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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
THE HORTON MYSTERY.

The latest discovery in the HORTON
mystery is an important evidence Of
the value of our legal machinery. An
unfortunate man was tried not very
long ago in our district court on the
serious charge of wife murder. The
able prosecuting attorney presented a
strong chain of circumstance and mo-
tive. The domestic relations of HORTON
and his wife had been unhappy, and it
seemed very unreasonable that her
death IN shallow water and in his COM
pany was entirely the result OF accident
Common report has it that the jury
which acquitted him would have pre-
ferred to have brought in a Scotch YER
diet of mot proven" had our system
permitted it, and a great many people in
the community felt that there mad been
regrettabie miscarriage of justice
when he was allowed to go free. The
failure to account for his child was the
most important omission in his defense.
1T was believed that she had been
spirited away and was not dead. Could
the state have produced her alive, it
would have gone hard with the man.
But as long as it was not certain that
she had not been drowned, the jury
gave him the benefit of the doubt. 1t
was possible to presume that ne had
Killed his wife, but no jury of reason
able men would, without the most con-
elusive proof, have been willing to ad-
nit that any father could have muir
dered his own helpless daughter. If
she were dead, too, it was very good
evidence that the death of them both
was due to other agencies than Hon
TONS criminal acts.
The discovery of what is taken to be
the body of MABEL HORTON, If it is
truly hers, lifts from the reputation of
this man the awful suspicion which
promised to hang over him all his life.
1t also shows now valuable it is to have
tribunals of justice with strict regula-
tons, in which the questions of guilt and
innocence can be honestly determined.
Had mob law OF popular caprice decided
this matter, the proofs of HORRORS
crime would have been strong enough 10
have cost him his life. Hundreds of
meE have been lynched on scantier evil
dence than was available against him.
But carefully constituted courts of law
proceed on more reliable methods, and
this modern instance ought to commend
legal machinery to the favorable consid-
Grafton of those who sometimes speak
slightingly Of its accuracy and useful
ness.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
TOUGH DRINKERS.

If recent reports, mainly derived
from the census takers, arr to be cred
tied, the disease of alcoholism is taking
a more virulent form, especially with
certain classes largely found among the
later importations. Alcohol, pure and
undlluted, is being used as a beverage.
The census reports are given as author
ity that in New York fifteen barrels
weekly OF straight, undiSguised alcohol
are used for drinking purposes. The
main consumption. however, is credited
to the Northwest and the coal regions of
Pennsylvania. The practice is said to
have come in with the Poles, Firms.
Hungarians, Russians and some other
varieties. The use in this form is
alleged to be growth of the
past decade, at first a matter of
quiet. secluded indulgence; but of late
class of barrooms sell it openly over
the bars. the same as the usual LIQUORS
A prominent Eastern paper even asserts
that "one-half of all the LIQUOR sold in
the Northwest for drinking purposes is
alcohol" That is an absurd eXaggera-
ton, evidently. The census returns
show that 1894, 1872 proof gallons of al
cehol were manufactured that were not
returned as used in the arts, manufact-
ures ana medicine, and the conclusion
Is that most of it was poured down
human Threats as beverage. If it
the fact that this use of alcohol
was becoming prevalent, like the opium
habit introduced by the Chinese, it
would be cause of alarm. There are
not many stomachs so constituted as to
endure it. The effects would come to
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
VIEWS OF STATE EDITORS.

The great amount of time which is
being spent in the legislature over local
measures emphasizes the necessity of
passing the bill now pending to submit
constitutional amendment prohibiting
this class of laws.-Appleton Press.
There does not seem to be any ardent
mourning over the defeat of the Currier
railroad bill. Even the Alliance was
never enthusiastic over the measure,
and the more conservative members of
that party did not favor it.-Mankato
Free Press.
The house has declined to appropriate
more than $4,000 for the worlds fair
This is. of course, better than nothing,
but it is at least pitiable sum with
which to properly place before the
world, at the greatest exhibition of the
age. the products and resources of the
amount would have been little enough.
Rochester News.
When the eight-hOur law comes up in
general orders in the house, it is under
stood that Mr.. Kendall. of this city, will
present an amendment making it
penal 0ffenSe 10 exact more than eight
hours for days labor on the part of
farm laborerS. Then look out. for the
mad rush of approval of the amendment
which will take place on the part of the
agricultural tateSmen.-Duluth Her
aid.
Manitoba has had a number of men
all through the DakotaS this last winter
trying to persuade settlers to go to that
province this spring. They nave made
a signal failure of their work. The tide
OF emigration has turned toward Red
river valley, where No. hard wheat is
raised in abundance, and where COM
plete failures are unknown. People
will soon be coming in large numbers
to settle up unoceupied lands.-HallOck
News.
The Minnesota senate has recon-
mended that the bill prohibiting act
reSSeS and others from appearing in
tights to pass. Now that the venerable
and sensitive senators have provided
for the proper covering of lower eX-
tremeS on the stage, had they not better
turn their attention to the upper female
extremity, both on and off the stage?
We just pine to hear McHale and Keller
argue the question Tight Stockings VS..
LOw-Necked Dresses. "-Wabasha Her
aid.
1t seems to us that the sentiment of
the legislature in favOring only $4,000
for the worlds fair SavorS of parsmOny
and shOrt-Sightedness. Minnesota is
great state, and her vast resources
should be shown at the exposition in
way that would attract attention. The
state should be properly advertised, and
an investment of 100000 in that coll
nection would be wise one. and would
insure an exhibit which would be
credit to the State.-Swift County Press.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
NEWSPAPER LAW EXTRAORD.
MARY.
New York Worl6

NeN 1Ork w OTIu.
The Minnesota legislature seems dis
posed to undertake the large task of
editing all the newspapers in that state.
The senate has passed bill requiring
that every article, report and paragraph
published in newspaper shall be
signed with full names by everv man
who has had any hand i'll writing or
editing it, and making anonymity
crime.
What most captivates the magma
ton in contemplating a measure of this
kind is the extraordinary appearance its
enforcement would give to Newspaper.
An innocent little three-Hne paragraph
directing the street commissioners at
tentiOn 10 the failure of a con-
from neglected block must be
signed by John Muzzlewalthe John
son Boggs, the man who originally
wrote it at columns length; by Isidor
Montgomery SmithkinS, the CITY editor
who cut it down to half column: by
ErastnS Lafayette de Francois Tod.
John Wesley Sims and De Witt Clinton
Sowerby, who successiyelv boiled it
down, and finally by John Hapgood. the
managing editor. who cut out super
tiuous adjective at the last moment.
A newspaper edited in that fashion
would have all the ravishing interest of
city directory without the dull formal
ity OF Its alphabetical arrangement. But
newspapers are not easily edited bv
statute, as the New York legislature has
found out IN the case of tie electrical
execution law. and we do not expect
sooE To receive our Minnesota exchanges
WITH their columns converted mainly
Unto q Heterogeneous mass Of siglas lures.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Items of Interest.

The plumbers have had several con-
ferences with their employers this
week, and are apparently satisfied with
the result. The eight-hour day and
$3.50 day seems to be a fOregone con-
clusion, The iourneymen plumbers are
so thoroughly organized that their serv-
ices are in great demand, and the con-
ferenceS with employers have been
noticeabiy free from any spirit of hos
tihty or bitterness. After several dis
cuSSions the employers have conceded
about all that the plumbers ask. and the
plumber to-day is one of the best-nat-
ured and most peaceable citizens to be
found III Minneapolis.
The journeymen cOopers have had
reputation for their inability to hold to
any definite form of organization, at
least since the days when cooperation
fiourished. They are now about to
make new record, and leading mem
berS among them claim that they are
about to organize trade union OIL the
latest and most improved lines. At
meeting held in one of the South Min
neapOis shops last Wednesday evening
a temporary organization was effected,
and this will soon be made permanent.
The machine and woodworkers have
made their organization permanent. and
a special committee is making an active
canvass to bring in all the outside men,
bers.
The trade and labor assembly holds
its regular meeting next Friday even
ing. Matters of practical interest to the
building trade will be discussed, and, if
necessary, special action taken to aid
the trades having difficulty in adjusting
affairs with their employers.
The bricklayers are just entering
prosperous season. The nine-hour day
and former rates of wages will prevail.
the bricklayers are not asking any con-
cessions this year.
The eight-hour day and $3.50 per day
affords the plasterers prospects of
pleasant and prosperous season, al
though the enforced idleness during
the winter months detracts much from
the apparent prosperity of this craft.
Several of the stonecutters who have
been travelling or visiting during the
winter have returned. and find indica-
lions of plenty of work for the coming
season.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
A SHOCKING REFORM.

1t may be discouraging to some of the
members of the state senate, but it is
reported to be fact that the fashion
able women of the tony avenues in New
York are INDUCING in the early steps
of dress movement that would not be
legally tolerated in this state if the SEN
ate views become statutes. THIS is
pair of loose, comfortable trousers called
knlckerbockers, worn with a blouse
waist. The most fashionable ladies
wear these now about the house, and
appear at table in them when there are
no strangers present. If a Minnesota
senator called, stylish tea gown
would be thrown over the attire. After
the novelty Of the thing is worn eff they
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
WHAT BECOMES OF FLIES ?

Once upon a time, when the tipSy
RIDDLEBERGER. now dead, wore the
senatorial tOga of the Old Dominion,
and the profound EDMUNDs, now re-
signed, sat for the Green Mountain
state, notable scene was enacted in
the United States senate. For many
hours had the great Vermonter ex
pounded the constitution in a speech OF
rare power, and rehearsed anew. with
unanswerable logic, the eternal princi
piles of civil liberty. At length he fin
ished. and his admiring colleagues
beamed ON him chances of applause.
Then the witty Readiuster rose to
his feet, and. steadying himself
with one hand Oh his desk,
kaid in voice sadly hiccoughy, II rise
50 question of personal privilege"
And when the Somber presiding owl,
with careful observance of parliament
AIRY regularity, gave him permission to
be hoard, he said: 81 desire to inquire
whether the senator from Vermont has
any more chestnuts in his trousers
pockets"
This debate is deServedly famous in
the annals of the great body where it
was waged. But not one whit less i'm
pOrtant and worthy OF remembrance was
the constitutional argument in our own
house of representatives the other even
ing, near the -Four of twelve. The COM
mittee of the whole had taken a recess
to Investigate the prevalence of crime,
because the genial FRANCIS B. CLARKE
had asked them to. And now,
having seen the happy union of
Cinderella and the prince, and
the joyous wedding party. all in
varying degrees and shades of scant
attire, the reformation of society at the
state capitol was resumed close on to mid
night. In the midst of the most solemn
discussion of important motions to ad-
lourn and profound cries for lunch, an
able representative rose, like the up
roarious RIDDLEBERGER, though some
what steadier on his pins, to a question
of personal privilege. And.this was the
conundrum be put to the smiling Lo-
MEN, who sat in the speakers chair:
''What becomes of the flies in the win
ter time?'
Was not this pathetic, and at the same
time important? Some old maids think
that session so spent was time wasted.
But the GLOBE does not agree with
them. Had the house been in a more
earnest mood, it might have passed the
DAVIS usury bill.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
THE SUGAR NATTER.

There is lack of uniformity in the re-
duction by local dealers in sugar since
the removal of the duty. In many
places in the East twenty pounds for a
dollar of granulated sugar is sold, while
others stop at eighteen, as in this sec
ton, and seventeen is quite frequent.
At San Francisco the reduction is less
than cent pound. 1t is expected that
the -HAvEMEYER cOmbina-
ton will regulate the figures little
later, and the prices will gradually
move upward. In the meantime it may
be noted that the duty is tax on the
consumer, and that it will be well to eX-
pertinent IN that way with clothing and
other necesSaries of life. No one will
dare to attempt to replace the duty on
sugar, and the people ought to have the
full benefit of the duty removed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
SUNSHINE LAND.

They came in sight of a lovely shore,
Yellow rs gold in the morning light;
The suns own color at noon it wore
And had faded not at the fall of night:
Clear weather or cloudy-'twas all as one.
The happy hills seemed bathed with the sun ::
Its secret the sailors could not understand.
But they called the country Sunshine Land.
What was the secret? A simple thing
IL will make yuo smile when once YOU
know
Touched by the tender finger of spring.
million blossoms were all a-gIow;
So many, so many, so small and bright
They covered the hills with a mantle of
light;
And the wild bee hummed and the glad
breeze famed
Through the honeyed fields CT Sunshine
Land.
If over the sea we two were bound,
What port, dear child, would we choose for
ours:
We would sail and sail till at last we found
This fairy gold of a million flowers
Yet, daring. we'd find, If at home we stayed
OF many and small joys our pleasures are
made,
More near than we think-very close at
hand
Lie the golden fields of Sunshine Land.
Edith Thomas il New QGk- W Weekly
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
THE STORY OF A DAY.

Chicago suffers from a million dollar fire.
Two hundred railway conductors meet in
Minneapolis.
Gascon is declared out of the American
Derby, Chicago.
St. Louis and Louisville win the American
association games.
The Memphis Derby is exciting much com
ment in horse circles.
Italy seems much excited over Blaine s
failure to answer Rudini's note.
Beginning with Sunday, the Milwaukee
Short line will discontinue ten trains.
Mrs Woodwork, of St. Louis, is reported
driving people insane with religion.
The Mllbank scandal is creating a great
deal of talk in the little South Dakota com
munity.
Sierre Leone Richards is believed to have
borrowed several thousand dollars of Mime
Rpolis business men.
Rev Charles a. Briggs, professor of Bibli-
cal theology IN the Union Theological semi
nary, is charged with heresy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13

fill the various positions around the
senate last January have demonstrated
the wisdom of their selection. To Lieut..
Gov. Ives, as the chief official of the
body. great credit is due, not only for
his courteous and impartial course as
the presiding officer, but also for the
tact ana business ability he has mani
tested in guiding the affairs of the SEN
ate. As presiding officer he has few
equals in the state and no superiors. 1t
is whispered around the capitol that,
should the Republicans go to Southern
Minnesota Tor gubernatorial candidate
in 92, the lieutenant governor would be
the man chosen.
The second official of the senate is the
secretary, Fred n. Van Duzee. Upon
him has devolved the responsibility for
a mass of detail of which no one can
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13

D. ". Ahern, who fills the responsible
position of assistant engroSsing clerk, is
another one of the popular officials of
the senate. He is always ready to help
a senator look up any information he
may desire as to the whereabouts of a
bill. Outside of the work he takes upon
himself in this way Mr.. Ahern has
work that keeps him busy all the time.
The position OF assistant enrolling clerk
is filled by Hamlin V. Poore, of Rem
ing a practical farmer. He has for
some time been prominent in the ALI
ance, and for several years has been the
representative of the Third district on
the executive committee.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13

The tights bill has at least been a
boon to the newspaper paragraphers all
over the country. One issue of the
Kansas City Times has half-dozen
squibs, of which these are samples:
The Greek Slave in petticoats will no
doubt be a feature OF the Minneapolis ex-
position art display in future. The nude in
art must be d:screetly draped i'll Minnesota.
When Venus de Medici wishes to appear in
Minnesota hereafter she will have to clothe
her lower eXtremities in petticoats. Accord
ing to the statute even Grecian drapery will
not go. Venus de Milo is, however all right.
Shakespeare's LAS You Like It. and
Twelfth Night with the principal female
i'll petticoats will not con0uce to produce en-
tire satisfaction in Minnesota under the new
old-maid statute.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13

form an adequate
conception with
out observing his
work for a day or
two, All this Mr..
Van DuZee has
transacted to the
S att S ia C ton of
every Sc t or
upon the floor, and
has made a record
as one of the best
and most accom-
mOdating officials
ever cilOSGu ny
the senate. He is
liked by all his
fellow officials,
which may eX-
plain why all pull
60 xunlI tnmnthnr
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13

If Mr.. CLEVELAND should for any
cause be out of the field as presiden-
tial candidate. the friends of Gov. PAT
TYSON, of Pennsylvania, insist that they
will present man of fine capacity and
an admirable representative of the
Democratic reform sentiment of the
country. There are other men of his
initial that might be named.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13

L duI, WHO lids
from the very be-
ginning III a d e
himself almost
i'll dis penSable.
not only to his
chief, but also to
the senators. His
duties are quite
eXacting, and re-
quire the great
est care and con-
slant attention.
When his serv-
ices are needed
as reading clerk
he fills Secretary
VanDuZee's part
to the satisfac-
ton of all. He
is another officer
of the nreSpnt
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
KNOW THEIR DUTIES.
Sketches of the Men Who Help
the Senate Frame the
Laws.
The President Of the Senate
Guides the Ship With Skill
and Fairness,
While Secretary Van Duzee
and His Assistants Keep
Things Straight.
A Corps Of Officials Who Have
Earned the Praise of Their
Employers.

The session of the senate now so
nearly at an end has passed by very
smoothly. as far as the transaction of its
business is concerned. This. to a con-
siderable extent. is due to the officials
OF the senate. Had they been incompe-
tent men, there would have been trouble
from the beginning. Almost without
exception, the men who were chosen to
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
How 1t Strikes a Republican.

chicago Inter Ocean.
Yesterday the new tariff act went
into effect on sugar. To-day sugar is
cheaper. By this time next week it
may be still cheaper. Everybody knows
that sugar is an article upon which
grocers have made no profit during long
years: it has been a trade ''leader.' -
The Mckinley bill has settled the sugar
question for keeps" as the boys say,
and has settled it favorably to the con-
Sumer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
Also Connecticut's Sad Way.
Pittsburg cnroniele-Telegraph

Plttsburg ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
According to the constitution of Rhode
Island an actual majority must be Oh
tanned by the winning candidate, in
stead of a plurality, which is sufficient
in Pennsylvania and in most other
states. In any other event the election
of state officers passes TO the general
assembly; but it is difficult to see that
there is any advantage in letting the
legislature elect, over permitting a
plurality to choose state officers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13

Harry Gillett, of Dakota county. holds
the position of sergeant-at.a of the
senate, and has cultivated a cat-like
movement that enables him to reach a
laxative visitor without the latter catch
ing on. He is good officer. but he
would find it hard to get along without
the aid OF the assistant sergeant, Ed. J.
Conroy, OF Minneapolis. Mr. Conroy is
young man, but he is one of the active
kind. He is, of course, a staunch
Democrat and power in the politics of
Hennepln. He performs his duties in
manner that has made him solid with
every member of the senate.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
Another Stab at Chicago.

Toledo Commercial
Without the aid of Ohio the worlds
fair would never have been located in
Chicago. Treating Ohio ladies in this
manner is base ingratitude. Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer, in making up the executive
committee of the worlds fair board of
lady managers, deemed it of far more
importance that such states as Rhode
Island and West Virginia should be
honored than that Ohio should receive
recognition on the roll.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13

Outside of these, the most important
Offices, r. I'll. McGhee performs the du-
ties of postmaster, while John Brown
and George Gregorson attend to the
doors. The cloak room is kept in order
by A: .. Styve, of Freeborn county,
and John Schaefer, of Stearns. holds
the position of sergeant-at-armS of the
committee rooms. The file keepers are
two lively lads, Ned Blaisdell and Ed
ward Newell, both of st. Paul.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
Science of Koch's Lymph.

Baltimore American.
The assertion that Koch's lymph is
more valuable from a scientific than
from practical standpoint is remark
able one to come from thinking men. To
say that thing is scientifically valu-
able, but practically useless, is a fiat
contradiction in terms. What is the end
and aim of science, if not practical re-
suits for the benefit of mankind?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13

or the senate to
the satisfaction
of all. Mr.. Graves
is one of those
careful, methodi-
cal men w h o
never make mis-
takes, because
they scan their
pOsiti O n S t 90
closely at every
turn. AL w a y S
ready to assist in
case of difficulty,
and a most cour-
teous and Oblig-
ing gentleman,
NJ HN
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13

INTEREST questions in other legis-
latures than that of Minnesota have
made politicians nervous. In the New
York house bill to reduce the legal
rate of interest to 5 per cent caused fl
Republicans to dodge, while Is voted
for and against it. OF the Democrats,
So were for it and IA were absent. 1t
was evidently dangerous to vote against