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4 : GLOBE'S TELEPHONE CALLS. THE NORTHWESTERN. ' Business Office ....... 10155 Main Editorial Rooms 7S Main Composing Boom . . . . .1034 Slain MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. Business Office ... v ...... 1005 Editorial Rooms ......... 78 ' ~~ . ©he gri* g^oul ©lobe • t "*■ r OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OF ST. PAUL, THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS. Entered at Postofflce at St. Paul, Minn., as Second-Class Matter. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. - By Carrier. | Imo 1 6 mos 1 12 moa Daily only 52.25 $4.00 Daily and Sunday .50 2.75 6.00 Sunday 15 .75 1.00 COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Mail. | 1 mo | C mos | 12 moa Daily only .25! $1.50 $3.00 Dally an.l Sunday .35 2.00 4.00 Sunday .... ... f .75 1.00 i BRANCH OFFICES. !New York. 10 Spruce St., Chas. H. Eddy in Charge. Chicago, No, 87 Washington St., "Wil liams & Lawrence in Charge. THURSDAY, APRIL. IS, 190 L THE DIVORCE DECISION. ! The recent press dispatches outlining the decision of the supreme court in cases of divorce granted in states other than those In which the marital resi dence of the parties was established is not sufficiently full in detail to enable a clear understanding to be had of its operation. From the Kentucky case cited it would appear that where personal service is effected outside the state in which the action is brought the sufficiency of the decree granted is clear and must be recognized by the courts of other states. The decision In the North Dakota cases, however, seems of sufficient broad scope to be followed by the most serious cense, quences to those who secured divorces in that state. A divorce granted in favor of a party residing in the state during tha statutory period against a non-resident party on whom the summons is served through publication, seems, according to (the published summary of the supreme court decision, to be Invalid so fax as relates to the courts of other states. This latter result seems, however, entire ly improbable in the absence of proof of bad faith in the plaintiff. If it can be. regarded as an outcome of the supremo court decision, a great deal of injustice will result as well as much hardship to innocent parties. All who respect the sanctity of the mar riage tie must rejoice on learning that some adequate restraint is placed on the courts of the two Dakotas in the manu facture of divorce decrees. Since neither of these states thinks proper to increase the period of residence so as to prevent the. courts from exercising jurisdiction over mere sojourners from other states, it has become a public necessity that a remedy should be presented from some other quarter. No one believes that a legal residence is ever intended to be secured In one out of a hundred of the cases in which people come from other states to the Dakotas and secure absolute divorces. The 'Joints themselves do not believe there 13 any Intention to secure a per manent resilience in suo.h cases; while the Indecent haste shown in getting out cf the state after the decree is enter ed, leaves no moral doubt whatever that the plaintiff, in almost all such cases," has committed a fraud e n the courts, not onl>- of the state granting the divorce but also on thd courts ' ot the other states. If the decision of the supreme court shall bo found to render it impossible for paities resorting to other states for the mere purpose of securing divorces, to have their marital bonds dissolved, the result will prove of the highest moral gain to society. Even the advo cates of the most liberal divorce laws v/ill agree that the morally fraudulent divorces which hava made the two Da kotas notorious, should be brought to an end, and that the citizens of a given state who desire to set aside the marriage which united them, should be confined, If possible, to the courts of the states to which they actually reside, in order to secure their release. A DAXGE2ROCS CIUOWIIXAJL. No convicted public thief since the flays of Tweed has attracted wider at tention than .Cberlin M. Carter, who de frauded the federal government out of large amounts in connection with har7x>r improvement woik at Savannah. No other such criminal has shown anything like the sarnie resourcefulness in his ef forts to escape punishment. His ambi tions have been as wide as his corrupt operations would suggest. The man who Bought to establish himself as an attache of the American legation at Westmin ster through the fruits of his stealings could certainly not have engaged in de frauding the government on any two penny-ha'-penny basis. It is a fortunate circumstance that this man's punishment has overtaken him through military agencies. The skill •which he showed for so long in securing Immunity makes it very plain that had he only had civil agencies to master he would not be subjected to the indignity of being compelled to occupy a convict's cell, or, If ha were, he would not have occupied it for any considerable length of time. Only an aroused public opinion brought him to his present position. There was no disposition on the part of those high in authority at Washington to push the charges of which he had been con victed by court martial; but the storm created was such fhat even Carter, with all his high social and political backing, was obliged to go down before it. The attitude taken by the solicitor gen eral In the prevailing proceedings will occasion no small degree of publio satis faction. If Carter is able to secure his liberation on bail it certainly will not be the fault of that official. It is not, of course, easy to pass upon the legal ques tion which may or may not be involved in the second ground for Carter's app^J- cation, which Is that his absence from Georgia prevents his co-conspirators from being tried. But on its face such a reason seems quite as absurd as his other ground which is that he is now suffering from neurasthenia as tho result of his incarceration. This man is a dangerous criminal. He is rendered doubly dangerous by reason of the strong backing which he has in social and political life, as well as by the apparently unlimited financial resources at his command. He should nedt be re leased unless for the most convincing reasons. The amount of bail will nat urally bear no rational proportion to the amount of his stealings; and any bond which he gives he can readily afford to forfeit rather than serve out the sentence imposed on him, and which, the solicitor general shows, has been affirmed by three civil courts, and by five Judges, not in» eluding the court before which the ap plication is now pending which has con curred three times in the conviction. It will be a public misfortune if thia man is r.ot made to serve his sentence. Of course he is entitled to all the right* which the law guarantees him, and they should not be denied him. But the ut most vigilance Is demanded on the part of the federal officials to see that he does not escape the clutches of the crim inal authorities through either false representations or lfgal technicalities. DISLIKE OF MILITARISM. The ' American people do not favoT a standing army. Tfiiey do not take kind ly to military' service. The noise and glamor of military preparation incident to our war with Spain and to the trouble in tho Philippines aroused a good deal of the war fever among i-he people; but occurrences since then have made it plain that normally the American people have no time for war and but little for military show of any kind. Current dispatches are bringing out each day the force of fnis truth. While the national guard is losing its member ship in the several states, it Is found teat the number of desertions from the regular army is greatly on the increase. In our own state the interest In the affairs of the national guard Is lower than It ever was before. Within a few days cne more of the companies of our state militia has been dissolved, and the present ad jutant general has in a published inter view expressed his sense of the great difficulty that is being encountered in maintaining a show of interest among the existing members of the .national guard and the increased difficulty of se curing recruits from amy source. The recent desertion at 156 men from Fort Leavenworth, after having re ceived their pay, and the announced will ingness of the military authorities to overlook such desertion.*, If the deserters should return within ten days, furnish a strong indication of the prevailing feel ing. The country is sick of war and war making. The people have no use for soldiering as a calling. The peaceable pursuits of civil life continue to attract them with renewed force. The restraints of the military calling offer no induce ment to men who have any understand ing of the love of individual liberty ani mating them. The first thing usually which strikes the new arrival from on European country as most notable on the streets of American citi- s is the absence of two classes of so ciety jwhich are omnipresent in the o'.der countries—soldiers and beggars. Many of our best citizens have come to the United States to escape the military conscription which is a feature off life at home. Amer ican liberty Is Inconsistent with mili tary servitude. When men's passions are aroused, and their patriotism appealed to they gladly enter the ranks to fight for a cause that appeals to them. There ia no such cause available today. Soldiering as a means of making a living will never be popular in American society. Our rulers at Washington cannot close their eyes to these indications of the pop ular will. They are having it brought home to them every day that this people merely tolerates the show of militarism, and that the sooner the country i 3 brought back to the normal conditions incident to the prevalence of peace the safer and better it will be for these charged with the management of our civ il concerns. Notwithstanding this established popu lar dislike of soldiering:, it Is a matter of the utmost concern to the country that the popular Interest should not be allowed to die out In our state militia. The citizen soldiery of the United States constitutes a tower of national strength, and is a distinctive badge of the liberty which prevails among our people. Ev erything should be done that can tie to re-establish the national guard of the several states in the same condi tion of efficiency that prevailed at the outbreak of the Spanish war. FARMING AS A SCIENCE. There was a time when it was thought that anybody could farm. The farmer was classed as a rude laborer. If he suc ceeded in amassing a fortune it was by reason of superior native intelligence and not by reason of scientific skill. While that condition still obtains In many localities, there is a movement on. foot in this country which will place the farming of the next generation among the learned professions. Our fathers learned what they knew of fanning by experience. They knaw that certain crops flourished in certain kinds of soil, but they did not know why. They were able to detect a good cow when they saw her, but they had not the time to experiment with a view to mak ing all their cows good. The natural conservativeness of the occupation caused the son to farm as his father had farmed before him. Time was too precious to waste "in foolish experiments. The result was that while every other occupation was advancing on a scien tific basis, farming lagged behind the procession. Farms were worn out and abandoned, all because of the lack of scientific knowledge. In 1875 tho state came to the aid of the farmer with the first agricultural ex periment station at Middletown, Conn. This was an innovation—the first appli cation of scientific knowledge to lighten the burden of the farmer. The effect THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1901. was magical. The study of soils and fertilizer* in their relation to crops made if possible to redeem the worn-oult farms of the East. As knowledge begets knowledge, this experiment station mul tiplied unltil now in every state there is an experiment station connected with an agricultural school. These stations are equipped with every 'facility tha.t money can buy. Experts In every department of agricultural knowledge give their time to patient Investigations. The physicist applies his knowledge to a study of the soil; to Its ability to retain moisture, the effect of winds upon the evaporation and kindred topics. He is posted on subterranean waters and sur face drainage. The chemist analyzes the soil and notes Its adaptation to the var ious crops. He advises the use of this or that fertilizer, to make up what the soil lacks. The entomologist is an en cyclopedia on the presence and habits of Injurious insects. Every on© remem bers the introduction of the inoculated chintz bug, which the experiment station of Kansas sent out to spread the deadly plague among these destroyers of the wheat crop. The meteorologist knows all that is to be known about climate, rainfall, frosts and the maximum and minimum temperature to which crops can be subject. He will tell you In what sections of the United States you can raise corn and where you cannot. These are only the great divisions of the work. Experts on butter and cheese give tha result of their investigations to the farmer. The milk of different breeds of cows is tested, also the kind of food best adapted to butter fat or milk flow is ascertained. Sheep and hog raising receives the same attention. The breeding of horses for speed and for draft, as well as the raising of chickens for market and hens for laying is a part of this won derful work. The culture of all kinds of berries and vines, bee culture and the preservat ion of game, forestry, and farm buildings all are included !n the cata logue of this greatest of all professions. The United States is now spending $10, --000,000 a year in developing its agricul tural resources, about $1,000,000 of which is spent in operating these experiment stations. Although this subject has been treated as a science scarcely twen ty-five years, there are now published about 500 different reports, beautifully illustrated, and covering every conceiv able agricultural subject. In addition to this the movement has produced 150 vol umes on different phases of the work, the whole constituting a library which every man who attempts to farm should have. The agricultural colleges and the experiment stations are of as great importance as our universities and pro fessional colleges. The Journal has told the wliole story; that's all there Is to it. Now will you be good? What is the matter with this weather? Has some fool been writing spring poetry. Gen. Wood has concluded to come to Washington with his Cuban show. Seats for sale at popular prices. It is reported that Mother Nation has knocked out about $15,003 with her hatch et during the last cru?a-de. If th!s te true, some of the Kansas saloonkeepers must have come down handsomely to se cure immunity. Does any one know whether Gen. Mac- Arthur regards the doings of the com missary thieves as "a menace to the military situation in /the island." Would It not be a good idea to recall Rice for the purpose of exposing military frauds? So J. P. Morgan paid $125,000 for the recently recovered Gainsborough picture of the duchese of Devonshire. This looks like a large sum to pay for a picture, but it la comparatively small when one considers the big Easter hat that -he got with it When you see a man alighlt from an East bound train at the union depot In Kansas City, whose right leg is con siderable longer than his left give him a quarter, he needs it. He is a Kansas saloonkeeper who has escaped being Nationized, through diplomacy. The Minneapolis Tribune asks: "When does lettuce blush?" and answers: "When it sees the salad dressing." This i 3 not true, for lettuce never changes color un der such circumstances, embarrassing as they may be to the salad, but it always does when it is stripped and washed by the cook. The man who had recently secured a Dakota divorce and immediately married again, in speaking of the recent decision of the supreme court, holding a divorce granted upon the residence of but one party, void, remarked, "in my opinion that decision is war." A further ex planation is unnecessary, as all know what war is. The Dispatch thinks that the giving of the elective franchise to the negro of the South waa a mistake—well, may be it was, and perhaps the Democratic legis latures of the South are doing the prop er thing In limiting that privilege. But such a doctrine is very dangerous for the Dispatch to preach. This very ques tion may become a campaign issue; what would the Dispatch do then, poor thing. The. high school boys of Denver are much wrought up over a decision on the part of the girls to eschew kissing, be cause the professor of biology pointed out the dangers to which they were ex posing themselves by forming this bridge over which all kinds of contagious dis eases might enter the citadel of their sweet personalities. Never mind, boys, when they get a little older they will know more. They will know that it is more dangerous to go without the kisses than to have the disease. The commission from Porto Rico sug gests that the suffering in that island can be temporarily alleviated by the United States expending la.rge sums In road building or other internal- Improve ments, thus giving the people something to do, to compensate them for the de struction of their industries and their commerce. Will we have the pleasure of reading another "plain duty" message? It has become the plain duty of some one to intervene in behalf of the struggling Porto Ricans. The Dispatch wants to know how else congress could have handled Porto Rico? If the G1 ob cis allowed to make a sug gestion at this funeral we wouKl say, by following out "our plain duty- toward that island by granting to the inhaib.tants the same commercial rlglits that the in habitants of Minnesota enjoy. Possilbly the Dispatch has a new and wholly ori ginal Interpretation of 4four plain duty" toward the inhabitants of our insular possessions. If so it would be amusing, at least, to have it expounded. AT THE THEATERS. ' METROPOLITAN. The scenic - embellishment of modern dramatic productions has been carried to an extreme that would seem, extravagent were It. ; not that the public ; has ;:grown to demand such perfection ■of detail. \ In the production; of "Rupert of *Hentzau," Anthony Hope's fascinating r romantic drama,; which la to be seen iAt the Met- '. ■ ropolitan tonight, this scenlo ?/; extrava gance Is given : striking illustrations. The locale; of th« story, in- the 'mythical kingdom lof Ruritania; has given the art ists ample scope f for the exercise of im agination, and j the scenes devised .?' and painted by the Lyceum artists, Unitt and Seavey, - for • this presentation, ; are said to be among their very 'best efforts. The Castle of Zenda, ; the interior of the royal palace at 6trelsau, «fid \ Count Fritz : yon Tarlenheim's residence are In , striking contrast to the setting of the | cellar " m the Konigstrasse, where the thrilling duel of the third act takes place. -. The company presenting . the play is ~ an i ex ceptionally strong one, and 13 headed by that' favorite young star, ~ Mr. Howard Gould, who first achieved ' fame. as Mr. Sothern's successor in the leading role in "The Prisoner of Zenda." '-. GRAND. A story . thoroughly .; pleasing "\ in Its scenes, full of : strong love interest, with a deal of comedy and replete with char acteristic songs of the Fatherland, is "The "Watch on the Rhine," the attrac tion at the Grand the current . week. - _ Lincoln J. Carter's latest melodramatic effort, "The Flaming Arrow," with Go- Wen-Go-Mohawk, the talented Indian actress, in the leading role, will be the Grand's offering the coming week. STAR. The Rose Hill English Opera company at the Star this week comes very near providing as good a piece of staging as many a more pretentious New York success. The comedians are really funny without being too coarse, and there are some special features in the open ing burletta which are worthy of more than special mention. There is a Bowery specialty given by two couples whose names are not specially down on the bills, which is a side-splitting piece of burlesque. The two young women In dulge in a quarrel which results in a fight, and the outcome is a piece of Bow ery truth which called forth several dis tinct recalls. Another strong aggregation is promised by Manager Singer for next week, when "The Ramblers" , appear. MAKUAX OF STATISTICS. A Stock JB»cii^»gr© Hand E««U of Value to Invest©** and Operator*. Others besides investors and operators in the stock markets can appreciate tije convenience of a i reliable and not too bulky guide to the affairs of railroad and industrial corporations, ■ and to ; the past course of quotations for stocks, bonds and commodities. The i 1901 edition of the Manual of Statistics, which is the twenty third annual issue, has Just appeared, and ,ia the book which best fills these require ments. In; It all the ; facts - and £ figures . about railroad,, industrial and street rail way corporations whose securities are known on the various stock markets are set forth, lucidly, intelligently and ac curately. There are records of prices In, the stock, grain arid cotton markets, and . all the statistics Which | nave any | Im- . portant bearing, upon transactions In the latter commodities. The book is remark able for ; its fulness of "detail as to sucn matters, and the care and j accuracy with which" they are exited, as well as for the convenience of • its arrangement, the handy size' of its pages and Its handsome and legible -typography. At this time the conditions Effecting all classes of se curities and the state of th« . stock mar kets are uppermost in the minds or the public, and the Manual of Statistics will serve as a convenient reference authority •- and an accurate guide •to the position of such . matters. z '"' ~~' •: • ■■- ~• - 2:: I i T :.. The department of the work devoted to railroad securities embraces summaries of aH history, organization, capital, -bonds, dividends and physical . features ..of the railroads of the United States,. Including tabulated statements -of I their earnings for a series of years. A Valuable feature is the presentation of . the. comparative freight traffic statistics of all the : prin cipal railroads; which affords An Index to the relative ■ efficiency : of their man agements, as well as to the earning: power of the properties. ' . _' By far the most important section of the book is the 300 pages devoted to In dustrial securities. In thia department info-rmationi is presented in regard to all the manufacturing, industrial. mining and miscellaneous corporations which have assumed Importance In the financial and speculative world. This part of »« book has been greatly enlarged, embrac ing data in regard to practically all. the companies w»hos9 securities are traded in at New York,, Boston, x-hiladelphia. Chi cago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Baltimore, Louisville and other cities, whether the same are dealt in at the stock exchanges or on the so-called "out side" markets. Particular efforts have been directed to this part of the work, which it Is claimed Is the most complete exhibition ever given of industrial and. miscellaneous corporations. Street railways constitute another de partment of particular interest To% in vestors, furnishing c6mplete accounts of the capital, organization, earnings and so forth of the traction companies and street railway lines in the important cities of the country. A notable addition in the 1901 Manual Is a complete record of banks and trust companies of the leading cities, coveringl a period of several years. The figures showing the dividends paid for five years, in connection with an accurate record of stock quotations, which is also given, are a valuable as well as interesting Jf flex to the position of the company's great banking institutions, and an exhibition of the standing of a class of securities whose interest to conservative investors is constantly increasing with the progress of the country in wealth and accumu lated capital. American minCTel industries are em braced In the statistics cf min'ng. with mining stock prices at New York, Boston San Francisco and Colorado Springs. In addition tihe book contains a large amount of general information relating to financial, corporate and speculative mat ters. No effort has been spared to re tain its reputation'ae the best publication of its character. To this i 8 due the fact that its circulation is the largest of any book in existence treating of the sam« class of subjects.. It is. in fact, the vade mecum of the investor, banker and speculator. The Manual of Statistics ]901- 81» Pages, 5y 2 xß. Price $5. Charts H NlcoHl, publisher, 220 Broadway, New York. LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINES. Dr. Walter M. Beck to L<-ci«rr nt Soldiers' Home. ; Dr. T Walter Eeck, of Hauley Falls, Minn., will entertain the veterans at tho soldiers' hoin«- ''-"w*h:?" his • illustrated lec ture on life in .the Philippines. / Dr. Beck was a member of Company T. Thirteenth Minnesota^Volliht'eer.-" infantry, ;, and has without -;• doubt ~ the finest collection of views ever brought to , this country.' The doctor j had : charge of the -v Thirteenth Minnesota hospital at Manila for several mouths. ' -' ;■ .:•' 'C-' ■-'':' "-".-• --:w:-: ■-•- Slugs Second. '/ Chicago Chronicle. >: : . Tho diplomacy of : the McKinley admin istration Is .in -- the minor i key. :;;r*i 7- :f A THE SOCIiIL WORLD. Th« Lower Town Mothers' club held its annual reception yesterday afternoon at the Hawthorne school. The kinder garten rooms and the corridors wera made cosy with rugs and draperies and brightened with cut flowers. The guests were received by Mrs. H. W. Slack, Mrs. C. C. Miller, Mrs. B. W. Kirby,' Mrs! AVilliam Richardson and Mrs. Thomas Yapp. The tea table was in charge of Mrs. Alexander Barclay, Mrs. A. J. Will ard and Mrs. William Richardson. They were assisted by Miss Slack, Miss Bar clay, Miss Richardson, Miss Kirby and Miss Willard. A musical programme was given. Miss Holemo played on the violin, Miss Larkin on Itho piano and Miss Loftus, of Red Wing, and Miss Punder son sang. The board of managers of th« Catholic Infants home opened a bazaar yesterday at Sherman hall on Sixth and Wabasha strceets. A variety of useful and fancy articles are offered for sale. The bazaar will be continued today_ and tomorrow. Luncheon will be served at noon .and dinner from 6 to 8 o'clock each evening The refreshment room is in charge of Mrs. M. F. Kennedy, Mrs. Ellen Mc- Nierney, Mrs. E. M. Randall, Mrs John W. Willis, Mrs. Hgward Lankester, Mrs. W. li. Kelly, Mrs. Uri L. Lamprey, MJs* Nugent, Mrs. J. Broderlck, Mrs. J. C. Geraghty and Miss Hanlan. The fancy work tables are in charge of the women of the different Catholic churches in the city. Gen. and Mrs. Lambert entertained at dinner last evening at their home .on Nelson . avenue; in honor of Miss Louise Duf rene. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Har. ry . TDtoomb,.. of - Iglehart. street, enter tained informally for. Miss Dufrene and her bridal party. Mrs. John' Ahem, of Minneapolis, entertained Tuesday after noon in honor of the bride elect. Euchre was played at five tables, the favors be . ing won by -Mrs. G. W. Dodtis, Mrs. 33. W. Bazille and Mrs. Alfred Dufrene. • • • .A parlor musical was given last even ing at the residence }of | Mrs. A. J. " Elm - quistt, on Canada ; street, for the benefit of the flower fund of St. Sigfrid's church. The musical numbers included a piano number by : Prof. Lundberg, a vocal duet by :. Mr. Anderson and Dr. -N elson; of Minneapolis; a violin solo by Mr. Rodin and songs by Miss Esther Peterson and Miss: Anna Landau. - ■ The hostess was assisted In serving re f rehments by Mrs. G. Jones and' Mrs. Swanson. - . Miss Catherine Winnifred Marsden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mars den, and Joseph tt. Fisher wero married at 9 o'clock yesterday morning at Bt. Mary's Catholic church. Rev. J. T. Gib* bons performed the ceremony. The brids was attended by Miss Clara Each as ruaid of honor. Charles Marsden, the bride's brother, was best man. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher will reside in St. Paul. The Ladies' Social circle of theyJHjb ple's church, will give a chicken pie so cial Saturday evening in the churcn parlors. After the supper the Young People's society will give an entertain ment. The women, of the Park Congregational church opened a rummage sale yester day at 317 East Seventh street. Mrs. Ab bie Clapp and Miss Pike have general charge. They are assisted by Mrs. \v r L> ■\Vhite and Mrs. Carryal. who have charge of the millinery; Mrs. Leonard and Miss White, fancy goods; Mrs. Andrew, Mrs. Cuflworth and Mrs. Bu&v men's clothes; Misa Spencer, hats and caps; Mrs. Salisbury, Mrs. Bond and Miss Robinson, ladies' clothing; boats and shoes, Miss Lanphere. The sale will be continued today and tomorrow. The arrangements for Company D's military ball are nearly complete, and it promises to be one of the most delight, ful events ever given under the auspices of this organization. The date is set for Thursday, May 2; the Twin City orches tra of fifteen pieces will furnish the music, and it is expected tha.'t all friends of the company will be in attendance. This is the first social function given by the company since its return from the Philippines. The Adelphlc club, composed of about fifty of the colored club women of St. Paul and Minneapolis, will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. F. 1,. McGhee, ol University avenue. The admission of colored clubs to the state federation of Woman's clubs will be discussed. Mrs. I*. P. W'lliams, president of the stats federation, and other prominent club women of tbe Twin Cities will attend. The. Ladies' Aid Society of the Bates Avenue M. E. church opened a rummage gale yesterday afternoon on Eas* Sev enth street. The sale will be continued today and tomorrow. The women in charse are Mrs. E, R. Spindler, Mrs. Van Duyne, Mrs. Brink, Mrs. Blades and M*s. Parker. Captain and Mrs. J. J. McCardy en tertained at dinner last evening: at tßeir home on Kent street in honor of Gov and Mrs. S, R. Van Sant. • • • A dispatch from San Francisco re ceived yesterday says Miss Lillian Hecht man, daughter of the late Henry Hechf lr.an, of St. Paul, was married at noon today to OrJin Crawford, one of the of ficers of the Western Basket company, a wealthy corporation. Miss Hechtm&n, while visiting there for the winter fell in love with Crawford and surprised her friends by announcing that she was go ing to be man-led. The bride's brother is vice president of the largest frvit packing concern on the Pacific coast. The Pioneer Business School club will hold a regular meeting tonight in the school rooms, Ryan Annex. Several new applications for membership will be act ed upon. Mr. and Mrs. "William Burk, of Dayton avenue, will occupy their cottage at AVhite Bear, May 1. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Rice, of Summit avenue, have returned from California. Mrs. Dalcour, of Tilton street, is en tertaining Mrs. C. S. Heath, of Duluth. Mr. and Mrs. Wermus entertained at supper Monday evening at their home on McLeod avenue in honor of Andrew Rys tog, of Philadelphia, who is en route to Dawson City. Gov. and Mrs. Van Sant. of the Aber deen, entertained at dinner Tuesday even ing for Mr. and Mrs. IJiram F. Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams, of Far rington avenue, have gone to Mahtsmedl for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Goldsmith, of Far rington avenue, will move May 1 to White Bear. Miss Kelly, of Nelson avenue, will leave shortly for New York to spend the sum mer. Mr. and Mrs. Burnham. of Hague ave nue, have returned from Hot Springs. Mrs. A. F. Goodrich, of Nelson avenue, is entertaining Mrs. Daniel Myers of Troy, N. Y. Mrs. J. P. Adamson, of Carroll street, is entertaining Mrs. Brochm, of St. Cloud. Mr. and Mrs. Rush B. Wheeler, of St. Albans street, will move this week to their summer home at Dellwood, White Boar Lake. Mrs. A. D. Brown, of Lincoln avenue, entertained the Dames of the Round Ta ble Monday afternoon. Miss May, of Marshall avenue, enter tained informally at euchre Tuesday aft ernoon in honor of Miss Marion White and Miss lildna Briars. Favors were won by Miss Hand and Miss Carpenter. A Literary lii«n<>yoin< meut. Chicago Tribune. The love letters of Hon. John P. Alt geld to Hon. Carter Harrison will not be published in book form. Mieht s et Him ThinL.ii»|ff. Baltimore American. » Lord Kitchener might send some prcsa clippings about Aguir.aldo's diamonds to Pewet. iiiiiiiii taTT HIGH SCHOOLS PREPARING FOB GRADUATION EXERCISES IN Jl'SB ■.- :■;:>■ . • - . ■' ■ ..;■ ■ ■■■ ■ ■ LARGE CLASSES THIS YEAB Valedictorians and Salatatorlans Selected by Principals— '■ Proarr'axunie* Are Belnar Prepared. r .> Th« 6tudents attending the various high schools of the city, are now busily engaged ■ preparing for the graduation exercises to be held the first week in June. Already the valdictorians and sal utatorlans have been selected, and, com paratively speaking, large classes will be graduated this year. The central high school Unas one imlque distinction in tr.at both of the students with the high est rank are boys. This is surprising for the high schools, as it ia customary for girls to carry off most of tbe honors. The valedictorian is Walter Moore, and the salutatorian, Maurice Dunlap. The class from the central high school will number about eighty-five, one of the largest In the history of the school. About twenty students will be graduated from the Cleveland high echool, and the two highest in order of rank are, Mis 3 Annie Allyn and Miss Margarett Cooper. The class in the Humbolt numbers twen ty-eight, the valedictorian being Sadie Arne and the salutatorian, Esther Rosen baum. There will be about forty in the class at the Mechanics Arts high school and, on graduation day, instead of the regulation programme, a comedy sketch will be given. No valedictorian or salutatorian will be named. Prof. Robinson, of the Central high school, paid a visit to the department of publlo instruction yesterday afternoon, and was there asked what preparations were being made for graduation. He said that the two ranking highest In the four year's work, were always select ed for parts on the programme, and of these, six are selected by competition in essay work. All of the high schools use this plan, amad' the members of the graduating classes are now busy writing their essays with a view to securing places. Tomorrow night th» Junior pflay, '"A Scrap of Paper," will be given at the Central high school. Much work has been done in preparation for this play and the proceeds will be used for the reception to be given the seniors within a month. THEY DINE TONIGHT. AJiXVAJL BMQIBT OP JfORTHWEST ■'•'EHMT MA/SIUFA'OTtJREiRiS ASISOOI- : ATIOIX AT MERCHANTS*. The Northwestern Manufacturers' as sociation will banquet thia evening at the Merchants' hotel. The event wiil "be their fourth annual dinner, and will be characterized by a lengthy programme of toasts, including one to Senator Moses E. Clapp, who will bo the guest of honor. The toasts are: "The School of Me chanical Science and the Workshop " by Oliver Crosby; "The Railroad and the Factory," A. K. Pruden; "The Farmer and the Workshop," Edward Y'nish, and an address by Gen. Clapp. The fol lowing mercantile houses of St. Paul will be represented at the gathering: Lindeke, Warner & Schurmeyer, Finch, Vani Slyke, Young & Co., American Hoise & Derrick Co., Gribben Lumber Co Fisher Paper "Box Co., Hart &'Murphy' White Enamel Refrigeratcr Co., Kenny Bros., Roberts-Coss Co., St. Paul Re fining- Co., Brown, Treacy Co,, Meandler Bros., Drake Mantle & Tile Co. H M, Smythe Printing Co., Italian Mac. <fc Vermicello Co., Vailc-y Iron Works Northern Cooperarge Co., Northwestern Bedding Co., Karst & Breher, St. Paul Mirror Co., Pioneer Press Co., A. Booth Packing Co., Northwestern Copper" & Brass Co., Sharood & Crooks, Guiterman Bros., Fleischrnann & Co., St. Paul Fur niture Co., Whaley Dwyer Manufactur ing Co., Scribner-Libby Co., H. B. Strait & Co., Brown & Bigelow, Thiem & Co. M. N. Webber, John Callender Co., H. G Neal, Woltc rstaff & Haskell, Noyes-Bros & Cutler, T. L. Blocd & Co., J. H. Schu )neier Wagon Co., Baker Cementico Co Bonn Manufacturing Co., H. L*. Collins & Co., North St. Paul Casket Co., R. M. Bevan Co., Nichols & Dean, Northwest ern Electric Co., Twin City BrA;k Co.. Towle Syrup Co., Rich & Clymer, C R Johnson Co., J. G. Earhuff Co., Perkins Manufacturing Co St. Paul Roof & Cornice company, Swift & Co., Natiorial Biscuit Co., MrGill, Warner & Co., Charles Wienhagen & Co., St. Paul Foundry Co., Northwestern Grass Twine Co., Union Brass Works, St. Paul White Lead & Oil Co., C. A. Stickney Co., Campbell, Brose & Co., Minnesota Type Foundry company, Twin City Fence and Wire company, Bramblett & Bay gen, L. L. May & Co., Horn & Danz, Osgood & Blodgett, 11. A. Muckle Manufacturing company, Pe terson Granite company, Theo. Hamin Brewing company, Joisting & Schilling, George Benz & Sons, Franklin Machine works, Union Mattrass company, E Al brecht & Sons, St. Paul Show Case com pany, Kuhles & Stock, John Martin Lum ber company, Metal Frame Windows Screen company, Tostevin & Son, Vil laume Box and Lumber company, Twin City Varnish company, Roberts' Archi tectural Iron works. Capital City Furni ture company, C. Gotzian & Co., McFad den Candy company, J. PI. Roach & Co. Crescent Creamery company, Drewerv & Son, S. E. Bruce & Co.. F. C. Genge & Co., Pittsburg Plate Glass company, A. Youngbauer, H. B. Fuller, J. H. Donhue B. P. Beardsley, R. B. Grant, John Gor man, H. E. W. Schutte. PREPARE FOR TAX SALE TEW THOIiSASD PIECES OF PROP- EHTY GO I'SDER THOEJ HAM3IER. As a result of the new forfeited tax sale passed by the late legislature, Coun ty "Auditor Johnson will shortly prepare for sale under the hammer between 10,000 and 12,000 pieces of property located In St. Paul. and Ramsey county. The sale will be a counterpart of the great clear ance sale held a year ago and In point of Interests Involved will be the largest ever held in St. Paul. Mr. Johnson now has a force of five clerks busy preparing the lists of prop erty that will be offered at the sale, the law requiring that they be given pub licity in the papers not later than May. Following a failure to Tedeem, they will be offered to the highest blddef at the regular sale to be held next September. The property involved and which t»?.« new law covers are thoso pieces bid "in at the last sale because of the want of a purchaser and for which no provision was made for future disposal. The new law permits the sale of thf-se forfeited lands on May 21. Prior to that time any party claiming title may re deem from the state upon the payment of 50 per cent of the original judgment against the lands. Taxes have also ac crued from 1896 to 1900. In case owaer» do not redeem prior to tho sale on May 21, the lands will then be sold at public sole, subject to the same provision, how ever, that they cannot be bid in for les» than GO per cent of the orison v judg ments. If the lands are not b:.i !n byi owners prior the sale and are n)l dis posed of at that sale, they can r bought of the county auditor subject to the approval of the state auditor. This last provision is of the greatest im portance as it will permit owners of out lying lands in Minneapolis, St. Paul and elsewhere to bid in the taxes at a flg'.ir* which will enable them to redeem and to place tho property back upon the active tax list. The new law, it Is figured, will be a boon to property owners who own tax burdened tracts and bring to the county and state, taxes that will reach a large figure. One excellent feature Auditor Johnson thinks, is that owners are given the first ehace to redeem, thus shutting out tlie speculators. GLOBE'S CiaCULATION FOR MARCH. [Advertisers will note that th© average daily circulation for March is nearly 800 over that of Feb ruary.] Ernest P. Hopwood, superintendent of circulation of the St. Paul Globe, being duly svorn, deposes and say* that th« actual circulation of the St. Paul Glob© for the month of March, 1901, was a3 follows: Total for the rnoath. 582,900 Average per day 18,803 ERNEST P. HOPWOOD. Subscribed and sworn to befora ma this 31st day of March. 1901. H. P. PORTER. Notary Public, Ramsey Co., Minn, [Ncteri&lSeal.] FURTHER PROOF IS READY. The Globs inyltes any ons and «vsry on© Interested to, at any time, mak« a full scrutiny of its circulation lists and records and to visit its press and mail ing departments to check and keep tab on the number of papers printed and th» disposition made of the same. ■ 111 DID •MiyjVES'OTA'S DISPLAY AT PAIC AMiEIRICiAW WILL BB MOST CRJEJ>ITABLJS COMMISSIONERS ABE BUSY They Return Prom Buffalo Today— Poultry, Horticultural and Cattle Exhibits Ar ranged For. The Pan-American commissioners wiU return to the city today and it is ex pected that from the minute they arrive until they again leave for Buffalo in a couple of weeks they will be the busiest men in St. Paul. The commissioners art well satisfied with the work accomplish ed so far, and they say that everything i 3 coming their way. An interesting announcement was given out last night to the effect that this state will have a complete display of poultry and short horn cattle at the exposition. The poultry and the cattle will be trans ferred to the exjposltion direct from tho state fair grounds in September, and nothing but prize-winners will be sent. This will secure an exhibition in this line which will be unsurpassed. Arrange ments are also being made for a mag nificent flour display, and an the large millers of the state, or most of them, have signified their willingness to do their utmost in preparing good exhibits. Minnesota's horticultural exhibit will ass rank among the best at the exposition. The commissioners have iust decided to send a model of the new chamber of commerce building in Minneapolis to the exposition. The model is already built and its cost is $1,5C0. It is said to be one of the finest models ctf any building ever built in this state. A series of pio tures of the educational institutions of Minnesota, which rank high in the North- J western state 3, will also be one of tha I features of the exposition. The commercial bodies of the city have been waiting for the conrmlsicnors to take seme action relative to having a model built of the new state house to placß on exhibition, and are much dis appointed because nothing has been dene. The Commercial club will consider th« matter today and urge the commission ers, on their return, to have the model built. The clulb thinks that if the com missioners can see their way clear to pay for a model of the chamber of commerce building in Minneapolis they can also secure a model of the capitol, which is by far the most beautiful building in the state. Other commercal bodies reason th# same way. SUMMER SCHOOL SEASON THIS YEAR THE SESSION'S WKLIi LAST SIX WEEKS. Dr. Klehle, (Jean of the department of pedagogy at the university, held a long conference with Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction Olson, at the capitol yes terday afternoon, and afterward it was announced that this year there will be six weeks of summer school at the university, instead of four, as in past years. Superintendent Olson, speaking of the decision to have six weeks of school, said: "We have always had four before, but we have made the discovery that stu dents during the summer season can do about twice as much work in six weeks as in four. With that length of time teachers who want to make up certain subjects, work the harder and accomplish the end in view, while they would ;iot be led to do so with ofcjy four weeks." To date the department has received applications for flfty-eigfit summer schools, but the appropriation will not allow so many. It is probable that there will be about forty. UNCLE SAM TO HIS BOSTON GIRL News Note—The riding women of Boa ton propose to adopt the cross-saddle. Maid of Boston, ere we part Give, oh give me back my heart; By this proposition you ... Have handed me my tra-le-100, "And it slugs my erstwhile pride. In you to think that you will rid« Daddy fashion; can it be "' -' The sit-ways style is not high Q? Ah, | this: is dreadful, don't you knoV Zoo mou.sas agapo—NlL, . Maid of Boston, hear my vow, Ere you to this fashion bow: By the Imminent and real; By the cosmic and ideal; HUgcH By the pork and beans that give - Nourishment by which you live: By the transcendental gift, World-renowned,; by which you lift Your love into the fiery sphere .That-scorches every object near: By the Intellectual graft, Seasoning the nectar. quaffed :*• -";.' ■ By the gods of brains who rate Boston as the Truly Great; By the sacred codfish that Almc3t shows you "where you're atj ' By the gilded dome that gleams . Ever in your sweetest dreams; .. By the shades of men as great In books of art as in the state; ;" v By the; shades of women who Would wear no ether hose than blu«( ? . By all of these and others which. > In Boston pride are 'quite 'as rich, - And to you all are no less dear, .- Though space forbid their mention her*-* By all of these I ask you, miss. ; Do you propose to look like this: i I S P B O E ! R A X N & 8 When you are mounted on your.steed - To take the exercise you ne«d,-: - . And likewise show the Upper .Tea ' You «ire a fair.equestrienne?. " Maid of ; Boston; frappeedrbliss, It you intend to look like: this, ■■;.■• I vow I never, never more . Will love you as I did before; And let me toll you this besides; H Don't let your charter see what rides ■: - Upon his back, for if you do xv-'rf c ?---.i" ' ~: ■ He's .'going ; to drop I dead; under, you. —New York Sun.