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i mil DAILY GLOBE If,.- ' . •== iS PUBLISHED EVERY DAY 19 PUBLISHED EVERY DAY ' AT NEWSPAPER ROW, COR. FOURTH AND MINNESOTA STS. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ST. PAUL. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ST. PAUL. ■'»'" - - ■-. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ■•' SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable in Advance. i Dally and Sunday, per Month. .50 Dally and Sunday, Six Months . 92.75 Dnily and Sunday, One Tear . . f 5.00 Daily Only, per Month • ■ i .40 bally Only, Six Month* , . 92.55 Dally Only, One Year . ■ ■ 94.00 Sunday Only, One Year » ■ 81.50 ■ Weekly, One Year . » • • fI.OO Address all letters and telegrams to THE GLOBE. St. Paul. Minn. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE, ROOM EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE, ROOM 617. TEMPLE COURT BUILDING. NEW YORK. .WASHINGTON BUREAU, 1405 F ST. N. W. Complete files of the G1 o 6 always kept on hand for reference. i •*■' TODAY'S WEATHER. ! TODAY'S "WEATHER. WASHINGTON, April 3.— Forecast for Sat- WASHINGTON, April 3.— Forecast for Sat- urday: Minnesota— Fair; warmer in eastern , portion; southerly winds. Wisconsin Fair; warmer; light westerly winds, becoming variable. Dakotas— Fair; warmer in Easter portion; colder in Western portion; variable winds. Montana— Fair; northerly winds, becoming variable. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, Washington, April 3, 6:48 p. m. Local Time, 8 p. m. 75th Meridian Time. — Observations taken at the same mo- ment of time at all stations. TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES. Place. Ther. I Place. Ther. Place. Ther. Place. Ther. St. Paul 32 Qu'Appelle 38 Duluth 30 Minnedosa 34 Huron 38 Winnipeg 34 Bismarck 50 Williston 50Buffalo 28-34 Havre 44 Chicago 40-42 Helena 52 Helena 38-44 Edmonton 40 .Montreal 24-28 Battleford 40|New Orleans 60-66 Prince Albert 32 Pittsburg 30-30 Calgary 34 New York 28-34 Medicine Hat 42 Winnipeg 24-36 Swift Current 3Slßoston 27-34 DAILY MEANS. Barometer. 30.40; thermometer. 24; relative humidity, 54; wind, northwest; weather, clear; maximum thermometer, 35; minimum ther mometer, 13; daily range, 22; amount of rain fall or melted snow in last twenty-four hours, 0. Note ßarometer corrected for temperature and elevation. —p. F. Lyons. Observer. THE "CALLOW VOTE" PLEA NOT To us Democrats there is afforded a good deal of amusement in watching the play of the adherents of the vari ous and variegated candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. The papers are saying such damaging things of the candidates they do not favor, they are so frank and forceful ln their arguments against their nom ination, and on the other hand, they are so laborious, so dextrous, so plaus ible in defense of their own especial pets, that the show is quite as divert ing as anything Hoyt has put on the boards. Except the invulnerable Mor ton there Is not one of them but has taken aboard at some period too much record, and Republicans are scoring without mercy the errors of Repub licans who may have a chance for a nomination. So far the unfitness of every one of -them has been fully shown. McKinley, as the leading candidate, is more the object of this thrust and guard than any of the others; but as his chance may wane, and any of the others wax, they will be as sharply at tacked and defended. He is not re garded as sound on the money ques tion by his party adversaries. They are making the demonstration of it un pleasantly convincing to his support ers. McKinley lends the latter no as sistance. Recently he blandly waved away an inquisitive newspaper repre sentative, who sought some definite statement, with a reference to his con gressional record. Whereupon the Chicago Tribune, just now experienc ing one of its free trade spells, exam ines that record. It finds him voting for Bland's free coinage bill in 1877. In the senate Mr. Allison changed it into the silver purchase bill, errone ously known as the Bland act. Mc- Kinley voted against a motion to lay the bill and the senate amendments on the table and voted for its passage. When Hayes vetoed it he voted to pass the bill over the veto. Whereupon the Pioneer Press, a lat ter-day convert to McKinleyism, -comes to the defense in a plea of con- fession and avoidance. It is true the major thus voted, but it was in his tender youth, before he knew better, when Murat Halstead was his "guide, philosopher and friend;" a mere •youthful indiscretion," amply atoned for by a "consistent record for sound money ever since." His "callow vote" for free coinage should not now be charged up against him. Now, while we desire McKlnley's nomination quite as. ardently as does the Pioneer Press, though from a vastly different -motive, we do not think it right that he should have it under any false im pressions. We doubt if the major himself would. We doubt if he will be pleased with the apology our contem porary offers. But, however "callow" he may have been in 1877, he was not an unsophistocated youth, pinning his judgment to Halstead's erratic coat- tails in 1888, when, as chairman of the Republican national convention, he reported the plank that denounced President Cleveland's administration for its efforts to demonetize silver. After three more maturing years, in a speech made at Toledo, in April, 1891, this perennially callow candidate arraigned Mr. Cleveland for "dishonor ing one of our precious metals, one of our own great products; discrediting silver and enhancing the price of gold." He charged him with trying persistently to stop the coinage of the silver dollar "before his Inauguration and during his term. "He was determined to de monetize one of the coins of commerce, limit the volume of money amon_* the people, make money scarce, and therefore dear." On another rccasion that year he accused the president of having "struck down . silver." We shall have to enter a demurrer to the pica of the baby act interposed by our contemporary in behalf .of its candi date; because, on the whole record, it does not constitute either a defense or _n avoidance. --•-': '; ■,--*_. '■-AOAA STILL AT ODDS. - . v.V-7*i The failure of the representatives of The failure of the representatives of the Manitoba government and the Ot tawa ministry to reach any agree ment on the school question was not "only foreseen, --but inevitable. Each side has taken a position so decided side has taken 'a 'position so decided that it cannot retreat. - To us', who are familiar with the idea that the busi- ness, of public education should be dis sociated absolutely from any sec tarian control, the offer of the Mani toba government seems reasonable. It proposed what very few communities in the United States would be willing to grant, namely, that a certain period to grant, namely, that a certain period should be set apart each day for re- ligious exercise and teaching. This should be conducted by clergymen of different denominations, representing the faiths of the parents whose chil dren attended such public institutions. In this way all sects could have their share in the opportunities offered to impress their beliefs upon the children of their charge. Such a proposition has occasionally found favor in some cities of the United States, and rep resents the extreme limit to which any resents the extreme limit to which any of our people would be inclined to go in admitting religious instruction to the admitting religious instruction to the public schools. This proposition, how ever, the dominion government refused ever, the dominion government refused to accept. Nothing hut the restoration of denominational schools, though in a modified form, would satisfy it; and the people of Manitoba have declared positively against that. The difference positively against that The difference between the. two Is therefore as irrecon cilable as ever, and the conference has closed. It seems singular to us that this should be the only result of an attempt at harmony where the ultimata out come is so clear. If the present situation is maintained unchanged, the gap between Manitoba and the federal authorities must widen and deepen. The Ottawa government can not possibly accomplish its object with out resort to force, and no party in the dominion dreams of that. Mani toba must remain a contumacious and rebellious province, and the confeder ation a nominal authority without power to enforce the compliance upon which it insists. An agreement seemed to be so necessary* that most people be lieved that the Ottawa ministry would accept the not unreasonable conces sion which the commissioners of Man itoba had agreed upon. Now the issue must be fought out, and there would seem to be only one possible result. IN THE PRIMARY GRADE. The debate which is going on in Georgia between Secretary Smith and ex-Speaker Crisp on the financial ques tion is exciting to us chiefly as show ing that the people of one of the most progressive states of the South are just passing through the primary grade in education. We commented lately upon the intelligent survey of Col. McClure, of the Philadelphia Times, of the political and other aspects of the South. He states the fact that the people of that section are in a state of mental chaos and uncer tainty. They are just beginning to con the primer of economics. There has been little intelligent public opin ion in the South since the war. The entire attention of the people there has been concentraed upon domestic problems. For nearly thirty years they were occupied with the difficulties of reconstruction, with the reorgani zation of prostrate industry, and with the desperate struggle against bayo net rule. Patriotic and public-spirited Southerners, no matter what their pre vious political affiliations, sank every other idea in their obedience to the first law of nature. To preserve their right of self-government, to fight force bills and to deal with the race prob lem that was clamoring at their doors filled all their time and commanded all their energies. To these people the tariff question and the financial question were almost in truders. They have had little time to study either. Now. for the first time, they find themselves relieved from the apprehensions of the whole period that has elapsed since the war closed. In that epoch a generation has grown up and acquired voting privileges which has made no study of economics, and is obliged to participate in the great controversy that has been going on without requisite preparation. No section of this country needs - ".ucation in the elements of the great science that must and will govern human progress, whatever men may do to assist or retard it, as much as the South. it is because of this fact that the cheap money delusion has obtained there so strong a foothold. The Southern people are still poor. They are largely in debt. Their great staple product, cotton, has experienced within recent years a de cline in price as serious as that which has affected the wlreat raisers of the North. To these people have come the demagogues with their project for pay ing debts with .flat money, and raising prices by act of legislature. It is not because the people of the South are any less honest or any less intelligent than others . that so many of them have been won to this notion. It is because they are deficient in eco nomic education, and must go through all the grades before they can compre hend the inevitableness of the natural laws that govern in the world of finance, as inexorable as those that prevail in the world of science. Their education is now going forward, md no men deserve better of their country than those who, taking their political fortunes in their hands, are going through the South giving instruction to the people, pointing out to them the fallacies of the cheap money the ory, and marking the advance to the next stage in their political education. This is what Secretary Carlisle did in Kentucky, when his splendid cam paign converted that from a free sil ver into a sound money state. This is what Secretary Smith is '.oing in Georgia against one of the most bril liant leaders of his party. '7*/ "V One has but to read the accounts of their joint debates to understand that, whatever may be the immediate re sult, the ultimate effect of sound . doc trine will _be salutary and lasting. Secretary Smith has - not the better "mW SAINT FAUI, DAIkY GLOBE: SATURDAY MORNING, APRII, 4, 1896* ot the Argument, he haa the whole of tt. Mr. Crisp ; does not advance a sin gle proposition which, his adversary has not torn to tatters. A man can say. a good deal when he is permitted to talk about "bimetallism;" but when the light is turned on and this is shown to mean silver monometallism, shown to mean silver monometallism, he is more defenseless than the veriest gold bug in the presence of his enemies. Mr. Smith is doing immensely valu able missionary work in the South. A great deal remains to be -done. The process through which the people of the "West and Northwest have been passing, during the last two or three passing, during the last two or three years of the currency discussion, is only begun in the South. The financial question has never been made the subject of popular study that it should have been in this coun try until the present time. We must get our education, and it is painful get our education, and it ls painful and slow. We hope that the South is about ready to graduate from the primary class and take its place among the candidates for higher education at the hands of this administration and the representatives of sound finance in general. Here is a problem in arithmetic: Spain has sent 125,000 men to Cuba. According to dispatches from Havana, only a few dozen of them have been killed. There are . 40,000 Spanish troops in the field now. Locate the others. New Mexico doesn't appear to be suf ficiently civilized to be admitted to the Union. A member of the legislat ure of that state has been arrested and jailed at Juarez on the charge of stealing Mexican calves. Benjamin Harrison and his bride are going to spend the summer In a log house in the Adirondacks. This is deemed sufficient warning to anybody who may want to call Ben about June 16. AT THE THEATERS. The John Griffith company will give a matinee at the Metropolitan this afternoon and closes the engagement tomorrow. To morrow afternoon Seibert's orchestra will give a grand Easter Sunday concert, at which a popular programme of music will be present ed. * * * Miss Amy Lee and Frank Doane will be seen at the Grand in "Miss Harum Scarum" at a matinee today, and the evening perform ance closes the engagement. Charles A. Gard ner opens tomorrow night in "Fatherland." SIR DONALD'S PARTY. Distinguished Canadians Honor St. Paul With a Visit. Sir Donald A. Smith, of Montreal, and Hon. and Mrs. Dickey, and Hon. Mr. Desjardins, Dr. Bloomfield and Miss Stewart, are members of a party which spent yesterday in the Twin Cities. Sir Donald is well known, through his connection with Canadian Pacific affairs, and the party came in his private car. Messrs. Desjardins and Dickey are members of a com mission sent by the Dominion government to Winnipeg to bridge, if possible, the breach between the factions there, caused by the parochial school imbroglio. The visitors lunched at the Ryan, were entertained at the heme of James J. Hill, on Summit avenue, and spent the afternoon in Minneapolis. They left for the East last evening over the Soo line. GAY GOOD FRIDAY. Weather Belled the Sombre Nature Weather Belied the Sombre Nature of the Day. Good Friday was observed by the general closing of the state offices, schools and the courts, although some of the city offices were open and part of the state officials insisted on working. The churches, and especially the ritualistic ones, were thronged with devout worshipers, and the streets in the afternoon, thanks to the pleasant weather, presented a scene of gayety almost incompatible with the solemnity of the anniversary. MAY RESULT SERIOUSLY. An Elderly Woman Kalis on an Icy Sidewalk. Mrs. Margaret Mulligan, a woman sixty years of age, residing at 769 Simms street. fell on the ley sidewalk at Simms street and Payne avenue, yesterday afternoon, breaking her right leg above the knee. The old lady was carried into a neighbor ing house and a physician called. Later Mrs. Mulligan was taken to the city hospital in the city ambulance. The woman's injury is considered somewhat serious on account of her advanced age. MISS HARRIES WORSE. Col. Harries Leaves Today to Bring Her Home. Col. W. H. Harries, collector of internal rev- enue, will leave this morning for California to bring home his daughter, who is at Pasadena. The colonel took his daughter to the coast a few weeks ago in tho hope of restoring her to health, but a telegram received yesterday stated that she was failing rapidly, and it is desired to bring her home alive, If possible. Sunrise Prayer Meetings. Sunrise Prayer Meetings. The St. Paul Christian Endeavor union has arranged for sunrise prayer meetings on Easter morning at 7 o'clock as follows: The West Side societies will unite at the Westminster Presbyterian church, the Day- ton's Bluff district at the Atlantic Congrega tional church, the Arlington Hills district at the Burr Street Baptist church, th© St. Anthony Hill district at the Dayton Avenuo Presbyterian church, the Down Town dis trict at the House of Hope church. Epworth Leagne Election. The Epworth League of the Central Park church, elected officers Thursday night as follows: President, J. W. Shannon: first as sistant vice president, Olive Calkins; second vice president. Edna Burden; third vice pres ident, G. W. Nottage; fourth vice president, Elden McKnight: treasurer, Loyal Partridge; secretary, Walter Old; corresponding secre tary, Carl Colter. "WITH INTENT TO AMI - — ——_——_ At High Pressure-^"! hear that Dobbs*" baby At High Pressure — "I hear that Dobbs' baby is a little mite of a thing. Does it cry much?" "With all its mite."— Detroit Free Press. -"*■'- . '■'■■: \'\ v. v /,-*:'* ::. 7777> '■* . *-'-- A< "I had always been an American until I went around a curve In a cable car this morn- ing." , -*.'-." . "What difference did that make?". *• "Then I became a Laplander."— ? 7- Miss Newwoman— l will have to go to the city tomorrow and make some purchases. •* Miss Strongmind— you get what you want here? .•?-'"-' Miss Newwoman— No, there isn't a gent's furnishing store in town.— Exchange. Expressive— Mrs. De Tong— going out, Nanette. Nanette — Out, .madame. Mrs. De — And I want you to be sure and take care of the baby. Nanette— Out, madame. I bottle it at seex o'clock.— Plck-Me-Up. "Apparently there is no use for horses in these days of electric cars, bicycles and horse- less carriages," remarked McSwilllgen. "Oh, that's not so," replied Squildig. "Since they commenced to slaughter horses and can them for food we can still have them in our midst." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. "A fellow always feels satisfied with himself After having taken a little game," said the fellow coming out of the restaurant. "Well, it all depends on what kind of game he's been taking la." replied his friend, who had been out at the poker club. Yonkers Statesman. . "Father," said the little boy, "every now and then I hear, you talking about somebody who was old enough to know better." "Yes. my boy." "What age is that.* father?" And the old gentleman, after some thought, re- ; piled: "My son, there isn't any such thing. It's like the golden age; purely mythological."' J —Washington Star. A':"-~~- v>- ■ j VAtUtEV DODGED IT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES CALLED UPON TO DEFINE THEIR POSI- , TION TO THE LAWS. CASTLE AND JXJRAN DID SO, CASTLE AND DORAN DID SO, • ■*■■ g- -f^y. - §-'--; I BUT TIIE THIRD MArf DUCKED THE | BUT THE THIRD »fAlst DUCKED THE QUESTION ANlb 'RECEIVED j . CONGRATtfkIATIONS. . '■:'' **f $1 ' HOW THE LOCAL* BA TTLE IS GOING HOW THE LOCAL JIirTLE IS GOING ____ | M. P. Fitzgerald Is Being; Urged by j M. F. Flt-g-eriild Is Beln»* Urged by j RepulilicituN to Hake the Race j for Comptroller. . . ;»*;-.? Something transpired at the meeting of Something transpired at the meeting of Hebrew Republican clubs at Market hall on Thursday evening, which the reporters did not get. After the eloquent and valiant "Cap- tain" Gallick had said his say, Henry Johns rose and remarked with emphasis that he wanted men nominated who will enforce the laws as they stand on the statute books. As all of the Republican candidates for mayor ; were present, they felt called on to define their position on the question raised. ' Capt. Castle pronounced himself in favor of . a strict construction and the closest enforce- . ment of the laws as they stand. He speci- j fied the saloons and the social evil as need- ing a tighter rein than has heretofore been drawn, and promised he would pull the lines tight if nominated. Mr. Doran was almost equally emphatic, . with this difference, that he cannot command , the incisive words and eloquent, sentences that Castle can. • jj , ; Then George Warren was called for, and he dispelled the Puritan-like gloom which had | settled over the assembly by telling a funny story, the point of which was that he felt himself competent to beat either of the other ; candidates in the race. j It was noticed that Mr. Johns seemed en- tirely satisfied with the declarations of Messrs. Castle and Doran; and George War . ren received the warmest congratulations of , any of the candidates. * * * ; Col. Samuel Lowenstein has returned to tha •city after an absence of several days. It is ; expected he will at once begin a campaign : for Castle delegates in , the Third ward. The | \\ arren men' however, are letting it be under < stood that any one who wins a delegate away ?r^f J?at afy.ulle Wh° Wlns a dele*-ate away from them in that ward must fight for him. * *?'*'• M- W. Fitzgerald yesterday denied, in a modest way, that he will be a candidate for comptroller on the Republican ticket. He admitted, however, that Q several influential leaders of the party had urged him to run, and had insisted that his interests be left in their care. "Of course," said Mr. Fitz- gerald, it would hardly be courteous to slap these men in the face, and I rely on their judgment to do whatever is fair and honorable in the matter." Which means that this shrewd and powerful Republican is "in the hands of his friends." * * * hoo^e*Gl°be'B notice of *■■» Fitzgerald ■J^%Globe'S notlce of U™ Fitzgerald into nf comptroller Started J. J. McCardy into life yesterday, and for the time being he dropped the role of municipal tyrant to mix with the Politician, who dropped into the Sty hall. If Fitzgerald runs, it is believed the hall. If Fitzgerald runs, It is 'believed th« ffl£2_* °h'™ "* «-£■£•£ * • • Several representative Democrats of the Eighth ward met„ yesterday in the office of D. F ♦ Peebles and decided that Aid. Wolf is the strongest and most likely candidate who has yet entered the field in the Eighth wS Itwas resolved to support him for the no_3_t * *!.** Tonight a meeting will be h*tA t- ... Globe building by ft_| Democrat wio the G lob c building by the Democrats who met for the mayoralty. Reports will be made by the committee which waited on Mr. Dawson wardf ° thS g6nt,emen from thesJveS * * * nlahfP?nPlh" P*afty meetin*S will be held to- night in the storeroom, corner of r____? _ Wabasha streets. 0f Isabel and ■*_i_£&ftt**st& Attorney Schroll will not have smooth = •• Attorney Schroll will. not have smooth sail ing for the aldermanic nomination on the Re" publican ticket in the Fourth ward? cJ£_ Schiller, the rich St. Peter strleTbarSTs an avowed aspirant; and W. B. Miller is also saWto be waiting impatiently for 5 cVto . * 0 • ! Capt. Castle's executive committee has opened headquarters convenient to the post- office, m room 48, Germanla Bank building. Callers were numerous yesterday afternoon but not many of the "popular" workers have S ,Z $ 'I,*o taf\. CaStle ,s restinS confident in the backing of "a few of the best of us " * * * As yet the Democratic city committee has not announced the primary polling places nor the names of the judges of the primaries. Men are out, however, pasting up the notices re- quired by law. On the Republican side, Chair- man Zollman says the precinct committeemen will select the polling places and name the judges. | * * * I William R. Merriam andiW. H. Eustis' will address a mass meeting of young Republicans, to be held at Central hall, next Thursday < evening. * • * Col. Soren Listoe is the man chosen to round j Col. Soren Listoe is the man chosen to round I up the Scandinavians for Postmaster Castle. He declared himself yesterday, but good Judges say that Listoe has a heavy contract on his hands. * V .* a a Doran and Warren are not holding any meetings, but they are putting in a great deal of time in doing personal missionary work. * * * ' It was understood yesterday that Democratic opposition to the renomination of Aid. Kartak has been withdrawn, ln order that the Second ward may come to the front with a strong and united delegation. * * • ■ Alexander Adams, of the Tenth ward, ex- presses the opinion that if a tested man is nominated for mayor and a first-class as- sembly ticket put up, every ward except the First and Seventh will elect Democratic alder- men. In the event of a strong, general ticket being put up, Mr. Adams will very likely be the Democratic candidate in the Tenth. He Is known to have the respect and confidence of all citizens. • • • • The "committee of eighty" has not estab lished headquarters anywhere. 7V;': • • • It was learned yesterday that about a week ago the Warren men and, the friends of Horst and McCardy had practically agreed that these three should be the nominees. . But An- sr-mblyman Johnson's persistence and Capt. Castle's entrance Into the mayoralty fight has disarranged the amicable .understanding. If McCardy declares for Castle the friends of Doran and Warren will go .for Johnson, and take chances on beating JUjCardy for comp troller. And the Iceman' wno keeps the city books Is. in consequence, in the same kind of a fix Congressman Fletcher {has made famous. 'A- A"' ' a • * ' At a recent meeting the Christian Citizen- ship league decided to issue the following appeal to the Christian citi-r^ns of SL Paul: In common with all good] citizens, we are anxious that good men should be nominated by all the political ■ parties for - the coming municipal election. We art in such a con- dition of affairs, both morally and finan cially,- that we need, greatly, need, men In office who are capable, efficient and honest; men . who will give us good government, wrose character will be a guarantee of up- right, honorable. administration. Each polit ical party has such men. and the most worthy citizens of every party with them nominat •ed for office. . We would, therefore, urge upon all good citizens, especially those who have civic pride and interest in public af- fairs, that they attend tlie primaries of their several parties, and use ali honorable means .to secure good men. to represent them in the city convention. ' * /:.;; ■."* „ The character of the next administration - will- depend largely upon the primaries, and ro - Christian, or patriotic 'A cttfaeni". should fall to attend and mak. hi* Influence felt at these local meetings. It is suggested 'also that the Christian ministers, call, the atten tion of their people to tho meetings of the primaries, and urge them to attend these meetings, andl to use their influence posi tively for good. The character of our city government for the next, two years, the re spectability of our public officials, the ef ficiency and economy of their administra tion, and the safety and welfare of our peo ple, will all be conserved by careful at tention to this, primal duty of every Amer ican citizen. As the Christian Citizenship league, and representing the independent element in all parties, we. feel that we ought not to be- compelled to nominate candidates for office, but have a Tight to call upon the regular parties to norn *_ 'te good men, that we may vote our political convictions, and yet not stultify our consciences. We have a right to a choice, not of one from a num ber of bad men, or one from several men, bad and good; but we should have a chance to take our choice out of as many good men as there are political parties. The attend ance of good men of all parties upon their several primaries will go far toward secur ing this result. <» * * A quiet movement is on foot to spring Will iam J. Donahower as a Republican candidate for alderman in the Fourth ward. Mr. Dona hower Is a lawyer _In the- Germania Bank building, and his friends say he is banking on some Democratic support * * « County Committeeman Lowenstein last night ventured the prediction that Castle will be nominated on the first ballot, and will have at least 130 votes. - -?.;:• 7*7^ • * a Thoroughly representative of the estate to which Republicanism has fallen was the meet ing of the Third Ward Young Men's Republi can club last night. The speakers were men of intelligence and education, but they talked nonsense. The officers of the club were Demo crats whom Aid. Joseph Ehrmanntraut refused to countenance as applicants for office. Frank B. Doran was called on to open the meeting. He had finished Just as the Globe reporter entered. "What did Mr Doran say?" was asked of an intelligent look- ing man. "Damflno," was the laconic re joinder— the reporter asked no more ques tions. Then Fred C. Stevens, who hopes to cap ture Congressman Kiefer's plum, rose up and brought his high notes into play. From the tenor of his remarks, there must be a very tangible fear among the hungry ones that they are not only to lose ln the city election, but every office they now. hold besides. Mr. Stevens talked on national issues entirely, except in one sentence, when he said: "This is a prosperous city"— then corrected himself quickly. "No, it would be a prosperous city if the Republican party was in power." He insisted they would cut down all salaries of high public officials; but City Clerk: Jensen. Comptroller McCardy. Sheriff Chapel. Clerk of Courts Rogers, Register of Deeds Weber Treasurer Eimund or Assessor Seng were not present to hear his virtuous utterances on this point. • W. B. Brewster followed, and for almost an hour rang the changes on "The great McKln- | ley. You and I," with a tragic intonation, and several times returned thanks to God that he had been "born a Republican." Hope of political preferment bulged through all the utterances of the young gentleman— so much so that blunt old Terry Kenny said to John Harris, "What infernal nonsense," and Harris could not find words to reply. Mr. Brewster is a fine elocutionist, and gave William L. Wilson a most patriotic tongue-lashing. But he never once pointed with pride to Mayor Wright's administration; and the only thing he promised for the future was that a Re- publican victory in St. Paul would increase wages, fill vacant stores with tenants and make people happier. He neglected to specify the number of people. His financial views are too good not to be recorded: "The finan cial problem is a Democratic scheme to hood- wink the people. The only question before the people is McKinley protection." One man was bold enough to take exception to this statement, as Brewster sat down; but E. A. Jaggard was immediately introduced and endeavored to ridicule the kicker by tell- ing a funny baby story. Then he, too, took up the song of "protection and the plain, common people." One of his most emphatic statements was that "Lincoln died at the hands of Democracy." McKinley, he believed, is called for as Lincoln was, because "the Democrats adore the house of lords." A nota ble climax was the assertion that free trade ls now ln force in this country. Mr. Jaggard lectures to law students at the state, univers ity. When the audience realized that no one was going to talk of local affairs many left the room and the rest called for Mr. Kenny, but he excused himself on the ground that he la not a speechmaker. The reporter asked Col. Lowensteln why the speakers did not discuss city affairs. "It's hard to talk before the candidates are nomi nated," said the wise Samuel. GO IN SPECIAL CARS. Will Delegates to the State Sunday School Convention. All delegates to the state Sunday school con- vention, to be held at Northfield April 7th to 9th, are requested to send their names at once to Charles E. MacKean, chairman com- mittee on transportation, Gilfillan block, in order that he may know how many cars it will be necessary to engage. The train will leave St. Paul union depot Tuesday afternoon at 4:10. Ail delegates will pay full fare in going and take a receipt from the ticket agent at the same time. This report, signed by the secre tary of the convention, will entitle the holder to a return ticket for one-third fare. In order to get ticket and receipt made out In time it will be necessary to be at the depot half an hour beore the train leaves. Each delegate should send his name to Dr. H. C. Wilson, Northfield, in order to secure entertainment during the convention. In returning the train will leave Northfield at 4:55 Thursday after- noon, April 9. DUFFY WAS BEATEN. | Merriam Park Man In a Sad Plight at the Hospital. John Duffy, a teamster living on Wabash avenue, Merriam Park, was taken to the city hospital Wednesday evening in a badly beaten condition,' said to have resulted from a fight over a game of cards in Leonard's cigar store, on University avenue. Duffy's jaw was fractured and his face and head showed evidence of having been brutally pounded. Duffy claims his assailant was a former friend named Dan Ryan and that the assault was wholly unprovoked. No arrests have yet been made In con- nection with the affair. Ryan is a single man and lives with his mother at Merriam Park. Duffy is married and has four chil dren depending upon him for support. CASS-CROW WING ROW. It Will Come Up Tuesday in the Su preme Court. The writ of certiorari asked for by the citi- zens of Cass county, who claim that Crow Wing county has no right to the territory re- cently annexed, will come up for argument be- fore the supreme court on Tuesday next. The respondents in the case are Gov. Clough, Sec | retary of State Berg and State Auditor Dunn, the governor, however, being with the peti tioners in spirit, supposedly. There was . a difference of opinion In the commission, the governor taking Issue with the other two members, and there is a prospect for a lively contest before the state's highest tribunal. FORT RIDGELY FETE. Arrangements for the Monument Are Not Lag-sing. Judge C. E. Flandrau, chairman of the Fort Ridgely monument commission, says that with good weather from 5,000 to 6,000 people will undoubtedly be present at the exercises at- tending the unveiling of the monument on the anniversary of the fight, Aug. 23 next. At present the contractors are awaiting the pass- age of the snow and frost, so that they may begin work on the foundation, and the sculptor is at work on the tablets, which are to bear the names of the soldiers participating in the encounter. The proof of this list is expected to arrive here in the course of a week. YOUNG BLOOD FOR MOORHEAD. St. Paul Newspaper Men Take a Paper There. D. W. Meeker left yesterday for Moorhead, where he and W. E. Verity, late telegraph editor of the Globe, have purchased the Moorhead Independent. *-. The paper, as its name would indicate, has hitherto been a free j lance, with Democratic leanings. The new management will make it out-and-out Repub lican, and intend to participate actively in the ; coming Seventh district campaign. TO WlftE FIRES "WHY THE UNDERWRITERS WANT THE CITY TO APPOINT A WIRE * INSPECTOR. WHO WILL PAY HIS SALARY? QUESTION UNDER THE ORDINANCE WHICH THE ALDERMEN HAVE ALREADY PASSED. FIREMEN LOOK AFTER THEM In Other Cities, hut St. Paul Ordi- nance Make-* It a Building; In- spection Scheme. Several weeks ago the board of aldermen passed an ordinance providing for the in spection of the wiring of buildings, with a view to guarding against and lessening the danger of fire. When the ordinance reached the as sembly that body at once referred it to the committee on streets, where it has been re posing for at least a full month, much to the dissatisfaction of those who are eagerly awaiting some action to be taken that will contribute materially to the prevention of fires. The ordinance now pending may not ef fectually serve the desired end, even If it should become a law. In substance It Imposes upon the building inspector or his department the duty of inspecting all electric wires in or on any building within the city. It does not, nor cannot, because of the prohibition of the charter, create any additional office, nor does it empower the building inspector to hire an as sistant to act as inspector of electric wires. It simply enlarges the duty of that depart ment without providing for any extra help or compensation. Aid. Markham introduced the original ordin ance touching this subject. That ordinance differed from the one now pending in that it imposed the duty of wire inspection upon the chief of the fire department, who was. author- I ized to appoint a deputy or assistant inspector 'of wiring. The latter was to perform the • work. Aid. Markham's ordinance also pro ; vided for a system of fees for such inspection, graded according to' the number of lamps, electric machines, dynamos, etc. The ordin ance was amended, however, Inasmuch as the provision authorizing the appointment of an assistant electric wire inspector was deemed contrary to the section of the charter which forbids the creation of any new office. The amendment consisted in making it the duty of tho building inspector's department to in- spect the wires, as already stated. Building Inspector Kingsley, when ques tioned concerning the matter, said: "If the ordinance becomes effective, it will simply increase the duties of my office with- out providing for any additional assistance or compensation. The council reduced the appropriation for* this department for the present year from $8,000 to $5,900. Deduct ing my salary of $1,800, which : was fixed by law leaves only $4,100 with which to pay my assistants. The force now consists of two deputy building Inspectors, who already have all, if not more than they can attend to, a plumbing inspector, elevator and fire escape inspector and a clerk. Therefore I would be obliged to look after the wiring of buildings myself. If the ordinance goes Into effect, I will do the best I can, though my time is already fully occupied with the work of the office. The result will be a lack of thoroughness In work in one line or another, as it would be impossible to give it all the proper amount of time and attention. The appropriation, as any one can see, will not permit of the hiring of an expert electrical inspector, which would be required ln order to do the work In a satisfactory manner. As for adopting a fee system, under which all wire inspection would be paid for in fees, that would not solve the question, in asmuch as all fees received by this depart ment must be paid into the city treasury, and placed in the general fund." Notwithstanding the fact that the council set aside only $5,900 for the maintenance of the building inspector's department for the year 1896, the corporation attorney is of the opinion that under the charter, the depart- ment is entitled to expend $11,000 a year. Among the special laws of 1891 is a section which specifically states that the building in- spector's department is authorized to expend in any one year an amount not to exceed $11, - The mere fact that the common council chose to provide In the tax estimate for 1898 the sum of $5,900 for the. building inspector's department does not, in the opinion of the corporation attorney prohibit the building in spector from incurring on behalf of his de partment an expense of $11,000 in any one year. But the building inspector prefers to carry out the wishes of the council, and has therefore decided not to take the responsibil ity of hiring additional men, who would be obliged to sue the city In order to secure their pay. The underwriters of St. Paul are, to say the least, dissatisfied with tho condition of things. They say that the wiring of St. Paul buildings Is sadly In need of inspection, as much of it is in a bad and dangerous condi tion.. They cannot understand why this city does not adopt the systems in vogue In Chi cago, Kansas City, Cincinnati and other cities. In Chicago the inspection is under the control of the superintendent of fire alarm telegraph, I who has supervision over ten deputy wire in j specters. In Kansas City, where the fee sys i tern is In vogue, the ordinance regulates it by providing as follows: "The electrical inspector shall be entitled to retain $1,000 per annum of the money col lected for inspection fees as part payment for his services as electrical Inspector, and such further compensation as may be volun tarily paid by the Kansas City board of under- writers; but after the sum of $1,000 per an- num shall have been collected In fee 3as above mentioned, then all excess of such fees shall be paid into the city treasury by the elec trical inspector as soon as collected by him. and in no case or event shall the city be held liable for such salary or compensation, or any part thereof." KEEP OX THE MOVE. ■ Arc-win's City Hall Rules Put Into ;' A Effect. It is not with the consent of a" Democratic mayor that those who make a habit of stand- ing around in the corridors of the city hall and court house are henceforth to be given to understand that they must "keep off the grass;" that if. they have business in the building they must "keep on the move" until they reach the office in which they expect to transact It, and on their return "keep on the move" until they get cleat- out into the street. They can not even' dally on the steps or court house walks, nor tan they as much as sit on the fence along the side walk, where they have been wont to perch themselves on warm afternoons to enjoy the shade of the buildings standing on the op posite side of the street. All these prohibi- tory regulations are contained, in the set of rules that originated with Mr. Arosin, and which, after having undergone the process of incubation for a month or more at the hands of the committee on grounds and buildings," were dragged forth yesterday and adopted by the joint city hall and court houso commission, but against the protest of Mayor Smith. v Mr. Arosin's code consisted of six rules, and all but on© were adopted at yesterday's meeting. The one killed Is the one requiring the elevators in tha building to be run alter nately from the basement to the top. It was found that there was* no use In attempting to adopt a rule of this kind, not that it would not be a great accommodation to have the elevators run alternately, but th© fact that the two elevators are situated over 100 feet apart makes it impossible. Rule 1 provides that all employes of the city hall and court house commission must wear a uniform cap when on duty, on which j shall appear letters designating the office ■- of the wearer. ■■*■„ ,-' * 'JPaAA Rule 2 provides that the elevator men must ■ wear, uniform suits* of dark blue. Rule 3 provides that the custodian shall - keep th© corridors and halls free from - "loafers. loungers and Idlers." : Rule . 4 provides that the custodian shall I keep the walks and ratlings In and about the j building free from "loafers, loungers and ■Idlers.". -;" -<aA A. Iy j . Rule 75 : provides that . the custodian shall cause the American flag to float from the flag staff on the top of the building from a. m. to 6 p.m. every week day. Comptroller McCardy ' appeared before '. the committee and urged, the appropriation of $100 to be expended in planting flowers and shrubbery in the yard of the city hall and court house so as to have it nicely orna mented when the G. A. R. encampment is held, the work to be done under the super vision of Park Superintendent Nussbaumer. The appropriation of $100 was made. The secretary was instructed to advertlso for bids for ice to supply the building fop one year. *-** All the members °' the commission were Sam. tte 6XCePtlon of Johnson anS MAYOR MAY VETO IT. Change of Loop May Not Meet With His Approval. Mayor Smith's signature is all. that is need ed to carry into effect the resolution of th« council, requesting the street Sway com! pany to extend its loop from RoS street to Broadway. Those citizens who advocated the extension of the loon loft «,« thheamacUonTho7Say the action of the assembly in concurring in : the resolution as passed by the board of alder men They need not be surprised, however li °?eJmay°r should veto the resolution, for the indications are that he will But whether his honor signs the measure n*.B.otWhet,her h,s honor B,«ns the measure not, makeS Very little difference with the street railway company. M. D. Munn, the at! torney for the company, has already stated that it would not comply with the request, on account of the inconvenience and expense that would a tend such a Change" Mr. Munn said at that time that the proposed extension of the loop would necessitate a readjustment of al- most the entire street railway system, and that it would entail a permanent additional expense of $50 Per day for cars alone, while lTstemtt^ltioa&l 6XpenSe °f operaonS th« ystem if alditi°nal eXpense of operatln* th» r»h™/«L^hange wa3 made- would amount to about $40,000 a year. The vital question involved is. has the com- The vital question involved is. has the com mon council the power to compel" the street railway company to extend or change its pres ent loop. Mr. Munn's remarks intimated that the council had no such power, though he did not say so in so many words. * Corporation At torney Darragh also advised the assembly that the council could not enforce the pro- tXtenslon of the loop, which was estab lished by an ordinance passed some four years ago. On the other hand, it is argued that the ordinance is not a contract, and that the coun cil has the same right to amend It as It has to amend any other ordinance. The case of the city of Minneapolis against the street rail . way company, in which the courts held that the city had power to enforce the change in the transfer system, is cited as a precedent, showing that the city has power to amend this class of ordinance. LUMBER OWNERS PROTEST Against the New Rider Adopted, by Underwriters. A number of Duluth lumber firms have pro- ' tested to the insurance department against the new policy which has been agreed upon by the underwriters for lumber risks. In the first place, they object to the 80 per cent limi tation, and they have called upon the insurance department for a decision as to the legality of the restriction. The other objectionable clause is that known as the pro rata, and apr plies to yards separated from the rest of the risk by a space of fifty feet or more. Tha companies hold that they may divide the policy to cover each division, and in the event one is destroyed and the other left, they are liable not to the full extent of their risk, but only to the portion allotted to the district burned. That is to say, if a firm had $40,000 worth of lumber In one pile insured for $20,000, or 50 per cent of its value, and $10,000 shoiiil become separated by fifty feet or more r<JC the re mainder and be destroyed by fire, the Insur ance company would hold itself liable for only 50 per cent of the loss on the $10,000 worth of lumber. The wording of the clause also leaves it open to suspicion, that, in case of loss on a pile of this kind, the companies would allow only one-fourth the value of the pile de stroyed. The insurance department has referred tha matter to the attorney general. The proof sheets of the commissioner's an nual report are out. Much of the statistical matter contained therein has already appeared in the Globe. The department admitted eleven mutuals and five fire Lloyds companies, a very large increase over the number of this class of companies admitted in any preceding year, and the commissioner attributes this to three causes— new law, which makes it much easier for them to qualify; the demand for cheaper insurance and the fact, that many largo firms have not been able to secure in surance from the regular companies. The de mand for Lloyds and mutual Insurance has increased greatly since tho stock companies arbitrarily advanced their rates 20 per cent two years ago. Two mutual companies withdrew from the state. The Essex, of Salem, Mass., left no loss to the stockholders, and the commissioner says that the Continental, of Minneapolis, was refused a license to prevent making a bad matter worse. Attention is called to some defects in the new Insurance law, which should be remedied at the next session of the legislature. They generally occurred by the Insertion of clauses and neglecting to alter subsequent clauses, so that often a penalty is found for violation of a certain section, referring to the section by number, as contained in the original draft. and It is found that the section now bearing that number does not refer to the subject the succeeding section contemplates at all. The commissioner says that it is impossible to make the examinations and exercise the supervision the department would Ilk© to over the companies owing to lack of funds. The de partment collects annually $160,000, and the salary list is $5,000. He asks for an actuary at from $1,500 to $1,800 per year, and $1,000 for contingent expenses. WHO WAS HE? Nocturnal Marauder Visits Dr. Charles "Wirth^s Residence. An unknown miscreant badly frlghtered the sleeping Inmates of Dr. Charles Wlrth's resi dence, 207 Martin street, early yesterday morn ing, by throwing a billet of wood and several large stones through a plate glass window of the front parlor. The window, a large and handsomely ornamented affair, was complete ly wrecked and several costly vases on an adjacent table entirely demolished. About 3 o'clock Mrs. Odendahl, Dr. Wlrth's married daughter, heard some one walk around to the rear of the house and cautiously try the back door. Mrs. Odendahl aroused her husband and informed him that a burglar was endeav oring to gain an entrance to the house. Dr. Odendahl started down stairs and had just reached the ground floor when he was startled . by the crash of the front window, followed '"•' by the falling of several heavy articles in the parlor. Hurriedly opening the door. Dr. ,*"* x Odendahl caught sight of a man dodging* 7; around the Corner. . ';-. *| - Dr. Wirth is of the opinion that the affair was the work of some one who was secretly seeking revenge for an imaginary grievance. The police were notified of the occurrence, but as yet no arrests have been made. DIED AT PASS CHRISTIAN. William S. Holeombe Finally Sue- cumbs to Ilrishttu Disease. William S. Holeombe, the eldest son of Capt. E. V. Holeombe, and a resident of this city, died at Pass Christian. Miss., Wednes day, April 1. The deceased was thirty-six years of age and leaves a wife, who was with him at the time of his death. Capt. Holeombe received word of his son*"- . . dangerous illness last Monday and started for Pass Christian immediately, but did not : reach the bedside of his son until after his death. PlA' "',:- '&l ' The deceased was traveling salesman for ' the St. Paul and Western Coal company for a number of years. About a year ago Mr. . Holeombe was afflicted with an attack of right's disease and has since traveled:-/. through the South in an endeavor to recover his lost health. The remains will be brought to St. Paul for Interment tomorrow, when final announcement of the funeral will ■bo made. 'Ay—''- Against the Detroit Bridge. ; The state development committee of th* . - Commercial club holds a meeting- at the club rooms at 1:15 this afternoon to take. action onr •-••■■ the protest - against the' construction ot th« ' proposed bridge across the Detroit river. .-'.-■ - , j .. ■ -