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4 THE ST. PAUL GLOBE THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS CrFIGML PAPER <^^g§^> CITY OF ST. PAUL Entered at Fcstoffice at St. Paul. Minn., as Second-Class Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS. Vcr^hwestom —Business, 1065 Mali. EdttjrltV 78 Matt.'" 7w!» City—Business. 1065. EditDrU'.. 73. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. . By Carrier | Imo I 6moi I 12 mat £«!)>• enly ....... 40 «2.25 $4.00 r«l!y and Suniay .50 2.75 5.00 Sun( ■_ ■■■■ is .75 1.00 COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTION?. , By Mall I 1 mo | 6 mo« I 1 2 mo» rsl!ycnly ... I .25 ji.so f 53.00 D»«y and Sunday j .35 2.00 4.00 fnndsy -^^—•_• I ■•■■ 75 I 1.00 ERANCH OFFICES. Neo- Ycrlr. 10 Spruce Street. Chas. H. Eddy In Chargs. Chicaco. No. 67 Washington St.. The F. S. Webb Company In Chares THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1903. THE AVAILABILITY OF FORT SNELLING. To the Editor of The Globe: Fort Snelling and its surroundings make for the vis itor to St. Paul a most attractive feature. Why is it that the city of St. Paul does not permit this historic fort and its lovely surroundings to be available to visitors? Last Sunday afternoon myself and wife attempted to reach Fort Snelling by way of the street car. I know nothing of distances, but I should imagine that within two miles of the point of our embarkation on the car we were compelled to leave and abandon the trip by reason of the villainous conduct of both sexes occupying the car. Monday afternoon, through the courtesy of a friend, we visited the fort and viewed Its surroundings, and I will say to you. sir, that there is no place in America that affords so much gratification to the eye and inspiration to the American spirit as this same Fort Snelling, com manding as it does, the magnificent valley of the upper Mississippi. Why is it not made possible for decent people to travel to the fort through the ordinary means of street car transportation? I do not expect a reply to this question, as I have no personal interest, but it appears to me that it would make for the interest of the city to maintain an open and de cent road of approach to Fort Snelling. —E. M. B. La Crosse, Wis., May 26, 1903. The foregoing communication epitomizes public sen timent in St. Paul. There is no reason why a decent anfr orderly manner of conveyance should not be provided to the people of this city and strangers within our gates to Fort Snelling. It is true that the street railway com pany provides an acceptable method of conveyance for respectable people during the working days of the week. But it is al.<o true that on Sunday—that particular day upon which the majority of people find leisure to look at the beauties of the upper Mississippi—it is impossible to use the ordinary method of transportation because of the indecent conduct of the rowdies who use the cars. It might be supposed that the street railway com pany would afford protection to the respectable element "femong its patrons. If the company cannot afford this protection it is quite within the province of the city to compel the proper policing of the street cars at the ex pense of the company. As a proposition at law the contentions might be maintained that the individual who pays his fare on the street car js entitled to protection from assault, even when that assault takes only the form of indecency in language and conduct. The mere fact that the Hon*. Page Morris, by cour tesy of President Roosevelt federal judge, has indorsed President Roosevelt for renomination, need not under the circumstances be accepted as settling the question of the Republican presidential nomination. THE POSSIBILITIES OF AN AUTHOR'S TRUST. The board of managers' of the American Society of Authors has pledged the legal assistance of the society to all members of the London Society of Authors in return for reciprocal treatment. Under this writers' reciprocity act the American author may seek the ad vice of an English counsel in reference to the English market and the English author may do the same in re gard to the American market. Not only will this new arrangement assist the writers of both countries, but, if carried out honestly, it cannot fail to be of lasting benefit to the reading public. For instance, Hall Came may cable over to this country: "Do you think your reading public is in any condition tc receive another of my masterpieces?" If the counsel consulted is honest, the return cable will be a strong negative, and the reading public will breathe a sigh of relief. Or perhaps Conan Doj'le will cable: "Would you advise me to restore S. Holmes to the tomb or shall I keep him busy?" And of course the counsel would not have to puzzle over the answer to that. We do not know just what are the pet aversions of the English reading public in regard to our own liter.-fcry output, but judging from the character of the historical novels that our writers have written around men and women famous in English history, we predict that the English counsel will take a firm stand against the his torical novel. The longer one contemplates the benefits, that must result from such a reciprocity act, the more one is astonished that the two societies did not go a step further. Why should they not form a trust that would limit the literary output to eight or ten books a year? It is true that one author might succeed in bossing the trust and furnishing all the books himself, but the reading public, if it objected to these, would have the privilege of striking. And while the strike lasted they would have an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the really good books on the library shelves, Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare,. Racine, Moliere, Milton, Lamb, Dickens and the rest. There is only this danger, that in its delight over the renewal of social relations with old friends, the reading public might ignore altogether even those few new books, and the long looked for" great American novel might be published without being recognized. "Roosevelt is the idol of the Gopher state," says Page Morris. In this setting up of the golden calf, is there any implication that an heroic young president is still in the veal state? THE CITY WITHOUT A STATUE. The Chicago professor who suggested that Chicago prepare for the celebration of her centennial by placing commemorative tablets on every historic spot in the city exaggerated the amount of reverence the present owes the past. There are few spots in Western cities that are not hallowed ground so far as the history of ftie city is concerned, but to place tablets on them all would merely result in giving the city the appearance of a cemetry without the hallowed atmosphere. Ridicule would be excited rather than reverence. Carried out in moderation, however, such a suggestion would prove its value, not to Chicago alone, but to every Western city. Every little while St. Paul receives a pin prick for the indifference she has manifested in this matter of erecting suitable memorials to the men who made possi ble her present prosperity. But surely just now she de serves something more than a mere pin prick when it is considered that with but one exception no effort has been made to fill the eight niches designed by the archi tect of the new capitol to hold memorial statues. The Distaff chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, provides this exception. This chapter has set on foot a movement to raise sufficient funds to erect some suitable memorial to the memory of Gen. Sibley, whose name is illustrious in Minnesota's history. It is not probable that the chapter will be able to erect a statue to Gen. Sibley's memory. The memorial may take the form of a bust; it may be only a tablet. But at any rate it will be. a memorial erected to the memory of a Minnesota man deserving of honor. If the example set by the women of this chapter inspires others to under take similar work" St. Paul will no longer be known as "The City Without a Statue" and in time she will live down the reproach the title has engendered. Does the fact that the jejune' Alfonso of Spain has fallen heir -to $7,500,000 take him altogether out of the matrimonial market so far as our billionaire debutantes are concerned? SERVIA IN THE LIMELIGHT. Exit Louise of Saxony, enter Draga of Belgrade. For the daughter of a drover has demonstrated by recent actions that she's entitled to hold for awhile, at least, the center of the European stage. It will be remembered that Draga once played the part of the beggar maid to the mad Alexander's King Cophetua. But though elevated to a throne, Draga did not feel it incumbent on her to make any effort to elevate that throne. Perhaps it would have been an impossible task with King Alexander on it. Moreover, the queen, from the very beginning, had troubles enough of her own. Her court sneered at her. One maid of honor flatly refused to salute the royal digits. Other scions of European roy alty laughed most impolitely in her face. The empress of all the Russias declined to allow her to enter the country home of the Rominoffs. The queen who was not born to the purple might have borne up under all these afflictions had not the king himself turned against her. Alexander's change of heart was not caused by any tardy recollection of his duty to his country. Neither did he care a rap that the queen he had selected was per sona non grata to his royal European cousins. Bue she bored him, which is the unpardonable crime in the stat ute book of kings. Realizing this, the daughter of a drover tried a diplomatic move. She invited her pretty sister to the court, to meet the king. The pretty sister succeeded beyond the queen's hope, beyond her desire. She won the battered heart of the king. Alexander is now talking about his duty to his country and a divorce. All of which, if it does not instruct, at least amuses. It demonstrates afresh, too, that Servia is the comic opera realm of Europe. Anything may be expected there, everything happens. But more than this, it demon strates that there's still an occupation left for kings and queens. In the past, they made the world weep. In these later and more enlightened times, they have been deprived of that power. If they take themselves seriously, the world forgets them. But if, by their crazy pranks, they tickle the world's fancy, it remembers them while it laughs and furnishes them with an excellent rea son for being. Judge Jamison has delivered the Minnesota delega tion to Roosevelt, but there will be more significance to his action when the votes have been counted in the na tional convention. HE NEEDS THE MONEY. Russell Sage will cut out the baked apple at lunch eon today. By a decree of the court Mr. Sage has been compelled to accept $62,000, approximately in liquida tion of his claim against the holders of lands in Otter Tail county, this state. Consequently Mr. Sage may be regarded as being in a starving condition. When Mr. Sage was somewhat younger than he is now, before the flower of his youth had been blighted by the frosts of Wall street, and his heart seared by the chafing of fortune that was not altogether untoward, Russell went into the land business. Among other sec tions of the earth that he separated out for himself was a portion of Otter Tail county, this state, comprising some 30,000 acres. These lands, he sold on a contract. It is hot possible for the lay mind to conceive of the legal intricacies wherewith this contract was bound about. For years lawyers have rejoiced and farmers sorrowed be cause of the astuteness of Uncle Russell. Court de cisions he set at naught. With the apple lunch always in his eye, he has striven to procure the wherewith to purchase the fruit. And now the apple woman, who has the Sage contract, is due to be desolate and heart broken. For the result is that Uncle Russell must take but a* tithe of his claim for the quittance of his contract. The decision that compels Uncle Russell Sage to accept $62,000, in lieu of his claim to the Otter Tail coun ty lands, may cause some dismay in Wall street among the messenger boys who have been enriched by the largesse of Uncle Russell, but tKere is no chance of Otter Tail county going into mourning on account of it. The strenuous efforts of a local paper to drive the mashers out of the parks might possibly result in bring ing them down town and that wouldn't help much. GETTING AT THE ROOT OF IT. The arrest of A. W. Machen, superintendent of the free delivery system at the postoffice, on the charge of having accepted a bribe, in the placing of contracts for mail box equipment, shows that there is some dispo sition on the part of the administration to bend to public opinion in its view of the rottenness of the postoffice de partment. There is nothing in the history of the United States government that will compare with the corruption that has infected and does now infect this department of the administrative branch of the government. It is obvious that an attempt has been made to protect those officials high in office, who are primarily responsible for the cor ruption that exists. All of the tremendous forces of gov ernmental power, the partisan press, the absolute control of the ordinary channels of publicity, have been used to deodorize the postoffice department and the stench it ex hales is malodorous as ever. The prosecution that has been undertaken has been compelled by public opinion. It is possible that justice may now in some measure be done. The public, under the circumstances, may be excused for inquiring what the conditions are that obtain in those other departments of the government, which are now inclosed in the close corporation, formed by the Republican party for the benefit of its members, through "the cohesive power of public plunder." The mere fact that three senators have taken on the job of framing another franchise bill will not be of the least use as an argument to the man who is trying to raise the wind by kiting. In urging the selection of a candidate upon whom the party might unite, is it possible that the Hon. James K. Jones was thinking of Hon. James K. Jones? Among other things that Thomas A. Edison Jr. lacks, as compared with his distinguished father, is the fine faculty for securing free advertising. If the unduly rich want to go on incumbering the earth they had better form a union and boycott the au tomobile. A Fort Snelling artilleryman is missing and the Ques tion arises, is he wanted for desertion or horse stealing? ■JAt least the ay to races in France have demonstrated the value; of »the z**i devil ** *—* <—-*■•-». ~* '««;■. -: THE ST. PAUL GLOBE?, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 19O3: At St. Paid "Theaters David Belasco's gorgeous produc tion of "Dv Barry" excejs by far any dramatic presentation uiat has ever been made in this city. The lavish manner in whic^i he has embellished the play is remarkable. Mrs. Leslie Carter in the title:role has scored the greatest artistic Iftt'of her stage career The company has been carefully se lected. The engagement will continue the balance of the week at the Metro politan including the usual Saturday matinee. Manager Dick Ferris and 'Stage Manager Charles Bowser are daily re hearsing the newly organized ' stock company, which will occupy the boards of the Metropolitan opera house during the summer. The en tire company has arrived and will be busy from now until the opening, Sunday night, preparing for the open ing bill, "Graustarfc. 1' All of the theater goers who have attended the Grand this week to wit ness "Over Niagara Falls" are loud in their praise of the piece as a melo dramatic protuction. The conslstant plot, the exciting climaxes, the .elab orate scenic equipment all come in for praise. "For Her Sake," the play which comes to the Grand next week, is a melodrama descriptive of Russian offi cial life and the conduct of affairs in the Siberian convict mines. Some of the episodes are said to be thrilling. The High Flyers are doing a good business at the Star. The vaudeville features are excellent and the bur lesque is clever and well staged. The music and costuming is very good and the company is full of spirit. What the Editors Say In this part of the country frequent rains sometimes,' c%use complaint, but the # actual damage' is very slight. A great contrast is noted on reading the storm reports from lowa, Nebraska, Kansas and neighboring states. — Little Falls Transcript. The rural carriers are underpaid there is no doubt of it. Fifty dollars would hardly be enough had they no teams to feed and keep shod, and were it always sunshine and fair weather. And look at the way the roads have been for the last two weeks, mud until a team could hardly pull through it in places. Yet the carrier must make his twenty-five miles a day.—Madelia Messenger. Since Gov. Pennypacker, of Penn sylvania, signed that infamous libel law, the press of the country is united in the verdict that he is a very small bunch. Poor Penny.—St. Cloud Jour nal Press. . The governor of Pennsylvania would destroy the liberty of the American press, and" yet when Wijliam Perm planted his colony of Philadelphia he did it "to afford an asylum to the good and oppressed of all nations; to frame a government which might be an example to show men as free and happy as they could be."—Duluth Herald. \ Sheriff Forsythe, of St. Peter, is a good fellow. While taking the con demned murderer, Tanke, to Still water he stopped over night in St. Paul and showed his. charge a good time. He evidently forgot that Tanke was no longer a voter, and Gov. Van Sant will probably continue the good time.—Lake City Republican, . When congress reassembles next December one of its very first acts should be to pass the Brownlow road bill appropriating $20,000,000 for the improvement of country roads. Were the sum fixed at $50,000,000 it would not be to© much to give an impetus to the work of highway improvement in all sections of the United States.— Austin Times. , No Wrapping Needed. . „ An old negro walked into a Bangor drug store this weekend asked the clerk for a cent's worth- of i insect powder "A cent's worth?" asked the clerk. "Why «afi n*L W.°^ h wraP? ln S "P-" "Ah done said nothin 'bout yon wrappin' it up," was the impatient reply. "Ah wants yoh to po it down m«n 'back."—Augusta, Me Journal. -1 | * **• SUBLIME f EGOTISM. These mighty my&rt^ries 3of life In vain I scrutfhJie— The annals "■ of historic strife "" The utterance of 1 the wise. Unsolved they stubbornly remain . And I can nevfeF^ee* ' . Why other men their hopes attain While fortune dodges me, I can't see why Napoleon should Be thus endeared to fame; With all his chance I'm sure I could Have done at te£st the same. These statesmen anq these poets too a I should surpass, no doubt, ' If my contemporaries knew The thoughts I. cduld turn out. :. And so I ponder 1 see The world run day by day And wonder why my lot should be Remote and far away, And none will dream, it's like as not. As on their way they pass, That Caesar, Shakespeare and the lot Were only second class. ' - —Washington Post. TODAY'S WEATHER. Minnesota—Fair, warmer Thursday; Friday fair; light, variable winds. Upper Michigan—Fair Thursday ana Friday, warmer Friday; fresh northwest winds. Montana —Fair Thursday, cooler in southeast and warmer in north and west portions; Friday fair. lowa—Fair Thursday, warmer in north east portion; Friday showers. North Dakota —Fair Thursday and Fri day, warmer Friday. Wisconsin —Fair and warmer Thurs day; Friday fair; fresh northwest winds, becoming variable. South Daktota —Fair and cooler Thurs day; Friday fair except showers in east portion. St. Paul — Yesterday's temperatures taken by the United States weather bu reau, St. Paul, W. E. Oliver, observer, for the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock' last night—barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation. Highest tempera ture, 68; lowest temperature, 54; average temperature, 61; dayy range 14; barom eter 29.62; humidity,:77; precipitation, .24; 7 p. m. temperatur^, 66; 7 p. m. wind, northwest; weather; partly cloudy. Yesterday's Temperatures— *Bpmllighl *BpmHigh Alpena 58 78|Kansas City ..76 78 Battleford ...56 70IMarquette ...46 48 Bismarck 64 GSTMilwaukee ...60 70 Buffalo 76 'S2FMinnedosa ... 60 62 Boston 66 72 Montgomery .. 80 84 Calgary . '.. .. 50 54 "Nashville 80 84 Cheyenne 56 KBfMontreal 76 80 Chicago- 70 74 (New Orleans .76 86 Cincinnati ...62 84(New York 68 72 Cleveland ... .62^84|Norfolk 70 78 Davenport ...70 .72HSTorth Platte .78 &0 Dcs Moines . .72 ."JfOmaha 74 76 Detroit 64 JJOLPhiladelphia .70 76 Duluth 56 SSfPittsburg 80 84 Edmonton .. .64, ~64jQu'Appelle ...66 70 Galveston ... 76 SOVFrisco 58 62 Grand Haven.s6 ;7rffSt. Louis ...76 80 Green Bay ..58 ,7.4' Salt Lake 54 54 Helena 56 58!Ste. Marie ..G2 72 Huron 70 761 Washington ..68 74 Jacksonville .76 84|Wini>ipeg 56 66 •Washington time (7 P. m. St. Paul). River Bulletin- Danger Gauge. Change in Line. Reading. 24 Hours. St. Paul 14 9.3 0.0 La Crosse 10 10.5 *o\<? Davenport 16 10.4 *0.4 St. Louis ... 30 24.5 *2.8 •Rise. The Mississippi will change but little !n the vicinity of St. Paul during the next thirty-six hours. Grist of the Political Mill Frank Eddy was in St. Paul yester day and looked so well as to be almost convincing in his denial of political skirmishing. ' Eddy has either changed his uniform for political warfare or is sincere in his protestations of business engrossment. B 8 ■ That Eddy is working this entirely unusual dress parade business all along the line of his wanderings over the state is evidenced by the hit his clothes made . with Miss James McFad den, of the Duluth News-Tribune, who commenting on Eddy's visit to the head of the lakes, says: "Congressman Eddy was looking his best, which isn't really bad at all. When he left last evening he took in his pocket a long list of new and friendly acquaintances." ' ' : .•OB ' Gen. Gus "Widell has not whooped "Hooray, for Mac" once since the lit tle schoolmaster left for the Pacific coast. Two months ago the Mankato soldier-politician insisted ' McCleary would be returned hands downs. Then a lot of fellows got to telling Gen. Gus how easy it would be for him to down the non-resident congressman. a a. A first push is all that is needed to start the hottest kind of trouble for McCeary in the bailiwick, which he has come to consider all his own. The anti-McCleary sentiment has been growing for a long time and the little schoolmaster would have been sent to the bench long ago if George Sommer ville had made a real bid for the nom ination. It may be too late for Som merville now, but there are others and some of the best men in the district are willing to work day and night to perfect an organization that will result in a change. a » The trouble these men are experi encing now is not a dearth of candi dates, but rather the difficulty of get ting the * sore boys to agree on one man. They might have more trouble getting ' the forces lined up behind Widell than behind some of the other eligibles; but if it could be managed to give Widell a clear field he has money and friends enough to make things hum. His money is a certain quantity and as one of the star ad juncts of the state central committee he should be able to get lots of the kind of assistance that really helps. The committee has helped other in surgent candidates. Another element of strength on which the McCleary opposition may safely count will come from outside the district but will be none the less effective. McCleary dipped deep in the Seventh district fight last year and traded or bargained everything in sight for his friend, Michael J. Dow ling, who fell by the wayside. After the fight was over and Volstead ready to take the saddle, he found that Mc- Cleary in his zeal had swept up all the crumbs. Not even a dinky little post office was left. That hurt some, but the barbed iron was twisted in the breast of the new congressman when McCleary attempt ed to manipulate the affairs of the Marshall land office removal. . Marshall is in Volstead's district and naturally enough he thought it none of Mc- Cleary's business. One of the officials of the office, appointed through Mc- Cleary, went out to skin Volstead for the nomination and when the office was ordered moved to Cass Lake Mc- Cleary tried to sew Buckman up with an agreement to reappoint this man. Volstead kicked and kicked hard. He had a friend in # that office and wanted his man moved over into Buckman's district. He insisted that the reten tion of McCleary's man would be add ing insult to injury. ' CT « v : Buckman had been told that Mc- Cleary's choice had not completed his term and would have to resign to per mit the removal of the office. Later the new congressman from ' the Sixth discovered ; that the , man in question had _ been holding over for several years. Then he thought he had been jobbed. According to Washington dis patches Buckman has drawn out of the squabble by forgetting both the Mar shall men and has recommended two Sixth district men. Senator J. D. Jones, of Long Prairie, an old war horse, is to be register, and Bert Oak ley, of Wright county, receiver. Oak ley is one of the cleverest young men in the Sixth district and a political general of marked ability. Last fall he delivered the goods- in large chunks for Buckman and his appointment will be not only recognition of a good fight er, but of the young men of the dis trict. —George A. Van Smith. THEY DON'T LET THE NAME OF THE CLUB MAN LEAK OUT Mystery Attends Dying Statement of a Coachman That Was Shot. NEW YORK, May 27.—When it became known that John Hefferman, who was shot on the lawn of the Ardsley club, near Irvington Sunday night, had made a statement before he died naming a prom inent member of the club as the man who had shot him, the greatest doubt was expressed by the people of Tarry town and vicinity. It could not be possible, they all said, that a man of such social position as the one named was the slayer. Dr. Deniston had told of his asking the first physician called to attend the wound ed coachman, said on the witness stand at the inquest: "Hefferman said to me he thought his assailant mistook him for one of the club members and tackled him for the purpose of robbery." Dr. Dniston had told of his asking the wounded man how he was shot and of sending him to Dobbs Ferry hospital. Cor oner Russell did not ask him to reveal the name. Meanwhile the colony around Ardsley is greatly excited. The police believe that if the man named by Hefferman did the shooting he was mistaken in his man— that he really meant to kill someone else, and sesing Hefferman dimly in the dark with a woman on the club terraces, took him for the man he may have suspected. Maxmillian H. Sand, by whom Heffer man was employed as coachman, is quot ed as saying: "The coachman could not have been himself when he made the ac cusation. He was dying and could not be expected to speak calmly or even cor rectly." ARMY NEWS. Maj. E. B. Kirk, retired army officer, is dead at his home at Toledo. Ohio. He served throughout the Civil war and had a brilliant record in the regular army. After the war he entered acWely into civil life and was president of the city council until the first part of this month. STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS HISS AND THROW STONES Union Pacific Night Watchman Is Seri ously Injured. KANSAS CITY, Mg^.-Slay 27.—George Becker, the night watSmwaan of the Unio« Pacific railway shops at Kansas City, Kan., was seriously wounded while at tempting to disperse idlers who had hiss ed non-union men as they were entering the building. Stones were thrown and shots fired. Becker was knocked down by a stone and rendered unconscious. The assailants escaped. The strikers disclaim i osuonsibiiity. SHIPBUILDERS REORGANIZING United States Company to Take the Name of Bethlehem. NEW YORK, May 27.—The plan for the reorganization" of the United States Shipbuilding company was made pub lic tonight. It has been prepared and will be carried out by a committee consisting of George E. Sheldon, chair man; Charles S. Fairchild, president of the New York Security and Trust company; John E. Borne, president of the Colonial Trust company; Max Pam and Charles W. Wetmore, presi dent of the North American company. The securities affected by the reor ganization are to be deposited with the City Trust company, of New York. The plan provides for the organiza tion of a company with the title of the Bethlehem Steel and Shipbuilding com pany. The properties to be taken over are: Union Iron works, San Francis co; Bath Iron works, limited, Bath, Me.; Hyde Windlass company, Bath, Me.; Crescent Ship Yard company, Elizabethport, N. J.; Canda Manufac turing company, Carteret, N. J.; Sam uel L. Moore & Sons' company, Eliza bethport, N. J.; Eastern Shipbuilding company, New London, Conn.; Harlan & Hollingsworth company, Wilming ton, Del.; also all of the capital stock (except directors' qualification shares) of the Bethlehem Steel com pany, owning the Bethlehem Steel works, and property in the boroughs of South Bethlehem and Northampton Heights. Details of the financial arrangements with all these companies are announc ed. The total capitalization of the new company will be $43,000,000 and its fix ed charges will be $517,550 for inter ests on the underlying bonds of the- Bethlehem Iron and the Bethlehem Steel companies, and $600,000 on the first mortgage bonds^of the new com pany, a total of $1,117,550. To this should be added after the first five yars $250,000 per annum for the sink ing fund to retire the new first mort gage bonds. It is proposed to create a voting trust for seven years. The ini tial voting trustees will be Charles M. Schwab, George R. Sheldon, Max Pam, Charles W. Wetmore and James H. Reed, of Pittsburg. The plan has already been approved by the holders of large amounts of the various securities. HANGS BY HIS HEEL OVER MINING SHAFT Gallagher Is Rescued and Then Nar rowly Escapes Bleeding to Death. Special to The Globe. BUTTE, Mont., May 27.—Suspended by the heel of one of his shoes half way down a 1,600-foot mine shaft, Martin Gallagher, a miner, hung for ten minutes today. Not a muscle did he dare to move, fearing that the slightest exertion might loosen the heel from the spike on which it had caught and send him to the bottom of the shaft. Calmly, and with a voice that trem bled not a particle, the man called to his companions at the bottom to res cue him. He directed that the cage be run up slowly so that he could get on it when it approached. This was done, and Gallagher was carried to the top to safety. He had been looking into the shaft when he slipped and fell. As he descended, head first, one of his feet struck the side of the planked shaft. A huge spike protruded in one place, and in this the heel of one of his shoes caught. In falling he cut his head and when brought to the surface he was in dan ger of bleeding to death. Michael Spargo, a miner, who had been cut in the same place on the head a few days before, knew how to stop the flow of blood, and it was due to his prompt action that the life of Gallagher was saved for the second time. WADE SAID TO HAVE ANNEXED A RAKE-OFF Charged With Perjury In Connection With a Colorado Springs Deal. COLORADO SPRINGS. Col., May 27.— E. E. Wade, who promoted the deal whereby the city of Colorado Springs purchased the Seven Lakes water district for $69,000, was arrested today on an in dictment charging him with perjury. It is alleged that Wade testified before the grand jury that he paid- $61,000 to the owners of the property and received $8, --000 commission for himself, whereas in reality the owners received only $49,000. Wade" was released on $500 bond. THESE ARE BELIEVERS IN AVOIDANCE OF WAR Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration -Opens. LAKE MOHONK, N. V., May 27.—The Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration began today. The topic of the first session was the present outlook of arbitration. The opening address was made by John W. Foster, former secretary of state. The following officers were elected: President. John W. Foster; secretaries, Clinton Rogers Woodruff and H. C Phil lips; treasurer. Alexander C. Wood; chair man of business committee, John Crosby Brown; chairman of finance committee, John B. Garrett; chairman of publica tion committee. Dr. Benjamin F. True blood. Dr. Trueblood gave a review cf the year's progress in arbitration. Doctored Whisky. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 27.— United States Collector of Internal Revenue Wost has ordered the stock of the Gold Springs Distilling company, a wholesale liquor firm, seize.d today on the charge of "doc toring whisky after the government mark had been placed on the package." KANSAS MUST IMPORT 25,000 HARVEST HANDS No Idle Men In the State That Can Be Utilized. TOPEKA, Kan., May 27.—State Em ployment Agent T. B. Gerow says Kansas will need at least 26,000 men and 4,000 teams for the wheat harvest. His esti mates are made from reports received from every township in the state. There are no idle men in Kansas, so it will be necessary to import harvest hands. Death to Emigrants. ANTWERP. May 27.—The British steamer Huddersfleld, which sailed from this port yesterday for Grimsby. England,, collided with the Norwegian steamer Uto. The Huddersfield founderedl and twenty two Austrian and Italian emigrants lost their lives. The crew were saved. Part of the Graft. Willie—Pa. a agriculturist Is jist a man that works a farm, ain't It? Pa —Sometimes, my son, he's a man who works "city boarders." RANK OF KNIGHT IS 1 EXEMPLIFIED IN DETAIL Pythians Begin Series of Con ventions With District Gathering in St. Paul At tended by Fully 600 — Kathbone Sisters Give Ee ception to Visiting Breth ren. More than 600 Knights of Pythiaa gathered at Elks' hall last night to par ticipate in the first of a series of dis trict conventions to be held through out the entire state during the next few weeks. The feature of the convention was the conferring of the rank of Knight, which was exemplified in the most elaborate manner ever attempted in the state. There was but one candi date, but the work was noticeable for many innovations. There was a de cided departure from the stereotyped method without departing from the ritual. The large team which confer red the rank work was in charge of Chancellor Commander John F. Hilsch er, of St Paul, who was ably assisted by some of the most prominent knights in this part of the state. The convention last night embraced the lodges of the Twenty-first district, in which are included the lodges of St. Paul, Stillwater, North St. Paul, St. Paul Park and Fort Snelling. Many representatives were present from all of the lodges in the district, the large crowd present taxing the hall to its capacity. Musicale Follows. Following the secret work an open meeting was held, at which a number of speeches were made and a splendid musical entertainment carried out. The principal address of the evening was made by Dr. Charles Griswold of North St. Paul. A banquet was also tendere the visiting members, and it was a late hour when the Knights took their departure. Among some of the prominent Pyth lans present were Supreme Represent ative Arthur J. Stobbert, formerly of St. Paul, but now of New York; Past Grand Chancellor John F. Rilscher Past Vice Grand Chancellor Daniel H Hickey, Judge Grier M. Orr, P G £ R. S.; George L. Hall, of Moorhead, P. G. P.; Grand Chancellor James Rob ertson, of Minneapolis; Judge F T Wilson, C. C, of Stillwater; Alec T* Gardner, P. G. C, of Michigan, now oT Minneapolis; Thomas H. Hineline, P. C, of Minneapolis, No. 1; F. W. Cook C. C, St. Paul Park, and many others! The work last night was in charge of Carroll S. Bartram, S. D. G. C, who received much praise for the success ful manner in which the convention was handled. Rathbone Sisters Receive. The Rathbone Sisters held a recep tion yesterday afternoon at Elks' hall for visiting members of the lodge and the Knights of Pythias, who were holding their annual convention yes terday in St. Paul. The hall was draped with flags, and the band of the K. P. played during the receiving hours, which were from 3 until 6 o'clock. At 5:30 a supper was served in the banquet hall. Mrs. James Robertson, of Minne apolis, wife of the grand chancellor, and Mrs. Olive Gilmore, grand chief of Rathbone Sisters, were guests of honor. Among those receiving were Carroll S. Bartram, Frank J. Carpen ter, F. J. G. Mcßride, Judge Grier M. Orr, Albert G. Johnson and A. J. Stobbart, of New York; Past Grand Chancellor of Minnesota Mrs. Frank Baer, Mrs. E. M. Sloggy, Mrs. J. G. Earhuff, Mrs. E. C. Scott, Mrs. G. L. Spencer, Mrs. C. Clayton, Mrs. C. C Bordwell, Mrs. Abbie Marrileus. Mrs. E. C. Bryant, Mrs. William Earhuff. The Stillwater delegation, including about fifty knights and a number of women, arrived in the city about 5:30. There were also a number of Minne apolis and St. Paul Park people pres ent. In the evening the St. Paul Rath bone Sisters gave a euchre party in K. P. hall, in the Bowlby block, for the ladies. Cards were played at about fifteen tables, and an informal programme was given during the evening. Among those appearing on the programme was Miss TVilla Bord well, who played a piano solo. Musical Farce at the Star. "The Invaders," a musical farce carry ing thirty-two people and a carload of scenery, will be next week's attraction at the Star theater. The production comes intact from a six months' run at the La Salle theater. Chicago, at advanced prices. The engagement of "The Invaders" is an experiment, and if the patrons of the Star take to musical farce without vaude ville, several other high class attractions of a similar character will be booked at the Star. / MONTANA CATTLEMEN RAID SHEEPMEN One of the Periodical Wars Sets In and Manslaughter Is Threatened. Special to The Globe. BUTTE, Mont., May 27.—War. be tween the cattlemen and sheep men of Montana has begun, and a reign of terror in certain localities is predicted. Since the advent of the sheep men in Madison county, the cattlemen have been forced back and back, through the loss of ranges, incident to the close cropping by the sheep, until they have practically been driven to the wall. Minor outrages of various kinds have been of frequent occurrence, but the climax came last night, when a raid was made by the cattlemen on the sheep ranch of Thomas Haw, near Dillen, and all the buildings, imple ments and wagons destroyed. The men in charge of sheep were in the hills, trying to collect their flocks, when, under cover of darkness, the raiders dropped down on the ranch. A warning, posted on a board. In blood-red letters, "was left by the cat tlemen, intimating that the next time the sheep men and all of the sheep would be slain. The sheep men arm ed themselves and started out on the trail of the raiders, but lost it. —i i— The Ides. " 'One Wife Too Many,' exclaimed Mrs. Wederly, as she glanced at the headlines of her husband's paper. "I suppose that Is an account of the doings of some bigamist." "Not necessarily, my dear," replied her husband, without daring to look up.—Chi- I cago News.