St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-02
RUSSIAN CACTUS RUIN.
Senator Rourkc's Picture OF
Truly Pathetic.

Senator Rourkc's Picture OF It
Truly Pathetic.
BISMARCK, Nd, Feb. 1.-The senate
spent the day, on the third reading of
thesciyiT code, and tile house on the first
reading of the code of civil procedure.
Senator La Moure called for informa-
ton from the public examiner regard.
ing the reorganization of the State
Bank of Dawson; what its capital is at
this time. whether in cash or in notes
past due or 10 become due. Senator
Rourke's memorial to congress was
adopted, describing the nature of the
Russian thistle, calling attention TO its
unparalleled power of dissemination,
being found in five states, taking pos
session of farms, compelling their
abandonment, causing the ruin of
homes and depopulation of reighbor-
hoods, Involving men financially and
threatening the we'll being of the COM
monw ealth, characteriZing abandoned
ia rms as arsenalS, holding means of de-
struction, hotDeds for the propagation
of the evil, distributing infection as if
endowed with malicious intelligence;
calling the attention of the government
to Indian and indemnity lands con-
troiied by the government; asking for
au thority to go on tLese and for an ap-
preparation Of .s30, ,OCO. to be expended
by the governor TO prevent the spread
of and to eradicate the pest.
In the house the free textbook bill
was ordered engrossed for third read.
ing. A resolution was adopted declar-
ing it TO be the sense of the legislature
that the state fair appropriation of $1,000
should not be used tor two years. the
valued policy bill was made O special
order for Tuesday, owing to the absence
of the author Brainard'S memorial to
the legislatures of Minnesota, South
Dakota and Nebraska TO join with North
Dakota in Legislation and. action with
view to preventing the spread of the
Russian cactus, was adopted. Broke
mans bill, amended to apply to freight
trains, was recon mended to pass; also
the bill 10 license warehouses. The
substitute for the act ctrepealing the COM
piiati0n act introduced by minority OF
the committee provides that repeal shall
take effect March Is, the commission to
donate their services after that date.
The house called on the land commits
dental expenses for the past two years.
The peniteHtiary investigation develops
no wrong so far. st. Paul and Minne>
apolis parties who were SAID to have
paid a rake off deny it in dispositions
taken under stipulation. In one case of
alleged double vouchers it Is shown that
there we're two prisoners of the same
name discharged at different dates. and
purchases of clothing cerre spond with
their discharge. The butcher denied
the beef story.
The First National Bank of Dickln-
son carries $4,000 of state warrants.
Representative Hanna takes $4,000 and
Martin Hector $4,000. The governor
forwarded the necessary papers. copies
of laws. ETC.. to entitle the state to re-
ceive S100 for each inmate of the sold
lers' home. Secretary Carlisle has or
dered deported the Canadian employed
by the school board at Mimic to succeed
the governors private secretary as
teacher.
The Fargo distributing rate schedules
taking effect Feb. are out. The Great
Northern will make the same concesN
sIons as soon as the schedules can be
gotten out, and has been cooperating
from the beginning of the negotiations.