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Wisconsin — Generally fair during the day;
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
We— theY Bureau, Washington, Nov. 27, 6:48
p. m. Local Time, 8 p. m. 75th Meridian ;
Time.— Observations taken at the same mo
ment of time at ail Stations.
TEMPERATURES.
Place. Tern. Piac-c. Tern.
St. Paul 34 Qu'Appelie 40
Duluth 34 Minnedosa 32;
Huron 3$ Winnipeg 30;
Bismarck 4u — !
Williston 40 Buffalo 42 — 42 j
Havre 4S Boston 42—52'
Helena 46 Cheyenne 16—60!
Edmonton 40Chieago 44 — 50 I
Battleford 33'Cincimiati 46 — 52 j
Prince Albert 44MontreaI 32— 34 |
Calgary _UNew York 42— 50 ;
Medicine Hat 42[Pittsburg 46—46
Swift Current 36'
DAILY MEANS.
Barometer. 29.88; thermometer, 29: relative
humidity, 86; wind, southwest; weather, part
ly cloudy; maximum thermometer, 42; mini
mum thermometer, 1G; daily range, 26:
amount of rainfall or melted snow in last
twenty-four hours, 0.
Note — Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. P. F. Lyons, Observer. —
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ECKELS OX RANKING.
This administration has been partic
ularly fortunate in the ability of the
men whom it selected for high positions
in the treasury department. Mr. Car
lisle has made a record that places
him among the great financiers of our
time. The report of Mr. Eckels, the
comptroller of the currencj*, justifies
the high esteem in which he has been
held. He is one of the clearest thinkers
and ablest writers on financiel topics.
His report on the currency is a docu
ment that should be most carefully
studied, and that might well serve as
a guide to congress in considering nec
essary legislation. We do not refer
to his suggestion for the improvement
of the national banking act. That is a
matter of official duty. The national
bar-king act is in existence, and Mr.
Eckels has charge of its administra
tion. It is a part of his work, conse
quently, to study in what particulars
it might be m-do mure effective, with
out thereby committing himself to the
position that it should be maintained |
and extended. The idea of permitting I
the establishment of branch banks in
small towns and villages where there
are now no banking facilities at all is j
one that has been frequently discussed,
and is supported by the excellent re
sults obtained from a similar policy in
the provinces of Canada. Assuming
that we are to have the national bank
ing system for some time to come,
this recommendation is worthy of care
ful attention.
But it is in the larger field of general
policy that Mr. Eckels gives the most
valuable suggestions. If his ideas
there were to be carried out, the de
tails of the national banking system
would be totally changed, because prac
tically all the banks of the country
would then come under the national
caption. He urges what all men of
sound ideas now agree upon, the sep
aration of the government from the
banking business. Whatever may be a
man's views about the gold standard
and the silver standard, all except the
outright fiatists ought to be in ac
cord with Mr. Eckels in this. . To make
the government perform the functions
of a bank of issue, as it now does, with
out conferring upon it those safeguards
that every bank of issue must have,
Is financial insanity. To have it exer
cise the functions of a bank of deposit
through the subtreasury system, with
out being governed by the principles of
ordinary banks of deposit, is equally
financial folly. These axioms require
the retirement of the greenbacks by
whatever method may be thought best
and the assumption by the banks of
the country, under federal supervision,
of the business of note issuing and note
redemption.
This is the plan presented many
times by the Globe, and the only
plan that is consistent with the princi
ples of finance that have been devel
oped In the history of all great nations
of the world. It cannot be summed up
better than in the words of Mr. Eckels,
himself:
it is respectfully submitted that legislation
by congress, based upon 6afe and prudent
lines, having in view the gradual payment and
cancellation of the credit currency now main
tained by the government and the issuance
hereafter of all of such currency through the
banks, --.-ith full responsibility therefore placed
upon them, should be had at the very earliest
practicable moment. The results which would
foliow such enactments would be beneficial,
and neither would monopoly be created nor
favor sho-vn thereby.
The financial problem Is so big, the
dangers that lurk in it have proved
themselves so momentous and the ne
cessity of action is so apparent, that
we cannot see why men of either party
who appreciate the necessity of legisla
tion to re-form our monetary system
should go away from the platform here
laid down. It has nothing to do with
Democratic politics or Republican poli
tico. It is a system dictated by sound
sense a::d by universal experience. Let
congrt '.. take such action as this, let it
l ■.;■ indicate that it proposes to go
forward aior.g these lines, although it
maj* not be able to consumate the en
tire work immediately, and it will be
worth more to this country than any
other legislation since the close of the
rebellion. There has been hammered
out of the great debate upon the cur
lency question this simple principle,
that the government should quit "is
suing money;" that it should stop lock
ing up money in the subtreasuries
when it is wanted and letting it out
when it is not; that it should consign
the issue of credit instruments to the
agencies through which credit must be
obtained and made good; and that it
should prevent monopoly by assigning
to these agencies a reasonable com
pensation for their trouble and re
serving all the remaining profits of the
transaction to the people.
There can be only two classes of ob
jectors to this plan. On the one hand !
stand those who want a system that j
gives enormous power and privilege to j
the banks. On the other hand stand '
those who want to make something out
of nothing by the issue of treasury j
paper. Since the people of the United !
States showed themselves able to cut j
across party lines, . a few weeks ago, j
far enough to declare against cheap i
money, might we not hope that the i
same feeling should prevail in congress !
sufficiently for the final elimination of |
the financial question from politics by '
the adoption of the system which Mr. j
Eckels outlines, and which is not his |
invention, but the boiled down experi
ence of the people of the whole world
through several centuries of costly ex- j
perimentation?
A DISQUIETING KIMOit,
The latest rumor, apparently much \
better substantiated than its prede- j
cessors, telling of the death of Gen. !
Antonio Maceo,. the great leader of the
Cuban patriots, will bring mourning to '
the heart of every lover of freedom, j
This was one of those men of native
greatness whom mighty emergencies \
always find ready to respond to their j
call. Maceo was a natural born leader
of men. What he might have done on
a larger field, where the peculiar strat
egy adapted to the conditions of war
fare in Cuba would not have applied,
no one can tell; but his leadership of
the Cuban cause in the field has been
masterly. He has shown himself far
more than a match for the best gen-,
erals of Spain with ample forces at
their command. Never once has he
been outwitted, entrapped or seriously
defeated. With his flying forces he has
crossed recrossed at pleasure the
lines drawn by the enemy and baffled
equally attack and pursuit. There
could hardly be a greater blow to the
cause of Cuban freedom than the death
of its great general, and reports from
Spanish sources are so unreliable that
there is yet room to prove thi3 one
false.
Even if it should chance to.be found
ed on facts, however, It will not prove
the death blow to Cuban hopes that the J
Spaniards expect. The struggle of Cuba I
has gone too far to be dependent for
its existence upon the life or death of j
any individual. At least one other
great general is enlisted in the cause,
and the cause itself will raise up suc
cessors to Maceo as long as there is a
Spanish soldier in the island. Sooner
or later, Cuba is destined to be free.
The United States may not hasten that
consummation, but not the 'whole world
can prevent it. Either a wilderness
or a home of liberty is the future des
tiny of the island that is now the scene
of so desperate a conflict. If the patri
ots have lost their great general, they
will preserve, in his memory, a title to
glory that will not fail while their his
tory endures.
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THE RIGHT TIME TO TEACH.
If some farmer, claiming to be "prac
tical" should change ends and sow and
plant in the fall, expecting to reap in
the spring, he would be doing in his
line what politicians, frying to conduct
educational campaigns, are actually
doing in theirs. In no line of human
effort is there such prodigality of
means to the attainment of so meager
results, such reckless waste and profit
less squandering- of money as in the
| conduct of campaigns and especially of
! those in which some Issue presents
; questions requiring the wide dissemi
| nation of information. Such a one was
that through which we recently passed,
' as were the preceding ones in which
the Democratic party essayed the task
I of teaching voters the absurdity of
! tariffs and the iniquity of that perver
| sion of them styled, as if in irony,
\ "protective." Had it not been for the
| work carried on between campaigns by
| voluntary associations, gathering
! means, printing and disseminating
; facts and arguments, and, more valua
: ble still, the dajly and weekly fusilade
of the newspapers of the party, the
\ campaigns would have been as fruit
\ less as their predecessors.
It is not, Garfield reminded the tur-
I bulent convention of 1880, in the exclte-
I ment of such scenes that fhe verdict
j of the people is made up, but in the
i quiet of their firesides. And it is not
during the exciting, irritating disputes
and discussions of the months between
j the convention and the polls that the
judgments are formed that determine
! the result. Changes in the meantime
may be made, as when some new
question is precipitated, but the dispo
sition of mind is not favorable to re
i ception of truth. Generally the search
j is not for facts from which to draw
accurate conclusions, but for facts or
their semblance to sustain some pre
conceived notion. The disposition is
disputatious, not receptive; the work
done by committees may be educa
tional in the sense that it is teaching,
but not in the sense that it results in
a learning at all proportional to the ef
forts put forth.
The time for profitable work is be
tween campaigns, in the calm, when
prejudice is off guard and truth meets
recognition and finds lodgment. That
there is need of real educational ef
fort the millions of votes given Mr.
j Bryan amply attest. That the repulse
administered is not the end is also
manifest. Campaign committees have
shuffled off all responsibility and lapsed
into their usual inter-campaign slum-
THE SAINT PAUI, GLOBE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1898.
ber. The business element that was
aroused into unwonted political activ
ity by its fears, patterned after the
committees of parties, poured money
liberally into its sound money organi
zations', "which spent it In diffusing
printed matter that was rarely read,
and, when the "polling time drew near,
ceased from its efforts and turned to its
various affairs. Its committees closed
their doors, and the overflow of infor
mation ceased.
If the silver heresy and its kinsmen,
all forms of flat money, is to be killed
and not left merely scotched, and the
adoption of a sound, stable currency
system made possible, 1f business is to
be rendered exempt from the disas
trous agitation of the past, then the
work of education must be kept ip
and the business community should see
that this is done. A dollar spent dur
ing this interim will be more effective
than fifty spent in a campaign. The
method lies ready to their hands. No
more potent educator, none so effective,
exists as is the newspaper that makes
its daily or weekly visits to the homos
and there finds the leisure that gives
it thorough reading. Where there is a
paper in city or country that is dis
cussing the monetary question with
fairness and ability, no better invest
ment can be made by those who would
ward off currency warfare, than in ex
tending its circulation. Here men <>f
business, either individually or through
some organization, could make wise use
of efforts and reap from small invest
ments better and larger harvest of
sound votes than all the money poured |
out in campaigns can produce. Whe- i
ther or not this or some similar work !
shall be done depends upon those mo.-"st j
vitally interested, the business men in
' every community, for the party com
mittees are dead and the politicians I
are only too glad that the campaign is I
over to care to take on further work
and assume further risks.
AFTER MORE! "SUGAR."
If The country has had one assertion
more than another dinged into its pa
tient ears for two years it is that all
the country needs is more revenue. It
was not the endless chain at all that
drained the treasury of its gold, it was
the deficient revenue. There would
have been no bond issues if there had
been money enough in the vaults to
meet the expenditu.es of a congress
generous with th= money of other peo
ple. We notice that our Louisiana ex
changes are quite of 'he same mind
j with those who have been thus assur
] ing the country, but they no lunger
! dwell on the need of coining silver as
j a remedy. With a disinterestedness
that is charming they suggest that the
j only proper source from which to d .-aw
j the increase of revenue is a tax 01 im
! ports of sugar.
It is unfortunate, perhaps, that sugar
\ is what Hancock would call a "local
i issue" down in the land of the cypress
| and mosquito, for the added profit it
; would be to that industry to have the
impost raised tends, in jaundiced
! minds, to discount the unselfishness of
I the suggestions of our contemporaries
|of the Pelican state. This does them
I injustice. It may be true that the
lords of the plantations might reap a
j gain if the sugars of Cuba and Ger
j many were taxed yet more, but what
| is their trifle of advantage compared
i with the great gain to the nation if
its sweets are relieved from the bane
and the nastiness of cheapness? It is
j this broad, public view that inspires
j this suggestion, and only little minds,
incapable of focusing their cameras on
anything but petty objects, see nothing
in it but the gain of a few sugar plant
ers.
Our neighbors at the delta are not
without hopes. There is the senator
from Ohio and New York, who says
that he. Senator Gorman, and sundry
others who are "senators because they
are rich or rich because they are sen
ators," are willing to join with the
other protectionists in passing a tariff
bill, and the whole country knows what
a sweet tooth these senators have. They
held up the Wilson bill until it was
sweetened to their taste, and there is
no reason to believe that their appe
! tite for things saccharine is a whit
less sharp than it was two years ago.
In fact it may be presumed to be more
eager than then because unappreciative
constituencies have put the senators on
the free list. Sympathizing with the
planters and the senators and, doubt
less, ready to aid them, but maintain
ing a prudent silence, is that little
group of humanitarians who have done
their best to put into practice the eco
nomics of the president-elect and the
president-ex by preventing the sugar
consumers of the country from being
infected with sugar that was nasty
because it was cheap. Rude people,
reckless of speech, call these latter "the
trust," but they console themselves
with the thought that the saints were
all reviled before sanctification.
In view of the wails from the cane
fields with which we have been regaled
since the bounty was removed, it was
quite indiscreet for that sugar planter
to tell the G1 o b c's correspondent, as
narrated in the Sunday issue, that he
could make sugar as cheaply as it is
made anywhere in the world, and it
was very inconsistent in him to tell
him also that the 3 or 4 cents a pound
he gets for the sugar did not pay the
cost of running the mills. Shallow rea
soners will argue If he can make sugar
as cheaply as it is made anywhere in
the world and is losing money, it fol
lows either that all the sugar makers
in the world are working for nothing,
or that our correspondent's Informant
did not tell the truth. These little con
tradictions should be all carefully edit
ed out before the sugar lobby make
their biennial assault on congress.
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Smugglers Captnred.
CLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 9.— Joseph Q,uar
ranto, an Italian of Youngstown, 0., was held
under $2,000 bail today for smuggling. For
several years he and his brother Dorainick
have been operating as smugglers, making
trips to Italy and bringing back $5,000 worth
of Italian jewelry each time, without paying
duty on It. Some times the Jewelry was con
cealed in a cask of olive oil and sometimes
in a coat made for the purpose. Their trade
was exeiiusively with Italians in this coun
try. Doioinick has disappeared.
' AT THE THEATERS.
Walter Whiteside appeared at the Metro
politan last night in a drama new to the
stage, "Eugene Aram." As the title would
indicate, the play -Is a dramatization of Bul
wer's celebrated novel, which Is in turn
founded upon ,a ..historical incident in the
annals of crime! Bulwer's story is essen
tially a creation appealing to the intellectual
faculties rather than the emotions and im
pulses. True, Ma-flier is its dominating note,
but the theme of the narratiTe is Eugene
Aram's remorse. Like the king In "Ham
let, his "limed soul" struggles to be free. A
dramatization of such material necessarily
-becomes morej> of .psychological monologue
than a drama of ( action. Bearing in mind
then the difficulty of transferring the novel
to the stage, it must be admitted that Mr.
Whiteside and his collaborator, Paul Kester,
have done surprisingly well in their adapta
tion of the work.
The drama is necessarily of somber hue, and
it speaks for the wisdom of the dramatists
that they have'-noC made any extravagant at
tempts to illUn-rißate It with the artificial
light of the forced comedy that is always so
palpably out of place. There are a few
just a few— light touches to relieve the gloom,
without dissipating it. In short, the play
would depress a dyspeptic, but a vigorous
stomach, a cheerful disposition and a bright
mind would find much to admire in it. It
is undeniably strong at times, and especially
so in the scene at the close of the second
act, in which Aram resolves to kill House
roan, his accomplice in the murder, while
the latter is lying asleep. He stands over
Houseman and points a pistol at the sleeper's
heart. The suspense is intense. Every in
stant you expect to hear the fatal report of
the pistol. But the plaints of a bird that
lights upon the window sill seeking refuge
from the storm rouses Aram from his dread
purpose and he drops his weapon to the
floor and rescues the frightened thing. This
was altogether the most impressive scene of
the play.
With Mr. Whiteside's impersonation of the
title role no material fault can be found.
It is a picturesque characterization worthy
of emphatic praise. It is a striking portray
al of the intellectual philosophical student
of vivid imagination and highly wrought j
sensibilities. Mr. Whiteside's acting in the {
thrilling scene just dcs-ribed is effective to a |
degree. He was equally artistic in the "last j
scene of ail" in Aram's "strange eventful \
history." when the condemned man makes '
his oral confession of the murder of Walter I
Lester. In the book this confession is a
written document delivered to Walter and to I
be opened only after the execution. In the |
play Aram makes a verbal confession, which
is, of course, greatly condensed, and well
condensed by the dramatists, as it is com
pressed into just the proper length to pro
duce the proper dramatic effect. Mr. White
side delivered it admirably.
The supporting company appeared to bet
ter advantage than in "Hamlet" and "The
Merchant of .Venice." Mr. Herman's im
personation of Richard Houseman fully real
ized the natural " conception of that villian.
Miss Lucia Moore interpreted the role of
Madeline Lester in a spontaneous, unaffected |
manner in keeping with the character, albeit
a trifle too self-coiflSrhed in the farewell
scene. Miss Josephine Morse contributed
a satisfactory characterization of Dame Dark
mans.
Tonight Mr.j Whiteside will present "Othel
lo." He will, impersonte lago and Mr. Her
man will plyrthe Moor.
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"The Girl I Left Behind Me." the attraction
at the Grand the present week, demonstrated
the fact that a strong play can be written
without the noise and rant of the ordinary
melodrama. In constructing the "Girl I Left
Behind Me" Messes. Belasco and Fyles have
struck a new theme, and never before in a
stage production, has the American Indian
been presented so characteristically. The
company presenting the play at the Grand is
the best that has been seen here in it. The
scenic features of the production are un
usually complete.
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Every seat at Conover hall was sold last
evening at 7:30. Hundreds stood up, and
many who wished to attend were compelled to
return home. At S- o'clock a sign reading
"Breathing Room Only" was to be seen. Miss
Fay and her wonderful performance has cer
tainly caught the town. A matinee will be
given on Saturday to ladies and children only.
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The advance sale of seats for the Nordlca
concert opeaed at lioward & Farwell's music I
store yesterday morning. The sale was good
Such artists as Mme. Nordica, Charles
Grcgorowitsch, the violinist, and Mrs. 'Her
man Scheffer, the pianist, in connection with I
a chorus of 200 from the University of Minne- j
sota, are an assurance that the concert will I
be a musical success.
DIRECTORY OF YALE.
A Hook of Valne to Graduates of
That Institution.
Francis Bergstrom, a graduate of
Yale college in the class of '88, and a
member of the Minneapolis bar has
compiled and published a directory of
the graduates of Yale college in the
practice of law. It is arranged in al
phabetical order by states, cities and
towns. The; names are arranged in or
der of classes, the name of the oldest
graduate in any place being first, etc
It contains 1,400 names, representing 40
states, 300 cities and towns and 6 for
eign countries. The purpose of this di
rectory is to facilitate professional
correspondence among the Yale grad
uates.
H-tterty A's Hop.
The members 5 of Battery A, N. O. S M
have completed arrangements for a social
hop, which will take place at the armory
tomorrow evening. Being the first social
function given under- the auspices of the bat
ters- this season, no effort has been spared
by tho members, to insure their guests an
enjoyable evening, and invitations are being
sought both among the militia and civilians
The armory will be decorated with flags and
tne battery colors, while the members of the
battery will appear in their full dress regi
mentals. The danco is to be strictly an in
vitation affair, and admission cannot be
gained except through recommendation of the
members of the battery.
RECEIVER FOR ADA.
Legral Complication Over the Cele
brated* Rehan Silver Statue.
TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 9.— Judge Ha
zen, of the Shawnee county court, was
routed out of his bed at 1 o'clock this
morning and asked to appoint a receiv
er for the celebrated silver statue of
Ada Rehan, which is on exhibition at a
local store. The application was made
on behalf of William Beckford and A
H. Mitchell, of Helena, Mont., who
claim to have invested $10,000 in the
company that paid for the statue, and
who also claim that the affairs of the
company are in bad shape. Judge Ha
zen appointed Samuel Barnum as re
ceiver. F. G. Higbee, who brought
the statue to Topeka, promptly surren
dered the property to the receiver and
left today for Chicago, where he hopes
to adjust the trouble.
Mr. Higbee claims to own a majority
of the stock in the, company, but says
he incurred the displeasure of the other
stockholders during" the recent political
campaign by supporting McKinley for
president, and that the receivership
proceedings Is an outgrowth of this dis
sension.
Murder Tr_*l Off.
MARQUETTE, Mich., Dec. 9.— A private
telegram received here' from Bessemer to
night says: "Redpath .was discharged and
Beveridge was refused -trial until February
next," These are principals in the famous
murder case in Upper Peninsula, and one for
which John McDonald, ifterward proven in
nocent, was sentenced to death, but pardoned.
The case against Beveridge and Redpath was
on the docket for the present term of court
In Gogebic county.
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Duke May Re Mulcted.
MONTREAL, Dec. 9.— J. M. Fortier, cigar
and tobacco manufacturer, has taken crim
inal action against the American Tobacco
company of Canada, of which J. B. Buchanan,
Duke of New York, Is the principal stock
holder. The company made contracts by
which its customers bound themselves not
to buy from any other manufacturers and
this comes within the limits of the conspir
acy act- The maximum fine is fIO.OOO. *
LIFE'S BRIGHT SIDE
SOME OP -THE EVENTS IN WHICH
SOCIETY FTNDiS ENJOY
MENT.
RECEPTIONS AND TEAS TOO
SERIES OF D__IGHTIrUL ENTER
TAINMENTS AT THE HOME OF
MATTHEW CLARK.
THE OLD WOMAN IN THE SHOE.
Social Committee of the Dayton Ave
nue Church Arranging- Another
Unique Entertainment.
The elegant residence of Matthew
Clark on Summit avenue was yester
day the scene of a series of delightful
entertainments. In the afternoon Mrs.
Clark and Miss Clark received over
400 society women on the occasion of
the formal introduction of Miss Jane
Clark. The hours were from 4 to 6
o'clock. Mrs. Clark and her daughters
stood to receive their guests in the re
ception room to the left of the hall.
This room, like every other in the
house, was a bower of roses. Beautiful
La France roses against a background
of soft green graced every nook and
corner, their sweet faces and soft fra
grance being a dainty welcome to the
throng of callers. In the refreshment
room above stairs this same flojvtr
was used profusely with settings of
green. Above the banquet table wide
streamers of pink satin were caught in
the chandelier and stretched to the four
corners of the table. The table itself
was decorated with Bride roses, and
was in charge of Mrs. P. R. I„ Harden
berg and Mrs. W. B. Kirk. In the hall
on the first floor Mrs. Dudley Finch
served punch at a table decorated witii
American Beauties. Mrs. Clark was
assisted by Mesdames J. B. Hoxsis,
Horace Bigelow, P. B. Winston, of Min
neapolis; A. S. Bates, Al ShepU-y, Phil
ip Shufeldt, H. Holbert, Dr. Fulton, Al
Mayer and the Misses De Coster, Hol
bert, Kalman, Guthrie, Bass, O'Brien,
Rhodes, Hoyt, Stout, Winston -md
Helen Winston, of Minneapolis, and
Cabot, of New York.
In the evening there was a dancing
party for the young people and -he
youhg married people. The rugs were
removed from the hardwood floors, y.n-1
the latter waxed for dancing. A string
orchestra attended and was statior.-.-d
in the lower hall. One of the m>3t
delightful features of the evening was
an Oriental nook on the eaeond floor
above the port cochere. The walls
were hung with beautiful Oriental rugs.
Rugs were placed on the floors and the
room was furnished with low seats and
couches handsomely draped In true Ori
ental style, while from the ceiling was
suspended a beautiful Turkish lamp,
which shed a dim light over the scene.
This attractive nook shared honors
with Mr. Clark's smoking den, which
was just as delightful a place and was
fully appreciated by the men. Re
freshments were served in the banquet
room on this floor. There were about
100 guests present.
Mr. and Mrs. Shields, cf Fiirmount ave
nue, gave a progressive euchre party of six
teen tables last evening.
The social committee of Dayton avenue
church is arranging to give a unique enter
tainment a week from Friday evening in the \
; chapel. The affair will be a shoe social, and I
will be made up of many odd and amusing I
details. The feature of the evening will be I
the "Old Woman in the Shoe." This char- j
acter will be taken by— but, perhaps, that's
a secret. To carry out the idea more clearly
the refreshments to be perved on tne even
ing will consist of nothing but broth, without
any bread, though it is believed that the
sound whipping part of the programme will
be omitted. Every person attending the so
cial must donate a pair of good shoes to the
old woman, who in turn will give the same
to Mr. Hutchins. of the relief society. A
musical programme will be given during the
evening by a chorus of twelve boys, which
will sing the Cobbler's song, led by Thomas
Symond, E. N. Morril! and oihers.
The large and prettily arranged home of
Mrs. Park Ritchie will today be the scene
of an afternoon tea. for which about 300 in
vitations have been sent out. The hours are
from 4 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. Ritchie will be as
sisted by Mesdames H. P. Upham, G. E. !
Glenn, Horace Bigelow, J. E. Schadlc, E. W.
Ozmun, William Peet. Charles Bean, U. P.
Lanpher, A. R. Dalrymple and T. L. Warm,
and the Misses Beardsley, Guthrie, Bass,
Clark, Jane Clark, Blakely, Bigelow and
Sanborn. In the dining rcom, which will
be all white and green, Bride's roses and
asparagus ferns carrying out the color
scheme, Mrs. H. P. Upham and Mrs. G. R.
Glenn will preside at the table. Tea will be
served in the library from a dainty table
arranged with American Beauties and pre
sided over by Mrs. Horace Bigelow, assited
by a group of young women. Mrs. William
Peet will serve punch from a huge bowl on
a table in the hall arranged with pink flow
ers. The reception room will be handsomely
decorated wiih palms and roses.
The German club gives its next cotillion in
Elks' hall Tuesday, Dec. 29.
The West Side Violet Social club will give
their first dance on Friday evening Dec 11
in Liedertaffel hall. State and Congress
streets. A good time is assured al! who at
tend.
The dinners to be given by the women of
tho Women's Christian Home will begin
Monday of next week and continue all of
the week at 134 East Sixth street. Monday
the board of managers will be in charge.
Tuesday the tables will be presided over by
women from the Baotist churches. Wednes
day the women of People's church and Cen
tral Presbyterian churches will be in charge.
Thursday the Episcopal women will pre
side. Friday the women from the Methodist
churches will preside, and the women from !
House of Hope church will have charge Sat
urday. The women hope to realize a good
amount toward the treasury of the home by
the dinners, as the institution needs all the
aid It can gain frcm the public. The cook
ing will all be done at the homes of the
women and donated, and will be well cooked
and attractively served.
The Lower Town Mothers' club met yes
terday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Thomas
Yapp and listened to a paper on "Healthful
Dressing" by Dr. Jeanette MacLaren.
A missionary concert will be held this even
ing at the home of Allen French, 178 East
Tenth street, for the benefit of Immanuel
Sunday school.
Ed. Havastlc, who has been confined at
St. Luke's hospital for the last nine months,
Is rapidly regaining his health and Is located
at present at 840 Hague avenue.
The wedding of Miss Virginia Bryant,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Bryant,
to William Smith Rogers took place yester
day afternoon in Church of Ascension. Rev.
Charles Holmes performed the ceremony.
Fred S. Bryant was best man and Ruth
and Gordon Bryant the pillow bearers. The
bride wore a handsome white gown of or
gandie and a veil and carried orange blos
soms. Little Ruth wore pink organdie. A
supper and reception followed the ceremony
at the family residence on Winifred street-
Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers have gone to their
future home in New York city.
The Economy Whist club meets tomorrow
afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. S. Shurick
in the Dacotah.
Mrs. Henry Hale gives a luncheoiT"*this
afternoon at the Albion.
Mrs. John Field gives a cinch party tomor
row evening at her home on Western avenue.
Mrs. E. L. Hersey gives a buffet luncheon
Saturday for Miss Haskell, of New Bedford,
Mass.
Mrs. J. S. Prince, of Dayton avenue, gives
a reception Thursday afternoon of next week.
Mrs. C W. Buna gives a luncheon this
afternoon for Miss Elizabeth Winter at her
home on Portland avenue.
The annual sale by the women of Park
Congregational church opens this afternoon
and continues tomorrow in the -hapel on
Mackubin street. This evening there will be
a musical programme.
The annual sale by the women of St. Cle
ment's church was held yesterday in the
guild hall. The following women were In
charge: Fancy table, Mrs. Crosby, Mrs. Kel
liher; plain table, Mrs. Crosby, Mrs. Kelllher;
candy table, Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Michaels,
assisted by the Misses Louise Whitney, Eliza
beth Lamson, Shirley Kelliher, Florence
Stevenson. A "silver tea" was given In con
nection with the sale^ from 2 to 8 p. m. Mrs.
Whitney and Mrs. Valentine poured tea and
cotter. Mrs. Walker and Miss Sauvenet had
general charge.
The entertainment at the Convent of the
Visitation comes off this evening.
A church tea will be given thi3 evening by
the Ladies' Aid Society of Clinton Avenue
Church at the home of Mrs. R. N. Hare, East
Congress street.
The ladles of Grace M. E. church will give
their annual sale this evening in the parlors
of the church. The general committee con
sists of Mesdames Curry. Mttctfeson and
Charles; reception committee, Mesdames
Wilson and Avery, and Misses Wormwood
and Kimball; Mesdames Chester. Healy and
Korth_Jiave charge of the fancy work, while
Misses Eva Mitcheson and Brash will take
care of the candy department. Refreshments
will be served by Mesdames Marelius, Peter
son, Guniok and Otto.
In the eighth game of the ladies' whist
tournament Mrs. Youngman and Mrs. Co
burn won the high score badges. The team
scores were as follows:
North and South-
Mr. and Mrs. Youngmarr 166
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson 153
Mr. and Mrs. Kane 148
Mr. and Mrs. Chapiu 157
Mr. and Mrs. Donohue 159
Mr. and Mrs. Deuel 152
Mr. Kennedy and Mrs. Gilman 152
Mr. Sperry and Mr. Jagger 155
Totals 1,242
Average, North and South, 155&.
East and West-
Mr. and Mrs. CorAirn 161
Mr. and Mrs. Conable 147
Mrs. Tallman and Mr. Romans 156
Miss Cutting and Mr. Gilbert 160
Mr. and Mrs. Countryman 160
Miss Williams and Mr. Vogel 157
Mrs. Follett and Mr. Stoltz 157
Mr. and Mrs. Gannon 156
Totals 1,254
Average, East and West, 166%.
The Flower Guild of People's Church holds
its annual sale of Christmas goods tomorrow
afternoon and evening in the oariors of the
church. Those in charge of the tables will
be: Fancy table, Mrs. Brandt, assisted by
Miss Nicola and Miss Emma Fairchild; use
ful articles and dolls. Mrs. S. O. Arnold, as
sisted by Mrs. Nattrass, Mrs. Joslin and .Miss
Start; refreshment table, Mrs. Henry Nicols.
assisted by Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Goodrich and
Miss Corning.
Dr. Wright gives his lecture on "Russia"
in the guild hall of St. Clement's church
this evening.
Liberty lodge gives a progressive euchre
party in Bowlby hall this evening.
The women of Woodland Park church give
a pound social this evening In the church
parlors.
Mrs. Archibald MacLaren gives a tea this
afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock for her sister
Mrs. De Forest, of New York.
Mrs. D. W. Kirk, of Laurel avenue, enter
tained at afternoon tea yesterday for Miss
Allan, of Columbus, 0., her guest.
Miss Merriam gives a dinner this evening
for Miss Field, of Chicago.
Mrs. A. W. Perry, of Marshall avenue, gave
a dinner of eleven covers last evening for
Mr. Young, of Nashville.
CARNIVAL AFFAIRS.
Junior Pioneers Organize — Arrange
ments for Tonight's Parade.
Another carnival club has been added
to the list, the Junior Pioneers, at
their regular meeting last night, being
responsible for the formation cf a
carnival marching club. The club will
be known as the Junior Pioneer's Car
nival club, and twenty-seven members
have signed the roll. The proposition
was made at the club meeting last
eyening, and the idea was no sooner
spoken than there was a ready re
sponse. A committee of ten, consisting
of Al Schweizer, Charles W. Spiei,
John Kellar, M. H. Daly, W. R. Toste
vin, W. R. Johnson. Edward Heim
bach, Samuel Kellerman, E. R. Simon
and John Sloan, was appointed to per
fect details, and will meet this even
ing at the office of E. W. Bazille in
the court house.
At the meeting of the Juniors last
evening three new members were ini
tiated—H. E. Seibert, Dr. J. E. Brim
hall and Louis Nickow. A well-select
ed programme, of vocal and instru
mental music, recitations and short
speeches added to the enjoyment of
the meeting.
* » *
The first event in the carnival festiv
ities will take place this evening, when
thehre will be a grand parade of all
uniformed clubs. Notice of organiza
tion among the clubs of last year and
of new clubs have been received in
such numbers of late to insure the
presence of at least ten clubs in the
line. The executive committee has an
nounced the following arrangement for
the parade:
FIRST SECTION.
Second Regiment Band.
Board of Directors.
Lafayette Social Club.
Boston Carnival Club.
Minnesota Skating Ciub.
Western Union Drum Corps.
Western Union Carnival Club.
SECOND SECTION.
Veterans' Union Fife and Drum Corps.
Summit Skating Club.
Schuneman & Evans' Carnival Club.
Central Park Carnival Club.
The third section will be made up of the
clubs that report between now and 6 o'clock
this evening.
The members of the Minnehaha club are re
quested to meet at the Windsor this evening
at 7:30.
THINK IT IMPRACTICABLE.
Proposed Opening of Street Along
the River.
The board of public works conferred
yesterday with the officials of the Oma
ha and Milwaukee railroads regnrd
ing the resolution directing the board
and the city engineer to open the street
along the bank of the river from the
foot of Jackson street to St. Peter
street. This resolution was introduc
ed by Aid. Bigelow and sent to the
board of public works last July. The
Thompson resolution directing the
opening of the street from the foot of
Jackson to the foot of Eagle street,
was adopted later and directed to the
commissioner of public works, and
was therefore not considered.
The railroad officials present, were
General Manager Scott and Judge
Thomias Wilson, general counsel of
the Omaha; W. H. Norris, general
counsel of the Milwaukee, and Engineer
Johnson, of the Omaha. Judge Flan
ddau was present in behalf of the West
Publishing company and the Roller
Mill company.
City Engineer Rundlett reported that
he had made an investigation, and
that in his opinion it would be imprac
ticable to build such a street with
out going out into the river, and build
ing it on piles. There was no other
way, Mr. Rundlett thought, of passing
the Wabasha street pier, and that even
if the United States government would
■allow the road to be built out into the
river, which Is extremely doubtful, it
would be so expensive, that property
could not be found benefitted to the
extent of the cost"**" Mr. Rundlett esti
mated that the cost would be about
$20,000. _ — ...
The board of public works after a
brief discussion of the case, decided to
submit an adverse report on the reso
lution, agreeing with the city engineer
that the opening of the street would
be impracticable.
Blaze Did Little Damage.
A small blaze in the now building of tho
Northern Paciiic general offices, at the cor
ner of Fourth aad Broadway, illumine tc<>
the Eklta at about 10 o'clock last right. The
fire origina'cd from a woodpile and was ex
tinguished before any cUumagc was done.
IF THEY GET FUNDS
Fire Board Will Increase the Pro
tection on the HIII.
The residents of St. Anthony hill
west of Dale street and south of Uni
versity avenue, who are seeking addi
tlonal Are protection, will have their
petition granted by the fire board if
the council will include in the appro
priation for the department for the
coming year sufficient funds to est ah
hsh and equip the new engine company
SL y<*orla. and Ashland avenues
.Should the council refuse to grant ail
additional share of the tax levy tor
1897 to the board of fire commissioners
the conditions must remain as they
ere, thus leaving the large westeriy
portion of the city without adequate
protection.
This was the decision of the beard
at its regular meeting last evening
based upon a careful investigation of
the neeas of the petitioning residents
L very member of the board is in favor
of replacing the chemical engine now
stationed in the Hill district west of
Dale street, with a steam engine, but
the board is unanimous in the opinion
that to accomplish the desired end it
must have a larger appropriation It
will cost $12,000 to start and equip the
rew engine company, and, after the
first year, $4,000 annually for its main
tenance. The regular appropriation for
the fire department will not permit of
this expenditure, and the council must
be looked to to gratify the citizens In
their request.
The report of Secretary Hall, as ac
cepted and placed on file,shows the de
partment to have effected a saving of
about $8,000 during the fiscal year end
ing Nov. 31. As compared with the ex
penditures of 1895, there has been a de
crease this year amounting to $13,609.15.
The report in full is as follows:
Balance on hand from 189.">. $8 03>i 1?.
Amount received to Nov.
23, 1896 i8!5,-ißt> 28
$195, f'2' il
Amount of disbursements
up to date of last re
port (Nov. 23, 1896) $177, 186 22
Bills allowed Nov. 28, 1896. 6,735 43
$184,221 45
Balance on hand Dec, 1, 1896 $11,4u2 73
Bills allowed yesterday 32)45
Balance on hand yesterday $11,073 2i
During the fiscal year 1895 there was dis
bursed $197,830.86, being $13,609.18 more than
the fiscal year 1896.
The report of Chief Jackson contained
the appointment of two new members
of the department, in which the board
concurred, being those of Oscar Foun
taine to Engine Company No. 4, as
third pipeman, and of J. H. Ann-en to
Engine Company No. 12, as hose cart
driver. Fountahie takes the place of
William Malander who is promoted to
hos-5 driver at Engine Company No.
10, while Annen's appointment is due to
the vacancy caused by the transfer to
Engine Company Np. 8, to take the
place of Patrick McGrath, who myste
riously left the department last month.
Previous to adjournment Chief Jack
son placed a proposition before the
board for the maintenance of a weath
er bureau at central fire headquarters.
The bureau, if established, will cost
nothing, as it is the plan to have the
reports superintended by some one of
the department stationed at headquar
ters. Records will be taken three times
a day of the temperature and general
weather conditions. In this way when
a fire occurs in extremely cold weather
or under any adverse atmospherical
conditions, there will be an official rec
ord of the fact of the conditions under
which the department was forced to la
bor. The plan was heartily favored and
unanimously adopted.
CARTER GIVES IP, TOO.
Gives Up the Contest After Counting
Six Precincts.
At 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
six precincts had been canvassed in
the recount of the Carter-Martin elec
tion contest without materially chang
ing the official count of the board of
county canvassers and Mr. Carter de
clared himself satisfied to call the con
test off. The result showed Mr. Car
ter to have gained 8 votes scattered
through each of the precincts but one,
while Mr. Martin lost 12 and gained 3,
leaving him but 9 votes less by the re
count. Martin's principal loss was In
the Twelfth precinct, where he origin
ally had 165 votes to his credit, but
was only given 155 by the second can
vass.
The precincts canvassed and the re
sults in each are as follows:
— Judges' Returns — — Recount-
Precinct. Carter. Martin. Carter. Martin.
Second 112 104 113 104
Eighth 153 151 154 152
Tenth 132 240 134 239
Eleventh 144 157 145 156
Twelfth 69 165 72 153
Fourteenth 88 123 88 125
Totals 698 940 701 „ 931
At the conclusion of the recount, Mr.
Carter stated that he had not expect
ed any great change in the results,
but that he felt there had been some
thing wrong with the work of the
election judges in the Twejfth precinct,
and that as his suspicions had been
proven, he was content to let the mat
ter drop.
Mr. Martin was pleased with the out
come of the count, and remarked that
while he knew the election was decid
edly close, he had been confident all
along that the canvass would not in
the least jeopardise his right to sit in
the legislature as the representative of
his ward. He expressed the belief that
the difference in the counts in the
Twelfth precinct was due to a clerical
error and not any intentional mani
pulation of the returns.
ZELCH A RUSY MAN.
Just Finished nn Inspection of Min
neapolis Fire Boilers.
Just now the busiest department at
the state house, perhaps, is the state
boiler inspector's office. Not to speak
of the political fights in which the pres
ent incumbent for this district, John
Zelch, of Washington county, is men
aced, thre are a large number of boiler
and engineers' licenses which expire
between Dec. 1 and Feb. 1 each winter,
and the department is at present over
taxed with work, especially as there
are many plants where an inspection
cannot be made conveniently except on
Sunday, without serious injury to the
business of the concern.
There are, however, some engines that
can be Inspected as well now as any
time, and with this work the depart
ment is busy day after day. Inspector
Zelch has just completed the inspection
of the boilers in the Minneapolis Fire
department, no small job in itself.
There are twenty-one steam fire en
gines there, besides eighteen steam
heating plants, but after inspecting
them all, Mr. Zelch reports that they
are all in excellent condition. The St.
Paul Fire department boilers will be
inspected in February.
Mr. Zelch says that there is no fight
between him and Mr. Sutton, his prede
cessor, so far as he knows, and de
clares that he does not expect any such
conflict.
MORE MELODIOUS MUSIC.
Fislt Jubilee Concert Tonight in
People's Church.
The Flsk Jubilee singers return again
to • the People's church tonight. The
programme which they will render is
different from that given Thanksgiving
evening.
This company of singers is the best
among its race, and as a trained choir
has few equals in the world. Their
harmony, light and shade are most
perfect. Seat sale is at Howard, Par
well & Co.'s.
sa inloiig'.s First Arrest.
John O'Brien, better known to the police
as "Jack." was arrested last night by Officer
Sainton!*;, after a sharp struggle. Officer
Saintong is a new patrolman, and O'Brien
determined to make it interesting for him.
It was O'Brien's intention to grab the officer,
thrust birr, into the watchman's box, call tii3
patrol and sec the officers release their broth
er. But O'Brien didn't do it. for as he and
3* intortg were at it hot and heavy Jailer John
Harris appeared en the scene and assisted th '
officer in making the arrest.
