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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-29

count OF his own service to the reform
forces and his personal relation to Mr..
Lind. TO have his wishes consulted. Mr..
Parsons Is said to be exceptionally
qualified for the position, and to CONF
mand influences among the Insurance
interests which will command atten-
ton.
Some are inclined to think that there
was too much partisan in The men
ton Of the candidacy OF Mr. Austin,
of Duluth, for insurance commissioner.
In view Of the fact that there are a
number Of other good Peoples party
men who may have a stronger claim
to recognition. Under the supposed
rule that Mr.. Lind will be inclined to
recognize those who have been lead
ers, as on the state tickets, Mr.. Austin
viii be in line, but he would not be
above Maj. ]. NJ. Bowler. Then there
are S. M. Owen. Former Chairman
Gibbs, of Waterville, who has done an
immense amount of reform work; Hon.
j. A. Keyes. Of Duluth, a pioneer
Populist; the veteran Maj Hotchkiss,
of Preston; Editor A. d. Campbell, of
Winona; Maj. A. E. Ball, Of Concord.
and many others.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-29

Congressman Page Morris, of Duluth, was
in the city FOR few hours, en- route to Wash
ington.
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GOLD KING MARRIES
FRANK PHIsCAToR, MADE RICH
IN THE KLoEDIkE, BECOMES
A BENEDICT
MARRIED AT ST. JOSEPH, MICH.

Friends by Taking Nellie Boyd
as Partner for Life-Gives
Every Girl In the Dining Room
From So to $1O-Career OF the
Young Croesua.
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While on the Minneapolis subject It
might as well De mentioned that those
gentlemen Who think that the irsur-
ance commissioaersi:p is settled had
better look out for the candidacy OF
D. W. Parsons. the professional part
ner OF ex-senator John Day Smith
The latter. having made a fine race for
district judge. wants nothing for him
self. but Is in position. both on ac-
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ENDED IN SMOKE.

Senator Sullivan reviewed the evi-
dence and said: 1T seems that McVey
thought Corbett was being beaten and
jumped into the ring to save him. No
evidence to the contrary is forthcom-
ing. and the club directors have done
all that they could do to set the mer-
ter right In the eyes Of the public. As
70 the bets we have nothing further to
do with them
This ended the inquiry. so far as the
club was concerned.
After it was over Corbett declared
that Sharkey should give him another
fight, and O'Rourke promised to give
the Californian a chance.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-22
RELIEF OF MAINE VICTIMS,
The House Unanimously Passes tho Bill.

The House Unnnimou.iy Passes the Bill.
An Eloquent Tribute. y &
WASHINGTON, March 81. - The
house to-day unanimously passed the
bill for the relief Of the survivors and
victims Of the Maine disaster. The bill
reimburscs the surviving officers and
men for the loss they sustained, to an
amount, not to exceed a years sea pay,
and directs the payment of sum equal
to q years pay to tho legal heirs Of those
who perished. There was quite q spir-,
tied debate over an amendment. sug-'
gested by Mr. Cannon to give the sur,
vivors each a years pay out of hand
Instead of attempting to reimburse
them for actual losses. Some old al
legged scandals In connection with the
reimbursement OF the survivors Of the
Samoan disaster. were raked up, but the
debate In the end was saved from a
rather sordid tone by q beautiful tribute
paid to the gallant dead by Mr.. Cousins,
of Iowa, in a short but eloquent speech.
He aroused the galleries 10 spontaneous
applause when he said that while the
vultures might be watching over the
dark waters OF Havana harbor for the
,bclatcd dead, above all the eagles pIerc-
ing eye was watching for the truth.
The remainder OF the day occupied in
the consideration OF the old claim of
John Roach, the ship builder, for $751;.
900. No action was taken upon the
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P0RTUGAs HARBoR,
prob.blllty That aortinc.,lonu.. VIII No. 3,

Probability That Fertilization VIII Not
* be Undertaken.
WASHINGTON d. c., March 2l.-An
important conference was held in the
Office OF the secretary OF war In regard
TO the fertilization OF Tortugas harbor.
There were present Secretary Alger,
Assistant secetary Roosevelt, OF the
navy department: General files, Cen
seral Wilson, chief OF engineers, and
Colonel Henry NJ. Robert, corps Of en-
gineers. <
si{ a troublesome question has arisen In
connection with the proposed system of
fortlhcations at Tortugas. The engineer
officers who have been Investigating the
matter estimate that It will cost about
S1,00o,0O0 and take nearly two years to
put the Island IN n proper STATE OF de--.
Tense from sea attack, and Secretary
Alser iand 4 his associates hesitate to
embark on an undertaking Of that ex-
tent unless the navy department con-
siders the work absolutely necessary.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, repre-
senting Secretary Long, was not pre-
pared to assume the responsibility
without further consultation with the
naval officers specially interested In the
establishment Of the coalIng station,
and definite action was postponed In
order to give him an opportunity to In
yestigate the matter further and report
as to the advisabillty OF! the proposed
engineering works at this outpost.
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10 aEIlsvE THElI,YlAlMINE
A AslEnideant utteranee In senator Chan,

Utteranee In Senator Chand.
icr's Newspaper mt Concord.
"A CONCORD, N. H., March 21.-senator.
wm. L. Chandler, in an editorial in the
Concord Monitor to-day. says that Press
ident Mckinley Is about to take action
In the name OF the United States TO ore-
lieve the famine and sickness in Cuba
food and medicine and clothing, = he
says. given by the generous people OF
the United States, will be sent with the
approval OF Spain. II she consents. for
WILL BE CARRIED BYsAMERICAN
SAILORS AMI. SOLDIERS WITHOUT
THAT APPROVAL, 1F, SHE DOES
NOT CONSENT Is!
&"The end OF the. starvation and tor
ture is near at hand. Every humane
person In this whole, land should sustaIn
and bless the President In his coming
proclamation. which Is to cause the
name OF William cKinley to be held In
sacred reverence by the Cuban genera
tions as long as. will be revered the name
OF Abraham Lincoln by the colored race
tt,A A -Iap Han4
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WEST VIRGINIA MATTERS.
Hearing orthe Court Biii-Nsw Po,tms.

hearink ohtno Court blll-New Poitmnss
Az y tees. * n
Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencer.
WASHINGTON, March 2l. The hear
ing before the house judiciary on the bill
to divide the state OF West Virginia into
two districts for, the holding Of United
States courts will be. commenced We'd
nesday next. Senator Faulkner Will be
first heard in opposition, ana he will be
answered by Representative Dayton.
the author ot8the bill, and by Messrs.
John A. Howard, B. NJ. Amber and D.
c. Westenhaver, and possibly others OF
the stnte bar association. The bill has
the support OF the West Virginia dele,
CATION In the house. The discussion
promises to be, very entertaining. The
merits of the bill will be presented in
their strongest Light, while OF course the
senator will do his best for the other
side. ~ 25si7 !. ~
Representative Dayton to-day decided
two postofilce contests in his district by
recommendations to the department for
appointment. He recommended L. D..
Getzendanner for the Charleston Office,
and SumnersW. Thompson for Davis. It
is understood these selections are ap-.
proved by Senator Elkins.
Appointments Of West Virginia post
masters of the fourth class were made
to-day as follows: Craigmoor, Harrison
county, ]. +. johnson; Paden Valley,
Wetzel county, Annie L. Stevens; Lo-:
Gust, Pocahontas county, G. A. Collision.
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TOLD INA FEW LINES. !, I


The United States arsenal at Water
town. N. Y. is working night and day.
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius VIII
probably be attached to the flying,
squadron soon to assemble at Kew,
West. i.:y n
1.-THE funeral OF the lato ex-senator B;
X. Bruce occurred In Washington yes.
terday. President Mckinley sent a
handsome floral tribute.
Speaker Reed was IN conference witt,
President Mckinley yesterday, presum.-:
ably with reference to the coming re-
port Of the Maine investigation.
Commander W.. H, Brownson. %, S. NJ
left England for France to inspect tho
5war ships now. being built for Brazil,
for. which negotiations have been pros
,ceedlng. y Ak
Representative Wheeler, OF Ala bana.
introduced in tho house a resolution
providing for a joint committee OF thes
house and senate to consider the srcla :
tlons between this country and Spain.
the committee being empowered TO In
Svestlgate and report all & information
concerning the conditions prevailing In
Cuba. II a! S n
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PACIFIC RAILROAD BILLS,

The Senate Committee Report the Meas.
ure for Settlement OF Debts.
q WASHINGTON, March 21-The SEN
ate committee on Pacific railroads to-
day decided to report the bills for settle
ment Of the Central Pacific and the
Sioux City and Pacific debts. The sec
retary OF the treasury, the secretary OF
the interior. and the. attorney general
are created a commissioners settle the
debts and to make such exiS&sions as
may be necessary to secure, the govern
ments interest. In the case OF the Gen.
trail Pacific an amendment was adopted
providing that the full amount of the
governments principal and interest
must be paid. No limitation was placed
on the Sioux City and Pacific, and 1t Is
probable that Senator's Morgan and
Harris will make a minority report in
favor. OF q similar restriction 10 be
placed on the Central Pacific settlement.
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WASHINGTON, March e1.-The ord
nance Office Of the war department pre-
sented a Tery busy, scene to-day when
bids were opened for. furnishing the de-
partment about 1000 cast iron projec-
tiles for sea coast cannon with which to
man the fortiflcations, The advertise.
ment called for 1877 ten-inch solid shot,
$40 twelve-inchl mortar shells weighing
500 pounds each, and 500 twelve Inch
mortar shells weighing 1000 pounds
each. There were an unusually large
number OF firms who bid for, the con-
tract and prices at which they proposed
to furnish the projectiles showed q wide
range. Y
So FAR as figures ore concerned the
Petersburg, Va. Iron Works were the
lowest bidders. although ther may be
other conditions exist which under GER
tain conditions might prevent them
from getting the contract.
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Getting Together.

Special Dispatch TO tho IntellIgcncer.
! CHARLESTON. W. Va. March III
The leaders 0; the Dorr and Edwards
factions mutually agreed to-day not to
continue their flllbusterlng tactics and
to permit the congressional committee
to meet Tomorrow for the purpose OF
,electins temporary chairman 70 take
the place, OF Chairman A. IL winches-
ter. who Is travelling in South America.
The committee will also apportion the
delegates to which each county Is en-
titled. The time and place for holding
the convention will not be determined
at this meeting, but7i Is thought that It
VIII be held late In May, and perhaps n
Anderson or Hinton. Z. a, q n
sE Chief Mine Inspector ]. w. Paul has
signiflea his intention OF Joining the
signal corps that Is being organized
here by Colonel Fred. N. Carr. lie will
be given the rank OF lieutenant. a! 2 e. e ,8
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NEW ORLEANS AND ALBANY


Tho Name. OF the Two Newly Purciiased
Cruisers-The Orders Issued.
WASHINGTON, March 21--secretary
Long issued an order that the Amazonas
the cruiser recently purchased at New
,casue-on-Tyne from tho Brazilian gov
ernmens, hereafter shall bear The name
Of New Orleans. IN honor OF the principal
dty:ot louisiana Telegraphic instruc-!
lions were sent to the naval officer in
command of the vessel, who will take
immediate steps to carry them into ef-
feet New Orleans was chosen as the
name OF the warshlp acquired from tho
sister republic OF South Amedca for the
reason that Louisiana is one of the very
few statea not Represented In the navy.
q Secretary Lone has christened the
cruiser Abreuall, recently purchased in
England from the Brazilian government,
and hereafter she will be known as the
Albany. IN honor OF the capital OF the
.Ern r4re etnfe 90 d ltt ssi,s1 tsStfa
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WASHINGTON, March 2l-Lleuten-
ant Duyall has been appointed military
aide to Secretary Alger5 and will relin-
Quish his present connection with tho
artillery school at Fort Monroe and take
up Ills residence iinlthis city. Il t {is sum
posed that; Lieut.. Devore, who has been
acting as the cssccretnry',s3m Military aide
sinceAthe beglnnlng OF ;this ndministra-
Ton VIII continue tolnct In that ca pac.
lty5 In COM junction with Duvall. (, ~ rs
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RECRUITS FOR THE NAVY.

Tho Government AdvertisiaH for Men
Il for tho. New Cruisers.
WASHINGTON. March :1.-The en-
fstment branch Of the navy department
to-day Issued q large poster advertising
for men for the United States navy. Tho
recent putting into commission OF the
cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis and
the prospective demands that Will be
necessary US u result OF the acquisition
of the Brazilian ship Amazonasi and the
American yacht Mnyfower requires tho
enlistment of additional mon I; Enlist
naents Will be; made + at the following
places: The navy Z yards at Boston,
.Brooklyn; League Island. Philadelphia,
Washington. D. q c., Norfolk; Mare sIs.
land, No. Sc South street. New York city.
u 8. 81. Michigan, a / Erie. Pa; Custom
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BUTTE, Mont, March 3l.-The Hale
House, a three-storyi building used ns q
boarding house and lodging house for
men in tho employ OF the Anaconda
copper mines, was. entirely destroyed by,
IRE early to-day. The building was on
Broadway. When the fro broke out
shortly after . o'clock, there were 400
men Init. or these many arc now IN
the hospitals and others who escaped.
almost without clothes, are scattered all
over town. ~ y t'a N x e. x
Until the safe now buried IN the cellar
under tons of debris is removed and the
boolss examined and roll called. 1t will
not be known how many pcrished. The
estimates of the dead. which now run
up to twenty-five, may be cut down as
the men report for duty or to tho policc.s
It Is known that sixty, did not show up
atJthe mines this morning, though many
of these doubtless are with friends, res
covering from their, fright.
The Nre started in the basement and
was coon beyond control. The halls were
filled with smoke and It was impossible
for many to have escaped that way.
The fire escapes were mostly In the rear
OF the building and these were used by
the men who could reach them. Those
In front, however, crowded to the. wins
dows. a Many OF these were taken out
by means of ladders put up by the fire.
men. Others jumped and were more or
less injured. AS fast as the men reached
the ground the injured were ken to-
the hospital or to the houses OF friends
Others who were not fpiured rushed at
once for, shelter. The air was bitterly
cold. It will be some time before a com.;
plete list OF the injured can be had,
Following Is a partial list: Y
Matt Doyle,wh was injured by Jumps
Ing, died at 10 o'clock in the Sisters
hospital
Frank Rhodes. injured by jumping. 10.
dying.
Mike Judge right arm broken at. the:
wrist: jumped from third story.
John Dugan was taken to the Sisters
hospital in an unconscious condition and
Is probably suffering from confusion Of
the brain. His head Is crushed and he
Is otherwise hurt about the body. He
jumped from the third story. Il
Z Newt Gallagher had his back eprain-
ed Jumping from the second floor. sfi
Tim Ryan, O miner In the Mountain
Consolidated, had his leg broken by
falling from the fire escape at the Sec
ond story. WI t;ss ~
Hugh Boyle. left. leg broken.
Patrick Gilman. badly burned about
body and hands. Z ;is
The loss on the hotel VIII amount to-
$50 900. The Individual losses of the
men VIII amount to considerable.
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"A typical AMERICAN
Accepts ths Challenge for Dael From
Baron FL cardo ON Senator ,iason,s De.

Sstsh - 1iSShuUSh StuhtoE hAAsohsS Se
half.
w1NoNA. MINI, March 2l.-1n re-
sponse to the challenge OF Baron FL
cardo, Marquis OF Alta villa. Madrid,
Spain, to fight a duel with Senator Ma
son. OF Illinois. for the latter's utter
ances in the United States senate, Or.
George Powell, Of Lacrosse, has cabled
the following acceptance OF the chal-
lenge in Mason's stead:
.-To Baron Elcardo. Madrid, Spain: ".
Through the press dispatches I am
informed that you have challenged
Senator Mason 10 mortal combat for
words spoken In defense OF his position
as the champion OF the patriotism and
principles Of his country. and its people
in the United States; with usual Span
iah generosity selecting your own
weapon. y. n 4 = /, N y <
Now. as Senator Mason has spent q
lifetime in the pursuit OF humane
calling and in the walks OF civilization
which has but poorly. fitted him to meet
a bully at arms, as one, who has ad-
mired. and now endorses the, objection
able words and patriotism OF Senator
Mason. !. o plain man, a westerner. one
OF o class known as typical American,
typical because It holds principle, as pa
triot,sm. above price-because 1t be-
lieves that murder In the first degree
cannot be paid for with gold-hereby
accept your challenge. and name the
army pistol, the old forty.four. the or
gan of civilization. the instrument with
which the American pioneer measured
Justice to the assassin; and. while ear
nestly assuring you and all your kind
that thousands OF men OF my type stand
ready to step In my. tracks and pick up
my pistol. II 1t should fall, 1 sincerely
thank the representative. OF a thousand
years Of barbarism for, the opportunity
| TO. fire the shot in revenge for the
Yankee sailors who fed the sharks in the
bottom OF Havana bay. S3 %.
(Signed) GEORGE E. POWELL.
s. La Crosse. Wis"
The above cable was sent March II,
but was not made public until to-day.
II DIR. George Z. Powell is q noted west
ern plaInsman. and Indian fighter who
followed the fortunes of the army for
thirty years In the capacity OF scout
and guide in the numerous Indian wars.
serving with disttnetio nder. every.
general notS the army west OF the Miss,
:isslppi river during his term Of SER
Vice. So valuable had been the services
rendered by him to The army that he,
has been made the recipient OF many
mementoes from his commanders. no.
table among them being magnificent
silver mounted revolved costing $3.50,
-. q
DR.. Powell is about fifty years OF age.
and @ well known physician sof La
Crosse. III & & =
DR.. Powell Is: a boon companion OF
such frontlersmen as Buffalo Bill, Wild
BIZ. Texas Jack and others of equal
note S lisiy.ii. = -. s. y 5,-s; \ 3 AZ
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RowDY ELEMENT
Seizes Benners sRoad,-Troops Ordered Z
,,sytl Suppreyx Outiaxrs n tfsss2TL ~ Z

seizss Bennets Road-Troops Ordered to
Suppress Outlaws.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 2l.-1n-
formation has reached the war depart
ment that the rowdy element otiAlaska
have seized Bennett's Road, leading to
and over White Pass and have placed
the country infa state of terror. In!
structions were telegraphed to-day to
General Merriam. commanding the de-
.partment OF the Columbia, at vancou-
yer, Washington. to order the infantry
garrison at skaguay to take proper;
steps for the protection OF persons and
property in the disturbed region, re-,
gardless Of the expense attending such
q movement OF troops, 8 ss.3553
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e HAVANA. Il March 21.-"Generals Pan
do and salledo." 1t is announced at the
palace to-day, Continue advancing with
considerable forces Of all arms towards
Puerto Principe
4 The insurgents on Saturday night
dynamted the iron railroad bridge near
Madruga, province OF Matan1as, partly
destroying the structure. and last night
they destroyed with dynamite culvert
between Robles and Madruga. N
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Ahish official Of the navy who has In
Innate knowledge Of its affairs, said to-

days, D q :. n m n, n s.
1.-THE greatest difficulty s. being exper.
fenced in procuring ships from abroad, !,
but II IS hard work and is making as
much progress as could reasonably; be
expected underthe circumstances. Spain
1s rushing work on her war vessels,
The Pelayo, It's largest und best battle.
ship, Is practically ready for eea, and Its
second biggest ship, the Carlos ", will
be ready In a fortnight or three weeks.
The officials OF the navy department are
doing everything In their power to pre-
pare for any possible conflict Anything,
however. which is gotten in the way OF
boats and yachts, will be for make
shift, and our people would do well to
learn that the only way to prepare for
an emergency Is to see that the navy IS
put In first rate shape long before the
emergency arrives, and this can be done
only by building batheships md torpedo
:destroyers; by adding permanently to
our naval lists OF officers and men, and
by Immediately passing Through Con-
gress the pending personnel bill, which
Is absolutely necessary to the handling
of the new navy. The results, however,
iof! the preparations so far make with
the materials at hand, ore eminently sat
isfactory. The greatest preparation
that has been made was the drilling of
battle shlps and torpedo boats last sum-
mer, and as a result the navy Is now
idoubly as efficient as one year ago. The
people Of the United States may trust to
the navy with absolute confidence that It
will respond to every; call with the high,
est credit to itself and The Natlon.n "a
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route from North English. iowa; d car,
load OF provisions from Rome. Ind. a
box OF supplies from Decatur, Ind. Win-i
chester and Fredericksburg. pa.;;s 5000
pounds OF beans, lSJ, ,le5 grains OF qul-'
nine 1000 pounds OF cod ilsi. 300 pounds
of condensed milk and other supplies
from Portland. Me-, and numerous
smaller consignments from other places.
Rev. ]. y. Corta, writes from Tampa.
Fla, asking for aid "forj tho II, 900 ref
ugces here 5000 OF whom have no
means OF making a living. They must
be fed. clothed and healed.
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HoaFc at New orleans ana thc I custom

HouEe az New Orleans and the custom
hotse at Glouees,er. Mass.
y Tho following classes OF men are want-.
ed: Seamen IS to % years OF age. at S?tl
per month; ordinary scamen. Is to So
years Of age. $40 per month: chief ma
chinists. Is to 80 years OF ngc, Mt $40 per
month. machinists. first class, 1s 10 s5
years of age, ut s55 per month and ma
chintsts, second class. 1s 90 s5 years Of
age, $40 per inoath. 3 X 3
The requirements for enhstments pro-
vide that oil candidates must pass n
physical examination showing them TO
be free from dlsqualitying ailments.
Seamen and ordinary seamen must pass
examination In seananship and must
have had experience at eea. Machinists,
are required before enlistment to pass
an examination showing that they are
machintstg by trnde, 3 2 :, ii