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St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
THE G ALLOWS.
When the First Hanging Occurred
in Washington City.

Washington Star.
The adage that ''hiStory repeats itself"
finds veriticatiOn in the Schneider trag-
edy. The doom that has been pro-
nounced on Scnneideris the dismal echo
of the first execution in Washington,
away back in the infancy of the nations
capital, where the criminal paid the
penalty for a crime similar in many
ways to Schneider'S-the crime of wife
murder.
In those early days. about 1908, when
Washington was a city in name only,
crime was of a miIder character than
now; so it was with feelings of pro-
fOundeSt horror that the inhabitants
learned that McGirk's wife was dead,
and by her husbands hand.
McGirk was respectable bricklayer,
save when ''in his cups" living with
his young wife on T, between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets northwest. Re-
turning home one night he seized his
wife, who was i'll no condition to bear
such treatment, and in drunken frenzy
beat her brutally. Soon after Mrs. Nc
Girk died, and McGirk was committed
to Jail on the charge of the murder of
his wife and child, and after jury
rial was condemned to be hanged.
At the foot of Capitol hill, between
Pennsylvania and Maryland avenues,
a rude gailOwS was erected in full sight
of the populace, so that the fate of the
murderer might be warning to any
one disposed to follow the example of
crime. On the day appointed for the
execution of the sentence the pris-
Oner, accompanied by Father Young, was
placed in an open cart and, surrounded
10y strong guard and followed by a
mob of screaming. hooting men, women
and children, conveyed to the place of
punishment.
Standing on the platform, just under
the moose, which was soon to end his
earthly career, McGirk Intimated
that he wished TO speak. Per-
mission being given, with one
look at the throng of eager, angry faces
stretching away on either side, he ex-
claimed: when a mans character is
gone his life IS gone" Before any one
could guess his purpose, he spra ng up
toward the moose and succeeded in pull
ing it over his head. Without waiting
for Jack Ketch'' to affiX the cap Nc
GirK sprang off the platform. Father
Young shouted: Don't take your life,
McGirk. :"
Jack Ketch tried to pull the man back
upon the scatfOld, and succeeded so far
as his feet were concerned, but with a
violent twist the desperate man again
jumped Off. Some one below had pres
ence of mind enough to cut the string
which held the drop, and it fell. With
one last conyulSiVe gasp McGirk's soul
took its flight.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
New York Produce,

NEW YORK, June 9.-Fiour-Receipts 27,-
367 pkgs; exports, 1898 bbls, 1O,s40 sacks;
less aceiye, closing weak; sales $4,000 bbls.
Wheat-Receipts, 214900O bu; exports, 2s7,-
900 pu; sales, 100000 bu futures. $4,000 bu
spot; spot market unsettled variable options,
closing easy; No. 2 red, 9SI2@99s4c afioat,
974c@SlC212 o. b. No; red, 9-ssc; ungraded
No. / hard. 95ss095a4c; No. 2 northern,
96ssc; No. . Chicago, ,9I09ll2c; options
opened firm closed barely steady; No. 2 red,
june 997S@919Sc, closing at 91Ac; July,
g:993asc., closing at esse; August 9sS4
@93i2e, closing at 93c; September, 93l8@94c;
closing at 95sBc december. 96096 7-16c. closing
at 964c; May, 1S93 Sl.00lsGo1 .00sB, closing at
Sl.00ss. Rye easier, dull; Western, 9i09Sc.
Barley malt dull. Corn-Reeeipts, 55, 900
bu; exports 18,e00 bu; sales, 155.00) Du fut-
ures, $4,000 bu spot; spot unsettled, closed
firmer; No. 2. .5S@5S4c elevator. 59060c
afloat: ungraded mixed 56@61c; options
opened higher, closed weak; June, 55s4e.
closing al 5Sc; July. 55l2c. closing at 557Bc;
August, 54la@55lsc., closing at 5i7sc; Sep
tember, 54la055c, closing at 5es4c. Oats
Receipts, 1900 bu; exports, 952 bu; sales,
26.o0O bu futures, $1,000 bu spot; spot
lar, lar quiet; June, 57lsc;; July, 37A@8lsc,
closing at SIC; No. 2 white, spot, 46a4sc;
mixed Western, 36l2@39lac: white Western,
45@5Oc. Hay quiet, easy. Hops quiet. steady.
steady; sales. 1s 000 bags including: June,
12156f2. zoe; July, 12@12. Csc; August, 1850
12c; September 11.95012.O5c; December, Il
OH O5c; January 11.95c: February. 1L95c;
spot Rio dull, steady; No. Z, 13(9137sc. Sugar
Raw quiet; refined firm. fair demand. Mo-
lasses Foreign dull; New Orleans quiet,
steady. Rice firm, fair demand. Cottonseed
oil firm; crude, SOC asked; yellow. 52@3212c.
Tallow steady. Turpentine quiet steady.
Eggs quiet. barely steady; Western prime, 16l4
@l6l2c; do poor. l5s40l6c; receipts, 200 pkgs,
Pork STEADY; cut meats firm; middies, &c.
Lard stronger, quiet; Western steam closed
at S6.65; sales, II, 500 ties. S662I2 option sales.
1000 ties; June, 1864; July, S6.67, closed
S6.66 bid: August S6.73. closed S6.77la bid;
Septem Der, 50. go closed $3.50 bid. Butter
Fair demand Cheese-Firm, active, easier.
Pig iron steady. Copper dull. Lead quiet;
domestic, S4.15@4.2O. Tin steady; straight.
S11 SSGof on
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
SOME ONE UNL0ADED
Free Offerings at Chicago
Caused q Very Perceptible
Decline.
Light Demand by Shorts and
Weaker Cables Aided
the Drop.
Provisions Alone Failed to
Join in the Downward
Movement.
No Decided Tendency in
Either Direction on New
York Exchange.

CHICAGO. June 9.-Wheat fluctuated less
violently today than it did yesterday. and
closed somewhat lower. The opening price
was about ia@ssc lower than yesterdays
final figures, on rather favorable receipts
from the winter wheat belt, but there was
free offerings, and 1t became evident that
some one was unloading and caused de-
cline of llsc.- She weakness was added TO
by the fact that the demand from shorts was
light and that cables were generally weaker.
AT the decline, however better demand
sprung up and a rally of t2c followed. but
weakness set in. aud the close was about SEC
lower than yesterdays close.
Corn was also generally weaker. with dull
market after the first hour of the session,
With June relatively weaker than the other
deliveries. The market opened ssc on cloudy
weather here but declined 1lsc when the sun
again shone on the fertile city pavements
Later there was rally of l2c, decline of
14c ana narrow fluctuations thereafter. with
the close l4c lower for July and l2@45c lower
for June.
Oats were dul! and rather steady, closing
slightly lower
Provisions opened strong on light run of
hogs at the yards, weakened with grains fol-
lowed their fluctuations thereafter, and closed
with fair gains in value.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
KISSING CAMPAIGNS.
Oscillation a Popular Feature of
Canyasses in Missouri.

Alabama no more invented the guber-
material kissing contest. as has been
claimed. than Baby Mckee invented
mud pies. 1t is impossible to say when
and by whom these contests were
inaugurated, but they were pop
ular in Missouri nearly twenty
years ago. In 1874, when old Farmer
Gentry was the candidate Oh the Tad
pole ticket against c. ii. Hardin, the
regular Democratic candidate, he made
in his bluff, hearty, old-fashioned way.
: Gov Hardin was not0riOuSly reserved
and cold man. and it is altogether likely
that he would have suffered defeat had
it not been for the 'yaller-dog" tenacity
of the old guard. and for the fact that
Farmer Gentry was too discriminating
with his kisses.
In hcnoring only young and pretty
women he made the other women angry,
and their wrath was so active and effi-
caciouS that in spite of the elOQuence of
Carl Schurz the old gentle man was
showed under by most depressing
majority.
In 1876 the campaign in Missouri
turned Oh incidents of steamboat travel
and other narrowing recitalS. and was
altogether too unpleasant and too gross
ly personal to recall. But in 1880, two
of the most fascinating men i'll the state
were pitted against each other, L. L.
Crittenden and D. p. Dyer. MIR. Crit
tenden started the campai gn aggresS-
lively by kissing the ladies filially, fra
ternally or paternally, as the case might
be. Mir. Dyer followed suit. and the
contest of grace and abandon was
clearly a tie. Then Mr.. Crittenden
stole march on his unSuSpecting OPP
ponent: he began on the babies.
No baby of any qualified voter in the
state of Missouri escaped the pressure
of Mr.. Crittenden's lips, or Il delicate
tribute to it's fine features and symmet-
rical body. The effect of this movement
was tremendous. Mr.. Dyer was cam
pagning in the back districts. and did
not hear of his adcerSarv'S brilliant
stratagem for nearly two weeks. He
hastily adopted the same line of attack,
but it was too late, for the idea was as
good as patented. Mr.. Crittenden went
right along kissing babies up to within
one hour of the closing Of the polls, and
when he desisted he had been elected
to the governorslip by the largest ma
jority ever cast in the State-54, ,034
votes.
These incidents are merely revived to
show that Kissing governor is no nov
city. Kissing ones self into office has
been common custom in England for
years; but it has probably reached the
p perfection of art in Missouri, and in the
person of Past Grand Master Critten
den. The Alabama way is modified
copy of the Miss ourl custom.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
EXTINCT CATS AND DOGS.
Curious Feline and Canine Great
ures That Formerly Existed.

Curious Feline and Canine Great
ures That Formerly Existed.
Washington Star.
There used to be cats in North
America 100000 years ago." SAID pa
leOntOlogist. ''Great carniverous Great
ures of the feline tribe roamed over
this country then in enormous numbers.
They are all extinct. and have left only
their bones behind to tell the story of
how they lived and what they fed upon.
'One often reads of the art by which
the naturalist is able to restore the
eletOn of an animal from a single
bone, and III fact good many mistakes
have been made through oYer-confi-
dence on the part of learned gentlemen
in constructing fossils by theory from
insufficient material. But there is no
possibility of piStaking the testimony
afforded by the teeth. They tell all
about the manner of existence led by
their former owner, giving accurately
the habits, diet and approximate age of
the beast.
Thus it is very fortunate that teeth
last longer than any other objects of
nature. At this day sre found in per-
feet state of preservation the molarS
ard inciSorS which were used to chew
with by the mighty reptiles of millions
of years ago. 1t is from his dentitlOn
that science declares man TO be carniv-
OrOuS only by habit and not by nature.
| spoke of that the other day
to a young man ia search of in
formation. who replied impOlitely:
SO is a hen.' When l asked him
what he meant by that he said that the
dentition of a hen would certainly not
indicate that 1t was carnivorOus by
nature, and yet it evidently was SO,
judging from its addiction to worms
and preferences for flesh in general.
However, as l was going to remark.
the piercing and cutting teeth of these
eats of long ago are the most perfectly
adapted instruments for cutting -pur-
poses that ever were seen. being uue
qualed by any manufactured tools for
such uses"
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
WHEAT MoyFM ENF.

Other Grains-No. winter wheat, l car;
No. corn, 10 cars; No. 8, 40 cars; No. 4.S.cars;
no grade, 5 cars: No. 2 oats, 3 cars: No. 3. Is
cars; No. white oats. l car; no grade >
cars; No. barley, l car; No. 5, l car; no
grade, car; No. l fax, cars; rejected,
cars.
Inspected Out-No. hard, % cars: No.
northern, 90 cars: No. 2, 16 cars; 10. g. car; ;
rejected, 10 cars; no grade. "a cars; No. B
corn, 16 cars; no grade, / car; No. 2 oats, 2
cars; No. 3 barley. car; No. fax, 2 cars.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Receipts-Wheat, 252,34O bu; corn 26 1876
bu; oats. 40, 10 bu: barley. $50 bu; fiaxseed,
$500 bu flour, $50 bbls; hay, Is tons; fruit,
1S4,S00 lbs; merchandise 1,715,530 lbs; lum-
Der, % carS posts and pling, II cars; barrel
stock, cars; machinery, IL, 100 lbs; coal, 1856
tons; wood, 35 cords; brick. $1,000; lime, o
cars; cement $50 bbls ties. u cars; stone
and marble, car; live stock, 3 cars: dressed
meats, 1872 40 lbs; hides and pelts q, so lbs;
wool, 1000 lbs; sundries, 13 cars; total car
lots, 627 cars.
Shipments-Wheat79. 79. $50 bu; corn, %, $50
bu; oats, II, 800 bu; barley 2,640 bu: fiaxseed,
LOO blu; -four 81 245 bbls; milstuff, 95i tons;
hay, % tons; merchandise, 1.426.5l0 lbs;
lumber, 90 cars; machinery, $50, go lbs; coal,
IS tons; stone aud marble, 3 ears; wool. II, 100
lbs sundries. 22 cars: total car lots, T74 cars.
Flour Shipments-C., NJ. & St p, ,7S6 bbls;
Omaha, 6,S79 bbls; st. Louis, $50 bblS: Wis
consin Central, 125 bbls; NJ. d M, LILO bbls;
ST. P d d. 1855 bbls; X. c., 5, 7l0 bbls; c., B.
d. N, 1920 bbls; 500 line, 3.410 bbls
Wheat Receipts by Car Lots-C., M. e. st.
p, 5S Omaha A ST. Louis 40; M. d NJ, 1863; (;
St. P. u D., 4; n. p, "a; *. c., 1; 500 line. 81.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
FANCIEs FOR FEMININE WEAR

Upon the creamiest, all-wool gowns
appear Spanish yellow ribbons in velvet
and silk.
The latest drape for evening robes of
silk or satin is the coarse-meshed Rus
sian net which is finished with border
of crepe de chine.
Jackets differ according to ones taste.
When they copy the directoire style
they are made with large revers, jabotS
of black lace and rich corded silk.
Those which model in tailor fashion
the figure they adorn are of cloth and
garnished with tiny beads of gold inter-
mingled with those of jet.
Sleeves are still large and comfortable
with Louis XIV. rever down the wrist
and deep fall of lace.
Drifting about among the dantiest
summer fancies are Russian vests of
cream tinted white net and pearl strewn
crepe de chine.
Most of the outing dresses of storm
serge are furnished with fascinating
ribbon or velvet suSpenderS.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
PATSY WAS CLEVER,
And That Is Why the General Made
Him a Corporal.

Him a Corporal
Detroit Free Press.
When the Old Soldiers club had gath
cred the veteran announced that Patsy
O'Flynn would tell how he was made a
corporal.
1t is after this manner, said Patsy,
with a grin: We was in Georgia, an
the atm we had been afther having for
. a long tonne wuS that bad there was no
llyin' on it. Wan eYenin' whin we had
eamped on farrum wild pickets sur
roundin' the house and the stahables,
perteclin' the Inmy, eZ the boys was
sayin'. the giner'l sint for me, for the
gIner'l and meself was from the same
town an Oi had worked in his garden
many an many day.
"Phat is it. gineral?" sez Oi, comm
to Il salute in his tent.
PATSY" sez he, "how air yez feelin'
this aVenin'%'
"Foine, gineral,n sez 0i, 'but bad
luck 10 the bOardin' we're gettln'."
"rhat same here, Patsy" seZ he,
Shmilin' loike. fer the gineral was
boardin' in the same place wild his min.
. '''1iShn't fathehin' at ahl, at ahi. is it,
gineral?" seq Oi, shmilin' loike mesilf.
Its ruinin' me constitution in
toirely, Patsy" sez he.
Bad luck 10 us at we be afther los
in the lOikes av yez, gineral," seZ Oi.
"Me5be we could be afther gettin' a
chance at the farrum house, gineral,"
SEE Oi, hintiR'.
The gineral looked harruld and
sthurn, and | saw a schowI on his face.
Patsy" seZ he, ''phat is the foorst
dhuty of a SOier?''
"Gineral," says Oi, comin' to salute,
lit is to be after getIin' foine pig and
a bag av eOrn-male fer the cOmmandin'
officer when he has been livin' on
harrud tack an salt pork fer four
wakes"
That will do. Patsy" sez he, luekin'
harruder than iVer. an Oi saluted agin
an went out, an the gineral had a fat
pig fer breakfasht an Oh was corporal
Insoide av siXhtY days.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
THE HIDEOUS MONSTER
That Startled a Fisherman at
Chain Lake, Maine.

Cna1n Lake,
New York Sun.
That the Chain lake serpent, which
had been the subject of many stirring
yarns from Washington county, had
subsidized, was believed generally, but
the monster has started on the war
path again, and party of fifteen bold
hunters started out from Whitneyville
q few days ago to lay him low. About
ninety feet in length by three feet in
breadth of beam are the general dimen-
sions that were given by a man who
saw it cross the lake at railroad speed
three years ago, and that estimate was
declared to be very nearly correct by
other parties who saw the monsters
trail in the mud On the shore.
The lItest news of the snake is fur
nished by Clarence s. Lunt, who went
10 Chain lake OIL a fishing trip. Arriv-
ing at the lake early in the day. he
chiseled hole about foot square in the
ice, set his lines, and was filling his
pipe when there was shock such as
would be caused by log falling upon
the ice. A second shock came soon,
and the water in the fish hold began to
boil. Suddenly, to the horror of the
fisherman, a most hideOuS head was
IllTuSl uD lHiOuSlI lIC II huo q
long, black, fiat-shaped, scaly Snout,
changing to smooth, oily gray
under the lower jaws. The mouth
had rows of saw-like teeth, and il
opened and shut conYulsiYely. At in
tervals great red tongue of the brill
fancy of fame ran out, and as the head
rolled from side TO side IN vain efforts to
force its way further through the aper-
ture in the ice it emitted great flecks of
spume of a dense, sickening Odor. The
head protruded about fifteen inches
above the ice, but no eyes were visible,
and Lunt is certain that they were be-
low the surface, for the creature must
have eyes, else 1t could not have found
the fish hole. The monster struggled
fearfully for few minutes and then
withdrew. Lunt sat down on the ice com
pletely unnerved by his experience, and
it was some time before he could muster
sufficient strength to walk home. He
had proceeded only short distance
when he heard the same eommotlon as
at first, and, looking back, he saw the
hideOus head protruding again from the
hole. Then he fed, and he cannot be
induced to go back to Chain Lake.
Great excitement was caused by
Lunt'S story of the monster, and some
persons were unkind enough to drop re-
marks about the increasing consumption
of Portland whisky in those parts, say
ing that the article smuggled in from
New Brunswick was better. But many
believe in the existence Of the reptile,
and a few have gone for him.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
Too Much Justice.

ArgonauI.
Congressman John Allen told this
story during the Noyes Rockwell con-
test: II went down to Itawamba county
some years ago as public prosecutor.
The Judge went with. me. When we
got there we found number of in dict
ments against the citizens for selling
whisky without a license.
Il prosecuted the indictments before
a jury, and the judge held the scales of
justice. In every instance we con-
victed our man. When we went to the
railroad station, on our way back, the
judge sent me out to buy bottle of
whisky.
81 hunted high and low. but nobody
would sell drop. They said they had
received harsh treatment, and that they
would not even give away a drink.
When told the judge the result his
face blanched, and he seemed dazed.
Good G0dl John,' he finally replied,
we've overdone the thing"
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
MINOR MEASURES.
The House Does No Business of
Importance.


WASHINGTON, June 9.-Immediately
after the reading of the journal in the
house today and reference of sundry
senate bills. the floor was accorded to
the committee on the Judiciary. Mr..
Oats. of Alabama, called up bill re-
ferring to the revised statutes so as 10
dispense with proof of loyalty during
the war OF the Rebellion as pre-
requisite to being restored or admitted
TO tile pension roll of any person who
otherwise would be entitled there
10; nor shall proof of loyalty be
necessary i'll any application for
bounty land where the proof otherwise
shows that the applicant is entitled TO
it; provided that no soldier restored or
admitted to the pension rolls shall re-
ceive any back pay. This act shall not
extend to any person under the dlsabll-
ity imposed by the Fourteenth article of
the amendment to the constitution.
Passed.
On motion of Mr.. E. B. Taylor, of
Ohio. bill was passed providing That
suits at law against any department
officer, the ehiet of any bureau, or
commissioner of the United States, to
compel the performance of ministerial
function, shall not abate by reason OF
the death, resignation or removal OF
such official, tut shall survive agalnS-
his successor in Office.
r. B. Taylor called up the bill de-
filming the crime of murder OF the first
and second degrees ana manSlaughter
in places and on waters under the eX
elusive Jurisdiction of the United States,
which was passed.
Mr.. CulbertSoh called up the bill
reporting the law requiring statement
from growers of leaf tobacco to the
parties to whom the product is sold.
Postponed until Tuesday.
On motion of Mr.. CulbertsOn. bill
originally introduced by Mr.. O'Neill, of
Missouri, was passed permitting per
sens to sue in tue United States courts
upon affidavits ana authorizing the
courts to appoint counsel. Adjourned.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
MORGAN ON SILVER.
he Says He Proposes to Draw Out
Some Senators.


Some Senators.
WASHINGTON, jane 9.-The snate
was i'll session an hour and twenty min
utes. but a good deal of business was
transacted in that short space of time.
The urgent deficiency bill appr0priating
over S7.O00,0O0 for the present fiscal year
was passed without word of discus
sion. Two of the general appropriation
bills, the legislative and agricultur al.
came over from the house and were
referred to the committee on reSo-
lutiOns. and the bills for the
admission of New Mexico and Ari-
zOna as states were received from
the house and referred. Then speeches
were made Oh the silver question, one
made by Mr.. Morgan (Which was merely
preliminary, however, TO a more eX-
tended address that he proposes to
make next week, when ne hopes to have
larger audience), and the other by Mr..
Jones. of Arkansas. Mr.. Morgan gave
some pretty broad hints of his deter
mination to draw out the views of GER
tain Democratic senators on the silver
question. and referred incidentally to
the pleasure lie would experience in
aiming arrows at Mr.. Sherman if the
Minneapolis convention would honor
the country by making that senator Its
standard-bearer in the coming cam
paign. The senate adjourned until
NlOndaY
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards.

Official receipts: Hogs, S17; cattle, 19l
calves, 81; sheep sc.
-Hogs-Active at yesterdays prices, when
the average cost was S4.56I2, packers taking
all but one load of offerings. Quality good
nearly all selling at 81 So and S4.G0
Cattle-Steady on butcher stuff. of which
the receipts were moderate; but the demand
from butchers was only moderate. Yearlings,
two-year-olds and feeders in good demand.
Quotations - Prime steers, S3.5c@4; good
steers. S3D3.50; prime COWS. 81 .6C@3; good
COWS, S2.25@l2 50; common TO fair COWS,
81 .5C12.25; light veal calves, S2.5c03.5Q; !;
heavy calves, S202. so: stockers. 500. so !;
feeders S. .59@3; bulls stays and oxen, 81 .25
@!.50.
sheep-Steady at yesterdays decline.
Lambs weak and lower, four lambs selling at
So. Mixed lots sold early. Quotations:
Shorn muttons. 81. .500g4.50: lambs, S205:
stockers and feeders. S304 25; choice wooled
muttons, Si5QM5
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-10
AUTHOR DAVENPORT.
The Little New York Bulldo-
zer Admits He Wrote the
Force Bill.
Senator Morgan Speaks on
Silver in the Upper
House.
He's Laying Pine to Draw Out
Certain Democratic
Senator's.
The House Does Nothing to
Startle the COun-
try.

WASHINGTON. June 9. - Senators
Chandler and Hill, in the capacity or a
sub committee of the senate immigra
ton committee. today heard further
from John l. Davenport, respecting
naturalization frauds in New York
During the inquiry, Senator Hill asked
MIR. Davenport if he was the author of
the force bill, so called, to which the
latter replied that he had heard of no
such bill. He had drafted an election
bill presented in the last congress. He
believed in the bill as a generality.
AS it passed the house it was not en-
tirely satisfactory to him; but he would
like to have 1t become law. He prom
ised to renew it at some time.