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TO-DAY'S WEATHER."Washington. .nine 14.—Indications for

IWisconsin: Fair, preceded by light rata In

eastern portion. Lower Michigan: Slightly

cooler, winds becoming westerly. For Min-

nesota and Dakota: Fair, preceded by light

rain in southern portions; slightly warmer;variable winds. For Iowa: Fair, cooler,

northerly winds.GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

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Duluth... 29.96 72 £«• Tl?.ttcll- 30.12 -62La Crosse. 29.92 70 Minnedosa

30.12 62Huron 30.08 68 Minnedosa 29.96 t>o

Moorhead. 30.08 70 Calgary.... -><- <-St. Vincent 30.00 70 Edmonton. 29.86 74

Bismarck. 30.12 ™ O'Appelle. 29.98 0-

Ft. Buford. 30.10 GO Med.c c H. -97W - -Ft. Custer.. 30.12 50 Winnipeg.. 00.0-t "*>

Nice distinctions are drawn at Cin-cinnati. The amateur games of baseball are Interdicted, while the profes-sionals are permitted to have the fieldon Sunday.

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\u25a0 Some of the lowa towns propose to

add cows to the prohibitory catalogue,so far as to restrain their freedom in thestreets. It will afford another chance

\u25a0"to see if prohibition prohibits.

Newspaper sentiment is emphaticthat the California man went too far inshooting at his wife for reading EllaWheeler Wilcox's poems to him. Apoker is pronounced quite equal to theexigency.

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The Indian name that those Rosebudaborigines gave ex-Gov. Fostek wasYoung-Man-Proud-of-His-Tail. For usein Ohio it has been shortened to PeacockCharley. His early political title wasCalico Charley. _

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A facetious Republican paper pre-sumes that Jeff Davis "willregisterfrom the Southern Confederacy whenhe arrives on the other side." As theConfederacy has passed away fromearth, perhaps he will have a reunion.

IKing Kalakaua, of the Sandwich

islands, has been forced to abandon hisproposed visit to the French exposition

on account of sickness, and some areill-natured enough to believe that hishealth would be good ifhe could borrow

10,000 for the tour.

A veby large number of those lostIn the Pennsylvania flood were English-men from Cornwall, many of them notlong in the country. The \u25a0 fact thatmany foreign countries were representedin the disaster has made it a matter ofmore than usual interest inEurope. : ..

One of the syndicates that have beenbuying up American breweries adver-tises in the London papers guarantee-ing 13 per cent dividends on its commonstock for six years, with less figures onsome other classes of securities. Thoseare attractive figures for English capi-tal.

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Ifthe scheme of some of the Easternmanufacturers to make carpets out ofthe hair ofcows proves as successful asanticipated, it may be of considerableadvantage to the cattle growers. It isinsisted that the process Is not expen-sive, and the product superior to thewool article.

mmThose Paris editors in jailfor saying

hard things about the president of theFrench republic should imitate theexample of the Democratic journals ofthis country. They feel a common in-terest with other citizens in the head ofthe government, and if they scratch thehead a little it is only rubbing the com-mon nart.

*^». —The Prince of Wales has on severaloccasions shown more political sensethan his mother. He paid special-at-tention to Gladstone when the oldlady snubbed him, and recently, whenshe would not allow any official recog-nition of the French exposition, he" tookit in himself. Victoria apparentlywillneither abdicate nor die.

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Bismarck is preparing to signalizethe gathering of the state builders onthe national independence day, by acelebration that will be worthy of theoccasion and of the capital of the risingcommonwealth of the North. All thepeople of the North, and "the rest ofmankind," are solicited to share thefestivities and join in the patriotic dis-play. -

\u25a0There are those who doubt the divin-ityof Swinehubst, termed the Rock-ford Christ, and they suggest the scof-fers of 1,800 years ago who would have.the Savior cast himself down from aneminence as a test of supreme power.These modern people want the Rock-ford claimant to prove his alleged char-acter by testing the electrisal appliancesdevised to kill murderers. Ifhe sur-vives itwill be a splendid advertisementtor him. SBlfl

As another instance of the disposi-

tion of the president to please himself,he is reported to refuse to followthepractice of his predecessors for manyyears and sign the diplomas of theWashington law graduates. He allegesthat he "hasn't time." It is a puzzle toa great many people who are trying toget his name to certain papers what hedoes with his time. They should findwhere he digs his bait to fish with.

"...That Persian shah, having never had

experience as a professional politicianin this couutry, has a hard task to allowhimself to be coddled by England andRussia without exciting the suspicion ofeither. - They both want favors andprivileges in the Persian direction, andare intensely jealous of each other.Russia is reported to threaten to throwa big army into Persia if the shah con-cedes anything to England. It is notaltogether a merry frolic when a kinggoes visiting in these times, especiallywhen he has to keep the good will of alion and a bear.

c The developments in the Cronintrial in Chicago, and the suspicious at-titude it leaves Sullivan in, with thepossible discomfort of Minister PatEgan, are not calculated to• promote

cheerfulness 'with Secretary Blame.It is making. trouble with his specialfriends. Sullivan was the close ma-;nipulator of the Blame- element of the;Irish. The secret society so clouded bythe investigations was tlie chief Repub-lican force with the Irish, and the in-fluence of Sullivan was employed tobring it to the Blame columns. lienamed Egan for a foreign mission, andis likely to have to recall him. Tienamed Tucker also for a conspicuouspost, and altogether is not having themost cheerful time, even wheu Harri-son is out fishing.

NEW STATE POLITICS.Very great anxiety is manifested by

many of the Republican papers over thepolitical complexion of Montana andthe represenation it will come in with.Their tone indicates that they willre-gard it as an act of bad faith to come inas a Democratic ! state. The St. Louis

lobe-Democrat anticipates that theDemocratic majority in the constitu-tional convention will gerrymander thelegislative districts in order to securethe United States senators. That showsthe Republican solicitude on the sub-ject, and carries the assumption thatfor some reason Montana is rightfullyRepublican. It has habitually votedwith the Democrats since the organiza-

tion of the territory. Last fall, when itelected a Republican delegate, wasabout the only exception to therule, and that %as a politicalfreak due to dissatisfaction withcertain federal appointments, . andperhaps some other local questions.As the convention doesn't meettill July, there can be no basis forthe supposition that the Democrats willattempt any unfairness, other than thegeneral fact that Republicans are likelyto take such advantages. While itwould, in their estimation, be an evi-dence of unfairness and corruption forthe Democrats to continue to carryMontana, it is insisted that the Dakotasand Washington are absolutely certainfor the Republicans. If they are, then,certain to have six out of the eight sen-ators, there would be no great magna-nimity in letting the Democrats haveMontana, their own by virtue of morethan twenty years' possession; pro-vided, of course, that the Republicanscan't help themselves. But there is nooccasion tor conceding the claims to theother new states. Even in South Da-kota there is a growing feeling of inde-pendence, and the conviction is obtain-ing more widely than heretofore .that under the protective policythe agricultural community is beingneedlessly burdened, that selfish inter-ests may fatten at its expense. TheFarmers' Alliance has been an effectiveeducator in this direction, and it mayhave strength enough to compel theselection of tariffreform senators, evenif called Republicans. North Dakotaand Washington have more than an av-erage proportion of men who do theirown thinking, and like to vote the waythey think, but do not always succeedwhen old-time prejudices are stirred.At heart both states are largely opposedto the protection absurdity. They, aregood fighting ground for the Demo-crats, and no effort should be omittedto win them. It is the Republicanscheme to create the impression thata contest would be waste powder forthe Democrats. But, if the latter arewise, they willperfect a thorough organ-ization and make a courageous fight.Many a battle in politics has been wonwith far poorer chances.

MINORITY VOTING.H. W. Lord, at Devil's Lake, is portly

and popular. He was once a jRepub-lican congressman from Michigan, anduntil recently a land officer inDakota.He is apparently the strongest man inthe more northerly part of the new statefor United States senator. He is re-garded as a very square man, who isabove the use of money to secure office.Attention was called to Mr. Lord re-cently by his publication of a letter insupport of the proposition to incorpo-rate the minority feature in the newconstitution. He, however, apprehendsthat the poor device of the omnibus bill,so aggravating intcontemplation and in-nocuous :in practice, had provoked somuch prejudice and confusion as to ren-der it difficult to secure a hearing ofthe real minority plan upon its merits.There is no doubt . something in this,although it is not at all complimentaryto the parties covered by it. No one hasattempted to answer the argument pre-sented by Mr. Lord in favor of the ap-plication of the minority principle tothe popular branch of the legislature.There is no refutal possible without af-firming that minorities have no right toany share in legislation. The right ofthe majority, to rule is unquestioned.The proposed system does not interferewith the exercise of that right. Thecumulative system has been in opera-

. tion in Illinois eighteen years, and noone there even suggests change. Thereare no difficulties of detail in its ; opera-tion. County lines are no more cut than,under the ; old plan. The gist ofthe"matter is that, where the minority hasone-third or more of the votes, it mayelect one out of every three legislators.This is effected by the minority votergiving his three votes to one man inplace of giving three men one each. Ifthe question could be divested of allconnection with party in the mind ofthe voter, its fairness would insurenearly an unanimous vote for it.- - mm \u25a0

THE JUDGE CARTOON.Many of the Republican papers have

been unhappy of late over the notedcartoon ofthe Judge, the comic Repub-lican paper, in which Russell Har-rison is reputed to have an interest.The president stands in the midst ofa group of lions and tigers that meeklyhang their tails and exhibit a lamb-likedemeanor in the presence of their.con-queror and master. They are all

-labeled as such party chiefs as Allison,Platt, Alger, Sherman, Evarts,Edmunds and Wanamaker. Blamelies on his back, apparently exhaustedin his attempts to assert his nature, andMorton appears at the presidentialfeet docile and suppliant, watching forcrumbs. Harrison lias white.wings,a red sash, and the exultant air of asubduer of wild animals. In view ofthe presumed filial connection of thepaper with the White house, it isviewed .as an insult to. the leaders ofthe party. It has not been noted thateither Russell or.- Benjamin has ex-pressed any disapproval of it

• \u25a0 -mmmFUTURES , ILLEGAL.

A recent decision of the UnitedStates supreme court will have effectupon" the speculative system of dealingin futures. The decision is a reversalof the opinion of the circuit court thatsuch contracts . are legitimate and canbe enforced. According to this view ofthe highest court, there must be an in-tention to deliver the goods to make the;transaction legal. The "seller need nothave the stock or grain ih his possessionat the time of entering into the deal, .but he : must ; contemplate buying anddelivering the article, making anactual transfer. The court says . thelaw will enforce the contract only whenthere was a mutual \u25a0 understanding thatthe delivery was to take place. :; In thecommon case of paying the difference

; I between the market . price and price

agreed on, it becomes a gambling trans-action and willhot be 'countenanced by,the law. .;This decision will cut a gooddeal of figure in the transactions ofbrokers and boards. :

OHIO POLITICS.' Gov. Foraker will probably be theRepublican candidate for governor ;in

Ohio this fall, whatever the, rivalry forthe place and affectation of discrimina-tion in the matter. The Democratswould a little prefer to see Forakerbeaten to any other Republican. They,have strong confidence in their success,and the indications arc decidedly inthat direction. Among the complica-tions in the way of the > Republicans isthe disaffection, of tho colored voters,who have given them their majorityfor some time past. They claim thatthey have got less from Foraker thanfrom the Democrats, and they have ageneral feeling that Harrison doesn'tlike them either . personally or politi-cally. A call Is being circulated for astate convention of their own to nomi-nate a ticket. If they carry out thisscheme it willbe the first colored stateticket in "the North. They can helpmake the Ohio idea entertaining thisyear. " _

BAD PROPHETS.In 1884 the spellbinders earned their

stipends by lugubrious predictions thatthe election of Mr. Cleveland wouldclose the workshops and ruin most ofthe industries of the country. Theyfailed to alarm the voters sufficiently to

defeat the Democratic candidate. It isnot recorded that any valuable industrysuffered from the administration of thepast four years. The country wasrather more prosperous than it hadbeen, in fact. But the same class ofparty workers last year promised thatthe election of Harrison, on his pro-tection to everybody tariff, would stimu-late all the industries, and the toilerswould get better wages and have morework to do. It is easy to see that as-prophets they were quite as great fail-ures in the latter case as in the former.Almost from the close of the Novemberpolls that gave assurance of the contin-uance of the protective policy, the re-duction of wages began and greatstrikes were inaugurated. The pro-tected industries have been on the downgrade ever since. " : ;j;

»mCONCERNING WOMEN.

Female barbers are not having muchsuccess. Gentlemen willnot go to thembecause they dislike to be cut by a lady.

The marriage of the duke of Portlandand Miss Dallas Yorke is finally fixedto take place at St. Paul's church,Knightsbridge, London, June 17.

The duchess of Cleveland, who hasjust published the"Battle Abbey Roll,"a work which is likely to prove of greathistorical value, does all in her powerto add to the beauty of. her interestingproperty. She has herself painted , thelittle dell where King Harold fell withferns and flowers, and made it as charm-ing a place as any wherein historic in-terest and natural beauty are allied.

Mrs. Cleveland has consented to haveher name used; by Mrs. Chapman, ofBrooklyn, as a "patroness" of a fair tobe given for the benefit of the Brooklynhome for consumptives. This "patron-,ess" business is quite the fad now. Thesupposition is that, when a society wo-man attaches her name to a charitableenterprise as a "patroness" the peoplewho are not quite so fashionable willbemoved. '\u25a0.?\u25a0 y.-y\u25a0

A London letter says: "The wife ofthe marquis of Lome is an undoubtedartist. I have seen busts -and otherworks in sculpture which showed thatifshe had chosen plastic art as a ; pro-fession she would have succeeded at it.Her sketches of Canadian scenery aredownright clever. The portrait at theGrosvenor is more than that; it is mas-terly. The armor in which, for( pictur-esque reasons, the warrior is incased, isfinelypainted, and there is real powerofmodeling in color in the flesh."

HINTS ABOUT SHAVING. ' i:

The moment you leave your bed (orbath) is the best time to shave.

Never use warm water, which makesthe face (of shavers) tender.

A piece of soft plate leather- shouldalways be kept with razors to wipethem with. ,

In cold weather place : your razor(closed of course) in your , pocket orunder your arm to warm it.

Always wipe your razor clean andstrop it before putting itaway: and al-ways put your shaving brush away withthe lather on \t.Wt\\mIfyou only once put away • your razor

without stropping it, or otherwise per-fectly cleaning the edge, you must notlonger expect to shave well : and easy,the soap and damp so soon rust the fineteeth and edge.

The -razor, being only a fine saw,should be moved in a sloping or sawingdirection, and held nearly flat to theface, care being taken to draw the skinas tight as possible with the left hand,so as to present an even surface andthrow out the beard.

The practice of pressing on the edgeof the razor in stropping it soon roundsit; the pressure should be directed tothe back, which should never be raisedfrom the strop. Ifyou shave from heelto point of razor, strop it from point toheel, but ifyou begin with the point inshaving, then strop it from heel topoint. :^.s:'yy

COPPER-SKINNED STATISTICS.

The Indian agencies are sixty-one innumber. BffHßj

The number of houses • occupied byIndians is 21.232.

The estimated number of Indians inAlaska is 30,000.

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The number of Indians living on andcultivating lands is 0,612.

The total Indian population of theUnited States is 247,761. ' -;* .

The number of Indian church mem-bers in the United States is 28,663.

There are ten Indian training schoolslocated in different parts of the Union.

The number of Indians in the UnitedStates who wear citizens' dress is 81,621 .•

The number ot Indians in the UnitedStates who can read English is but23.495.

The number of Indians in the UnitedStates who can read Indian languagesis 10,027. \u25a0'.-\u25a0. . .

' — -mm ——- Devoted to Art,

"Are you fond of music?" •

"Yes; passionately. I never go tobed without playing one of Beethoven'sglorious sonatas on my comb and tissuepaper— never." .

CUPID'S ARROW.

Young Cupid went storming to Vulcan one.day, •-\u25a0>''\u25a0'\u25a0-.':\u25a0:\u25a0

And besought him to look at bis arrow.: " 'Tis useless,'.' he cried, "you must mend it,

Isay! \u25a0 ' \u25a0

'Tisn't tit to let fly at a sparrow. .There's something that's wrong in the shaft

or the dart. •a iiqw*infl^fHMBWFor it flutters quite false to my aim : ~

'Tis an age since itfairly went home to theheart, ". - ' - \u25a0

\u25a0 '".'"....•\u25a0..'And the world really jests at my name.

"Ihave straightened, I've bent, I've tried all,Ideclare; -\u25a0".'.

I'veperfumed itwith sweetest of sighs:'Tis feathered with ringlets my mother might

.'\u25a0 wear, ' -And the barb gleams with light from

"; ™ young eyes ;But it falls without touching— break itIaiE^vow^Jg^aßßaßWfgaMNmWUMHffißHM• '.For there's Hymen beginning to pout,lie's complaining bis torch burns so dull and

\u25a0 so low . : . : ."; That Zephyr might puff it right out."

;Little Cupid went on with his pitifultale '\u25a0-- TillVulcan the weapon restored. •'\u25a0 \u25a0•

"There, take it, young sir; try it now ifitfail '....\u25a0 •.\u25a0

Iwill ask neither fee nor reward." .The urchin shot out and rare havoc he made ;'

The wounded and the dead were untold;But no wonder the rogue had such slaughter-

'".'::-\u25a0'. ing trade,For the arrow was laden with gold.

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EXONERATE BOWERSReport of the Grand Jury on

the Killing:of Taylor

- * Combs. •

Dr. Bowers and His Associ-ates Not Considered Re-

sponsible,

But Adjudged Guiltyof Neg-lect in Omitting: to Make

a Report.

Coroner Mosse Also Relieved': of Censure and Fully Vin-

dicated.

Special to the Globe. .'Rochester, Minn., June 14.— any

one is of the impression that SouthernMinnesota is retrograding, a visit toRochester will undeceive him. . It isjust three years ago when Ilast visitedthis queenly little : metropolis of theZumbro valley in company with; themembers of the St. Paul chamber ofcommerce, who came down to celebratethe opening of the Minnesota & Worth-western road, which brought Rochesterwithin six hours' travel of ;St. Paul.To-day they go from Rochester to St.Paul by way of the new road to RedWing in three hours and forty minutes,and without change of cars. That doesnot look like retrogression. But, ; morethan that, the growing good qualities ofthe town are perceptible in the ; manynew buildings of modern design andelegant finish, the new town hall andcounty jailbeing fair samples of whathas been done in the way of improve-ments within the three years since 1was last here. By the way, 1 am in-clined to think if the Ramsey countycommissioners could be induced to comedown here and take a look at the new'Olmsted county jail they would be sodisjusted with that miserable excusefor a jailthat we have in St. Paul, theywould go back home and order

the old eyesoreto be torn down immediately and a newone built on the style of the Rochesterprison. Even if it was re-located onthe present jailsite it would be an orna-ment to the city. The exterior of thejailhere presents the appearance of anelegant private residence without any-thing on the outside to suggest that itis a prison house. Unlike most West-ern towns Rochester, pins its faith tobrick and mortar. They have agood brick clay in - this localityand they use it. Consequentlythe city presents an exceptionally solidappearance. Although it is an oldtown, one of the oldest in the. state, andwas once swept by a cyclone, there areno traces of dilapidation, such as is sofrequently seen in towns ! that boast oftheir antiquity. There is a delicious airof freshness "everywhere, and encour-aging symptoms of enterprise which in-dicate that the city still has a wide-awake population. Rochester makes nopretension to being a manufacturingcity beyond the product of her rollermill, and wagon and carriage factories.It is essentially a commercial town, andthe banking center of one ofthe richestagricultural districts to be found in theworld. This Zumbro valley is a veryEden of fertility and loveliness, andRochester is its metropolis. The retailtrade in this town is , : • -

something phenomenal.

By actual count Isaw in the streetsto-day over 500 ; wagons and carriagesbelonging to the farmers that had cometo town to trade, many 'of them bring-ing their families with them, and yetthe merchants told me that itwas notan extraordinary good day for. trade:either. Saturday is the great . tradingday for the farmers of the Zumbro val-ley, and it must be. a show wirth seeingto'drop into Rochester on the last dayof the week. . Repeated failures of thewheat crop in this section -encouragedthe farmers to engage more extensivelyin the dairy and live stock :business.Their wisdom in giving their atten-tion to these new industries has alreadybeen amply demonstrated. As a mar-ket forfine horses Rochester now- has areputation equal to the leadingKentucky towns, and the Zumbrovalley farmers are ; now gettingprices for these colts that would haveseemed fabulous ten years ago. Thefamous creameries and cheese factoriesin' this region afford the farmers tbemeans of deriving a great profit fromtheir rich pasture fields. And what acounty these people have. -As 1 stoodthis afternoon on an eminence in therear of Attorney Wilson's residence andcast my eye up and down the Zumbrovalley, it occurred to me that Naturemust have tried :;3&idl&|Bfe§sS23|. HER APPRENTICE HAND .on other parts ofthe earth and have re-served her master stroke in the finish-ing touches of creation for this charm- .ing spot. Human eye never rested ona lovelier . landscape, nor human handnever tilled more fertilesoil. It seemsto me a mistake that Rochester was notnamed Zumbro city, after the river thatflows through this valley. am toldthat it was named by a NewYorker, who was an early settler here,

-and because the falls in the river re-minded him of the stream which runsby his native city he thought it was theproper thing to call it after the old townof Rochester in York state. Zumbro isan abbreviation of the name the oldvoyagers gave to the stream, which sig-nified "the embarrassed river," sonamed because of the number of boul-ders in the bed of the stream which in-terrupted the flow of the waters. Anyone who has an ambition to become agold digger / can satisfy it any day byscratching away the rocks in the bed ofthe Zumbro. There is gold in everyledge, but it is in such small quantityas to discourage human cupidity. Bya steady week's work a person canprobably gather enough of the preciousdust to make a dollar gold piece. Thereis a lady in this city : whose weddingring was made from gold taken fromthe Zumbro, and others have small sou-venirs of the river's wealth. Like allof our Minnesota towns, Rochester hasits old settlers, who still liveto tell rem-iniscences of

THE DAYS OP '55,when the town was first blocked outand only one house, and a very smallone at that, stood inside of the corpora-tion limits. These reminiscences oftheold settlers are so much alike in qualityand quantity and have been related so

'often one hesitates to give an additionalrepetition: But I heard one to-day of &Rochester pioneer that struck me as be-ingsomewhat exceptional, so Iwillven-ture to ;speak of it. His name -wasLowry, a \u25a0. frank, courageous, open-hearted old fellow, and like every trueson of Ireland was ; ever ready . for alight and always the champion of theweaker side. There were no ; Prohibi-tionists in those days and every mancould take his grog under his own vineand fig tree with none to molest or tomake him "- afraid, and thus it wasthat this brave . old pioneer could gftgentlemanly drunk whenever he had

! a mind to. The Methodist ? preacherhas always, been in the vanguard ofAmerican civilization, and it so hap-pened that one lighted on Rochester inits early settlement. . : One night at a re-vival meeting the preacher announcedthat if there were any friends of Jesus ,in the house he wished them"to-st*udup. Aftera considerable wait, and ;noone arising,' old man -Long finally stag-gered to his feet, and steadying himselfas best he could • by holdingto the backof a bench, said: Idon't knowthe gentleman -you; have just "named,but I- :\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0- ' i

: WILL STAND UP FOB HIM:orfor any ' other man who 7 has as fewfriends as he seems to have in thiscrowd ;and Iwill lick the first: man that says aword agin him."- Rochester has beenhaving a sensational; advertising lately

'.that has been 'about as undesirable to

the people here as it was unjust tothe management of the insane asy-lum which ; la ;' located :y at thisplace. People at a distance from herewho have been reading - the sensationalstories published in the leading-Repub-lican papers ot St. Paul and Minneapo-lis would . imagine that the Rochesterasylum was a den of iniquity, and thatbarbarities which would put a savageto shame were of every day occurrence.

i.Tlie effect \ has been ttWereate a preju-dice : against . the institution, and to

! cause apprehension among the ;friendsof the patients here that they were notproperly cared for. To all wno , experi-ence this \u25a0 feeling I can say most em-;phatically there is nothing to justifyithe prejudice, nor is '= there the least-ground for apprehension. I came hereon behalf of the Globe to give the mat-'ter a : ' : v --•..-.

> ;Y, . thorough and IMPARTIALinvestigation in order that our readersmay know the exact condition of affairs,and after making such an investigation,I am convinced that many of . the mostsensational statements that have ;been :published were not warranted by. thefacts. A simple and truthful statementis that the patient Combs \was roughlyand cruelly handled by two attendants,iand the probabilities aie that .- he : diedfrom the effect of his rough treatment.There is nothing to justifythe state-ment -'\u25a0 that the treatment Combs re-ceived was common in the institution orthat the officers ever encouraged, oreven tolerated such conduct on the partof the attendants. The reverse is true;and whenever it was discovered that anattendant was inhuman or unnecessa-rily harsh in his management of thepatients he was invariably discharged.The hospital is kept in the > best . orderthat is possible with the resources athand, for whatever is lacking in itsequipment is due more to the

PARSIMONY OF THE LEGISLATURE 'than to the inefficiency of the manage-ment. Imade a visit to the institutionat an early hour in the morning when Iwas not looked for, and consequentlythere could have been no preparationfor my visit. A thorough inspection ofall the wards and every departmentof the institution revealed the mostorderly and systematic arrangement.

The wards were as neat, comfortableand homelike in all their appoint-ments as it was -possible to make them.Every provision was made for the com-fort and security of the patients, and Iknow that these poor unfortunates area great deal better off. here than theywould be. in . their own homes. . Dr.Bowers has been the subject of severestcensure, and after a careful inquiryinto his connection with the Combs af-fairIarrive at the conclusion that agrievous injustice has been done theman. Isay this all the more freely be-cause Dr. Bowers is a stranger to ; me,so there is nothing to prejudice meeither for or against him. Inever : sawhim until to-day and we exchanged .nowords on the subject which most con-cerns him, ana about which all the peo-ple ofthe state are talking. The worstthat can be said of him truthfully isthat possibly -y^y.

HE HAS BEEN NEGLIGENT..and may have been lacking in Judg-ment. And yet this is not certain, foratter a searching investigation thegrand jury made a report to-day thatpretty clearly exonerates him. Ifindbut one sentiment here among the peo-ple of Rochester and that is voiced inthe report of a grand jury. I neverknew a case where serious charges werepreferred against a public officialand somuch pain taken in the beginning to in-

J flame and prejudice the public mind[against him that the people of the com-munity in which he lived so unanimous-ly and so cordially rallied together invindication of his personal reputa-tion, as the people of Rochester

'.have come up to the support• of. Dr. Bowers. : The very - factthat he so thoroughly enjoys the confi-

dence of the entire people among whomhe has lived, is to my mind the evidence

( that he has been unjustly, censured. ;.There can be no more trying or re-sponsible position than to be superin-tendent of an institution " like this, ands it is beyond the range of human possi-

;bility to prevent mistakes . being madesome time. It is a misfortune ' thatthere are ..,.-\u25a0/

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for service in insane asylums, and asuperintendent is compelled to hire suchhelp as he can get. It is but - logicalthat itshould occur now and then thatan unfit person should be employed,and the mistake cannot be discovereduntil there has \u25a0. been some overt actcommitted. The duties of a superin-tendent are so varied and on-erous, he is compelled to "rely .; agreat deal upon his subordinates.I think itis an error that the law doesnot provide for a division of responsi-bilities in the management of these in-stitutions, and that the superintendentshould be so far relieved of businesscares as tobe able. to devote his wholetime to the treatment of patients, and tothe study of each particular case.. Thereport made by the grand jury to-day,fully exonerates Dr. Bowers and hisassociate officials from all responsi-bility for the death of Taylor Combs,and certify that his death was causedby the use of unjustifiable force usedupon him by the two attendants. Thegrand jury, however, find that in theiropinion the , superintendent and . theother officials were guilty of a graveneglect ofduty in omitting to report tothe trustees or to the law officers ofthecounty the facts jin their possession.But they say in addition: "While thisis true we are satisfied and the evidenceshows beyond reasonable controversy,that the : superintendent inomitting toreport the case, acted. upon a

CONSCIENTIOUS BUT MISTAKEN5sense ofduty, and in accordance withwhat he believed to be for • the best in-terests ofthe hospital and : the public."Coroner Mosse is also relieved of cen-sure and fully vindicated. They are ofthe opinion that the number of attend- jants should be increased, and some sys- \tern adopted by which only competentattendants shall be employed. Ihe in-vestigation of the Knettle case confirmedthe grand jury in the belief that thepatient's death had been acceler-ated by cruel treatment, inflictedeither by attendants or patients.Some of the supervisors .of thewards are censured for negligenceand for compelling patients to performmenial service and assisting in handlingother patients. - A = number of reformsare suggested that . will . be worthy theattention of the next legislature. Thereport . was favorably .received 'by the ',people* here. There will be a sensationat the asylum some ; day worth talkingabout, unless the legislature makes anappropriation for"remodeling and re-constructing the entire building. It isa fire trap at best, and was twisted outof shape by the cyclone several : yearsago.' If it doesn't burn down or falldown within the next few years, kill-ing a lot of the patients, then Iam nojudge of ! architecture. It is a disgraceto the state to leave this buildingin itspresent condition. G. H. M.

\u25a0 s THE STEWARD SPEAKS.Communication From Dr. Kerr, of;o tbe Second Hospital.

To the Editor of the Globe. .

'^ Uhder a resolution of the board oftrustees certain officers - of . the : secondtyospjtal for insane have been ; sus-pended, myself among the number. !Abrief statement from • me seems appro-priate. In my long connection ; withthe i hospitals yof ~. this state I havebeen very pronounced in this, andmany nave heard me assertthat such institutions should . have butone head. This Ihave always felt wasfor • the . best ' interests . and successfulmanagement of all concerned. As formyself, acting upon this conviction eversince I have been connected with thehospital as an officer,\ I"have nevermeddled with ;or •taken i any respon-sibility '-: beyond :my own depart-ment, - \u25a0 my duties' being , purely ,financial. With the patients Ihave nothing to do, and it is but a lim-ited number that I even know, so withthe attendants. Iseldom see them saveto settle with - them ,' on ; pay day. / In;reference to the deplorable ; troublepending, I was told that one Combs wasdead ; was \u25a0 also informed jof the testi-mony before - the '< coroner and the con-flictingstatements of the . two attend-ants : and » that ;;. of . John Date. [£ ifi_

put on oath to-day I could nottestify Vto -\u25a0 any of :. the factscharged, only upon hearsay.'; From my.standpoint Ican not I bring myself to be ;or feel itto have been my duty to makeany report of the matter; and I doubt ifany one legally could be required to re-

;port a matter of which he is not person-ally cognizant. I.would : say with alldue deference to the ; board of: trusteesthat : if '\u25a0\u25a0'. it ;: is• thought /to:. be ' tbeduty of an officer in one departmento report matters on hearsay that havetranspired in another department, thatthe by-laws should <so define. " The by-laws in substance, to be brief, readthus : : ' "The s superintendent shall \u25a0 re-port to the trustees," etc. the assistantphysicians, steward and • other i officersshall report \u25a0?. to the ' superintendent,whose duty then is to act. Nowhere dothey 'say the '.-, subordinate officersshall report to the trustees; henceI. have very grave doubts as to thelegality of my suspension. Imay prop-erly, add' that Dr. Bowers, during ourlong years of intimate relationship, hasshown himself :an earnest, generous,kindly-hearted- man, ever watchful,ever active, devotedly and untiringlyworking for the best interests of ; thehospital and the welfare of the patients.

A. H. Kebb.

SAINT ' PAUL.BUILD YOUR OWN RAILWAY.

A St. Paul Capitalist Offers SomeGood Suggestions to PropertyOwners.

; In discussing the proposition of .realestate men and property owners to givethe City Railway company a bonus , of$100,000 to extend the cable line to Fair-view avenue, a capitalist, for busi-ness reasons willnot permit the use ofhis name, said yesterday v

"Basing my proposition on a state-ment made in the St. Paul Globe somefew days ago that a line of cable rail-road, with equipments, would average acost of $100,000 per mile, I am of theopinioß that by taking, say, for instance,a district of seven streets, in width,three streets on each side ofthe streeton which the line is >'. to •' be x built,assessing each lot owner on bothsides of the seven streets, making four-teen sets of lot owners, a pro rata share

: per foot ofthe cost of construction andequipment of such cable line, a payinginvestment would result. Thus youwill see, there being 5,280 feet to themile, the cost of construction per run-ning front foot would be $18.98. Thatsum divided among the property holderson- the seven streets, as before ex-plained (being the street on which thecable line is to be built, and threestreets on each side thereof), there beinglots fronting on each side of each ofsaid streets, making fourteen sets ofproperty owners, as before stated, amongwhom the assessment of $18.98 per run-ning front foot is to be divided,would make it (if divided evenlybetween the fourteen sets oflot owners) about $1.36 per runningfront foot, or $54.40 for a lot forty feetin width. In regard co the mode of di-viding - the cost of construction, etc.,between the fourteen sets of lot ownersit may not be right to divide evenly onaccount of the disadvantage or decreaseof property on the cable line street, butmy idea is only to make the matterclear, and therefore Imake each of thefourteen sets of lot owners shareequally in the cost of construction andalso to share equally in the dividends'according to their number offront feet. As to the rule to be fol-lowed in dividing the cost, etc., of con-struction between the different streets,that could be arranged by mutualagreement or some ~ standard.The line, then, being constructedand in running order at • acost of 81.36 per running front foot, or$54.40 to a forty-foot lot on each of theseven streets, could be controlledby a board of directors, who are -to ap-point the different officers, etc. Now,it seems to me if another corpora-tion can make money out of a line ofcable railroad that also this line wouldpay its projectors a-haudsome profit,more so than the other. corporation forthese property owners, knowing, thatthey have an interest in this line ofcable railroad, and a pro rata share inits dividends, according to the numberof feet of their property on each of saidstreets, will be apt to ride oftenerthan before, thereby making theprofits larger, and, perhaps, havingtheir money, • * paid in fares,returned . to them in dividendsreceived from the company out of its

Erofits. Such a:\u25a0 cable line could beuilt on Marshall, down Nelson, across

Summit, down Sixth to the Ryan hotel,or to the end of Sixth street. Such aline completed to Minneapolis wouldgreatly divide the travel on the shortline trains, it not being necessary toride to the union or some of the otherdepots in order to get offor on, but maybe boarded at any street crossing. ; Incase of the sale of any of these lots thiscable line privilege would also be soldas an improvement on the property. Aline run in this manner could not helpbeing profitable, as the people on thosestreets would all patronize their ownline, thereby making itprofitable. Keepyour $100,000 bonus, instead of giving itto Tom Lowry or any one else, andbuild your own cable line, and you willbe the owner ofthe line and receive thebenefit of its dividends and the increaseof your property resulting from its con-struction." - ;__

AN UNSAVORY CASE.

Petition for a Receiver for the St.Paul Sanitation Company-Court Callings.William A. Van Slyke and Charles

Friend petition the district court to ap-point a receiver for the St. Paul Sanita-tion company to declare it insolvent and'have such receiver take \u25a0 charge of theassets of the company and sell the samefor the benefit of the creditors. It isalleged that Cyrus Ritchie has broughta pretended suit against the companyand that it does not intend to offer anydefense .whatever, but will allow thecase to goagainstit by default, enabling

Ritchie to obtain judgment and levyupon its wares, etc.- The petitionersask that the officers of the company berestrained from disposing of. the com-pany's property and that Ritchie's suitbe enjoined from execution.

NEW SUITS.Frederick Nelson, an attorney, sues

Olaf Johnson and Erick Hogberg to re-cover for services rendered. ,--

--• George Benz & Co. sue B. F. Hartleyand others to recover $147 on a promis-sory note. \u25a0'•'.\u25a0•. -."...\u25a0-..'"\u25a0

In the case of Edgar Snyder againstW. C. Braedenhager, Judge Kerr grantsBraedenhager motion to set aside theorder for a new trial.

Cairie Anderson. . sues for divorcefrom Nels Anderson, and charges thathe committed; adultery with oneAnna Carlson at his own home— slsEast Firth street.

Lizzie Kehl sues the Pioneer Presscompany to recover $25,000 for alleged

libel. " . yy.y:sJulius Weitzel sues Albert Spangen-

berg to recover $200 alleged to be due ascommission for ; the • sale of Spangen-berg's real estate.

LEGAL MISCELLANY.The case of John Wood Jr. against

The St. Paul City Railway company, anaction to enforce a lien for material fur-nished,' was tried ; before Judge Vilasand decided In favor of Wood yesterday.

The case of John J. Dewey, as execu-tor/ against T. F. and William F. Bir-mingham is now on trial before Judge:Kerr. \u25a0\u25a0- . \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0"\u25a0 '-. ';'•'\u25a0' —":

; Catherine Kohlman was yesterday ex-amined before the probate court for in-'sanity '\u25a0 and .discharged. She- is half-witted aud incorrigible, but not insaneenough ,to become the charge of the

. In the " case of ' Danner and Falsteragainst August R.; Capehart :. the courtgrants an order staying proceedings. -

r. : When court ; opened yesterday morn-ing Judge Kerr called Ralph E. Watsonup, and, speaking to the \u25a0;. attorneys onboth sides, in . the case of McAfee;against Graham and others, said: "Withrespect to the testimony of -Watson. on.Thursday Ithink- that the allegations

are not sufficiently clear and plain onthe part of the witness to justifya com-mitment.for perjury \u25a0in the technical:significance of the word ; \u25a0'- but ' the trendof the testimony manifests an intent onthe part of the witness to convey theidea to the court tand jury that $1,000had been paid to him on this deal by

i the tplaintiff. In my judgment suchmanner of testimony on the part of thewitness is more contemptible than per-jury."

Ralph E. Watson, formerly ofClark &: Watson, a real estate firm of : this city,. was brought into court yesterday morn-ing to either go to 'jail for perjury, orhear a severe reprimand from the courtfor his effort on the previous day to de-ceive the court as to the ? value of cert-ain testimony which he was giving inbehalf ofthe plaintiff in the case of A.J. McAfee against George Graham etal. While Watson narrowly escaped aprison cell, he suffered a most humil-iating rebuke administered by JudgeKerr In open court and before a largeaudience. Attorney O'Brien had movedon the day previous that Watson be ar-rested forperjuring . himself while onthe stand. The court had instructedthe stenographer to prepare and submita copy of Watson's testimony, and ifupon examination, it was found that theevidence was conflicting, the witnessshould oertainly be punished.

.SUPREME COURT ROUTINE.The routine of the supreme court

yesterday was: Argued and submitted—Victor M. -Watkins, appellant, vs.Minnesota Thresher Manufacturingcompany et al, respondents; E. L.Hospes & Co., plaintiffs, vs. N. W.Manufacturing & Co., defendant;Charles L. Harding! et al, appellants, .vs. Minnesota Thresher company, re-spondent; F. P. Strong, asignee, etc.appellant, vs. P. D. Brown, sheriff, res-spondent; George R. Hungerford, re-spondent, vs. Chicago, Minneapolis &St. Paul Railway company, appellant;P. J. Smalley, respondent, vs. OleIsaacsen, appellant— appeal fromclerk's' taxation; clerk's taxation af-firmed.

CURRENT COMMENT.The cable cars running on Seventh

street last evening caused a wild sensa-tion among the small boy element. Itwas Tom Lowry's treat, and as theycould ride as his guests they seized theopportunity, regarding it as the onlyone they would ever ; have. In conse-quence, the cars were .crowded to theirutmost capacity by a gang of gamins,yelling, cheering and howling, and ap-parently having a glorious time.

* **That summer has at last come, waswas exemplified yesterday by a practi-cal illustration of r the old saw that"cleanliness is next to godliness." Asmall boy, in fact, a microscopicallysmall boy, dressed In a smile and afrock six: inches long, was toddlingdown Mississippi street. A sprinklercame along with every faucet squirtingaway for all it was worth. Our ju-

; venile and scantily clad friend gazedat the fountains of water for awhileand then ran out into the middle of theroad, lifted his little frock up under hisarmpits and walked for several blocksin the spray of the sprinkler. Thegushing streams dashed against his lit-tle round stomach and ran in riverletedown his minute legs. From the ex-pression oh his little pink face he \u25a0 wasevidently enjoying his bath immensely.

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Hon. Albert Scheffer and Maj. Postle-thwaite are both well acquainted withthe Indians on the Mille Lacs reserva-tion. The former said yesterday, thaton one occasion he and a party offriends went up there to shoot. Theyhired some of the Indians as guides,and had a good time. Shortly after-wards Mr. Scheffer took another partyup fdr the same purpose, cou la not getan Indian to come within ten miles ofhim. He sent his cook, who spoke theChippewa language perfectly, to ascer-tain the cause. On his return, he re-sponded tbat those Indians who hadacted as their guides on the previousoccasion had been so ridiculed andblackguarded by the others that $100 aday would not hire them to act again inthat capacity.

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Maj. Postlethwaite says he knows thechief very well, and is confident thathad the chief been around, nothing dis-astrous would have happened. Thechief, however, lives up at the northend ofthe reservation, and theoutbreak,if such itcan be called, occurred at theextreme south end. "The chief," saidthe major, "is a . first-rate fellowand for an Indian very intelligent. 1sat, on one occasion, and smoked thepipe ofpeace with him, and had a ' longtalk. He seemed to me to have a gooddeal of common sense, and not at allthe sort of man who would encouragean outbreak. Ten men could have goneup there and he would have surren-

. dered the murderers at once.".* — :

*•The attention of Dennis Ryan wascalled to the state of the sidewalk infront of the Ryan hotel. In frout of P.T. vanash's office and in front ofthe bar and cafe the stone is crumblingjaway very rapidly at every place wheretwo stones come together; but underthe porch itremains intact. "1 thought,"said Mr. Ryan, "when I put that side-walk down that 1was putting down thefinest and most durable sidewalk In St.Paul, but the weather seems to haveaffected itfar more than Iexpected."

SAYWARD'S SAYINGS.The Secretary of the National

Builders' Association Gives St.Paul Contractors Some Advice."Youdon't know what an exchange

is. You have not begun to realize. Youhave got a little bit of the associationidea, and you are fumbling round withthat." <ftrpiHlfVBWTi"Bf*

W. h. Sayward, secretary of the Na--1 tional Builders' association, Boston,

was the speaker, and his auditors werethe members of the St. Paul builders'and contractors' board of trade. Themeeting was held' in the chamber ofcommerce, and was presided over byT. A. Abbott, president of the board.Mr. Sayward is making his annual tour'among the organizations affiliated withthe national association. He had a goodreception from the fraternity of this city,and urged them to form a builders' ex-change. The object of" this exchangewas for the members to make it the ren-dezvous for meeting his business ac-quaintances. A builder could have hisexchange hour at say 11 to 12 or 12 to 1.At that hour he should make it his dutyto be at the exchange, where the archi-tect, carpenter, plasterer, ironmonger,steamfitter aud owners ' of\buildings inconstruction would be certain to meethim and conduct : their business. Agreat saving of time was in consequencemade. The exchange would also ena-ble them to work together in their labortroubles, and by combining they mustnecessarily raise their status in thecommunity. There was a tendency tolook down upon builders and con-tractors, and this was particularly ob-servable on the part of architects. Heclaimed that the architect and builderwere one; there should be no line of de-marcation between them. Buildersshould see to this, and they could onlydo so by combination and intelligentaction. Mr.; Sayward" was warmlythanked for his address, the meetingdispersing without any action upon thequestion of establishing an exchange,as the matter . will be taken up at afuture gathering. •

PERSONALS.L. Biomherg left for Butte yesterday.A.K. Wilcox leftfor Butte yesterday.J. M.Millerleft for Tacoma yesterday.

. W. H. Frink left for Chicago yesterday.Col. Bobleter left yesterday for New Ulm.J. H. Tuttle, of Saranna, 111., is at the Clif- .

ton. > -.:-.Prof. C. H. White left for. Chicago yester-

day. , -?%t33teg3^M@s£BpMß&fcaßißoßSE T. Martin, of Toronto, Canada, is at the

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Mrs. W. L. Beamish left for Portland yes-terday. . ... - .

; B. 3. Hoyt, of Portland, Me., is at the Mer-chants'. 2'rtfSEN?**W~X&,\u25a0\u25a0 W. S. Aldridge, ofRochester, is at the Mer-chants'. -;- -.. Prof. W. 'W. Pendergast, ;principal of theagricultural college, H. -W. Brewster,- assist-a nt principal of the agricultural. Miss S. IS.

Sprague, of Minneapolis. President , P. B,Abbott, ofAlbert Lea college, were ;callei<

ye sterday at the Mate department of publicinstruction.

W. H. Harris, of Caledonia, is at the Met.chants': . . '". : • -* s

N. M. Shepard, ofWinona, Is at the Me»-chants'.

Edward J. Crosby, of Helena, Mont., to atthe Ityau.' E. R. Persons and wife, of Chicago, are atthe Ryan.

A. F. Whiting, of Shreveport, La., is at theMerchants'.

Mrs. Darwin S. Hall, of Stewart, is at theMerchants'.

Herbert B. Blundell, of Tulworth,England,Is at the Ryan.

Mrs. J. D. Thompson, of Philadelphia, Isat the Ryan ...

W. T. Buckley, wifeand son, of NewYork,are at the Ryan.

Mrs. F. H. Thome has returned home froma visit in Chicago.

Mrs. Richard Topham, of Washington. D.C, is at the Ryan.

• W. A. Burleigh and family,of Montana.areat the Merchants'.

Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Brooks left yesterdayforAtlantic City, N. J.

11. B. Whipple, of Faribault, was at theMerchants' yesterday.

Mrs. L. F. Newman and C. A. Black, of De-troit, are at the Ryao.

Allan Wheeler and Miss Wheeler, of NewYork, are at the Merchants'. ,

Finn H.Frishee and George 0. Howe, oiDuluth. are at the Ryan.

Capt. Hobart, U. S. A., of Fort Snelling,leftforMilwaukee yesterday.

E. H. Hunter and F. S. Goodison, of Japan ,were at the Ryan yesterday.

Dr. and Mrs. Byford and Mrs. Byford leftyesterday for Sitka, Alaska.

J. F. Lansing, wife and daughter, of Lin-coln, Neb., are at the Merchants'.

T. E. Dawson and wife and 3* Ross andwife, of Chicago, are at the Clifton.

W. W. Junkiu and wifeand H. L. Junkiaof Fairfield, 10., are at the Merchants'.

W. A.Robinson and J. B. Wheatley leftyesterday for the Yellowstone National hark. .

George H. Webster, two children and MissEmily P. Webster,, of Chicago, are at theRyan.

Mrs. C. P. McDougall. J. C. McDougall andMiss M.A. Morrison, of Duluth, are at th<Merchants'.•;'X. McPhiilips, M. D., and Dr. A. B. Stew,art. of Winnipeg, are at the Ryan on theiiway to Sioux City.

Misses Sherman, Hull and Heald, who havebeen attending the seminary at Northfield,left forChicago yesterday.

Mr. and .Mrs. Winthrop Adams, of Brattle-borro, Vt., has been spending the past weekwith J S Hughes, of the state capitol.

L.Lamb, wife and maid: D. K. Hill, wifeand child; J. A. Bingham and wifeand MissEdith Bingham, ofChicago, are at the Ryan.

Capt. W. H. Harries, attorney ofCaledonia,\u25a0Cant. B. A.Man. attorney of Winona. Hon.

G. F. Potter, of La Crescent, were callers yes-' terday upon State Auditor Braden.

S. B. Thompson, manager of the grocerybusiuess of the Minnesota Mercantile com*pany at Missoula, Mont., and George Briggs,post-trader at Fort Missoula, are thegueitfofMrs. E. Briggs, ot 815 Hague avenue.

WITH FLYING COLORS.

The amoan Agreement Signed,and the Cnited States Gets AllShe Asked For.

. Berlin, June 14.—The Samoan agree-ment has been signed. The Americandelegates having withdrawn the princi-pal objections they had raised to theagreement previously reached, itwas only necessary for the pleni-potentiaries to make 'some unimport-ant modifications in the wording of thedraft of the treaty, before it was readyto receive the signatures of the dele-gates of the contracting nations. Thetreaty guarantees an autonomous ad-ministration to the Samoan islandsunder the jointcontrol of Germany andAmerica with England acting as a de-liberator in the event of in-terferences arising between thejoint controlling powers. TheThe Samoans are to elect their ownking and viceroy and are to be repre-sented in a senate composed of the .principal chiefs and a chamber of rep-resentatives to be elected by all thepeople. The government so consti-tuted will have the right .of levyingduties of every kind. The treaty alsoprovides that the Germans whose -.property was destroyed during therecent conflicts on the island shallbe indemnified by the Samoan govern-ment for their losses. A special courtis to be appoited to take cognizance of -the land question on the islands. TheAmerican adhesion to the agreementsigned to-day is made conditionally,and willonly become absolute upon theratification "of the treaty by the UnitedStates senate. In view of thisnecessary delay the plenipotentia- *"ries have reached an ° understanding

that until December next the status quoshall be maintained. . Count HerbertBismarck leaves to-night for a threeweeks' holiday at Koenigstein. amongthe Taunus mountains, and WilliamWalter Phelps sails for New York, fromBremen, to-morrow,- taking the treatywith him.

THE GIST OF IT. •London, June 14.—The Times' Berll*

special says that the gist of the Samoanagreement is that King Malietoa is tobe reinstated, and the control of affairson the islands is to be left mainly to theSamoans themselves. On all questions,however, affecting the life or propertyof a subject of a foreign government,there will lie an appeal to a residentjudge to be appointed hereafter audwho willbe either an American, a Ger*man or a British subject. The importa-tion of liquor and firearms is to be re-- stricted. The Americans have un-doubtedly emerged from the Samoanconference with flying colors. Ger-many has to content herselfwith ' much \u25a0less political predom-inance in Samoan than sheclaimed at Washington two yearsago. This result is much more due tothe firm and inexorable attitude of Mr.Blame than to any politic leanings ofEngland toward the power which it Isher highest aim to conciliate." ThePost's Berlin correspondent says: TheSamoan treaty arranges for the restora-tion of Malietoa and' for the appoint-ment of German and American advisersto the king, with an |English counselorto adjust a balance. The Times, in aneditorial on the Samoan agreement;says: "Perhaps it is as well that PrinceBismarck has been made to realize thatwhere American interests are con-cerned the American government isvery little affected by many of thoseconsiderations which restrain the actionof those European governments withwhich he is more accustomed to deal.It is easy to see there might be manyreasons why it would be inexpedient forEngland to followthe line of policy inregard to German action in Samoawhich it is natural and necessary forAmerica to pursue, It is not less plainthat even Germany must think twice orthrice before provoking a collision withAmerica over such a question. There-fore, we rejoice at the influence ofAmerica so moderetely and effectuallyexerted." ".-.'-.

\.'..' '..,'. . . "—*', :—Too Tough forthe Alligator.Atlanta Constitution.

There are several turtles and a sevenfoot alligator in the fountain near therailway station in Albany, Ga. Someoi the men have been amusing .them-selves by throwing the turtles in its ca-pacious mouth." It would crush downupon them, but itfailed to make a mash,as it only squeezed down upon the hardshells which encase the terrapin like acoat ofmail. Itwould press down fora while upon them, and then, findingthat they. would not collapse, it wouldlazily open its mouth, and. turning its

"head to one side, would let the tortIfdrop out.

»mKilled in Twenty . Minutes.

Athens Special to Atlanta Constitution.News reached Athens to-day of th*

death ofa little child in Madison countyyesterday ;from the effects of a snakebite. The little boy was the nine-year-old child of Dr. Mathews, living nearHelicon Springs, and was playing with .his little brother in a brush heap neartheir house. He stepped upon a rottenlog and a large rattlesnake buried ft»fangs in the calf of his leg. . The child .ran to the house, which was about 200yards away, but nothing could relievehim. He died in about twenty minutes. .The snake was never found, but waftsupposed to have been very large.

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