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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-11

the great crowds looked upon the work
of destruction. The flames were kept
from working their way down below the
eighth story. The volume of water that
had to be poured into the building to
eject this was immense, two water
towers with their tremendous avalanche
of water being poured into the building
at the same time. To avoid dangerous
back draft' force of men were sent
up fifty foot ladder, extending from
the roof OF the school house at the rear
OF Leggett q Co.'s, and when the men
had gained the lofty roof they cut hole
twenty-five feet square that made a vent
for the smoke and gas that had been ac-
cumu ating. They were driven back by
the smoke and flames. At 500 p. m.
the tower manSard roof and coping and
stone pillars which formed part of the
southeast portion of the building fell
with crash onto the elevated structure
and the street. The firemen who were
playing on the fire from that point of
vantage, at one time appeared doomed.
But they had fortunately seen the dan
ger that threatened them and fed not a
moment too soon. The elevated struct-
ure was not injured so as to prevent
the running of trains. The estimate of
the loss is given by member of the
firm. He said the top floor was occupied
by machinery used in the manufacture
OF the various products made by the
firm. The eighth floor is occupied with
flour and other cereals. The seventh
floor was occupied by tea and coffee.
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SUFFRAGE MEETINGS.
Many of Them Held Throughout
Belgium.

LONDON, May 0.-Thirty-eight suf-
frage meetings were held to-day in
Brussels and other cities in Belgium.
and the attendance numbered hundreds
of thousands. Many of the speeches
made were of the most violent charac-
ter, the speakers urging that the work
ing people must at all hazards assert
their right to a share in the government.
The upper classes were warned that their
oligarchy was approaching a close, and
that nothing short of universal suffrage,
promptly granted, would be likely to
avert a revolution. A socialist orator
in Brussels asserted that the day was
not far distant when royalty would be
brought down as it had been brought
down by the French revolution. In
Antwerp, Client, Leige and CharleroiX,
as we'll as Brussels, the garrisons were
kept ready for instant service, and the
police were re-enforced by gendarE:es.
The miners assembled as on May day,
bat without any serious exhibition of
violence.
The utmost anxiety is felt by the au-
thOrlties as to the future, and it is SAID
that both king and cabinet favor ample
concession ON the suffrage issue as a
means of placating the working classes.
The majority of parliament is, however.
still stubbornly opposed to the sur
render of the powers and privileges
which the upper orders in Belgium have
possessed exclusively, and the farthest
they are willing to go is to place the
suffrage within reach of the lesser tax
payers, still excluding the vast majority
of the workingmen. In England and
Germany the situation is viewed with
equal anxiety, as it is felt that the agita-
tion is favorable to France, and that the
socialist element would rise en- masse in
behalf of France in event of war.
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GOT LITTLE DOODLE
Because Of the Shrewdness of the
Messenger.

bCCauSC Ol the SnfeWOucSS Oh Tie
Messenger.
GUTHRIE, o. T., May 10.-The skill
wit. which the WellS-Fargo express car
of the Santa Fe train was robbed last
night was only eXcelled by the skill
with which the messenger guarded the
property in his charge. When the rob-
bers boarded the train at Wharton the
messenger was looking out the door, of his
car, and, seeing what was going on, I'M
mediately closed and locked his doors,
and then commenced to hide the money
and valuables in his keeping in places
of safety where they would escape de-
lection by the robbers. While the
bandits were detaching the engine
and express car from the rest OF the
train and were running it to the
place where the robbery occurred, two
miles distant, the messenger disposed
of most of the valuables in places of
safety. Then he locked the safe.
When the robbers appeared at the door
he made show Of resistance, but fin
ally admitted them. They Immediately
made for the safe and demanded that it
be opened. With feigned reluctance
the messenger opened it. and at the
command OF the leader handed out the
contents, among which was a package
of worthless papers, which he told the
robbers was valuable package Of
money. The most of the money had
been hidden in the stove, which was not
b9ing used. In the search the robbers
overlooked that hiding place, but
stumbled on package of $500, but find
ing nothing else of value, they mad
their escape. A large force of deputy
United States marshals was organized
at Guthrie last night as soon as the news
of the robbery had been received, and
a pursuit of the robbers was immedi-
ateIy begun.
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Forest Fires Are Doing Tre-
mendous Damage in the
Peninsular State.
Several Villages Wiped Out
by the Unsuitable Fire
Fiend.
The Oil Fields Of PennsyIva-
MIA Also Ravaged by a
Confiagration.
Large Quantities Of Machin-
cry Destroyed, and VIII
lagos in Danger.

DETROIT, May 10.-Each additional
report from the region Of the forest fires
shows that the damage, instead of be-
ing exaggerated, has been under-esti-
mated. Morley. Mecosta county, tele-
graphed to-day that Altoona, small
village ten miles from there, was in
ashes. Big Rapid, Mecosta county, re-
ports that fires are raging in sew
eral places in the county. A report
from Bear Lake, small settlement in
the northern part of the county, states
that several houses were set on fire by
sparks blowing in from the forest, fully
half mile away, and the people were
driven into the lake for shelter. Harri-
son, the capital of Clare county, has
had twenty-four hours of imminent
danger, and summoned help from
Clare and other villages. Clinton, a
small station on the Toledo, Anu Arbor
q North Michigan railroad, was wiped
out yesterday afternoon. Wagner &
Pierce had 100000 feet of logs and
Hyde Bros. 100000 feet burned.
Farwel was burned yesterday, with
all the houses In the settlement.
LUD1NGToN, Mich, May 10.-Walker-
vile, small town in Ocean county, the
terminus of Buffers and Peters log
ging camp, was almost totally destroyed
by forest fires yesterday afternoon. The
hotel, stores, livery barn, saloons, black
smith shops, and all but few dwell
ingS, went up in smoke. Five hundred
thousand hardwood logs also burned.
Fires are raging in the woods over the
country and doing incalculable damage.
Kit Fingers mill at Freesoil was also
destroyed by forest fires.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May 10.-The
Chicago & West Michigan station at
Shields, near White Cloud, was de-
stroyed by forest fires yesterday after
noon. Eighteen Chicago & West Mich
igan freight cars were burned at Lilley
Junction. At Bightley, on the Chicago
u West Michigan, 100000 feet of logs
owned by Dunshern, Bolinder & Co., of
Muskegon, were destroyed yesterday
afternoon.
MARQUETTE, Mich, May 10.-The
rain of Saturday practically extin-
guished all forest fires south of Port
age lake, in the upper penin-
sula. In Houghton county the fire
ran through large tract of pine to-
day, burning out several logging camps.
Several hundred cords of wood and
part of a railway trestle near the Osce-
ola stamp mills were destroyed. All
fires in HoughtOn county are reported
out tonight.
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ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
The Gar Issues a Ukase in Re.
gard to Them.


LONDON, May lO.-The car has is
sued ukasc effecting a most important
social reform. Hereafter all iIlegiti-
mate children of Christians become
legitimate upon the marriage of their
parents, on condition of proper an
nonneement made by the latter to the
judicial authorities. Even in eases
Where marriage is arnulled or de-
ciafed TO have been illegal the children
are TO nave all the rights of legitimate
OlSprlng. The decree affects a vast
multitude of children in Russia, where
lllegltlmacy has been extremely COM
mon. The imperial family is, OF course.
exempted from it. A plausible state
meht has been published defending on n
mover ground Russian persecution OF
the Jews. 1t Is To the effect that at the
rate OF increase OF Jewish families COM
pared with the increase of the Russians
proper, the empire, in the course of
tew generations, would be mainly Jew
lsll, and the orthodox subjects
OF the car would be in
hopeless minority. a St. Petersburg
letter says that officials are taking
the most absurd excuses everywhere for
Inc persecution of the Jews. One of the
reports started at kieff was that there
mad been a mysterious disappearance Of
several Russian children, and that the
children were kidnapped by the Jews
Tor purposes of sacrifice. 1t was even
alleged that the calcined bones of a VIC
tim had been found. The stories were
readily believed by the more ignorant,
and mad much to do with the cruel treat
ment of emigrant Jews by the populace,
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Farmers in the Suds.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 10.-The
farmer members of the legislature are
preparing to fight the proposed final ad-
jOurnment June IL. All their favorite
measures are too low on the calen-
dar to be reached by that date.
1t is alleged that this is the fault of the
farmers themselves, their caucus meet
ings having been characterized more
by vehement declarations than
decisive action, with the re-
suit that the agricultural element
has almost wholly failed to act as unit
on momentous occasions. Tie only
hope appears to be for the bill to re-
duce the maximum rate of interest, but
even in this case the limit will appar-
emily be compromise on per cent in
stead of the much desired per cent.
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GONE TO DENVER.
Graves Will Try to Explain the
Bottle Mystery.

Bottle Mystery.
New YORK, May 1O.-A dispatch from
Providence says that the news of DR..
Graves departure for Denver created
much surprise when 1t was read here
this morning. Many are the surmises
as to what led him to make the journey,
and many the coniectures as to the re-
suit of his visit. DIR. Graves has gone
to Denver to tell what he knows about
the mysterious bottle. He thinks that
he has gone of his own vOlition and
that he is not under surveillance. He
is mistaken. 1t was Hobson's choice,
and he went to Denver apparently
free man, but every step ne takes, every
mile he rides, every waking and sleep
ing hour will find silent watcher near
him. Had he not gone as he
did, he would in a few days have trav-
eled under much different circum-
stances. A correspondent is in receipt
of information from the inner circle
this morning that the Pinkerton men
have completely covered the Boston
end of the Barnaby case to nicely.
They know by whom and when that bot
tie was mailed to Denver. They have
fixed this fact so securely that DR..
Graves will be astonished when he hears
what the detectives have to say. Will
DR.. Graves return to Providence?
From what is said now-and it comes
from good authority-the chances are
that he will not return in hurry. The
doctor has been cunningly lured on to
ia City admit that he sent the bottle, and
that when it was mailed it was filled
with pure and harmless whisky. He
has, so it Is asserted, taken this as a
cue and gone to Denver to tell
that story. When he tells this
to the coroner's jury, then the
Pinkerton story will be told. Then look
for something tc tumble. 1t is declared
here to-day that when DR.. Graves lands
in Denver he will practically be under
arrest. This comes from one who has
been IN close connection with the Con-
RAIDS and the detectives ali the time.
One of the most surprised men will be
DR.. Graves when he sees a gentleman
weighing about 200 pounds, who will,
when he takes the witness stand, an
swer to the name of Ormento S. Hans
com. DR.. Graves met the gentleman
several times this and last week at the
Barnaby mansion, and was introduced
| to him as Charles Conrad, a brother of
John Fl. Conrad. To the supposed
| Charles Conrad he talked quite freely,
| and is said to have given many valuable
| pointers, such as detectives hunt for.
Brother Conrad will reach Denver at
| the same time that DR.. Graves does, al
| though he left here twelve hours
| later than the doctor. and he will regis
| ter at the hotel as Inspector Hanscom.
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A ROYAL PLUNGER.
The Prince Of Wales Up to
His Ears in Debt
Again.
His Liabilities Said to Run
Up to a Million and
a Half.
An Attempt Being Made to
Force the Queen to Help
Him Out.
Thirty-Eight Suffrage Meet
ingS Held in Brussels and
Elsewhere.

LONDON, May 10--Society has teen
convulsed this week by stories of the
insolvency of the Prince of Wales.
The statement accompanying this an
nouncement the prince has been gradu-
ally overwhelmed by his debts is mis-
leading. The correct figures OF his liza
bllities are about Sl,500.00O, of which
three-fourths have resulted from heavy
play and betting transactions. During
the last seven months the princes
fate bas been the same as that of
all other unlucky gamblers. He met
with some heavy losses on the turf and
at the table last autumn. At that time
his friendship with Baron Hirsch had
raised the resentment of the Roths-
childs. 1t is we'll known that the
princes intimacy with the moneyed
"big wigs" has not, on his side, been
wholly disinterested. Several times dur
ing the last five years they have made
up purse for him which has eXtricated
him from financial quagmlre. When
he advanced the Baron Hrsch to the
position of first favOrite, supplies from
the other sources were withdrawn, and
though Baron Hirsch has been ready to
pay for royal patronage, even he could
not be expected to make up for the
closing of all the other sources of pc
cuniary aid. The result was that the
prince plunged more heavily in the
hope of recouping himself. but the
more he plunged the worse his position
became. The disclosures now made
have been kept off by various devices
for some time. The prince has applied
for help fruitlessly several times to the
queen, and the publication of the facts
concerning his financial position is a last
effort to force the queen to aid MIN. 1t
is believed that the queen must come to
his assistance, for fond as she is of her
money bags her pride could scarcely
stomach the spectacle Of the heir appar-
ent compounding with his creditors. 1t
has been suggested, as a further indi-
rect threat to her majesty, that an appli-
cation may be made to parliament for a
special grant, for it is notorious that if
such demand were made parliament
would reject it with Indignation.
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PoRTUGAL's CRISIS.
Money Very Hard to Get in This
Country.

LISBON, May 1o.-The Lusitano bank
of this city, which on Friday was re-
ported to be in difficulty, has long been
known to be in a doubtful condl-
ton. The bank did highly specu-
latiye business in underwriting loans.
1t is probable that the failure of recent
government loans sapped its re-
sources. The government has declined
to allow the bank delay of six
months to liquidate, but has referred it
the tribunal of justice. 1t is
estimated that silver to the value of
81, 10000 was withdrawn from Lisbon
banks on Friday and Saturday. One
individual, nobleman, withdrew S125,-
600. the whole of which was given to
him in silver coin, to the amuse-
ment of the onlookers. Troops kept
order at the bank. AT the leading banks
bills were readily discounted at Z to
~ per cent. The crisis is due to the
bad political and financial situation
of the government, causing dis
trust to enhance. The fall of exchange
on Brazil and the fears of a revolution
in Portugal have locked up capital,
paralyzed trade, caused a labor clisis,
and opened markets to German compe-
tition. Unless means be found to un-
lock capital the results will be serious.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-11
1T ISN'T A TREATY,
But Will Do Until We Succeed in
Getting One.


MADRID, May 10.-Gen. John w. Fos-
ter, the American reciprocity envoy,
having failed in his negotiations for
general treaty between Spain and the
United States, suggested secret treaty,
which also failed to meet the spproyal
of the Spanish ministry. He therefore
agreed to conclude a simple convention
on the basis O'Donnell proposed for
treaty. This convention necessarily
comprises double tariff-the first CON-
mencing on July l and enduring till the
Spanish treaties with other powers are
announced in July, 1892, when the sec
ond comes into operation. The con-
VentiOn provides for the free entry into
the United States of sugar, honey cocoa,
coffee and skins, West Indies tobacco
and iron ore. paying the duty exacted
by the new United States tariff. In eX-
change Spain colonies In the West In
dies are to receive American coal. ice,
wood, boots, shoes, fresh and salt meats
and fish either free or under small duty:
while butter is entirely exempt and
the duty on -four is reduced from $3.50
to $3.50 per barrel, with the same re-
duction on corn; the tariff on dry goods
and husbandry machinery will afford
the United States no material advantage
till 1892, because any privileges ac-
corded will be granted Great Britain,
France, Germany and Belgium, thus in
juring Americas future interests.
Competent authorities calculate that
Cuba will suffer reduction in customs
receipts of S500,000 monthly under the
convention.
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ESCAPED WITH BAIT,
But Several of the Leaders Are
Now Under Arrest.

But Several of the Leaders Are
Now Under Arrest.
HALIFAX, n. S., May 10.-The latest
advices about affairs at Fortune Bay, n.
F., are to the effect that more than
eighty schooners had escaped with bait
to st. Pierre. The crews of these
schooners disposed of their bait all
right, but the trouble was how thev
could get home and escape the law.
After much deliberatiOn in st. Pierre
thirty-fve of them determined to risk
it, and accordingly put out
for home. They we're accompanied
by twenty more schooners, which were
not IN the bait traffic. but whose crews
SympathiZed with them. The Tiona.
Lady Glover and Favorite helplessly
followed, the men on board the schoon-
ers threatening to fire if they were in
terfered with. The fleet got into st.
jacques at O'Clock in the evening, and
the SmugglerS soon ascertained the
strength of the bait production as rep
resented OF the crews. They landed
with the determination of defying.
The men gathered together in an
Irregular squad, expecting the officers
OF the Ilona and the Lady Glover
to make the first move, but the latter.
having instructions of reinforcementS
by the steamer Conscript, renamed
passive. The men cannot realize what
move was contemplated, and would
pr0bably have proceeded to riotng as
relief to the state of affairs, when the
Conscript arrived on the scene. They
saw that they had Overwhelming num-
bers TO contend with, and after some
parley they gave in. Thlrty-fye men
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IN THE OIL FIELDS.
Pennsylvania Also Gets a Vista
tiOn of Fire,

KANE, Pa. May 10.-Since o'clock
this afternoon destructive forest fire
has been eating it's way through the
Kane oil fields, destroying the best
part of the northern half of the
producing territory. G. W. Schofeld &
Koester's property on lot 1856 is entirely
consumed. Settheimer 81 Co., on the
Brown lease, lose sixteen rigs. Ty O.
thirds of j. p. Cappeau lease. owned by
Preston and others, is in ashes. AT
this hour Q1:40 p. n.y. the fire continues
with unabated fury, advancing north
eaSterly on lots 3S5, 3S4, 420 and 421.
Another furious fire is advancing on POr-
ter Pump station from south and north
west. Hundreds of men are in different
parts of the field, fighting the fire. A
high wind makes their efforts futile.
The village of West Kane is threatened
with destruction.
BUFFALO, n. Y, May 10.-Advices
received tonight from Heating Summit.
Pa. state that the most disastrous forest
fires known for fifty years are rag
ing within short distance of
Austin, in the immense timber tract
of f. G. and Nj. w. Goodyear, of this city.
The fire war discovered this morning.
Thirty million feet of lumber and thirty
Gurus VI DdIK were DuEll0Q WlIHlD ten
miles of the railroad track. Telegraph
and telephone service is badly crippled,
and it will be impossible to get details
until tomorrow.
On. CITY, Pa, Nav 1O.-Four gas
wells, several tanks, and about five
square miles of forest fire have, up to
this evening, been burned by forest
fires, which started Friday morning be-
tween Coal Hill and President, and
broke out afresh to-day, covering three
square miles this afternoon Gangs of
men from the surrounding counties
have been sent to fight the fire. No es-
innate of the loss can yet even be
made.
r CLEARFIELD, Pa, May 1O.-A large
portion of this county is being swept by
forest fires, and lumbermen have suf-
fered great loss. as the newly peeled
hemblock burned like matches. Humid
dreds of cords of posts has also been
destroyed. This place tonight is filled
with smoke, so heavy objects can
scarcely be seen. The town of Cur
wensville, with 5000 population, is
threatened. and 800 men here are in
readiness to go to their relief.
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Grand Ranids Walked.

GRAND RAPIDS, May 1O.-Everybody
in this city walked to-day as result of
a street car strike, which tied up every
line in the city. The main cause of the
strike was an order compelling the men
to sign an Iron-clad contract by which
they agree to work ten hours a dav or
more, and also be responsible for dam
ages to the property of the company or
injury to patrons resulting from acci-
dents. The company will probably at
tempt to run cars with non-union men
tomorrow, in which event trouble is
expected, as the strikers have the sup
port of the tifty-tiye labor unions of the
citV.
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Chased Rirer.

BRUSSELS, May 10.-Many arrests
have been made for intimidation in
Liege and Charleroi, and domiciiary
searches have resulted in the discovery
Of quantity OF explosives. Gendarmes
arrested three men in the Ougree forest,
near Liege, to-day while they were busy
charging bomb with dynamite. An
other man belonging to the party was
chased by the gendarmes until he
jumped into the river Meuse and was
drowned.
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MOSCOW, May lO.-The decree sus-
pending the expulsion of the Jews all
lows a years grace TO Jews who do not
own real property and two years. grace
to those who do own real property. As
the suspension of the expulsion decree
Is not likely 10 have any perceptible
effect upon the business inconvenieuces
attending the explosions. it is believed
that the suspension is merely the fore
runner of the resembling of the eXpuk
sion decree.
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By Poison and Lead.

DENVER. Col, May 1O.-David j.
Miles, private Of Company c. Seventh
regiment United States, suicided at
Fort Logan to-day. He had been drink
ing hard for four or five days, and was
feeling unwell and went to the hospital
for some medicine. While there he at
tackled two officers with big pair of
shears and ran them out of the hospital.
After this he went to a medicine case
and, taking bottle of carbolic acid, he
swallowed the contents, and then walk
ing to his headquarters, took up a rifle
and shot himself. dying shortly after
ward