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4 THE ST. PAUL GLOBE * ■" =— THE GLOBE CO., PUBLISHERS. ' Official <^ :i p OF : Entered at Postofflce at St. Paul. Minn.. as Second-Class Matter. " TELEPHONE CALLS. . Northwestern-Business, .: 1065 Main. ! Editorial. 7S Main. 1065; Editorial. 78. Twin City—Business, 1065; Editorial. <o. ' "~CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. :> v— " By Carrier.^, I 1 mo. |6_mg3 : _[rjjno3. Dally 0n1y......... AO $2.25 $4 00 Daily and Sunday.. ..50. 2.75 »•»» Sunday • __ii 5 -75 < I'uu COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. ',/, \. " By Mall. ~I 1 mo. 16 mos. |12m09. TSaiiv only 725 $1.50 $3.90 Silv and Sunday . .35 2.00 4.00 Sunday I ... -75 1-00 BRANCH OFFICES. New York... 10 Spruce street, Charles H. H<?l?icago. Na 6 405 Schiller Bids-, "W. B. Leffingwell & Sons in Charge. It Pays to Jldoertise 1n tfye Bally '&ofoe The Increase in the Total Cash Advertising Carried by The Globe for the Last Five Months Over the Same Months in 1902: March...... 2,771 Inches April ...... 6JIB-Inches May ....... 3,2l9'lnches June .... $757 Inches July 3«457. Inches Increase. 19,979 Inches Increasing Business With the Globe Increases Business for Business Men. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1903. WHY VALUES ARE UNSETTLED. It has puzzled people to understand ■why the values of many securities have fallen when there is no change in the properties that they represent. The stocks of rich aT.d -splendid systems of railroad, whose prosperity is as sured beyond any contingency, have gone off as if they were in danger of disruption. What is the cause of this universal decline? Of course there is some sympathetic relation between all the stocks dealt In on the exchanges, so that a ■weak or a strong market is reflected in chang es all along the wavering line. But the fluctuations and the drop have both been far greater than this would ac count for. There is evidently a deep seated distrust, an unexpected fear, ■which has nothing to do with the daily money market or stock report, or with the earning capacity of these great and settled properties all over the country. What is it? The answer will be found, perhaps, In another question. What would happen to the securities and the'prop erties of the big railroad companies at the East if the supreme court should happen to decide that a single own ership of the stocks of different cor porations engaged in interstate com merce is illegal; that it is a crime under the terms of the Sherman act; and that, where such relations exist, the securities absorbed must be parti tioned among the stockholders of the original constituent companies? This is a very practical and perti nent question. For more than half a century the combination of common carriers has been going on in this coun try without molestation. It has shaped the whole development of the railroad systems of the United States. The few great companies that serve the East ern states, for example, represent doz ens or scores of corporations that have been combined, purchased, assimilated in some way. The law must be im partial. If the process by which the entire railroad business of the East has been shaped is illegal, nothing can save it from dissolution. And what would then happen to these thousands of millions of dollars rep resented by stock and bonds no human being can forecast. It would grind their value to powder. This possibility cannot have es caped the mind of any careful invest or. He has had placed before him a new question; he has been filled Kith a new doubt; and his natural Qualms are not connected at all with the actual value of the properties, with their earning capacity, with the cer tainty or size of dividends. He has to think, when dealing in Pennsylva nia or New York and New Haven or any similar stock, whether what he buys is a representative of value, or' something that the courts will de clare mere waste paper unless its ■worth can be calculated through an impossible readjustment of intricate past transactions. For the first time this question has been presented to him. He cannot es cape it. It haunts the market Is it any wonder that buyers are scarcer and warier? Is it strange that the market for such property should •weaken and drag? Such are the con sequences of an onslaught upon the syitem of practical operation and the fixed legal interpretation of the legiti mate rights of great properties. No intelligent or prudent man could fail to take into consideration the possi bilities raised by legal proceedings which affect not one corporation merely but practically all of those whose se curities are on the market and have felt the^force of the blow. The president having devote.4. nis usual Sunday encyclical to the settle ment'of the race war, it is up to Ben Tillman and Booker T. Washington to pause and think t>efore completing their life work. CUPID'S ALLIANCE WITH TERPSI CHORE. The saucy god of love sought a di rect alliance with the frivolous patron of the dance the other day to effect the union of a pair of lovers. Fred Stoecker and Margaret Ritter, both living and loving in the purlieus of Sparta, Wis., fell victims to Dan Cupid. Never did the mischievous deity find as willing a. couple of victims. Even the environ ment of Sparta, which is not calculated to attract the attention of the god from the more promising fields of South Dakota and "Chicago, could not cool the ardor inspired in these lovers by the inflaming dart: And it hap pened, as it frequently does, that those arch enemies of Cupid, the obdurate papa and mamma, took up arms against the union of the houses of Stoecker and Ritter. Perhaps the par ents thought they were engaged in an original line of warfare. The fame of Papa and Mamma Capulet may possi bly not have penetrated to Sparta, but the Stoeckers and the Ritters were quite as busy as though they had been furnished with complete plans of how to conduct a war on true love. Did Fred Stoecker suffer in silence as a Spartan should? Did the lovely Margaret pine in solitude and let the worm feed on her damask cheek? Not they. "Let us be up and doing," said Frederick, referring to the doing of the parents. He bribed a few friends to get up a dance. The dance was located out in the country. The old folks were in duced to go to the dance, but Fred and Maggie each declared that the dance had no charms for them. The old folks might go and dance themselves to peaks, but they would remain locked in their rooms pining. The elders took the bait and went to the dance. Where upon Fred took Margaret and went to church. The old folks are still in pursuit, but they are seriously handicapped, for Cupid has withdrawn from the alliance with Terpsichore and taken on a deal with steam and electricity and the lov ers have the making of the pace to themselves. And the world that loves a lover will not frown on the ingenious Mr. Stoecker because he is now that most uninteresting of humans, the new-married man. Senator Knute Nelson Is stranded on the Yukon, but let not the hopeful poli tician assume therefore that this is the appointed time to break down Knute's fences and butt into his backyard. PRESIDENTIAL PLATITUDES. There is no apparent reason why President Roosevelt should have ad dressed his open letter to Gov. Durbin on the subject of lynching. It really contains nothing new in the way of either suggestion or remedy. Perhaps there is nothing new to be said; but if so, that is not a good reason for say ing something old. The president repeats what the news papers "of the country have all been saying with one accord. He makes two familiar points; that the color of a man's skin should not be considered in estimating his guilt or administer ing punishment, and that the courts should dispose-with promptness and se verity of the cases that breed mob vengeance. Both are as well taken as they are platitudinous. Neither goes to the center of the evil disease from which this country suffers. As far as mention of the race issue is concerned, we probably do the presi dent no injustice in supposing that he brought this in with some eye to po- litical effect. It has been proved over and over again, by facts so awful that they are superior to any argument of theory, that neither section nor color has anything to do with the lynchings that follow the perpetration of partic ular crimes. They occur just as cer- tainly in Indiana or Colorado as in Georgia or Mississippi; and they seek Dut the criminal just as readily, as they did last week in the state of Washington, when he is white as when he is black. It is the awful character of the offense, and nothing else, that inspires the mob with frenzy. Any at tempt to blunt or evade the point of this truth is not sincere. For many years now the courts of the country have been urged to do their work with greater expedition and se- verity. The admonition is needed. But the fault lies less with laws or judges- than with juries. With them rests, in practically every such instance as ;hose to which we refer, the fate of the guilty man. If he too frequently es capes, it is because of a criminal sen- timentalism about imposing the death penalty where public feeling says that nothing short of death will suffice. As far as this is the responsible cause of many lynchings, the charge lies against the whole body of our people; and not against any section or state, any race prejudice, any system of laws or any occupants of the bench. And this is the bottom truth. The American people of today are possessed by a singular mixture of mawkishness and fierceness. The most disgusting crime does not alienate all sympathy from its perpetrator; does not prevent his friends from forming a party, or nen from rejoicing when some tech- nicality sets him free. But the very passion that refuses to be aroused when there is such just occasion for it bursts all bounds when the incen- THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1903. diary spirit of the mob breathes upon its smoldering embers. The same desire to do justice with in the law would at once wipe out the mob and deal as sternly within the law with its victim as any could desire. As we have said, this passion for lynching is but one phase of the care less indifference, the contempt of law that has become too familiar in the American state. That law possesses no longer any inherent sacredness; and men are ready to violate it on any pre text, for a great end or a little one, if only they may feel reasonably se cure against its penalties. As long as this spirit prevails it will be useless to preach crusades against lynchings, which are by no means the most de plorable or dangerous exhibitions of it. The lynching picnic is but a symp tom of a disease infinitely more deep seated and threatening than anything which Mr. Rooeevelt has to say about it would hint at. Now that the money has been found would it be impertinent to inquire why Mrs. "Van Cerkee, of Shawnee, Kan., deserted the teapot—time honored of saving elderly ladies as a safe deposit vault —in favor of the bustle? SENTIMENT AND THE NAVY. The spectacle of the navy depart ment convulsed over the question of the adoption of a new night garment for sailors is one that cannot fail to impress the public. For that public, forming its opinion from actions it has recently witnessed, has felt justified in concluding that this department was as utterly devoid of sentiment as Kip ling's Vampire lady. But that the pub lic has wronged the department doth appear in this; that some of its mem bers have been brought almost to the verge of tears by a proposal to aban don the old-fashioned night garment in favor of the more modern pajamas. The agitation has split the department into two factions. One pleads, on the ground of sentimental associations, for the retention of the old-fashioned night garment; the other, more pro gressive, favors the pajama innovation. It is in the prescribed order of things that the old shall give place to the new. Time is a woodsman who spares no tree, and there are those who saw in the introduction of the pajama the downfall of the other garment so long countenanced by Fashion. But even those who have adopted pajamas and found them comfortable cannot fail to admire the manly stand that certain members of the navy have taken in the matter. The single piece garment means something to them. They will not have it discarded without a pro test. Fashion is a fickle jade, influ enced by no sentimental considerations. Once on with the new Jove, she gives no thought to the old. But while the public follows Fashion, it has none of her callousness; and, therefore, it can not fail to be impressed by the senti ment expressed by the navy. But as regards the solution of the problem, the public will be disposed to criticise the department. Filing away the sample suit of pajamas sent by an enterprising manufacturing firm until the members of the department have thoroughly threshed out the subject seems not the best way of disposing of it. 'Since it is not the members them selves who must wear this particular style of pajamas, it is difficult to see how their opinion can be of importance. Of course, those who have discarded the old fashioned robe de nuit in favor of the two-piece garment will incline to the latter. And just as probable is it that those who have retained the old-fashioned garment will vote in its favor. So, instead of filing away that sam ple pair of pajamas for future refer ence, somebody should respectfully suggest that it be sent on board one of the United States battle ships in order that the sailors may test for themselves the desirability of the modish garment. If the jackies fancy the pajamas, the duty of the department is clear. If, on the other hand, it is discovered that the jackies cling to the one-piece gar ment, there seems to be no good and sufficient reason why they should not be allowed to retain it. For, whether he sleeps in a night shirt or in pa jamas, the man behind Uncle Sam's guns will doubtless continue ready and willing. The Rev, Carl W. Scovel says that it is possible for a newspaper man to be come a great leader. Some preachers are so sanguine that they almost lead us to "hope. The truth is coming out Frederic Humbert's wife says he writes poetry. He probably spent the missing millions trying to get some of his stuff printed. The international department store trust is calculated to inspire visions of deliciously exciting bargain hunting in the mind of the woman who shops. Col. Bryan rather beat Mr. Cleveland in the last lap of the publicity race, though he had to get mixed up with a railroad wreck to bring it off. President Roosevelt's version as voiced in the case of Miles: "Be a hog, Root, or die." Lynchers Are Murderers. We share Prof. James belief that the lynching mania will not be stayed until some "prominent citi zens" are hung as common murderers for their participation in mob violence". But one of the best ways to check the evil is to uphold and to praise the honest sheriff whose sense of duty compels him to shoot, and to shoot to kill. We hear too much of the official who would rather have a guilty negro lynched than fire on a crowd of "inno cent" white men.—New York Evening Post \ Contemporary Comment \ Marksmen 10 the Guards. The winning qWthe Palma trophy in England by the American team is a most fratifytng -proof of the extent to which military- marksmanship Is cultivated in the national guard of this country. Three states were represent ed by the marksmen, undoubtedly the three in .which the national guard is most efficient,. <witij the exception of Pennsylvania. V/,it is a pity that some militiaman from that state should not have qualified, as no doubt there were many who coufci have done so. But it was a victory distinctly for the citizen soldiery. There was only one profes sional soldier in tjfe team, the repre sentative of the marine corps. And these representatives of the militia of the United States have beaten not only the representatives of the United King dom, but of the British empire. It is really something to be proud of, and encouraged about; For, unlike some of the earlier international contests in rifle shooting, it was intensely practi cal. —New York Times. Why the Mississippi Is Black The color of the water in the upper Mississippi river below St. Paul is like that of black tea. It is stained by the roots and leaves of the tamarack swamps on the St Crolx, Chippewa and other tributaries. The leaves of that plant contain a strong tannin, and, dropping off into the water, color it. The dark tint of the water is deep ened by the bark and sawdust of the pine logs. The lumbermen use saw dust for fuel up here, but cannot con sume half of it, and burn it in great furnaces erected expressly for that purpose. You can see the stacks at every group of sawmills. Millions of dollars are thus thrown away. In Eu rope every ounce of sawdust is util ized, but we are wasteful people. The by products of a European sawmill more than pay the'.iexpenses of running it, and if the lumbermen were wise they might utilize every ounce of their logs for some profitable purpose just as the packing houses turn into money every fiber of the steers and hogs they kill.—Mankato Review. Difference m Two Millionaires. Russell Sage, who kept his eighty seventh birthday yesterday by working at his office, has a genius for long life, business and minding his own business. A money lendex; is not apt to be a pop ular character* Mr. Sage does not seek to be popular. He seeks to lend his money to the best advantage. His is a vigorous and sound old age, at tained in the teeth of the preachers' rules regarding relaxation. He has not diversified his pursuits. He cares for no expensive Vsys;Tend diversions. He makes money for the sake of making it. He does not;make it to spend it or give J: away. Mr. Carnegie is resolved not to die rich. Mr. Sage is resolved not to die poor. Sage plods along, con tent with his own way. Indeed, he has missed many glorious opportunities which the great Pittsburg philanthro pist has seized with prehensile hand. — New York Sun. Edison Should Be Sidetracked. Thomas A..Edison was good enough a day or two ago to tell a reporter the story of a new infernal machine which he is excogitating. The contrivance consists of a motor and battery of such design as to be readily applied to a four-wheeled vehicle with a view to propelling the same at high and mur derous velocities. Mr. Edison offers to wager that next year he can take a car of his design, fitted with his motor and battery, and go to Chicago and back in less time than with any other machine in existence. "The-trip will be made at an even twenty-five miles an hour" very good, if Mr. Edison expects to go to Chicago and back at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, we hope he will be arrested at every town through which he passes and detained so long that his trip to Chicago will consume about four years of solar time. By which we mean that Mr. Edison is at work upon the wrong thing and in the wrong way.—New York Times. What the Editors Say An exchange uses this language: "A great, many people tie up their dogs nights, but let their children run loose." That applies to some people in Fair mont. It is becoming notorious that girls who ought tq be at home tucked up in their trundle beds are gadding the streets ni^ht^ in company with some youths, and sometimes men, who ought to be in the-reform school or on the chain gang.—Martin County Inde pendent. The Index never loses an opportunity to say a good word for Van Sant and his third term T The Index evidently believes in keeping a good man—in the insurance department.—Ada Herald. If the editor of the Northfleld News knows whereof he writes —and nobody seems to dare to cjispute him—there is a bad mess in nearly every department at Washington, and he isn't afraid to say so.—Albert Lea Standard. The report from Buzzard's Bay that Mr. Cleveland has been seen walking the floor the past several nights is, perhaps, true, but it should not be sup posed that he was thinking about the presidential nomination. Domestic pol icy engages the old statesmen's atten tion. —Belle Plaine Herald. Evidently old Sam hasn't had enough. Will the people say he has? It is hoped they will.—Anoka Union. The St. Paul dtvine who made the statement that more drunkenness is caused by poverty than poverty by drunkenness should have added that the gold cure is the remedy for both. — Ada Index. Van Sant has forbidden dog fights In Minnesota. But it is reported that Swift county dogs, just to show their contempt for the order, are fighting on the streets of Benson whenever they meet. Wicked dogs! They ought to be punished for }ese majeste.—Anoka Freen Press. , . The throwing out of employment of 200,000 factory hands in New England on account of the cotton squeeze is only another example of the "conserv atism of prosperity."—Grand Forks Plaindealer. The people are talking politics more than usual in ah off year, and it's the kind of talk not very flattering to some of the candidates for governor. There is a decided opinion in favor of pick- Ing out new Upiber. —Anoka Union. The federal grartd jury in Washing ton, D. C, has fndicted nine prominent persons for alleged conspiracy and bribery in connection with the postal department. The poor, patient rural route driver has been getting $50 per month for delivering the country mails, while the postal grafters have been stealing the government blind. But it's far better to drive a rural route wagon at $50 per month than to wear stripes in a federal prison for a few years. —Princeton Union. St. Louis has adopted a new rule whereby members of her police force are required to have chest measures equal to their waise measures. That's a cruel rule for a city containing such magnificent breweries.—Sauk Rapids Sentinel. At St. Paul Theaters The second performance of "Shamus O'Brien at the Metropolitan last night by the Ferris company, drew out the largest Monday night attendance of the summer, and the play was given an excellent production. Frederick Mon tague is appearing to good advantage in the title role, and is well supported. One of the most pleasing features of the entertainment is the singing of "My Wild Irish Rose," by Geo. Russ Fiske. The first popular matinee of the week will be given tomorrow. For the week commencing next Sun day night the Ferris company will give a production of a play new to St. Paul theatep goers, called "Way Out West." The play is said to be redolent of frontier life, with many interesting scenes and characters. Dick Ferris will be seen in the leading role in lis piece. "As You Like It" at Como. A small and chilled audience it nessed the" initial perfomance of "As You Like It" at Fetsch's Grove, Como Park, last night. The presentation, all the adverse circumstances taken into considera tion, was more than creditable. It was cold in the big tent, and the au dience shivered in very sympathy for thinly clad Orlando, while the blue bared muscles of Wrestler Charles, and the charms of Rosalind and Celia in vited pneumonia. Had the weather been more like summer than winter the actors' lots were pleasantly cast. The natural beauties of the grove funysh a charm ing forest of Arden, and last night, to add to the realism, a bushy tailed squirrel flitted to and fro in the trees over the actors' heads. The company is really very good but local interest centers around £ its local members all of whom came in for generous and well deserved appre ciation last night. George Boynton is a handsome and conscientious Orlando. Robert Folsom, ever popular with St. Paul audiences, is cast for Touchstone. His concep tion of the part is commendable. It is spontaneous and gratefully free from the broad methods of some of the low comedians. Miss Madeline Liggett as Celia gave her many admirers a new glimpse of her talent and more fully con-, vinced them that she is more than a promising amateur. She reads under standingly and sympathetically, has excellent stage presence, free from stilted amatuerish mannerisms. Her personal charms are ample and her rich voice is well controlled. Miss Kate Dalglish is starred as Rosalind and both she and Grace Fredericks as Audrey received warm welcomes to St. Paul. William Heath is the Frederick and Charles Ryan, of Minneapolis, plays the Duke. With warmer weather "As You Like It" in the woods should and undoubtedly will be popular with St. Paul theater goers. Among the Meijrymakers ; ..... . A Good Forget. If bills begin to.wr-ry.you, • Don't let 'em. . . The only thing to do is this: ; •".,"-' ii Forget 'em. Vc-;^': ; I Your memory just Needs a rest, ■ ' A nice, good, long -..■■ . Forget is best. .. --.. - .; ■. - . - . If girls aspire to fill your mind, Don't let 'em. • ■ -. # - The sweet arid charming little things! ■Forget'em! ■■■;•■•<, ' ... We've said it once, ' '■•■ - •.,;. We say it yet, \ ..■*;" ; i There's nothing like : ; , • !:: A good forget. . . ; : ,--_r ..• —New York Sun. . . .The Stroke of. Fortune. ''■ "That was a lucky stroke for young Burnham." •."Why. what kind of business is he in?" "His rich uncle out West died of apo plexy last month and left him all sorts of money."—New York Times. Counter Irritant. It seems a balm . ' '.. ■: To feelings sore " -'. To know that others •, Hurt still more. ; It seems to ease i Each sufferer's lot To say to some one, "Ain't it hot!" —Washington Star. * ' Ending Him. ; "But if I were to prove to you," said the persistent suitor, "that I would go to ' the ends of the earth for you, how would you treat me?" . ; "If I had you there," replied the weary girl, "I'd be delighted to treat you; that is to say, I'd be glad to blow you —Phil- adelphia Press. - j Sunburn. We imitate the ant and bee And when for months we've toiled We imitate the lohster and Get delicately broiled. —Washington Star. A Principle Misapplied. "I ordered this steak rare!" said the impatent guest. "I know it," answered the intellectual waiter. "But che cook is one of these peo ple who believe that no matter how small a thing is, .t should be well done."— Washington Star. Objection Disposed of. "Why, there isn't enough room in this flat to swing a cat," said the man con temptuously. "That needn't bother you," promptly replied the house agent. "We don't al low cats here."—Answers. Not on to His Curves. "Yes," said the intellectual girl; "there is a convincing beauty in Hogarth's curve." "Never saw it," said the young man. who wears bis straw hat with the brim turned down. "What club does Hogarth pitch for?" —Washington Star. The Fitness. "How is my studious niece?" said Un cle Jabez. "Still pondering on the fitness of things," answered her father. "With her books, eh?" "No. Dressmakers."—Washington Star. PERSONAL MENTION. Ryan—H. Legser, Milwaukee; Ben Greenhood and wife, Helena; S. T. Ham ilton. Mrs. J. B. Watson, Duluth; A. S. Lewis, Omaha; M. Bryan, Winnipeg; O. G. Lebeau, Spokane; R. Sykes, Sykeston, N. £>.; Marcus Daly, Howard K. Welch, Hamilton, Mont.; S. G. Eleason, Monte video. Merchants—T. J. Leary. Winnipeg; W. T. Howard, Red Wing; Harrison White and wife, Luverne; D. F. Miller. James W. Wesley, Grand Forks; John Mc- Naughton, M. McNaughton. Appleton- C. S. McCardy, Duluth; Fred D. Casder, Great Falls; Frank Buckley, Billings- W. H. Harris, Caledonia; F. J. Wilcox, Northfleld; H. S. Murphy, Cannon Falls; W. L. Nevins. Winona; George H. Rey nolds. St. Cloud; E. W. Lewis, Black Duck; S. O. Johnson, Salt Lake City; L. J. Myer, Glendive; C. W. Babcock, Ka sota; T. W. Kennedy, St. James. Windsor —Vernon Prince, Eveleth; Stephen O. Geise. Charles Carlson, Hib bing; M. D. McEnery, -Crookston; E. S. Allen, Bismarck; H. Sabin, Grand Forks; A. G. Myran and wife, Ada; F. S. Sauden, Helena; W. E. Coles Jr., Benson. Hotel Foley—M. Duffy, Seattle; H. S. Landis, Kalispell; James Mackey, Leav enworth, Wasn.; H. W. Morrill, Hillyard, Wash.; F. L. Magic, Duluth; V. E. Young, Melrose; A. B. Maline, Kuhlm, N. D.; C. C McAuliffe, Superior; J. L. Uple grove, Breckenridge; P. J. Hyde, Elkador; William Ryan, St. Cloud. Stories of Here and There Some' of the clerks in the state capi tdl recently perpetrated upon Davis, one of the colored janitors of the build ing, a trick which afforded them much amusement, but caused him some mo ments of anxiety and a great deal of trouble. One of the young men secured as India rubber snake of very lifelike ap pearance, and placing the bogus reptile in the middle of the lawn, which is a source of great pride to Davis, called" the old man's attention to it. "See here, Davis," said the young man, "there is a big snake oTlt on that lawn and he just scared a couple of women nearly to death." Davis glanced out of the window and sure enough there was a snake all coiled up in the closely-cropped grass; so, without further delay, he prepared for battle. Seizing a long stout club Davis cautiously approached the snake, and when he got within striking dis tance he smote him a mighty blow. The snake squirmed about so Davis struck him again and again with the club until he was sure all life must be extinct, and then he picked him up on the end of the pole, but by this time the joke had become too good to keep and the jokers disclosed to Davis In a rude and heartless manner that he had spent his energy on a snake that "nev er was alive nohow." Henry Guy Carleton, whose stutter ing Is famous, tells a story of the late William Travers, whose stuttering was notorious. It Is that Travers once got in line at the window of a railroad depot, and when his turn came began: "Gi-gi-give m-m-me a t-t-t-ticket for —for—for" "Oh, get down to the foot of the line!" impatiently yelled the busy ticket seller. "Perhaps by the time I've wait ed on the rest you'll know what you want!" Travers meekly retired, and when he reappeared at the window ten minutes later he said: "Just s-s-send m-m-me by f-f --freight." "What do you mean? Why do you say that?" asked the ticket seller. "Well, you s-s-s-see," explained Travers, "I can't express myself." "PRINTS" AT PEACE WITH EMPLOYERS President of International Typograph ical Union Voices Pacific Sentiments. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 10.—The forty-ninth session of the Internation al Typographical union began at the Columbia theater today. President James M. Lynch occupied the chair. His report says the past year has been a notaole one not only for the union, but for organized labor in general. Dur ing the industrial crisis, brought about by the vast increase in the number of trade union adherents, Mr. Lynch says that the International Typographical union has been fortunate in preserv ing its equilibrium, and has pursued a calm and peaceful course. The report expresses regret at the tendency of trade unionists to make light of the unions of employers and questions whether it would not be better to dis play a tolerant spirit toward them in the hope of establishing friendly rela tions. The report of J. M. Bramwood, sec retary-treasurer, shows that the re ceipts for the year, including the bal ance in the treasury July I, 1902, of $38,072, amounted to $223,255. The ex penditures were $174,085, leaving a cash balance in the treasury on May 31. 1903, of $49,170, an increase of $11, --097. The increase in the average pay ing membership was 4,072, the largest in the history of the organization. Per capita tax was paid on an average membership of 42,436. The proceedings today were entirely routine and adjournment was taken till tomorrow. MEN OF SNELLING WILL FACE TARGETS Annual Competition of Two Depart ents to Take Place at Fort Sheridan. CHICAGO. Aug. 10.—The annual rifle competition of the Department of the Lakes and the Department of Dakota will commence on Wednesday at the range at Fort Sheridan. Preliminary competition was had today by the members of the teams, the firing being confined to rectangular targets. To morrow the firing will also be of a preliminary character, and will be skirmish firing. The competition will open in earnest on Wednesday morn ing. TODAY'S WEATHER. Minnesota — Fair Tuesday. Wednes day fair, warmer in western and southern portion; fresh north winds, becoming vari able. Upper Michigan—Partly cloudy Tuesday, showers in eastern portion. Wednesday fair; variable winds, becoming fresh northwest. Wisconsin —Fair Tuesday. Wednesday fair, wanner in western portion; fresh northwest winds, becoming variable. lowa —Fair Tuesday. Wednesday fair, warmer. North Dakota —Showers and warmer Tuesday, except fair in eastern portion. Wednesday fair in western, showers in eastern portion. South Dakota—Partly cloudy Tuesday; warmer in extreme western portion. Wednesday showers. Montana —Partly cloudy Tuesday; show ers in north and west portions. Wednes day fair. 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, 66; lowest temperature, 51; average temperature, 69; daily range 17; barom eter, 29.90; humidity, 69; precipitation, .13; 7 p. m. temperature, 64; 7 p. m. wind, northwest; weather, partly cloudy. Yesterday's Temperatures— ♦BpmHighl *BpmHigh Alpena 62 6-i'Huron 66 70 Battleford ...64 68|Jacksonville 78 90 Bismarck 66 66!Marquette 54 58 Buffalo 68 76jMemphis 74 78 Boston 72 80; Medicine Hat..6B 76 Calgary 58 80|Milwaukee ....66 76 Chicago 70 78!Minnedosa 62 66 Cincinnati ....78 821 New Orleans . .78 88 Cleveland 76 80iNew York 74 82 Denver 78 80 * Oklahoma 80 84 Dcs Moines ..68 72:Omaha 68 72 Detroit 72 78| Philadelphia ..76 84 Duluth 60 60|Qu'Appelle 64 66 El Paso 78 88iSt. Louis 82 88 Edmonton S4 641 Salt Lake 88 90 Galveston 82 82|San Antonio ..78 88 Grand Rapids.7o 78|Ste. Marie 58 62 Green Bay ...60 72 Washington ..78 86 Havre 64 68 Winnipeg 62 62 Helena 74 76 WHliston 64 66 •Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). River Bulletin— Danger Gauge Change in Line. Reading. 24 Hours. St. Paul 14 6.0 —0.2 La Crosse 10 6.6 *0.2 Davenport 15 6.6 . St. Louis 30 17.0 .... ♦Rise. —Fall. The Mississippi wfll fall slowly in the vicinity of St. Paul during the next thtr fcy-six hours. CITY NEWS HAS NO CARNIVAL FIGURES TO GIVE Finance Committee Unable to Say What Baths Have Realized. What the St. Paul public- baths will realize from the late carnival will not be known for a week. So many bills are outstanding that the committee on finance is unable to give out any fig ures until they are handed in and checked off. At the close of the carnival Saturday night the executive committee remain ed in session until 3 o'clock Sunday morning checking up its account with the Jabour Carnival and Circus com pany, in order that the aggregation might get away in time for its next en gagement at Dubuque, and yesterday City Comptroller Betz and City Treas urer Otto Bremer gave most of their time to counting the week's cash and wrapping up small coin transporta tion to the bank. A brief meeting of the i committee was held la3t night at the old head quarters, at Sixth and Cedar street, but owing to the absence of some of the committee reports nothing was done. All persons having claims against the association have been requested, to file them with General Manager Lennon. The auditing committee will meet daily until their payment is completed. There is a balance in favor of the baths, but the members do not care to indulge in speculation until the exact status of the indebtedness is known. The carnival was a success in every way and they do not care to spoil mat ters by indulging in speculation. This evening should see the carnival grounds but a memory. With daylight yesterday boot,h owners and fakirs be gan moving their property, and by noon little of value remained. Con tractor Norlander had a force of men removing the fences, and by today ex pects to have the most of the enclos ure down. Everything belonging to the asso ciation has been removed from the grounds, and now all that remains is the big arch. The local members of the Army of the Philippines have asked that the arch be allowed to remain un til their convention is over, and their request will probably be granted. HOLLAND IS AWARDED CONTRACT FOR WELLS Will Sink Artesian Wells at Whit« Bear to Raise the Lake. The board of county commissioners yesterday awarded to Martin Holland the contract for the artesian wells at White Bear lake, the object of which Is to furnish water for raising the level of the lake. Mr. Martin bid $3.70 per foot for 12-inch wells and $3.35 for 10-inch wells. The village of White Bear has agreed to furnish the land upon which the wells will be drill ed. Commissioner Wright insisted that the lease be drawn so as to allow any number of wells, but Assistant County Attorney O'Neill was of the opinion that such a sweeping resolution would be invalid, as it would run counter to the purposes for which the park was originally dedicated. Commissioner Powers objected to the terms of the contracts, for the reason that they did not provide for the pipe running below the surface of the lake. Unless the pipe ran below the surface of the lake, Mr. Powers thought, the wells would be useless. L. P. Ordway said the water board had sunk eighteen or twenty wells on the same plan at Centerville, and that they had been successful. Mr. Powers still objected, but the contract was awarded in the face of his objections. Small appropriations were made for road repairs, and an invitation front the city council to the commissioners to visit the detention hospital was re ceived and placed on file. CHURCH TO BE CHANGED INTO FLAT BUILDING Swedish Tabernacle Will Undergo a Violent Metamorphosis. The old Swedish tabernacle at Burr and De Soto streets is to be converted into a flat building. For many years its spacious auditorium was used as a place of worship, but now it is to be profaned with flat life. The edifice has been purchased by- Charles A. Fowble, the architect, and he has filed plans with the city build ing department for the proposed im provement. The- cost of remodeling will be $-S,OOO. BANK OF MINNESOTA TO PAY 70 PER CENT Receiver Lightner Files His Final Re* port With the Court. Judge Bunn yesterday heard the re port of William H. Lightner, as re ceiver of the Bank of Minnesota,- on the work which has been done during the past six months. The court ordered a dividend of 5 per cent paid to the creditors and book holders. Yesterday's report was the fourteenth made by the receiver, and will be his last regular report, the as sets of the bank having been recently sold to Oscar L.. Taylor for $265,000. The final dividend will amount to 10 per cent, and will make a total of 19 per cent paid to creditors. Shoots His Wife and Himself. BUFFALO, N. V., Aug. 10.—Kent Stowe, aged twenty-four, son of P. D. Stow, general central agent of th« Merchants' Bispatch and Transporta tion company, in this city, shot his wife early today, killing her instantly, and then shot himself. He died to- I night. Stow had been suffering from malarial fever, which, his father be lieves, caused temporary insanity. Constandini Gets His Divorce. LONDON, Aug. 10. — Sir Francis Jeune, president of the divorce court, ; today granted D. S. Constandlnl a di vorce from his wife, a daughter of Stephen Ralli, on the ground that Mma. Constandini's conduct led to the mis conduct of her husband. This divorce suit raised the question of the legality of Dakota divorces in England.