the state upon
that as we'll as several other questions.
The evening session was opened by
another bright and interesting address
by Miss Eva Mcdonald, of Minneapolis,
which elected warm applause and
vote of thanks from the convention.
The committee on resolution, through
its chairman, Gen. Baker, then read
its report, which will be found in full
in another portion of this article. The
report was well received, and no one
doubted the statement of Gen. Baker
when he spoke of the arduOus labor
OF the committee in evolving the report.
A number Of unimportant amendments
were adopted, when President Wardall,
of Dakota, was again given the plat
form and chance to talk on the
Vance bill. This didn't please the
delegates, however. and Mr.. Wardall
was chOked off and motion to indorse
it was laid upon the table. An adjourn
ment was then taken until 9 o'clock this
morning.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07
MINUS FOUR FINGERS.
Bandit HOlzhay's Digits Shot Off
by a Warden.

Bdnult nOlLndy > biSIGS SuOG oi
by Warden.
MARQUETTE, Mich, March 6.-Rei-
mund HOzhay, the train rObber and
murderer. now serving life sentence
at the branch prison here, will never
pull a trigger again. All four
fingers of his right hand are shot
away. Probably with some idea of
making his escape, he seize and
threatened TO kill a fellow convict.
Alter two hours vain endeavor to rea-
son with the desperadO. Warden TOmp-
kins disarmed him of his murderous
knife with Well-directed rifle
shot. The prison officials have
been keeping close watch on HOz-
hay and for some days Deputy Warden
Hawley has suspected that he was
neditatng some desperate outbreak.
Yesterday afternoon he sent Keeper
Polliser to bring the convict to his
office for search. POlliSer unlocked
the cell and told Holzhay to
come along. The desperate must
have suspected what was intended. for,
as P0liSer turned to lock the cell door,
HOlZhay threw his left arm around the
keepers neck, and, drawing a murder
ous-loOking knife, pressed it against
his throat. He then drew Polliser to-
ward the gate, and told the keeper there
to kill him or he would kill POlliSeT.
Deputy Warden Hawley was sent for
and to him HOzhay made the same re-
quest. HaWley drew a bead on the CON
Wet when the latter held POlliSer in
front of him so as
TO FORM A SHIELD.
He continued this device for some
time, stepping out and daring the dep
uty warden TO kill him, but dOdging be-
hind PoliSer and holding his knife at
the Iatter's throat whenever the rifle
was aimed at him. Finally POlliser
broke away and ran around the cell
block with Holzhay in pursuit.
Seeing that POlliser would escape, Holz-
hay seized a convict named MeServor,
who happened to be loose in the cor
ridOr, and repeated the same game.
Warden TOmpkinS had just left the
prison when the outbreak occurred,
but was OVertaken and called
back by trusty convict. For
two hours the warden stood at the gate
trying TO get chance to disarm Holz-
hay or to induce him 10 drop the knife.
"I would have simply rushed in" said
the warden, but | was afraid the fellow
might be insane, and that any attempt to
do so would simply result in MeServOy's
death. The latter had been transferred
here from Jackson to be the prison
tailor. He is serving long term for
burglary, has worked as faithfully and
well as a free man could, and | thought
great deal Of him and did
not want him hurt if l could help it.
Finally IIolzhay got tired of standing
and sat down Oh box in the corridor,
still keeping Meservoy between us. The
fellow was cunning, for he got in such
position as to be out of range from
the outside windows. He would
OCCASIONALLY WHET HIS KNIFE
on his shoe, and then draw it across
Messeryoy's breast or throat. When
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the person of Robert J. Hall, of Stevens
county. As heretofore outlined the
fight was squarely between the friends
of Mir. Donnelly and those opposed to
him, and the latter won by clean ma
jority of 25 votes out of total of 800.
When the convention reaSSembled
yesterday morning the revised constitu-
ton was considered and in the main
adopted. There was slight kick over
the new requirements for membership,
but 1T seemed to he the general opinion
that the farmers alliance ought to be
composed of farmers and so Ih It section
of the new document was adopted with
but two OF three dissenting votes. The
members. however, We're anxious to
pass on to the election of preSidenr
and the amended constitution was
adopted as whole with but little Oppo-
sition. Both sides were confident OF
their ability to win In the fight for the
leadership of the body, and the presi-
dent, after appointing cOmmitte con-
sisting of John Diamond, w. j. Botkin
aud Henry Fry to act as tellers, declared
that nominations tor president were in
order. Speech-maGing didn't appear to
be the order of the. hour, and Ignatius
Donnelly and r. J. Hall we're placed in
nomination without remarks. w. j.
Botkin then brought out President
Sprague. citing his work for the
alliance and urging his claims
strongly. Mr.. Sprague at once declined.
saving that he was satisfied after six
years of work in that capacity, to retire
ana allow some new man to take up the
reins. His remarks were received with
cheers, and rising vote of thanks was
given him by the convention.
Donnely'S fast friend. DIR. Fish, arose
to second the nomination of the Sage
and stopped over so badly that he dam-
aged his previous chances for election
very greatly. His eulogy was fulsome
in the extreme. Claiming that
Donnelly was leader in fact he
could see no reason why he should not
De leader in name as well. The next
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07
SIMULTANEOUS WRECKS.

Two Disastrous Smash-ups on the
Cumberland Valley Railway.
PITTsBURG, Pa, March 6.--Two dis
astrous wrecks occurred OH the Cum
berland Valley railway this morning.
At Shippensburg, Pa, an engine and
freight cars were ditched. The engin-
eer was so badly injured that he may
die. The other wreck occurred almost
at the same time, some six miles from
the scene of the first. A fast freight
engine jumped the track and was badly
wrecked. The fireman of this engine
was also hurt. The loss to the railroad
will reach $4,000, besides completely
stopping traffic until the line can be
cleared.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07
Duluth & Northwestern.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, March 6.-The Duluth %
Northwestern is the name of the new
line of road which will tap the Vermil
ION and Wesab ranges, upon which
work will be commenced this summer.
Forty miles Of track will be graded and
ironed this year, and probably much
more. The new line will run In about
the same direction as the Duluth & Iron
Range now does, but from eight to
twenty miles south and west of it. Al
ready the formation of large ore dock
company has been started. and the
structure will probably be the largest in
the world. The Duluth & Northwest
ern stockholders have virtually alb
sorbed all the stock of the Duluth, Rainy
Lake q Southwestern road. and will
control its affairs in connection with
their own line.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07

candidate who had received a majority
of all the votes cast he should hold that
a plurality had elected in the first
instance. He so ruled upon
the announcement of the
second ballot. This ruling created a
tumult. in the midst Of which Gen.
Baker gained the floor and made an
eloquent plea for the first decision of
the chair. Donnelly, as usual, got very
warm in the collar, and asked
the general, or his "belgerent
friend" as he termed him, to
bottle up for time. Jack" Diamond
interrupted. and the sage said he didn't
want to hear from his silken higness
from Blue Earth. But this didn't
squelch Diamond, for he turned in and
went for the opposition.
Here Mr.. Donnelly's temper got
away with him and he declared
that Mr.. Haigh belonged to set of pol
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-07
HIPS Consent wanted.

NEW YORK, March 6.-There was a
conference of Trunk Line representa-
tives and freight agents to-day to dis
cuss the question of raising the rates OH
the Northwestern roads. The conf
mittee appointed at a former meet
ing to draft plan to benefit rates
to ST. Pau! made it's report, favoring
higher rates. A committee was ap-
pointed to secure the consent OF the
Manitoba, and East Minnesota lines,
and the Northern Steamship company
towards raising the st. Paul rates;
when they will at once 90 into effect.