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4 THE DAILY GLOBE, IS PUBLISHED EVERY DAY At tlie Globe Building-' - COR. FOURTH AND CEDAR SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable In Advance. Dnily and Sunday, per month .50 Dnily and Sunday, « months. $2.75 Daily and Sunday, one year...*? 5.00 Daily only, per month 40 Daily only, nix months $2.:*5 Daily o:iljr, one year .$4.00 Sunday only, one year $1.50 "Weekly, one year 91.00 Address all letters and telegrams to THE GLOBE. St. Paul. Minn. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE ROOM 517.TEMPLE COURT euild? ing. new YORK. [WASHINGTON bureau, 1405 f st. N. W. Complete files of the G lo b c always kept on hand for reference. TODAY'S WEATHER. WASHINGTON, Aug. Forecasts for Saturday: For. Minnesota: Show ers; cooler in extreme southeast por tion; westerly winds. For Wisconsin: Showers; cooler in eastern portion; southwesterly winds. For -North Dakota: Fair; warmer; westerly winds. - For South Dakota: Fair; slightly warmer in western portion; variable winds.- • •.-'':•?- y : ' For Montana* Fair; warmer; Vari able winds. ;J- ■--,-. . GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. United States Department of Agri culture, Weather Bureau, Washing ton. Aug 9. 6:48 p. m. Local Time, 8 p. m. 75th Meridian Time.—Observa tions taken at the same moment of I time at all stations. TEMPERATURES. St. Paul 76~Swift Current.. ..s6 Duluth 02 Qu'Appelle ...... 52 La Crosse 86 Minnedosa 58 Huron 70 Winnipeg 68 Pierre 72 Port Arthur 58 Moorhead 76 St. Vincent 661 Buffalo 74-82 Bismarck 66 Boston 76-84 Williston 62 Cheyenne 6S-70 Havre 66 Chicago 88-90 Miles City 68 Cincinnati 88-94 Helena 66 Montreal 72-SO Edmonton 62 New Orleans.. B2-90 Battleford 52 j New York 82-86 Prince Albert.... 52 Pittsburg 88-92 Calgary ..« 66 DAILY MEANS. Barometer, 29.79; thermometer, 79; relative humidity, 78; wind, southeast; weather, cloudy; maximum thermome ter, 92; minimum thermometer, 66; daily range, 26; amount of rainfall in last twenty-four hours, .59. RIVER AT 8 A. M. Gauge Danger Height of Reading. Line.. . Water. Change. St. Paul 14 1.0 *0.1 La Crossse 10 2.5 0.0 Davenport ....15 1.2 —0.2 j St. Louis.. 30 9.8 —0.4 ♦Rise —Fall. Note — Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation. P. F. LYONS, : . * Observer. • -» «* «AXD IIIXXKAPOUS.-J The Pioneer Press is to be par doned for some degree of exaspera tion on account of its failure to rouse any interest in its tale of census frauds. Its sensation has fallen ab solutely flat. But that it might have expected when it deigned to follow the role originally adopted by the Minneapolis Penny Press. One shriek of fraud to answer another shriek of fraud did yeoman service five years ago, and the people of both cities paid for it roundly. One who remembers the dismal outcome of that doughty effort in which the Pioneer Press participated, and has seen the evil consequences to both , commundties of the passions that it engendered, would think that it could not care to revive a sensation so melancholy and so stale. Espe cially is this true as investigation shows the slenderest basis of reason for the violent denunciation of the pair of Presses— Penny and the Pioneer. It did not even sell news papers. Still, if that kind of thing • is to one's stomach, let him indulge in it; only the Globe need not be expected to have a conniption fit over nothing. There is one portion of the lofty declaration of the? Pioneer Press, however, with which the Globe is bound to deal as it deserves. That paper may discuss freely the wild eyed rumors which it chooses to re gard as news, or any conclusions drawn from them. When it • im pugns the motives of others, and contrasts their sordidness with its own impeccable devotion to princi ple, it treads upon ground so danger ous that its own consciousness should bid it step lightly. It says that it is the only vigilant and disin terested custodian of the interests of Si. Paul. It says that the Globe under its old management left the Pioneer Press (to fight the battles of St. Paul alone, "while it seized the opportunity to curry favor with Min neapolis, and went around begging subscriptions and advertisements as the reward of its treachery to the in terests of St. Paul." It makes the accusation definite by . adding that "the Globe under its new manage ment seems anxious to maintain its ancient reputation." This is our apology for recalling the very un pleasant facts connected with the course of the Pioneer Press in inter urban matters, which a cautious re gard for its reputation would have permitted to slumber forgotten. Up to the year 1890 the Pioneer Press claimed to have a publication office in each of these two cities, and to be issued from them "simulta neously." It bore on its date line the heading, "St. Paul and Minne apolis Pioneer Press." Its solicitude for Minneapolis business was ex treme. Everything published in its columns was prepared with a view to retaining Minneapolis patronage. Bo far did this go that this great eoldier of St. Paul did not permit the name of the city that nourished It to appear unattended in its pages except when relating to strictly local matter. It was "St. Paul and Min neapolis;" and the "damnable Iter ation" of that "and Minneapolis*" re curred with a- faithfulness such as business considerations alone com mand. The begging of subscriptions and advertisements by Its reprcisent atives in Minneapolis in those days has never been equaled; and the weapon-* by which "all the fighting nocefsary-. to secure fair and just treatment for thin city" sh&uid have ! been done rusted ,. idly on the walls of- the Pioneer Press castle. • v . Then . came .the** census outbreak. Until that time the tender constraint of business* interest had sufficed . to .keep intact l x the "and Minne apolis" dual relation, for whose dis solution the people of St.' Paul had plead? in vain for years. But now arose an issue that could not be dodged. When the two cities. were in an uproar, and the men of each sq inflamed as to be almost ready to go . out to battle with each other, neutrality must end. The . Pioneer Press had to make its choice. It was compelled, at last,. to take a side. It was obliged to . stand with the people of the city in which it was actually published and must con tinue to be issued. Not, however, without conditions. The business conduct of the institution shone lumi nous through the clouds of census conflict. The value of the Pioneer Press as an ally, the pecuniary sac rifices that it must make were laid before the people, and bankers and business men were asked to contrib ute in subscriptions and advertising here to make good its losses by the dropping of the magic "and Minne apolis," and the sweeping away of the "simultaneous" fiction. The Pio neer Press lopped off the Minneapolis end, and contributed thereafter from its fund of unwisdom to the plan of campaign in St. Paul, which ended as every St. Paul man knows and as few care to hear about now. But as a reward of its virtue it exacted and received a contribution to its busi ness resources from St. Paul patrons, which was a commercial equivalent for what it relinquished in Minneap olis. It was a soldier in the cause, but it was not in such haste to en list as to make it forget that soldiers sometimes get bounties. We take no pleasure in reviving this closed chapter, familiar enough to many people in St. Paul. But the Globe, which stands for honesty, fair play, sanity and courtesy in the treatment of all questions, will per mit no reflection upon its motives without a casual inquiry into the rec ord of its assailant. It will fight for St. Paul and her interests, when they are concerned, against any and all comers, to the last ditch. But it will neither give countenance to idle rumors tending to revive the un fortunate occurrences of five years ago, in which rumors not a hundred people in either city have the slight est interest or confidence, nor will it be moved from its policy of fidelity with soberness by the charge of an interested motive. The accusation is not one which lies in the mouth of the Pioneer Press to make. "The begging of subscriptions and adver tisements in Minneapolis, as the price of treachery to St. Paul" went out of fashion in 1890, when the only paper ever systematically guilty of it, the Pioneer Press, discontinued it, for a money consideration; an event which, we trust, for its own sake, it will not again compel any friend of truth to resurrect. —i AX IGXIS EAT IIS. * The glimmering marsh-light which has led some Democrats far from the path of sound doctrine and of party expediency is fairly exhibited in the following from an editorial article in the New Orleans Times-Democrat: "If the experience of Mississippi be taken as a guide, a firm position on sil- j ver would check these desertions to the Populists and bring back into the Dem ocratic Camp some 30,000 voters who have wandered off in the last few years, and who would regard a strong silver plank as a flag of truce and am nesty as those in Mississippi have done." This is the most extraordinary po litical delusion that ever obtained lodgment in the minds of otherwise sensible men. It is contrary both to the simplest logic and the plain facts of experience everywhere. It is the old argument that it is worth while to sacrifice a principle for the sake of getting a vote, with this modifica tion: that what the Times-Democrat proposes is for the Democratic party to sacrifice a principle without get ting a vote. What it means by "a firm position on silver,"' and "a strong silver r-lank," is a declaration by the Democratic party in favor of independent free coinage by the Unit ed States at the ratio of 16 to 1. What it says this will do is to bring, back 30,000 alleged voters who have deserted to the Populists. There is not the slightest reason for making this assertion. If a voter I is so carried away by the free silver argument that he will renounce his Democracy* and go over to the Peo pie's party, then he is not to be won back by any such concession, j He will return when he has found out that he was mistaken about the importance attending the free coin age of silver. If he does not discover that, he will remain where he is. The People's party, in the first place, offers him just as much inducement in the way of free silver as any other ! organization can. In addition to that, ! it offers him practically unlimited quantities of other fiat money, whose issue can be proved not only justifia ble but necessary by exactly the i same argument that is applied to j silver. Unless, therefore, the Dem ocratic party is prepared to go as far and bid as high as the Populists for the support of those who hold the fiat theory of money, it is senseless for it to enter the competition. Not one vote can it recapture of those Populist recruits. On the other side lies an element in the problem which the Times-Dem ocrat, in common with others who argue injudiciously, leaves out of the calculation. It tells us of the free silver Democrats who, it alleges, would return to the fold. It does not mention the sound money Democrats who will inevitably? leave the party the. moment it pronounces for free silver. We do not pretend to say. how it is in the state of Mississippi, but we do know that in every state north of Missouri and the Ohio river such losses would outnumber three fold any possible gains from the ".*■ r ■""■ r THE SAINT PA UI. DAILY GLOBE: SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1895s People's party and the Republicans combined. It is' ignis fatuus that is " leading % the Democrats of ' a.' few . Southern states astray. The com mon sense and. ordinary observation of the party in other states will pre vent their policy from being carried out. The . trade : which they would . have Democracy make would be a . losing one, , even if there were no principle involved. Why a party should think it politic to, take a chance of gaining one vote at the cost of a certain loss of two is the practical question that will be pre sented to the national convention. We see no reason to fear the result. JOINED TO ITS IDOLS. It is amusing from the party point of view, humiliating and discourag ing from that of the practical citizen, to consider the result of the cam paign within the Republican party in Pennsylvania. That state has been for years the unquestioned pri vate property of the bosses of the Republican machine. There are no two men in the United States who have a more undesirable political reputation than Cameron -and Quay. They are men without principle in politics, men who have reduced the system of machine government to a science, men who control the Repub lican party in Pennsylvania, and through it the government of the state, so completely that the holding of any election has become a foolish form. Year by year, when ever a state convention is to meet or members of a legislature to be elect ed, some lonesome political reformer raises Ms voice in the wilderness, girds up his loins and starts out to rouse the people for the overthrow of Cameron and Quay. The discus sion of these reform movements af fords to the people of Pennsylvania about the only amusement that they can get out of politics. The result of every election being foreordained, they have to have their fun before candidates are nominated. They have just had one of these paroxysms of virtue, and a strong opposition, headed by Gov. Hastings, has been fighting Quay in every part of the state, with the solid support of the reform element as far as it exists in Pennsylvania. The results are now summed up by the Philadel phia Times in the statement that out of sixty-seven counties in Pennsyl vania, Senator Quay will be support ed for chairman of the state commit tee by absolutely solid delegations from not less than fifty and probably fifty-four, with divided delegations in at least five counties more. He can count new on a majority of the whole convention, without Philadel phia or Pittsburg, while he will have a considerable vote from these two cities. The Republican party of Pennsyl vania is for Quay. He represents the average political morality of that state. The moral sense of its people has been lowered and almost de stroyed by the effect of the pro tective system. During the whole lifetime of most of its voters, nearly every Pennsylvanian has felt that a high tariff was a matter of life and death to him. He has been taught that it was right and a part of hon orable politics to demand that the industries of his state be paid a profit out of taxes wrung from the people of all the rest of the Union. To man who have accepted this as a political gospel, the doctrine of Mr. Ingalls, that the decalogue has no place in American politics, is the only one true or possible. They do not dis credit themselves, therefore, they only express concretely their average intelligence and morality in politics, when they continue to select Quay as the man whom they delight to honor. Pennsylvania is joined to its idols. We cannot expect to see the triumph of higher ideals or purer methods of politics in that state, until the curse of the robber tariff, which has per verted the moral standards of the whole people, shall have been lifted. —^^^i . A BOOMERANG. The facts furnished to the Globe, by its special correspondent at Washington, concerning the case of the pensioner Jerry Pembrook, of St. Paul, which was exploited a short time ago in a local Republican paper, show that it was inadvisable for anybody on that side of the fence to open up this particular question. It is an almost universal rule that when complaint of injustice to a pensioner is made, an analysis of the facts shows not only that no injustice has been done, but that he himself is either responsible for the trouble complained of, or that he has at tempted to take advantage of the liberality of a generous people. In this instance it happens that the Re publican editor has put his foot in it rather more seriously than usual. He claims in both news and editorial columns that a cruel wrong was done to Pembrook. If we take no ac count of the circumstances and sim ply admit the statement that there was a wrong, then the Republican party stands guilty of having com mitted it. It must, indeed, require either an extraordinary ignorance of the facts or an unusual degree of ef frontery to claim that the Demo cratic party, or any official of it, is responsible for the treatment by Re publican officeholders of an appli cant for a pension. We wish to reiterate with emphasis the statement of our correspondent, based on the official records of the pension department, that every act complained of in the Pembrook case was the act of a Republican commis sioner. The pension was allowed originally by Commissioner Van Aer nam. The pensioner was dropped from the rolls in 1876 by Commission er Bentley. If he was not entitled, to a pension, the fault of allowing it was committed under the adminis tration of the former. If he was en titled to a pension, the cruel wrong of cutting if off must be charged to the latter. The second pension al lowance, under the act of 1390, was made by Commissioner Raum. We have not heard of anybody who ac cuses' Green B. Raum of denying a pension which there was any reason to grant?' Yet the order directing that no money be paid to Pembrook i until he had reimbursed the govern ment for the money erroneously paid to him under the original allowance in 1871, .was also the act of Commis sioner Raum. There has been no action taken in this case since ' the Democratic administration came into power, and it has never been before Commissioner Loehren in any way. The course taken by the department was in accordance with the rules en forced by all Republican secretaries of the interior and commissioners of pensions. Whether - this were right or wrong, the vital and final fact is that the pension department, since administered by a Democratic com missioner, has never passed upon Pembrook's case or had it under con sideration. We feel that this instance is worthy of more than ordinary prom inence, ■as illustrating, the utter recklessness of partisan misstate ments indulged in by the Republican press. The charge was made by a Republican newspaper in St. Paul, claiming credit for fairness and hon esty of statement. Yet it cited this as only one instance of a uniform discrimination against pensioners by Commissioner Loehren. No effort was made to ascertain the facts, either by consulting with Com missioner Loehren in Minneapolis, or by making an inquiry at Wash ington. Because the statement of the case presented tended to throw dis credit upon the action of the pension bureau, and to prejudice the old soldiers against the Democratic par ty, it was admitted and made the subject of violent editorial comment. The Globe has ascertained the facts in order to drive home the conviction of a misrepre sentation which is clearly inexcusa ble, whether it arose from accident or intention. Those who have as serted that Pembrook is the victim of official indifference and Democrat ic hatred of the veteran have ap pealed to Caesar, and to Caesar they shall go. If that is true, then Pem brook is the victim of some one or another of the Republican pension commissioners who alone decided his case. We leave the Pioneer Press, in whose columns this false and ma licious assertion originally appeared, to such explanation of its conduct as it may think consistent with hon- J orable journalism. ONLY CONJECTURE POSSIHLE. To the Editor of the Globe. ~V.> "Can any man, by taking thought, add a cubit to his stature?" Can any legislature by a "Be it en acted" make a bushel of timothy seed worth sixteen bushels of wheat? Can any congress or any number of congresses or the whole world make 1 sixteen ounces of silver worth one ounce of gold and cause them to be al- ' ways worth exactly the same? F. D. WILLIS. • St. Paul. Stated as a syllogism our corre spondent's questions would read: No man cam add a cubit to his stature by taking thought. No legislature, can make a bushel of timothy seed f the equivalent in value of sixteen bushels of wheat. Therefore, no con gress or body of congresses can make sixteen ounces of silver the equiva lent in value of one ounce of gold, or permanently maintain it. As to the first proposition, there is no question. As to the second one, no one would care to attempt its nega tion and prove it. As to the conclu sion, who knows? The congress of the United States tried it and failed. It might or it might not follow that the congresses of the world would also fail. It has never been tried; it would be purely experimental. The question underlies the proposi tion of international bimetallism. So far in the discussion of that question there has been no suggestion of a ratio. Many politicians have made use of it as a convenient retreat from a question they preferred not to answer. Many believe it feasible; others think, as our correspondent does, that it is impossible. After all it is merely a question of credit. Me tallic money, conforming to the com mercial ratio, requires no use of credit. Paper money, above the me tallic reserve, is all credit. Metallic money, beyond the commercial value of the metal in it, is credit. Fifty per cent of the $500,000,000 of money resting on silver, issued by this coun try, rests on the credit of the gov ernment; that is, on general confi dence in our ability to redeem it in the money recognized as the best. The third question involves the proposition of all the governments to take all the silver that may be produced and coin it at a ratio to gold of sixteen to one, and to keep the silver coinage constantly con vertible into gold. This means that they will put under all existing and all future production of silver the support *of their combined credits. Credit has its limits no. less for a gov ernment and for all governments than for an individual and for all individuals. When its limit is reached, depreciation follows in one case as in the other. The queston then is: Could, the credit of all the governments sustain free coinage of silver at a ratio of sixteen to one, with the pres ent commercial ratio over thirty to one? Here one enters the region of conjecture. No such experiment has ever been tried. Individual nations have tried it and failed. Their credit had not sufficient sustaining power. There are too many factors in the t problem to permit any ready con clusion, affirmative or negative. Pub lic confidence, the effect on produc tion, are some of them. While there can be no doubt 'that "any number of congresses or the whole world" could maintain effectually the bi metallic system at some ratio, wheth er they could do so at a ratio of 16 to 1 is a question that no one can an swer except by a guess. : -V V?v': ?- =;.-'. - ■ — a-aa-NlaS ■■ Either association with such pater nalistic ideas as protection breeds an indifference to accuracy and a de fiance of mathematics, or, what is more probable, it .is loose-jointed i minds that accept its delusions for facts. . ( We had an Illustration, to which we have : occasionally and casually •': referred,^in the stout" as sertion of our own gallant Col. Kief er, that a tax could be reduced one hundred and fifty per cent and . yet survive. And now comes the Spring-, field, Illinois, — meeting the statement of the Register that wages were ten per oenit higher in the roll ing mills than under McKinleyism— and soberly declares that "wages ait the rolling mills are 100 per cent less now than they were ten years ago under protection and union rules." This is "worse than "pauper" labor; it is "working for nothing and board ing yourself." The St. Louis Republic, at one time a strong silver organ, has only this to say of the action at Pertle t Springs: "Nobody will seriously contend that the convention has | added to the strength of the Demo cratic party. Thanks to the moder ation of some of its guiding spirits, ■it has not done any injury which cannot be • repaired by continued 'moderation on all sides." This may be what they call an "indorsement" in the Southwest. . When those locomotives which are to make 150 miles an hour come into use a St. Paul man can get his din ner at 12, go to Chicago and attend a ball game at 4, and go to bed at home at 9. Or he can leave St. Paul at noon and attend the theater in New York at 8 and be in St. Paul for breakfast the next morning. -*■>. Senator Blackburn is duly sorry Justice Jackson is dead, but if his death elevates Lindsay to the su preme bench and Carlisle to the sen ate, Blackburn will not fail to be thankful for the removal from his path of a stumbling block which is reaching the proportions of a mount ain. There is a very important omission in the statement of State Oil Inspec tor Foote. He says "total number of gallons of oil approved for use in Minnesota, 10,320,255." Then he should have said: "Total fees re ceived for same, $$$$$$." * A correspondent reminds the pres ident that Minnesota has a possible candidate for the supreme court va cancy in the person of Judge Loeh ren. Mr. Cleveland would make no mistake if he were appointed. The most popular man in America will be picked for president in No vember, 1896. The most unpopular man in New York is ripe for picking right now. His name is Theodore Roosevelt. There may be some things more preposterous than the Minneapolis Journal's intimation that Minneapo lis will win the Western league pen nant — but the Globe has not no ticed them. '• ** David B. Hill says a Western man ; should be named for president by the 'Democrats, and Col. Morrison bobs tup with suspicious alacrity and in dorses the sentiment. «©>» - The Rockefellers are finding the mining business a rocky road to i travel, but, if iron is plenty, they will get a good foothold eventually. «*>i;-"- -. ***» — v . \ ? ■ ■ • JUDGE ' L.OCHREN. A Correspondent Suggests Him - for the Supreme Bench. To the Editor of the Globe. I see that speculation is busy with the names of candidates to succeed the late Justice Jackson on the supreme bench. Why should not Minnesota be honored? We have in Judge Loehren, now com missioner of pensions, a man of ample qualifications and the highest personal worth. The distinctly judicial quality of Judge Lochren's mind, and his abso* lute integrity have been known to his fellow citizens for years. They have of late been displayed conspicuously upon a larger stage, There are few officials under this administration to whom the people owe more for the courageous discharge of duty than they do to Judge Loehren. Mr. Cleveland is given to surprises, and suits Ms pleasure and sound judgment in making appoint ments oftener than he consults the whfeis of politicians. He would make no mistake if he were to remember Minnesota and elevate Judge Loehren to the supreme bench. DEMOCRAT. .* ROYAL SPONSORS. The Salvation Army Has the Sanc tion of Crowned Heads. Chicago Record. Queen Sophia of Sweden, whose ■fifty-ninth birthday has just been cele brated with much pomp and ceremony at Drottningh Im castle, Emperor Will iam proceeding thither for the express purpose of tendering his congratula tions and good wishes, is one of the most enthusiastic friends and promo ters of the Salvation Army, a dis tinction which she shares with her niece, the Queen Regent of Holland. Both queens publicly countenance and patronize the work of Gen. Booth, sending liberal subscriptions to his various funds and expressing the opinion that on religious and political grounds it is wise to encourage a form of worship which seems to suit the masses and finds the way to their hearts. Queen Victoria has as yet re frained from following suit, although It is well known that she approVes of j the work accomplished by Gen. Booth. | " But the Empress of Germany, and the emperor, too, give evidence of the i most undisguised hostility to the Sal vationists, their army having been by Imperial order subjected to annoy ances and persecutions by the police, j This is all the more strange as the I consort of Emperor William professes I a greater degree of interest in evangel- Meal" work among the masses than any other royal lady in the old world. Neither she nor her husband appears, to bear In mind the axiom which King- Frederick the Great used to boast was the keystone of Hohenzollern rule — ''namely, that every Prussian should ; lie at liberty to save his soul in the -^ray-that suited him best. In contrast to this nerrow-minded ness at Berlin we find the Salvation Army • receiving tokens of imperial favor at St. Petersburg. Among the most cordial responses sent by Czar Nicholas in person to the messages, first of condolence, then of congratu lation, which he received from abroad at .the time of his father's death and his own marriage was one which he . addressed to Gen. Booth in London. I suppose that unless the Salvation Army movement declines on the death of its founder and moving spirit, Gen. Booth, It will eventually— thanks to royal support— just as popular with the rich and educated classes as it is with the masses. y : -V--? -V ' The Idea Is Spreading:. lowa Register. . .y.-'.;- Why not offer Dcs Moines bonds to Dcs Moines people? The city could afford to pay even 5 per cent on bonds taken at home,, rather, than pay a com mission for negotiating bonds at 4 per i cent in the East* y TOHHEfITS Of HMH ' . MOST SEVERE DAMAGE * RE PORTED! IN THE VICINITY OF 3j " V\- .'■{ MANKATO,-'':..'*-/ CROPS HAVE NOT SUFFERED FESTIVE BIKE RIDERS AT ST. CLOUD ESCAPE PUNISH : ' " ;l'?V '■ MENTV - •• <> L *\»-f ROCKEFELLER COMPROMISES. The McKinley Suit Settled—Gen eral News of the North-. ---' west, >. _•' ■ » Special to the Globe. MANKATO, Minn., "Aug. 9.— The severest rainstorm in. several years passed over the city today noon. Many roofs were blown off and trees and -sidewalks lifted. The damage will reach several hundred dollars in the city. ■ Hail and rain accompanied the wind. Special to the Globe. ALEXANDRIA, Minn., Aug. 9.— A heavy rain fell here early this morn ing and again this afternoon, which will do some damage to crops not yet cut, which is a small per cent. Special to the Globe. FARIBAULT, Minn., Aug. The hot wave from early this morning dried up the moisture that fell last night, but another storm came this afternoon, delaying threshing, but re viving pastures and late crops. FARGO, N. D., Aug. 9.— Continuous showers last night and today have interfered with harvesting to a se rious extent, but there is no wind, and grain will not be lodged. ESTELLINE, S. . D., Aug. 9.— An electric storm, the hardest for years, visited Eestelline last night; 1.25 inches of water fell. The lightning was almost continuous. Harvest is well along, but owing to the heavy crop and so much of it tangled by hail, dealers find it* impossible to supply the demand for twine. CARTHAGE, S. D., Aug. Heavy rain and thunder storms here the past two nights have thoroughly ; soaked the ground and given corn a new lease of life. During the storm lightning struck the residences of James Frisbee and Andrew Satter, doing considerable damage. It also struck a setting of stacked grain on the farm of Albert -Jenson, burning two stacks to the ground - CROP OF *05. It Is of the Best Quality in Mani toba. Special to the Globe. WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. 9.— First sample of Manitoba's wheat crop of 1895, was received by the Lake of the Woods Milling company today from Melita, It is a splendid specimen of the red fife variety, the berry being unusually bright, plump and remark ably hard, weighing sixty-four pounds per bushel. This Is said to be a fair sample of the whole crop in the Mrlita district. Fifty cents per bushel was the opening quotation. Special to the Globe. PIERRE, S. D., Aug. 9.— A. E. Pres ton, grain buyer at Blunt, estimates I that aio.OOO bushels of wheat will be j marketed at that point this year. ROCKEFELLER COMPROMISES. Settlement in the- McKinley Case nt Dnluth. DULUTH, Minn., Aug. The *SCOO,- COO suit brought by William McKinley, of this city, against the Lake Superior Consolidated Iron mines, the Rocke feller corporation that controls the Messaba range, has been quietly set tled for a trifle less than $200,000. By this settlement John D. Rockefeller | practically admits that his agent. Rev. F. T. Gates, made fraudulent repre sentations to McKinley to get his mine ! into the consolidation. It was a sure thing that McKinley would win, for, when the case was tried, in June, a single juror was. the only obstacle to a big verdict, and the sentiment of the public was that the plaintiff had been defrauded. The verdict of $940, --000 for Alfred Merritt against Rocke feller had considerable to do with the settlement. As there is a feeling on the part of some that Gates ought to be arrested for perjury, it is not likely that he is anxious to testify | in Duluth again, and without him Rockefeller would have no case at all. This settlement will put the McKin leys on their feet again. EDITORS ELECT OFFICERS. „ ! Fergns Falls Wants to Entertain' the Association Next Year. Special to the Globe. ALEXANDRIA, Minn., Aug. 9.— At the adjourned meeting of the editors today it was decided to call the asso ciation The Northwestern Minnesota Editorial association. . Constitution and by-laws were adopted and the of ficers elected for the first year were Elmer Adams, of the Fergus Falls Journal, president; L. Osborne, of the I Glyndon News, vice president; C. M. j Bronson, of the Osakis Review, secre tary; G. H. Sheets, of the Long Prairie j Argus, treasurer; C. F. Hendryx, of j Sauk Center: Alvah Eastman, of St. Cloud; W. H. Goetzlnger, of Elbow Lake; Hammond, of Crookston; Mitch ell, of Alexandria, executive commit tee. The selection of the next meeting place is left to the executive com mitee. Fergus Falls wants it for next year. . TAYLOR IN LICK. Two Years Imprisonment Is the Maximum in His Case. I PIERRE, S. D., Aug. 9.-The Taylor defalcation is about to be cleared up and the defaulting treasurer will be | sentenced Tuesday. His bondsmen and himself this morning turned over .to the state treasurer $100,000 in checks and drafts as agreed upon when he surrendered himself In June, and also a list of properties in which the de faulter held equities or owned prior to his skipping to South America. The value of . the properties will be as sessed by the state board and the amount agreed by them and the $100, --000 will be credited to this deficit. The bondsmen will make up the balance. .The statute on which it was thought , Taylor would be sentenced for twenty ; years, is found defective, and two years will be the maximum. CITY WANTS $150,000. Ean Claire Sfacs Green and His t-V^v:- Bondsmen. - - Special to the Globe. EAU CLAIRE. Wis., Aug. 9.-Sult has been commenced by the city of Eau Claire against ex-City Treasurer i Greene and his bondsmen, Hon. W. A. I Rust and O. H. Ingrain, to recover tJ—\'l ' "shortage of Greene amounting to 5150,- . 000. Papers t have been served by the sheriff. *-?'?' '.I- "y --".-V '.'•-■ :r V-*;. ' : ':* .^V- Farewell to Mr. Sterling. Special to the Globe. . . • HURON, S. D., Aug. 9.— The farewell reception and banquet in honor of W. B. Sterling here tonight was one of the grandest social events in the history of the city, and was attended by prom inent people from, all parts of the. state. Attorney General Crawford, in behalf of- the friends, presented Mr. Sterling with an elegant gold watch, and Mrs. Sterling with a diamond pin. Among those who responded to toasts were Gov. Sheldon. Hon. A. B. Kittridge, of Sioux Falls; Congressman Gamble, of Yankton; Mrs. W. C. Foster, of Huron; Congressman Pickler, Hon. L. T. Taylor, of Alexandria; Hon. XV. A. Lynch, of Huron, and others. Hon. A. C. Johnson was toastmaster. Music and dancing were indulged in. Mr. Sterling has accepted the position as general attorney for the Fremont, Elk horn & Missouri Valley railway, with headquarters in Omaha, Frisky Wheelmen Acquitted. Special to the Globe. ST. CLOUD, Minn., Aug. 9.— After a trial lasting a day and a half H. C. Ervin, J. N. Strihen and E. P. Long, arrested on a charge of disorderly con duct for taking part in the demonstra tion of wheelmen to show their dis approval of an ordinance passed by the council compelling riders to carry bells and lanterns, were acquitted. The jury was unanimous on the first ballot. The bicyclists had procured cow bells, and paraded the business part of the city for two hours. Creamery Hoys Strike. MANKATO, Minn., Aug. 9.— A dozer, boys employed at the Creamery Pack age Manufacturing company's factory ran away yesterday afternoon to at tend the bicycle races. As this threw the other fifty employes out of work, the three ringleaders were discharged this morning. The rest of the dozen went out with them, which causes a shut-down of the factory. Their places will probably all be filled by Monday, so that operations will be re sumed. The strikers include all the boys employed. Not Rebuilding the Works. Special to the Globe. FARIBAULT, Minn., Aug. 9.— Efforts to secure $3,000 bonus to aid in rebuild ing the rattan works having failed, the stockholders will not rebuild this year. Some departments are still continued with cramped quarters. Twenty-five to thirty hands have been discharged, re ducing the pay roll $10,000 to $15,000 annually. Specialties manufactured elsewhere being produced enables the plant to continue with smaller ad vantages. Freight Trains Crash. Special to the Globe. EAT* CLAIRE, Wis., Aug. 9.— Train No. 86, going east on the Omaha, broke • loose at 5 o'clock this morning near Humbird. Before a coupling could be made train No. 38, going in the same direction, collided with it, totally de stroying -six box cars and the engine. Engineer Burns received Injuries while jumping from his engine Traffic was* delayed for seven hours. Summer School Closes. Special to the Globe. WINONA, Aug. 9.— The summer school for county teachers closed to day. It has been In session for th* past month at the Winona high school building. As a closing entertainment, Miss Margaret Lennon, of St. Paul, this morning delivered a lecture on "Reading." The school enrolled 121 pupils this summer, being much larger and more successful than expected. Foreclosing on Big Works. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Aug. 9.— The largest foreclosure ever made in this* county, and very likely the largest ever made in the state, has been begun here. It involves $120,023.40, and cov ers the entire property of the Sioux Falls Granite company, limited, in cluding the quarries and townsite at East Sioux Falls and all the building? thereon. This winds up what waa once the largest industry in Eastern South Dakota. Manitoba Changes. WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. 9.— A promi nent conservative informed a reporter yesterday that several important changes would shortly be made In the official, staff of the Dominion govern ment In this city. Among the changes contemplated are the tranfer of Com missioner H. H. Smith, of the Domin ion lands, to be deputy minister of agriculture at Ottawa; W. B. Scarth will succeed Mr. Smith. A. W. Ross*, M. P., will also be given a position, and Sir John Schultz is to run in Selkirk. Claims He Saw Wheeler. FOREST LAKE, Minn., Aug. 9.— Conductor McManus, of the Duluth road, says he is absolutely sure that the J. V. Wheeler, who was reported to have been drowned in Forest lake recently, .paid him a cash fare from Wyoming to Duluth on the night the, alleged drowning took place. Mr. Mc- Manus gives a close description ot- Wheeler, and is positive that he is not mistaken in the man. Mangled hy a Steam Shovel. Special to the Globe. MANKATO, Minn., Aug. 9.— John Nordton, an employe on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul gravel train, which is working on Le Sueur river trestle, was djsembowled this after noon by falling against the steam shovel. He came here from Hector, Minn., where he has a brother, and also two brothers in Minneapolis. Couldn't Drown His Grief. Special to the Globe. MANKATO, Minn., Aug. Charles Leaner, a brick yard laborer, shot himself through the brain tonight. He cannot recover. He. had been drinking heavily for the past few weeks. His« wife was sent to the St. Peter insane hospital last spring. Writ of Error for Wendlund. BISMARCK, N. 'D., Aug. The state supreme court has this afternoon granted a writ of error in the case of Emil Wendlund, convicte**". {In Cass county last month of murder, and sen tenced to the penitentiary for life. The writ is returnable at Grand Fork* Oct 1. Hot Winds in lowa. MARSHA LLTOWN, 10., Aug. 9.— Unless the weather conditions change soon the corn crop of central lowa will; be pretty seriously affected. A fierce southwest wind has prevailed for two days, with the mercury pt 94 in the shade, and everything is so dry that the corn blades are wilting and twist ing. :"-"V-y Farmer Suns truck. Special to the Globe. VERNE, Minn., Aug. 9.— Jeurgen Willprecht, an old and respected Ger man citizen living in Mound Township, was overcome with the heat late Wednesday afternoon while watering stock, and died shortly after. Preparing to Irrigate. Special to the Globe. PIERRE, S. D., Aug. 9.— Parties from Sully county are in the city today trying to make arrangements for float ing bonds for artesian Wells In two townships of that county. The wells are to be used for Irrigation. *>— tti—miim — — — ■»— ■ aaaaa ,i ii ■ ■ I find the Royal Baking Powder superior to all the others in every-re spect. It is purest and strongest. WALTER S. HAINES, M. D. Consulting Chemist, Chicago Board of Health. 'a Roman Punch. ; Make 2 quarts lemonade, rich with pure juice lemon fruit; add 1 table spoonful Extract Lemon; Work well and freeze; just before serving* add for each quart of ice, % pint brandy, and "is pint Jamaica rum. Mix well and serve [in high glasses, as this makes what is- called a semi or half ice. It Is usually, served at dinners as a coup de milieu* :-'■■■ wan with JflPflji. AMERICA ALMOST INVOLVED IX THE CONFLICT A FEW. V |I V -V MONTHS AGO- V^- ' AN UNWARRANTED DEMANDS JAPS INSISTED UPON MAKING ARRESTS ABOARD AMEIP, CAN SHIPS' > . . --s- - .. : ;:< ,y. SERIOUS CLASH JUST AVERTED* ;.■ / . The Enemy Got Ready to Ope*) ■y Fire on Admiral. Carp en v v ter^ Fleet? i . WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.— ln the event of a war between Russia and Japan the United States may find itself an unwilling party unless the Japanese retire from a position which they assumed towards the United States during the progress of the last Avar with China. It is not generally known that just before the declaration of the armistice which preceded the signature of the treaty of peace, an issue had grown up be tween the United States and Japan that threatened to lead to actual hostilities between the two countries, and that a hostile clash was perhaps only averted by the conclusion of the Chinese war. This issue arose through the assertion by the Japan ese authorities of the right of search of American vessels. They insisted that they had the right 'to board an American vessel, and if they chose to take from her any Chinese or any enemy they might find, even though they were but passengers. Minister Dun promptly denied the existence of any such right on the part .of a combatant, and a hot correspondence ensuea. The Japanese insisted en their rights, and even when the min ister reminded them that the United States had gone to war with Great Britain on just this issue, and forced their relinquishment of the claims of such a right, they refused to abate their claims one jot, though the min ister asserted the first assertion of such la right would be regarded by the United States as an unfriendly act and therefore likely to lead to war. The matter progressed to that, perilous extent that when Admiral Carpenter was about to escort an American merchant steamship out of a Japanese port, to prevent her de tention by the Japanese, the latter, it is said, gave orders to the shore batteries at the mouth of the harbor, to fire on the American naval vessels" if they attempted to do so. This fact came out after the conclusion of the armistice, which fortunately oc curred at just this point in the nego tiations, thereby preventing an inci dent that would certainly have led to war; but the significant point is that since that time the Japanese have steadily clung to the same conten tion, promising serious trouble in the event of another war in the East. This Animal Lays Eggs. One of the oddest of the many, queer and unique creatures that Inhabit the« antipodean wilds is an animal about the shape and size of the Amer ican raccoon. He is not a curiosity on account of his shape or size, or becausd he resembles the coon and lives in Australia, where all nature is topsy turvy, but because of a remarkable habit the female of his species has of laying eggs and hatching them after the manner of birds. This queer egg laying animal, the only creature of the kind on earth, so far as the zoologists know, is called a platypus. It inhabits the deep forests of the river bottoms of both Australia nand New Zealand, and, it is said, has many of the char acteristics which distinguish the beav er tribe.. The platypus in not a com mon animal, even in its native haunts, and it is yearly becoming scarcer be cause of the the natives wage against it on account of its peculiar egg-laying habits. They have a super stitious dread of the harmless little animal, because its habits deviate so widely from those generally noted in fur-covered four-footed creatures. Danz at Como Tonight. Last might the Hungarian band closed its engagement at Lake Como, and this morning it will leave for the East. The programme f**f> tonight will be in the hands of the Danz band, which will play a number of old favor ites, which have been made popular during the band's engagements this - summer in St. Paul. There will un doubtedly be a good turnout if tha weather keeps its hands off. Como never has been more inviting than it is- at present, and it will be in the full tide of its glory from 1 now on until the summer closes. «81» Mississippi Democrats Deadlock. JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 9.— The Demo cratic convention reassembled at 3:30 p. m. and proceeded to ballot for rail road commissioner. After two ballots had been taken the long deadlock was broken, and M. M. Evans, of Jackson county, was nominated for the Second district. The balloting proceeded, and before the roll call on the third bal lot was finished the delegations began to break, and as a result J. J. Evans, cf Monroe county, was nominated for the Third district. The First district was then again taken up, and a num ber of ballots were taken, resulting in no choice. Right You Are. Boston Post. One million of American workmen benefited by the revival of industry within six months is therefore not too large a figure. And it marks the most marvelous recovery from depression which our industrial history records. What Is the cause of it? The favor able conditions established by a Demo cratic tariff and a Democratic adminis tration. ■ ' - :;;"-■" <■** Surprised, hut Proud, j Philadelphia- Press. In short, Philadelphia ought to make it easy for men with small savings to invest from, time to time small sums in its bends. Every bond in the hands of a small holder is a guarantee of personal Interest In the order and prosperity of the city, and in the economical administration of its civic affairs. I Mangoes. ..-,;. ■ /-•■;'- ■.'.-" .Take small musk melons and cut an ' oval piece out of one side; take out the seeds with teaspoon, and fill this space with stuffing of chopped onion, scraped horseradish, mustard seed, cloves, and whole pepper; sew In the piece. Put In jar. pour boiling vinegar, with a lit tie salt in It, over them. Do this 3 times, then put in fresh vinegar, cover close. :