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4 ®,he&t.tyaixl®lobit CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. ■ *; By Carrier Imo 6 mos 12 mos Daily only 40 (2.25 . $4.00 Dally and Sunday .... .50 2.75 6.00 Sunday 15 .75 1.60 " COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. •t ~ By : Mall 1 mo 6 mos 12 mos Dally only ...„ .25 $1.50 $3.00 Dally and Sunday 35 2.00 4.00 Sunday 75 1.50 Weekly .76 1.00 Entered at- Postoffice at St Paul. Minn;-. as Second-Class- . Matter. Address »•> all communications and-- make - all-.- Remit tances payables THE GLOBE CO.. St. Paul. Minnesota.—-Anonymous . commu nications not noticed. Rejected manu scripts will not be returned unless ac companied by postage. ■__ BRANCH OFFICES. Ve%r York .. 10 Spruce St Chlcnffo.Room 609, No. 87 Washington St. WEATHER FOR TODAY. Minnesota— storms and cooTer Wednesday; fair Thursday; souther.y squalls. North Dakota—Local rains Wednesday; fair Thursday; \arlable winds. South Dakota—Fair Wednesday, with cooler in central and eastern portions; lhursday fair; westerly winds. Montana—Fair in western; local rains in eastern portion Welnesday; Thursday fair; .variable winds. Wisconsin—Thunder storms and cooler Wednesday; Thursday fair; dangerous southerly squalls. -.-•'" Thunder storms and cooler Wednesday; fair Thursday; southerly squalls.. „ . :■-:'. ST. PAIL Yesterday's observations, taken by the United States weather bureau,- St. Paul, P. .F. Lyons observer, for the twenty four hours ended at 7 o'c.ock last night. Barometer corrected for tem/-eratuie and elevation. .-.■-'■"• Highest temperature ... -'8 Lowest temperature , -3 \ Average .temperature 66. Daily range '. -.. 15 | Barometer 29.72 Humidity 72 Precipitation 0 7 p. in., wind, southeast; weather, partly cloudy. *7.-r'"" * RIVER AT S A. M. Danger Gauge Change in Station. Line. Reading. 21 lou s. St. Paul 14 5.7 —0.1 La Crosse 10 7.1 —0.1 —Fall. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES. High'Spm, High.*Bpm Battleford ...66 62 Boston S2 74 Bismarck ....72 62 Buffalo 58 58 s Duluth 72 62 Chicago ; 78 76 Edmonton ...64 56 Cincinnati ...76 Qi Havre 60 58 Cleveland ....78 77 Helena 56 54 Denver 76 74 Huron 82 74 Detroit 78 72 Medicine Hat.64 52 New Orleans.B6 8!) Mlnnedosa ...66 64 New York .. ..8J 76 Pr. Albert 68 58 Omaha 81 8) Qu'Appella ...62 62 Philadelphia .81 78 B. Current ....64 54 Pittsburg ....78 74 Willlston 74 60 St. Louis ....78 76 Winnipeg * 72 66 Washington .S3 75 ♦Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). PUT THEM UNDER GROUND. . A recent decision of the federal supreme court denying to telephone companies the right to erect their poles on the public thoroughfares Is likely to have far reaching effect in the future. It has been generally assumed that the right enjoyed by the telegraph concerns In this direc tion was shared In by the telephone com panies. This view the supreme court de clares to be wrong, on the principle that the law granting the privilege to the tel egraph companies was enacted before the invention of the telephone, and that such concerns not being specified in the law I as among those entitled to exercise the j privilege cannot have it extended to them without the direct intervention'of con gress.' '"-.- ."*- .."-.-•. • - ■ The movement toward compelling tele phone.- and telegraph ! concerns -to bury their wires has been gaining ' force of, late years. In certain of our largest cities the requirement is insisted on, and is being generally fulfilled so far as It! applies to telephone wires. There ought to be no discrimination between the. two lines of industry ln this respect. The public schedule of charges made by the telegraph companies for their service is sufficiently high to make the demand ap ply to them without reservation, at least within city limits.' There are few objects more unsightly than the telegraph pole. Apart entirely from the dangers which are shown to ex ist to the public safety in the maintenance of such poles, they are in every sense a public obstruction. It would seem entirely unjust to the telephone concerns to deny them the right to string their poles as the tele graph companies do in the transaction of their long distance business; and no doubt there will be no disposition on the part of state or local authority to deny them this privilege. But it would be good public policy to remove from the federal statutes any authority express or Implied which they may afford for the mainte nance without local authority of their polos on city streets. -mm*. " CANADIAN FOLLY. The attitude of the Canadian politicians toward the United States in the effort to promote the adjustment of all existing differences between the United States and British North America through medium of the international com mission will not occasion surprise among those of our people who have kept in formed on Canadian affairs for some years past. The old spirit of /Toryism, which found its home in Canada after our own successful revolution, has shown it self from generation to generation for over 100 years. Jealousy, born of back wardness in the race for commercial supremacy on this continent, has Inten sified this feeling. Excepting alone the comparatively small class who accept the doctrine of "manifest destiny," Can adian public sentiment has always been bitterly hostile to the United States. Re ciprocity in the minds of the Canadian people means a one-sided arrangement which will enable Canadian Industries to make headway against American com petition. Never at any time since the repeal, of the- reciprocity treaty of 1854 has the Canadian government occupied any position save one of unfriendliness toward this country and its ■ industries. Our political difficulties have been magni fied on the other side of the boundary line; our national characteristics have been exaggerated into national evils; and the Tory press of Canada has outdone the press of the British metropolis in its abuse-^and misrepresentation iof -the American people. . The insistence of the Canadian people or politicians ought not to be effective In wholly destroying the possibilities of good work on the part of the commission. The Dominion is but a mere dependency at best, nd; no doubt, the. British '■ secre tary for the colonies will find a • way to overcome the petty hostility which Can ada has manifested to her own discredit. The two nations concerned ought sure ly to reach an amicable conclusion as to the mere minor difficulties existing re garding the questions which are [ before the commission for adjustment. * Any scheme of \ arbitration which will place both interests on- an equality will be ac ceptable to our people. We can afford to ;be generous. We can afford to ignore; the preposterous demands of the Can adian politicians If Britain can.,. With an. international, peace- congress in \ session . at The Hague, the American nation, as the great peace advocate of international arbitration, can yield greatly..rather than have the' mission of j the commission fail. .mm- WHAT* WILL. BE DONE) )' The disgraceful episode of the traffic In public office conducted by two leading Republican officials as they might con duct a transaction In real estate has, it is pleasant to ' record, ' aroused the latent sense of public decency of this commu nity. The transaction, looked at from any point of view, Involved bribery or an attempt at bribery, unless both of -the participants are. being lied about most egregiously by their own party friends and followers. The question at once arises, what are you going to do about it? The grand jury, officered by that stalwart Repub lican statesman. Legislator Schurman", has passed out of existence, fortunately, we think, for the cause of public morality in connection with this transaction. This affair is certainly of sufficient public im j portance to make the calling of a special | grand jury to consider it a matter of ] grave consideration by the * proper au thorities. .''.-. Practically every department of munici pal administration is in the control of the Republican machine In this city. j Every string that the unscrupulous polit ical clique now in control can pull will be pulled to prevent any criminal inves tigation into the affair. The prosecuting officer in this county is a Republican. His assistant is also a Republican, deeply versed in the handling of political ma chinery. Mr. Bigelow is, we believe, an upright young man. He has his future to make in his profession, as well as of ficially. This lamentable transaction— for It is lamentable to reflect that such a state of political, ethics could be found prevalent in such a quarter—gives Mr. Bigelow an opportunity such as rarely falls to the lot of so young a man. Will . he rise to that opportunity? Will he show that his brief touch with low ward polities has incapacitated him from the discharge of the higher class of official duties, or will he show that he stands by the full scope and intent of his oath of office? The people of this city are intently watching every man connected, directly or indirectly, with this transaction. They demand the fullest investigation. of its details and the punishment of any public crime that may be found involved, If it carries with it the prosecution of the chief executive officer of this com munity. . They will be guided In ; their final conclusion as'to the real character of Republican local administration by the sequel to the extraordinary disclosures of official business which ' have just been -, made. --■>--.--- ••-•-:-•<■ -..- : *. -._-■.■-t^i'* TAKE THEM OR WITHDRAW. A year has passed and gone since our Asiatic squadron, under the command"of Admiral Dewey, steamed Into Manila har bor and in a few hours destroyed the fleet of Spain. That event was followed up at once by events which freed the city of Manila from Spanish control. The period has passed, too, for which the United States urged the enlistment of volunteer soldiery, and the men are soon to return to their respective homes. Spain has been conquered, Cuba has been freed, Porto Rico is virtually Incorporated into the Union. Still we are at war with a band of semi-savages ln the Philippines, and all our "victories" have thus far eventuated in the announcement that we will need a much larger force than we have yet had in arms for the effectual subjugation of the Filipino natives. This surely is a strange outcome of practically a year's effort to take posses sion and control of the Philippine archi pelago. Some months ago' the announce ment was made that at least 100,000 troops would be necessary for the effectual quell ing of the Filipino rebellion against our authority. This was followed by the ac tion of our Republican congress in re organizing- the American army. This In turn was followed by absolute silence and inaction as to the intention of the admin istration regarding the volunteers, whose terms had expired, and whose discharge was brought about purely by force of an adverse public sentiment. Then came a period of increased activity on the part of the Philippine peace commission, ac companied by 4 daily announcements that Aguinaldo's followers were demoralized and were disbanding. We drew up and presented, to these people an approved plan of government which was to pre vail for their benefit when they laid down their arms. We had captured several -Filipino strongholds, Including the Fili pino capital. These strongholds in many cases we withdrew from, and they were recccupied by the Insurgents, because, as we were assured, we had not enough troops to occupy them, and because it was intended to demonstrate to the na tives what peaceful intentions were ours. Whereupon we set ourselves to the re capture of those same positions.' ".'-'■•:•'• -•-.a-'.. Thus has the military and political game of see-saw gone on, and now the rainy season offers to view a period of enforced inactivity In military operations. The Filipinos, if the recent dispatches are true, are as far from laying down their arms as they were at the beginning, and death, bloodshed and deprivation have been the lot of our men in the Philippine trenches. What does it all mean, anyway? When, if ever, is it going to 'come to an end? Is it a game of politics or a game of bluff we are playing over In the Orient? Is it the purpose to have the Filipino sur render take place about the time -.. the Imperial administration seeks public in dorsement? . ' ••••' We have made up our minds to take control of .the Philippines without regard to the . wishes "of. tha natives ;of , the isl- THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1899. ands. Long ago they served notice on us that, according to our method of. pro- cedure, we could only do so by force. Why have we not done It? The delay Is unwarranted, and appears to be beyond all reasonable explanation. ' Despite the Im perialist outcry the country is thoroughly tired and disgusted. ._ It demands that we shall possess.ourselves, of the islands or withdraw * from them. Our - preent atti tude before the world ls that of a nation of greedy incompetents who are set at defiance by a handful of. half-civilized Malays. -7. ■■•'•■ . -m^. REV. MR. MONTGOMERY'S" POLITICS." In a recent address delivered by Hon. Hascal R. Brill, of the-district court bench of this judicial district, that very thought ful and estimable gentleman declared it as his opinion that all classes of citizens should participate actively in politics, save two, clergymen and judges. The wisdom of these words. in their ap plication to clergymen has had a prompt vindication through the eruptive disposi tion of a no doubt well-meaning minister of the gospel named Montgomery. That gentleman engaged himself In the alto gether irrelevant proceeding of giving to President McKinley a certificate Of good moral character, to which certain other gentlemen, residents of Hamline, thought proper to take exception. The. Globe has no thought of Inject ing itself into the interesting, even if somewhat heated, controversy which has arisen from the Rev. Mr,"Montgomery's superfluous proceeding.- It does not know whether William McKinley lets his prop erty for the maintenance of liquor sa loons, whether he ."serves, wine on his: table or yet whether the canteen is op erated with his approval. These inter esting questions it prefers to leave to the settlement of the -gentlemen who have provoked their discussion. There are a few points in connection with the incident which it may be al lowable to refer to In a spirit, it is to be hoped, somewhat less acrimonious than that adopted by either class of. the ex cited ' disputants. One of these points is that the 7 Rev. Mr. Montgomery evi dently does not agree with -at least one of the limitations established by Judge Brill with reference to active participa tion in politics. Another is that the Rev. Mr. Montgomery might, • without any detriment to his calling or his mission as a man of peace, put a bridle to his tongue. '..".'' - "Judge not, lest ye be judged," is ah. injunction which applies to clergymen, even If it does not, like that of " Judge ' Brill, apply to members of * the judiciary. But the Rev. Montgomery, who Is de scribed by a sympathetic newspaper as "the young and vigorous pastor of Wes ley M. E. church." evidently refuses to accept either limitation as applying to men of his calling. Hence-It ls, no doubt, that he feels at liberty to boom William McKinley and to refer to his brethren of Hamline as a holier-than-thou crowd, who are guilty of monstrous bigotry and self-assertiveness,' who are too contempti ble for public notice, who have spokes in their mouths and wheels in their heads arid who are snakes,-geese and long-eared animals. 7-7 7*' 7.7 r7 It is, moreover, quite plain 7 from all this—a fact.which, perhaps, it would dp no harm if clergymen in general bore In mind— if the Rev. Mr. Montgomery had had the good fortune to read Judge Brill's address he might have had no worse opinion of President McKinley than he now enjoys and no better of his Ham line brethren; but there would, at 'least, be a good many persons who, If they had. any opinion at all of the Rev. Mr. Mont gomery, would, have a much higher one than . they now enjoy. - .....;' 77 7 . Speaking of the refusal of Cubans to give up their guns a Chicago Republican organ says: "It ls embarrassing only in that it delays the settlement of the Cu ban question, and in no way changes the plans of the government." Has any one the faintest idea of what "the plans of this government" are respecting Cuba? V Southey's grandson has been arrested for advertising Persian cats to be sent by express and pocketing the money with out sending the cats. This is one case in which the cat didn't come back. Boss Piatt has declared for McKinley; Boss Quay's understudy, - Senator Pen rose, has come out flat-footed for the man of "manifest . destiny," and now watch Quay. Why should Collls P. Huntington wish to encourage ignorance in the United States? Too many people are now vot- ' ing the Republican ticket for the good of the country. , The noisy advent of the picturesque Peffer into the Republican party cannot drown the dull roar at the ringside over the scrap between McMillan and Alger. These newspaper departments on "What the Law Decides" would be rather inter esting did not the law decide one way in one state and otherwise in another. ■ Will the Mr. Sam Jones of Toledo please step aside a minute and give the other Mr. Sam Jones a chance at the center of the stage? . . .'7.7 Now somebody is trying to run a rail road train over the bicycle trust. But It would be hard to find even a wheel man who is sorry. The anniversary of the day on which Sampson made a "Fourth of July pres ent" to this nation of Cervera's fleet will soon roil around. In the Orinoco country they have the preacher bird. But Orinoco has no ad vantage over us in that respect. The Chicago Record has editorially ar ranged for all of Admiral Dewey's stop ping places on his way home. " . The pugilists' ring has its "Mysterious" Billy Smith, and Wall street its "Mysteri ous" Jim Keene. Nebraska . is the California of hail stones. They fell there Sunday, as large as "tin cups." 77V 7-".i*'*--' .—^ ■ Even Rear - Admiral ' Sampson's game cocks went up against the real thing and were whipped. * Admiral Schley was again at the front In a runaway accident at Salt Lake City. * '—~ m rr-r* — . Bad Effect of Expansion, Sleepy Eye Herald. . 7 * There is one disgraceful feature about this so-called expansion that is over looked and although it don't injure -the American' people from a physical or com- merclal standpoint,! from a moral' or: san itary point ■ ': of view It will. react against us.' K The influx of Americans to the dif ferent islands take with them certain habits and vices that were hitherto un known to these people, and according, to the best Informed observers and corre spondents the example of the American invaders is f damaging," to the Cubans, Porto Ricans or Filipinos. /.In Cuba a well known writer_:says that tobacco chewing was scarcely known on the isl and," but now" si^cf the , Americans - have come sidewalks' are stained with -filth and the spat of the expectorator ls seen on every hand *■./_./. ...., . , ■ •■ ■ 777 -. •-siK/'ir •' •■ - , • ■«■ ■ EPISTLES. TO ST PAUL; "It happened at .South. St. Paul," said Herman' Oppenlfelm^yesterday. __"I. was defending . a man sUho a was accused of having stolen a cow. There had been a herd of slxty-thvee^ows • that my client had been entitled to drive off,: and; the prosecution clairtied he had driven off six ty-four. His a|i:ompltee had been con victed a short vane : before and was one of. the principal;; witnesses against my client. Nearly (all. of the population of. the place were "acquainted with all the circumstances of the 'case,- ■• and most of them had . been \ present at ; the - first trial. Owing to this fact we were com pelled to accept almost: anyone on the jury. .. .-. ■• .-.'..• '•■ ■--;.- -. ;--•• „ . Finally the man who . had. been con victed took the stand arid \ commenced | to tell how the defendant had driven away sixty-four cows. : He was certain of the number. 77-7--.■■ •-.";"' ■ 7.% "You are certain that it was" sixty-four cows?" inquired one. of the Jurymen. .'"Yes."" ; :; 7 . ■'■ ' 7 *"'. "Did not you swear"'"''at the "other trial that it was only sixty-three?" -'.f ,"; is , "No, sir."- ''■_■"■'■: '.*.. OS' ', '."■•■ '.:.;;7'::;,7-7'7(;t-; "You're a liar, I heard you myself," re marked the Irate juror who had been present at the first trial. '■'•.. •:. « ".* * William Henry did not disclaim the first- part of the "color comparison. ' In deed, he confessed 'before many of Bede's somnolent hearer^; saw the point of his joke. William' Henry, shied his political hammer Into the air, ;* by attributing his blueness to the trusts.. His defeat, he said, was due to a trust, a trust of po litical parties organized by one- L. A. Rosing. : "■'• » » -■'.'■-.-- -; *. A St. Paul man dropped in on Earl 13. Yoeman, the wealthy Winona lumberman the other day,-and Incidentally the con versation drifted towards - the success which had been"' made by a number of St. Paul business men. "*-•?■■ "Why, Gebhard Bohn, do -you know him?" asked. the, visitor. ... .V:.*7 "Yes, I always take credit for setting him up in business, said Mr. Yoeman. "Years ago," continued Mr. Yoeman, "Mr Bohn lived in Winona. One day I visited his workshop. . He was working on a door. I asked'who he was making it for. He replied rtria\ he had not found a customer for*,rf',b&t would be glad to sell it. 'I agreed to "buy It of him for $3. When the dooi' had been completed I sent my man artturi'iif- after It and visited him-later. I asked *how much he would make me a hundred more doors just like it. for. He replied, after a moment's medi tation, '■■ that =he iieeutd not . - do; It for less than $4 each. -.•' 'Why-,' I said, - 'you only charged me Si door.' Well, he re plied, he knew it,"bi£t he got the lumber for It cheaper tha*i he could get lumber for a hundred door-s^l chosed a contract with him and when*; the . doors were in spected I paid him $?*OO. With the money he went into business*." in a small way, • and I visit his big establishment in St. Paul occasionally, and I never do so but I think of the small beginning." ;7" ' • • » When ; State Senator J: McNa'rrieo com pleted his labors at the capitol he had in his possession about forty of the legis lative manuals for, distribution among his constituents.- The senator left the manu als in charge of : the custodians and then went out and put iri some time founding up forty of his, .followers, to each of whom he promised, a copy the .manual. 'The other day. he sent up a dray for the books and the cart came < back empty. It is now said that Representative O'Con nor, who found himself confronted with . moTe *-*appll»?dftioshs^,fhaft s- c niahtials, had' quietly sent up an border" and secured the McNamee books, ( which, he had distributed* very judiciously^ arid*' "Dick" .is .having trouble "explaining 'the situation to his constituents ' * * ■- ; .',! !-r.~:~--i '--.— >» •- 'p"->1 vfriS pA?l'} I There sis a prominent- attorney living on the West side who has two small boys of whom he Is. very proud. The eldest ls five years, and very observant, and the young est Is just at that age when he crawls around on the floor, and is prone to climb on his father at ,every possible chance without reference to the stickiness of his hands, acquired from indulgence in sweets and subsequent, crawlings. The other Sunday the father 'wished to enjoy his Globe In peace, and to that end sur rounded himself with a sort of trocha of chairs that proved an Insurmountable barrier to the crawler. While the little fellow .was endeavoring to get Inside the breastwork Of chairs the eldest youngster evinced symptoms :of disgust at his father's cowardly conduct. "7:7 7•7.7' "Oh, mamma,"; he said. "Papa is just like one of those' Filipinos." ->.---: ■ ..-<:••:•■<:• :■• . v...-;--; There is a man living on East Tenth street, riot • far' from Broadway, who sometimes gets Out -^with the boys and comes home in a dilapidated condition. So warm have been the receptions he has received at homeioon;*hese occasions that he has learned to dread the ordeal. One day last week he became Involvd In a dif ficulty with one'he met', and In con sequence had his clothes torn and both eyes blacked. He started home in a very thoughtful state .of : mind, but observing the bicycle belonging.to his son standing in the yard a bright b idea was suggested. Taking the inoffensive wheel out into the alley the Lower. Town man kicked half the spokes out, twisted up the handle bars and made the thing look like old scrap Iron. Then he gathered up the col lection and went into the house. "You see now, Maria," he said, "how a blanked fool looks that tries to learn to ride a bicycle at my age." The wife was sympathetic and the son was appeased by the purchase of a new wheel. * ■ - -. m^ AT THE THEATERS. METROPOLITAN. '7 Mr. Richard Mansfield, in "Cyrano de Bergerac," will close his engagement at the Metropolitan - with the performance tonight. This will be the last opportunity to see Mr. Mansfield as Cyrano in this city. The sale of .seats is large for this performance, but. there are still plenty of good seats to be had, and no one need miss It on account of lack of room. - "Sporting Life" begins a return engage ment of four nights and Saturday mati nee at the Metropolitan opera house to morrow night. The success of this thrill ing melodrama on its first visit is an in dication of the business to be expected for the last half of this week. ;It Is unques tionably the strongest play of this kind that has ever visited. St. Paul. The char acters are all real' peOple, and act as peo ple ln every-day life act. To those who consider the characters and scenes over drawn a glance "'at .''a newspaper any morning will reveal the fact that there are stranger facts ln"*i-eal life than in any melodrama. "Sporting Life" is full of Interest arid excitement from start to finish. Comedy, 7 tragedy, humor and pathos, plots, conspiracies and manly sports .all are combined and • crystallized In this magnificent production. The en gagement closes with the performance Sunday: night. .-"• .*- *3 7 ;'7 ,!c-^V James Nelll and?hfijstock company will open the summer season at the Metro politan In "The jSenator" Monday evon lng,. June 5. Mr. -Neltrwill appear In the title role, with ; Mis* Chapman as Mrs. Hillary, the lady lobbyist, the part played by Georgie Drew Barrymore in the orlg int production. ,; . ■ -■'.—- —' m : —; ;-Ft Old Newspaper. . ' - ' Rev. S. L7"Sloggett, of: Houlton. Me., has a copy of the London Times issued In 1796. As compared with * the newspapers of today, -it. is a very peculiar looking, sheet ,> It contains an ; able editorial on the - work -• of -Gen.' George Washington, : and gives his address of resignation. ; TRIED IN THE FOREST . MOCK . COURT HELD IN THE VIR GIN WOODS OF PAYNE '** -."":'- - AVENUE 7'-^ .:--;'*. ;::'.: SENSATIONAL CASE AT BAR Bridget Mulligan Asks for $100,000 for Damages to Her Young Heart, Inflicted by Ole Olson, bat the Jury Disagreed After Hearing All the - Testimony Relevant, and .. Some Besides. ..: ..." Bridget Mulligan, for forty years a res- ! ident of the First ward, last night lost a breach of promise suit, against one Ole Olson, also a First ward resident, after a spirited legal battle before the supreme court of judicature/United Order of For esters, in a special session which convened .in Odd Fellows' hall, Payne avenue and Wells 3treet, under the care and protec tion of Court Landmark. Judges James Schoonmaker and Louis" Nash were upon the bench and directed proceedings, while H. Oppenhelm, formerly assistant city at torney, directed . tho defendant's case in opposition to the efforts of C. S. Olmstea.l, who represented the plaintiff. The trial of the action and Its somewhat sensational nature attracted a large au dience and standing room was at a pre mium. A subdued hush gave signal of coining developments as Sheriff Geo. H. Woolsey called the ccurt to order and the eminent expositors of jurisprudence took their places upon the bench. The em paneling of the jury proceeded without a hitch, six. women arid six men being cho sen. The counsel the defense waived the right to" challenge, and the only In cident to mar the quiet drawing of the twelve tiled men and true women was a summary challenge from the prosecution to, the seating of Juror Bartlett, who I Openly acknowledged that .he was not prepossessed by the appearance of the plaintiff's counsel. . . .7 ;-77£7 The; pleadings In the case represented, among other things, that Bridget Mulli gan, the Injured female, claiming $100,000 damages for the laceration of her virginal affections, has been for forty years a resident of the Fir3t ward and is a lady cf veracity and intelligence. That the de fendant Is a ward politician, who by rea son of versatility as a grafter and ability to gain the confidence of prominent men, has been alternately,the recipient of lu crative favors from four political parties, from which he has amassed a fortune. That without provocation, he made mat rimonial" overtures to the plaintiff ' and that she, believing in his faith and integ rity, and without the prospect of other matrimonial alliance, accepted his suit and consented to their marriage at his earnest solicitation. That the defendant, after- she had expended the sum of $7.16 for wedding garments, without reason broke his pledge and troth and refused to marry her, by which circumstance .she was injured in the sum mentioned. The defendant made answer to the ef fect that upon first meeting her she had appeared a lovely woman, of perfect feat ures and winning ways, but that he had afterwards learned that she was in the habit of embalming her face, and after securing his promise she appeared in her true form and color, -inflicting upon hl3 tender sensibilities a severe and unlocked for shock. That for this reason and oth ers,* he had * refused to marry her, his ; promise having been: secured by fraud and decep^n. Furthermore, that upon this discovery he had upbraided her and she had replied in language of a negligee color, In which the noun "dam" had ap peared in connection with a varied as sortment adjectives. -*/* ; .--*-*••" -■ ' -- •■- The plaintiff testified In her own behalf, giving a lurid account of Oles unfaith fulness. She admitted.that she had mis stated the amount expended for wedding garments and ; that a " portion of , the money had been used for. the purchase of chewing gum. Just at this juncture, the court discovered a conspiracy be tween the counsel for the defense and the jury to defraud justice, and ordered the jury and attorneys in the case to be searched. A receipt was found upon one of the jurors showing that the counsel for the .defense had given money as a bribe to the juror. A sensation ensued, which resulted In the decision, by the court that If an equitable distribution of. the spoils was made, that he would overlook the occurrence. \f-7- • ..--.•;. An Irish copper, who had attended "Mayor Kiefer's German school," was put 'upon the stand to give evidence re garding the unseemly conduct and po litical methods of the defendant. He tes tified that Olson had bribed the mayor, had received hush money from Billy, oth erwise known as William Johnson, coun ty auditor, and had assisted Alderman Alex Lindahl to the topmost round of his acknowledged brilliant political ca reer. Regarding the plaintiff, he testified to having seen the defendant impress upon her chaste countenance sundry ca resses, which in his opinion ought alone to have prejudiced her against him. He admitted having beguiled the mayor into appointing him to the force on the strength of his German accent, but said in extenuation that the mayor had told him that while he knew he was Irish, he couldn't help admiring his stupendous nerve in asking for a job under the ad ministration. The court took exceptions, and with the aid of the counsels . con cerned nearly secured the witness' im peachment, eviction, disbarment and sev eral other things, when Jim Smith, 52 years old and the father of a family, ap peared to tell the story of his wandering daughter's fall, under the seductive as saults of the blandishing Swede. '■■ ';• The minor excitement* was swallowed In the Importance of the tale about to be unfolded and the copper took his chance ln a hurry and made his exit. Papa Smith swore that his daughter had said after her final agreement to disagree with Olson, that she would not marry the man If he were the last upon earth, or Tim Sheehan. The court decided that such statements from a witness were danger ous to the public morals and Incendiary and ordered the testimony, stricken out Aid. Lindahl was called to testify to the qualities necessary to the success of a ward politician and went on" record with the statement that it was simple enough and that the whole secret of ward politics was in being on all sides of the question at once. ' The defendant was then called. He re hearsed the, course of his young affect . tions and told In measured, phrase, the story of his relations with the plaintiff. She had played the Jekyll-Hyde racket upon htm and. he would not stand for the bluff. He had askede her to marry him under a mlsapprehenhsion and when he became sorry, had frankly announced the-fact to her and told her to look else where for a man. She had objected and ' used stevedore language to him. His better nature had asserted itself over the course which his feelings would have ad vocated, arid he had departed" fronfj. out her house and staid away. The pathetic story of his in love, out of love mishaps aroused considerable Interest among the female members of the jury and the coun sel for the presecutlon looked very dubious. Dr. Whitney introduced expert testimony . regarding embalmed faces, based on facts known to him by personal Investigation and the closing arguments were heard, after which Judge Schoon maker capped the climax of absurdities by. giving his charge to the jury "in blank verse. The jury were out for eight.rain'-. utos, when they reported a disagreement, 8 to 6. All the women stood for a verdict for the defendant and all the gentlemen ; for the plaintiff. : The foreman's report was ; accepted and ; the Jury discharged, after which the room was "creared and aired of the smoke of battle and the mem bers and guests present indulged In danc ing '!. until : the midnight hour, -??>igggSti£ SOCIAL NEWS OF 7 A DAY. Mrs. ;J. B. McNamee Entertained nt Euchre-—Personal Items. • Mrs. J. B. McNamee entertained at euchre yesterday afternoon.at her home [on, Laurel avenue/ The rooms were pret tily decorated with palms and cut flow ers. The hostess was assisted by Mrs. .Johnston, Miss Tussler and Miss Kueff ner. Among the guests were: Mrs. Whlttaker, Mrs. J. E. Dore, Mrs. Ranney, Mrs. ;N. M. Thyg«»son, Mrs. - Kane; Mrs. James McClure, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. ; Qulnlan, * Mrs. Lilly, Mrs. Jennings,' Mrs. Kueffner,-. ■ Mrs. g Timothy r Foley,' Mrs. Charles L. Carman,^ Mrs. T. M. Breen, . Mrs. : Clark, . Mrs. George - Foley, Mrs. Towle, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Douglass, Mrs. White, Mrs. , Darragh, Mrs. O'Gor man, Mrs. Henry Wessel, Mrs. G. A. IRenz, Mrs. Peter McVeigh, Mrs. William Collins, of Minneapolis; ' Miss 7 Gussie King, Miss Mac Clark, Miss Tussler and Miss Kueffnef*. • ■<.--y.y.-:,, '... ', 77 '•'• i.:--7i.."':? .•. •"' .-■-.. --7 The wedding of Miss Caroline Howl and Farquhar, of Mlnnepaolls,.and Mr. Fred eric Leigh Seixas, of this city, will be solemnized tomorow evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hay, 371 Clifton avenue, Minneapolis. Mrs. : Hay is a sister of the bride. Bishop Gil bert will perform the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Seixas will make their future home in St. Paul, after a trip on the lakes. _•'•;• The Misses Sproat, of Dayton avenue, gave a picnic luncheon yesterday at Min nehaha Falls. ■'.-. ••*•-' . • * • ; The pupils of M. Emlle Onet gave a most enjoyable recital last even'ng at the Park Congregational church. In spite of the threatening weather a large au3l-nce was present and enjoyed a programme cf unusual excellence, Miss Densmore, who was to have sung a duet with Mr. Harry E. George, was unab'e through illness "to be present, so the opening number was a baritone solo, "Two Grenadiers,'.' by Schuman. sung by Mr. Rosenthal. Mr. Rosenthal has the voice and sings very correctly, but, perhaps.a trifle more swing or spirit infused into the song would have made his number more successful.. Mrs. Hartlgan charmed the audience and received a hearty recall for the fin ished manner In which she sang Arditi's "Valtz." The. difficulties of "Salve Di mora," from the "Cavitna" In Gounol's "Faust," were not only, fully mastered by Mr. Harry E. George, but h's fine baritone most successfully expressed the grave pathos of the number. - Miss Millie Pottgieser was in fine voice and her rendition .of Mercadante's "Ah S'estinto Anolr Mi Vuoi," was sung with the expression that Is occasionally lack ing in this young vocalists otherwise ex cellent work. Miss Marie Pelletier's num ber was an air from Donizetti's "La Fa vorite," and was a very pleasing number. Mrs. C. H. Hoffman acted as accompa nist, which, of course, added much to the success of the programme. '■'•••• i ~~ :'■'.'< In spite of the high wind a large num ber of enthusiastic golfers and Interested visitors were. present at the Town and Country club links yesterday afternoon to participate in or witness' the first chal lenge game of the season played for the trophy presented by Mrs. M. D. Munn. The wind interfered a good deal and pre vented any very low scores, but the con test was sufficiently exciting, 113 was the lowest record attained. The following is the result: 113, Mr. Ben Sehurmeier. and Miss McKnlght, of Minneapolis; 126, Mr. and Mrs. Judge C. W. Gordon; 129, George L.. Bunn and Mrs. H. Bishop; 138, Mrs. B. Hastings and H. L. Carpenter; 139, Louis Hill and Miss Heffelfinger, of Minneap olis; 140, Mr. Heffelfinger and Miss Ruth Hill. :'.■"-.:■'■:-■. 77-7 £'" <. The challenge series will be continued today and tomorrow. 7777* An informal hop took place In the club house last evening, St. Anthony Hill or chestra playing for the members. .7"-'-'77' * * • 7 The Ladles' Aid Society of St. Sigfrid's Church will hold a sale ln 'the basement of the church. Locust and Eighth streets, this evening, at 8 o'clock. A short pro gramme will be rendered and refresh ments served. '■ 7 •"'"• 7-: . ■ 7 '-■ *..* .*>' Mrs. D. H. Day, of Duluth, Is visiting her mother, Mrs. -Morris,' 254 East Tenth street. * • • Mrs. Porter J. Neil. of Duluth, was guest of honor at a luncheon given yes terday by Mrs. S. W. . Vandewarker, of Marshall avenue. • • • Miss Grace . Campbell, of Hague ave nue, will give a linen shower Monday afternoon for Miss Maud Holmes, whose wedding occurs next week. * * * " Miss Brown will be guest of honor at a luncheon given Saturday by Mrs. John A. Swenson, of Marshall avenue. : * * * Mrs. Harmon, of the Buckingham, has gene to New York for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Jones are enter taining Mr. D. L. Burroughs, of Mason. Mr. and Mrs. Darius R. Hevener have returned from Louisville, Ky. Mrs. C. H. Slocum, of Selby avenue, will spend the summer In the East. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Dysinger have been entertaining the following house party: Rev. Dr. A. Parke Burgess, of New York; Rev. C. C. McGinley, of Muskogee, Ind. Ter.; Miss Whitbeck and Dr. Matter son, of Chippewa Falls, Wis.; Mrs E D Torell and son, of Grand Forks, N. D. -; Mr and Mrs. J. B. Cook, of .the Ryan hotel, have* returned from California. Mrs. L. K. French, of Holly avenue, is expected home next week from Boston. Miss Edith Sones, of Kidgewcod Paik, leaves for Seattle, Wash., tomorrow for a month's vacation. Mrs. P. Rothausen, of East Winifred street, is entertaining Mrs. Peterson, of Chicago. WEED NOT SINFUL. United Presbyterian Presbyteries Refuse 'to Ban Tobacco. PHILADELPHIA, May 30.— Presby teries of the United Presbyterian church have refused to put a ban on tobacco. The overture setting forth the propo sition that the use of tobacco Is sinful and inconsistent with the Christian pro fession was sent out by the last previous assembly. Today the committee on bills and over tures reported that the vote of the as semblies was 11 to 1 In favor of no action on the subject, and that the vote was 8 to 4 ln favor of no action on the ques tion of phohlbitlng the use of tobacco by students. --■'..-- The question of acting upon the memor ial of the Chicago presbytery asking for the repeal of the section of the Westmin ister confession, which prohibits mar riage with a deceased wife's sister was brought up, but postponed for future dis cussion. -*m. AUTOMOBILES FOR ST. PAUL. Whitney Syndicate, It Is Reported,* "Will Operate ln This City. NEW YORK, May 30— (Speclal.)-It is reported here tonight that the Whitney syndicate has matured plans to introduce a comprehensive automobile collection, 1 delivery and express service in St. Paul. The operations, It is reported, will be ynder a sub-company, which will be or ganized at §t. Paul. The plants contem plate a cheap service that will supplant all present methods of horse transporta tion In St. Paul. STILLWATER. The Rutledge departed yesterday with a raft of logs consigned to the Rock Island Lumber company at Rock Island, William Foote, charged with assault ing Frank Hefty at Oak Park, was taken Into custody Monday evening, and is locked up In the county jail. There is no change in Hefty's condition. \ Work on the Minnesota Mercantile company's new warehouse on ' Water street * will be commenced - this - morning, * the contract having been awarded tp Eu gene Schmidt. The building will be com pleted by *. Sept L * ■ ".': .'*,';• X.* '! TAWM LINES 'EM UP HIS FLYING SQUADRON NOT ALTO ,- GETHER A HOPELESS FAILURE ''" SOME VOTES FOR HENDERSON nnesota's Delegation at a Meet ing Today to Decide Whether or Not They Will Unite In Their Support of the lowa Man and De clare Themselves Accordingly, or Hold Off a While. ,7".777 Congressman McCleary, of Mankato, has called a meeting of the Minnesota delegation In congress to meet 4t the Windsor hotel, in this city, this after noon at 2 o'clock, to consider the speak ership problem, or at least to . consider whether or not It shall go so far ln de termining the attitude of Its Individual •;' members as to adopt a unit rule for the delegation, and if this rule is agreed upon, then whether or not it is time for the delegation to climb on the band wagon *-*! of any particular candidate. Congressman Tawney, of Winona, of course, wants the unit rule and an early declaration for D. B. Henderson, of lowa. He, with Joel Heatwole and F. C. Stev ens, got together In this city yesterday and as the Northfleld man starts soon for Alaska, and j Frank M. Eddy, of the Seventh is in a hurry to go to the Pa cific slope, too, it was desired to get a speedy-meeting. Congressman McCleary, who, while he is believed to be for Hen derson, has been at least Inoffensive in ' his loyalty, was prevailed upon to call the meeting, It being felt that the call would have more weight than If extended by any of the other congressmen In the delegation.- -.':';■< There Is some question whether or not Lcren Fletcher will answer the call. The Minneapolis man is noted for his cau tion, although something of a Davy Crockett fighter after he once gets start ed, and he believes that this is the time to adopt the tactics of Fablus. How ever, it is by no means certain that Mr Fletcher will not attend, as It is only a short run to be present anyway. Tawney's claim is that Henderson has five votes in the delegation practically assured. These are Tawney, McCleary Stevens, Morris and Eddy. Then Heatwole Is believed to be friendly to the lowa man, and Fletcher is expect ed to stand with the delegation as long as It does not go East for a candidate HOSPITAL SEEDS J SUMO IP IMPRESSION THAT SUCH A THING WOULDN'T DO ANY HARM ■ Board Will Today Receive a Report of the Committee That Has Been Investigating the Latest Charges Against St. Peter Hospital. The "* insane asylum board will visit Anoka this morning and Hastings in the afternoon for the purpose of staking out the ground where the new cottage hos pitals will be built. Incidentally the board will have a meeting, when It is ex pected that the committee appointed to Investigate the charges of cruelty made against the officials of the St. Peter in stitution will make its report. The Com mittee consists of Dr. Daniels and Messrs. Coleman and Wagner. It is believed that the report will recommend that the charges be further Investigated by the full board, as the evidence which has been submitted to the committee is of such a nature as to demand an imme diate and searching investigation. In deed, a general shake-up In the adminis tration of the institution is promised. The reports of alleged cruelty at the St Peter hospital have come to the board's notice frequently, and there is a feeling among the members of the board that the matter should be thoroughly sifted. It is claimed that the staff at the in stitution are under no discipline at all, and that Dr. Tomllnson, superintendent of the hospital, is away a great portion of the time and the Institution runs Itself in his absence in a way that has not been very satisfactory in the past. There is no doubt but the board is anxious to get at the truth or falsity of the charges, that further trouble in this direction may be avoided. A member of the board was In the city yesterday and said that as far as he was concerned the investigation would be no whitewash and he was sure that the other members of the board felt as he did. Indeed, he went so far as to say if the committee did not recommend that the charges be Investigated in open board that he would personally demand that the whole board sit on the.case, to get at the full truth. If patients are being killed or half killed he wanted to know it, and as a servant of the state felt that his duty would 'not be discharged unless the fullest publicity was given the in vestigation. m. SPAIN'S NEW MINISTER TALKS. Says the War Is a Memory and of .. Little Interest Now. NEW YORK. May 30.—The most notable passenger who arrived today on the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was the Duke de Arcos, who comes to assume the post of Spanish min ister at Washington, which has been va cant since the hurried departure of Senor Polo y Bernabe, April 20. ISOI. on the eve of the outbreak, of war between the two countries. The new- minister was accom panied on the voyage* by his wife, for merly Miss Virginia Woodbury I.owry, of Washington, and Senor Juan Rlano, who will act as first secretary of the.ie-estab lished Spanish legation. The duke manifested the.utmost hope fulness in the results of his mission and, spoke unreservedly of the outcome of the war. ' \\,.' ' "That is past." he said, "and Spain looks only to the future." - He was next asked as to the situation in the Philippines, and being asked his opinion as to the result of the present campaign, he said: , "It can but have one result. This coun try is so strong that It will cause the na tives to surrender. In Spain we are sorry for our soldiers who are prisoners In tho hands of the Filipinos, but we believe that Gen. Otis is doing all in -his power to secure their release and carry out tho promises of the United. States to send them home." .••'.. Of the situation in Cuba the duke could not speak, saying he had received no official Information on it* lately. "Our interest in it is ended, he added. "Spain is thinking of other things." The new minister said that he expected to go to Washington Monday, and as soon as possible to send a communication to the secretary of state of his arrival as the duly accredited minister of Spain. — —^^- YELLOW JACK'S ADVENT^ First. Case oif the Fever Reported . Front New Orleans. .JACKSON. Miss., May 30.—Advices hav ing been received . that one case of . yel low fever; had ■ appeared in New Orleans, inspector 7 Gant. left for New * Orleans to night to make a'thorough'inspection in that, city.": He will- be joined there by Inspector Dunn tomorrow- 7 .::