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NEW LONDON COUNTY.

New London, Conn. Oct. 4.-Twenty- one New London county towns voted for town officers to-day. The demo- crats carried seven of them, the re- publicans five, and five were divided. Four isolated towns have not been heard from. License prevailed in seven, no license in three, and nine of the towns heard from did not vote. The constitutional amendment was passed easily.
 Last year these towns were carried by the republicans to the extent of ten; democrats, seven; divided, four
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MIDDLESEx COUNTY.

Middletown, Conn.,, Oct. 4-With but two Of the fifteen towns in Middlesex county missing, tine returns show that the republicans have carried six, the democrats four, and that three have divided. In these towns license is fa- vored in seven. Five did not vote on it, and in one, Chester, the license vote had to be thrown out because the sup ply of license envelopes fell short The two missing towns have not been heard from. The constitutional amendment was easily carried. Of these towns in 1896. eleven went republican, one demo- cratic and three were divided.
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The town of New Haven yesterday voted in favor of the constitutional amendment by the vote of 1926 for the amendment to 154 against. The amend ment is to article XI of the amendments to the constitution in relation to the qualification of electors and reads as follows:
 Every person shall be able to read in the English language any article of the constitution or any section of the statutes of this state before being ad- mitted an elector.''
 The vote cast in this city was light one, the total number of ballots cast be- ing 2,0S0 or about one-tenth of the total estimate of the fifteen wards. The largest vote cast in any ward was that in the Seventh, where 217 votes were boiled in favor of the amendment and
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SETH LOW,S RESIGNATION,
Trustees of Columbia Refer It to a Com
 mittee of Five.

New York, Oct. 4.--At meeting of the trustees of Columbia college to-day Seth Low rendered his resignation as president. It was resolved that the res- ignation De referred to a committee of five to consider and report at the next meeting of the trustees, which will be held on November 15.
 The letter of resignation ran as fol- lows:
 ''As I have felt constrained by sense of public duty to accept the nomination for mayor of the city of New York at the hands of the Citizens union, I feel it to be my duty to the university to place in your hands, for such action as you may seem fit to take, my resigna- tion as president of the university. I need not say that nothing but a deep sense of the imperative nature of the call to public duty would have led me to accept the nomination
 Respectfully,
 SETH LOW" The committee appointed to report on the resignation is William Schermer- horn, Rev. Morgan Dix, Stephen P. Nash, George l.. Rives and John F. Pine.
 President Low submitted his annual report and announced the gift to the college by w. w. Allis of Milwaukee of a steam engineering laboratory consist ing of number of valuable pieces of machinery worth at least s15,000. MT. Allis is the head of the Corliss Engine company. In the annual report Presi- dent Low deals with the changes in the faculty that have taken place during the year and routine matters generally.
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May Mean Amnesty to Am erican Prisoners

Washington, Oct. 4.-One result of the formation of the Sagasta cabinet is believed will be the granting of am- nesty to American prisoners held in Cuba and the pardons of many Cubans condemned to Imprisonment on the island. The Competitor prisoners will be released early, and also Miss Cis nero. Concerning pending claims. such as that of Dr. Ruiz, it is said that a commission probably will be proposed to deal with all claims arising during the rebellion, and there are intimations that steps toward the creation of such a commission are now under way.
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Fears a Revolution in sp,in.

London, Oct. 1.-The Evening Stand ard this afternoon, commenting unon the Spanish crisis, expresses fear that the firm attitude assumed by the queen regent, and the appointment of Senor Sagasta to form Q new cabinet, are too late, and that Spain "has yet another revolution to go through; perhaps the most terrible of all'
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THE CARRlNGTCN PUBLISHING co

mind since voting to instruct the corpora tion counsel to oppose the building of the draw, and now thought that there were good reasons why a drawbridge should be built On motion of Alderman Chilling worth the communication from the corpo- ration counsel was finally tabled, with no defnlnte action being taken towards ,,pI ap, counsel.
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 SPiIN'S NEW MINISTRY,
How it is Formed-Sagasta's Probable Policy Outlined

Policy Outlined Madrid, Oct. 1.-The new ministry is constituted as follows: Senor Sagasta, president of the coun- Gil of ministers.
 Senor Gullon, minister for foreign affairs.
 Senor Groizard, minister of justice. General Correa, minister of war, Admiral Bermejo, minister of marine. Senor Puigcerver, minister of finance. Senor Capdepon, minister of the in- terior.
 Count Xiugeni, minister of public works.
 Senor Moret, minister for the col onies.
 The ministers. after an informal meeting, proceeded to the palace and took the paths of office.
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LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

Hartford, Oct. 4.--Returns so far re- ceived from Litchfeld county show seven republican towns, against eight year ago; no democratic towns and one divided, as follows:
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smith Defeats Dixon.

San Francisco, Oct. At the end Of the twentieth round the referee gave tine decision to Solly Smith over George Dixon of Boston.
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The other towns, With the exception Of Sterling and Ashford, went republi- can and no license last year, and no doubt did the same this year.
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ELECTION IN NEW HAVEN
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT V4S
 OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED.

The Vote Was: Yes, 1,9.6; No, 154-Not Much Interest Displayed--ward 8 Cast the Largest Number of yotes Against the Amendment and Ward 14 the Smallest. The Total Vote of the Town Was e,OsO.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-21
STILL A TARIFF FOR DEFICIT.

The New York Tribune felicitates it
self and the country on the revenue
getting qualities of the Dingley act,
because, we must infer, it has produc-
ed deficits so far somewhat larger than
its predecessor did in the same period.
We cannot understand this anxiety to
make that act seem different from
what it's author designed. He frankly
said, and his echoes have caught UP
and repeated the refrain, that this con-
gress-with emphasis on "this'-is not
Iegislating for foreign countries. bu
for the United States; and it legislates
for this country by putting stiff rates
on imports, which discourage imports,
whence one branch of revenue is de-
rived. These deficits, were our contem-
poraries of a logical turn of mind,
should be pointed to with pride as the
very best evidence that the act is
fulfilling it's purpose and is protecting
the home market by shutting out i'm
ports hat would compete.
buI we CdnHOL llllu III lHS treasury
statements published from day to day
| anything to warrant the cheerfulness
and hopefulGess of our contemporary.
| We find. for instance, that the receipts
for the month of September to the 18th
fall S 1855, 426 short of meeting the ex-
penditure, distancing it's predecessor,
whose shortage in 1896 for the same
time was but $685. 67. Taking a longer
view the prospect is no more encour-
aging. The receipts for the year, from
! June SO to the same date, the 18th
inst, were SIS, PIG, 663 short of meeting
the expenses, while for the same period
in the first year Of the Gorman act
the shortage was but $14, 209, 277. What
the act will do later must be left to the
future to show. 1t nay turn out q
revenue getter in spite Of it's inauspi-
cious beginning; but. if it should do
so, it will be because it fails of it's chief
purpose in shutting out imports, and
it will illustrate afresh how impctent
laws of congress are when they attempt
to override the laws of a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-21

strictly modern business principles for
the benefit of the occupant primarily,
of the creditors secondarily, and Of h
debtor lastly, if at all. AS an occu-
patton he desires it to last as long as
possible and be as compensative to
himself as he can make it.
AS a result of this practical result
of a fine theory, creditors have come
to regard receiverships with distrust.
1t makes little difference whether
the law is a state or a national
enactment. The last bankruptcy act
of congress taught creditors an ex-
pensive lesson in this name of collect
ing debts, and our various state acts,
since the national act broke down with
it's own weight, have not a the eff
feet to reinstate such measures in their
bright exceptions, where some con-
scientious receiver harmonizes his
work with the theory, but he forms a
brilliant exception to a uniform rule.
There occurred the other day in New
York city a ~receivership entirely out
side the law, which was ideal in its
methods and results. 1t seems to con-
tain the germ of a practice that might
we'll become general. 1t evidently grew
out of the too general practice of re-
ceivers Of securing the lions share of
- ----L.Nr1u LS-o.z,o- =. lLo r,ox,
of services, attorneys fees, and by all
| those little articles which long prac-
tice has developed.
A firm dealing in neckwear were $751;
600 behind the lighthouse" A men,
Der of the firm called a meeting of all
the creditors. He secured from them
of ell, and that no one would take n
proceedings without the consent of all.
They also agreed to appoint a commit
tee to whom the firm would turn over
all it's assets, and the committee
should have sole power to dispose of
them and divide them among the cred
itors. This was all agreed to. He then
exhibited a statement of the affairs Of
the firm, and made a bill Of sale Of it's
effects to the committee; the latter
entered into possession, proceeded to
collect debts, and it is stated that the
prospects are that the creditors will re-
ceive 100 cents on the dollar. Anyway,
whatever the estate may pan out" the
creditors will receive their shares I'M
diminished by court costs, lawyers fees
and a receivers salary and expense &C
count. This proceeding contains a hint
to other merchants and their embar-
raised debtors. 1t is one that CONNER
cial organizations may we'll consider
as presenting a possible plan that
might be utilized. There appear to be
no legal objections in the way as long
as the creditors are all united and the
debtor assents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-21
JACKSON ON %INJUNcTI0NS.
Federal Judge Defends His Order
Against Strikers.

WHEELING, w. Va, Sept. 20.-The
feature of interest in the opening ses-
sion of the September term of the
United States court, for the district Of
West Virginia. was the application of
eX-Gov. A. B. Fleming, of Fairmont,
to make the injunction against Eugene
V. Debs and others perpetual. The
governor "a acting for his client, the
Monongah Coal company, and, as there
was no appearance for any Of the de-
PENDANTS the injunction was made per
Ietual. In the course of his remarks
in making this decision, Judge Jackson
Said hat if a like case were presented
to him now, he would make the same
kind of an order he had made at Par
kerSburg, where the temporary injunc-
ton was issued recently. Continuing,
be said: There have been some pub
lie structures that 1 know are due to
the fact that the order made in these
cases was not. understood. h de-
cision is founded on good law, good
morals and Justice Nearly 200 years
ago courts of equity in England issued
restraining orders to protect the citizen
in his right to property. There is no
reason why the lrights of property own
ers should not be protected by the
courts. These owners have invested
large sums of money in their plant at
Monongah, and the bill for injunction
alleged the defendants were about tc
do things that would lessen the value
of the property and possibly destroy
it. The law is that where an injury
is threatened, to which the law affords
no adequate remedy, then the court
of equity interferes to prevent the in
jury, and this is such a case. The in
junction abridged nc right of the min
ers, did not interfere with the right Of
free speech and was a carefully pre-
pared and well-considered order.
Il instructed my officers, in taking
that injunction to serve it, to stand
behind it like the soldier behind the
fortress, but to keep within the lines
of the injunction and not to extend
or step beyond it, n do nothing ca
cepting exactly that which was re-
CURED"
This order was not an innovation.
1t is an application of what l consider
good law and was done in a proper
case to protect property of the plain
tiffs, which the court conceived to be
it's duty, just as it would protect the
right of the defendant in the proper
exercise of all their privileges under
the constitution"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-21
NOVEL R-ECETyERsHIP.

The theory Of a law and the results
worked out in its practice seldom har-
mcnize. So regularly has this occurred
that it has become proverbial that no
law will ever work exactly as designed
and no one can predict in what unex-
pected ways it will work. The theory
Of he law of receiverships is that the
receiver represents the creditors, works
for their interests, winds up the insol-
vent estate as expeditiously as posi-
BILE, manages it as economically as ne
can, pays promptly over to the credit
ors in dividends what he realizes, gives
any remainder to the bankrupt and is
discharged by the court with the bene-
diction Of the gratifed creditors. Prac-
tically the receiver regards his office
as an occupation to be worked on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-21
THIS is HACKERS.
He Fares Well From the Dairy Ap-
preparation.

The State Dairymen's association,
for which the last legislature appro-
priated $1,000, yesterday filed with the
state auditor an expense account of
81, 1853. 80, the greater part of which was
incurred in connection with the dairy
convention at Crookston. 1t seems to
be turned somewhat into an added
graft" fer the professors on the uni
yersity faculty, Prof. T. L.. Hacker
receiving 500 for his services as secre-
tary. The items in the account are:
F. NJ. Hacker, assistant secretary,
PROOF reading ........ ......-......... sou W
Prof. T.. L.. Hacker, secretary, pre-
pairing programme and proceedings
for publ aiCn ........ ............... 10 90
etc ........ ......... ................ 653 so
Jonathan Freeman. expenses as dele
gate to Wisconsin dairy convention. IA "a
Prof. T.: L.. Hacker, ia copies Pho
Prof. T. L.. Hacker, 100 1O-cent
stamps e. ....... .............. 10 90
George T. Short, expenses attending
Mrs. George T. Short, trip to Mime
apollS $3.50. .......... ............... 4 IA
julie Cronell, typewriting ............ 90
S. Currie, railroad fare to Crooks
Jonathan Freeman, railroad fare and
sleeper between Austin and st. Paul. Is 81
M. A. Cummings, railroad fare, Fair
haven to Minneapolis ............:. 8 "a
A. P. Foster, expenses at Crcokston
convention and postage on reports. 81 IS
f. D. Childs, freight and drayage on
books .. .............. ............ IS
Anne A. Villas. stencgraphic report of
Crookston convention and sleep
ing car fare, Miss Villas and Mrs.
hacker ....... .......... ............. 81 W
T, l.. Hacker. postage ............. II 90
Hotel Crookston GO 80
o. R. Fluten, sleeping car to Crooks
ton and return 4 90
E. W.. Major. sleeper to Crookston
ton and return 4 %
NJ. A. Cummings, sleeper to Crooks
T. L. Hacker, sleeper to Crookston.... 4 90
Ola Graham, typewriting .............. 2 90
A. J. Glover, board Observation-Disclosures. 3 90
T. C. Wakefield, attending six board
H. NJ. Buck, six board meetings. -. SO 90
Harrison & Smith, printing Yves ar
Harrison & Smith. job printing -. 50 ID
George T. Short, expenses to Crookston 102 &c
Anne A.. Villas. transcribing record of
Crokston meeting NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80 90
H. NJ. Temple. organizing meetings
of Minnesota Mutual Creamery Fire
associations :. .......-........... 81 w
H. C. Carpenter, expenses at Crooks
ton ........ ........-- .......'.-.-.... 1 w
IOtal -. .@l,oo0 d "
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-21
WHERE 1T PINCHES.

It is a curious and significant thing
that, of all the protests against the
enormities of the Dingley bill, none are
so voluminous or emphatic as those
leveled by the press of the East against
the limit of $1O0 imposed on tourists
baggage. One would think, to read the
diatribes of the leading newspapers of
the country, that a little duty of from
so to 500 per cent on some of the neceS-
saries of life was not worth consider
ing when compared with the awful
iniquity Of taxing rich citizens Of the
United States upon "a wardrobe
brought in from London or Paris. We
are told that the section is Incapable
of enforcement; that it is unreasonable
and a hardship; that it is being evad-
ed every day; that it will simply cause
foreign tailors and dressnlakers to set
up establishments on Fifth avenue and
help ruin home labor, and a thousand
| and one other fairy tales to prove that
a change should be made at once.
No believer in equality OF in a rea-
sonable scale of duties cal be other
than amused at the singular interest
taken by reformers in the poor tax
burdened traveller. HaScan no longer
spend thousands of dollars annually in
the purchase of luxuries abroad and
have them come in free of the duty
levied upon the clothing. tools and food
of the poorest Workingman in the land.
He is deprived of the deadhead priTi-
lege that he has been accustomed to,
and he does not like it. The working
of this clause. which we have justly
characterized heretofore az the least
Objectionable of the entire Dingley bill,
is exactly what the Globe expected
and prophesied that it would be. The
Boston Herald, for example, says: 1t
has already made more converts to
tariff reform than any feature of he
tariff law, and when one considers that
the tariff law contains such objection
able features as the notorious section
%. the sugar steal n other manipu-
lated provisions, this is saying a great
deal" Today, as 1000 years ago it is
not the poor that need to a V the gos-
pei preached to them so much as the
rich. Incredible as it appears, it is
probably true that thousands Of
wealthy people have accepted the pro-
tective tariff unquestioningly and clos
ed their ears against the arguments
against it drawn from its injustice to
the masses of the people of this coun-
try. who are now, for the first
time, impressed with the sense of it's
iniouity when it takes something from
their own pockets. These people have
loud voices and large influence. They
are going to make such an cutlery
against his clause that it is doubtful
whether or not they will not succeed
in inducing to repeal it. In the
meantime, as the GIL o b e said would
happen, these influential people have
had their first real taste Of the beau-
ties of a protective tariff and have be-
come the most Jealous and ardent of
refIrmerS.
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ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY.

A major in the ermy, with a twist
in his head commensurate with his
name, Whoun, has compiled some
statistics" to prove that wheat goes
down with the incoming of Democratic
administrations and up in price with
the advent of Republicanism, n the
silly major finds a paper silly enough
to say of his statistics" Let any one
who is inclined to belittle the influence
of political policies upon business con-
ditions cut his out and paste it in his
hat" It is we'll to answer a fool ac-
cording to his folly" If wheat prices
go up because a Republican admins
tration comes in, they should stay up
when one is in. Such a one was in in
1868 when the average semi-monthly
price in Chicago, stated in gold, was
$1.22; such a one was also in control
in 1870, when the same average price
was S3A cents.
A Republican administration ruled in
1877 when the average was $1.21, and in
1879 when it was 96as cents. The av-
erage in 1888, under President Ar
thur" was $1.O1%, instead of 81 cents,
and in 1884, latter Cleveland's first
election" the average was S2% cents,
instead of 81 cents. A Republican ad-
ministration succeeded in 1889, and the
average that year was S63s. In 1882
the range was from 91% cents in Feb
ruary to SO cents in October, closing in
December at 71% cents. If political
| policies influence the price Of wheat,
rise to those in Hayes, and those in
Harrison's to those in Arthur's?
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the sturdy Morton's? They are too well
trained for that. From the Pioneer
Press down to the New York Tribune
there is a rolling of adoring eyes and
calculations of How wise! How beau
tifuI! How different from Morton!' AS
we said, this they deem their duty; but
as long as it is an acknowledgment
thai Morton was right, that the seed
business is a fraud, and as Wilson
starts it on it's decline and fall off"
we also join in approval, but omit the
Mysteries.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-21
TEXAS TOWN FLOODED.
People Compelled to Fly to the Hills
for Safety.

DALLAS, Tex. Sept, 2O.-A special to the
News from Ell Paso says: At 10 o'clock last
night people of Ahumada, Mex, about fifty
miles south of this city, were visited by the
worst flood that ever happened in the history
of the state. Men. women and children were
driven from their beds and had to take refuge
on the high ground with their household
effects. There was not a place to shelter
them, many houses in town tumbling down
in great heaps and many are expected to col
lapse at any moment. The water stands four
and five feet il the houses and the country
is flooded for miles around. Carmen river
has overfowed it's banks. Unless relief comes
soon women and children will be in a sad
plight as it is raining hard and another
bad night seems inevitable.
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simultaneously with the news of he
revival of the cotton mills industry in
New England comes the statement of
a similar revival among the cotton
mills of Canada. AS Canada has be-
gun her march towards free trade by
reducing protection to cottons among
other things, and holds out further re-
auctions next year amounting to rs per
cent for cottons made to countries that
impose no duties on Canadian exports,
the revival there seems to contradict
the stout assertion of some papers and
persons here that the revival with us
is due to the increased protection of
the Dingley act. We know that it's
principle has wonderful, in fact, mag
ical properties; that it makes revenue
more and less; manufacturers richer
and poorer; but we had supposed that
it's magic was limited to our jurisdic-
ion. Is it possible that the Canadian
improvement is also due to the Ding
ley act?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-21

The Tribune is well aware that the states
make their own laws with regard to mar
rage and divorce; but we are also aware
thai the federal constitution provides for its
own amendments, and that the initiatives In
proposing a constitutional amendment rests
with congress.-Minneapolis Tribune.
The trainers did not let the initiative rest
solely with congress-, for occasions might
arise for amendment, as the "mending OF
ending of the senate, or providing sena-
torial elections by general ballot, to which
congress would not give initiation. SO they
provided a mandate that congress shall
call a convention for proposing amendments"
on sthe application of the legislatures OF two