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OFFIQIM. PAPER \ : ;~OFTHE-^-. CITY OF ST. PAUL. VOL. XXIV.-NO. 162. liilitll MTKIN&JEnr'S CABINET WAS SIM MOXBD LAST BVBXIVG IX HYB TEHIOUS C(I,\CI,AVE no EINT AS TO ITS MEANING CONDITION op mrs, m'kinley IS NOW .stated TO be stead ii,y improving ARMY OFFICERS ARE NAMED WASHINGTON, June 10.—In response . to messages from the president late this evening, after an hour's talk with the secretary of state, all the members of the cabinet now in the city assembled at the White house at 8 o'clock this evening. There were five of them present. They tame In evening dress. Secretary Long was accompanied by his little boy. The object of the gathering was not known to the members of the cabinet, as the in vitations to them simply asked them to cail at 8 o'clock. Several of the members sa.id the call was simply to pay their re spects. The meeting was called suddenly late this afternoon by mfssages sent the va ■ rlous cabinet members from the White house. The president and Secretary i-ong had been out driving, the secretary being especially sent for by the president to .Kin him In the drive. When the pres - .. dent returned ho found Secretary Hay awaiting him, and the two spent a half hour together, the secretary leaving later on a night train for Buffalo, it was immediately after this (tall that the cab inet was asked to assemble, and they arrived within a few minutes of each other, about s o'clock, none of them be ing advised in advance of the object. Secretary Long brought his young h >n. tfir!es Long, Gage, Hitchcock and Wilson, Attorney General Knox and Post ■ i Genera) Smith were tho.-e present. Becretary Root is in Buffalo while i taiy Hay left for the same place. The cabinet immediately repaired to the cabi net room, where they remained less than an hour. They to.jk occasion to express gratification at the continued Im ., provement in Mrs. MoKinley's condition an.! also discussed another subject which none of them would divulge, each m, m -1. r saying it was a personal matter, an'! of them giving out tin- negative in nation that the m<-.-t;rg had no rela to Cuba, china, the Philippines, the Torio Ricans, the supreme court decision, ■ war or any other important ■stion. The personal] injunction :.<-h member to say nothing about i prevented any Information on lect being had. Several cabinet Lid theii calls had something to Mrs. McKinley's continued irn it Home said the matter was r of a social or personal nature lilefly concerned those present. .VIRS. M'KINLEY BETTER. S_ r>r. Rixey, when he loft the White : hd:ise at 10:15 tonight said; "Everything Is encouraging:. Mrs Mo. Mnley is doing very nicely. She Is gain ;r;.«r steadily. She sat up in a rocking ! p;-air several times today, aggregating ■ probably an hour. We aro very much en couraged by the steady improvement." Surgeon General St.-rn.xrg made his . usual visit to the White house and on • leaving said that Mrs. McKinley ; con- I tinued to Improve and is doing very well Although President McKinley has been ! compelled to abandon his visit to the I Buffalo exposition next Thursday by i reason of the serious illness of Mrs. Mc- Kinley. the programme arranged for that •lay. which has been designated as _ President's flay, will be carried out so far as possible in his absence. A num ber of ofticials from this city will par ticipate, Including- Admiral Dewey ana : L.!eut. Gen. Miles. It is understood that i ■ien. Miles will deliver an address at the exposition on the celebration of Flag day next Friday. NAMED BY M'KINLEY. The president appointed the following officers of the Porto Rico provisional regiment of infantry: itenant-Colone'l — James A. Bu nan. BtfjLJH Majors—William E. Almy, Eben Swift Captains—Louis E. Bennett, Christian id, William P. Butler, Charles H Almond, Osman Latrobe Thomas F Mai ginnis, James T. Ord, Allen D Ray mond. First Lieutenants — William W Bal lard Jr., William W. Bessell Harry L Cooper, Morris E. Locke, Walter F. Mar • tin, Bins Nadal, John O. Steger O. Owen Seaman, Orval P. Townsend, Jacob E. Wyke. Second Lieutenants—George C. Broome Terence Hamil, Charles P.. Kerney, Jean S. Oaks, Eben Swift Jr., Paul Wuttke Assistant Surgeon, Rank of Captain- Jose Lugo-Vina, Also the following in the regular serv ice: Cavalry, Second Lieutenant—Eugene J. J.ii', Clarence Laninger, C. Tatum. Second Lieutenants of Infantry—David ' ■ A. Henkes. Edward K. Massee, Sheibv C ! erasure. Pat M. Stevens, William" .VT' ' Little. ' ; [ Second Lieutenants. Artillery- Corns— ' Kartman L. Butler, Frank T. Thornton, John R. .Musgrove. Surgeon of Voluntary* Rank of Major- Frank E. Artaud. WASHINGTON NOTES. Eight claims were filed with the Span- Jsn claims commission, the aggregate sued, for being $317,000. The largest claim i :n the list was for $ltJS,<^!> for property ; losses, and was filed by Christobal Al fonso. The comptroller of the currency has de clared dividends in favor of the creditors - ol insolvent national banks as follows :5 P«r cent, First National Bank of Nile.V i Mich. 1; 10 per cent. Citizens National bank! of Niles Mich.; 5 per cent, First National : jbankj of Helena, Mont.; 5 per cent. Grand ! Tories National bank, Grand Forks N i I>.; 5 per cent. Farmers' National Bank! i Cf Portsmouth. Ohio. I SThe comptroller of the currency has an- i Kpunmd that within the next two weeks \ a dividend of 40 per cent will be declared to the creditors of the First National bank, of Vancouver, Wash., which failed i -.nvrral weeks ago. .■■ -■■■[ ■ ; The navy department has received a I cablegram announcing that Admiral Re- i m.-y. aboard the Brooklyn, who was in- ! }.vtinK, the ,New Zealand authorities to I extend his stay. to Australian waters, so . as to include a visit to their island left ! \\ ellington yesterday for Sydney. N. S. J£» .; Tho« admiral will shortly . sail for Cavlte, and resume active command, of the Asiatic station. The vacancies in the staff of. Lieut. Gen. Miles, commanding the army, caus ed by the death of Lieut. Col. brands Michler, and the transfer to the inspec- | tor general department of Lieut. Col. j 11. K. Bailey, have been filled Jjy the assignment of Lieut. Col. Samuel Reber ! to duty as military secretary, ani the assignment of Lieut. Col. M. P. Maus to as siM? <asgss. Col- Rebar | The former president of Honduras Dr I vately, and will go from here .Havana* lhe gunboat Concord has left Yoko hama for Unalaska, whare she Is to a ° •lst in enforcing the liquor laws ii that section and otherwise take up the- Sutiee .. formerly performed by the gunboat Wheeling which wtw ricently Jut 2$ of commission, THE ST. PAUL GLOBE BULLETIN OF IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY Weather Forecast for St. Paul: Local Rains; Easterly Winds. Cabinet Holds Night Session. Wholesale Forger Arrewted. Dr. linger Guilty of Fraud. Stern Commits Suicide. Colored Men Want to Join. 2—Fatal Accident in St. Paul. School Bid* Exceed Entiiuaten. School Consolidation Opposed. I*rice of Potatoes Goes Up. Uicthop Cotter 111. , Bishop Cretin Celebration. 11 —Woodmen Convention (Conlin'd). 4—Editorial Comment. s— Kidnapers Beat Saints! GnmeH In the liig I>eaßues. Sporting \>««, Battle Over Dr. Tnbba. Filling in River. Xe»vn cf the Ruilroads. Condition of Crops. Doctors! Disagree. Globe Popular WnntH. 7—Markets of the World. July Wheat, 72 3-4 c. Bar Silver, 50 S-4c. *•!•'«• > Stronger. — Gypsy* ( luirin Worked Well. News of the North»ve«t. WEATHEE FOR TODAY. Minnesota.—lx>cal rains Tuesday-- and probably Wednesday; cooler in northern ami western portions Tuesday; fresh east* rly winds. Wisconsin—Local rains Tuesday and probably Wednesday; light to fresh east to southeast winds. lowa—Local rains Tuesday with cooler in central and western portions; proa ably showers Wednesday; variable win is. South Dakota-Local rains Tuesday and Wednesday, variable winds. Montana--Partly cloudy Tuesday, with warmer in western portion. Wednesday fair and warmer: variable winds. St.. Paul — Yesterday a observations, taken by the United States weather bu reau, St. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, for the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night—Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation: Highest temper ature. T'): lowesi temperature, s'j; average temperature, GS; daily r *.-:•, is; bai ter, Li*.!''); humidity, 74; precipitation, 0; 7 p. m., tempera turf, ?.'>; 7 p. m., wind, southeast; weather, cloudy. STestei da y'B Tempi natures— •fcpmHigh *&pmHigh Battleford so CO Grand Haven .04 72 Duluth 52 62Green Bay 60 GS Havre 00 64Jacksonville ...'('• 84 Helena JNS 5J Kansas City ..90 94 Huron ~<"/. 'i 2 Marquette 60 81 Medicine Hat...60 G2 Montgomery ...88 S»2 Pr. Albert 52 BSI Montreal fit ''* Qu'Appelle 62 GlNashville ») CO S. Current 5s GO New Orleans . Williston G6 BS'New York ....72 7C Winnipeg 74 73 Norfolk 70 7n Alpena 54, M North Platt< ■ Bismarck .., 70 72|Omaha 1 " 50 Buffalo 64 70 Philadelphia ..72 73 Boston 70 7lPittsburg 70 74 Cheyenne Til! PS San Francisc-o Chicago 7ti 78St. Louis 86 90 Cincinnati 74 70 Salt Lake 60 62 Cleveland 72 74 Ste. Marie Gl i 2 Davenport 82 S<t Washington ...7v 8^ Tut roil GS 7* ♦Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). River Bulletin- Danger Gauge Change in , Stations. Line. Reading. 24 Hoars. St. Paul 14 4.1 —0.1 | Davenport 15 3.6 ... i La Crosse to 4.4 *0.1 ■ St. Louis 30 13.0 ... —Fall. *Rise. River forecast till 8 p. m. Tuesday: The | Mississippi will change but little in the vicinity of St. Paul. OCEAN *LIK£ES. New York.—'Arrived: Southwaik. Ant werp; Grosser Kurfurst, Bremen; Trave, Na{)les; Manitou, London. Liverpool—Arrived: Ivernia, Boston; Lancastrian, Boston; Northwestern, Chi cago. Greenock—Arrived: City of Rome, New York. Antwerp—Arrived: Kensington, New I York. Ci'.traltar—Arrived: Aller, New York, for Naples and Genoa. Sailed: Werra (from Genoa and Naples). New York. Naples—Sailed: Belgravia, New York. London—Arrived: Minnehaha, X< w , Y.uk. Browhead—Passed: Nomadic, New York, tor Liverpool. Glasgow—Arrived: Arcadian, Montreal. AT NEW YORK HOTELS. NEW YORK, June 10.—(Special.)—Fol lowing ure Northwesterners registering at New York hotels: St. Paul—Mark J. Magnum, O. Morris, ' St. Denis; F. S. Bloom, William Lang more, Herald Square; C. H. McGill and l wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Kirk. Gilsey; R. F. Hersey, Holland: D. R. Hevener, I L. W. YVolterstoff, Cadillac. Minneapolis—John Erlshon. Broadway ! Central: Mrs. H. H. Kimball. Herald Square.; J. F. Cole, Murray Hill; R. fl. Rose and wife, Manhattan; F. C. Thomp son. St. Denis; H. Vongell and wife. Im perial: P. Gibson. F. Gibson, Gilsey. Duluth—W. A. Cleveland, Ashland; J. Kinsley and wife, Manhattan. South Dakota —A. L. Parmley, Conti nental. MAN AND WIFE BOTH DEAD • DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT THE GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, CHICAGO. CHICAGO, June Side by Bide, each with a bullet wound in the temple, the dead bodies of L. Hartman and his wife were found in their bed at the Great Northern hotel this evening. The room showed no evidence of a struggle, both lifeless forma were composed, the cov ering of the bed well tucked about them, but the revolver clutched in the right hand of the husband told the story of the double tragedy. Of the pair that courted death so suc cessfully nothing is known by the man agers of the hotel beyond a report that the man has wealthy connections in New York, and that the woman apparently wa.s once an actress under the stage name of Rose Violet. From information given by a woman who inquired for them this morning- it is suppo«ed that the case is one of a rune.way marriage, with death as the result of despondency over the obduracy of an unforgiving father. Hartman and his wife registered at the hotel June 6, giving as their address New York. Both were stylishly dressed, and appeared to be persona of means. They did not mingle with the other guests and spent most of the time in their rooms They were reserved In manner, but from fRe evidences of affection they displayed it was surmised by attaches of the hotel that they were on their wadding trip Early Sunday night they retired to their apartments, and : nothing was Been of them until this evening^ when they were found dead In bed. The chambermaid tried to gain entrance to the room in the forenoon, but was unable to do so. i Later in the day she repeated the attempt -with tho sum* result. Repeated knocking* failed to obtain an answer and, the hotel office being notified, the room was brok en into tonight, and the discovery was made of the double tragedy. At midnight It was learned that the dead woman was Rose Lesebre, a varletv actress. The father of th« dead man Is Bald to be a wealthy tobacco dealer In bupinc«s in New York city. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1001. mini i ii CHICAGO DETECTIVES HAVE THEIR HANDS FIT,!. IX ARRESTING AS AI,l/E«Ef» CR IMJ V BADLY WANTED EY POLICE CItAIRGED WITH HAVING CO-MMIT TEtI> MAST WKOIJ3«AI^E FOil- GERII2S IX MAW CITIES IS SON OF A BOSTON BANKER CHICAGO, June "10.—-Melville Chester Jr. la under arrest en a charge of forgery. Twenty-five charges axe said to hav<; been mud" againslr. him Cheater Jr. was arrested this afternoon by- Detective Sergeants Bock a>nrl De- Fousa, of the centra! station, after a chase ol over .six blocks in the down town district, and was finally captured in the court yard of th* Auditorium An nex utter he had given the detectives a desperate flsht. Two weeks ago Capt. Colleran re ceived a message from the thief of police of Kansas City to lie on <.-!•• lookout for Chester and to notify all banking and jewelry firms to 1., careful in dealing with a man answering Chester's "descrip tion. As til-' detectives were passing along Jackson boulevard today they saw a man emerge from the store, 17 Jackson boule vard. The suspicions of the detectives were aroused nd they decided to place the man under arro:-;t. When Chester reachedT.Wabash avenue hc-V became suspicious of the detectives and ran. Tl^ defectives followed him and pedestrians seeing the trie runnins •started in pursuit. Chester ran south In Wa-bash avenue to Harrison etre'et, Where; ho attempted to elude the deU.c tives by boarding a Colttage Grove ave nue car. Jumping on the rear platform Chester ran through the cr.r, knocking a woman down as she was attempting ti> alight ai Harrison street. Seeing th« de tectlves and the crowd In hoi pursuit, Chester jumped from th<; car and run oast on Harrison street towards Michi gan avenue! Ef^^ FOUGHT FOR HIS FREEDOM. A number of cabmen were standing at Hnrrison street and Michigan avenue tind one of them, Frank Hyd<, attempted to stop the prisoner, but was struck a blow in the face that felled him to the pavement. Chester ran north on Michi gan avenue to Jackson borlevard, then to VVabash avenue! Almost exhausted from his ions run, Chester turned Into Van I'.ui-. n street, crossing the street, ran through .v small passageway to th« rear of the Chicago club, and refug» in the courtyard In their ear of the Audi torium Annex."; Detectives Bock and De- Sousa saw Chester run between t-he buildings and followed. Seeing Detective DeSousa, Chester- utltred an oath aaid sprang at 1 him. They grappled ana wrestled, when Detective Bock assisted In overpowering the man. A.l tl c central Mar. n : hest< ■ a imitti l ' to <■«,,!. Ccllenan that h< was ji, man ; \v.iii!< :! by the police of several cities. Chester told Capt. Colleran h« was the ; wm of Melvilli Chester, a banker of 1< i.- -ten, Mass.. who is connected vv-ith the banking firm of Baker, Veti€Ti <v. Chect?r. He is said to have committed over sixty forgeries in th< lasi six months. H« has been eagerly sought after by the police of Memphis, Ttnn., Boston, fean Fran cisco, Cincinnati, Louisville, Pittsburg, New fork, G«dveston IJberty, Mo.; Bloomington, 111 ; Normal, fll.; (iuthrle, Okla., ..::'! Kansas City. HAS A BAD KE< '< (RD. Chester, it is declared, escaped from th« ' police in Kansas City after a desperate tight in wJii( h he is said to have wound- - ed a policeman, in Gertrude. Okla., while esHf-ai'Li^r he is said ).y the police to have j shot and seriously wounded a pol ce-mao. bat not before the policeman had Btiu k him several times with the butt of hs : re-.oher. inflicting a deep eul In the back or Ohester'i nd wihich he showed to the police tonighi Chester has l.cca in Chicago but a '• w days, coming here from M< mphis, Term., j but sine: his arrival here is said to have forged checks on over a doz< n mere] ant :. | the amounts varying from $10 t . $lgo! Vestc-rday fheeter, it is charged, forged a eh< ck on R. a. \\ rightn ■ ntl< - ' man's furnisher, at 53 Jackson bouli yard, to the amount of $-». \VThf,n searchi fl ai the ■ entral nation, j Chester had a number of checks of the National Biscuit company In his pecktt, which, he said, he filled out as lie used them. When told that he would go to the I enl- ! tentiary, Chester said he knew it, but j he did not care. "I am glad l am ar.e.t- j cd;"' said he. 'I cam. of good pro le in . Boston, where my father is In the bank- ! Ing basin/si. ! could live a gool life it" I only would ,ld as my father often re quested, but I cannot content myself in one place;long. I have- no one to blame' but myself, and now that i am under ar rest I will take my punishment like a man." BALKS AT A GUARANTEE THE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT'S STAND OX CHINESE INDEMNITY. WASHINGTON, June 10.—The govern ment has formally communicated to the i foreign powers the impossibility of join ing- in a joint guarantee for the payment of the Chinese Indemnity. The difficul ties in the way of such an arrangement are Bet forth In the communication, par- j ticularly those relating to the constitu tional restrictions on the president in making a joint guarantee of this char- l acter. In view of the determination of the i United States not to be a party to a i joint guaranty there Is anxiety shown in ' diplomatic.circles as to the outcome on j the question of indemnities. One view is that ihe-.majority, of the powers being favorable to a joint guaranty will exe cute this joint. instrument, and thereafter- j carry on a concert of their own. In that event, it is said, the United States would ! arrange directly -ith China as to the American portion of the indemnity. The representatives of most of the European powers do not believe that a resort to The Hague tribunal, as proposed by the United States, will be acceptable to 'their governments. HOURS OF FEMALE LABOR. Nebraska' Judge iSuwtniiis State's - RiK'Ut to ReKulate Them. OMAHA, June 10.—Judge Baker, iii the district court today, decided that the etatute known as the female labor law of Nebraska, prohibiting: owners of man ufacturing and mechanical concerns, stores and shops from working female employes for more than sixty "hour? a week is constitutional. The oa^e was 'one wherein William Wenham, a lauiriry man, was charged with overworking :e --male labor. The court held that it was necessary to limit the hours of female labor in order to protect public health. -. ■ • • fiw "4 f THE SAINTS LITTLE JOKE. Now, > «mi knot*. yon inns! !»«• cnrefnl, Kovt-rnur; for It Ike people ni» Xorthcott yon «l«>iir anything on) of the v»«y. It nonldo't take louts for the story to travel l«» Southern (llinoia. II HIM ill END OK OOWSI'UfcACJY TRIAL POL- I,OWl\fi SI V STICK HO'v \S DEATH «>!•"• 3IARIB ?ii;n:\:> PLAYED FOR HIGH STAKES .Vun Dr. I iiucr mill Hi* !'oponi)pira- r toim Will Go (<> Illinois Pcni- - tentiarj— -('au»« of Dentb t'ti«let«Ti»»JsnMi . CHICAGO, Juno 10— Dr. August M. ITn ; gr-r and F. Way-land Brown en trial For 1 conspiracy to defraud insurance .ccm panieu through the death <■!' .Miss "Mark: ! Defenbaeh m this' eyenfng .found guilty *>j and' sentenced to the penitentiary under ! the indeterminate act. Prank li. : Smiley, indicted with 1 tiger and . Brown, ' [leaded guilty and turned state's cvi- ; dence. It is likely that be will escape with a lijrht sentence. The evidence in the ease showed that ! Unger, Brown. Smil'-y and Miss Def*>n bach entered Into a conspiracy by which Smiley whs to appear as the affianced j husband of the woman. She was then to : be ill and, apparently die", leaving the in siirarioo, which included one policy In a • stock company'and. two in fraternal or- i ganizations, the total aggregating $25,C00. ; The woman in her will ea'd that she! <■?€sired her remains to be erf-mated, and j It is supposed that it was the Intention : to hurry her away after her supposed ' death and cremate another body procur- ! ed from a hospital. | ACCIDENT OR Mt-RDER? The woman became ill. a'ceordisg. to ; programme, bat d^;'riot rally an 1 dic:l. \ Her body was.at pi\ce cremated. An in- ! quest was held, by An.-i.-: ;'ii Coroner John • M. Weckler; without a jury, and Weckler returned to.,the coroner's office ft verdict that the woman had die.l of natural ■ causes. The death oj the woman is • shrouded in mystery, and physicians on j the stand differed widely a"? to the cause | of death. The' state, however, declared [ that the woman was murdered, although: it could not be positively proven. It was j shown that, all the Endurance carried by I the woman whs assigned before her ! death and that he,i>;will was drawn up J after these assignments had been mad*. ; The will had no* effect save in the clause ' touching erf mat ion. and It in claimed by the state that the will was prepared only | to facilitate"tfie. disposition of the body! after death. .\ : :1". v " i\ ' ; CAUOHT IN BIRMNB MINE I ! MAM >ilv'V THOIfiHT TO [IK EN- I .- TOJIBED A).!VK. i PORT ROYAL, Pa., /imp 10.—The Pitts- ■! burg Coal and Coke company's shaft -No. ! 2, al this place, is aetiia on fire, after ' steady running for ,s. v.-:i years, and over J thirty men are in t!^e mines, many of i whom, it is feared, will never be heard j from again. i About 6 o'clock;smoke was seen to be issuing from shaft No. 2, which is on the fine of the Ptttsburg & Lake Krie railroad. it is though the fire started fmm an explosion, ana hat six men were in the mine atthe*ti .c of the explosion, the ;i.i:i being .To< k P >j)le». Tony Stick- Its, Frank E>avenrsS'- ' r—- " J>aly, Law rence Setter art;! j n Stakes. Stakes and Sutler were in '_ lear the place in which the explosion <><■< and upon the arrival of a ■ rescue party they were quickly brought to thfe surface, after be ing nearly overcome I>\ afterdamp; They could give no information as to what bad ' caused the fire, |und told the rescue party that* four—afner m'en- were- en tbmbed. About 7 /o'clock Supt. William McCune. of West Newton, general su perintendent of this district: Demiis Wortley, pit boss of ti' wilne* Michael Roy, foreman of the Kiicikt mlnf>a, arid several other bodges with .-about twenty men went' down jjbf-'ff"'Noi-1, v.'hich iVs just opposite on Qierj^-HiTiiorc^&SOhlo side of the rfvv.v..'' and iiave n<rt lit-n heard from since^ . i_'Ut i thrte li"U't! after the re.si v>e' yju^y. t^ijf- !>oen In' tl:<r mine, two more *i&);>l<isivvas\vwe heard. Meantime, the orow<vsi/Aan<l the diienlng of the' shaft -had/jij^ivased, - the Crowd including many ■ ruotKwv,- wives anrl sis ters of the m«n eni.fr,i&«-3. " All sorts of plans have been sug'g'tiPted for the res cue of the men. ■ • ■•• ■ At 11 o'clock tonlgfht four men \-oli:n --teered to go down shafts No. 2 and No. 3 and one roan down No. I, but up to this time It Is not known ; whether they have .■nicecfcjjieii in making any rescue. Uas ar.d sniobe are .l.ssulnp from -.the mines at mltiniglit. anil'- ov^r 200 men, women nn& children are wafting for-some news of relatives. Doctor*-"sUavi.- boen called, and assistance is .hc!fig--ottar«d on rwery -1«C in m i m KOiUlKlt ST PAH. VAN KILLS lIIM SELrF AT I'M hi C Ell 31 AN V WAS FCSMEELY A JOURNALIST Gifted With lir.ai Talents, lie Wai Very Popular in This City— I!ri>oilt'<l Cver fancied SllKht. -* .. -»■»--- ■-» - -** = -.. jsU^,.^ . — EAMBRRO. Bavaria, June in.—Louis | Stern, the former inked States com mt-rcial agent hei i . shot and killed him -1 mi:" today in the public gardens near the [, town. ; On- inquiry bcire a representative of tha i Associated Press ascertained 'today that : Mr. Stern's consular services at Bam* berg yielded -excellent, results. He pro moted exports of roofing slate to the I tilted Slates and he also secured for Americans the contract for Bamberg Electric railway. Fie had suffered, how ever, under financial obligations incurred in St. Paul prior to his appointment. This embarrassment greatly depressed him, although it it- understood the diffi culty whs settled some time ago. intimately he got into a morbid and gloomy state of mind. He imagined that at ■■■■ Hebrew his American colleagues In Germany disliked him and also that his Hebrew status prevented him from se curing government promotion. On a cer tain public occasion in Berlin a year ago, . j Mr. Stun felt aggrieved at the tone of speeches made by two prominent Amerl- j cans who were present. He thought the speakers meant to belittle him as a He brew, all of which was purely imaginary. During the last twelve months this morbidness had grown into a settled mel ancholia and he entirely refused all work except duties of a- purely routine char- tor. This resulted about a month ago in his removal. From that moment his mcroseness noticeably increased, but he lingered in i Baml disregarding th>e advice of his friends that he should return to the ■ United States,-where a ;.responsible posi tion was open to him. He leaves a widow, but no children. It Is understood that his accounts are in a satisfactory condition. The sad news conveyed ir the above cablegram came as a great shock to the : many friends of Mr.- Stern in St. Paul, where he was well known and universal ly esteemed. ■ For a number of years Mr St"m was the efficient city editor of -Volkszeitunsj, j the daily German paper in this city,' j : which position brought him in contact ; German:--, especially, he was a great with all classes, and avnong the educated 'favorite. Personally, he was small in stature, but possessed of great nervous find men- j tal vitality, and it was through h}» ardent advocacy of. Democratic principles that tii secured his appointment at Bam berg. He was appointed consul by Presi d. Nt Cleveland. Among his fellow news paper men -md co-workers he was high ly esteemed, and no adequate reason can be ascribed for his rash act, aside from the theory that he must have been men-> tally unbalanced. The Associated Press is in error as to his family connections', as he married an estimable young lady of St. Paul, some years ago. and he is survived b a widow and a thirteen-year i Id daughter. FOR MURDER OF W.M. RICE LAWVEH ALBERT T. PATRICK AR HAI<;\KI) IX YEW YORK. : NEW YORK, June 10.—Albert T. Pat rick pleaded not guilty of the murder of U'iiiiam Marsh Rice, the Texas million & ire, when arraigned before Judge Cow ir.x in tbie court of general sessions to day. With him were arraigned David L». . Fh"ri. arid Morris Meyer, charged with forgery in connection with the case. They pleaded not guilty also. All tTiree were remanded back to the tomhs. No application for ball was made. The men were arranged as a sequence to the de cision rendered by Judge Foster last Mri flay, -overruling a demurrer entered j by the. attorneys" for the defendants. " Later Moore amd Cant well, attorneys for Patrick, Short and Meyers, made an application to Judge Cowing for bail for Short and Meyers. Assistant District At torney GarvSn, representing the people, asked that ball be fixed" at $40,000. Mr. Moore thought this amount was greatly excessive and asked that ball be fixed at $10,000, which ha thought too accused could secure. Judge Cowing named $25,000 in etch case as the turn he would requlr«. PRICE TWO GENTS—^? V S'?L 8%8. s One of the Vital Issues of the Con vention Will Be the Race Question. Representative Negroes Formulate Plans— Basis of Insurance May Undergo Change. Programme for Today. Forenoon-Opcnm* «es»lcn of Ibe Head <am,, ; uiidr*.* of v.,1,-*m« PI renpoßses. As«e>aliM»B of «i»iformed Forester , teams, toon—Parade by Company C and Ior«-.ster tenuis. nar-Gran.l Historical Military Drill of Nation at the Au.lKorlum The color question, one that :it th pres ent time Kemi to be the ail absoi topic of interest at national co particularly <>f orders like the • tic now in the city, will corr.c i p t da ■ ■ for. the law committee of the Modern Woodmen at a session to be held some ,im thl ernoon. Attorney Frederick I. Vlci representing the colore ' • I St. Paul, wiM head a delegation wh!ch will the Jawi committee an i a k that oredgmen i < •• llowe l to Join thi tien If they see fit. Attorney McGhce was seen re'atlvi to t night, and he s Id he hoped the Woodmen at thia convention would jri\e the question t c earnest <<>n sideration which it merited. Jus;.) r Oibbs. who conducts the restaurant in tin Jill jf ei^iK^i' -t O^> / ft HEAD CONSUL W. A. NORTHCOTT. "Neighbor Wheelan's stories arc th« funni.-st. i ever In ard." nnty Loan building in Minneapolis, ia ;iieo one of tht- leading ripirk- in in move* ment to have »h ( . color line withdrawn from the laws governing the order. B >th n't-n are anxious tliat the question (<• l*resenttd in ttoe ripht light. They assert that It is a matter oi | rinciple v.t'i them, that the O:itlv>i o Order of Foresters do a not draw a color line, that Insurance com penies now recognise the fact that col ored men ;ir¥> as good risks ;.s white men. When tho order ol Mod or n Woodmen was first organized, Insurance companies ;.ll over the country charged higher ru.u:t of asEcsami-nt lor negroes. They <ll . crlminatfil, In other words, but the pass ing of years has changed things. .M!nnf> sota does not discriminate now. Almost all of th< other states arc in line, and a negro with a family In moderat circum stances is considered every whit a.^ a risk as a white man. [n fact th* laws of the various st:tt-s com; el panics to show no discrimination and they must a<"t fairly. PURELY MATTER OF PRINCIPLE. Then; are about 6,000 negi >ea In St. Paul and they ar all anxious that the matter be now brought ;■> an tsszn for all. According to the laws joi the fTder any v.!.it<- man i:-; <-liKil'l< to A man is considered v/hIU if h< seven-eiarhths white blood iii him torhey McGhee states that neai 2gj EDITOR F. O. VAN GKLDKR, SYCA MORE, in* "Please buy a paper." who have one-eighth negro blood In them associate with, the colored people and con sider themselves of their race. There la not one man in lO,<XK) who, under such circumstances does not. Therefcre there must be many members of the order vrho have negro blood In them and consider thems«iv-» rirgroo. If negoes can join ometAL PAPER \ OF THE— I GJTt r or st. P&VL. \ a society like that of 'the Modern Wo.nl/ men thfy will there have an opportunity t.. show themselves as plain every dayl I citizens interested in tin- pursuits com-i mon to the white race-. It is .the luestlun ( of being allowed prJvlleg-es that aro theirs ffht. j . C. G. Laybourn, of Minneapolis, \n ■ chairman of the law commitU-e wrl.-n ! will hear the delegation this afternoon. ! He could not I■■ lecatecl lafit night. Heatf ; Consul Moi thcott wncv Fecn] however*, ana j asked as to wnat he -thought of the fin^s : tion which now seems t<> :>. Sweeping all , over the Northern states anil some ofth.j tta'tes on th.- border line. Up sal I: NORTHCOTT IS DOUBTFUL ... .» -. ?■ - - I don "I care to £lv<- any personal .x --presalon of opinion an to yrhar.l*think ■< the matter, but I can say with propriety that I do not think the mat i v.-11l coma to the attention ■•■ the h<-a<l camp. OJS course it may, if tin- law eonur.iitee (!. cJdcs 10 do anything, hut thin came <|vi s linn has been up for consideration nun or tWr> times be for and was nipped in the bud. For that reason 1 <:<> not think 1t will go through thla time. Pltase fl<> not Insist upon any pt:GDn:il exprossion of opinion an to what 1 think of the movement. That Is neither here nor there. The law committee, of course, has held two or th.vo mcetimjs the pnat | month, and it l.as ilw rtp-.rt al)o:it com pleted, but it 1-; wit In the fiounda of possibility that pom- recommendation will be made to the head camp. That is a possibility, however. I do not wunt to say anything more." HEAD CLERK HAAVE3 TALKS. Head Clerk C. W. Hawei was Ihen seen, and he talked in the same strain. ir» mentioned the Indian ;.nd said that thoy would probably be "mittc I il o sai.l the seven-eighths distinction was drawn 1 for the reason that any, an with only i m < Igrhth of negro blocd in him could to all practical Int nt and . urj.osM ho considered white. He would nut give an expression of opinion ris to what ha thought of the movement. Neither h« Wm /} m) I \ i I 1 fV! mm J. W. WHITE, GENERAL ATTORNEY, ROCK FALLS, ILL. "I couldn't really Kive y ( ,:i an opfnion off-hand about St. Paul- It l-^ks all nor li.-.id Consul NorthcoLt, however. Btenicd much opposed, or prejudiced, rather, against thVcolort'd '{to U. At tho close of the interview, ho said: "[ agree with Mr. Nortfcc At. Th« mat ter has been ki- once <;r twlc..-, and If It should come tip {•>} consideration bt-foF* tho law committee, the memfce « would probably sea to it that thru was as fa' as it got. They have con-M.r . h!.- Irtrl tude, and if so disposed will not hc-altato to use it. Negroes can he jf-oJ WcjiJmen. all right. No one is <7f-nying that, but if a recorr.inondatloii is n~.a rlf> io the head camp; il- dt.batos wi 1 fo'.lcw, and then is no telling what will h:i;>pen. It is al ways a dlfflcult thing to bring such a matter before an organ! of this kind. Everyone reaßzeiß that f :ct." Jasper Gibbs. of Mlnrwa;o!i3, came- over to-St. Paul last ni^ht to see Attorney ICcQii about the question Wrich will t>< brought up today. A long cmiferer:ee wan held at Fletcher's restaurant on-.C<.-dar street, an I it was unanimously Beoided that the question ought to b*r brought to an issue. There were about twenty oth«rn plesent at the m' . tirp. and the < nly dif ference of opinion was as to when th« question should be broukh: t > thr- atten tion of the Woodmen. It v/os claimed at this meeting thai the Catholic Order o* Foresters ha« many neKr.>«s, tni the or der has never found cause lo »*p,riit that It did no) draw a color line.! The lav. committee will m et at • th"» Windsor hotel some time tals afternoon. FIRST LOCAL SESSION. Woodmen Kujoj- it Love '.'<• M lit I' 1.m.1.,1-!, Hall. It was a happy idta that the grt»at convention of the Modern Woodmen of America, the formal opening of which will occur today, should be;lnauirur<*t»-4 ■ ■ ii 11 ii nod «>•» Third r«»o-