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St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
WILLING WESTERNERS
Offers From Western Banks
for Four and a Half Per
Cent Bonds.
Belief That Western Finan-
eiers Favor Extension at
One Per Cent.
Special Action as to the Final
Disposition Of the Itata
Matter.
General Matters Of Interest
From the National
Capital.

WASHINGTON, June S.-Several offers
for the extension of ~ per cent bonds
were receiued at the treasury depart
ment this morning. One was of $500, 900
atthe rate of 2 per cent. This came from
private citizen. The others were at
any rate the department decided upon.
They were all from Western banks.
Secretary Foster called on the president
this morning and informed him
of the result of his re-
cent conference with the bankers
and brokers of New York, and of their
proffered willingness to take up the en-
tire 4 per cent loan if extended at per
cent. No conclusion was reached at
this conference as TO the question. The
question will again be considered at the
cabinet meeting tomorrow. There is a
conflict of opinion as to the future
action of the treasury department with
respect to this loan, but it is gener-
ally understood that Secretary Fos-
er favors its extension at per cent.
He admitted as much this afternoon.
He said that such course would raise
the credit of the government, and at the
same Lllne enable the national banks to
Increase their circulation, a thing
greatly needed after the recent heavy
shipments in gold. He said also, how
ever, that there were so many strong ar
gumeuts in favor of an extension at a
lower rate of interest that he really
did not know but what it might
finally be concluded to fix the
rate at l per cent. A statement pre-
pared at the treasury department shows
that the AZ per cent bonds held by ma
tioual banks are geographically dis
tributed as follows: New England
states, S9, 743, $50; Middle states, $685.
400; Southern states, So, Al, 300; West
ern states, S13, ,7S4 800; total, $26, GIL, $50
This shows that the Western banks
which are said to favor the l per
cent rate hold more than half of
the entire amount owned by national
banks, and more than the banks of the
New England and Middle states COM
bined. The strongest point in favor of
the per cent rate is the agreement Of
the Eastern bankers to purchase the
entire outstanding loan of S53, 900, 900 at
that rate, while the Western bankers,
who are known to favor the l per cent
rate. have SO far spoken only with re-
Spect to the bonds now held by them.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS.
Bush Fires in Quebec Cause
Misery to Many Families.

SHERBRooK, Que, June S3lhe bush
fires at Black Lake yesterday communi-
Gated to the houses on the west side of
the railway track. and owing to the
high winds and lack of appliances to
stay the fires progress, it quickly
spread. The total of the losses has not
yet been estimated, as the agents of
the insurance companies have not yet
reached the village. Very little in
surance had been taken out. however,
OH the property destroyed. 1t is thought
that at least forty houses have been
burned and these contained $50 families,
some of the houses being very large.
one or two of them each sheltered
twenty-four families. These unfortu-
nate people cdmped out in the fields
last night. pending other arrangements.
Most of them saved some of their house
hold effects.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
All Parties in the Dominion
Unite in Sorrow for
Sir John.
No Steps Yet Taken by STAN
y, - ley to Form a New
J Government.
The Government Organ Grows
4 Bitter Over Macdonald's
Death.
Premier Greenway Sees Hope
q for the Liberals and
Reciprocity.

:, OTTAWA, Ont, June SIN the great
dining hall at Earnsclitfe lie the remains
of its master. The casket stands on a
pedestal in the center of the room and
all the appointments are most imposing.
The hangingS are of violet and white,
and their arrangement took until nearly
midnight. When all was done the me-
tallie casket with its burden was carried
down stairs from the room Ill which the
premier passed away. There the re-
mains will lie until tomorrow morning
to be viewed by the members of the
household and the few personal friends,
including the members of the cabinet
who called at EarnScliffe to-day. So far
Lady Macdonald has born up bravely.
TORONTO, Ont, June 8.-From al
most every point in Canada in reach of
the electric wire come Ltidings of uni
versal sorrow. felt at the death of the
man to whom perhaps more than any
other is due the credit for making of
Canada the nation that she is. Political
animas is lost sight of in the great loss,
the country has sustained, and Liberal
uniteS with Conservative in doing
honor to the memory of the late premier.
Every where signs of
National Mourning
are to be seen. Hamilton MacCarthy,
the sculptor. has taken an excellent
plaster cast of Sir John Macdonald's
head in order to make from it statue
Arrangements have been made to fire
five minute guns at Ottawa and in
every city in Canada during
the progress Of the funeral of
Sir John Macdonald. There is
a strong feeling that an autopsy ought
to be made Oh the body of Sir John
by Independent medical men, in order
that the public may know what was
really the cause of death. A special
dispatch from Ottawa says: "All sorts
of rumOrs are flying around to-day as to
whom the governOr-general would call
upon to form new government. Two
ministers, one from the maritime PROV
inces, the other from Quebec, said to-
day that no one had yet been sum-
moned by the governor and that it was
not probable that any one would be
summoned until after the funeral of
Sir John Macdonald. This delay of at
least five days is almost without prec-
edent. 1t gives point to curious
story af1oat to the effect that the gov
ernor-general left the meeting of the
Royal society at Montreal rather hur-
rledly last " edneSday, and called upon
Sir John Macdonald at Earnsclffe the
next day. 1t is said that Sir John then
Indicated whom he thought should be
called upon to form new ministry in
case his illness terminated fatally"
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
THE NEW PROBATE CODE.

Judge Otis. of our district court, filed
an important decision yesterday, in
which he holds the new probate code
unconstitutional, in as far as it under
takes to regulate the title to property by
descent or the disposition of property
by wills. The new probate code is the
work Of commission whose report was
enacted into law by the legislature of
1889. Its purpose was to consolidate the
statutes of the state on this subject into
one consistent whole. 1t made some
radical changes, however, in the laws
of Inheritance, but none so radical as
that involved in the case argued before
Judge OTIs. Under the previous stat
utes of the state, on the death
of an intestate leaving wife
or husband, but no children, one
third of the estate passed to the surviv-
ing wife or husband, and the rest was
divided among the other heirs in pre-
scribed ratio. The new code undertook
to alter this, and, cutting off other heirs
entirely, to give the entire estate, in
stead of one-third, to the surviving wife
or husband. Judge OTIS decision holds
that this attempted change has not been
made in accordance with constitutional
provisions. The act embodying the new
code is called san act to establish a pro-
bate CODE" The constitution requires
that the subject of the act shall be ex-
spressed in its title, and the contention
of counsel, which has been sustained bv
the trial court, is that the title, IAN act
to establish probate code. ;" Is not broad
enough to include legislation as to the
methods of the descent of property.
The case will now doubtless go to the
supreme court, where the point will be
finally decided. 1t can not be reached
there until the fall, and for the present,
therefore, in this county at least, the
provisions of the old law on this SUBJ
iect are in force as fully as though the
new probate code had never been
known.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
THE SLEEPING GIANT.

Rev. WALLACE Ii. BUTRICK is pastor
of the First Baptist Church of st. Paul.
He is one of the ablest of our local cler-
gyme i, with broad sYmpathieS, great
knowledge of the world and tireless en-
ergy. Sunday evening last he under
took to rouse the public of this city by
some clarion notes of alarm. His theme
was suggested by recent incident in
our municipal court. An unhappy and
unfortunate young man had forged his
Z mployer's name and Squandered the
proceeds of his crime in gambling. His
conduct was so extraordinary that it
suggested inquiry as to whether he was
In his right mind, and after eXamina-
ton in the probate court. on the teSti-
mony of competent physicians. he has
been adjudged insane, and remanded to
the care of the asylum authorities. 1t is
very sad case, because he is we'll con-
nected and has wife and young child
and many warm friends, all Of whom
suffer along with him.
The moral of the episode is manifold,
and shows the danger of excessive
smoking, of oyerwork, of drinking and
of gambling. 1t is rather hard to say
exactly which one of these things is the
real efficient cause of the young mans
downfall. But Mr.. BUTRICK'S clarion
notes sound with an entirely different
tune. He does not see in the shocking
story the evils of smoking, overwork,
drinking or gambling, but says it proves
that st. Paul is governed by saloons,
bawdy houses and corrupt city hall
gang, and that the chief of police is lazy
and inefficient, the courts imperative,
the mayor incapable and the local press
venal and gagged by official pap.
These are all serious charges against
men and institutions which stand rea-
sonably we'll in the community, and if
the only evidence Mr.. BUTRICK has to
advance in their support is the
career of the poor insane young
man of whom he tells his audience.
the GLOBE is little afraid that, even
when he appears before the grand jury,
as he promises to do, such testimony
will not secure many indictments. The
whole subject, however, is an impor-
taDt and interesting one, and if Mr..
BUTRICK can show to the satisfaction
of fair-minded citizens that saloons,
bawdy houses and corruptionists rule
st. Paul; that Chief CLARK is lazy and
inefficient; that HAsCAL Il. BRILL,
WILLIAM LOUIS KELLY, CHARLES ID.
KERR, CHARLES E. OTIS, JAMES ].
EGAN, WILLIAM d. CORNISH, HENRY
w. CORY, and JOHN TwoHY Jr. are
not doing their duty as judges; that
ROBERT A. SMITH is incapable, and
that the daily newspapers tell lies and
suppress the truth for money, or can
show any Of these things, he will not
want an audience while he is about it.
To be sure, he has not done so yet, but
he promises to take the matter up again
after an interval of two weeks. The
public will wait till that time for his
revelations
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
THE STORY OF A DAY.

Bishop Knight of Milwaukee, is dead.
Duluthosecures St. Paul's ball team. ss.sI
Wisconsin alliances propose to unite in
Que body.
The million dollar land suit at Duluth is
postponed.
Judge Otis decides the new probate law
unconstitutional.
Vaucluse, an outsider, wins the Debutante
stakes at st. Louis.
Duluth lays the corner stone of its new
$4,000 high school.
The president of Hayti massacres 300 of his
enemies in three days.
KThe Duluth & Iron Range and Minnesota
Iron company elect officers.
The Minneapolis chamber of commerce
will put in a clearing house.
The International Typographical union
opens its session at Boston.
The Illinois legislature passes laws regula-
ting dairymen and child labor
Old soldiers open the Northwestern dis
trict G. A. r. encampment at st. Cloud.
There is a new railroad scheme on foot to
connect Lake Superior with the Atlantic.
Sir Edward Clarke scores the Prince OF
Wales and says Sir William Gordon Cum
ming sacrificed himself.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
RIVER ON THE RAMPAGE.
Lives Lost and Property Destroyed
by Swollen Stream.


ST. LOUIS, June S.-DIspatches from
several points along the Red river,
in Texas, indicate that that
stream is on the rampage. At Gaines
vile it is above the high water mark,
and information comes from above
that place that the rise was very
rapid and unexpected, and many
people barely escaped with their lives.
ALI communication with the Indian ter
ritory has been cut Off and it Will be
some time before the damage can be
repaired. Messengers from Burling
state the river is running wild in that
section, and destruction to property and
some lives lost north of DoSS, Oh the M,
K. u /. railway. d. T. Harris, stock
man, lost 400 head of cattle and fiftv-
five horses. The damage done in the
territory can only be surmised,
as all communications cut off.
A dispatch from Belcher says that the
Red river, which runs three miles north
of there, is on one of the greatest ram
pages known for years. Friday
afternoon about l O'clock vol
ume of water ten feet high
came rushing down the valley, bearing
trees, brush, housetops, dead animals
and debris of all kinds, and in thirty
minutes the whole valley was one
vast sheet of water. Crops of all
kinds near the river are all
under water and mud and great damage
will result. During a heavy rain at
Chillicothe, Texas, two employees of W.
p. Lindsay and two strangers. who were
camped near the bridge at that place,
were drowned.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
LOCAL CURRENCY.

''The Modern Evil is the very suggestive
title of the next volume to beissued by Price.
McGill d Co.. and Miss Minnie L. Armstrong,
OF Minneapolis, is the author. In the yernac-
ular, the book is "a hot one," and possibly,
even the Kreutzer Sonata mayihave to take
back seat 1t is certainly naughty and may
hap trifie immoral, but it will go through
the mails and only be read the more on that
account 1t treats of marriage, and while it
roasts that civil contract to rich dark
brown, all it says is backed up, the author
claims, by Holy Writ. She holds that love
andslove only should constitute marriage
eligibility, both before and after the cere-
mony. and, while she believes in a cere-
mony, it is not of the kind laid down in the
book. On the back of the book is a picture
of the devil, in full canonicals. performing
wedding ceremony.
j. H. Drake is prominent member OF Rev.
Butrick's flock and it is pertinent question
how much OF the famous sermon came from
Butrick and how much from Drake.
D.
Rabbi Hess was one of the ministers who
refused to sign the Sunday theater closing
petition. He politely showed the ladies to
the door, after having explained that if the
actors and actresses had originated the petit
ton he would have attached his name. You
can't petition people into going to church,
he said, "and many of those who now go to
the theater would attend worse places if the
theaters were closed"
j. Howard Ramaley is one OF the sailors
bold of White Bear. When every other craft
in the lake is anchored up or cautiously ven
turing with close reefs, the Sunshine may be
seen scudding under full sail, with Capt.
Ramaley in full uniform, not even a single
reef IN his sash.
II the revolver fired in the Mannheimer
block Saturday was not loaded, it is little
singular that no one was hurt. 1t is the un-
loade weapon which usually does the dam
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
FOREIGN BRIEFS.
Condensed Items of News From
Over the Big Pond.

The French senate has passed bill redue-
ing the corn duties.
1t is officially stated iE Russia that winter
wheat is below the average.
Fresh outrages against foreigners are re-
ported from some parts of China.
No settlement has yet been reached in the
strike of omnibus drivers in London.
The bill for closed season in Behring sea
yesterday passed the house of lords.
The Prince of Wales has gone to Ascot and
viii not be in court to-day, at the bacarrat
trial.
fire in glassware and ribbon establish
ments did S250,0UO damage in Glasgow yes
terday.
Seven thousand ship workers on the Clyde
yesterday struck against a 5 per cent reduc-
ton in wages.
The rabbis of the principal cities of Russia
have ordered dav of fasting, prayers and
intercession against persecution.
The czar is said to have rejected proposed
alliance with France on the ground that
only by keeping a free hand could he pre-
serve the peace OF Europe.
An order has been issued by the pope to
dismiss all employees of the finance depart
ment of the vatican. Leo is making a num-
Der of other economical changes
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
sCHoFIELD's MARRIAGE.
Strange Statement in Regard
Thereto by a NeWsDaDer.

A0AA0
Thereto by Newspaper.
WASHINGTON, June S.-The current
number of the Army and Navy journal,
which is a semi-official organ of the
war department, says: I'VE do not pub
lish the Chicago telegrams announcing
the marriage of Gen. SchofeId, as we
have authority to state that the reports
are absolutely false" This positive
assertion by semi-official paper, which
says it speaks from authority" is
causing much comment in army circles.
Many prominent officers insist that the
wedding will never take place, and the
fact that the generals relatives are in
the dark ON the matter adds to the un-
certainty.
CHICAGO, June 9.-Gen. Schofield was
shown the dispatch this evening. "I
can see no reason for such statement"
said Gen. Schofeld. 1.-THE Army and
Navy Journal is in no sense an official
organ. 1t has no authority to speak for
either the war department or anything
or anybody else. 1t picks up its news
wherever it can get it, like any other
paper. In regard to my marriage there
is nothing left to be said. | have in
formed my family of my Intended mar
riage0
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
THE KEYSTONE FAILURE.
The Government VIII Help to I'm
ravel the Case.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June S.-The
president had conference to-day with
Secretary Foster and Comptroller La
cey, in regard to the case of the Key
stone national bank of Philadelphia ,asa
result of which he dictated letter
to Mayor Stuart acknowledging the re
ceipt of the resolutions of the common
council calling for governmental in
vestlgation of the bank, and saying that
he will facilitate thorough examina-
ti0n of the affairs of the bank to the full
extent of his power, and will see that
any officer of the government found
guilty of wrong doing in that connec-
ton is held to a strict accountability
for his action.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
GREENWAY HAS HIS SAY.
Manitoba's Premier Favors Reel
procity for Canada.

CHICAGO, June S.-Hon. Thomas
Greenway, premier of the province of
Manitoba, passed through this city to-
day enroute for Ottawa to attend the
funeral of Sir John Macdonald, In an
interview he said: at is almost 1mpos-
sible to predict what will follow the loss
of the Conservative leader. A success
sion of Liberal triumphs is one of the
possibilities. The conservative majori-
ty was cut down nearly one-half
in the last election and Sir
Johns death may result in sweep
ing away what is left. Another
Conservative administration would
scarcely give the people the degree of
reciprocity which l believe a majority
OF them desire. l am in favor of it my
self. Manitoba is strongly for it, and
many of the conservatives themselves
desire more pronounced term of it
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
Rejected All Bids.

Special to the Globe
STURGIs, S. D., June S.-Local bid
ders have received notice from the
chief quartermaster of the department
of Dakota, that the proposals to furnish
military supplies at Fort Mead, opened
April 80, would not be entertained. New
bids are invited to be opened July l.
The prospect for big crop probably led
the quartermassser to believe tbs articles
could be furnished at lower figure
than those quoted by contractors q
month ago.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
THE ITATA CASE.
Speculation as to Her Chances for
Gnir,ra snI

Speculation as to Her Chances for
Going Free on Trial.
WAsHINGToN, June 9.-Nothing is.
known in official circles here of the re-
ported secreting of arms by the Itata
before her surrender to Admiral Nc
Cam. 1t is assumed from Admiral
McCann's reports to the navy depart
ment that the insurgents have been
acting in good faith throughout, but, in
any event, the arms and ammunition
VIII cut a smaller figure in the
legal proceedings than was at first
supposed, and, even if some of them
have been landed in Chill, it is doubtful
If this government has reason to csm-
plain. The libel against the Itata rests
entirely upon her record while i'll Unit
ed STATES waters and in the harbor of
San Diego. it is charged that while in
that harbOr she did or was about to do
certain acts in violation of the neutral
lty laws. According TO the adviceS
already received, the arms she car
ried were not taken aboard
at San Diego, and, therefore, she might
have landed them in Chill without COM
plaint, so far as the present libel is con-
cerned. The fact that she took arms
aboard at sea might be of Importance
during the trial as evidence tending to
sustain the libel Oh the allegation of her
purpose to break the neutrality laws;
but oral evidence on that point would
be quite as effective as the production
of the arms in court. So it appears that
there was no absolute necessity for the
surrender of any of the arms to
Admiral McCann. 1t is possible
that the testimony may show that they
were transferred from the Robert and
Minnie to the Itata within the three
miles Of the islands, IN which case it
must be held that the transfer took
place in United States waters, even
though the island is many miles distant
from the California coast. But if this
should be so it would prove a new libel
against the vessel. and could not be in
cluded in the original charge. The Itata
will be ready to sail for California Sat
urday.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
Horsemen Reinstated.

BALTIMORE, June S.-Another hear.
ing was given the horsemen who were
expelled last week at the Pimlico Driv-
ing park, and, after hearing several
witnesses, majority of the judges
this afternoon decided to rein
state Frank Herdie, pool seller,
and William Achuff, driver of the horse
Tom Hamilton. but in the case of Davis.
the owner of the horse, Brewster. the
driver and the horse remain expelled
from all tracks of the National associa-
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
Irish Census Figures.

LONDON. July S.-Full returns from
the Irish census show that the tota
population is 4,706.l62. decrease Of
46S,67t. The classification according to
religion shows 3,549,745 Roman Catho-
lies, a decrease of All, 146; 600, $50 Prot
eStant Episcopalians, a decrease of
38, IA; Presbyterians 446,6S7, a decrease
of 24,047; Methodists 55,235, an increase
Of e 2Qf
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09
Limiting the Seal Catch.

WASHINGTON, June S.-The govern
ment has notified all agents on the seal
islands to stop the killing of seals by
the North American Commercial COM
pany when 1t has taken 1900, the num-
Der of seals which the administration in
its correspondence with the British gov
ernment for "a close season. made one
of the conditions OF agreement. The
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-09

than Sir John would probably ever have
consented to even when STOPPING to
conquer. l can scarcely make a guess
as to who will be the new premier. L
think the Conservative party would
prefer Sir John Thompson, but you
may rest assured that Lord Stanley will
act deliberately in the matter and con-
suit the desires of the parliamentary
majority. The Catholic argument will
not, l think, affect the chances of Sir
tinn