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4 THE DAILY GLOBE . • OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY PUBLISHED EVERY DAY j AT THE GLOBE BUILDIXG, ; COBlfeß FOURTH, AXD CEDAR STUK3TS. t~ BY LEWIS BAKER. 'ST. PAUL GLOBE SUBSCRIPTION ; Daily (Hot Including Sunday.) i 1 vr in advance.SS UO|3m in advance.s2.oo : ii in iii advance. 4 00 | 0 weeks in adv. l OJ i One m0uth...... .70c. DAILY AN» SUNDAY. . 1 1 vr In ndvance.SK> 00 • 3 inos. in adv..s2 50 t: iii iv advance. 5 Oii I 5 weeks in adv. 100 One month. fcsc. • j • M MIAV ALONE. i ! i vrin advance. £"- I a mos. in adv.. ..50c I ( in. in advance.. 1 i'O 1 1 m. in advance.2Oc I 'Jim-Weekly— (Daily— : Monday, Wednesday j mid Friday.) ' 2 yr in navanee..M 00 | (> mos. in adv..s2 00 §3 mouths in advance.... Sl 00. ■\VEKKLY ST. I'AUL GLOBE. 'One ''■ear 81 I Six mo., 05c | Three mo., 35c i Rejected ccrnmuuicalions cannot be pre " 1 lerved Aadrets nil ietiers and telegrams to THE GLOBE, St. Paul, Minn. Eastern Advertising Office— Room 76, Tribune Building, New York. ! Complete flics of the GLOBEalways kept on i Laud for reference. Patrons and friends are i cordially invited to visit mid avail themselves t of the futilities of our Eastern Office while fin New York. I _ IL TODAY'S WEATHER. •■' Washington. Feb. 29. — For Wisconsin: J Clear weather ana winds becoming variable j Tuesday; slightly warmer and fair weather [Wednesday. For lowa. Kansas and Nebras ka : Clear Tuesday: variable winds; warmer [and fair Wednesday. For Minnesota and {the Dakotns: Winds becoming warmer !«outhand fair Tuesday; warmer and proba bly fair Wednesday./ For Moutana: Cloudy ••weather and light rain or snow; colder by Wednesday. genekaj observations. • United States Department op Agricclt ri'.K. Weatueb BuhAu. Washington. Feb. 29, 0:4? p. m. Local Time, 8 p. m. 75th Merid ian Time.— Observations taken at the same i moment of time lit all stations. '" c .X' x 5 If go sf§l Place of g-|s. Place of %-Z *% Observation. 3 o 2a; observation, gas 0 £ : 3 3 •" a 7 • "' ■ • a ' '. . *"* f'st. Paul 30.421 28, Miles City... 30.60 43 [Dulnth :».:.« r 20 Helena - .».92 44 La Crosie... :».:» 34 Ft. Sully.. Huron 30.38 321 |Min:iedosa.. 30.40 8 i»loorhead. .. :W.44 2S|!i-«lßary ... •St. Vincent.. 30.46 10 Winnipeg... .10.50 JO L Bismarck.. a 0.38 It. kj'Appehe 'Ft. Biiford..|:iQ.l-.' Si :Me<l'c Hat... -."■>. 40 ;« . 11.I 1 . V. Lyons. Local Forecast Official. j HOW THEY SPKND THE MONEY J The North American Review for this j month lias a discussion of some interest ■between ex-Speaker Keed and Con .gressman Holmax. The latter, as all ! know, is the great objector to lavish ap propriations, and Speaker Reed ap ipears as the defender of the billion- I dollar congress. He insists upon the irrevelant truism that economy be ! comes parsimony at times, but does not |,quite assert that the body over which the presided afforded any illustration of the statement. His chief point is that ■ the Democrats in New York city show : that they are quite as free as the Repub licans to improve opportunities for put ting public funds into private pockets. .The expenditures of that city have in ' creased F fom 84. per capita in lS(il) to $20 j per capita in 1800.^ 11 is highly, probable ■ that the Tammany rule .does not know much about economy, but' taxes are raised from property and not per cap ita. It should be shown how much the • taxable property has increased to de [termlne how far the New York case is an offset to Republican extravagance at I 'Washington. ._ . . . j Mr. Hor.M.w* chaises extravagance , upon the Republican congress in going [beyond the needs of the government in its expenditures.;. The preceding one [was accused of undue liberality in ex penditures,,and yet the Rekd congress surpassed it by ?18!t,'.)6G,3:>:;. In his . tipecilications Mr." Hoi.ma.v finds that !t!ie Republicans, in their latest oppor ;tunity, created 1.U41 new offices, at a •yearly. cost of 12,339,215; the salaries of |403 officials were increased in the total '$245,108. The appropriations for rivers and harbors were more than 75 per cent i above any precedent. Then the boun ties and subsidies create new outlays to | continue for a series of years. The ap plications for the sugar bounty in i Louisiana call for over §11,000.000, and the amount to be paid them will not be .greatly less, all going to a few men. In if act, seventeen planters will receive of : this bounty the neat sum of $2,350, --7:.'U, for .". 6188,680 each. The small est 5 U'iH- the entire list will have fSG7 as his share. It -is believed that there are some farmers in the West •who do not average much greater profits than these planters receive in their tips from the government. Yet the Demo crats do not propose to put their hands In the treasury and add 25 to 40 per cent - to the receipts of those who grow wheat, corn, oats or other products. The Hoi. jiax style of economy may be ; carried to an extreme at times, but the people are likely to prefer Its chances to the system" I!i;ki> is required, as a party chief, to defend. MINNESOTA FOR CUL.LOM. Senator CYi.i.om way.be quite sincere vhen he expresses his belief that the presidential nomination lies between President 11 a limsox and himself. He lias had reason to believe that he was born under a lucky star, and a break in liis run is improbable. Since he went ■\vilh most of the Know Nothing element It 1 to the Republican party in ISOO lift has been in the official swim. Still, lie has never drifted. The wishes and needs of his party have only been motive agen cies when they came in the rear of per sonal aspirations. He has always marked out his programme and fitted the party to it. lie has passed up in regular gradations to the position perhaps nearest to the presidency, and now he is reaching out both hands for that. lt That his career should give him confidence is not surprising. quasi facetious statement that he '•shall let nature take its course" is not a mere compliment to nature. It exhibits faith in his destiny. The first impression to one familiar with the senator, oil realiz ing his aspirations, inclines to the face tious, but there have been one or two men in the White house of about his caliber. His candidacy takes on inter est for the Republicans from the fact that Hakijison is losing ground rapidly, and it is expected that Minnesota •will be led. away from him into the Cullom cam p. This is based upon tho assumed cause? of Senator Wash r.i'KN, and that may be subject to re vision. Still, as a matter of practical politics, it is not certain that the Re publicans of this -state would not do ■well to take CuLLO>r:in place of Hah rison*. He has never done any tiling to speak of in the senate, unless his label ou the interstate act is good, and no one has ever had occasion to get very mad- at him. The officeholders, and those : who have r been reeoa;ni2«d :by H ABRisox as dispensers of - patronage, should be for the president, of -course; but there is HtlluotCMieii for the others to turn away .'".;;■. :. .«j i£«Ti vr>i6 f.;u "clps he can make up to resemble Lix colx. ■-■■• ■-.■• _ '; ; ;-;-: \ : =rK~ ' NOW THE AUDITORIUM. ' It is confidently expected that tonight the couucil will take some definite ac tion upon the auditorium question. The members o»ve this duty to the public. In this matter the citizens of St. Paul have been very patient. • No undue haste has been urged from any quarter. Outside of a few small groups of finan cially interested parties no particularly vigorous opposition has been waged . against any of the various possible sites that have been mentioned. But now the time has come for manly, outspoken discussion of, and final decision upon, this momentous. matter. The necessi ties of St. Paul urgently demand a suit able public hall, capable of ; seating more than 5,000 people. No one today doubts but, if the national Democratic convention had been located in this city, that a commodious permanent audi torium would now be under way. The added stimulus to the enterprise would have been neither more nor. Jess than a political meeting of not over a week's duration at the outside. Are the requirements' of the city any less at this time than they would have been ten days subsequent to such a conven tion? The Globk holds that they are not. Tonight the council will be confronted by a condition in every way favorable to the enterprise. It is not an opportune moment to ignore vox populi or charge the honest advocate of "pro bono pub lico" with being a radical exponent of false sentimentality. The greatest good for the greatest number positively de- ; mands that ground be soon broken for an auditorium, to which our citizens have, so far as they could in their un official capacities, pledged the good- faith of the municipality. Neither the board of aldermen nor the assembly owes any thing whatever to private interests. Representing the people, coming direct ly into office by popular vote, and not by private advancement, their first doty is to carry out the people's will. It surely needs no illustration by the Globe to show that the demand for an auditorium is a popular one, and one that can only be sandbagged into a state of coma by the unpardonable blows of selfish in terests, backed up by shady influence. A vote taken today would show, in St. Paul an overwhelming majority in favor of early commencement of work on a suitable public hall. If the alder men believe this they will tonight effec tually dispose of evil slurs at the enter prise of St. Paul and the taunts of Min neapolis. The patriotic sentiment of good citizenship demands such a course. Once more the Globe repeats that it has no choice of location to advocate, otherwise than one permitting the erec tion of an edifice with a capacity of 5,000 or over. It has the fullest confidence in the judgment of the aldermen and assemblymen concerning this point. But let tonight's ' work '"convert I the theory of an auditorium into a fact. — «*- ■ SCHWAB AND FIELD EX. Yesterday the federal supreme court handed down a decision confirming the ruling of the supreme court of Illinois in the cases of Michael Schwab and Samuel Fieldex vs. the warden of Joliet penitentiary. Several months ago the case for the plaintiffs was argued before the supreme court by Messrs. Butler and Salomon*. Probably this extinguishes the last hope of these prisoners of ever again breathing the air of liberty. In life sentences there is no time allowed for good behavior. In presenting the case to the court, Gen. BtJTXEB made two points, upon one of which the decision of today hinges. ; The first one was, in effect, that the : sentence was : lii viola tion of v constitution, because the prisoners were not personally, in court at < tho : ' time : the : ~ Illinois"!./ supreme court rendered judgment sustaining a decision ',"- of ; _ the circuit court, and resentehecd'; them ";'<' ■' and. consequently, their right to say why senteuce should not be passed upon them V had been de nied. The 'other point made by the counsel for the plaintiffs was that, while the governor of Illinois had power to commute the sentences, no warrant was given by law for the execution of that commutation. Upon the first point Judge Haislax, who delivered : the opinion of the court, holds that no rights were lost by the prisoners in the supreme court of the state for the reason that sentence of death was not pronounced upon them by the higher court, which merely fixed the day in conformity with the criminal code of Illinois. The com mutation to imprisonment for life was subsequently made by the governor. No mention was made by the court of the point that,. while the governor could commute the sentence of life imprison ment, no provision was made tor its ex ecution. It would seem that this silence destroys the last hope of the prisoners. Had the point made by Gen. Butler been denied by the court, future politi cal events in Illinois might have re sulted in freedom for Schwab and Fieldex. But now the matter is lett practically in the condition ' against which the counsel made his plea, it is a popular impression that these men are undergoing punishment as anarch ists. This is not true. They were tried, convicted and sentenced as ac cessories to the murder of Policeman Duggax at the Haymarket riots. . WHAT THEY MEAN. . The Democratic committee of North Dakota has called the state convention to elect delegates to Chicago on about thirty days' notice, Ma rch 24 the date There is no intimation,' however, that there is any "snap" in the thing for any man. Whether the Democrats of the state have any decided choice for a can didate for president is not indicated. Hill and Cleveland have many ad mirers, and no doubt other uaine3 are not . lacking in friends; but it is im probable that the delegates will be in structed for anyone. Unless a state has a local favorite, it is doubt ful policy to tie the hands . of the delegation when they are chosen several months in advance of the con vention. What may seem to be judi cious in March may prove, to be ex tremely unfortunate in June. . The sit uation, as regards candidates, is pecul iarly mixed. The shadow of the com ing man is not a silhouette, and pre dictions are likely to be the reflection of personal wishes rather than evidence of sagacious discernment. The action in North Dakota may be taken as an evidence, probably, of a developing and vigorous vitality. It shows that the Democrats there are to be counted in the fight this year as they never have been before. — ROOM FOR MORE. The idea that Donnelly ; and his compatriots exhausted all available ma terial in the platform compiled at St. Louis, which Simpson regards^ as so beautifully preambled by the Minnesota Sage, is superficial. In fact, there are nearly as many iridescent .- conceit s omitted as are congregated in the work. The admission of woman to the ballot box and , all political operations was thrown over, as was prohibition. The i\.i;r.rr*' : auc3 in California had a THE FAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: TUESDAY MOENING, MAECII I, 1,902. variety of novelties .that were over looked. " In addition to the stibtreasury : scheme and the unlimited: coinage of metals, it demands a law compelling all persons" to make oath once a year that they have not been : guilty of: any crim inal offense; the overthrow of the pres ent judicial system, as a failure to work out justice; opposition to the profession : of attorneys, as they, are obstacles '< to ; justice; denial to aliens of the "right to citizenship for twenty-one years, and a considerable further catalogue of meas ures not in demand by the old parties. Perhaps the aggregation will be supple mented '. at Omaha and furnish some thing for every sort of constituency. A FAIRER WAY. ! The Democrats are generally in favor of the election of the president and vice president by the aggregate vote of the people, without regard to state lines. The Boston Herald, a leading repre sentative of the independent press, ar gues strongly for it, and the Chicago Tribune.the most influential Republican journal of the West, urges a general agi tation of the subject with a view to an amendment of the constitution. This method would remove the chief incen tive to boodle practices and tampering with the ballot, as in a total of more than a dozen millions the change of a few votes here and there would cut" little figure. It is improb able that the totals of the par ties would ever be so close that dis honest work in a few localities or a state or two in manipulating returns could bo effectual. It ' will be remem bered that at the last national election Clkveland had about 100,000 more votes than Haimusox, and it was re garded as sinsrulaily close voting. Under that method every vote has an equal value. The big majorities of the Republicans in Vermont and Pennsyl vania are now utterly wasted, as are those of the Democrats in Texas and other . states. But the doubtful and close states would lose their special consequence, and the small ones might occasionally have chances to make can didates of their , : favorites. It is evi dently fairer than the present method. A WRTTER in one of the most recent reviews discusses the future of mar riage with a rather radical anticipation. He would have no other requirement for it than registration as a contract, which either party is at liberty to dis solve at the end of a year by a new registration, with provisions that the husband should provide for the children for time. This would ruin the grow ing industry of South Dakota, and has several lubious features; It will hardly be adopted at present. These are cases in which the provis ion that two-thirds or three-fourths of a jury may find a verdict would seem useful. For instance, in the trial of the actor Cuktis at San Francisco for mur der. It was a tedious and expensive trial, and the jury, after stubbornly standing a long time ten for conviction and two tor acquittal, was discharged. The facts as to the killing were beyond question, but a verdict may never be leached. ■•" HHfl Private Dalzell is trying the snap business in his call for a convention of old soldiers at Minneapolis the day be fore the Republican convention, to pre vent the nomination of any man not in favor of increasing the pensions and ap pointing old soldiers to all offices, in cluding the cabinet. Perhaps Dalzeli. will take his part in pensions only. ■ . ' ■ <n* ■ \ ,■' . .-;•; "; The impression is extending over the country that Minneapolis has arranged for all-night saloons to meet tho needs ; of the Republican convention. But there should be no suspicion ; that the Dem ocrats at the , Mill city who have lately become interested in the Keeley cure have a selfish concern in the arrange ment. _ It is to be hoped there is no mistake in the announcement that within sixty days the new mil! in the Black Hills will turn out tin ore in commercial quantities. But if it can be made to pay now there "should be no need of tax ing the consumers four cents a pound in a few years as a bonus. Of course the parties who have been bombarding the skies for rain at gov ernment, expense are satisfied that there should be further appropriations to continue the work. But the house is likely to make this as futile as their pounding the air. That was a sad disaster to Mrs. James Bkown Potter when her the atrical costumes were burned at the town on the coast of Africa. They were the only arts that secured her suc cess. • -«*»« — '—. . If the Louisiana lottery goes to Nic aragua it may be operated in connection with the canal, and save the $100,000,000 the United States is asked to put up. The Auoka Herald discovers that the McGili, following are worried over the prospect of Knute Nelson being nom inated for governor. Perhaps it will not like the Lixd boom better. The calendars are not out of date in making this spring. Gentle Avxie is to be out right along now. .i . — Bottled Virtue on Tap. 1 La Crosse Press. The story of an intoxicated gentle man who drank a bottle of a certain cure for inebriety by mistake and is now an involuntary teetotaler is full of sugges tion. The time may come when com pulsory virtue can be bought like: beer in bottles and men made good without meaning to be. i^»> A Thoughtful Husband. Fliegeude Blaetter. Wife— Nothing for me? Then you have forgotten that this is my birthday? Husband-Not at all! Only I didn't wish to remind you that you've grown older. ; . _ ..'..' -•.; Fatal Objection. . Philadelphia Times. . The chief objection to Mr. Blair as a presidential candidate is that he is per- " sona non grata. ■". • «•- The Probable Cause. '• Puck. Brown— What baegy, sloppy-looking trousers Henpeck wears. Brown Jr.— l heard mother say "his wife wore the trousers at bis house, and guess that is the reason. : -;;^ SUNRISE SIGNALS. If taken at all,' which is ■ entirely unneces- : sary, advice of Republican organs to David B. Hill should be taken cum grano salis. \ .. >'• '\: ■" "■--■- i* .-•r - ■ : ■"*'■"■■ James .G. Blame does the honorable thing in defending his wife. Ha.d 7 James G." Blame Jr. been equally chivalrous iv defend ing the woman wjiom he made his wife there ' would doubtless have been far less trouble.' -X » * The" "Deacon controversy" bobs up just in; ; time to give us a little relief from the "dem uition grind' of early spring politics. - . • ■' : ', : ': " : " -■■"•- ••■--- . - j .- •'Palmer and Pattison" would ; make a pat " ticket, and, iv all probability, carry off the palm:; ■•'.'. • -; ' •".;■" " . [ March comes in like a 'lamb, but it may go< . out like Jerry Rusk. .: I . - n*• ■* ; J It is bad ; enough - when a Chicago burglar steals jewelry, but when he ; returns it a 3. worthless, he not only adds insult to injury; bat effects a complete giveaway of the W'iudjl City. ?Oko3£i, • ■ - * » * "■•' U - - '• .■-..-.. -• .. . j . : For one of its kind the Garza chestnut has enjoyed a longer run than usual. . .. j . Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, of New York, is un gracious enough to ask where Jay Gould got the $ 10.0 CO which he i subscribed to the Pres byterian Church Extension organization. Dr. Parkhurst should have ' addressed his in quiry to one of his "lambs." ; » * -w How does the callow young kaiser like his riot as far as it has progressed? - ■ '. ' * • « I! I; evident to every one that Stanford Newel : would . make : a much better mayor than he would a candidate . for mayor. As the latter his success would not be glittering, ana, what is more.'to the point. Mr. Newel knows that St. Paul is a Democratic, city aud has been for a number of years back. When this great, white truth dawns upou ; the I Pioneer Press it will not give vent to so much aute-electiou political cackling from the rear benches. * -» ♦ The difference between John L. Sullivan and Elder Elliott F. Shepard lies in the fact that the elder commits all his indiscretions while perfectly sober. pj^SSJ » *■ 9 The New York Herald says: "Irrespective * of party, unite and put down the Tarn many Mafia This, however, is merely the voice of a cuckoo crying in the wilderness. .-;,. "i Ah, there, William 11., emperors ara passe.' . * « Speaking about Blaiue clubs, the old man himself appears to have a stuffed ova for the Dead wood judge. _^, . .' .2. ' : ".* ■ • ■'•» Up to dale Dr. Leslie Keeley appears to have accomplished more for the cause of practical temperance than the combined ef forts of the • Prohibition party for ths past ten years. Bichloride of gold thus score* a point against bichloride ot politics and drug store spiritus trumeuti. .".*.*'* Ignis Fatuus Donnelly seams to have worked a good 'leal of himself into the St. Louis platform. • , . . .* * * . The New York World utters oue- shibbo leth which we can all take up and pass along, the line: "The next president must be a Democrat." j' * • it- Chicago calls attention -to the fact that John D. Rockefeller gave her university 81.000.003 as a thank-offering for a return of heiilth, aud incidentally mentions that ; Jay. Gould is not feeling very well himself. *- » * The St. Paul man who can revive the au ditorium boom will have a strong pull for the mayoralty. , Boston has no . McAllister • but it has so ciety at which McAllister would be denied the entree. ~??L}j?SSfj'^ A man has iuvent?d a michiue that will . register the pace's and^tpe'Krpuud covered by ahorse. ■ Bnt what we 1 really ..need iv this country is a machine that will register the j name of the winner about four hours pre-; ceding the race. _' ; . ;^~- t ' • * • » Sig. Nicoliui's.'sole occupation is.looking' out for draughts that may be wafted in upon | Patti. This, however, must-be a more agree-; able occupation i than.' looking out for drafts ; that may bs wafted iv from the dressmaker's, ■ milliner's and jewelers. ■/_:.: :';-. - ." > President Harrison advises congress to give "just and reasonable support"' to the world's 1 fair, and iucidentully estimates' that support to be worth anywhere lT from Sj.OJ'J.OOO to ; $8,000,000. It is when we duly and deliberately con sider that the St. Louis platform was written ■by the same hand ; that penned 'The Great ; Cryptogram" that we can each and all draw along breath of relief aud exclaim: "That accounts for it." . '.. .. .'■". . .. .-".-•■ ■■■■;_*"*■#• . ■ ■ It is sincerely hoped that bur present im- : pulsive \ congress will not rupture a blood: vessel in undue haste and excitement. — mtsr- — ■■ ■ ■ HOT AFTER QUAY. If we may judge from past experi- ' ence the revolt -against Quay in Penn sylvania will be another brilliant fiasco, of virtue.— St. Louis Post-Dispatch; The anti-Quay movement lit Pennsyl vania signifies that the Republicans in that state are opposed to the grub-stake' in politics.— St. Louis ' Globe-Democrat. The Pennsylvania Republican associ ation has opened fire on Senator Quay, and proposes to defeat his renomination. The association is going about its object in the fairest way. . It prososes ■to ap peal to the ranlc and file of the party and decide the matter in the regular party meetings.— New York Mail and Express, ; ; The contest will be an interesting: one. Senator Quay is a great political* man ager and wields an influence which, although devoid of dramatic display, is none the less potent and effective. His friends are numerous and active, and their fidelity has been compacted by the blosts or calumny to which his reputa tion has been exposed by reason : of ■ his distinguished party service.— Pittsburg; Times. The Pennsylvania Republican asso ciation may do what it pleases toward electing men to the legislature that are supposed to be opposed to Quay, but the silent man will continue tt do as he pleases so long as he is all right with' the president. He will control Perm- : sylvania patronage as heretofore, and send the delegation from this state to the national convention to vote for Har rison with all his old-time assurance. — Pittsburg Press. \ j ; Quay's retirement at the end of his present term in the United States sen ate is demanded by the ; executive com mittee ot the Pennsylvania Republican association. . . The indictment against him alleges that . he is guilty of about every political crime under -the : sun. 1 Still, the Republican party was; very glad of his services in the last presiden tial campaign, and the national commit tee whitewashed him and made him api pear as white as a man made of snow.—; Providence Telegram. . \ "Honest Money." New York Wo Id. ■ The treasury has lost $10,000,000 in gold since Jan. I, a deficiency 13 in sight and _, the currency is f being inflated ; at the rate of ¥50,000,000 a year with paper : notes redeemable in ,70-cent I silver dol lars. And yet the ; organs assert with apparent soberness that the Republican ; party must be kept in power in the in ; terest of sound financiering and ■ honest; money ! -■-' •'.-^■ i ' .-'-".--.":^ ■-■:;■'. -,.:;■.• .-•.' ■■ : ... Third Party Oversight. 1 Philadelphia Ledger. -■ v ;':. - : : - The St. Louis platform neglects to de clare that Bseon wrote Shakespeare's plays, but adopts nearly all the other isms represented iii" the conglomerate ; conference. i: "r : ; .. ;, ."...-;::-/ '..... m ' " -"':■■".■■.;•:. '"/ Not Much Doubt ;Abont It. " • New York Herald. \. ,' . The candidate of the Democrats must be a Western man. >. ' , -- — l FEMININE FOIBLES. > ; indications arc -that, while gentle Spring may not ; be really with us/ yet she is : flirting around j with: Winter - somewhere | in '- our immediate neighborhood. ; The slush stands ankle-deep on 7 our ; crossings, undis turbed : and [ unabashed; % and i every woman who wades on tiptoe -througn them clings to : the back - breadths . with ■ grim ', desperation. ■ One end is sure to drag unless ■■ she grabs one side with each hand, and. of ; course, nobody , likes to do : anything [so ungraceful as that ; and if by some lucky chance she manages to ;kpeD-her gown clear of the slush and mud, there's ; sure to be a perfectly -horrid man somewhere in the neighborhood,, who snick effe ' to' himself 'in a way ha ought to be . } ashamed of. .. • • J'ii. .' ■ '': . - .-■: -:- ■ ■■■.■-• :nla fact, nine out of ten of the women one meets these days are holding up their gowns, for the . derai-train is as prevaleut as high : shouldered sleeves and crimps. , There is something about the ; innate ; delicacy of a woman's nature that ; teaches . her: the idiocy of making a street- broom : of her gown, and, r while she dares not affront Dame Fashion by 'h aving the tail of her gown cut a sensible length, she simply ; can't; resist the cleanly. inclination to hold 'it up. Of course : the fashion is absurd, and worse than that; but it is tbe fashion, and the ineu and the sensible minority of women, whom the men uphold theoretically and neglect shamefully in practice, had just as well leave off carping at ; ouce and economize their energy., ' The evolution of. the train on street gowns is a very interesiinjr study. Four years ago the back of every gown was absurdly bouf fant.and waists were two inches shorter than they are vow. Skirts were the same length all the way aronnd. Indeed, the tendency of most women was to increase the : dromedary: look more than the dressmaker intended, aud as a result most of the gowns one saw were a bit shorter behind than in front.' All at once, and of a sudden, the tournure " went out— collapsed. Reeds, wires, springs and all the rest of the machinery were ; with drawn, and as the vast majority of ' feminin ity doesn't - have a new gown with every whim of fashion, gowns made to wear with reeds and bustles were worn without, and everybody's petticoat -lopped, longer : behind than in ; front. From the lop to the demi . train was the merest step, and, ere thesmoEe of the battle waged on the bustle has cleared away, the war on the trailing, dirty, indeli cate street gown begins. -+l-r --. The feminine mind has asserted itself after many years, and has proceeded to lake for women's nttire whatever is pretty and com fortable about the masculine garb. The shirt waist is a fixture, nud the collecting of cravats and - sleeve buttons* is a fashionable feminine fad. Skirts have side pockets, blazers open over polished shirt fronts, and this season under those same biazers will be the prettiest and most ; fetching suspenders imaginable. On warm days," with cloth skirts and silk shirts, the feminine suspender > will be boldly in evidence. It is made of cloth like the skirt, or. of velvet, and is finished sometimes plainly and sometimes with two pretty buckles. It's a trifle startling just at first, nut it's an undeniably pretty and very comfortable fad. THE RIOT IN BERLIN. How irrim old "blood and iron" Bis marck must chuckle in the privacy of his garden as he hears the roar of riot ers rolling down Hitter den Linden.— Grand Rapids Herald. The emperor's mad course is full of danger. The German people will not submit to the loss of any liberties which vfiey have struggled hard to gain. In ■ stead of the good times he prophesies he seems more likely to lead them into revolution and disastrous civil war.— " Buffalo Express. ; The young kaiser of Germany ap parently forgets that the world of today is not the same world that Frederick the Great had to deal with. The day of ab solute, irresponsible autocrats is over. The kaiser seems to be cultivating revo lution and disruption : for Germany.— Louisville Commercial.. , . That riot in Berlin n.ay portend troubles that will ' keep the emperor busy for some time to come. ". "Working men beneath the iron heel of capital" are belligerently disposed, and their in flammatory utterances will go far to con firming the kaiser's announcement that he cannot favor us with his presence at the world's fair.— Detroit Free Press. s { The impulse to carry the great throng of unemployed workinsmen ; to the gates of the palace was probably sudden and inexplicable. Tho socialist •' agitators had not premeditated such a pioveioent, but had only desired to renew their de nunciations of wealthy corporations and employers and to condemn the existing social order.— New York Tribune. Emperor William has been attending another ; banquet and making another speech, in which he practically reaffirms his intention to "dash to pieces" all who stand in. his way. He* also remains steadfast in his opinion ?. that Germany has but one ruler, and he is the man; and, furthermore, that he - will "suffer no other." There is a great chance that the banquet will yet be the undoing of the kaiser.— York Advertiser. On the surface the German empire ap pears to be one of the most stable, pros perous and contented nations of Eu rope, and with its . immense standing army and the perfection of military drill and discipline imparted by V'»n Moltke, it is regarded : as well niefr in vincible among the continental powers. But yesterday's outbreak shows what a mighty 1 volcano of slumbering passion and discontent exists underneath.— l'ittab urg Commercial Gazette. That he is not in as much danger as the czar proves that Germany has long outgrown his political ideas. His con ceit of his power and his functions goes very near the length of downright in : sanity. It is a very solemn reflection that this half-crazy anachronism of a : man has not merely the power to thwart i the political designs of Germans wiser and more patriotic than himself, but also the power to bring on a general war in Europe whenever his strong passions overcome his weak judgment. — New j Yorli Times. -iHSBfI -M* WITTY WAIFS. You don't hear any one threatening to knock the spots on: the sun. — I'itts burg Chronicle. The ability of the gas company to make both ends meet depends on the. meter.— Chicago Times. The electric light men are discussing' everything in their line from the arc d.o\\ 11.— liochester Post. ,3A '.'sure cure is a remedy that one prelers to recommend to another rather tha.i try it upon himself.— Tran script. BRRBSehHEXb "Will the coming man use both arms?'' ask .a scientist. Yes, if he can: trust the girl to handle the reins.—Phil adelphia Press. Typewriters, affect "stub fingers," . lawyers } affect stub •- pens, sportsmen stub-twist guns and small boys stubbed toes.— Savannah News. These are the times when the physi !cian practiceth diligently the art of; healing and thereby becometh well 'fiefeled.— Tribune. .'■ - The microbe of the grip is giving the scientists a deal of trouble, but not half as much as the grip <.t' the microbe is giving the plain people.— Louis Post- Dispatch. . ' • ;' - — Touching Tribute to the Butler. Chicago Inter Ocean. ; : Ward McAllister has ; doubtless done - Chauncey Depew a great favor in • eras-; ing - his name . from his ''revised list of : 400."' : If there is a greater : egotistical ass on two legs than Ward McAllister, ; he is certainly ■". not on this side of the Atlantic ocean. \ m '_"- '-'f Liowell in Westminster. - . Loxdox, Feb. 29.— 1n response to let ters protesting against ■ the erection in ; Westminster Abbey of a monument to toe memory of James Kussell • Jewell, : Alfred Austin; the well-known English poet and journalist, has'written a letter in which he ; favors the: project. He takes occasion in ■* his letter to warmly I Etfer. to Atcericau, hospitality. * ; r- ; . ' NOT WORTH SCRAP. Little i Interest Taken in the Meeting", of the Republic an Committee. The Outlook for the Renoini nation of Harris on Calls '[ for No Enthusiasm. John Goodnow Working Hard for Minneapolis fop Con vention City. Judge Searle a Candidate for Congress in the Sixth District. The meeting of the Republican state central committee at the Windsor today to call the state convention to elect del egates' to the coming national conven tion at Minneapolis will be rather slimly attended unless the trains this morning bring in a larger number of delegates than seemed probable last evening. Usually the evenings, before a state committee meeting of either of the lead ing-political parties have been lively ones at the leading hotels.but last even ing ex-ben atorC. B. Buckman, of Mor rison county, and John Hutton, Win don!, were the only two members of the state central committee in the city. John Goodnow, the irrepressible Minne apolis boomer, spent a good part of the afternoon in St. Paul working up his • plans for a lanre convention which shall beheld at Minneapolis. A prominent Republican was asked last evening why it was that there was so Iltile activity and excitement the evening before the meeting of the state committee. '•What can you expect?" he exclaimed. "Do you think anybody is going to spend any money or wax enthusiastic over the calling of a convention to elect four delegates to vote for the renomina tion of Ben Harrison? Why, trie Demo crats can nominate' a yellow do? and defeat him. There are no Republicans in Minnesota enthusiastic for Harrison outside or the federal office-holders." But today's meeting of : the state com mittee will be likely to prove more inter esting than some people expect. Tne proposition to double the usual number of delegates, which is being so ardently advocated by John Goodnow and sev eral others, is one of the subjects that will create discussion. The object of Mr. r Goodnow is to get as large a delegation as possible for Hen nepin county, which in ISSS polled nearly one-sixth of the entire Republican vote of the state. He will favor givine each county one delegate at large and one additional for each 150 votes oast tor President Harrison in 1888. This will make a convention of over a thousand delegates, of which Hennopin county will have nearly 150. Chairman lleatwole is ready to favor a large convention, but he would appor tion It differently. His proposition is to give each county five delegates at large, and one additional for every 303 votes cast for President Harrison. The results under this apportionment will differ materially from the Goodnow scheme,, for, while the convention would have nearly as many delegates, Hennepin county's share would be but seventy-five, or only one-half as many as under the first plan. v The Ileatwole scheme will appeal strongly to the coin mitteeuieu from the outside counties, and. if the body decide to increase the size of the convention the chances are that it will be the plan adopted. The location of the convention will hardly provoke a contest, although Mr. Gooduow'claimes to have it "cinched" tor Minneapolis. The fact that the na tional convention will be held there early iv June will be sufficient to send the first state convention to St. Paul. The second one for the nomination of a state ticket will probably • be given to Minneapolis, although the majority of the committee prefer to have both con ventions held in this city. -The convention will hardly be held before the middle of April, although there are some who favor. the fir.st week in April and others '■■ who think that the last week is quite soon enough. This question will not be considered of im portance enough to create any trouble or even a lengthy discussion. The members of the committee follow: : At I* arse. Joel P. Heatwole, chairman,' Xorthiield. C 11. Buckman, Buckm in. ■ • • . D. M. Clousfb. Minneapolis. J. A. Tawney, Wlnona. ' A. 1). Stephens. CrooEston. A. J. Greer, Late City. ••■ Judicial nititrHt*. First— Tarns Bixny, Red Win?. •Second— W; J. Freauey, St. Paul. Third— M. Rowley.- Rochester. Fourth— John Goodnow. Minneapolis. Fifth— W. B. Parsons. Dodge Center. Sixth— Geome Kimuson, St. James. Seventh— M. D. T.iylor. St. Cloud.- ' Eighth— J. H. Ackerniflii, Young America. Ninth— W. W. Rich.' Marshall. Tenth— R. E. Thompson. Preston. Eleventh— John B. Sutphin. Diilnth. Twelfth — A. T. Koerner. Litchfield. Thirteenth— John llntton. Windoni. Fourteenth— G. C. Winchester. Warren. - Fifteenth— J. J. Howe, Brainerd. Sixteenth— F. E. Kenasion, ken ridge. For several dajs past the • Republican organs in Minneapolis have been giving what purported to be reports ot meet ings and conferences between the offi cials of the North Star association and Hon. Michael Doran and the Demo cratic state central committee. Last evening the most absurd of these re ports was published, in which Mayor Duraut, of Stilhvater, was represented I as taking a leading part. The popular Stillwater mayor was not in St. Paul yesterday afternoon at the time fixed for their conference. Secretary Moody and Organizer Kynaston, of the North Star association, were at the Merchants', but they did not see Hon. Michael Doran nor any member of the Demo cratic state central committee, except Mr. Aberle; who dropped into the hotel to see some friends, and. happening to meet Mr. Moody, spent a few minutes talking over the situation with him. The trouble with the Republican or gans is found in the fact that the Dem ocrats of Minnesota are harmonious and united, having closed up their ranks, although the election is still afar off. The Democrats of Minnesota propose to enter the great campaign, of 1892 in such shape that victory in the state will be assured. Past: factional differences will be lost, sight of and no efforts spared to win a complete; victory. And there are plenty of Republicans to be found in all parts of Minnesota who are willing to admit that in the event of the renoniination of President Harrison by the Republicans, the prospects are decidedly favorable to Democratic vic tory in Minnesota. It seems to be regarded as settled in the northern part or the new Sixth con gressional district that Judge 1). B. Searle. of the Seventh judicial district, will be a candidate for the . Republican congressional nomination: . Many of the: judge's friends an; opposed to this move, and think that he* will make a mistake in leaving the bench. As the situation stands at present in the Sev enth judicial district, there is one Dem ocrat. Judge L. L. Baxter, of; Fergus : Falls, ' and one Republican, Judge SearK;.. ot St.' (.'loud, on the bench, and as both are good judges. 1 there is a dis position on the part of the attorneys, as :wll as the people, to keep them there. The friends of Judge Searle think that the judgeship is too" good a thing to sur render for a- term in congress. .V They argue that Duluth willnever be satisfied until she gfts *•■'. a congressman, and ;;. this . feeling at that end of the district will make i: difficult for. any man outside the Zenith City to hold on loneer linn one t ; term..:. But these friends do not know, the vaulting aml'i tion ■of i: Judse Searle. % He is now wealthy and comparatively young and; is of an ambitious nature. He sees that the time must come sooner or later when a United States senator will be elected from, the Interior, of the state and he re-enters active political life with the idea and intention of being chosen to the American house of lords in the near future, lie favors the re election of Senator Davis next year, but two years later he will, in all probabil ity enter the race for the seat now held by (Jen. W. D. Washburn. .1 ire Searle is only fifty years of ape and is one of tha shrewdest politi cians in Minnesota. He is a new Yorker by birth, and before coming to Minnesota in 1871, held a position in the war department in Washington. During the time he spent in Washington he studied law at Columbian law college, graduating with the highest honors in ;18S3c When he settled in Minnesota he commenced the practice of his profession and was remarkably successful. He once took a leading part in politics, and in April, 1832, President Arthur ap poiuted him United States district at torney for Minnesota. This position he resigned in December, ISSS. Two years later Gov.McGill appointed him judge of the Seventh district, and in ISSS he was elected for the full term of six years. On the Democratic side, in the Sixth district. Senator Henry Keller is appar ently in the lead in that end of the dis trict, but there are at least two more gentlemen named as probable candi dates in the same county. Steams. These are Judge Theodore Bruener. the well-known and able attorney of St. Cloud, and Hon. David T. Calhoun. The latter has declared that he does not desiiethe office, and perhaps Judge Bruener will be the only Steams county opponent the '"Rosebud" Sen ator will have. In the northern or Du luth end of the district. H. H. Hawkins, of Carl ton; Mayor D'Autremont and Maj., Baldwin, of Duluth. are . men tioned. In case of the nomination of Judge Searle a Dnlutli man may stand a very good chance. - SAFER AT HOME. No Tellin' What Might Happen Next. Some men are naturally of an adven turous turn. They love the sight of new things, and enjoy a spice of danger. Others seem to be born stay-at-homes. If they venture now and then into the world they are glad to get back again into their safe little corner. The Chi cago Mail prints an amusing story of an aged cauple of this class who had gone to Chicago to see the sights. : They stepped upon the southern end of the drawbridge at Dearborn street, and were admiring a steam tug which was just then starting up the dirty Chi cago river. They did not notice a schooner coming up behind them, and when the warning-bell of the bridge tender rang it might have been an old fashioned summon to dinner, so far as they were concerned. A moment later the bridge was under full swing, A startled look flashed from the old man's eyes, while his wife scarcely repressed a scream. They clung to the railing, the bridge swung slowly in behind the vessels and came to place, leaving the old couple on the ' north side of the river. ■ "Well, I vuiii!" exclaimed the old man. "Don't that beat everything?" said the woman. "Mandy,'' and - the old man's voice was full of suppressed excitement. '•.Mandy, we've, just fell down seven stories in that elevatin' thing down at the tavern, and now we've been slung right across this here river. 'Pears you can't trust your foot anywhere. The fust thing you know we shall git onto somethin', that'll telegraph us right out of Chicago. We'd better go home." And they did, by the next train. Problems in Inductive Philosophy. Brooklyn Life. The capital stock of the Missouri Pa cific railroad is $35,000,000. What is the mean annual rainfall in the vicinity of Jay Gould's office? When undressed hogs bring six cents a pound in the Chicago market, how many seats should a commercial traveler occupy in a railway car where there are only ten ladies standing. The artificial diamond output of the United States is valued at $400,000 an nually. How many hotel clerks are there in the country? /: . The elevated railroads of New York city carried 196,500,500 passengers dur ing the last twelve mouths. How many times was the formula, "Step lively" heard. Also, how many times was the word "Please'" added. One hundred million pounds of prunes are consumed in the United Slates every year. How many boarding houses are there? The bean crop of this year shows an increase of 34 per cent over last year's. What is the percentage of Boston's in crease of population? Supposing that the hens of the United States produce 84,000,000 eggs per an num, how many lecturers and barn storming actors infest the country? When whisky is worth $3.25 a gallon. what should be the rate of temperance converts to , every thousand of popula tion in Kentucky? A California winery recently ordered thirty-one tanks, each to hold 25,000 gal lons. Give an estimate of the American consumption next year of French cham pagne. A Puzzled Widower. Texas Sittings. Jones— l want to ask you a question. Smith— All right. Ask away. .Jones— l'm thinking of getting mar ried again. Now you have been mar ried three times; tell me which wife you liked the most? Smith— You bite three sour apples, one after another, and then tell me which is the sweetest. A Terrible Blunder. Jester. . Mrs. Skinner— Great heavens, Mr. Sixawook, what have you done? Mr. Sixawcck— Why. nothing. Mrs. Skinner— Have you eaten the bottom crust to that pie? Mr. week— Why, yes: that's 'bout all there. was. Mrs. Skinner— Didn't you know that I a! ways keep the bottom crust for die next pie? . ■■■ An After-Dinnar Caller. Brooklyn Life. Cumso— Bobbit is a regular after dinner caller. Mrs. Cumso— lndeed! She invariably comes just before dinner. Cbmsp — what 1 say. Dinner is what she's after. She Had Her Faults. Youth's Companion. A story which is told of the late Charles Jamrati, the naturalist anJ dealer in wild animals, who died in England last summer, is so well vouched for that it may be accepted as worthy of belief. _ ' - His Skeleton. Clothier and Fnruisher. ' S!V Featherstone— Do you believe in ghosts? Travers— for years I have been living in a haunted house.' . Featherstone— You don't tell me? Who is it haunted by? Travers— By my tailor. A Gifted Subordinate. Chicago Tribune. ;:'"" Enraged Contributor — Your proof reader made nonsense out of that article of mine this moruing, sir— outrageous nonsense, sir! ' Editor— By .George. I couldn't make anything oHt of it at all! I'll raise that fellow's wages. •: * \; ■'■ : —~- — i : — "■ A Lit Grippe Victim. 'Special to the Globe. * Elk Point, S. D., Feb. 20.— Mrs. U. Paheen. aged eighty-four, died last night from la grippe. She was the eld est MJttler in Union county. REED'S RULING RIGHT, Continued From First Pnfje. ami the waters thereof, thus making jurisdiction appear fully on the race of the proceedings. The owner of the vessel, the court says, could have ques tioned the right of the court to exercise jurisdiction and try the case. He did not do so, and the court holds that it cannot now, on the ground that the private rights of the owner were in volved, issue a writ of prohibition to determine whether or not the Alaska court had the jurisdiction clearly as serted on the face of the proceedings. Justice Field dissented in this ease, and also from a decision in favor of the United States in the case of the schooner Sylvia Handy, an American vessel seized for illegal sealing, ami in which the points raised were the same as in the Savward cast*. The political question raised l>> the attorney general the court did not actu ally decide, though it conveyed a very broad intimation if it had not another ground on which to refuse the writ it would have declined to grant the writ on this ground, as the court should not pass upon questions which were political in their nature. It said the matter had lons been in controversy and negotia tion between the two governments. it recognized the honor paid the court In .the willingness expressed to have it re view the merits of the fact as to whether or not this country's jurisdiction ex tends over the whole Behring sea, but that it did not think the legal tribunals should interfere with assertions of ter ritorial sovereignty made by the other departments of the government. BARBED WIRE PATENTS. Washburn & Mocn Rights Upheld by the Court. ■ Wasiiixotox, Feb. 29.— The validity of the barbed wire fence patents held by the Washburn & Moen Manufactur ing company was affirmed by the su court iv a decision rendered by Justice Brown. They were involved in three cases appealed by the Washburn & Moen company from the Northern lowa circuit court. Two defenses were made to the patents in the trial of the cases below, said Justice Brown: First, that it contained no new prin ciple, other patents having ' lett no subject for invention; and sec ond, that it was not patentable for want of novelty, similar fences hav ing been used in lowa long ago. The testimony on the latter point, the court says, was open to suspicion, and. while it may have been true that something like the fence was used prior to the date of patent, the inventor made a suc cess of what had been a failtire|hitherto. As to the merit of the invention the court says the field was narrow, there was a point that was patentable and this point he covered. The judgment of the court below was therefore re versed, and the cases remanded for further hearing and accounting by de fendants. ■«■ Miners' Diplomacy. . London, Feb. 29.— It is now esti mated that the immense number of 410.000 miners will cease work iii a fort night in their efforts to prevent the masters from putting into effect the scheme to reduce wanes. The men will stop work on March 13, and will remain idle for two weeks. This action of the miners is due to their desire to restrict the output, and thus advance values and afford the masters no grounds on which to reduce wages. — »^ fix-Officers Short on Ponds. Oi.Ni.v. 111.. Feb. 29.— An exnert.who has been examining the books of ex county treasurers and sheriffs for a pe riod covering twelve years, finds : that several of thesb officers were short in accounts when they turned over the offices to their successors. Some short ages for snmll amounts have been made good. Ex-Treasurer Gillespie has been found $12,800 short. He lias been in dicted by the grand jury. ... Ben's sui I.'1 .' MiKotintj. . Virginia Brack, V«., Feb. 20.— A telephone message received from I Jagged island late this evening says that the president arrived safely at 1:30 and im mediately a start was ; madu to the marshes. The president .shot quite a number of canvassback duck, a:;d demonstrated his ability as an excellent and sure shot. He showed no sli;o» of fatigue, but enjoyed the sport ama/.. ingly. Warren Springer Indicted. Chicago, Feb. 29.— Warren Springer, a wealthy citizen, was Indicted by the grand jury today on the charge of man slaughter, on the ground of criminal carelessnes, which led to an explosion in a battery of boilers in one of his buildings, by which live people lost their lives. Foxhall on American Soil. New York, Feb. 29.— Lord llosebei ry's horse Foxhail arrived here today on the steamer Normaudie, in charge of his old trainer. The first three days out from Liverpool the seip encountered very heavy weather, and the trainer despaired of landing his charge in New York, as the horse was very nervous iv the gale and sweated heavily. Hill Accepts the Invite. Jackson*, Miss., Feb. 29. -Senatoi David B. Ml. of New York, has ac cepted the invitation extended some tune ago by the house of representa tives to address the legislature of Mis sissippi. The date named is March 15. Emily Yoamans Dead. New Yoijk, 1-Vli. 29. Miss Emily Yeainans. the actress, who has been ly ing ill for several months at her home, died this morning at 1:30 o'clock. STEINWAY, CHICKERING, IVERS & POND GABLER, EVERETT. KRANICH & BACH, Have No Equals for the Money. 14? 6 150 East Third St a Pad. 50*3 ft 511 iNi f olM Ay., Minneapolis