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FIRST llfi^S VOL. XXVI.—NO. 46. IN THE ST. PAUL MORNING FIELD THE GLOBE HAS A LONG LEAD. PARLIAMENTS HAVE A MAGNIFICENT OPENINC King aiul Queen Will Do the Business in Person —Most Gorgeous State Ceremo nial, With a Revival of Court Glitter. (Copyright, 1903, by Central News and Press Exchange.) Special Cable to The Globe. LONDON, Feb. 14.—1t is now prac tically certain that the king, accom panied by the queen, will in person open the third session of his first par liament on Tuesday, Feb. 17, with all the pagenatry and ceremonial which generally characterize the interesting occasion. The picturesque function will take place at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and in order to per form it their majesties will be convey ed from Buckingham palace to the house of legislature in the gorgeous t^tate coach, resplendant in gilt and color, and the royal crown glittering above its rounded roof. The coach, will, of course, be drawn by the eight cream-colored ponies which always excite popular admiration Five other carriages will make up the procession, four of them drawn by six bays, and the fifth, containing the master of the horse, by six blacks. The cortege will include several I members of the royal household and I be attended by an escort of life guards. The Brigade of Guards and other fine regiments will line the route along the mall, through Horse Guards parade, and straight down Parliament street. It is expected that the Prince and Princess of Wales will drive to Westminster independently. Given fa vorable weather, the spectacle will un questionably be witnessed by large and enthusiastic crowds. At Victoria Tower. On alighting at the Victoria tower their majesties will be received by the great officers of state and conducted to their respective robing rooms. Pur suivants, heralds, gentlemen ushers, equarries and grooms-in-waiting lead the way. Conspicuous positions are assigned to the premier, the lord chan cellor and the lord chamberlain, while the sword of state is borne by a prom inent minister. The king and queen follow, the rear being brought up by the royal household, pages of honoi and officers of the gentlemen-at-arms and the yeomen of the guard. His majesty having donned his parlia mentary robes of crimson silk velvet, fringed with gold lace and powdered ermine, the procession will be reform ed. The imperial crown will be carried by the lord president of the council, the Marquis of Winchester, by hered itary right, bearing the cap of mainte nance immediately before his majesty and alongside the sword of state. The cortege passes through the royal gal lery, where space is found for nearly 1,000 privileged spectators to watch the royal progress to the house of peers. A Distinguished Company. There a brilliant throng will await the coming of the sovereign and his consort. Every part of the house of lords, save that about the throne, will be filled by a distinguished company. Peers, of course, wear their robes, and upon the floor of the house are the judges of the high court, wearing their state robes of scarlet and full-bottom wigs. Behind the bishops sit the diplomatic corpsi. Peeresses occupy the back benches, their dresses and jewels adding to the beauty of the scene. As the procession enters the assemblage rises to its feet, and re mains standing while the king ascends the throne, and the queen occupies the chair of state. All the great officers stand in their allotted places. Princes Avho are peers sit on the dukes' benches, those who are not being ac commodated with chairs near the epis copal benches. Amid these surroundings the king, through the lord great chamberlain, will command Black Rod "to let the commons know it is his majesty's pleasure that they al lend him imme diately in the house of peers. Black Rod goes at once to the door of the lower chamber, striking it thrice' with his wand of office. On the portals be ing thrown open he advances to the table, makes three obeisances to the chair and says: "Mr. Speaker: The king commands this honoroble house to attend his majesty immediately in the house of peers." Thereupon he withdraws, still mak ing obeisances, and not turning his back upon the house until he reaches the bar. Straightaway the speaker end the faithful commons proceed to the upper chamber, and the king reads the speech from the throne, the doc ument being placed in the royal hands by the royal chancellor, kneeling. The message to parliament delivered, their majesties retire, and the ceremony terminates. Both houses adjourn until 4 o'clock, when the work of the session begins. In view of the opening of parliament by the king, a public rehearsal of the state procession took place yesterday morning, but, owing to the early hour, the spectacle was not witnessed by a large crowd. The experiment was con ducted by Capt. Nicholas, of the Royal Mews, Buckingham. THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. CIRCULATION BOOKS OPEN TO AL.L INTERESTED, DAY'S NEWS SUMMARIZED Weather for St. Paul and Vicinity— Fair today and Monday. DOMESTIC— American roadmakers close convention at Detroit, after making important rec ommendations. Judge Grosscup, of Chicago, says anti trust measures before congress are no good. Inmate of Kansas insane asylum is murdered and two attendants are arrested for the crime. Two Minnesota miners on way homo to Austria die in New York. Minnesota legislators leave St. Louis for home. Minnesota's site is, next to Mis souri's, best on exposition grounds. Mr. Bryan again declares he will not again be a candidate for president. WASHINGTON— Tarns Bixby is appointed chairman of Dawes Indian commission. Senate committee decides to recommend repeal of land laws. Mr. Carnegie offers to pay Germany's $300,000 demand if Venezuela desires it. Allies order blockade raised. BUSINESS— Wheat is only grain to close higher. Dullness prevails in all pits. Stock trading approaches downright stagnation, with no significance in what movement of prices there is. LOCAL— Thomas D. O'Brien announces his withdrawal from the contest for corpora tion attorney, leaving' the field clear to James C. Michael. Large quantities of anthracite coal are due to roach St. Paul this week. County commissioners will ask the leg islature for an appropriation to pay their carriage bills. Mrs. Bridget Ryan, a pioneer settler, dies at her home at the age of seventy five. ' An attempt may be made to amend owl car measure for purposes of delay. SPORTING— New York police arrest managers of turf investment companies. Manager Delaney declares Jeffries Is ready to fight any man in the world. Columbus ball team threatens to fight for services of Shortstop Clingman. E. .T. Arnold, of St. Louis Turf Invest ment company, passes through Kansas on way to Mexico. Chicago university athletes win theii indoor track meet with Illinois. RAILROADS— Milwaukee restores trains on branch lines. Interesting experiment of telegraph phone to be made today. LEGISLATOR ASSAULTED AND MAY LOSE AN EYE Companion of Senator Hanna's Son Denies That He Did It. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Feb. 14.— John H. Winder, general manager of the Kanawha & Hocking Coal com peny: Dan Hanna, son of Senator Mark Hanna, and others are charged with assaulting Dr. W. G. Caldwell, a member of the legislature from Ohio county, h?re this morning early while the latter was going home from the legislative ball In a cab. The other men had been at a club during the night, so it is charged. They were on their way to the Kanawha & Michigan depot and wanted a hack. They hailed the hack in which Representative Caldwell was riding and attempted to enter it. Dr. Caldwell protested and said the hack was his. Winder, Clark and Hanna are said to have entered the hack, and it is charged that Wind er dealt Dr. Caldwell a hard blow in the face, rendering him unconscious. Representative Caldwell was thrown out of the hack and the others took charge of it. Dr. Caldwell was picked up by friends and taken to the hotel in a serious condition. Winder, Hanna and others left for Columbus, Ohio. A warrant for their arrest was sworn out by Dr. Caldwell and telegraphed to Point Pleasant, W. Va., but the men got across into Ohio without being apprehended. The af fair has caused a very great sensation here, and it is said that a requisition will be made on other states for the return of all the parties implicated. Representative Caldwell is resting well under the care of physicians. He was badly hurt and may lose one eye. It is announced that the friends of Winder in the coal business tiere se cured the countermanding of the mes sages for the arrest of the parties. The warrants were sworn out by Capt. J. B. White. AVinder represents the in terests of J. P. Morgan in Ohio and West Virginia, and all the coal oper ators here pleaded to have the order of arrest rescinded. It is said that Cald well's friends will offer a resolution in the house of delegates inquiring into the reasons for the Kanawha company officials countermanding the order for service of the warrants. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 14.—Messrs. Winder and Hanna arrived here at 2:45 p. m. Mr. Winder was shown the press telegram, and denied the story in toto. He said that he had not been at a banquet in Charleston and had not seen the man alleged to have been as saulted. Dan Hanna told practically the same story as Winder. As to Cald well, he stated that he did not see him at Charlston and was not at a banquet Friday night. "They evidently got our party mixed with another," paid Hanna. "As far as the assault goes, I know nothing about it." Hanna and party left for Cleveland. BISHOP MESSMER FOR THE ST. LOUIS COADJUTORSHIP Report That Wisconsin Prelate Will Get the Appointment. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 14.—A special to the Globe-Democrat from Rome has a rejjort that Mgr. Messmer, of Green Bay, VAs., will be the pope's selection for the coad jutorship of the archdiocese of St. Louis The message is not .substantiated by any new developments, and it is not expected that anything positive in the matter will be known until Easter time. Bishop Messmer's name stood third on the list at the election of the priests who constitute the voting- college early in January. The first name was that of H. P. Dunne, of Dallas. Tex., and the second Bishop Glennon, of Kansas City. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1903.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. CARNEGIE OFFERS TO PAY GERMANY Says He Will Put Up $360, --000 if Venezuela Wishes It. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 14.—Gov erned by the spirit in which Herbert M. Bowen has conducted the peace ne gotiations at Washington with the al lies and anxious that his mission should succeed, Andrew Carnegie, upon hear ing of Germany's action in demanding a cash payment of 1,718,000 bolivars instead of the £5,500 previously prom ised her, sent the following message to Mr. Bowen, dated Feb. 12 "I shall be glad to hand you over at once $360,000 to meet the German de mand if Venezuela desires it." This fact became known tonight after the last of the addenda to the peace protocols had been signed at the British embassy. Mr. Carnegie, it is said, has been watching the negotiations with close interest. The message was sent as soon as the news of Germany's de mand was published. Mr. Bowen dispatched a grateful re ply to Mr. Carnegie thanking him for the very generous offerT which, how ever, it was not necessary to accept. In announcing Mr. Carnegie's offer tonight Mr. Bowen said that many banks and financial syndicates had all along been anxious to lend the money 1 to Venezuela and had sent representa tives to see him with this end in view, though these were, of course, of a busi ness nature, whereas the offer of Mr. Carnegie was made without any reser~ vation or mention of security for the return of his money. Cablegrams have been pouring in upon Mr. Bowen from Venezuela con gratulating him upon the success of his mission. The first to arrive was from President Castro. Consul Devries ca bled: "Hearty congratulations" from Maracaibo. Leading German British firms in Venezuela have sent congrat ulatory cablegrams. It is not expected that the next set of protocols providing for reference of the preferential question to The Hague will be taken up until the middle of next week. LONDON, Feb. 14.—Instructions have been telegraphed to commanders of the blockading squadrons off Venezue la to withdraw their ships in conse quence of the arrangements completed at Washington. The blockade, there fore, will be immediately raised. BERLIN, Feb. 14.—The government is telegraphing instructions today for raising the blockade of the Venezuelan coast immediately. These instructions may not reach all the blockading ves sels today, but it expected that the blockade will be fully raised by tomor row or Monday, especially since Com modore Scheder had been expecting such instructions and had arranged for their prompt transmission. CARACAS, Feb. 14.—News of the raising of the blockade was received by President Castro this morning in a cablegram from Mr. Bowen; who said: "The protocols have been signed. Blockade will be raised tomorrow. Congratulations." To this message President Castro re plied as follows: "In the name of Venezuela I offer you expressions of my eternal gratitude for the decided spontaneousness with which you have served the cause of justice, which is the cause of humani ty that distinguishes superior minds." It is believed that the termination of the blockade will be the death blow to the Matos revolution. LOVES GIRL MORE THAN HIS BIRTHRIGHT Archduke Will Renounce Title and Marry Tradesman's Daughter. Special Cable to The Globe. BUDAPEST, Feb. 14.—The Budapest Magyar Orszag reports another ro mance of the Austrian imperial family. The Archduke Eugene, brother of the queen regent of Spain, it says, has fallen in love with the pretty daughter of a petty tradesman and has resolv ed to renounce his title and birthright and marry her. Archduke Eugene is thirty-nine, has the rank of a general and commands an army corps in the Tyrol. He is of gigantic stature, ex tremely handsome and is frequently seen in the streets of Vienna, where the free-and-easy manners have made him a popular favorite. The whole influence of the Austrian and Spanish royal families has been thrown against the match, the paper says. MAX REGIS FAIRLY PANTING FOR TROUBLE Fights Two Duels In One Day and Has Two More on His Hands. PARIS, Feb. 14.—Max Regis, the former mayor of Algiers and anti-Semite leader, took part in two duels today and will figure in two more. The first was fought with swords, his adversary being M. La Basderque. It grew out of a private con troversy. In the second encounter pis tols were used, and M. Regis exchanged shots with Jacques Landau. Newspaper criticisms were responsible for this quar rel. The meetings occurred in the surburbs and were witnessed by a large crowd of people, including women. Before the first encounter M. Regis shouted insulting deriance at his adversary. The former was slightly wounded in the right arm in the third bout and the affair was stop pecl.. M. Regis again insulted M. La Bas dersjue, who named his seconds for an other encounter, declaring- that he In tended to kill his adversary the next time they met. M. Regis also challenged the master of ceremonies for protesting against his insulting methods on the field, but friends in terferred and brought about a reconciliation. The pistol duel fol owed. Two shots were exchanged without effect. A FAKE STORY PROMPTLY DENIED John F. Stevens Not* Slated for the Bur lington Presidency. ' '" ■ V «■-- ' --'.'. ' •" '■■■:'" ;■'■""'■ '" . * - • - ■■"" ' :-'■--.*", - ; ' : : : —- • "V.. ■-■ * Considerable surprise was created among certain persons who chanced to see a report in :an evening paper yesterday stating ■" that John F. Stevens, formerly general manager of the Great Northern, was to become president of the Burlington system, to ''.'. replace George B. Harris. The aforesaid report alleged that the latter official was to be retired. • ; The palpable absurdity of the. report was what occasioned the surprise. J. J. Hill, who, it was confidently asserted, had decided to place Mr. Stevens at the head of the Burlington system, *vhen asked about the matter last evening, replied tersely: "Every : word is a lie." A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART Minnesota Mutual Life Insur ance Company's Contribu tion to Art Lovers. Among the many and beautiful calen dars that have appeared for the year 1903, from the different firms and com panies who annually seek In this man ner to place before the public the mer its of their various businesses and wares, is noticed a rea-.y elegant pro duction of the artist's brush issued by Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance com pany. It Is altogether aside from the com monality of such matters, in that it deals with a tangible subject—The New State Capitol of Minnesota. The onlooker has a tangible some thing to grasp, he or she has seen the original, or hopes at some time in the near future to feast the eye upon its architectural beauties. Again, too another sense than the mere apprecia tion of beauty is stirre.■"•.: a feeling of patriotism is felt, for, who. within the borders of the state, does not feel a justifiable pride in the erection and completion of this ponderous edifice? It is not a mere "chromo," this cal endar. Its impressions are taken from the best steel plates that twentieth century skill could produce, an art now almost forgotten. Together with the artistically beautiful features of the picture it combines the characteristic of being architecturally and mathemat acally correct in every essential part. Besides having issued this calendar, which in reality is but an outgrowth of a larger and better enterprise on the part of the company, the Minnesota Mutual Life has issued and had framed a large picture, identically the same as that which in miniature adorns the calendar. To every bank, public school and principal public building through out the state, one of these pictures will be presented in the near future. Its phenomenal growth is responsible for this liberality on the part of the company. It is understood that giant strides are to be taken in the not re mote future which will place it in the front rank of such corporations genera ally, as it is now among those of its own state. It may not be known to all, but the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance com pany is the only old-line organization operating- under the laws of Minnesota a? ' eranized thereunder. It.has been predicted by men of more than ordi nary farsightedness and sagacity that within five years it will be the largest and most far-reaching financial organ ization in the State of Minnesota. Mr. P. A. Egan, the State Manager for Minnesota, has recently added to his Minnesota Agency force much new and brilliant blood, among others, Mr. John D. Caldweli, formerly with the New York LFf e at Chicago: Mr. Harry E. George, forme^y State Man ager for Minnesota for the Canada Life; and Mr. William. Woodhead, for many years with tlfe • Northwestern Mutual Life, and latterly the District Manager at St. Paul for the Prudential Life, and many ethers whose services have been found advantageous. Mr. A. S. Apgar, who, during the ! past year, was the District Manager for several Northern Counties, made such a good record that he #as promot ed to the management of the Compa ny's Minneapolis Agency, with head quarters in the Commercial Building, at the beginning of the present year. Among other innovations, the com pany is establishing a Woman's De partment at'the Home Office, of which it is announced formal notice will soon be made. This company is now writing insur ance in Minnesota and the Dakotas at a rate exceeding $1,500,000 per annum; and more prospects on the list than the field force can manage.' The alms and objects'of the company have always been to attend to the in terests of the state first and foremost— to keep as much as possible of Minne sota's money within the borders of Minnesota. In this laudable effort It has met with more than success. CHAIRMAN IN NAME AS WELL AS IN FACT Tarns Bixby Appointed Chairman oi the Indian Commission. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 14.—The secretary of the interior has appointed Tarns Bixy, of Minnesota, chairman of the Dawes Indian commission. He has been actiner in that capacity for several years. "BOBS" TREATED WITH A SURPRISE Process Server Has the Nerve to Beard the Comman der-in-Chief. Special Cable to The Globe. LONDON, Feb. 14.—There are few outsiders daring enough in the ordinary course of things to penetrate to the in ner sanctum of the war office. This remarkable feat, however, has just been accomplished by an ordinary process server—or perhaps he should for his daring be termed an extraordinary process-server. The process-server's orders were to serve a subpoena on no less a personage than the commander in-chief himself and to that end he presented himself at the outer por tals of the war office, where a polite demand to see Lord Roberts drew broad smiles from the corps of well trained, wary and normally stolid mes sengers. But no demand is actually refused at Pall Mall—at any rate, at the outset— and the man's request was followed by much route marching through the war office passages until at last he gained admittance to Lieut. Col. Streatfleld, the commander-ln-chiefs private sec retary, and a few minutes later he was shown Into the presence of the famous soldier, and served upon him a sub poena to give evidence in the action which Ex-Sergenat Major Edmonstone, of the Imperial yeomanry, is bringing against Gen. Rundle, Lord Valentia and others for damages for false im prisonment. Lord Roberts received the document with his characteristic courtesy, and looked at it with interest, for it was the first of the kind he had ever had. He asked the bearer for some partic ulars, which were duly given him. "Well," said Lord Roberts, when this little explanation had been made, "you have done your duty, and I will do mine," and the commander-in-chief was about to resume his work when, to his utter bewilderment, the man handed him a shilling. The commander-in-chief, in his lack of knowledge of this little ceremony, asked what he was to do with so much money. "It is conduct money," explained the server. "Your cab fare, sir, to enable you to proceed from the war office to the law courts." "With a hearty laugh Lord Roberts took the shilling and put it in his pocket, and the man left the building in triumph. SAYS HER HUSBAND SHOULD BE HANGED Wife of Man Tried for Murder Causes Sensation In Court. WELLINGTON, Kan., Feb., 14.—1n the trial of John Cummins, charged with the murder of Anna Dishman, their thirteen year-old servant girl, the defense today sprang a surprise by stating that it would be proved that the murder was committed by the defendant's wife. It would be shown, counsel asserted, that Mrs. Cum mins held an irresistible influence over her husband, -and that she had forced him to make a written confession of the crime to save her. Cummins in his confession said that he struck the girl on the head and then locked her in an outhouse, where she was left without attention un til she died. Mrs. Cummins was placed on the wit ness stand and created a sensation. Cummins in his confession had said that he first buried the girl's body on his farm, and later exhuming it had placed it on a hay stack and set the pile on fire. Mrs. Cummins was asked why she told the officers about the murder, and she replied that before the body was burned Cum mins often begged her not to tell, but after the burning he became independent and she was afraid he would try to fast ■ en tlie crime upon her. "Then you want him punished?" asked the attorney. "He ought to be hung!" she shouted. "You were anxious to protect him then, were you not?" Mrs. Cummins shot a quick glance at her husband and almost screamed in answer: "'I didn't hate him then, but I do now." m Book Concern Dividend. NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—The book com mittee of the Methodist Episcopal church continued its annual meting today. A dividend was noticeable from the profits of the book concern for superannuated preachers and for the widows and or phans of preachers. The amount so ap propriated was $75,000, as against $50, --000 last year. FAVOR REPEAL OF LAND LAWS Only One Left Under Which Homes May Be Pro cured. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 14.—The senate committee on public lands to day, after an animated controversy, decided to favorably report Senator Quarles' bill repealing the desert land law, the timber and stone entry law and the commutation provision of the hemestead law, leaving only the straight five-year residence homestead law under Avhich the public lands may be taken up for homes. The committee stood 7 to 6 on the vote to report the bill, the members in favor being Senators Dietrich, Bard, Nelson, Berry, McEnery, McLaurin (Miss.) and Gibson, and those opposed Senators Hanbrough, Clark (Wyo.), Gamble, Kearns, Burton and Heitfeld. ITALIANS FORM A LEAGUE OF THE BLIND Strange Phase of Labor Agitation De velops at Milan. Special Cable to The Globe. MILAN, Feb. 14.—A novel and pa thetic departure in the way of labor agitation was witnessed here today, when a meeting of blind men was held at the chamber of work. The men complained that because of their In firmity they were deprived of the rights enjoyed by all other citizens. One of their particular grievances was that they were not allowed to vote at I elections. The Socialist deputy Signor Turati addressed the meeting and ex horted the men to form an association through which they could claim their rights. It was decided to form a League of the Blind and to agitate for the ad mission of persons deprived of sight to forms of employment from which they are now excluded. This is to be quite apart from the special institutions for the blind, which, of course, already exist here. KILLED WITH BOTTLE OF WINE AT A BALL Terrible Fate of a Pretty Girl in St. Petersburg. Special Cable to The Globe. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 14.—During the Tradesmen' ball, which is one of the most popular events of the season, a party of young people were drinking champagne in a box on the second tier of the hall. One of them placed a bottle of champagne on the ledge, in stead of in the ice pail, and a few sec onds later a careless movement pushed the heavy bottle over. The occupants of the box sat hor ror-stricken, for the ball room was crowded with dancers. Their worst fears were realized, for the bottle fell on the head of a beautiful young girl, the only daughter of a rich estate owner, as she waltzed past. With a scream she sank to the floor terribly injured, and died a few minutes after wards. MINNESOTA'S SITE ON ST. LOUIS FAIR GROUNDS It Is the Very Best There Next to That of Missouri. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 14.—The Minne sota legislative delegation, headed by Ijieut. Gov. Jones, left today for St. Paul, where they will arrive Sunday morning;. The party consisted of twenty-one mem bers of the legislature, and arrived at St. Louis Thursday afternoon. They im mediately went to the grounds, whera they met the heads of the various de partments and discussed the various fea tures of the Minnesota exhibit at the world's fair. Thursday evening they were the guests of the exposition at the thea ter, and Friday morning they returned to the grounds, where the forenoon was devoted to the inspection of the large main buildings that have been already erected, and especially to an examination of the site allotted to Minnesota for state building. The delegation was thoroughly satis fled that Minnesota had been gfven the best site on the grounds, with the ex ception of that of Missouri. At noon the party ceased to act as a unit, and Fri day afternoon and evening were al lowed the individual members to visit their friends in the city. The delegation returns to St. Paul thoroughly appre ciating the magnitude of the exposition, and satisfied that the appropriation al ready made by the state is absolutely in adequate to satisfactorily represent Min nesota. With the slight exception noted above, the entire trip was devoted to business, and junketing features were noticeable by their absence. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The Philip pine islands will have no exhibit at the St. Louis fair. The government has or dered appropriations for the exhibit stop ped because the fair management declines to pay half the cost of making it. amounting to $250,000. INSANE ASYLUM PATIENT MURDERED Two Attendants Arrested Charged With the -Crime. TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 14.—The cor oner's jury in the case of Amos L. Max well, who was killed in the Kansas in sane asylum yesterday, returned a verdict today charging Attendants Peterson ana Bell with murder. The man's chest and ribs were badly crushed and his body disfigured by kicks, alleged to have been administered to him by the attendants. Peterson and Neil were arrested tonight. They refused to testify in their own be-* half at the coroner's investigation. fii m tcx PRICE FIVE CENTS. ANTI-TRUST BILLS ARE ATTACKED BY CROSSCUP He Declares the Measures Before. Congress Miss the Mark Entirely—Corporate Conditions May Lead to Triumphant Socialism. ANN ARBOR, Mich.. Feb. 14.—Judge Peter S. Grosscup, of the United States circuit court of Chicago, dean of the Northwestern university law school, lectured before the University of Mich igan Good Government club tonight on the subject of the 'New Nation." He said: "In the very nature of things we must expect that men who do not see their way clear to an improvement of their condition under the old forms of industrial liberty will entertain sympa thy for a system that promises some thing new. The separation of labor from proprietorship—the separate mo bilization of these two forces as ene mies, instead of tfieir commingling in common interest—is the most unrepub lican and menacing fact that now con fronts the American people. "The consolidation idea has thus far accentuated this menace. It has done what Is still more menacing. In nar rowing the personnel of the proprietor ship of the country, it is detaching from the friends of property the great liberal body of citizenship. However we may wish it, this old-time conserv ative force will not thus isolated re main stationary. Make Socialism Invincible. "It will swing in time to those whoso attitude is already opposed to the in stitution of property and in this move ment would give to socialism allies that would make socialism invincible. Cculd the old idea stand up against an alliance such as that? Will the great body of the people excluded from par ticipation in the property of the coun try .remain loyal to the order of things to which property must look to its bul warks? Can we expect a bystander to have the interest of one who has a stake in events? Can we invoke the name of America in an order of events that in their practical outcome are es sentially un-American, unrepublican? "Our first duty is to wake up to the realities of the situation and our next to put forces of industrial freedom into operation. Not until we have done these, not until the time when the property-acquiring instinct of the country is again unified upon a basis fair alike to all, can we rest assured that the outcome of the encounter need be no longer feared. But what policy will lead to the populariz ing of the proprietorship of the coun try? Will the people under any condi tions to any large extent enter the field of corporate ownership?' Bills in Congress No Good. "The measures before congress make no change in the basis of corporate organization nor do they provide agains over-capitalization. They serve no purpose—at least no controlling purpose—to widen the proprietorship of the country. The publicity propos ed is confined to the gathering and publication of statistics, valuable pos sibly to the speculator or the trained ' investor, but ineffective or worthless to the ordinary man who may be seeking ownership. What chiefly is needed— the intervention of go ar'nment as trustee, not as a mere gatherer of sta tistics, a guaranty that when a cor poration is created its creator has seen to it that it is a fair organiza tion, not mere statistics of haphazard corporate organization, that the people cannot comprehend—is absent from the bills. "In short, the measures pending miss sight of the prime mischief to be rem edied and thus running astray miss the remedies to be adopted. But though we cannot expect adequate legislation now, it will come. The public mind is forming. Unless I am greatly deceived the mad-dog policy of treating- corpora* tions proposed by some will be reject ed. The American people will not in blind fury pull down about them the industrial edifice. But any policy cal culated to merely temporize will with equal conclusiveness be rejected. Calls It a Masquerade. "There will be no room when the public mind is made up for the diver sions of the present masquerade. And the public mind will in the end be made up. The people of the United States will in time come face to face with the full significance of the situation on which they are entering. Side issues that now obscure will then clear up and sordid interests that now obstruct will be brushed aside and it will be made plain that but for some far- reaching reconstruction of our cor porate policy we are on our way either to socialism or to a form of govern ment no longer republican. Then will come about a determined public will to set our house in order, to re-estab lish on the secure foundations of pop ular proprietorship and industrial lib erty the property interests of the re public, to restore those ideals into the depths of whose firmament the people of America have always looked and look now for lights to guide them." Moros Submit. MANILA, Feb. 14.—Bayan, the strong est Moro stronghold in the Lanac country of the island of Mindanao, has submitted peaceably to the American force com manded by Capt. Pershing.