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4 GLOBE'S TELEPHONE CAULS. THE NORTHWESTERN. Business Office . . . * . . IOCS Main Editorial Rooms ..... 78 Main Ornpoaittff Room lOS 4 Main MISSISSIPn VALLEY. Business Office 108» Uu>liirs* Oillce 191 THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS. Entered at PoEtoffice at St. Paul, Ml&3-, as Second-Class Matter. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Carrier. | 1 mo 1 6 moa | 12 moa Pally only" 40 "$2^25 $4.00 Daily and Sunday... .50 2.75 5.00 Sunday 15 .75 1.50 COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Mail. * | 1 mo~i~6 moa I JJTmoa DaiiyonTy .25 $1.50 $3.00 Daily and Sunday... .35 2.00 4-00 Sunday 75 1-60 fcemi-Weekly 50 1.00 BRANCH OFFICES. New York. 10 Spruce St.. Chas. H. Eddy in Charge. Chicago. No. S7 Washington St.. Harry Fralick, .Algr.. Williams & Lawrence in Charge. WEATHEK FOR TODAY. Minnesota—Fair, warmer. Friday; Sat urday fail, winds becoming fresh east to south. North Dakota-Fair, warmer Friday; rday probably showers and cooler; in south winds. South Dakota—Fair, warrrer FriJay; Saturday fair in eastern, probably show era and cooler in western portion; east to winds. Montana Fair Friday; Saturday prob ably showers and cooler; westerly winds. Wisconsin -Fair, warmer Friday; Sat urday fair, variable winds, becoming fresh southerly. lowa—Fair, warmer Friday; Saturday fair, winds becoming southerly. ST. PAUL. Highest temperature 50 Lowest temperature M Average temperature " 42 Daily range 1C Barometer 30.02 Humidity "8 Precipitation None 7 p. m., temperature DO 7 p m. wind, nurth; weather, clear. RIVER BULLETIN. Danger Gauge Change In Line. Reading. -I Hours. Si Tan! 14 H.S »0.1 Davenport 15 8.4 *0.2 Kansas City 21 12.0 —0 2 La Cross.- 10 CO —OS Memphis 33 20.;{ —1.1 Omaha is 8.1 _U 1 St. Louis :i'J 15.6 »0.2 •Rise —Fall. River forecast till S p. m. Friday: The Mississippi will change but "litLie in the vicinity of St. Paul. YK.SVKKDAYS TKMPERATI'RKS. SpmHlgh] *BpmHi-h Battleford ...63 62 Cincinnati ...52 r,G Bismarck —S4 34ieieveland .42 44 l'"!iitii 44 52JDenver rtS 70 Edmonton ...7-1 71 Galvestor, ....78 80 Havre 7s SFJacksonville .74 80 Helena 74 74 Nashville ... .u6 64 Huron 52 62 New nrleans 76 82 Minnedosa ...42 52 New'•irk ...54 76 Pr. Alb. ;i ...52 58 Omaha 64 66 Qu App.lie ...:,,; 56Philadelphial .50 74 S.Current .66 70 Plttsburg. ....12 48 WJlliston 58 WPaebto «x 7<i Wlnnpeg i" 52' Frisco 50 62 *^ o 58 60 St. Louis 56 60 'Washmgton 1 ime (7 p. m., St. Paul). OCEAIJ IINERS. > K\\ STORK—Sailed: Koenigen Louise Bremen, tfa Cherbourg; Laurer.tiam Glasgow; Fuefst Hismaiek. Jhimbi-rar, i jrmouth and Cherbourg: L$ p., - . Havre !:<*Vl RRI >.\ \i - Arrived: Amsterdam. York Sailed: Maa-dam, New vri.K.v.-T in\\--Sailed: RhynlanJ. Liv • vj»■•■■>: for Philadelphia; Oceanic from Liverpool for New York NAPr.ES Arrived: California, from New \ •»• K. GLASGOW Arrived: Stale of Nebra k-i New \ rk: Ancfcoria, New fork. I.i\ ERPOOL-Arrtved: Teutonic, New *orfc; Michigan, Boston; New England, :■■!!. , TODAY IN ST. PAUL. METROPOLITAN—BeIIe Archer in "A Woman." B:is Grand "Heu 0 bih," iris. I'.i'ni G i- de t: —VHudeviile, 2 and Sum S« Paul r,odge No. 103. A. F & \ m nir-n .. Masonic ha I, West Fifth street! s P. in. ' KM I DAY. MAT 4. 1H)X). H«>\\ U H\I»I»KNKO. While our two excellent contemporaries are engaged in the entertaining task of alternately reviling each other, explala i!l- h»* >l all happened, and trying to minimize its significance, the <llobe wish- ■ to present a few of the salient which the campaign and the figures or the election reveal as having had more or less influence in bringing about tlit- great Democratic victory of Tues day. The victorj was due, ilrst of and above all other reasons, to Democratic uni fication and the enthusiastic spirit in v hidi Democrats took part in the cam nalgn. The campaign itself way con ducted skillfully and with much ability in t-wry direction, and the Republican politicians were not permitted for a sin gle hour to get away from the record they had nude during- the past four years. The attempts made to create a diversion by abase of individuals and by unmeas ured falsehood and false pretense con cerning the existing city debt were made short work of: and the election was .de cided, in spite of those whose official fate vms Involved, on the record of the last two Republican administrations. On the respective merits of the two candidates for mayor the people were irerj clear. They knew that the influence which would be in control of Chester 11. Smith would be an evil one. since They Itnem that the man coulri net be regard rd as In any sense better than his party. l"h- y had suilicient faith in the person ulity of Robert A. Smith to ignore the fish-wife editorial utterances of the Pio neer Prese, and the half-scoffing and whollj insincere and unintelligible views on tin same score advanced by the Dis patch. The cry of "the old gang will be heard never more in St. Paul politics. H has been maißtataed only by those Republicans who, when the so-called "old gang" Is supposed to have been in power, wee notorious as the' lick-spittles and hired mercenaries of Democratic officials. Having now played both ends of the game, by receiving Democratic money and favor in the past and thriving on Republican pap while Republicans were iu*..v.cr. these political fakirs will here after perhaps give the public a rest on their blackguard, demagogue outcries. Th' admirable nominations mado by the Democracy tor the offices of city treas urer and city comptroller aided material s' in satisfying the people that the pro of the party to restore official responsibility -and redeem the city ii.ii/: the dominion of a pelty, self-.-;eek 'nj; political clique was sincere and would Mr followed by performance. The Demo- cratic ticket was, as a whole, an excel lent one. There were weaknesses in it; and some of them have been made plain by the result. When the party nomi nates its best men for the several offices the people usually show, as they showed in this contest, that they are ready to reassert their belief in its regard for the welfare and good government of the com munity. In the aldermanic contest the results were, In many cases, extraordinary. Yet the explanation is quite simple. A better or a more popular man was nominated by the Democrats in every case than was set up against him. The Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh wards sent Democrats to the council chiefly because the voters in these sections had lost confidence in the worth of those in power, and because they Knew intimately and well the men whom the Democracy placed before them for aldermen, and knew them to be splen did types of our most public-spirited and upright citizenship. Our deftat "in the First war<i might reasonably be expected in view of the known character and ten dency politically of the great majority of the people over there. In the Second ward, however, we ought to have won, and we would have won wore it not for the excellent v/crk which was done there by those responsible for Republican suc cess, notably by the city committeeman, M. W". PilZKcra'.d. Whose popularity and influence among individual Democrats is recognized throughout the city. The Democracy was not as successful as It Khould have been In the contest for assemblymen. This was due to the deep interest which prevailed in the mayoralty campaign, and to the conviction which seemed so general that the very wretched record Tiad< by the present ussembly would accomplish of itself the defeat at least Of thor-e of that body who had been given a renoniinatlon. The election of Messrs Haas. Parker and Whitcomb s-hows moreover that the question of in dividual popularity and worth is a prime factor in the result of such contests. Is tie city normally Democratic? The result in the election of assemblymen and on the minoi offices seems to indicate that it is not. But no hard-and-fast test can be applied in the determination of the questini. Let the Democracy nominate its best men for e\ cry office, conduct its campaign on lines that appeal to the in telligence and public spirit of the people, and show, when in power, its readiness to meet popular expectation in the direc tion of curtailing public expenditure and promoting the s«»?ral welfare, and it will be found Hint the chance of Demo crat ie success is as strong, If not strong er, than of defeat, independent voting is not confined to the members of either party. That vote is a controlling factor in city contests; and this election shows that its disposition is toward the Demo cratic nominees, everything else being equal. Whatever coaciiisiou Individuals may draw as to the significance of the result of Tuesday, tlio great fact to be born* in mind is that the voting population does not pm one or other set of men into pow er solely because they belong to either one or the other party, but because it be lieves that, they will serve the public in terest better than their opponents would do H elected. WORTHY Ol' HIS MVSTEHS. As indicating the libarality of houl which animates the national official in his ex penditure of the public funds under the inspiration of imperialism th« figures re cently published in these columns, show ing t+ie occasions and the amount of the outlays made in connection with the American exhibit at Paris, are quite en tertaining. Commissioner General Pock la quite worthy of the record thus tar made by the imperialist administration and con gress. Indeed he has evidently been chosen for the post he holds chiefly by virtue of Ids ability (o sustain the repu tation of Americans abroad for their lav ish expenditure. In the course of on« year, for instance, or from Nov. 15, 183S, to Nov. 1, 18M, he got away with about $2".0,0U0. Of course it Is necessary to make pome show of specification, oven in these times, when such an amount has been taken from the national treasury. And, accord ingly, Commissioner Peck makes the specification, as has appeared from the Washington correspondence of the Globe. One item of specification is this: "Salaries of experts, $72,343." An other is: "Officers' salaries, $17,765." Still another: "Salaries of clerks, $u-J,929." To these are added: "Traveling expenses, $36,245," and "Miscellaneous, $10,400." It has evidently not been thought neceg sary by Mr. Peck in the specification of his expenditures to tell his countiy In just what line of expert work he found it necessary to expend $72.i*)u, in addition to laying out $17,765 for officers' salaries, and twice that amount for clerks' salaries. As to the miscellaneous item, it might hardly accord with American reputation to expect this high official t.> tell anybody just how miscellaneous he was in its dis pensation. Ten thousand dollars Is, of course, a trille where the reputation of the Ameri can nation has to be maintained In for eign lands. But certain of Mr. Commis sioner Peck's other items are relatively and absolutely somewhat remarkable. For instance, he expends $3 J.,C00 for clerks, $72,lMK> for experts and $17,000 for officers' salaries, while the total moneys expend ed by him for buildings on the grounds of the world's fair only reach the com paratively small amount of $33,<XR). Now, the ordinary mortal would regard the main sources of expenditure in connection •with such an occasion to center around the construction of buildings and their equipment for the work expected of them. Yet the traveling expenses of Mr. Pock and his experts and clerks reach a figure within less than $2,000 of the amount laid out for buildings and their equipment, while more than one-fourth of this amount is designated "miseedaneous," and his corps of clerks and "experts'" need just three limes as much to pay them as it does to put up the buildings necessary for the American exhibit. Of course this people are able at any time to raise any conceivable amount of money for the enterprises into which their tmpertellat masters may bring them, as the fruits of the war tax make very THE ST. PAUtr GLOBE, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1900. plain, and they desire to be properly rep resented In any international undertak ing whatever. But the average citizen who helps to maintain a standing army In the field In the Orient and to buy Islands and other places scattered over the world's surface, all ostensibly for the promotion of the national commerce, is at least entitled to the poor cMirtesy of knowing to what exact purposes these vast Bums of money are being expended which are drawn from his substance. -♦- . IMPE.RIAL.ISM AJfD THE MOXROE IM)CTRnE. In the course of a speech made in New York recently the secretary of war, Mr. Root, gave utterance to the remark that the time is coming when the American people will either be forced to abandon the Monroe doctrine or fight to maintain it. Coming from a member of President McKinley's cabinet, an active member of a government which has by its policies done more to endanger the Monroe doc trine and to create dangers for It than any previous Amerlcnn government. Mr. Root's remark is significant. It shows that all the members of McKinley's gov ernment -are not blind to the fatal ten dencies and Inevitable outcome of an "im perial" policy. It shows also that the re tention of the present government in power will result, owing to the threaten ing dangers they have created and which Mr. Root refers to, in this government being compelled to force large increases in the naval and military strength of the nation, wlih the large expenditures there by entailed, upon the people. Mr. Root clearly indicates that Presi dent MfKinley and his cabinet have knowledge of whither they are drifting on the imperialistic current into which they have steered the ship of state-, and that they are aware that the most sacred traditions of the American people are be ing Imperiled by their course. That Mr. Root was not in error when he drew attention to the clangors menac ing the Monroe doctrine and its main tenance by this nation Is shown by the tone of the German press in discussing his speech. The Vossische Zeltungr, of Berlin, regards Mr. Roofs words as a di rect threat to Germany on account cf its ambition co secure foothold In Brazil. It says that it is not respect for the Monrje doctrine that stays the hand of Germany, and that the American state department, in continually stretching the doctrine; nnd Us extension to South America, pleases nobody leas than it pleases the South American states them selves. The Zeituntf, continuing:. strikes the keynote of the situation when it draws attention to the anomalous position the United States now occupies in its main tenance of the Monroe doctrine, thanlc-s to the imperial policy of McKJhley'a gov ernment. Secretary Root's interpreta tion, says the ZelUtiig, is not in good taste after America has secured a fooU held in other parts of the world and at a time when America is threatening Tur key with a naval demonstration. Of course, the remarks of this news paper as to the demands of the United States on Turkey are not R.ppMcable, as th'-y vwiuld no doubt feave bee'i mn.de if th<j United States had not possessed i'self of Spain's islands in the Philippine archi pelago. But the reference to the Philip pines and the aggressive action of the United States regarding them is an indi cation of the view taken by European powers jf the acquisition by the United I State:-, and the attitude they are l!k.-iy to assume towards the Monroe doctrine in cfensequeni ?. ft serves them at; a [ weapon and an argument against the j doctrine. The United States Is strong enough to maintain the Monroe doctrine against al^ comers; with imperialism It must main tain It by bloodshed and war; without imperialism it could have maintained it by peaceful means. For salo at a bargain: One air of dig nity; one look of Stsdain; one high fooese; two pangs of regret and a miscellaneous, lot of odd figures. Apply to J. J. Mc- Cardy, at the office of -the city eomp iroi'.or o£ St. Paul, prior to June 5. The contribution from Mendota on "Why the Cost of Coal Should Be Re duced" is respectfully declined. It pos sesses literary merit, bat is a bit out of season. Try something about the ice man. Si.. Louis is in a state of .ecstasy. Ther-a are now within the gat"s of the Mound City two celebrities—Admiral Dewey, the hero of Manila bay, anl Henry Ziegen heln, cii.impion corn-husking mayor of the ITmled States. Tlie St. Paul man who was buncoed by the tin hox gamp has the game consola tion as had the life aver who grrabVx.T a drowning bald-beaded man by the wig he has the tin box. If the sultan of Turkey cannot raise the dust in Constantinople he might come over .ml try St. Paul streets. AT THE THEATERS. M KTROPOLITAX. Pretty Belle Archer, after an absence of two years, again made her fetching lit tle bow last night to a St. Paul audience —an audience that pretty well filled the Metropolitan. Miss Archer has not changed the play. "The Contented Wom an" still serves to display her pretty gowns, expressive face and histrionic j ability. Miss Archer is not the only one ' of the company, however, who makes this absurdity of Hoyt's entertaining to the audience. Her former company are all with her. Miss Henrietta Lee, as be fore, played the role of Mrs. Ebbsmith, and is as fascinating as ever. Moreover! she had a new song last night. Miss Bon nie Lottie, as the maid, Mary Peete. is as light on her feet as the proverbial thistledown, and dances, dr«?ssas and sings in her usual chic way—which, of course, is a way that no well brought up housemaid in real life would ever think of adopting. There are other member* of the company that are by no means mediocre. The three committee men. gambler, prize fighter and barkeeper, the parts filled by W. K. Granger, Edward Craven and Charles E. Wilbur, respective ly, were funn\ —especially when they .sang. Most all of the company do sing, eves those who can't. Aunt Jim, how ever, does not sing. She is the eamtst advocate of woman suffrace, and natural ly has more Important things to take op her time. Augusta de Forrest filled the role most acceptably. Charles P. Mor rison, last night Cutting Hintz. the con venient relative, is one of the company who can sing. HJs now speciality, a series of parodies on popular .songs, was warmly applauded. Miss I.ee'.-i German version of "Telegraph My Baby" -nd i Frimeta version of "Kiss Me Honey —Do?" was another of the specialties that were well received. The "Kleptomania" song, sung by Vandyke Beard, the colored can didate, was good, and gained the singer, who in real lif e is John L. Kearney, a round of applause. Arthur F. Buchanan, as Burton Holmes, who runs against his wife for the office of mayor of Denver, has no particular speciality, but he is a very good-looking young man and reada his lines mast intelligently. Aunt Jim's strong-minded; friends do not back her up very well i n the impression she makes on the audience. Miss Eliza Rangle Lo gan, as Helen A. Wrangle, and Minnie Weller, as Mrjs. Chirm, are rather stiff for new women. The play will be repeated tonight and tomorrow night, with a Saturday matinee. 'GRAND. "Hello Bill,; 1 th£ attraction at the Grand, will be seen for but three more performances,' tonight, tomorrow after noon and night. George Ober, as the old doctor; John Hyams, as Sylvester Wither spoon, and Miss Ada Deaves, as Patience Howe, carry off the dramatic honors. Miss May Raymond, as Phoebe Wilson, gives a very artistic impersonation of the role, and renders an enjoyable vocal solo. The hit of the vaudeville programme is made by little Frances Kepplar. who sings and dances in a most captivating manner. To morrow at 2:30 the last afternoon per formance of the engagement will occur. The attraction at the Grand the com ing week will be Mr. George W. Monroe, Irish character comedian, in "Mrs. B. O'Shaughnessy." WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING. Appropriate Quotation. N»w York World. In spite of Senator Hoar's eloquent pleadings against the new imperial and empirical politics of McKinley it is one* more In order to quote Lowell's famous line, "Massachusetts, God forgive her, she's a-kneellng with the rest." Mot Taking inj Chances. Denver News. Whh the case of John Sherman in mind there are indications that Senator Alli son will object to being elbowed out of the T'nited States senate. The Republican nomination for vice president may have to go to Tim Woodruff. Obio lif|iiiiil ioaniMii. Denver News. Ohio Republicans, now that Mark Hanna is the dominant note, have diop ped civil service, reciprocity and other appeals to the enlightened voters. The platform of brutality, with armed forces behind it, will answer In Ohio. Xo' Comfort Here. St. Louis Republic. When the Boer peace envoys tackle the McKinley administration in Washington they'll find themselves up against the toughest imperial proposition yet encoun tered in their history. Clhodt That Haunts I iup«-rlalint! *. Nobody outside of the administration's select coterie lies* awake at night fearing to close his ey?n lest he see Europe com bining to destroy all that Mr. McKinley has left of our once beloved and respect ed Monroe doctrine. Treasonable Wards. Boston Advertiser. Hanna's methods of placing a commer cial value on party policies Is not the true American nor the proper Republican theory of politics. Not Sufficiently Slit rrrlilliioas. Anaconda (Mont.) Standard. Secretary Long would be more accept able to Mr. Hanna as a vice presidential candidate if he w-ere more barrelifluous. A Pioneer's Remonstrance. Chicago Record. Wharton Barker seems to resent th* entrance of others iiUo the field which he has occupied go long- alone. Difference ef Opinion. Chicago Journal. Mr. Deper, who says the senate hasn't degenerated, presided over a cake walk Friday evening. Sot a Perm«ne-nt Cur*. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Mark Hanna seems to have worked a faith cure on the Ohio convention. Mr. -' Qhh >"s Feelings. Boston Herald. Mr. Quay g'tlll feels quite put out. PRINTED FOR FUN. Yon Sneeze It. Kaltiinore American. Askit—Can yi;u pronounce "T-h-a b-a-N' C-h-u??" Tellii—l could it I had a cold. Not Conspicuous. Philadelphia Record. Noll—He's (he black sheep of the fam ily, isn't he? Belle—Yes; but then, the family is in The Insult. Indianapolis ,Press. The Instructor in, Music—His life I shall His IMcnd—Weli, you ought to have known you would get thrown cut. He is too rich to allow his daughter to many a rr.us'ician. "Ah, .\es, I know! I know! But does that justify his kicking me down the steps in ragtime?" Only Three, Chicago Times-Herald. Mrs. Scadsleigrh, (severely)— Laura. I heard Mr. Grayscn kiss you three l&mee It night when you were saying good-by .aura—My. ma, how quickly you must re dropped oft to sleep again! Reciprocity in Microbes. veland Pain Dealer, he drew a dime from her purse and put it between her eeth, while she crowd ed back the contents of the bag and snapped it shut. When the conductor came along she took the coin from her mouth and cx- Icd it to him. paw the action, and at once placed ckel between his lips. Then he took dime and handed her tho nickel, fair exchange, ma'am,"' he pleasant lid. "Of what?" she haughtily asked. "Of microbes," he replied, and passed along. AT THE RESTAVHAXT. A hw-et little biixt lying silent and ciead. With sprays of green water-cress tossed or. hi.s bed. i Two glasses 1 of tears of the fruit of the fTls the grief of the grape puts the rue in the wine* 1. 1 A table for two, and a roseate light, Anu an orchestra'playing somewaere out of slghf.- A table for jwo. and the two at the table: Without tlie,',rudt; racket of carriage and cable. Wi'.hin, buzsng Ywkes, mid clinking and clatter'» (i Of glasses and sttvei — but what r!o«?s it matter?. The two aiV alone in a land love has made. £ m Where a tropical palm (in a pot) casts its >"hade. '■ This table for two is a sea begirt isle. i'iif room lull ol people who chatter and smile [a only a gay sn;nn:cr m-can piays Ab "it the green coast of the two cast:.' L©ye ma:;;-s its o.v.i suJlucll. Here 'p Ota tini'i-.K TWO lii:i:i-- d(ie a.One &ud ail life I- i — L'..'.jl Wliet-l«?r V\i!cox Jn What to \Lc.\. Washington Qoetp, PmHUeml aad Otbar w»»o. for the Readers •ftlM (Kobe. WASHINGTON, May 3.-(Special.)— The Democrats In this campaign will present a solid front to the opposition. Col. Bryan, Who will be nominated at Kansas City, will be given hearty sup port by men who wield a powerful influ ence in the states in which they reside, and some of whom did not work in his interest in 1896. Maj. McKinley. who will be again se lected to head the Republican national ticket, will likewise not have to fear treachery in the ranks of the leaders of his party. From the fact that there 13 scarcely any likelihood of a split in either party, the campaign this summer ar.d fall will be exciting, and ■while both sides claim victory in advance, the average sporting man would probably not, at this time, be willing to lay any big wager as to the success of either ticket next No vember. '* ♦ * Without doubt some of the Dernocats who opposed Col. Bryan in 1896 h tve swung Into line for him, because th*y want to be recognized as party men, and some of them desire further honors from this party. For instance, former Senator David Bennett Hill, of New York, was greatly disgruntled over his defeat by Mr. Bryan at the Chicago convention In 1896. He sulked in the last national cam paign for this reason. Today he is anx ious to give Mr. Bryan support, but back erf it he is said to be laying plans to cap ture the Democratic presidential nom ination . for himself in 1904. This mi^ht lead to the opinion that Hill is not s m guine that Bryan will be electe \ this fall. If he felt so he could hardly expect to be a presidential candidate four years hence. If Bryan is elected this fall he will b? renominated by the Democratic party in 1904. Hill Is aware of this fact, and de sires to keep within the party traces, S3 that, should Bryan be defeated this fill, he will be in good trim to try for the presidential nomination in 1904. It is said that former Senator Go.man, of Maryland, has not yet given up the idea that he can become president of the United States. He bases all his hjpe upon the failure of Bryan to win this fall. If Ihe latter succeeds, there will bj no further chance for Mr. Gorman to b?tr m^ the Democratic candidate for president. This will be because Mr. Gorman will be too old a man to make the presidential race in 1908, even if the nomination were tendered him by the Democratic party. It is not doubted, however, but that Mr. Gorman will give Col. Bryan honest sup port in this campaign, as will former Sen ator Hill. * • • Many prominent Republicans who might secure the vice presidential nom ination this year are avoiding it, hoping to become the head of the Republ can ticket in the next national campaign. Three of the most distinguished of t'-es-. gentlemen are Senators Davis, of Minne sota; Spooner, of Wisconsin, and Gay. Roosevelt, of New York. It la probable that, should either Spooner or Davis signify to the Republican leaders thvt they would accept second place on the national ticket this year, one or the oth er could easily be nominated. O ,v. Ro s? ■- vel't is running away from this prize. Hi is aware of the fact that, If niomlaatail, he would be out of the contest for first place on the Republican ti'-ket in 1901. Senators Spooner and Davis feel the s^m. way. Gov. Roosevelt, of course, is anxious to be renominated and re-elected governor of New York. H e will be renominated if Boss Platt does not use the machine which he controls to side-track the col onel. If, however. Col. Roosevelt is re nominated for the governorship and de feated at the polls next November, he will be out of the race for the presidency In 1904. Then, as I have frequently stat ed in the past, with Col. Roosevelt eliminated from the fight, the nomination would go to some Western man. Senator Davis and Senator Spooner in that event would become rivals for the presidency, and it would be a hard matter to predict which would be successful. The chance* now seem to favor the Minnesota .sena tor. Wisconsin Republicans think they have good presidential timber in the senior senator from that state, and, aa the latter would be willing to make the trial, he will try for re-election to th« United Slates senate in order to keep in public life, and then, in the spring of 1904, place himself in the hands of his friends. If nominated, Senator Spooner would, undoubtedly, be able to make a better campaign from the stump than Senator Davis. Both, however, are considered among the brainiest men in the United States, and the country would not suffer if either was chosen president four years from next November. » • * The postoffioe department officials are highly elated over the rural free de livery system results, where the system has been tried in various sections of the country. So many excellent reports have been received at the department that all of those interested, from Postmaster Gen eral Smlih down, are now confident that the plan Inaugurated will be highly suc cessful in future, and wi'.l not only be of benefit to the postofflce department, but wiil facilitate the mail service In all rural seotionf. thereby benefiting the people most directly interested. The rural free deHvery system has been tried in several portions of Pennsylvania, in Maryland, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Cali fornia, Washington, Oregon and other Western .states, and the reports coming back from the agents in the fields look ing out for this line of work for the department are highly gratifying to Post master General Smith. He is satisfied, and so are old-time experts In the depart ment, that rural free delivery will here after be welcomed in -every agricultural section of the United States. The postmaster general, of course, real izes that a great deal more money than he has had in the past must be given the department to establish the free de liver*- system upon a substantial basis. At the present time the department has been unable to secure enough money from congress to even give the cities, where the greater portions of the revenues of the department are derived, the neces sary assistance to make the postal work, so far as the carrier system at least is concerned, just what it should be to satisfy the patrons of the office. After the general appropriation bill is passed In Jun?. Postmaster General Smith will then know whether any addi tional appropriation will b? made for the rural delivery service throughout the country. In the meantime, however, the department will endeavor to pro-ve to congressmen that the system, hav ing proved a success, should be finan cially supported by having congress ap propriate the money, not only to carry on the service already established, but to Improve and establish it In other states. —J. S. Van Antwerp. MrdU-iue Men Xasue Offli-erx. NEW YORK. May 3.—Officers of the Association of Proprietary Medicine Man ufacturers of the United States for the ensuing year were elected here today as follows: President. Dr. V. Mott Pierce, Buffalo; vice president, E. C. Dowett, Chicago; second vice president, EL X.. Kramer, Indiana; secretary, Joseph Lem ing. New York; treasurer. H. B. Hard ins:, of New York. It was decided that Ihe next annual meeting should be hekl in this etty in May next. The association will me'^t with the National Wholesale Druggists' association in Chicago, Sept. 23. 26 and 27. ,^M> Hardwood I.niiil»<Tim-ii Meet. CINCINNATI. 0., May 3.—The second annual convention of the National Hard wooj Lumber association today elected the following officers: President. W. A. Bearett. Cincinnati: vice president.-!. F. H. Smith. S. taruis: W. H. Russe, Mem phis, and W. H. White, Boy-i.-e City; secretary. Allen R. Vinnedge, Chicago; treasurer, George E. O'Har-.a, Cairo. IE flljyra VE.NKRABM'J EX-BPEIKHH OP THE HOUSE AMONG VDVOC ATKS OK THE MEASIRB CHAMPIONED ORIGINAL BILL Remainder of the S.-nsloii of the House Dereted to Confedera tion of the Sundry Appro priutlou Bill. WASHINGTON, May 3.—The house to day, without division, passed the "free home" bill, which has Ijten pending before congress tor a number of year 3. The bUI provides that the government snail Issue patents to actual, bona fide settlers on agricultural lands on Indian reser vat ions opened to settlement. These lands were taken up by settlers who contracted to pay for them $1.25 to $;.T5 per acre. By the tern's of the bill the government as sumes the payment of the purchase price to the Indians, and changes the existing law relative to agricultural colleges so as to iiiFure the payment of the endow ments which heretofore havo come out ! of the sale of public lands in case of de ficiency. These payments involve ?1,2i!0, --000 annually. Of the ?9,CG0,000 acres In Indian reserva tions opened to settlement, for which the government is to pay or ha* paid &o.<*>o. 000, about 5.0G0.000 acres have been" taken and about 2,000,000 are supposed to be still available for agricultural purposes. A remarkable thing in connection with the passage of the bill today was a speech In its favor by Gahisha <\. Ornw, of Pennsylvania, the venerable ex-speakn ot the house, who forty-eight years ago fathered and passed -he> original home stead bill. He was then the youngest and ■is now the oldest member of the house. The remainder of the day was devoted to the sundry civil appropriation bill, the last but one of the great supply hills. PUBLISHERS PROTEST. Representatives of the American Pub lishers' association presented a memorial to the senate financial committee finally asking that some relief should be afford. Ed nil account of the high price of paper. The delegation said the &eso< latton repre sented 22,000 papers. No parti, ular le-i.-. latlon was advocated. The delegation was received by Senator Allison, acting chairman, in the absence of Senator Aid rich. The petition recited that the price of printing paper used by newsppp,.-rs ha* increased from 60 to 100 per cent, without reason or warrant to be found In the conditions of the industry, which was be. lleved to be the working of a trust. The association appealed to congress to Ir. quire Into the conditions complained of, to the end that suitable legislation might bfl provided to remedy these conditions. As newspapers are sold at a rixeii prl'-e, the resolution says publishers cannot put the increased cost of the paper on the consumer, and in many instances this in creased cost means the confiscation of profits and in others It creates actual loss. A copy of the resolution also was presented by the delegation to the house ways and means i-omniiitc POSTOFFK'K BILJ-. Tho senate committee on postofflcefl ;u>d post roads today completed tie post otiice appropriation blil and Chairman Wolcott will report it tomorrow. The net increase in the hill is about $l,i)<)'),i»*», which Includes the restoration of the pro vision for the pneumatic tube service, first reported by the house committee. It provides (235,000 for continuing the pres. ent contracts and adds 1800,000 for ex tension >f the service to other < it.ies liv addition to those cities where it has not been In use. Following amendments wero mado to the pro\ islon relating to letter carriers: "Providing that letter carriers may ha required to work as nearly &s> practicable orly eight hours on each working day, but not in any event exceeding forty elght hours during the six working days of each week; and such number of hours on Sunday, not exc< edlng eight, as may be require* by the nee&E of '.he service and If a legal holiday shall occur on any working day the service performed un said day. il lt!98 thai! --i^ht bouts, .-h;.!l be counted ;..s eight lours without regard to the t'inie actually employed." DECLINES TMIO HONOR", The attorney general has received a let ter from Mr. Frank Kitten, of Mew Jer sey, declining an appointment as chief Justice of Puerto Rico, it Is Learned that no other name has been conshlere-j fir this place and that Mr Bergen's declina tion Is much ivgreited by the administra tion. A number of nominations for Im portant places In Hawaii will be mado soon, possibly before tho close of the present Week. President Dole has been definitely decided ap >n as the new gov ernor, and Morris M. Esiee, ot California, as judge of the United States n-'-i.t court for the dJsick-1 embracing *• 1 1 <.f the Hawaiian islands. A Mr. Roy. >1 Illinois, has been selected for marshal of the islands. Several other names are under favorable consideration for other offices. TREASURY I NDISTI'RBKD. The reported engage!.:, ni of gold ;it New York for exports is not disturbing the treasury officials. Secretary said that K'»ld exports at this season ot the year was quite natural, ile had no idea of the amount lhat might !>< phJUjped but was confident the tora! w>.uld not reach the sum the treasury could spare without the least difficulty. At present the fret- gold in the ' treasury vuilts amounts to about $52,200,606. This could all be taken before the $150,669,080 re serve fund would be disturbed. Tin- sec retary did not think the exports woulJ reach Lhat amount or f.^-.i approximate it. The shipment of gold at this tiir.*» was easily accounted for. Money v,;'s belitg loaned in New York as iou as 2 per cent, while in London it was worth 4 per cent. SUNDRY C!VII. BILL.. The largest item of the sundry civil appropriation bill is for improvement '->f rivers and harbor^ under contract author izations contained in the river and har bora acts in 1892, 1896 and 1899, it is $12, --200.005, being an increase of 13,282,408. The next largest item is $9,000,300 Tor the twelfth census, making, with pust appro priations. «o.w.ii(hi. Following are some of the items carried in the bill, beside the regular annual appropriations: Among the public building items. Butte postofflce, 959,000; arpbng the river and harbor items Duluth. Minn., and Superior, Wis., hirbor, $793,000: Mississippi river, between St. Paul and Minneapolis, $355,000; Mississippi river, improving passes. (360.000; Milwau kee bay, harbor of refuge, $105,1 iV). WAR DEPARTMKNT ORDERS. The war department today Issued or ders granting Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt, commanding the department of the East, leave of absence from the 10th instant, with permission to [cave the United States. Maj. Gen. Brooke was order.-d to succeed him. On June i&, Gen. Merritt will retire on account of age, and Gen. -ii!. S. Otis, now commanding in the Philip pines, will be promoted to major genera), but will not be assigned to duty until the president confers with him. ([.ARK (MSB I'OS'IPOMuO. Consideration «»i" Ri'port Deferred for One We«?l». WASHINGTON. May 2.— The senate to day ad;>pu-d th.: motion of Mr. Hoar to tak? up the resolution of the committee on elections declaring that Mr. (..'lark (Mont.) wa.-; not duly eW'fd in tha sen. ate and thr-n postponing ton^iji ration of the resolution for a week. Tho army appropriation bill, j-.fter a rather isi>iritcd dpbate, was passed with out division. Tho day closed witl; the passage number ol private pension bills, including bills to pension Mrs. .Tulla Ma.c\ . Henry, widow i>i the late Gen. CJuy V. Henry; Gen. James Logstrest, Mrs. Margaret M. Badger, wMow of th> late Commodore Badger, and Mrs. ~Harri. : Gridley, widow Of the late Capt. Gridley of the navy. SMAET SHORT STORIES. Rough and harsh as he waf, N'l the First, czar of Russia, bad i ton of chivalry in his disposition. While 11/ --ing through the streets of St. I'- U r on one occasion, he caught >i^ht of an officer of his household In setting an old beggar woman, whose hands were raised In a prayer for urns. The official was Quite urmindful ■>;' august witness of his act, and was i pleased when, a few hours summoned to the lmp'r a' pres . olas soon undeceived him. and, in presence of a dozen courtiers, cut him to the quick with his India, r > >f. •'Enough!' 1 said Nicholas, finally; will walk up and down ths ir ill night, and every time you turn will in a loud voice, I am a puppy! I puppy-' " Not long ago Andrew l.n^. who added golf playing to his many complishments, was h guts ,<■ tlngulshed dinner. The culii ■•■. pirt w.-n faultless, lmr Mr. Lang's enjoym nt wa utterly ruined by having, as budding funny man on ih< one a diabolically deaf Socialist i n "1 could not," added the ■ :i i.-, "tell which of the two « ls i;i a mournful companion." Two » ■■ lc- i ward it g-ot out that the S cialta waa deaf; that he had com,' t" ih- biw prepared to l>>- bored by les« guests; thai he had b i side "an Idiotic middle-ag d •;<• itienia'i, who did nothing- but talk .if - A ;f. that, to protect himself, he had a deafness which kepi hi* neighbor bawj ing. A good st.,ry i-« told about Richard <" • ker and Pat Donahue, a pr m> • er in one of fhe New fork Irish •. ■ Donahue was new-come from the "unit soil." and Mr. < Yoker invii ner at the Waldorf-Astoria. F Iring th*t Donahue might make ;i hrt'jh :f allowed to order from the French menu card, Mi Croker volunteered to order tho dl and advised Pat to follow suit and nothing. A waiter tumbled over nln In his endeavor to be the Ri ■: to upon Mr. Croker. and the political mag nate said: "Well, Pat, r think we'll a off with a cocktail." P.it h -mined hawed: bit his lip in vexation that he should l>e forced t.. objeci to his host's iirst order, but finally, gcTewing his :our ag<> tn the point of speech, blurted out: "If ye have no objictlon, Mr Croker, anl as I'm Dot fond of that pan i,-k --en as goes over the I I li tak-3 part of the brist." QUEER GTJIDE BOOK. It Told the !■'.<• ii hi en I <•« I I »>-l<-ii»l <-^< Hotv Mu»-li It (<>* ito "UK the Pipe." New York Sun. Each delegate and visitor to the menical conference, who registered at th« room in Carnegie hali devoted to the of the hospitality eommittei < for the asking, and sometimes without, from the clerk in attendance at the registry desk a Ruid.- hook of the city. On the front cover of tho book is thi tion: : Ecumenical Oooterenoe oh : Foreign Missions : : New York Ctty, : : April 21 to May I. 1900. : : Compttmsnti of the : : Hospitality Committee. : I : The contents of the guide book ha ft caused some comment within and wl h [>ut the conference. The bandbool to have been written from a mere - lar point of view than was to I expected under the circumstanc of the iii'isi remarkable chaptei called "A Ramble ai bflght." After hu introduction which strives to telj tha reader what the - night look like, the writer of th~ L> >...k throws nut th~s.* suggestions: "Some suggestions ;is to a i^• »• ■<I rout ■ for a nocturnal ramble, anil the sort ><f thing a peison may expeel to be. useful. It' you are In in order to take part in ii don'i look here Cor «uidanc-e. This hm>k merely proposes to give some hints as how dirk, crowded, hard-working md some tim-'s criminal portions "' looli at night. •'Supposing that you start I up town hotel say at w o'clock, a Rood wmilii hi- to take the Sixth Aye vated railro td to EJle •.■»;►■: B I lon. This is a shady- rurn<-r. in rir one. The junction <>r l; . <-k t and South Kifth avenue is quite roofi by the elevated station and tracks, and the latter street is one <if ih<> most po lighted in town; morpover, O>- localii largely inhabit.ml by negroes, malnl; a very low class, becoming -till more low|» and vicious as you no down Suiltvan and Thompson <tr"- ts, below B'ee< l. large portion of the white reside American. Italian, French and • I fond of shady places and ehadj After going through the more thl settled pans or town the guide b comes in turn to Chinati wn and m.ik-.s Th,' following i l> ■ i ■ ni,ins: "Opium-smoking- rooms. popu called 'joints.' are bidden away in and Doyers streets, but it t visit them, as the police are like.l; raid them at any moment. ;ii;<l the sequences to --very one found there exceedingly unpleasant. The pri<->> of. 'hitting the pipe" is $1. The habit spread outside the Chinese quarter, now 'joints' exist uptown, who ;.ir- wholly whit- men and women, who yield themselves to the pipe wit restraint of dignity or decency. ". art-, however, rigidly suppressed bj th ■. police, and an 'experience* la lik in jail." T)i"re is a paragraph headed "-\ Worn;' and Sons" The stranger is pi loted to Clarendon Hall annex, the M^ llshts of which ar» thus described: "We find a spacious hall In th>- reai a brilliant barroom. A small oi mounted on a stag-, is pulling and |> ins and pounding noises out <>f viui and horn and piano. Presently a big girl, lh h: !z<-a as thi-' instruments, conn f^ing-. As musl<- it is dreadful. inn' worse, yet rhe crowd stays and plauds and calls for more, ami it i a bad crowd, either—at any ral early in ■'nintr. U: E<ast Foui' een b iiirth and Third i g?lare of yellow tight illumines the ■ pavement. Portals of barrooms, taurants and amusement i va rioas kinds, open and shut with wl moralist might <all 'damnable as young men and Eruudi! . iri-ls pass out and in. A glimpse o/ ti enough. Westward. Fourteenth stretches— a blaze of lurht In from of big shops that line its south Kid ■i Sixth avenue Female fig flit Jauntily along under tl but their retreats are In dark.: and we have no temptation to h-■ I 'Ivir beckoning to what they misscall ho One memb<-" of the hospitality tee said last uiLcht that he thought the ftuide l)ook had been offeri committee free of cost by toe pu by whom it is ordinarily sold for 2 centg a copy. Th.' pabtlsti -.p<» cial cover out of compliment te the ference The coaamltteeman <;<M that he did not believe that any member of the committee had taken the pains to read the book. li- n ti much hori when the passages <i wera pointed out to him. *^_ DAYS WEWS IN BRIEF. Fort Worth. Tex.—The delegates to the state Populist convention to be bold here tomorrow have been arriving all day. New York—Alfred W. Hryntit. jumped from the Brooklyn bridge terday. was reported by the hospital physicians to be a precaxtous condl I Stn Francisco—Freil Bortzni<> <-r, a yoocw ina.n from Cleveland. O . was and fatally wounded about 1 o'clock t;il^ morning a.nd robbed of $*i Washington—The French amlmssad >r called on Pi '.U'Kiuley mi.! S tary Hay today and conveyed t!.- clolence of the French presii«n) to tho president of the United Siiii'-s over iho mine disaster at Salt Lake CJlty, W'ashlntrton - Sftmr l>cl \ is.> charge ■>( tilt- Argentine legation hen-, hi a r.iblejjram from Buenos Ayre« >n nousclng th» opening of the Argentine oongiesa theve..