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4 THE DAILY GLOBE ppffClAli PAPKB OF THECITV PUBLISHED EVERY DAT AT TIIK GLOBE BUILDING, COT:. FoirisTii AM) ckdak STKEETB. ISY LEWIS BAKKII. ST. PAUL GLOBE SUBSCRIPTION KATE Daily (Not Ixci.ijtmng Sunday.) 1 yrin ndvance.sß 00 I 3 in ad vance.s2 00 0m jn advance 4 00 | G weeks in adv. 100 >:.e month 70c DAILY AND MNDAY. 1 yr inadvauce.glO 00 I 3 mos. madv.S2 50 tiiu in advance 500 | 0 weeks in adv. 100 une month 85c. STNDAY ALONE. 1 yr in advance. .s2 00 I :j mos. in adv.. .50c ti m. in advance. 1 00 | I mo. in adv 20c TkiAVeekly— (Daily — Monday, Wednesday and Friday.) lyriu ndvancc.S-t 0«> [ tiinos. in adv. .32 00 o niontlis in advance . SI OU. WEEKLY ST. PAUL GLOBE. Ono year, SI | Six mo., 05c | Three mo., 35c Rejected communications cannot be pre served. Address all letters and telegrams to THE GLOBE, St. Paul, Minn. Eastern Advertising Office, Room 21, Tribune Building, New York. Complete fllea of the Globe always kept on hand for reference. Patrons and friends |arc cordially invited to visit and avail themselves | of the facilities of our Eastern Office while ii New York. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. Washington, June 2. — For Wisconsin: Showers; stationary temperature ; easterly winds. For Minnesota, North Dakota and ; South Dakota: Showers; cooler; northerly ! winds. For Iowa: Fair: stationary temper- I nture; westerly winds. GENERA] OBSERVATIONS. fcCI ft 1 1 Bl H Mfl a H tt2.BE Place of c"!sre Place of 3- 3 8 ODbervation. Bg Z— Observation. 5 -.!£»• 2. I S 1-3 1 a " >-3 -i '■ a *» • a • ' *? • • 7 St. Paul.. 2U.G4 70 Ft. Ouster... 129.82 50 Dtiluth .... 30.00 40 Helena .... j2:).i-.S 50 Lafrosse... 129.76 72| Ft. Sully .-.: {20.54 58 Huron J20.62 U4I Minnedbsa iMoorhead... 29.70 4S Calgary 29.80 r >2 St Vincent.) Q.'Anpelle... 29.92 eti Bismarck.... l2D.7o 40 Med'e Hat.. 29.86 82 Ft. 8uf0rd..j2».90 50 Winnipeg. .J29.9S 56 Local Forecast— St. Paul, Minneapolis , and vicinity: Itain ; cooler. P. F. Lyons, Observer. Wi THE STOIIY OF A DAY. Sir John Macdonald is still alive. Eva McDonald marries Frank Valesh. Minnesota Odd Fellows meet at Winona, The jury fails to agree in the Porter-Sabin Euit. 1 Schweinfurth is warned to leave Kansas City. Ingalls is to write editorials for New York Truth. Fort Abraham Lincoln.N. D., is to be aban doned. A freshet does heavy damage to railways at Deadwood. The prioce of Wales testiGes iv the bac caral scandal. Two Minneapolis laborers are buried alive for two hours A great electrical storm passes over several Western states. The Mayflower sinks off Duluth and her captain is lost. Tristan beats Teuny and the record in the SJorris Park races. The prison and wheat steal committees continue their work. A cyclone does considerable damage at and around sVatertown, S. D. The University of South Dakota will have 110 commencement this year. Aid. Flandrau resigns and J. G. Elmquist is appointed to the vacant chair. The Western association games are won by Minneapolis, Omaha, Lincoln and Milwau kee. -^fc" A FEW SPECI3IEXS. The object of the increased tariff rates is to foster and develop home in dustries. That is the only excuse ever offered for them. When it is insisted tiiat the favoritism to certain lines of manufacture is at the expense of other ciasses to some extent, it is alleged that the rebate on raw materials when put into manufactures and started to a for eigu market relieves the main difficulty. A Dumber of recent instances are re ported that illustrate the practical value of these claims. One of these is that of the Buffalo manufacturer of patent din ner pails. They are in the tin depart ment. Mr. Eiile, the head of the man ufacture, was recently interviewed by the Buffalo Courier in regard to the report that his works were to be removed to Canada. This was found to be the fact, ami the explana tion was that the increased cost of tin under the McKixley act made it im possible for him to manufacture his ■wares for foreign markets. Even for the American market there, was more profit in carrying on the manufacture in Canada. There was no prospect of ob taining any supply of American tin. Across the river trom Buffalo the for eign tin sells at 13.62 a box, and on this side This is the statement of Mr. Ehi,e: '•We can manufacture these pails in Cana da and import them into this country with the duty of 50 per cent on the manufactured product, and still save 15 per cent over the cost of manufacturing them here. Why, the duty on the waste we make here would pay our rent tiiree times over." "But haven yon forgotten the rebate of 99 per cent of tne duties paid on all goods you «xport?" "Ob, no, we haven't forgotten that But our orders fiom abroad are smaller than our home orders, and when we figure on the labor and expense of collecting the rebate "vve tind it does not pay to try for it." "Are any other concerns moving into Canada for manufacturing purposes?" "I understand that a number of American canuers are about to go over, but they hope that the 2.2 cents duty will be taken oil" with in a year." This man is not a politician, but a business man, only interested in the success of his industry. Another in dustry of a similar character is the Wee den company, of New Bedford, Mass. It is one ot the greatest producers of toys in the world. In their manufact ures a great deal of tin is used. Here tofore they have been able to compete successfully in the markets of the world with the German and French dealers. The increased cost of tin and raw ma terials under the new tariff threatens to deprive them of their foreign trade. The abatement on the material when the manufactures are sent abroad is of no service to them. An illustration in a different line is afforded by the American Screw com pany, of Providence, R. I. This is an old corporation, having been in exist ence over a half-century. It has pretty nearly control of the screw business in this country, and has had a large trade abroad. The tariff policy that adds to the cost of so much of its raw material has foiced the company to abandon the foreign markets and establish manu factories abroad. It has in construction branch factories at Leeds, Eng., and Hamilton, Can., and will go also to Ger many. The president of the company, in a statement in a Providence paper' says : * All the goods that we make in Canada and Bhall make in England and Germany could just as well be made in Uhode Island* were it iio t for the liscal policy of this government Employment could be Riven to thousands of workmen here in the manufacture of coods lor the foreign maiKet if it were not ham pered by a high tariff. We make better goods aud could make them cheaper here than anywhere else in the world. in. spite of the higher wages we have to pa}-, because our system of work is so much ahead of the European system. The American workman gets higher wages than his English orother, bin he does more work in proportion. We shall introduce the American system of Wort into our Leeds factory, with Americans for the heads of the various departments, but with English factory hands. The tactory building covers about an acre and a half of land. The rebate is of no use in this case also.because of the red tape and compli cations. About the only important in dustry that it greatly benefits is the Standard Oil company. That, however, may be regarded as an industry that has passed the infantile stage, and is quite self-supporting, as are the great meat canning houses at Chicago, and those of fish on the Pacific coast, who come in for benefits. The only features of the McKini.ky system that are pointed to as affording any relief to the people are those that belong to free trade, airl not to protection. Its tendencies, are to shutout American manufactures from foreign markets/and obstruct access to them by the farmers. THE MONEY MARKET. The government has §28,000,000 on de posit in the national banks of the coun try, through which it permeates the channels of general trade. Twenty-six million dollars are needed during the present month to meet the pension pay ments falling due in June. For this purpose there is lying in the treasury §10,000,000, and Secretary Fosteb ex presses the hope that he can meet the rest without withdrawing the balance left with the banks. If he can, well and good. If he cannot, it means $10,000,000 taken from the present available dis count fund of the nation. Meanwhile, the shipment of gold to Europe con tinues. As already reported, §0,000,000 went week before last. Last week the amount was §4,000,000. This does not mean that the English demand has diminished, but that the salable American securities held abroad, which have been so freely offered the past six months, are becom ing exhausted. The possession of these has saved Europe from the most tre mendous financial convulsion. Ameri can stocks and bonds have been readilj' convertible into money, and the fund they supplied has maintained public confidence in the English markets, and enabled the banks to tide over to this point the most serious of situations. It is believed that these are no longer available, but that the stringency there is not yet ended. If this is true, there is no likelihood of extensive purchases of American commodities and securities abroad in the immediate future, and therefore no likelihood of a return to us for some time of the $50,000,000 of gold which we have lost in the last five months. The promise of a large crop in the West and the South is good. Early prices will rule high, and there will come probably ahead of the usual time a very strong demand for money with which to move the urod ucts of these two sections. The money markets ot the East have not been close during the past week, but they have been ueivous in view ot this prospect. People do not see where the needed funds arc coming from. For the past few years, when the street has become congested in this way, the government has relieved the disttess by bond pur chases, or by anticipating interest pay ments. This is no longer possible, be cause Republican extravagance has stripped the national treasury of its surplus. It cannot buy bonds. It is much more likely to have bonds to sell. THE GOL.D RESERVE. It is hardly the function of a govern ment to interfere in the country's money markets, but the % machinery we employ for the transaction of the government's business makes this necessary at times. The revenues received from import du ties are not deposited in banks where our merchants can use them, but are ac cumulated in tha national sub-treas uries. When large sums are removed in this way from circulation, artificial means like bond purchases are needed to get them out and ease the wheels of trade. The business community has gotten to rely on this of late. Fifty one million dollars of 4}-£ per cent bonds mature in September, aud under ordinary conditions the government would have means for their redemption. This was con fidently counted on until a few weeks ago, and was expected to provide the fund nesded for the moving of the crops. A month ago Secretary Fostkk suggested the refunding of the 4% per cents at a lower rate, instead of their purchase. Now it is announced that, with the unanimous approbation of the cabinet, they will not be refunded, but paid off. It is not apparent where the money will come from for the purpose, but this step is declared to be demanded as a political, if not a fiscal measure. Iv a public interview Secretary Foster has stated that, if it should prove desirable, he considered himself at liberty to use the $100,000,000 of reserve set apart as the basis of the nation's paper currency to meet the government's expenses. Perhaps it is from this source that, he expects to draw the money needed for the redemp tion of the 4>.< per cent bonds. The paper currency in circulation amounts to about 8350,000,000, and its mainte nance at par has been achieved partly by confidence in the government's solvency, but largely by the existence of this $100,000,000 reserve, which has been held in trust to meet any pos sible demand for its redemption. The dissipation of this fund would weaken beyond all calculation the general sense of business security, and yet jt seems to be seriously coutem plated. Republican prodigality appears to have driven the officers of the treas ury to one of two alternatives. The first is to postpone the payment of the $51,000,000 ot bonds which has been counted on for September, aud in this way to run the lisk of inducing a panic through tight money at a time of the year when an easy market is most es sential; and the other is to infringe on the gold reserve to avoid this, and thus run the risk of inducing a panic through the loss of popular confidence in the government's ability to meet its pledges. Here is the devil on one side add the deep sea on the other. Noble are the achievements of the billion-dol lar congress. CONDITION OF THE TREASURY Here are some figures which give im portant information. The Democracy surrendered control of the national ex chequer on the 4th day of March, 1889. The semi-annual statement of the gov ernment's resources aud liabilities is sued on the Ist of the following July showed a cash balance in the treasury of 514'J,535,173. On the first Monday in December. 188'J, the Fifty-first congress convened, with a Republican majority in both branches. At the end of the first five months of the fiscal year for which it made appropriations, the cash balance in the treasury had shrunk to e39.827.575, and at the end of the first six months to ?38,425,805. At the two sessions of the Fifty-first congress ex penditures aggregating the enormous sum of a billion dollars were authorized —an amount never be fore dreamed of in the finan cial history of the country. The esti mated income with which those mag nificent demands are to be met falls short of the figure required by nearly a hundred million dollars. In the midst of the profoundest peace, thirty years after the close of the civil war, while THE SAIXT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, J591. general business prosperity is complete and satisfactory, as the result of two years of Republican misrule we are confronted with a condition in which it may be necessary for the government once more to offer its bonds for sale in order that it may be abie to meet ; its current expenses. Thus the party of Blaixe and Harrisox engrafts on our governmental system a new dogma im ported from Great Britain, which is that a national debt is a national bless ing. _ A DUBIOUS REFORM. Should the governor not veto the bill, Pennsylvania will add oue more to the number of states that has accepted some form of the Australian ballot re form. If it is killed by the governor, it will be for the reason that it is so vicious in some of its provisions as not to be worth the expense and trouble of putting it into operation. The Repub lican majority that enacted it was in spired by Boss Quay, and defeated the attempts of the Democrats to secure the secrecy that is the essential feature of the Australian system. It allows the voter to take another voter with him into the booth, upon his mere intimation to the judge that he has some unnanced " disability to prepare his ballot. He is not to be interrogated or sworn as to what constitutes the incapacity. This is an easy phrase to repeat, and it will admit to the booth the man who has control of the voter. If he is a briber, it affords him secrecy and protection for his work. The employer who wishes to control the votes of his men has the way opened to him in this method, as the dependent or mercenary voter will not dare to refuae admission to the desig nated party. Still, the act may be bet ter than none, and almost anything will be an improvement on the practices in that state. The governor is a Democrat, and an ardent friend of reform in elec tion methods, and will be likely to ac cept the bill rather than please its fram ers by a veto, which would subject him to false but plausibly imputations of insincerity in his professions. i A GOOD CRUSADE. ' The antiquated rotten borough sys tem in Connecticut has become such an absurdity," as population has centered in the towns, that a crusade is being inau gurated for its overthrow. It was hot specially objectionable a century or two ago, when there were no towns of large population, but it is a gross outrage now. All the towns, except perhaps some of the very small ones, have a uniform representation of two members each. The five largest towns have a population of 240,700, with ten members of the legislature, while five others with 3,11)5 population have also ten repre sentatives. New Haven, with 8G.045 people, has no more lawmakers than Union, with 471 population. This is not representation of people, but local corporations. That this is a bur lesque on popular government is evi dent, and it is a wonder that it has not led to rebellion, as a less flagrant system * of injustice did in Rhode Island. A campaign for majority rule has been in augurated by the Democrats.and should never be relaxed until the relics of the colonial eras give place to modern ideas. It will be apt to take time to effect this, as the Republicans have pretty nearly a sure thing, In the legislature now, re gardless of the popular vote, and will not even allow a Democrat to be gov ernor after lie has a majority of the vote as returned at the elections. ■a» AN EXAMPLE' ABROAD. While the advocates of the gradu ated income tax are looking about for evidence ot its feasibility, they may find some material for use. in the old countries. Prussia has adopted this method of . reaching the prosperous classes and moderating' the taxation of the common people. It has not been in operation sufficiently to develop its ef fects and worth, as it requires a series of years to determine how effectively it meets the end sought. But the ma chinery and general features of the system will afford data of interest. The classes reached most by it exhibit the same disfavor towards it as in this coun try, but the many and the socialists are enthusiastic over it. Should the Ger man experts work out the system so that it can be maae to operate smoothly and bear transplanting, a great service will be rendered in economic advance ments. • There are sd many annoyances in be ing a czar— a real one, not an imitation, like Tom Rkkd— that one can -hardly regret not being such. It is much pleasanter and safer being a president, and any one can be a president if he gets there. The only regular czar took a run from St. Petersburg to Moscow recently, and the road resembled certain lines of railroad during the war. Sol diers were thick all the way, to obviate interference by the nihilists. There were no speeches, no banquets at the crossroads. The czar sees nihilists in his dreams. He would have more fun if he would resign and go fishing. The publication that represents the People's church has a large bone to pick with Col. Ixgeijsoll for not keeping his views on religious sub jects dammed according to contract in his Shakespeare lecture in that church. His agent gave a bond of §500 that not an ooze of this sort should ooze. It is insisted that this condition was not religiously, or even decently ob served, and that the great heretic could promote his reputation as an exemplar of the courtesies of life by financial rec ompense for the violated contract. — Perhaps the story is told to get a dig at creeds that minify works. A preacher in Illinois converted a counter feiter, and the latter became a preacher also. He did not, how.ever, stop his other business, but persuaded the other preacher to become his partner in it. That style of dogma is about out of fashion. • ■ -*» Oxe of the latest devices to facilitate commercial operations is to take the babies that mothers are encumbered with in shopping and give checks for them. as for umbrellas and shawls. Small boys are employed to nurse them. Losses are probably paid for, perhaps deducted from the bill. The attempt to rob the grave of P. T. Barn would • pass as one of his ad vertising freaks were he alive, and it may be the work of his ghost, just to keep up the circulation. «a»- A pugilist died the other day from the effects of a match in the East. Such occasional incidents are calculated to moderate the disfavor many exhibit for these contentions. LOVE'S SILENCE. Of all the words that bear their part In all the deeds of day to day. One word is chiefly in my heart. One little word Imust not say. The hills of truth are straight and steep; They have a smart in every stone. - .-'-'.■ And climbing them I needs must weep, To think that love must die unknown. Night follows day — day chases night. And brings a lesson strange to teach, That love is lifeless in the light And silence is the fullest speech. . : —Walter Herries Pollock, SHARPS AND FLATS. When, in the course of the season's events, and in your pants appear the rents which hard days" work upon the bleachers does produce, And at home you must explain (what to us is very plain) how your office chair, so nicely padded, does so rapidly reduce That ample portion of your breeches to a state of worn-out stitches, a condition which none other but a fox can ever show, And your language, once so skilled, now with base ball talk is rilled, and you "slide it down to first" when you pass the meat to Joe; When you aggravate the preacher, that good old guide and teacher, by referring to his sermons as "la las" which the devil can not touch; When your bills you "shoot to third," and your business is a "bird," and all your thoughts are on the game which inter ests you much. And the failings of your wife, who's the comfort of your life, are always spoken of as "errors very rank;" ■> Do you think we are to blame, if. when we hear your name, who think of you as old Barnacle, the base ball crank?" -0— Rev. Robert Christie, of the House of Hope church, writes the Globe as follows: Had the assumption underlying your leader of this morning entitled -'infant Dam nation" been as sound as the spirit of the article is fair, I would not have troubled you with a word on the subject. Yonr assump tion is that because one of the framers of the Westminster confession held that some in fants dying in infancy are lo3t, therefore the teaching of the confession contains the same doctrine. But apply this mode of reasoning to the Declaration of Independ ence and what would be the result? By reason of tne relation that the writer of that document and a number of its signers bore the institution of human slavery, we would be compelled to believe that the words "All men are created free and equal, and have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' were not intended to include the blacks then iv America. If this process of reasoning be not legitimate when applied to that docu ment, why should it be considered con clusive when applied to the confession? Prssident Patton has well said: -The lan-, guage of the confession is plain and our in terpretation must conform to the funda mental legal principle Unit requires us to rind our materials for Hie construction of a document within the four corners of a docu ment." 1 need not remind you that my contention in the letter which gave rise to your article was that the confession does not teach tiie doctrine, and. therefore, Presbyterian min isters and officers do not subscribe to it iv ac cepting that symbol of faith. One day last winter a street urchin of twelve or thereabouts was injured by a pass iug vehicle on the streets of St. Paul, picked up aud carried to a hospital. It was found necessary to amputate one of his limbs, and he was delirious for days. Being a regular street "Arab," the nurses expected to hear some bad language from nis lips during his delirium, but no; he talked Incessantly, using no words which would offend the most sen sitive ear. When he beiran to recover the loss of his limb was kept from him as long as possible, fearing the shocfc might increase his fever. One night, however, he insisted on being told just wtiat shape he was iv. The nurse told him as gently as possible. The boy did not speak for some time, then said : "I would have been in a h— of a fix if they had cut off the other leg." An amusing scene occurred the other day in oue of the courts, and those who saw it have not yet done laughing over it. It ap pears that one of the old settlers of St. Paul, wearying of calling and dunning for a bill, brought suit to enforce its collection. When the day of trial came on, the old settler, who is as jolly an Irishman as ever wore sham rock, was a little late showing up, and the jury had been empaneled and sworn. lie en tered, sat behind the altornev and rapidly ran his eye over the jury. When he reached the last man he sprang to his feet, and, re gardless of court etiquette and decorum, culled out: "Holy Moses: Judge, every mother's son on that jury owes me a bill. Dismiss the case quick or I'll turn up in that fellow's debt." RANDALL ON WINONA. ' '•While the citizens of other Minnesota cities are extolling their particular virtues and enviable conditions, I think you news paper boys ought to say something about beautiful Winona." said li. A. Randall, of that city, at the Clifton last evening. "This is the- season when our city is perfectly charming. Tlie principal thoroughfares are shaded by giant elms that extend their rich, verdant arms almost across tlie street, so that the tree on the one side meets the en vironments of those on the other, nearly completing a rich green canopy. Our straets are the delight and pride of our people. And we are thrifty and prosperous. Indeed. I doubt if there is another city in the entire state that is making the improvements the present season that we are. I notice very little building in St. Paul and Minneap olis, and scarcely any other improvements, in fact; but In Wiuona the new electric rail way system will bt completed and in opera tion the ensuing month, the new sewerage system will be finished before cold weather sets in, uud there is no end to the number of buildings— residence and business— that are in course of erection. Besides all this. we have an appropri ation of 520.000 for park pur poses, and the project is to buy and habilitate a ninety-acre farm just across beau tiful LaKe Winona for a big part. We already have a number of pretty squares and parkways, but this new institution will eclipse everything we have. Winona has been afflicted by the fire element of late, but it will not effect any serious drawbacks. For illustration, the wagon works were destroyed, but the establishment will be rebuilt at ouee, and I can say the same for the sash, door and blind company. Iv the latter instance the citizens readily subscribed glO,OX), aud said more was foithcoming if ueeaed." FOYER GOSSIP. As a work of art the new drop curtain at the Metropolitan is of itself well worthy of a visit to the theater. The curtain was first un folded to public gaze last evening, and the large audience which filled the theater ap peared immensely pleased. They evidenced their appreciation of the beautiful work dis closed by hearty applause. The scene presented was considerably heightened by calcium lights thrown upon the curtain. A more lnagnificeut drop curtain is not to be found in any theater in this coun try, and too much praise caunot be bestowed upon the artistic abilities of W. F. Da vies, of Chicago, and F. E. Powers, of St. Paul, who are responsible for the production. The cur tain artistically corresponds with surround ing decorations. The top and sides are draped with a dark brown plusb. otherwise lion's mane, looped back with cords, diplayiug deep, rich folds of drapery, inlaid with lace hangings. The center is filled t with a pretty picture of Scottish scenery — a picture which the spectator can never grow weaty of look ing at. The subject of the picture is taken from Scott- the Ettrick vale at the setting of the sun. Louis Amatc gave a 'cello obligato while the curtain was being exhibited under the calcium lights. Ida Van Cortlaud will be seen for the last time in -'Forget-me-not" at the matinee to day. To-night she will appear as Lucretia Borgia, the poisoner, in the drama "Lucretia Borgia."' Miss Vau Cortland has created quite a favorable impression with her au - diences, last eight's house showing quite an increase over that of Monday. Her work is strong and full of character. Jacob Litt, of the Grand, will arrive in the city this morning, direct from New Yorfc. I In connection with the opening of the stock company at the Graudnext Monday it may he ot iuterest to state that in the scene in "The Ensign" which shows the spar deck of the Sau Jacinto, a United States vessel of war in 'til. will be used the bell from the old Constitution. Mr. Liv obtained the loan of this historic pice of property from the navy yard autnorities at Portsmouth, where the Constitution now lies. Manager Billy Wells is highly elated at the way tickets have been goiag f6f Ills bsae&t, to occur next Sunday evening at the Olympic theater. In conjunction with the large list of people already advertised to appear, the following have kindly volunteered: The Twin City Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar club; George E. Fisher, in hi 3 Chinese impersona tions, by kindness of Managers Wilbur and Scott. Jack Gallagher, the clever wrestler of Bt Paul, is the man who has been selected to meet the famous wrestler, Charles Moth, in three bouts of mixed wrestling. James R. Fields, the celebrated comedian, will also be on hand, and appear in his button-burst ing specialty, "Cousin Joe." It is characteristic of "the Theodore Thomas concerts always to draw the most cultured people in every community. A list of Mr. Thomas' audiences will always include those people of refinement, wealth and en terprise,who maintain the ethical, cultivated and fashionable life of any city, and those foremost in society, art and literature. This is particular true of St Paul. Already these leaders of St. Paul society have been in to se cure seats, and in such numbers as to make assurance that the concerts to be given in the People's church Thursday evening will be a social as well as a musical event of a notable character. CAUGHT AND CONDENSED. The internal revenue collections for May were 5169.357.13. The board of public works went on a triD yesterday through the city inspecting gas and gasoline lamps. Coustellation Chapter No. 18, O. E. S., will hold its regular meeting in new Masonic quarters this evening. Charles Ermanutraut was examined iv the probate court yesterday touching his sanity, and was ordered taken to the Rochester hos pital. Sheriff Edgar Shepherd, of Pipestone, yes terday presented a bill to the state for KOUO for conveying Charles W. Wells and Patrick Hartigau, two prisoners convicted of burg lary, to Stillwater. The bill is held for ex amination. The routine of the supreme court yesterday was: James K. Humphrey, appellant, vs. \v. K. Merriam, respondent; C. A. Weeks, np peilant, vs. Coleman Bridgman, respondent; liolway Fergstad. respondent, vs. J.W. Shack aton et al., appellants. All argued aud sub mitted. Stint. Gilbert announces that instead of* as usual giving away the ticuet to the high school commencement exercises, the tickets will be sold for LT> cents each, after the fami lies of graduates have been supplied. This arrangement will prevent the crowding that usually occurs, and confine the attendance to those interested in the work. William C. Heady, oue of the brightest yoang telegraph men in the Northwest, died Monday evening of consumption, liis ill ness has extended over a period of nearly a year. He was the organizer of the Young Irish-American club and was its tirst presi dent. He was also president of Division No. '■i of the Ancient Order of Iliberniaus, but re si-tne'l on account of sickness. The Sacred Thirst society met last evening at Cretin hall for the purpose of electing delegates to the annual convention of that society for the Northwest, to be held In St Paul June 17 and It*. It was also Intended to present a musical and literary programme, but. owing to the rain cf the early evening', few persona appeared. A business meeting was held and the other matters were deferred until a meeting to be called next week. WHAT THEY SAY. , There is a schism in the Alliance party of Minnesota. Ignatius Donnelly ieads one faction and Sidney H. Oven", the Alliance candidate for governor, tlie other. Mr. Owen has paused long enough in his more or less picturesque career to remark in effect that when he runs around the corner for a collar but ton he is opposed to that financial poli cy which compels him lo convert his oil-cloth carpet sack int) a pocketbook. "I do not believe," he is credited with saying, "in fiat money or the subtreas ury scheme." Owen's head is level. — Cleveland Herald. i .- . vr:i: ■■ ! In the Shakespeare-Baconian discus sion Donnelly has certainly shown him self, so far, a crushing overmatch for lugersoll. In force of logic and his toric accuracy, Ig. is a John L. Sullivan to Bob's Tom Thumb. — Fargo Argus. Legislature or no legislature, this young and thriving state will have rep resentation at the Columbian exposi tion. What this state needs is to let peo ple know more of her resources and possibilities. She has unbounded re sources. She is proud of this fact and wants the world to know it. Her busi ness men are not only determined that South Dakota shall be represented, but that her products shall be exhibited in a building constructed of Dakota ma terial.—Pierre Capita!. The courts of South Dakota are cred ited with doing an extended business in the divorce line. In viesv of this fact, it may be well for courts and peti tioners to know it requires mighty fine work to secure a separation that will be valid in New York.— Sioux Falls Press. Gov. Melletle announces that he will not call the extra session of the legisla ture unless it can be hold without any expense to the state. Well, the passes still hold good, so there should be no mileage, the members oueht to be patri otic enough to donate their per diem, and perhaps the Pierre hotels will make their part of it complimentary.— Mitchell Republican. There will be more sheep brought into North Dakota this season than eve* be fore. An Eddy county man, John Car roll, has just gone to Oregon to purchase 10,000 head. Jamestown parties alone will bring in SO,OOO or 40.000 head.— Edsrely Mail. .. * ♦ . . ..- * If South Dakota continues to be so generously advertised as the Mecca for divorces, it will not be a bit surprising to have some ambitions city in the state advertising special attractions for ladies contemplating divorce.— Redfield Ob serve. BAD FOR BRIGGS. The Presbyterian vote of 440 to 59 against Dr. Briergs is emphatic without being discouraging at least to Dr. Briggs or those who side with him. No one who has had the splendid advertise ment, of which the vote is onlvapart, has any reason to be satisfied with it.— - St. Louis Republic. Dr. Briggs is too advanced for the brethren of the Presbyterian church and is told to take a back seat. Will Dr. Briggs how consent that the world doesn't move? Or will he take up quarters in another family that admits the light of day through less closely barred shutters?— Buffalo Times. As far as Dr. Briggs is concerned, it may have no great effect. The sem inary can re-elect hini-at once, and he may go on teaching until the next as sembly; or he may retire until the trial is over, and if acquitted may then be re elected and approved by the assembly. — Indianapolis News. Dr. Briggs was bounced out of his chair of professor of theology by the De troit assembly yesterday. " The vote against him was 440 to 59. The bounce was so hard that it will make the doc tors teeth rattle and will be heard around the world.— St. Joseph News. Prof. Briggs' friends in the Presby terian assembly were only 59 to 440 against him. Evidently the professor must recant or walk the plank.—Buf falo Courier. SOME PEOPLE WONDER Why the club seems to be more at tractive than the home. Why brick sidewalks are not abolished on business sVeets. Why some people vote secretly for them they denounce publicly. Why strangers seek directory infor mation from citizens instead of" police men. Why stores and pavements are not swept and windows washed earlier in the morning. Why girls giggle when they pass a crowd and look around when : they hear ! ungentlemanly remarks. . Why travelers staud in hotel doors in stead of occupying the comfortable seats in lobbies and reading rooms.—Pitts burg Dispatch. ■ — «^« CANADA'S PREMIER. There is no Canadian leader in the Conservative party qualified to take the place of Sir John Macdonald who can command the support of his party. The choice of a figurehead would be fol lowed by a struggle for supremacy pretty sure to result in a substantial change of dominion policy.— New Tork .Recorder. Whatever the changes that his ab sence will bring about— and they must be radical— his fame will endure as that of a strong and capable man. Histori ans may record. his faults and his mis takes, but these are not likely to im press posterity. It will see him as the creator of Canadian nationality and as the genius who realized, consolidated and expressed the power of a competent people.— New York Tribune. The premier of Canada is unques tionably the strongest man prominent of late years in dominion affairs. The eovernment in his hands has been to a remarkable extent a personal govern ment, and his individuality is reflected not only in the general policy of the do minion, but in almost every "specific act of importance accomplished during his administration. — Philadelphia Tele graph. Sir John is a very picturesque figure in current Canadian history. What he lacks as a statesman he makes up as a politician. lie is an ideal wire-puller. knows how to handle public opinion with skill and tact, and i 3 a thorough and skillful expert in all the tricks and . strategy of a campaign. His Joss to the party will be very serious, for, though there are many able men in Canada, there is not one who can quite fill his place. What the effect of nis decease may be on the party of Liberals, whose chief enemy he has been, time alone can disclose.— New York Herald. Cahensley's Scheme. Archbishop Ireland's criticisais of Mr. Cahensley, says the Chicago Trib une, who wants to perpetuate foreign nationalities in this country by dividing the United States into a number of Ger man, Bohemian, Polish, Italian, French, Spanish and Irish dioceses, are perti uent and truthful. Cahensler undoubt edly represents a large element among the Kpuiau Catholic clergy of America who were born and educated in Europe. They want to perpetuate European traditions in America. That is why they oppose the teaching of the American language in the public schools. That is why they sustain an agency at the Vatican to prevent the appoint ment of Americans or Americanized foreigners to American dioceses and to secure the appointments of Germans, Italians. Swiss, Frenchmen ai>d Irish men. They have succeeded, too. Through the agency of a Bavarian car dinal and an Indiana bishop of German birth the Western dioceses have for years been kept under a foreign " ec clesiastical domination. Recently Arch bishops Ireland and Kiordan, both of American birth, and Bishop Spalding. of long American descent, have suc ceeded in breaking down the domina tion of the Bavarian-Indiana agency at Koine. Mr. Cahensley, of Lucerne, is trying to set U up in a most offensive form. Rome is too wise or too wily to do as Cahensley advises. The Koman Catholic church in America would be shattered by a schism. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. An old sweetheart of John C. Calhoun , is living at the aire of eighty-one in the home for aged gentlewomen at Wash inston. Ex-President Cleveland will visit Buf falo, his old home, next Sunday. He is booked for several speeches before gath erings there. . Prof .' Eissehweller, of Geissen, claims to have discovered the bacteria wnich produces baldness by destroying the roots of the hair. Mrs. Cleveland, while attending to the arrangement ol her summer home at Buzzard's Bay, will be the guest Of Mrs. Joseph Jefferson. Sir John A. Macdonald is the Abra ham Lincoln of Canada. The stories attnbutal to him smack of the Lincoln isms so dear to Americans. lion. Cecil J. Rhodes, the premier of Cape Colony, has the lace of a Caesar, the ambition of a Loyola and the wealth of a Croesus. He is American in his idea. Ex-Gov. Thomas Crittenden, who was stricken with an attack of apoplexy at Kansas City, is reported to be much bet ter, and strong hopes of his recovery are entertained. " Ex-Minister Taft, who is ill in Cali fornia, rested easier Monday night and partook of some nourishment in the early part of the evening. His chances are more favorable for recovery, as the hemorrhage has been stopped. Senator Stanford, it is said, has de cided to undertake to manufacture cham pagne on his big vineyard in Tehama county. He has hired a French cham pagne expert from Lyons,who will have charge of all experiments. Following upon the death of the Arch bishop of York from influenza conies the announcement that three members of the family of the Archbishop of Can : terbury, the Most Rev. Edmund White Benson, D. D., are prostrated with the disease. A daughter of Congressman Breckin ridge. of Kentucky, who graduated with honors at Wellesley several years ago, has now taken up the study of law in her father's office, having in the mean time taught geometry and algebra in a Washington school. Horace A. Chilton who, by appoint ment, succeeds Senator Reagan, of Texas, in the United States senate, is a very successful young lawyer, now in his thirty-seventh year. At the Demo cratic state convention last summer he nominated Gen. Hogg for governor. lie is the first native born Texan to wear the toga. an The Dear Girls. Ethel— Don't you like these sofas that have just room enough for two? Maud— Yes. but I like those that have hardly room enough for two far better. : — i — On the Eve of the Wedding. He (suddenly)— Do you ihink the min ister will want to kiss you? She (Dleadingly)— him, if he wants to. Harry. lie's just grown a beautiful mustache. — Xot Insupportable. Effie— Wouldn't you like to ride on my bicycle, Amy? Amy— thank you; I'm afraid Pm too heavy. Effie -Why, 1 heard Jack tell you in the parlor last night that you was as light as a feather. _ . A SAILOR AT A BALL. They gave a ball up town last night; I had a girl in tow. ■ And she was rigged right up in style, I'll have you all to kuow : She had a brand-new suit of sails, from scup per up to truck. And held her eye right in the wind, as dainty as a duck. Her dress was bent on . to her arms with bands in some queer way. And then 'twas cut dowu 'fore and aft, which means decolytav. They, must have got the thing too long— Vever saw such gear; It hau a dozen reefs in front, aud yet it wasn't clear;- • ■ ■ ■ : • She had it guyed up in ihe ways— it hung off in her wake. And rose and fell just like a swell without a sisn of hreak. ■ She hnd a fan made fast around her dainty little waist; . 'Twas made •of figured satiu, and In all re spects was chaste ; But when I swung that girl around, the gear, as I could see, Was . not clewed up as shipshape as such stuff like that should De, And, if I'd been less careful with that Bilk and satin dress. Her halliards might have parted, and there'd - been a pretty mess. - PROBING FOR CORRUPTION. The Wheat Investigation Is Re- sunied at the Capitol. All the members of the legislative wheat investigating committee were on hand at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. A request was read from R. J. Hall, asking that Mr. Stpckwell, of Minneap olis, be sent back to Duluth. to assist iii completing the work there. This cre ated a lengthy argument as to the ad visability of spending more money on clerk hire. A vote being taken, it was decided to send Mr. Stockwell bacf to assist in expeditinz matters in Duluth. Assistant Attorney General Childs in troduced the testimony (riven before the house committee by John Loftus. Stenographer Shoemaker was placed on the stand to identity the testimony. Loftus testified that'he was employed in the elevators as foreman during isss and ISS9, and had at different times loaded cars at night when the inspect ors were not present. The cars were loaded by order of Supt. Rupley. Nothing was said about the state in spector oeing present. He made the re turns to Supt. Rupley in the morning. He loaded forty-five or fifty ears in that way during January and February. lSSS the first two months of his employment at the elevator. No cars were loaded without orders from Mr, Kupley. The witness was asked if he hud had any conversation with any one regarding the testimony after he haa been sub pcenaed. He replied that he had. It was with Mr. Rupley, and the latter had advised him to tell the truth in the matter. The statements of D. A.Christie.agent of the Lake Superior Transit company, before the house committee were also introduced. Mr. Christie bad produced the books of the committee, showing the vessels on which the wheat had been shipped out during the season of ISSG, together with the amount carried by each boat and the names of Ihe par ties to whom it was consigned. The reports covered the shipments made for the five years from January, ISSti, to January. 1891. The afternoon session was lanrely de voted to the voluminous rorresoondenee ottered by .State Grain Inspector A. C. Clausen, between the Lake Superior Elevator company, of Duluth, and the railroad warehouse commission. The admission ot this correspondence was strenuously objected to by \V. W. Kr win, but after considerable discussion, in which Messrs. Moore and Barrett took part. Mr. Erwin withdrew his ob jections and the reading of the letters was gone through with. The bulk of them related to certain amounts of grain disposed of and showed on the face that the grain inspection for the past live years had been very disastrous to the elevator folks. At the conclusion of the readme; of the correspondence Assist ant Attorney General Childs asked Mr. Clausen if this correspondence in cluded all correspondence or conversa tian he had had with J. W. Cross, the Minneapolis inspector. He replied: "Yes, sir, this was all that 1 bad with Mr, Crossfuntil just prior to the election, or rather when an article of length at> peared in the Minneapolis Times." Chief Grain Inspector Clausen ex plained at length the details of difficul ties in the department at Duluth, which led to the removal of Deputy J. W. Cross from Duluth to Minneapolis. The disagreements between Deputies Ful ton and Cross and the constantly aris ing dissension in the department as a result, were given as the reason for the latter's removal. Correspondence between the chief in spector and Mr. Kupley regarding an article appearing in the Alliance papers, previous to the election, in rela tion to the alleged stealing of wheat, was also read. An adjournment was then taken until 10 o'clock this morning. SOUTH ST. PAUL ELECTION. A. Political Combination Broken Ai'ter a Lively Tussle. ' The political combination at the Union Stockyards was broken by the .South St. I'aul election yesterday, and, although most of the old city officers were re-elected on the Peoples' ticket, the complexion of the oouncil was changed decidedly by the Citizens' and Independent tickets. ,On account of the majorities contests are un likely, although there was some dissa"tisf action with the proceedings. During the early hours people crowded at the doors and citizens passed inside from booth to booth, showing voters how to mark their tickets under the Australian system. This voting under the new Keyes law was the first in Min nesota, and was not well uuderstood. Mayor Deony and othets ordered the platforms cleared, and gave the voters a better chance to go into the booths. Explanations in German and Swedish languages had been printed on the facfsimile tickets.butstill the judges were frequently called upon to tell the voter how to mark his ticket. The sys tem was, however, looked upon as much better than the old one. The election was very quiet during tiie afternoon, but "when it was annouuoed that M. Gaban, superintendentof the Minnesota Packing company, had been elected mayor the packing house boys gave a whoop of joy, and marched around town to the music of a life and drum. A brass band was none too good for them iast night. Both parties had done hard work in the canvass, and they duly "celebrated." The people generally joined in seren ading the mayor-elect, and they were received at the Gahan residence, near Spring Park, in right royal style. The band played while the company took refreshments, and then they returned through the stockyards district, a dis tance of two miles, to South Park in the First .ward, where they made the hills ring with merriment and joyous shouts. The vote was as iollows: MAVOII. M. Gahau. People's.. 2.">4 C. litch. Citizens' SOS Majority 46 CITY KECOUDEK. P. R. Connelly, I'eoole's 2Sf> Puul Mi.ler. Citizens' ltil Majority 125 CITY TBKABUBUB. G. W. Staff, People'B 333 JI. J. Lienau, Citizens 1 122 Majority 211 CITY .H'>T!< E. M. J. Doyle. Independent 2::6 L. N. Bryant, Citizens' 11.) John Ileimau, People's ( J7 Doyle's plurality 117 CONSTABLE. E. J. Ckary. People's and Citizens' 307 ALDERMEN. PIBST WAKD. A. T. Rosen. Peoples 102 B. Converse, Citizeilb' sft Majority i-i James Dixon. People's 103 A. J. Shea, Citizens' ; 54 Majority 4'J ALUKIiMK.V. BSCOKD WAIIIJ. James Reea, People's aud Citizens 1 178 C. Schneider. Independent *. 87 B. Worst. Citizens 77 J. li. Fitzgerald. People's G2 Plurality 10 AI.DEiIMEX, TUIKD WAED. J. J. O'Brien, Citizens' 38 E. E. Suttou, People's ai Majority . 7 M. li. Nichols, Citizens 31 L. N. Bye, People's...... 29 — Majority 2 for AVinona. The drill team of St. Paul Camp No. 1, Sons of Veterans, consisting of twen ty-one officers and men, will leave for Winoua at 7:30 this morning in a special car to attend the division encampment now in session there. The team consists of the following roen, some of whom composed the team from this camp which captured first prize at St. Joseph, Mo., last August at the national encampment: Capt. Ebon Onkes. First Lieut. 11. J. Mann hart, Second Lieut. George W". Hardiupt. First Sergeant A. T. Spicer, Second sergeant Walter Mittnel!. J. P. Porter, A. L. Bowker. J. K. Dixon. F. W. Bowker, Harvey S. Mills, D. \V. Beavers. E. J{. A. Messenger, C. E. Messenger, N. c. Mitcncll, S. .1. lluruley.Otto Sauder, G. C. Flint, \V. F. Scberfeuberg, Geortre Temme. J. H. Krch, S. E Feriig, C.V Sterling, E. D. Sj.icer. OUT OF THE RUT. The Commencement Exercises of Baldwin Seminary. The commencement exercises of Baldwin seminary were held last even ing at the House of Hope Presbyterian church. The auditorium was well filled with pupils, patrons of the school and their friends. The ordinary custom of having the graduating class exhibit their training on such occasions, was varied from in this instance. The exercises opened with an onran prelude by C. G. Titcomb. An eloquent and instructive address was delivered by Rev. Robert E. Christie, 1». D.. on "The Responsibilities of Education." Dr. Christie handled his subject in an interesting manner. Education was characterized as the key to a thousand storehouses, and the young people were exhorted to careful investigation in gen eral lines as opposed to acquir ing a mere smattering or de velopment of a single faculty. Great men and women are those who are well informed on many subjects, and have a cultivated discrimination and mind balanced by a sense ot mor ality. Mrs. D. F. De Wolf sang "Hear Is, () Father," in exquisite style, show ing that her voice was at its best. I'rof. Clinton J. Backus, principal of tho seminary, made a short address ana presented diplomas to the graduating class, consisting of Martin Chandler, Miss Tila M. Espy, Miss Edith Foulke, Miss E. Gertrude Fulton, Miss Georgia Middleton. T. Ed win Middleton and Charles Steeel. The exercises closed with an organ solo by C. G. Titcomb. The ushers were 11. ( . Ege, I). Hunt. J. F. Cogswell, .1. N. Kirby, J. H. Selleck and F. A. Tike. The class exercises will occur at Unity church. They are as follows: Russian Literature of the Nineteenth Century Martin Chandler The Coming Woman Lila W. Espy Essay and Valedictory Edith Foulke "Over tho Alps Lies Ita ly" G. Gertrude Kulton W by Study Bistory 1 ! Georgia Mi.ldletoa Class History sun! I'roph ecy Edwin Middleton Story— "Rasmus" t harles Sieele READS VERY NICE. Reply to a Stockholder Who I'ro- tests Against Consolidation. An answer has been filed by the de fendants in the case of James C. Stout against The Sidie-Fletcher-Uolmes com pany, Fred C. Pillsbury, John Martin, Charles T. Fox, Charles K. Sidle, Henry G. Sidle and James W. Lawrence. Tho answer denies that the capital stock of the Sidle-Fletcber-Holmes company is worth {400,000. It is not worth more tuau $320,000, and its entire indebted ness exceeds 8405,000. it is asserted that the company cannot carry on ita llouring business except at a loss; thatitlostSl3B,ooo in carrying on its busi ness from Sept. 1, 1888, to Sept. I, 1889, and made a net loss of >\;i>.nun in the suc ceeding year, and has since been carry ing on business at a loss. It is ad mitted that the company has contracted to sell its property to the Northwestern Consoledated Milling company, which has been organized and which is to consolidate the defendant com pany, the Christian Brothers Mill company (known as the Crown Roller Mill of Minneapolis), the ivuit mill property, the Galaxy mill and tho Columbia Mill company. It is alleged that by the consolidation the expenses of running the mills will be reduced, ami it will be profitable to so combine under one management, ownership and control. It is admitted that a majority of stock in the Sidle-Fletcher-Holmea company is held by persons forming the combine and who will vote for the con solidation; that they so voted and will make the transfer as soon as the injunc tion in this case is dissolved; that all of the stockholders, except Stout, have assented to the transfer. It is claimed that the value of the stock ami bonds to be issued by the consolidated compa ny to the stockholders in the Sidle- Fletcher-llolmes company will be of more value than the value of that com pany's stock. Jt is alleged to be tho plan of the directors and all the stock holders, except Stout, in the defendant company, to .use the bonds received to pay the indebtedness of their com pany. TOUCHED UP lt¥ TWOHY. Offenders Uij* and Small in tlio Municipal Court. The usual grist of tho municipal court mill was ground out yesterday. Anais Dilks, for peddling without a license, was discharged on payment of the usual fee. Dan M. Gross, Frank Leith, James Whiteman, Al Jesswold and J. J. Kelly put up the price of 200 glasses of lager severally for over-indul gence the previous evening. John Mar tin, for being drunk and disorderly, was requested to behave in the future, and parted with three lives to secure his liberty. Chris Olson, in preparing for next winter by stealing an overcoat, will- reside at Como for ninety days from date. .1. I. Walton, who was ar rested for insulting ladies on the street, waß let off with a fine of 820. George Walton, who assaulted a neighbor, was required to give up §15 cold cash. J. Taylor and Julia Perkins, both colored, charged with disorderly conduct, had their cases continued until to-day. Charle3 Lund, arrested for striking little son of M. Lyons, who resides in lower town, was lined flu. W. - 11. Griffin appeared to answer a charge of larceny of 1100 preferred by Thomas Gibbons, who claimed to have been robbed at the Occidental. Gibbooa failed to appear, and tho case was dis missed. MIDDLETOVS 11ECITAL. An Entertainment Evidencing Merit of Youiijj Performers. hitney's music room was crowded last evening, tiie occasion of K. W. Mid dleton's recital. Thomas Taylor Drill sang two numbers, with a third as en core. His voice is a very large and sympathetic baritone. The most anx iously awaited number was the famous moonlight sonata of Beethoven. Frank W. Rell played it. The first movement is a little beyond him ai yet, but his rendition of tiie allegro move ment was exquisite. Miss Page plays with unusual understanding, and Mas ter Willie Fleer will soon develop into a very good musician. The other per formers were: Miss Lille and Maud Borup, Miss Louise West, Miss Flor ence Crary, Miss Cornelia Saunders, Miss ilattie Page, Willie and Hermann Fleer, Willie Fleer, Miss Marguerite tea v. DEPUTIES DONT GO. Game and Fish Commission I'a.ss Upon Important Subjects. The state game and fish commission met yesterday in executive session, and began by adopting bylaws and rules. A decision was reached not to appoint deputy game wardens at present, but to leave the matter in charge of' Warden Stetson. Little of im portance was done at the morn ing session. In the afternoon it was decided, after a discussion, to pub lish tiie game laws entire for the infor mation ol the public. A decision was also reached not to stock any stream in which the public are not allowed to fish. Tho remainder ot the afternoon until adjournment was taken up with a dis> cussion on waj - and means. The Horse Shied. G. W. Gile, residing at 630 Pleasant avenue, met with a serious accident yesterday by being thrown from his horse. He was riding on the avenue, ami when near Summit the horse sud denly shied, throwing his rider to the ground. Mr. Gile was conveyed to the city hospital iv tiie central patrol wagon] where, upon examination, his left shoulder was found dislocated nivf side severely bruised and injured.