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St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-02
MAKES MURNANE MAD
The Abstract Clerk Takes a
Shy at Mr.. Witness Pas
SaVant,
And Charges Him With a
Wilful Jugglery of the
Figures.
Treasurer Nelson Makes an
Exhibit Of Ramsey Coun-
ty Fin anees.
The Present Postoffice Will
Make a Good Police Sta
ton.

A paper of yesterday morning pub
liShed long statement concerning the
affairs of the abstract office. purporting
to show that the present incumbent,
Mr.. Murnane, was $4,000 behind in his
accounts. The information was alleged
to have been furnished by Charles
Passavant, who was the predecessor of
Mr.. Murnane, and upon whose evidence
the present abstract clerk was in
dicted by the grand jnry in Janu-
airy. A number of serious charges
were also made by Passavanl to the re
porter of the paper in question, and to
get at the truth of the matter Il GLOBE
representative yesterday made a care
ful inspection of the books of the alb
stract Office at the request of Mr.. Muir
name, who certainly has cause TO feel
aggrieved at the statements Of PasSa
want. The figures furnished by Passa-
want are i'll some Instances correct,
while i'll others they are glaringly
erroneous, and tue manipulations of the
figures easily make it appear that the
Office had run sl4,000 behind in two
years. Passavant's figures were as
follows:
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-02

The Investigation made by the GLOBE
reporter shows that the above figures
were very carefully manipulated to dis
parage Mr. Murmane, whose books yes
terday showed that, so far from his be-
ing Sl4,0 behind, he was, as matter
of fact. creditor of the county for
S1,61S.55. A very careful examination
of the books showed the following 20 be
a true statement of the receipts and ex-
penses of the office for the past two
years:
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-02

The defeat of the Stockwell Anti
Pinkerton bill on its third reading was
great surprise, as in committee of the
whole the bill was recommended to
pass by an overwhelming vote. What
IS the meaning Of the change between
committee stage and third reading?
Strange
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-02

Representative Greer. of Wabasha,
spoke within the mark the other day
when me said the house had been in seS-
sion eight weeks and not passed a S n
gle important bill. If the house does
not stick closer to work there is going
to be an awful mass of bills untouched
at the end Of the session.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-02

I1IAkI tlC AESStIit government
Building Is just the Thing.
AS the time for the beginning of the
new government building approaches
two important questions present them
selves 10 the citizens Of st. Paul-where
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-02

While the house has not yet passed
any important bills, excellent work was
accomplished by the killing off of such
measures as the prohibition amendment.
the abolition of capital punishment and
the revision of the constitution.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-02

Representative FeIg, of Kandiyohi,
makes the best chairman that the house
has yet had when in committee of the
whole. He is quick i'll his decisions. and,
what is more important still, will have
absolute order observed in the lobbes
during the discussions. For this he was
heartily commended by all members.
The noise created by conversations in
the lobbies is at times so loud that it is
positively impossible to follow the de-
bates with ANYTHING like Intelligence.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-02

Gus Guerrero is mistaken in his idea
that he owns the city of St. Paul. He
has made himself unduly prominent at
the Arcade during the week, and for
that reason ne is not considered very
charming person to have in ones social
circles. Guerrero is a pretty runner,
and when that much is said in his favor
the end is at hand. He is most cordially
disliked in his profession and ont of
it, too.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-02

one Of the best all-round members of
the house is Representative Diment; of
Owatonna. Two years ago he was
always 10 the front in the discussions;
but this year-fOr some reason or other
he has not been OH his feet more than
three times since the session opened.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-02

The manufacturers of the Twin Cities
are up in arms against the proposed
employers liability act. introduced in
the hodsc by Y. 2. Nelson. Isn't it,
however, too much of sop that farm
ers should be excluded from the pro-
visions OF the act? Why should not the
farm laborer have the same protection
thrown around him as the city me-
chanicD
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-02

The Bible would seem to be a favorite
and closely studied book among the
members of the house. The number of
quotations made therefrom last week in
discussing the question of capital pun
ishment was surprising. SO much so
that the easy-going speaker was heard
10 remark that he must have made a
mistake and got into NJ ethodist church.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-10

LONDON, Oct 9-The casliet containing
the remains of Mr.. Parnell viii be conveyed
from Brighton TO London tomorrow morn
ing. There will be no demonstration upon
the arrival of the body in this city, nor
until the funeral car reaches
Holyhead This is not because
there is any dearth in London of sympathy,
but simply that the Parnellite members of
parliament who are conducting the funeral
have so arranged that they and the friends
of Parnell from England who are to be
present at the last ceremonies over
the body agree to meet at
Holyhead, where the casket will
be transferred from the railroad car to a
trans-Channel steamer, which will transport
it TO Ireland. AT Holyhead all the
Parnellite members of parliament will
meet On Saturday in time to
he present At the depot when the funeral
train arrives. All English parliamentary
colleagues of Parnell who are TO be present
at the iuterment at Glasnevin Will
there meet the Parnellite members
of parliament and will accompany the body
to ireland. On the train which will convey
the body of the Irish parliamentarian from
Brighton TO Holy Head will be the Parnell-
lite members, who will take turns in watch
ing the BODY.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-10
a Learned Divine Says There is
4 Wide Difference.
UNITY PRAYED FOR BY ALL,
Work Done by the Methodists at the Ecumen-
icaI Council Now in Session.
keven Hundred Texas Baptist Delegates in
Session at Waco - Counties Where
No Church Edifice Can he Found.
Il Hymn Sung In Spanish.
The Ecumenical Council.

WAsH1SGToN. Oct. 9.-The third days
session of the ecumenical Methodist council
vas opened with Rev. H T. Marshall of
the Methodist New Connection, England, oc-
curinp the presiding officers chair. The
Usual devotional exercises were held
The topic Of the morning session. Chris
tan Unity, was then taken up. and an adj
dress was delivered by Rev. 7. C. Selby OF
1ar Wesleyan Methodist church. Greenock,
S1'lauu.
Rev. DR. A S. Hunt of the Methodist
Episcopal church of New York followed.
ri, said - grca; future opened before Meth
I'd sra and il behooVed AiethOdistS 10 pray
'atiOd that it might De better than the
rast. There seemed to be so many of the
followers vi Christianity who had never
r...gu. the real spirit OF Jesus. There was
q difference between union and unity.
There could be no union which did not
recognize the fact that it was but the
growth Of unity There might be various
r.!ses of unity but the hidden secret of
unity and union lay in God. We should be
inspired in God. We sinners should enter
into the divine and dwell in him. If this
should De done, ut the next ecumellcal
there would he i marvellous increase IN the
number Of delegates. but there would not
be- thegc as here. SO many varieties Of the
Methodist church represented.
Ray Thomas Mitchell of the Primitive
Methodist church Of Huh, Eng, said that
Christ did not desire absolute uniformity of
TIE church, but unity. Uniformity had
been lhc dream of enthusiasts, unity that of
the ues, and brightest men. 1t was the
T.. ms OF an army, family or body that vas
elective This unity in the church could
NOT n,. brought about by external force. it
must come from the life of the church.
Rev. c. I. Reid o. Florence, Ky, repre-
seuting the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, told OF the birth OF the Methodist
Union Of China
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-10

DUBLIN. Oct 9-T'he Evening Press of
this city says ii is not probable that the
McCarthyite members of parliament viii
attend the funeral, as many of them, es-
pecially Heally, have received threats
that violence will be done if they
dare 10 desecrate the occasion by
their presence. The city hall will
be drapcd i'll black and handsome cata-
falque, surrounded by strong ratings, will
be erected in front of O'Connell's monu-
ment for the reception of the remains. The
project Of making a cast of the fea-
lures has been abandoned though
a specialist in such matters had been en-
gagged to do the work, owing to the change
which has already taken place in the fea-
lures of the dead man.
Messrs Kinnert, Harrington. Richards.
Powers and Dalton paid a visit TO Glasvenin
to-day and selected the site for Parnell's
grave. it is situated upon an inclosed
mound TO the left of the mortuary
chapel and Is III most attractive position.
The grave will be dug i'll the center of the
mound and when monument is erected
over il. will be conspicuous from
mound is at present filled with
the graves of the poor of the neighborhood
who were buried there many years ago,
but has not been used for burial purposes
for some forty years.
Thousands of persons are focking TO
Dublin to attend the funeral, and an i'm
menSe crowd is expected to be here on Sat
urday All the public houses will be closed
while the funeral ceremonies are iii pro-
greSS. The procession will form at King
stone. from there the procession will march
to the town hall in different sections.
headed by a band of music with mufied
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-10
The Color Line Drawn.

Special TO the Gazette.
WAsHINGToN. Oct. 9-Some of the negro
ministers who are attending the ecumenical
Methodist conference complain that they
are treated unfairly in public places on ac-
count oi their color Rev j. c. Elberny of
Philadelphia said: Time makes great
uf4y changes. y very unpleaS-
ant incident happened to us to-
l.r We partook Of the communion
win our white brethren on an equality, but
when We went out to GET our lunch we
,u4.i not eat at the restaurant, which
would not serve us. and we finally had 10 go
10 Lc railroad depot.
tne friends of the colored delegates COM
w,Ht with great deal OF severity on the
fact tina, the hotel keepers and restaurant
VroW1e'0rs failed to make any distinction
save La- of color. Whether the conference
viii take any action viii depend ON the bust
UasE Committee. through which all matters
not ga The programme must pass. The
Southern delegates are not laxative, so no
one can prophcsy what they may 90 in ease
q resolution Of censure on the hotel keepers
CHurs UP.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-10
SUGAR BOUNTY.
The First Sugar Produced Since the Law
Went into Effect Received at
New Orleans
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
New ORLEANS. LA, Oct. 9.-The frs
Louisiana sugar produced under the ne,
bounty law reached here to-day from West
over plantation in West Baton Rouge par
ish, and application was made for thu
bounty. The internal revenue office has APP
pointed $50 weighers and samplers to han
die the sugar. The scales to he used in thu
business have not yet reached here from
Washington.
Nearly all the planters have notified this
internal revenue office that they intend to
commence grinding during October Twelve
have already begun work, and others will
be under way before October 81, the last
Date fixed by any of them. 1t is now evil
dent that the crop will not be as large as
expected few months ago in consequence
of the drouth in August and September,
and Notwithstanding an increase of u per
cent III the acreage will fall below last year
The planters have called for the bounty on
5O,c00,0O0 pounds of sugar. which would
have given them Sll,00O,0 600. The indica-
tons here are that the crop viii not exceed
1900. 900 pounds, reducing the bounty they
VIII receive to So 500, 600.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-10
Why Some Southern Members
Prefer 1t Should Go North.
THEY WANT CHAIRMANSHIPS.
The Leasing Of Cowicts to Work in the Ten
nessee Mines Unconstitutional.
Senator German on the Force Bili-Raum
Suffering for the Venaiity of His
Son-Secretary Blaine Not
Ready for Work.
Raum and His Critics.

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Oct. "a mistake which
most of the critics of the management of
the pension office make is in assuming that
the president stands in just the same rela-
ton to Commissioner Raum as to some of
the other functionaries of equal rank IN the
government service. and would therefore
feel equally willing to believe all
that is said to his discredit.
This is not the case. Gen. Raum was
largely the presidents own choice for the
commissionership and Harrison is naturally
loath to admit outright that he made mis-
take. Another fact which draws the two
men into more sympathetic relations than
they might otherwise have held, Is that
Il goodly share OF the censure
that has been heaped upon Raum has been
due to the performance of his son, and the
president knows by experience what it IS
to be whipped across the shoulders of a
member of his own family for sins which
he actually did not commit himself. In
Raum'S case, however, the trouble consists
not in his sons mere lack of wit,
but in the constantly accommodating heap
of testimony showing the young mans
venality The commissioner takes refuge
in the fact that thus far all the evidence
has been circumstantial, no witnesses hay
ing come forward with the testimony that
they have actually paid their money into
young Raum's hands. 1t would be well,
however, Tor MN not 10 StreIcn pupllc pa
thence far, as there are other witnesses still
to be heard, who have not yet
been even named in connection
with the scandals, whose testimony
will have to be dragged from them, because
they will keep silence as long as they dare.
Their revelations will be all the more dam
aging on account of being made so re-
luctantly. There is one case, for exam
pie, within the knowledge of several
DprS0nS here OF clerk VINO WAS
transferred from another department to the
interior and the pension office, and who
frankly admitted to his near friends that
he procured the change through the good
offices of young Raum, and got his salary
raised d couple of hundred dollars, also
through the young mans aid. Surely
enough. on the very date when he had pre-
dicted his promotion would take place, it
did, and the figures of his new salary were
inst what he had set them at.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-10
The Force Bill.

Senator German is one OF the ablest, if
not the ablest, of the Democratic leaders.
In a speech opening the campaign in Mary
land, he said. in speaking of the force bill {:
That bill will come again if Harrison is
reelected. Do not mistake the signs of the
times. Massachusetts has Lodge, who in
troduced the bill, as chairman of its Repub-
ican convention: its resolve was for the
force bill. Ohio and every Re
publican state has acted for it.
The Republican party is irrevoca-
bly, committed to it. Their very existence
depends upon it. That question is above
taxes and extravaganza. 1t determines the
question of the continuance of the form Of
government under which we live"
This is absolutely the truth, and those
Democrats who are talking about tariff and
silver law, aud other minor questions of
that kind, should follow the lead of their
most able politician, the man who pre-
vented the passage OF this law in the Fifty
first congress. All other questions are of
but minor Importance.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-10
Mrs. Yancy, a Diamond Snug
gler, Fails to Show Up.
DOING A RUSHING BUSINESS
The Means Of Importing a Million Dollar
Worth of Diamonds Without Duty.
She Has Done the Work for New York Az
Chicago Free Trade Firms-This Time
She Fails to Turn over the jew
els-HOw She Did It,
Special to the Gazette.


NEW YORK, Oct. 9-The police are look.
ing for Mrs. Gancy. who is accused by {
diamond importing firm of Chicago. whoss
name IS not mentioned for obvious reasons,
with making herself scarce with / quantity
OF diamonds belonging to them.
In this particular firm there is con.
sternation on account of the exposure Of
their financial ventures TO defraud Uncle
Sam of his just dues.
With them is implicated a Maiden Lans
firm that was Interested
As agent to carry out this scneme .or I'M.
porting the diamonds ut rs little ex.
peuse as possible they engaged Mrs
Iancy, a New York woman who
Is regarded by the customs officers SIS a
slick one" having eluded their vigilance
AT every Eastern port
She has been examined by female search
ers and every thread of clothes she mao on
carefully searched, yet she managed 10 get
the goods into New York safely.
Mrs. Iancy came to New York in tho
spring OF 1890 accompanied by a Giniuutive
Mongolian attendant, connected % whom
by short gold chain was 4 demure pelican.
Since that time the interesting woman
and the bird have been seen by frequent
passers between Europe and New YorL. on
various steamers. and ii is alleged that be-
tween them about million dollars worth
of diamonds have been imported without
duty.
Last Friday lust before the French
steamer landed the bird was
taken into its mistress state room.
When it was landed it was led from the
steamer looking as if it had been attacked
by violent form of mumps. but il was
overlooked by the customs officers.
The three took carriage at the dock and
while on the way up town the bird was re.
Eeved of its precious mumpS. The humps
consisted of 10000 worth of bright spark
ling diamonds.
These diamonds should have been deliv.
cred to the firm in Maiden Lane to be
shipped to the other free trade firm of dia-
mond merchants in Chicago. Instead,
however, Mrs. Yancy disappeared, and
within twelve hours of her arrival the po
lice of half hundred cities were notified to
look out for her.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-10

dinner, leaving the wagon. team and cotton
on the public square. When w. T. Led
better returned he found his wagon
moved to another place, the cotton gone,
and on tracing it up he ascertained that
Pearls, Stone & Son had purchasedthe
cotton from a person who gave his name as
K. E. Long. W. L. Ledbetter claimed the
cotton and made affidavit against r. E.
Long charging him with theft of the cot
ton. No such man has been found. Tom
Davidson, the man who purchased the cot
ton for Pearls, Stone IL Son. mas made All
davit charging w. T. Lebetter. his brother.
d. G.. Ledbetter, ana their friend, Ii. ].
Mills with a conspiracy to steal the cotton.
Davidson's theory is that r. E. Long is a
creature of the Ledbetters and Mills, and
that it really is an attempt by the three men
named to realize twice on the same lot of
cotton. The responsibility of the parties
concerned makes this very sensational,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-10
TELEGRAPHlC BREvlTIES.

The ice company's house at Waldron. H.
was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss $50
900; insured.
At st. Paul, MINI, the Olympic theatel
burned AT : O'Clock yesterday morning.
Loss. 100000.
Peter Renfro, who was TO be hanged a:
Springfield, Mo-, yesterday, was respited
for sixty days.
At Dalhousie, n. D.. Mobbetts mills, with
5000 600 feet of lumber, burned last night
Loss, S25, ZOO.
The Persian government viii permit the
export of products for the Chicago exposi
ton free of duty.
At Hawkinsville, Ga, fire in the Lone
Star warehouse destroyed 1900 bales OF
cotton. The loss is over $4,000
At Brussels the burgomaster in = publ,
meeting denied that 4 treaty had been con.
Guided between Germany and Belgium.
The plans of the sea island cotton plant
ers to combine to prevent the sale of seed
was deemed impracticable and was aban
doned.
At Indianapolis yesterday two employees
in Seevin & Osteneyer's wholesale grocer,
were crushed in a descending elevator. an,
fatally injured.
The emperor of Germany and the grant
duke Michael of Russia have arrived a.
Stuttgart to attend the funeral Of the lat.
king of Wurtemburg.
Collectors of customs are instructed no
to admit rags from Marseilles, France
unless accompanied by certificate of TIT
United States consul there, in order to keel
out cholera.
At Lansing, Mich. the state Farmers
Alliance adopted the Ocala platform with,
out dissenting voice and declared in favoI
of Independent political action Is defined BY
the Cincinnati conference.
At Shelbyville, Ind, yesterday the eleva.
tor of the Shelby Comet company's factory
fell thirty feet and horribly crushed Joseph
Scott. foreman, Clint Neeiey and II.
TIL aver, fatally injuring them.
At Leavenworth, Kan. Peter Cusick,
navy veteran, and John Williams of Com
pany d, Tenth Kansas infantry, inmates of
the soldiers home, were run over and
killed yesterday by rapid transi: train.
At Nashville, Tenn, yesterday, the re-
form Democratic municipal ticket was
elected over the regular Democratic ticke.
by maiorities of from five hundred to a
thousand. There was no Republican tickle.
in the field.
Serious rioting has occurred forty miles
from Aler, China. Great excitement pre-
walls. A number of officials were killed, but
the riot was quelled. Aler is the seaport Of
Aler island, province Of F'o-Kel, opposite
the island of Formcsa, and contains popu-
lation of 300, 900 people.
At Louisville, KY. Silas Miller, manu-
facturer, and Walter Evans. G lawyer, have
filed suit to test the validity o: the new
constitution which, |: Is charged, was
changed materially after ratification by the
people. The public printer aid the secre-
tary of state were enjeined from issuing
copies.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-10
DESTITUTlON IN MEXICO.
The Lower Glasses in the States of Chi
huahua and Durango on the
Verge of Starving.
Special to the Gazette.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Oct. Cd. P. New
conner, a United States immigrant in
spector has just returned from a visit to
Piedras Negras, Mexico. He states that
he heard many reports during his stay
down on the border concerning the condi-
ton of affairs in the northern part of Mex
leo. That there is great restitution among
the lower classes of MeXicans in the States
of Chihuahua and Durango, there can
be no doubt. There are about
400 people seeking employment
on the railroad extension between
Torreon and Durango. These men and
their families are half starved and in utter
want. The railroad contractors and con-
struction bosses have hard work in standing
off the hungry horde. Those who have been
given work receive from % to 30 cents in
Mexican money ger day. There are hun
dredS of the unfortunates who subsist en-
tirely on the manguay plant The drouth
has, however, been broken, and there are
indications of better times.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-10
Views of Southern congressman.

SpeclaI 10 Inc GdZttlt
WASHINGTON, Oct 9.-The contest for the
speakership is getting very lively. Some
of the Southern members of the house are
inclined to allow the speakership to go
North, so that the experienced Democrats
of the South may secure the chairmanships
of the principal committees. IL is true that
for the first time since the war there are a
few more Democrats from the North than
from the South, but out of the III Northern
Democrats there are not more than two or
three who have any experience in legisla-
tive matters. and who if placed at the head
of committees would be utterly lost. There
is another reason, and that is. in the event
of the speakership going North, the Demo-
Gratis can easily claim the vice-presidency
for the South. and there are two or three
gentlemen in the South who have aspira-
tons that way.