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4 y GLOBE'S TELEPHONE CALLS. | THE NORTHWESTERN. Business Office .. . . .-lOGS Main Editorial Rooms .... 78 Main Composing Room. .... 1034 Main MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. Business Office . . . . . . . . IOCS Editorial. Rooms ....... 78 ©he ©lobe OFFICIAL PAPER, CITY OF ST. PAUL. THE GLOBE CO., PUBLISHERS. Entered at Postoffice at St. Paul. Minn., as Second-Class Matter. ■ j CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Carrier. I 1 mo | 6 mos 1 12 mos . Daily only I 140~~ $2.25 I $1.00 Daily and Sunday. .50 2.75 6.00 Sunday .15 .75 1 1.00 COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Mail. | 1 mo | 6 mos 1 12 mos Daily only .......J .25 I $1.50 $3.00 Dally and Sunday. .35 I 2.00 | 4.00 Sunday .[ -.. | .75 | . 1.00 BRANCH OFFICES. New York. 10 Spruce St., Chas. H. Eddy in Charge. Chicago. No. S7 Washington St.. Wil liams & Lawrence In Charge. *- , — MONDAY, OCT. 21, 1901. . , GOOD ROADS, IX PRACTICE. It is quite an easy matter to discuss the merits and demerits of a given line of public policy. It is quite easy, too, to decide on the proper course to take and the proper policy to pursue in a given instance. It is not so easy, however, to call the fruits of one's judgment into actual existence. There has been a great deal said and written on the subject of good roads in this community. When gentlemen want to air themselves in the public view, good roads is found to be quite as effec tive an expedient as any other. The good roads movement here and in most other places has been effective mostly for en abling very public spirited gentlemen to give the public their views on the sub ject and for enabling very enterprising gentlemen engaged in the manufacture or sale of road-making machinery to point out the advantages of tnelr several de vices. " We here In St. Paul have been the vic tims of our bad local suburban roads. We found some time ago that we could not get for their improvement any of th: moneys designed for expenditure on roads within the county but outside the city limits. It looks really as if a good deal of individual and collective enthu siasm on good roads has leaked away since that discovery was made. The meeting in the interest of good lo cal roads held in the mayor's office on Saturday was not quite as well attended as was that which preceded it. It was not, among other things, quite as enter taining. It was only a committee meet ing, and there were less than a half doz en gentlemen present. But it got down to business and was devoted to selecting the local roads which ought to be experi mented on in the actual work of so im proving our thoroughfares that the traffic of the surrounding districts would no longer t,e diverted from this city to Minneapolis. The selection made by that committee was in every way commendable. Rice street is one of the great arteries of local travel. So with Concord street and with Hastings avenue. Properly improved to their full length a great work will have been accomplished. It was in every sense advisable in the preliminary orders for the work that the matter of grading should be omitted. It would not only be difficult to secure the consent of the necessary proportion of property owners, but their grading would under existing circumstances be impracticable in the matter of cost. The thanks of the community are due to that committee for getting at its work so promptly and so intelligently. It can be relied on to carry on the work to a point where at least the burden of con ducting it to completion will be placed on the proper shoulders. If the commit tee and the principal body will continue on its work with the energy displayed thus far there can be no question what ever as to the splendid results which will ultimately ensue. * UNJUST TO CREDITORS. The existing bankruptcy law has been subjected to much criticism in different directions, but has stood the test of ex amination on the whole with great suc cess. It has been found simple in its pro \ visions, in nowise promotive of* litiga- ton, and to involve less expense both to creditor and debtor than ever was possible under the bankruptcy act of 1867. Indeed under the former law the bank rupt, voluntary or involuntary, who came out of the proceeding otherwise than a ruined. man had reason to regard him self as exceptionally fortunate. " The present law has not been as gen erally resorted to as many supposed cer tain. The results of the panic of 1893 had been in considerable measure' discounted and the operation of the state insolvent laws had been found in considerable measure promotive of the necessary ad justments. It is generally regarded as an advantage of the present system that lis gain is rather to the worthy debtor than to any other class affected by it. And rightfully so. But even its operation In that respect may result in injustice to other interests "quite as well entitled to protection. The meeting of credit men held at the Minneapolis Commercial club on Satur- day evening was effective in having pointed out an injustice of this char acter. The address of Mr. Prendergast on that occasion was directed toward the operation of subdivision G of section 5? of the law as tending to work injustice to creditors acting in good faith and en titled to be protected in their rights. The defect thus pointed out is a serious one, and its effect is as inoicated. In ■ defining acts of bankruptcy section 1 of the law in one of its subdivisions declares that a petition may be filed against a person, who la V Insolvent and who has 'committed an "act of .bank-: ruptcy within four months after the com. mission of " such act. The -provision quoted by .Mr. Prendergast says that the claims of creditors ; who . have received preferences shall not be. allowed until such creditors shall surrender their pref erences. The effect :of - these provisions is that any creditor receiving a pay ment within four months before the ap. pearance of the bankrupt in court may be compelled .'to hand over the payment thus made or else goSwithout the balance of his claim. *'Jj£'Ci:/Z£'.i a Under the present law a man' Is de clared insolvent, when the aggregate of his property shall ; not be sufficient in amor-nt nt t a -fair valuation to pay his debts. So that if a business -man gets in that situation, whether or not his creditor knows it, if he pays "that c, edi tor thing, j the money.'• he - pays must be returned, even if it has been paid in the best of faith, at any time within four months of th«» bankrupt's appear ance in court. This is a palpable injustice. There are numerous cases where a creditor is paid something on account when he believes, and his debtor believes, that there is no danger of insolvency. If aftei wards within four months it is found, on a bal ance of the debtor's books, that he owed more than he owned,,the creditor ;mus give up his payment under the law. There is no question of good faith here. The creditor is simply made the victim of a purely accidental circum stance." ■-— -- Four months Is a long period when es timated in connection with a business transaction. There is nothing in the law to prevent a dishonest debtor rob bing his creditor to whom he has paid money in satisfaction of a just debt by announcing himself a- bankrupt - within four months after its payment and de claring that he was insolvent when tha payment was made. The interval is ut terly unreasonable. -Sixty .days of an interval would be realty longer than business ethics or sound legal precaution would dictate. '—..•••- Business men generally will do well to unite with the members of the Credit Men's association in bringing about dur ing the next session of congress a ma terial lessening " of' the ' period within which a preference may be created un der the present bankruptcy act. j. KENTUCKY'S AWFUL STATE. Kentucky is undoubtedly entitled to the primacy "among all the states of the Union in its assertion of shot-gun jus-, tice. Stories "of utter defiance of the agencies of law and order have been told in the press from time to time in other states and communities; but those which have emanated in the blue grass state arc usually much more "picturesque and striking, more subversive of civilization, as well as more numerous, than such re citals from any other section of the coun try. ■ . ;.' The assassination of the governor of the state, deliberately planned, and,, as the event has proven, executed in cold blood, with the concurrence of other state offi cials, transcends in enormity any like crime in" the annals of the country, save alone those which have resulted in the death of three successive presidents. It would be unjust to the people of Ken tucky to say of them that they are in any sense or degree less qualified than any other portion of our people for the bless ings and obligations of peaceful govern ment. ' They are concededly an excep tionally brave and high-minded racs of men. Yet the annals of the state are month after month stained with human blood, shed in the prosecution of personal, political'and factional feuds. The enormity of the crime against so ciety represented by . the murder in open court in a Kentucky community, within a few days, of a citizen peacefully seek ing the law's Intervention for his personal protection, cannot be overstated. In what other state could such a crime be com mitted? What can be said in palliation of it? What condition of society is it in which such a crime is possible? It stag gers the understanding of all law-abiding persons that such utter savagery could find expression among.any people laying the slightest claim to civilization. " The world has stood aghast at the mur ders and torturings of negroes which have taken place from time to time; but even among many of those who have read of the awful recitals with the great est sense of horror there has prevailed a feeling that the- crimes; thus expiated were such as needed exceptional punish ment for their prevention. But in-this' latest Kentucky-atrocity, as in the case of Gov. Goebel, the crime was committed in utter contempt of the law and its agents, was cowardly and unprovoked, and bespeaks social conditions which are purely anarchistic. There is no class or condition upon which the awful obligation of this state of things can be made to rest. While the late president - lay - cold on his h?er, the victim of an anarchist bullet, .the Glob c quoted the testimony of the chief daily paper in Kentucky, showing that in Hopkins county, In that state, all sem blance of law and order; had been dis pensed with, and a state of anarchy pre vailed. Whether or not that state of things is now regarded .as openly exist ing in that county or elsewhere within the state, the people of Kentucky can not escape the : imputation - of standing on a very abyss, of anarchy from day to day. They are not mere sporadic outbreaks which come; they predicate a state of society in that. commonwealth closely bordering on savagery. , 's'aa.-?a- - Are the men of , Kentucky so [ crazed by blood thirst that it is impossible to apply a remedy to such conditions?. Are there no public schools, no churches, no meas ure of culture or refinement prevalent among the masses, none.of-the amenities of social intercourse operating among them, so that the existing propaganda of anarchy; and assassination must thus go on practically undisturbed? When- the government of the state was wrested from the hand of perjurers, bri bers and cowardly assassins whom a par tisan Republican press throughout the THE ST. PAUI, Gi,OBE, , MONDAIT, OCTOBER 21, 1901. country sought to maintain in power,; and whose murder of; the state executive the "same, press sought to:palliate,- if not to justify, there" was reason , for ; believing that the incoming administration would so exert itself .as to put an end to the reign of anarchy. It may haw done so; but if its .efforts,, are -to be gauged by their fruits: they cannot be regard. as - having been seriously entered - on. ."- y The blame lies with the authorities of Kentucky. ' On them must rest imme diately the \ burden of the dishonor. ,If the representatives of the law are . treat- 5 ed with • contempt and shot . down on the public highways; if .men are done to death from, the cowardly ambush; if the individual, the family, the political .and the factional feud finds gratification in human blood '■ day after day and the crimes are committed which result in the roasting of negroes," neither the responsi bility nor the remedy . is : far to seek. Other states - and communities have . met corresponding, conditions successfully. The story of the San Francisco vigi lantes is not forgotten. Almost every American state in its beginning or at one or other stage of its progress, pre sents, an object lesson of law-abiding and courageous. . men taking on them selves the restoration of society to nor mal conditions. Wb_y is this not done in. Kentucky? Why, if j the officers of the law are tarred by the same bloody stick, or are too cowardly to - establish the as cendancy of law and civilization, do not the representative men of the ■ several Kentucky communities, in professional and business ... life,, • get together, - and wrest their state from the domination . of murder and lawlessness? If every crors-roads of Kentucky were for the next six months to present its gibbet to the gaze of the carrion crows, the penalty would • not be too heavy for the state to pay to be rid of its burden of armed savagery. ' THE MOLINEUX MISTRIAL. y The granting of a new trial to Roland B. Molineux is one of the notable events of American jurisprudence. The grounds on which the appellate court puts its or der for a new trial show how rigidly the rights of accused persons are protected against the operation of public or indi vidual prejudice or excitement. They also bring to' light one of the gravest evils of American law practice, and one which imposes unnecessarily heavy ex pense on the tax-paying public. The Molineux trial consumed an un "precedentedly long time. The lawyers on both sides were permitted; to wander far afield. Side issues of • every variety, which ■ could have no direct bearing on guilt or innocence, were allowed to be' fought out without let or hindrance. The" attorneys' arguments consumed as much,, if not more time, than was consumed in the presentation of relevant testimony. Outbreaks of violent passion were a regu lar incident in the daily trial. The jury tried the case in an atmosphere redolent of excitement. ..' It was difficult, if not impossible, for anyone, connected with: the case to remain in a judicial frame of mind. It would be surprising, If the jury did not share . the spirit of bitter partisanship which was . made visible from the outset. It is undeniable that the verdict was in agreemenfwith the popular judgment. The Globe believes that the verdict and the popular judgment were alike sound; but it has never believed that either was attained in a legitimate and becoming manner. The trial could have been finished in little more than a tenth of the time consumed and with a tenth of the expense, and the case against the prisoner brought out as' clearly. It was the fault of the court that the case was so conducted. ' It was apparent from ' the outset that in any: trial so ; conducted the danger of the' result being overturned on appeal was great. There will probably be a failure of jus tice in this case. Molineux may or may not be again placed on trial. *> If his case is retried its circumstances point with certainty to a failure to convict. The part which expert testimony was made to play in this case was of - necessity great. The appellate decision does not seem to have been affected by such testi mony. It was only when the circum stances of another death which corre sponded •to those of the death of Mrs. Adams, the supposed victim of Molineux, were allowed to be brought out, greatly, no doubt, to the disadvantage of the ac cused, that the trial failed of its purpose to have justice administered. The crime which resulted in the death of Mrs. Adams by poison will always re main notable in the annals of criminol ogy. She was the victim of the misdi rected plans of her murderer. The guilt of Molineux is morally . certain. But whether Molineux or somebody else was the murderer it is now practically certain" that his crime will go unpunished. .. At the theaters. From rag,time to the classical is a far, cry, but both are found satisfying quantities at the Grand this week. True, there is much in the line of 'undesirable nonsense, but | the Black Patti Trouba dours did not -lack in favor with first nighters at the Grand last evening be cause of the surfeit in this respect. \ Mme. Slsseretta Jones, the self-styled Patti of her race, is naturally, the stellar attraction, and while possibly: slightly passe In the eyes of some,of her. ad mirers, -is still a vocalist of more than ordinary ability. Her voice has great volume and is under excellent control. A chorus of ; much strength and - unusual sweetness assists - her. y"AI Filipino Mis-Fit" is the opening number j and Xis featured .as a mirth pro ducer, but it has little to commend un less as a vehicle for some very fair vau deville in : the line of rag time., A ' vocal selection by Misses Green and Foreen ;s probably , among-, the best. In buck and wing dancing the negro is In his element, and the attraction j hap pily does not lack in this respect. A cake walk, also peculiar to [ the ebony-hiied race, received boisterous : approval .from the y;.yy ;: Of the; olio which . follows - the nonsen sical first part John^Rucker.'-the.Afabama blossom, j} is the - stellar ■ attraction, .'. His attempt at a monologue has little to com mend, but"in a delineation: of j rag-time: vocalisms ihe is . above the - average. Oth ers who contribute to jj the olio jis ' a satis fying manner are Mack Allen -■ in - some excellent wire walking, the Ver Valins on musical instruments and the Wats, "Al F. ■-■: and Cecil, '. in vocal: numbers..' 'r^AA ." | Black Patti and |an | ebony-hued chorus of much sweetness monopolizes the.- close in j perhaps: thg^bes plumber of the ■ even- ■ ing—selections'* from "El Capitan'* and other, operas. " Cecil -."Watts, t J..-?.' Reed and ", James \ Crosby ' are j more than worthy fof mention in ■" connection with the abundance,of vocal numbers contrib uting to this 'flnusua.lly. meritorious close. "The Innocent - Maids" put .up : the strongest . show of > the season thus far at the | Star. Yesterday's g big audience j en cored every act "on the :' programme ' be yond the : limits of-reason. The '-'■ two skits, "A. Wooden Woman" and "A Lot tery ..Ticket,", which open ': and close the show, are very, funny and have the merit of coherency. The ; women \of the com pany are all' pretty without exception, and ;' have many changes : of costume, and, what is more, sing and dance well. The. musical Selections. are; all catchy.; Annette Yale, ' who is given the "center of the stage the greater part of the time, •is a ; shapely beauty, and the chorus which supports her jis far above the or dinary in. vocal' ability. The Carl Dam mann . troup of acrobats is the \ leading feature of -the show,, and many of: the feats performed are entire- novelties. Several of them border upon the sensa tional. As a wind-up to the act,' Carl Dammann balances a • pole upon his feet jat the either end of, which sits a woman in a swing. He twirls them s about at a dizzy rate of speed. Constance*. Windom sings "Go Way Back and- Sit \ Down" with a- deal more effectiveness than have any of her predecessors given to this cele brated ditty. Joe Madden and John W. Jess do a Celtic turn that is really a clever bit of character acting. Joe Mor ris, : who gives .a musical specialty with Will BartehVhas a very agreeable voice, and his . parodies . take immensely. An netta Yale and Rose Carlin put up a ginger" dialogue in the course of their song and dance specialty that - is excel lent. Mark Bennett and.Albert H. Rich have new. songs which are finely - illus trated, and they; could hardly get per mission from the audience, both after noon and evening, ,to stop singing. The engagement is for the week, with; daily, matinees. ..... - .."' " The Mozart club gave the first: concert of the season at Mozart hall last night and presented an excellent programme, which was enjoyed by an audience of ful ly 300 people. The entertainment was given under the direction of Prof. Wil liam Maenner,- musical - director of the club. .-" .;"-■*}•.■* ~z\i "A " ■ One of the features of the 'evening was the work -of the .- chorus composed of thirty voices; They : were well trained,' and their voices : showed careful work and study. The tenors in the chorus did exceptionally-good work. y .. Mrs. Erail Traeger, - whose voice while not strong- is sweet and well trained, rendered two'"selections that brought 'an encore from'the- audience, who would not be satisfied until she had made her third Among the instrumental features of , the programme - was a piano ■ duet by \ Miss Lorette Haas 'and Prof. Maenner. -A'dif ficult piece was well executed | by •- the players, and the audience demanded an encore. . •• ;.;»£■ - C'T ■■ v -.--'. ."• "Erlkonig's Tochoer" "was rendered by a mixed chorus, with solo parts for bari tone, soprano and alto. Mrs. J Traeger sang the soprano, Miss Louise Heck the alto - and -William Conradi the 'baritone. The piece exacts clever work on the part of j the singers. • The solo parts and the chorus were both up to the standard de manded by the piece.-- -/ AROUND THE HOTELS. At the Merchants— J. R. Welch and daughter, Miss Grace Welch, St. James; John Cooper, St. Cloud; S. W. White and son, Skule, N. D.; H. W. Ly' man. Winona; .B. F. Laufoert, Evarts; G. W. Haggart, 'Fargo; E. A. Putnam! Fargo;/ H. B. Wakefield, Hutchinson; W. W. Roberts, Duluth. . ..: At the i Ryan—G. W. :Wilson, and wife,- Duluth; J. W. Williams and wife, Far go. -•. . . '-''.;".. »--'.■ •■■ ■••> -At the Clarendon—R. Z. Ecker, Fargo; D. M. Larsen, W. A. - Donahue, Clare mont. : ...» '".:-'".';- :" 'v.' '." \r-: At the Windsor—H. L. Slade and wife, Winona: M. F. Williams, Fargo; X., N. Hapgood, Lena' Blisa, Milbank; ,E. :P. Watson, Morris. .„-. At the Metropolitan—P. J. Brady,: Saul Ste. Marie, Mich.; H. Clifton, Milwaukee, Wis.; George S. Decker, Tacoma, Wash.; Charles P. Rice, -. New Haven; Conn.; Adolph Zink, 5 Philadelphia, Pa.; Harry McDonough, Duluth, Minn.; E. C. Bar nard, Washington,'. D. C. ; D. B. Staples & wife, Lakeland, Minn. ' At the Foley—J. .Frankel, Spring Val ley; E. L. Depue. Olivia, Minn.; W. L. Buck, Luverne, . Minn.; ■T. E. Wightman, Watertown; J. E. Mays, Farmington; J. W. Ha we, Milan; D. G. Buck, Horton, Minn.; B. X. Swertly and wife, Howard i ' Lake. •+•;. ■ - .'.v*•'.- ;■:.-,-:; TORRANCE NAMES AIDS MA J. BLAKEM.M, OF MOUNT VER NON, CHIEF OF STAFF. Judge Ell' Torrance, commander-in chief of the Grand Army of the Repub lic, has filled the v remaining positions on his staff, and has. appointed the members of: the. executive committee of adminis tration of the G. A. R. .... : • Gen. Henry M. Duffield, of Detroit, Mich., will be the new judge advocate general, and Maj. A. Noel Blakeman, of ; Mount Vernon, N. V., has been • given the position of chief of staff. The following are the members of the committee: ~; William- H. Armstrong, Indianapolis. Ind. . ;, ' Edgar Allan, Richmond, Va. Thomas G. Sample, Allegheny, Pa. -" yS:-C. James, Centerville, lowa. Judge Loren W. Collins, St. Cloud, Minn. . "-'-■-.. ■ Thomas W. Scott, Fairfield, lit Frank M. : Sterrett, St. Louis, Mo. SMITH WAS UGLY. Gave "Officers •'■ Trouble "When They Attempted.. to Arrest -.Him."y;\-\.: 7 Mike Smith was arrested by Officer Licha at Fourth - and • Wabasha streets early yesterday i afternoon |on the charge of. drunk and disorderly conduct.; Smith offered , resistance when the officer,B ar rested : him and tried to bite him lin the band.-. As he was being placed in the .pa trol wagon Jailer Harmes noticed that Smith had an open jack-knife in his hand, and Officer Licha, after a short struggle-, took it away, while Jailer 5 Hammes held him. v.'"-. .r* .' " y ■'■> -. .; _^_ Refused -to Take Advice. Christian Stein was arrested at Seventh and Wabasha streets yesterday afternoon on the charge of being . drunk. - The ar rest was made by Officer Winkle, who claims * that Stein persisted -in standing on the corner, and attracting a crowd by his actions, in . spite Jof | the ;'. officer's ef forts. to have - him move on. 1 Two men who were in the crowd told the officer that Stein. had created a : disturbance in a church earlier in the afternoon by wanting to "preach." .: J y;~.:, ;>- ; _.y- -• ',' '^ . ..■ •'■ Arrested Shoplifting;. ". ■ "Kit" Ross, :"a -colored woman, ..'- was taken in by the police of Minneapolis yes terday for shoplifting. I A search ■at 'her room, 10-71-i , East: Third street, this city, brought to light some of the plunder. • ARRESTED FOR MURDER. Police. Apprehend Suspects in Mid .. illcsiiorn Mystery. - MIDDLEBORO, . Ky., Oct. . '20.—Gregg Gray was today . arrested .'• as principal and George Eaton as an accomplice in the shooting and robbery :of;■ P. T. .:Colgan,. paymaster of j the Virginia ' Coal ■& ' Coke : company,;last Thursday, at Mlddlesboro. ; Colgan - was. robbed v while on * his way to the i furnaces from the . Manufacturers". '< bank. Eaton :.made: a '■' partial; confession. Implicating j c three -other.; .-, men and a j woman.: It is said the- woman lias:fled i into - Harlan -; county with the ■ money. ; Eaton 1 and ; Gray were ; placed \in jail 'at Ptneville. /SIS 0WI) QhOSt: By Barry Pain. ■ ~t*i ■'■ '"■•'.■ ■"-"••■ -■■- •.•"■' ••-: -.._ '-. i - ■ ■-;■ Black and W;hite. ; y': . "Well,", he said, continuing his story of his experience in the haunted room, . "in the middle of the night 1 woke , suddenly. The ' bolts ' which ; I had fastened were creaking hack; again. : Then the catch of : the door went with a ( click, and 1 I heard heavy steps enter the . room. My 'hand was already on the switch, and in an: in stant; I had the whole.room flooded with the electric light. There was no one to be . seen; the room looked just as it had done when I switched off the light on getting Into bed, with this exception—the door was standing wide open, and the bolts which I had ? pushed to had been j pushed - back again.. Mind, when I fastened these bolts I had : previously assured , myself by • a careful examination from floor jto cell ing that there was no one in the room but • myself. And before that:l had examined the walls of the room, with the aid of a practical builder, ; p offer no explanation.. Nobody can. I simply state facts." '■-. • •'To the best of your knowledge and be lief," added the stolid man. "Of course," ! said the Curate. "Per haps so distinguished a man of science can help us to a solution." There was a shade of irony In. his voice. : "We needn't use jso big I a word as sci ence," said the doctor. "Would you be annoyed if : I asked you ; a question of two"". . • .' "Ask any questions you wish. I have the measurements of the room here, and I think I can convince you that-—'! ■ "Pardon. - I am not anxious on that point.'. You are assured that your nightly visitor was immaterial—in fact, a spirit." i "It is .the only possible hypothesis, I think." ;-;.-.-; "In spite of the heavy ,steps entering the room?" • :.'■;'. < "Well, yes. No form was visible when I turned ;on the light. It is conceivable that a spirit might in some degree be sub ject" to the conditions of the material world." • - y : .- - ? "And that without feet or boots it pro duced the sound of heavy steps? Quite so. Most'things are conceivable when one begins to talk about spirits. There was another point where the spirit was subject to the conditions of the material world; it could not pass through a closed and bolted door. It had to open the door before it could enter." "Certainly," said the curate, -""that is further evidence that spirits manifesting themselves in any way in j this material world are subject to certain material con ditions." , "The spirit was. on the outside and the bolts were on ; the inside. It could' not enter until, the door was unbolted and opened. Then how did it get through to draw back tha bolts?" --"Well, I've only to abandon my position and- .say that the spirit could pass through the closed'door."; - ."In that case .why did it draw back the bolts and open the door?" ..The curate paused a moment. "Super ficially that seems a difficulty. But," he added, with a happy inspiration, "I never denied that there were difficulties. I did not ask you to point them out, but to give us a- solution of them. If it were not a supernatural power that drew back the bolts, who was it?''-. " " - "But that is quite simple.- It was your self." ".:-" " .;- " . ... - "What!" the curate exclaimed. "Real ly, this is too preposterous. I made it clear that I was lying in bed, only just FRENCH MINERS IN DOUBT DELEGATE'S TO FEDERATION HOLD ; MEETING AT ST<~ ETIENNE Papers Take a Gloomy View of the Situation arid Fear a Seri on» Outbreak Is Im- . ...'. -■' ..-,'- "• minent. i ■-, :: a-'A y: PARIS, Oct. Two meetings of the delegates of tthe Miners' Federation were held - yesterday at St. Etienne without any decision being reached upon the ques tion |of j the threatened strike. Another meeting will be held today. Meanwhile the papers are devoting; columns to the situation and generally taking a gloomy view. ■ . ■; •■:'..., :;.-.;.- -.y . -- ; . Dispatches from ' Monceaux les Mines say that while the place sis outwardly quiet, the feeling is such that a very slight incident would be likely to lead to an outbreak of violence among, the B.OIW miners in the locality. These are divided into two factions—the "reds," who favor, a strike, and the "yellows," who are op posed to such a step. . The prefect, who has forbidden the sale of arms throughout the department, yes terday seized two cases of muskets at St. Etienne that were on their way to Mont ceaux les Mines. It is asserted that both factions are: already supplied with guns and revolvers, which they have concealed in their homes. . One of the leaders of the reds declares that they not only have Gras muskets, but also Lebel rifles, am munition and bayonets.- The chief element of danger is the pos . sible action of some 1,200 men whom the mining company refused to re-engage af ter the last strike and who have been un employed since. r.y.::.';_-'-:"■ ' Five thousands gendarmes are patroll ing Montceaux dcs Mines. The manager of the company does not leave his office except in a carriage ' and under - the es cort of mounted gendarmes, armed with revolvers and sabers. -- The leaders of the "reds" insist that a strike is T inevitable, but many who are in a position to form a sober opinion be-' lieve that a strike will be averted, or, at all events, confined to certain localities. WILL REVISE TARIFF AMERICAN BEPHESBSTATIVE NOW - ON WAY TO CHINA. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20.—Thad .D. Sharrets, j who I has been appointed by President Roosevelt as the representative o. this government on the commission I ':aA will undertake the revision of the ''.i- se tariff, has arrived here en route .i dna. Commissioner Sharretts will" ,i.ii> JB the American Maru on Tuesday ; - •- ■ c. He expects to Jgo straight to Pe . , where he will present his credentials, ; .. i will then return to Shanghai, where the tariff commission will ; hold its ses sions. - He expects to remain in China on government business several months. In . discusing his mission he satd:: "The principles on.' which the new tariff will be ; constructed are already . generally understood. The present ad valorem duty will be abolished, and 'It- is the in tention of the commission to make a specific duty the dominant feature of j the new tariff, with perhaps one ad valorem duty of .5 jor 10 per cent, added. The difficulty..; will come in . determining what specific duty should be charged against the various * articles of : import. ' Each member of the commission will naturally endeavor to ' protect the interests of his own country as far as possible." Mr. Sharrets says that in adidtion to his duties on the tariff commission he ,is charged | by.; President Roosevelt: and the j secretary of state with other responsibil ities of an - important nature. When the labors of the commission are, ended he j will 1 devote some time to a careful study of commercial, conditions in the Orient. I and- the; trade relations between China and the United States, and will then co-", operate with United States Minister.Con ger in negotiating a new - commercial treaty with China. ' Literary Talk. Leslie's Weekly. " "' v , Miriam—Don't you think , my. new hat a poem, Ned? -: : - . . i A Ned (critically)— From f its height, dear, ; ■ L should instead compare It to a short story. awake, when I • heard the holts j being drawn back. Do you ; doubt that state ment?" . r-y'-'..' "''' ■'.'■'■: "I do not 'doubt that you made. It -in good faith-, to the best of your knowl edge and "'belief"•*. all the same, it is wrong." " '•<;""• ■'..'.- r'"?:-A it "You .speak confidently." said, the cu rate, coldly. "Perhaps you ' will : tell -us exactly how the thing happened. You were not.there, but don't let that hinder you." y :.,.y - y:y"¥y-. •.- .. .-.;.;-'- ■"I won't," said the doctor, good-tem peredly. "But let me first of all point out that in sleep and in 'states approach ing sleep we lose all. right conception of time. A lazy man* sets an alarm ;at. C o'clock, intending to get up at that time. The alarm .'goes off and—more or less fully—wakes . him. He' decides that he will get up ;hi a couple, of minutes. He seems to himself to have just begun to doze off, and : then with a sudden spurt of energy he j jumps - out of- bed. The sound of the "alarm is still fresh in his ears. But when he comes to look at the clock he finds ; that it .Is not C o'clock, but 8. In a. state of sleep he has mis judged the two minutes, and finds that they, have become two hours. j Something similar to that is a not uncommon expe rience with most. men. Now, if I j may say so, you are ' of a . nervous tempera ment, and you had taken this investiga tion very seriously and earnestly. In. a somnambulistic state you "got out of bed, unfastened the bolts and opened the door. ■} You then returned to bed. "When you • awoke suddenly, the sound of the creaking bolts seemed |bo recent to you that you assigned that as the cause of your ; wakening. Possibly an hour had elapsed, but in sleep one. does not -judge tuna accurately. Of course you had, and still have, .no recollection, of un fastening the door; that' is what one would expect. You . Itched on - the light, and you found things just as you had left them— bolts drawn back and the door opened." ---;- "But the heavy steps—how do you ex plain them?" "You were barely awake, and your mind was in a state of expectant atten tion. . Many men find .it difficult to lo cate sounds and classify them accural- ly, even when they are wide awake, ana there is no preconceived idea to pervert their judgment.: You ! heard something probably— creaking of a wicker chair, .or the tapping of" the blind at •an open window—and your mind converted it into the sound of footsteps." "But I don't walk in my sleep." "You sleep in a room alone?" ' "Always." . " --. "Then you are not in a position to speak as to that. I'm sorry if it annoys you at all, but there can be no reason able doubt that you were your own' ghost." ■ ■. - "It seems to me a very far-fetched ex planation," said the curate sulkily as he rose to g0.,,. .-..;. . . "Well, if you prefer to believe that a ghost walked j straight through a solid door shut, and drew back the bolts in order . that ghe might ;. return and walk through it opened— can, you know Sorry I can't join you." - - The curate ; muttered that there were many things which we could not expect to understand, and left the room •' . "Strange," said the doctor, meditative ly. Nothing makes , a man more angry than ,to be. deprived of a supernatural experience which he has never had " [TRYING TO MEET TERMS MISSIONARIES ENDEAVOR TO NE GOTIATE WITH CAPTOR S. . ■'■■'.*' - ..' ■•■ """•■ CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 20.-The United States legation at Constantinople is still without definite news from either the Rev. H. C. Haskell or the Rev. J. W. Baird, of the Congregational mission at Samakov, Bulgaria, who have been en deavoring to get into touch with the ab ductors of Miss Ellen M. Stone, the mis sionary, and . Mme. Tsilka, her compan ion, with a view of arranging as to the ransom demanded by the brigands. -':; Mr. Baird, who was at Djumabalo, has returned to Samakov, indicating his fail ure to get into touch with the brigands from the Turkish side. All efforts will now be concentrated on the Bulgarian side. HOME FROM CAPE NOME. Centennial - Reaches . Port Town send "With 450 Passengers on Board.* PORT TOWNSBND, Wash., Oct. .20.— The steamer Centennial, previously re ported ashore near Teller City, arrived in quarantine last night, bringing 450 pas sengers. _ The Centennial sailed from Nome Oct. 9. Among her passengers were thirty who were destitute and were brought down by . the steamer free of charge. | The Centennial's passengers re port that at St. Michael winter had prac tically set in and that the streets were frozen and snow had commenced to fall. Skagway and vicinity, have been visited by disastrous rainstorms, according to passengers, arriving on the City of Se attle today. URIBE-URIBE IS ACTIVE. Engagement Looked ..for at Any Time on the Tachijera. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Oct. The military situation on the Tach ijera frontier apparently remains un changed, although the restless activities of Gen.;- Uribe-Uribe and his followers may result in an . engagement with the Colombian troops of more or less impor- • tance any flay. There is no change in the Guajira peninsula. In various parts of Venezuela guerrilla parties of Nation alists continue more or less armed activ ity and minor uprisings are frequently re ported. President : Castro is vigorously repressing insurrection wherever he can; but repression, instead of discouraging the Nationalists, seems to stimulate them to fresh operations. They are not lacking in numbers, their principal want being arms and ammunition. . .- «■) . :— --'FAILS TO PAY UP. Venezuela Neglects to Settle Current: American, Claims, (-.y^ ; WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Oct. 20.—The sum of $8,000 became due this month to the United States from Venezuela on account of mixed American claims, and it has not yet been paid. The claims arose out of damages sustain ed . during the revolution of - ISftJ. 'They were adjudicated between Venezuela and the United States, and the former agreed .to pay $32,000 per year, in quarterly pay ments,. with an . annual; interest on the sinking fund, the payments to be divided pro rata among the American claimants. This is the first instance where Venezue la has defaulted on a quarterly payment. AT EXECUTION OF * CZOLGOSZ. United States Government Will Not Be Represented. ALBANY, N. V.. Oct. .19.—Secretary, of State I Hay in a | letter to - Superintendent of Prison Collins, declines the invitation of the latter to. designate on official rep resentative of th>i government to be pres ent at the electrocution Of the murderer, of President McKinley. The letter of ;Secretary Hay is as follows: . "To Cornelius V. Collins,'Esq.. Super intendent of State Prisons, Albany," N. V.: .My. Dear Sir—l have received your letter of Oct. 10, and while thanking . you - for your courtesy, it is: not considered expe dient t6 have a representative of. the government present on the occasion you. refers to. Yours respectfully,. —"John Hay." Looking .Forward. - Leslie's Weekly. "A "Don't: you think, ; dear,. we might af ford one of .those horseless-carriages?". "We might: take -the horseless part now and wait for fortune to bring us the rest." MIXED IN WALL ST. SPECULATIVE SENTIMENT OS THE STOCK EXCHANGE SEEMS A GOOD DEAL CONFUSED - -»':;".-■'--"..: y',-.~.""-- •■ TRADE MOSTLY PROFESSIONAL Local Monetary Conditions . Due to •'- Improve-Soon Owing to Return ' of Funds Withdrawn forVJ^y Crop Moving Purposes. V > In his weekly review of the condition in Wall street, Henry Clews says: - Speculative sentiment on the stock ex change seems a good deal confused. There is less harmony and. less pros perity than six or twelve months ago yet not enough discord and not enough^ trade reaction to probably cause much rainier recession in values for the pres »?=«** aaint the strong force of manip. uiation in the opposite direction. Con sequently in • the midst of this uncer tainty strong interests have taken ad vantage of Improved prospects in th« money markets to infuse fresh activity and strength into stocks. They have met with some success in special stocks sufficient, perhaps, to stimulate furthei efforts in the same direction in othei properties provided no untoward circum stances interfere. Thus far the trading has been chiefly professional, the public being wary and taking little interest in the movements of the great operators I lie latter ceitainly have a wonderfuj control of the.market, so long as the\ agree; but in the efforts to harmonize or consolidate great "railroad systems many stocks have been overbought there has been too great a centralization o. holdings, and the problem now is how to return these securities of unquestion ed value to the strong boxes of invest ors while they are held at "control" values. ■; It is an open secret that some of these deals have been ."held up" foi various reasons; and no doubt the lead ing promoters would gladly see them consummated in order to create a mar ket for the load of securities which they are now carrying. How much of th* reported . friction IS true and how much is put out for the purpose of influencing prices it is hard to determine; but it is certain that for some time to come the active railroad shares will be dominated by these negotiations and that prices will rise or fall according to the pros pects of theif completion. It outside conditions are favorable, it is quite like ly "that the. big holders will succeed in lifting the market to a higher level; if they prove unfavorable we must expect further liquidation. In either case we may look for a variety of rumors put out for stock jobbing purposes. The principal outside influences to be considered • are monetary prospects and general trade conditions. Local mone tary conditions should soon improve, as we are near the period when funds with drawn for crop moving. purposes will begin to return. At the moment curren cy shipments are large, and in view of other known movements one or two more unfavorable bank statements would cause no sui prise. • Bank reserves are low, and the best has been said when the early return of currency has been taken into consideration. We are now entering the gold importing season, which with release of crop funds usually in sures a period of easy money until April. The prospects of ; gold imports just now, . however, are very remote; in fact we seem more likely to send than to draw gold from Europe. Germany's financial crisis is evidently reaching an other critical period; - England is de pressed by war, and France, the most prosperous of all European nations, is girding herself to> meet consequent de mands upon her resources for assistance, to - say nothing of the chill caused by the recent break in copper in the United States. *" ' With the- European markets in this mood and large Russian, . English and other . loans in prospect, it is not likely that gold will come here in any consider able quantities, under the most favorable conditions; and in. case of untoward cir cumstances we might be obliged even to ship gold, for Europe would cerstainlv sell our high priced stocks to help meet her own difficulties. Our foreign trade continues on a very satisfactory basis, September exports showing an excess over imports amounting to $39,51*4,000. against $56,333,000 - the same month last year. It is worth noting that several times during the past twelve months our exports have not only fallen below last year but our Imports are steadily in creasing as a result of the difference in trade conditions here and abroad. The decreases in exports have been chiefly in cotton, copper, breadstuffs and steel manufactures, the outward movement of which could be readily increased by lower" prices, provided Europe's buying capacity was not further impaired. In these days of close international commerce the dif ferences in prosperity and adversity be tween Europe and the United States can. not long endure; they must in time ap proach a closer level, and as this comes about we may look for a reduction of the excessive trade balance which has been such a feature in our foreign commerce during the last three years. ' As to home trade, that is in eminently sound condition. There has been no over-expansion of credits or buying in general business, and our merchants have certainly not been swept off their feet in the wave of speculation which swept through Wall street some months ago. This was shown by the steadiness with which the shock from President McKin leyV3 death was received in business cir cles, where no such defensive arrange ments were possible as those carried through by New York bankers. Of course, the latter sustained the mer chant; yet it is noticeable that there was ; little or no curtailment of buying after the sad event. The loss of the corn crop : and its effect upon live stock will of course enforce economy in certain dis tricts, but this drawback is not general, and there are other sections enjoying unusual prosperity as a result of a good wheat crop and great industrial activity. The worst that can be said about gen eral trade is that profits are not so large as in the boom year; still a large and i satisfactory fall trade is in sight, and there is little good reason for being over ! pessimistic. The iron trade continues to show extraordinary prosperity, and there are a number of industries that could relinquish a goodly share of present profits and yet be doing handsomely. It i is both unreasonable and undesirable to expect the boom of 1900 to continue In definitely, and moderate reactions will •tend to prolong and not shorten our pros perity. -.->.--.;-: BUY AMERICAN MINES. French Banker Purchase* Cactus Group in Mali. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Oct. 20.- By the payment of $200,000 to the attor neys of Dedmachy & Sellers, the Paris banker, Samuel Newhouse, has come Into cootrol of the Cactus group of mintea in Southern Utah.- Newhouse today said that fully $1,000,000 would be spent in tho equipment of these mines. ' A modern mill, of large capacity, will* be built somewhere in the. neighborhood of the mines, and a monster smelter, with a capacity of at -least 500 tons a day, win be erected in the vicinity of Salt Lake City. ,"yy. -yHyy—y - ; —r'-;yy «•> CATTLE SHOW OPENS. Kansas Breeders to Brine Their Stock to Convention Hall. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Oct. 20.—The an nual Kansas City horse show and the cattle show of the American Cattle Breeders' association will begin here to morrow and continue all week. Tho horse • show- will .be held in Convention hall, and the cattle show in a new building at the stock yards. ' The introduction of Galloway cattle adds greatly to the cattle show. In for mer years Herefords and shorthorns have been the only, breeds shown here. Here ford association has appointed the ' fol lowing judges: Thomas Mortimer. Mad son, Neb.; John Schorbaner, Fort Worth, Tex.; W. S. Van Natta, Fowler, Ind., and W. H. Giltner, Eminence, Ky. *''-; vCVy \ An Opinion. Puck. y; j Tlie Deacon—lt -is i true . that" a great deal of ;• money is contributed for.- mis sionary - work, but ■ if people would ; give what they can ■ afford the ; amount would be increased tenfold. : Friend—H'm! . The missionaries; would be able to provide their own gunboats. lwiilMiiriiiiiiii'»i<iTsnTiT-TPifj-ninTT-niTTiiiiirnniinniitnnnn