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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
THE MoRLD,s FAMous ocToGENARIANs.

famous Harriet Martineau, is still dis
cussing philosophical treatises. Har-
ward conferred the title of Ii. d. on
him.
Gladstone will be eighty-siX this year.
So will Cassius NJ. Clay, of Kentucky,
erratic and erotic though. he be, and
so will eX-Secretary of the Treasury
Hugh McCulloch. Ex-Secretary of the
Navy Richard w. Thompson, of In
diana, has just celebrated his eighty
sixth birthday. Hugh McCulloch is the
only living member of the Lincoln
cabinet. Ex-Secretary Thompson was
a member of the Hayes cabinet.
Ex-senator Payne, of Ohio, is no
longer very active at eighty four, al
though his senatorial contemporary,
Senator Morrill,, of Vermont, has by
no means retired from active work,
yet he, like ex-senator Payne, is near
ing his eighty-fifth year.
Ex-senator Thurman, of Ohio is no
longer active, and his eighty-one years
of life hang heavily on him.
MRS. STOVES DECLINING YEARS
Harriet Beecher Stowe lives quietly
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DROUTH is BROKEN.
The Northwest Gets Quite a
Dash Of Very Desirable
Moisture.
GREAT THING FOR THE SOIL.
Farmers Will Have an OPP
portunity TO Smile With
Their Neighbors.
THE DUST AT LEAST LAID.
Augustana Synod Is Sued for
Fifty Thousand Dollars
Damages.
GREAT THING FOR THE SOIL.
THE DUST AT LEAST LAID.

The March drouth-a condition OF
things almost unknown in the North
west-came to a sudden end last
evening. 1t began raining shortly
after o'clock, and kept it up well
into the night. This will be joyous
news to the people of the city-who
have been breathing more dust than
air the past week-and doubly joy
Gus to those who thrive through the
products of their agricultural do
mains. Dispatches from the country
indicate that the rainfall there was
quite cOpious, and that the farmers
can go about their grain sowing
next week without feeling that their
wheat, oats and rye will be whirled
in a cloud of dust into the adjoining
county ten minutes after it leaves
the drill. People throughout the
farming regions of Minnesota and
the Dakotas have been very anxious
over the situation, both because of
the small snowfall of the winter and
because of the excessive dryness of
the month just ending, but the out
look now is a hopeful one If April.
the month of rains, does its duty in
the usual happy manner. the tiller
of the soil will find joy in full granar-
| les next autumn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
TnyIor in Chill.

PIERRE, S. D., March 30.-W. w.
Taylor, the defaulting state treasurer,
is beyond question now in Chill, where
he believes himself safe from eXtradi-
ton. He left Havana not later than
Jan. 20, sailing for the Isthmus of
Panama, which he crossed by rail and
proceeded down the Pacific. He is now
comfortably located at Valparaiso, the
capital of Chill.
PIERRE, S. D, March 3O.-Dis-
patches sent from here announcing
the locating in Valparaiso, Chilli, OF
Taylor, the defaulting state treasurer
do not seem, upon investigation, to
have good foundation. No one car
be located tonight who has heard any
such repOrt
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JERSEY FORESTS AFLAME.
Parks at EGG Harbor City in Dan
ger of Destruction.

Parks at Egg Harbor City in Dan
ger of Destruction.
EGG HARBOR CITY, N. J., March
30.-A fierce forest fire, which is sup
posed to have originated from the care
less burning of rubbish, has been rag
ing throughout this section for sew
eral days. The fire is burning fiercely
and has been destroying valuable tim
Der at the rate of fifteen acres per
hour. 1t is at present making rapid
progress towards the city park, which
has an area of about two square miles
and is covered with majestic oaks and
lofty pines. 1t is feared this tract of
timber will be destroyed. This morn
ing the southerly winds famed the
fire from the vicinity of Pleasant Mills
towards this city and hundreds of per-
sons were out fighting the flames,
but on account of the dry weather
could accomplish but little. At noon
the flames crossed Main street and are
close to the park. Several buildings
on the outskirts of this place are in
great danger. The residents are pray
ing for rain, as this seems to be the
only thing that can successfully COM
bat with the fire. The loss thus far is
up in the thousands.
MKINNEY, KY, March S0-Forest
fires burned yesterday and last night
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BLIZZARD IN COLORADO.
Worst Gale md Snow Storm Elk
Derienccd in Months.

perienccd in Months
DENVER, Col, March 30.-CoIorado
is experiencing today the worst snow
storm in many months. A tremendous
gale is blowing from the north but if
is not cold, and as the snow melts
rapidly, traffic will not be seriously i'm
paired. The storm continued all dav
with undated fury. 1t is the worst
storm since the memorable one of
March 1891 which continued for three
days. Heavy thunder and vivid flash
es of lightning accompanied the be-
ginning of the storm, a feature not
unusual at this season. The velocity
Of the wind just before daybreak was
terrific, and but for the heavy, wet
snow, which served to hold things in
their places, much damage would no
doubt have been done. At $40 the
wind was blowing at the rate of forty
eight miles an hour, but it slowly de-
creased up to noon, when ii registered
thirty-four miles a gable of the
Columbian school house was blown
out. Stones weighing thirty-five
pounds were blown over thirty feet
away, while heavy blocks lay piled
up eighty feet from the building. The
cars are finding it hard work to move.
At 6 p. m, the snow was about "A foot
deep in this city and it is badly drifted.
During the early part of the day trains
on the railroads east and west were
running on time, but the night trains
are considerably delayed, and if the
storm continues much longer a gem
eraI blockade will occur. The storm
is exceptionally severe in Western
Colorado. Observer BIandenburg
says the storm will abate during the
night and colder weather will follow
At Castle Rock, the worst snow and
wind storm of the season has prevailed
since an early hour this morning. The
wind is blowing at terrific rate and
snow is drifting badly and should the
storm continue as at present it will
stop railway traffic.
special from Glenwood Springs,
says it is a very hard storm and il is
thought many cattle that have strug-
gled through the winter will perish.
At Central City, eighteen inches Of
snow has fallen. Traffic is entirely
suspended and hardly person VEN
lures on the street.
At Brighton the storm is one of the
worst ever known. In many places
the snow has drifted five feet deep.
Business is entirely suspended, as it
is impossible to face the storm. Fears
are that there will be great loss Of
stock The snow is very wet and
sticks to everything it touches.
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DOESN'T WANT MUCH.
Randall Sues AuGustann synod
for Fifty Thousand.

CROOKSTON, Mimi, March 3O.-H.
Steenerson, of this city has been re-
tanned by Rev. A. H. Randall, of Lake
Park, in suit brought by the latter
against the official church paper OF
the Lutheran Augustana Synod Of
America The suit is for $4,000 dam
ages, the charge being the publication
of a list of charges against Randall.
who has lately been deposed from the
ministry, the principal being that he
had been unduly intimate with
young lady in his congregation.
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sAUK CENTER MUST PAY.
Judgment of Fourteen Thousand
Against City and Town.

Special to the Globe.
ST. CLOUD, Mimi, March 30.-Judge
Searle, of the district court, today
made an order for judgment for plain
tiff in the case of Ramsey VS.. The
City and Town Of Sank Center. The
case grew out of the refusal of the
town to pay $4,000 bonds issued 30 aid
in building the Little Falls & Dakota
railroad, because the city, which had
been formed out of the town since the
bonds were voted, refused to pay its
share Court held the city was LIABLE
and must pay $4,000 of the judgment
of S14 0OO rendered
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
souatters Thinning ONT.

ARMOUR, S. D., March 3O.-The GER
tainty, now uppermost in the minds of
the people of Armour, as well as those
who are headed this way, that the
Yankton reservation will not be opened
for actual occupancy until thirty days
from the date of the issuance of the
presidents proclamation, has tended
to check the entrance of would-he oc-
cupants of the reservation lands. Those
who have now gone upon the reserva-
ton and are building yellow pine shan
ties and putting up the black sod
houses to mold their claims will be dis
appointed in their belief that they are
to hold these lands.
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The wind blew hard and it was i'm
possible to control the flames. Not
building was left standing on the farm
OF Pierce Jones, and the family barely
escaped with their lives.
FRANKLIN, Ind, March 30.-Forest
fires have been raging in Brown county
during the greater part of the past
week and much damage has been done.
The residence of Jesse Harding, togeth-
er with all the outbuildings on his
farm, was burned. The residents in
close proximity to the burning districts
are very uneasy and are using the ut
most precaution to prevent the nearer
approach of the flames.
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Literally nehenaed His Coy.

CLINTON, To-, March 3O.-A horrible
crime came to light this afternoon
Two children of August Swanson, d
wiGoWer went to the neighbor's and
said they could not wake their father
up. A special policeman went to the
house, burst the door to the upper
room and found Albert, a boy aged
seven, lying on the bed, his head com
pletely severed from his body. The
murderer had raised a window and
jumped out and escaped. Swanson was
a few years ago insane, and the death
of his wife and lack of work had prob
alnlY craZed him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
Arm;Stice Bulls SiINer.

NEW YORK, March 30.-The rise in
silver today is due to the granting of
an armistice, and the renewed hope of
a declaration of peace by China and
Japan on terms which will compel
China to pay a heavy indemnity, thus
requiring her to come into the market
as buyer of silver. 1t is expected al
so that with the close of the war a re-
vival of trade in the East will take
place, which will make an increased
demand for silver
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
Famre Pardons Italians

PARIS, March SO.-President Faure
has pardoned the Italians Mayors
Falta and Aurelia, now in prison,
after having been convicted of espion-
age. The pardon of these two Of
ficers is supposed to be return for
Italy's recent release from prison,
where he was confined after having
been convicted of espionage, of Capt
Romani, Of the French army.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
HAYS CITY scoRcHED.
Business Parf of "a Kansas Town
ia Ashes.


ia Ashes.
HAYS CITY, Kan, March 30.-Fire
today destroyed the better part of the
business district, including seven stores,
twenty frame buildings. Three blocks
were burned, causing an aggregate lass
of 1900. The insurance is $4,000. The
fire started in a livery barn in the south
part of town at l o'clock this afternoon
and spread rapidly. The wind was
blowing a gale, and the firemen could
do but little. Among those burned out
are: Farmers Lumber yard, Bank of
Hays City, two hardware stores, one
drug store, two grocery stores, nov
city store, bakery, harness shop Union
Pacific'e land office, the Sentinel news
paper Office, two saloons, one barber
shop and five dwellings,.
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Merchant KILLS Himself.

TACOMA, Wash, March 9O.-Abe
Cross, member of the dry goods firm
of Cross Bros, was found dead this
morning, having been shot. 1t is sup
posed he committed suicide, though no
cause is assigned.
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Tried 20 Iziu Himself.

Special to the Globe.
LAKE CITY, Mimi, March 30.-John
Carlson, a young man living in the
township of Pepin, made an attempt
at suicide this afternoon. He stabbed
himself in the chest with a knife, and
afterwards cut his throat. Neither
wound proved fatal. Liability of eX-
posture in a dastardiy case drove him
to the deed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
Temperance Men Protest.
Special to the Globe.

Special TO the Globe.
ROYALTON, Mimi, March 30
License. carried at the village election,
and the no-license party, not being
satisfied with the result, have started
an election contest, claiming fraud.
The matter will be heard by Judge
Searle at st. Cloud
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
Minncnntn Pensions.

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-North-
western pensions were granted today
as follows:
Minnesota-Origi John Kreme,
Minnesota Lake; Alvin Webster, Still
water Additional: John Teel, Waba-
sha. Reissue and increase: Francis
E. Phipps, Hartland. Increase: Tur-
ner j. Preble, Mazeppa. Reissue: Al
bert j Field ZumbrO Falls.
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Haxtfrga Assignment.

Special 70 the GIODe.
HASTINGS. Mimi, March 30.-The
firm of Sieben & Austin, dealers in
dry goods and clothing, made an as
signlnent this afternoon to e. A.
Young, of Finch, Van Slyck & Co, St.
Paul, for the benefit Of their creditors.
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CORINNE NOT DEAD.
The Little Actress as Full of Life
ENNT.

ALBANY, N. Y, March 3O.-The re-
port that Little Corinne," the little
actress, had died here on Thursday
night is untrue. The woman who
died was a nun at the convent Of the
Sacred Heart, at Kenwood. She came
here from Little Rock, Ark, ten years
ago. What lent color to the report
that the actress had died was the fact
that she has been i'll and there was
some talk of her being brought to
Albany this week for treatment.
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To Construct "a Railway.

Special to the Globe.
RED LAKE FALLS. Mimi. March
30.-Foley Bros. have made contract
with j. j. Hill to grade a line from
Sandstone, station on the Eastern
Minnesota railroad. near Hinckley, to
Milaca lake, work to begin at once.
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Canal Season to Omen.

KINGSTON, N. Y, March SO-The
Delaware & Hudson canal will be
opened for traffic on April s, and the
same tonnage rates will prevail as
last year. The first tow of the season
from this port was sent south on the
river this morning.
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His Neck Broken.

REDWOOD FALLS, Mimi, March
go. P. Olson, living south of this
city, was instantly killed by being
thrown from his wagon. His neck was
broken. The accident was not dis
covered until the team returned home.
1t is thought to have been a runaway.
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Purchased by Letter.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 30.-It
is understood that Millionaire Letter,
of Chicago, has purchased an eleven
twentieths interest in the wonderful
Holy Terror mine in the Black Hills
for 1926, CO.,
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LACON, Ill, March 30.-A soak
ing rain set in this evening. which is
hailed with joy. Meadow land was
parched and the hay crop imper-
lied.
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years, died Of pneumonia at his home.
in this city, early this morning. De
ceased was an old settler, having 10
Gated in Wabasha county in the early
fifties. He leaves a family of grown
children.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
Died of Heart Disease.

Special to the Globe.
LITTLE FALLS, March 80. - Mrs.
Emma Signor, wife of Lyman Signor
clerk of the district court, died today
of heart disease. She was fifty-four
years old.
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SpeciaI ID the Globe.

ALBERT LEA, Mimi, March 30
A much-needed rain began this af-
ternoon and is still falling. The
ground was the dryest ever known at
this time of year and several days
of rain is needed.
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Pastor Resigns.

Special to the Globe.
LITTLE FILLS, March 80. = Rev.
William Moore, of this city, who has
been pastor of the Congregational
church for the last three years, re-
signed today on account of poor health.
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BIG HAWKEyE STRIKE.

Miners Give AN UItinatum TO OPP
orators.
OTTUMWA, To-, March 3O.-Six hum
dred miners at Centerville, represent
ing 1900 in the Appanoose district and
Missouri, have decided to give the oper-
ators of that district an uitimatum to
accept the Ottumwa agreement or they
would strike. This means unless the
operators come to time that at least
two thousand will quit work Monday.
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IN HAPPY OLD AGE.

to him, and he is today amonSt the
happiest of the "Old Masters of
England.
IN HAPPY OLD AGE.
So is William E. Gladstone. So is
Sir James Bacon, who at the age of
ninety-seven lives a happy life of re-
tired ease. Until 1856 this great En-
glish jurist sat upon the bench, and
the clearest decision ever rendered
by him was that in a case tried two
months before he retired from the
vice chancellorship of England. 1t
was he who said that his life proved
i the reverse of Bowder's famous
| aphorism: The first twenty-five
! years of ones life are worth all the
rest of the longest life of man, even
| though those five and twenty be
spent in penury and contempt and
| the rest in the possession of wealth,
| honors, Responsibility, aye, and
many of them in strength and
! health
None of this century's living ia
nous old men have yet reached
the age at which the philanthropist,
! MOntefOre, died, a decade or so ago.
Yet William Salmon, today the old
est member OF the Royal College of
Surgeons, comes near it. He is one
hundred and five this month, and
began to practice his profession
when Napoleon was at the height
Of his glory, in 1909 He has also
the honor of being the oldest Free
Mason in the world
Gen. George S. Greene, U. S. A,
the oldest living West Point gradu.
ate, is ninety-three.
VIGOROUS MAINE CELEBRITY.
Neal Dow is Names grand old man
and although very weak at ninety-one
; still talks entertainingly of the days
of 1851, when, as mayor of Portland, ht
! drafted the famous Maine liquor law
His career as a brigadier general il
the war is to him a rather sad remind
er of woes. He lay eight months in
Southern prison, recovering from a Sc
we're wound. But the bright particular
events on which he converses frequent
ly are his famous visits to England il
behalf Of the prohibition cause
| Among the famous nonogenarian
are Rev. DR.. William II. Furness. O
England, now ninety-two, and Fielt
Marshal Sir Patrick Grant, of Eng
land, ninety.
COMING NONOGFNARIANS. p
Those who enter the ranks of non
ogeranians of 1895 are Francis Will
lam Newman, brother Of the grea
cardinal; James Martineau, philos
opher; Barthelemy-Saint -Hilaire an
George Mueller, the orphanage founder
DIR. Newman only recently complete
: a memoir Of the early days OF hi
great brothers life, and is now dee
, in the study of Gaetulian. His knowl
edge OF ancient languages is marvel
DUSTY rich, ana he has given the worl
some valuable pathological traatise!
He is not alone an abstainer from liquo
and tobacco, but never touches mea
and attributes his longevity to thi
method of living.
| James Martineau, the brother of tt
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Prominent Mason Dies.

Special to the Globe.
ROYALTON, March SOP. E. Nc
Kee, a prominent citizen and Mason,
died here today.
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MARSHALLTOWN. 10. March %
The great drouth has been broken.
A good rain set in early this evening.
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OMAHA, March 3O.-A good rain
is falling in Nebraska and promises
to continue all night.
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les neNI autumn
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
ST. JAMES, Mimi. March 80
There was a light rain in this sec
ton this afternoon. 1t lasted about
four hours. Rain is reported east
and west along the Omaha line.
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Died OF Pneumonia.

Special to the Globe.
LAKE CITY, Mimi, March 30.-A. M.
Gaylord, aged about seventy-six
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engineers finally appreciated his dis
covery they found him disheartened,
discouraged and ready to turn
against the world. Then came hon
ors thick and fast. He was knight
ed. Sovereigns We'd in doing him
honor. Great societies elected him
to honorary offices. Medals were voted
to him, and he is today amons' the
happiest of the "Old Masters of
England.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-12-06
DRUGS. ETC.
tocAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.

Mr.. B. f. Hatley, of Alamo, was
here on business Wednesday.
Mrs. Ruby Atkins, Of Parsons, is
visiting her parents this week.
x-Trustee w. J. Barnes, of Hol-
laday, was in town Wednesday.
Mr.. Tom J. Dodd was at Nash
vile the latter part of last week.
Cashier w. E. McRae made a
flying trip to Memphis Wednesday.
Trustee d. j. Allen is engaged
this week in collecting the taxes for
1896.
Capt. 7. L. Lanier, of Waverly,
was here Wednesday taking depo-
sitions.
Messrs. j. M. Holladay and Alex
Adams, of Holladay, were in town
Wednesday.
A boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry French, of near Big Sandy,
last Monday.
Bargain hunters are reminded to
keep an eye on our Miscellaneous
Advertising"
Senator James Jeffreys, of Cam
den, is in the city.-Wednesday's
Nashville American.
County court was largely attend
ed Monday, and the horse-swapper
was numerous and persistent
Ex-Sheriff r. G. Flowers, Of Big
Sandy, passed through town on his
way to Holladay Wednesday.
Mr. Hall, Of Carroll County, who
is visiting his son-in-law, Mr. C. I'll.
Cowel, paid us a pleasant call last
Saturday.
Mrs. Annie Kistner and little son,
Of Union City, visited friends here
this week. They were the guests
Of Mrs. James Jefreys.
Clara Finley, who was taken sud
denly i'll on the play ground at the
seminary Thursday afternoon of
last week, has entirely recovered.
When you want fine commercial
Job printing, remember that THE
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specialty of this class Of work.