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TO-DAY'S WEATHER.
Wa-him.tox. Aug. 22. — For Minnesota,
"Norlh ana South Dakota ami Iowa: Fair;
variable winds; slightly warmer by Monday;
warmer and generally fall Tuesday. For
Wisconsin: Continued cool: northerly
winds; generally fair Sunday and Monday.
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Local forecast for St. Paul. Minneapolis
and vicinity for all of Sunday : Winds mostly
westerly, with generally fair, warmer weath
er; much warmer on Monday.
P. V. Lyon--. Local Forecast OSiciaL
THE STORY OF A DAY".
Wheat takes another small tumble.
"Marion C wins the §10,000 stake al Chicago.
The Germans are holding a stengerfest at
jUankatO.
Frost touches portions of Minnesota and
totas.
McKinley opens the campaign in Ohio and
Boies in lowa.
The St. Paul Stove Works company gives
an exhibition.
From Mto 100 people are killed by an ex
plosion in New York.
The monument to the defenders of New
I'lm is dedicated at New Clm. Bffß
A Nicollet couuty woman .-hoots her di
vorced husband dead ano tries to kill his
mistress.
H. L. Loucks, the South Dakota Farmers'
Alliance man, says he is iv favor of Bartiett
Tripp for congress.
THE NEW UI.M CELEBRATION.
New Ulm did itself proud yesterday,
and the dedication of its monument was
made amid much enthusiasm and fes
tivities of the most royal sort. Distin
guished men and fair women from far
and near graced the occasion, and have
come away with the recollection of
the most delightful experiences. No
traveler ever visits the old Dutch
town, do matter what his errand,
who does not tell on his return of
the warm hospitality and generous
open-heartedness of its people; but on a
day like yesterday, when all its citizens
were at their best, and alert to dispense
the freedom of the town tothe strangers
within its gates, hospitality ran In a
full, rich current, which swept every
thing before it. The Globe gives space
.his morning to the account of the cere
monies, and to the speeches which were
made and the toasts which were drunk.
Everybody was in high spirits, old
friendships were renewed, and old ad
ventures enjoyed afresh. Tears were
trapped for the dead, applause be
stowed on the living, and the heroes of
1802 covered once again with wreaths
si honor and affection. The monument
is unveiled as one more evidence to
the world that posterity reverences and
sherishes the memory of its fathers"
brave deeds.
AN* EXPLODED BUGABOO.
There are three distinct classes of
protectionists. First, because most act
ive, pushing and virulent, is the small
lot of men who are making money out
of it. the ground-floor fellows. Next
some the sentimental, patriotic fellows
who know and admit that protection
means enhanced cost for tin- tilings pre
lected, but think it right to compel peo
ple to pay more for these tilings than
.hey are worth because it "builds up the
louie industries" and "makes the coun
ty* independent of foreign countries"
for the supply. These people fall back
for their ultimate argument on a possl
»le war with the countries furnishing
.lie goods and the sufferiug we would
undergo from the consequent loss of the
irticles. Then last come the mass who
ire for the most part good, honest, weii
meaning people, swaddled in their ig
aorance and prejudice and following
.heir party as docilely and unquestion
ing!}' as sheep follow a bell wether.
The first class invent all the slush
md build all the bugaboos about pau
per labor, protection to home labor, the
Jobden club, British gold, protecting
;he farmer and so on, ad nauseam: and
the other two classes swallow them as
If they were written on the tablets de
livered at Sinai. They devise such
bugaboos as the one we hear much of in
that harrowing tale of the fell designs
of the free traders, acting in collusion
with the English manufacturers to break
down our solid walls of protection to
;he home market so that the latter could
Hood our country with their cheap
goods; and then, when they have wiped
out the shops and mills of this country
and have a monopoly of the market,
they would begin to shove up their
prices, and make us pay roundly for
our little spree of cheapness. **\Ve
would be at the mercy of foreign deal
ers and foreign prices," they cry.
One of the third class of protection
ists who has, "by some mysterious dis
pensation of Providence," been put in a
place where, as editorial writer, he can
scatter a little wider the inventions of
the first class, says that "British tin
plate has not been perceptibly reduced
in price in fifty years." The history of
the prices of tin plate affords not only
the refutation of this falsehood, but it
shows what a silly scarecrow is their fa
vorite bugaboo. England has had the
monopoly of tin plate manufacture for
the world since tin plate was made.
Until recent years the island furnished
the coal, iron and tin for making the
plate: but, as the quantity of tin ore in
the Welsh mines diminished , and the
cost of getting it, owing to the great
depths of the mines, increased, the sup
ply of tin has been largely obtained
from the Straits of Malacca. Since 1840
'•■..land has made the world's supply
of till plate under conditions of abso
lute free trade while enjoying a monop
oly of its manufacture. If there ever
could exist * a condition under which
people were "at the mercy of foreign
dealers," it is this case of tin plate. Had
it existed in this country, does any one
doubt that we would Have had a snug,
tight trust formed to corner it, with its
uirtctors to limit the output and fix the
prices? Now. what have these terrible
English monopolists, who are made to
do such excellent service for the Re
publicans every campaign, done? Here
are the averages:
Average prices In New York of IC cokes,
per pound, since 1809:
1869 5.0411880 4.47
1820 5.11 1881 3.86
1871 5.44 188? 6.78
187__ 5.98 1883 6.61
IST:. 7.6."> 1884 8-56
1874 7.G*i 1885 8.28
1875 1.21 1886 3.08
1876 5.16 1887 2.05
1877 ....' 4.40 1888 3.01
1878 4.07 1889 2.88
1879 3.78 1890 3.07
If here are the results of "being at
the mercy of foreign dealers and for
eign prices," mayn't we have reason to
prefer the foreign article of mercy to
the home product?
THE PARK PROBLEM.
The park board made a move Thurs
day evening last. Commissioner Ab
i.i.i.i. introduced a resolution, and it
was unanimously adopted. This hap
pened once before. The last time some
one moved that the board take a drive,
and it was carried without a dissenting
vote. Since then there has been much
debating as to whether the commission
was capable of motion. Even those
who thought that it was have admitted
that the evidence was not entirely satis
factory, and that if it moved at all it
would be in the steady, deliberate gait
of the glaciers, which progress an inch
or so in the course of a decade of cent
uries. The other side have scoffed at
the credulity of those who would, ac
cept one resolution a season as any
proof of power in this' direction. The
question is now at rest, and it may be
taken as settled that the park board can
move.
QCommissioner Aberle'B resolution
looked to the acquisition of a park site
at Lake_Phalen. This is a good idea, if
the proper ground can be secured, and
the other features of the system which
the Globe has advocated can also be
carried out. Minneapolis has the begin
ning of one of the most beautiful park
systems in the country, because it has
utilized the lakes in its neighborhood,
and St. Paul cannot do better than to
lollow its example in this regard. Both
Lake Como and Lake Bhalen are rea
sonably remote from the heart of the
city to-day, but. if the town grows as**
we hope and expect it will, that criticism
will be outlawed in a few years. Both
of these points ought to be common
property for all time, dedicated to pur
posesof recreation and pleasure. Every
body seems to be reasonably agreed on
this matter.
The other plans of the board should be
directed to preserving some of the views
and vantage grounds on the river bank
from pre-emption and occupation by
private owners. The Indian mounds
surely ought to belong to the city, be
cause of their associations and the look
out. If there are funds enough safely
available, similar sites further up the
river would also be desirable, but these
could be postponed to some future time.
But there should bo a boulevard along
the Mississippi, both above and below
Summit, avenue, as far as the high
ground extends. This might be only
a couple of hundred feet in width,
equipped with a substantial roadway
and handsomely adorned with grasses
and shrubberies in such arrangement
and profusion as good taste will sug
gest. A scheme of this sort would
serve a hundred good ends. It would
be a park in itself, because it would in
clude the river sweeping by and all the
beautiful prospects now inaccessible;
and it would supply the city with what
it seriously lacks, a driving and riding
ground in the right direction, which
every one bent on an outing would use,
and where one could meet his friends ot
the same mind as himself. If the park
board passes another resolution in the
course of the year, it is to be hoped
that it will have something to do with
the realization of this ide?.
Milwaukee has an orthodox clergy
man, a Congregationalism who stated in
a sermon last Sunday that the drowning
in a recent party of Sunday boat riders
might have happened just as well on
Monday or any other day. lie even as
serted that the Christian who goes
buggy riding on Sunday has no right to
criticise the other parties who take
their ride on the water. Then, too, he
had good words for the young man who
lost his life trying to save the Sunday
boat riders. Perhaps he does not con
sign all the bicycle riders to the devil,
even.
That dress reform lady made a tell
ing point at Chautauqua in asserting
that "lt is a shame that women disfigure
themselves so much as to compel their
husbands to go and see actresses in order
to behold a beautiful form, It is simply
disgraceful to have brothers and hus
bands go to a theater to admire the fe
male figure." Let the reform go on.
Each congress of late loses from fif
teen to twenty members during its life.
The last one went over the average.
The one that has not yet met has lost a
half-dozen or more of its number, m
dludlng Senators Wilson and Hearst.
The South Dakota member of the house
was the last to drop off. There are a
few of them who live to old age.
Tnr grape growers in the Repub
lican party in California threaten to de
sert ii unless Gov. Basses, a prominent
member, is made to recant his open
preference for Milwaukee beer over the
California wines. He must attest his
sincerity by getting publicly drunk on
California wines.
Ax Arizona editor, who is a bache
lor, would have in the state constitution
being framed a clause taxing the old
maids. Probably lie has a personal
grievance with at least one of them.
Every bachelor of forty who has never
proposed to a girl should be disfran
chised and fined.
It is regarded as a mean thing to say
of a recent high life marriage in Lon
don that the roan gained the consent of
the lady by hypnotizing her. Some
young ladies in this country are un
intentional hypnotize rs. They can't
help it.
A Pennsylvania lady, Mrs. Pete k
Burns, is credited with breaking the
record in presenting her husband with
live children in eleven months, twins
and triplets. Most of the Pennsylvania
industries are devoloped by protection.
Is the Argentine Republic the al
leged money in circulation amounts to
about $100 per capita, or four times as
much as in this country. But il of
United States money is worth about four
of the South American stuff.
Steamship Arrivals:
London— Sighted: Waesl&nd, Now Yore.
. Qceexstowx— Arrived: Ohio. i'hiladel
nhi«.
THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, . 59 L. -—SIXTEEN PAGES..
ODDS AND ENDS.
"There is lots of tale about tremenduous
crops that will never be verified," said Henry
Feig, the statesman from Kandiyohi county,
at the capitol yesterday. "The farmers make
an egregrlous error in overestimating the
yield. It is better by far to say they have ten
bushels to the acre, and then realize fifteen,
than it is to -ay they have thirty bushels
when it is only half that amount. There are
some farms in our county that yielded thirty
bushels, but there are more that fell below
twenty bushels. Wh;re the soil is poor the
crap has been light t 4591
" ■•At Howard Lake, by the way," he pur
sued, 'I saw a farm that threshed out forty
two bushels to the acre, but this is an extra
ordinary Instance. How is the corn crop? It
is promising. If the frost will keep back for
three weeks we will have an unusually heavy
crop. The cold weather in July was a seri
ous drawback, and in some fields I noticed
that it actually turned yellow, but it is get
ting all over that now. The weather has
been almost perfect this month. Corn is
growing rapidlf. and vegetables of all sorts
seem to be coming right along.
"The state fair is going to be a grand suc
cess. I'm coming down, of course, and all
the farmers promise that they will give the
fair an exhibit and a visit. "The fair has
been a success the past few years. The re
ceipts have been large, and the only reason
that there is a deficiency lies in too extrava-
gant management. The system of giving out
complimentary tickets, for illustration, has
been carried to the extreme. • Passes have
read for the holder and ladies. These tickets
have ordinarily passed through a whole
neighborhood, and all the women that could
be found have had the benefit. This ■ year a
pass is only good for the holder and one
lady, and they are not transferable. That is
the proper way to do business."
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Joel Ileatwole, the sagacious editor-farmer
of North field, threshed 1.800 bushels of wheat.
He lost no time in shipment, but put his crop
aboard cars and sent it in to Minneapolis
where he sold it at S3 cents a bushel. Secre
tary Bertram, of the dairy commission, was
actuated by a like impulse He threshed his
product and immediately shipped it to the
Minneapolis market. But fortune seemed to
be on his side. Ills shipment came some
what later than the wily and the
market had made a marked change mean
while. Bertram received over a dollar a
bushel.
"One dollar a bushel for wheat sounds like
a big price," said Gen. Becker, of the railway
commission, yesterday. "We are told that
Europe will take all our wheat it we do not
ask too much for it. Now. is $1 a bushel too
much? I think not, and I think it is per
fectly safe to anticipate that the market will
rule thereabouts. '. We all remember, that the
price used to be $1.50 a bushel here, aDd Eu
rope bought it up just as readily as .when we
sold it for 60 ceuts.
"Now, if I whs a farmer and was in debt,
I would sell Off wheat fas* enough to meet
my obligations. If I were a farmer and not
in debt and owned a warehouse of my own,
I would store my wheat aud sit quietly back
and expect a still higher price, but I do not
fancy that I should care to store my wheat in
a public elevator."'
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The labor commissioner's department is
going largely into the question of mortgages
of farms in the state, and the force is now
engaged in compiling statistics of the year
1881, and these are to be piaced in contrast
with the same .of the present year, to show
whether or not the debt of the realty inter
ests of the state are increasing or decreasing.
Just what it will indicate, even in the event
the debt of this sort is larger now than it was
ten years ago. is a problem lhat political
economists disagree upon in the methods of
solution. Some argue that an increase in
mortgage debt, especially if it be brought
about by laud purchases, shows simply a
further accumulative spirit on the part of
buyers and speculators, and that it does not
indicate an increase in poverty.
••It is a shame," said a state official yester
day, "that the tiling In the corridor should
be torn up and left in this shabby way for
three weeks. What in the name of common
sense was the tiling torn up for at all* It was
in just as good -condition as the balance of
the building. lam sure. It leads one -to be
lieve that the one aim is to use up the $10,003
appropriated. Then those steps. True, the
old wooden apologies were a disgrace, but
these gigantic stones— is a ludicrous
disparity between them and the building."
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Balloon ascensions have come to be all the
rage in the North west, and nearly every party
that takes an outing has an aeronaut and a
parachute jumper accompany them. This
form of amusements has Its perils and
dangers for those participating directly in
the ascension, but does not deter many of our
citizens from becoming engaged in this
pastime as a matter of businese. The latest
one to enter the ranks of balloonlsts as a
manager is J. J. Ahem, who proposes to give
exhibitions in. around and about our su
burbs and lakes. His first attempt at South
St. Paul was . not what might be
called a roaring success, but with a
little experience he may come out
all right and he soon will be able to make
the jumn himself, as well ,as fill a new bal
loon in case some one should run off with
the old one. Charles Christian is also said
to be studying the science, and says it is the
greatest thing he ever heard of. His conver
sation is balloon all the time, and it is cur
rently reported that he has now in course of
construction a wind bag that will make all
others in this partnf the country look like an
Italian man's little red toy balloon with a
whip on the end of it. *
BOIES OPENS THE _ FIGHT.
lowa's Governor Reviews the
Main Issues.
Che sokes. 10., Aug. 22.— This was
Democratic day in Cherokee, and the
city has been full of Gov. Boies' ad
herents, anxious to assist in opening the
state campaign with proper eclat.
Everywhere the greatest enthusiasm
prevailed. The big mass meeting
opened shortly after dinner. Gov.
Boies was the principal speaker. The
prohibition law. the governor declared,
had proved a failure and cited the fact
that 4.005 persons in the state, or an
average of more than forty-one in each
county, hold federal licenses for the
sale of liquors, to say nothing of the
boot-leggers and joints In counties
where no open saloons exist, to an ex
tent equal or greater than before the
passage of the present law. Continu
ing, the governor said:
"The simple truth is that the penal
ties which this law Inflicts are in many
instances hideously cruel, and their
consequences to entirely innocent par
ties are so serious that no man pos
sessed of a human heart can turn a deaf
ear to the appeals that aie constantly
being made to the governor for relief.
Ido not underestimate the evils of in
temperance, or the sorrow and suffering
it brines to friends of the victims who
are innocent of any wrong.and yet with a
full knowledge of all this, ldo not hesi
tate to declare that the enforcement of
this law, so far as it has been enforced
in this state since its passage, has pau
perized more families and inflicted
greater suffering on wholly inuocent
parties than all the intemperance that
would have existed in the state if the sale
of alcoholic liquors had been abso
lutely unrestricted during that time.
There is nothing ambiguous in the po
sition of the Democratic party on this
question. It is not proposed to bring
the legalized saloon back to a single
locality in the state where public, senti
ment is opposed to it. The broad prop
osition is to let each city,towu and town
ship determine by vote of the electors
thereof whether they do or do not want
a licensed saloon therein." Gov. Boies
also vigorously discussed the tariff issue.
Flew Just a Little.
Cincinnati, Aug. .22.— John C. Ran
dall, of this city, experimented at the
Zoological (tardea this afternoon with a
flying machine of his own invention. It
consisted of a balloon, oblong in shape,
with a narrow boat attached
instead of a car. Side wheels to the
boat, propelled by the machinery
worked by treadles, were relied upon
far steering apparatus. Several short
ascensions were made with one man
operating the machinery. The steering
device did not work perfectly.
DRAMATIC JOTS.
Commencing to-night Hoyt's masterpiece.
"A .Midnight Bell," will be produced for the
first time in this city. This comedy is an ab
solute divorce from anything this clever au
thor has hitherto offered to amusement-lov
ers of St. Paul. While he has left the broad
farce rut. he furnishes just as many hearty :
laughs as are found In his earlier • produc
tions, but in "A Midnight Bell" he uses
quieter and more artistic methods. The
piece is a beautiful picture of New England
life. Every one who has lived in a country
village or has rend about one readily recog
nizes the various characters. Deacon Tidd,
who is practical and doesn't care for man
ners, but who has much shrewd wit and
sense and some heart, is a type. The village
old maid and the village bad boy, the law
yer, the preacher, tho minister's independ
ent sister, the scandals aud jealousies of the
community, the gossip of the sewing society, -
the characteristics of the country school are
taken from life. Some weaknesses of hu
man nature are keenly satlred in the dia
logue, and many quaint and amusing situa
tions are scattered through the play. All the
scenery used in the piece is carried by the
company, the same having been painted from
photographs taken from various " scenes
around and about Mr. Hoyt's country home
at Charlestown, N. 11.
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Few attractions visit St. Paul with such a
record of popularity as "Ole Olson." He is
coming again, this time to the Metropolitan,
which demonstrates that our good-natured
Swedish friend has certainly made good use of
his time since his last visit. He will open to
night for four nights and Wednesday matinee.
The play, in the hands of Edwin E. Kidder,
has had a thorough revision, and is now
classed as one of the best comedy produc
tions on the road. Ben Hendricks essays
the role of Ole, which is the principal
male character of the piece, and is pro
nounced by all who have seen it as the best
yet in the part. Miss Alice Evans, i one of
the brightest and most charmitnr of little
girls, will look after Genie Dimple, while
Bridget O'Flynn is entrusted to Miss
St. George Uussey, conceded to be
the best Irish character tvoman upon
the American stage. The rest of the "capa
bles" are C. F. Lorraine, Harry Trayer, John
Buckland, Louise Halbee and others, assisted
by the original Swedish Ladies' quartette
from Stockholm, which will appear at each
performance in choice selections from the
fatherland.
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Neil Burgess' great comedy success, "Coun
ty Fair," that enjoyed a run of four consecu
tive years in New York, will be the next at
traction at the .Metropolitan opera house, for
one week commencing Sunday, Aug. 30.
This is considered by all theatrical managers
as one of the greatest successes and biggest
money-winners now traveling in this coun
try. Although this is a big New York pro
duction, there will be no extra charge for
seats. The usual prices of the theater will
prevail.
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--"Si Plunkard," a Yankee comedy illustrat
ing farm life, will be seen at the Grand
Thursday, Aug. 27, Introducing Farmer J. C.
Lewis and his company of twenty comedians.
The comedy is much in the same vein as the
"Old Homestead," "Atria Joslin," and other
homely studies of Yankee farm life. It has
no plot to speak of, but euough to lend in
terest. Mr. Lewis enacts the title role. Si,
and invests it with that humor found only in
New England life. The play is interspersed
with a lot of clever specialties by clever art
ists. A great bit of realism is shown in the
real threshing machine in full operation. A
novelty is the parade given daily. The band,
which is composed of twelve members of
the company, appear on the streets all dressed
up as farmers, led by Mr. Lewis (Si Plunkard)
as the Yankee drum major. The effect is lu
dicrous in the extreme. The idea of this
novel parade Is original with Mr. Lewis.
Having seen a country band at a small county
fair a number of years ago. he conceived the
idea ot a burlesque parade, the result of
which will be seen at noon Thursday.
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The Olympic theater opens its regular sea
son to-morrow evening. Proprietor Wells
has had the cosy amusement house thor
oughly renovated and, as he remarked yes,
terday, the place will be reopened "neat and
clean as a pin." An unusually attractive
'•bill" will be presented, in the shape of
Mabel Snow's Spectacular Burlesque com .
pauy in a fine production of the Parisian
sensationT " "Adam and Eve." The cast
is reported to be unusually strong
and the entertainment introduces many
pretty girls, some catching musical
gems, Govotte's art pictures, Amazonian
marches aud witty dialogues. The following
specialty artists will appear during the even
ing: Charles Orville, the aerial star; J. E.
Somers aud Vernon BoshelL, character spe
cialties: Mr. and Mrs. Austin, bronze statue
act; James Alicote, William Baker. Violet
Alieote, in vaudeville oddities; Mile. Bar
retta, juggler; Miss Lillie La Rose, song and
dance artist; La Rose brothers, gymnasts.
Twenty-one people will appear on the stage
during the evening, and the performance,
taken all round, will be the best that can be
seen at any vaudeville theater in this coun
try. Proprietor Wells deserves to have rous
ing houses each evening for the high-class
entertainment he is providing.
IN THE BACKWOODS.
M. W. Fitzgerald, generalissimo of the or
ganization that rejoices in the name of "St.
Paul Kids," and a prominent member of the
Republican city committee, has just returned
from an extended Montana trip. He is re
galing his friends with anecdotes of the min
ing regions.
"Nate Kingslcy," said he at the capitol to
an interested party of officials, "is one of the
original characters of that country. He is a
miner near Cook City, afcamp nearly a hun
dred miles from a railroad. Nate goes about
with the royal air ot a duke, and everybody
seems imbued with an inordinate spirit of bis
importance. One day he cut down a section
of fence that belonged to a neighbor, and was
arrested. That is, he was notified to appear
before the justice for trial, for no one would
tuiuk of subjecting him to the indignity of
placing him in durance. The day of his
trial he rode into town with pomp. His
horse Was elegantly caparisoned. He wore
a broad sombrero, bright, clinking spurs
and his holster well loaded with the conven
tional shooting irons.
* t t t ':".
•'lt is not likely that he was armed because
of any danger of a sanguinary encounter,
but simply to add to his personal appearance.
With, clanking spurs he dismounted before
the justice court room. I had been given an
inkling that something extraordinary was
about to happen and I stood near by. Nate
espied me at once.
" "Ah, stranger; how are you,' he said
cheerily, stalking over to me with right hand
extended. We nad a hearty shake, and he
pursued:
•' • 'Taint often we see strangers here. and it
is seldom we have an opportunity of treating
them to a handsome little entertainment.
Now. we're going to have a treat. I'm the
defendant, and I'm going to plead my own
case. I tell you what, stranger, I'm some
thing of a lawyer,' he said, with a dignified
wave of his baud. 'Just come in and here
the proceedings.'
"We went in. The justice sat before a com
mon table, evidently waiting the appearance
of the defendant. Near by was the com
plainant and his witnesses. Nate walked up
to the table, removed his hat and saluted the
court.
" 'Your honor.' he began, 'I appear for a
trial on charge of destruction of property. I
have come 500 miles to be arrested and tried
I'm going to try my own case. I demand a
jury, sir; a jury of my peers, sir.'
t t t
"The justice began to argue that there was
no necessity for this, when Nate drew himself
up to bis full height and cried:
" "I refer you to the statutes, sir. and I'll
bet $190 I'm right I demand a jury.'
••this was granted, and Nate sprang to his
feet again.
" 'Your honor,' he cried in stentorian tone:'.
•I now call for a change of venire to the
other justice. 'i his court is prejudiced.'
. "Well, this point was aimed r.i length ;
Nate was evidently considered an Important
functionary and lii- motion was granted. We
went over to the other court, and the trial
becaa amidst a pyrotechnicai display of
backwoods philosophy. Then some one set
two dogs fighting near by. and the court ad
journed 10 see ihe fun. They nil went run
ning precipitately to the scene, and Nate
olfered to bet-*s._n 0:1 i!i • small ■;■ do,'. but
cot no inkers, tie would havo l.i-t. however.
..The trial w.ts '..-sumed at.d h* iva>. . a.-d ill.
lie. paid ii ami then *-t "em ■-.;• to the wh'-le
town. That's th.* way jus. !(••_.• I_> aJuainist'-reJ
in (_'oji; Ciiy.'fjjfißßß
CHILDREN ABE CHEAP.
Starving Russian Peasants
Selling Their Offspring
to Buy Food.
Turkish Dealers in Flesh and
Blood Buy the Girls in
' ! Droves.
A Franco - Russian Alliance
Has a Dangerous Look
fop Britain.
England's Manipur Captives
Will Cc in No Danger of
| Escaping.
London, Aug. 22.— The stories of mis
ery received from Russia are almost
incredible. In Bessarabia peasants are
actually offering their children for sale
in order to buy food, and dealers at
Constantinople, hearing of this, have
purchased through agents in the Rus
sian villages a considerable number of
female children. Many deaths have
been caused through famine, and fam
ilies may be found actually per
ishing from hunger and huddled
together in their common misery.
The stewards of crown lands and
forests have been instructed to allow
the peasantry to enjoy free pasture and
freely to gather mushrooms, which are
largely consumed among the lower
classes of Russians, and to gather wild
fruits in the forests and woods of the
state. This, however, does not answer
the demand for substantial food. The
famine cripples all the finances of Rus
sia, and it is believed that for this rea
son there will be no war for many
months.. The collection of state and
local taxes in at le'at twenty provinces
will fall considerably below the usual
amount.
Hundreds - Starving.
. Besides, large sums are required to
prevent whole populations from .perish
ing of starvation. The government au
thorities, being now aroused, are exert
ing themselves with energy, and the
distribution of relief isgoing.on as rap
idly as possible. When a quantity of
grain reached Mariupol, in the province
of Yekatarinoslav, on Tuesday last, the
people were so weak with want they
were hardly able to come and get their
portions. 'They gathered near the
place of distribution, present
ing a pitiful spectacle with their
wan faces and wasted forms.
A force of police was present to pre
serve order, but, instead, the police had.
in several instances to keep the appli
cants from falling through sheer hun
ger and weakness. Nor is the misery
coufined to the lowest classes. Among
the applicants at Mariupol were noble
men and tradesmen, the latter ruined
in business through loss of custom on
account of famine, and the former de
prived of the margin between their
debts and their income, ou which they
had depended. The prohibition of the
export of rye was none too soon, if the
more frightful results of famine were
to bo. averted. .
ENGLAND'S DANGER.
A. Franco-Russian Alliance Would
j . Be Powerful.
London. Aug. 22.— A well-known for
eign diplomat, in speaking to-day of the.
apparent warmth ot the English recep
tion of the French fleet, said: It is
evident that Tory statesmen are
at length awakening to the. ; fact
that ■ the soundest foreign policy
for England is to have free, untram
melled hands. There is no doubt that a
Franco-Russian combination would pre
sent the most formidable danger that
England can possibly encounter iv the
present state of the world. The French,
tor centuries Englishmen's rivals at sea,
still hope one day to turn the balance in
their own favor. Russia is the great
land power, and the only one whose
frontier enables her to carry on a land
war against the British empire.
To resist this combination would be a
difficult task for Great Britain, and
would be possible only by the full use
of all the resources oC the .empire, to
gether with the assistance of at least
one outside power, lt is hoped that
there is no probability of such a conflict.
But there is always the possibility that
as soon as the opposing groups on the
European continent feel themselves
fairly balanced 'may compromise
their differences at the expense
of " an outsider. Great Britain
is the greatest outsider. She is not in
the Franco-Russian combination, and
has apparently entertained the German
emperor mainly to advertise the fact
that she is not in the triple alliance.
England, to keep her hands free, would
have to have a great navy and a ready
army such as she has not. It is the
known purpose of the Russian govern
ment to increase the influence exercised
by the czar in the affairs of Southeastern
Europe, and a second purpose is to exert
pressure upon the English sphere of in
fluence in Asia, and a third is to extend
the power of Russia in the Baltic.
None of these objects appeals in a direct
way to France. The designs of France
outside and beyond her internal develop
ment, which is the first aim, are commonly
supposed to begiu and end with the re
covery of Alsace-Lorraine. If. as ad
vocated by a member of the Prussian
diet Thursday last, Germany should re
turn Alsace-Lorraine to France, the mo
tive for France seesing a Russian com
bination would cease, and France and
Germany would undoubtedly soon be
come warm friends. Then the great
outsider could be sacrificed and Russia's
attention distracted from Europe for
some time to come by allowing her a
free hand in Asia, while France at such
a moment may possibly endeavor to re
cover a paramount influence in Egypt."
A SAFE PRISON.
The: Manipur Princes Can Never
Escape.
London, Aug. 22. The Adamau isl
ands in the Indian ocean, to which the
regent of Manipur has been deported,
was likewise the place of banishment of
the king of Delhi, condemned for his
share in the great mutiny. They are
the worst penal settlements in the
British empire, and transportation
there is greatly dreaded by East
Indian criminals. The regent and his
younger brother, whose life has also
been spared, will be kept at Port Blair,
the chief settlement on the islands,
probably in the same quarters as the
Delhi king. They will be allowed at
large within the limits of the settle
ment, as there is no danger of escape,
the convicts being well aware that the
savage., who inhabit the woods and
swamps would kill and devour them at
the first opportunity. Indeed, a num
ber of convicts have perished at the
hands of these cannibals.
SALISBURY'S THREAT.
T 1 * ■ — . -^ ■ .
Gladstone Uncover* Its Meaning
in Plain Knglish.
London, Aug. 22. — Mr. Gladstone, in
a letter to the Libera! candidate for
Lewishani. says: "Lord Salisbury de
liveied recently a speech which appears
to mean that, if at the coming election
the nation pronoum c- ;;, favor ot" home
rule for Ireland— that boon which would
he ii,n.,11) a boon to each of the three
kingdoms— it is to be frustrated by what
he terms the jdavof other parts of the
<*:>i!.-.:i:iitioii— thai is 1«» say. l he house of
innl- ..;! reject it. : It iS lor the constit
11Tiirii— to deri ie ho.v to receive this
threat in over; ear tri • judgment. which
.-...a u.-iiii,-. the taai .-four i vara been so
unequivocally declared. -T trust you
will be enabled to show that the sense of
the' people, so evident elsewhere, is
shared by the metropolis, and . that the
electors of Lewisham will perform their
share in closing a controversy injurious
to every interest of the empire."
SEIZED THE BULLION.
Balmaceda Grows Desperate in
Search of Funds.
I.oxdox, Aug. 22. The Times to-day
publishes a letter from Lisbon in which
the writer declares that President Bal
maceda, of Chili, being unable to bor
row money, seized the silver bullion in
the treasury of Santiago de Chili, stored
there as security for the fiduciary circu
lation, and that •he tried to transport
this silver abroad as payment for ships
and arms ordered in Europe. The writer,
of this letter adds that Balmaceda was
not able to hire a private vessel to un
dertake the transportation of the silver,
and he finally persuaded the command
er of the Espiegle, a British man-of
war, to convey a million dollars to Mon
tevideo, where that sum was landed on
Aug. 19. The Times, commenting upon
this letter, says that it is confident that
was done without the consent of the
British admiralty, adding that it seems
as though a British man-of-war had
been made the accomplice of a down
right robbery. The transaction, the
Times says, demands a full and prompt
investigation.
THE SACRED TUNIC.
*
Examination Said to Prove Its
Genuineness.
Berlin, Aug. 22.— textile manu
facturer who was summoned to exam
amine the garment known as the holy
coat, now on exhibition in the cathedral
at Treves, says that when the wrappers
were removed the vesture was found to
be in such a tattered condition that it
could not be placed on . exhibition.
Bishop Koertim, he adds, then con
sulted some experts, and finally the coat
was given to an aged and experienced
man," who gummed the fragments of the
garment together, as the material was
too much worn to stand the strain of
needle aud thread. The holy coat is
now partially overlaid with layers of
the material's with which it has been
wrapped up, and these wrappers having
become decayed cannot be separated
from the coat.
Dr. Boeck, of Aix-la-Chapelle, de
clares that he has examined the reverse
side of the holy coat, and that he found
it was mounted on byssus silk, which
was used in the first century, was never
manufactured after the sixth century,
and which was always extremely costly.
Catholic circles consider this to be proof
that the holy coat is a genuine garment,
worn by our Lord. It is explained that
byssusjs a name given from ancient
Greek and Bom an times to the bundle
of silky filaments by which many bi
valve shells attach themselve to rocks
or other fixed substances. In the Pinna
of the Mediterranean these filaments
are remarkably long, delicate and
strong, have a silky luster and are capa
ble of being woven into cloth upon
which a very high value is placed. But
the animal which produces these valua
ble filaments is now so rare that it is al
most exclusively an article of curiosity.
GOLD FOR WHEAT.
The Bank of France Holding the
Yellow Money.
Paris, Aug. 22.— Bank of France
is trying to keep gold to meet purchases
of American wheat. The governor, in
an interview, estimated the payment
for wheat at £20,000,000. He urges that
such a scarcity of gold has frequently
happened and may endure, but the pub
lic has no cause for alarm. The bank
has seldom been so flourishing. An
other bank official, when questioned in
regard to the report on the gold premi
um, replied that money changers.learn
ing that the bank was holding gold, col
lected all they could by offering a small
premium in the hope of reaping a profit
when wheat arrives.
RUSSIAN LAWS.
Grain Confiscation — Foreigners
Must Move.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 22. - The
Bourse Gazette to-day declares that the
Russian government has ordered the
customs officials to confiscate all grain
intended for export which is found to
be mixed with more than 8 per cent of
rye. The Novoe Vremya declares that
the council of the empire is at present
discussing a bill forbidding foreigners
to reside outside of towns or to pur
chase or lease real estate in the country
in some of the provinces adjoining
Austria. This law, it is said, will be
retrospective. Foreigners who. under
this law, are turned out of their pos
sessions and who desire to return to
their native land will be assisted to do
so by the Russian government.
YON MOLTKE'S BOOK.
It Is a Disappointment in Some
Berlin, Aug. 22.— Military men are
disappointed that Count Yon Moltke,
in his history, makes no revelations in
regard to the alleged disagreement with
Gen. Yon Steinmetz. He confines
himself to intimating that the bat
tle of Spicheren was not fought
in accordance with instructions from
headquarters, and only explains the re
call of Steinmetz by a reference to a
new formation of the aimy. His in
dulgence toward the mistakes of both
German and French generals excites
much comment. It is also remarked
that throughout the book there is not a
single reference to Germany's domestic
policy; no mention being made even of
William's proclamation, as emperor at
Versailles. RH
GEN. MILES' OPINION.
The Latest Militia Idea Is an Ab-
surdity.
Chicago, Aug. 22.- Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, when questioned in regard to the
scheme to consolidate the state troops
and place them under the control
of the secretary of war, as outlined
in a dispatch "from St. Louis, said:
"I do not believe in consolidating the
state troops and forming them into
practically a standing army of 100,000
men, and placing them under the cou
trol of whoever may be secretary of
war. Such a measure, in my "judgment,
would be ill-advised and dangerous.
This statement is too absurd to believe.
It says: 'After making a careful compar
ison of the standing army of the United
States with those of other countries,
they had concluded something must be
done to dignify the militia forces of this
country." These officers are acting en
tirely on their own responsibility or as
surance, and are not warranted in tak
ing this step. They are not speaking
under authority, but only expressing
their opinions."
The Trainmen's Strike
Indianapolis, Aug. __■_.-— The strike
of the Lake Erie & Western trainmen
remains unsettled and the road is com
pletely blockaded with freight, not a
train having been moved for two clays,
(ieneral Manager Bradbury finds that
he was mistaken in his estimate of the
road's ability to supply the striker's
places, as not a man can be found to do
so. Orders have been issued not to re
ceive freight from other roads.
Walthall Is Safe.
'T Jackson, Miss., Aug. 22.— Senator
Walthall, who has been quite unwell
for several weeks is said to be rapidly
Regaining his health and strength. Al
though lie declined to be a candidate to
succeed himself;: in the United States
senate, the Democratic primary elec
tions and convention held in. various
c .mi. ies to date show - him to: have been
v-rwhelmiiigly indorsed for re-election.
A GLOOMY OUTLOOK.
Harvest Prospects in German
Provinces Are the Poorest
for Years.
Chancellor Yon Caprivi Con
tinues Obdurate in Main-
taininsf Duties.
Bismarck Is Brooding Over
the Blowitz-Von Munster
Interview.
Emperor William Was Culti
vating His Whiskers in
Retirement.
Berlin, Aug. 22.— There is no abate
ment in the excitement arising from the
agitation in regard" to the duties on
grain imported into Germany. Gloomy
reports as to the prospects of the har
vest in the provinces continue to be re
ceived. Everything confirms the belief
that the winter of 1891-92 will be one of
the worst, so far as food is concerned,
on record. The opposition to the re
taining of the duties gains strength day
by day. The National Liberals, and
even many Conservative journals
are making unceasing appeals to
the government to make some
reduction in the grain duties, but Chan
cellor yon Caprivi is obdurate. Unless
there should be a sudden change in the
policy of the government, there is little
likelihood that the duties will be re
duced until the reichstag again assem
bles, even if they are then reduced.
Yon Caprivi evidently has great confi
dence that the situation will be relieved
by a reduction in freight rates. He has
communicated with the heads of the
federated states, inviting them to make
redactions in the freight tariffs similar
to those made by Prussia for the trans
portation of cereals on the state rail
ways. Some Conservative organs pro
pose that the government import wheat
and then sell it at fixed rates. The rad
ical press daily
. Attacks the Government
with might and main. The Yolks Zc'r
tung, in a tierce onslaught.declares that
not a single government organ dares to
defend the disastrous policy of the gov
ernment. This is not strictly correct,
yet it is true that only the most ardent
advocates continue to support the poli
cy, and even they adopt apologetic argu
ments. Advices* from all parts of the
northern provinces, especially l osen,
give evidence of the discontent prevail
ing there, and show that it is in
creasing. The municipal councils of
many towns have passed urgent
resolutions demanding that the govern
ment entirely suppress the grain duties.
Owing to the scarcity and high price of
grain, many distilleries are largely re
ducing their production. Some of them
have entirely suspended operations.
Many distillers, in consequence of the
excessive price of grain, find the great
est difficulty in obtaining potatoes for
the manufacture of brandy, the farmers
refusing to sell in the face' of the im
pending distress. Reports fiom
Sweden and Denmark, which coun
tries usually have a surplus of
grain to allow of* extensive exports,
announce that, owing to incessant rains,
the crops have been partially destroyed.
The harvest is far below the lowest esti
mates. Grave news comes from the
Rhenish provinces, where an official
circular announces the appearance ot
the dipterial insect, which committed so
much ravages in the wheat lieldf of
America of lato years. Everything
points to a dearth of breadstuff's, yet
the government is seemingly determined
not to recede from its position.
Dr. Miquel was cheered in the streets
by the workingmen, be happening to
pass along when a number of them were
going to their homes. Miquel's stand
in favor of reducing the corn duties or
removing them has won him great favor
with the people, and he is just now tlieir
ideal everywhere, while Caprivi is pro
portionately unpopular.
WILL THEY FIGHT?
Young Bismarck and Yon 3lun
ster Meet.
Berlin, Aug. 22.— Prince Bismarck
has left Kissingen. He has been great
ly benefited by taking the waters. His
hair has become snow-white, but he has
all his fire and determination. Gen.
Count yon Waldersee is trying to effect
a reconcilintion between the em
peror and Prince Bismarck, but it
is not likely that the over
tures will be successful. It is certain,
however, that Prince Bismarck received
constant telegrams from Kiel during-his
sojourn at Kissingen. Count Herbert
Bismarck has written to the Hamburger
Nachrichten announcing the interview
by M. Blowitz. the Paris, correspondent
of the London Times to have been held
with him by Count yon Minister, the
German ambassador at Paris, as a fabri
cation, and The Munich Allegemeine
Zeitung, publishes an article inspired
by the ex-chancellor, calling upon
Count yon Minister to decisively re
pudiate the Blowitz story.
The article concludes as follows:
"The insult contained in this interview
will not remain without consequences."
In the society to which Count yon Mun
ster and Prince Bismarck belong this
pharse.according to German usa__e,iuust
mean a duel in the event ot Count yon
.Minister refusing to explain his connec
tion with the affair. It is very improba
ble that the piincipals will fight. Both
are septuagenarians. If it came to a
duel, Count Herbert Bismarck would
inevitably take his father's place on the
field of honor.
BEARDED LIKE THE PARD.
The Kaiser Retired to Cultivate
His Whiskers.
Berlin, Aug. 22.— Whatever effect
the canards regarding the emperor's
health may have had elsewhere, his
popularity in Berlin has not diminished
in the slightest degree. As his majesty
proceeded along Friederichstrasse to
day en route to the Templehof, crowds
packed, the side paths and the utmost
enthusiasm was manifested. The em
peror is the picture of health, but the
full sandy beard which he now wears
has greatly changed his appearance,
although it becomes him well. The
growth of his beard explains his maj
esty's prolonged stay on his yacht. To
support his character, which is well
known for its sensational tendencies, he
could not allow himself to appear iv
public growing a beard. He feared that
lie would be made a subject for ridicule.
The review of the Garde corps to-day
was a splendid spectacle. The emperor,
who was in full uniform, directed the
review. He did not show the least
fatigue while on horseback. He was
assisted to dismount, for, though his
knee is practically well, his physicians
insist that he must not run any chance
of spraining or in any other way injur
ing his leg again.
GOLD IX CHUNKS.
A Mine of Fabulous Value in
Nevada.
* Carson. Nev., Aug. 22.— William Zirn
opened his newly discovered mine at
Pine Nut for inspection to-day. J.
Dougherty, superintendent of the Car
sou water works, says the mine is all
Zirn claimed for it. Zirn was offered
11,000 for permission to work the mine
twenty-four hours. In four hours Zirn
took out 1.500. Dougherty with a pick
dislodged chunks of gold and decom
posed quartz, since the inspection of
i n's mine the price of ground in the
vicinity has advanced.
ONE OF MANY
Bargains in Second-Hand
Pianos:
KNABE SQUARE
AT
Silo.
Full, rich tone, fine con
dition throughout, and will
give good service for years.
This is but one of a large
number of good Second-
Hand Pianos which must go
at some price to make room
for our new stock. If the
biggest kind of bargains in
terest you, you will see
these instruments.
W.J.DYER&BRO,
148 and 150 East Third St., St. Paul.
509 and 511 Nicollet Ay., Minneapolis
Globe, Aug. 23.U
rarrmjTQjytni'ii'u-t-'xru^
[_! PRIDE IN THE WELFARE OP OUR 5
C- CITY DICTATES THE FOLLOWING: S
|ilIllllllltlEElME?
*-*' A ST. PAUL HOUSE, other 5
C- Ms\ things being equal, deserves the 5
_\\ * * patronage of St. Paul people. -5
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EASY CHAIR CHAT
Every man who labors, no matter in what
eld. deserves bis own individual easy chair.
This should be un cheap affair, but a well
made, upholstered chair. Every wife takes
comfort in knowing her husband has such a
reserved corner in tbe home. We have up
holstered chairs at £4, and we have them at
Sin. but we take especial pleasure in showing
excellent values we can* offer between £13
and £30. ■ Remember, it only takes $4 cash,
and £4 per month to own one of these. Bet.
ter look at them.
SMITH & FARWELL,
339 East Seventh Street.
Stoves and Ranges, 334 S. Seventh 9,
MONEY GALORE !
With the great crop now
being" harvested will come a
great abundance of money
to the Northwest. This al
ways means speculation, and
there is nothing of which our
people are so fond of as spec
ulating in real estate. Witb
St. Paul and Minneapolis
growing at their present rate
our real estate is the best
speculation in the country,
and people are finding thi3
out. After our last boom
many people here and some
elsewhere thought it was the
end of real estate profits,and
because real estate was dull
for a time that the city was
gone to the bad. But it has
really done better than ever
before. Outsiders have found
this out, and some few peo
ple here know it. The fool
killer has been around this
year and scared the croakers
away, and this fact, with our
great crops, has started
things on a new boom. Visit
the factories, the wholesale,
merchants, or the retailers
and keep your eyes open, and
you will see this for your
self. Activity in real estate
will follow this, and it bas,
in fact, already begun. For
a while you will not notice
it. But look back a year
from now and you will see
the difference. In a growing
city real estate booms are
like waves in a rising flood.
One comes and recedes, and
each one that follows goes far
ther than the one before. The
purchases that are being made
show-that the wave is com
ing again. So buy nov/ and
you get the benefit. If you
want a home buy now and
get the benefit of low prices.
If you want an investment
or a speculation, by all means
buy now.
We are now offering prop
erty at ridiculously low
prices, just to keep the ball
rolling. But we shall raise
them soon. Come and buy
now at your own price. If
you wait you will have to
pay our price, and then you
wiii want to be kicked by a long-eared
quadruped, and will call on yourself to
do the job. We have the best property
in South St. Paul, the great manu:act
nring place of the present and future,
and will sell lots worth $500 to $1,000
for $250 to $500 to' improvers.
We have also 200 acres of the very
best land for market gardens, conven
iently located, which we will sell in
quantities to suit. We have good
property in all par!s of the city, and
seme specially line business properly.
ODIN G. CLAY & GO.,
207 Bank of Minnesota.
