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ADMIT-(PEAN TRUST Promoters, of -Combine to Control Liners Frank In Telling Plans CAPITAL IS $200,000,000 Redaction of Kates by Economic Management, It Is Declared, Is Aim, and Liverpool Will Kot Be Abandoned! fUILADKI.riIIA, April 20.—Clement A. Griscom, president of the International Navigation company, one of the live Trans-Atlantic steamship companies, ■which have been merged under the direc tion of J. P. Morgan, today talked freely concerning the consolidation, its purposes and probable effects. Mr. Griscom said he was unable to epeak definitely regarding the financial plan as that was a matter for the consiJ eration of Mr. Morgan and his partners, •which will perhaps be decided upon with in the next two weeks. fn any event, President Griscom said, the consolidat-:! companies would probably be in operation under tire now constitution within a few months. So far as the negotiations regarding the merger ai d they have been completed. Agre< menta for a controlling interest In eurh ot the various lines have been Secured and all that now remains to omplisbed is the organization of the holding or parent company. This matter is now in the hands of J. P. Morgan & Co., and their lawyers. It is possible, though by no means cer tain, that the International Navigation company, whose chartered powers are very broad, will be made the parent com pany. The question now under considera tion is the desirability of this plan as against the organization of all entirely new company to control the operations of the combined steamship lines. The pub lished statements as to the final basis of the combine, Mr. Griscom said, wore en tirely speculative as that detail had r.ot as yet been completed. Ship Sikdiy Small Benefit. "The capitalization of the consolidated companies," said Mr. Griscom, "will be In the neighborhood of $200,000,000, which sum about represents the property ab sorbed. Working capital, of course, will be provided and the profits and reserve fund should enable us to build the neces sary additions to our fleets. •'While control of the company will be held in this country it will be a strictly international company fostering the var ious companies included in the consolida tion, providing their autonomy and rs- Bpecting their natural surroundings." "The object of the combination," con tinued Mr. Griscom, "is to try to give bat ter trans-Atlantic service at a decreas ed cost. Heretofore the traffic has been extravagantly conducted and we propose to operate more intelligently in the fu ture. We expect in time to inaugurate a system of daily departures from New York, an innovation that is a real neces eity. There is no political significance in this deal. The negotiations have covered a period of many years and I was inter ested in the subject as far back as 1884. The passage of the ship subsidy bill would have but one effect so far as the new enterprise is concerned. It would en able us to sail ships now building and hereafter built under the American Qag on an equal footing with the ships ot other countries. The published state ments that the ship subsidy bill would en able us to sail our foreign vessels under the stars and stripes are incorrect as the bill specifically states that only American built ships can benefit from its provisions and furthermore such a course, if possi ble, is contrary to the whole scheme. "We have existing only four small ves sels that might benefit by the passage of tins bill, and they are on the Pacific. While in the coastwise trade in which they are now engaged the provisions of the bill would not apply to them, after our present mail contract expires the four American trans-Atlantic liners of the In ternational Navigation company are eligible for a new contract either under the present postal law or under any new act that might be passed by congress." Will \<>t Abandon Liverpool. Mr. Griscom denied the published state ment that Liverpool would be abandoned as a passenger port. He said that that question had not been discussed. "Every port," he said, "will be de veloped along the lines to which port is best adapted. "We will establish an economic and sensible management." Mr. Griscom said It was possible iJie company would carry its own insurance. "The consolidation," said Mr. Griscom, "will result in better trans-Atlantic service, steady and more uniform rates, a just distribution of traffic over all American and European seaports, in creased lines on the Pacific coast and services to South America, as traffic may be found to justify them. Having lines between Great Britain and Australia and New Zealand and intimate connections with the far East, American manufactur ers will be able to distribute their products on through bills of lading and u\oid the expenses of trans-shipments where they now occur. "The products of tne farm will be ship pod from the seaport most convenient to the point of production. In a word it is Intended to reduce transportation charges as far as possible, to in every way im prove the facilities of the company and to increase its pro'its by economic man agement over the conditions of the past. To what extent these new services will be conducted by steamships built in this, country and sailed under the American flag depends upon congress." CHICAGO MAN SHOT IN A BARBER'S CHAIR Kpsto Kmtiloye Ivills tbc Ilnrliep Who Dittclinrgcs Him mid Fatal ly V/oundd a Customer. CHICAGO, April 20— Fa-sett Rolgoger, a negro mute, while in a fit of rage tonight, because he had been discharged shot and killed his former employer, Lee Rob inson, a barber, and fatally wounded James Jefferson, a customer who was sitting in a chair being shaved. As Ro r ran out of the shop he tried to shoot a policeman who had been attract ed l>y the noire. The cartridge missed Hi" and Rolgcger was disarmed and ar rt bteil. The Two Williams. Concerning William Archer's "Poets of the Younger Generation." Alfred Mat hewa writes In the April Era: In the e>t--ay on William Watson—al most forty pages and one of the longest in the volume—we have perhaps the most thoroughgoing and explicit critical essay of the whole series and one of the most truly expositive of the many, from va rious writers who have studied this latest apostle of Wordsworth. He finds FOR HIRE. /itemiagfon Typewriters Cur rental department is veil stocked with machines arMch are constantly kept in good working order. Prompt ser- . vice and Reasonable Kates guaranteed. Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedic (Remington Typewriter Comca:y) 94 E. Fourth St. Telephons 496 the author of "The Tear of Shame"— whose final elimination therefrom of one of the very few inartistically vehement passages that he ever wrote, the critic commends—not "an impeccable artist," nor "an innovating spirit either in thought or in technique," but the pre server, par excellence, of the great clas sical tradition of English poetry. It is after Quite an elaborate and most judi cial discussion of his excellencies and limitations that Mr. Watson is summed up as "a landmark of sense and style in an age too apt to go astray in labyrinths of eccentricity, obscurity and excess." EYES ON MINNESOTA. Democrats Believe They Can Elect Three if Xot Jive CongregHmen, FROM THE GLOBE BIREAI, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 17.-The Democratic congressional committee is figuring on capturing three and possibly five districts in Minnesota. Ben Cable and the rest of the committee have been no ing over the entire situation t and they are greatly encouraged by the prospects in the Northwest. The new Sixth district they expect to get without any particular effort. This is the one which they figure will be repre sented by State Senator Buckman. The Ninth, which is part of Eddy's old district, they think will be prerty apt to go Democratic. Eddy has always had to make a good strong fight, and it is agreed that few candidates would have the per sonal following which Eddy command ed. There is grave doubt as to whether Eddy will be able to secure renomination after his foreign venture in colonization. An element of unc-ertainty has been in jected into the Third district, by the lack of harmony between Heatwole and the state administration. Heatwole talks one minute as if he would not be a candidate, and the next he denies any intention to pull out. The fact is if Heatwole di-cides to be a candidate again the district will not be uncertain; but if Van Sant is nom iated there is no telling what Heatwole might do. If he quits, the Democrats feel that they should have a first rate chance to carry this district also. There is some talk about going after the St. Paul district of (Fred Stevens, but it is based largely on the supposition that Van Sant may be nominated and that the St. Paul vote will be so strongly against him that the congressional ticket will be weakened. The Democratic managers are al?o watching events in the Fifth district. Here also they think the Van Sant cand idacy might demoralize things to such an extent as to defeat Fletcher and let in some gord strong Democrat. The efforts of the Democratic managers will be concentrated on the Middle West. They expect to make enough gains in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wiscon sin, Minnesota ad lowa to secure control cf the house of representatives. The Democratic managers have very good hopes of Minnesota, based largely on the situation brought about by Van Sant's campaign against the railways. Figuring that he will be just strong enough to hold up his party for the nomination, and just weak enough to be defeated after he is nominated, they think he will carry down with him much of the state, congressional and county tickets. Van Sant, the national leaders declare, is sure to be a load to carry. Members of the Minnesota delegation in the house feel this and are growing more discour age a about it every day. The Heatwole organization is strong enough so it has the balance of power in its hands, and it will play for the defeat of Van Sant at any cost. The information here—and it purports to be inside information—is that John Lind will consent to run in case his opponent is Van Sant. He probably will not take the nomination under other conditions. But he feels that with Van Sant against him the opportunity to become gov ernor would be too good to be lightly turned down, and he has given his prom ise that he will make the race against Van Sant. Representative Tawney says it is imma terial to him whether the Cuban reciproc ity bill dies in the senate or on the house side, just so it dies. With the differential amendment tacked to it, the senate will certainly kill the bll, as this feature would make the bill unsatisfactory to the sugar trust. Senators Nelson and Clapp. Spoon - er and Quarles and the senators from the two Dakotas are now counted as op ponents of the Cuban reciprocity measure. SWEDES DEMANDING UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE Thousands Join in Petition All Over Xation and Riots Are Result In Stockholm. STOCKHOLM, April 20.—Mass meetings in favor of universal suffrage were held today in all the towns of Sweden. In Stockholm the meeting was attended with considerable disorder. The demonstrators tried to march to the palace of King Os car. They were charged by the police and several of them were wounded. Oth ers were arrested. The ai'jroaches to the palace are now guardea by troops. The meeting at Malmoe was attended by 15,000 persons. HISS CLEVELAND AT NEMORIAL OF ALTGELD Chicago's Great Auditorium Crotvd ed by Admirers of Dead Gover nor Froiu Many States. Special to The Globe. CHICAGO, April 20.—Four thousand enthusiastic friends of the late John P. Altgeld, assembled in. tn'e Auditorium tonight and cheered the speeches of the oratory who paid his tribute. Grover Cleveland was hissed because he sent federal troops into Illinois without the request of the state legislature" or of the then Gov. Altgeld. The speakers were William P. Black, Bishop Spalding, Clarence Darrow, John J. Lentz, of Ohio, and B. Merriman, of St. Louia, who read resolutions address by the public ownership party of that city after Mr. Altgeld's death. Bishop Spalding, Clarence Darrow and Mr. I.entz attacked the press. Mr. Lentz compared Mr. Altgeld with Jesus of Nazareth, saying, 'Lincoln, Jesus of Nazareth and John P. Altgeld, all were cruciMed." THE "STUDY" OF POETRY. A Protest Against It by John Knr- ronghs. The April Century. Young men and women actually go to college to take a course i:v Shakspere, Chaucer or Dante, or the Arthurian le- EP"ds. The course becomes a mt-re knowl edge course. My own first acquaintance With Milton -was through exercise in grammar. We parsed "Paradise Lost." Much of the current college study of Shakspere is little better than parsing him. The clats falls upon the text like fees upon a bone in winter; no meaning or word of phrase escapes them, every line is literally picked to pieces; but o*f the poet himself, of that which makes him what he is, how much do they get? Very little, I fear They have had an in tellectual exc-rcise, and not an emotional experience. They have added to their knowledge, but have not taken a step in culture. To dig into the roots and ori gins of the great poets is like digging into the roots of an oak or maple, the better to increase your appreciation of the bea ty of the tree. There stands the tree in all its summer glory; will you really know it any better after you have laid bare every root and rootlet? There stand Homer, Dante, Chaucer, Shakspere. Read them, give yourself to them, and master them if you are man enough. The poets are not to be analyzed, they are to Le enjoyed; they are nc-t to be studied, but to be loved; they are not for knowledge, but for culture—to enhance our apprecia tion of life and our mastery over its ele ments. All the mere facts about a poet's work are as chaff compared with the ap preciation of one fine sentence. Why study a great poet at all after the manner ►of the dissecting-room? Why not rather seek to make the acquaintance of bis liv isjj soul, and to feel its power? THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1902. STEVENS IS COMING St. Paul Congressman to Make Speeches for the Re publican Ticket HIS FENCES NEED REPAIR Will Also Try to Get a Line on Beet Sugrnr Sentiment—Clapp Hays a Stunning \ew Suit of Clothes. FRO3I THE GLOBE BUREAU, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D.C., April ?A-Repre s-:iitative Fred Stevens expects to como to St. Paul within a day or two now and mix up in the municipal campaign, for ten days—or until the fight is over-he will take a speaking and acting part. There are several reasons why Stevens has decided to give up his labors at the national capital, and take part in local doings for a while. In the first place he feels that he must look to his personal fences. He has a renomination to get, and while iie does not anticipate any com petition, he believes it is as well to look over the gr<und. Getting the nomination may be a different matter, now that the new primary law is in effect. It is &n open game and any one can come in who is willing to buy chips. In any event Stevens has been advised that it will be well to show interest and to demonstrate that he is a good Republican and anxious to do what he can to rescue the city. But, what is more important, he feels that he will have to brace up the St. Paul end of his district if he is to be elected again with the- handicap of Van Sant running for governor. Van Sant, he knows, will be a dead weight on the ticket every where, and in St. Paul he will be sure to run far behind the rest of the ticket. Ramsey county is doi/btless against Van Sant, and it is liable to go against Stev ens, too, unless he can get his friends into line. Last time it went for John Lind. Will Look In Beet Sunar. While in the state it is the purpose of Stevens to smell out the sentiment ot the people on the beet sugar matter. This has given the delegation a lot of trouble for the last two months, and has sub jected them to a lot of criticism, especi ally from Republican papers in the Twin Cities. Stevens and the rest profess to believe that they are supported by the majority of the state press and by the rank and file of the voters. Heatwole and Tawney have clippings by the pound from the Minnesota papers to prove that the country press, both Democratic and Republican, indorse the course pursued by the delegation. For example, Tawney has no more violent editorial opposition in his district that H. G. Day. of the Al bert Lee Standard, and Col. Childs, of the Waseca Herald; and yet both these have commended him editorially. Some members of the delegation, however, say the indorsement of these gentlemen is the first thing which has caused them to have serious doubts as to the wisdom of their conduct. But this remark must be set down as a political and editorial pleas antry. The fact is, it will make a lot of differ ence when it comes to the congressional campaigns, what the people at large in the state think about the beet sugar con treversy, and it may result in defeating one or two of the members. Clapp Has Some Xew Clotlies. If some of his old friends and constit uents in St. Paul could have seen Sena tor Clap the other night they would have had a sudden and acute case of fan tods. They would not have believed it was the same Moses. For the junior senator from Minnesota had purchased himself a new dres suit—a real split-up spike-tailed claw-hammer, open-front sure-thing, first-part outfit. It is faced with satin, and is a sartorial creation equal to anything owned by the famous Beau Brummell, "Bathhouse John," of Chicago. In it Moses looked like- a hero. If he had worn a collapsible opera hat he would have looked just like the pictures in Life; the disguise was almost perfect. But he was recognized by his eld black felt hat, and the way it was mashed down on his hair—head. He was on his way to a musicale— with the ac cent on the A—at the White house. The same evening "Uncle Knute" show ed up at a little social function in his reg ular every-day work clothes. He always dees. DIE IN BURNING BOAT ON RIVER Cotttinned From First Page. had been at work for some time on a history of notable river disasters. A company on board a small gasoline launch which happened along, served cof fee as long as it lasted, and this was all the refugees from the City of Pittsburi? had in the way o-f nourishment from 7 o'clock last evening until the Kilgore ar rived at 2:30 this afternoon. Steamer Is Ran Ashore. The. fire started' in the forward hatch larboard and burned fiercely an j when the steamer run ashore, escapes were made over the cabin railing. Very few pas sengers or the crew were aware of the fire until it was too late. The captain and clerk tonight claim that in all eighty per sons have been accounted for, leaving sixty persons lost or unaccounted for. The steamer Maud Kilgore, Capt. role. brought the survivors to this place at 6 p. m. and the several societies of the city rendered all possible assistance in the way of clothing and food. Two steamers and every available craft from this city went to the scene to offer relief. Efforts were made to catch the New South, o fthe same line, at Paducah and have her steam back for relief, but the New South had passed Paducah up ward bound before the telegram was re ceived. Most of the passengers were still in bed when Second Clerk Oliver Philips gave the alarm. The engineers at once started all the pumping engines, while the crew brought ail tine hose into play. Amid the streams of water on all sides, the flames from the lower deck and the dense clouds of smoke, the passengers rushed from their state rooms and a frightful panic en sued. The appeals of the officers and crew could not appease the terror-stricken crowds, who interfered with those throw ing water on the flames, as well as with those working with the life boats. Few could adjust life preservers or do any thing else for themselves. The smoke was stifling. Great clouds floated through the blazing steamer, chok ing the passengers and adding to the ter ror. Children cried pitifully, begging that they be saved. They fcaew, as well as their elders, that death confronted them and clung to their mothers as though they alone could save them. Women Pill the Lifeboats. Lifeboats were manned and evsry ef fort was made to save the passengers frcm the floating furnace of flames. Stur dy boatmen rowed as they never rowed before in their heroic work of rescue. Row boats were sent from the shore to help in the w rork of rescue, and ladi^n to their limit with passengers in the scant attire they were able to gather were land ed at the river banks. The burning steamer was quickly head- j^ 'Jf.'. '/9\ •■■ Thi3 signature Is on every box cf genulri* > (O C^*rj£^-* Laxative Bromc-Quinine Tablets. >"<- <^-or*22!KS^iJl»ija»s4y^^ tjut cures a cold in one dajr r Ed to the bank, out passengers haa to jump off the stern and trying to swim ashore through tts> sjfitt current many were drowned. Many also perished in the flames. Only one-yaw 4 was saved with out oars, and twenty or thirty women were taken off. Oth4r s were picked up out of the water. >. , Food and medial assistance, except from people living nearby, did not ar rive until 2:30 this afternoon and passeng ers with only night clothes and without food suffered terribly. The body of a ©»ilcfc dressed in ni^ht clothes, was taken, frbm the river at Mcund City. Among the first bodies recovered were those of Capt. Wesley Doss, of Cincinnati and Miss Marie Tissim, of Cannelton, Ind! NEAR DEATH SECOND TIME. Oarless Lifeboat Saved From Drift- Ing Back to Fire by Men's Hands. CAIRO, 111., April 20. — Mrs. Mulkey, wife of John Mulkey, of Metropolis, 111., boarde-d the City of Pittsburg shortly be fore the disaster, and says in telling 'her experience: "I boarded the boat at Metropolis to take passage at Cairo. All cf the passen gers were asleep and I at once weni to my stateroom and lay down with my clothes on. It must have been an hour or more before I noticed a bright iight shining into my stateroom. I immediate ly got up and opened the door and saw the front of the cabin was on fire. At that moment the electric light went out. I put a life preserver on and managed to grope my way by the flickering light of the flames to a door opposite. "It was a barber shop. Then I groped further down to another door, which which opened out into the guards. But few passengers were aroused at this time and I, with others, climbed over the guards and down the railing, hand over hand, over the lifeboat, which was right below me. "I hung suspended by my arms for a moment and was caught by a man who was seated in the boat. By this time others crowded into, the boat and fillefl it to overflowing, but, as if providentially, the flames reach-d the ropes that held the lifeboat and we dropped into the river before others could push their way into the boat. "We would all have been drowne-d ' if ethers . had pushed into the,, boat. The lifeboat began to drift back toward the burning steamer and, we thought that we were to die after all. ' ' "We had no oars' and the men used their hands to steer the beat. There were people in the river all about us on every side. "After we had managed to get to the shore, fires were lighted and the poor men and women and children, many of them in their nignt 'dresses, shivered with the cold and from their wet clothes, hud dled about the fires. Many of them nad lost those noan?s: and dearest to them, and their cries and groans were heart rendir.g-. . "Some were b'irned. but more were bad ly bruised and cut by coming in contact witii the wreckage. People ciung to shutters and anything they could find to float en to shore, and only a few suc ceeded A physician, who, with his wife, was among the passengers, managed to quiet the sufferings or" some by adminis tering morphine, of which he had a quan tity. J SEES HER THREE BABES DIE. Missouri Woman Suffers Terrible Experience in Steamer Diaavter. CAIUO, 111., April Mrs. Sherman McCullom, with her three children, was ycing to Caruthersville, Mo., to join her husband. She jumped overboard . and landed in the yawl boat, but her three children laridsd in the water, and she saw them sink from sight. ..- • She is nearly frantic with grief. The body of the youngest of the little ones was recovered opposite Mound City, and was identified by tha poor mother. Another sad circumstance was the loss of one of the children of Pilot Al Pritch ard. The little one wa's tossed from the burning steamer to arms waiting to catch it in the yawl, but its head struck against the side of the beat and it fell into the river and was lost. One of the surviving members of the crew gave this account: The tire was discovered at 4:05 a. m. in the forward hold. In a few minutes tha whole bow was a wreck. The front stair ways buried, cutting off any avenue of estapo. We alarmed the sleeping pas sengers, bursting open the duors to awak en (hem. They ran out without putting on lij> preservers and drowned ait. Tha officers held them back as well as they could while the one yawl was loaded with women and children. The water was very cold and the pas sengers were in their night clothin-?. Those who were n^t burned in the boat drowned. "When we reached ?hore we were un able to stand and had to be helped out of the water, t seemed as though we were crazed by fright, for we were screaming with fright even after we were safe ashore. BOAT PASSES IXSPECTIOX. Jnst Before Departure Steamer'M Condition Was Approved. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 20.-The offi cers of the steamer City of Pittsburg, which was lately destroyed by fire near Mound City, 111.- were as fellows: John M. Philips, commander. Dana Scott, purser Oliver Philips, of Pittsburg, cleTk Ben Bridges, Louisville, third cl--rk. Arch Schnber, Moscow, Ohio, first mate Tom Whitney, New Albany, Jnd. sec ond mate. Harry Doss, Cincinnati, pilot. Al Pritchard, Memphis; pilot Clate Rowford. li">ntort. Ohio engineer Harry Cleossen, Zanesville, second -en gineer. William Bollingc-r, Cincinnati, steward. Fred Bentz, Newport, Kv., barkeeper Harvey Brown. Cincinnati, steersman The iollowirg are known to have be^n en the City of Pittsburg at Cincinnati- "" John Allen, Pittsburg. Mrs. John Allen. Their ten-year-old son Sylvester Doss, Cincinnati. Joseph Craig, of Grandview, Ind., grain merchant. H. Brurocn, of Cloverport Ky. Mrs. Arch Schriber, of Moscow, Ohio Mrs. Al Pritchard, of Memphis Term." Sarah Pritchard. eleven, her daughter. Ella Pritchard, six, her daughter Jv.st prior to the boat's departure sho underwent her annual inspection by I'nTT •ed States Inspectors Dameron and Fearn and was granted first-class paper. WHOLE FAMILY MEETS DEATH. Jventncfcian, Wife ami Six Children Perish in Steamer Disaster. OWEXSBORO, Ky.. April 20.-Patrick Burite, who. with his wife and six chn aren were lost on the Steamer City of Pittsburg- today.formerly lived at Whites yiile. In this county. He left last Friday for Missouri, wn v re he expected to reside Kipling's Surly Sincerity. He will not repent, or confirm, or edit himself, or study how to pleas?. Hut there is about him a sort of surly s-ineer ity even at his worst. He at least is in terested if yuu are. int.. H-> i 3 pleased with each sudden new intimacy and tx asperatingly glib in Its jargon and would as lief lose readers as no,t. Bridge build ing, or whatever it may bt—jown he goes in it with a horrid splash* of terminology, and remains defiantly uninteresting for months at a time. It is net as if ho tried to please and failed. Jt is his mood, not yours. Ho is merely muttering to him self the technicalities of his hobby, and criticism cannot shiiltc it out of Mm. In the intervals of something like genius ha is merely a pig-headsd man. But the course has some advantages. He never does what is expected of him. but h£ sometimes does mene. Vluifov.jr his sin 3 are, they are not sins of subservience, and meanwhile he lives his own. life. Not that his unliterary activitios have any value in themselves. Beyond stirFing up rows and coining some quotable phrases, what has he do.ne for politics these last few years? But looked at as a form of diversion, politics have done something for him.—From "The Writer Avho Does Not Care." By F. M. Colby, in Book man, KELLY KEEPS FROCK Priest Involved in Elk Point Scandal Sent to New Location BACK IN CHURCH WORK He Is Assigned to Small Parish Xcar Sioux Falls After Long Spec ulation Regarding: His Fate. Special to The Globe. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., April 20.—Father Kelly, the priest whose name has teen connected with an Elk Point girl in a recent scandal and whose return to that city was opposed by Catholics, has en tered on new duties at Montrose, twenty five miles northwest of Sioux Falls, where he has been assigned to a parish and to day held services for the first time since publication of the scandal. Thrrre has been considerable speculation aJI over the state as to his future. CHORUS GIRLS FORM UNION. "Walking I,ady" in the Chaperon? Starts the Ball Rolling. The old-time "gag" of the low come dian, the funny idea of the comic opera librettist, is about to become a hard, cold 1 fact. The chorus girls are to form a union. If the plans hatched in the pretty heads of half a dozen coryphees in Cincinnati do not go away, the tim.? is close at hand when no statuesque blonde can carry the banner in the front row unless she has a working card tuck ed away to her— well, some pki.ee about her—setting forth that she is in good standing in the chorus girls' union. At present ocular demonstration is all that is required as to the good standing of a chorus girl. All that is to be changed, and the future holds promise of walking delegates, unfair lists, walkouts, pickets and all that sort of thing, which is to follow in the trail of "the organizer. Gerelda Malone, late of San Francisco, is the young woman who has taken upon her presumably shapely rhoulders the re sponsibility for starting the mess of trou ble. Gerelda is what is known ttehnically as an "extra lady" in "The Chaperons, ' now delighting vast audiences in Cincin nati—or at least as vast as they get them in that part of tne country. Miss Malone talked the matter over with a couple of fair conspirators, Miss Ruby Payne (sounds like a character in a Hoyt farce, doesn't it?) of New York, and Miss Sallie Fisher, of Salt Lake City. The three fair ones decided that it was time to get in line with the trend of modern things and organize. The theatrical man agers, they pointed out to one another, are in the trustiest sort of a trust. The vaudeville managers have things cinched up so nobody can break in with a jimmy unless the vaudeville trust wants them. There is a union of tightsmakers, of wig makers and of face powder manufactur ers, so what could the poor girls do? They determined then an., there to tell their troubles to Samuel Gompers, presi dent of the American Federation of La bor, and ask him -ow about it. Nothing less than the big mogul of organized la bor would do for Gerelda and Ruby and Sallie. No organizer, at a paltry salary, would answer their needs. It was Col. Gompers himself who was honored with their gentle confidences, and the plump president came out of the ordeal smiling and happy. ..e want to form a union," said Gerel da Malone, stepping out into the limelight of the whole world as the first spokes woman of the first chorus girls' union ever projected. "Do you really?" Mr. Gompers is au thoritatively reported to have replied, al though no stenographic report of the con. versation was taken. "Yes, we do, and I think all the girls would go into it," went on Miss Malone "The vaudeville people have tae White Rats to take care of their Interests, and keep ,up their salaries, and our profes sion is becoming so overcrowded that f?nir. r oKS ?<l c s? lP s down constantly."— Cnicago Chronicle. 'There could never be too many of you," said Mr. Gompers, with an attempt at gallantry, but Miss Payne interrupted. "Oh, there are far too many now, and that's what causes the trouble. Every girl in the country who is—that is, who is—well, who could be accepted, you un derstand, is rushing into the chorus some place raid salaries are suffering in con sequence." "Ah. I see," said Mr. Gompers, sym pathetically. "And then, there are irresponsible man agers who take companies out on the road without capital and leave them stranded in jay towns," exclaimed Geral da, with some emotion. "So T have heard," murmured President Gompers. "We want to get an organization which will give us some protection from that sort of thing and enable us to get satis faction afterward. We want salaries kept up to a certain minimum and—and—on, «,-„ erything like that." . Mr. Gompers was much impressed. "If you ladies are in earnest about this," he said, "I think a union would be an excellent thing. We have about 800 or ganizers in various parts of the country «nd any or all of them would be only too glad to give you every assistance. You have my best wishes for success." That seeming to close the interview. Geralda and Ruby and Sallie went back to the hotel to tell the other girls about it. Now that th.o seed is sown there is little doubt that it will grow, and if the union is formed there will be dire troubles for theatrical managers who do not live up to the union rules. The stage hands all over the country are organized and most of the theater orchestras are in the federation. If some bumptuous manager attempts to put on a show without union chorus girls the scene shifters will re fuse to set the scenes fcr the "unfair"' chorus girls and the musicians will not play the grand Amazonian march for them. The possibility of the entire chorus "walking out" after the first act with the house filled with people would prob ably be enough to bring any manager to terms, and the chances are that the formation of the union would put an end to the tyrannical "lines" whereby the girls are mulcted of their hard-earned money for real or imaginary infractions of arbitrary rules. Of course there is also a possibility that the union, waxing large and powerful, might get unreasonable and obnoxious, the chorus ladies might refuse to "go on" oftener than a certain number of tiraes ir, one performance, they might demand the cessation of Wednesday matine«s and the establishment of commodious "green rooms" in which to meet the gildtd youth who are now obliged to dangle around in dark and muddy alleys outside the stage doors. But all of these things will doubtless settle themselves amicably in time when the chorus girls' union is an accepted fact and the managers have set tled down to face the music. A SORDID MAID. He wrote sweet sonnets to her eyes. Her lips, her briw, her hais; ; Impassioned gems of polished thought, - "And flights of -fancy rare. She thanked him with a radiant smile And praised his graceful art. So every day he poured in rhyme • The yearnings of his heart. , - But since he saw his poems In print. ' A norn de. plume above, He keeps the prose, and hints no more ' Of poesy or love, , - " __ While with the proceeds of his linea I Her lovely self she decks; For she sent them to the magazines | And - gathered in the' checks. "... ....... / —Ml v" a Irvins, ... BBS "i^fi^^Ei SI [Ml^inlj^ DINING CARS A LA CARTE, Providing the best of everything, and paying close at tention to details, Burlington dining cars have gained world-wide reputatioa On our Chicago Limited. The "pay-for-vvhat-you-order" plan is much more acceptable than the "dollar-a-mta!" charge. Tlnkat nfflnec— 4O° Robert rr. (Hotel Ryan), st. paul. IICKBI UIIIGcS 414 Nl COL LET AYE., MINNEAPOLIS! "GOOD WIVES GROW FAIR IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR WORKS," ESPECIALLY IF THEY USE SAPOLIO KEEP AN EYE ON CROPS HENRY ri,E\VS' ADVICE TO THOSE DKALIMi IN STOCKS Predicts Sharp Irrogralnritica In Shares and Kxpet'ts >Iu«-h KeaHiii. tion—Approaching End of the South African "War a Ball Ele ment in the Situation. Special to The Globe. NEW YORK. April 20.—There has a decided increase in speculative activ ity during the past two we< k- This could not b-^ entirely attributed to the Louisville & Nashville incident, v-. that may have been the stimulating fac tor. The principal cause has been the prospective improvement in monetary conditions. Local bank reserves may be low just row, but the turning point has been reached; currency will soon return from the interior with increasing fr« - dom, relieving the loan situation from fear of natural stringency for several months to come. Very likely the ). market will now work along fairly com fortably until the crop movement 1 assuming, of course, that no Seriously untoward events occur during the next three months. The effect of the recent Russian and British loans upon the i' '■ r national linaacial markets can be fairly measured. The former Is not a factor of importance; the latter will be issued so gradually as not to produce any material disturbance. Possibly at a later date we may export fair amounts of gold t,i Eu rope on account of American tnvestm its in consols, bui in vie"* of our huge sup ply of gol.l and the increasing production of the same, this need cause no Ui i;ess. Tho approach of peace, more over, In South Africa will stimulate the production of gold in that quarter, and so tend to divert demand from thit tion; the world's money market;-, thus being in an tasier condition than tor some time past. K<»l>eal of the War Tax. A very important event from the At:', i ican point <>t view was the repeal of the war tax bill Imposed at the outbreak of the war with Spain. This repeal ol su perfluoua taxes will, of course, check the congestion of funds in the treasury, which had been a serioti3 financial menaco cvi r since the war closed. The only effectual means hitherto of releasing funds with drawn unnecessarily by taxation was bj the purchase of bonds; a most objection able method, because it constantly di minished tfve basis of national bank cir culation, and so forced a further ultimate contraction of the currency; to say noth ing of the folly of tlie tcovernment p unr.ecessa.rily high prices for its own bonds. The repeal of the war taxes, therefore, removes a serious element of disturbance, which had it been allowed to continue, would sooner or later have in volved the country in fresh financial spasms. The avoidance of such a con tingency is a distinct aid to confidence. Morgan In in Control. The Louisville & Nashville episode has developed another very important fact; viz., that Mr. Morgan is in complt-te con trol of that system,. With masterful sa gacity he has evidently measured the possibilities of further contests for trol in the spread of the concentration movement, and with admiraible tact has accomplished his purpose without danger ous friction. After the experV;r.c^i a >ear ago attending the struggle for con trol of Northern Pacific there was na turally very serious apprehension of trouble by those who best understood tUo. consequences of such contests and the possibilities o,f their reception. The re moval of this danger has immeasurably strengthenfd the financial situation rind invited renewed activity. These two fac tors then — me improved monetary condi tions and the passing of Louisville ft Nashville under Morgan ecntrol—.-• J^m to have been the signals for a revival of speculative activity, which promises to continue for some time to come. Many of the bis leaders have returned from their Southern trips; the large holders are known to- be favoring an upward movement; there is an excellent demand for desirable investments, which are scarce and firmiy held; trade conditions are good; railroad prosperity appears un checked, and so far crop conditions arc satisfactory. South African Sitnntlon. When the Boer war is over, anrt the waste of about • yearly ato this country will be the better off; po will the army of about 150,000 m n. n laig- por tion of wliom will be released for pro ductive employment, possibly in South Africa. Under such conditions it is not surprising that some of the restless spirits who have acquired large wealth may wish to distinguish themselves in the stock market. Conservative operators may not approve of all their actions, hut they are not likely to do otherwise than quiet ly encourage an upward movement in the market in spite of the high level «>f prices. For such reasons I anticipate a much more active market. Sharp Irregularities are likely to occur because the sitrati n is not as satisfactory as a year ago and realizations must f<How; yet there are present all the H- Brt»*; necessary to tive speculation, in which the rail are entitlrd to a decided preference industrials should be left severely A good harvest would insure another year of general prosperity. A partial failure would produce unwelcome resulis. —Henry Clews. FOR THE SIMMER GIRL. White is the leading effect in the most beautiful parasols, some ot_which are covered with new designs in silk or heavy laces. Lace collars and cuffs, wh'eh jrive ji pretty finish to any waist, now eoine in sets, consisting usually of a hign \,(-< k collar, a sailor or round-shaped collar and wide cuffs to match. Changeable taffeta silk skirts can he found in all the light colors that are fashionable for spring wear. Linen dress goods will be popular for outing costumes, an effect which prom ises to form the basis of many prt-tty gowns, being a colored background with black or white stripes. A new side trimming for ball dresses consists of a net groundwork, on whioh sprays of artificial flowers are mounted, with their foliage. These pieces come In a great variety of blossoms, to combine with ail light colors. Smart chintz sunshades are to the fore, quite as gay and Important as tnu.-e of foulard trimmed with lace. Tiny rosettes of narrow ribbon with centers of rhlncstones are used for gar niture on skirts of fluffy material.—l'hil- DOWN WITH BEEF TRUST CKICAOO IKHKHVTIOX OF LABOR ASKS FBDBRAIj l.MliUVi;Mio.\ After I.'.itrliiK Speeches Advisinjr AliMtcntion From Meat I'ntil Trices Drop, Delesaies Adopt ll»-« --olntion Dcmandi Pr«ttcctlo» From Rohhery of RuthleHa Tru>t. S|M><-lnl to The Globe. CHICAGO, April 20.—"Down with the beef trust, and down with It quick," is logan adopted by the or. After II • g the m< mb< n i by abstaining from th< itlon of meat, a r adopted calli ig upon the state and ( ral go\ • i ami ut: to Interv< olution reads aa follows: "■Whereas, The beef trust has by it* unlawful manipulation so Increased tho i'iiee of nit ata th it tin y ha> ■ luxury to the workingman; therefore i>u it Resolved, That the Chicago Federation of Labor calls neon the authorities of th i nation and state to interpose the i i arm of the law to protect the people of this country from robbery practiced upon them by this most greedy and rul trust. "Stop <-ntir--: meat," W. F. Melican shouted to lii.- fellow delegates. "There's nc other way to tig-M ibis beet trust c;it rage. LJve m \<■ getaibli 8 yourselves, and let the surplus go to the well-cared-for dogs in the kennels of the rich. "A flesh iiu t is not an absoiui ne ces9lty, fl that speaker had Bald. "We can get along without it. It la noi easy, perhaps, but if we want to we can maker (\ery day a Friday ami l«-i the meat monaiohs that their product Ls not as monarcha that th'lr pdoducts is not as necessary to aa am they think it ls. ' n< r» watch the prlc( a drop." NEW YORK, April 20.-On of the dele gates to the Central Federated! union in trdduced a resolution at tho meeting of the body today which recommended to wage earners that they refrain from buy ing or eating beef and mutton for thirty dayst beginning May 1. This, it wa ex plained, would be done to see if the price of meat could not be foroetf down from i the present high late." Culi/uraia— Via tae "Sunstaloe Raote." If jou contemplate a crip to California this fall or winter consult the Chicago. Mi'.wai-kee & St. Paul Ry. 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