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4 GLOBE'S TELEPHONE CALLS. THE NORTHWESTERN. Bmlness Office .. . • • 1© 65 M«* n Edttorl 1 lloomi 78 Mai* Composing Room .... 1034 Main MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. lio.inee* O-ure . . , lOW> Editorial - -.»• 88 ©lu> g*t+|?aul ©lob* THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS. Entered tit Fob '.office at St. Paul, Minn., a? Secmid-Class Matter. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Carrier. I 1 mo 1 6 mufl I 32 moa Pally only 40 $2.25 $4.00 liaily and Sunday .50 2.75 6.00 Bunriay .15 .76 LSO COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Mall. | 1 mo j 6 moa I ii mos Daily only .25 j J1.50 $3.00 Bally and Sunday .35 '.00 4.00 Cunday I .76 LSO BRANCH OFFICES. YorkTlO Spruce St.. Chas. H. Eddy In Charge. ChiCiigo, No. 87 Washington St. D. C. Mc- Oonn, Mgr., Williams & Lawrence in Charge. Paris Office. No. 11 Rue Scribe. Readers of the Globe, When Attending the Ex position. Are Invited to Call at the Globe Office. WEATHEE FOE TODAY. Minnesota— Local rains in northern fair In southern portion Friday; Saturday fair; light to fresh southeasterly winds Wisconsin— Generally fair Friday and Saturday; light to fresh southwesterly ■winds. -Generally fair Friday and Satur daj ; southerly winds. h Dakota- Generally fair Friday lay; warmer in western portion ■ ; southerly winds. th Dakota— Generally fair Friday -nur.l.iy ; southeasterly winds. tana— Generally fair Friday, with < warmer in western portion; Saturday j lair; variable winds. j ST. PAUI* Yesterday's observations, taken by the T/niuil States weather bureau, St. Paul. ] P. F. Lyons observer, for the twenty four hi urs ended at 7 o'clock last night. iroraeter corrected for tempeiature and High* rature 90 tnperature 67 temperature 7s l>;iilv range 23 r 29.98 ive humidity 63 tion 0 7 !>. m., temperature 84 7 ]t. :.:.. wind, south; weather, partly RIVER BULLETIN. Danger. Gauge Change In ion. Line. Readtnsr. 24 Hours. vi 14 5.5 *0.1 15 3.6 —0.1 | 10 5.8 *0.2 i lis 30 5.4 —0.2 —Fall. recast til! 8 p. m. Friday: The -sippi will remain stationary or fall sllghUj in the vicinity of St. Paul. . i • A V ' S TKMi •E RA Tin IEB. High! *BpmHigh ' • Cheyenne ....72 86 Bismarck — Sfi Wi Chicago 74 76 ry 62 70 Cincinnati ...84 88 Imluth fi4 8« Cleveland ....74 76 Edmonton 6" 7i> Galveston 82 86 i Havre 74 76 Jacksonville .82 92 Helena 74 71 ,Marquette ...65 82 Huron 80 88 .Montreal 68 | Med. Hat ....60 70 New Orleans. 7B 84 Minncdosa ...60 CO New York ...78 84 Pr. Albert 56 CO Philadelphia .80 88 Qu'ApiK'lle ...54 . .Pittsburg 82 SO S. Current ...62 06 S. Francisco .62 68 Williston 70 72, St. Louis SB 90 Winnipeg ....6fi 66 Salt Lake ....84 S6 Buffalo 76 78 Ste. Marie ...68 80 Boston 80 S3 * Washington time (7 p. m St. Paul). OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. HAVRE— Arrived La Touralne, New York. PLYMOUTH— Arrived: Fuerst Bismarck, from New York for Hamburg. QUEENSTOWK— Arrived : Germanic from New York for Liverpool CHKHBOtmG- Sailed: Trave (from Southampton), New York. ROTTKRDAM- Sailed: Amsterdam New inrk via Boulogne. LIVERPOOL!— Arrived: Belgenlanfl Philadelphia via Queenstown; German lc. New York via Queenstown. FRIDAY. AUG. 31, 1900. NEARIJVG THE EXD. It is never safe to reach absolute con clusions regarding the attitude of a given power toward China. Nor is it safe to accept any statement in that behalf which one sees in the press dispatches, however Reasonable it may appear on Its face. The situation in China Is now such that diplomatio action will determine the progress of events in the immediate fu ture. The friction among the powers, on .the surface at least, is less than it has been, and the prediction of the Globe, that peace would prevail in China and no effort be made at dismemberment,, *r reasons similar to those which hay» maintained peace in Europe since the Franco-Prussian war, principally be cause of the wholesome fear which each power entertains toward the others, is ap parently about to be fulfilled. f Germany Is evidently desirous of creat ing a disturbance In the Orient The atti tude of the emperor throughout may be described as "cocky." He has gone around •with a chip on his august shoulder, and has been Inviting other powers to take the same melodramatic view of the situa tion, which seems to posssess charms to him. It looks now, happily, as If the evi dent desire of the German emperor for figiit would not be satisflci unless he tffkcs Hie responsibility of engaging In the undertaking alone. A great deal has been written regard ing the position of Ru??ia. Most of It has been deliberately f-.Cae and mislead ing. All of it has f' .- n Hther wholly or partially false. In getting possession of Port Arthur Russia fortified her position in Northern China, and has but little to gain by any frontier disturbance. The interview obtained by. the Associated recently published, with the Rus. Bio.n Prince Ohtomsky, now visiting this country, shows that however willing Rus sia may have b?en to Cose her eyes to German aggression when that nation ob tained a foothold in China a few year a ago, tiiere is but little of toleration among Russian diplomats for the attifr.de which man emperor new takes. Our government i| entitled to all credit d throughout with forbearance and wisdom. It has violated none of the •'ics or traditions of the true foreign policy of these states. On the contrary, it has sot an example to the European na ;md Japan which, while it may be utterly lost on those whom !t was ln ! to Influence, cannot be without a great moral effect on the Chinese peo ple and on tke rest of the civllizi-d world. When Russia gives in her formal adho felan to the policy of withdrawal, the en-J will have come, for the present at least, no matter what the. other powers feel or pretend to feel. The existing status quo will be maintained, even in all probability to the extent of the powers being unable to agree on the establishment of a pro visional government or any other form of government save that now existing. No matter what the developments of the future may be, the United States have placed themselves in such a posi tion that, having secured the fullest as surance that proper indemnity will be granted, our troops may be withdrawn at ajiy moment when our representatives are satisfied that permanent order has been re-established. _^»> . THE USUAL RESULT. Another oleomargarine case was decid ed before Judge Tawney in Winona tha other day, and the result completely vin dicates the position taken by the Globe in a recent editorial, with respect to the limit beyond which prosecution of deal ers in bogus butter must fail. Of course the Winona case was pross cuted under the state law, forbidding the use of coloring matter for the purpose of imitating the appearance of genuine butter, but if the state law is valid un der any given circumstances it is cvi- ■ ! dent that the officers prosecuting this case are unable to make the distinction. The decision of the court in favor of th« ©ieo people <oes not necessarily con demn the anti-coloring clause as wholly unconstitutional, but it certainly is a rebuke to the officers who brought the case into court. The correct theory of law in this field ] Is that the oleo makere have no right j to pass their product off on the public as genuine dairy butter, and so far as the use of coloring matter assists in per petrating such fraud on the public there may be a measure of virtue and validity m the law. If the colored oleo is soid for what it is, no deceit is involved, and successful prosecution is impossible. It is simply a question, so far as the pub lic officers are concerned, of what is pos sible under constitutional law, not what is desirable; yet most of them proceed j on the theory that their part is to knock out the oleo industry altogether. They shape their prosecution on that theory j and always meet defeat, as they did be- | fore Judge Tawney. In tills case the j oleo people made no defense, except to show that they had been selling olec as oleo, not as butter, and that all who ] purchased knew full well that oleo was being bought. With this showing the elaborate plan of prosecution and Its erudite argument fell fiat. Butter is not an exclusive private propery; it is not patented or copyright ed. It cannot be unlawful to imitate it, unless the purpose and effect is to de fraud. Bearing this simple statement in mind, any man of intelligence, though not a lawyer, ought to be able to dis tinguish between the possible and the , impossible in prosecution of oleo makers and dealers. And this same under j standnig ought to lead the officers to pay less attention to makers and retall ' ers and take care of the hotel and res : taurant keepers, who know just what they are buying, and are therefore not defrauded, but whose patrons think they are eating genuine butter. Private fam ilies do not, as a rule, buy oleomargarine at all if they can help it, and as a gen eral thing nobody Is fooled up to the time the keepers of hotels, restaurants and boarding houses commence to feed their patrons. After all, it is tlie man who actually eats the stuff that Is chief ly injured by fraud, and there is plenty of work for the officers in the direction of making sure that the consumer of oleo knows what he Is eating. Activity along this line would do more good to the dairy interests than a dozen prose cutions every day like the one just dis posed of by Judge Tawney. o •WIE_ THREATENED STRIKE. Once more the strike threatens the industrial peace of the country. The anthracite coal miners of Pennsylvania have made certain demands, and they ar© backed in these demands by their breth ren In the bituminous industry. The al ternative of a strike has been stated by the__men in case their demands are not granted. No American wants to believe that this threatened disturbance is related to the prevailing political campaign, although that view is be*ng industriously circu lated. It Is, of course, impossible to prove affirmatively that there is any connec tion between the miners' demands and the political situation. The possibility must, however, be regarded, of having the re sult of the impending presidential con test determined by tho result of such a strike, as it was in 1892, unless the threat ened disagreement is In some way avoid ed. The Importance of the present situation In the coal mining industry to the entire country cannot be overestimated. On Tuesday last delegates representing 143,000 anthracite coal miners served notice on their employers that if their demands were not conceded within ten days there would cc a strike. As the result of a two days' session of representatives of the United Mine Workers of America held at Hazlcton, Pa., the following demands have been formulated: "Abolition of the company store sys tem: i eduction in the price of powder to $1.50 a keg; the abolition of the company doctor system; the abolition of the slid ing scale, now in practice in the Lehigh and Schuylkill coal regions; the compli ance with the state law which says that all industrial concerns shall pay their employes semi-monthly and in cash; the abolition of the erroneous system of hav ing 3,300 pounds to the ton, and that 2,240 pounds shall constitute a ton; an advance of 20 per cent to be paid to all classes now receiving less than $1.50 a day; all classes of day labor now receiving $1.50 and not exceeding $1.75 to receive 15 per cent over the present prices: all day labor now recei%'ing more than $1.76 a day to be advanced 10 p*r cent." On the merits or demerits of this de mand none who is not familiar with the business has a right to pass judgment. But, it is safe to say that public feeling and Judgment alike will go with th* men unless it Is made, very plain that thtir demands are positively unjust, or that the movement of the strike Is dictated by politics. Of the many combines which now have the necessaries of life in their control in this country there Is none which is so universally execrated' as the hard coal irust. No oilier trust has operated with THE ST. PAUL GLOB 3, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1900. anything like the same criminal disregard of the rights of the consumers, or has treated Its employes as brutally. From the days when that trust began Us op pressive operations by importing thou sands of Huns to take the place of in dustrious and Intelligent American citi zens in their mines, a good many changes haye taken place, and the only public or private good that evor came from the operations of the coal barons save to themselves was the enactment of an alien contract labor law, which was made ne cessary primarily by their operations. v However the public feeling may be em bittered against the coal trust, or how ever disposed to sympathize with the mine operatives, It is not to be forgot ten that in case a strike is eventuated as the result of the exigencies of politics, those who bring such a state of things Into operation will have assumed a re sponsibility which will press upon them with fatal weight in case the connection is clearly established. That it will be established is merely equivalent to say ing that the American people are neither j deaf nor blind. 1> HIS USUAL GOOD SENSE. Whatever his enemies might concede or deny regarding Grover Cleveland, there la none who pretends at all to be familiar with his public character who would not admit that he Is a man of good sense in ordinary matters. Even the doubter on this score would have tils doubts dissolved after reading the thoughtful letter which Mr. Cleveland Indicts in answer to the request that he should declare what in his opinion is a proper course for a man who believes as he does to pursue in the present political crisis. The letter is fully worthy of reproduc- ! tion here, for the benefit of those who may not have their attention directed to ward it In the news columns. It is as follows: Buzzards Bay, Aug. 26.— My Dear Dr. Hepworth: Tour letter is received. I am quite sure you wrongly estimate the value of any expression I might make concerning the political situation. Be sides, I am by no means free from the perplexity which now afflicts thousands of those who love the principles of tru« Democracy. In these circumstances 1 am not inclned to advise others as to their preseht political fluty. A crisis has arisen when each man's conscience and informed patriotic sense should be h'.s guhle. In asmuch, therefoie, as neither the cer tainty of my ability to rightly advise, nor any call of obligation, prompts me to discuM political conditions, I think I ought to be permitted, in my retirement, to avoid the irritation and abuse which my interference at this time would in evitably invite. Yours very truly, --Grover Cleveland. The situation Is one which Is full of per plexity to those who, while believing In the principles of the American Democ racy, and anxious to be governed by the dictates of party fealty, find themselves unable to deviate from a position as sumed only after the fullest thought, and with the keenest sense of regret. There is of course no alternative for any man in suoh an embarrassing posi tion but to settle his difficulty with his conscience and to vote for that candi date whose election he might regard a3 being less fruitful of evil consequences, or else avoid voting entirely. To all really conscientious men, who are not blinded by bitter political bias, the advice of Grover Cleveland as embodied in this letter stamps its author as a man of sound, conservative judgment. _^»» THAT .TAIL SITE. The ancient difficulty about the selec tion of a site for a given public building is asserting itself in the case of the new county jail. There Is an embarrassing wealth of desirable lots from which a choice might be made, and there is an equally embarrassing wealth of consid erations which would be entitled to much weight in determining the location of the new structure. Whatever the embarrassments or dif ficulties of the situation may be, It Is' much to be hoped that the board of county commissioners will feel them selves at liberty to make a prompt selec tion. In all such cases political and per sonal considerations count for a good deal. They always have, and they prob ably always will. There i 3 nothing at all unreasonable or unbecoming: in the cir cumstance, so long as the selection is made without any disadvantage to the public. The prices mentioned for the several sites thus far mentioned are somewhat above the figures which would be asked for in the case of a purely private pur chase. But no doubt they can be reduced after negotiations have been entered upon, and satisfactory -figures agreed upon. Whatever choice may be made the pub lic will expect that those >who are com pelled to attend as witnesses on the ad ministration of criminal business, will not be put to a great inconvenience either by being taken too far from the usual directions of city travel, or otherwise, In reaching the new building. FRIDAY GLOBE GLANCES. When the United States annexed the Hawaiian islands, a debt of $4,000,000 was assumed. Congress made no ar rangements to pay it, and so banking houses have taken bonds a-t 6 per cent until the government acts In accordance with the treaty. The government gets money at 3 per cent, so a nice speculation grows out of congressional "neglect." Dr. Ohage is right In his project to enlarge the public baths. His idea of separate buildings aner pools for men women and families is all right, and it is hoped th e public-spirited citizens o f the city will back him up. Attention has been called In "Glances" to the development of manufacturing in the Orient. A Yokohama dispatch of recent date announced the departure of the steamship Kagoshlma Mam for In dia, with 2,500 tons of matches. Think of matches by the hundreds of tons, a shipload. The Japs are also going into the beer business. Between January and May over 1,000,000 quart bottles had been shipped to Hong: Kong, Manila, and oth er neighboring ports. Last year was the first time beer was ever exported. The Japs imported 72,000 bales o f raw cobton during the last half ©f 1399, of which the majority came from India. It will not be long before Japan will be of fering cotton goods to America. And it will not be a rash prediction to hear of a heavy tariff being proposed to shut out Oriental products, as there is now a law against the admission of Chinamen. Senator Davis made a "great speech," the P. P. says, in Chicago, night before last. The senator can make a great speech on any subject H» can make a splendid argument for either plain-tiff or defendant before any Jury. Tacoraa and Seattle are having «, scrap « ? i Hi* ui « returna - th ° fo™"ciaim ing that i ts fl6Ure3 aro the latter has too many> and a wordy WB £ rMr.V 1 " 0^ 3 b *tween the paper*. a S, th Merrlai n has been asked to recount the two cities. Tbe ?" P> £ nd i Other Republican papers have been S«c!«rtr^ that Boon's J B _ dianapoUs speech Va a very "tame. The N. Y. Herald i a independent, and this is its conclusion: "considered thus as an argument against the imperial policy, as a warning against militarism and ft plea for liberty for all men, Mr. Bryan's speech will rank as perhaps the most logical, eloquent, and convincing of all his public efforts. His analysis of and answer to the Republican reasons for holding the Philippines ls mo3 t searching and conclusive." Pictures of the young -man who planted the American flag on the walls of Pekin are being printed, it fs the claim of ad ministration patriots that the flag never conies down after' it has once been un lurled to the breeze. In that case, an army will be needed to keep it flying in China. Today, Aug. 31, i s th« anniversary of the death of John, Bunyan (1688), auth.r of Pilgrim's Progress. . He was born in IG2B ar-d bred a tinker; was a soldier for a time, und then begau preaching as a Bap-tisu, i"or which he was imprisoned, remaining- in jail for twelve years, dur ing which he wrote his roost famous book. He was buried in Bunbiil Fields, London, and a monument wae erected over his grave In 18C2. In s;>ite of the claim of the P. x\ tHat Towne made a poor speech In JJuiutn, Uie paper keeps on trying to answer it. Today, Aug. 31, iaoo, occurs the silver anniversary of the present sultan of Tur key's occupancy of the throne. He has been leaking great preparations to cele brate it. Poets and historians have been busy writing accounts of hia pit. us works and the great things he has done for his subjects. These will be> trans lated and published 4n all languages. From telegraphic reports Gen. Buller is showing activity again in South Africa. He occupied Machadodorp, one of Kru gtr's capitals, the other day, after a brisk right, in which he lost fourteen killed and sixty-lour wounded. The scrap last night between Corbett and McCoy in New York closes fistic con tests in that state, as the Horton law goes into effect Saturday. The sporting managers "trust" to make necessary ar rangements in New Jersey or Connecti cut. After the South African, Chinese and Philippine wars end, what a flood of mag azine articles and lectures the country will get. Aug. 31 Is the anniversary of the birth, in 1844, of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Jr., author of "Gates Ajar" and other nota ble books; of Galusha Aaron Grow, in IS2U, congressman; of Gen. Fitz John Porter, famous for his court-martial, in 1822; of Charles James Leyer, the Irish novelist, in 18C6. The Minnesota Chess association has is sued a call for a Northwestern meeting at Excelsior, on Lake Minnetonka, next Monday, Labor day. Players of the Da kotas, lowa, Nebraska, Montana and other states are Invited. — o— Lord Salisbury jWas not far from right when he characterized Hiram Maxim, the rapid-fire gunmaker, as "the man who had prevented more men from dying of old age than any other person that ever lived." Napoleon was in the same class. Ohio, President MoKinley's own state, is getting quite a reputation for lawless ness. He will have to send troops there pretty soon if the Buckeyes keep cutting up such antics as are already a matter of painful history at Akron, Mansfield, Dayton and other points. The Faris exposition is now a pro nounced financial failure. : Yet over 50,000 awards have been made, of which the United States get over 5,W5. French medals will soon be as plentiful over here as campaign buttons. Battle of Jonesboro, Ga., Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, IS'34. Heavy loss on both sides, including three Confederate generals, Anderson, Cummings and Patton, killed. Russia is busy in China. It recently finished the work of crushing Finland. Its treatment of the Jewish people at home in Russia rivals any atrocity charged against the Boxers or by the Turks against tho Armenians. Here is a couple -of extracts from letters written in China: "The Cossacks went over the field, knocking out the brains of the wounded with their guns," says one cor respondent. "The heartless cruelty of the Russian soldiery almost passes belief," says another. The potentiality of the mob is present always and everywhere In aggregated so ciety In America as in Asia, Frenzied men, often frenzied without reason or Justification, leap to fiendish work at the merest hint of encouragement. At Akron, 0., even after the victim sought oould not be found, the mob wreaked Its pas sions upon buildings, public buildings. The Philadelphia North American says: "Pretoria is becoming a rival Shanghai as a fake news center. Pretoria leads in the race with a story that Kruger has con tributed between $2,500,000 and $3;75O,O0O to Bryan's campaign fund. According to this the Boers have money not only to burn In the form of powder, bjit to throw at the blrd3." And this is the kind of stuff the Republican papers are printing, together with the claim that Bryan is worth $250,000. The safely of the legations at Pekin killed a fine assortment of obituaries in type In American and European dally newspaper offices. STORIES OF THE STREET. "This show 'In Oia Kentucky* is a blankety blank nuisance," exclaimed the petulant bartender, as he mopped the perspiration from his brow after dumping two bar glasses full of lc« and green vegetation into the sink. "What's the trouble now?" Inquired the sympathetic listener. "Mint Juleps," he replied. "Every gawk that goes to the show comas In and wants a mint Julep. He don't know what it Is, and does not care, but he has to have his curiosity satisiled, and— well, it's more work to make a mint Julep in a bar than any other drink in the world. Do you know the right way to drink mint juleps?" The sympathetic listener shyly admit ted that when it came to mmt v Juleps his standing: as a connoisseur might be read ily impeached by an expert. "Well, the way to drink mint Juleps 13 to have 'em made by the tub, by a servant, with another to bring them to you as fast as you can send back the glasses." • • • Since John Lv Sullivan put his dukes up In "Honest Hearts and "Will ing 1 Hands" it has not been un common to fbad "dukes" on the stage, In more or less stellar roles, but it remained for F. C. Whitney, the New York theatrical manager, who is now visiting: his Western .representative, Mr. A. M. Miller Jr!, of Rice Lake, to Invite a prince of the royal b'.ood to an Ameri can theatrical engagement. The blooded histrion who has 'been bidden to America under the auspices o£ the "Quo Vadis" promoter is the ~ j Grand Duke Constantin, of Russia, a brother of the czar, who pre fers the sock and buskin to the chain armor undervests that are affected by the reigning prraces, r and has delighted the court of St. Petersburg on many oc casions bj marked dramatic ability. He has even played Hamlet, and when Whit. ney learned yesterday that ConsiAntin had been offered a Job In Vienna, he im mediately wired offering him a place in a No. 1 company in this country, with the privilege of joining the company any- where between St. Paul and the end of I c the season. g Mr. Whitney, however, suspects that s the telegraph service in St. Petersbuig must be handicapped by a messenger boys' strike, or some other serious ob stacle, as at a late hour last night I prince hnrt iyu replied, although author ized to "wire reply collect," SOME COUNTY POLITICS. Philip Martin, of the Fifth ward, has announced himself as a candidate for the nomination as one of the representative,* from the Thirty-fifth district. Mr. Martin is making an aggressive campaign and will undoubtedly land the nomination. • * • The Democratic city and county organi zation of the Sixth ward, will held a meeting this evening at S9 South Robeit street. A full attendance Is desired. * • • There are only two candidates in the fight now for the Republican legislative nomination in the Seventh ward as T. C. Walther and M. L. Countryman have both pulled out of the race. This leave* the battle between Rukard Hurd and Sherman E. Day, and the contest will be a warm one from now till the convention has passed upon it. N. F. Seeger, of the Fourth ward, is making an aggressive campaign for the nomination for sheriff en the Democratic ticket, and is accumulating a coterie of delegates to have with him in the com ing convention. AT THE THEATERS. "*' '" ■ *i^ k METROPOLITAN. Th© Metropolitan opera feouse. In all | the splendor of its new decorations, will be on exhibition for teh benefit of theater- : goers and the public in general from ":30 to 10 o'clock tomorrow evening. Every part of the house will be thrown open to the visitors, and Manager Scott's entire force will be on hand to act as escort and ; guides through those portions of the the ater unfamiliar to most people. The en gine rooms, the vaults beneath the audi torium, the mysterious depths under the stage, the dressing rooms, the fly-galler ies In the upper regions, anfl even the lofty gridiron, ninety feet above the stage, will all be open for inspection. Seiberfs orchestra will render a • pro gramme of the latest and liveliest popu lar music. Labor day at the Metropolitan* prom ises to be a busy time indeed. The mati nee of '"Quo Vadls," to be given on that day, from advance sale indications, will see the theater packefl, and there are but a few seats unreserved for the evening performance. The first car 1 >ad of the big scenic investiture arrived yesterday, and a large force of stage mechanics is en gaged in putting the paraphernalia in place. GRAND. The reading of the reports of the Cor bett-McCoy contest proved a magnet of considerable drawing power at the Grand last night, and one of the largest audi ences of the week witnessed the perform ance of "In Old Kentucky," and listened with attention to the special feature of the evening. "In Old Kentucky's" bus iness this week !b tremendous. Tomorrow, at 2:30, the only remaining matinee of the engagement will be given, i Tonight a special feature is announced in the shape of a dancing contest open to all comers, in which the "In Old Ken tucky" darkies will compete with the best shufflers in the Twin Cities. Several orizes will be contested for, Including a gold medal, a mammoth water melon, weighing 76 pounds, contributed by the Burlington railroad, a box of El Paterno cigars, contributed by W. S. Conrad, a fancy shirt, contributed by Lennon & Gibbons, and a fancy vest, contributed by the Minnesota Tailoring company. Commencing next Sunday and including all of fair week, is announced a banner attraction for the grand in the annual visit of those polite comic players, Math ews & .Bulger, in their latest and laugh iest success, "The Night of the Fourth." •> STAR THEATER. The sale of>eats for the opening per. formance of "Black Crook Jr.," at the Star treater, Sunday night, is now open. The attraction comes to St. Paul with the prestige of having played at the Taber Grand in Denver, which stamps it as a first-class vaudeville company. It is claimed for the company that In scenery, costumes, electric effects and other par ticulars the attractin is up to anything seen in St. Paul. The new theater hopes to merit and attract the most desirable class of patrons In the city. -^»» REJECTED DORGAN CLAW CITY NOT IiIA.II I, K FOR THE STONE FAX.LIKG. The committee on claims of the board of aldermen met yesterday afternoon and referred a resolution paying H. J. Horn $1,000 for legal services rendered in 1886 to the controller for audit. The committee disallowed th© claim of John Dorgan for $2,^00. On May 31 last. Hall avenue, on the West side, was being graded by Thomas Llnnan. A stone fell through the roof of Dorgan' s house and injured his little boy. The corporation attorney said that if any one were liable it would be the con tractor. SHE MAKES A BAD CHARGE. Mrs. Mnrpliy Accuses Joseph Mobers of Felomloiui Assault. Joseph Moberg was arrested yesterday on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Em ma Murphy, living on the upper levee, charging him with criminal assault Mrs. Murphy tells the story that Mo berg called at her house shortly after <> o'clock Wednesday e*yenlngr and at tacked her, and that she was nearly overpowered when her husband arrlvsd on the scene and scared Moberg away. Tlie warrant charges assault In th« sec ond degree. «^- FLED .WITH THE GOODS. John Fisher Mourns His 'Wife's Sad den Departure. John Fisher, a transient horse trader, who, with his wife and family had their tent pitched on University avenue, re turned to his temporary home yesterday only to find that his wife had folded the tent and left. He Immediately want to tha county at torney and demanded a warrant for his wife's arrest, charging her with desertion. The county attorney refused to have anything to do with the matter. Fisher then went to the Omaha depot freight house and found his baggage, wagrons and wife there. The baggage was to co on the next train for Duluth. PUNISHED FOR DESERTION. Several Soldiers Suffer Penalties for Violation of ."Military Kales. Private John J. Magulra, of Company F, Eighth infantry, at Fort Snelling, has been court-martialed for disorderly con duct and sentenced to four months of hard labor. Arlington W. Beesm«r, of Company H, Eighth infantry, a.t Fort Snelling, has been sentenced to three months of hard labor for violation of military rules at the fort. A dishonorable dlschaigre has been given William F. Radigan, of Company H, of the First cavalry, who has been sentenced to one year at hard labor for desertion. Henry Marshall, of Csmpany D, Twen ty-fourth cavalry, was tried by court martial at Fort Snell'ug for desertion and found guilty of absence from his post without leave. He is compelled to Corfeft $6 to the government and sp^nd live days at r^ara labor within the view of bis company. Acting- Adjutant General Ward baa sent orders !o Maj. McCanr.;n, in charge of the 3t. Paul recruiting olfice to haßteu enlistment for Infantry serving aa the government Is in need ot n^^ f Or military service In th* S>^tT m WILL BIILDJ TEMPLE MASONIC BODIES OF ST. PAUL TO HAVE A HOME. The united iconic lodges of this city have resolved to build » lernpls of their own, and the project is already" wen under way. Thla evening a union meeting will be held in the present Masonic hall, at which details of importance will be dis cussed by many of St. Paul's prominent masons. The lease of the present rooms used by them expires in May next, and the masonic bodies have decided that they will not reuew It. Tiie various city lodges will be strongly represented, and steps will be taken this evening to make suitable arrangements for a building fund, a nucleus for which is possessed by the St. Paul Masonic Temple asso ciation in the shape of a $10,000 gift left by the late Norman Kittson some thir teen years ago. The money was invest ed and is now of considerable dimen sions. The present Masonic hall is occupied by: St. Paul Lodge No. 3. Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 5. Kraden Lodge No. 168. Minnesota R. A. Chapter No. 1. Damascus Commandery, K. T. Paladin Commandery, K. T. Osman Temple, Not>les Mystic S&rlne. Tour Scottish Rite bodies. PASTOR SHAW'S TENT. He Preached to Mnny, and Some Were Converted. Po<r the last five weeks there has bsen a little tent near the corner of Seventh and Cedar streets where Pastor George Shaw, of the Astxury Methodist Epis<-<> pal church, has been holding services every evening. The place is unpreten tious, and, to a reporter who walked in side of the friendly folds of the tent last night, the simple character of the surroundings seemed fitting to the serv ices in progress. No rest — no peace — no happiness to sin ners—in fact, the same old story, or mayhap new story (for many deny that some stories grow old), was told in the tent. Rest— eternal peace— happiness— every thing worth living for, Was promised to those who would lay their burdens at the feet of Christ. The tent was filled. Prayers follow ed sermons; songs followed prayers. Pas tor Shaw asked for converts, and two responded. Others followed. Soon all , those who were believers kneeled and bowed their heads. The picture waa a striking one, not in the fact that there was anything new to be seen— everybody has been present at a revival meeting— but the atmosphere was simply out of the ordinary. The tent was a place of worship in the midst of busy life. — WILL UNVEIL PICTURES. Feature of Territorial Day at the Log Cabin. The Junior Pioneers have presented & group picture of their membership to the Territorial Pioneers' association, to be hung In the log cabin at the iair grounds. In the letter accompanying, President John Jackson writes: "We trust the action will, If possible, cement still closer the pleasant relations which have existed between your organi zation and our own, and we assure you that your acceptance of our offering will be an evidence to us that our gift is re ceived in the same fraternal spirit In which it Is sent." The gift was accepted with thanks, as has also been Col. A. Allen's famous team, and, at the suggestion of President Pillsbury, these and other valuable pic tures will be unveiled during the fair, Territorial day. PRISON ASSOCIATION TO MEET. Annual Congress Will Be at Cleve land — Delegates From Minnesota. The annual congress of the National Prison association will convene at Cleve land, 0., on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 22, and will continue until the even ing of Sept. 26. The Wardens' and Chaplains' associations will meet during the same period. Minnesota is usually well represented at these gatherings, and if is believed that such will be the case this year. The state board of charities and corrections will be represented by Judge John W. Willis, but who the representatives of the prison and reformatory boards will be has not yet been announced. It Is ex pected that Warden Reeve will I*o. m RENTAL MAN ARRESTED. He la Charged With Violating the Health Ordinance. Charles H. Clark, a rental agent In the German-American Bank building was ar rested yesterday on two warrants charg ing him with violating the health ordi nance. One complaint waa sworn out by Li. A. Eisenmenger, charging that Clark had the contents of a cess pool emptied on a vacant lot in the rear of the building at 162 East Acker street, and that he did not remove it in the time given him by the health officer. The other waa sworn out by D. O'Neill, who alleged that Clark maintained a vault at 1020 Fremont street, that waa In jurious to the public health and that he ignored the orders of the health depart ment in the matter. He will be given a hearing Saturday. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. Will Meet in the Capitol to Go Over Assessments. The state board of equalization will nteet at the capitol in the office of the state auditor at 2 o'clock next Tuesday to organize and prepare for its work. Tabulated abstracts of the assessments in the various counties will be ready by that time. ILLNESS OF P. H. KELLY. He Is Somewhat Improved, bat Not Out of Danger. P. H. Kelly, the veteran grocer, was operated on at St. Joseph's hospital Tues day evening for an intestinal trouble from, which he has been suffering for some time. He showed a marked improvement in his condition last night, but is not yet out of danger. Say* He Waa Stabbed. A. P. Low, owner of several of the night lunch wagons, had an encounter with P. L. Muir, one of his employes, early yesterday morning, and as a result Muir was painfully injured In the arm. Muir says that they had a dispute over the amount that Muir, as manager of one of the wagons, was owing to Low, and that Low threw him from the wagon and then stabbed him In the arm with a fork. Muir threatens to have Low arrested. i . Stole Her Purse. Lillian Pabst, a Minneapolis young lady who acts as telegraph operator in the drujf store at Western and Selby ave nues, reported to the police yesterday that her yOPketbqok containing in was stolen from her desk. Her full name la on the cover of the pocketbook. Stove Clew L'i>. A small biaze in the house at 705 Ham cy avenue, required the attention oi" the fire depas'tm<-nt about 8 o'clock last night. The fire started by the explosion of a gasolirie. stove. The damafi* will Kin-junt to $50. iEliillfl .^ DEFEATED MRS. CALEB FOX YES. TERDAY AT SHIXXECOCK HILLS / MUCH INTEREST IN THE MATCH Society Out lit Force on the Isong Island Course to Watch the Play In the Women* Golf C liam pion >li i i>. SOUTHAMPTON, N. T.. Aug. 30.— The great event today in the womaiVs golf championship, which is bcir,? decided bpon the links of tha Shinnecock HiU links, under the auspices of the Unite! States Golf association, was the contest between Mis 3 Beatrix Hoyt rind Mrs. Ca leb F. Fox, who put Miss Hoyt out 1«,3t year in the contest at Philadelphia. Tht> match carried the gallery of the day, and it was close enough and sufficiently interesting to satisfy the majority. Mrs .Fox outdrove Miss Hoyt in the llrst tee and won the first hole in the bogey of four, which made the gallery feel that it was going to be a grand exhibition of g-olf from »ta,rt to finish. One led and then the other, keeping the gallery keyed up to th' 3 highest pitch of excitement The play for the last green waa watchad with intenso interest, and when Miss Hoyt won out in the bostey of four the joy of the gallery knew no bounds. The score follows: Miss Beatrix Hoyt, Shln<ie<vvk Hills— f>ut 5 7 7 7 4 6 6 !) 6-57 In ...... 6 4 5 5 6 6 o 4 4-45—10;; Mrs. Caleb F. Fox, Huntin^t.n Va-iley- Out 4 9 6 5 4 7 7 8 7-56 In .8 6 4 8 6 5 G 3 5—51—107 A match which could not be ignored was the contest between Gonevi-ve Heck er, champion of the Woman's Metropoli tan Golf association, and BUsfl K.inioe Tvrry. Contrary to expectations, the lar ter took the lead at the very start, an<l was never down during the match, wir ning by 2 up and 3 to play. The s-->r. --follows: Miss Eunice Terry. Ar«l.-ley— Out 5 6 5 7 3 ."> "7 fi 7— HI In 7 7 4 fi 5 0 3 -1 •— 44 -«P ♦Second figure approxlma Miss Genevi w Hecker Weeburn— °ut ... \i 7 4 4 I 6 6 7 7—51 1n554557 1 5 « 43 H 'Approximated. After Mits. IVndleton R<-i^tv- disposed of the champion, Miss Ru I, se handily yesterday in the first mund, it was thought she was a rlark ' that Mis- Frances Grisrom. Merl :i Cri'-k* et, would snnd but little chare?, bin Miss Gri«com took command at t):< enth hole and re tamed tho leal through, winning by 1 up and 3 to pl.-.y. Th<-I' cards were: .Miss Frances Orlsoom, M rim Crl I Out 6 5 4 5 *i 6 5 Z 7 In 6 C 4 6 5 5 4 • •- :: Mrs. Pendleton Rogers, Hillside, Plalß field- Out 5 5 6 6 4 6 « 9 7-54 In 8 4 4 8 5 6 5 • •—3B—9; •Approximated. The fourth match of the championshii was between Miss M. CurU?, Boston, and MUs Grace Keyes, Concord. M assumed command at tho start am! the way throughout going over ih<> niato holes In 47 and winning eventual! 1 ' by 4 up and 3 to go. Their cards: Miss M. Curtis. Essex County— Out 4 5 4 4 5 7 5 6 7-47 In 7 5 4 5 6 4 • • •— 3l— r Miss Grace Keyes. Concord, Mass — Out 5 6 5 6 4 5 6 fi 7—50 In 745569»» *-3S-Wi In the afternoon there wa« an approach- Ing contest over the sunken bunker to the sixteenth hole, a putting eontoat c* the eighteenth green and a driving con test on the northwest corner to the club house down over the sixteenth green. ■«•- BOARD OF PUBLIC WOKKS. Public Heni-iiii; l.ranlrd to I'roperty Ownerii Ve<«terilH>. Owners Ox propery interested In the proposed improvements up before tho board of public works attended the meet ing of that body yesterday. An adverse report waa filed with re gard to the- grading 1 of Chatsworth street, from Rondo street to St. An thony avenue. There was some oppo sition to having a sewer on Maple steret. but a favorable report waa returned. A petition against a sewer on Van Burcn street, from Como avenue to Arundel street, was filed. There was a favor able report for the Second ward cement walk. The opening of Hoffman avenue will be taken up again for further considera tion. m No Dniimjfe Done. A flre broke out laat night about 8:30 In Harris Wlneberg's pawnshop at 412 Sib !oy street, but was quickly extinguished by the department. .*». Will Be Heard Tomorrow. Justice Baker has continued th? case cf John Q. Adams and Ed Parrlsh against the city until Saturday. Tho suit waa brought to recover salary as municipal court bailiffs after their removal by the police commission. -4*. BAYS OF SUNSHINE, A Green Hand. Philadelphia Reaord. "No, sir," said the man who had been asked for alms. "I can give you nothing. You are a professional beggar, ain't you?" "I used to think so," replied the other aa he sadly pulled two copper cents and a collar button from hla pocket, "but I've come to the conclusion that I'm only an amateur." Even With Current Events. Detroit Frt»e Press. "Your 'Uncle Tom's Cabin seems Ilk* a brand new play." "Of course; we've fixed It up so Eliza crosses the Ice on an automobile, chased by a lot of Boxers." llnrd to Account For. Somervllle Journal. Hicks— l havo read that book all through, and I can't see that there Is anything Improper in it. Wicks— Well, what made you think there was? Hicks— Why, it has sold 300,000 copies. As They Had Feared. Denver News. Bookkeeper— The train that tha boss was on was baJly wrecked yesterday, and there was a great e'eal cf worry among the clerks about him. Drummer — Were their worst fears real ized? "Yes, he escaped without a scratch." DEATHS OF A DAY. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Attfc 30.-Thom as J. Powers, cotnnUjßafoaer of b-mking fir Pennsylvania, wag killed by ial.'i;" from a train in the outskirts of this city last night. CHICAGO, Aug. 80— Woid r.-a.i recivod hero today of the death at Montreal la.<«t night, of R. Philips GorniuHy. president of the Gormully & Jeffery company, and Venezuelan consul at Chicago. __^_» __^_, Lnwyvrii «t SurutoKO. SARATOGA, N. V., Aug. 91.— At today's session of the twenty-thirl meet lag of the American Bar a .-. iiii, annual addren» waa delivered by Ga R. Peck, rf Chicago. wh:> spoke on "The March of ihe Constic-.itlon." inied by the f'msua. WASHINGTON. Aug. 00.-Tho a bureau announces the rosr.it of the count in the follow iug; utii's: Detroit 85.704. against i.'S.!>7« la IS rtlle. Ind., 59,00. (in I8?tt, 56,756); Wllk< ibarra, 3 J e:in.. a1,72l (in IVJu, -7,71;;); Alk-ntuwo, Peru., 36,416 (in 1&/j, i£,i^».